Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-11-01

sure il ism Ihllauelphld, Mon
tanaT asked the judge
Il will at once find out all particu-
lars. your eXcelleucy."
"Ncver mind just now. I'd like a
few hours rest before meeting the
widow American or otherwise. If you
viii he SO kind. you needn't mention
to her that | am here | came away
from my home in Boston, California,
to escape widow, and, YOU see,
don't want TO bump up against another
too soon. We Americans always want
TO walk around awhile before getting
acquainted"
1T IS So. lour eXcellency, and your
wishes shall be respected" said the OBJ
How dor5 Jlle widow happen to be
ilare alonet" inquired the judge with
a,. much show Of interest.
l.r ma.Hcr is at Lyons. France.
-le is aUsrr Of silks for Americans.
viii soon hp here
Is e.r .a,d looking and rich?' ask
. ,E H., ...: =.
-I.l ] known, your excellency, that
..ti-c-"o. ...taa3. had such handsome
.-..an { sE.uiI have gone there for
uis second ai.e IS for riches she
ns t.r na4 rooms and orders what
81. Waits 1iy bin against her will
be very I...nh."
Think she's on the marryf"
when saw you. sir, and knew
lhat You wnre m American l said to
myself:
He comes from the same country.
lie looks like a widoWcr. He appears
to be rich. Why should not the wid-
over marry the widow and thus make
each other happyT"
"ThaGSs Tor your interest in the
case. old man. but 20 slow. An Amer
lean widover and an American widow
viii always find each other IN good
time if you leave them alone Just
leave it II us.
They met mt the table, but were not
introduced 4 sharp eyed person
would have noticed that they were
sizing each other up. Two days later.
as the widow sat on the veranda with
a book in her hand the landlord and
the Judge approached and the former
INDUCED in "A dozen bows and scrapes
rs he said:
a have the utmost fellctation in
presenting Judge Fordham TO Mrs
Chatham"
The Judge found the widow to be Il
woman not much over thirty She was
bright and keen and self possessed.
She found the Judge to be man of
about forty-cight 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 HE Office TO say to his wife:
To-day. Marie, have done a noble
thing The wldowcr viii marry the
widow. and when they return 70 Amer.
lea they win probably live in New
York. Arizona, and be happy all their
days. Did not tell you when we We're
married thgt us q landlord | should be
% magnificent succcssf'
Neither the Widow Chatham nor
Judge Forlhlm had story TO tell. II
came ont casually in conversation that
she was the widow Of Chicago whole
sale grocer ana had taken the trip
abroad at the Instance of her brother
Tom who was silk buyer for New
York house and who would soon be
with them II came out the same way
! that the Judge had retired from the
bench in New York and was now TAX
ing II easy abroad while his bonds
went right on plllng mp 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 10 smile and turn 10 his
wife with:
Marie, compliment me on my mag
nlficence 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
ont together, they boated together, they
climbed the hills together. The subject
of love wasIj't even limited at but there
! were other persons than the landlord
who smiled IN a knowing way.
There was just a bit of mystery about
the brother He was to arrive at such
a time and such time, but he didn't
arrive. 1t was al 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 1t 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 aud one day just after Il
telegram had been received by the
widow the Judge str0lled into the rail
road depot ana found her about to
take a train-thdt IS, he thought she
was. She had no baggage and appear
cd to avoid observation.
When she saw that she was discov-
cred She made some excuse and left the
depot in his company She was a bit
glum for awhile. but soon rallied and
was very gay that evening. Two days
later "A tcle ram announced that Broth
cr Tommy VAS i'll at home. The widCw
said that sl, would run over there for
day or two, ana the judge said be
would acrJ, nany he" He had curl
a- ~, ,.. -ilk mills and this
.....l in# ..3 .nae to crafty it. The
a. .eniIed that Tommy
Hs e ness without any
III. l.. help. @u. lad her fair share Of
aistcr.y affection. but Tommy was one
of these fellows that always played
baby even with a cold IN the head.