The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-05-20

ltle influenced III the formation Of
his good opinion, hv. tho fact Of his
being the only heir and great favour
lite OF + very rich and very old I'M
Gle. On sthAypfternoon IN question,
he.ard his boon companions ws<e At
me height of their marriment, vixen
one was sitting in the bay window,
that jutted out into the street, OBJ
served the funeral of Master Shard
approaching aud gave notice thereof
to- the others. The passing OF n
dead body beihg.a solemn event, and
they being orthodox Christians (ac-
cording to the orthodoxy OF those
times) their merriment was there
fore suspended, and l will not under
take to say there was not ~ share of
curiosity mixed up with their reli
gious feeling, for they rose one and
all, and hudadled into the window
recess, in ordcrto have fair view
of the funeral procession, which as
matters Went theil-a-days was II very
sumptnous one. Most OF the party
present being acquainted with the
circumstances OF the case at once
recognized whose funeral it was,
and the ignorant and anxious ears of
Master Lessomour We're greedily
drink ing in sunday MAJ yeiIons talc OF
the rich widow OF Gorne-hille when
she herself passed immediate by the
window, looking becomingly down
cast and sorrowful.
..Be she what she may" exclaimed
my young merchant, "by the pillars
of ST. Hercules, she is lovely
wench and steps out like an cnpcra-
tricc..'
"A witch. Master Martyn," re-
piled one, the oldest of his ce,Gpan-
ions, "a wicked which is she, take an
honest mans word for it, who should
know something's
HE is married to a shrew,f said
another, III an audible under tone.
which produced heavy laugh
against the former speaker: in this
however, Master Lessomour did not
join. nor with his companions who re-
sumed their places round the well
stared table, but drawing Il stool into
the window recess, and taking tan
kard ofaie with him, he sat him down,
intending, b. said, I" have another
glimpse of the fair widow as she
should return from the church; mean
while, he requested the company to
| tell him something more about her
rs they seemed to know so much, and
he nothing, having been so long away
from home-and accordingly, Master
Andrews the who had boosted Of his
knowledge of such things, and was
indeed reputcd the most gauulous
gossip in the parish with the assis,
lance and interruption of his com
pauions, when they thought he had
not made enough of a good point,
went through a relation of Mrs AL
ices life and adventures and, which
relation, Invested of considerable
share Of fiction with which Master
Andrews had laden il, and put to-
ge,her, it is humbly hoped, in some.
! thingof more coherent manner. cor.
responded very nearly with that
which has already been laid before
the reader During all this while
! Mmtyn lcssomour spoke not Il word
and when at length the narration
was ended, he slapped his hand lust
lily on the window sill, and cried out
"By the seven stars, and they are
ruling ones now" casting up his eyes
! to the sign over the door, .'but it i
strange ,ale-and whether true o,
! false / will soon know-for if til,
mind of man hold good within me
four-and-twenty honrs, ! will some
how or other scrape knowledge will
this said wi,ching widow"
! At this observation, there was !;
general outcrv, some declaring h,
/ would not do so as he said. other.
that he could rot; and some presum
/ ing on long intimacy with him, or OF
their greater advance in years, vow
ed he should not.
"And We'll see that, my merry
masters, i'll an cve-twinkle," criee
/ I.essomottr, ''for here comes the dat4
back rs if to my wish :" and witt
that, to the no small wonderment -
his friends, he started from his seat
and clapping his cap upon one sid'
of his head, hurried cut of the door
and posted himself on the middle .
the path wherein Dame Alice will
a few attendants was returning: h,
staid there, till she came within tw,
or three PAGES of him, and then drew
back to make way for her-sle look
ed up, and their eyes met, and, bow
| ing rs Peacefully as he could, which
WAS not inditferently, he. drew bact
still further. Mrs. Alice turned viii
the intent to cross the road, bu
some horsemen riding by at the mo
lnent prevented her from doing so
1 whereupon. Master Lessomour step
ping to her side, said Fair dame
will You let stranger do his poo