Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-06-01

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"Wcll, tho dress was made, and very
proud ! was, rs arrayed in 1t | turned
myself before tho great mirror; and
whom tho dressmnker assured mo that
no such face and form had been re-
feotcd there since tho days of my great
grandmother, famous belle and beau
ty, was almost content.
""Almost-not quite. For tho gor-
geous gown put to shame any slippers
that | possessed, and nothing would
satisfy me but new pair made of the
same material So next day father
rode to T, twenty miles away, and
ordered tho slippers of fashionable
shoemaker, my brother agreeing to
call for them the following week.
"But that very night began n storm
of snow and slect, which lasted for
days, and the roads were not open for
travelling until the day before the we'd
ding. Then brother John started for
T, with n long list of commissions
from both families.
"John,' said /, standing nt the door,
If you let any thing happen to my
slippers, I'll never forgive you'll"
"I'll be careful, Fairy, run in, he
answered. They used to call me Fairy
because was so light and small.
.'At noon of the next day / was anx-
iously watching tho road, for tho we'd
ding was to be at six o'clock, and John
had not vet returned. But soon | saw
the sleigh drive up, and rushed TO the
kitchen, where John was stamping the
snow from his boots.
".Ohl where are nv slippersP' /
cried, tossing over the parcels.
",Thoyro there, all right said
John.
"But I could not find them, so
mother came TO my aid; but we hunted
in vain. John looked on in growing
dismny and pcrplexity, but suddenly
cried in n tone of despair: Il have il!
was to get them this morning, as the
man was out last night, but 1 had so
many other errands | forgot Pm so
| sorry, DEAR but it's too late to go
back
al burst into storm of tears, be-
wailing my disappointment and VOW
ing that would not go to the we'd
ding in those old slippers. Turning,
lust then, / saw Guy Burton in the
doorway, and fed to my room, where
| sobbed till tired out. Soon | heard
n horses feet on the ice, rs Guy rode
of; and thought angrily of standing
UP with him that night in my old white
satin slippers. Guy was Sally's only
brother, older than herself. had
thought him cold and reserved lately,
though we had been good friends in
the days when he took me coasting
But he had been at college for fom
years, and had seen little of him, ex
cept that he always seemed to be about
book in hand, during the last few week
when had been to sec the girls.
"Mother came to console me, and b,
five clock | was in pleasantcr fran
of mind, though painfully conscious O
the old sinners, on which / could no
look with cuuanimity.
ARRIVING at the Burtons, l foun'
the girls in great ilutter There wa
the usual number of things to be don
at the last minute, so it was only n
the hour of tho ceremony that we be
gan to look for our escorts. All wor
ready but GUY, and he was not to b
found; in the general confusion his al
sence had passed unnoticed.
".He must have gone on some erranI
at the last minute said Mrs. Burto
in a worried tone, looking into til
darkness outside; fov heavy storr
had come up
1--WE waited in growing uneasines
as tho servants were questioned, and
was found that his horse, Saadi, wa
gone, and that Guy had not been see
since morning.
"As an hour passed and he did no
come, grew angry at the thought this
was the only one to be annoyed b
the detection of my escort, and l a
most wished that something NIGH
happen to him. Sally declined TO Is
married in the absence of her brother
AS it grew later and later, she 81
weeping with her bridesmaids, Will
her fance began to fear some scriou
accident had detained his friend.
"Outsidc, the cold was intense an
the storm ragged with increasing fury
it was one of tho worst known fo
years. Inside. as midnight drew nea
II gloom settled over MS all, which
was impossible to dispeL All though
, of going on with tho wedding wa
abandoned, and we began to organl2
, parties TO search for Guy.
"Suddcnly we heard a loud whinn,
We sprang to the great door and fun
. it open, and Saadi walked into the hal
on his back, shapclcss mass covere
with ice and snow, was Guy. Liftin
: him off. the mon laid him upon the sof,