The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1856-04-03
VOLUME V-NUMBER So.
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THE I ARD TABLE
BY sYLvANUs COBB, JR.

Lydia Deai bon sat alone in her little
>it'ing-room, and her countcnauce was
sad and de>ronding. She was not ov,r
x aud twenty, aud though her face
was pale and wan, yet she was bcau'-
ful, ~ warm ii c turned in the CRATE,
Tor it was winter, aud the lamp upon tic
cen reliable was lighted, tor it was eve
ming. Sh" sat lLus, tying To read,
when the door was opened and stan.
-cr cnte'cd She stated up wlh fear
al thu seeing strange man enter her
apartment unbldd u.
l. da--d,n tyou know me -
] he woman stated al the ,Ouud OF
the volcr, and the blood rushed To h.r
bow and temples. She tok step
ioraaId IN laz d more sha ply into tie
in' udcr face.
james = she murmurcd, in,e roga-
lively.
les, my sister. D.Jn't you know
| m =
But, Instead OF answering in w",d>,
LN"ia rushed f,Iwa.d aud sauk up u
lhe man's losoin, AID IA &c she We, /
for JOY. 1t was III trath, her own
u,ih,r.
Aud YOU lidn know me = h" aid
with mile, alter lie had TAX u Il
I>eat
WY 10 Jimcs. Five years have
olter,d you Wonderfully. But III II
that D. a.a AL "ver y u lace makes Il
good deal Of uitlcrenca.'
All I, e ditfrricr in the would sis.
Ter. wo Jcals ago, while my snip
.ay at Canton, | had my beard all
snav, off, and when came abual d
somc Of y own meu did not know III,
~ isl.
'Thcn I wish you'd shave it off now
for you lo,k mo-, like bear than lol
do IKE James Barrows
The broILer laug he'd, and then the
cohvei salon ian Tor while upon va
rlou> topics suggested BY the return OF
The low, d on James Barows W
"ow thlty two years Of age, and had
baen ab>ent from his native city for five
ycars, during Which time he had had
cumnand OF ii fine ship.
BY the way sa d the brother, at
the ,nd of haI' All Ii, ur, / stopped in
New lo,k on my way here, ald | saw
Kate Wald o. tLore She told ne that
,he heard you say you wished your hu>.
band had never km"wn me. Dld you
ever say ,uch IL thing as lI.at;'
Lydas eyes flied with tears in II
mon, ut, aud Il deep sub b'pkc from her
lips. Her brother WIS sta, ted. lie
mu,ed 10 her side, and put his AN,
about her neck.
What is 1t, my sister, he asked
anxiousIy.
Alas, James, | will tell you. But
first lel me assure ynu that did no'
mean exactly wIat | said to kae -
You rem, mber five y ars a.o when
you used to Tell such stories about gim .
bling Genes on the Mississippi. Au-
b.usc asked you to teach hlm to play
ToAer as you ealI,dlt. You taught hln,
~ anu WV w lNh ttliluE
you went with INN to some sucial cnd
paIilcs
Yes, yes remember all that
'Neil-'hc spnli OF gam NJ is u "
,asi,nhg itsrli upon Hin. | can sc II
plainly, though hr ulcs to laugh ava,
my ieais, | know i; Is SO, for ha>,
been luld by ulic wHO L. nv / len J., ahC
~Lo told ne "ui ot u irl,hd lip t",
!. Ambl osc But Lave hot let da,r,
10 let hlm know how sue my IN o,ma
non ls. iur Lc would bc uug,y, did Ia,
know that any one had told III. to me
=, y, | know hI> mp tuou> Ia urc, au
i,a he viii lie lost eie he H. awa,co.
Evli eompannns are leading han a>t ay
lie 'hinls Il en frieadsr =
! Aud de- YOU hInk h Las goLe +,
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