The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1864-186?, 1864-03-08

down ct once as beauty. Then her nlan
ner. too was SO soft, 30 iasiruatifig that Vol
could not ci.ose but love her. She had ,,.,l.
red, at her fathers command, a man whom
she highly esteemed, if she did .lo. .yc h:n
with a young girls romantic .Tafprc, ant
whose sudden death Lad left her with :.n ~.
fant daughtel-. and comp eie.lcy aiose in tn
world at the early age Of twenty v-cnc Eaa,
offers Of marriage had already been refused 1l
her. although, size neve. asserted she did no,
intend marrying again.
! .|eannie Martin, her hus'a nds young SIG
ter, was a visit to her She rc-i ,icd wit:
acr cunt, Mrs. Enpton, anl .isvln ,xr g.y
cheerful disposition, hat! rendered hcl set.
Ifavo--e With every one Of their socia: cir
t.le
fhc-plot disclosed BY E:lery was not elfire
~ rey""lef. by Jeannic TO her sis,er-n-l ~
iat bed ,iple although she 4btainc;l frol.l hel
III" somewhat reluctant promise Of ullo siio
Ehes to i'eI.scnate tae rla(o~ fss few days
zig t:Arcs begnninG win an cAcussio,, plan
fn.': y me country.
/ II rot asi you to flo, Sister J.lie:te, sail
lie merry girl, only not to utln4sk ne - ,li
/. 20 ease that yoaag fclIov, SOMEHOW or ether
ior rret:y little speech Of his that has c9ns
!, la; I: will net lend my ala i. the least, il
any one VIII be injured %; eur roc,' said
Hrs. Martin.
81 be5 you aot to friehten yourself in the
/ i~lig!l<e~t, returned Jeaniiie; No onc | as
sure vot. can 5s harmed.
/ Wei, only for few days, ,Jeannie think
however, you should let ne into the secret,
/ when ycu take my name
:, 9, &c! aGc Il wee said ,)eannia. 4 viii
promise you merry laugh, one o. these days
Tor its use
Thus ended their convcrsat ton. The next
I.,r G.,
'cave to bring a friend to take fourth seat in
'hcir carriage; which WAS the more readily
grantett, as Mrs. tnpton had already started
Nlta little Annie Martin and the essentials to
Were the. picnic was to take place. Near
o!d Mrs. Empton she certainly the
.licest Old lady or Garth f','s picnic always
ready to attend to that most necessary part,
the 'eatings; > but withal, SO deaf, unless
iShoutcd through her car trumpet.
About ten OF the ladies were aeaiting their
beaux. Ellery soon arriycd, and Oh, mtrtjic
afctu! accompanied by Shirley, whom, by
some powerful eoquence, he had pressed INTO
the service In the hurry Of setting out and
nisled also by Ellery's description, it is not
to be wondered at if he mistook Jeannie for
the widow whilst the g;rish looking blonde
answered his own idea tf hiss Martin lie
ttheiefoar, true to his prejudice, left to Ellcry
the task of entertaining the willow with
the merry black eye-vlilst he himself
enjoying the bewilcliny ssniles and sweet
! tone warbling Of his fair ri= gis Juliette
This, of course, brought forth polite dis
claimer from the gentleman, and with more
ruth than the generality of such speeches,
tJr in the mile over which ;ncy had already
passed, he began to think the widows lister,
/ At least, was particularly interesting. At
dis crisis, tie sudden stoppage Of the car
;iagc, and tho hurried exclamation from the
driver to open the door, Mr. Ellcry, quick,
please, and get the ladies out?' showed that
>omc' *ing was anliss. The widow screamed
IS -Ic c|ung to Eilcry-'s arm; and even at
'nat time OF danger, Shirley could not,but
II :nire the calmncss OF the beautiful Juiiette.
tor 50 Iso had heard her called. as sne en-
''vavorec. t. soetha her sister.
/ tt,ssas f,tsnd tsat oAs 81 the llo1's~ss;e iiad 4
@ot ms foot over the trace, and was ALREADY
real a=s "1:d plunging, 50 as to make the car
+: 60 very unsafe. After some trouble they
Sncceeaed in extracting him; but as both the
herses continued very unruly, the ladies
proposed walking to their destination. So
ic:t1 they set, route, the widow pro tenn,
GA the arm Of Ellery and juiiette following
With Shirley, chatting 1nd laughing.
! am sorry that we can only offer you such
'ir. Shirley said Je2nnie ia her assumed
character, but a hearty welcome and our
company is Che extent you must cxncct
/ fn<en>.bIy Shirley'S conversation with his
icompanion took deeper tono, f,r thcr oath
led through a thick forest, where the tall,
stately trees, like te pillars in some hallowetl
minister, shed their peculiar fragrance on
every passing breeze that sp ept through tiiei1.
shade. Elery and bis a,!y we're far aheuf
Shirley felt surprised at himself, at this very
first interview, at feeling such :. t, der scnt-
yonng creature leaning so confidently OF his
ann IL the depth Of the forest
Il; w glad ami soiipGui>cd he, 'sthat lie
wflo" did not f;.sten herself ne, instead
Of her enchanting sister; for Joking uS;Ie,
they arc alHay, 50 exaotin~, and oy 80 t:.ran,
dependent. There is certainly an exquisite
charm in the tinid reserve Of this fair Juliettc
Ncth;nks that shall be2yin to play th4
i'o17r9 in very truth; fer wish. even now,
!'at / nlishtshc gl6-,e on tha1 hand, so
that could kiss her cheel<'
And Juliette, ito Judge from the bright
smiles dimpling her soCt checks, ana the inl
ere>ted look which is turned upon hjl
ace ever and anon, cqualv well pleaSee
wItA her escort. What a deli yI2tful listen
ne fnnnI her? He fclt so pleased with ie"en
with Eilnsclf-witi the whole world, wilcr
they arrived at their destination, tuat Shirly
was raady 70 declare ii 4 perfect Pare lse, and
e.t hAsef tempted to utter some such non
sensic# speech tohcr, SO entirely I,e@tchcd
was lc BY The charm Of her manner In
t..ct, woinan:hatcr as his friends led him.
there was not more susceptible being on
earth than this same retiring young man 50
be played the game into their own hands II
merriHe. They found Mrs. Empton, 'on
hospital thoughts intent, busy in setting ont
u the best advantage their dinner; whilst
near hem lay the little cherub Annie, fae.
asleep. Shirley the more readily answered
the question, Did you ever see such II little
b>&nty from its supposed mother, as he i'm
agined he detected striking resemblance t.
Juiiette. who was knceing th kiss the soft
lips Of the sleep ng babe, and his look and
tone would have satisticl the fnnd heart of
any 1l.ther. as he replied she is an angfen
ans. also stopped to kiss her lips
tllery and Jennie seemed determined to
erjcy each others society for this day at least
but thus Juiiette and Shuricy were thrown
upon their own resources. IhcT however
;fuDe4 4rpl well content for ne told her of b;s