Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-06-11


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shoulders made ber dross comn,ete ann
wa all nronounced bcr n lovely bride She
wont tbrougb the sorvico without anv nor.
vousnes,. indeed / thou hit with SLIGHT
audacity. as if she would challenge anyone
tn say She had made "A foolish choice Eqer
ton Doolittle lisned his res,onses md tbn two
,vera man md ,yifo together Rrookrost no
I ,oid wont off N.ll Iittle Mr. Front ,ro
nosed bride and bridccroom. to which with
mnnv n hlu.h and litter and hand sidled In
his mouth Eoerton resnoudod He thanked
them all He believed that he ,ras n very
fortunate man. Here came n lon.s pause
Fact was-coni'dcntially-it lad been his
great aim III lie to ma tremendously
clever Woman-n woman who would be able
to point out whether any given work was
erroneous or not lie did not Ike erroneous
works. lie might read an erroneous work
without knowing It, and get his mind upset
he had married wife who could and would
tell him II given work was erroneous, and
he was very happy. lie thanked everybody,
and wished everybody IN the room would
soon he married IKE himself, except those
who were married already. There was
no need to WISH mem married, because
with sly expresson-they We're married al
slightly prominent lie believed he had
married tremendously clever glrl-woman
he meant-wiie he meant-and he was very
thankful He hoped his wife would try to
make him happy-he meant he hoped he
would try to make her happy-no' he meant
that he uoWd try to make her happy, and
ne hopcd he would 90 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 mad sad,
1t was tyranhous to have a giants strength,
but 1t was excellent to-no that was not 1t
exactly He forgot which came first. lie
would look 1t up, and send them tho exact
quotation by post. Anynow. whatever the
poet had said. if il was manly act. he
pledged hinse TO Il. il. but not otherwise.
and he believed that was the safest way to
leave it Here he sat down with a kind Of
movement as if he were going to pieces, and
we all applauded heartily
Sibvls wedding came a fortnight later
more se,late and even more splendid Archi-
bald Goldmore loaded his young bride with
presents so costly that. | think. to have had
them, some of the girls would have married
Methuselah. Goldmore looked dignified
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 not appear so great ms we expected
Sophia had been chief bridesmaid. of course;
and. in s,jte of her sisters faultless beauty.
in my eyes she looked the lovelier of the two.
While they were kneeling, a sunbeam fell on
her and when it touched her head. heaven
seemed cLoo,inp her as bride Mt the same
moment Wonderful if ,vos how the nosture
- .,,,. ,,,,,a +hat ,rirI t,,o ,,a.,,l. ~ o,,d
80 ~ i 80 . - 49,, ,1,
SERIOUSNESS ol her lace setiil'' IIafIleu lor
worship on Tor pure exalted love. But are
the two sentiments alien,
| No Llunder about Gollmore's speech YOU
may be sure. All sober. proper truly ele-
nbantiuo and tborouqhlv Greot british The
',,'-,., -, ,,iink -. .o,.o,.,d fra,,d haJ
i"iie ~ "ni.n us ;,s l, .i:,,'
| proposed lie uealVu Vi niihSeli anu his "iie
was i'll the highest sense gratifying. On his
wifes part and his own he thanked them sim
cerelv. He felt, indeed, that the lady who
had that morning bestowed her hand upon
him was all and moro than all that his rev.
a,.,i r,;,,,,i i,,'i aalIad har H. faIt tbo honor
e,eu ,e''' ri''" 'ai'e" n'i' II, 'iio ,Tiloi
she hau conferred upon MIN ne couiu as
sure ms WIFE, and her frlonds, that Whatever