Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-05-04
cHs,,y, Of The Old Gradss.
By j. II. CONNOLLY.
CHAPTER XVII.
BY J. II. CONNOLLY.


the next morning, only to learn, to MS
great disgust, that 1t would not be prac-
ticable to get marriage license before
nine o'clock. Hitherto he had cared moth
ing for politics. but now he saw an I'M
perative need for Rcform-with oig II
one 80 great as to be worth hghting Tor
at the polls. 1t was shameful, outrageous
he said to himself-that the sioth Oh
public servant. mere clerk, should DC
permitted to Keep up the bars on the roau
TO Hymcn until so prepostcrous an hour.
Marriage licenses should be procnrabie
at daybrcak. 1t would do no harm IL the
clerks office were kept open all night.
like the watch houses, and would doubt
less he a great convenience FOR citizens.
He wondered IL he could not get the AS
semblyman from his district to Introduce
In the Legislature bill to that effect.
And hours later. when he realized that
what had been at the first seeming but
an annoying delay. had, through the evo.
luton OF consequent events. developed
into overwhelming disaster to his most
cherished plans, his rage grew with ms
knowledge. and he swore by the DeviIs
Backbone that never would he vote Tor
q candidate unpledged to antagonism to
restricting the issuance Oh marriage IL
censes to the hours between nine u. III.
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Sanuo' rIc',n !e"rs "s', - ".n'ne
law OF 'ne Ne'. Mr. McLeou' Tue pres
ent nncu'npent-Wno got tne pest y, me
Cnce ~ horse 'r""c, e'e" ~ ~ 70 MN,
.s,er o' 'he s'spe,, anu give MN ereu..
.or II us ! no un! nun Wno Is sn"r.
enousn W .ss. nv !" uN
perscnahy hnown 10 vverscT.y IN .ne
nor.ner" M, anu l'',uo,e vi Wusn'ns.on
county. nehe,e me, JONI nou east
no. uahe 700 'h"ny precau.ohs III .n,s
matter. Forge, IL not 'nat Cameron
weuuhs Mu'.eN, unu ns'e"u y. us
oe,ns un ceeas'on " ,un 'nc n"nie VI ,ne
o'u ,euu; S ,',, pIms aoo.' peuee ".u
eood VIII. WnIcn IL uoth' cepehde'n i'll
sre9'es. measure upon 'hee'
ooh see now.
ihro"eh 'he uegree OF respect thou
showest, py every detaiI OF ,hy marriage,
LOT the MuiNe' 'nou mast CHOSEN 10 TAKE
10 wne. 10 hausht that ah enemy might
eohstrue INTO sIght OF even u 'no"snt'
less iack Oh CONSIDERATION LOT her.
MIS-. ROBINSON used IKE arguments
WIN hetty, unth the young couple began
imagining ,hat marriage ee'eDrated Dy
ANYBODY ese thah the Hev. Mt. i-aid-
law wou'u oe no harriage Ut an worthy
Oh tue hahe' anu Johh went III huste 10
secure ut once tue services OF 'nat neces'
sary iuhc,iohary. Aus ior uhe hours
iost ih geu'he the Incense! !nc minis
ters wire snid tnat her huspahd had'
ABOUT nine O'Clock tnat Ihorn'ne' gone
over 10 Aheehnhv 10 CONFER WIN some
MINISTERIAL prother over something they
proposed 10 Drihs petore tue next pres
bytery' ana nc was NOT ut al hKeiy 10
return peiore dnrK. but Dy Six O'Clock
they would certainly ma MN az nome:
Could they not wait uhtii theh wait!
On, yes, John couid wait ana would II
II were aDsoiuteiy necessary, uhtii even.
ing, BUT no more lie saiu 10 himselr
that he would see MI. Laid'aw ana the
whole presbytery i'll haliinN Detore ne
would wait until the next day.
The weather was altogether too vilcly
bad for any sightseeing. to kill time
with; and. indeed. there was not much
worth seeing In the town In those days;
certainly nothing so attractive for John
and Hetty Us sitting together before the
glowing fire In the cosy sitting room OF
the Farmers Inn, building their castles
In the air. They took up that delightful
occupation Just about where they had
left off the night before, and the enchant.
ed land of their mutual dream was far
from the dull. cold, gray reality of driving
rain and bowling wind and FLASHING mud
beneath frowning leaden skies. With his
arm about her waist, her head upon his
shoulder and their voices murmuring low
and tcnderly, their souls hoated In uni
son through II realm warmed and illunl-
ined by the rOseate sun Of love.
Furnishing the castle In the. air was
now the order of business. John rather
thought they would not need to buy a
single stick" The great loft of the old
homestead was literally filed with bed.
steads, tables, chairs, chests OF drawers,
and such like stuff, the accumulations of
three or four generations Of systematic
gatherers; and 1t was no common, cheap
furniture, but solid mahogany; old-fash.
toned, perhaps, but none the less service.
able.
But, will your mother consent to our
taking what we wanty"