The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-11-10


RE suburb dropped 6ehind d maze
Ia stfeets Where dweI llngs stood stoul.
der TO shoulder and doofyards were
sscants The car sweptFup TO a corner
house OF modest and homely aspect
Two minutes more. and Allan was ex-
changing saiutations with and making
his bride-to-be known TO DigbSs good
friend, the Reverend Mr.. Wright.
Embarrassment worked confusion
With the young mans perceptiSe faeul-
ties. As this moment approached
when two should be made one who had
gone through fire and food, literally
al well as fguratiyely, for each 9TH
ers sake, incredulity drew veil be
fore his vision. He viewed the world
&'in glass. darby.
otHe was aware of a decently fur
nished minister's study; of two Wit
ndsses IN the gulse of 'unassuming
womenfolk Of Che ministers house
hold I. OF. the Rev. Mr.. Wright himself
asi4a benevolent voice rolling sono-
rouslys forth from a black.clad pres
once; OF the woman OF his heart stand
Ing opposite him; OF questions asked
and responses made; OF ring that
was magically conjured from some
store apparently maintained against
precisely similar emergencies; of a
hand chat took the hand that was to be
his wife's and placed It in, his; Of his
clumsy and witless bungling with the
task OF lifting that ring to- the finger
of.his sweethenrt's hand j..
And then lie was aware Of a door
that banged violently in the hallway;
ofthe sound of mans voice making
some indistinguishable demand; that
Roses hand was suddenly whipped
away, before he could at on the ring;
that the study door was flung open and
that this animal OF a Marrophat had
precipitated himself intoithe room.
fsaiHe opened his iiouthbto protest
4ahd, sAlarrophat ssilenced him with a
Scry$ s*s VI 4
II 5;aYou fool! Drop that ring! Stop
sthIS farce! Don't you know whom
you're marrying? That woman Is Ju
dllll Urine, you idiot-not Rose"
Blankly Alan turned. to the girl.
Her flaming face. her suilen eyes.
ller very pose, from which the man.
ner OF Rose had dropped like cast
garment, confessed the truth Of Mar.
robiat's assertion And as II this were
not enough, judith confessed itdo1bly
with sudden outbreak$of such rage
as never could have been abre&ed' In
Roses gentle nature: = S r:ss
"You5devIl.!" she crled-and threw
,erseIf IN frontrof' Marrophat with a!
spring asslithe as'tllat OF a teopaFd9ss. !
Take warning no&afroln" mesfkeepi
outPof my way forever after 'thls&or
takesthe Consequences! God fknows." !
she painted '@hy'1. don't kill You as
yoa stand un j5'>l'.l'A'-' ,iaa SsF2
HeI&as.in her way, between her and
the open door. She gave him nos
caaaSSce 10 move ose aside, but seized him !
SO dercely BY the Wrists that be IN.
stldctlyely. lifted To- project himself,
aud:shei fairly threw him half dozen
feet from hers : He brought up with /
crash against the wall seven as1tte
door slammed behind the girT.2 VIZ /
When Alan, the first to recover,
gained the sidewalk, she was already
in the taxfcab. Whatever reward she
had promised the man, he whipped his
machine away as II from the fear OF
sudden death.
And darting from the house hard
on The minister's heels, Marrophat
leaped into his own car and, as i he /
had not heard her threat or received
substantial proof Of her earnestness
toreof fnapursuit.
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