Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-17

startled all Washington the night they ap-
peared.
STARTLING TERMINATION OF THE
JEFFREY-MOORE WEDDING.
THE TRADITIONAL DOOM FOLLOWS
THE OPENING OF THE OLD HOUSE
ON WAVERLEY AVENUE.
ONE OF THE GUESTS FOUND LYING
DEAD ON THE LIBRARY
HEARTHSTONE.
LETTERS IN HIS POCKET SHOW HIM
TO HAVE BEEN ONE w. PFEIF-
FER OF DENVER.
NO INTERRUPTION TO THE CERE-
MONY FOLLOWS THIS CHASTITY DIS
COVERY, BUT THE GUESTS FLY IN
ALL DIRECTIONS AS SOON AS THE
NUPTIAL KNOT IS TIED.
1.-THE festivities attendant upon the we'd
ding of Miss Veronica Moore to Mr.. Fran
els jeffrey Of this city met with a startling
check today AS most Of our readers know,
the long-closed house on Waverley avenue,
session of the brides family, was opened
for the occasion at the express wish Of the
bride. For week the preparations for
this great function have been going on
When at an early hour this morning line
of carriages drew up In front of the his
toric mansion and the bridal party en-
tered under its once gloomy but now seem
ingly triumphant portal the crowds. which
blocked the street from curb to curb, testi-
fed to the interest felt by the citizens of
Washington in this daring attempt to
brave the traditions which have marked
this house out as solitary. and by a scene
of joyous festivtty make the past forgotten
and restore again to usefulness the de-
cayed grandeurs Of an earlier time. AS
Miss Moore is one of Washington's most
charming women. and this romantic eff
fort naturally lent an extraordinary in
terest to the ceremony Of her marriage. a
large number Of our representative people
assembled to witness 1t, and by high noon
the scene was one of unusual brilliancy.
Halls which had moldered away in an
unbroken silence for years echoed again
with laughter and palpitated to the choicest
strains of the Marine Band. All doors were
open save those Of the Hbrary-an excep-
ton which added a pleasing excitement to
the occasion-and when by chance some OF
the more youthful guests were caught peer
ing behind the two Corinthian pillars
guarding these forbidden precincts the
memories thus evoked were momentary
and the shadow soon passed.
1.-The wedding had been set for high noon
and as the clock in the drawing room
struck the hour every head was craned to
catch the first glimpse of the bride coming
down the old-fashioned staircase. But five
minutes. ten minutes. a half hour, passed
without this expectation being gratif1ed.
The crowd above and below was growing
restless when suddenly cry was heard
from beyond the gilded pillars framing the
library door, and young lady was seen
rushing from the forbidden quarter, trem-
bling with dismay and white with horror.
1t was Miss Abbott OF Stratford Circle,
who in the interim of waiting had allowed
her curiosity to master her dread, and by
one peep into the room. which seemed to
exercise over her the fascination of a Blue
boards chamber. discovered the outstretch-
ed form Of man lying senseless and APP
parently dead on the edge OF the hearth
stone, The terror which instantly spread
among the guests shows the hold which
superstition has upon all classes of human
ity. Happily, however. an unseemly panic
was averted by the necessity which all felt
Of preserving some sort Of composure till