The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-10-01


! AFTER that she would bring her little
work basket to her mothers side and
work at 9 veil for her doll. At the age
OF h1teen so expert was she that Elsie
did not fear to let hcr take part in the
/ creation Of the famous bridal veil itself.
4 but they worked at it only now and then.
as the fancy seized them. 5H9'
Louise Riviere was from France. like
Adelc's mother that had been bond
between them from the first-for Adele
loved her m others country for her moth
er's sake, though she herself was proud
OF being called American; and she also
loved the young Frenchman.
! Louis came Of noble blood, and was
we'll TO- do. He had some money-not
enough to live upon in idle luxury, but
plenty to secure him a fair start in bust
ness lite. Unwilling to enter upon this
course in Paris, where his noble relatives
! would not scruple to oppose him, he had
chosen New York as the scene of his fu-
ture efforts, and embarked in business az
q merchant there. f1, ". aa ~ p e. -
= The happy weeks and months grew in
to years. Adele was now seventeen: it
was agreed and promised that. when
spring-time came, she should be Riviere's
bride. VA - - 80 - :,
"We must finish the bridal yeil.n cried
Elsie, eagerly. II tell you, Monsieur
Louis, no lady of your proud house ever
wore lace more exquisite and rich. All.
shall I not be proud when I look at nv
beautiful child in her marriage robes,
ana think OF the poor little peasant glrl
OF long ago, who toiled at the lace to earn
coarse bread SO faraway over the rea."
! Louis turned quickly at these words. a
look OF displcased surprise in his dark
eyes. 2.- E-,~.a,ss esA 49,. ~, = =,
"What peasant girl, madame?" he ques-
toned uneasily. ..-..r b e.. - 7
| "Myself!'' she answered happily. not
marking the tone or look. ''What was I
but a poor little lace-maker when nv gen
erous young lover married me? The IA
Their Of Adele" -o..-- -.
| He answered nothing, and Elsie went
merrily chattcring on, but Adele noted
MS suddenly downcast air and gloomy
eyes, though she was far from sus pecting
the cause of either. sgd" @-.'@. .
His naughty family pride had received
blow. "A lace-maker," he said to him
self. "a peasant girl! If I had but
All that night, and for DAYS
and lights afterward, the thought of
his brides humble extraction tortured
him; the sting to his pride would not
be removed.
Unconsciously to himself his annoy
, ance affected his temper; he became fret
tul, irritable, impatient, sometimes to
the very verge of impoliteness, even; and,
above all, he conceived an absurd but VIC.
lent dislike to the bridal veil.
II detest the sight of it!' he cried one
evening: in a moment of self-forget-
tulness, and when he and Adele were
, alone. ''If, indeed, you love me, never
r work at 1t in my presence, Adele; and it
l dared ask one special favor of you, it
, would be- 81.
. he paused suddenly. She was listen
ing in great surprise. E..
''Well?" she said. It should be-lo
swear any other veil in the world but
| that one to be married imp
She folded her work, and let her fair
: hands fall on it in her lap; one could see
: those little hands were trembling.
She was greatly surprised at his man
ner and request, and also vaguely hurt,
she scarce knew how or why, Indeed,
, she had wondered often, lately, at sub
| tie and unpleasant change in LOUIS.
/ Gould it be possible that she was about
/ to discover its cause? -,
"You ask singular favor" she said.
with forced quietness. care you aware
that my dear mother worked at this
/. veil?" =: - Jna - '' 81 j. -
The hot, 1mpulsive temper answered
instantly, without a thought: s'It is for
that very reason that I hate it, ).
And then she understood him. This
daughter of America had been slow to
suspect or comprehend the pride of the
! French arlstocrat, but she saw all clearly
now; and she would not marry the man
who thought he stopped to take her. She
folded up the veil and gently, but firmly
, said: .i-a :. a4... Il, ..'O'rE g',r.sa. ..a
"""You did not know, when first you
sought me. for bride, that mamma was
q lace-worker in France; if you had Der.
haps you would not have loved me. Since
; you have learned this fact you, have re- re.
GREETED our :, engagement you need not
speak; have seem a change in you Il
teel that this IS. SOL. But. there. iszno harm
done," she went ON, with simple dignity,
"since I have learned the truth before #
< is too late, and "so''-she held out to him
a trembling, little hand, which he took
Z. mechanically-''and SO I will grant the
. favor you covet, my friend Your bride
shall not wear my darling mothers veil,
There he, kissed the hand, and she drew
it quickly away--but that is because ]
shall not be your brider' $685. -~' -
- No need to dwell upon what followed
His prayers, his protestations humble
at first, then angry-her tears, that had
no power in them to sap. the strength Of
her resolution. They parted coldlyi at
last-lovers still in heart, for love dies
not so easily, but outwardly seeming
scarcely even friends. a ~ s..'-. Q
She stood proudly as lie left the room
when the sound of the street door clos.