9 THE SPORTSMAN'S PARADISE; 



the distance until they greeted her arrival at this point. 

 Especially had the group seated on her upper forward 

 deck been the object of attention. This party was com- 

 posed of an equal number of neatly-clad males and fe- 

 males, who had seated themselves in chairs, that had been 

 arranged more or less regularly around the central figures, 

 the bride and groom. 



This company was composed mainly of the bride's 

 relatives who resided in the vicinity of Toronto. The 

 bride was, this day, the most important personage in the 

 whole party, and therefore entitled to a brief description 

 at our hands, although our informant was not able to give 

 us all the information that we desired, especially that which 

 related to her trousseau, and therefore our readers must 

 pardon the omission of much which would certainly serve 

 to embellish this part of our story. The bride had just 

 attained her twentieth birthday, and had received, through 

 the careful attention of her parents, a sound education. 

 It had been their strongly-cherished desire to prepare her 

 for the stern duties of life rather than to give her a mere 

 smattering of those branches of learning that are merely 

 ornamental, and often learned only to be forgotten a few 

 months after leaving the recitation-room. She had, there- 

 fore, been thoroughly trained by her mother in the man- 

 agement of household affairs, even without neglecting the 

 highly-important lessons in domestic economy. She like- 

 wise possessed a thorough English education, having 

 shown in school a great aptness for mathematical studies, 

 in which she particularly excelled. 



In personal appearance she was comely without being 



