The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1857-01-17

M II t{18fsfH RQt 10 ne OH DY suurlSe " set
~ MI they won't be home
AdnSk@s reckon" concluded Mrs,
| IA vtscuiar shake Of the head.
3xpsutina e0tapany Tonight,
snsScted Lefty. With the rosy tinge
dsSlns snd wiaeuilff SshFough her cheeks ;
4 S5nlanst IL nm no{tte ID be OF when
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MN iikelv WtsH Have time 10 ret
4 5 Z. cYi5as III IL my III your
TsSS sxd ftSi1 dut 10 ytEss Jllapples.h
HfSX H NE frifh NM 81 tyld, Lefty p,esse
~ a Ia ZION thefe had otter,
SSI5SsSs 4 e5vSie 5tfuere between her
aS6ss n 45sT N5g& slase
q ! country merchant, q
m{ar{ l6o fi6 yodiT MT, who bud recently
iny0 6sI3es iSf HIMSELF Ho, was always
6a cfot6 STOOD behind the counter
nm St1at Sow aid smile imaginable,
sSd ~ Il Slater singing school the
&hsia1t ttkc 1tcwnn.. Eaat7 a'ssss |,
xSS Esth Eetets tie miller
a2,SSy daSSff SsHiIediBicccc u Lefty heart was
Y vSss Didallas III lid sass,it never did foi
~ IA IasRS was certainly good look
I'M snd a1fsnfrcut While kMobiefr heart never
hssf m II r6n,akInI II ll00yefts; but then Els bow
vasnT 4 81 coa6pSfel with Jason's, aud he
,vnTa hi1ecrav ~oyeralis, which we're busted
MI sitI GoaaF fGffotia Monday morning till
SH7n; M nicS exccpt when he visited Lefty,
IL ESsceffalniy graf contrast, aud The gill
AZ Il kesnIyE iSs INV girl Of twenty swouldA
wbsnS aiesFoas paat ithS old mill and saw its
vooN9 0WafnoF III lhn powdered clothes, lifting
m - wreat ibSasr.rss Of wheat By the rope that
daiic3ead ION ttle' front window, or pouring the
cofa into thc lnnTreeess trough, under which the
Sreat SShocl plSSsbsd ald GTToarned in the stream
I'll az / Il III, - We said, o great contrast,
81 Sd: 81 Z IN rods farther to thte.lew store,
wiih III ksscan shutters md large sign, aEd see
j sson'S Standing in the store dressed better than
Nh minister. and receive one Of his inimitable
bowS. 4
Then it would be such 8 conquest, and all
III Firis would envy her so. She would be
1MxyJyiIliaaaMs. the merchants wife, 1t
sounded exceedingly well, aid yet, when she
thou9bt 81 il. tiiaf low. voice would rise up
ia speak for TIC miller again. Poor Lefty,
no wonder it vas 50 severe o struggle between
LEI affections aud her pride. Il
SbsI looked oonnt IF tie window and the full
moon was shining down on the bare earth, and
Whitening tie naked branches Of the tall trees.
TIE sweet apensiyee light stole softly into tile
girls heart, and drew her towards it.
q rness I'll run; down to the grove. If any
bodysconaless, YOU can talk to 'em, mother, till
al back, for I won't be gone long, was her
sudden cooaaClusion,9 M
ITH6sef giirrl ghhad not been absent more than Eve
minutes when there was 4 knock at the door.
followed by the entrance Of Jason Williams.
He took : sent BY the great fire place, and
chatted q few moMents with the old woman
a9put ne new meeting house and the prospects
0ff ! = early spring, when suddenly there was
another light tap at the door, and in answer to
widow Peases \ come 10" the miller made his
appearance.
a was not so remarkable acoincidence, alter
al, that the young men should both visit Lefty
this evening, for il was bright enough with its
balmys air, and large round moon, to WOO n
man " visit the woman Of his seeking. "
course the merchant md the miller could not
haye regarded each other with peculiarly COM
placent ceilings and probably each wished the
other = thousand miles otf, notwithstanding.
they mel, quite as cordially as rivals could be
expected to DO. sas
BIT somehow tho conversation Jagged ex-
ceedingly, and at last Jason proposed to Seth
that they should gO down to the grove in
search Of Lefty, TO which the latter gladly
consented y h9a
shel dig look likes picture, as she knelt there,
1plii1g Up the dead Old tree boughs. while the
shadows and the moonbeams danced 7restiessly
over sher figure, as restless Us they.
The young mon came suddenly upon her,
md she sprang up with o little shrek and the
bounding Of blood into her cheeks-but her
laugh, oh, that was like all sorts of sweet
sounds, as it ran ripping of to the echoes Of
Burberry HILL 11
well, you've come, and now l shall set you
straightito work, young gentlemen" said the
girl, with that dainty, fntiering motion OF the
head SO natural to, and so graceful IN, some
women. jAdl
- Of course you will. We're ready to obey
orders, Lefty" was the simultaneous response
of the young men aud the dainty merchant
and the handsome miller set themselves yigor-
ously 70 work and the voices Of the trio
mingled loudly and merrlly as they piled up the
branches OF pine, and birch, and heinlock.
Lefty aiiltncd that the sugar boiling was likely
be the easiest she bad ever tended, now all
the trouble Of gathering the firewood would be
over; s
" Hark didn't you hear a strange kind of
noise < and Lefty lifted her head and stirred
eagerly around her. 'ts q 4
It's nothing, Lefty, only the sap dropping
into the tubs answered Jason, as he added a
fresh handful Of 3boughs to the already rapidly
increasing pile.
NO, y isn't the sap. There | hear iitagain.