The Weekly comet., 1854-10-15

| tHo lpFe He lGlb IuF me. Al5 tHeH
placed in basin about two ounces Of
flour, little salt, two teaspoonfuls of
oil, and the yoke of ali egg, moistened
by degrees with water, aid all The
time lie kept String up the compound
with spoon. | thought | should
have tainted for my heart was break
ing" -.
tDear IIunlense,'' exclaimed Elio-
Sc. "Ah how you must have suffer
ed r
1T is passed now" signed the brave
girl Then, resuming her story, she
said said, when the whole formed
u smooth consistency to the thickness
Of cream. he beat up the white of an
egg till firm, mixing it with butter. -
| could endure my agony no longer.
Alexis" | cried, 'beware how you
triAe with me - =
"Proeeed you interest greatly re-
marked Eloise.. What was his an.
swer 7" ..t. ..... ....... ...4 ,l
Horlense, with an effort, continued
"When the mixture was hot, he PITT
the apples in one at time, turning
them over with n slice as they were
doing. Suddenly he turned towards
me his face glowing with passion
"Nay, say not sol' interrupt Il 10
kind Eloise, perhaps the heat Of the
fire, and not passion, had tingod bis
cheeks. +" -
"Heaven grant your words prove
true y sobbed the loving girl; II
shall never forget the expression Of his
eyes. "Ilortense, he whispered, "the
apple friters are cooked.
For d few seconds Uortense was
speocbleas from grief. Rising from
the messy bank she grasped out eel
Disc, as you love me, let us hurry homel
I shall die if we remain here "And
the fritters ," inquired the gentle Eloi-
Sc.
"They were excellent" continued
Hortense, in q ealner tone, "that
evening he presented me with the re-
ceipt for making them, together with
n lock Of his hair which, formed no
part Of the receipt Two hours after
wards he was on his road to London
aud the reform clnb, But to this day,
even the sight fan apple makes me
tremble. Alas such Is tic love of poor,
fond woman. ~
BuRN1NG or THE Princess Tile
True Delta of the 10th inst, speaking
Of this distressing calamity says: "We
regret to learn that the splendid pack
ct steamer Princess, while backing
out from the landing at Fort Adams.
ou hor downward trip yesterday morn.
ing, accidentally caught FIRE, and in
few moments afterwards was in one
sheet of flame. All efforts to save
either the boat or cargo were fruitless.
She had on board at the time $500
bales of Cotton, the greater part of
which, VIC understand, was destroyed. |
Tho loss oflife, We are sorry to add,
was very great. 1t is aaccrtained that
four at least have perished one, a
young lady, Miss Rose Wilson, and
little girl, whose name we could not
learn. Two negroes were also lost.
4-@--~-s aes.s----------
THE REFORM MovEMEHT.-May we
ask our city contemporaries what has
become Of the interesting movement,
upon which, in times bnck, we have
had SO many interesting leaders 2 On
glancing over the columns Of the Pic,
the true, and otherwise Delta; we are
constrained to believe, that brief no
tices Of what Simpson Il CO., and Al
fred Monroe, have been doing in the
North, is Of more importance to the
public, il not more profitable. than
any other movement just now, that the
Fall business Is opening. .'5''a
RyM Mcssrs EUGENE LANouE, Of
this city, and J. V. Durable, of West