The National tribune., 1901-04-11
d. t4ge-hei, What could my poor child do
3. against the meddling Ashbels and tha,

against the meddling Ashbels and tha,
| rascaliy"-
''Ah, Mrs. Keer," broke in the lawyer.
Pardon ME, but permit me to advise you,
| professionally, not to make aay state
ments which might be overheard. Another
| slander suit would make Mr.. Sears quite
! a wealthy man. To my certain knowledge
neither Doctor nor Mrs Ashbel had the
| slightest suspicion that the young man was
| in this vicinity, and as to the marriage,
| it is as much Of surprise to them as to
| you"
''This marriage
"The State of New York cannot show
| a better, madam"
But it can be dissolved, As soon as
| Margaret realizes the disgrace of it all,
| Then well go abroad, and when things
| haye-quieted down, you knOw-l-you
and she, James-that is, 1 mean
| Mrs. Keep stammered, but recovered her
| self again. Il will give Margaret all my
| interest in the mill as dot. l know /
| treated you very badly once--and l am
| willing to make all the amende one CAM
Mr.. BettsOn seemed very much affect
ed. Hum" he began, at length, 'as
things stand Margaret might get di-
| vorce for cause, swearing she did not
| know what the registration in the hotel
meant, and did not intend the same to con-
| stitute Il marriage. 1t would probably be
| declared NOlu 40 fHitIO, DecduSe OF lrauu
| But what If Margaret refuses to sueF
| Il repeat" said Mrs. Keep, solemnly,
rising and holding up her hand, mot one
| of the Greenlee gang shall ever enjoy a
cent Of Hubert money, so help me-
Mrs. Keep was very stately and very
| magnificent as she sailed along the corri-
dors of The Grand that afternoon and
| asked that her card be sent up to the lady
| 1tTafrf -faraI under fha nf SaarG "
| The visit was, in way, a stormy one.
Margaret stood before her flushed and
passionate mother, quiet and dignified in
the face of threats and promises alike.
"He is my husband, mamma. / can
listen to nothing against him."
'If he is your husband, why isn't he
| here" tauntng!y.
"Matters of importance have taken him
elsewhere"
"What matters of such pressing i'm
portance has Gilbert SearsF'
| Il don't know, mamma. He didn't tell
me. But l am to stay until he comes
back"
"And, pray, who is to pay your billsT'
| Margaret rang and ordered the wallet
in the safe to be brought up to her.
Breaking the seal she showed her mother
some 81 600 in bills. This evidence OF
good faith rather staggered Mrs. Keep,
but, If possible, it made her more angry
than ever.
E'If you don't disOwn this scoundrel and
come back with me at once, you are no
longer my daughter" she screamed, al
most beside herself with rage.
Chautauqua is a very vortex OF news
mongering. Every third man, woman and
child is correspondent, professional or
amateur, paid or volunteer, for some sort
| of newspaper. Some people do not con,
| 1Yaf
terated delight. But he is at least known
and labeled; he puts the name of his jour.
nal on his card and asks for what he
wants in an open way. If he has to adopt
! other methods the fault is not his. But
the minister who sends few personals"
to some semi-religious paper; the teacher
on a vacation, or the ''sweet girl gradu
ate who adds to her income by "pickine
up items" are the most INSCRIPTIONS OF
| reporters. and their name at Chautaudua
is something more multitudinOus than le
gion.
To all this throng the storm was prov
idence They besieged the fishermen fol
tales of death and peril. They stimulated
the fertile imaginati0ns Of the ''Oldest set
tiers" and received in return traditions Of
the times when the Iroquois and the Hol
land Land Company were alternate lord!
of the soil, and the not less wonderful
2 stories of the first oil-discovery days. Blu
, no person had been drowned in this par
ticular storm. Narrow escapes even hat
been fewer than at first reported. Clos
= upon the -gatherers' discovery o.
}. Margaret and Gilbert's adventure, how
- ever, came the revelation that the twt
: had left home under the name and styl,
= of Miss Keep and w. G. Sears, youth
I full bachelor, only TO declare themselve
- hours later man and wife; whereupol
t the newly made Benedict, if so he reall,
4 | WAS. had disaDDe1rpd
r The atmosphere was thick with ques
tion marks. Nor could anyone remOtel,
:. concerned give word OF explanation
Margaret kept TO her room. Mrs. Ashbel'
= little trumpet, the Doctors scholarly alb
+ straction and Mr.. Bettson's bland affabil
/ ity were alike battling to the reporters
i and no one Of the fraternity could truth