Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-02-24

| VINO lie was, anu w Ky Inc ilSCiu
ment seemed breathing ont the
agony of tortured heart.
When the service was over, and
the royal party had left the cathe-I
drai, he stole away as mvsteriously
as he had come. He was not seen
again by the sexton until the YES
per hour, and then he appeared in
the organ loft, and commenced his
task. While he played veiled
figure glided in, and knelt near a
side shriue. There she knelt till
the worshippers dispersed, when
the sexton touched her On the
shoulder and said:
"Madame, everybody has gone
but you and me. and [ wish to
close the door,
81 am not ready to go yet" was
the reply f; "leave me leave %
The sexton drew back iu a shady
nicho, and watched and listened.
The mysterious organist still kept
his post, but his head was bowed
upon the instrument, and he could
not see the lone devotee. At
length she rose from the aisle, and
moving to the organ loft, paused
beside the musician.
'sBertram !" she mnrmnred,
Quick as thought the organist
raised his head. There, with the
light of lamp suspended to the
arch above, falling full upon her,
stood the princess who had graced
that royal pew that day. The
court dress of velvet. with its soft
ermine trimmings, the tiara, the
necklace, the bracelets, mad been
exchanged for a grey rooe, and a
, long thick veil, which was now
,, pushed back from the fair girlish
face.
"Oh, Elizabeth, Elizabeth y:
calculated the organist, and he
, sank at her feet, and gazed wistfnlly
into her troubled eyes
"Why are you here, Bertram 2
. asked the princess.
. 81 came to bid you farewell ant
q as | dared not venture into the
|, palace, l gained access to the ca
i thedral by bribing the be!lringer
9 and having taken the seat of the
: dead organist, let my music breathe
: out the adieu | could not trust my
/ lips to utter"
q A low moan was the only ans
; wer, and he continued
/ "You are to be married on th
q morrow 2"
eyes," sobbed the girl. ooh
Bertram, what trial it will be t
. stand at yonder alter, and take npo
h me the vows which will doom IL
. to living death !"
"Think of me-" rejoined the or
ganist; "your royal father has re
quested me to play at the wedding
"a and l have promised to be here.
- | were your equal, [ could be tn
bridegroom instead of the organ
), list /; but a poor musician must Civ
you up" e..
. "lt is like rending soul and bod
> asunder to part with you,' said IL
girl. "To night may tell 20
= this-telI you how fondly loy
~ you, but in few hours it will be
$ = sin. Go, go, and God bless You
ia She waved hun from her, as
h' she would Danish him while 81
! u, , had the power to do so and h
III how was it with him ? He rose
= leave her, then came back, he
her to his heart in one long em
brace, and with half-smothere
OF farewell, left her.
= The next morning dawned
cloudless splendor, and at an ear
III hour the cathedral was throw
is open and the sexton begun to pre-
S. pare for the brilliant weddin
le Flame coIored flowers waved |
", tho wayside-flame colored leav
he came rushing down from this tre
ty and lay in light neaps upon ii
IN ground /; and the ripe wheat wave
es like golden sea, and the berri
ke dropped in red and purple cluste
u over the rocks along the Rhine,
Ell At length the palace gates we
be opened, and the royal party al
ed peared, escorting the princess Eli
he abeth to the cathedral, where II
he marriage ceremony was to be SO
ed emnized. 1t was brave pagea
'm far brighter than the untwin'
nd foliage and blossoms were the tut
rs. of plums which fioated from state
he heads, and the festal robes th
'k, streamed down over the hoasin
y OF the surperb steeds. But t
ed, princess, mounted on snow-whi
palfry, and clad in snow-white "
he vet, looked pale and sad and VIII
n on nearing the church, she hea
ye, a gush of organ. music, whit
though iubilant in sound, struck
ess her ear like a funeral 4nell, S
- trembled, and would have fallen