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Consolation
By KEITH CORDON
; Through tit stained glass abort th
palms and rosea to. midday inn
streamed In, flecking the Men. wlta
gorgeous red, tluos and greens. It
tied a golden glory upon the tan, slen
der, graceful bride, and at the sight
the beat man abut bis jaw a bit more
determined. 8b. waa looking mot.
than ever Ilk. an angel, and In Dr.
minutes ibe would be the wife of bJ
beat friend. That tu th. monotonous
sentence which kept repeating itself in
bla mind. A If h. were likely to for-
Oppostt. bla and Jnat behind th.
bride the maid of honor stood. ' For
the moment toe, too, had forgotten the
gwsta, forgotten everything tare the
fact that th. on. man in the world
whom ahe might bar. lored for aba
alwaya' phrased It thus carefully to
herself waa at that moment rowing
td jore and cherish her closest friend.
She tad curious feeling that when 1
an. waa an oia. oia woman, whenj a
yrUow, withered face and dim, aad
eye looked back at her from her mlK
ror. ahe should atlll be able to His over
.AgaUi thftdeapair oltbbj moment whi-n
the white robed clergyman waa taking
him from hor life, a thousand tlmca
more Irrevocably than death conld hare
dona. t, t
There waa, a stir about her like the
nub' of the wind. For a second ahe
waa too lost la thought to understand;
then, as she dropped upon her knees
somewhat hurriedly, her bewildered
eyes caught thoee of the beat man, cas
ually at first and then with a quick.
startled recognition of something she
saw there. lie, too, had th. air of a
person suddenly awakened from a
nightmare, momentarily uncertain of
the aurroundlnga In which be found
himself. ; ; j , , '
moment later ahe had forgotten
his rery existence. " " "
He's Ethers husband now-Etbers
husband," ah. aald aternly to herself,
skill fully turning a dry sob Into a long,
broken breath and composing her face
to the radiant expression becoming the
bride's best friend.
Meanwhile the beat man admonished
hlmnolf In a similar strain. "Steady
now, old man! Nowa the time to get
out your bappy amile." Then, aa the
rigid muscles of his face gave no indi
cation of relaxing, bis thoughts ran on
crossly; "Don't be an ass! It's the
worst ever, so you might as well cheer
By the time the great organ pealed
out the triumphant strains of the wed
ding march be and the maid of honor,
their masks on, faced the gueeta that
filled the church, ready to play their
part for all they were worth. Some
thing in the music waa at once an in
iplrntlon and a challenge.
"Isn't she sweet V whispered one of
the guests to a companion, referring to
the mnld of honor. "Hut bow pule she
is, and what a curious look there Is in
her eyea-sort of nothing can ever mat
ter again expression and yet"
The speaker stopped, staring thought
fully at the cUI until ahe hud passed.
More than once during tbo course of
the wedding breakfast that followed
the best msn found himself watching
ber curiously.' No one waa gayer than
she none so gay, In fact. Her eyes
were brilliant, and her laugh rang out
raliantly, but his own misery made
him subtly conscious of some under
current of feeling that was running
strong and pitiless under tlio surface
bubbloe an undertow of misery that
abc was resisting with all her strength,
lie remembered that when, during
the ceremony, their eyes bad met in
that confused, unveiled glance she bad
been staring at the groom aa Intently
as be had at the bride.' Could It be
ne did not formulate the thought, but
be watched ber more keenly than ever
after that-ao keenly, Indeed, that once,
unable to bear it any longer,, with, an
appearance of unconsclouanesa she tax
ed him with It.
"You are very rude." ahe aald lightly,
but at hla grave, sincere "Believe me, I
have not meant to be." and the search
ing look that accompanied it, express
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slightly..: "weddings get upon my
nerves," she explained, with a )lttle
grimace, and before he cqujd reply, she
had turned away. '
The shower of rice and old aboes had
spent Itself, and the bride, and groom
bad departed, taking alt (he. romance
of th. world with them and leaving be
hind a monotony without form and
void. All of the guests felt It, and al
ready the bustle of departure waa In
the air. But to the best man and the
maid of honor lttvaa a ghastly, appall
lng fact that made them linger on the
steps after the others had re-entered
the house, staring blankly after ' the
carriage that' had disappeared around
the corner. Then the man remembered
where he was and pulled himself to
gether with an effort .
