True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-06-06

80, no; can get it easily Here it is;
ho-r shall I use itT
"Wash your face thoroughly-very
thoroughly, with it: that is ALL"
Henrietta obeyed, and all was silent.
Virginia slept soundly by my side. From
the other bed l could distinguish, amid
the regular breathings Of Ellen, deep
sigh that seemed to be forced from the
heavy heart Of her companion. After
awhile even that ceased; and I was begin
ming to lose my own consciousness, when
I was reused by Hehrietta's voice. She
was calling..Ellen in low suppressed, but
somewhat impatient tone. Ellen's slum-
Der was never on easy one to shake of,
and it was sometime before she showed
any tokens of wakefulness. At last she
asked "What?" in drowsy tone.
Chow does this buttermilk feel on your
face? ?" asked Henrietta.
"Feel? Yes--it feels-yes-" And
Ellen was sound asleep again.
"Oh, Ellen, do wake up moment. Is
it stioky3"
"Sticky' Yes--oh, yes; very"
And again Ellen dropped her head on
the pillow. Several minutes passed; ther
I again heard Henrietta.
''Ellen---Ellen p
eyes," murmured Ellen.
"Something is the matter with me-
something very strange. I can't open my
mouth; my face is perfectly stiff. Do gel
q light"
Ellen rose slowly, and calling the nurse
from her mothers room, soon procured
caEdle.
"What's de matter, Miss Ellen ?" ask
ed Abby.
~ am afraid cousin Henrietta is sick,
was the reply. "Come and see if sh'
wants anything"
Henrietta lay with her eyes halfopen
and blinking as the rays Of the candle fel
on them. Aunt Abby looked at her a mo
ment, and exclaimed
"Bless us, how your face do shine Ant
it's all red and fiery. What have 20,
been doin'"
dts that buttermilk," said Henrietta
"Oh, no, it cannot be that" said Ellen
l-"that's impossible"
"Aunt Abby examined it sagaciously
"Dis is misses bottle Of varaish!" saic
she-M was in mighty hurry dis morn
ing, and Miss Ellen called me in to dres
her; and 50 I slipped the varnish in tn
wardrobe, and never thought no NOR
about it till dis blessed minute. You'v
vanished yourself, honey, dat's all"
"Oh Aunt Abby, will it never com
ofw
eyes, I 'spect so, but your skin vii
come off too, mos likely. III do what
can for you"
Mrs. Percy's medical knowledge wa
called into action in this emergency, AM
everything that could be thought Of wa
done for Henrietta's relief; but the mex
morning she was far more unpresentable
Another bridesmaid had to be obtained t
fill her place. While confined to her roor
and bed, she lay suffering evidently fror
sumething more than bodily pain. Sh
was anxious, and her eyes followed u
about, with an earnest, wistful glance, o
though she wished, yet shrunk from ask
ing, some important question.
Among the guests Of the wedding,
observed the same gentleman whom ha
seen talking to Henrietta in the woods
He was tall, slight man, whom one, a
first glance, might call insignificant ; bu
! a few minutes study of his face and hea
would remove that suppression. There wa
upon them the marks of an extraordinar
mind, of a strong will, and of perfect
though carefully repressed consciousness
Of his own power. I became very muc
interested in watching him, and perceive
how naturally his intellectual superiorit
and force of character enabled him to b
the tacitly acknowledged leader in ever
conversation in which he took part
There seemed to be kind Of unaccounts
Bile fascination in it, which gave to his Ii,
tic tete-a-tetes with the ladies an air Of love
making, so devoted and absorbed did b
seem with each one. Young as he was
and he could not have been more tina
twenty-five or twenty-four-he had blas
worldly-wise look that would have suited
man Of forty, and that did not harmonic