The Illegal Marriage — page 69: what you’re looking at

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THE ILLEGAL MARRIAGE. 61 once before; but your treatment of Miss Morgan afterward convinced me that my suspicion was wrong. I’Il not ask you the reason—unless you please to tell me—perhaps it is not yet too late.” “Too late, Trippe; too late. She loves him. Miss Morgan is not one to engage herself without love.” “Stannard! we must save her. I know that Alf Guerry is not worthy her love. I know him to bea bad man—or, I know that he has been. I cannot trust him; and am well satisfied that with a little delay we can show him up to her.” “If she loves him, Trippe, that would only bring sorrow upon her.” “Better that. than life-long misery when mar- ried to a criminal.” “A criminal!” exclaimed Stannard, in surprise; “you don’t mean to say that Alf Guerry——” “T spoke hastily,” corrected Trippe, as he saw to what this was leading; “I spoke too quickly; but I must say that I have a very poor opinion of that young fellow. If I can help it, he shall never marry that noble girl.” “You are prejudiced against him, Trippe,” said Stannard, generously defending his rival. “Alf has_ been wild, perhaps, but no more so than the rest of us. I can’t say that he is a man that I like particu- larly ——” “T should think not,” interrupted the doctor. “Don’t be too hard on the young fellow. He does very well now, I hear, and this marriage may be the making of him. I must say that I know no harm of him, really.” Doctor Trippe sat stroking his beard, and looking with surprise at his friend. He knew some harm of young Guerry, but the time had not yet come to Comicboo “S (E{o)