Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-04-08
CuA pTFR. Xxx.

i withdrew and LIE MalheureuX,
~, ,oi1ed congratulated Larry Morris
and Betty.
., lave here" he said. there is the
y, french priest who used to be my
...bar's chaplain still here. He is a
-,,oqenarian, but still a priest for all
.to+ He will marry you yet tonight,
:ron wish, and l think, Miss Lancey,
might be better if the ceremony were
,.e5rated. Do you not think so"
There's no knowing what may await
you"
no. minute.
Bring him on. bring him on" he
,,fod Wen be married tonight"
And I'll be the best man." shouted
Johnny.
And City Editor Burton can ush-
or"
viii you let Meta be the brides
maid?" questioned Betty. ''Oh, but
what shall I do for a wedding gown"
If YOU weren't so big" said Tyoga,
surveying her critically, I'VE could loa
rog Mrs. HackIeyes mothers bridal
r5aa have it still upstairs in an old
chest"
Meta and Ty0ga had come in silent
kin the wake Of LIE Malheureux. But,
mother" interposed Meta, there are
9her garments up in the old chest.
Perhaps we could make some of them
it,
Your wedding clothes will fit as well
as mine, anyhow" ventured Larry.
Put a woman on a desert island and
tba prospect Of a wedding will cause
her inventive faculties to evoke the
aesh-pots Of Egypt from the barrenest
and,
The old chest" proved q treasure
house The gowns, the youngest Of
them, were at least a quarter Of CEN
tIry old, and some of them were of the
mode Of the French empire All were
rich with rare lace and heavily wrought
81 hand-embroidery. Some were of cloth
Of gold furnished now with the scowl
Of tine but exquisite still There were
quaint old slippers, and a bridal veil
Of the tilmtest Honiton that ever came
4 of loom.
10 bride could be decked with more
loving hands than was Betty for her
midnight marriage in mid Africa. Meta,
as bridesmaid, had a glowing frOck OF
scarlet satin and faintest amber lace,
and great tOpazes about her shining
ebony neck, and Tyoga produced new
tT0cH from somewhere. But Betty ali,
Betty. An Old court gown of cloth Of
gold and yelloWed satin was her bridal
robe over it all ran delicateIy
wrought roses in faded pinks. The
marvellous web of HOnitOn draped her
sweet face and rippled to the hem of
her dress. The neck of the dress was
5w and Betty's white shoulders were
a sparkle Of diamond pendants falling
from high diamond collar Tyoga had
placed around her throat, and her
plump arms were half covered with
12Wery bracelets. When they reached
the chapel lie Malheureux himself pur
a diamond girdle around the brides
none too slender waist.
My gift to the bride" he explained.
Jooonys head was the brightest
S3ot in the chapel From the musty
o.or within and the drip of water on
the moss grown walls, the chapel,
which had been reached through weird
ways. was evidently q subterranean
room. The altar was of ivory, the ser
Vice dazzling beyond belief, and the
@'t@r cloths of exquisite workmanship.
III. ebony peWs were miracles of the
tafFerS' art, and the ever present Loop
~st skin rugs were on the floor. The
priest, bent double with years, and
WITH hair and skin as gray as the pelt
% Held mouse. mumbIed through the
""S Latin ritual, at a slow, nerve
'"gN.ng pace. The candles fickered
and the scent of the jasmine and lotus
with which Benoni had wreathed the
quar- and filled the great vases that
able.
me wedding supper was laid in the
~',e sitting room. There were many
MOVERS, and the viands, oddly assorted
10 occidental eyes. rested royalty on
t~Iters and dishes of pure gold. No
'ooy ate much, though Meta, Tyoga
ana Henoni served assiduously. LIE
"@IheureuX touched nothing at all.
Betty, after several urgings. forbore
never drank before anyone, and had
Jung since grown accustomed to the
"o"n-dropping veil. the closely shroud-
gu "gure, the we'll concealed feet and
'""-DS. When the last course was
served lie Malheureux arose.
Let me not be the skeleton at the
-'~St, he temporized, but Time does
no, pause for US. The woman you
A-'" as Cerisse Wayne, in reality
sS'Sse Wayne Hackleye, was my full
.'oaed sister. The letters that were
--,"ao in her safety deposit box in San
'1acIsco bore reference to the dia-
-''"a mines at Tiougaley. For reasons
cannot now make known to YOU
~"sF location for years was known
S.'-< to me. My father in some way
discovered their acknowledgements ana
@1}oAd the castle to which Miss Ian
SS' now Mrs. Morris, was taken when
N-5 Urst arrived in Africa, and from
""-ch she has SO recently departed.
lou must know that though he S
N"eFIcan born and bred, that for thlf-
> years my father has lived in TINS
~INlon as absolute king over seVeral
thousands of the most deSperate race