Penny Dreadfuls, 1900 · page 141 of 294
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BOOK III.—OSTRACISM. CHAPTER I. A CRITICAL POINT. THE wedding of Hilda and Waldemar took place in October, and the two young people crossed to Germany, carrying forward one of Mrs. Courtenay’s most cherished plans. Dorothy and Trescotte were not present. A jewel of large value represented them. At the time their absence was not noticed. It was not until it was all over that someone recollected and com- mented upon the fact that Mr. and Mrs. Trescotte were present at neither the ceremony at the church, nor at the reception at the house. Then busy tongues wagg¢ed. In the months intervening between the great dis- covery of the common law marriage, over which Mrs. Courtenay so plumed herself, and the marriage of Hilda, over which Mrs. Courtenay so triumphed, the lives of Dorothy and Trescotte flowed along on pleasant and happy lines. Life was perfect to 135 Comicboolkkxs C@