Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-15

done So .2is.s
Had she done so sho
have got a true renIr. would /
she only known his out .
how much OF her future mise mott
have been prevented-bo@ry WOO
would have been the next ui1ers
of her life! iewm oad
In spite of the rain-baoa
coming storm. May decked $50 Of 1
n garments which she seif
bedside. noundi b. \
Her mother only dead
father dying in prison--ond ""e&-1
irrevocably given to anothu. ner he}
about to become the wife OF sne \
ley. The wife of a man Jnh u
hated and whom she had c "a9n
to, hate. soou cad
The sacrifice was terrib,..
resolhtely refused to allow no.. out
dwell on the subject, thonoh st mud
again they would recur to tho d"fa
future which awaited her ureaal
The rain IA so heavy No.
tile" departure from the Ift,,1" gel
where the wedding was to tab eaal
for some time; but at length !, ffii1
surfciently to allow them TO naoa
coach and proceed along tho l s
streets. ~ nood
A dismal, little. old-fasbt,,o
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS e. da
church it was, reminding opeoSa.
on entering ii.
liz was a church with a, dam,
wholesome smell; and the rad
ings or the pulpit looked like ! -
poisonous fungus rising on, a
stem in the center aisle.
The monuments on tho wall.
Clipped and broken, and the Oh
hmenting the decease of tho, lata N
iain Rogers, "of the n,risHs
weeping green, mildewy tears
The pavement was >uneyen-tho
We're wormeaten-the font was craoj
the clergyman was asthamat,o
che clerk had a wooden leg, with MI
ne stumped about the vauit-lka hnj
awakening dismal echoes in Tho
as he did so.
Oh, it was a dreary. .desolatp d,sI
dungeon to bring a young girl TO
was about TO enter upon her new
Ger OF life!
May shivered as she walked Al
the worn steps whiclhled' inn IL
1t seemed to her as ii she were ap
fnO n n III nd o.
John Gridley had his wicked will
1t was her living tomb: for there
was TO bury and leave, behind her
her young hearts affections. and
her hopes for a happy future.
Silently. side by side with the \
who had brought about her faith
ruin and who had sought TO depriv
life one whom she. lDyed with the
o of a young girls first and
love, she stood in front of the \
munion rail; and the clergyman Opd
the book.
AS the service proceeded, the VI
rising and losing themselves In
vaulted roof. Mays tears fell fast.
In vain she strove 10 restrain
emotion, for the solemn words v
were To unite her Ia John Gridley
death reused in her mind all the
ings she wished NEST TO keep unde{
The stern reality of the sacrifice
peared before her in all It's hiid
ness: and now, when it was too
she would have drawn back, eys<
the expense of aer fathers liberty
But 10 was too late. The irrevcj
Il will!" "a spoken, though in .
and choked a voice as to be almOs
audibia-the ring was placed UNI
finger as tcy-cold as that OF a N
and May Rivers was the wife Of
Gridley.
Yes the sacrifice was, indeed. N
and an hopes that she had ever
of becoming the wife Of Ernest
rey were at an end.
The maltster's clerk had PLAYED /
CARDS cautiously and well; and
whom he had sworn 10 bring . 81
ant on her knees had, indeed, nun
herself before him.
The thunder growlea, and te
came pattering heavily on the
the parson coughed ana munp1
parting benediction-the clerR
his forelock and hoDbled 10 the
wishing the young couple every
ness.
Happiness, oh, how the p
Jared on Mays feelings. =
"In wishing me happiness, b
thought, ''he wishes me a colnh' "a
Slowly the coach rolled over
paved SHEETS. until ii stopper y
the house where, a few days 4
she had come TO saerilce neiS 1,
her fathers sake. r
Come. May" said John uruN!
ing his hand upon her arm,
home"
She was deep in her gloomy
but the word home rOilseu .
when she looked ont upon
streets. and saw, instead Oh .Ie :
little Annadale cottage, the ~. \
al house in which the rest 9l ~ '
were to be passed, she couiu EAs
her composure. -,
She alightcd from the coa,n Nd
tered the gloomy hall ana ioi"'
husband into his study; d ID
Give me the order Tor NY !
release" she said. card
He took no notice OF het IN
+oL,na har hand cold and pas uOl
his. he said: Come, May. w
late for repentance! nas o.o, sh
all my dreams. | am well-'S yon "
have made you my WI"
try and love me- nv 4,
sSGive me the order ior nave
release" was the on''
made him. &,
"Not now" said ne ,.hn INK
"Yes-this very instant. wed ri