The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-11-09
A MOMENT
OF WEAKNESS.
How a Couple Obtained Consent
to Their Marriage.

Marry me and defy the old cat"
Yes; that's just what | should like
to do, but one must consider things"
You mean moncy|
Yes; | mean money. You see, if
Aunt Judith had any rational ground
for Directing to our marriage. if she
said You drank or were already mar
ried-of course | know you are not
but am supposing a case
Don't you think you might suppose
something a little less uucomplimen-
taryr'
"No; certainly not What does it
matter in supposing? Well, then it
would be different and should feel
that, however wrong she might be, she
really meant well. But when she can
only say chat you are one of the most
arrogant opponents Of all the noblcst
and purest aspirations of our sex
which means that she suspects You of
laughing at her bloomers-why,t then,
know that it is not me that She is
thinking of but herself all the time.
And she wants me to marry Ficbel-
Jones because he hatters her to the top
of bar hnnt and oils bor nioroo,. o,h
all that sort of nonsense"
"Do Won thfnI, tbo+ nrncbinc, bfs
head would do any cood?"
"No. I'm, oui+o s,ro # .,1d,,+ or
should have told you to do it long ago
But, for all that, Aunt Judy can do
what she likes with all nv money I'M
til con,o Of coo ,nd IL ,,,.,,.,.,.. ,,.itI,
out bnr consent hoforo ON, ~ an NV.
nronnrtv noos into trr.t v.itI, hnr -.
truston and sho can allow mo nc much
or ne IittIn ne sbn lil,ns If Amt I,dith
wore nm ordinary ann Ana n,i.,r+ ~.
noct thot sbn v,nrIJ oor,o ro,,nI whom
ebo found or+ what dam ,.,,, roa,,,
oro p,,+ I.,,,,,. si,,, ,,.,,,il l.. IL.
TOO doliobtnd to oot tbo mono, CO.. hnr
movop,nnts and sociotios ord1 shou1d
po,.o,. ,r,+ ,,or,,,. 9, 49,, ,,,,..+ ,,.,i+
fin am 81 >
"If corId only. ,r,+ ro,,,1 bor =,
soma u.o, II t1,is ,,.,, i, ,,o,.,i
tbora vvorId bo doyons of
shonI1 dron IN hor in a roi1,. ocoi
dnr+ o,d sootr,, I,o,. Io..t ,,,,,,,,,t,, ,,.;4i,
NV hr,rd, nasl. +"
syou foract tbot ehn is = tooto+o,or"
oIf Won b,d mot os r,on,. +on+oto1ors
nee Iovo Won ,ronldn,t io+ ,,nor,
ono wbo simnlv VOLTS down . +riao
tho+ l. cir vii, hro,d,. .nI ,.or,,,,ti,
tbouoh bo u-ouIdn,+ tonoh ofthor han,
cstlv ont Of class mr. mi~ht no in
tbo ,rov who, hn,, borsos ,,oI+o1,,
ooh sbn doosr,t l,oo,, onvp,
"Sbo would In - nov, tnaI eba,,,1
s+on tbop, AT tbo ,fs1, 40 NV Iifo ava
she would fan On NV ,,...l, md COIL mo
hor nrosarvar.,,
8" sborId like +o 50, +b,+r, oriod
Tvdio with . dnIinio,,. trim ~ ,o,,cb
fer
"T.vddv Won bova u, inoriro+ior "
said Rob Eou, Win dirnity - nm,
suro thn scnnn wou,d ho most dr,,na+.
IT, esnocioIIv If Todv Iudr bonnonod
TO he in bIoomors And hor ron,orso
wouId no Ga oroot tbot Che would civo
me her consent written ON VISITING
card mr. norbone my shirt curf 70 nro,
vent mistakes ;,
GLOW can Won talk erch po,sonso,
Rut Won hove riven ma an idoo
Couldn't Won sova bor whom che is ont
bicvclinr%,
"Wbot fron,g And how, an, 70 find
her ot fine rioht momontg,
"WoIl rnaIlv shouId bovo +horqb+
that y man rou,d have arrorrod oil
that in q pinr+ov
"Soems nc ~ +ho s,,ros+ r,o, ,,.o,,,a
he 70 orrongn thn ,ccidon+ ono r,i,,h+
hriho a tror,,, 10 ot+o,I, hon ana Ill.
bimsaIf 70 no dri,on off h, ono and
tbon no uonld nrohobIr ,Iaol,n,oiI ,,,a
for +be rost of nv, Iifo m, 40 ,,,i,.,,+
ce+ cororors fr;ond 20 40 tho 80,
mart in disouiso onlv con,+ ~ +hn
nroson+ nomont tbink ~ an, NAN v.ho
wouId no sucb a inv pnsidos rorr
Amt Indy is inst tho Lind of o,orI,o+io
fo,noIo who ,.o,,Id i,eis+ -, s.oa;,,a, 10
villain sofo in ioil oftor tI,o rneo,,o
Thon ! shonId hovo =, ,,;,.o ,,,rso,r IN
to save him. The plan is not so bril-
liant as it seemed mt first"
mo; it isn't; very far from it. But
listen to me. On Monday Aunt Judy
starts on a bicycle ride to Scotland
alone. She wishes to show that one
woman in boomers can 90 through the
length of England without coming to
grief Now. my idea is that you should
accompany her"
"'Mycs! DO you think she will catch
on to the elopementY
ooh, she is not to know. | will find
out the route she goes by. and you will