Putnam patriot., 1910-09-09


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 l [ leaned back CD fbe cushion as though mneb disappointed ] am nOt i ssre. buf nrse9ieea tte decepttea oi slEb fIf- nosd war tadleafea be l fEe speed he eas dr1riue rbe machine ] ] gvas feBptee fo fear of my feii and throw mf arms about 8ls nerk gaf { ] dared nes Rs his bride ] had been eirf Now was approaching mid ale are Another drnsuemeDf fo fhis singular freak ef fafe oeeurrsd 70 fne. I would @ Wffh hlm to the church. thea raxeal tBgseif
 sWeI.s z8lf. =If Is time that we efga this backing aud Sling } shall shgs you thaf have mofe steadiness ,haH yaa suffase Come. turn about Ief us % Co the reetory
 Without word he turned bis ma chine and we we're soon speeding iB sBe opposite direction Neither spoke fer some time. wondered of what he was thinking Perhaps that lone llness wblch comes over 8 single man after he has passed fhe heyday of youih would now be ended Or was be thinking Of his bride of hffeen years before? When we drew up at fhe reeFory before aIighting he said:
 =.,Tbere is y.f flne to reconsider this most ifuperfan' step in your fife If yon have not perfect confidence in me 1 beg of you to withdrs V before it is loo late %
 slf there k faeiiiatien now f is in yon Dol In me Q
 He got onf of The auto but not with the springg sfep ef groom knew he vas swayed by fwo opposite cur rents Whatever were bis feelings he would not recede from The position he had taken
 We were received by The rector who had been expecting as for some time He placed ns before uantel. took Up his prnser book and waited for me te take 0d my vol Slowly uHweuud Ii and when removing fhe iast fold turn. ed and looked af the groom
 He had Bat seen me since l was eighteea sew was thirty-ttree. hni he seee me af nBre=that is be knew ne as sdeH as he could recover from b5s asfenlsbment Aud the fact that his hslae Nas the same as he had stse.i h9 years hefere rendered that as- fDalshmeHt zathef 3 confusion of ideas fhan | natural impression. He stood looking 4, ne aazed
 .iG wsf.a b. exclaimed ai last
 With fhe two men looking al me. the one waiting to know what the scene meant. the other how l came te be ibere iD place of the woman he expect s.d it was incumbent en me to make an explanation l dId so to the rector telling him briefly the circumstances. When l had finished 1 turned to my groom. wondering what expression l would find there. saw al once that he was eager 10 know what would he fbe outcome of this eonfretemps. Did it mean punishment revenge or would II lead to reconciliation l replied to the question asked by his eyes with my lips | gave him a smile With q profound sigh If relief be turned to the clergyman and said:
 "f'reeeeds' -
 The rector seemed puzzled. Ett deatiy inc situation iustered him: but being n holy erdefs. wttb church. mans nntagonism toward marrying divorced people and 4 ehure hman's pleasure h rcunitlng those who have been separated he was not long In re covering his equanlmiiy He looked at ne for my assent But he looked in vain gave no assent Neither did express dissent He looked to the groom fer instructions and doubt. less received them. for without fur fher delav he began the ceremony.
 Neither man was quite sure what would be fhe outcome until the ques- tiop was asked me 'Wlil you take this man to be your welded husband r hesltated for moment. then said firmly. T will
 Both men gave a sigh of relief
 Aud so il was that while was sep arated for fifteen years from the man l loved and who loved me. by sense lcss tiH. l was reunited 10 him by a mary elous coincidence. Had not the woman he was to have made his sec- end wife put his note in her retieule aud left il eB counter had not tnken il up by mistake. l would not have been In the nick ef time in po- sifian to take W hat belonged te me and appropriate t to myself The rsticuie was bers. the man ~as mine
 never asked ny husband how he eNpIained matters to the woman with whom he had intended to elepe considered ii none ot my business Moreover l wis not interested ln fl. But I did ask him If he did not sus pect thai the wolnan beside him in the auto wts nat ihe one he expected to meet He told me that while he did noi suSpest me be felt that there was something in the situation foreign to what was intended My voice. he said. was ,he only real difficulty in the way of perfect deception.
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 The "shai ui heTnan whence our word .-sha wis made ot goats hair Like The carpets ghe shawl patterns are iearned ns heart. and tne work is even liner. Children also do this work II Is estimated that kerman turns oa' S.Aatsa worth Of sha wis, handmade. yesr Ths Iiuess pneiaet Is ar eoos pattern. rich cs,ior effect. made espe- siatts for the go,ernor ef the province, as s.f