The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-09

actly. That keeps you of each others
trainse And now the ranks separated,
thagifls de6llng % the lefl, and the young
men to, the right,;,.i-. ,,,,s... d; ,,s.s,i1
"Pretty well" pronounced tue author.
ity.i You had better 40 Il once more.
| Not quite so fast, Miss Strong. q Youmust
give the bride a chance VI fall into the
exact ORDER, Now about the ,kneeiing,
You must all go down 'at tile same minute
eS;ffe7I. q Phi count for you. y One; two,
three-lneel u One two, three gebhp
Once more--one, two, three That's bet,
Ter, You'd better, keep, saying, y oyer 70
Yourselves, did tlIen y6u'll keep time"
- But" whispered Daisy TO Meta, 7" why
should I'VE kneel ut oil III 1t is only,to shy
Ono, two, threeY" ;s.n hg17, f,,s,,,l
"Oh,% said Meta, indifcrcnuy, us
only q form, you know. 1t would beVery
awkwardif they didn't keep together"
Quite pale, Daisy clutchedi Johns arm
as they went out into the darkness III
was Lorrid," sic whispered. Meta says
everybody has to do So Do they, Johni
Must WEI" ilpGs1t5IG 2g llGt5e' 3l
"God forbid!" replied John.
Such q layias was tho nextl From Its
dawning 10 fts close noise, worry and con-
fusion possessed tho premises. What
with confectionery men and hair.dress-
efs men, florists men and lanp-hanging
men, milliners' girls and dreSs-makers'
women, gifts, messages, notes, not . SOUL
in the house hld ong quiet moment, cxf
ccpt tue Bimplc.llearted country girl, who
stole half m hour for her customary Bible
reading! y"Deat Motl,p thought she, low
ingly, rs she. closed tho book, "she is not
herself. Her true wedding will come
some other day, wien all this noise and
tlitnult Is over" It was all her best
friend could hope. o,What with fatigue,
vanity, and excitement, the poor little
thing was, piteous sight 70 look upon.
All Ifadalne Borione's articles could not
disguise her palIor or the CHASTITY circles
about her eyes, tOfwhiCh SatnAnd lace at
lorlcd an unbecOming contrast ): For the
rest, the pageant W4s like hundred 9TH
gorgeous, graceful unmeaning: The
long Train swelt and rustled ifcently
up Tie borrowed aisle. The two mammas
stood in purple and point; flowers crown:
ed the sacred desk before whichIbent the
kneeling lgures-c's affecting that Is OIL:
ways" peOplewhispered, pnconscl ous that
zone, two, three" was the oris6n in pro-
cess Of being offered Y he klss, the lined
veil; all the symbOlici formula was duly
gone through with; Meta Grinnell was
the wife Of Fred Strong; and her friends,
as they absorbed tho IuxIri6us banquet
provided to grace tho occasion, tlnatf'
mously agreed that nothing had ever gone
off better-it,was "1beautiftil wedding. =
Whether Fred himself would have cotnci-
ied with them d little later IS question:
able; for Meta was s6f WORN out that she
cried incessantlyJall through her wedding
tour; and what should have been the very
heyday and spring time o. their lives
proved instead a miserable fortnight, full
Of anxieties which the young husband
hardly knew how toencounter.
Meantime, the guests having departed,
Daisy sat down, for a cozyltalk with her
John. sIcrit,.; al t,,hroirft.sItty.,, :,
at has all been sud, somehow" she is
saving; sand don't exactly know why;
for the day has been lovely, and l never
saw such beautiful things 5as Meta had.
Why was 1t, J0hnGz-Was 1t because she
looked so i'll? 1never was 80 lowtsplrtted
: a IL wa was tho sight Of dead body"
answered John, gravcly: - -1'''
what d0iyou meanS" ''Lu. t 80
"Just what say, love. Wefhayo had
nil Of o wedding except its soul. Divorce
soul from body, and the thing that remains
however gplendidly dressed, is sad E1 70 look
SBut Meta loves Fred, I think at least
she did OF first" ~ a'@R ~
"she has had notime since, l supposc.
Poor girl-her heart may wakeup and gel
from under this weight. by-andrby; hut
meantime she has missed great deal O.
happiness. Oh, these fashionable brides!
groaned John, victously, "Shau tell you
what they mako me. think OF"
Wyns WffsFi GIgH ~ p 'f.r-l - ziAo-l =
"Of tho Indian widows who perform
suffice. . Very few Of the poor creatures
would ever go through the ceremony ifit
wcrc not for the, priests ,lwho dress them
magnificently, load them with beads 9pd
trinkets, and drug them with o drink call
ed sbaiicue,' which at once istupehes and
Iintoxicates them. n Now; all, these profust
preparations, this purple and zinc linen
and show and expense, operate on oul
girls like the dose Of 'bangue they NEE
theiriatc as unconsciously and excitedly
as any suttee Of them all-=and lose more
for the drug in the one case deadens pain
| in the other only thought Daisy, my
Daisy, I have d thing to say to you."
i"Say Il, dear John." r'3is 9'il' =. IN
"Don't mako our wedding o crisis o.
clothes. Let us show other people what
q true marriage Is. Ldon't want those
dear dimpled cheeks TO grow wan, anc
those honest blue eyes heavy, in shaving
to afford my wife a few more cmbtoid'
cred petticoats and folderols. / want tho
whole of you, my Daisy-yyoIqr happy
spirits, your FREQ soul. II want oil The
sunsets and moonrtses Of this SUMMER, oil
The flowers and sunshine. want L
stand on our wedding-eve true lovers
happy man and happy womanTaln AM tecl
that It Is with fresh, ,rnWearied soul that
YOU give yourself 10 me, as j to you
will you give me these, my lOve?" I
"BIt, John" said Daisy, -solemnly
clothes are very necessary things"
$50 they are" responded John, with q
hearty laugh. Sand SO arc some Tothel
commodities, though 1t is not the fashion
to think so, apparently. Have clothes
by all means, my dear; and look Us lovely
IN them as q Mary rose; but have no pore
than Gamble obtained without sacrificing
one particle of health or one moment o.
,enioyment-or mo. Trust me for. think
ling mine the tairest lady in the land in
any raiment."
happy summer that was Temptation
assaiied. herlnow and then. Aunt Grin,
nell sent new patterns, or papa produced
d fresh check; but Daisy looked out on
thedewey fields, saw John coming through ..