Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-11-13

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auryT he said,
ever answered Lowell.
" hat Not Of Hester Amau
ry, the belle Of Paris, the toast o
Paris 2
Upon my honor, never saiC
Lowell.
OF Maud Love,t, then, the beau,
ty Of London T.
Nor OF her, either,' said Lowell
'Hufh 7 said Arthur impressive
Iy. Listen, Lowell. They were
one and the same. She bad other
names i'll other places. / shall tell
You about her as Hester Anaurv.
Size was lovely z RI: wondrouslv
lovely all day. The most beautiful
woman that ever trod this earth
could not have ec1jpsed her beauty,
not Hclen, nor Psyche, nor Dido,
nor Cleopatra. Her face was like
the angels faces which looked down
upon a painter in bis dreams. All
day, | said. But at night, ali 2 he
pursued, lowering his voice mystic
rlonS] J, at night she was the most
hj1e"us lag conceivable by humau
ilnayil.ation.'
Great heavens said Lowell in
a low tone, and lnoving nearer the
speaker as we'll as he could.
Her beauty attracted every one
who gazed on it, Arthur pursued,
and from the day she entered Par
is ti]I-fro1p the first day, say, no
other beauty could contest the field
with her. All competition was ab-
solutely useless. She had the field
to herself Her wit was equal to
her charms; she soon became as
celebrated for talents as for her ex-
ceeding beauty. Hundreds Of Young
men were ready to ic for her -
Alas! many OF them h0d to die for
her
But it was noticed that she would
never stay i'll any comnany, or see
the most admired OF her favorites
after njghttaIi. She used to say
that she wished to keep the roses
in her checks; that as they were
natural, aud therefore unlike those
ot minor beauties, she would ilni-
tate nature, and l,ve thosa roses
which fold their leaves together
when the sun goes down, to reopen
them when be rises. But. as | said,
the real vision was, that at night
fall. her beauties all vanished, and
she became loatI1ly l'"g. Areyon
listening?
y e., yes,' said Lpve!], almost
in a whisper; the tones Of his Voice
in fn1lsympathy with those in Which
told his tale. go on, go on
8 1t was not noticed, however,
at least in connection with her--
that one Of the very flower Of her
admirers was found. almost period
;cal]y, i'll some lone place, murder
ed. So it was, however, Every
Tx months one Of the young men
who thronged after her was taken;
1ut, where DEATH mad" one vacan-
", Love brought twenty recruits.
The fact was hat his was one OF
he terms; t her existence, all q
which were sufficiently revolving,
She Was obliged 70 have two VIC
inns every year-for she Was II vam-
1ire.
tAh!' exclaimed Lowell, almost
below his breath.
'She was only able to angle for
1er victims by daylight, pursued
Arthur, for at nigi'ttaIl, as | have
said, she Assl1ned the most repall
i've shape that humanity can wear.
Bnt her very existence depended
1pon this, that once III every six
months she sacrificed a y''ung man
her; upon sucking whose
lie blood she was kept ia being
Hitherto she had never failed in
Ter frightfnl penalty. Y"nth after
;ynth had perished and she had
ived IA. But at the time OF my
ale term had nearly expired and
she had no victIn
The reason was that she had her
self fallen q victim to owe. Philip
Spence was q most amiabIe and &C
;rmplished young man. He had
been drawn into ber magic circle,
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