August 14, 19 1 5 
LAND AND WATER 
THE little bride's face was very soft and sweet 
and serious. The bridegroom stood very upright 
and motionless beside her. There was vigour 
and determination in every hne of the lean 
spare figure in its somewhat battered-looking 
service dress. In front stood the old clergyman, who had 
known them both from childhood. He was as a general 
rale no orator, yet few had ever approached the beauty of 
the short address he had just given the newly married pair. 
It had been very simple, very brief, very much to the point. 
It had appealed in every word to the man just back on a few 
days' leave from the trenches ; it had softened the dread 
of parting even now besetting the woman his wife. A broad 
shaft of sunlight came aslant through the East window, 
and brought a rainbow of purple, green, and rose into the 
small country church. It reached the first of the few pews 
in which were the few asked to the informal ceremony. 
Only one of many such scenes enacted since the beginning 
of the war. A bridegroom back for a short while from 
" somewhere in France," a bride in a wedding gown that had 
been bought almost at twenty-four hours' notice. One more 
war wedding, which yet took place in surroundings almost 
incredibly peaceful to the chief actor in khaki. Outside in 
the quiet churchyard, lining either side of the path leading 
from the quaint lych-gate to the church, beyond in the road 
running alongside the church was a crowd of villagers awaiting 
the appearance of bridegroom, bride, and their attendant 
retinue. The sky was very cloudless and blue, the scent of 
roses, honeysuckle, and other fragrance was borne in the air. 
It was perfection of a late English summer day, one destined 
to linger in the memory of many witnessing the scene, and 
recalled more than once in after years. 
And After 
Through the open door comes the first chords of the 
Wedding March. A few seconds and following come the 
bride and bridegroom out into the waiting sunshine. The 
village has a thrill of disappointment that she does not wear 
the traditional long trained wedding dress and flowing white 
veil. In other days she would have done so ; now a summer 
frock, and large gathered tulle hat are substituted. All 
that gives a hint of possible wedding glory is the bridal 
bouquet, which has that morning travelled down expressly 
from London. It is the traditional bouquet of carefully 
chosen snowy white flowers, with flowing streamers, on one 
{Ccntinrted on p. 345.) 
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