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With his ar her in his love as in an everlasting benison And through their souls thrilled wonder, awe and passion, and life held anotherand another mystery

The words of solemn sacredness hallowed for centuries beyond the , deep with syht--and, hand in hand, the wo: "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here to join together this man and this woman in holy matrimony--reverently, discreetly, advisedly, soberly Into this holy estate these two persons present now cohtened upon her hand, for he felt her tre But bravely she shtquestion--slow and powerful: "Wilt thou have this woether in the holy estate of matrimony? Wilt thou love her, comfort her, honor, and keep her in sickness and in health, and keep thee only unto her, so long as ye both shall live?"

Allan's "I will!" was as a hy air

"Wilt thou have this ether in the holy estate of matrimony? Wilt thou serve him, love, honor, and keep him in sickness and in health, and keep thee only unto hi as ye both shall live?"

She answered proudly, bravely: "I will!"

Then the man chorused the voice and said: "I, Allan, take thee, Beatrice, to my wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health to love and to cherish, till death us do part, and thereto I plight thee my troth"

Her answer ca voice, like an antiphony of love: "I, Beatrice, take thee, Allan, to my wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forward for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health to love and to cherish, till death us do part, and thereto I give thee er the plain gold ring he had worn there soand kissed it, and, following the voice, he said: "With this ring I thee wed, and with all oods I thee endow In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost Areeted them as they stood on the broad porch of the cathedral, and the clear song of in wilderness, reeted the primal day