The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-03-08

| SI'ot "HtIe Il HILL natl Dccn ALLIED at the
! Ford
! They often wandered down by the sea
when The Tides" were coming in, going
as far out as they might on the point where
1.-The Fire of Driftwood' had f1ared out
its warning light, c'er The Lighth ouse,"
which they dubbed "The Castle by the
Sea-" had been built
Together they wandered through 'The
Woods in Winter" Together watched
"The Sunrise on the Hills" Thus, weeks
glided into months, each day "The Golden
Mile Stone" to these two, over whom Love
had thrown it's glamour
Very different was Victor's wooing from
THE Courtship Of Miles Standish" No
John Alden was sent upon The Lovers
Errand,' but one evening, when he had
gone with Evangeline into The Garden"
to watch "The Occultation of Orion" he
broke the silence that had fallen upon
them, silence in which,
Hands of invisible spirits touch the strings
Of that mysterious instrument. the soul
And play the prelude of our fate
and laid such stout siege to The Belea-
guered City" of her heart, that Evangeline
was forced to declare him the "The Elect
ed Knight" Victor's heart shouted Eek
celsior" upon winning this pearl among
women, and he quoted to her from Heines
The Sea hath its Pearls
1.-The Sea hath its Pearls.
The heaven hath its starr;
But my heart, my heart,
My heart hath its love-
To which Evangeline replied with these
lines from "Endymion:"
Like Dian s kiss, una> ke,l unsought,
Love gives itself, but is not bought:
1t comes the beautiful the free
The crown Uf all humanity
When the first "Snowtlakes" oft win
ter had fallen, THE Song of the Bells
proclaimed the Noel tide at hand. The
glad tidings of peace on Earth, Good
Will to Men," were rung merrily bv
christmas Bells" and The Children of
the Lords Supper" chanting a Christ
mas Carol" went gladly to the feast pre-
pared for them.
On the last day of the old year there
was merry party assembled BY the
Fireside" of the brightly lighted, holly
decked parlors of Eden Hail. Swiftly in
jest and song the evening passed away.
Evangeline sang as appropriate to the dy-
ing year the Sonnet 'Suspiria, her
father sang The Day is Done" Victor in
his rich tenor sang The Brook and the
Wave and his two friends and former
classmates "Oliver Basselin" and "Coplas
de Manrique," whom they dubbed at col
lege The Spanish Student" each contrib
uted his quota, the former singing The
Challenge in a magnificent bass the lat
ter 'Fata Morgana" in a mellow baritone,
then as The Old Clock on the Stairs"
struck twelve, all joined in singing The
Midnight Mass to the Dying Year"
One afternoon in February" Victor
again besought Evangeline to name day
in the early Spring" for their marriage
her reluctance to leave her father had
hitherto prevented her doing this-but she
now named "An April Day"
MIR. Channings consent was given upon
the condition that on their return from their
wedding tour in the Old World, they should
reside at Eden Hall ; the luck, for which it
had always been famous, lay, he said, in
its fair women not in "slender crystal
vase" and would depart, did not Evan
geline return to the home of her maiden
hood." The We lding Day"was "A Day of
Sunshine" and many were THE Witness
ses" of the ceremony, many the words of
congratulation spoken, but through it all,
it seemed to Evangeline as if THE Moth
er's Ghost stood by her fathers side, and
spoke with him the blessing and God-speed
with which he badc her goodbye.
''FIIGHT THE SECOND
Both Evangeline and Victor were good
sailors, and very delightful to them was
their passage DER The Wave" With
eager eyes they inspected the noble ship,
The Cumberland and talked much of
The Builders and The Building of the
Ship" BY Daylight and Moonlight" they
paced its deck, watched the "Seawced"
drifting .'Whither" And gazing at the
star "Chrysaor' rising out of the sea, Won
lered if THE Secret of the Sea" had been
revealed to it, and recalled Sir Humph,
rev Gilbert's" words, Heaven is as near,
he said by water as by land
Almost sorry were they when the voy-
age was over: their regret was short lived,
however. as journeying from place to place
the beauties of England unrolled before
them.
day or two were spent with Lady
Wentworth in her beautiful country home
where they listened to the songs of THE
Birds of killingSworth" and heard the Cur
few ring. Lady Wentworth showed them
among her treasures King Witlaf's Drink
ing Horn,' and The Sand of the Desert
in an Hour Glass She took them to
''The Haunted Chamber" where she re-