Brother clergymen called upon
Mr. Willcoxen, and pressed upon him the freedom of their houses. Alice
Morris and Mrs. Moulton, the relative with whom she was staying, called
upon Miriam, and insisted that she should go home with them, to remain
until after the wedding. But these offers of hospitality were gratefully
declined by the little set, who preferred to remain together at their
hotel.
The whole scene of metropolitan life, in its most stirring aspect, was
entirely new and highly interesting to our rustic beauty. Amusements of
every description were rife. The theatres, exhibition halls, saloons and
concert rooms held out their most attractive temptations, and night
after night were crowded with the gay votaries of fashion and of
pleasure. While the churches, and lyceums, and lecture-rooms had greater
charms for the more seriously inclined. The old and the young, the grave
and the gay, found no lack of occupation, amusement and instruction to
suit their several tastes or varying moods. The second week of their
visit, the marriage of Alice Morris and Oliver Murray came off, Miriam
serving as bridesmaid, Dr. Douglass as groomsman, and Mr. Willcoxen as
officiating minister.
But it is not with these marriage festivities that we have to do, but
with the scenes that immediately succeed them.
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