Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-12-23
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Nothing, except they thought l was
the groom who, suppose. was to have
met the bride there, and before l go
fairly awake they married me-"
"Oh, dear; oh. dear! What a terri
BILE thing to happen"
IF you saw my wife you wouldn't
think So"
81 thought you said it was dark and
you couldn't see her."
81 struck a match just as she Wa;
about to leave me-"
''Well. my son. it's nearly day. &c
to bed and get what sleep you can be
fore you have to get up again. In
sorry for the poor girl who made the
mistake hope she won't have much
trouble In getting her marriage witt
you annulled and being remarked tc
her rightfuI lover"
II do. hope she'll have a lot o.
trouble doing it."
"Why"
I'm satisfied"
"Oh, go to bed"
The next day l went to see the
clergyman who had married me, and
he appointed q meeting between me
and my wife to take place in the room
where we were married the next day
When we came together | found hei
very angry.
"This is simply ridiculous" she said
"My DEAR couldn't help it."
my dearw she repeated, shifting the
air scornfully.
what was the matter with-with
your other husband!"
"My other husband! Do you take
me for bigamist?"
swell, the man you were to have
married instead Of me-"
Don't call him man; he hadn't
the courage for such an affair. He
was afraid of father and showed the
white feather at the critical moment
But you will help me. Of course, to
annul this marriage
mo, won't"
"What do you mean?"
"I'm satisfied
Satisfied? Well, I like that! You
don't mean that you have any idea OF
letting the matter stand as it is?"
"Why not?"
"For the lands sake! Why. this is
the first time we have ever met"
Except on the night Of our we'd
ding"
wedding! Do you call that a real
wedding? Why. 1t wouldn't stand in
law. That is. so my lawyer says,
though one Of us might make the 9th
er lot of trouble"
did he say that?"
Dyes, | believe he said something
like it."
"Well. I'm going to make the trouble,
l won't give you up"
"NOnsense!'
saw that she was pleased. Her
lover had lost her by want Of pluck;
l determined to win her by bragga-
dOciO.
Perhaps you think your intended
husband will fight for you. I'm ready
to die rather than give you up to him. y
"Oh, no, he wouldn't fight on any
account. But father! You'll find him
terrible. He'll grind you to powder"
II will have every drop Of blood in
his body"
IF Billy had only talked, or. rather,
acted that way!' she said sadly.
"But he didn't"
"What put it into your head that you
wanted this-this so called marriage
to stand?"
"On seeing you I swore that you
should remain my wife"
"Why, it was only by the light Of a
match"
ut was enough"
"And you're going" she said after
pause. "tO fight my application for
an annulment?"
Eyes, and I'll fight every one who
presumes to help you"
"But you certainly don't want wife
whom you haven't seen but once
Twice
Between whom and you there has
been no courtship. no love passages
one whom you don't know anything
about. / may be a Jezebel"
"And | may be an ogre"
She laughed.
Zone thing insist upon"
"You insist upon? What right have
you
"a husbands right"
"Well. l declare"
~ don't wish You to see again the
man you were to have married"
"You don't. Ell? Well. you may com
mand me in that. fer don't wish tC
see him."
That's lucky. We shall not have
to quarrel about it: but. seriously
there Is saying. Act IN haste and
repent at leisure New. suppose we
both drop the matter for the present
l think 1t likely that some legal action
should be taken If separation Is tC
be effected. and 1t will require time
to determine what that action should
be. Meanwhile i ask the same privi
leges as the man you were to have
married and no more | would like