Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1855-02-17

sinking on her knees, raised her beauti'
ful face, all covered with tears, and her
clasped hands, and in the most touch
Iingly sweet voice, tremuous with deep
emotion, said, "And now, oh merciin
Father, grant our two lives thus united,
may peacefully flow in one, even as this
rivulct, until we reach the river of Death,
and undivided in faith or conduct, be
permitted to enjoy thine eternal smiles
in the land of the pure and the best.'
Every pulse seemed still, hoping, wish.
| ing for mure of this beautiful drama
Not word, not q movement, from all
that throng-all, all was happiness
Oh, lovely panorama, how deeply thou
art craven on this heart! The happy
| man was in the act Of imprinting kiss
on the smiling lips Of his magnificent
wife, when tho clear tones of manly
voice startled all from their pleasing
reverie; universal gaze rested on hand
some, tall Tennesseean, whose eagle eye
spoke the mana fit representative he
was of state where sleeps a Jackson
III can't stand this any longer, can't
by -. Pardon, ladies, pardon;
have proposition to make in the good
faith of man who never lies or trifies.
must make it or desc here goes
Now, will marry, on this spot, any Ia
dy in the crowd who has nerve to face
such music; look at me, and if you eau
love as she loves pointing to the bride)
I'll promise to be husband to you,
such husband as she deserves, and such
husband as a true hearted man will
make to the woman who comes trem-
bling under his wing. | further say
that no spot or shame attaches to my
name, nor ever shall; and this arm will
support and protect the one who can
trust it. Who'll take mel" and his eye
ran slowly aud steadily over the crowd
of handsome women around him; his
earnest manner and novel speech had
aroused an intense feeling; all was sur
prise and deep sympathy with the fear
less, excited orator, when to the aston
ishment and delight of every one,
fawn.like, blue.eyed girl, from the flow
cry banks of the Alabama, stepped to
his side, and looking confidently up in.
to his eyes, with her hands on his arm,
said, 81 am thinel" By this time his
arm was around her waist, and parting
Tier cnf,s, (black as the ravens wing at
midnight,) looked steadfastly in her face
for moment, and "signed the contract"
with kiss that all the married ladies
afterwards pronounced the genuine sort
perfectly satisfactory. Raising his
flashing eyes with a triumphant express
sion from the pleasant job just meution.
ed, he said :" Where is that parsonl
send him right here-on this spot we
met and on this spot we will be made
one. never let such luck as this pass
me by waiting minute, so 60 ahead
all's teady" ;,
And the parson did "go ahead !" and
ON lie spot where they first met we're
they solomnly united forever. When
the words, "what God hath Joined let
no man put asunder," died away, shout
wcut up that awoke the echo for miles;
every hand was extended to the happy.
lucky, veniuresome fellow, and every
lady in that crowd pressed the lip OF
his trusting and handsome wife, (lor
moment | wished | were her, but in
s,anilS recovered MY self possession
and thrust the weakness from me; wo-
men kissing each other always seemed
waste of sweetness 10 me; but they
knew best, aud laughing, shouting, hap
py. we all returned on board. Our gen.
erous captain set a splendid supper; the
clerk made out two marriage ceitli.
ca,es; they were signed by the parson
and seveniy.four witnesses, live more
made the nine, you know, men aud wo-
men, all loId-every body signed. Then
we danced, we laughed, we made chill.
dren Of ourselves-yes. | am afraid we
made fools of ourselves. BE that as it
may, when the $atch changed at the
noon of night the bluffs On the dark
shores of the river returned only, and
unbroken, the echo Of the hoGrse cough
Ii ing of the Emily Barlon's engines, for
We slept, aud our dreams voinly tried
to vie with the lovely reality of the eve
ming.
As | wrote, I often thongh: Of your
new correspondent. Would that she
had been there; how her true woman's
heart would have went out in deep sym.
pa,hy toward the loving, daring, trust,
ling ones; and how her enlarged aud
liberal soul could revel in such an ex-
ample of earnest aud true feeling
She could understand the hearts work.
ings That cast olf all conventional tram
mols aud dared procure hnppiness ut the
expense of the usual and otteniimes
silly restraints thrown around women.
But don't tell her, for she says "she can
get mad" aud although u thousand
miles separate US, ind in all human pr"h,
ability we may never meet, yet would
not invoke The anger of one who IL lar
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