Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-09-29
miscellaneous.
TAKEN AT HIS WORD.
OR THE DOUBLE BRIDAL.

Scrcnty-nlnc passengers on board the
fast steamer, Emily Barton, bound up
the Tennessee. \ pleasant, intelligent
go ahead captain, a good steward, and
social, refined company made the trip
one of plcasurc-indccd long shall re-
member the saucy Emily Barton, and
her superb living freight
One lovely summer evening it was
whispered that We were to have Il we'd
ding before the boat reached her dcsti-
nation-said whisper started first low
and near the stern, somewhere in the
vicinity of the ladies' cabin, and spccdi-
ly making its way to tie hail, the boiler
deck, and then to the main like the
SNOWFALL rolling down the mountain,
gathering size, form and momentum, as
it rolled forward, until the principles in
the interesting scene were not only
pointed out, but the parson with some
scraps of the history Of each fiction, fact
and surmisc, all hushcd up ingeniously,
leaving one in that half pleasant, half
painful state of suspense and doubt, that
opens the eyes so wide and strains the
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pring around you.
Well, we landed to wood at a marnt-
ficcnt beech bottom, the tall, heavily
lcavcd trees with silver grey trunks
making deep shade, while they, with
the grassy green bank that bore them,
were imaged in the CLASSY river, so clear,
50 true, that inversion only pointed the
false from the real; while cutting this
charming spot in twain, came murmur-
ing a crystal spring brook, scarcely four
spans wide, to lose itself in the mass of
Tennessee waters, they in return to be
alike lost i'll the boundless sea.
No sooner was the staging out than
there emerged from the ladies' cabin a
fine, manly looking fellow, dressed in
faultlcso taste, intellect beaming in every
feature, while over his face perfect hap
pincSS shonc like Phorus on the sea-
Leaning on his arm, was the most love-
able woman it had ever been my lot to
behold, her fine hazel eycs-tcll tales
that they wcrc-speaking deep emotion,
and her expressive lip quivcring with
suppressed excitement, while her dress,
step and grace, was that of a queen.
There they are! That's her oil
how beautiful - burst from many lin.
as we instnctivcly made way to lc, them
pass to the altar, and where that was
We had about as clear an idea as trans
cendcntalist generally has Of what they
are talking about. But one thing fun
ahead, and to follow in tlreir wake was
the way to see it. As the laNes pissed
a gallant arm was offered to each, and
thus we marched out of the cabin down
the Stairs, across the staging, and up
the slopirg bank. Some fifty yards up
the brook the pair stopped, and joining
hands they stood with the clear water
between thcm-bridgcd as it was by twin
ing fingers Of love as pure as itself.
All was silent, still, until broken by the
minister reading i'll an expressive man
ncr "Ana Of the rib the Lord took from
man, made he woman and brought her
to man. Adam said this is bone of my
bone and flesh Of my flesh, she Shall he
called woman because she WAS taken out
of man. Therefore shall Il man clcayc
unto his wife, and thy shall be one
flesh" lie then closed the good and
holy book and offered most touching
and beautiful praycr4-not heart but
seemed to feel the earnest appeal to the
throne of grace. Then asking the usual
questions he pronounced them husband
and wife.
Pie bride slowly sinking on her
knees, raised her beautiful face all COW
cred with tears, rlaspcd her hands, and
in the most touching sweet voice, trcm-
ulous with emotion, said;
And now, oh, mcrciful Father,
grant that our lives thus umitcl may
peacefully flow in ono, even, as this riy-
ulct, until We reach the river of death,
undivided in faith and conduct, and be
permitted to enjoy thno eternal smiles
in the land of the pure and blessed"
Every pulse seemed sGllcd, hoping for
more of this beautiful drama Not q
word, not movement from all that
throu,c I'll oil v,. hoprin,,g IN