Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-07

my tIc OCShh TuSuCu across inc con
tinont to find her lover.
There was nothing for it but the
young people must arrange q hasty
marriage. The situation of Mercedes
was compromising one. Roylston,
who in n manly fashion had deferred
claiming Mercedes till he had &C.
CURED n substantial position, was
now placed in dilemma not wholly
to his liking. To send Mercedes away
would have beCn to injure her fair
fame, while to wed her seemed tax
ing advantage of her youth and in
experience. In this trouble he con-
suited Colonel Calhoun, the leading
lawyer in the town, who delivered
himself in this wise:
There's nothing else to be done
l am n Justice of the peace and shall
perform the civil ceremony, and the
church wedding may come any time
after. Today l will send for Mrs.
Wilkinson of the Indian mission, and
sho must chaperon your young lady
i'll this desperate town. 1t will ncvor
do to allow her to stay at old Pop
pendyke 'sswithout respectable fe
male in attendance
Tho masterful lawyer took it all
in his own hands Good old Mother
Wilkinson was summoned from her
Indian kids and placed in charge of
Mercedes. Jake ThOmS and Jim
Waddy and two sandy faced cow
boys constituted themselves n guard
of honor and did sentinel duty day
and night in turns in front of the
Poppondyke House. and when Mer-
codes sailed forth, accompanied by
Mrs. Wilkinson, TO do little shop
ping the guard of honor preceded
and followed her, we'll heoled and
with the proudest sort of bearing.
The wedding came off in the office
of Lawyer Calhoun, who had put on
for the first time since his arrival in
town his black froCk coat and sport.
ed fluffy white tie which Mercedes
had made for him. Roylston was a
handsome groom, and the spectators
voted 1t a great affair
That evening the young couple
were to take the train for the east.
Instantly the whole town resolved
itself into a celebration committee,
and when at 2 o'clock the newly
welded pair passed down Angel al
ley in semispringlesso open carriage,
a sort of dismantled carryall of the
vintage Of 1850, the alley was deco
rated with flags and bunting, while
across the street hastily painted
cloth hangings displayed these leg.
ends:
Now 1t Is Angel Alley For Sure -
Farewell and IA Speedy Return to
the Fair Mercedes
"Goodby, Dudley Nibs-He Was
Our Editor. We Mourn His Loss"
And there We're red lights and
green lights, and Roman candles and
rockets, and group in front of Pop
pendyke's discharged their guns IL
the air as the procession passed
down the street
The Border Scout, after a week 8
interval, appeared again, edited by
a newspaper youth from Galveston
summoned by wire, and it contained
this paragraph:
Our Predecessor In Luck. The
Border Scout has lost its editor, and
tho town mourns. To no one other
than the charming and distingue
Senorita Cervantes V dc Palencia
would this community have surren-
dered the honored representative of
the press who has done so much to
elevate the tone of this community.
Arthur John Roylston is in luck He
has captured the premio gordo in
life's lottery. Re has beat the rec
ord. Even those whom his trench
ant pen has scored time and time
again can only wish him lifelong
happiness, and who could grudge
felicity to the fair one who has liter.
ally captured our town? We are hap,
Ply to be able to state that Mr.. Royl.
ston has consented to act as our Paris
correspondent, and that he will in.
tercst himself in the project he So
faithfully and persistcntly advocat.
ed in these columns, the establish
ment of an electric railway hero
We arc proud of our town, prouder
Of the charmer who has stolen all
our hearts away, and we shall be
happy yet, you betr'
When Jake Thoms read this item
hot from the press and rocking with
the Odor of fresh ink-that good old
printers ink VIC all love so well-he
grabbed the new editor from Calves
ton, Rugged him TO his breast and
exclaimed: "YOungstcr, you'll do
You VIC got the style for our town
Therell be no flies on Tho Border
Scout" And there never has been.
The town today has an electric
railway, and it runs through Angel
alley, and the favorite car bears a
sign in golden letters, Mercedes -
RoylstOn is the president of the com
pany, and it is pleasing to note that
the line pays n dividend, part of
which RoylSton spends in Paris
There was ncvcra trnCr story than
this, as every gentleman in tho town
whose name | luvc found it conrcn.
lent to forget, viii affirm ROylston
and Mercedes arc real people, @nl
who can doubt the evidence of The
Border Scout and the rushing down
Angel alley Of the buHHing olcctrics>
Boston Herald
How James Payn Was Down on Greek.