The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-14

tachment appeared to bind those young ladies'
It had been decreed in secret conclaye Ina
Hiss Tyrrell should be one OF the bridesmaids
Miss Nellie, OF course, being the other, anG
urging forward with the utmost zeal and OK.
element the necessary preparations for the
wedding. That event was now at hand, an0
Robin bore himself quietly and thoughtfully
as became man vowed aye. 70 grave rsspons isl
and restiessness which l had remarked at an
early stage.
1t may have been day or two before the
ceremony that Bob was rowing about the
orchard, when Ruth came out to him, AND
laid her hand shyly on his arm.
"What Is 1t, dear?" he said gently, for the
girls cheek was flushing. and her eyes did not
meet his own.
"There Is something" Ruth whispered
something, Bob, that ought TO be said. a You
are different now, dear, from what you were
when we liked each other first. Something
greater and higher, / know well. While |,
she went on sadly, "am just the samoa
farmers child, lit only for the farm. cannot
talk to you and hope to feel as others do
"Dear RuthI he said, and his eyes were wet
with generous tears, what could put that
nonsense in your head? You can make me
happy, dearest. None knows you but is hap
pier and better"
"Thank you for saying that, she said s0np1y,
and looked up once into his face; you have
q loyal heart, dear. / iudgedit rightly. Per-
haps | may be worthier OF you than said
and mere nef voice again SuHk W whisper
-"I will try TO prove 1t.
At last 1t came, the wedding day. We were
assembled In the big parlor--Aunt Tyrreli.
the Squire and Joined presently by the
two bridesmaids; Miss Nellie radiant and
eager, Clara colorless as white rose. Bot
followed In grand tenue, and our little cortege
was ready to set out for this village church,
whose bell was ringing merry peal.
"Where's Ruth2" cried Nellie. "Ah, here
she Is! And Ruth came in. robed In white,
Ill ...tI
but that she carried on her arm. There was
q dew, think, in her kind eyes, but her lips
were parted In a smile.
..Were you waiting for the bride2" she
said.
A screen stood in the corner of the room
and she moved toward 1t. holding Clara's
hand.
'Move the screen, dear Bob" Ruth said
II want to show you something"
He pushed 1t aside, and saw the mutilated
portrait.
.'You can finish that" said Ruth, softly,
"if the lady sits to you all her life" And she
put Clara'S hand In his.
OF course. the wedding, ladies. did not take
place that very day; but, although Aunt Tyr
relPs bewllderment and perplexity were ex.
treme, she was not long obdurate, being nat
urally OF romantic turn, and recalling sun.
dry episodes of her youth. Besides, she could
not but acknowledge Ruth's authority In the
premises, and consented at the end OF week
GHHG DeT Will SnOulQ De law. POSSIBLY, mac
my advice been solicited, should have coun-
seled a still longer postpOnemeDt, remember
ing certain banker In New York who might
be deemed to have an interest In the matter
But the stole army of husbands holds no vet
eran more thoroughly disciplined, and doubt
not my excellent uncle received such dis
patches from his commanding officer as we'll
nigh reconciled him to the catastrophe.
j can vouch that the wedding breakfast-fo
that feature of the ceremony vas not omitted
was In all respects a delightful feast, al
though the happiness of the married pair may
have been thought less beaming and IRE
pressible than we are wont to see on such oc-
casions. Squire Allen was the life Of TIL.
banquet; indeed, he could scarcely have
shown more citation had the wedding been his
own. There was another person in the COM
pany who might have liked place beside the
gentle hostess, but as the Squire sat on
Ruth's right hand, Miss Nell AMI / diverted
one another.