The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-05-19
OKOLONA, MISS, MAY 19, 1859.

when she told him where she was taking
the wreath, Colin said, I" i am going the
same way, for l am carrying the money
for the Church's tenets to the Priest
And as they went on he took her hand
silently, and both trembled, as if they
designed some great crime against each
other.
"Hast thou forgiven me p whispered
Colin anxiously, "Ah Marietta, what
have l done to thee, that thou art so cru
ell towards me q"
She could only say, Be quiet, Colin,
you shall have the ribbon again and !
will preserve the cup, since it came from
you.-Did it really come from you :"
"Ah Marietta canst thou doubt it
All l have, would .gladly give thee,
Wilt thou, hereafter, be as kind to me,
as thou art to others Z"
She replied not, but as sh eentered the
parsonage, she looked aside at him, and
when she saw bis eyes filled with tears,
she whispered softly, "dear Colin. :"
Then he bent down and kissed her hand.
With this the door of the chamber open
ed, and Father Jerome, with venerable
aspect, stood before them. The young
couple had nearly fallen to the floor from
giddiness, and they held fast to each 9th
er. ] know not whether this was the eff
ect t.of the kissing, or the awe they felt
for the sage.
Marietta handed him the myrtle wreath.
He laid it, upon her head, and said, I" lit
tle'children, love one another" He urged
the good maiden, in the most touching,
and pathetic manner, to love Colin. For
the good old man, from his hardness of
hearing, had either mistaken the name of
the bridegroom, or from want of memo
ry, forgotten it. Then Marietta's heart
softened under the exhortatiOn of the ven
cradle Father, and, with tears and sobs,
she exclaimed, "Ah ] have loved him
for long time, but he hates me"
/ hate thee, Marietta, ".cried Colin,
"my soul has lived only thee, since thou
cam'st to Naponle. Oh Marietta, conld
l hope, and believe that thou didst love
me Z Does not all Napoule love thee?
"Why then, Colin, dost thou avoid,
and prefer all py companions before, me
"Oh Marietta feared and trembed,
with love and anxiety, when l beheld
thee | had not the courage to approach
thee ; and when | Was away from thee !
was most miserable" AS they talked
thus, with each other, the good Father
thought they were quarrelling; and he
threw his arms around them, and brought
them together and said imploringly, "lit-
tie children, love one another, love enc
another"
Then Marietta sank on Collins breast,
and Colin threw his arms around her,
and both faces beamed with rapture
They forgot the priest, the whole world.
Collins lips hung upon Marietta's sweet
mouth. 1t was only kiss, but a kiss of
sweetest self forgetfulness. Each
thought only of the other. Both had so
completely lost their reccollection, that
unwittingly, they followed the delighted
Father Jerome, into the church, and be-
fore the altar.
marietta p sighed he.
"Colin !" sighed she.
In the church were devout worship
pers; but they witnessed Colin, and Ma
rietta's marriage, with amazement. Ma
ny ran out before the close of the cere-
mony, to spread the news, in every direc-
ton, throughout Napoule: "Colin and
Marietta are married."
When the soemnization was over, Faith
er Jerome honestly reioicd that he had
succeeded so well and that such little
opposition had been made by the parties.
He led them into the parsonage.