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But footsteps were heard approaching and he took his arm from her waist and stood beside her with her hand in his. The door opened and the bridesmaids and groomsmen filed in. Then there were exclamations of surprise and delight. "Oh, Maud, how lovely! how lovely! When and where did you get that beautiful dress and veil?
She insists that, when the ceremony takes place in December, they shall officiate as groomsmen, and I have no doubt she will carry her point In fact, when I retire for the night without first seeking their room, and putting a grateful kiss on their unconscious lips, my conscience upbraids me with base ingratitude.
"Well, that settles that," said Checkers; "but groomsmen or not, we 'll all be there, and I hope we'll all have a good time." It was in "the wee, sma' hours" when the party broke up, and Checkers and Arthur, after seeing their guests safely out, sought their rooms, and quickly tumbled into bed.
She insists that when the ceremony takes place in December, they shall officiate as groomsmen, and I have not the slightest doubt that she will carry her point. In fact, I confess to frequent affectionate advances toward them myself, and when I retire without first seeking their room and putting a grateful kiss upon their unconscious lips, my conscience upbraids me with base ingratitude.
"Nothing, my dear nothing," said the widow; then, whispering close to her ear, "There is a foolish fancy that I cannot get rid of. I am expecting my bridegroom to come into the church with my two first husbands for groomsmen." "Look! look!" screamed the bridemaid. "What is here? The funeral!" As she spoke a dark procession paced into the church.
Pompey, as groom, was resplendent in the full glare of a white duck suit, and he wore a rosette of satin ribbon "so's to 'stinguish him out f'om de groomsmen," each of whom was likewise "ducked" out in immaculate linen; and if there were some suggestive misfits among them, there were ample laundry compensations in the way of starch and polish a proud achievement of the bride.
These too were dressed as the genie, and nymphs of the river and were the groomsmen and bridesmaids in attendance on the betrothed. The longer the procession lasted and the nearer the looked-for victim approached, the more eagerly attent were the gazing multitude. When this group of youths and maidens had gone by, there was hardly a sound to be heard in the tribune and among the crowd.
Much as one loved Patricia, and great as was one's happiness, men did not love as boys did, after all.... "'Ah, Boy, it is a dream for life too high," said Colonel Musgrave, in his soul. "And now let's think of something sensible. Let's think about the present political crisis, and what to give the groomsmen, and how much six times seven is.
The question of precedence gave the Baron much trouble, as he could not determine whether Mr. Fox, then the British Minister and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, or Senator Buchanan, who had been Minister to Russia, should be the first groomsman. This important question was settled by having the groomsmen and bridesmaids stand in couples, four on either side of the bridegroom and bride.
He has blindly shaken hands with some one, but Marion takes his arm, and together they meet the thronging sea of faces and step blithely down the surpliced lane of choristers, down the archway stairs, down the broad and carpeted aisle between the batteries of smiles and tears, and after them comes Blake towering beside the first bridesmaid; come all the other damsels on the arms of their attendant cavaliers; and carriage doors are banging, and there is a merry chime resounding through the moonlit street, and away they drive to the handsome old home, with all its windows ablaze with light, and grounds with colored lanterns; and there in the great bay-window they take their stand, with the circling ranks of lovely bridesmaids and gallant groomsmen about them, and have time to note the lavish and beautiful decorations, for here, as at church, flowers are everywhere, and banks of daisies with the R. S. monogram in carnations, the crossed sabres of the th, cavalry guidons, and the stars and stripes all tell of the work of loving hands and hearts.
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