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MARRIAGE I
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j f Shortly Before ihc Wedding the •£
V Groom iiad Nut Seen
V the Bride
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A young man—be was about thirty-'
was on tlie rout' ot' a little trap of a
house nestling among trees on the
aiarglo of a lake In the heart of Ver
mont. Ills costume was a pair of
soiled trousers and a flannel shirt.
What occupied bhn on the roof was
replacing rotted shingles. A woman in
nn auto, which eshj! was drMng herself,
saw hiiu from the road, which ran a
hundred feet from the house. She
stopped her machine and called to him.
"I say—yon there—on the roofl"
The shingler looked up. ^
"Are you married?"
-No."
"I'll give you a thousand dollars If
you'll marry me right off."
The man was about to drive a nail,
but suspended his work and looked at
the woman for a moment, then said:
"Walt a bit. I'll come down and have
a look at you. If you're not a Gorgon I
don't know but I'll take you up."
He slid down to a ladder, descended
by it to the ground and walked leisure
ly toward the woman who was so
anxious for a husband.
"Hurry up!" she called.
The man hastened his steps and soon
stood beside the nuto.- In It was a young
woman between twenty and twenty
live years old and comely.
"What I U:ive to say must be said In
a hurry. I have property which was
left me in rare of those who will In
herit it in case I don't comply with a
condition of the will, which Is that I
shall be married by the time I am
twenty-two I shall be twenty-two tn
three days. Those who will Inherit tf
| I don't are after me to shut me up on
) the ground of lunacy. Oh. heavens!"
! She paused, listened, then went on.
"I thought I heard them coming. I
have only half an hour's start"—
"I'll pet In at:d you can tell me the
rest ou the way."
"Oh. do!"
| He got in beside her, and she start
Ied on.
"I understand your case," he said.
"You wish mo to marry you to comply
! with the provision in the wllL"
j "1 do."
; "And I as your husband will have a
| prior right to those who are after you
to your care?"
"! didn't think of that."
I "Turn to the left here. Do you Bee
that spire over there? The parson lives
| in that little white house with green
I blinds beside it"
j She turned as directed, and the
i man continued:
! "You wish me to agree beforehand
; not to claim any marital rights, the
j marriage being one of form solely, er
cept as shall aid you in your legal
contest, and to cousent to an annul
ment when you desire one?"
' "How nice to have you say it all ln
: stead of having to do it myself! I
j have always considered you country
people stupid You surprise me."
"Tills nirri-emeijt must be verbal and
:i secret between us or it might defeat
its purpose You'll have to trust me.
If I ;;n back on my pledge you can't
hold me since there is neither a writ
ten contract nor witnesses to a verbal
one."
The only reply to this was a gasp.
Suddenly there was a sound coming
from behind which both knew to be
from an autocar whose driver was
jrainlFt.tr power for bis machine by cut
ting off the muffler.
i"!:e woman, yielding unconsciously
to the instinct of relying on a man
for ic. tiou. was about to relinquish
b r s;rasp on the wheel to throw her
arms -iround her companion when, see
lir.' lici ili-dgn and not being in posi
tion to «toer the car himself, he ad
m ishifl her «harply.
" lold on for your lire:'
This (Itf>d Iter. and she kept the
machine in 'lie road while the man,
reaching over to tlit- wheel, turned on
all the s| d of wiiicli the car was ea
pn'-V
't"ie nil... vfas tortuous; the machine
ro-l-itl nud skidded But fortuue fa
voi-t-d the fugitives, and, although sev
er;.! times they came near going over,
they kept ti-'ht side :p till they struck
:i straight level, nt the end of which
was the church and beside it their goal.
"Here we are." lie continued as they
dashed up to the white bouse with
green blinds. There was a bonk be
hind them. and. looking back, they saw
a cloud of dust. "All depends on our
finding tlm parson at home." He jump
ed from the car, ran to the< house
and hammered on the door. The sum
mons was answered by the parson
himself. .
"Will you marry us?" asked the lady,
who had come up.
i "Got a license?"
"Oh, heavens! Must we have that?"
The groom expectant explained in a
few words the situation, and the
clergyman consented. The pair went
Inside, gave their uames and were
married.
"Cot a Rtin in the oouse?" asked the
groom.
"A fowling piece I shoot birds with."
"Let me have It"
The clergyman brought his gun and
j crave it to the man who had asked for
| It There was no reason why he
[ °hould not do so, for it whs not load
ed. At the same 'moment an auto
with two men In It daubed up to the
parsonage. They were both well dress
ed, and on* of thep was an attorney.
