The Panola star. ([Panola] Panola County, Miss.) 1856-1857, 1856-07-02

digent of the neighborhood she took
under her special charge, and when
borne down by sickness and fatigue,
they were unable to reach her door to
solicit her bounty, she would visit them
in their humble abodes, taking with
her an ample supply of all the neces-
saries requisite for them in their enfee-
bled state, watch by their bedsides,
and apply the grateful cordials to their
parched lips.
1t was on one Of these charitable
| visits, which were ever source of in
| efable pleasure to her, that Thomas
Janie3on, soon after he had come to re-
side in the village, first met with, and
immediately became deeply enamored
of her. In soOth, she was a creature
| to be loved The matchless symme-
try Of her rich and voluptuous form
the playful and happy smile dimplng
her cheeks, which wore the mellow
tihge df some eighteen summers-the
lofty forehead, partially concealed by
/ glossy ringlets. that fell in jetty pro-
! fusion over her snow white neck--and
the kindling luStrc of her dark and
| prominent eyes, We're such as no one
could have looked upon without loving
her. She aped not the affected airs Of
/ the world. Nature had endowed her
with a queen-like mein and easineSs Of
carriage, which would have put to
shame tile boasted eleganceof manners
of every boarding school miss in our
! Monumental city.
Thomas jameson lost no time in
communicating the state OF his
feelings towards Anna Cuthbert,
tol,is friend Joseph Hampton, who
highly commended him for his
choice, end willingly undertook to
introduce him at the Doctors
Here he met with 9 cordial recep-
ton from Or. Cuthbert, and on
taking leave, received q kind and
pressing invitation to become a
visiter at his house, an invitation
which it may readily be imagined,
he gladly accepted CT, now that
there was so great an attraction
for him there. He continued his
visits regularly at White Hall, the
Doctors residence, standing i lit
tie out of the village, and before
many months had expired, sue
ceeded in realizing his fondest
hopes, by winning Anna Cuth-
bert's affections. ut was about a
month before his appointed nap-
! tials, that Thomas jameson, in
passing BY the garden at White
Hall, accidentally overheard Anna
| Cuthbert In earnest conversation
with some one whose voice he
! did not Immediately recognise.
Now Thomas jameson was not an
eaveS-dropper; no, he wo'lld have
scorned 50 mean an act--but he
could not resist the inclination to
catch a look at his betrothed. SO
looking unperceived through the
thick Shrubbery that skirted the
garden, he saw Anna Cuthbert,
whose countenance Yves crimson
ed with bushes, seated III a little
sulnmer~house, thickly embowef-
ed with fragrant honey suckles
and wild rose, and holding Joseph
Hampton by the arm, who had
apparently just risen from the
seat beside her. Hampton gazed
into her beautiful eyes for mo-
ment, then taking a splendid gold
en- miniature from his breast, gay
ly tied it around her neck, at the
same time saying something to
her in an undertone that caused
her to blush more deeply than be-
fore.
Immediately the brain of Jame-
son was fired with madness at the
base betrayal of the trust he had
reposed in his friend Hampton
Every amiable feeling vanished on
the instant, and he would have
! laid him bloody corpse at Anna
! Cuthbert's feet, could he but have
had the means at hand-but lack
ing these, and maddened to des-
peration, he rushed furiously from
the spot, vowing deep revenge
for his wrongs.
That night he met Hampton in
company with several young men
of the village, and openly charged
him with basely endeavoring to
ALLEVIATE from him the affections ol
a girl, whom he was well aware
had pledged herself to become his
bride. Hampton would have Civ
en- an explanation of his conduct
: but jameson, unable to control his
, rage, struck him violent blow ii
I. the face, pronounced him william