Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1864-09-21
Love at First Sight.
E You have dropped your glove, Mis-

ou nave dropped your glove, Miss?
Thank you," replied Lucinella in
bewitching tone Of voice, and havin
taken. her glove, she took her seat in tn
car which she had entered then gazed a
him who had restored her lost kid.
He was a scraggy, lank individual. VIII,
was evidently Of no common rank in so
ciety. Dumas last novel and a lat,
number of the London Puach peeped GU
from the ample pockets of loose, short
skirted, dark green jacket; a broad blue
stripe adorned his gosling- green unmen.
tionables; and his shapeless travelling hat
was Jauntingly stuck on one side of his
head. a mild moustache gave expires
sion to countenance neither strictly Ro-
man, Grecian, Saxon nor Jewish, but
combining the stern nose of the first, with
the chiselled lip of the second, and uniting
the fair complexion Of the third, with the
sparkling eye Of the fourth An immen-
slty of standing collar hid his almost in
visible whiskers, and the ends of a bold
Joinviile cravat-tie foated over his shoul-
der. In his hand was knowing headed
cane, and as he gazed at Lucinella through
his eye-glass, (keeping the other conyul-
sively closed,) that damsels mind, in re-
ply to a question from her heart, admitted
him 20 be the creature of her dreams
Chough - chough - kough -
kough.-kou-ku!- !''-off ratified
the Fall river train, and before it was out
OF sight of the State House dome, the
Unknown had offered LuciDalla. his
Dumas" What saw she upon the
cover, written in large English running
hand The name Of lord Somerset
Plantaget." Her heart surrendered at
discretion.
When the train arrived at Fall river
the Unknown waited upon Lucinella on
board the State of Maine She now
admitted that she was QuiXotish in having
left her unc!e's house in Beacon street. and
declared had a kind Providence not given
her protector she " should have died.
The Unknown felt throb of Joy. His |
fate was sealed, and then he thought she |
had spoken of Lowell, and wondered how !
much factory stock her father owned.
lis eyeuing-the bounteous tea table |
in the lower cabin Of the - State of
Maine " has been cleared awav-the cal
liant steamer ploughs her way through the
phosphorescent waves-the LIGHT houses
on shore twinkle as do the stars-and p
miserable German band are GIVING bad
notes for good copper coin in the saloon.
Upon the further extremity of the pro-
menade deck near the flagstaff. stand two
individuals. They stand closely. so
closely that the breath Of the one moves
the dark rineIcts of the other. Then.
hearts are closer still. Apparently dis
cussing the merits Of the novel loaned bv
the youth to the maiden while in the cars
each is imbibing and impartmg the deli
cious poison Of love. lie IS ardent, and
she IS only as coy as becomes a prudent
maiden. Her hand lies fastened in his
and over and anon lie ggesseth her little
myers.
But Whereabouts in New York do
you reside, love of mine?" pleaded the
unknown
'.Never mind" replied LucineIIa pIav-
ully, '.perhaps [ may tell YOU before T ,
% away, that is, if you are very good"
g But in what part of the city-telI me :
hat % )
q Never mind -
g But | do mind" /
"Do you p .
q Yes ="
g Ah!''
But the conversation of lovers has ever !
cen deemed uninteresting to the world. :
OF dare we natter ourselves the above c
ill prove an exception TO the rpIe ,
utiice it to say that ere the lovers .Eturn- i
t-,n' Their troths were pIighted The h
Unknown felt joyously as he crawled into a a
erth number ninety-four. i
And thus it is" he said that I,
no have escaped so many hundreds of u u
mllar perlls, amid the song and the Il II
ance, the lights and the music. the a a
'awlng-room and the dining-room, the Il Il
cture and the lyceum, fall victim to g 9
e Fall rlver line, (price four dollars . .
ID to maiden OF whom knew nothing. :,
lch is hfe' Om1o' pr he exclaimed. y
loting Greek, g Oinaoi y'' But after a o.
luse he added, ''T9 d Oio,oi: and 81 :,
onder if the darkey has taken my boots" II !,
hen he drew his curtain, went to sleep. .
ID dreamed that Lucinella's father u
gned halt Of Lowell, and quarter of p
,wrence.
Soft as bride, the rosy dawn :, :,
From dewy sleep doeth rise, 81
ID, bathed in bushes, hath Withdrawn
The mantle from her eyes; CO
id, with her orbs dissolved in dew, W