The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-10-12

then came modest little hard, encased N
a lustr,ous little glove, Of which the Doctor
took modest possession mex, rose colo,ed
bonnet, p!umed and as gay as bird OF
Paradise then fashionable shawl, with
as many hLes as peacntk's tail and final
~ baf web Of satin containing q woman !
True the Doctor had thus uncere;nonious.
ly taken to himself wife. And a ve'y
beauty she was TOO, with rogush, big black
eyes and cherry lips. which when parted
displayed two rows Of teeth as white az
Cey ivory. A shower Of glossy rins.
lets deluged her snowy neck
:" And Dianna's grace was in her step,
a. ollos music IN her voice."
She wac in the very spring of life, and
never DID the sun unfold lo.ciier blossom
t"Oir future home, my dear" !, was ul
the Doctor saId, as he handed her into the
little pa'lor Of twelve by fourteen. Char.
oi,e Bell vas not lhunder struck BY Any
means. bu, slightly bewidcred She looked
aud probably iel. like newly Gagged can.
AIRY bird. There we're the windows with
sual rugged lights and uncoulh sash.
There we're mir OILS, but barely long enough
To Tth CT her pretty face. ind not cucased
10 go d at that. The dropping ceiling hung
above appalling lo~ness; and a huge eieh,
da, clock, as old as the oldes, lnhsbuan,,"
s,snding hiono i: he Garner, ai'h iull
moon sblve lis face, was ticking The yui.
siiion OF time IS regularly as If 40 one was
execfafing !, al all.
Weeks and months passed pleasantly BY.
The Doctor pursued The even tenor of his
way --heaIug the sick, and spreading the
sunshine Of glsdness around The path Of
poverty. Charlotte, ~ho vas accounted a
belle 10 the city, cot along bfavely IN her
uew position. Her visitors we're kindly
treated, and h"r hosr:!s'.,v was the theme
OF general praise. All they could say
Z In, her wa-, that she vas little too
proud--jls, little and this was uttered or
ahlspefed 10 STREET confidence alonc.
Z The doctor was quiet man. | he said
little. he though, greal deal in the CON
mon patllce Of the village "he knew
thing or two" Charlotte was sly and Gun.
mig VS. fox, the hue rogue and began
10 hin. 20 BIN sb8u' \ i1c b'ick house. with
marble front aud folding doors c;o.n glass
Windows and foil length portraits; brussels
carpe, and mahogany chllrs, rosewood ia
b'es aud yielding diyans, ei ctterd, ct ctiera.
She served han sith dish OF these in sin.
pie style u, FIRST bp, as tho symptoms be.
cane moio fsrofaDle, Increased The dose,
until the Doctor tell himself ready TO CRY
peccari, and yield at discretion.
Weeks and months passed by, and poor
Charlotte was beginning 10 despair Of rral.
zng her RI 'ssin, dreams. She would look
at tunes lltle SD al d.. Bell. It's even
snid the Doctor once surprised her in
fond Of tears. b, she was alaays kind
and gentle, and 90 ungenerous thought to-
wards him we're treason 10 her breast She
loved him with her young hearts besl and
puresi love, and seemed to live upon his
smiles-ye,. when alone, she could no, telp
contrasting the rough and unseemly house
IN which she lived, with the stately man
SION OF her father, IN which she passed her
btmef years.
This won't do" ,horsht D.. B.l'. 81
must school that gentle heart, for know
tho soil is there 10 grow the choices, flow
ers-iloaets whose fragrance vii cheer
the dulles, hours Of her life, and edd sweet.
uess and adorumeni TO her being, aud yield
their rich perfumes wherever she may Sc,
her feet" And the Doctor drew on his
second glove.
There is peculiarly in tho climate OF
;bc old Bay Safe. A native can snuff The
air and though there DO a cIoudless sky,
tell within an hour OF the time OF rain. II
was sober, golden afternoon IN autumn.
Stirred by the sul,ry bre,z". the yellew
leaf rusl.cd IN melancholy eIoquence. Ed
dying gusts we're sporting on The hills, ED
he va.leJ s sen, up their plflntive murmurs
to The ear. A lhnasand buds, OF every hue
and song, were ch'rping IN the sombre
woods.
Charlotte, Charlotte, slip on your ben.
net, and 20 along With me this afternoon.
said d.. Bell. And in Thirty minutes they
we're iaunline slowly and pleasantly along
the road. Now ard then the clear and sill
very hugh OF Charlotte range sweet,
through tho woods. The Doctor cracked
o iake or two, and talked with a volubllty !
~hIch was rare to hun. How would you
like to live 10 such a house as that !" said
he. poiu'ing ,oa lo~ly hove, near Tho road
Charlotte cast iurlisc glance in the d. I
rec,ion Of tho hut. aud would have doubted .
that II contained human being, had she .
no. seen the smoke curling lp2ly fron lis /
roof. "Some miserable drunkard or PROV /.
ling thief. dare say, makes that his home I
TO screen him from the eyes Of honest men,
SAID Charlotte m reply.
WED see" though, DR.. Bell. And
they travelled on.
Al tonr had not elapsed, when the Doc.
tor remarked:
~ perceive, my dear, We are TO have
l,ule ran, and may be caught before We
can reach home"
Charlotte looked back towards the west,