Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-09-01

From ihs loHlon Cont Journsl
MY DEAR LAvINIA.

TAX. car, Of your head below, Mt.
IIorrrls,'e."
.Ye,. tal, care OF your head, indeed, and
high time, too, when th, stones oOme ra'hos
ab.g, urs al, though the Old Rhsu''h castle
vyrs nnb'tns to P.cces.
"l,av, STEPHEN, mind what you're a.
lo,. come down, there's good fellow, nni
give o., l,i ou, q Ih.' precious Place. !
clut &c, up aga.n.'
TIE echO Of ry own voice was The oaly
r-7r-s,, and lhs laughter Of my companions
uuaIcJ hollow ,1I mock ns .n tie distance,
as lhsv followed our guide The distant parts
of rfs ot r..a, r re TOP oi .si, pee
th- ,,aks Il ihs .,b.a-. in ,as autumn oi
.sIb. uu very vara asy indeed. Perhaps,
however. bad better relate Io the reader Of
lbs narrative THAT We were a par'y Of SIX
fresh. very fresh. from London ,h., ] Nas
then a gentleman Of for,y-four, wls IN com
rary with dear L.,inia, 10 whom was en-
sacsii dear Iayiuil's mamma nud papa, her
,oustp STEPHEN, ani a frieoJ OF her cousin,
NJ. Valentine - Gccrce
TO return to myself. I bat every reason 10
believe in the sincerity of nv own attach
rrsat fur dear Iavn.l, and ,ha, ), vas perfect
~ reciprocal; although indeed some kind
friend, rad hin,sd ,ha, Iayiuia was a divinity
ard hat va, too round ~ The figure, too
trcb. ard shiny on the top Of the head. aud
ubcurd IN the face, 90 lay claim To any such
600, ard that We were ,norcoyer.too different,
in our taste, To assimilale sell. for while !
DIPPED with av.dily into antiquarian lore,
she was All poetry ard sentiment, the only
thing. therefore, that could unite us, was nv
money. Base irsinuaions al. ai which ]
W, deeply indignant. Bot forget, have,
4, I said before, hecn left in the wear lsiG,
iu the autumn, on a no, dlv, IN an awkward
rrelr,msr,, in the cld castle on the Rhine ,
f1r. reader, with nv ro,und and Jolly hcure,
I VA, unable 10 climb NJ ,he sides OF the rub
b.,h thl, had accumulated from the broken
walls during many wears. without a helping
hand, although had descended with marvel
laus raP.di,y and case.
While va, in this situation nv eompan-
ioas, Who were visiting the rooms above with
dear Layinil, and had flneied that nv stay
here vas voluntary. were either amusing
themselves by ehucking little pieces Of loose
csmsn, and rubbish down upon me, or It had
Iooscned Of itself while in contact with their
feet I am, mu.i add, naturally nervous
and i.mi6, anj this made me feel the fcll W.
p',aan,ness Of INV position As may be gath
sr-J from my earnest appeal 70 the party TO
lsni me a hand to sI,rica,s myself
But bsw hr,ssr and farther away went the
vo,ees. and could hear those Of dear Iayi.
MA and ihe handsome FREUD of cou.iu Ste
phen. Mf. yslentine ST George, in .ish and
mir,hfll chorus. Al this sound. Tor the FIRST
tine in NV lie, felt strange sensa,ion,un-
De, the lei. side Of my waiseoa,. Il made
me leel faint and angry, and "a an Instant ]
became aware thlrI-I, Mr.. David Horueas-
,Ie-va,, yes, Jealous Of dear Ll'iria, and
my su,picioo, we're Immediately strengthened
BY the recollection Of innumerable liile acts
Of attention, pointed and particular which
had been grasiOusly accepted BY her.
Al, no, il could not be, What. that
dear rOsy, dimPlsd face, with the hoaling
rinsls,s, and laughing blue eyes, belong 10
one iha, was false-blue eyes false. ioo-it
wss against my own conscience, aud every
written authority, Poc,ieal and romantic. to
believe u,
"No," thought !, Mr. David Hornsas-
ls, you viii here patiently await their return;
Do no, fear the Sim fgure, glossy black hair
and moustaehs, OF Mr Valentine, st. George,
and you can, in the meantime, sea, yourself
At the edge Of this ruin, here, where hole
has been broken in tho wall, and where the