The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-03-23

Niu iiO0, Ho"OfOi, oPPooo hOi 9udIuldtl, e&
cept by quietly taking her own way. TIL
letter, for the most part, was not wanting il
occult tenderness; but there was phrase G
: clear and concentrated savagery at its close
Elite must be guilty of INJECTING Just ON
torment; so she held her pen as though it ha,
: been dagger and scratched a sore place up
on Blue Boys heart in this postscript: car
thur, who is sitting near me- while write
desires to be very kindly remembered.
She never told how impatient she felt a
the moment, of Arthurs dandy dress an,
mean-ncthing face and of all his convention
al elegancies, and opinions, and looks, eacl
stolen from some other person. There is a
we all know, peculiar pleasure in driving
virulent sting right into our darling heart
SO Elite did not tell Blue Boy what she real
ly tho't about Arthur Popinjay Prior. How
she wished afterwards that she had done so !
Summer declined and ''sea side" came t.
be talked of One morning Elite came dow
to breakfast in better spirits than usual. -
She entered the breakfast parlor with lighr
step, carelessly humming ''Weel may tn,
keel row." She was looking forward tt
tlley and freedom with keen young pleas
ure. The Times newspaper lay folded up
on the table: Elite took it up and careless
ly ran her eye over the columns which ap
peared drier than usual. 1t was not long
however, before the heading of paragraph
awakened within her feeling of eager
| frightened interest, and bleached her ROSY
little face into hue of ghosty whiteness.
FIRE AT SEA
The paragraph thus introduced ran as
| follows:
''Her Majesty's ship, 'Conqueror, arrived
in Plymouth Sound this morning, from the
Mauritius, reports the total loss, by fire, OF
the ship Ocean Ripple Sydney to Londop)
in lat. AZ S., long 35 E. The 'Conquerof'
has on board the second mate with ten OF
the crew belonging to the ill fated vessel.
These men assert that they were the only
survivors
Elites terrified eyes ran quickly over the
dreadful sentence, and then over 8helned,
the child swooned and fell.
When she came to herself, Arthur sup
ported her head, and was bathing her tenn.
pies. Assistance from him at this time
seemed to aggravate her pain With what
power she could exert, she raised and dis
engaged herself.
Her appearance at this moment was sim
gular and beautiful. Her eyes, always full
OF intelligence, shone with a preternatural
luster, as though they were able to discern
objects invisible to others. Her brown hair
disordered i'll her recent swoon, fell in a rich
wavy cascade over her shoulders. Her
cheeks were radiant with peculiar CHASTITY
pallor.
A wordless stiffness, or flood of tears,
would now have seemed natural But the
takatlve, fearless unrest which Elite exhib-
tied, was anomalous and ararlning She
paced the room quickly, putting into plain
words her most distressing thoughts.
Blue Boy is dead" she said. ''He was
burnt to death or drowned. Nobody was
there to comfort him. None of you here
understood what we were to each other, No
one can console me- He is gone and / am
left alone forever. Oh! cruelu'
Each in turn attempted to comfort her,
but without success. She walked for hours
and would not hear of rest or food
SHE was burned, them" she repeated
hundred times, burned or drowned. Nv
worst fears have all come true; am left
alone. First mother went-then papa
now Blue Boy! oh! cruel-cruel!"
From that morning there began with Et-
tie painful, puzzling dream. Once, only
for long months-she seemed awhile to
awake from it. And that was one dav
when Cousin Jack came suddenly into the
room with tears filling his big eyes, and
when he took her on his knee, as in years
before, and kissed her, and put his arm
around her waist, and let her head lie upon
his shoulder; and when he told her that he
did not give. up hope yet, and that he be-
leved Bue Boy-the strong, spirited fellow,
would be sure to escape if any one could, aud
that it was most likely he had stayed on
board to the last, like the brave English boy
that he was, and so those who had been in
a hurry to save their own lives had not
known of his safety.
10 hear such words seemed like brief
awakening. But the dreom returned and
although kind Cousin Jack often afterwards
spoke in the same strain, his consultations
soon came to be powerless like all others.
And then all at Mr.. Priors seemed to grow
cold towards Ettie Why was this Mr.
Prior himself, it is true, humored all her
whlms, but In strange and chilling way
Mrs Prior was continually gIancing at her
suspiciously, and seldom took notice of her
remarks. Katie never came to her room
as formerly. What did it all mean? And
the dreary UNMARRIED obigato to these eng
NAUTICAL combinations was the ever present
thought; Che is burnt or drowned; and |
am left alone!'
The popularity of manner towards Elite
increased. Why did every one watch her !?
Why might she not be allowed to follow her
own courses pnnoticed, like other people
Why had Hannah left suddenly without
wishing her goodbye and why had new
attendant come-a person with queer,
strong manners, who gave her peremptory
orders, and would be obeyed.
One warm friend besides Cousin jack
Elite had still. 'Possum would come dailv
and rest his paws and his chin upon her
lap, his honest dogs heart full of inarticu-
late grief and affection. He would look nm
at her absent eyes, and whine out how much
he cared for her, how well he remembered
the old days at Wathamstow, when papa
and Blue Boy were there, and how he hoped
and believed that good times would come
back again, although he might not see how
it was to be.
Then, at last, he would win the girls
wandering attention. She would pat him
gently, and say in low voice:
''Ah Postum, you're left to me STILL
You're one Of the old set 1t was Blue Bow
himself who found you and brought YOU
home, just because you were SO ugly that
he thought nobody else would You mus
not give me up Postum. Whatever hap
pens, keep with me. Keep with me to the
last"
One day strange gentleman and lady
came to Cavendish Square. The former
was tall and grave but apparently gentle
aud kind. The lady wos thorough lady.
Both expressed great interest in Elites vel
fare. This surprised her; but she was des-
tined to be more astonished yet They beg
ged her to come and pay them visit She
declined to accept the invitation. She could
not, she explained, feel comfortable in go
ing amongst strangers now. But her
guardian seconded the proposal himself 1t
would be so delightful for Elite, he said, to
stay at Mr.. Mensfort's lovely place in Wilt