The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-10-01
CHAPTER Y

They talk about it now in the pretty
picturesque town of Woodcayes-tha
wonderful wedding, the like Of which wa
never seen there before or since. I'll,
wedding of the young earl with IaWye
Temples daughter They tell You of III,
bright morning. the blue sky. that ha,
no cloud; the golden sun. that seemed :,
rain down blessings: of the western wind
that might have blown straight from tn,
spice lands, it was so fragrant; of tL.
birds that sang as though the wedding hac
been in the garden of Paradise; of flow
ers that bloomed so fresh and fair. a;
though in honor Of the golden haired bri,l,
herself, the fairest flower of all.
Dim eyes are reading my pages now
eyes that look back through the long yisto
| of years-eyes dimmcd and duIled wifi
heavy tears; and they look back through
weary years of trouble, of toll and OF
wrong upon the wedding day. The dav
| that they believed was to be the last y,
| sorrow, the first opening into a golden life
Of hope and promise.
| There were grand friends of the young
earl, officers in gittoring uniforms. lords
| whose names filled the simple country
people with awe. The bridegroom's moth
| or was not there: she. it was rumorn,
was busliy engaged in experimenting the
wedding fetes given at the Castle. There
was whole string Of bridesmaids. the
/ prcttiest girls in the county who were
| proud of the honor of attending one who
was SO soon To be Lady Selwyn.
! The old parish church. with its tall spirn
and gray walls. looked its best: it was fill
ed with n brilliant crowd. Little chill
| dren flung flowers under the feet of the
/ hril VIII
sorely in the sad after days: and then. as
she stood in the center of that magniti-
cent group, while the words of the mar
riage service were read over her. every
one saw from the eastern window a gold
On sunbeam streaming in and forming a
halo round her fair young head
Some smiled as they saw it. but il
brought tears into other eyes People
looked at each other and said:
Happy the bride the sun shines on"
While, as they went into the vestry 70
sign the books, Vivian whispered to his
wife:
Even the sunbeams kissed you, my
darling, and no wonder"
Horace Temple was like a man in q
dream; he had been IN a dream ever since
the nj ght Lord Vivian Selwyn asked him
for his daughter. and he could not re
cover from it, and now the grand climax
had arrived; his little KiOlante. his fair
faced. sunny-haired child whose laugh
and song were both wild as a bird. was
married; married TO a rich and handsome
young noblemau whom any lady in the
land might have been proud to have called
her husband.
He was so bewildered that he did not
even recognize his own house. Lord
Vivian had done as he liked even with
that
Take no heed. give yourself no trouble
about the wedding breakfast" he said.
The easiest and simplest plan vii be
for me TO send to Gunter; ne will supply
everything needful.'
So Horace Temple. on this his dau-h- .
ter's wedding day. sat at the head - his
own table-a table laden with delicacies
with ripe fruits from every cline under .
the sun. with rare wines, the names Of .
which had never penetrated Woodeaves-
a table whereon silver shoue. and richly
cut glass spanked, and he said 10 him
self II must be a dream.
When she remembered il in after years
II was TO 'iolante a dream Of sunshine.
and song, end fra GRANGE; Of love. that she
thought almost divine in It's tenderness.
a dream whereon brilliant figures and
strange faces were Ill confused: only her
rather face. shining out from the sroup
with the wondering, anxious expression
she remembered so well. and the hand
some face OF her husband shining down
on hers.
Inc speeches were ended. Tie sun was
III! u the sky when the travelling car