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When immediately afterwards they knelt, and had their
hands joined by Captain Headley, Waunangee bent eagerly
forward, as if apprehensive of losing the slightest part
of the ceremonial, but when at the conclusion, Ronayne
saluted his wife in the usual manner, his cheek became
suddenly pale as its native hue would permit, and with
folded arms and proud attitude he withdrew slowly from
the place he had hitherto occupied, to mingle more with
the crowd behind.
When Ronayne, who, remembering the little incident of
the ring, and the possible pique Waunangee might feel,
turned to look for him, that he might again present his
bride in her new character, he was no where to be seen,
nor was he ever again beheld within the precincts of that
stockade.
And under those singular and somewhat ominous circumstances,
were the long-delayed nuptials of Harry Ronayne and Maria
Heywood--the great favorites of the garrison--celebrated
to the joy of all within the Fort of Chicago.
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