The Illegal Marriage — page 201: what you’re looking at

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THE ILLEGAL MARRIAGE. 193 Martin; but Crawford decided to go at once to — Perry in order to be on hand to stay proceedings if necessary. Stannard was anxious to get back to Cecy. Pierce was starting for the evening train. “We shall not see you in the morning, Ham, but take good care of Trippe.” “Certainly I will, Stannard. Let me know how things come on.” Karly the next morning Stannard and Crawford drove off for Perry. It was late in the evening when they arrived: but they lost no time in going to the jail to see Miss Morgan. The two men paused in amazement as they en- tered the little room and saw the change that had been wrought. The furniture was entirely new; a neat French bedstead with tent bar stood in the corner; fine lace curtains, falling in graceful folds from gilded cornices, hid the grated window-frame; engravings were hanging on the walls, and the whole room seemed filled with the delicate perfume of violets and roses, which stood in pretty vases on a rosewood bureau. With a bright smile Cecy came forward to meet them, throwing aside the book she was reading as she rose, She could but observe their surprise, as she extended her hand to Stannard. “To you I owe it all,” she said, seeing him glance around the room. “How can lever thank you for your kindness.” bay “It was not the things, Cecy, that I was admiring, but the effect you have produced with them. Itis wonderful.” “It is all due to my good fairy. Need I tell you that I have been very happy, even here. Do I show signs of care?” ae “Indeed, Cecy, I am glad to see you looking so well.” They had expected to find her pale, wan, and sad; but here she stood, brighter, fresher, and more cheerful than she had been for many a day. “Do you not think, Mr. Crawford, that sorrow agrees with me? I know that I ought to be crushed under my load of sorrow and trouble; but I have in Comicboo “S (Eo)