The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-11-07

fathers farm. She could not join him
without passing through her fathers
farm. She made mistake in sending
word to her father that, being now
free, she was determined to marry
Peter Dobson. and she begged him to
give his consent and permit her to be
| married at home.
Instead OF yielding his consent, reanz-
ing that till thaw came his daughter
was still something of prisoner. Mr..
Perks seized a gun and. taking posi-
ton on an -eminence in the center OF
bis farm, from whence he could COM
mand it from shore to shore, stopped
the passage. threatening to shoot any
one who insisted on going in either
direction.
! Naturally this blockade, which SO far
| as intercourse was concerned divided
the island into two parts, incensed the
| inhabitants. and when it became known
that the blockader's object was to pre-
vent the lovers from marrying there
arose a clamor of indignation.
One evening number of citizens as
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the purpose Of devising means to break
the blockade. One suggested force, but
DObson was unwilling that they should
risk the splitting of blood, especially In
such a matter. Another thought a
passage might be effected over the icy
bay. But this, too, was attended with
risk and could not be made a prac-
ticable passage. Then Abe Skinner
arose and said
''Neighbors. guess you're not gittin
on the right track very fast. The way
to break the blockade is to marry the
boy and the girl"
SLOW v goin' to do that" asked
Jake Stevens. when one on EN- is
here and t'other beyond the Perks
farm? The old sinner won't let his
daughter come here. Do you s'pose
he's goin' to let Pete go there"
Don't need to go there. There's a
way o. being married where the bride
and groom are in separit places"
"How's that?"
by telephone"
'By telephoneT all exclaimed.
"By gum. neighbors," said Bill
Gomery. II guess SINNERS hit the nail
on the head. sure"
Peter was called in and the matter
proposed to him. He eagerly consent
ed Farmer Black, living on the south
half of the island. was called up and
| asked to bring Lena to the phone He
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would be married over the wire. Some
time was required to persuade her
Dobson, senior, took his sons place at
the phone and told her that unless
some means of erecting a passageway
through the island were found force
would be used and her father might be
injured. possibly killed This brought
her around and, being asked what cler-
gyman she would prefer to marry her,
said she had always intended that her
former pastor. Mr.. Dingley, should per-
form the ceremony. Mr. Dingley was
on the mainland. but was called up on
the phone and. when the case was ex-
planned to him. consented to act.
So while old Perks was sitting on a
rock, with gun In his hands, to pre-
vent his daughters marriage the cere-
mony was performed. the bride being
on one end Of the island. the groom on
the other and the clergyman on the
mainland. AS soon as the latter had
said to both Peter and Lena, II pro-
nounce You man and wife, Abe Skin
ner called up the Perks home and an
nounced TO Mrs. Perks that the twain
had been made one. Mrs. Perks went
out and called to her husband:
"Paw. y needn't keep on settin' there
any longer. Lena's married.
"Whatp'
"Married-married Peter"
How did she git married with him
and her separate, me bein' between
'emT
by telephone"
The old man didn't speak for FIVE
minutes. then he instructed his wife
to call up his lawyer and ask him If
a marriage by telephone was legal
The response came that most any kind
Of marriage was legal now in Amer
lea IL really intended or illegal If
divorce was wanted. either way.
So Perks got off his perch. went into
his house. traffic was resumed, and
the affairs Of the island proceeded as
usual.