Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-30

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epissz,s - sz-w1lA hsF r<61nns skun
90 mn11s es,kss1 nd Id s1rmsy -
gun fer rrxr~. toward the altar.
WitheuE . skn1s - sulf couscionsnepA
hut II possible mere erect and martial
than e<<r. IT, lieufeDant Stood thae
ana swsitsa krr sprrosch. BsAind
I'm - oGz<tat1ns Clergyman ksd N
isnfly tsksa his place ~ the h~ud d <hs
ehs1oel sfsps. and two msn IA unszpep-
t1osaf black. one of them with the sir
Of IN sctor who uss b plag princip.l
part ksi szxungsd fhnmsseves nesw
him Ths iisntsnant. whose ssnss
vsrs ahsaxhe1 ~ - a'>ctscls IN fsssus
Of hirs. had sees no<hinx % al this. al
fhoaxh the lssn IN bladk innsedispe1y
notiud kirs end bed sschsaged ag-
uafczzt elsi,ces - snqsfry.
The procsssisa s1owiy sdvanced. n
x1s cisss spon him whcn kis Eyes Ton
sazs isszplsc@kse ss~saa ssrsy~a fer .
znomeux iron the bride and Intelligent
u fastened tk>m.clsss u1on - escort
upon whoes arm kks leaned He start
ed. fsr Il wzs NJ gr. white. sos<lc-
thing mnsf Unexpectedly have tappeaed
20 him. hs thought. some Sudden i'll
nr~s. % kxp I'm Amy His 'g>sscs
ssicklywxnl h.ck - the hride. Int thu
time 10 did ~ slArt For n i,utsut
bis heart stood still. and he ceased TO
hreafhs. he coaid no< believe tho evil
tencs q his eyes. bat Thought be had
suddcnfy grue rnsd. Even though ne
veil covered spl IN part cunrraled h.x.
ths approashizx aguss wss not his~
White. Fer ons awful moment, that
pomefimcs comes back TO him In
dreams he stood there without . scnss
OF volifioa- Thcs hs turned ruund sn1
saw the two men In evening dress in
the chxrcel behind him. and ut once
the horror q u all flashed through his
mind.
How the Lieutenant got out u tho
church he never knew. bst Il was noe
until he found himself on the sidewalk
that he came onrs more into fuil'pos-
session Of bis faculties. Then he ann
bled up to policeman and Inquired
falteringlys
What church Il thisy"
Trinity chapel" was the reply.
He did not gruan--he was made Of
stcrner stuiT--but his heart sank like
lead within him. He had to go 10 the
corner Of Fifth avenue before he found
cab thst was disengaged. He didn't
care. however, ho was in no hurry now.
He recognized the futility of even try
ing to hasten where haste could no Ion
ger avail. When at last man from the
opposite sillo OF the street signaled his
readiness for fare. he inotioned him
scros and asked in Q VOICE in whose
appealing note Of despair there wns an
infinite pathos. do Won know where
the Church Ct the Holy Trinity isi"
II do, SIR" said the cabman.
Where Is it,
Corner Madison avenue and Forty
second. was the reply.
There. {" said the other YEARLY. lis
where desire to GO.
When tho lieutenant arrived. crushed
and discouraged, &C the church for which
he had started out IN such high spirits
earlier in the evening, he found IL closed
and deserted. He had known that this
would be the case. and when the cab
drew mp in front Of tho building he
didn't even disnount.
The Dakota" he said hopelessly to
the cabman. and then wondered at him.
self for having said it.
ID is long drive from the Church Of
the Holy Trinity to tho great apartment
house in West Seventy street,
where the Whites lived. The lieuten-
ant, however. did not mind IL this
time. for il gave him the needed oppor-
tunity 10 think over what course to pur-
sue. OF one thing be was certain--and
no accepted the fact grimly-he had
lost Miss White. Then there came 90
him the realization of that loss. He
thought bitterly Of the lonely years that
stretched out before him: how his fam
| lily and friends in Vienna, particularly
his fellow officers, would regard the
affair, and be resolved to see her once
more and learn whether he had forever
forfeited nll claim TO her affection The
particulars Of that interview have never
been divulged. but Lieutenant and Mrs.
Won Lendhem certainly started the
same evening ON their wedding jour
ney. Mrs. White also left town imme-
diately. which, considering the predic-
ament in which the public was placed
by the marriage notice that had duly
appeared In the morning papers. was
an unfair thing to do. but she had GER
tainly produced a social effect, though
not exactly In the way iutsnded.
The lieutenant. In bis PARKWAY Wen
na home. Is . happy man except when
he thinks Of that night In New York.
then a Geld. hard look comes over his
face. Once in awhile letter Is re-
ceived from Mrs. White. in which she
expresses the hope that the two Will
soon come to America 70 make her q
visit. When Il Ia read aloud by his wife.
the lieutenant says never word--hs
merely shrugs bis shoulders.-Ex-