The clergyman responded to their
knock, opening: the door.
"I have a warrant (or the person of
Luc I to Havens," said the lawyer.
"No such person here," responded
the groom.
"There she 1st 1 demand that she
be given up to me peaceably."
"That lady la my wife, lira. Charles
Cummlngs."
Both tbe newcomers started.
"Are you a clergyman?" the lawyer
asked of tbe parson.
"1 am."
Tbe men who were after the girt
consulted apart from tbe others; then
the lawyer advanced and said:
"There are doubts aa to the legality
of this marriage. Tbe groom being
evidently a countryman and of a dif
ferent station In life from tbe bride,"it
Is evident that tbe marriige baa been
mnde for tbe note purpose of defeating
tbe law. I demand the person of Lu
clle Havens or Lucile Haven* Cum
tilings, as the case may be." a """
He advanced toward Ore bride. Cum
mlngs took up tbe gun which be had
stood in a corner and. aiming It at him,
told hitu that If ba laid a anger on bis
bride he would shoet him. The lawyer
saw determination hi the other's eye
and drew back. Then *atne another
consultation between tha two who had
come for the woman, at the end of
which tliey entered Uselr'aoto'and
started back In the direction from
which they came.
"I am glad to have served yon," said
tho groom '
"I will be leased to recompense
you." replied the brlda (a a state of
happy excitement.
She took a ro<i of bills from her
pocket and was about to hand one of
them to the dergymaa when her bus
baud waved hei1 back. : T -
"It la the groom'# part to pay the
wedding fee." be said. "Mr. Gregory, I
haven't the wherewithal with me. but
will hand It to you later."
The bride looked surprised at this,
but was too Iminiy at baring escaped
being taken to a lunatic asylum to
think much shout It She bade the
elergyman srtlen with her thanks, then
asked her husband to rot Into the car
that she might drive .him back to re
sume bis shingling. He assented, and
they drove away.
"If yoti will give m« your address."
said the wife. '1 will send you a check
for the thousand dollars I promised
you."
"I would advise you to defer that
payment These gentlemen who were
after you will doubtless endeavor to
prove that it was a mere agreement to
defeat the law, aud I fear they will
succeed. There were no witnesses
present"
"Oh, my goodness gracious!"
"I think you had better do nothing at
present in remunerating me. I am in
do especial need of money. Rather t
would advise mp remaining near you to
protect you In case the* try to get pos
session of your person. Once you are
In their hands 1 might not be able to
get you a way fraua them—at least not
without a legHl struggle."
"I r you will go to the City wit* me I
will bear all expensos iud remunerate
you liberally."
"I will go with pleasure."
By this time they bad reached Cum
mlngs' bouse, lie alighted to get to
gethor his belongings and shut up bis
house This required (hue, and bis
wife waited mow than half an hour
for bim When he returned she did
not recognU* him till be threw a
satchel lotn elm suto before getting in
himself.
"Well. I declare!" she exclaimed in
astonishment "What are you doing
In those clothes?"
He entered the au»o and as they
drove along briefly told ber hU story.
He was a profesaoa In a coliegv. Hav
ing n taste for rural life, he had bought
a little shuck besM« tb« lake and fitted
it tip for summer occupancy. There he
lived in cump oostume during vacation
time. He fmiui It rather lonely, but
since be was aiiliged to do a great deal
of studying It "was Uie'best way of
living during the heated term that be
could devlso.
Tli In hiuUlfM transfortDHOuu. toe
prospect <>f having to ileal with an
educated gentleman lu a matter of
such importance to hem was simply
nlliug joy uihiij joy on tlio young bride.
She was driving lo a country seat
Htxiut twenty mill's distant belonging
to the estate which slut had Inherited,
• lie iutcntiou Ijeliig to take a train from
there for th« city But on arrival It
was decided t» remain where they
were until the enemy should by gome
overt act moke knows what his course
would bc>. If a cbaperen were needed
for a hushnad and a wife there were
others in the house besides the serv
ants. and it came out w* a trial which
subsequently took place that the couple
I behaved with great circumspection.
When September came Professor
| Cummlngs went home to Resume his
college duties, and hi* bride, fearing
tbat if she were aeperated from her
legal-husband an effcrt might be made
by her opponent* to get possession of
her, went with Mm. Meanwhile a
quick courtship had bees going on,
which ended In a proposal, and it wag
suggested, in view of the exigencies of
the case, the coupte b© manled again
and live together as man and wife. But
Professor Cammlogs was opposed to
another marriage on the ground that It
might be construed as an acknowl
edgment that the first waa invalid.
