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The Romance and Tragedy of a Widely Known Business Man of New York

Chapter 5 WEDDING BELLS

Word Count: 1235    |    Released on: 01/12/2017

finally come to an end, and at six o'clock on the evening of Saturday,

e road gave me ample time for contemplation, which I was in a mood to avail myself of. I felt all the eagerness of youth, t

be intrusted to me, to make or t

le after mile, mentally reviewing the past, loo

ive thousand dollars, while my income from my business was, so far as I could see, making a steady and gratifying increase. My health was perfect, I had not a care in the world

y, and then visited my married sister

without being too cold. I was at the Michigan avenue home early, and after a few minutes with Miss Wilson, walking through the

as busy with the final preparations, and I wandered around,

the hour

girls we entered the crowded rooms, and in a few m

journal, I will not attempt to describe the gown

seen any creature half so lovely; and as I looked into those eyes, beaming with love, trust, confidence,-everything, th

proven; but as I write these lines, looking back over more than thirty-two years of married life, I know that my m

d with me, in times of adversity and bitter trials she has stood nobly by me, always

en I would have fallen by the wayside, and her sweet companionship and keen appre

arb and made a race for the carriage, submitting goo

last farewell had been said while standing on the platform of the car as the train pulled out from the

ent we had been alon

to my business; so after a day or two each at Toledo and Alba

elieving that we were not bride and groom; but I have no doubt that if we foole

her dignity, but I fear I wa

oledo, looked at me when I registered. As I was not yet twenty-two years

rd with a very pleasant and refined family in Fort Greene Pla

my way to the office, and whenever the weather was suitable

always home at the ea

ery hour that

ome trait of character, some mental attribute, o

ives developing

ious host to my friends, I was selfish enough to wish, at times, that we

m." I have found something far sweeter, as this narrative in its natural

admiration she commanded from our fri

tended church service in the morning, and the afternoons

never a du

y taken either with my family or at Mr. Sherman's. Occasionally we would attend an ev

ion while engaged h

edded life, and after all these years

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1 Chapter 1 THE FIRST ROUND OF THE LADDER2 Chapter 2 I MEET MY AFFINITY3 Chapter 3 A CO-PARTNERSHIP DISSOLVED4 Chapter 4 AND THE ANSWER WAS YES 5 Chapter 5 WEDDING BELLS6 Chapter 6 THE FIRST REVERSE OF FORTUNE.7 Chapter 7 THE COMING OF THE STORK.8 Chapter 8 THE NEW PARTNER.9 Chapter 9 SUBURBAN LIFE.10 Chapter 10 MY PARTNER RETIRES11 Chapter 11 A YEAR OF SUNSHINE12 Chapter 12 AN IDEAL LIFE13 Chapter 13 PROSPEROUS DAYS14 Chapter 14 NEAR THE DARK VALLEY15 Chapter 15 A SUCCESSFUL MANEUVER16 Chapter 16 REDSTONE 17 Chapter 17 OUR NEIGHBORS18 Chapter 18 AN UNEVENTFUL YEAR19 Chapter 19 THE STREAM BROADENS20 Chapter 20 RETROGRESSION21 Chapter 21 THE DAM GIVES WAY22 Chapter 22 THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM23 Chapter 23 A FEW WEAK FRENCH SPECULATORS 24 Chapter 24 EXCITING TIMES25 Chapter 25 COME AND DANCE IN THE BARN 26 Chapter 26 AN IMPORTER AND DEALER27 Chapter 27 SAD HEARTS AT KNOLLWOOD28 Chapter 28 NEW FACES29 Chapter 29 A SHORT YEAR AND A MERRY ONE30 Chapter 30 TWO SIDES TO THE QUESTION31 Chapter 31 THE PANIC OF NINETY-THREE32 Chapter 32 FAREWELL TO REDSTONE 33 Chapter 33 A SUMMER ON THE SOUND34 Chapter 34 MONMOUTH BEACH35 Chapter 35 THE SHIP FOUNDERS36 Chapter 36 THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS37 Chapter 37 W. E. STOWE & CO., INCORPORATED 38 Chapter 38 THE STRUGGLE COMMENCED39 Chapter 39 THE STRUGGLE CONTINUED40 Chapter 40 THE DARKNESS BEFORE THE DAWN41 Chapter 41 BRIGHTER DAYS42 Chapter 42 SMOOTH SAILING INTO ROUGH WATERS43 Chapter 43 THE TYRANNY OF THE JURY LAW44 Chapter 44 BITTER TRIALS45 Chapter 45 AT THE BRINK OF THE GRAVE46 Chapter 46 AGAIN AT THE HELM47 Chapter 47 A NIGHTMARE48 Chapter 48 RETROSPECTION49 Chapter 49 A DREAM50 Chapter 50 FROM GOD AND THE KING 51 Chapter 51 A FOUNDATION PRINCIPLE