Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-19

of rain. as I'VE been saying to my
gel here But my son-in-law. LORD
Raa" cloud hammering on the table,,
my son-in-law says he has TO be IN
London to- morrow, and this morning
my daughter has sworn obedience
What's that? Something like II
then, so she's bound to go along with
him. So I'LL up your glasses to the
brim and drink to the bride and
bridegroom
A Proud Day.
AS soon as the noise made by the
passing of decanters had died down
my father spoke again.
This is the produest day OF my
life. It's the day I've worked for
and shaved for and saved for, and IT'S
come to pass at last"
There was another chorus of APP
plause
church. MIR. Curphy sir? Time brings
in its revenges? 1t does. too LOOK
at me."A
MY father put his thumbs in the
armpits OF his waistcoat
you all know what | am ana
where | come from
MY husband put his monocle 10
his eye and looked up.
81 come from mud cabin on the
Curragh not hundred miles from
here My father was Kill
but never mind about that now.
When he left us IL was middliug hard
collar work, | can tell you - what
with me working the bit OF croft
and the mother wedding for some OF
you-some OF your fathers | mean
ninepence day dry days. and six
pence all weathers When | was a
lump of a lad | was sworn at In the
high road by a gentleman driving in
his grand carriage, and the mother
was dashed by his but never
mind about that neither | guess
I've hustled round considerable since
then, and this morning I've married
my daughter into the first family in
the island"
There was another burst Of cheer
ing at this. but It was almost
drowned by the loud rattllng OF the
rain which was now falling on the
lantern light
"Monsignor." cried my father,
pitching his voice still higher, whats
that you were saying in Rome about
the mills OF GodT'
Plumbing his jewelled cross and
smiling hiandly the Rishop gave my
father the familiar quotation.
Truth enough too rhe mills of
God grind slowly but they're grinding
exceeding small Nineteen years ago
| thought ] was as sure of what
wanted as when | got out Of my bed
this morning II my gel here had
been horn a boy. my son would have
sat where his lordship is now sitting.
But alls well that ends Well If |
haven't got son I've got a son i'm
law. and when | get grandson he'll
be the richest man that ever stepped
into Castle Raa, and the uncrowned
King of ELAN
A Propitious Union.
At that there was a tempest Of
cheers, which, mingling with the
clamor Of the storm, made deafen-
ing tumult
They're saying a dale nowadays
about fathers and chlldren-daugh-
ters being separate beings, and all
to that But show me the daughter
that could do better for herself than
my gels father has done for her, She
has a big fortune. and her husband
has a big name, and what more do
they want in this world anyway
Nothing at all" came from various
parts OF the room.
Neighbours said my father, look
ing round him with a satisfied smile,
I'm having you dry as herrings in a
hould, but before ] call on you to
drink this toast III ask the Bishop to
spa<e to you He's a grand man is
the Bishop. and in fixing up this
marriage / don't in the world know
what l could have done without him. "
The Bishop still lingering his Jew
eiled cross and smiling, spoke in
his usual suave voice lie firmly be-
lieved that the Church had that
morning blessed a most propitious
and happy union, Something might
ne said against mixed marriages. but
under proper circumstances the
Church had never forbidden them
and his lordship tthis with deep
bow to my husband) had behaved
with great liberality of mind
As for what their genial and rugged
host had said Of certain foolish and
dangerous notions about the relations
Of father and child. he was reminded
that here were stiu more foolish and
dangerous ones about the relations Of
husband and wife
From the earliest ages Of ,he
/ church however, those relations had
been exactly defined. let wives be
subject to their husbands" said the
Epistle we had read this morning. and
no less conclusive had been our ClosA
ing prayer asking that the wife keep
true fsltla with her husband. being