Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-09-20

| e NSSkipWe. Inc Drlue mas arrived.
Miss Waidron has eight trademarks in
green, and q special (your substituted in
pinh, wro walks in beside her. They all
nave bouquets us large ms hay-sticSs, and
are positively silent with fright. Now
wraps oil! Here we GO! .Dooi doc!
oy-ooo! That is the wecoing march as
| performed upon the organ; it must 90
through that once, and then the doors
are thrown back. All the people in the
church turn wrong side before, and those
ae the sides sway forward, giving an APP
pearance of the walls falling in. We
leave four pews between each two of us.
ana SIX between the last pair of bride
maids and the bride and special. No one
comes after the bride, which is fortunate.
as her dress is no less than mile long
behind. We reach the chancel steps; tho
eight maids in blue slide before us oirht
youths in black. The bride and her
special are next the rail, as per rehearsal.
Miller aud young Waldrou arc there ready
TO receive them. 'WIr-r-r-rn that is the
service"
"Don't be flippant," said the audi
cnce reprovingly
~ give you my word that was all that
heard of it. The organ continues to
play, softly; the bride gives her hay-stack
to the special, and 'wur-r-r' on it goes.
There is some Juggling with the ring,
and the brides bro:her-iu- law nearly dies
OF stage fright as he gives her away.
Now they kncel. Well doncl | see tho
oenediction. Up again! Good! The
organ roars its loudcst, and the bride
faces about without turning her train
under side up, which is the mastcr-strokc
OF the performance, and sails down the
aisle, Miller and all, while the crowd
simply grinds itself to little bits and roes
away piecemcal"
VI think you are very frivolous" she
commented, laughing.
"And l think that YOU are very mn.
grateful. Have not amused YOU and
fought your blues with might and maina"
YES, certainly; but"
"Do not distress yourself over NV
frlvoiity; it was Il frivolous wedding. M
single person there was awed or even
scrlous-not one. The bride was Obliged
10 count the pcws and be careful that her
train did not turn over. As for the
crowd, they could hear nothing, and de-
voted themselves to trying to sec, that
they might not have come entirely in
vain. We had two rchcarsals' and do
assure You that the service is the very
least part OF the whole"
II should not wish any one to say that
OF my wedding, ''shc confessed, seriously.
"Nor l." he assentcd, speaking as
seriously, but with daring light in his
eyes. 81 shall try to have very differ
ent kind if you approve"
Five minutes later the grating of car
ringc wheels on the gravel drive ut the
other side of the house made itself heard,
succeeded by nasty footsteps, which fol-
lowed the sound of Il calling voice.
Papa, papa" cried the voice, ''comc
here! come here as quickly as You can.
Papa, this is Mr.. Brooks, and he has
asked me to marry him, and he kissed
me, and won't say that he is sorry. Tell
HIM your opinion of such conduct"
There WAS an instance of silence.
stern, steady gaze on the part of the
older man; & firm front and a steady gaze
on that of the younger. Then this ter
ribie father, this tyrant with violent
temper, turned quietly toward his child
and took her hand in his.
'Iell me what you think of the re-
quest, little daughter" he said, bending
over her, 'and l will tell Mr. Brooks what
l think Of the other"
.You behaved magniicently, she said
to her accepted sutton. ''If you had
seemed bit afraid, should have been
provoked with myself for caring for you.
You see have never had man friend
who was not in terror if papa showed his
face. Just because papa is splendid and
silent, they fairly grovel before him. So
when l found that you did not quake at
the monstrous idea you had formed of him,
l was tempted to see if you could be
made to quake. 1t was Il test, but I was
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