The Illegal Marriage — page 158: what you’re looking at

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150 THE ILLEGAL MARRIAGE. CHAPTER XIV. ALFRED GUERRY INDUCES MISS MORGAN TO GIVE HIM THE CONTROL OF HER PROPERTY. It was a great relief to Stannard’s mind when, toward nightfall, he saw the houses grow more numerous along the road, and at length the town itself. The sun was down and the night fast coming on when they drove into Perry, the county seat of Houston. Butif he had rejoiced to find the journey drawing to a close, his heart fell as Raborn stopped the carriage before the county jail. Without a word, Cecy left the carriage and en- tered the door of her prison. Stannard went in to speak to the jailer, and succeeded in winning his sympathy so that he promised a private room, and the attention of his wife. After seeing this room, Stannard bade her good-night and drove to the hotel. But he was uneasy and restless; his room oppressed him; and taking a cup of tea only, he lighted a cigar and went out for a walk. Cecy had borne herself nobly through this terrible trial, and even in her little prison room spoke cheer- fully of it, declaring that it was better than she had ee Before Stannard she would not show her orief. “If I give up,” she said to herself; “if my courage fails me, it will make him feel all the worse—and he is so good to me.” But when the door was closed upon him her powers of endurance failed entirely. Throwing her- self at full length upon the little pallet, Cecy buried her face in the pillow and wept without restraint. It was a dreadful thought that she was in prison for such acrime; yet her distress did not proceed from any fear of consequences to herself. Her thoughts were all of him who must be nearly cComicbooks