I pleaded that my business was not sufficiently
established; I was liable to be called away from time to time; I
had affairs to arrange in New York and elsewhere before I could
settle down; and so the happy day was put off to an indefinite
future time.
By-and-by I had business in Boston, and the widow declared that she
would go with me; she wanted to visit her friend's there and do some
shopping; and without making particular mention of her intention to
her relatives, she went with me, and we were in Boston together more
than two weeks. At the end of that time she returned to Biddeford
and notified her friends treat she was married to the doctor, though
she had no certificate, not even a Troy one, to show for it.
I deemed it advisable not to go back with her, but went to Worcester
for a while. In a few days I went to Biddeford, keeping somewhat
close, for I did not care to meet any of the relatives, and at night
I called upon the widow. She told me that her family had raised a
tremendous fuss about me, and had learned as much as they, and
indeed she, wanted to know about my adventures in Vermont and New
Hampshire. They had not gone back of that, but that was enough. It
was dangerous, she told me, for me to stay there; I was sure to be
arrested; I had better get away from the place as soon as possible.
We might meet again by-and-by, but unless I wanted to be arrested I
must leave, the place that very night. She gave me seven hundred
dollars, pressed the money upon me, and I parted from her, returning
to Worcester, and going from there to Boston.
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