The Shreveport weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-06-24

era presence could not rc-invigorst
my poor Alice's sinking frame.
Avranchcs. small town in tn
southwestern corner Of Normandy
was the place whore they intendc'
to reside. The most cxpcdious wa,
for me to reach it was by one Of til
packets plying between Southamp
ton and Jerscy, snd from that islan'
run across IN s.zee44s,-.sas:azAke& -he:,
to Granville. In accordance Will
this plan. I boarded the first vcss.
that passed through the Solen
for St. Heller; and ere the su,
went down beyond the waves ",
were ploughing. tho English .hor,
was barely visible OH the nor,he,,
horizon.
Our voyage was tedious. and i
was the morninx Of the third day be
fore we came i'll sight Of Jersey. nnc
doubled the perilous Corbiere. TIL.
wind blew stitiiy from the southeast
aud We made the bay Of St. Aubiu
with some difficulty. On landing al
St. Heller. made immediate iuqui.
~ tor = vessel to carry me to Gran.
Vile bn, though several harks be.
longing to that port lay nloorcd il,
the harbour. aud group. of Norman
market'girls. with their plated pet.
ticoats and picturesque COLTS. were
lingering Oh the quay anxious to de
part, none Of the shippers would un.
dertake to put to sea, until the wind
should chop about into n favourable
quarter. Convinced, by their repre-
that delay WAS absolute
ly necessary. tried to curb my i'm
patience and, to bcguile the inter-
val, set off on a ramble to the eastern
side Of the island.
1t was in the middle OF September.
The harvest had been some time
reaped, and the orchards, for which
Jersey is so famed. resounded with
the .i"cund laugh Of tile young viii
Layers. employed i'll gathering tn.
produce. wandered As
far u Mount OrguciI, and from the
"f,hat ancient fortress, spen.
MI hour in gazing on the French
coast, which il visible almost from
Cape i. In H"gue to Mount St. Mich
FL. The rocks,rcwn clianuel that
intcrvenrs, was covered with break
ers. and l saw that the French boat
men had sound reasons for declining
TO put to se;iin such adverse weather.
l thought Of A,ice-mv dying Allie.
and wished for the wings Of a bird
70 bear me like an arrow across the
foamy strait.
Near Mount OrgueiI-half buried
among leaves and blos.ome--is
humble village churcll-,he church
# Granville. Groves Of richly folia-
.sd trees embow.r ii. and in the
the smiling parsonage is
literally covered with the tracran,
parastic.,l plants that climb its walls.
md wreath round even its highest
attices. l paused a, the white sa,.
hat opens into the small buryins-
ground, and gazed li-tl.sslv Mt the
head stones THAT crowded it. The
ricissitudcs Of my life passed in
brief review before the Her. after n
combat of fifteen years with the world.
stood solitary man. Ny whole
youth had been spent in cxile-my
>nowledge Of happiness was limited
% the suavit.v of a barrack-roon and
III. tr,noil Of camp. The friends
'f my younger vears-saving you,
Aus,in-had departed. Some had
allen i'll battle by my side-so,ne
he yellow plause had smitten in
,ur OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES had pinned
and died in captivity-and n few, a
very few. had forgotten me in the
sunshine Of our paternal hear,l,-.
had gained some distinction in my
profession, but who Was lett to take
pride in my honors No one. save
Alice, and she too was on the ev.
If being called away. Ny hear,
grew sad even unto death.
! was reused from nv moralizins
mood by the sound Of wheels, and a
small travelling car drove up to the
gate 4, which l was stationed. l.,
Was occupied by two f.,nales-one a
grave benevoient-looking -matron--
he other, one Of those syrphid Wis
ons Of feminine beauty, that line.r
III earth but for a brief season, and
hen pass away for ever into the
grave. She was pale-very pale
but it was the paleness Of perfect
ovelines.-that purity Of complex
on, which belongs not to earth but
o heaven. The young eloquen,
blood was visible in every vein that
her polished forehead and
here was n gentle fire in her dark
blue eyes. and smile of iunoceu,
neekness on her lips, that might
nave become scraph.
The car was attended bv Coarse
ooking hind, and poIiteness required
ne to assist the ladies to alight-for
such perceived to be their intcn-
ion. They frankly accepted of my
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