Central High School - El Centro Yearbook (Fresno, CA)

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' 0 dawn d ha ily It seemed as if not a better Sunday morning e. pp . S . day could have been chosen for the wedding. Even the biggs seem- . ' 7 . Sn.. ed to knhw that something unusual was going to happen. e u beams shone thru the pine trees upon the glistening dew of the' grasses and the sky was as blue as blue could be, with an occaion- al white cloud floating lazily upon the air. The people were all excited. Everyone had been invited and it was a rare treat for them. It was to take place at ten o'clock but long before that the people had begun to arrive. The bride was dressed in a plain b t rett fine linen dress. You may be disappointed becuase she U P Y was not dressed as elaborate as you have seen brides but remember this takes place back in a mountain town and not in New York. Almost all the people had now arrived and the bride and her attendants, the bridesmaids and the flOWeT girls were ready. It was ten o'clock exactly, but the groom had not yet come. The people were becoming uneasy. It was now a quarter past. While they are waiting for the groom to arrive let us take a look at the churchi It was small but had been decorated beauti- fully. From each corner and window extending to a pink bell, which hung above the altar were streamers of pink and white paper, with sprigs of wild roses pinned on them. The altar was surround- ed by all kinds of mountain flowers, by ferns and also by roses. Then of course, the room was decorated with greenery. All the ladies had their hair curled. Sone had good luck, but others A were too curled or not curled enough. Their dresses stood our very stiff for they had been starched the night before. Some of them who were not accustomed to having their hair curled and their dresses starched, because they had not use for doing it here in the mountains, looked very much out of place. It was now a quarter to eleven and Mr. Lee had not yet arrived a number of the people started going home and when the clock struck twelve the rest followed. They said he must have run away and deserted her, but she would not believe them and said,H I know he is true to me. I have faith in him, He must have been hurt or he would have come.H The girl and her parents waited the whole day but he did not come. Searching parties were formed who looked for him for many nonths but nowhere could he be found. Days, weeks, months and even years passed by. Still nothing was heard of him. The people vere now sure that he had run away, all but the girl. She never xarry for she believed that he had met with an accident or he lould have come to her. Fifteen years had now passed. The little village had grown o be a large town. The wedding that was to have been was almost orgotten. Most of the people had either moved away or died. he Van Buren family stilllflived here, they had not forgotten.