New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-01

sweet hopes to my vanity. | faucied I saw love
in those bright dewy eyes, and on those soft
music breathing lips.
1t was the last evening Of my vacation, and
surely ] read gentle, farewell thought in
Grace's face. | was beside myself with joy at
the idea-I was as if in blissfu dream--a
sweet delirium--a rapture of love. As Grace
rose to leave the piano caught her hand, and
unable longer to repress the one thought that
filed my heart, exclaimed fervently
Grace, dear Grace, with all my soul I love
your'
She lifted her large. soft eyes, and said
slowly, while mischievous smile stole over her
ace:
81 know it,
She was gone before had time to prevent it,
or to recover from my surprise
The next day returned to college, expecting
to complete my studies in another year. A
year how long time to be absent from the be-
loved being who was to me, | felt, henceforth
and forever, whether she returned my love or
not, the nucleus round which all my thoughts
would revolve. I need not say how often her
strange unsatisfactory answer tormented me.
| perceived in her repetition of the same words,
her remembrance of the time she had used them
before, and this was the just punishment for
my insolence | tortured myself by bringing
the whole scene again and again to my memory,
my passionate declaration of love, and her pro-
yoking reply, 81 know it, THE deuce you
dop' thought | sometimes, =. would had pos
sessed the wit to have left you a little more un-
certain"
1 often wonder that was able to study at all
this time, for Grace, beautiful, graceful Grace,
was never absent from my thoughts; she had
become the dream of my life, the object Of all
the love sonnets, which had till now been scat
| tered on various rival beauties did study
however, and study hard, and at the end of the
term passed examination with high honor, much
| to my dear mothers pride and joy.
| determined to be wiser when / saw Grace
again, to discover beyond doubt if | were in
deed beloved, before committed myself as I had
done by foolish speeches,
In order to satisfy myself on this point, and
perhaps also to crafty little pique, when
returned home, did not go Immediately to see
Grace as my feelings dictated, but waited till
at my mothers summons, she spent an evening
with us. Even then, though my heart was full
of tenderness for her, | had made up my mind
to play part, and suffer as | might would
act it out. There was a young lady staying
with my mother at this time who dearly loved
to firt. and | was quite ready to contribute tc
; her amusement. | devoted myself to her the
whole evening, and felt the sweetest pain ever
experienced when saw, by Graces dear, chan.
ging. sensitive face, that she was deeply pained
| and wounded.
When this foolery had been carried to it
= height, perceived Grace suddenly rise, ans
step through the open window out on the piazza
In few minutes followed her, she had retire,
to little distance from the railing weeping
, Stealing softly behind her. passed my arr
around her and whispered,
'sAh dearest Grace, do not deny it! Yol
love me!''
!, There was a little pause-then laughing, ye
> : half crying, Grace turned aside her head an
! , said,
! Alas L know it,