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An
Elopement
It Didn't Come OfT as
Expected
B y r. A. MITCHEL
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I was starting one morning to attend
to tome affairs connected with my es
tate when at tbe door I met a tele
graph messenger. lie handed me the
envelope and the book for signature at
the same time, ami I signed the one
before lookiug at the other. The boy
darted away, and. tearing open tbe
envelope. I read the telegram.
I need you very much. Do como to no*.
UWKN.
Not knowing any one by that name
| I began to do what 1 should have done
In the first place? Investigate. The ad
dress was "A. J. Courtney." My natne
is Alonzo Jackson Courtney. So far
ail right. I live at 107 Reuwick street,
and that was the address on tbe en
velope, though there was no street
or number wrltteu on the message.
The place from which it had been sent
was Tlpperton. a city about an bour'a
ride from the one In which I lived.
| My first Impulse was to send the
message to the telegraph office with
j the Information that the operator had
made a mistake In sending It to me.
Then I fell to wondering who was
Owen and why she needed some other
fellow with my name. Singular that
the initials should be exactly tbe same
in both: Was It, after all, a mistake?
I thought hard for a few minutes,
then remembered a girl by the name of
Owen I had met at a summer resort
and with whom I had had a mild fllrta
j "I've a good mind to roiiow tne
thing up," I Mid to myself. and I did.
I took tbc first train for Tlpperton,
where, at the office from which the
message had been sent, I lenrned the
address of the sender. Going to the
house, a very respectable residence on
a good street, and being admitted, 1
sent up my card, telling the maid to
take It to Miss Owendolln. Word
came back that Miss Carrlngton was
not able to sec me at present, but
hoped I would call again. The maid,
however, handed me a scaled envelope
containing an admission ticket to the
opera, and on a bit of paper was writ
ten:
Box S. This arenlng. Don't tall.
This was a trifle more than 1 had
bargained for. I was quite up to fac
ing a young lady In her own boose
and asking her why she hnd summon
ed me, but to accept a ticket to the
opera under false pretenses waa quite
another matter. However. I was In
for It. and to repay the obllgntlon 1
dropped In at a florist's and sent Miss
Carrlngton a bos of flowers. This re
lleved my conscience. Then I returned
home and during the afternoon put on
evening dress, dined early and went
back to Tlpperton. arriving at the
opera house before the curtain rose.
I took a seat tn the parquet where 1
could look up at box 0 and wafted
During the overture a young lady, at
tended only by a maid, entered tbe
box and, throwing off her wraps, took
a seat where she was partly concealed
by a curtain. 1 saw her long enough
to assure me that I had never seen
her before.
I tried hard during the first act to
screw up my courage to visit her In
her box, but failed. However, when
the curtain fell for the first time 1
gathered sufficient nerve to face her.
I would offer the befet excuse I could
for my action, giving her to under
stand that I had simply called on her
to notify her that her telegram had
reached the wrong person. 1 knocked
at the box door and heard a musical
'volc? bid me enter. The lady kept her
seat as I did so. drawing the curtain
a Illlie inruier mnimu
"Mr. Courtney, I presume?" she Mid.
You coukl have knocked me down
with a feather. 1 certainly had not
counted on her not knowing the man
to whom she had sent the telegram. I
had got ready with my excuses. hut
they were not available, lnatead of
putting the lady right at once 1 stood
stock still, not knowing what to say.
So when she presumed that I was Mr.
Courtney 1 bowed an assent and. not
caring to have an audience witness
what might occur. I took a vacant
chair behind the same curtain that
screened Miss Carrlngton. Before I
could gather my wits to speak she
plunged Into the subject that was on
her mind
"Maud has told me all." she snld,
"and has asked me to help her, say
Ing she had notified you that she had
placed the management of the whole
affair In my hands. I therefore tele
graphed you that 1 needed to confer
with you or words to that effect I
preferred not to do so at the house,
fearing some one would overhear or
suspect and your and Maud's happi
ness might be wrecked."
"Pardon me"?
"I beg of yon to let me go on. The
plan I propose Is rather complicated,
and I shall have to submit it to you In
detail that you may understand It;
that there may be no link In the chain
left out when It Is put In operation."
"Do permit me to say something to
yon or I shall be placed In the dishon
orable position of listening to secrets
that I have no right to hear."
"What In the world do you mean?"
"A mistake has been ratde. I re
ceived your telegram, but was not sure
it was or was not for me. The only
fotirse that aeemed <0 he AftfW t9 Itl ?
was to answer your autnmooa In par?
son and"?
"Aren't you Arthur Courtney?"
"No; I am Alonio Courtney: bat if t
??an I* of any aaaiatince to an elope
nent"?
"My goodness gracious!"
She pulled herself together and aeetn
ed to be thinking. Presently aba aald:
"I wish you were not entirely un
known to me and the partlea con
cerned."
