Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1856-05-02
MIS- C. ELL A n Y .
From the New YORK Sunday Times
THE FLOWER GIRL.

q gentleman who had just arrived from South
Carolina, entered the bar.room Of the St
Charles Hotel, in the good city Of New Or
leans, and FASTENED to consult the directory,
which was suspended by silkcn cord fast
cncd to ono Of the marble pillars. The
stranger turned over the leaves Of the volume
with rapility and cagcrness cvIncing in.
tense anxiety to find some particular name
but hi, search seemed unsuccessful, lor he
hcavci painful sigh nearly resembling
sob Of dcspniring anguish, andactually grew
Talowith disappointment IIedid not, how.
ever, Immediately abandon the lrutIcss inycs-
tichlon, but rccurrcd tothe pages again and
again with the apparent hope that he might
possibly have mistaken the address which he
30 ardcn,ly sought Atlongth the Las, clnm
Of expectation vanished, as he murmurcd to
himself, with bitter emphasis" Vain delu.
sion, 10 imagine that outcasts, and perhaps
hcrsars, could have home to be- noted in
directories and very likely they have long
since been lot in the great wilderness of the
west, or have entered the deep valley of
darker shadows where living eye shall never
wander '
The stranger then walked with stately
solemn steps, to the oilc'' ana wrote h''
own name on tie book oi arrivals. " Col
John Moulion, Charleston, :. c. lie
afterwards went back to the saloon, and en-
davorcl 90 busy himself in the columns OF
o nawspp'r, but hi' r'anc' continually
straycd from tho 'h'rt' to 'crn'init' The dii-
l,r'nt r'r.on' that ,aan'"r'd about 'h' hall.
Any wei ua'''''! observer VINO s'" ''''
Monlion ior the first time would have r''os'
nif'l him a. a son OF that southern ch'yaITy
"a class the mos, refined Dy specific char
nci'rl.'''' which thc ""r'a "A' yet "l'n''''
oi. lie wa' large Handsomely shaped man.
some sixty years "' ago. WIZ" A" l',"1 o"'
pleasing '',aS'' largo prov" brown '''--u,'"'.-
The 'ra'''i iTr--a"' 'la' '"1',,r,''''' scr, "I
'''h"'"- '""-''''.' "'''' '''''''','
b''oEcn' an Individual accustomed 20 CONE
mand with dignity ana 20 ,''" o".'''n''
moro through 'h' medium ol moral ,"''''n %
than the manifestation OF '''". r'!'''',
force II' was dressed III " costly SUIT o' M
''''' "'a'h'"r' ""' '"' '." '''I' WI "''
fashionable hat MS wen rs ''' traces %, zoe
found rrio! on all hi' iD''nr7' showed tN"'
his bereavement was o' o r'''nt H''''
Presently be bounded from h'' scat AZ '"'
discovery OF an OLD ae1na'ntan''' 'E''a,"'
ing how are you' judge dickson ION
are The very person That wished especially
TO soc.'
" rcioicc mysnli, very much t' have this
unexpected pleasure" replied the other,
shakin: the rroa'rrd hand with al'ctoua'o
warmth. " We have not met before since
'hr'r years ago at Washington
Great change have happened TO me 100
that brief space nid the 'ar'linan ." "
hollow voice.
Has anything gone WT'ns '' your '''"''
Iy' inquired th' jnii' Nni'y'
"l have no family, now answered ihe
Colonel, in accents OF unut'rr''!' sorrow
Ills iron lip' ir'mhI'I' AMI his proud gy''
could not restrain The involuntary rush o'
trrs.
What terrible misfortune cried hi'
friend, in tones Of unaffected sympathy
l's'' ''''ci The solitary mourn'T' a,
lT'ak'n; to himself "'h'y are a'' gone
tir,t' my beloved lite partner The ,"''' %
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