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Show VALUABLE INFORMATION: The thief and tho would-be murderess who were married In the county Jail, under the ausploos of an elder and a high prleEt of tho Mormon church, have one advantage ovor some of tho so-called so-called elite. They know who solemnized tho ceremony. There wis that estimable professor of the Brigham Young Academy who happened hap-pened to find himself walking along a lonely country road In Mexico In company com-pany with a young woman; he did not know the name of the village he had loft, nor tho State In which tho vjllago was located; he did not know where tho road led to; he did not know the strange man who suddenly arose In his path accompanied ac-companied by witnesses and who, then and there, married the professor to that young woman without bell, book or candle, without license or certificate. .To this day the estimable professor and his wife (according to the professor's profes-sor's testimony) do not know the name of the man who solemnized the marriage; mar-riage; nor the name of tho town or Stato In which the solemnization occurred; oc-curred; nor the name of any person who was a witness. Of course, the professor and his wife and their progeny may console themselves them-selves by the characteristic Mormon boast that they are such good people that no special Information or earthly authentication of marriage Is necessary; neces-sary; that their country-road affair was recorded In the heavens, and that Is enough; that the mysterious man, French, Turk. Prussian or Dago, who rose up from the dust of that lonely Mexican path had a wireless system of communication with the Keeper of the eternal records, and that earthly license and registration were needless nlL this they may fatuously, use for thelf consolation. con-solation. But still the rest of the world lylll think that they are at a disadvantage disadvan-tage when compared with even Jail birds who were married according to tho form of law, and who can tell their progeny the name of the officiating minister. Happily for the thief and the murderous murder-ous courtesan there Is no question with them as to the authenticity of tho ceremony cere-mony by which they wore Infamously united. They know that It was .Elder Smith, who receives his authority direct from the vicegerent of Gou on earth, who officiated as priest at their nuptials. nup-tials. They know, too, that the Sheriff, who has assumed all responsibility in tho matter, is a dignitary of the Mormpn Mor-mpn church, and that his ratification makes the unholy thing holy. There is advantage, therefore, In being be-ing In Jail rather than merely deserving to be. |