The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-30

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Sesd 81 doing snse the th1nU 80 were
iocxsas forward 20 - ne svenr - rn~xe
- 1a7p4er than anything ssse "a he wora1
rackssd ne ciergynsn SD tsuad s.n
WING TO z16sr-Aks tho soh Dnry 800
or ags md could 10 waax o. wanted The
o1 fssiow wzD rather serrfnereas ard 7
taisk the lea appealed - aim I seif
nm noss % the facts ard rnfnn from
nis sAcrftv N consenfing tsat ~ rssss
have had some trous4ss af rs swr IN sh>
ssms situation ESerythiug had 70 % done
n1rrsed.y. and Ne sd 5e xnsw Ms wzfe
would ae- - one % the witnesses W.
vsnsed two. Mary bad decsd~d VITO tie
other se0ali ee- She wanted ire nab
iady And would hear % nobody else. Tnss
ia1dsedy w0 woman Of refinement more
Ike hostess than the proprietor OF a
boarding house 20 he people shaf came
there every year We rad 70 sek ne- for
permission % get married N her noxs<, As
neither % - lad nentsanss aaytasnx as
that xfn1 when We engaged rooms So ion<
as sne had 20 kDov u Il. 4 vas .@ctf~s
she might a. wen Be ore of tie witnesses
and keep the news from spreading go
far. The ceremony vas To take place in
the paricr a. soon a. sunsts went % e>ss.
Sre was 20 knew nothing Of y Until frc
rest Of The family heard the rews a. ne
tine NE thought it convenient 20 tell them.
Everything look>d ali right. Ths e-srxp-
man vas 20 break the news 70 the gana. a3y
- X would loon better - nave Il cone
from SUCH . dlgnihed soa-ce Mary and
were 20 SIT around ss usual until the cosss
vas clear Than the i've Of 10 were 70
meet and * ap matters. I saw that she
ssa gene gFssairs and put en- white Tfe-
oons Were she had worn blas before me
ceremony was decided on. That was our
only apparent preparation We were both
nervous shst nigh ut supper Aantfsr
probably attributed thai 10 the parting ne
next day She made some suxary refer
enceS and looked really bland Bur We
didn't care how she looked or felt 80 long
as she got upstairs soon enough Mary
was anxious that she should % TO aeep
early. too. for their rooms sdtosnec Ard
sae disnt want - answer any more q1sss-
tons than Necessary when she weat ap-
stairs
ne Isndlady was the best woman in
the world we could have had. and NARY
knew that She had great sympathy with
young people. and always came To their
assistance. But there was one smiabse
weakness Of her character that xe sssd not
make allowance for. sne dsd like a game
II poker. She was one os the regular ar
t-rdants at a game that was held every
night IN one Of the buildings OF the hotel
There A party Of Ava o. six men and wo-
men would No TO play a io~cenr-l.nat
game that k<.s them usually at tie table
until IL o. 1 o'clock She was there 40
soon a. .ser duties at the hotel we're over
II happened that the clergyman had rooms
Ia this house. I heard aftervard that
there was a great discussion that nisat a.
to whether the game ought to 20 On with
aim In the house Rsapec. 20 his cloth
seemed 20 suggest that IL had better be
called OF: But the habit was too strong
FOR them. and the game started Before
he got al opportunity to speak 20 the land
lady. she was seated and the game was
under way. He lowered around. try.ng 20
get an opportunity 10 tell her a the I'm
portant event In which she Wa 70 figure
that night. but he couldn't
Mary and were acr1s on the ,isxxa
81 the main building. wondering what IN
he world could have happened 70 him. She
decided he had backed out and wanted the
whole thing called or So I went over 20
intsrview him. He explained The situation.
and I told him 20 walt until tho CANA
broke Up. I; vas after II O'Clock then. and
it probably wouldn't last much longer.
went back 70 cheer up Mary. and the cier-
gyman remained on guard 20 catch the
Iandlady az the first signs 81 . breakup IN
the party. In little while Il scattered
Even then the clergyman was . little too
hurried. lie stopped the Iandisdy before
all her associates had got away, and talked
20 her with an air az Importance for sew
erai minutes. Then she was ieft alone and
walked over to where We were waiting
She was all right We had not male a
mistake. We then went 10 the oarior 20
wait for the clergyman. He came over
with his wife In few minutes and began
the ceremony. r. was only when he was
nearing the end that the accident came
The listeners had begun 20 wonder vague
~ when the poker game was gong 70
show its influence They had looked up
with encsurag cement when the game was
rrst mentioned They had not expected
so much sentiment. The tirsd~Icok ux
conmuter had never seemed possible
hero Of romance 20 them under any cir
cumstanc@s.
TIE hitch that came at the end OF tho
ceremony was ali fue 20 the compaBy's
soiicstu6e about the Isndlziy and clergy
man" he went on. They concluded that
n. was talking 70 her about the sviis Of
gambling when he spoke 20 her AFTER the
game. They thought THAT was bad enough.
ard VIXEN they saw what followed they
we're Indignant Two ~ tire women we're
living n fhe cottage where the game took
place and saw him start FOR the main
house with a prayer book under 1is arm
which they rnis,ook FOR BibIe. That was
too much sbr the two women They
fN0Hgnr they GuEHr 20 srAI1 a. DA&r VI
tire blame fer the poker game ss ire one
that rad beer picked osss by TIE clergy
man 90 they set out for the hotel so Ind
the landiafv and Trey isd md her. rusF
as We had reached the last words 81 ss~
ceremony ire foor few open ard IN r1Fssrss
one ~ tae women. sire rave one look
around ard then f.sappeared a. quickly
as .ne rad entered Urtti that time roe
a sosil IN the hos-e outside ne Eve n ira
room had suspected what was <3Hw IN.
bu, 7 knew .haf ore vas snoux, TIRE
story would ~ ali around sn- place the
next say. II Tire frtertoper hadn't sirsaST
wake1 up the town 10 tel N. r~ws
knew re gx was up and almost Regretted
thar had urged the step.
When I went - nv room heard Be-
Hfn4 various doers Suspicious whispering
fhar told TIE ere story vas already On IA
travels. Ny wife care Down 70 BREAKFAST
fhs rsrt morning ard told RE sfat auntis
was s;fTt IN Ignorance. sFe rad ncr
t.-eaksS ard was apparently ASLEEP %o-
body but few ssTwsrfs was ap Al nat
hour. sat I ts0ugrf 7 ncticesf a rather
slsnfecArt STE - on me face e TIE coi9rsa
waiter He said few words - fae stage
sr4yer. who suSdsrly .oak y rev interest
in re I hated % i@svs mr. wife alone "a
face the outbreak - ge~ssc. bat are vas
rot AFRAID % q ard aad % Get 20 Se~