The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-26

married tremendously clever girl-woman
he meant-wife he meant-and he wss very
thankful. He hoped his wife wcu'd try TO
make him happy-he meant he hoped be
would try to ms Ike her happy-no. he meant
that he ouid try to make her happy, and
he hoped be would co it Man was strong
Woman was weak The man should use his
strength TO make the woman comfortable
and happy, you know. As the poet had said,
it was tyrannous to have a giants strength,
but it was excellent to-no, that was not it
exactly. He forgot which came first He
would look il up, and send them the exact
quotation by post. Anyhow, whatever the
plet had said i it was a nsnly act, Re
pledged hirnse to 10 il, hut not 9th rwise,
and he believed that was the safest way TO
leave it. Here he sat down with a kind of
movement as il be were going TO pieces, and
we all applauded heartily.
Sibyfs wedding came a fortnight later.
more sedate. and even more splendid. Archi-
bald Goldmore loaded his young bride with
presents so costly that. I think. TO have had
them, some of the girls woul1 have married
Methuselah- Goldmore looke1 digniied
enough during the service, and not old and
he walked down the aisle with a vigorous
tread, so that, on the whole, the disparity in
years did net appear so great as we expec- ed
Sophia had been chief hridesn aid, of course;
and. in spite of her sisters fauitless beauty,
in my eyes she looked the lovel.er OF the two
While they were kneeling, a sunbeam fell on
her. and when it touched her head. heaven
seemed choosing her as bride at the same
moment Wonderful it was how the posture
of prayer became that girl-the warmth and
seriousness of her face seemed framed for
worship, or for pure exalted love. But are
tie two sentiments alienl
No blunder about Golimore's speech, you
may be sure. All soter, proper, truly ele-
phantine, and thoroughly Great British. The
language in which his revered friend had
proposed the health of himself and his wife
was in the highest sense graft ying. On his
wife's part and his own he thanked them sin
cerely. He felt, indeed. that the lady who
had that morning bestowed her hand uron
him was all, and more than all, that his rev.
cred friend had called her. He felt the honor
she had conferred upon Linn. He could as
sure his wife, and her friends, that whatever
lay in his power should be done to make her
the return viii she deserved. 1t was sat-
isfaction to them both 10 know that marriage
would not part them from their friends, nor
from that locality. 1t would not be long be-
fore they should be among them as neighbors;
and be could only say, as one of the pleasant
wife and himself looked forward to seeing
the present company gathered round their
own table
One thing was noticed at the wedding
feat; little Mr.. Brent, usually the loudest
laugher in every company, appeared grave
and distracted; indeed, more than one per-
son remarked a strange pallor about him
which suggested a suspicion that he was
struck with illness. Percival, happy with
his Soph a, and with a thousand tender
thoughts awakened by the ceremony of tho
day stirring in his breast, was not likely to
observe anything except what enforced at
tention; and no ciou dimmed the brightness
of the lovers joy. Had Percival noticed his
fathers face he--u ed to its expression
would have perceived that it was not illness
which was impending. But Fate was kind to
these loving two II was for them day of
tender and undimmed delight-not cloud,
not breath, no. a doube-olly playful
railery, soft looks. gentle touches, sighs and
all the train of lovers little pleasures. Their
love increased wonderfully that happy day;
and it was wen, for trouble was Ut hand