If it was the heiress woald not have
compiled with the terms of the will
since she had been twenty-two years
of age some time before^ consequently
they returned to occupy the tame bouse,
and a second marriage never took
place.
A Nestor
Of Criticism
By LOUISE B. CUMMINGS
The woman's club of Med bury was
divided Into departments of art, sci
ences, music and other subjects, and
[ for each department night was set
apart. One evening when the depart
ment of literature met for chat on lit
erary subjects it was announced be
forehand that Miss Emma Alden
Hinckley, a celebrated litterateur,would
be present. Miss Hinckley had not
written very much herself, but her
opinion on books was looked upon as
final.
During the evening a girl of nine
teen, sitting in a corner where she
would run no risk of being rtm down
by the intellectual autos that were
flashing their lights hither and thither,
seemed to take a juvenile pleasure in
observing them.
"Nellie," said a lady, stepping up to
her, "what are you doing in this cor
ner? You should be making hay while
the sun shines. I know you are scrib
bling, and there are persons iiere who
fan give you points that will doubtless
help you. Come; 1 wish to Introduce
you to Miss Hinckley."
The girl looked as though she would
rather miss the opportunity than leave
her comer, but was, nevertheless,
dragged out of it and presented to
the lioness of the evening.
"This is Miss Ellen Acton," said the
introducer. "She is beginning to scrib
ble a little, and 1 am quite sure you
can give her a few valuable points on
how to proceed."
Miss Hinckley looked a bit fright
ened. She could be very decided with
young authors In her office as editor
In chief of the — Magazine, but she
didn't like to tackle one of them in
a social way. However, she resigned
herself to an ordeal.
"I should like to ask you one or two
questions. Miss Hinckley." said Miss
Acton, "after wbl-h I will not trespass
on your good nature further. Do you
think I'm old enough to write a novel?
I'm nineteen."
"N'o, you are not. There has been
but one successful novel ever written
by a young girl."
"Have you read a novel recently,
published called 'An Unfortunate Blun
der?' "
"I have skimmed it in order to make
mention of it in our book notices."
"What do you think of it?"
"It is worthless."
"Thank you. I'll not trouble you any
further."
Miss Acton slunk back to her corner,
giving place to several ladies who ad
vanced to do honor to the literary light.
A reception is in progress at the
Women's club of Medbury. It is giv
en for the authoress of a novel which
appeared a year ago and has slowly
been making its way into public favor.
It was published under an assumed
name. There were many faults in its
construction, but there was something
in it that held the reader's attention
and produced a peculiar effect. It was
not written for any particular class.
Persons of acknowledged literary taste
approved and condemned it. It was
read by both the old and the young.
Those who liked it could not see why
others did not like it. Those who con
demned it said that those who ap
proved it were devoid of literary taste.
When Miss Hinckley received an in
vitation to be present to do honor to
the new literary light she threw the
Invitation into the wastebasket. Then
she tished It out and noted the date.
She was curious to see the authoress
who had fooled persons of good lit
erary taste with a worthless book. She
would attend the reception.
When Miss Hinckley entered the club
she saw a promiscuous gathering of
men and women. She looked about for
a group within which would be the
lioness of the evening. Xot seeing her,
she applied to a member of the club
to learn where she was.
"Oh, we can't do anything with her.
It was intended that she should receive
the guests with the reception commit
tee, but she's gone into obscurity, and
we cun't get her out. I will be pleased
to take you to her."
Miss Hinckley was led to the very
corner from which a year before little
Miss Acton had been dragged to be in
troduced to her. and there sat Miss
'Acton between two large women,
whom she was using for screen pur
poses.
"Great heavens!" exclaimed Miss
Hinckley.
At the same moment an old gentle
man with fine white hair advanced to
greet the young authoress.
"Mr. Barrows," said Miss Hinckley,
*"a year ago I told this young lady that
she was too young to write a novel.
She had already written one. I had
criticised it unfavorably. I supposed
I knew something about literary work."
"So did I, madam, twenty years ago,
and I do know something about it for
myself, but for no one else. This young
lady in writing her story wrote to me,
but not to you. At another time she
may write to you sad not to me. I
used to criticise books on what I sup
posed was their merit In my old age
T realize that a book is like a bell.
There can be no sound on an uninhab
ited island, for there is 110 ear there to
hear. So with a book. Each intellect
receives it for itself and not another."
"Oh, Mr. Barrows! You to say that,
who in yonr day was considered a
prihce among critics!" exclaimed Miss
Hinckley.
Miss Acton looked up at the old man
like a child who had found a father.
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