Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-11-08

sleep; he had stirred it, but had not
reused it to life.
There seemed nothing wanting ia
{ her, as she dressed for the simple cere
noDy that was to take place at the
I parish church OF st. Byno's. OF the
many weddings that had taken place
in the old church, none had been
Guieter or simpler than this. Indeed
10 one seemed to know there was a
wedding. AS rule, when any one
was married, the inhabitants of St
| Byno's flocked to see the ceremony
But on this occasion the church was
empty. No little crowd, with wonder.
ing eyes, stood round the old stone
| porch; the bells that had rung for the
mario ges and deaths of SO many gen
erations were silent now.
The young lover, thinking of his
darling's fine lace veil end dainty
dress, had insisted upon a carriage
not from THE Barley Now at st.
Byno's, but from "The Radcliffe Arms"
at Darlington; then the people of st.
Byno's would know nothing of it. That
was tho last straw" to Miss Ather-
ton; veil and wreath had been
enough, but a carriage was more than
she felt she could bear.
Miss Aherton declared that she had
keen sense of the fitness of things,
and that, for the orphan daughter of
a poor doctor, veil, a wreath, and a
carriage were absurd. m fact, such
things belonged to the order she de-
tested, the arigtccrats; and she would
have none of them.
But" said the young lover, "how
could my beautiful bride walk through
the fields and tho high-road in a dainty
wedding dress, which would be caught
by the brambles and thorn5?"
Miss Atherton's sense of economy
came to her aid. The dress being ex-
peasive and beautiful, Il certainly
would be foolish to allow it to trail
over the grass and the dying leaves.
So the carriage came from "Ratcliffe
arms" at Darlington, and the wedding
party consisting of Lord RIVERS, Vic.
let and Miss Atherton, drove to church.
ITO think" said Miss Anterior,
that at my age should be present
at a wedling-I, who have protested
against love and marriage all these
| years"
Her manner was a protest still, for
rothing could have been more grim
and stern.
The Reverend Maurice Thorn, to
whom both aunt and niece were well
! known, looked in establishment at the
wedding party. But Miss Anterior
herself knew only too well the secret
OF her presence there. She had come
| that with her own eyes she might see
every precaution taken as to the valid
ity of Violet's marriage.
; One of Miss Atherton's fixed ideas
was that, sooner or later, every man
grew tired of his wife, end would he
glad to free himself from her in any
, way he could. This she was quite de-
| telained the youUg artist should
never do, If by any means she could
prevent it. He was taking her niece
away, just as she had grown not mere
ly a useful, but pleasant companion.
He should not have it in His mower to
leave her when he was tired of her.
Lord RIVERS had felt embarrassed
about his name One day, when they
were speaking on the subject, he had
told Violet that his name was RAN
| dolph. She had thought 1t odd that
he should be called Randolph RAN
dolph; still. many people had the same
| Christian name as surname: and she
had scarcely given another thought to
the matter until there had been ques-
tion % packing and directing her
trunks, when she had blushed and
laughed to see her name Mrs. Ran
dolphin great letters.
Lord RIVERS was no less anxious
than Miss Atherton that everything
should be perfectly legal and in order
even to the name. He gave it boldly
as Randolph. RIVERS Randolph" no
one paying any attention to the inter-
! mediate name. Miss Atherton heard
it when the minister asked, Randolph
RIVERS Randolph, wilt thou have this
woman to thy welded wife," but il
did not strike her as being in any way
peculiar, nor did she thi1k any fur
her OF the matter.
There had been no preparations for
a wedding breakfast. Miss Atherton
would not hear of any: but Lord Ryv-
ess bad seen tears in Violets eyes. and
had acted in accordance with what he
believed to be her wish.
IL cannot imagine any one married
without wedding breakfast" Violet
had said. piteously,
To marry without money or love
might be venial offense, but without
a wedding-cake was not to be dreamed
o. The eager young lover sent of to
London and ordered bride-eake.
II was a necessity that they should
return to the cottage after the cere-
mony; even Miss Atherton owned.
with a snap that almost annihllated
Lord RIVERS for a time. that Violet
could not start for the Continent In n