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In 1845 the inhabitants of the
city of 0. in Ohio were amazed to
learn that Air. Warner, an olfi and
respected citizen, had gone off and
married Margaret Dorn, a woman
very much his inferior, with noth¬
ing to recommend her but a bright
complexion, blue eyes and a pretty,
Irish face.
One winter’s eve when the wind
was blowing a perfect gale and hail¬
stones were beating against the
pavement Margaret I)orn and Mr.
Warner drove off to the sheriff’s
house, situated in a beautiful park,
where the courthouse stood.
After knocking and knocking, but
all in vain, Mr. Warner w r as about
to turn away and go home, when
Margaret, weeping pitifully, pleaded
with him to rap again.
This last frantic knock succeeded
in arousing the sheriff, who gruffly
demanded, “Who’s there?” “I am,
Mr. Williams, and I want you to
marry me to this woman.”
The sheriff lighted a lamp, un¬
barred the door and admitted the
couple. A gold piece slipped into
the magistrate’s palm silenced his
tongue, and he sullenly and sleepily
performed the ceremony, pronounc¬
ing them husband and wife.
Mr. Warner had made Margaret
his wife and then cruelly left her on
that awful wedding night, he to
make his abode, as usual, with his
aunt, and she to care for herself in
her own little home.
As Margaret became less able to
work Mr. Warner sent her checks
from time to time, which enabled
her to employ a middle aged woman
ns nurse and housekeeper, and when,
a few months later, a little girl was
born Margaret felt that at least now
she had a daughter to work for and
Jo love even if her husband had de¬
serted her.
l The mother regained her strength,
caring for and nourishing her little
girl, who was such u comfort and a
joy in the little home.
Three years passed, and Julia, tod¬
dling about the house, playing with
her little toys, was a familiar ligure
or prancing on the lawn with her
pet tlog. I’assershy often halted to
admire this bright, vivacious little
girl who was so radiantly lovely, her
little gingham frock and huge sun
bonnet seeming only to add greater
charm to her freshness and purity.
The child had inherited her moth¬
er’s beauty, which had captured the
father in years gone by.
Mr. Warner kept track of his
daughter, and one morning when
her mother had just stepped enticed in the the
house for a moment he
child to follow him.
Julia was installed in the kinder¬
garten in connection with the young
Indies’ seminary in the town, and an
extra amount was paid for tuition
with the understanding that close
vigil should be kept over her. when she
As for the mother,
found that the only light of her life
had been extinguished and fully re¬
alized her inability to recover her
lost child, grief overpowered the
poor woman and wrecked her health
so materially that she was confined
to a hospital for months and when
convalescent was removed to a san¬
itarium.
The instructors learned to love
the child, who was not only beauti¬
ful to look upon, but brilliant of in¬
tellect and an apt scholar.
As years advanced their charge
steadily It progressed. Julia who appointed
was was
to sing little songs or play upon the
piano for the entertainment of the
hoy students who were invited from
a neighboring college to attend the
soiree given every Friday for the
mutual improvement and amuse¬
ment of the hoys and girls. would close
These evening fetes
with dancing and a collation, and
the boys and girls brought together
in this way formed stanch friend¬
ships. Julia, like other girls who
many had dash
were bright and witty, a
of diablerie in her makeup.
Her fancy inclined toward one of
these boy visitors, a senior, when
she was but a girl of fifteen, in
of the lower grades. she would
When out promenading class to catch
steal away from the a
glimpse of Howard at his study
dow, who, knowing the hour for
reation, was on the alert for
you ng l adies with their tutor. _ _
Sundays, by special permission,
the young ladies were allowed es
! eorts to and from chapel, and on
1 these his ardent walks tale Howard of love poured into the forth will
in « ear> ! °{ V* oi }y ut « e Julia > wh ?
' was just about to enter a new path
of life full of adventures.
Howard corresponded with his
sweetheart by tying notes to the end
of a weighted string that Julia
would throw from her window.
One night, according to agree¬
ment, when all was still, Howard
constructed a rope ladder, and, plac¬
ing it under his beloved one’s win¬
dow, she escaped from the seminary,
and the twain were made one by a
minister in a neighboring town.
