Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-02-18

from place TO place like chain lightning,
were fixed for moment. The operator
jorkod tho drapcry away from his instru.
ment with the agility of magic-the sun.
rays swept :hoir pencils over the cleaning
plate, and
90, let me see it ~ shrickod aunts and
nurse in confused treble chorus, crowd.
ing round the! photographer, as, after
short absence he entered the room bearing
the plate. "Only let me get one peer at
it !"
"How delighted Raymond will be !"
whispered one of the young aunts to her
sister, as she caught the baby in her arms,
crushing her shining brown curls against
bis silky little head.
"Where shall send the cards ina ain z"
asked the operator.
ITO Captain May-Raymond May,
Philadelphia. just the address pleaso---
no other word. We intend it for q birth.
day surprise to my BROTHER
VERY well, ma am. Theodore " aa
sooa as the ladies had disappeared, "jost
write down that address, and tell the young
lady below that wo are ready for her"
Virginia Lynne must have been hard
indeed to please, had she been dissatisfied
with the face reflected in the mirror,as she
took a last glance before leaving the saloon
down stairs, ApFoud stately young beau
ty--dnd heart as free as the widest faWn
upon the eastern hills.
"When can l have the picturo!" she
asked.
"Iu about five days, ma'am."
"No sooner leave town tomorrow :
I'VE can send it to yoh by mail whor-
ever you are, ma am
She hurriedly wrote upon card, 'Miss
Lynne, philadelphia" and pushed it TO-
ward the man.
! "I'hcre is my address-ploase send il
as soon as possible -
Captain Mays sitting room in the great
Philadelphia hotel was as sung a little den
as man need with for with its carved mar
bic manlel, brigbt-patiorned carpet, and
luxurious sofas and lounging chairs and
Captain May bimaelf, as he looked smil
ing up frcm the porusal of heap of pa
per, to greet the entrance Of q companion
wa no unfair specimen Of o handsome
yopng naval officer.
"Well Charley"
"Well, May--upon my word, if you II
not up to your ears in those old navaga
ton charts ogoin. It's enough to max
a lazy man ache to see you work ~
"It's time to work. said May, good
humored!y. 81 expect sailing orders il
about fortnight---and glad [ shall b
when they come"
"G'ad!" Circulated Charles Monroe
throwing himself into a chair, and biting
the end of one of his friends quill pens.
"May, you're perfect problem to m
as unea-y on dry land as fish. can
understand it--haugod if CAM?
"Perhaps you could" said May ,comly
.'if you had NJ home ties-nothiug to loo
forward tn-pothing to make life pleas
anter in one spot than another,since Min
ME died"
He stopped abruptly Monroe leane
over with frank sympathy, to grasp b
friends hand.
"Pardon mo, Raymond ! I'm a s'upi(
laundering fcllow,I know, but don't mca
, to hurt you by my careless words. Still
there is your child left you"
"Dcar little Harry said May, ha
smiling, "but a year old baby isn't muc
COMPANY for a man of thirty, you mu
admit Besides, he is far better of und
the loving care OF my sister than he coul
t be with me-"
"True," said Monroe, twisting the qui
J, round his fingers. Who's that knocking
a Letters, eh? Don't mind me, open yoN
r correspondence +
0 May complied, tearing open tho env
- lopes aud glancing oarelessly over the
a enclosures until he came to the last one
t as his eye fell on it he uttered an ezclam
; ton oi astonishment,
"What beauty! calculated Monro
y who, with the privileged impertinence
j. long established friendship, caught up tt
h letter as it fell from Raymond's hands,
"Well, I'd just like to know what tn
Q means, you sly scampW
d upon my word-upOn my honor, Cha
a ley calculated the astonished young ma
IS L never saw the face before! cann
p imagine who she is, nor how the pictu
IT came here =
"a 'Not word bu. the direction is &C