The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-08-30
THE PATRIOT.
The List naals Note.


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amusement however tban fnr the a.,ii,saiior IL
the reaIlar.. though i trnst' INV ra,rai;vca NAV
MT IL w;,hnnt ~ mnral. i tronscr;he fl.n,o
the ,,aue of memory an ;nriJent from NV 81.
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. Il was seated Il, myol.cea aprsily enxpred.iu
hunting mn the law for |, cert6i0 SSnse al so,na
imnortonce when tina donr was ti,nifllv opencd
and vounr lndv. annnrentlv of no more than
seventeen years Of noe stenne,I into the room.
without being ycry nrettv. she Ind counto.
nance and an expression which fail not to mt
tract tile interest Of the beholder. ,l, .s,.atejs
She was quite pale. and seemed to shrink
with instructive dread from the glance I Ne
slowed upon bcr. But her sweet face and
gentle fnunners had already won nv sympathy.
Her sad face aud timid movements assured mo
that she had a painful tale to tell, yet i WAS
not indisposed to hear it. ',a.f,.l,5..
A visitor with q less prepossessing face,
would have called forth frown and short
answer, for was in the very midst Of an IN
yestigation which promised to reward my
search in satisfactory manner. Ws5sT
She advanced toward nv desk. and / closed
nv book and arose To receive her.
q MI Docket Yn sai,l she. and saw her
Ens trpmhled with, emotion M she snoke. t4a
/ signiied to her that i was the person she
sourht, and handed her a chair a ciyility
which hcr trembipr frnme enabled her 10 Az
nrecinfe fnr her notation seemed n he entirely
beyond her control l'3N lI' pm H'ii'' s q
| After allowing her n fsw moments to recoy-
or her selEpossessiou, i gently incurred her
business with me 4r sg...t
II have q brother" she began. and her hot
tears filed her ewes, and for a moment Oh.
structed her vision. Her heart seemed to choke
her with its wild bcatipss. fta. aGfEaG
"Muy i know whomI Address ~ Il asked,
moleratinp nv voice. so Ms to ntIord her nil
the announcement rem tint gentle tones can con
yey. a L oi ElR -sil - 'Het. w
Alice Wade,p she replied. i'4'stni 'se5ui
"You seem to be in distress. Let mo beg
Of Won to be calm: pcrbups your ease is not 50
bad as YOU SUPPOSE" r..
u. Nlnv heayai, grant t]nt IL bc NOT ~
"'Take your own time. Miss Wade, Per.
haps YOU had better wait a tcw moments till
II YOU ieel better able to proceed; and in ftht
mean time i assure YOU Of nv desire to serve
you." ~
lWThapk YOU. sir," sobbcd she, und Iturne{
); to INV law books, 50 q mot to embarrass lhc
; by seeming to be waiting for her to recover
her calmness. 4'.''.''... .ms eg4{
But had lost tho clue to the investigation
and though fixed my eyes on tho book, i
was only to think of the weeping maid by m,
side. i waited till her sobbings ceased ,ars
, then carefully approached the object Of he
visit, 7.5@--5.',7'' .....',',
J., "I am taking up your time, Mr., Docket
-Tbut I have heard that YOU are kind an,
charitable gentleman and | huve ventured t,
d seek your add" a9liy 5u, g.i|sai Io Qos
1t was very blunt compliment, but
!. doubted not its sincerity. There could be NJ
hypocrisy in that gentle maiden, none even /
accomplish the most cherished purpose. Y e''
"Whatever can do for you, Miss Wade
E shall be done with the greatest pleasure.' \
"Thank you SIR" r.. .,.7 .ea,s.
Q "You must not look on the dark side Of IL,
case. In law we regard a man innocent Ii
he is proved guilty, and YOU must not recar
t. anything as hopeless, until oil efforts to oredeci
it have failed, / continued with IL smile, irol
which she seemed to gather the hope / desire
a to impart.
s I'll have brother, an only brotller, who
in the deepest distress. g.i'' u 9'e' g'i
"His name p" asked. taking a per, read
Z, to note down the facts in the case Us she d
tailed them. 'f''l, 80 s '' ~