Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-04-11
Written for Morris's National Press
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oIg oil said r, inquired Eugene krybotn'
IAN :" replied Margaret.
seThen adlel ioteYef,and may heaven
forgive you, as ! do r and the young man
Who uttered these words, drew his hat
over his eyes, and, with q flushed brow aud
burning checks, rushed from the apartment.
But bis foot was yet upon the threshold
and bis hand Upon the d%oorslaek, when a
low, scarcely heard voice fell upon his car,
yet so deep and passionate, that he stop
ned M If ~epell-bound to the place.
"stay ! Eugene there Ia yet one con-
ditlon Oh which my hand la yours one
| which | have not, and burst not ain 10
You, yet-perhaps you can bear it now
and tie blue eyes Of the young girl were
raised to his with an expression not easy
10 define, combining, ~ 1t did, both subtle.
~ and irantdaegs, passion, and perhaps In.
difference.
The youth rescloscd the door, md drew
near the beautiful apcakcr~=beautiiul che
WAS, If almost perfect features 1nd fault
less form combined, can constitute beauty
and listened with parted lips, and dilatinp
eye, as she went on.
,nYou do not knew, perhaps, what IL h
TO feel, ms | do, a thirst Tor Poger~a desire
combined with the very essence OF You
being, and growing up, from day 10 day
till Il has become u mighty md unconqtef
able passion, IA terrible thirst, to which ev-
cry thing else is ~ nothing; you do no
know, perhaps, what it Is to look upon you
fellow. tucn-those who now in their Nigh
look down upon you--and 10 feel that yoi
must and teil have dominion over them, Il
ka6v thnt the day shall como, IN whicl
thogc who now tower above you, ShaI
cftnpc and fawn at your teet-lawn to
the very favors that now they dare den,
YOU YOU do not know this, perhaps" (an'
the colour sank gradually from the cheel
Of the girl, leaving it Of an ashy palenes
M she went on, shut | have known IT, an
felt It from my earliest childhood. Eve
since / have known what 1t was to think 0
feel, | have thiratcd for dominion over 9th
crs, aud have felt that the time would come
knew not when, or how, that this passio
Of nv life would find its reality. Thcs
hopes grew to palpability; aud now, ] ash
must this passion | have SO nurtnrcd irot
J my infancy, tie crushed forcvcrE"
/ The youth recoiled from her touch, MS /
: file ~clouuence Of the moment she approach
. ed him, and laid her slender fingers apo
; his arm, and his eyes, for perhaps the hfi
! time in his life, dropped beneath tho alno
! burning gaze Of her whom he had 20 To-
cd, wHlte u slight shiyer crept over h
frame, as he replied.
500 on do not as yet perfectly con
i prchend you"
"No you cannot ; but know you n
that seldom arrives ut this powc
unless through another T.
ala - he exclaimed, drawing a pac
backward and shading his brow with b
hand, she whom you mrrry, then, must pc
sess this power-this taiiSman Of NIGH
is II 50 r.
. "You have rightly diyined.-ho mn
. have il, in n way or other, or he c.
: never fully possess my heart"
] ! "And you have recalled me, Margarr
10 tell nI6 this, to put a new and unconque
n able barrier between u.s.. Why did y
not suffer me to leave the house and y,
forever, without this new burden upon L
: heart r.
Il recalled you, Eugene, to give u
= hone; the only hope / could give you--a.
to show you the way to the realization
your dreams. Get possession Of this ia
isman..be above others, and / am you
: heart and hand, forever !" and as she cea
!. cd speakina, she threw herself into a fan
Gull, and acalmly watched the effect
this dangerous revelation
= There was a long pause, in which
strange variety of emotions were hutteril
in Che breast Of Eugene Reyburn. IL '
man loved, purely and deeply, he had lol
ed the. Girl before him; but until now
had not penetrated her real cha u
would have believed tba IN
gentle could concealp 80 / o~P
i nature l1sssoencd perhaps, though it W
8 Asla6ed in character--though he sa
something to dread, he still worshiPped. /.
"This power is rarely given to me
said he, at length, slowly raising his eyt
+ with a deep sigh--'the mighty Of earth a
but few and far between. Genius m
claim dominions, and talent and learnin
honour; but /, Margaret, have neither
! these, YOU well know, and may never no
: for either. Why tantalize me thus n
: ~ would not tantalize you, Eugene, |
) I would give you hope. Is there, then,
tahsman to which men bow, even might
than genius %
A sudden light flashed from the eye
the young man, as nc recoiIed beneath |
gaze, while his fingers were clenched c,