The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1861-02-13

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the happy couple still live there in quiet retirement
enjoying all that heart can wish of happiness,
so you won't serve on. the board of examiners at
West Point this year. if get the president to appoint
you?" said governor Houston, few months ago, while
making his annual visit to Gel Morgan.
Il viii answer for him. no." replied Katrina, now
bnxom matron He must be here at the wedding Of
our eldest daughter and my father is too infna to have
the care of this large establishment"
you see general said Horace - am under orders.
''Yes yes remarked Houston, with smile; ''the
captor of Santa Anna is himself eaptive'
II am Antonio Lopez Santa Anna, president Of the
Mexican republic and general in chief Of the army of
operation
What is Filtration"
MEssEs. EDiroRs. Il feel agsrieyed The cold fin
ger of the world has pointed at as the embodiment
Of coquetry! What am | to do? And 50 but one side
Of the story has been told of course had the brunt of
the burden to bear; but ii you will only give space
in your Journal will present the other side:
! Well 10 begin Long yearsago-it seems to me az
if ages upon ages had rolled BY and gathered its fruits
of woe and misery, hanging them upon the battlcnen
of eternal ruinl first built my hopes Of happiness
upon the foundation of c0ntenmcpt in every lot
Of life; castles Of bright oy-no visions of glorious
beautyr-no wanderings into the mysterious and
rodden futureno grasping after the hidden treasures
Of earth-crOssed the souls imagnings. Life to
! be taken it came Nature, with all her beauty with
all the charms which the Creator had thrown around
her, only laying stretched before me givnga silent
though powerful appeal in behalf Of bowing with all
meekness to the winds and breezes Of life.
Taking this view Of life the soul was free from care
Day after day month after month and year after year
rolled by, yet all found me contented.
"But change came DER the spirit Of my dreams"
had just verged from the .mattcr-ofact" girl into
the dreaming woman. dreamed Of life, and out from
the soul shot forth goriou, castles Of nope Of love- Of
happiness. Hopd,
'Best boon to mortals given
=miled and knelt before her and worshipped at her
shrine. dreamed and the world passed in panoramic
view before my delighted gaze.
! was changed. There was longing thirst after
something indeiuable No rest no contentment reign
ed within nay bosom. Then the world was before me
j waited not for circumstances: / made them
went not with the word-the world went with me!
Admirers gathered; they fattered and adored-aI-
most worshped. IIoved them not--the expanded i'm
agnation had pictured being of noble inien and gIo-
rious intellect for to love.
! Change, change, ehange
At last the bright dream of hope was nearly being
fulfilled! loved. The sun shone brighter the skies
seemed clearer the air pure and the sympathes Of my
nature were more in accordance with mankind
Edwin and were constantly together-he, tall hand
some and intelligent was of medium height beaut-
ful and naughty. | had long since been branded
coquette Edwin knew it. He had told me of the
warning given him by intimate friends.
! Time wore on aud Edwin aud were to be married
How proud was OF himi Life assumed another phase
andI lived in an atmosphere CT love admired every
thing and everybody. Tae world was beautiful glo-
rous and lovely Nature whispered in tones Of soies
cadcnce-ovc. The imagination scared away, far out
into the future and diguerrotyped upon nonentty
bright castles OF love My dreams as angels notes
uttered by angelic bands, resounding through every
fiber OF my soul.
All the endearments Of recprocated love were mine
reycled in the glorious realisation of all of my hopes
At length the long looked for day, in which des-
TIMES TO be united arrived 1t uShered in by
the glorious SUM- arrayed in his most brilliant costume
embematieai perhaps olhe happiness in store for me
and zine.
When the hour for The nuptias to be performed roll
ed around all the qu viyc for tue appearance
of the bridegroom.
As for myself arraycd in costly magnifceace, all
smiles and bushes supremely happy in the antci-
patton that IN few brief moments tcs dream would
be consummated
But that dream became fuinter and fainter, as the
minutes wore into hours, and Edwin came. Cold
horrors crept around my heast. An hour and vet
another passed and he comes not He never came
Visions of accidents, terrible Deaths etc. whired thro
my brain, AMI picared nay Edwin the victim of cruel
! Providence. But 10.
Circumstances which had controIed, circumstances
which had made subscrvient to my viii, now turned
against me The cold waters of despair we're rushing
wildly fearully my bruised heart and Oh in that
time OF anguish bitterness how asked God in the
plentitude Of His mercy remove from the worlds
broad field of BATTLE the rail cIeaturethe victim Of
a heartless Irritation!
But time has flown on eagles wings since then. The
heart that bruised, has regainedits wonted pride
and sorrow is winging its way to other elimes
But TO return. The day after the marriage was
to have taken place receiyed the follow note from Ed
win, which hastily tore open and read. 1t ran thus
Mss LucRETIA ask you to forgive me; never did
love you. only wished TO conquer your pride lhare
succeeded. You have doubtless learned a lesson |
90 to the far west tonorow. | respectfully YOURS
EDWIN
This noee Gained my anxiety No grief could be
more severe than mine But bore it Ike heroine
Yet l still loved Edwin. Years Of patient, though
silent grief, have only strengthened that love.
heard OF Edwin not long since On the frontier of
Texas. Iongcd to see him. Icoud bear his absence
no longer. In this state Of mind sat down and wrote
to him to come and see me.
l waited impatiently an answer for overa month
At last it came! Oh, what thrill goes through my
frame. The heart, long vearning for its first love
bursts forth in tears Of JOY Iswim in sea of happ
Floods Of pure, brilliant and soul serene Joy eu-
ter my heart and sit down amid my harvest of happ-
ness. broke the seal and read
DEAR, DEAR LUeREIA: Oh, how l have wranged
you! Little did think that, while my heart bow
ed down with lend OF glei which but You could
relieve that that voice would come when years
of repentance and sorrow had interviewed since last
met l am happy to know my weakness and folly mas
been overlooked; and you still oifer that place in
your heart which you say, has ever been open TO me
viii be through your town in few weeks my
way back Cur old home. VIII you willingly 20 with
ne, as the partner Of my bosom? We viii be happy
together Arrange everything to beready start
in short time EDWIN.
And now in a short time perhaps, only two or three
weeks, shall be the happy bride Of Edwin for have
not my wedding garment, lain for years in the bottom
Of my trunk? shall the wore three years
ago, when first disappointment lowered its darkened
frown upon lifes pathway.
t., 4C,
patience but really can't help but tel my jos.
LUCRETIA
PuEseMES1 IN \ WELL-Sorae two years since. Mr..
Gray, proprietor Of the aurora (Ial hotel, sank an
aresan well upon his premises to the depth Of seventy
nine feet, finding copious supply of water. About
eight months since, sounds of roaring Of the fall of
distant cascade ereheard in the well. These sounds
continued 20 be heard regular intervals and at
times very loud and boiaerous Every other day about
midnight the sounds commence and continue fortwelye