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kaife or pistol, s.vSb r,slrv.s sore rval or I'm.
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. vsikiaS .-;sa.cc s,a sb.-sus. o~s,a~. hi.
skss sssy y es.prsA<sd ks~ surhs eosrs. Of
habitual eoplacs. aad AL the exassplea and a.
nIiisr scsass wi,hin IL s,A,er. Of h. ob,-r,a.
ton. .ss., Issd ,;.. 20 ,..,.rd bravery :. Al,
ciinAx q an virt,s A.d eevsri;ps a tAe scne Of
shame and drsradasioa. Il aos ra.hsr possti,c
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Hs fA.ily hsa - Sra eo.si,s.a Of h. wiss,
IN iedussroas eouaoaps.es hiad u wosaaa, vko
insensihly inhibited All nj. nosioss and prelude
%, and seven taughter., Al, ave one, den mo-
'vidud viii hssbaads spd hs.ss; saA yea 49,
Of them had Welded wish the sppro6asioo Of
their parents. The objection In each case was
0f gsneral character. tlaat shs rc.pscsise suit-
or. did pos eosns mp to sh- old dssiist's siansl-
ard OF bravery. the sole qsaliAcat;oa which
could find favor ir h;r sight ia1esss, s;A se ,s.,
Ai.ssrs appeared poorly endowed by nature or
eiscaiiSa u Inspire any yssy arsi-.s a.sc In
heroic hearts, N their forms were coar-s and
,nascuiinc, and their features rude ana repu,.
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u from the rest. and SEEMED. ~ II by miracle,
to have no1opoiixed aiI the charming grace. In
tended for the separate nemt,ers Of The hoase-
hold |; and truly. you nigh, wander over The
world d'wisboat meeting another bc;ne more love-
ly than Menia Miller. Strange phenomenon,
thai q family cir;Is Of such common clay AhouId
, be able te exhibit 20 rAre . jewell Bui 20 1T
scnesimes happens !; In . lineage u proserbial
and hereditary coarscncss, there will come one,
like . stranger from datan. pl.nei., bearing on
IL visags the living lusser Of cs,-ssial beauty
whinA Aioses for all the accumulated esliness
Of its raee, as IL the mothers drcam OF an angel
had bcca embodied in bar o~n bossm! AID
20 this fsir flower Of the Texan woods present
ed 90 every beholdcr the hieai Of his mind and
Imagination the iauiilrss form which hal iloat.
cd before bis visionary sight in The hours Of ear
tly youth. i,tl ~ .aals ~ sai
Her shape, though slieht and ehild-Iite. ap-
peared full to overhowing with. animation and
vital eaergy, and every gesture and motion
seemed like the rapid and graceful wafurs Of
wings In puse esher. Her snail Seasurcs, Of
perfect oval. white A. TIE lily. and radiant red
as the Sunmer ross. lived p the starry light Of
..s'e- ssesan eoss OF n
'n.ess s0s' wh,'s sso'e luminous eufs OF gosd
and made her resemble some divine picture. tbs
matches creation Of musing artist. rather
than n mortal thing Of acsh and blood But
her eyes alone would have rendered her connte-
nance 'rrr.-'so,e; they were 20 large iian'd'
ana "sAa''ihay o'as-
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ana reseiss' 10 gave her INC moass OF intellect
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