Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-27

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y Was u tho beginning Of February
Shen : yeaF had passed since the mem.
saelIUble sleigh ride that the pAstoe called
En1aa into ~ study and announced to
- with much solemnity that tho banns
hGe marriage. had now bean thrice
pnbliGhed, - tie law demanded, and
lhat i~nyitatiuns had been issued for her
wedding. which would take place in
- church On the following Wednesday.
He praised FAlck and said IL was Z COM
1nft 20 him % think that his daughters
happiness wa to be intrusted to so,good
: man. Il struck Hulda that there was
ii MI the kindly commonplace which he
uttefed : sort Of official tone, and that
his heart wa NOT In il He had received
hi i~nstrnctions Obviously and was car
sying ont = prearranged programme.
With unlnoved countenance she listened
md answered IN curt monosyllables
when he directly questioned her. She
was half glad when the interview was
3 N cnd. though . deeper h~opelessness
Mnk into her mind now that she knew
.ds0nitely thst her father, too, belonged
. the cnemy's camp.
There had boen until this moment .
certain aflatus In her grief which had
lifted IL into the region Of poetry and
made Il easier 70 bear. She had appear
a % herself interesting. IL not heroic,
n her stesn endurance and unlinching
devotion to- him to whom she had
pledged her troth. The parallels which
history and action supplied of blue eyed,
GOLDEN haired Morse maidens faithful
unto death were constantly suggested
- her fancy. 6he sometimes Thought Of
heEae1 - Ingeborg: sacrificed BY the
freed and cowardice at her relations
md welded . the gray bearded King
Ring. but faT oftener abe fingered at the
thought az Brunhilde mounting the fu-
neral pile Ct her beloved Siegfried and
dying nobly 6 his side. But somehow
this near prospect Of marriage, with Ill
fhat It implied. robbed her Of her TO
manCo and compelled her to face the
Cnld prose f renunciation. She foresaw,
with : ahuddar. the deadly tedium 81 q
married life unsustained by love, nm
Quinkened by the divine rapture which
lOve alone can inspire. There was about
- : certain aeroe virginity. which.
Mke Brnnhilde 81 old, resented the ap-
pgOach Of any one but the herr, the be-
loved And - such I nature, the suffer-
tnGs the degradation, Of an uncongenial
union axe : hpndredf0ld intensified. Il
takes snch : tremendous kicking against
the pricks. such passionate reviling Of
1atas such youthful weeping and wall
ino and gnashing Of teeth, before such
: mi will take the bit between her
tseth and meekly bend her proud neck
. to yok8cf necessity. She had at
TUNED her expectations to the heroic
hey. and she could not, with all that
wild craving Tor Happiness within her.
consent TO t~xanspose all those winged
haEmonies md bold. beautiful chords
Into Aat. dull. spiritless key IL hum
drum. everyday prose.
j. was III accordance with custom
tAat ahe took but little part in the prep
aEati0ns for the wedding. She was ex-
Onssd from her week In the kitchen,
which AaadA cheerfully assumed, Civ
ing her own to Stina, who was next in
tho order Of succession. The younger
Utrln were % agitated about the wedding
ard took such : breathless interest in
~ that appertained to II. that Hulda.
~ their vicaxi0us real, felt absolved
from 3eigning any more nce in its
sndlaas details than was absolutely de-
manded. i was her mothers intention
thAt Ghe ahould have = trouaseau becom-
tng the dignity a the family. and abe
reanaEked repeatedly, - abe contem-
p1Aeed the piles II stockings. under
WeaF. sheets and piilowcases that Gov
essd sbedA. chairs and tables that NO
90 could NY that was an outfit that :
princess might not have been proud of.
Gbe Angered Ill the stufYs-linen. cot
IN, MIX and woolan-with the crit
3Cal approximation az the true housewife,
md ahe would have forgiven her daugh-
~ moro readily any unmaidenly con-
dn0t than har refusal TO- 60 into raptures
Over the duality az her table aud bed
linen. which Ind AL been woven in the
honAs hleaChed on the lawn and mau-
ged nnder tho huge manglA full AZ
b0WlAetA which atood s. ths empty
Soom ~ the laundry. Tscee was
1ometAing . ex~hilarating % MrA
DEtncknan u tse smell 81 clean linen
sthA4 IheMas unable 70 comprAAAnd how
- gix1 opuldl T. constituted sho could
- 4 wisnoas sumo stirring q enshn-
oiaan
O. 49, nighs before tho wedding
Hn11ao ~ alone 81 her room. The nan
a. n tn trio and thres armed candle
e1t6lG r pOltGhed heaes burned on the
sd5emfne sfIhlG which was covered with
snowy white cloth. The door wa
spainled md ancaIpeted. and : sheep
Kim ~ NY u front a. th0 bed There
Mas su1nething beautifully virginia. in
~ AiR0 tie SOom-snmething serene
- nnagitsAed. remote rom LIES deep
R0xnerienOA HIT the 0trl who rat half