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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1908-03-20, Page 3piWiFb,lfb.13b.1t6.7$b,al>ti,.aib , MENXimmaxxman and iteincxxxxxxxxxxxxxNNNIUMNNNA CHAPTER XXXIV. Joseph Barton arrived in a plain trav- elling carriage, on the last of May, and on the first of Julie Joseph and Letitia were quietly married - at the village church; and amid the smiles and good wishes of their friends, they departed for their far western home. The wedding day of Maud. and Falcon- er was appointed for Thursday, the 21st of June—the glorious summer solstice. Had the arrangements been left to the disposition of the beautiful, but unas- suming, young heiress, or her gifted lov- er, their marriage would have been just as unpretending as that of the Barton. But the management of the affair rest- ed not with the youthful pair; they had scarcely a voice in the matter. Neither Falconer nor Maud. were in the least de- gree responsible for the splendor that attenoed their marriage. Falconer, in fact, was in Washington' where he re- maiued until the week of the wedding. Mrs. Level, as the matron nearest of kin to the bride, as well as nearest at hand for the occasion, very properly and rightfully assumed the ofice of mis- tress of the ceremonies. Now, we all know pretty little Mrs. Lovers passion for display, and to that was due the ostentatious splendor of the prepara- tions. She took her niece to New York, and, without the least regard to cost— for the little lady was not drawing up- on her own funds—selected a magnifi- cent trousseau, with which was a bridal dress and veil of matchless beauty and splendor, and a set of opals of the pur- est water. They then returned to How - let Hall, where Mrs. Lovel remained to superintend affairs until after the mar- riage. Months previous she had writ- ten to Sir Henry and Lady Percival., ad- vising them of the approaching event, and expressing the great pleasure she should feel could they make a visit and be present at the ceremony. This she had•written as a mere form of courtesy, little thinking that her invitation would possibly bo accepted. It was, therefore, with as much surprise as pleasure that upon their return from New York Mrs. Loyal found a letter from Lady Percival, conveying cordial congratulations to the bride and bridegroom, and announcing the speedy arrival of, herself . and Sir Henry to.assist at the. solemnities. The letter .was accompanied by a costly and elegant corbeilie—the baronet's o!- fering to the bride. "Friends shower gifts upon me—they overpower me with kindness," said the gentle girl, with tears of sweet emotion in her eyes. On the Monday of the marriage week Sir Henry and Lady Percival arrived at the Hall, and were most cordially wel- comed by Mrs. Dovel, in the name of the youthful lady of the house. And Maud was well pleased that the little bustle of their arrival would subside be- fore the coining of Falconer, who was expected to reach the neighborhood on the twentieth. Accordingly, on the morning of that day. the guests at the Hall had the thoughtfulness and gond nature to keep out of the way and leave Maud to herself so that the first meeting of the young pair should be alone. Without knowing why she was left, Maud was nevertheless very glad to find herself the sole occupant of her draw- ing -room. Me had attired herself with that poetic beauty which—say as you will— only can inspire and teach for the be- loved one's eyes. Her morning dreas was pure and delicate wbite cambric, slightly edged with the finest lace. Her luxuriant hair of golden auburn fell in resplendent ringlets down her beautiful and blooming face. Expectation had heightened the vivid flush of her cheeks and kindled the brilliant light of ge calculated; every gernxhere, stu,nds-for dayeof toil—of an a.itists,i?ricelen tail. Yes! and priceless ,le»'e, too- heaven' awake me deserving of itl and. she bent forward and clasped her arms around his neck and dropped her beau- tiful head upon his ehonlder and wept such blissful tears! Fresentiy,ghe lifted her facts, all radiant with light and love, and whspered. • "I, too, have a•gift for you, dearest !+'alconer; but it isnot so 'precious ati yours. Oh; no; not nearly so worthy of your acceptance; for love has net toiled for it!" And, rising, she went to 'an escritoire and took out a packet tied with red tape, and eaxne up to where he stood and put it in his hand. He unfolded and ea.- amined it, while she leaned upon his shoulder. It was a deed of conveyance •of Howlet Hall, and the whole of her landed estate, to Falconer O'Leary,' regi}lathy and le- gally drawn up, signed, witnessed and sealed. 