Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-05-28
CHAPTER II.
cARoLINE ANp s1pYL MARRTEp.

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And so the third Miss Temple was engaged
HANNA made no objection. She did, indeed
when business came to be talked, remark
20 Mr.. Brent that her daughters fortune
would not be large, and that she hoped he
would be able to provide handsomely for his
son At this he waved his hand in a conf
dent way, nodded and said: THAT shall be
al right He did not at that time enter
into any particulars, but Mrs. Temple, from
What she knew Of him, was quite satisfied
With this assurance and the matter dropped.
It was soon known to the whole town that
Sophia Temple was engaged to Percival
Brent, and the announcement a little relieved
eur disappointment at the mysterious disap-
pearance Of the rector's Irritation with the
widow. Indeed, some Of us started the
hypothesis that what we superficial inyesti-
gators had mistaken for a Irritation was in
zality nothing more than the settling Of the
preliminaIiss Of the present affair. We said
4 must have been very pleasant for the two
seniors to make the arrangements in that
anug way; and thus we explained the little
intimacy between them.
Pleasant was the early courtship Of this
happy pair. The very skies smiled on it.
Never, / believe, was there such a February.
Day followed day in the softest beauty.
Mornings crisp with frost, soft, balmy moons,
s~venings with red skies and frosty air again.
Their love making was full of satisfaction.
Sophia found him an ingenious young fellow,
with real enthusiasm, full of active resolu-
sons for life. True, she found it hard to be
Fay warm over geology; but his general no
zion o fliving to use and honor delighted her.
Think she would nave been better pleased
Had he talked of getting into parliament or
entering the church, rather than Of achieving
tginmphs at the British association, an insti-
Etion which at that time had not emerged
sF0m the age of weakness and scorn. Still,
she was fully satisfied with him, and gave
aim all her love. And he, for his part-it
eBuld not be otherwise-was entranced with
har. Warmth, purity, tenderness, principle,
an the finer parts of character were hers;
taste and no lack of humor, ready speech,
lively fancy. As to her face, he worshiped
Is. He always said that her face was beauti-
Aal, because it was the image of her mind.
Why narrate lovers raptures! They were all
"a all to each other these happy days of early
spring.
In March the two weddings came off; first
Cars, and then Sibyl's. Egerton Doolittle
had made a special request that the two
should be celebrated on the same day; but to
MS request the great Goldmore declined to
eomply-possibly a lurking suspicion that the
thing might look ludicrous led him to say no.
Accordingly, we married Caroline and Eyer
ton first; and a pleasant wedding it was,
everything being done in most elegant style;
and little Mrs. Barbara Temple looked not a
day more than forty. And Rector Brent,
Between the occasion, the champagne and
his own amorous disposition, cast so many
glances at her, and these so warm, that it
seemed as if he was being captivated anew.
Car, l must say, looked splendid that morn
ing; flashing with wit, fire in her eyes, and
Rer attire f~aultless. She wore a bridal dress
q br0caded satin, and her head-dress, which
was somewhat original-those girls had a
tasteful way Of being slightly out of the COM
m0n-pleased all the ladies; the men, | be-
nsve. looked more at the head which carried
il Her veil, streaming over her superb
shoulders, made her dress complete, and
re all pronounced her a lovely bride. She
vent through the service without any ner-
vousness; indeed, / thought with slight
audacity, as if sho would challenge anyone
b say she had made a foolish choice. Eyer
t0n Doolittle lisped his responses, and the two
we're man and wife together. Breakfast, as
/ said, went OF well. Little Mr.. Brent pro
posed bride and bridegroom, to which, with
many a blush and litter, and hand sided to
Ais moth, Egerton responded. He thanked
them oil. He believed that he pas a very
fortunate man. Here came a long pause.
Tact was-confidentially-it had been his
great aim in life to find a tremendously
clever woman-a woman who would be able
to point out whether any given work was
-arroneouso or not. He did not like erroneous
works. He might read an erroneous work
without knowing il, and get his mind upset.
He had married a wife who could and would
teu him If a given work was erroneous, and
As was very happy. He thanked everybody,
and wished everybody in the room would
seon be married like himself, except those
Who were married already. There was
10 need to wish them married, because
With d sly ex~pression-they were married al
ready. Here champagne effects became
aiehtly prominent He believed he had
married 3 tremendously clever girl-woman
u meant-wife be 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 wouId try to make her happy, and
Ae hoped be would do it. Man was strong.
Woman was weak. The man should use bis
strength to make the woman comfortable
and happy, you know. As the poethad said,
Z Vas tyrannous to have a giants strength,
Nj it was excellent to-nO, that was not it
exactly. He forgot which came frst he
wsuld look it up, and send thsm the exact