Peyton and Joe Woods are the men
who stand in place of the fathers of these two dark-eyed brides.
It is a solemn and tender righting of the old wrongs. A funeral of
the past--a birth of a brighter day, for all.
The load of care and strife has been taken from the shoulders of
the three elders, who gravely watch the four glowing and enraptured
lovers.
In a few weeks, Raoul Dauvray and his bride leave for San Francisco.
Fittingly they choose France for their home. In San Francisco,
Joseph Woods leads the young bride through the silent halls of the
old house on the hill. The Missourian gravely bids the young wife
remember that it was here her feet wandered over the now neglected
paths.
Joseph Woods convoys the departing voyagers to the border of the
State. The ample fortune secured to them, will engage his occasional
leisure in advice as to its local management.
Natalie de Santos goes forth with them. Her home in Paris awaits
her. The Golden State knows her no more. Her feet will never wander
back to the shores where her stormy youth was passed.
A lover's pilgrimage to beloved Paris and the old castle by the
blue waters of Lake Geneva claims the Lord and Lady of Lagunitas.
For, they will return to dwell in the mountains of Mariposa.
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