The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-22
How They Met.
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Fairweather. Augustus c. Fairweather
Funeral from his late residence "a Du
Pont avenue at II a. M Thursday, April
i6.
Singular" unused Pemberton, "that
there IS no age put in. suppose l
must so. His mother would never
forgive me II stayed away
He looked at his watch and, seeing
that he had just time to reach the
house before the ceremony, left the
dub and proceeded thither, arriving as
the obsequIes were beginning. Direct
iy opposite him sat very pretty young
woman, on whom his eyes were riveted
all through the services When they
were over and the family and intimate
friends were entering the carriages to
follow the dead to the cemetery Penn
berton saw the lady who had caught
his fancy handed iato the last carriage
In the train. He stepped to the car
riage, was ushered In by the attend
ant, the door was closed and the car
riage driven away. There was no one
inside except the lady and Mr.. Penber-
ton.
1t is not to be supposed that lady
and gentleman will drive several miles
alone together without a word. In
this instance 1t was incumbent on the
lady to speak FIRST, and she did so.
Il noticed" she said, ''that the age
OF the deceased was omitted from the
death notice. DO you know how old
he was"
Il noticed that myself" replied Penn
berton, bit clustered, EGus was all
ways sensitive about his age, and
dare say he left 1t out on purpose"
The lady looked at him wonderingly.
Il mean added Pemberton hastily
II suppose that the family. knowing
OF his preference In the matter. omit
ted it"
"One Of the Fairweathers wrote
delightful novel, believe. Her Con-
quest"
Martin Falrweather. He had great
talents. It's a pity he was cut off
while entering on brilliant career
WAS Her Conquest a posthumous
work."
mo-" replied Pemberton; "he was
forming plans how to follow up the
situation. Il think be wrote it before
he died"
Again the lady looked up suddenly,
and Pemberton explained that he
meant the book was published while
the author was yet living.
Are you an intimate friend Of the
familyg' she asked
''No. Gus mother and mine are very |
dear friends / have known Gus fairly |
wen, but net intimately. And you. I |
suppose You are close to him."
"a very distant relative. though I |
confess / scarcely know them"
On the way home Pemberton VEN
tured to ask permission to call upon
the lady. which was granted She in
troduced him to her family as an inti- (
mate friend of the Eairweathers whom
she had met at Augustus Fairweath-
er's funeral. It happened that several
friends who saw her with her new
devotee asked her where she had met
him. Stories grow BY telling, and at
last she explained that be was friend
OF her cousin. poor Gus Fairweathcr,
who had recently died.
But few months had passed be
fore there was an engagement between
Pemberton and Miss Anita Brown. the
lady he had met at the Fairweather
funeral. The courtship being short
and Mr.. Pemberton being known to
very few OF Miss Browns friends. the
engagement occasioned great surprise
among them. The first question al
ways was Where did she meet him2"
and the reply always was. He was
bosom friend of Gus Fairweather, and
tile Fairweathers. you know, are close
kin to the Browns They FIRST saw
each other while poor Gus was being
lowered in the grave. Wasn't 1t a
melancholy meeting to result in such a
happy eventT'
One day SOME months later Pember-
ton and his wife were walking togeth-
er when suddenly the former stopped
and stood stock still He was white as
a sheet and trembIed all over looking
straight before Elm.
"Edwardr' gasped his bride what :
Is itY
Pemberton put his hand TO his brow.
sam all right? Do dream?"
"Oh Edward"
Meanwhile q young man approached
and called Hello. Pemberton. How
are you? This is the lady. suppose.
rye heard ali about It Met at my I'M
nIe's funeral Am glad the old duffer
brought some happiness before he died.
He never did while he lived"
'sW-uhere were you when-your I'M
sle-died ~ stammered Penlberton.
aIn Europe. Didn't know anything
about It til I got home. And how do
Tou suppose first heard IT. Why, at |
being ted Of tie romantic attachment
hat had been started between Ned
aid Miss Anita Brown
Khile weeplng over the old fellows
srayeF
There was 10 age mentioned In the
.otice."
age? Nobody knew. He was OLD
IS the hIlls.H
BY this time Pemberton had regained
is aonanlmitr. and sirs. Pemberton.
sho had never seen Fairweather. !
new that mistake had been made. ,
Come and see u.s. she said !
Do.v added her husband.
Ne sail always feel an interest IN I
onr uneie's demise. said pemberton. &
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