A diamond necklace encircled her slender throat, and bracelets of the same shone upon her round white arms.

The whole was the gift of George Moreland, who had claimed the privilege of selecting and presenting the bridal dress, and who felt a pardonable pride when he saw how well it became Mary's graceful and rather queenly form.
At her left stood her bridesmaids, Ida and Jenny, while at George's right, were Mr.Elwood and William Bender the latter of whom looked on calmly while the solemn words were spoken which gave the idol of his boyhood to another and if he felt a momentary pang when he saw how fondly the newly made husband bent over his young bride, it passed away as his eye fell upon Jenny, who was now dearer to him, if possible, than Mary had ever been.
Among the first to congratulate "Mrs.Moreland," was Sally Furbush, followed by Mrs.Perkins, who whispered to George that "she kinder had a notion how 'twoud end when she first saw him in the school-house; but I'm glad you've got him," turning to Mary, "for it must be easier livin' in the city than keepin' school.

You'll have a hired girl, I s'pose ?" When supper was announced, the widow made herself very useful in waiting upon the table, and asking some of the Boston ladies "if they'd be helped to any thing in them dishes," pointing to the _finger glasses_, which now for the first time appeared in Rice Corner! The half suppressed mirth of the ladies convinced the widow that she'd made a blunder, and perfectly disgusted with "new-fangled fashions" she retreated into the kitchen, were she found things more to her taste, and "thanked her stars, she could, if she liked, eat with her fingers, and wipe them on her pocket handkerchief!" Soon after her engagement, Mary had asked that Sally should go with her to her city home.

To this George willingly consented, and it was decided that she should remain with Mrs.Mason until the bridal party returned from the western tour they were intending to take.

Sally knew nothing of this arrangement until the morning following the wedding, when she was told that she was not to return to the poor-house again.
"And verily, I have this day met with a great deliverance," said she, and tears, the first shed in many a year mingled with the old creature's thanks for this unexpected happiness.