'I had reserved rt 'for 'Lb -morrow," she said, simply; "but indeed I could not resist the pleasure of putting it in your hands to -day." "And you—the richest heiress in the Stae—have' thus conveyed to me the whole of your property, and left yourself penniless!" "What of that? Are 'not" our inter- ests one?" she whispered, shyly, fondly. "Yes! :blessed be . Heaven; they are one; but, being one, why did you not keep the estate in your own right; it would have been the same thing, since our interests are inseparable. Answer, love, why?" "Oh!" said Maud, hiding he blushing face in his bosom, and speaking in the soft, low tones of shy devotion, "you do not know a woman's "fond; doting heart. She does so delight to depend upon her husband; to owe all things to his love; to receive everything from his hand! That is the way with her. God has made her so!" This was a new revelation, to Falconer. His face might have been, an artist's study for a demi-god! It was ell -glori- ous with inspiration, ar di "Blessed be God for woman!" he eja elated. Then, disengaging himself froi : her shy em- brace, he tore the deed in fragments and threw it upon the floor,, Maud regarded this sod with a look of perplexity But, he turned, with a x opened his arms, and gathe• bosom, saying: "It was the idea of my taking this 'that kindled Maudl it you to oathly t, that you veet- ear heard the coming of her lover. There was a quick, light sound of horse's hoofs galloping up to the door, the elastic spring of the rider from thus saddle, hurried footsteps up the portico, a word with the servant in waiting at the door, and in another instant Fal- coner was in the room, and Maud +wee in his arms, pressed to his bosom, warm heart to heart, flushed cheek to cheek, and the golden ringlets to raven locks. It was a close, silent, impassioned em- brace of fervid., pure, young love—a love ineffable and full of joy --a joy too great for speech! She was the first to recover self-pos- session. With her beautiful face dyed with blushes, she gently strove to re- lease herself. And he, with a love too tender to con- strain, freed her, still lightly holding one white hand, and gazing with unutterable affection upon her charming, downcast face. And how handsome he looked, with his fine, athletic, yet graceful form, and dark, resplendent countenance full of strength and fire. He spoke first. "Maud! my own Maud! fairest angel! look up! Let me see your blessed eyes!". Smiling a little at his enthusiasm, she lifted her white lids and shot one swift, shy glance into the dark splendor of his eyes, and then dropped them again in a confusion so beautiful and bewitching that her lover nearly lost his reason, and snatched and strained her to his bosom in a delirium of passionate de- light! Again she extricated herself, suffused with rosy blushes, and he led her to a seat. And there, close by her side, with his arm enfolding her waist, with his other hand clasping her fingers, with his eyes resting in measureless content upon her lovely countenance, and reading there the prophecy of long years of love and joy unspeakable, he began to pour out the fullness of his heart; to tell her of his infinite affection; of his long and bitter sufferings in the past; - of his bounding delight in the present, and his rapturous hopes for the future. And she spoke or his artist life; of his. 'brilliant success; of the pride and pleasure she took in his growing celeb- rity, and her perfect "faith in a .f And then her heart fluttered in her bosom like a wild bird in its nest, for est Falconer; but I accept your precious her spirit perceived almost before her gift; it is inestimable; its cost cannot immortal fame. What joy to hear his praises from her lips! He felt almost overpowered by them. He could only raise her hand to his heart and press it there again and again, murmuring be- tween whiles: "My queen! my queen!" or some other epithet of enthusiastic af- fection. When she ceased speaking, he arose, and with a bright smile took a rich cas- ket from the table, and, with a charming blending of deference, with playful fond- ness, dropped upon one knee and pre- sented it to her, saying: "Isere is the first meets of my labor, and I lay it at the feet of my liege lady, humbly entreating her acceptance of the poor gift." It was a magnificent parure of pearls, that a royal bride might have envied. It had taken the whole proceeds of the sale of his greatest works to purchase them. He had condensed, crystallized the labor of years in one costly offering, and laid it at her feet. They represent- ed, not so many thousand vulgar dollars, but painful days and nights of toil and study, glorious days and nights of inspir- ation! The worldly, the sordid ,the cold and the prudent, might blame this extrava- gance. So did not Maud, his beautiful bride. The gift' touched her heart, as it eould not have done had her bride- groom been a millionaire, who had only drawn a cheque upon his banker for the price of the jewels. But this was the labor of years. Her eyes filled with tears, her bosom heaved with emotion, and her voice faltered, as in lovely hu- mility she said: "I am not worthy, dear- 4200„�.