Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-02-18

GU OAO Oii6H' USoU"J AOiAAhS "ioh :"
fashionable assembly of the rich of Par
is, gathered together to witness the mar
riage ceremony of the talented young
author, Gustave D, and Madamoi-
selle B. All Paris had talked of
nothing else for week. The contur9eres
and modSSteS, the most rechercheeS, were
taxed with orders for the occasion.
Lucky, indeed, were those who could
gain hearing and command robe or
bonnet. So this sunny morning all these
beautiful costumes were on exhibition,
on forms far less lovely, in the church
of St. Philippe.
1t was very quiet crowd, indeed.
Everybody seemed to be celebrating,
more or less, upon the grave step which
the young bride and bridegroom were
about to take. The sunbeams streamed
through the colored glass. and shed
bright tints on the eager faces turned
toward the door; the wax tapers flooded
the altar with subdued light; the odor
of burning incense pervaded the aisles
and mingled in sweet confusion with the
different perfumes.
The beadle tapped with his mace, and
the glorious peals of the Ave Maria
burst forth from the organ. The great
doors opened and the bridal party en-
tered. How pale and fragile the child
bride of seventeen appears, leaning on
the arm of her father. She even seems
to tremble, and her great black eyes
look full of pain. Poor girl they have
literally sold her, some one whispered
and she was right. The bridegroom
does he look gay and full of tenderness
Not at all! his lips are compressed, his
brow is clouded, and his whole appear
ance denotes that it was not marriage
damoar. No, it is not love match it
is wedding of riches and talent, to
which are added youth and beauty.
What are the thoughts of the fair young
bride as she kneels before the altar,
glancing timidly now and then at the
face of her future lord and master She
thinks, bitterly, at bores him to be
here he hates me, but he has need of
money to keep up his name. And II
despise him for STOPPING to marry with
out love l' He thinks, regarding her
lovely face thoughtfully, "It would not
be difficult to learn to love a woman.
Bah l am growing sentimental mar
ry rich girl for money and-lo ! l have
it. She is beautiful, she is educated, she
will grace we'll my table am content. -
The ceremony is soon over, the congrat-
ulations paid, and Gustave finds himself
alone with his wife for the first time,
whirling rapidly in his carriage to the
house of his father-in-law.
Lucille, pale and shivering, leans back
in the corner out of the sight of curious
eyes. She studies his countenance as he
gazes out of the window at the moving
masses of people, thinking to herself
"How indifferent he is - then suddenly
feeling of revolt rises within her, she
feels that she is woman, not a child
"I'll never win his respect if l sit silen
and abashed." She sits erect; he turns
and speaks to her of the many people a
the church, of those he had recognized
common friends of both. They converse
upon Indifferent subjects, until the car
riage stops at her fathers door. The ic
was not broken, but the glitter had dis
appeared it no longer dazzled the eye
with a million sharp points.
. "She is trying to make the best of it,
said he to himself. "Poor thingl' All
Gustave, take heed Pity is akin t
love In your heart lies the germ o
b passionate love, such as you have neve
felt before. Let it grow; destroy it nc
half grown! You can never replace
or renew its growth.
The wedding breakfast disposed Of
the bride dons her travelling dress
waves her adieux, and once more find
herself alone with her husband, en- rout
for Normandy, while the loving pap
and mamma rub their hands softly tc
gether, and congratulate themselves uE
= !, on the match. 1--WE could not have don
BETTER" they say, firmly. "He has ia
ent and she has wealth and beauty.
{ They then set themselves to work to fin
A a suitable apartment for Madame Cru
tave D..
The days, the weeks fly by. Noven
= ber has come with her fearful fac
d Madame Gustave is back in Paris, su
IT rounded with every luxury that wealt
can obtain, yet she is not happy. ST
g has learned many a bitter lesson in tt
. short time she has been a wife. She b;
"a learned that there are women of who
t. but glance is pollution, the society
n whom is preferred by her husband. 81
has learned that to live with man yc
70 must love not loathe him that to be q
. unloved wife is worse than death. The
,e was between herself and husband
Il mountain of ice which neither could su
at mount. Their individuality was perfec
Could they ever become one She hs