New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-12-08
Al Tragical Story.

Charles had been absent about two days-poor
Julia had been wishing and wishing for him. His
welEknoWn step sounded in the entry; the door
opened and she met him with heightened color in
her cheek and her blue eyes flushing from beneath
her long ashes with sparkles Of unwonted pleasure
Shall mention parteuars2 1t is scarcely necessary.
He who cannot imagine how warm-hearted young
wife in the honeymoon would meet her idol, alter
an absence Of two whole days. is no reader forme.
0h!n she exclaimed after the first transport had
a little subsidized am glad you have returned,
dear, dear Charles! was afraid you would not
cOme--that you were SICK or that some accident
had occurred, Bat here you are And nov, have
you hada pleasant time, and whom did you see ?"
Charles stopped her mouth
:" Yes here | am safe and sound and full of news ;
but you huddle question upon question with such
volubty that shall never get the chance to answer
them, and your mouth here wide open to ask don't
know how many moreo
" Wellthen answered she, finging herself into an
attitude Of attention, and folding her arms like
Judge upon bench" there-I am dumb, and ready
to listen to the news-I wont speak another word till
you have done.n
" Now them said Charles, q mark me-
q I will, P" said Julia.
swell then, continued her husband laughing, in
the first place they are all well in the next have
had very pleasant time and lastly, | have seen
old Mr.. Peterson and Aunt Sarah, and Dir. and Mrs.
Vanderdepke and little Rob, Henry and Marta,
" And thus inquired Julia, 3" ii the news that you
are to tell and these are all you saw?n
"Oh, no replied Charles, mysteriously, far from
lbt
witchng being, more-the very counterpart of Venus
such e0mplexiOn-such ringets, long and gIossy-
and cheeks-r0ses and lilies are nothing to them
There is nothing in all nature sWeeter than her lips
and her eyes are bright dangers no man should en-
counter They are soft, melting liquid, heavenly
blue-fuI Of The light Of intellect and tremuous
every beam of them with a tenderness that makes
the heart ache.
" You are only jesting with me, said Julia, en-.
deaVorng but in vain to check the change that came
over her face the shadow Of cloud passing across
a stream " This is some stupid Dutch beauty, and
you can scarcely describe her without laughing
Come now tell the truth
s'You may believe it or not just as you please =
said Charles but assure you the whole account is
as true as the enjoyment Of it enrapturing, and
the memory is delicious
Julia sensitive and artess. She loved her hus-
band with that deep tenderness which know all the
thrills Of loves hopes and fears. Her heart was like
go t filed to the brim whose contents trembe and
overflow when shaken 50 lightly. There was there
fore, in these enthusiastic praises of another some.
thing strange and cruel. still she could not believe
that he was serious and forcing smile and strug-
Cling to keep down her rising emotion she listened
30 him in silence as he ratified on.
ttOur meeting was marked with uncommon inter.
est Old Mr.. Peterson introduced me to her after
having previously limited that, before | was married.
she had regarded me with more than common com.
pacency.n
FWell, we met addressed her by uame she said
nothing-but oh! those eyes were fixed on me with
gaze that reached into the nnermost recesses of my
heart and seemed to touch all those chords Of feeling
which nature had strung for joy, Wherever | went
her eyes were turned towards me- and an arch smile
just playing around her saucy lips, spoke all the fine
tanees and half hidden meanings that woman will
often look but not always trust to the clumsy vehicle
Of words. could rest in myself no longer-but for
getting all else than those heavenly lips approached
and -2
Poor Julia-she thought she heard the knell Of her
young Dreams The hue Of her cheek aud the sparkle
OF her azure eye were gone before and he painted
in such glowing colors the picture Of his feelings her
lips quiyered, and tears sWelled up and dinned the
blue light Of eyes beautiful as day.
!" will never speak to you again, Charles =
sobbed she, g if this be true
" It is true,s he exclaimed, "0ny not half like the
reality twas your own picture my sweet girl that
I kissed again and again.
She looked at him moment, and buried her wet
eyes in his BOSOM she lifted her head and shaking
back her clustering rnglets that fell around her
brow, displayed her face smiling through tears, his
arm softly found its way around her waist, and-but
am at the end Of my sheet.