Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-03-11
HER WEDDING DAY.
In Oath, Fulfilled, Makes It as
Black as Night.

WIS ildTTicu tO-ttstN. All Unc DOCKS
! have ever read finished with the mar
rage of the heroine, so l suppose my
life ought to be over now But it seems
to me rs if it had just begun. l am not
much of Il heroine-only Il poor coun-
try girl who has seen nothing of the
world; but George says l know quite
enough, and that there is nothing SO de-
lightful as a simple young girl who has
never been into society. George is my
husband / was eighteen last week.
Ever since my thirteenth birthday l have
kept a diary, and never missed writing
in it once This is brand-new one,
with lock and key. l almost wish a
year was written in it already. feel
so curious to know about the future.
People say it is silly to keep journal,
but have had great deal of pleasure
out of mine. Sometimes on dull days
] have read about merry ones gone by.
and then every thing has come back
quite fresh. and l have seemed to live
the pleasant hours over again. Of
course, | never intend to have any Sc
crets from George, but | made him
promise faithfully not to want to look
at the new diary am going to keep, and
which am beginning now. He laughed
and kissed he, and swOre that he would
only read it if l gave it him of my own
free will don't fancy | shall do that.
because I have an idea that it would
seem silly to him, and l don't want
him to have poor opinion of
ME and think of me as little
schoolgirl Not that l ever was at
school, which he says is very good
thing. l know he would laugh at the
very words am going to write now,
and no doubt they are vain and ridicu-
1ous. | like being called my lady"
After having been no one in particular,
and only younger daughter, not very
highly considered, it is delightful to be
q parsonage, and to be made a great
fuss with. And. though it sounds very
Nnamiablc, l can't help feeling the
pleasure increased by knowing that my
sister and cousins are most dreadfully
jealous of me. They tried to hide it,
and they have made me promise to ask
them to stay very soon. and to do all
sorts of things for them, and | mean to
if George will let me. And to think
that three months ago | had never seen
him, and never been in love. though I
had always longcd to be. only there was
no one in our village that | possibly
could have made a hero of. For three
years | lived on the memory of the
church once with the Courtenays, and
made him the hero of my novels and
dreams. But all that is past history.
written in the volumes left at home in
my old desk, together with the wonder
full story of how | met Sir George. and
how he fell IN love with me and | with
him. And dare not say how I adore
him. or how happy am. for fear he
should ever sec what have written
We We're married to-day. but every
thing is ineNtricahIv confused in NV
mind. | know l woke at five o clock
with the sur streaming in at the win
dow. and did not close my eyes again
Ii seems almost Il week ago. ana it is
only twelve hours. NV new carriage
clock. one of my wedding presents, had
just chimcd five" Then there was
the dressing. and all of them coming
l. HGlp lHc. anu L NiSllGit ticlu AWAY.
only did not like to seem unkind. 1t
was the first time they had ever told
me was pretty. l liked that. Then
the breakfast and the speeches and the
carriage-and-four and the train-all that
seems unreal. too. One thing puzzles
me. When we We're in the railway car
rage George hardly spoke, but kept
looking out of the window; and l saw
the reelection of his face once, and
fancied it had haggard. worried
look. or it might only have been dis
torted by the glass. And when we ar
rived here. he asked me if 1 would not
like to rest little, and l said
Yes but l was rather disappointed
because l should have liked to have
gone out with him into the delight
full old garden that l can see from NV
window. This is snch a pretty old
fashioned place, quite ones idea of
what an old country inn should be,
and there is a charming garden,
with big trees and lots of flowers.
Some great person wanted to lend
George his country seat for our honey