Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-11-14
A low moan was the only answer, and

uS COntlAuC0.
"You are to be married on the NOR
rowa"
Eyes" sobbed the girl. "Oh, Bertram
what a trial it will be to stand at
yonder altar and take upon me the
| vows which will doom me to living
DEATH"
"Think of me-" reioined the organist
'Your royal father has requested me tC
play at the wedding, and l have prem
Used to be here. If were your equal,
could be the bridegroom instead of the
organist; but poor musician must give
you up"
at is like rendlng soul and body
ssunder, to part with you" said the girl
Tonight may tell you this-tell you
how fondly 1 love you, but ina few
hours it will be sin. Go, go, and God
bless your
She waved him from her, as if she
would Danish him while she had power
to do so; and he, how was it with him
He rose to leave her, then came back
held her to his heart In one long en-
brace and with half. smothered farewell
EFT her.
The next morning dawned in cloudles
splendor, and at an early hour the cathe
dral was thrown open, and the sexton be
gan to prepare for the brilliant wedding
Flame colored flowers waved by the
wayside flame colored leaves came rush
ing down from the trees and lay IN light
heaps upon the ground; and the ripe
wheat waved like golden sea, and ber-
ries dropped in red and purple clusters
over the rocks along the Rhine.
At length the palace gates were opened
and the royal party appeared, escorting
the Princess Elizabeth to the cathedral,
where her marriage was to be solemnised.
1t was brave pageant; far brighter than
the untwined foliage and blossoms were
the TUFTS of plumes which f1oated from
stately heads, and the testal robes which
streamed down over the housings of the
superb steeds. But the Princess, mount
ed on snow-white palfrey, and clad in
snowwhlte velvet, looked pale and sad
and when, on nearing the church she
heard the rush of organ music, which,
although ju6ilant in sound, struck on her
ear like funeral knell, she trembled,
and would have fallen to the earth had
not mage supported her. A few min
utes afterwards she entered the cathedral.
There, with his retinue, stood the bride
groom. whom she had never seen. But
her glance roved from him to the organ
loft, where she expected to see the mys-
ferrous organist. He was gone, and she
was Obliged TO return the graceful bow
of the king, to whom she had been be-
trothed from motives of policy. Mechan-
ically she knelt at his side On the altar
stone; mechanically listened to the ser
vice and made the responses. Then her
husband drew her to him in convulsive
embrace, and whispered:
elizabeth, my queen, my wife, look
up"
Trembling in every limb, she obeyed.
Why did those dark eyes thrill her so2
Why did that smile bring a glow on her
cheek! Ahi though the king wore the
purple and many jewelled order gilt
tered on his breast, he seemed the same
humble person who had been employed
to teach organ music, and had taught her
the lore of love.
Elizabeth murmu1ed the monarch
"Bertram Hoffman, the mysterious organ
list, and King Oscar are one! Forgive
my stratagem. wished to marry you,
but would not drag to the altar an un-
willing bride. Your father was in the
secret"
While tears of JOY rained from her
blue eyes, the newmade queen returned
her husbands fond kiss, and for once
two hearts we've made happy by a royal
marriage.