Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-12-26

6 o side 1t. Tho wild roses i'll
i L y the hedges trai!ed against
~GE her shoulder, and Jhe June
s~pnu,as4'> shone througis tI,e ash trees
Upon be, What Il good. new world it
wa after the nights rain. Tho grass
WAS We; still: Miss Mamie COLLISION
held NJ ic" skirt we'll. though it was
She enough not to fear getting very
<laIIp. @n1 E2r shoes W&"e tie ones she
loved ho>t fey The organ. because they
knew every hollow i'll the worn, old
pedals. Eut it was no fear Of the wet
THAI 1aala her hurry through the field;
il was because she had told Stcvin 70
I've there early to blow Tor her. 1t was
~ seldom that she could get Il boy fol
So loTg in the morning, but. of course,
tire school was getting Il holiday TO-
day, when Miss -Annacker WAS going to
NC married. and the organiSt was steal,
iu~ ar extra hour out of Stcyie's time
air met hey AT the church door-what
flowers, Lilies. everywhere white
iiiirs and roses. all the best OF the vii
lagr 10Y the young bride and her mate.
What q day and Il place for 4 we'd
ding. Miss COLLISION touched the loW-
crS viii he: delicate, little hands low
iit@ly, rs She passed With eager steps
through The cbanccl TO Tho organ.
stcvic was there faithfully. She called
10 hin: and dion pulled out her music.
SSp J-,r.,5- -1,o u-p}Jt,,., ,,,u.I,- wall
enough, no need to practice them;
she could spend this half hour with
AtentIe2>sohn and that lovely. little can
Zonetta 81 Rheinberger's. She pulled
cat her stops and played on. while her
mind dreaming Oh.
IWeHIy-eighl years ago and she
lpiglt have walked so. with white-shod
feet. upon 4 red pathway under the
palms-tilen she started guilty. What
was making her think Ike This: II
was nany years low since she had
learned to play herself into for@ejful-
ness. This was just an episode. She
had not even seen the nan Miss An.
nackeT was going to marrI. and what
matter? He would send her five dol
lars. and they would buy so many
things for Betty; chickens and .ieliies
and those dainty tribes tllat wore al
she couil take pleasure il now. Poor
Betty.
i Miss COLLISION pulled out tho Nc1
Angelica with loving fingers. -Ah. we'll,
She herself lad something better: How
11at c~anzonetta Just sang to her.
The guests began to arrive at last.
aud she turned to brighter strains.
The church filled very fast: half the
countryside and all the village were
there. Miss COLLISION played her best.
and >ha had hot loved her Instrument
ahirty years i'll vain. She heard The
bridegroom and then Tie clergyman
enter. and almost Immediately she was
told that the bride was at the door.
Stopping short in the middle 81 Il festal
air she struck the trumpet call OF
Llsa's wedding march. \ iinc thing.
1t stirred the blood Of soldiers in her
veins: and she played it proudly at
air>t. then softly and beautifully: then
loud again. caring little whether the
bride was waiting patiently or ner.
sousiy.
i Then The Voice That Brcatllcd
Ger Eden" and at last she could look
round.
The choir came between her and al
the rest. but she saw the bridal group
hit by bit: a crowd of girls i'll white
Miss Annacker herself. lovely as eyer
in d white mist of yelling: and beside
lcr-hoW like, oh. how like-that tail
gallant. young man with the frank
e~yes-surely she was twenty-eigh'
years back and the rest was a dream.
her eyes; it could not be; this was real
ity. Perhaps some relative: perhaps
indeed, his soma bitter thought. Ha(
lie married? She had not heard. She
had never tried to hear. When sh'
Lad isolated herself with Bettey slt
had endeavored to inter that "migh
have been" But there was no reason
why lie should have done the same.
"A man-MiSs COLLISION turned
round 10 the dear. old organ. and he
face was White nova man forget'
81 soon"
And SO she forced them all out o
her mind and played 20 Perfect Love
as all the church said they had neve
heard it played before. She did DO
notice that half her choir had stopped
singing to listen: she was breathin:
all her passion for sweet sound. an
all the starved love Of her heart int
the hymn that had meant nearly lif,
for Ter once. 20 Perfect Love tia
had boon denied her. Might it dow 0.
Ibis 1eH" head tlat was so like. SC Xix,
tia Q@ar one tiat had left her Sc lon
a@o. IIer head was bowed over lii
low keys, her t"'irs fell like ran
There was 10 bitterness in he
thou-nlS. that had been plirged on
long ago by Betiy. This was her sin
Pie :oj-to play with such purn hal
noH:cS. The BRIDAL hyl@::2 tl:&t her oW.
lie lad missed.
But her face was shining as sl
hurried home when all was oyer-te
dollars. not five! What luxuries &
E2.ty. She reached TIC tiny cotta2