The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-03-26

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Wedding feast was Sor.a.!
House. ~ThefweddiaS c4a
invited. aud were on .tar
WIS sitting before her 1a.a
dressing fol the wedd.,.
letter VAS delivered to he
II Was from him. II.
toldIy. brutality brief. tl4t
married man. and had
simply TO gain what n a
The letter fell from hrr
gilt clock in front OF her
twenty minutes to n'ne.
1T VAS the last cols-.l
euge She had for a lonv
She returned 10 conscious.
hardly to life. for though ~n.
her life had stopped on he y.
day. and IN her Wild p3ssla-
creed that it should knoa
beyond that hour.
Salts House went bind ae4
It did not fall into dec
through the nonothno2s aa-A "
years. She had il lad 49,
night. she smote il. as She h. ..o
smitten. Its happy hut}arf~
zeal in making it htaGtta H *
one thousanuth part as er..
fIaNisham's furious zeal FOR
ing it.
TX ~ btAiN ~ liitA u -
great doorwayS We're Sea4,l
bolts and s~ikes ani CHAINS 49,
windows were walled up. O. ht-,4
with heavy iron. The rooms .s.-,
diSInant!ed and given over. Ne ',
great. gay corridors, to dust ana :
and echoes.
What few servants were mi s. a7-
81 bic We're oxiied to 4 rcmot- part
Of the mouse. and forbidden IL snow
themselves 10 her. What she ~ gu;
desire vas to be brought To Inc DOCS
Of the rooms INTO which she : p
drew. and left there. What ua
there might be We're t. - II t
through those closed doors.
The rooms IN which She .h sS i
herself We're her dressing room III /
the others OF the suite that htI ben
detked for the wedding. Ih"l
the only port Of Salts House that @s+
not touched by the Destruction lat
she had worked. Hut -" I#t al
them 4 curse far worse than t4t
Widest destruction would hI.r Ha
She shut ont the sunlight from
forever and kept them in r.er,
tail as theE had been when II. r.
ter cache her. Where an h14ne.s
had been made during her r =.
she restored them.
In the room where the -t-t Il
been spread, the great taai" 49,
arranged :eaiA. rs If il were a4.t.a:
for the guests. The ,.tud"IAhr- /
silver ana cut glass were placed =
wedding cake and the moss, uf 0.l
fections We're gathered and p.t aa I
in their pornp.
In her dressing room the u. 4:
backed trunks and splendid & :
were left scattered as thc> ha!
ON hn, 6sASSj - tlblA 1vit n tf4 D~..-
2ilded looking glass, We're placed -
Jewels that She had not Yet l.tt.01.
Her handkerchief. gloves 9nd ~
prayer book were heaped bfio't 4"
mirror. Even the flowers. VIII |
| now. were laid whore they had s''b
IN those rooms, illuminated hot r-
10th only by candles, Miss IIav}saln
lived from that day. never aGati sec
ing the light. She CARRIED hers ~
her bridal gown. to the Very Vel. Fl
flowed down from her hair. in ~h z
she placed the withcred hrHitt
wreath. on her neck and hani~
put the Jewels that had >ia. +!
there. When the letter ealae.
had not quite finished drtSS1re.
white Satin shoe was on her foo. Pr.
other was lying on the tah!e 81.
rayed herself 50. The unused
remained unused.
There We're many CLOCKS
roOnS. beside the little 2ilt e9 H
her table. and her watch. She 'H-
ed the hands of each 10 tHeMt@
utes TO nine. and stopped thetn
Still. she was not mad. IL
Il as the world defines '3
Her greedy relatives soon fonn1
out by the care she took - t.' r
her Wealth-stili very great d." .
the fortune that had been ~Ioie.t +.
her false loyer-intO the haniS If
an extremely capable lauy.r.
saw to lit that she was not moses !
The wedding cake and tn" a.eA-
OF the table gradually crmmhle5f l"
or We're devoured by mice am
SobWebs shrOuded the grc3t
eDergne in the center. and Wha aH" =
Ell of its metal was black. Ihs
ciot1 became yellow. Dust tnj Hl
on everything. f.hrT :
vas dead. kept spiders anu 'e.
l ciaWlIns things.
The silks and satf,S and S =