The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-02-12

Quick as thought the organist raised
his head There, with the light of a
4 lamp suspended to the arch above, falling
full upon her, stood the princess who had
graced the royal pew that day. The court
dress of velvet, with its soft ermine trim
mings, the tiara, the necklace, the brace
lets, had been exchanged for gray serge
robe, and long thick veil was now pushed
back from the fair girlish face.
'Oh, Elizabeth, Elizabeth y calculated
the orgauist, and he sank at her feet, and
gazed wistfully into her troubled eyes.
"Why are you here, Bertram ?" asked
the princess.
Il came to bid you farewell; and as l
dared not venture into the palace, | gained
access to the cathedral BY bri5iDg the bell
ringer, aud having taken the vacant seat
of the dead orgauist let my music breathe
the adieu could not trust my lips to
utter"
4 low moan was the answer, and he
continued
"You are to be married on the morrow
YES, sobbed the girl. ooh, Bertram,
what 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, returned the orgauis, ;
your royal father has requested me to
play at the wedding. and have promised
to be here. If | were your equal, could
be the bridegroom instead of the Organist;
but poor musician must give you up.
II, is ike rcnding the soul and body
asunder to part with you said the girl.
ITO night may tell you this-tell you
how fondly l love you, but in few hours
j, will be sin. Go, 60, aud God bless
you"
She waved him from her, as if she
would banish him while she had power to
do so aud he. bow was it with him I? He
rose to leave her, then came back, held
her TO his heart In one long embrace, aud
with a halfsmeshered farewell lcft her.
The morning daWned in eloudless sPlen-
dor, and al an early hour the cathedral
was thrown open, and the sexton began to
prepare for the brilIian. wedding. Flame
eolofsd flowers waved by the wAyside,
fame eolored leaves came rushing down
frou, the trees. and lsy 10 light heaps up
on the gropod; aud the ripe vhea, waved
ike a goldea sea, and berries dropped in
red aud purple clusters over the rocks
along Ibe Rhine
AT lcag,h the palace gates we're opened
aud the royal par:y appeared; escortiug
the Princess EIiEAle,h to the cathedral,
where her marriage was to be sOlemaiEed.
Il vas bave Psglant; far brighter than
the uatwiued fOliagss aad blossoms where
the Iafls o. Pianes which aoated from
stately heads, aud the fsstal robes tha,
s,reamed down over the housings Of the
superb s,esds. Bat the princess, mounted
on a snow-whls pAlfry, and clad 10 snow
white velvet, looked pa.e and sad; aud
[ when, 0n nearing the shareh, she beard a
J gush Of organ music, which though jabi.
lanl Ia sound, struck on her ear ike
I fuueral knsll, she trembled snd would have
fallen to the earth had not page support
/ ed her. A fcW moments afterwards she
catered the cathedral. There, with his
retinue, stood the Bridegroom, whom she
hai never before seen. But her glance
royed from him to the organ lOfl, where
she had expected to see the mysterious
organist. lie was gone, and she was
obliged to return the graceful bow Of the
king, TO whom she had been betrothed
from motives Of policy. Mechanically
she knelt at his side on the alsar-stoae
mechanically listened to the service and
made the responses, Then her husband
drew her to him in a eOavulsive embrace,
and whispered
Elizabeth, my queen, my wife, look
uP" Trembling in every limb, she cbey-
ed. Why did those dark eyes thrill her
sO2 Why did that smile bring a glow on
her cheek
/ All though the kiog wore the purple
aud many iewelled order glittered oa bis
breast, he seemed the same humble person
who had been employed to teach organ
music, aud had taugh. her the lore Of
love
Elizabeth, murmured the monarch,
/ "Bertram and King Oscar are one For
give me my stra,egem. | wished to mar
nv you, but | would not draw TO the altar
an unwilling bride. Your father was in
the secret.
While the tears Of joy rained from her
blue eyes, the Dew-made queen returned
her husbands fond kisses, aud for once
two hearts were made happy by royal
marriage.
Tennyson can take sheet of paper and
by writing poem on it make it worth
$4,000, That's genius. Mr. Vanderbilt
can write fewer words on similar sheet
aud make it worth s5,O0O,00O. That's
capital. And the United States can take
an ounce and quarter Of gold and stamp
upon it au eagle bird and Twenty Dol
lars. That's money. The mechanic can
take the material worth $50 aud make it
| inin a watch worth $3.50. That's skill.