Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1878-11-07

you are selestsd 70 pessonsts "a.
BRIDE
TO have saved bsr she sould mo-
have helE cd suddeulY looking inse
bis eyes. Be raw a aqasstion thses
that be instantly saswsrsd, and hs
sa~ also something thst shriltst
him to the soul.
He heut his hsad' q little lovss
as be answered 6sr:;
Il have consented 90 be ths
Rroom-peosidsd il isagssssbis d
you, Miss DaleelI.'
Agreeabls to her & A sitsle sash
of aRitated color @sns ossf hss
face, then 0faea Morgiaf eay, hap-
py laughter struck d chill of che
old despair 30 her heart.
Anything to obliee, Ne Saatsa.
as Iam, already in white, there
will be no trouble about the toilet
I Her word$ we're 80 coolly .cour-
teous,he, heart so throbbinR. cage,
with delight, 80 sick with pain that
never wonld leave it again-and
Willis Sexton for q moment that be
heard her words and saw her face
wondered il he were not hopeless
fool to ever have thought or dream.
ed, OF i'm .gined that she possibly
| might have cared.
Everything arranged. the draw
ing room vas At once deserted fol
she d, e-sIBg rooms and impromptu
stage ard auditorium the great
dancing s;.l,.oD-deserted save BY
MuIiei, who. heI necessary Ordert
given, re'nrned 10 the quiet soliea'
riness-to dud Willis Ssxtss stead
ing beside the cheesy opsa Gre
place, iG see MIN start for@ard as
she came IN the'rOom, bis ises ell
Aiight. bic eyes-xparkiipg.
Il did not dare thipk you woulj
be back. but hoped it-Mu.iel, j,
is impossible that there can be 81
leuce be- wseu yoa and me any
longer, impossible bseause love
you-
He bad almost snatched her in
his arms as he spoke hsrriedly.
rasaionately. and he had kissed her
before .he scarcely realized it all.
Then, with q piteously Iitsle sxcls.
nation, ske fined herself from him,
trembling from head to foot.
mo! No! You shall not--it will
kill her no, ycu shall not. I say /
.F..r he would have taken her
again, kiasia1 all her words Of de-
mar away. Nfhen rap ON the door
-fectually ended the scens, end
Muri. l had 20 descend TO the CON-
monal,sies of life 30 receive . msss-
age frcm the servant. and snswer it.
It eeemed 70 Willis Ssx'on that
he never had seen socb exquiaite
beauty iu all his life rs Mo tiel Dsl
xell's was that night. There was D
bewitehingness IN her msbner hs
never had seen before, Q glow on
her cheeks, o fre in het eyes that
quiek+ned oil his pulses no be iook
Cd at her, and listened 20 her low
sweet voice, and felt vish thrills OF
mookipgly mad pain, shat she hid
conquered hum 40 no woman ever
had done or could do, that he wos
shipped her 80 madiy that Grace,
and honor, and sworn vows were 90
feathers on Ma Adysrss wind before
this passion shis iair womaa hal
awakened.
SO the merry sssning wsnt On,
and chaPSde snd tablsaux kept the
gay coinpany in'shouts of langhtee,
all the while MuRiel went about
With that glitter of splendid en-
element in her eyes, that smile on
her lovely lips that made the naan
who was Watching her feel that ID
were worth ell else to have her for
bis own, thar made little Grace
Morris come up to her and tell hes
how Rloriously she lo"ked, and beg
her. in her pretty roguish wsy not
to look too much in earnest during
the marriage scene.
And then the marriage scene
came --the interior of the little
rustic chapel, 50 beautifully and
hastily improvieed by Muriel's Or
tistic steward xnd his corps OF ser
wants; the s'dim religions Iighs'
o,er i all, tbe heraldiug music
f.rm the grand organ in the adioin
rug soo.n. and then, when the cur
tain ser mp the second time. Mu
riei D.isefl and Willis Se1ton
atapal.x ut the altar, while ths
su, p,iced cles ~ mau read she sol
emn service-so zeal, 10 aWfnli1
real. that Q hush fell on the laagh
ing audience, and 6rsse NoTyil
felt o straoRe quivsf Of paiH Ont
fear.
Aud then the ecurtain went doSn
and while theirs arose eaclsnationi
aud encores Of delight from with
"u:, aid she gentleman sho hat
officlate3 asciorgymsn vent away
Willis Sa1,on suddenly ssDopee
aud kissed her. and che % sadden
~ laid her lIaud ON: his slee 20. ans
looked at him with 3sotnethisR il
her eyes that thrilled him -witl
strange, fsverish expectation OF &c
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