The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-12-05
Her Wedding Dress.

SAW TWO MAIDS Al the XIX,
And both were fair and sweet;
One was in her bridal robes,
And one in her winding sheet.
found it to-day, the little scrap o.
glistening satin that was not white
nor pearl color, but combined all three
in the past-and-gone tint known a:
moon-on-the lake, and as l stood with
it in my hands. and looked with long
ing. hungry eyes on the fair fabric,
the hot tears fell one by one. in an an.
guish that has never ceased ncr dulled,
and yet what was1 crying for? Be
cause our darling had worn that beau.
tiful dress and so passed out of our
sight. But all brides 90 away into a
new life-and ours had gone-but
wait. there is not much to tell.
We had all consulted together in
breathless wonder over her wedding
dress; she had auburn hair and that
wonderful color that goes with it, and
eyes of heavens own blue-oh! NV
dear, dear girl-and pink was too
warm, and white too cold, and blue
not to be thought of, and we had tum.
bled over precious and priceless things,
and said in our hearts, if not with our
lips. mot good enough and it did
seem as if we would never be united
and the wedding day coming nearer
and nearer, when Aunt Sophie came
down one day with a square package
done Up in tissue paper. Aunt Sophie
was an old maid with a romance in her
life. and she was very rich and had
trunks Of rare and beautiful things
that her fither, a ship owner. had
brought from far of countries. What
ever she was about to show US would
be beautiful and costly, We knew, and
We gathered about her in eager CON-
clave as she opened the package and
uufolded its contents.
Beautiful! Why, We just held our
breaths and exclaimed with rapture as
The lovely, shimmering mass rippled in
waves of beauty through her caress-
ing fingers, and We said with one &C
cord: Her wedding dress!"
Poor old aunrie! She choked down
something in her throa and misap-
plying our exclamation, said gently
and sadly
"Yes; it would have been. but you
know-he -died-before the day was
set, aud so there it is. and our own
darling shall wear it !"
We were not superstitious, but
somehow cold shadow seemed to
Drop over us, and then we heard her
merry, ringing laugh, and she came
dancing iu-not alone either and drew
re Lovely satin sheen all about her,
aud showed her sweet auburn curls
over it, and held it against her peach
like cheek.
.'Is it good enough, dear p asked
Aunt Sophie. humbly.
And then to see our sweet girl
throw it down, unheeaing lis beauty.
run to Aunt Sophie, and clasp her
round arms about the neck, and kiss
the old cheek lovingly and say: at
is too good! l can never love you
enough for giving it to me, and | think
it the very loveliest thing | ever saw.
but / will never wear it, if it makes
you one little bit unhappy"
Our dear girl that was just her
own tender way with us all. 1t end
ed by her having her dress made, and
she put it on one nigh: in the spare
chamber which looked to the west,
and stood there liz the glory of tie
sunset, like an enchanted, glorifed
being, and We all kissed her and wish
I'd her joy with solemn feeling that
she was wrapped in the beauty o:
another world.
1t might have been that there was
evil luck in the dress that was twice,
and yet never a wedding dress, but
more likely there lurked some fever
about the foreign loom that wOve it,
but oh. heavens! how it broke our
hearts! When our darling wore it
she was as lovely as ever, but che was
not the bride of mortal man. We had
thought in our arrogance that no fab
rio was fair enough for our darling's
wedding dress -perhaps God had
thought SO too. for never in our Wild
est dreams of sheeny satin or simmer
ing silk, had We imagined a color SO
fair, fabric so rich. as that which
He had provided for her to wear at
the wedding feast of the Lamb.
"Robed and crowned with your sanity
bliss,
Queen of heaven and bride of the sun"
What matter that our poor human
hearts are racked in anguish, since
our darling is safe always; not to fade
OF grow unioved. or knew old age,
but forever beautiful, radiant bride,