The Blind Road Author:Hugh Gordon General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1912 Original Publisher: Moffat, Yard and Company Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com wher... more »e you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER II HOMING TOGETHER flower of that June breathed such sweetness as my wonderful little Carmen on our wedding day. She was no pale lily, with her glorious golden head and her glowing cheeks and eyes. Even white satin and snowy tulle and orange blossoms could not take the warmth and sparkle from her. And she was not worn and jaded, either, as seems to be thf commonly accepted thing for brides. She had tot much bounding life and health in her for that. Imagine a golden rose that carries a touch of pink in its petals, that seems to blush as it ripens and unfolds, and, if girls are to be compared to flowers, that may picture my Carmen. It was one of those smiling days of soft blue skies and tender green leaves and cool moist breezes, that the most romantic girl might pray for as her wedding day. Every separate thing that might be counted an omen, too, was propitious. It was as if the day and all the things it brought, were made to crown the happiness of the loveliest little creatureunder a kindly sun. Clustering friends, glittering gifts, delightful arrangements, with all the little sentimental as well as social accompaniments properly complete, made it a wedding that is talked of yet by all who saw it as one of those few perfect things one sees in a lifetime. We stood by the altar in little St. Luke's, with a church full of friends at our backs, and made our public promises. I do not know what Carmen felt. Her hand on my arm was warm and untrembling. As for me, the sense of reality and of seriousness was strong and sobering. My passionate fondness for...« less