| Show IT IF didar WORK AN A N TRIES TO WED A marked A well dressed couple crossed the delaware by the market sart strict t ferry on a recent evening and engaging a hack back on en the camlen side aide drove to the resi deuce dence of the rev J W bagley pastor of the tabernacle church on broad way by invitation the hackman ackman li ac compared compa com paWed mcd them into the pastors house hoase to witness the marriage the clergyman had noticed that agat auth the couple were nicely but not expensively dressed and aad that they seemed very nervous and anxious for the ceremony to be performed as quickly as possible the groom was a flue the brides features were concealed by a heavy veil which she seemed in no hurry to 10 remove mr ba bagley ley took out the marriage book aua began asking the usual questions tue tap groom gave his bis cama as joseph S ellem 32 years of age ag englishman by birth now lining at overbrook brook montgomery county pa and his bis occupation that of a groom turning to the bride altet the preacher began to question her in a mumbling and smothered kind of voice she said iier name was emm emmi i P eye YR 28 years old that the also lived at overbrook and was employed employ edat at the same place as ellem the answers were satisfactory but mr bagley had his suspicions aroused by the woman keep ing her veil down ile he requested them to stand up before him lorder to pronounce tam man and wife but before he began the ceremony he asked the bride to 0 o remove her vt veil il this she re fused and mr bagley said he would not proceed until she did so she detill objected when the verond gentleman pulled the veil over ner her head and to his astonishment discovered that lier her face was covered by a gauze mack mr bagley was indignant and lie he quickly tore the mask from the womans comans face disclosing as he termed it the face of a woman as black as the ace of spades the par is es were ordered immediately from tr taj houtie house the groom elect however was paralyzed with fear and asked the minister how money would it take to keep the matter quiet 1 I will not shield vou replied mr agle bagley 11 1 and he added get out of abis is place place imme immediately diatel v or ill have yau arrested the couple hastily left got into the coupe and as fast as the hackman evald drive were taken to the ferry where they caught a boat for philadelphia the hackman backman says that he was innocent of all knowledge of the woman being colored or else he might have been tempted to drive them to the cita hall philadelphia corr new york world |
