The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-12-14
VOLUME II.-NUMBER PA.

filed the room with their fainbOW-coIored wings
and their melOdious songs They few ike butt r.
flies around their mistress, peeking her hands,
some singing on her shoulders, others mixed in the
floating tFssses Of her hair, while others again
psrched on her head.
This scene charmed Fernaud, who could nothelp
admirng the amiable girl ss she stood HuEroandsd
bv the warbling swarm. Alter playing there for
some time she took 5sal ever, filed from it a
large cup with lmpid waIr ana P4esd 2 n ne
| prison, and the unknown shut the door, and re-
TIiJ NJ vour name - asked Fernand suddsnIy.
Taken BY surprise, and still eXeit d By her play,
the Young hos. SIS blushed and heaitated moment
You wish to know my name, So
eyes"
lam called Nelly"
II IL a charming T,ar me- but have you no other ?"
cit is by that alone have always bsen called.
| ] have never known father, and WIS vel qaifs
| young when my mosher died.
| "What alone in the world " asked the Invalid
% coed old priest took care of me from my M
| fancy; then ] received the herit1ge OF an oid
female relative who let me all she possessed ana
/ it YVES then that came to settle at louion.
" But how do you pass your tine
ooh, as to that, the time passes easy enough.
| embrodef, read, sing, and play wlth my Di5ds5
/ then the day ends--another comes aiief-anotne.
recOmmences-1ndit is not long before the week =
AZ she spoke her voice gradually aaddeued; her
/ last words, above all, were inexpreasiDly fneaH-
/ eholY Her hands fell on her knees and vgneu
| after a moments silence she raised her eyes, Per
/ nand saw ears glisfsning on her eyeiida-
/ Z" You cry said he
| CT" said She quickly putting her hAnaAef'
/ And as Fernand was about replying she m r.
rupied him by sfamPing her little foot, and saying
''It was but vest srday your head was nearly bro
ken it Is now but four hours that your eyes nave
been open, and out Of Them you have hen 81 saLing
| three II you trust to be cured N tnat way your
/ eOnvalescenee will be long"
81 So much the better"
| we will see" replied she laughiugly; =" for Il
you do remain silent will leave you, 10 return
no more"
Then remain"
And eiso,'' said Fernand to himself
So well indeed he rested that ten days alter lie
was sill in the same room; but this time he WIS
Up and dressed in bis naval uniform. The greater
part Of his tins be gave Nelly, and he stole away
from her but during those moments strictly neees-
sary 10 the accomplishment Of his duties. The
charm that he had EXP renced from the first day in
seeing Nelly, hearing her speak and in s. akng 10
her, grew from day to day. Her wonderful COM
binatiOn Of thoughtlessness and Of mslanch0lYs Of
sadness and Of gaYety-her b0ssumed youth, Whleh
seemed ouly 10 exist amid birds and ioweIs5 her
solitary life her dazzling beauty, all so fascinated
him and intoxicated his soul with pleasure that he
believed even the angels enj9Yed not suen nap
piness.
NeIlv's home was ssuatad at the farihesf e1trem-
ity Of the city There were bot few habitaiions in
S the vicinity a few garden walls enclosed large
pieces OF ground covered with occasional trlt trees,
> ems, plane-trees and p3plars. AT a distance from
2
surface spotted with thousand snowy sails. A
= terrace, ornamental with OIangs trees and sweet
! smelling shrubs, extended itself beneath the WIN
d dOWs Of NeY's chamber, and II was here, during
q he still starry nights that the two lovers came to
pass their sweet and happy hours which ett IN their
remembrance golden CLEAN Of joy.
l. 1t appeared TO FeTnand that he had never been
d better employed than when he descended from this
D. little terrace He thought sincerely that general
after hard earned victory, king after his coro-
nation, Or mariYE after Qualification, could not
When ternand expire "a tiis abiuiuu % Mantle
Ie the honest servant hesrtly eoneided with him.
NO All sirr said he ID ban, " there is nothing
ne Ike amusing ourselves All the philosophy in the
m world viii never prevail asdInst pleasure"
You mean happiness"
W. THE substantive has nothing 70 do in the bust
tar ness; happiness is but pleasure prolonged"
90 To say that FeTnand and Nelly loved each other
would not be enough they had loved from the
Sc first day Of mseiing and knowing this they never
20 said il.
~ When Nelly had returned % he wounded man
' the coat that he had worn on te day Of the acct
81 dent, she remarked that Fefnand took great pains
to conceal IN his pocket cefain rihand Of crimson
nc color, embroidered with gold. One fine night she
saw it Attached to the hit Of his sword where i
ne showed to great advantage. The idea Of placing
hc it where it was had struck Mantle who, knowing
the cireumsi 'nees connected with is had very gal
lls laltly arranged it in compliment Miss ST CyT.
Nelly turned pale on seeing IT, and turned bel
head towards the sea, where the moon, accord
ing to the expression Of poet, g WIS opening he
/
''What is the mater 20 asked Fernand
n And, according to The custom Of unhappy lovers
Nelly replied;
ii "With me noEhing'
NOtwiihstandBg heFlitile heart swelled and feel
ing rising 10 her eyes, she arore conceal her
elf embarrassment. At the edge Of the terrace was
of balustrade which overlooked the garden and wa
covered with flowers. Nelly seated herself on this
w. balustrade took flower at random, tore asunder
On It's leaves and burst into Tears.
w " MY heavens 20 cried Fefnand, " what has hap
tx pened % and with bound he few io5ards Nelly,
"Take care,'' said she, in repulsing him, +" you
may spoil your riband,"
Il: 6 What riband % asked Fernand, with surprise
m "Why, that one, to be sure, prettily embrod-
,,s cred the dew may fade the silk"
~ "Ah," said Fernsnd, little confused, g had
- not before remarked it,
THAT perhaps is the reason you so carefully con
80 eeaed it the first day YOU went OUT
u With these words Nelly's lsags redoubled, and
she hid her face between her hands. Fernand
= without replying, detached the riband and tied i
ne around Nellys neck. Nelly at this moment raised
OF her head saw the rband on her neck cried aloud
TO and fell in the arms Of Fernand.
q ITO be continuedl