OCR Text |
Show 26 indissoluble tie...there are few such unions. Mistrust and jealousy so often lurk in the heart, but I know that our confidence was implicit." Those were the sentiments of a new bride. We may wonder what Milford's emotions were with two failed marriages behind him. The following paragraphs conclude not only the account of the wedding but the autobiography written by Ellis as a young woman: After we left the Endowment House we went to "Mother" Shipp's. The President, Sister Lucy and Fanny, also Brother Cannon and his wife were invited to the wedding feast, prepared by dear Mother Shipp. It was a grand affair. All that could tempt the most fastidious taste was presented-the marble and silver cakes especially received compliments. About seven o'clock the company dispersed and soon after Milford and I started for home.'^ It might be well, at this juncture, to take a look at Milford's background so that we may have a better understanding of this man to whom Ellis is making a commitment of eternal consequence. According to one of his daughters , he was born of well-to-do parents in Edinburgh, Indiana, and raised a strict Methodist. As a boy he worked in his father's store in Indiana and accompanied him on some business trips. On one such trip to Chicago, he saw some white pottery dishes which he thought the customers might like. His father purchased some, but their customers, the people at home, preferred the more traditional darker ones because they did not show the fly specks. Bard's natural gifts and intellect were probably recognized by his parents who, when he was only sixteen, sent him away to college |