“I forbid this marriage!” he cried.
A scene of confusion followed.
The women fell back—Prescott swore and the minister looked amazed.
An interruption like this seldom occurs. “Upon what charge do you dare stop this sacred ceremony?” demanded the preacher.
“The woman has been married before.”
“Yes.”
“Her husband is living!”
At this there came a shriek from the bride.
“It is false, false as Hades! I helped to bury her husband myself,” shouted the artist.
Eric, with a quick movement, threw back the white veil from the face of the almost fainting bride and then he received the greatest shock of his life.