The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-01-23

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people when they spoke OF her sighed and
shook their heads did not then know why.
One day / was sitting in my room talking
with Croton Poole, who had married south
ern beiress, and was now a port'y middle-aged
man with a family five children. He had
/ called on me about the transfer of some stock,
and we talked the matter. over as we smoked
/ Il couple of Cabanas. In order to illustrate to
| him some fact connected with the transaction,
| | went to the secretary to look for certain
document. In turning over the papers the
locket mentioned 10 you before fell out. 1t
caught Croton's eye. He sighed and gave a
/ sad smile. ts553 zSs.0s'8a = s1& e HasE= nj +
IT have one too" said he; ''the only. thing
of hers kept. -ess s-rs.. Il ,s. z5fgEf .5-..s
4 ,"Was it-?" | nterrogated
Yes; Constance Brewer poor grill | loved
| her much once, and do believe shcloved me.
But my family would not hear of the match
after her fathers failure. Have you heard
what has become Of her?'' .... .....--..- .
/ "No. They told me three or four years
ago, that she was south; bat | heard since
that shshad left Charleston where size was
stayingAO Oh! here s the statement ofthe com-7
pany.' s6#Ha M 81 g. ~ 74tsaaaf@ -sfsrs5 Fl
! And Constance BREWER, was soon forgotten
/ by both Of US, money getting creatures as we
were. ''''"
ssThcle's a woman in the hall wishes to
speak with YOU, Mr.. Troy" said the servant.
intcrrupting us in the midst of an elaborate
calculation Of the profits of the patent phos-
phoric gas company for the, past half year.f.''l
told her you were engaged. but she said that
she wanted to see you only for a few mo-
ments.'
s.show her up grewled, angrily enough.
''Poole, you have no Objection ! suppose"'
''Nqt at all" said Croton, 'only | hope
am nof mdiscreet in remaining.
| was preparing some equally witty rctort
to this sally, when the door opened, and my
visitor entered. She remained a pace or tHo
inside the door, as if some spell impeded her
further entry. She was queer looking wo-
man indeed. She had on dirty coored cali
leo dress, with a great many flounces on the
skirts; but here and there the stitching of the
f1ounces had given way and they hung in rag
ged festoons about her heels. She had on q
queer, rumpled, cid black bonnet-such as
strong minded women wear-and inside were
soiled, blowsy. rusty stemmed roses. Her
gloves were kid, but black with age, and seem
ed to have belonged to some man by their size;
while about her thin. diseolored neck hand
kerchicf of many colors, from which all the
gayety had not been washed, was folded.
Iknew in a moment she had come to beg.
| knew it by those suppant hands folded
across the chest in their gigantic gloves. l
knew it by that tinid, guilty step. | knew it
BY that long, sharp nose tipped with red, and
those dull, hopeless eyes, that spoke so plainly
of many dollar of charitable money spent
upon the fatal brandy bottle. ,..
|s'Well, my good woman said I, impatient
" enough, fear "what do you want?" '5412
"Don't you know me, Mr.. Troy?' zl
Il really am not aware" and | looked
curiousTy in that wretched and reckless face.
She laughed. She was not surprised. Few
people would know her now. She had been
! very unfortunate, but it was not her fault. She
blamed her father for it entirely. Neverthe-
less, she had many a time and oft danced with
| that gentleman sitting near the fire, Mfr. Cro--
ton Poole. - r...s. s,t3.....t,-l.z
Poor Croton-how his portly frame CULVER
ed at these words 'e'' ...- s'
,a"Gracious Heavens!' he cried; "you surely
are not Constance Brevier?" z... 4s3 Has
a"That's nay pame,' she answered calmly.
II am glad1 meet you here. | am very poor
almost starving; and | know you'll assist
me-" And Fer dull eyes were lighted up
with CLEAN of drunken hope. @.. sza-11
!. Poole covered his face with his hands, T
rever saw a man SO completely shocked A
few moments before he had been recalling
lovely, blooming girl, and 10! the reality of
lis dream enters, an uncleanly old woman,
who begs and smells Of brandy. ..........54
Shall l tell you how we tried in vain to re-
I1nI ~,
the terrible fashion by which she was dominat-
ed-how we surrounded her with every pos
sible comfort except the one for which she
longed. Shall | describe TO you that awful
death bed around which tie visions of the in
tbriate thronged in terrible profusion? 1t were
better not But I do wish that Madame Cam
can had been there to see That amabe in
structress of youth would have seen the result
of making young ladies ornamentalinstead of
useful. q ,7's's WOES f5 s9 "7.f7f- 5.@@2 1857
oh, Madame Cancan! if you would only
teach your pupils to take care of themselves.
+ How THE KANSAS WAR ENpED.-A etterin
the ST. Louis Republican of the 2Ist, from a
gentleman Of Westport, who accompanied gov
Shannon to Lawrence gives the following ac-
count of the termination Of the recent Kansas
invasion: .0s.z-- .--.....s.---E. r..n.rs.- x{F
4 committee waited upon his exceency, in.
yitlng him to come to Lawrence. We found
them entrenched, and as well fortified AS could
be expected for their forces. They were all
well armed with Sharp's rifles and rerovers,
and other implements Of war. Ny opinion is,
they only had one riece of artillery. | think
our forces could have demolished every build
ing in the place in half an hour, but had one
gun been fired on either side am also of opin
ION that the greater portion would have been
killed, and no doubt many of our own men
would also have suffered We numbered many,
more than they did. Their force was greatly
overrated, and could not possibly have been
over four or five hundred We also had
{r1eaHtmany at of sharp's rifles, many more than
hey imagined, besides our cannon
I Gov. Shannon brought them to terms. They
'greed, and bound themselves to abide the
avs, and assist in enforcing them until such
lme as the supreme court decided the legality
If the Legislature, and if SO, ever afterwards,
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