"If t am to help you it may be belter
that I should be unknown to the oth
ers."
"That'* a good idea Our titrable will
be that any one of our ftienda acting
In the matter would be auapected at
once."
"Suppose you begin by atatlng the
case to me."
She thought for a moment then gare
me the required atatoment
Fler friend Maud I'enipater waa In
lore with the yonng man bearing my
name. Her mother had arranged a
match for her to aiiit herself rather
than the daughter. Mand hml rery
foolishly threatened to elope, and thla
hml caused her mother to keep her rlr
tually a prisoner. Naw that ahe really
intended getting away she regretted
having put her mother on her guard.
"Doe* her mother know that aha de
sires to marry this Mr. Courtney?"
"Certainly."
"Then It will be difficult for htm to
net directly In the Knitter. He will need
mi assistant."
Now. I took no Interest whatever In
Arthur Courtney or Mis* Pemp
ster. but I w?j delighted with the third
party to the affair, who waa for the
moment my companion.
"I>o please lay a plan." ahe Mid. "I
have no Inventive power whatever."
"Let me see. Hoiv would It do for
me to seenre an Introdnetlon to Mlaa
Dempster and show her aotne atten
tion. thna throwing ber mother off her
guard?"
"Better take care. Maud la very
fascinating."
I smiled. Thia wits Just like a girl,
but there was the least bit of give
away to It. which pleased me.
"I assure yon." I said. "I am. or
have been, fancy fr?w."
"What do yon mean hy 'have beenf "
"I would rather not explain."
How easy It la to aay one thing and
look another! She understood perfect
ly that the change which had come
over me dated from the moment 1 en j
tered her Nix Nevertheless ahe Imi
tated me by saying what ahe dM not
mean:
"Pardon me. 1 do not dealre to tret
pass upon yonr prlvnte affair*
"What do yon think of my planaf*
"The very thing."
There waa a flourish of t mm pets
and a rattle of drum* on the part of
the orchestra, and we listened to an
act of the opera before resuming the
matter on which ire were snppowed
to be mntnally Inteirsted. It wa* not |
till the end of the performance that
we were enabled to resume the dla
cnasion of onr conspiracy, and then
there was no opportunity, since the
opera having been finished the bona*
waa closed lor ever.v other purpose.
"I may see you homeT* ! asked.
"My maid la walt'ng."
"nut yon will grant me the favor T'
"Oh. certainly!"
Well. I called the next evening, and
while we gave some tiro* to laying a
plan by which the olopement might be
effected we reached no definite concln
slon. I went awa.T with a desire to
plan my own elopement with Owen.
When I parted with her she said she
would see Maud the next day. have a
conference with her and notify me of
the re*nlt. Two dnya later I received
a note asking me to "all I did so and
learned that both Maud and the real
Courtney were much pleased with the
plan of using me to get the young lady
out of her mother's clutches, but noth
ing decisive was reached. One would
suppose that this tolng the case there
waa no use sending for me. Since
there was nothing to do In the matter,
we devoted ourselves to onr own ?f
falra rather than rhose of Mand and
Arthur.
I a nnmhiir nf rlslts tdT ttlP
purpose of laving s plan by which two
ktrera might be made happy, hot ?on?
how or other the t>lan didn't iret per
fected, or. rather, ** found we couldn't
bring the eloper* to anything definite
At one time Arthur wonld be ready
and Maud wonld shrink from action
Then Maud would nerve herself to
flight and Arthur would And that
something stood In his way. A month
paused during which Owen and I held
more than a down consultations upon
the matter In question, neither admit
ting to the other that we were more
Interested In each other than In Mand
and Arthur.
A second month of consultation fol
lowed the first during which there
waa leas said about our friend's af
fairs and more abrat our own. Occa
sionally I would ask Owen If there
was any news concerning the proponed
elopement and she would reply that
the parties were waiting for some
thing.
One evening whon I called on Owen
I found that she bad something on
her mind.
"I expect you'll blame me awfully,"
she said.
"What for r
"Not telling you something."
"What?"
"Why, Maud and Arthur hare
sloped."
"Eloped? When?"
"Why. three wwdra ago."
"You don't mean Itr
There waa a iwuae during which
Owen looked very guilty. I cangbt
her In my arma aod that waa the end
of the proposed ?k>p?ment for us
WHEN LIFE IS DONE
Some Peoples Give Their Dead to
Animals to Devour.
PECULIAR FUNERAL CUSTOMS
Among Many Race* There A re Differ
ent Mathoda of Burial Far Man and
Woman? Rita* That Ara I naptrad by
Fitr of tha Spirit ?f IHa Departed.
