The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-11-07

ACE, RAlneU access 10 tne catDoural,
| by bfibing the beR.ringer, and hav'
ing taken the vacant seat OF the dead
Iorgsuist, lot my music breathe on,
the adieu could not trust my lips
to inter-
A low moan was the only answer,
and he continued
'You are to bo married on the
morrowp
YES, sobbed the girl. 'Oh, Bcr
tram, what a trial it will be - stand
at yonder altar, and take upon me
the vows which will doom me to a
living DEATH
Think OF me, rejoined the organ
list. Your royal father has request
ed me to play at the wedding. and |
have promised to be here. Ii
were your equal, I cenld be the
bridegroom in ,ead of the organis'
hut poor musician must give you
up
IL is like rending soul and body
assunder, to p'rt with you, said the
girl. TO night | may tell you this,
tell you how fondly | love yor but
in q few hours it will be u sin. Gn,
90. and God bless you
She waved him from her, as il
she would Danish him while she had
the power TO do go; and he. bow
was it with himp He rose to leave
her, then came back, held her To hla
heart in u long embrace, an1. with
a half smothered farewell lett her.
The next morning dawned in
cloudless splondor, and at an earl,
hour the ca'hedraI was thrown open,
and the xton hcgan to prepare for
the brilliant wcdd Ing. Flame color.
ed flowers nodded by the wayside-
fane-colorrd leaves camo rushing
down from the trees and lay in
heaps upon the ground; and the
ripe what waved like a golden sea
and berries dropped IN red and pur-
ple clusters over the rocks along the
Rhine.
A. length the palace gates we're
opened, aud the royal party appear
"I, escor,rnr th' ,r,ne a. f zAbrth
to tn cathedral, WI re her tnArriage
va 10 be sul, mnlzej. IL was Il
brave pageant; Tar brighter than the
untwined foliage and blossoms were
the tn Is OF plumes which foated
from stately heads and the festa
robes that streamcd down over the
housings Of the superb stceds But
the princess mounted on snow,
white pal'rey. and clad in snow.
white velvet, looked pale and sad:
and when, on nearing the church
she heard gush ol orgsn music
which, though iubilant in sound.
struck on her ear like q funeral
knell, che trembled, and would have
Iallen 10 the earth had not page
her. A few minutes af
terwarl she entered the cathedral.
There, with hs reiinue, stood the
royal Bridegroom, whom she htd
never before seen. Bat her glance
Iovcd from him to the organ lot.
where abe hai expected to see the
mysterious organist. lie was gone.
and che was Obliged to return the
graceful bow OF the king, to whom
she had been hetrothed from mo
tives o. policy. Mechanically she
knelt at his side on the altar stone;
mechanically listened TO the service
and made the responses. Then her
husband drew her 10 him in cou.
vul-lve embrace and whispered:
Elizabeth, my wife, my queen,
look up
Trembling in ev'rv limb, she
obeyed Why did those dark ewes
thrill her so2 Why did that smile
bring a glow on her cheekp All
though the being wore the royal pur
pie, and many jeweled order z it
tered on his breast. tie seemed the
same humble person who had been
employed to teach organ music, aud
had taught her the lore OF love.
Elizabeth murmured the mon.
arch 'Bertram Hoffman, the mys,e
rious organis', aud King Oscar are
one. Forgive my stratagem. !
wished to marry You, but | would
not drag 70 the altar an unwilling
briie. 9our father was in the Sc
cret'
While tears 81 joy rained from
her blue eyes, the newly made
queen returned her husbands fond
kiss, and tor once two hearts were
made happy by royal m ,rriage.
Touching Presidential Incident.
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