The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-12
LOVE MAY FIND A WAY
OTHERWISE vERBINE WILL
REMAIN UNWED FOR AWHILE
Was Informed That He Needed a
Decree of Divorce Also--The
MegnanimOus Councillors, COsteI-
10, Wants to Supply the Decree
He Secured for Mrs. Verbine.

| Henry Verbine went into the Office OF
| the clerk of court yesterday afternoon
blushingly approached the counter and
leaning confidentially over to Mr.
Rogers young man, whispered:
II want to get a marriage license. "
with visions of the bliss that he was
about to insure for himself.
He had found the lady who was will
| ing to take him for better or for worse
and to let bygones, in the matter of
past experiences On the part of the
man Of her choice, be bygones. She
knew that Mr. Verbipe had been mar
ried before, and she knew that he had
been divorced by Eva Verbine He had
convinced her that it was all the fault
! OF his first wife, or she hadn't cared
| about the matter anyway. In any
event there he was, and he was radiant
with smiles when he told that young
man that all he wanted was a license
The youth is blaSe in the matter of
the blushing bridegroom who wants a
license. He has had him before. He
didn't even look up
Married before?" he asked. Mr..
Nerbine felt rather grateful for this
evidence of interest in his welfare, and
he admitted that he had been.
Wife dead?" said the clerk, in a
businesslike way, with the idea Of
shutting off condolences.
mo, divorced" was the reply.
When and where?"
why right here a little while ago.
The clerk took the names of the par
ties to the divorce suit and went into
the vault where the records are kept
Presently he came back and told Mr.
Verbine that he wouldn't do at all; that
he wasn't divorced any more than he,
the clerk, was, and he, the clerk, had
never been even approached on the
subject of marriage.
Mr.. Verbine wanted to know about
it. The clerk said that it appeared
from the record that there had been a
divorce granted to Mrs. Verbine, but
that the decree had never been filed
and that divorces didn't cut any figure
with him unless there were DEGREES on
file.
Mr.. Verbine was not prepared for
this sort of rebuff, but he said he
thought he could fix it. He just want
ed to know the name and address Of
the lawyer who had got the divorce
Tor his Wife. He was sent over to the
chambers of Barrister M. j. Costello.
and when he arrived there some five
minutes later his coming was quite
apropos. Cos was just saying to
himself
Now let me count up. There is that
decree in the Verbine case. I ought to
o. iiAty Jul VI lHdl case, out / don t
quite see where 1t is to come from.
However, no fee, no Decree" and ne
was In the act of putting the. decree
away when Mr.. Verbine put in an ap-
pearance.
Mr. Verbine stated his case and ask
ed Costello if he could help him. or
course he could. All that was neces-
sary was to file the decree He had the
decree, but the ethics of the profess
sion did not permit him to file it until
the attorney fees were paid. He could
not help matters. Personally he would
ME the papers without moments hes
ltatlon, but there were the ethics of
the profession to consider He could
not afford to take chances. He must
abide by the rule, and the decree must
be put away until the rule of the pro-
fess1on had been Observed
MI. Verb1ne considered IT was $40
That is good deal of money, but VIVA
is it compared with lifetime of bliss ?
A mere trif1e. He thought that per
haps Mr.. Costello's client could be in
duced to pay the fifty He would see.
he would know in the morning, and he
left Cos with that statement.
Costello shut up his office and went
home, but his mind was not free. He
spent several bad hours trying to de-
wise some way to avoid the rules of his
most exacting profession to the end
that he might make a couple of peeple
happy by the filing of that decree r.
Is even possible that he will file it this
morning in spite Of the inhibition. he
fore Mr.. Verbine arrives and hands
him that $50 note