The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-11

that week at Scradlington, 10 miles west
ward from the castle while Puddlebury
was 20 miles to the east, and the Earl
always attended the County Court, being
usually summoned to do So He was a
punctillious observer of the laws of his
country, and never flouted a writ Old
Peter. therefore, had his work cut out
for him. He mounted a horse and gallop-
ed for the Earl. Trevellick did not shine
as a horseman, and the only horse at
his disposal was not of racing stock haV-
ing been more accustomed to the pillow
than to the hunting field. 1t was long
after midnight when Peter reached the
county town and then there was much
delay in finding his lordship and in con-
vincing him that his daughter had act
ually eloped with the son of a black
smith. No StObcross since the days of
Noah had ever so demeaned herself, the
Earl maintained. He saw that if this
were indeed true he could not in future
keep his chin so high in the air, and as
he had become accustomed to it in that
position he hated to change. He was
very conservative, anyhow, and had al
ways hated change, never having any of
it an his pocket. At last, however, he
rode grumbingly to his castle, and ar
rived there about daylight, fully expect
ing to find Gwendolen in her room, and
then he told himself he would make it
lively oV-old Peter, who had thus I'M
neeessarilsb Disturbed his rest. He even
confided thisf resolve to Peter. but the
latter had confident air that troubled
his lordship.
Sure enough the castle was empty! The
bird had flown! Madly the Earl galloped to
Puddlebury. He called first, raging, on
the established clergyman of the place, but
found that placid old gentleman had mar
ried no one for weeks. Then crashing on
the purturbea nobleman's distracted brain
came the. thought that the blacksmith's
son was sure to be a dssenter, and had
doubtless been married by one of the nu-
merous ministers of that faith. He Wis
tied in turn all the reverend gentlemen in
Puddlebury, but without hearing of he
fugitives. There was now left only the
registrar The last of the cloth on whom
he called had suggested this Official as it
had never. occurred to the Earl that
daughter of his would descend 10 a civil
marriage.
The Earl called upon the registrar in a
towering rage.
81 am tbe Earl of stobcross and have
come" 81 4
80. yes, my lord. About the little affair
l was honored lin carrying out for your
daughter, Larry Gwendolen. Quite SO, quite
So 1 am delighted to be able to assure
your lordship that there was not hitch
in the proceedings and everything went
off exactly as arranged, and 1 am sure
most heartily congra tulate your lordship,"
said the official volubly
Congratulated On a blacksmiths son!
You-you-'
The naughty Earl became inartlculate
with anger. The registrar went on suave-
ly.
"a 'blacksmiths son certainly, and 1
doubt If she could have had a better part
ner She had the ideas and he had the
mechanical ability. Experts say that the
bicycle saddle they have invented Is just
the thing that the public have long been
waiting for, and waiting for in vain. l
do a little business in financial way. and
the young man was good enough 10 intrust
the arrangements 10 me. L succeeded In
interesting the great company promoter,
Cfllooley. in the invention after we had
secured the patents all over the world for
H. and this morning the contracts were
signed The young man is to be made
managing director of the company at
large salary when the saddle is put on the
public"
"I-I-really don't know what you are
talking about" stamrnered the Earl. THE
saddle on the public? l thought you said
IL was to be put on bicycle
"ouite. so. quite So Gillooley has paid
vAur daughter 100000 cash, less my little
Commission, and he intends to pass ii on
to the public for two millions Ana ne Il
",rheu vou-you-have married nobody
recently. / take it," gasped the Earl.
"Not likely! There is too much money
IN the cycle business for me to bother
about marrying people. l send them OH
to a neighboring minister
"yvil Won excuse me If 1 bid you good
,,,crninp9' stammered mis- lordship.
"Denghted to have you do So" replied
the registrar.
This brings me to the conclusion of
the episode l set out to relate and all
that now remains for me 20 do is 10
marry off every one of my character
after the manner of accomplished story
tellers thus avoiding the example set
me by the money-making registrar. The
particulars OF the Gwendolen saddle was
printed in most of the leading English
papers as reading matter, but paid for as
advertisement by the talented Gillooley
and swallowed as real news by gulliblc
public. who subscribed the capital OF the
new company five times over. The in
forua ton was cabled to America, and in
the New York papers Lord de Benture
Barbarrybush read tf1at Lady Gwendolen
only daughter OF the Earl of Stobcross
had become possessed of $25O0, 600. As h.s
lordship was at that moment In negoti-
alton with a stock broker, who would only
give 81, 900 600 with his girl, and that large.
ly conditional on the success OF the wheat
corner, Lord de Benture Immediately sail
ed for home, and told Gwendolen that he
had been in America merely to learn the
best route to Klondike, which was quite
true. lie found what he sought by mar
rying Gwendolen at the parish church
John A Biggs ultimately welded the gro
GERS daughter, Hannah Sprowle, after the
great saddle company had gone into liqui-
dalton. The stubborn old Earl OF Stob-
cross, who had been a widower for twenty
years. refuses 10 allow me TO unite him