New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-03-26

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before Hnnh could know Her Intention or ohea III
his arm. She threw up her ven ~ ne ianllo.s
appgoachea MIL. aSd asked him eagerly " ssssis
was stiil Id session. Upon receiving an anslsasso
ans,ver sba ordered her trunk carried - anu IN.
tl,ro.,r1s the door The full view o. enas
fase b,tl,erto half hidden BY Che veil composed
4 mn. pss f ffuFh' heart which she hand had
H 81, Nh fcaturcs themselves were beautiful
m IN expression, brilliant VET soft, womanly yet
| ,5,,,,s! loyinv WIZ haughfy, captivated him COM
n5ssa1s h had half mind to alight here too, but
fsslIns TINT such proceeding would seem too
usrked. he determined to ride On to the next town
and remain there TIL he could learn something
more IL I'LL fair lady His father, the stepmother,
The old homestead had all gone from his mind.
Cupid had met him on bis way and transHxed him
with keen arrow he would scarcely believe that
he Ind left home with any other purpose than to
fall desperately III love with beautiful stranger,
and to try and discover who she was.
As the stage rolled away, Hughs eye caught
sight Of something lying the floor Of the yehi-
Gle. Eagerly he stopped and picked i up. TWAS
the iady's glove the glove which had been with-
drawn nom that white hand he had admired SO
much. nc laid il reyerently upon his knee, gaxed
at It's fair proportions still full Of the shape OF the
hand which had worn it-then he pressed # to his
lips and laid ii III his bosom.
The town at which he stepped was the dullest
place in which Nj. Hugh Falconer had ever pitched
his tent There was DO fishing, no hunting, no
church, and no livery establishments. Every day
| 81 two he would take the sxage and ride back to
the village where he had loft his con,pagnon da
ropagc bnt slough assured by the landlord that
she Wv stIl there he canght no glimpse Of her at
the numerous dinners he ordered and paid for that
hc might crafty The hope OF seeing her pass In Or
out Of the dining.room. The name on her trunk,
the landlord said, was printed in full, Amy Adj
iington. Hugh thought 1t q beautiful name an
aristocratie name and more than ever did he long
To know the fair owner.
One day, sitting in the bar-room Of the little inn
where he WAS boarding, he picked up a newspaper
which the stage-driYer had just thrown In, and in
the course Of its perusal his astonished gaze be-
came rivetted on the following paragraph:
= FIFrY DOLLARS REWARD!
Lost in the stage which left Waterbury on Mon
dag, tho 9th inst, ladys glove. Search has been
made for ii and the driver questioned. but no clue
can be obtained likely to lead to its recovery. If
the gentleman who travelled in the same stage that
day, ana who was still in II when the lady left it,
will restore the glove (f he found il, which it is
presumed he did, he will receive in addition to the
five hundred dollar note which they said glove con-
tained and which could alone have induced him to
retain ii, ii necessary to the owner to carry on 4
lawsuit she mustotherwlsc lose. No questions WILL
| be asked. Address at this Office, A. a."
Hugh Falconer felt as if be would give FIVE thou
sand dollars to IS any other than the Z gentleman
who travelled in the stage that same day" "How,n
Ne Iamented, conld be ever look III that fair face
again. how could he ever endure to have her look
iii his when tor 30 long shs must have remembered
| ii Is that 81 common thief, or highwayman." He
| sprang up and paced the room like one crazed-
then smile broke over bis face-a sudden hope
lightened his heart. Perhaps, after all the glove
he had was not he glove. That lady did not look
Ike one careless enough to carry five hundred dol
lar notes IN 50 insecure purse true, the para
graph said HE lady left this gentleman in the stage
when she alighted but she might be mistaken.
Hugh's heart had never before beat fast as when
He drew the glove from above it and proceeded TO
examine il. He turned the palm inside ont Moth
IND there. The forehnger vacant. The middle
finger - he paused, and the perspiration broke
thickIy on his forehead. There was evidently q
paper ii that finger. He held it By the tip and
shook 1t gently. A crumpled, shapeless little wad
feI to the floor. He snatched it up, opened it,
spread II ON his knee. 1t was the veritable five
hundred dollar note
ssSle u lost I'd me forever, z sighed High How
can approach her--how convince her intended
only 10 keep the glove, not its paltry contents
He rang The bell violently, and ordered pen, ink
and paper, without having the least idea of what
use He intended to make of them. He sat down ard
wrote g Dear Miss Abingdon then he wrote it
over, then re-Wrote If, till one sheet contained
nothing else; then he threw it in the fire. He
took another sheet, and without pausing to think,
wrote
Miss Atfdi,lqton- Dear Miss: am stranger to
you You know nothing Of me can only throw
myself upon yonr generosity. Your lost glove IL
inmy possession. its contents, which your adver-
tisement revealed to me to-day for the first time,
are safe. [ enclose them to you, with the assu-
rance, upon my honor as q man and gentleman,
that did not know Of the theft had committed
till five minutes since. fcu offer reward claim
one; not your fifty dollars but the dainty glove
which has placed me In this humiating aud awk-
ward position. will not retain lit without your
permission and that permission if granted, shall
regard as a token of your forgiveness.
| ~ sTsiE GENTLEMAN
Who travelled in the stage that day.
When the stage returned, ii brought him the fol-
lowing note:
SRI am happy to find my unfortunate bank.
note fell into such good hands. Ireturn you my sin.
cere thanks but could not, for twice the sum, per-
NIT you. stranger, to retain my glove. Be good
enough to return 1t at once.
Respectfully, A. A.
T. S.Enclosed yon will find the fifty dollars re-
ward.
Hugh was in despair-then q new idea struck
him i; he sat down again, and wrote
Miss Addington -Reenclosed please find your
| fifty dollars. can receive no pecuniary re-
wards. H must renquish the glove, allow me
| TO- deliver it in person. You mention in YOUR
1 advertisement law suit You are about to en-
| gage in. If your counsel Is not already chosen,
may ask, as a favor, that you will place your
cause In my hands. am myself lawyer II
earnest zeal can win it. it shall be won Grant it.
fair lady, pray you. that may, In measure, re.
I instate myself in your estimation, wherein have
been unfortunate enough to fall SO low! HE.
IN little while an answer came: Would Mr.. Il.
II. come up to the Hotel. There A A. would
grant him personal interview.
Mr. H. n. started at once. More beautiful thar
ever looked the lady whose face had become SC
dear a face to him. She was, without a doubt
pleased with him as her acquaintance with hin
progressed. His theft was forgiven and laughed
over, the glove relinqnished, and she retained him
as her counsel Still they we're only "Miss Ad
dington and E Mr.. F., to each other. There
seemed to be i tacit consent that neither should
reveal more, at least for the present.
Here are some papers, said the lady to him
the next day after the restoration of the bank.
roter that recently and accidentally fell into NV