Evening star., 1899-04-15

| eNcatfns scene Hurley drove up, jumped
out OF his buggy and confronted, shotgun
| In hand, his recresnt daughter and as he
supposed, her lover. He was a portiy old
| gentleman. with naturally red complexion.
| but from the wind and the excitement un-
der which he iabored he was now of an
| absolutely purple hue. We feared he would
] burst blood vessel or suffer an apoplectic
| stroke at the least.
| "Ah, he wheeZed, his breath coming
| hard, I've caught you, you young scape-
| graces Thought you would run away from
| me. did you? You. sir. who are you. you
scoundrei? What do you mean by running
| away with my daughter? What do you"
| I'm not Kirby started to make ex-
plantations The old gentleman drowned
The pent-up and slowly increasing rage of
| a night was burst forth, and no feeble
words that Kirby could utter were needed
| You are, You were!'' he said Don't
night? Oh. this is terrible. terrible! To
| think girl of mine would treat me that
| way! To think she would deceive her
| father-her father that loved her as no one
| else could. What do you mean? What do
you mean. l say? Speak, Don't stand
do you any good. The deed is done. You've
| brought disgrace upon yourself and upon
your father. What did you do it for?'
| Don't papa me! Don't papa me, tell
| you! I'm your father no longer. I'll have
nothing more to do with you. Youth leave
| anger was awful to behold Great drops of
perspiration stood out his face despite
the December cpld. He held his gun in a
| bad and threatening way. Kirby was quite
| cool. but the girl wept, and being woman
| and wanting support in time of strife and
| trouble, she bowed her head on Kirby's
| shoulder with her handkerchief to her eyes,
| Which made the situation appear different
| from What it really was. As | said. she
| was pretty then, and when Jim Mcdonald
| ana the bookkeeper and L came down our
i fp har nd tha,-,
one among u.s. unromantic though We may
De, but would have, if she had asked II
Jumped to the succor of beauty in distress,
| and-Well. made away with the old man.
II could kill you,'' he continued. No
don't excite me or I may. You deserve IL
You deserve horse-whipping, and were /
should. sir But you shall not have nv
| daughter" Oils emotions were contradict
toryD Catherine. get into my buggy at
once You shall not go with him You"
| Il don't want her. Kirby managed to
say: -
"Eh!-don't want her? What in thunder
| II you'll give me "a" said Kirby
why did you fly before me?" interrupted
hiurley; Why did you not stop when you
mad nnew al i was, was following you. driving like
| Wnere nave you been all night? Where
Were you before came up to your
| We been at Conrad's hotel" answered
Kirby. truthfully. but without thought OF
| how 1t would sound and what It w,orII5
mean to the father
| "Bh'-at. at-been at a hotel since last
evening! By God sir. I'll kill you now.
| NO. you shall marry the girl. Oh this is
terrible daughter of mine Pity you
were ever born. You shall marry him.
miss, and this very minute"
| Al ms rage was fearful before. 1t was
| twice SO now. He waved-his arms wild
| iy and pranced up and down in front of
| the Office swearing most scandalously.
Ana we spectators supposed with the
Lather mat Kirby was guilty. his previous
| reputation not helping us to believe dif-
| lerent Thus do ones sins corrupt the
| opinion OF others. Had we guessed rightly
we might have prevented serious hap
| pening before it was too late
Get parson; get a justice quick"
| yelled Hurley.
All right, cap'n," said Kirby Il wasn't
stuaylne much about getting married. but
| ne turned to us. II 'spose it's all right If
| she Is agreeable He drew from her and
| faced her, and said: Are you-Kitty?'
| ihere was a pause. Then she cast her
IearIui eyes upon her angry father, and
| made a motion as if to appeal to him. and
| was about to speak; but she saw in his
| eyes no pity, no possibility of making his
| marc unreasoning nature understand and
| turning again to the man upon WHOM, she
mad leaned during the last few hours. she
| sald. hesitatingiy and very prettily: Yes"
| Jim Mcdonald gave Kirby resounding
whaeH on the back, which was his way
OF fmparting a friendly feeling and wa a II
mentally said that Kirby was a lucky dog
| ana showed exceedingly good taste
| 90 we AL bundled into the two convey
| ahces ana drove to the parsonage, which
| was only short distance away and on
| The way neither Kirby nor his future wife
| said a word to straighten the tangle.-
| h1rby presumably because he did nor want
| TO- being satisfied with the course events
| mad taken, and the girl BECAUSE cannon
| say why she said nothing We awakened
| the parson, and there in the little front
b Parl1r ana In the early dawn of a cold
p1eas u december morn, Miss Hurley and Mr..
| Hustoh were made man and wife We in
| scHbing our names as witnesses
! we Kissed the bride and congratulated
hiroy II IN approved form 1t was all done
| Will rush III VeS not until We got hack
| to the Office, after leaving the happy connla
| 10 themselves in the next room. thai we
| couio pacdfy the old man sufficiently TO
I'M ,,iahe MN understand what Kirby had told
| US IN the meantime-the true facts And
| after he had realized the situation he san
gun ely said 1t was for the best ANYWAY on
accpuEe OF what people would say, which
| perhaps 1t was. The bride and proon,
| gfaced our little dining room al a wedding
| leakIast, upon which the cook did himself
| prouu' ana set a pace that he had difficulty
| IN Keeping up afterward, but which we ex-
| acted from him. knowing his capabilities
We drank the brides health and Kirby;S
| health and the old gentleman's health. and
| toasted the company and the iah and ~
railroad and everything Altoeet bar - -
| a joyous occasion, "S
| klrby did not go up to the rock-cut TO
| taiso tiAdt oerr1ck, Chapin coming down for
| tnat purpose Chapin was very much down
| hearted, both because Kirby was now mar
| ried, and because his conscience srnote him
| 1or being mainly to blame for getting Kirby
| out OF bed an hour or two before his rje
| was que, thereby starting Kirby on the ad-
| venture which ended so disastrously.
| Kirby drew an advance on his wages from,
| the company and left that night for Ken
| lucky to spend his honeymoon.
| Whatever became of the fellow that por
| left at Conrad's Shelby Martin, 1 don't
| Know, never having heard further than thar
| he ran out of the hotel and after the wagon
| when he heard 1t leaving. Apparently he
| was not powerful factor in this affair ar
| any time.
L cannot say it was not a happy marriage.