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ton tina the surrounding gaieties-fulfl-
ment to her hopes. The merry laugh Of a
beautiful girl surrounded by a swarm OF ad-
mirers paying homage to her Surprising
loneliness, breaks upon my ear, and In gaz-
ing upon lineament unclouded by one sor-
row, flushed with hope & spa%rklingiwith an
i%mation, one forgets all in wrapfadmiration
of hcr-the admired of all, and the loved
of many, she moves with ease and grace
through all the intricacies Of the dance,
her heart as free as the wlEd which walls
upon her Footsteps. Many, it is said,
have been led captive by her charms, many
have worshipped at the shrine OF her beau
ty. but have all shared a like fate. Like
the famous animal of the southern Prairies,
so often mentioned by travellers, she has
escared the lassos and snares set for her
by her pursuers, and stands hooking Love,
the master passion of life. ga cabin with
be Elysium," exclaimed a de-
votedllover of hers, as he gazed upon her
speaking countenance; thinks ], not without
the truck patch in thdrear of tie cabin
But her t%riumphmust soon end, and tic day
is soon to come when she will feel that Sic
has fallen a victim to that insatiate passion
whose grasp is .firmer than tlat Ct tie old
man of the sea upon Sinbad. May her
Young heart never feel tie sting Of tie
worlds unkindness, and may the blcom Of
the flowers which now bedeck her pathway
be eternal. Comparisons, it is said, are
always invidious, and particularly so in a
crowd where beauty WED with beauty, ard
excellence contcnded with excellence
Among this gay throng there is mt indi-
vidual who sits wrapt in his OWL medita-
TONS his dark eye in which no, metion kim
dies, is fixed uponth moving throng; beau
ty is UNDECIDED, and tie bright. smile Is
coldly repulsed. Fool that he was. to sup
pose mans heart proof against tie bland
ishments of woman's charms: time passed
on-his careless look lad rasscd away. his
gaze was fixed upon 'one bright particular
star" and ere the clock had told the hour
of midnight, his firm and Eigh taken r~esolu-
ton of being superior to the weakness of
man." had melted away and he gioried in
the s.golden letters which bound him
his past determination was forgotten, and
with theFcnthusiasm of his nature, lie gave
himself to the delicious intoxication of
passion-his heart was filled with her shad-
ow-but the Parson may settle this matter.
On went the fiddles and or went the dance,
right and left, through advance to the CEN
tire, fire and fall blck,i and swing cor
nerS, were again and again repeated until
the God Morpheus asserted his rights in a
manner not to be mistaken, and the dance
was suspended to be resumed with addi-
tional pirit upon the following morning
The crowd gathers in, the ~violins commence
and the room soon becomes u scene Of the
most lively kind the conqucsts whichhad
been commenced upon the proceeding night
were now to be conSummated, and well did
they succeed; and many were the poor
bleeding hearts transfxcd by the fearful
dart, borne from this spot, at once, If tri-
umph and defeat. During the day, tie
company were favored with a speech upon
the Oregon question, in which the orator
paid a handsome compliment, to the ladies,
and demonstrated our title clear to the
whole of Oregon. \ glass of kindness to
you Mr.. Nc. About IL O'Clock Friday
night the right arm of our good old friend
S. began to grow stif-Isaw by the quick
and irregular motion of his elbow that a
crisis was approaching, and in a few mo-
ments, snap, went the strings and he swOrs
that the Ball had broke. The company
then took up the line of march, and in a
few moments the room became still and
tenantless. The bright forms Of beauty
had fitted away, silence and desolation
now held sway, the sound of melody Is
hushed, "eyes that looked love to eyes
are not there to gladden. the scene, and we