Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1856-04-09

ty, blue deep ess, II ieh)eks, and !.
b glossy brown iair, thj nerican 4
a Refugee, IA q Cad in the Brit
ish army. lie wolfe handsome nc
!. scarlet coat the glv ng ePuiette,
lace rutiieS on his III apd around
!. his wrists. y
III Come, CaptaipJ the wine this
sa wayW shouted te 1gn; pass the
"A wine and decide feat question:
u, Which are the MOI tutifll. thered
cheeks Of Merry jand the dark
" eyes Of Italy, gr acelp iorms q
w Hinloostan!o II
y The Captain tcd for 2 mo
III ment, and then tg or 9 bumper
U lof old Madeira, what flushed q
e Inc was with MI 4ed: y \. f..,.,
1t Mould you models Of beau
" Ity. your Enojlass, yonr Italian
al queen. yonr o nymph, into one,
mi IA i !, charms a Thousand
graces Of 'coJd form and feature,
!. and IIwoulj Smpare this perfec-
with the wild yartless beauty Of
an Amer;c1 I'll ~. ~
The laugh the three officers, for
2 moment, dJned the echo Of the
dance in the kt room. III, g,ss b5.,sg.
'Compar9his American milk.
mad witllstlwolnan Of halyl, i
stsOr the u Of Englandl'' 81 sts59E,
Or the deeful Hindoo grip
This land g scorn Of the, British
officers, stu tho handsome Refugee
to the quicj ,wtsB 4 n sg s.s.
/" Hark T. be cried. half rising
from hissi, with a flushed brow,
but 9 deepnd deliberate voice: 'sTo-
.lnorrowl larry . wita: an ADserioqa
grill eInight, at imidnight, too,
that Amscan girl will join the dance
in the ng room. y on shall see her
yous sln judge for yourselves!
Whetherhe Amerieangwomali is not
the most BEAUTIFUL in the world!''seii..
Il Therswas something i'm the man
ner ofIth young Refugee, more than
Inthel btlire OF his information. that
lrrestN tic attention Of. his brother
.tlicer For o moment they were
ilenf. ..=F :, 6-sf.b ,4
"Wchave heard something ofyonr
marriage, Captain, !. said the gay En-.
ign, shut we did not think il would
ccur osnddenlyl Only think of it!
'o-niorroH you will be gone settled
t@-ydict Drought in-sentence pas
sed- married man!-But tell me!
HOW'LL ydnr lady-loye be brought
10 thfouscto .nightl Thought She
Iresidewithn the rebel iines.s yyE
a.Shloesieside therel But Ihave
sent 2 esserger--a friendly Indian
chief, 4 whom l can place the Mt.
most ,dt,pdnce--to bring her from
her prclit home, at dead Of night
|througiyle forest, to this mansion.
He j. t9turn by twelve; It Is now
halfpast eyen.', "a TIM e al j.
"Frei y lndianlntechocd thevct
Ieran Coli; t.Rather an odd guar
dian for sretty woman!--Quite an
original ikof q Dueand, l yow!"
land u will match this lady
against aAhc wcrld, for beauty"
said the Nj. s..
s.Yes, altf You do 10. agree With
me, this hslred guineas which !
Jay upon thtable, shall serve our
mess for VIM for 4 month to como!
But il you agree With meas
without Q don YOU will--flenly you
|areto replace Is gold with 10, hun
dredlguineas aour own Il d iY3 :.
n "a greedlq y a wagerl'' chorus.
Esel,the Colonel I'd the two other of,
Hfcers. At, w.. r,,sn FIJI N,
Anlin that so,nent--while the
door way was thhgsd byifair ladies
and gay officers tracted1 from, the
next room by thelbate-s-as 1.-The Re
|fugee stood witlane hand resting
npon the littleIpiles eold, his rudy
face grew suddeul ale as ashroud, !.
his blue eyes.dilatl until they were.
encircled BYE lind white enamel,
he remained standil There, as II fro
zen to- stone. yssa /.
ssyyhy, Captain, htis the mat
ster4v cried the Colon starting DO in
alarm, ..do you see ahost. that you
stand gazing there, ateiblank waiig'
! The otlier officers u started up1in
alarm, also asked tlisatise Of this
singular dem amor, btAill. for the
space OF q minute orih. the Refu-
gee Captain sto od erinore like q
dead man suddenly fdied to life,l
Hi That aaisal bslssdA III down !
With Acold SILVER; mad strong Ell
.fortlasjf 70 cemniand Lid asopI; and
'tlich gave ptterances 70 ) Ned laugh.
~. la, hal ] See how Enlightened
yopI' be said and then Ned that
cold, unnatural. hollow lah again. !
And net. hall IN. .hoit1S 5na t1at.
fine 1e Er6elu con lsaed a l,t,rre az