Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-08-21

may you? it's unlucky; but there,
| know how you'll look. Dead white
! was always your color l shouldn't
be bit surprised if there was free
fight in the church tomorrow, the
| other gentlemen will he so mad that
| Graham is going to have you"
My dear Carrie" laughs May. It's
just three weeks since Graham Cor
don won his suit, and it is the we'd
| ding-eve-
1t is absurdly, indeoently soon, as
May has declared a hundred times, but
with all his gentleness ami humility
Graham Gordon possesses a will that
| is not easily resisted, and after many
wordy battle he has succeeded in
gaining her consent to a ssiort engage
ment and a speedy marriage.
Il shall not begin to make you love
me till you are my wife" he said,
"and. therefore. the sooner you are,
the better for both of us
In addition to this principal argu-
ment he has brought several ether anil
secondary ones to bear; he can best
!
year; he wants her to see Switzerland
and Switzerland is at its brightest just
at this season; and numerous other
! been brought up with the regularity
of military reinforcements.
And so May has given way, much to
his and Carries delight. Not for
many year has wedding caused SO
much excitement IN Marley. The liv-
ing is rich, and Graham Gordon is
handsome; many and various have
been the matchmaking mammas who
have laid traps for the young vicar.
Then, in addition, there is the romance
attached to the young bride; it is we'll
known that she is the daughter of the
millionaire, and it is rumored that
there has been a previous and romantic
attachment violently broken.
Marley, Notwithstanding the disap-
/ is in it's seventh heaven Of delighted
excitement, and though there is some
disappointment, there is no ill-feeling,
for May bears herself so quietly, so
meekly, it may almost be said that it
is impossible to feel aggrieved against
! her.
Indeed, it is Carrie who takes the
foremost part in the preparations.
Carrie is in her element. She and
Mrs. Boxall-of course Mr.. Boxall is
to give the bride away-purchase the
wedding-dress and trousseau. and if
she were going to wear it herself Car
RE could not display more anxiety and
interest.
tits so fortunate that | am only an
inch shorter than May she says; 81
can try everything on"
And May stands aside, almost as a
smilingly, with that peaceful serenity
on her beautiful face which has come
to it lately.
Tonight Mr. and Mrs. Boxall are at
the vicarage, the school-house having
no spare bedroom, and Mr.. Boxall,
| seated in the armchair in the study,
with cigar and a glass of whisky
and-water, is going over. for the
twentieth time, but not once too often
for Graham Gordon. the story of Mr..
Dalton's rise. fall and death.
Tonight Graham Gordon learns what
little Mr.. Boxall knows of Mays en-
gagement to Sir Heron Letchford-
hears it with dull, heavy pain that
Mr.. Boxall little suspects, so well
does the listener hide it.
But he has no fear. Once she is his
own, his very own, he will teach her to
! forget Sir Heron Letchford or any
other
"Yos," says Carrie, taking up the
dress for the twentieth time AMI view
ing it with her pretty head cooked on
one side, cit is simply perfect! Mine
is not Il bad dress by any means. but
this ?"-and quite unable to conclude
in fitting terms of eulogy, she lays the
wonderful confection down with ten
DER care, and returns to The table,
where she is making white satin
rosettes for the coachmans button
holes and the horses heads.
Opposite sits May, her arms extend
ed on the table. her hands folded idly,
though her writing-desk lies open in
front Of her.
Very beautiful she looks tonight, all
the more beautiful, perhaps, for the
soft, dreamy light which CLOVIS in
her dark, eloquent eyes. for the little
touch of gentle usefulness that
curves the red lips.
eyes, it's pity it isn't St.
Georges Hanover Square, says Car
RE, tossing a rcsette into the basket;
1--WE should have the newspaper people
with a long report, and all the particu-
lars of the brides dress and the length
Of her eyelashes. AS it. is, we shall
Fave full, true and particular account
in the Marley and Staplcton Bugle:
The bride was exquisitely dressed in
dull-white satin, which showed Off to
advantage, the beauty with which the
lady is most conspicuously endowed"