The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-01-03
icing saved from a felon's dock.

missed aim, and Clement was still
acknowledged the luckiest and hap.
piest man in Christendom.
And SO he looked, as, seatet
beside his uncle, he drove through
Coleshill to the church. But fol
weeks, almost months, Clement hat
not appeared SO like his old genial
self as he did to day.
His face was as cloudless as the
sky, and If anyone had misgivings
about the future of this marriage, il
apparently was not the bridegroom.
He had that morning received a
communication from dis5eth; the
intent was a girl, born to inherit her
mothers sorrows and set Ter father
free.
Clement had nothing now to fear
he disregarded Pierce, who could
fever discover the truth, for Lisbetf
was true as steel, where once sht
"ad ptsdead has wossd is wac siver
FOR aye.
low strange It is that many peo-
PIE VINO are absolutely nnprincipled
about keeping a promise believe so
thoroughly in the good faith of others.
AS Clement Dunraven walked up
the aisle of the church and took his
place at the altar to await his bride
he blessed Lisbeth for the weight of
anxiety and are she had taken from
his mind.
Never, for ar instant, did he
bestow II thought on the terrible
lifelong burden he had given her to
carry.
1t was all over, the nuptial knot
was tied, and the rich tones of the
organ were yelling forth the we'd
ding march as Mr.. and Lady Gertrude
Dunraven walked to the carriage,
drawn by four white horses, that
was waiting for them at the door.
They both looked as happy as newly
made man and wife should look, as
amid many a hurrah and olive long
the happy couple" they drove away
through the triumphal arches that
had been erected in their honor.
Immediately behind the chief act
ors in the event of the day followed
the bridesmaids and their attendant
grooms. Elvira Delane came first,
leaning on the arm of Pierce Naug-
han.
They both seemed re-occupied,
and were thinking more of those
others than of themselves, until they
startled into a recollection of
the actual by a bystander on the
church steps, who remarked
"Another handsome couple; per-
hapa tlGt wiz be the next ,aarriagu
i'll Coleshill.r
She "a not given to self-consci-
BUSINESS, yet a deep flush sprerd over
Elvira's pretty intelligent face, as
she heard the words, but how could
it be otherwise, as Pierce Vaughan
MS head and looked at her
What did the glance mean? Was
asking her if she were willing, or
vas he considering whether the hint
not a good one, and that it
would be wise to shelve hatred and
'evenge for a while, leave the Dun
to their own miserable fate,
md seek to win old Delane's daugh-
er and her pots of gold?
Hatred, however, beat love out of
he field that day.
'There was time enough to win
.llyira," he decided, since in his
'onceit he felt sure she loved him.
Thus he lost the golden opportu-
for Elvira saw the hesitation,
nd resolved to make the wooing, if
it ever became, a difficult
ne.
''Those who teach must act up to
heir W lessons" she thought.
will / follow
Gertie's footsteps, and, being
Infatuated with any man, become
lind to his foibles."
And in pursuance of her theory
he gave all her attention for the
of the day to Sir Miles Berkeley,
Who was the sutton favoured by her
but whom, until that hour,
had elected to snub.
Sir Miles was not a man of the
World like Pierce Vaughan, but a
by, unsophisticated Midas, who was
'nly too thankful to be taught the
TT of love, of which he did not even
NOW the rudiments. This, capri
ious Miss Elvira Delane, who was
bored now that the wedding
'as over, thought would be fine fun,
specially as she hoped it would
lake Pierce Vaughan jealous.
So she conducted Sir Miles into
ne conservatory. She did not con-
der as she did so how dangerous it
as to play with edge tools, not but
nat she would have been quite as
eady had she stopped to count the
ost, for Elvira Delane was plucky,
nd loved excitement for excite
Ient's sake. 1t would have been
.ficult to discover where the danger
y in flirting with Sir Miles Berkeley,
ian whom there was not a better
in the breadth and length of