The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-01-27

wood lily beneath my feet as l went. He
kept beside me, and before we reached
Nellie, said, in sad tone, but looking ut
ne still more sadly
The flowers arc bleeding in your path,
Oriaua.
Yes, replied bitterly, hut without meet,
in. his eyes, believe am destined to
crush all flowers on my journey through life.
felt sud, bm, still more irritatc! tha,
was sad. WAS subject to strange moods of
late
If You will witlcr the bright flowers.
then will your way Of lif; he tireary indeed,
Clrick said, and his voice sounded so
strange, gloomy and cold, that | started,
and pau>ing i'll my walk, laid my hand
gently on his shoulders, and said softly
Ulrck?
lie looked eagerly into my face, and I
continued.
Why did YOU say if YOU will kill
the blossoms of life {!
Because, he replied, speaking quickly and
almost stcrnly, if you have withered no
| flower buds of Your own for the last few
days, y"n have lligl.lri many of mine.
Before he had c.a>cl speaking, all my
hauteur and imrcnctrabi!ity had returned.
and said colIly-
We must hurry, or we shall lose sight of
Nellie, and We dill not speak again till We
| had ovcrtakcn her.
The walk through that grand, gloriou:
old wood WAS taken almost in silence on
my part, but in a merry chat between u,
rick and Nellie. The moon WAS above the
tops Of the distant hill, when we entered
the elm shaded yard.
y horseback ride then, tomorrow morn
ing by sunrise, isn't it Nellie said, us we
stood a moment i'll the yard before going
in.
Yes, a ride to the foot Of Ingle Hill, re
piled Jlricll, in an animated tone rifle
before the dew is off the blossoms-that is
if yon young ladies' can be mp so soon.
Never fear for us, laughinglv answered
Nellie rs we ran up stairs to our room.
was first awake in the morning. and
hastily donning my habit and hat, said tc
| Nellie
The sun is almost up, Nellie, and Lclo,e
he gets 1" the top Of the trees, we must be-
at Inglc Hill.
Sure enough! she said, sprinying up;
| had forgotten all about it, and in few
minutes we were standing fully equipped,
on the piazza, and waiting for the horses to
| he brought.
Oh, it was something more than beauli
ful-it was glorious-lo dash along the
smooth, hard, road, between the overhauc
ing trees, and see cleaning before us the
crimson coloss of coming day, the beautiful
hcra!ds Of approaching! spIendor.
Dear, del. i..iful summer! exclaimed,
unsc1onsly aloud AS pushed back the
thick pumes from my forehead, to feel more
fully the invigorating breeze.
Dear, delightful enthusiast cried Ulrick
looking at me with bcamin@ eyes.
| turned away, and said carclessIy to
Nellie, It's just the morning for swift can
teri
Yes, and we will have one, she replied,
lightly touching my horse with her whip,
and in il second We were boundiug.away
toward the reddeDing cast.
Two fays Of the morning cried Ulrick,
as he spurred his horse to speed with
ours.
ID" fays generally appear on horseback
I said looking at his handsome face, now
flushed and glowing with excitement.
1t seems that these two do, he answered
as my horse bounded with accelerated speed.
We were now approaching the forest
road, or rather path, for it was very narrow,
contained many short turns, and was often
obsrnctcd by stones and trees. slackened
my horses pace somewhat, bat we still rode
quite fast, ard just as the sun was gliding
the trees, we plunged into the forest road
We ride too fast, l exclaimed to Nellie,
40 div "S"t p''1 ''e, out HaFuIy nau
spoken before her horse reached a turn in
tho path {; and saw Nellie thrown oft, and
the horse galloping on.
turncd-to UlricE, WHO was close to me,
and who was just spurring his horse to
reach Nellie, when felt the saddle slipping
from beneath me. seemed to lose my
breath, and then knew nothing more
When I opened my eyes-for | had been
inscnsible half an hour, they told me after
\ward-UIrick was bending over me, his
lace very pale and his eyes full Of anxious
love- My first thought and my first words
were, ''r so had I wrought myself into the
oe'e' u'at UIrick had already begun to
love Nellie very much:
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