Shreveport daily news., 1861-07-12

had so long been fixed, tile box wa:
filled; and when Fred tulneJ his
eyes again in that direction, he tel,
convinced t hat the most prominen'
parsonage which it contained was the
eccentric Ellcn'
! His glass was now directeH 7to1
some lnomentous minutes to the box:
and when he removed it to return the
sanitation Of his friend Russell, who
now approached him, he was 1nutter-
ing to himself, By heavens! she is
certainly Il fine girl' Nor did he
exhibit any selhshness with regard
to this feeling: he never attempted to
keep it to himself, but instantly CON
ftssed rs much to Russell
She is certainly very fine girl
Can't You Introduce me tc your cous-
in, my dear friend 2 said he.
Then the two thousand a~vcar
have no charms for you, Fred was
the reply.
Faith! but they have though,
and SO has yol.r cousin: therefore,
the sooner YOU say a good word for
me HE better
Whether or no: Charles, who ad-
journed to his cousins, introduced
the subiec: Of his friends admiration
OF her that evening, We cannot take
upon Ourselves to assert; but certain
it is, that Ellen's opera glass was, for
The remainder 81 the night, muck
more frequently directed to the part
Of the pit which WAS occupied. by her
than to any other.
The subject was Introduced, how
ever, at scnc period, and, after sun
dry bluSliiugs and lesitutions, Rus
sells wooinY, in his friends name.
sped tarorabiv; and six weeks after
the evcnttui dinner at Richmond, saw
L travelling >.'&riot, with four Of New
mans quickest, drawing up at St.
Georges Hanover square. and depo-
sit at The silug and sly vestrv-door,
the fr'tsgroum cXpcctant Of Ellen
Cameron and her twenty-five hun
lsteds per ;snnu:n.
Here he was met by his friend |
'tussell, whose ohviors confusion and |
anxiety could n,t escape the notice
,f Fred So!ncrville. lie was about
o enquire INTO the cause W hich pro
iuced this effect, when he was pre-
vented lr the arrival Of the bride.
BE would have flown to assist her
rom her carriage: blt Russell seized
iiin, and motioning l,im to withdraw,
succeeded IN leading Esiln into the
'cttT Of ;he church not, however,
before h@ lad discovered that his in
ended had Il 1ery pretty facf, which
vas certainly without its telIow-tor
>c san, sic h3d Iut onei
He was at first bitterly enraged at
he deception which Lad been prac-
iced upon him; bat Russell soon
ainIed lis Irritation by very salts
;1ct"rv explanation OF his conduct.
Well assured of i'rel's worth, and
'ls co"si'l';i ;sniiabilitv, he had felt
his own mind that their
.nion would prove a happy one; bat
he circumstance OF Ellen having
been deprived o. one
I her legs, he feared, would preiu-
ice Fred against hey. His anxiety
n The happiness Of both nar,ies had
empted him, therefore to conceal
his tact--tor, knowin. as he did,
reds devotion to Il prc>t.y .toot, he ;
Jared lest this enthusiastic adlnira-
on OF the ertrcn2e Of feminine beau I
= should lose hi,n an amiabie and '
-eaithy W oman, had he been tola ut !
nee, that, although she had u yjagu- {
srly pretty foot, she had Jwt one !
That this explanation was satisfac- :
'ry, We have asserted already; and :;
was made evident by the fact of the f
orthy clergyman being called upon {
n1nediatcly to perform the matrimo- :
'al service to say nothing of the /
orthy clerk receiving triple fees t
pom the occasion. r