Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-04-16
WEDDING A PonR mAN.

paul, dear raul, do uOt 90. /
have q pFesentiment that | hall
never see YOU again, If you leave
me now! Waituntil after our mar
rage. To-day is the sixteenth,
aud our wedding, you know, Is TO
be the twentieth. | feel assured
that my father will try to force me
into a marriage with SIR. landlord
while you are away
"You are nervous, sweet. They
would not dare do that. | would
not leave you, darling, but my
brother Is sick unto death, and
wishes 10 see me. You would not
have me refuse this dying request! 2
IL will say no more, dearest. |
was very selfish in trying to keep
lOu. But, Paul, will you never
come back to me again. This Is our
last meeting on earth!"
Nonsense, Lulie | never before
dreamed that you were supersti-
tious, aud had presentiments. |
promise you, darling mine, that |
will come to you, whether | am In
the body or out of it, on the TWEEN
tieth, and make you my wife. But
what makes you SILVER SO? Is it at
tie prospect of SO soon having your
humble servant for O husband Not
q very ~ilattering thought, pet.
There, don't lock so hurt. know
what the SILVER meant. You are
afraid | will come to you out of the
body. Butt don't intend to-not If
| can keep in it,"
Don't ridicule my fears, Paul
please don't"
"Well, | will not any more, Lu.
lie; but they are groundless, | as
sur you, so don't worry over me
any more. Leslie is going with me.
He aud my poor brother were old
friends-studiGd :ogether,you know,
for the church-and he will accom-
pany me here OH the twentieth, AS he
is TO perform the ceremony which
will make me the happiest of men.
| must say good bye, now, Lulie
dear. Be a brave little woman,
and don't fret about your scape-
grace husband that is to be. There,
kiss me now, and bid me God
speed
Good bye, Paul dear, dear Paul,
and heaven grant that you may re.
turn to me again!"
And the sweet lips q~uivered, and
the blue eyes filled with tears, as he
gathered her to his heart ina fond
embrace, and kissed again the
sweet, pure brow and trembling
lips.
lie was gone, and Lulie went to
her own room, aud wept over his
departure aud the evil foreboding
which would not be silenced.
Lulie GrGyson had been be-
trOthed TO Paul de Courcy tor near
~ a year. She was a sweet, amia-
BILE girl, deserving Of the great love
of u just and noble man. At the
time OF their engagement he was
rich, but a few months atterward
he lost his property, and Mr.. Grey
son forbade their thinking OF mar
rying now, saying his daughter
should never wed a poor man. But
she told him firmly that when the
wedding day arrived she would
fulfil her promise and become the
wife Of the man she loved.
Then a suffer came, aud sought
to win her hand. lie was old aud
gray haired, but he was very
wealthy /; and her father favored his
suit, and tried to compel her to &C.
cept him. But she was firm in her
refusal lc do so. But they had ex.
acted a promise from her that if her
lover proved false, and failed to
make his appearance upon the day
named for the marriage, she would
marry Mr.. landlord the day after.
She felt perfectly safe in making
this promise, for she had all faith in
Paups love and constancy. Her
father and her sisters then tried in
many ways to ALLEVIATE the lovers
but so far, their Attempts had been
vain. Only a few days more, and
the time specified for their wedding
would arrive, when Paul received
a letter, stating that his brother had
but a short time to live, and that II
was his earnest request that he
should come to him, and that he
must come Immediately If he wish.
ed to find him alive. Nothing else
would have taken him from Lulie
now, knowing, as he dad, her uu.
happy surroundings.
To Lulie the days dragged by
YEARLY : but the twentieth dawned
at last, serene and beautiful, for it
was midsummer. Mr.. landlord
had been away ever since Paul's de-.
parture so she had not been tor
tured with his opportunities. But
her father had told her repeatedly
that he believed Paul to be false,
and that he would not return as he
had promised to do. she was alone
In the house, so far as friends were
concerned, for her mother was
dead, and her brothers and sisters
all wished her to marry Mr.. Hand
ford. All day long she sat at her
window, and watched for Paul but
he came not. Aud when the gray
shadow Of night were gathering
around, she gave way to the dc.
spair that had all day been creep
ing into her heart. Her father came
to her now and, finding her weep.
lug bitterly, he said, in q tone of
triumph, "Did | not tell you that
he was false, and would not return i!
stop your crying, and come down
with me-
UEathoro aho eo;5 ..;s;,n L..