The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-30
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She had great sympathy with young people
there was one amiable weakness Of her char
actcr ,that, we did not make nllowance for
ono of Of tic the regular attendants at a
game that was held every night in one OF
the buildings Of the hotel. There 9 party
to play ten cent. limit game that kent them
usually at the table until II or o'clock.
hotel we're over It happened that the clergy
man had rooms in this house ! heard alter
night ~ to whether the game ought TO 90 on
scemnd to suggest that it had better ,hr called
tn" game started. Before he got an oppor-
tunity To speak to the iandlady She was seated
aud tn" game was under way. II" lowered
around irving to get an opportunity to tell her
Of the important event in which she was to
hgnu" tnt 4f It, but o he soT n ,hs
could have happened to him. She decided h.
called OF, SO | went oyer to ,lpteryiew him,
II" explained the situation. and ! told him 10
wait until the game brokf Sa NJ 1t was after II
much longer. | went back to cheer up Mary.
and the clergymsn remained on guard to
%'Ss Even me then aF he s VIZ
before all her associates had got away and
talked to her with an air Of importance for
several moments. Then she was left alone and
walked over TO where we were waiting. She
was all right. We had not made a mistake.
We then went to the parlor TO wait for the
clergyman. He came over with his wife in "A
few moments and began the ceremony. II was
only when he, was nearing the end that the ac-
The listeners had begun to wonder vaguely
inuena ;eE They had looked up with encou re
They had not expected much sentiment
The tired looking commuter had never seemed
a possibe hero OF romance to them under any
cirCumstanras
The hitch that came at the end OF the
ceremony was al due to the company's solici.
tude about the landady and the clergyman
he went on. They concluded that he was
talking to her about the evils of gambling
thought that was bad enough. and when they
saw what followed they were indignant. Two
Of the women were living in the cottage where
main house with a PRAYER book under his
arm. Which they mistook fora Bible That was
they ought to stand as much of the
blame for the poker game as tho one
So they 9 set tout out Tor the hotel 10 ind the land
lady; and they did find her, just as we had
reached the last words OF the ceremony the
women. She gave one look around and then
disappeared as quickly as she had entered
Until that time not soul in the house out side
the five in the room had suspected what was
going on: but knew that ono was enough
The story would be at around the place the
walked UP the town 10 tell tho news. ! knew
the Zig was up and almost regretted that had
urged the step.
When went to my room heard behind
various doors suspicious whisperings that told
me the story was already on it's travels NV
wife came down to breakfast the next morning
and told me that aunte was still in ignorance"
She had not i ked and was apparently
that hour. but | thought ! noticed rather
significant smile on the face of the colorcd
waiter. He said Il few words TO the stage
driver who suddenly took a new interest IN
me. | hated to leave nv wife alone TO face the
outbreak 81 gossip. but she was not afraid Of it
and had to get to New York
That day by 10 o'clock everybody knew it
Auntie had to hear II. and she ragged like tor
nado. Then she grew calm and wouldn't speak
word Tor the rest of tn" journey home. The
people in the hotel gossiped and cacklcd inter
mnahly: but they all liked my wife. ana the
talk was good natnrod. The woman who had
gios. bur nobody blamed her. She had coma
in hv accident. and the story was too good
to keep, Nothing that happened there
was equal to the storm that started from the
Iar"nta home They nevcr had thought much
much they could say until l got their letters
Tn"y were nearly as hard on tn" Clergyman.
but he was too far AVA TO feel II They sworn
the marriage vas Illegal were going to have it
ter had so far forgotten herself as to
want to marry a miserable creature like
me they wanted To mako the best of
the disaster and do it it, proper way. Ny
sorry for her sake TINT the affair had turned
out rs it did but | knew We had EN-. They
realized that inter while and began to calm
down. Two weeks afterward went down to
time we've got along very we'll with everybody
hut auntic. She never would come around.
But that not the only thing that makes me
realize how dangerous gambling can be some