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ROMANTIC MR. DtJPFtJS.The JJcoker arifl Mljw AustinOuletlv .Mitrrl^d »t Talwrff,A quiet little weedding occurred in the Tillage of Taberg on the £2d or last month and although the news woould have been, and is, of interest to Syracusans, nothing ‘whatever was said about it in This city, and as a consequence nothing has been known about it among the most intimate acquaintances of the contracting parties.William Duff us. the well known note tro :er of this city, was the groom and the bride was -Miss Anne Austin, whohad been in the einnlov of Mr* Du£us* mas a domestic for seven years or more. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. George Merrit of Ta berg at the home of the bride’s parents. Jl was very qate ily conducted. The groom i is a gentleman of fifty odd. a shrewd j business man and owner of a thoroughly modern and convenient Horne at No* fyr* Crouse avenue. He is the Delius oz the famous Duffus-Schaencr ■ case, | which has reef-ntly sttrartftd nt- Iten lion in the courts. Mr. Du Hus won j tnat suit, at least his lawyer, Mr. Me- i Greggor says so, and apparently pro- j l ceeded iorthwith to win another. He was conqueror again, for Miss Austin blushingly agreed to go to Taberg and i become Mrs. DufTus. Then the Dull:us j homestead was closed and the neighbors gossiped. ;i Where is Mr. DtuTas”? was succeded by another question.4'Where is Anne.tne girls” Both bad disappeared and they did not returnUilLii titiLlj tilC tv CUtt. -sulion was offered and the neighbors continued to wonder where Mr, Du9ush %and Anne had been.This morning Tns Hrn.ti_D man called at Mr. Duffus’s place of business. Mr-Duffos was out. The confidential clerk, who was counting the receipts ol Mr. Dnifus’s last week's business, declared that his employer was a widower. “Mr. Duffus married I Not as I know* oil” he said, opening his eyes very wide. The reporter called nest- • *1.'. A*ri.v Va lVl‘J r,r-AY»i,a 'at the home, No. 602 Crouse'avenue, and the door was answered by a plump little woman ot very nearly forty stun-. niers.“Is Miss Austin in/* asked the reporter.That’s my name,” was the reply, '1 won’ t you step In I _The reporter was abashed- He had expected that the lady would reply that There was no longer a Miss Austin in the house, and that she who was once Miss Austin was now Mrs. William Duifus. Here was an embarrassing position.Is Mr. Duff us married’ the scribe finally managed to ask.“How did you know that?71 said the little woman'biushingly. “Well, 1 suppose I married him.77Miss Austin was a servant in Mr. Dutfus^ household when the late Mrs. Duff us, who died last January, was iiv-in'r.
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Syracuse Evening Herald
Syracuse, New York, US
Mon, Aug 28, 1893
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