The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-11-15
THE SUDDEN cIa0aeM.

pleasure. Indeed long shall I remember
the saucy Emily Barton and her superb
living freight One lovely summer after
noon it was whispered that we were 10
have wedding before the boat reached
her destination. Said whisper started
first and low near the ladies' cabin, and
speedily making its way to the hall, the
boiler deck. and even to the main-llke
snow balls down the mountain, gathering
size form and momentum as it rolled for
ward, until the principals of the interest
I ing scene were not only pointed out, but
the persons-some scraps in the history
of each-fction, fact and surmise, all
hushed up ingeniously leaving you in the
half pleasant, half painful suspense and
doubt that opens the eyes SO wide and
strains the drum of the ear so tight to all
transpiring around you. Well, we landed
to wood at q magnificent beach bottom,
the tall, heavy loafed trees, with silver
gray trunks, making deep cool shade,
while they, with their grassy green bank
that bore them, were in the CLASSY river,
so clear, so true, that inversion only point
ed the false from the real.
Cutting this charming spot in twain,
came a murmuring crystal brook, scarce
| four spans wide, to lose in the mass OF
Tennessee water, they in turn to be alike
lost in the boundless sea.
No sooner was the staging out than
there emerged from the ladies cabin fine
manly looking fellow, dressed in faultless
taste, intellect beaming in every feature,
while all over his face perfect happiness
sbone like phosphorus on the sea and
leaning on his arm was the most loveabie
woman it has ever been my lot to behold !;
her fine hazel eye (tell-tales that they
were) speaking deep emotion, and her ex-
pressive lip quivered with suppressed ex-
citemont, while her step, dress and grace
was that Of q queen. aThere they ale!a
ssThats herp 30! how handsome !"
burst from many a lip as we instnctively
made way to let them pass to the altar,
and where that was wo had about as clear
an idea as transcendentalist generally
has of what he is talking about. But one
thing, we all seemed to know that there
was fun ahead and, that to fall in their
| wake was the way to see it.
AS the ladies passed, a gallant arm was
offered to each and thus we marched out
of the cabin, down the stairs, across the
staging, and up the sloping bank. Some
fifty yards up the brook-the pair stop
ped, and joining hands, they stood, with
the clear water between them-bridged
as it was with the twining fingers and
crossed by a stream Of love as pure as
itself. All was siIent-still-until broken
by the minister, reading in an impressive
manner:
aAnd of the rib which the Lord God
had taken from man made woman and
brought her to the man. And Adam said.
this is now bone of my bone, and flesh OF
}my flesh; she shall be called woman, be-
cause she was taken out of man. There
fore shall man leave his father and his
mother and cleave unto his wife; and
they shall be one 'fesh."
He closed the book and offered most
touching prayer; not heart but seemed
to feel that earnest appeal to the Throne
of Grace.
Then asking the usual questions, he
pronounced them husband and wife,. The
bride slowly sinking on her knees, raised
her beautiful face, all covered with tears,
and her clasped hands, and in a most
touching, sweet voice, tremulous with
deep emotion, said:
."And now,, o merciful Father, grant
that our two lives, thus united, may peace
fully flow into one, even as this rivulet,
until we reach the River of Death, and
undivided in faith or conduct, be permit
ted to enjoy Thine eternal smiles in the
land of tue pure and tho blest." ~
Every pulse seemed still, hoping, wish
ing for more of this beautiful drama. Not
o word, not q movement from all that
throng-all, all was happiness.
o, lovely panorama, how deeply thou
art craven on the heart The happy man
was in the act of imprinting kiss upon
the smiling lips of his magnificent wife,
when the clear tones of manly voice
started all from their pleasing l'reyerie; /;
universal gaze rested on tall Tennes-
sean, whose eagle eye bespoke the man
"a fit representative he was of the State
whore sleeps q Jackson.
"I can't stand this any longer, I can't
by! Pardon, ladies, pardon; have
q proposition to make in the faith of 8
man who mover lies or trifes. [ must
mako it or..die-so here goes. Now will
marry on this spot any lady in the crowd
who has the. nerve to face such music ;
look at me and if you can love me as sire
loyes, (pointing at the bride,) I'll promise
to be good husband to you, such hus-
band as she deserves, and such husband
as a true hearted man will mako to the
woman who comes trembling under his
wing. 1 further say that no spot Of shame
attaches to my name, nor never shall
And this arm will support and protect the
one who can trust it. Who'll take me-"
And his eyes ran slowly and steadily over