The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-09-11
By LOURENE RICHARDS
Copyright. 1905. by P. c. Eastm, ut

sequious host.
How does the widow happen to be
here aloneT inquired the judge with
out much show of interest.
Her brother is at Lyons, France.
He is buyer of silks for Americans.
He will soon be here"
rs she good looking and rich?'' ask
ed the judge.
Had | known, your excellency, that
Chicago, Canada, had such handsome
women l should have gone there for
my second wife AS for riches, she
has my best rooms and orders what
she wants. Ny bill against her will
be very muoh"
Think she's on the marryP"
when / saw you, sir, and knew
that you were an American l said to
myself:
HE comes from the same country.
He looks like widower He appears
to be rich. Why should not the wild
over marry the widow and thus make
each other happyY"
Thanks for your interest in the
case, old man, but go slow. An Amer
will always find each other in good
time if you leave them alone. Just
leave it to u.s.
They met at the table, but were not
introduced A sharp eyed person
would have noticed that they were
sizing each other up. Two days later,
as the widow sat on the veranda with
book in her hand, the landlord and
the judge approached, and tie former
INDUCED in a dozen bows and scrapes
as he said:
81 have the utmost felicitation in
presenting Judge Fordham to Mrs
Chatham"
The Judge found the widow to be a
woman aot much over thirty. She was
bright and keen and self possessed.
She found the judge to be a man of
about forty eight, hale and hearty and
inclined to be frank spoken. OF course
they became interested at once, and
after a few minutes the landlord re-
entered the office to say to his wife:
To-day Marie, | have done a noble
thing. The widower will marry the
widow, and when they return to Amer
lea they will probably live in New
York, Arizona. and be happy all their
| days. Did | not tell you when we were
married that as a landlord l should be
a magnificent successY'
Neither the Widow Chatham nor
| Judge Fordham had a story to tell 1t
came out casually in conversation that
she was the widow of a Chicago whole
sale grocer and had taken the trip
i abroad at the instance of her brother
| Tom, who was silk buyer for New
York house and who would soon be
with them. It came out the same way
that the judge had retired from the
| bench in New York and was now talk
ing it easy abroad while his bonds
went right on piling up interest. They
| found themselves agreeing on almost
| all subjects, especially on the greatness
of Chicago and the purity of American
politics, and now and then the landlord
looked out to smile and turn to his
wife with:
Marie compliment me on my mag
nificence. The widower and the widow
are becoming more and more interested
in each other
The judge rather took charge of Mrs.
Chatham after the first day. They rode
out together. they boated together, they
climbed the hills together The subject
of love wasn't even limited at, but there
were other persons than the landlord
who smiled in a knowing way
There was just bit of mystery about
the brother. He was to arrive at such
| time and such a time, but he didn't
arrive. 1t was all the fault of the
silk men, he wrote. They were taking
things easy and refused to be hustled.
He would be along in good time, how
ever, and in one of his letters he wrote
that it would be a pleasure for him to
meet the judge. The judge smiled
| grimly when this extract was read to
| him. He seemed to doubt it.
After their acquaintance had lasted
| two weeks and one day Just after a
| telegram had been received by the
widow the judge strolled into the rail
road depot and found her about to
| take a train-that is, he thought she
was. She had no baggage and appear
| eQ 10 AVOID observation.
When she saw that she was discov-
cred she made some excuse and left the
J depot in his company. She was a bit
| glum for awhile, but soon rallied and
was very gay that evening Two days
later a telegram announced that Broth
er Tommy was i'll ut home The WIDOW
| said that she would run over there for
day or two. and the judge said Ae
would accustpany her. He had a Curl
osity about the silk mills, and this
would be good time to crafty it. The
widow suddenly decided that Tommy
might get over his illness without any
Of her help. She had her fair share of
sisteriy affection, but Tommy was one
Of these fellows that always played
baby even-with cold IN the head
Two mornings later the Judge took
an early morning walk 1t was an
hour before breakfast He walked
down TO the depot to see the 6:2C train
go out. He was on time, and he saw
the Widow Chatham there. She lodged
aim and returned to the hotel instead of
saking the train. When they met at
breakfast neither one said anything
about their walk. but the landlord rub
bed his hands and smiled and said to
his wife
Marie. my nagnificence grows. The
widower and the widow were out for
sunrise walk this morning That means
love and matrimony. I was the one to
Introduce them and bring two happy
hearts together OF course it will go
into both bills as an extra
There is pretty fair mountain at
Lausanne 1t is high enough to have
precipices and rugged enough to put a
man out of wind to climb 1t. When
you have followed Lovers walk" far
enough you strike into Hearts high
way" and quarter of a mile farther
you debouch upon platform called
"Maiden's rest" The judge and the
widow had been up there twice. On
the afternoon of the early morning
walk they took the path again. When
they had reached the plateau and found
seats and had a few words to say about
the view the widow looked the judge
fair In the eyes and said:
''Mr. Fordham, in about three min
utes. unless you promise to leave Lau-
same by the evening train, / shall be-