Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-11-17
.TbQ Bride :
2 Of Day.

bIacr HtEuiN udTtN IDok FUuuu WHEN.
1T last, after an interview that seemed
to her to have lasted for hours, the
dining room door opened and Mrs.
Ieger and Mr. Erie r~eappeared. But
there was something so joyful in
Iiuth's little startled cry that Grace
half-rosc TO her feet with a confused
feeling that there was some pleasant
surprise in store.
She WAS not mistaken, for. before
she could make any move. Mrs. Leg
er's arm were gracefully wound about
Ter. and her mothers soft-toned voice
was murmurlng congratulations In her
ear.
My dearest child" she said. "it Will
be hard to part with you again; but
young birds will leave their nests. and
what can we do but let them gos'
Iiutll's bright hazel eyes flashed one
swift. surprised, inquiring glance Mt
Ninccnt's face. but could SEE there only
a look of quiet ~contentInent. If Mr..
Erie Mere inwardly amused and slight
ly c~ontenptucrs. he did not intecd to
make either feeling visible to his autic-
ipated sh1ewd little sister-in-law.
But it WAS not easy TO puzzle Ruta
I.eger. While her cldes sister was
thanking and kissing her mother. Ruth
calmly settled the riddle by Il guess
that anne very near the truth.
"EIe has made a bargain with her."
she decided. with a nod Of her wise
little head. I'VE are bought over: how
he must deSpise us all,'
There was bitterness in the thought:
but ID did not. last long. Vincent Erie
Al i,aI -, I.4,sr - L. ,rFtt sH.n I,, .f. rt~sAra.i
Girl that night. and. III he did not quite
succeed I'M convincing her that the
! compact he had made was very credit
able TO her side of the house, he left
no doubt upon her mind that lie. Mt
least. was well content with il.
I'VE both wish that things in this
house should remain precisely as they
are he explained. leaning with one
elbow On the high mantel board. and
locking with eyes that We're full of
kindly comprehension down at the
I girls pretty. troubled face. Your
mother has Eeen accustomed to al
minister Gface's fortune; let her do It
still
Put such an arrangement Is mean
and contenptible,." exclaimed Ruth.
yehcmently. .'GSrace's money should
come 10 you with her.
Il think not MIR. Erie replied. de-
cisigely; 'thc terms are Of nay maxi
ING. Mrs. Leger only accepted what l
proposed, and | am thankful that she
"Bnt The girl was about to per
! sist. when Vincent pushed the soft
curls back from the knitted brow and
said, in his gentle, ~peremptory fash
ion:
There il no but in the natter;
some day y6ti viii understand why |
would rather o touch Mr.. Sankey's
money"
Perhaps Ruth did dimly comprehend
! his meaning even then; at all events.
She made no further objection, and.
! from that time, things seemed TO 90 ON
smoothly enough. III Ruth were rot
entirely satisfied. II was something 10
see her mother $ 10 radiant and the low
ers 50 quietly happy as they Were.
The wedding ~ fixed to take place
almost immediately. Mrs. Leger, who
WAS eager To make her power absolute,
agreed that a ngthy engagement.
was not only unIrs cessary, but. in the
! circumstances, would almost SAVIOR Of
the hypocritical.
You have sorrowed so long and 10y
ally. my darling" she murmured, in n
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES tone, why
should you rob yourself and dear Vim
cent OF one hour of happiness now?"
Grace was not hard To convince. and.
rs her mothers pleading was warmly
seconded by Vincent. she Yielded at
last. Just as the first SHOWS of win
ter fell, she knelt, for the second time,
at the altar steps, and once again
vowed to ''love. honor and obey" the
man who knelt beside her until death
them should part
For all the tremulous joy that
thrilled her, she was a serenely-pretty
bride.
Her face was n poem Lady Caro-
line Carlton declared, in her quantity
affected way: for. though the wedding
was, by Grace's wish. the quietest of
ceremonials, Lady Caroline had asked
for. and, rs a matter Of course, OBJ
tanned. an invitation to it.
AS | made the match and brought
that willful bridegroom of yours to
your feet" she said. l~aughingly, TO
Grace, who held a high place in her
favor. Il think l have a right to be
present. DO You know, dear. he as
sarcd me once. in the most approved
melodramatic fashion. that nothing
short OF a miracle would induce him
IL forgive you or even willingly meet
you again. 1 never contradicted him
indeed. l nm not sure that | did rot
praise a resolution indicating so much
strength and spirit of mlnd-but. as l
knew a face like yours was the best
miracie-worker. 1 simply lured him
itsrc, and You know tile rest of the
story"
Grace blushcd, and kissed the soft,
wrinklel cheek or the queer old lady
who had so successfully played the
part OF Deus cx machind In the story
OF her love: aIe the latter continued,
IN her happy way:
II am glad that | did NEEDLE, dear.
and you may make much of that ac-
acknowledgements. for do not have 10
pride myself on that once in q hun
bred times. But I layo liked Vincent
all his life. and though you used him
very badly once, | know You are just
the Wife in all th. world for him,
so l am Pleased to see you come to-
ge.iier. You .layc each known what