Strunire ln<l?xl am rnntit of tha ce re
motilo* attending tha Atipnaai of tba
dead lo different part* of the worM.
and. following tha natnrnl order of
thing*. the nx>rr primitive the nation
the more primitive It* methods. Tha
rndeat mode now prevalent la that of
aimplv leaving the body eipoaed, bat
the waya of ex pontine vary on?1der
ably. Soma wandering trlbea act on
the maxim. "WW the tree fnita.
there let It lie." and. lea v in* the dead
behind, more their camp to paatnre*
new. The Wanyamweal, however, carry
their dead Into the foreat to be dc
toured by Iwata of prey, while enm?
of the trllie* of Onlnea throw tha
(ont Into tha aea.
The Knnv hadnics keep doga to co?
frame their dend. under the *trange lis
pression thiit thnee who are devoured
by dog* will he the mmrtori of fine
dogs tn the world beyond The Pur
nee*, although a cultured nation,
place their (tend In a round tower,
called a tower Of IW^hre. and the
vultures who make smh Mwer* thetr
habitation flnish the work. la Ifca
homey It w?? I teen Mated that a per
?on wtwue Iwhljr baa been strork by
lljrbtnlng la baked to pt?ces and de
voured by the prle?t?
Rnrlal. of e<?nrse, baa many dif
ferent form*. the simplest of which
Is perhni?s the piling of stones or
thorn* ;?ver the l>ody to keep off wild
beasts Some trlbea bnry their chll
dren by ihr roadside. *n that their ami la
may enter into the I wot lea of the pa*
aersM. Burial In tbe earth la an ear
Her ciixtom than that of cremation,
embalming, or drying the liody by ens.
pending It from a tree, and many
nation* have more thin one nutnro
for Instance. merely I > wry lag thelt
women, while the men are ewbnlmed
or dried.
An Instance of several customs be
ing In common n*e In one trlhe la to
In> aeen unions I he Kalmncka They
41 her ex|Nme. bury, bum, throw tbe
body Into the water, pile ever It a heap
of atone* or build a bnt over It. dolnf
whatever the priest ?wi*tdera to he 1
tbe moat suitable. Tbe position of tbe
body also varies considers bly, bnt as
a general rule the bend Is laid either
to tbe east or to tbe west The Bon
gos. however, are an exception. for
they bnry the wntnen wtrh the Nee
to tbe smith, and the men wltb tbe
face to the north.
"Among the primitive nations the
expression* of grief at tbe loon of the
deceased, grief not nntlnged with fear
of him In his new state, and rent In
*elf Inflicted tortnres and other tre
mendously exaggerated expressions of
woe. The Inhabitants of New Zealand
-the aborigine* that la- bedaub them
selves wltb pigment snd wound them
aelves with broken shells. T1?e Ha
wallans go *tlll further, knocking ont
their teeth snd cutting off an ear or
finger joint, while, when Hawaii was
under the rude of monarch*, at the
king'a death the nation at large feign
ea niadnes* through grief, and this
waa the signal for nnbrblled license of j
every description
No notion I* there. aa * whole. wbf?
beltpve* that the *?nl do** n?t cod
tinue to exl*t after It leavea tie body,
ami the origin of many funeral rltea
la the belief that death mean* the
aonl'a transition from on* Mate to as
other ami that It la ne<-e**rtry to rater
tain the *onl on the Jonrner; henr-e It
la that wive*, wrvant*. hor*e*. money,
weapon*. imi*i<ai ln*tniment*. meat
and drink are ?mon>f the thin** Mtrled
with the b?dy. The Ijiplandera wop
ply the corpse with flint *teel and tl?
dw wherewith to obtain light by the
way, and the (ioml* errti plwce tooth
pick* In the grave
Rather a tombing raofom la prwe
lent among the Oreenlnndera, for on
the death of a child they ,mry a doc
with It to gnlde It. certain that a do*
will And bl* way anywhere. The Rna
alana hare a rnatom of placing a paper ,
paaaport In the hand of the dece*w<l
to he ah^wn to Peter at the irate of ,
heaven. while at one time In Wat?? ;
"aln eater*" were employed. wbo by
eating a loaf of hread over the dead
body took npon tbemaelrea the bnrden
of the deceaned'a *ina.
It wonld ?eem that the fear of being
hannted by the gboat of (he departed :
haa had no amall effect npon many of
the titea practiced for the Rfypt1a?*
turn the body round and round ao ??
to oonfuae the aplrtt'a Idea of direr i
tlon. while the peaaanta of Rranden
harg pour a pall of water after tbe
corpae to prevent Ita retnrn. and the
aborigine* of AuatralHl remove tbe 1
nail* of tbe dead, fto that tbey mar
not acratch their way ont of the grave ?
? London (J lobe
Queer Juatiee.
Prison V 1*1 tor- My friend, yon ongtit
not to complain. Too are here to aatto
fy the demand* of J native, Prlaon*?
Not mncb I am. For month* my
creditor* kept nnrlng me to ratae
money and when I ralaed ? cbeck
they pot me to Jail I'm blamed If I
eta aee how yon call that Jnatlc*.
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