(lny"CO �Ni'4+ �•�i+�-+0 Gn'Ihood and Sc i '.s Esnf1.sion are linked together. The girl 'l to takes Sc. o'tes Erna has plenty- of rich, red blood; she is plump, active and energetic. The reason is that at a period when a gir'l's digestion is weak, Sta. oi is Erna is po''ovides her with powerful nourishment in easily digested form. It is a food that builds and keeps up a Pea strength. ALL DRUGGISTSI apo. AND 51.00. 0 444444 4440410,04404144* .off =' :r 0,. 1w...ells.n.ums+m°wm2.111W wumrlawskala+.Wen' _... bride had rluanged her wedding dress for a riding habit, the young ague bade adieu to their friends, elites +! the car- riage, and set out upou their b:ilittour. 11 was to be a very eaten sive one They proceeded to New York and em barked for Europe, where they spent several months in travel. They had thought to glide very quiet- ly and unobtrusively through their Con- tinental tour, but everywhere in the ol',d cities of the Continent had the young artist's fame preeeded him; and is every country where the love of liberty and the esteem of politieal righteoueneas pre- vailed was the memory and name of Daniel'Iiunter the watchword of the peo- ple. And in all places were attention and adulation lavished upon the beautiful young woman—the only daughter of the mighty Daniel Hunter and the bride of the first sculptor of his time. And every- where Maud's heart beat high at the honors paid to the memory of her tether and the genius of her husband. They returned to their native country and reached Washington the following January, in the height of the session of Congress and of the fashionable season. Here also, quietly as they had glided in, they were received with great eclat. The celebrated young sculptor was the lion of the season. The memory of Dan - lel Hunter was green in the hearts • of his countrymen—opposite parties, all parties, united now to do his great na- ture justice; and his only representative, his beautiful daughter, wee everywhere attended with the most distinguished honors. bfan d once more found herself the reigning queen of the eapital, while Falconer was its last and greatest cele- brity. In March the young pair nought once more their beautiful country seat at Eowlet Hollow -for a reason that will soon appear. For in June there was an heir born to the estate ---a fine boy, who received baptism the name of Daniel Hunter. And the happiness fo the young couple needed nothing to complete it. And now in conclusion, it is only ne- cessary to add that the neighborhood improvements which had been projected and commenced by Mr. and Mrs. Hunter were carried on to completion by the youthful proprietors of Howlet Hollow. Under their auanices the mountain ham- let of Summit has sprung up to be one of the most flourishing villages in that section of the cedars-. And, at this moment. 1lowlet Ba11 is the elegant seat of refined hospitality; the honored shrine of genius; and the favored abode of domestic love and bliss. The End. en change trouble. 'ant smile, her to his patrimony away from yo my scorn! Dear lovel was beautiful—it was 1 offer it, but it would li inme to take it! lovely epithet of enc yet!—Sweet Maud! er than life and im Now, let the if they will per, BRIGHT MS, ROSY CHEEKS. 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Louisiana to -day embraces within its boundaries an area which is hilts present condition as .useless to its people as a ins area on the high seas. .. == =”" l'iin Southern Farm - r .this now worthless area, some; .sing over 7,000,000 acres, is the greatest ody of fertility in the world, except probably in the Amazon flood plain. • The cultivated portion of the alluvial district south of Red River is to -day sup- porting the densest agricultural popula- tion of the United States— a population of 330 to the square mile of cultivated land, omitting entirely the urban popu- lation of New Orleans. Based upon what the alluvial lands are now doing, the undrained lands of Lou- isie,na—laude to -day wholly unoccupied— are capable of supporting., nut counting the cities which would exist there, over 3,500,000, a population exceeding any one of forty States of the American Union. Cultivated as the sugar district of Louisiana now is the annual wealth pro- duction would approach the present value of the cotton crop of the United States and exceed by millions the value of our entire wheat crop. Holland, on an alluvial area (2,750,000 acres) considerably less than one-half of Louisiana's undrained area, and with