New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-07-10


Ing sass sha hsd maas hin saiaA tsyng assssSsS.
easy siistis Gsasis half smiled, sysn Ia tbs sas
dS her deep and natural sorrow, to thing E5x
small and easy concession her poor iathes had
exacted, when her own epinions and viswxsa u
perfectly conceded with HI The orphan gfr1
took up her abode with the mother Of fsasjA
Danvers, and continued TO reside with ssx.A
worthy lady until the latter's deeease, III ssas
beneath the roof Of Mrs. Danvefa shat Hessss
first became acquainted with Mr.. wersAix1agssss. 4
that acquaintance speedily ripening into i ,ss.,e
tua1 and sincere attachment He was psss asssz
patronless then, as he had continued ever sbans
with slender likelihood of ever pos essins gfsA
of his own, much less $1,000 to settle on WIS:
tt il true, that in the chances and chhnssa Il
this mortal life, Paul Worthington mia3st susss
ceed to fine inheritence; but there wsse nasay
lives betwixt him and it, and Paul was mot tas
one to desire happiness at another's exfssbAes
nor was sweet little Bessie either.
Yet was Paul Worthington rich ik ORE .nesssr
mable possession, such as money cannot sur
chase-even in the love Of 9 pure devoted heaIss
which for him, and for his dear sake, krsse'F
endured the lifelong loneliness and iselssasp
which their peculiar circumstances indsesi
Paul did not see Bessie grow old and grsys ~
his eyes she never changed; she was % Es,sF
still beautiful, graceful and enchanting 81
was his betrothed, and he came forsfx ist3 "a.
world from his books, and his arduous 81 lsrlssS
and parochial duties, to gaze Of intersaiR sa4a
her soft eyes, to press her tiny head, d tsAssS
per fond word, and then to return % hie s'ssfsI
heu1e, like a second Josiah CargsIi, 10 Hg ens
find in severe study oblivion Of soresE, -'s1
Annie Mortimer had been sent III hsgs ss d
ninistering angel. She was the ergpRa &ss'
penniIess daughter Of Mr.. Worthins sdss 5 ti9ss
est friend and former college chups. 4isst
come to find shelter beneath the hanssasSs~sS
Of the pious guardian, to whose as.gthss gsss
she had been solemnly beqneathaas Fssis
curacy was not many miles distant ffoas sS.c
town where Bessie had fixed her Tes.sssS ssxTest
and it was generally surmised by Tie s;sss,r
few who were in the secret Of i;tsk Netssr
history, that she regarded .ann,s Msstisass,
with especial favor and affection, tysss fAe tset
that Annie enjoyed the privilege Gf sss-fEI
and cheering Paul WorthingtoE 'sss'fss.ry
years Each spoke of her a. tisas Ssr.Atss
daughter, and Annie equally return9st tssz>-ss
fection of both.
Poor solitaries! what long anxious ,y-srE Greg
had known, separated by circumstances. az.
knit together in the bonds Of enduring tcrstf''
pictured them at festive winter seasorssA "a
| their humble solitary boards; aud in ynass;sss
prime, when song birds and brighs rsssasseS
flowers call lovers forth into the snashsas W
joicingly. They had not dared 70 rejoice e:r>'rs
their long engagement yet Bessie was : 4sss's q
Bile creature; and did not NOPE or stsss ae,.zsf
a general favorite amongst all classes. ftsJ
had never contemplated the poss hi'ity * -,s-
ding Bessie's solemn promise to her 'yis2
to their tender conscences, that hssaI s-s.rs -
| was as binding and stringent, as u she sssa =
marriage or conyentual VOWS yAwLle9 setistss
them. We had been inclined TO s,s,.gEs sES.
mirth at the expense OF the little gE=.4 ssss''
when she first presented herself ~ otsf 9si'ss.
but now we regarded her as an obiaet es ;,ssss.
est, surrounded by a halo Of rums.s.css t.siss
shared in by her charming, vene-sAss s.sncs
And this was good Cousin CONS eh.c;AsssSA !.
the riddle, which she narrated WITH faaas "a
gressions and with animated SMILES. NJ tssse,g'
tears of sympathy Paul Worthingts.s s,faa 4,
tie Bessy did not like their history 30 81 .ss.if}
ed by the rising frivolous generatiaa 4 xa= II
4 unworldly, SO sacred, and they lcohee STr~s.sS
with humble hope so soon to be united fst e-szs
in the better land, that it panied and dssslsssfS'
them to be made a topic Of eonyersaiigs,
il We're we relating fiction, it would be srEs q
bring this antiquated pair together, even 81 fft
eleventh hour; love and constahcy raaSiss NJ
for the absence of one sweet ingredient. es'Eses
cert, yet beautiful-the ingredient. se sasss. .
youth Butas this is a romance Of rs&l.sy, ",
! are fain to divulge facts as they aetnssiy as
CURED and as we heard them from suifSat
sources Paul and Bessie, divided ia .hest stss.
: repose side by side in the old church-yasa. "
dropped off first, and Bessie doffed her ayas iss
/: sombre hahiiments of darker hue Src ia Afs
. long remain behind, loving little soni sssss.a;
= | her property to Annie Mortimer, ana wsyhis
y her against long engagements.
a The last time we heard Of Annie, she Mss VI
" happy wife of an excellent man, VINO. fS!ss fzss
n Gliding in the opinion of the little gTsy sssssJ
protested strenuously against more ftass =
weeks eourtship, and carried his PGias tsisa
re Iphantly.