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CHAPTER III.
THE WEDDING.

All the women voted Mrs. Broadhurst
D model entertainer, while the men, old
and young, said she was paragon.
Spite of the 6 DOM outside (the heavens;
were lowering when the rain lessened or!
ceased, as it did at rare intervalsl, mer-
tier party never assembled under Enoch
Broadhurst's roof than that which was,
attracted there to witness the marriage Of
Bose Parker to Algerron Somers. /:
Rose Parker was the fayorite of a wide,
circle of friends. 1t was not her beauty
alone (all who looked upon her conceded
that she was beautifully that won her
friends. Neither her beauty nor her
wealth nor her expectations made her o
universal favorite and welcome visitor.
OF wealth she had none. As for her ex-
pectations, she was befriended by Enoch
Broadhurst and his wife. There was a.
time in her life when she was without q
home. 1t was then that Mrs. Broadhurst
and her husband made her welcome in
theirs. Ever since that time she was made
to feel in various ways that that was her
home as long as she desired to remain
with them.
In return for this there was no sacrifice
On her part too great if she could add to
the happiness of her benefactors by ex-
ertipg herself.
:, After all was said, it was Rose Parker's
pbligins disposition that made her firm
friends. Her manners, charming as they
were, and her beauty counted for less
with the middle-aged and elderly people
her stanchest friends-than her agree
pble disposition.
And vet frmness was one of her chief
characteristics. When Giles Brockle re-
turned to Johnstown after two years alb
Bence, and devoted himself to Rose, there
were some rash predictions made by un-
thinking, unobservant people who said
Giles would marry her off-hand.
Those who knew her best smiled; they
knew that whatever else might be said of
Rose Parker, she was rot cast in the soft
mold that is won in day nor in N onth.
Giles courtsh p was as brief as it was
came from the West, Giles star went out.
contrast than those rivals of week.
Giles was thin, tall, wiry, with light-blue
eyes and light hair. Algernon Somcrs
was strong Of limb-much stronger than
he looked-compactly built. The COM
pactly built man of medium height. He
mad dark hair and dark eyes, and skin
Drowned by exposure. Men termed him
% manly looking man-wcmen said he
was handsome man.
He. too. proved ID wooer. In less
shan three months ne was an acknowl-
edged suitor. In five he was accepted.
Nine months had elapsed, and this was
their wedding-day.
| Of course, such thing could not have
been possible if Miss Parkers friends
had not known Mr.. Somers from his
youth up.
: There were guests from the neighbor-
ing towns, from Philadelphia, and from
Pittsburg. ST Harkess sought opportu-
nifty to express to Mrs. Broadhurst's cook
This private 'pinion O de weddeners. In
isis opinion "dey war de fnes'-yes, de
top O. de pick OBJ all de fine folks eber
seed down to Johnstowp-"
{ 81 had come down, al he had resolved
10 do, simply to be Of service to de
lSquire's folks" He confded to the
cook the summing up Of his conclusions.
Use nebber lost no time, airline, dat
j can member, when lef' home to look
arter tings gen'ally. Mos time some
fms forgot dat oughtn't to be forgot, or
somefn turns up dat makes de mlssus
OF de Squire say, Bless US, amt it fo'-
tunit dat Sis hyur.' OATS de onliest
ting wot fotched me down to-day. Io'
mind, Carline, somebodyll say TO we
get home, It's fo'tunit- ST Harkess is
nyur-mln' what I say! Den It sss.s-
faetion-great satisfaction - to see all
desc yur weddeners, de finest folks ebber
been to Missus Brosdhurst's.
In different but equally positive man
ner others more observant than 81 Rark-
sss expressed similar views.
Tba bonr anpoSpfed for the cAremony