Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-04-19
A DAUGHTER OF THE GODS.

| A UAUu1lEk UF HE uUDS.
The fields are yellow with goldenrod.
bowling and s@aying to the gentle breeze.
The woods sigh with contentment. The
| low Of the cattle and sound of their
tinkling bells come up from the distant
meadow, and the brook between the
grassy banks, murmurs its glad refrain.
The Guail's silver whistle and the cry of
the finch sound sharply from the thicket.
The October sun lights all with its gold
en- touch and fades into purple and blue
on the distant sea.
TO the right the houses cluster, and be
yond stands the village church; ivy en-
| twines its Gothic walls, and peeps in at
the arcEed windows. Within are bright
ness and joy. The village children come
! laden with goldenrod and wild flowers,
and depart racing down the long elm
| arched lane.
On calm. still Sabbath evenings the
| slow, tTemuious voice OF the white-haired
! minister is family heard above the dis
tant murmur of the ocean. or the sweet
! twittering of the birds in the fine old
trees. amid which the quaint little church
| stands almost hidden in summer by the
thick, green branches; but on this, the
wedding morning, perfect October day.
| the interior OF the uIIIG eulUce rang Wild
the merry laughter of the gay crowd as
they came and went. their arms filed
with sbiight-colored flowers.
BY night every nook and corner was
| filed every window recess banked, and
great lunches of yellow chrysauthe-
NUNS, gathered from every farmhouse
within miles, tied to the pew doors, until
one of the girls declared it looked as if
intended for a golden wedding" Even
the most fastidious among the guests
could find nothing TO eriticise unfavor-
ably, as the pretty bridesmaids, in dainty
white gowns and yellow ribbons, big pic
ture hats with nodding black plumes, and
carrying huge lunches of yellow chry-
santhemums, grouped themselves around
the chancel rail amid the palms and soft
yellow-shaded lamps.
Long before he wedding march pealcd
out from the tiny organloft back of the
pulpit. the church was crowded to its
utmost capacity, and the ushers found
themselves busy taking up the late com
ers. who, as usual, ut weddings, come in
rush at the last moment.
Archie Harrington and Hill Chapman,
who were stationed in the middle aisle.
had barely arrived in time TO dress and
hurry to their posts of duty. Chapman
! grumbling ut the stupid client who had
kept them in town, arguing hopeless
ease when they might just as well have
been in the midst of all the frollicking
| and preparation, or 'ante-mOrtems," as
| he expressed II.
! The strong friendship existing between
| the two men had caused them to be
| dubbed David and Jonathan, but David
| and Goliah would have been equally APP
1 propriate, for in personal appearance
| they were as unlike as in disposition,
| and aptly demonstrated the well-known
principle that ohnasites always attract
each other, tat
Harrington's tail, well-built. athletic
figure, and dark, almost Spanish color.
ing, was in striking contrast to Chap,
| mans short, stout dimensions and
round, good-natured face, with a broad
expanse of shiny, bald forehead, and
| shortsighted twinkling little eyes.
Returning from one of their hurried
trips up the aisle, shortly before the hri-
DIAL party appeared, Harrington caught
sight of two ladies just entering the
door: one OF them was small, plump,
dark haired, little woman. with bright.
vivacious face and swapping black eyes;
the other, tall, strikingly handsome
girl, dressed in white, unrelieved by a
touch of color, except for large bunch
of yiolets upon the simple but elegant
decolletee gown. Her eyes, large and
wonderfully expressive, riyaied the flow
crs in their soft, deep purple tints, but il
was the wealth OF hair, browning the
| well-poised head, that attracted Harring-
tons attention; real Titan hair that
shone and glistened like FURNISHED cop
per in the bright light of the lamp under
which she stood, and breaking in soft,
loose waves from the low white brow
Much too tall for a woman most peo-
pie would have pronounced her. had it
not been for the magnificent figure and
queenly bearing, but Harrington, noting
every detail in that momentary glance,
with his dark, dreamy eyes, which moth
ing ever escaped, murmured to himself,
Truly q daughter of the gods"
As the two men stepped forward when
the ladies' had deposited their wraps
with the maid attending them. the small,
dark-halred little woman, being next TO
Harrington, made n motion as if to take
his arm, when, to his intense surprise
and amusement, he heard the girl ex-
claim in quick, tragic whisper, intend
ed only for her companions ears. Don't
you dare take the tall man." With a
low, amused laugh the little woman
stepped back to Chapman's side and
Harrington, hastily suppressing the
smile upon his face, grayely offered his
arm TO the girl instead.
She had seen his amusement. however.
and instantly guessed it's cause Paus-
ing perceptihly. she glanced again at
Chapman, but the sight of the stocky.
brownie-like little figure, the bald head
barely reaching TO her shoulder. and the
crowded rows of pews up which she must
pass, proved too much for her, aud with
4 slightly defiant look in her eyes she
! accepted Harrington's arm and IN a
chilled silence followed her friend and
Chapman, amid a low murmur OF ad,
miration from the crowd congregated
near the doorway.
Harrington gained little from this aus
picious beginning, however, for through.
out the remainder of the time passed in
the church the girl steadily avoided meet.
ing his eyes, although she must have beer
: conscious of the persstency with which
he continued TO gaze in her direction dur.
! ing the ceremony. At the reception fol.
lowing he soon met her companion. Mrs
Delaney, whom she was visiting. but il
looked 10 Harrington as il the girl was
: Intentionally avoiding him.
But "the best laid plans o mice and