Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-11

me which seemed to say again and "',ui4
and again, II don't love him, G's'
love hint" VVu
But hardly had the actuaI s.r,,i,.
menced when l began to be overawed h,
the solemnity and divine power of II.
service and by the sense Of God lao,in.
over my littleness and guiding me acoa.g
ing to His will.
What did 1t matter how unvortb, u...
the preparations that had led IN 70 ~
marriage if God was making ~ va,
made all marriages that we're blasso5 W.
His church, and therefore He overruaa :.
His own good ends all human mnnIs.s
however sordid or selfish they might no
Bound Together.
After that thought came to me no,,,r,
else seemed to matter, and nothing HON.
ever Earring or incongruous, was able IA
lower the exaltation of my spirit
But the service, which had this esAc
upon me, appeared to have an eyacgv
opposite effect on Lord Raa. His merry.
BUSINESS increased visibly, though he AID
his best to conceal it by lightness o
manner that sometimes looked like DE-.
rision.
Thus when the bishop stepped down
to US and said:
James Charles Munster. wilt thou take
Mary, here present, for thy lawful wife
according to the rite of our holy mother
the church. my husband halted and
stammered over the answer, saying be-
meath his breath, 81 thought I was Al
hereto"
But when the corresponding question
was put to me, and Father Dan thinking
l must be nervous, leaned over me and
whispered, Don't worry, child, take YOU
time" replied in a loud, clear unfalter
ing voice:
II will!'
And again, when my husband had 10
put the ring and the gold and silver On
the salver, he fumbled and dropped them
as he did so, and fumbled and droppei
them a second time when he had to take
them up after they had been blessed,
laughing too audibly at his own awi
wardness, and then repeat after the Dish
op:
with this ring 1 thee wed; this gold
tIliN SllNCI lncC give, Win my OVu'
thee worship, and with all my worldly
goods I thee endow," he rendered the ring
slowly and with an obvious effort.
But l took it without trembling BE-
cause | was thinking that in spite OF all
l had heard of his ways of life this SOL
emn and sacred sacrament made I'm
mine and no one else's.
1t is all very mysterious; | can not ac'
count for it; only knew it was 80, and
that, everything considered, it was per-
haps the strangest fact of all my lie
Father Dan read the epistle beglnhhg
Let wives be subject to their husbands
and then the bishop read the Gospel, con-
GLIDING, Therefore, now they are no.
two, but one flesh; what therefore Go'
hath Joined together, let no man put
asunder."
Coming Down to Earth.
had trembled when thought of these
solemn and sonorous words in the sou.
! tude of my own room, but now thai inc!
were spoken before the congregation hau
no fear, no misgiving, nothing but sense
| of rapture and of conservation
The last words being spoken ana LOU
Raa and being man and wife. we steppVu
into the Vestry to sign the register anu
not even there did my spirit fall me- !.
took up the pen and signed my n@li'
without a tremor
But hardly had | done so when l he''"
a rumbling murmur of voices ABOUT nv
first the bishops voice Gin such uli,''
ent tone) and then my fathers ana I.'- .
my husbands, and then the light 'OII''
of many others, in light conversation MAJ
gled with trills of laughter, Ana 'h'.
moment, in a twinkling, as los .rsu
snowflake melts upon stream 'N1 s,o,t
Of the marriage service seemed Fl" u..rs
I have heard since that my eyes "a
wet at that moment, and SeelH' .,-s.
have been crying all through the , S..' T
mony. [ know nothing about ina, .r,l
do know that l felt a KIND OF nv. ,,pI
shudder and that it was just as II NY iss.ovf.
had suddenly awakened from al
eating drug. ,,.o5dng
The organ began to play the VEN ann
march, and my husband, put'lHs ~
through his, said Come.
remember that as l stood on .,,irs
hearth-rug with my husband reC.,, s-,s
their rather crude compliments and
gaiety came over me, and sin'l. .aning
laughed. although my heart was s.orvcs
sick. for the effect of the weddinE s We M.
was ebbing away into cold oa' ...'',,sonlighi
that of a night tide when the N''
has left it. tusbsnd,
IT did not comfort me that m! "a,
without failing in good MAINE me. with
taking the whole scene and coIlp'"' which
certain scarcely yelled conlep'P'
| could not help but see .,sip,s;
And neither did it allay my ul'I ,rltn
TO glance at my father, watchlile' Hack
look of triumph in his ghste"i"e t, nj.
eyes. his proud guests coming W. him
one by one. and seeming to sd! BET
self, "They're here at last nam"
them, Yes, by cough, I've oel tered 4
Many a time since | have W.. rim q;
his conscience did not stir WITHIN IN The
he looked across at his daugh'e' ,,arrIej
Jewels of the noble house he haH ,' 6ris.
her into-the pale bride with ~. ,roggai
groom he had bought for her-d ~. which
of the mockery of sacred M ~. bride
he had brought about 10 gralliS
his vanity, perhaps his revenge NAT
But it was all over now ,raIy Of
ried to Lord Raa In the eyes snb iFt
the law. the world and the chu.d
knot between us was irrevocaoly w.