Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-11-13

the ildSh must taii. she had Worn l
long, and had hidden the true face an
demeath carefully; but il must drop nov
! and expose the deformity il had not on
ly covered hut transformed.
The youths face, uptirned, was ali
love, serenity, purity, and trust. III,
smiled, and fixed his deep eyes full of q
love such as angels might feel, on the
burning, guilty face above him. But
he saw no guilt in that feyered flush, h.
Tread no shame in that downcast eye
the hollow smile betrayed no falsehooG
dragging Itself to light, false and hard
Eened stiil; he read only maiden modest,
and the pure happiness of a girls frs
love, where keener eye and Il colder
heart would have spelt out every lin,
Of the black truth.
'Eya, said Paul, few words are nee
cSsary between us now. Ourhearts spo,
| ken, tho onrlips have been mute; and oul
/ spirits have met and understood each 9th
er, while yet the stirred air had not ech
oed one word Of the Weakened breath
love YOU, Eva. Why do YOU cover YOU
face and shake your head? You have
known it long-you have seen it: yes
Eva, fostered and returned it. You ar,
too goodand pure to have playedme false
and bv every sign that woman could giv @
| YOU have told me that you loved me- AND
| Eya, it WAS so dearto me to watch it steal
in4 out, Ike a listening angel, i'll uuguard
ed looks. Il was SO sweet, dear Eva, 81
sweetand precious to catch itlike anecho
I in the fibering voice, and seize it ike l.;
! light retreating in the timid eye--it wa,
So sweet to be the sole keeper Of its Sc
cret life, that have not dared to breal
this sacred spell, fearful, lest in breath
I ing over it should dissolve it, a
Eva made an impatient movement
! What nonsense" she exclaimed almost
pettishly.
You think So! cried Paul, delighted
/ He mistook her expression for one OF an
noyance at the long term OF silence which
his timid poetry had imposed on them
! He kissed her hand, and She lett It in his
/ smiling. This further tended to deceiv,
/ him. Listen, Eva. he continued, Il have
I lived for years iii a dream Utmost extfai
( site beauty. Ever near me was the spirit
Of grace and truth-a spirit Of poetry, o
! love and loneliness, which | sometimes
used To hope ght be realized Mite, tnt
]more often used 10 fear might lure M
away from MI realities Of happiness tol
| love Of this mocking fancy 81 iI.ateC
brain But have seen you, and now
know that my dream was more Il proph
ecv than vision. have toreshl allowed
YOU in my guardian angel. From HENCE
! forth let the shadow tade, and the sub
stance come forth into the sunlight. aiva
I Eva, | love you! Oh, tell me with voul
voice, rs youhave told me with your eyes
that You love me. lie waited for reply
but the girl was silent He could not ",
read that false, fair face, nor deciphei
the crimson letters of crime.
y on have shocked me, Paul. she thei
said very slowly, and her words fell Xix,
ice onthc boys bounding heart; and pain
ed me, too. You have deceived yoursel
and wronged me. You say showed yo,
love! No; | Sliw>oed you only friendship
! cannot love you, for | am not fit todo so
Silly boyn she added, with her musica
laugh, laying her hand on his head, and
bending down till her young lips almost
touched his forehead; silly boy, did you
not know that was to be- married next
month.
The words had hardly left her lips when
she would have given much to- have re
called them; for, without cry, Il groan
Il sigh, with nothing but wild look i'll his
eyes, and sudden starting to his feet
poor Paul fell back on the mosSy bank,
stiff and rigid as one dead. AT that mo-
ment, Eva heard the voices Of her lover
and brother borne down the river, and
rushing thro' the wood, and over the COW
slip meadow, she gained the Hall before
they returned, Paul still lying more than
hall dead by the waters edge.
Fnat,t cl!in@. EraWa. $ &, -ay..n.l grace
iui 10 pr>ttl.. -Iuvy - lea a.ifolAed. 50
!iu~.s1IW thyoUthand beauty, that Young
Mr.. itUilpstone congratulated htlnSt II Il
gain Oh his return, on possessing the best
bred hunter, and the prette,t wife, to
! come, III the whole country, and >Worc he
was lucky fellow; but as lucky was Eva
Gray, too, for that matter; for the squire
Of Oakcnien West owned lis long rent
roll and as grand genealogical tree a.
the squire Of Oakenden.
And while the Young man was balan-
cling thus his account with love, u lifeless
form hoated down the wandering river,
and the moon-lighted waves rocked round
pale face Graded on them-poor Paul,
in his first fit Of despair, rushing to death
for love of a false heart.
In one hand, cIasIed on his heart, Paul
held lock Of golden hair, ~toicn-->wcct
theft.-one evening on the Hall terrace,
when the three Young people, he Eva and
Horace, sat lookingat The stars, ANA wea-
wing out the fabric of their future lives
from the clouds; ard wild flowers crush
ed and broken, were ,1cnched in the 9TH
or hand.
But AN unseen and unknown Providence
watched Paul. When the low wind sigh
ed among the reeds, In another moment
to sound the death dirgc of the baplesS
boy, thceipsy Maudrushedthr the wood
and plunged into the river, caught the
drowning youth. She drew him to shore,
and placed him on the grass: she laid his
head on her lap and wrupghis dark chest
nut hair; she chafed his hands aud warm
ed his heart beneath herown. and breath
edsback into hislips the sacred gift ofli!c
\ sigh. convulsive start. shuddei
thar ran from head To heel, and PAU
opened his eyes To Tx them Oh the duskl
face that looked down on his, tending
him faithfully dusky face, set round
with Jet black hair. with eyes that told
plainly enough what was her outcasi
iincage-her Bohemian race-yct ten
der, loving. mild and pure a. the face 0:
an ange--. face that one would have
prayed for to be ones comforter in III
ness, and to whose mercy the fondest
mother would haze given up her chill
dren.
MAUD, M.ud"' sobbed Paul, ''oh.