Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-07
"TILL DEATH Us DO PART"

It'll death ~ do part. rang out the
low. clear voice of the officiating minis
ter throughout the Vuirt church. And
"Till death us 10 part spoke the man
who knclt before him: and Till death
Us do part in her turn repeated the
woman.
Thus they plightcd their troth in the
face Of the world and before Heaven,
that man aud woman. Humphrey Car
bOncl and Emma Crane. They had
promised 10 love and cherish and honor
each other. and he Ia comfort her and
she 10 obey him In sickness and in
health, for better for worse. for ri,her
for poorer. HHta dctih did them part!
May brccIcs stole softly i'm through
the open porch; Nav violcts filed the
air with perfume; May birds were sing
ing May deNstyet sparklcd on the
jcwcled grass. II was n true bridal
morning; and, amid the almost Sabbath
stiffness and The spriog-tidc lovcliness,
the vows were exchanged that made
them one.
Until death. The lover-husband
glanced down upon the timid Girl
whose hand lay iR.his. feeling suddenly
how terrible was thlt word -IcafLI
Why should the thought have come 10
him? lie claspcd the trembling hand
closer, as If he felt already the chilling
of those warm pulses. Even i'm the
midst Of the solemn service. his imaOin-
alton Travelled forward To- day when
those solemn promises would have been
fulfilled, and death had ended all-hcr
death. IL did not occur To CAPTAIN
Carboncl TO think that il might be his
own.
The young girl. happy and smiling in
her bridal robes. never once thought of
death ut all How should she? And
how still less, hOW-could either of
them call up picture of something
worse than death to break the marriage
vow?
a young couple they. supremelv
happy ON that May morning. Sun
shine. and glistenng dew and opening
Howers, and the Joyous song of birds -
hcg do not put forth notions of winter
chill and gloom. No, nor portend it,
What God hath joined together, let
not man put asundcr,"
The trcmulsus voice of the clergy
man. Tor hc was agitatcd, pronounced
those words very sulcmnly. The smile
upon the bridegroom lip echoed but
that ut ms heart. Who should have
power To put asundcr two who loved so
wcllP And Emma? She thought only
ot the strong, manly form by her side.
IL was the old. Old story II the oak and
the vino Inc present happiness was
perfect, aud Che future would be like
unto II; my. much more abundant.
No reason We In our blindness, in the
inexperienced youth Of our early morn.
ing. when the glamour Of hope Is upon
us. and NJ looks radiant Later. stand
ing before The calm-faccd teacher.
whose mamie Is Life. we learn that mo-
earthly existence is perfect; that the
sunnicst ne hath Shadows. and that
the sweet spring time. the brightest
summer, must give place 90 faded
howcrs' TO lying leaves
You cannot have Emma unless vou
retire altogether from Lhc army. or get
put upon half-pay,' had said Emma
frames stern old guardian To Captain
Caroonel; for she had neither father
nor mother. brother nor sister. And
Humphrey Carbonel. tired perhaps of
n soldiers idle life. for all the world
seemed TO have boon ut peace for AGES
and likely TO remain so, got put upon
haf-pay. ~
SURF never did a couple begin life un
der moro promising auspiccsl The,
had pretty homestead of their own
10 was Emma's. not his-amid n small
colony of other pretty homestcads. ant
they had between them handsom,
competency. and there was pleasant SO
ciety around; aud life was as delightful
as a morning dream.
a child was born to them, but /
died: That brought sorrow. No othe
child came, and time went on. Ant
here some lines that met with In a pc
riodical in Youthful days occur 60 me
1 don't know whose they are. IL
knew then / have forgotten;
,- Alas that Serly love should ~,
And glad hearts pine with cankering foarS
and starry cfes Fsow diul with tearsl
And sorrow fingers, aud JOY has wings;
And falschOod steals into sunny bowers
And Tines dull footstcp treads on flowers.
And they bcss 10 ~ nv i so TSr Ss zee and fast
Why should the lines be put In here
Because they just express the altered
condition OF things that fell upor
Humphrey and Emma Carbopel. The,
grew estranged from one another. hard
~ knowing how. or why. He said sh,
no longer cared 60 please him. her hus
band she said he liked other wives bet.
ter than her-that he gave them all nj,
attention and gave her none. AND
again time went on. .-'T'
seven times had the Nav violet,
opened their blue eyes In the moss,
dells since that lovely day when he anS
she had vowed 10 love and cherish eacI
other until death aid them part; sever
times the May dew-drops had made m,
green meadows all aglow with sparkIes