Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-08-12
Cecle Gray.
BY FANNY FERN.
Alas for love, if tits he al! and naught beyor
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Aas 'oF oSe' i ~ rl hf a.; and naugh beyond
:s:Tisa girl sir: my lady has ,1aughter'
Heaven he prai>e.tt SAID the hi>con
tented father Of tx unfuIy boys. Now
shall have something gentle 10 love. SINAI
comfort to me, those boys house tonSy
tHrvy from morning till night. with theiI
guns, fi>hing-rackleS, pointers. settlers
hounds, sraue|S aud what not Tom
college bills perfectly rninonS--hor>es. wine
and cigars all Jumped under the head of Ell
cetefd | understand il aI-or. my purse
does! But this gentle little girl climbing
upon my knee. making music and sunshine
in the house with her innocent face and
>iIvery laugh-thS little human blossom by
LIES horny waySide, she'll make amends
| I'm not the happie>t husband in the world
my heart shall find a resting-place here
| She must be highly educated and accom-
| plished shall spare no pains to effect that
| All, | see, after ALL shall have happy old
age"
| #
Very lovely was the little Cecie. She
had her mothers soft hazel eve and waving
auburn hair, and her fathers Grecian
profile.
There was a winning sweetness in her
smile, and giace and poetry in her every
| motion. 1t was pretty sight, her golden
tresses mingiing with those silver locks. As
she rested her bioht head against the old
mans cheek. Even the boys cnnld harbor
no anger at her quiet reign. She wound
herself quite as closely around theft hearts.
Then it was new tie to bind the Sundered
husband and wife together Something Of
q DtH ny "a Mt II
ly into their manner towards each other.
She was their idol; and they pressed her
rapturously TO the parental heart, forgetting
she was but clay
Tutors and governeSSes without limit
went and came before the important selec-
ton was made. Then 50 many niunctions !
She must not study so much as to spoil her
fine eyes: she must draw only a few
minutes at a time, lest it should cause a
stoop in her shoulders: she must not 90 on,
in the sun. for fear of njnring her com
p!exion She was told every hour in the
day of some rare perfectioa; now her atti-
tude-ihen her eyes-then her shape she
danced like fary-sano like seraph-iu
short, needed wings OILY to make her an
angel
Every servant in the house knew that his
pleased, and they shaped their course
accordingly. If the boys were doubtful of
request: Cpcie was employed secretly to
negotiate. The re,gnS Of household govern
ment We're in those little fairy fingers.
No wonder the little CeciIe thought her
self omnipotent No wonder she stood
before her Psyche, arranging with
maidens pride those glossy rinaiets.
Small marvel that she saw with exultaton
those round polished limbs. pearIy teeth.
triumph at the healts that were already
repeated the voice of aa1tery that met her
temple was passing fair: bat, ah there rose
Those bright eyes opened and closed like
the flowers, and like them drank in the dew
and Sunlight, regardless of the Gver.
1t was Cecile's eighteenth birthday The
most expensive preparations d been
made to celebrate il. She was 10 eectrify
the beau monde with her debut A Cos
sanef robe. fit for Peri. siIvery and light:
hoated soft as feecy cloud around those
have been out Of place beside those starry
ing lily, blended with her tresses The
flush Of youth and hope was on her cheek:
her step was already on the Threshold Of
that brilliant, Antrled world, which her
beauty was to dazzle and conquer. Other
sylph-like forms there We're, and bright
faces that made sunlight in happy homes,
but the peerless Cecie quenched their
beams on that happy hir1hnieht
ed, 49, 4. 4 IA,
!" Beautiful as dream.'' echoed from one
end OF the saloon 10 the other. His eye
followed her, noted every glance of admin a.
ton, and then he SAID 10 himself, The idol
is mne.' Say you 50, fond father? See,
her head droops hea .Iy-her limbs relay
shes has tainted. They gather round her
they battle her pale face and PnwerIrss
hands; then they bear her To her dressing
room, aud she lies on that >iIken couch like /!
some rare piece Of sculpture. The jewellers
garlandS 4roop-daf kne>> aud |
silence reign where merry feet tripppd |
lightly. The physician sit, by the bedside
IF his fair patient and. with mistaken kiui-
aess, he says to The frantic parents. She
will be easier soon--she will be free from |
pain tomorrow 7" aud then he leaves her |
With the anxious watchers
morning ddWhed. Yes, Ceclie was |
better - 50 her father sail and she sat
Up. and threw her fair arms ahont his neck.
md called him her own dear tather" and |
lie smiled through his tears. and parted the
,rlg damp locks from her blow, and >aii
he Should have another ball, oayer than
he last, and look oveIier than ever, AMI
hen her mother laid a bandeau Of PEARLS
across her pale forehead, and said they
became her passing we'll. CrciIp smiled
aintly when she replaced them in their
'ase, and then her mother came back again
0 the bedside. All what fearful shadow
II that momentary interval had crept over
hat sweet face. "CeciIe Cecie!" said
he hewiIdered woman shivering with an
ndefinable Terror; speak to me, Cecie.
that is it r.
Am dying, mother7 Oh. mother. you
ever taught me how to die "a
In the still gray dawn. al sultry noon in
ne hushed and starry nI.ht, long after that
right young head was covered with violets
ang that plaintive teproachfuI voice in the
aren1sl ear, You ncver taught me how
} die :"
HZ5 During the confusion incident to the
mixing of the steamboat Buffalo, at New York,
st week, German emf grant who had trunk
treasure and treasure Of a wife Gu board,
rev his wife overheard and dragged the trunk