, 1881-10-15

Why dijst thou not In thy great x'ndncss stay2
Why ddst thou In thy radiance pass nway2
l was ~ happy-happy-ycstcrtI
FANNY DRlscoLL.
TIE WEDDING MARCH.
~ No. :sJ-A Wedding March," Such wrs
the 1il,ilioer aud l1ulno Of plctnre Ill t'a
Acade,ny of certain year Wllic! shall, for
polite and pcrsQnal rcasons, BIZ left n,l-
designated 'Tl,u picture was enc Of my
painting, antt i, Reginald Tracey, had been
fortunate enough t0 nttain three very
Important ends by Its production. First
It was deemed excellent enough by the
Hanging Committee to be placed OIL tlio
linz, md 1t faced you In "a very pro,tl-
inent manner us yoit entered Room No.
s. Secondly, this prominent position st.-
cured for my picture lnrgo share Of .attUll-
t,pn which resulted lmits finding II purchaser
almost Us so0n na tho exhibition doors opened.
But, thirdly, 1t servett the actual purpose for
which l painted 1t, md which led me Il,
choose NY subject. That purpose involved
Just the least bit Of romance; md although
the clover critics praised the picture, alu
even limited ttlat IS Mr. Trncey Ind been sill
guiariy fortunate III bis trentmcnt Of sotlc-
what unl.s,lHi nlld tllll!cult thcme." ETC.. not
one OF them Thought II was ~ picture with a
purpose. Az the sequel may serve to show,
tllat purpase sprauR from md ended III what
Lam pleased tu emil my little romance.
1t wasacllarning day, that OIL wllIcl. 1wcut
to R0clhalnptoll to sketch tho wner-inead-
ows, md to sec my old friend DR.. james
Brooke-'1tn,, / generally called hin,-wlIo
Ind settled rs 4 practitioner iii that town.
The whole place WIS stepped in sunlight;
and the deep shadows cast by the old houses
H.. .tS t.~. II, IA
MiAaeu WV . y; A9.utu eo nloGt! ~, 10 tas osaeM~
,,,s. sss ~ .n s.aus III '. s,1G @ @ uas tow, w.,
whore lte1nnrai'at must hayo learned tl,o
genius today, Tic old church Of Kockhnnl-
-" 10 y Hno III NJ Nnrn",, ar",,i.nntmrn
Ris,p~ are1.itcc,s ,fo,,nro ti,nt t,,aro ur., NJ,
tsasl'e = au1a'!tecls Mee'"se l''at u,ele a9o no
served arches. with their queer faces
sa,,cezcd Into the corners thereof, and Which
s"om' to ,mmress ttc 1,oc1rhnwnton i,,vonfi...
1ss", ,n!. ~ tp.ess t..o tsoeA!s,''p'o Jaso.ies
Passing through tic chuscl,yard, I found NY
SELF Mt Inst ut tho church. with Iittlo hone Of
finding tndtloor omen lifted thu ntch. ,rhc,,
-. s,,", - ,,sa;.,a,, ~ ..",' ."a,', "
within tho green b"lze '[oors within tic
porch, heartl the sound uf tho organ; so
steallng quety iuto tho grateful sln,e aud
rUotncss Ut the church, l rllyc0neeI MYSELF
II tato plgKcSt pew coula Ind a,d listened.
a,t ms .'1 ec"I u Lo a1S'f
sm,st s' not st,o w, ,na M s". Hoau" ., ""y
~ III ,,rtai nt sGo IT, ~ nSsi, WMo Ws eql,ee1,ct @
ii1ta!ltl,velY | EHessed % IT. was q Indy wl,o
91 ~. aingISl aaiat oll'y Wnilita
sn.n; T., stsm Sou usU !!'a'I ln't hyilu
e,ti.s spHhi III t"Gso ,s. aoGs; a,la aet,, WIS hore
MATER" Into Which the h. PLAYER gl!ted., Then
cuaIn, aG'D"'oef o, W. WsaHoi,e niareh sae-
.al;,,. y n, t, niast st la!I n'i nofs pl!Vate
~ .tt!s ~ n1o aanstetls; nMletiy sHppeH onI
th that ,,,i p!ayed afound the gravustoiies, and
a'e Wustt l ~ aHlr " soo. =,
Anet aet lmncmt4 ]. ~ ny hotei. tlle leg L'o,,,
fo,% we MIayr ~ Wy ~ n ns, Ji u nppearG tat the
ting. and the only daughter ot d welI.to.do
Nockliampfon some etKhteen nalltls 1efore;
Iness IT, usttt, H.. lonnu Aad beeti MylnE i.s nt!,