The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1862-03-21

| herself upon the piano. AltOget her | bad
a delightful home but feared we would
not long continue to be so Blessed. | co d
not Ieil the reason, but for some time
had been apprehendiLg misfortune, and
/ had also presentiment that this calamity
whatever it might be, would soon come
upon Us !; and although my vie was the
very picture IF health. she was the person
who would be the sufferer. There Is no
accounting for these strange thoughts s.
| There was nothing that | could remember
to cause them l. seemed a. though
| they they were prophetic and | felt as
certain that | would be soon bereayed of
/ that dear woman, as | was that the sun
would rise on the morrow. For days this
! prespntlmcnt was present. was prepar-
ell for disasters, and so was ready to hear
| bad news. when she remarked one even
! ing that she wished 10 tell me curious
story 1t has come at last, thought TO
myself; nv happiness is now gone forev
er! felt heaviness about my heart. and
did not wish TO hear what she had to com
municate. The story however was as
! follows:
M, dear husband" she said, Il have
! been told by my aunt that soon after nv
/ birth my mother was very anxious TO learn
| what there was in The future for me, amt
SO, very tool~hiy, think, engaged man
! who called himself a soothsaver, to pre-
| Gict NV fate. This person prophe>ied that
I would be rndoweI with beauty and ac>
complishnents, but still he liable to sui
/ fer much misfortune and unIap iness -
All this was very easy TO foreteIl, since
both OF nv parents possessed many talents
AMI my mother was accounted one Of the
hanisOmest of women but lie continued
| his observations by remarking that | had
/ the most to fear from the evil eve" Ac
! cordng To his opinion, there was a person
/ then living Who possessed the power of
fascinating those upon whom he looked ;
and # escaped that = lance all wou!i be
well win me, but if it chanced that if |
met the strangers terrible gaze misfortune
would he followed by death
WIFE," said I, that is all nonsense -
at is true" she replied
Surely, you cannot believe in such
! trash 2"
Let ma tell you the rest Of my story.
| Ny mother piacei the utmost confidence
| in what hal been told her, and intended
| If possible. 10 protect me. | never left nv
natite village until my aunt took charge
of ne, AMI you may believe me when | tell
| YOU t at great deal of care was taken
! that | should not be seen hy strangers -
! Nv nurse was an old woman who delight
4 3
when it was fully believed tha, spirits and
| hobgohlius >taIked abroad Of'An hive |
laid awake almost all night thinking about
her grim legends She also told me of
those people who were cnrset bv possess
ing the evil eve ! wished to Learn all
that was known Of this strange person. and
she gave innumerable accounts Of his ef
tects upon men, women, and children
which were so frighttul that | trenbled
white listening. Bat know now thai
there was some truth in what she said
for have seen he man, whom of all men
| ought 10 have avoded.'
Nv hat are you telling me exclaimed
TIE truth" she repliei. xvi
walking in the street bis morning | slips
pei and fell to the pavement was help
ed up oy a man, and. in duty bouni
thanked him for bis kini aSsislanne, but
in SO doing, felt sudden ,nIj. feeling
Of firInes~ Sh"oring hroug my veins! His
gaze was fixed upon me, and ., Ny hu>>
baud, | was terrified when saw those
etrthIv, large black eyes -
Nov G"orylne, SAID surely YOU can
not be III earnest? WHY this is really
cniIi'> talk. and Won are no child. Do
not lie, such silly rrjti-s effect you. There
Is nothing wonderful in that, for Amos
any one would do the same You were
hrouyhr rather parrruailv to the gentle
man'- no'ire; and after . lad helped you
Ire wa, no doubt struck with your beauty
for all women, tell YOU the thousanlth
time, are no' as pretty As YOU are"
Bat his eyes !"
"You said thev were black and large
As YOU know. light eyes are rarely seen
among trenchmen. "A TO their being
large, that is nothing reluarkablr, for eyes
are Of Of variou. sizes ; yours, for instance
are larger than mine"
Georgine. however. could not he com
fortei She was So affected that she spoke
bnt TITLE during the evening The next
,lal | asked her to describe the person she
had seen She made answei that in a few
dtls she would show him 70 me. left
tor my place Of Business, hoping to find
her more cheerful by evening. She was in
the same state, pate AMI melancholy. She
gave me her usual welcome, but | was
= ieved to see it came As if from djt,erent
person. Not wishing to keep the event
fresh in her memory, did not speak OF it
/ for several days. and hoped that it had
/ been forgotten. One evening | noticed a
/ large article, covered with 4 cloth, and in
a corner of the room. | a-ked what il
was Genrgue replied that it was a pie,
ture. Ny wife was the painter she OBJ.
served that it would be her production -
( Her words fell heavy OF nv heart ex
pressed. desire TO see 1t, and Georcine
removed the covering.
Great Heavens what did | see The
painting faithfully represented the feature
Of that man who had excited my atten
tian at the ma-kei ball and also in tht
\ Y. theater. notwithstanding my as
tonishnen',I admired the skill Of The ar
80. | was i'm frutt, on aHnira HE ,rp.