a fertility not up to the Louisiana stand- ard, supports about 5,000,000 people, and up to the highest standard of Europe. (Tolland is almost a synonym for wealth. Egypt, with a' cultivated alluvial dis- trict (5,340,000 acres) considerably less than the one under discussion supports 10,000,000 people, not up to the Euro - peon or American standard, but since the population supported to the square mile is about the same as in Holland, the lower standard of living is doubtless duo to the character of the people. On 1,500,000 acres of land Egypt pro- duces fully one-seventh as much cotton as does the whole United States; that is to say, one acre of cotton in Egypt is worth approximately four acres in this country, and we are buying a continually increasing proportion of Egyptian cotton every year. Egyptian is a more valuable cotton. than our standard cotton, but it is worth less than our Sea Island cotton. It hap- pens that Sea 'eland cotton grows to perfection on the sea coast lands of Lou- isiana, and eve have here enough first class Sea Island cotton lands, when once drained, to duplicate in pounds and to exceed in value all of the long staple while- uiiroes, At 8 o'4o611. whole wedding ct. the gorgeously fume Hall. The central ger of neighboring eyes, the bridal party. I wish seen the young pair as t in the midst of the sup: 0 rounded by the small bu splendid com- pany, and waiting to pledge each other those willing vows of love and faith to last through life and— i;: their .hearts they added, beyond deati , ' Falconer looked hande ^ie, :reposing, princely. His dress was o invisible blue cloth, with the coat fac cgs; :he vest, stock, etc., of rich white t .-.tin. His fine figure was drawn up tc1 its fullest height; his dark and splendid •counte- nance was irradiated with the love and pride and joy he could not entirely sup- press. And Maud was such a beautiful and peerless bride! She wore a magnifi- cent dress of white brocade, deeply flounced with Brussels lace; the bertha and the sleeve falls of the same trim- ming. Her rich veil, of ample size and cobweb texture, fell around her beauti- ful form like a transparent mist; a wreath of orange blossoms crowned her head; and her splendid, gold -hued ring- lets flashed down each gide her bloom- ing cheeks, making a sort of halo around them. Her oyes were fixed• upon the ground. Three young ladies, 'in white satin and 'white rose wreaths, and three young gentlemen,' in the proper wedding dress, officiated as attendants. The Rev. Mr. Lovel performed the ceremony, and Sir Henry Percival gave away the bride. Falconer pronounced his vows in deep, earnest tone, with his eyes fixed upon his beloved. But Maud's voice, faltered very much, and her eyes constantly sought the ground, until whet •she came to he asked: "Maud, wilt thou have this man to be thy wedded husband, to liv etogether after God's ordinance in the holy estate of matrimony? Wilt thou obey him and serve him, love, honor and keep. him in sickness and in health, and, forsaking all others, keep thee only unto hint as long as ye both shall live?" Then, winking a generous effort over herself, she lifted her soul -lit. eyes to meet her bridegroom's gaze,•and answer- ed, earnestly: "I will!" When the rites were over Mrs.. Lovel lifted the veil from the bride's head, and friends pressed around with congratu lations. A sumptuous breakfast eves waiting in the dining room, to which. the com- pany soon repaired. It was a:breakfast after; the French style, with meats, and game, and pastry, fruits and light wines, etc. And health were drank, and toasts everre !prdposed, and jests, and good wishes, and congratulations were passed around—and so the marriage festival came to an end at last. A superb travelling carriage, drawn by a pair of high'spirited, dappled gray • horses, stood before the Hall deur. Anil as soon as the he .inure use, d' have d there m, sur - cotton produced in the world, Eg rpt included. Beyond question the drainage of ;he remaining marshes and swamps in the United States is the most important tat- • ural development awaiting ns, and is sure to be done by the present genera- tion. Scores of drainage projects are now actively under way, and thousands of acres have already been brought under cultivation with most satisfactory re- sults. The production of these neve lands far exceeds that of the older cultivated lands of this famously productive delta, and exeept where reclaimed by companies for the purpose of sale they are rarely offered at any price. Here the drainage movement is getting momentum, and it will not stop until south Louisiana has become the richest agricultural com- munity of its size in the world. WEIGHED FOUR POUNDS WHEN FOUR MONTHS OLD. 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