Shreveport daily news., 1861-06-19
SHREVEPORT, La, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1861

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the parent stem-threatened also to
lop away the tender scion that had
Aourished it's shade. / could bear
|expatiation no longer. In less thas
a month after the receipt ofthis infor-
nation, was on my way across the
Atlantic to give her suecor.
Alice had dated her last letter
from the Isle Of Wight, whittier she
had been carried, after her mothers
death, by an .amiable lady,, who,
commiserating her fof1orn situation,
and won upon by her many rare and
endearing qualities had generously
resolved, that a creature so formed to
be loved, should not be left to die,
wit thout an effort being made to save
|,her. Need say, therefore, that to
my homeward-turned eyes the white
headlands Of that island were objects
of intense interest, or that I avail
myself ofthe objects Of intense in
terest, or that availed myself Of the
first opportunity to debark !? Iques-
toned much, whether the certainty
Of irremediable woe is so harrassins
to the heart, as the apprehension Of
impending eyil--that "hope that keeps
alive despair" I entertained pre-
sentiment that I should find Alice
on her bier and my trembling lips
could scarcely give utterance to the
inquiries necessary to acquaint me
with the place of her residence. /
found it vacant, and there was tenn
porary, relief even in that vacancy.
Unaware of my movements, and
sangIine that a change OF scene would
contribute to her restoration to
health, her protectress had resolved
on trying the effect Of the air of
France, They had been gone bare
ly fortnight, and 1 determined to-
follow them without delay. had.
business oi some consequence, regar-
ding our small patrimony, to trans
act in England out I was conten-
ted that it should remain undone till
I had indulged the bent of fraternal
affection, and.tried, whether a broth
er's presence could not re-invigorate
my poor Alice's sinking frame.
? Avranches, small town in the
southwestern corner of Normandy,
was the place where they. intended
to reside. The most expedious way
for me to reach it was by one Of the
packets plying between Southamp-
ton and jersey, and from that island
run across in French marSet-boat
to Granville. In accordance with
this plan, I boarded the first vessel
that passed through the Solent
for ST.. Heller; and ere the. sun
went down beyond the waves we
We're plo,ghing, the English shore
was barely visible on the northern
horizon.
Our voyage was tedious, and it
was the morning Of the .hird day be
fore we came in sight ofl,Jersey, and
doubled the perilcus Corbiere. The
wind blew stiffly from the southeast,
and we made the bay OF ST. Aubin
with some difficulty. On landing at
st. Heller, | made immediate inqui-
ry for q vessel to carry me to Gran
vile !; but though several barks be-
longing to that port lay moored in
the harbour, and groups of Norman
market-girls, with their plated pet
ticoats AND picturesque colts, We're
on the quay anxious to de-
part, none Of the shippers would un-
dertake to put to sea, until the wind
should chop abeest into favourable
quarter. Convinced, by their repre-
sentations, that delay was absolute
ly necessary, [ tried to curb my i'm
patience /: and. to beguile the inter
val, set off on ramble to the eastern
sitse Of the island.
.ASTINUED IN OUR NEXT.
F0rtiiicatiOns Of the Southern