The midnight express carried the
couple far away, safe from those
who might he in pursuit of the,fu¬
gitives.
Julia wrote to her father acknowl¬
edging ,her wrong and asking his
forgiveness and blessing, but Mr.
■Warner was so wroth with his
daughter for having acted so rashly
that he vowed he would disinherit
her.
Julia wrote persistently to her fa¬
ther, but after that first unfortu¬
nate epistle ! P all other letters were re
turned with the seal unbroken.
When the young people found
that financial assistance from Mr.
Warner was not forthcoming they
decided to begin their married life
on a tiny scale, live of their frugally abilities. and
manage to the best
After all, when love holds bo
large a place in one’s heart economy
is not such a dreary study, and an
abundance of smiles and encourag¬
ing words go further toward making
a happy home than do costly fur¬
nishings and extravagant surround¬
ings.
The bright laugh of a beloved
one has a truer silvefy sound than
has the chink of numerous dollars
in the pockets of one whom we sim¬
ply endure because of his wealth.
Howard and Julia worked hard,
and ns time rolled on we might have
*een them any evening ensconced in
their little room in a country hoard¬
ing house, laying plans for the fu¬
ture.
The young husband knew that
sooner or Inter his father would
learn of his abrupt departure from
college, so he and his wife wrote a
joint letter explaining their situa¬
tion the in such a had pathetic way of that un¬ he
less man a heart stone
surely must relent. reached
Two days after this letter
its aboard destination which paterfamilias w r as
the train came steam¬
ing into the station, and in less than
half an hour later the father, How¬
ard and the new wife were chatting
merrily, everything forgiven and all
reconciled.
Mr. Williams, Howard’s father,
was none other than the sheriff who
had married Margaret and Mr. War¬
ner seventeen years ago.
Julia’s striking resemblance to
her mother caused her father-in
law to reflect, and soon the whole
mystery of her life was an open se¬
cret.
Howard Williams found it com¬
paratively easy practicing and law with
his father’s assistance, as he
had always been petted and pamper¬ life
ed he still found his path in was
smooth and sunshiny.
Air. Williams, Sr., being a wid¬
ower, was glad to establish a com¬
fortable home and have his son’s
wife assume the responsibilities of
the house.
Julia made a clever little house¬
wife, and things were decidedly
more comfortable than she had an¬
ticipated. Still her domestic hap¬
piness w r as shadowed by the knowl¬
edge of her father’s guilt and the
uncertainty as to her mother’s
whereabouts.
Nature had endowed Air. Warner
with a cold heart and a relentless
disposition, and while he mourned
his daughter’s loss he never sought
to repair the damage done by once and
again taking her to his heart
forgiving her.
Providence deals with his crea¬
tures sternly, and one day, without
the slightest warning, when C., en
route to his old homestead at
Mr. Warner was stricken with apo¬
plexy, and when the train arrived
at the station he was carried into
the waiting room, where he died
soon afterward.
Air. Williams, the sheriff and cor¬
oner of the town, was sent' to in
spect the body and put a seal upon
the effects.
Upon investigation it was found
that Air. Warner had died intestate,
so Julia, his only child and heir,
came into possession of his entire
estate.
With the money Julia’s father
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had left she was ehablecTTo employ
detectives, advertise in all the
papers, and after a diligent search
had beep instituted, when the
v, as beginning to lose heart and
spair of ever seeing her mother,
Mrs. Warner came to life, for it
truly seemed like a resurrection
The poor woman who had been
so cruelly buffeted about was very
glad to respond to the inquiries re
garding her whereabouts. When
she heard that her daughter was ac¬
tually unhappy because of her dis¬
appearance she argued with herself
till all thoughts of her life’s im¬
prudence were wiped out in the anx¬
iety to once again behold her daugh¬
ter’s face.
Air. Williams, Airs. Warner, Julia
and her husband were ever happy
and contented to let the dead past
bury itself and live tot one another
and the little ones who came to wid¬
en the home circle.—New York Tel¬
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