Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1854-01-12
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iii THE YELLED LADY;
On, Wa cav SHE net
By fED BuSTLISR.

Ddce will ysn 81 totke masquerade ball
20 hight sad ! 70 my lesser half, oh
ofight fVenlng durlngtle gayest part Of the
carnival season Ill Cuba
NJ, my ar4flr, answered she 4: / am
W tnts eyeHalag asa 70 % night, but stay
! y my siie a.'d llet YOU cheering presence
Madame yoWkntw that have made up
my niiad to 60 bout u Jay new cabeIlerbs
aress you are lot VI rk III, and | shall be
dull company for you if disannAintnaIr.-
nontinalE 7 30 q yeu neglect me thus IN
the FIST wear OF our marriage, how shall be
treated when Times shadow shall darken
my brow; when my spirits may droop, ahd
my beauty fade before The wintry frestslof
Iold age
To shorten my yarn. reader, rugged my
selfaud went, my heart bIatinga 'conscienee-
tattoo against its casing all the way, for
we'll i.marked the MISREPRESENTATION my
Wity's full 4ark eye spoke Waen left lier
side
Hayink arrived at the BALL room, mingle
with rlIeFgay maskers. listened to the music
aud il. she sparkling wiIe glass sought for
excitement set that Ifrpstual drumstek
oi eeilsdience kept tlAimping against we
parcaident head of reelection. and could
not fsel happy Dressed as attractively las
no.s,Blei [ sought anu danced with Ihe
faire,t martens in the tirong yet still,
Tnought. THAT Dettle il iI.ife's garden, Kept
Joy ID distant ofifg had pleasure far 10
ny wake
| 1 was about to give UP the chase for In
joyment aud duufllly made up my mind 70
return home aad moor myself alongside Of
i INV httle wife, when a fair hand was laid
gently u bon suy arm, aud tremuloEs, nlu
steal voice asked me, ia-a whisper. to retire
i little from the crowd The hand was gen
cate, and seemed even smaller than my wife
/ aud the taper Gngtrs were enetselea loj
i rings Of rare valae subj as could only p
u worn by the rich and titled She was close
1 ly yelled Id black vet 4 caught one glaqe'
Of eve light through tie thick Grape. Il
the blackness of night storm, i have seel
the clouds for moment open and permit
star 10 glance With supernatural brightnes
down Cd the sgitateA oceaa and even
4 fell that glance on me The voice was 9n
Of those Which, when ii. falls upon the cal
ribra;es aloag every nerve until it reiehe
1.-THE heart strings. where il echoes and r'
\ echoes, till Memory /" catches the tune" an
too truly Tor it ever pass from her grasl
followed the s;aagers Invitation, aud
l gazad on the fairy form that fitted bell,'
me. forgot my invalid st homo. IA
Mask WIS ba: ii:.le il any larger than ~
: wife ye. there wasa fallness aad elegalp'
OF figure. : grace ana yeluSta9usaess Of p
lion ii the former Taich had never abssr
|, ed in the latter Nv wife had beautigt
soft. glossy curls Of Jet but they could ne
Z er conipare with tie black tsesses Of ~
s Ming silk. which hung nearly to the feet
Il nv charmer When We had get clear cit
n throng she again spoke;
ri Are you a gentleman--one on whom
s lady may IN all heacr dependr
III / answered to tie best Of my knovlsd
and belief | vas. and thought | might
4 depended upon
= fWould yoa risk ysur own life, or dsstr
& that Of another, if q lady. in her honor
IS uuiredA aud her love would reward the ae
e For one 90 far. so angelic as yourself
y would risk more than life'
4 a shudder seemed 70 pass through
n form. Der little feet stamped the tresseia'
10 aeor inpatiently, her fingers were clasl
e together until they we're blsedless, IS
continued
= Have ven evNr loved ?
may have felt d scheoIbsy's passion
ia replied. With marked indifereaes.
,eo Then you are not married 2
- 81 have been MAS my reply Ever
in. dsceitful i man eFen 50 is woman 2
Sd, last fer while he poprs forth his fate