- The Sewells' married life had been ideal, and their Golden Wedding day found no happier couple living. Their daughter was home with her husband and son; there were neighbors in and much merrymaking. Late in the afternoon, when the others had gone for a walk, Granville Sewell, a little tired from the unusual excitement, slipped off by himself to think over the past. He seemed to see again beautiful Elizabeth Wright as he first met her, and then came the call to arms, and their wedding was indefinitely postponed. In the next four years, he gave his best for his country, fighting under Sherman, and was dangerously wounded. Then Elizabeth came, and they were married--on his deathbed, it was supposed. But her tenderness and skill in nursing saved his life; he was spared to 50 years of almost unparalleled happiness, with a wife who, now, at 75, was still the sweetheart of his youth.—Moving Picture World synopsis
- It was an eventful day in the life of the old couple, for it marked the 50th anniversary of their married life. Their only child, a daughter, had come to visit them, bringing her husband and her stalwart son. There were congratulations and presents and that afternoon the old man, although happy, was tired. He excused himself when the others went for a walk about the place and sat on the front doorstep, thinking of the days that were past. Looking backward is something we all do at some time and the events of a lifetime passed in review before the aged man. He thought of the time when he had first met his wife, a beautiful village girl, and how their wedding had been postponed because of his determination to fight for the flag when the Civil War started. He did his duty there, he was glad to recollect, but was dangerously wounded and the doctor regarded his case as hopeless. Then the girl came all the way from her distant home, was married to him on what they had thought to be his deathbed, and then tenderly nursed him back to health and strength again. She was the one girl in the world to him then, and she had always been and always would be. His thoughts then passed to his only daughter, and he recollected how happy he was when she was born and how he watched her as she grew up. He expected to see her add fame to his name as an artist, and was wroth when she fell in love with a poor young man. He would have prevented the marriage, but his wife won him over, pointing out that it was no more than right that the daughter, like parents, should marry for love alone. The episodes of his life came back to him one by one, and he was still musing when the others returned, and wife and daughter came to him lovingly. He reflected with relief that although his life had not been one marked with sensational incidents yet it did not give him pain to look hack upon it nor was he afraid to face the future with the wife he loved by his side. A golden wedding day is eventful. A golden wedding day without regrets for the days that have gone by is ideal.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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