"Seems rather liko the end of things,
doesn't ltfj he observed rs they turned
Into the doorway. ", "
"From our standpoint, yes," waa the
listless answer.' Then shr caught her
Up between her teeth and darted a
quick, Inquiring glance at him. That
waa not preclaely what ahe would have
chosen to say, and ahe hoped that be
would not notice It But at the sight of
the somber amile in his eyes the hope
passed. "
In a snug corner of the deserted 11-
bran, whemaha finyweiis of tfte, de-
parting guests CTinTlolEemTurfafoJ.
17, sb. neir round herself, without U
g vary clu as to how she Mm.
them, Tte'tosf tosn m mmg la
front of her holding one of her hands
In a protecting, big brotherly fashion.
wbll. sbe vainly tried to keep back the
tears tbat aeemed to be rising as quiet
ly ana relentlessly as a flood. It was
no ose. Higher and higher they came.
8b. winked bard and shut ber teeth
firmly. Then she snatched her band
away and covered her face.
"My poor little girl," murmured th.
tet man softly.
. "Weddings are always sad. don't you
think r sbe gasped out, dabbing at ber
eyea with her handkerchief and erring
a uttie hysterical laugh. "Still, I don't
usually behave like this. Too see. when
your beat friend marrlessbthat ls
everytlilng is different and"- She gar.
up trying to explain the situation In de
spair and ended with as Incoherent
"nut irs au rery ridiculous; and I don'
Know wny I should ssy all this to
you." '
RhS WU th nWnr nt tialntan 4t
lh misery, snd the best man's heart
ached for ber. Momentarily his sympa-
tny loos: u. edge off bla own loneli
ness. II. winced at the thousht of ber
Bivlng to -suffer alone the maddening
sens, oi loss that tormented him.
'Terbaps it's because misery lores
company," he said gently. "Perhaps
you reel tnat this wedding hasn't been
altogether like other weddinga to me
either,? be went on, with a mtter of
Tact air, as if it were the most natural
thing in the world that they abouid
be confiding In each other. ' '
She was watching him with a dawn
ing understanding In her eyes, and he
met ber guze with a whimsical smile,
aa If he were offering her the open
book of his soul to read If sbe would.
! "Do you mean that you, too" ' 1
' There was no need to complete the
Question, for It waa answered before it
waa spoken. Involuntarily ber hands
went out to him In quick, warm sym
pathy, and though her only comment
waa a breathless "Obr It waa eloquent
with feeling.
Little by little her composure came
back to her.
"It waa so good of you to tell me,"
he said gratefully. "I tblnk I feel as
Robinson Crusoe did when he discov
ered the man Friday.
; "Not that I'm glad that you're un
happy, too," ahe added quickly; "only
It doesn't seem so lonely now that I
know that there is some one who un
derstands. After all, that's what makes
life worth living, Isn't itr she finished,
looking up at him with what seemed to
him the sweetest look he had ever aeen
In a girl's face.
, When at the end of six months the
bride and groom returned from their
honeymoon abroad the best man and
the maid of honor were among the first
of their dinner guesta.
"See here; it seems to me that you
two hare been making bay in our ab
sence," laughed the bride, noting with
woman a quick Instinct the deep, strong
understanding tbat seemed to exist be
tween the two, whereupon her listen
ers exchanged a somewhat humorous,
albeit confused, glance, but refused to
explain.
The following June they were mar
ried. Just before the Lohengrin march
the organist played "Consolation," at
which such of the guests as recognized
the selection elevated their erebrowa
and wondered. But th. bride and groom
alone were in the secret It was a cast
of In memoriam.
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