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Chapter IX

           Hebegantohavevaguedreamsofcontrollingalinehimselfsomeday,butasyethedidnotseeexactlyhowitwastobedone,sincehisbusinesswasfarfrombeingabonanza.

           InthemidstofthisearlyworkhemarriedMrs.Semple.Therewasnovastto-doaboutit,ashedidnotwantanyandhisbride-to-bewasnervous,fearsomeofpublicopinion.Hisfamilydidnotentirelyapprove.Shewastooold,hismotherandfatherthought,andthenFrank,withhisprospects,couldhavedonemuchbetter.HissisterAnnafanciedthatMrs.Semplewasdesigning,whichwas,ofcourse,nottrue.Hisbrothers,JosephandEdward,wereinterested,butnotcertainastowhattheyactuallythought,sinceMrs.Semplewasgood-lookingandhadsomemoney.

           ItwasawarmOctoberdaywhenheandLillianwenttothealtar,intheFirstPresbyterianChurchofCallowhillStreet.Hisbride,Frankwassatisfied,lookedexquisiteinatrailinggownofcreamlaceacreationthathadcostmonthsoflabor.Hisparents,Mrs.SenecaDavis,theWigginfamily,brothersandsisters,andsomefriendswerepresent.Hewasalittleopposedtothisidea,butLillianwantedit.Hestoodupstraightandcorrectinblackbroadclothfortheweddingceremonybecauseshewishedit,butlaterchangedtoasmartbusinesssuitfortraveling.Hehadarrangedhisaffairsforatwoweeks’triptoNewYorkandBoston.TheytookanafternoontrainforNewYork,whichrequiredfivehourstoreach

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