Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-09-23

Where the revcl Is nigh and the heart g Slac,
For the hostess forever to have me installed
AS an usher bccause-l am bad-O I'm baidl
1would gladly trade heads with tho head of
s. . Or the wax figure down Mt the millincr shopi-
-,s Then, at least l should not be forever up
with t's tSc stars.nakod fact am bald--o I'm
In tho heyday of life and tho fullness of
health;
In the vortex of passion and fashion and
BY MoeEory chased and Despair over
Ali sud iS my fstel-I M am m baldmo I'm pad
tt1f6E p. ". W. RGch IN Indianapolis Journal.
THE WEDDING MARCH.
Hlhl 1HBb9iT An Artlst's story.
a;No. 329-A Wedding March,"
.i;' -n'Such was the number and name of
picture in the Academy of u certain
NTs Sear which shall. for polite and per-
.. sonal reasons, be left undesignated.
.s.- The picture was one OF my painting;
and /, Reginald Tracey, had been for
80. tunate enough to attain three very inn
e. ss -portant ends by its production. First
Hse!9A 1y, it was deemed excellent enough by
,r4f the Hanging Committee to be placed
on the line and it faced you in q very
prominent manneras you entered Room
- No. V. Secondly, this prominent po-
O ~ sition secured for my picture large
share of attention which resulted in its
nnulnp Il purchaser utmost rs soon rs
n2ln the Exhibition doors opened. But
+, s thirdly, it served the actual purpose for
which painted 1t, and which led me
to choose my subject. That purpose
81 involved Just the least bit of romance;
:, and although the clever critics praised
, , the picture, and even limited that Mr..
,4s Tracey had been singularly fortunate
9" in his treatment of somewhat unusual
i,t,- and difficult theme etc, not one of
.Hii; them so much as guessed that it was
~. 70 picture with purpose. As the sequel
s~S-sS-'-mey serve to show, that purpose sprang
ensfrom and ended in what / am pleased
l s4 to call my little romance.
izs 1t was charming day, that on which
l% - Invent to Rockhampton to sketch the
a ssslwater-mendows, and to see my old
1 friend, Dr.James Brooke-Jim, gen
ssesss orally called him-who had settled as n
49, practitioner in that town. The whole
,,,-,.u place was stepped in sunlight and the
'''r deep shadows cast by the old houses in
-, the narrow streets by the watersde re-
~ minded one of nothing so much rs the
5lackness of the shades in some old
> Dutch town, where Rembrandt must
have learned the special art that bears
Hs q q ms fenus ,oaa Do Ih9 b
~"sN S6fNorman architecture. Rising archi-
EsNtects declare that there are no purer
pillars of that style, OF. better preserved
& arches, with their. queer faces
A. squeezed into the corners thereof, and
- which seems to impress the Rockhamp-
seAs ton juveniles on Sundays quite as much
@sas the service Passing through the
.ssisti chhrehvard, found myself at last at
,...,. the church. With little hope of finding
=, h,t. the door open lifted the latch, when
.s'atY at once it yielded to my touch. As
7hss passed within the green baize doors with
~ 81 in the porch heard the sound of the
.i organ; so stealing quietly into the CRATE
...',I,. full shade and coolness of the church
"a Ilensconccd myself in the biggest pow
.tl could find and listened. How sooth-
% Z ing was the effect of the music and sur
-, roundings on that glorious day! Icoud
sa- not see the player, who was concealed
rlols by the curtains in front of the organ
''sFae loft but intuitiyely guessed it was a
sc ora lady who played. / imagined that only
'aiwofnan's delicate touch could have
- AmAde that .'Kyrie'' speak in these
- tones; and there was more gentleness
Msssa thpn power in the ''Stabat Mater into
,Ssmember the ''Wedding March, sue
seess ceeqed; and, after half an hours private
.,y,. hearing of the masters, quietly slipped
t,,,, out of church, once again into the glad
sunlight that played around the grave
stones, and made the world SO fair to
-E0sisl'bee.sasa ,S3H1
After lunciing at my hotel, the Red
Lion, went to see DR.. Jim. 1t ap-
peared that the fair player of the church
was Miss Spalding, and the only
daughter of well-to-do and retired
merchant who had settled at Rock
hampton some eighteen months before;
and Jim, found, had been paying his
addresses to the young lady. Her
father had married Tor the second time
and had thus given Miss Spalding a
step-mother. The old gentleman as
Jim called him, was an easy-going man,
kind-hearted in every way, generous to
~ fn,,1 mad l-;,Il
Dr. Jim's suit. But as to Mrs. Spald-
ing Jim pronounced decidedly unfa-
vorable opinion. She was an ambitious,
and, as he expressed it, scheming wonl-
an, who thought that Nelly should
look somewhat higher than Dir.
Brooke, of Rockampton- that she
should at least marry money--with
which latter commodity Jim was, as
young doctor, of course, by TO means
overburdened. Without actually dis.
couraging Jim attentions, Mrs. Spald.
ing made things decidedly unpleasant
1for tho lovers. Mr.. Spalding, good
easy man, was completely under the
dominion of his wife, Hence Jim con.
E fessed he was ina somewhat unsettled
@S state Of mind q A-a 80
..You see Regy" said Jim, Nelly
fi. VIII not disobey her parents in any way.
fgg 4 That she cares for me she has con
'Al1 fessed TO me more than once. But wher
fas' fH press her TO consent to be married al
-ts once, and to make me happy, she won't
hear of it,
sF4s my dear Jim,' l responded, in m,
r' new-found capacity of guide counselor
,'' and friend, ''she is not the first girl wht
..5.a has had to struggle between love AM
.slarii duty; or at least what she conoeves tC
.sd = be her duty" la.....
,sromTh ..Shesso thoroughly conscientious, ,
.An19 replied Jim, g that fear even TO pres
.JsaJy her to take the step which would max,
.99lbas lne q happy man for life. When l asl
shq,s her in my despair whether she will eve
.tillih choose between her step.mother'
,'sa wishes and my love- she impores M
,.1a not to tempt her AMI So" added Jim
..s.,i = there am; miserable as need be-
I,a ~, l All this Interested me exceedingly
lel ii She was evidently a girl of sterlin,
iroiworth and with a high sense of the dut,
4 ~, she believed she owed TO her parents
go, wishes Thought over Master JIM
love affair as lay in he'd that night
.,,, and came TO the conclusion that TIL
q. .f,is case was a difficult one. You canno
ss i's7ssalways mold human minds to your ow
,T1hi bent and purpose by simply speaking
I. - Hence came to the conclusion tha
,.,.,i,, Miss Spalding's love for my old frien
f,ttfy hat I'D Il All. Il Z.