The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-05-27

eyes, sobbed tld girl. "0h Betram,
what trial it will be to stand at yonder
alter and take upon me the vows which will
doom NE to living DEATH"
"Think of me, rejoined the orcanist
''Your royal father has requested me to play
at the wedding, and nave promised 10 be
here. i'll were your equal could be the
bridegroom instead of the organist; but u
poor musician must give you up"
at is like rending nay soul and body
asunder to part with you" said the girl
"To. night | may tell you this-tcll you
how f9ndly [ love you, but in few hours it
will be a sin Go, go, and God bless you "
She waved him from her as is she would
Danish him while she had the power to do
so and he-how was it wi him He
arose to leave her, then came back and held
her to bis heart in long embrace and with
IL haff-smotheFed farewell left her
The next morning dawned in cIoudless
was thrown open, and the sexton began to
prepare for the wedding. Flame coIorcd-
flowers nodded by the wayside-1;lme col>
orcd leaves came dashing down the trees and
lay in heaps upon the ground and the ripe
wheat waved like golden sea, and berries
dropped in red and purple clusters over the
rocks along the Rhine.
At length the palace gates were opened
and the royal party appeared, escorting the
Princess Elizabeth to the cathedral, where
the marriage was to be solemnizod
1t was a bright pageant-far brighter
than the entwined foliage and blossoms
were the turfs of plumes which nnated from
stately heads and ostal robes that streamed
down over the housings Of the superb steeds
But the Princess, mounted on a snowy pal
frey, and clad in snow white velvet, looked
pale and sad; and when on nearing the
church she heard a gush Of organ music
which, though jubilant in sound, struck on
her ear like a funeral knell, she trembled
and would have fallen to the earth had no
| a page supported her. a few minutes af
terward she entered the cathedral. Thele,
with his retnue, stood the royal bridegroom
whom she had never before seen. But her
glance roved from him to the organ loft,
where she expected TO see that mysterious
organist. He was gone, and she was Obliged
to return the graceful bow of the King to
whom she had Deen betrothed from motives
Of policy. Mechanically she knelt at his
side on the altar stone; mechanically listen
cd to the service, and made the response
Then her husband. drew her to him in
convulsive embrace, and whispered: e
Elizabeth, my queen, my wife, look
up"
Trembling in every limb, she obcyed
Why did those eyes thrill her so? Why
did that smile bring glow on her cheeks :?
Ah though the King wore the royal pur
pie and many a jeweIed order glittered on
his breast, he seemed the humble person
who had been employed to teach organ
music, and had taught her the lore flove
elizabeth, murmured the monarch, ,"Be
tram Hoffman, the mysterious organist, and
King Oscar (the Royal Free Mason) are one
Forgive my stratagem. 1 wished to marry
you, but l would not drag. to the altar an
unwilling bride Your father was in the
secret"
While tears of joy rainod from her blue
! eyes, tho new-made queen returned her hus-
band fond kisses, and for once two hearts
were made happy by a royal marriage.