The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-01-18

lie heard her through, then his whole fac
changed ~ he turned toward her. and Ai
light laughing uords of : nsasas siOc
changed = perfect serioasaess = h an
swered.
"Niss De.esas, shse Tie nsvs reaeAes
me os ny eosa,ry's peril. vas !. Paris =
NJ fathers hoese. A steamer ssiled on d,
oexs day for Aseyisa. nsSe my prepar'
ssioas asd called 10 Is. Ny life had bsea |
student's life; know nothing whatever d
military drill; but wss able acd strsas,
from beise 4 gynaAss-sp | eel n,self "a
learn my new trade By eDlistins - private
at once.
s.Bas yoa hare bees ssrving three months
-surely yes have sose espsresss sou p
she inserpased. So
81, HASN'T made good so:dier Of ne yet,
at all events. have much 10 learn before
shall think myself cited to coamana 10
any degrcs. 10 the meantime, the country
calls for . large army, and because AN
untitled for an ofic.r, shall wait at such .
time for commission ?"
.sBut you would not have TO wait with
your corrections in the military and poliii.
cal world" not half seeing yet his nodesty
his manlincss.
ssNc, l would not have to wait, il 10 very
true" he exclaimed with some sarcasm.
..Miss Delevsn," sitting aprigh. nov and
lightning with scorn, 81 am sick and ashan-
ed Of the shallow advantages Of position-
OF tho miserable presuming expectations
that grow out Of il. 1t is continually put
ting men 10 the wrong place, and building
up gigantic errors-such errors as We are
to-day striving to amend. Il humiliatcs me
TO think, that to my position in the world
do owe perhaps any advancement, instead
Of my own strength and power Is man.
long sometime to throw or these ''circum-
stances'' and for time 10 meet the world
face to face, and on its own terms. But
pardon me for boring you with the theories :
AID he sank back upon the lounge again to
silence.
So Carlotta was enlightened.
As she sat there 10 silence she pondered
what she had heard. This did not sound
Ike Raymond Mays; yet Raymond May,
was brave fellow, and manly one. She
had never heard any enc talk like this be.
fare; but it struck m answering chord in
her own nature. OF course she liked him
better for it. lie thought che didn't under.
stand-that he bored her with his earnest
ness on what he supposed would be a avagus
theory to her; for he looked upon her al
only q sweeter specimen Of the young lsdy
genus, that tloomcj in fashionable society
By-anl.by she said, IN dreamy, absent
manner, as she sat, with her cheek leaning
10 her hand: ssI wish you would talk ia
this way to Raymond. Maya" s 3,
''Why to Raymond Mays?' be questioned
in surprise. a
'.Ob," still dreamily, thouchtfally, "be Il
Whiting for commission. lie says be DOM
like the ass ociation Of a private's life-tha,
is too hard labor and too eeneralising; tha,
il he is going to risk his life, be means to do
it in manner that is the most agreeable
to him." az-.e $500 -gs
"Personal ambition that is il it standa
in the way Of the whole thing. Every man
for himself instead Of grand unit in thou.
sands of men, But vou are anxious for Mr..
M.v. IN On :, and he here lool.d n her r.tb.
a, cur;on,,,.
q am .n.iou. for all m.n 10 70 Who can. !,
=. / ,o,a him 1ass
"a, vou told him , -R., nardon m..n
81 bs,. no,h;,. ,o r.,aon in that. m,
vbv do vop a.t i.n
81 -. .urnr;.ed.
asurnr;,ed. No, am ear;ous. wha,
il there surprising in th., p,
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ak "a. = nlumn ou..,;onu =
oI v;u,, -. .
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ar.,..sa n Ra,mona M.,.s No.
wb.. M, that into Won, m;nd.o
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n. ;nnre,,;o,Y
o.na ,h,, !. ~,~ ~ou ,,.,. .r,r,;..a ,h.,
tia h;.I-.. ..,;o.. q, al men 10 %
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,...,, .,o, -, $500. ,on;. -;,h ,os. no,
b.cao.. I have do.bt,d your earnestDes.,
h,, h....,.. / haze met 90 few persops Who
fes, ;o,, a. do upon many things sbst On
.,y Of speaking. But after your avo~sl ,
-om.n, .;poe. know you will understaod
ma When say that. il I wsfs engaged "a
NJ. Naval could not wish bin to stay be.
hind :, mi. ;.ste. eySo awaiting . eonmis.
.;;or ,;;,,,, ), r.. eopc,aded, smiline. lie looked
q. her With new expsessiOa. This Was 10,