Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-05-28
HIS GREATEST MOVE.


After the fifth year of Mrs. Osgood's
widowhood had passed away everybody
in Lebanon commenced TO say 1t was Z
shame that she didn't marry again
There had been time half year be-
fore when it seemed as though there
was a possibility Of her doing such a
thing. and then the vacillating public
had thrown up its hands in horror and
had declared that to SO desecrate the
memory Of loved one in such short
time was sacrllege pure and simple,
and that no right-minded woman would
think of bestowing herself as helpmate
upon another before the !ameIted Os-
good was cold in his grave. lourycars
and half was hardly sufficient time
fora person to attain state Of frigidity,
reckoning by Lebanon standards. But
when her cousin, who had been visiting
her for a short time, went back east and
the severely censurcd widow very clear
" demonstrated that her intentions
had been entirely misunderstood, Leb-
anon, collectively and individually, be-
gan to lean toward the other side OF the
fence. and it wasn't long till it had
jumped clear over and was equally loud
in its renunciations of IL woman who
was selfshly Withholding the light Of
her comedy countenanoe from some poor
wayfarer whose path might need illum.
lining by her presence.
Perhaps the one person In all Lebanon
who was most sincerely grieved by Mrs.
Osgood's oft repeated and evidently
meant assertion that she had no desire
to renounce her widowhood was Joseph
Lawrence. Lawrence was retired pol
itician, who for some twenty-odd years
had served his country in one capacity
and another, but who had at last
grown tired Of originating and execut-
ing schemes for the party's aggrandize-
lnent and had settled down on the pro-
cceds realized. which. though large,
were rot commensurate with the pro-
digious amount OF work which he had
conscientously performed. He had long
looked with covetous eyes Oh Mrs. Os-
good, and even when the report that she
had pronounced her ultimatum in re-
gard to second marriages was tripping
from tongue to tongue. the natural
buoyancy of his nature prevailed and
he bolstered up his spirits with the
hope that the widow had wisely de-
clined to set up the true secret Of her
heart to be pecked at by social davis.
Hope did not allay suspense, however,
and in order to relieve the troubled
state of his mind he decided to content
himself no longer with secondhand de-
cisons. but to apply directly to the
court of justice as administered by the
u ior se.u'c''
Mr' Lawrence D eAPef'ence as Poli-
tlcian had bred in him an air of extreme
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