The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1856-04-03
but continued to gaze upon the pale

~ .
No wonder he gazed with sucl
wrapped admiration; for she appear
el more beautiful than ever, dressed
in her closc-fting green velvet t'av-
elling habit, displaying to the finest
advantage her swelling bust, ana slen
der symmetrical form.
He hat, a blue silk gypsy, had fal-
len back from her head exposing TO
view her broad high forehead, round
which hung in luAuriant masses her
dark, rich hair latellect and purity
bcancI from the darh eyes tAac for
lnonent rested on his; and he
thought he had never seen 40 lovely Il
being
lie' cheeks, that had been so paic,
redeemed SCARLET as she encountered
.,4 unnistai,able look Of admiration,
5talIcy was called to his recollection
~ iIortense, saying
Dear Father, have you forgotten
poor Morris?'
Where is he child? where is hep
| had not thought Of HIM
H fell from the carriage, SOM
,1o hundred yards back said Bach
IN, "aul | fear he is hurt--bIt we
hadn't time 10 stop to see whether he
was OF not.
Let us look tor him then qaickIy--
he may be in great need ofa'slstance.' y
II suppose shall re main with the
hor4es, for fear of accident? said Lew
is.
If YOU p!ea,e, Nj Stanley. My
daughters you can stay with Mr.. stan
les until our return, 'tyouli be self b
to leave him alone after what he ma
done for YOU"
"Dear farhc:, let ne % with you.
Poor Morris may need my assistance;
and Felicia can stay here
"very well, Child, any way You
prcfer.'
Stanley AMI his fair friend were left
alone, for sometime neither spoke bat
Felicia, being the least embarrassed
of the two. spoke first, reIna"kInS
how thankful she felt that they had
been rescued from almost certain
death by their gallant assistance and
presence Of mind"
II feel thankful, extrc mel thankful
that have been allowed the exlui-
site pleasure Of being of any assl'-
tance to one so beautiful and good a'
YOU, Miss Harcourt."
There was a slight shade Of ange
on Felicia face ~ Shc replied, saying
in rather cold tone
II think we can dispense with emp
IT. compliments for the present
Il beg your pardan, tair lady. If
have offended, | meant it not | assure
YOU. What | said was spoken from
the impulse Of ny feelings viii h
"Well, never mind; you have not
made me the least ang'y can assure
YOU, sir. How could | be OFFENDED
with one who had rendered M such
glyna' service; but, in truth, ] like not
compliments--its seems 70 my unso-
phisticated mind they are sure sign
Of q se.vile soul and cold calcals-
ting spirit"
"Ah! Miss Harcourt, what then ain
to think i. your impression Of my
humble ,clt'?'
"Dl | condemn what YOU sal1?--
Did YOU not say what YOU uttered
cam. from your hcart?'
Yes, in Iced did, and still say so.
"NVcll l object not to q true com
n'i.acnt from friend, but | ablor
ilAttery most awfnlly. But even com
Ipliments should be offered cautiously
parti3ularly on first acquaintance
Il never pay he: another compli-
uent, br love" thought Lewis; but,
nv goodness! how can fellow help
from telling her what q Venus she is.
AMI. Ike IN i'npuicnt fellow as he
was. he stood gazing at her. 80 IixcdIy
she blushod again; for sac read plain
enough his latte. thoughts in hi-
epoaking, blue eyes. What stran5g
thrill it sent to his heart as he noted
tha. second blush. And how vcxc
our heroine was at what she ha
never done beiore--blush at the look
# a st.angec; ahc could not account
70, it, and struggled to appear Zee
and easy.
What will he think ofme? lknow
ha will think | am little sinplctoa.
At this th,ught, instead Of regainins
her sclrpossession she became more
embarrassed, and in very desperation
; said she wondered why they stayed SO
long; she feared some thing was the
matter. Il think | hal better go and
sec"
"If you do, III bait my brains out
against a tree.
We'll, for fear of reading Of such
an awful thing as man com hitting
suicide, and all the startling details
accompanying it, vita description ol
the young LADY who was the crucI
: cause,--to save all that trouble. ] Will
rem.in upon one consideration, and
that is, upon condition you'll refrain
from compliments, AMI quit looking at
me so hard. Am I a monkey, that you
should gaze at me SO hard?
No, Miss Harcourt,' but-"hc paus'
ed a compliment was on his lips, bat
remembering his former remarks, dc
sisted. Il promise you ANYTHING 50
YOU do not leave me in these wild
lonely woods"
"Surely you are not afraid oil the
bcautifll green trccs?"
NJ q