Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-28
A BRIDAL VEIL.


A pretty, dark eyed girl began to work
1t, whose lover was over the sea. She
was q French girl, and came of a family
Of lace-makers.
81 will work my own bridal veil, in
my leisure time" said she. $50, when
Walter comes to marry me, I shall be a
gay bride"
But she never finished the veil; Walter
came to soon. She married her English
lover-as poor herself-and went with
him to broad and tree America; and the
half-fniShed bridal veil went along, care
fully folded away at the bottom of a
trunk, and, for the time being, quite for
gotten.
1t may have been forgotten in earn est
during twelve years, for aught I know
certainly it lay that long unoticed. A
lovely little ten-year-old girl was the
fairy that broke its long sleep at last.
she had dark eyes, like the peasant of
twelve years ago, but Walters golden
hair
ooh, the charming lacen' she cried
eiapping her hands and dancing delight
odly, as Elsie shook it out of the folds.
"Dcar mamma, what is it2 and who
made it? and why is it but half-doneY
Can have it for bride-dress tor nv
doll, mammal
The pretty dark-eyed matron laughed
and shook her head, and half-sighed, as
she pressed the dark fabric to her lips
Then she told the child the history of its
making.
"But 1t shall not lie hidden so long
from the light again. she said, tenderly,
'I will finish it, and when the tune
comes for my little Adele to he bride,
she will have a veil to be proud Of"
Again the little taper fingers told mer-
riiy and busily over the delicate lace,
and tairy-llke ferns and masses of grace
ful flowers grew steadily under them.
Adele watched the progress of the work
with keenest interest
Mamma, teach M to work it." she
said one day. My fingers are much
finer and timer than yours
After that she would bring her little
work-basket to her mothers side and
work at a veil for her doll. At the age
OF fifteen 50 expert was she that Elsie
did not fear to let her take part in the
creation of the famous bridal veil itself.
but they worked at it only now and then,
as the fancy seized them.
Louise Riviere was from France, like
Adele'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
well-to-do. He had some money-not
enough to live upon in idle luxury, but
plenty to secure him 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 as
merchant there.
The happy weeks and months grew in
to years. Adele was now seventeen: it
was agreed and promised that, when
sprlng-tlme came, she should be Riviere's
bride.
"We must finish the bridal veil" cried
Elsie, eagerly. II tell you, Monsieur
Louis, no lady of your proud house ever
wore lace more exqu islte and rich All,
shall 1 not be proud when I look at nv
beautiful child in her marriage robes
and think of the poor little peasant g1r]
OF long ago, who toiled at the lace to earn
coarse. bread so taraway over the rea."
Louis turned quickly at these words. q
look OF displcased surprise in his dark
eyes.
''What peasant girl, madame9" he ques-
toned uneasily.
"Myself!" she answered happily, not
marking the tone or look. "What was ]
but poor little lace maker when my gen
erous young lover married me2 The ia.
ther Of Adele"
He answered nothing, and Elsie went
merrily chattcring on, but Adele noted
bis suddenly downcast air and gloomy
eyes, though she was far from suspectino
the cause Of either. 70
His naughty family pride had received
blow. "A lace-maker," he said to him.
self: a.. = :, peasant GIRL If had but
All that night and for days
and nights afterward, the thought Of
his brides humble extraction tortured
>No SeAASo w AAAo PAAuO WOuu uu
be removed.
Unconsciously to himself his annoy
ance affected his temper; he became fret
full, irritable, impatient, sometimes tc
the very verge OF impoliteness, even and
above all, he conceived an absurd but yio
lent dislike to the bridal veil.
III detest the sight of It'll" he cried one
evening, in moment of self-foreet.
fitness, and when he and Adele were
alone. 'lf, indeed, you love me, neve,
work at it in my presence, Adele; and il
l dared ask one special favor of you, il
would be-
He paused suddenly. She was listen.
ing in great surprise.
"Well9'' she said. 1t should be-2n
Swear any other veil in the world but
that one to be married mi"
She folded her work, and let her fail
hands fall on it in her lap; one could see
those little hands were trembling.
She was greatly surprised = 1sman