Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-04-04

way sped Lily, while that kind, malronly
face looked after her through tbs window
with n shade Of sadness 1T the thought Of
]parting, blended with the fu5b oruttcrnaI
lopo and pride.
"Whcrc IL Lily p aased Tremtnioghan,
d short time after. Mrs. Ross mentioned
the wish she had expressed, md he started
through the garden 10 meet her. The walk
wag short aud pleasant to him, fir every
spring when b. aad Lily were eRildfen,
they had fainblad there II quest Of wild
flowers and strawberris tlaf grew along
the path. The bright berries were p"egt
ing out. nov in &c ut prUiu8ioh from Tie
clustering leaves on the ln0llH for the lit
he hands ut the hotisc had been 40 busy
for a few days in makiog preparations for
the wedding, that they Ind been permitted,
Though over ripe, 70 remain nndistnrbcd on
the vines. Every thing looked ~ bcantl-
fll M III had d thousand times before, and
perhaps not more 50 hut to the eyes Of the
Young lover, akics never smiled 50 softly,
nor green. fields wore 10 bright q hue ~ Oh
that day even tic gold robin, which year
" woyo itg pond mt nest on o branch ol
be old elm rec b. the water side, seemed
tn feel au unusual happiness, for he thrilled
out hiR clear notes % loudly that Hugh
paused - moment to listen.
II was hot strange that Lily wished 70 eee
those beautiful bartnfs once moro aud GA.
Their again some 6ftlic blue violets which
bloomed in II cool quiet place, 90 shaded by
a tHlt Of tall daeg and al oyer-arching banR
that they meyer reared their heads from
the bed Of moss til long after their earliest
sisters were faded and gone. iIagh had
twined them in her bair many q time, md
n then pccpcd up to zee which was the brlgs-
n ter blue, The laughing eye or the flower that
# rested in the Gull above il. But that wa8
years ago, when both were chiljren-ain-
ca that fine he bad been absent for N Jittha,
- and even when he met the playmate of his
q infancy hid hardly dared 10 take the cousin
.e liberties Of former days. Nov, he womb
If vrcathc u garland Of them, just rs he nf"d
g 10 do, and place # in her hair-thos, mod.
~ cat blooms were 50 like her own meek
i. pentlc heart. with these thoughts wber
he approached the dell, and found that LILY
had ALREADY left II, he stopped down am
hastily picked Mp q handful Of %yiolcfa, pul
sr ling roots and all in his eagericsg - e.
gr them and then started 70 seek her IN y
" mother Of her fayoritc retreats, pnraiog "
II. n moment, rs he fancicd he heard her cal
his name, to look in the willow tltickei
where she might have bid hersclf when ah'
@. saw him coming. Lily was not there, all
he with n smile Mt his own fancy, in aa49eiat
a ing every sight and sound wish her, he tnr
ma ned into the old grove which bad been
be dear haunt in their childhood. II was deaf
or now. for on nm autumn day IN the ~
year, he had sat with the yorn girl on III
mr. alicn trunk Of q tree, and whispered IN he
If ear for the fret time, the wish that sh
.a. would be nearer than cousin 10 him: an
a., Lily had answered with a b]ittgbiHg checl
ne what no ono but Hugh ever beard her lf
,w confess. There was the old oak with til
sunshine dancing through the leaves; theI
a was the scat, and n tiny footprint N III
,idj Welding moss below showed that Liz Ia
he been there; there, too, was q Squirrel, pr
gy- haps the same aaucy one that mad lIs1eft
20 the tale ofIovc. Hugh looked 1t thgll
ra. tic risky fling ~ it. scafnp"rcd over -
viii ~rtisfIing lcapc+ and up the trunk, nor stoI
ned i'll il had reached the tartbcst branc
cd where it had bent down with a KNOWN
1T. look. and seemed to tell him il was beyoi
,aJ his reach. Then came reuembrances
nv, the little Lily, who had 80 often dlss1ad'
Md him from h~arniug the bright eyed Gre
ap- lures, thought, With true school-boy tast
her he was wishing much to try bis hand at
the shot. Perhaps these were simple thought
but trihing a. they were, they cam knoo
ing at the heart Of the young man as he +
ear traced his step 10 the house.
ors "Ask Lily to come into the arbor a n
vas ment, he said to a little sisters Of hers
met in the garden; and seating hirnsef.
commenced braiding the violrts with t
gh, myrtle vine, in which tasteful cmpoiyfne
a the was surprised by Mrs. Ross, who chr
ute with an anxious face to ask il he had II
seen Lily. She had already been abse
I'M halra an hour, and it was hardly five min
tes walk to the brook. Hugh was alarnf
but observing that she might have enter
lall the house unnoticcd, accompanied by 3
We mother, he sought her chamber. !
girl trunks ready packed for the journey, q
Of boxes. containing the book and harp, We
oIaccd by the door. There was its de
the cate ribbon and bridal wreath; there "
YES the veil and scarf Of siltery gauze; t
her white lid gloves, and d boqact Of lorg'
this me-nots and rose5uds, and by their 81
nc ; the travelling basket open, displaying
we neatly arranged contents; but though
bore traces of her hand the fair tenant
ofthe apartment WIS notthero Mrs. Rf
"a was considerably agitated, but unwilling
lout alarm any one, BY approximations viii
might be grouudless, kept herself as ca
by as possible, and went about lnqairIng
her Lily.
past No ono had seen her since she Passe
into alone through the garden gate. Ire
pen mingham, haIffrantie, mentioned the bros
d to and hither, accompanied by the whole
ould mily, he speedily went-calied aloud,
ally and down the stream, but the mocki
ants echo was the only answer; searched
lded the thickets, in the silver wiiIo" that II
uDg eed the margin, and looked carefully
e, to down the water.
hem Finally, Hugh sprang under the rude
dye, where Lily, BY skipping ffom rock
q as rock had sometimes gone, to reach a Faf
,e to island, where the scarlet cardinal How
noy grew. But all in vain, till suddenly one
i a. the party saw farther, down the brook son
hing white drifting around the rocks, and
!, moug the green brake leaves that dropped