most
intimate friends of the parties--that is to say, the Rev. Dr. and Mrs.
Peters, of All Faith Rectory; the Grandieres, of Oldfield; the Elks, of
Grove Hill; Miss Bayard, of Forest Rest, and Mr. Roland Bayard, of nowhere
in particular.

The ceremony was performed in the drawing room of Mondreer, by the Rev.
Dr. Peters. The bride was given away by Mr. Force. She wore the elegant
wedding dress which had been prepared for Odalite; the two little
bridesmaids wore the same dresses in which they had appeared at the
attempted wedding of the month previous. Roland Bayard was the groomsman.

Immediately after the ceremony the bride's cake was cut and served. Roland
Bayard received the hidden ring, which promised him a bride in the course
of the year, and he immediately crossed the room and put it on the finger
of little Rosemary Hedge, amid the good-humored congratulations and
laughter of the little company, and to the great confusion of the quaint,
little girl who had been favored.

Soon after this the negro fiddlers came in and tuned up their
instruments.

The young men took their partners and the dancing began.

Roland Bayard, as groomsman, opened the ball with the bride. Dr. Ingle,
with the first bridesmaid, was their _vis-a-vis_. The dancing continued
until ten o'clock, when an elegant little supper was served in the dining
room.

After this the bride changed her dress, and the just-wedded pair took
leave of their friends, and entered the carriage engaged for the occasion,
and amid a shower of slippers departed for the young doctor's new home.

The subsequent developments of Anglesea's machinations will be related in
the sequel to this volume, entitled "Love's Bitterest Cup." This is
published in uniform style and price with this volume.

THE END

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RICHELIEU. A tale of France in the reign of King Louis XIII. By G. P. R.
James. Cloth, 12mo. with four illustrations by J. Watson Davis. Price,
$1.00.

In 1829 Mr. James published his first romance, "Richelieu," and was
recognized at once as one of the masters of the craft.

In this book he laid the story during those later days of the great
cardinal's life, when his power was beginning to wane, but while it was
yet sufficiently strong to permit now and then of volcanic outbursts which
overwhelmed foes and carried friends to the topmost wave of prosperit