New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-08-28
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NY Plain Lover.


] was a cOQRette. Many lovers heart mad Il
laceratcd ny refusing ms oNtI .! HaIiIlsG attgi
had IrTed hun on 10 dcgafauoh' ny IdaI w 3
tim name was James tIa|eF' ne was u Tall,
awkward, homely, uugaIniy man! b4t ms hc1ft
was true aS steel. respected nm nigHy, ana
felt panied When,i witnessed MS anguish aJ my
rejection OF him. But the laGt was hau myself
fallen IN love with Capt LtEott, VINO mac Deeh !
uurcmitting in his devotion to me; MT. James
Frazer warned me against Mr. Elliott, but
charged him with Jealousy, and TOOK his warning
as an insult.
A few days afterward Elliott and were en-
gagged, and my dream Of romantic love seemed To-
be IN fair way Of realization. | had week OF
happiness. Many had not 50 much ia life time;
Many awake from the bright short cream to ma
themselves in a lifelong darknessi ana Dona9sb
from which there is no escape, Thank Coo, WAS
not to be 30 miserable as they! t,
My mother was widow in good circumstances,
but having very bad health. She was Of an easy,
listIess cr9duI6l5 ratlre-hatinp trouble and vii.
@ Il take thipoa t1st as they 1alt7,en to present
+IE9msaIves She therefore made no inquiries
lomt romiofn Elliott fondly believed that
;o,cI, as he was a captan he must necessarily
IF bon"rslso especiaIly as he had served
~ nv %,,n and ia I.Gf6 and won medals Iii.
IN w Gti'-C 1 CO nr,artared il, the neigh
Iesilue4" VI Io5 +to rnnnfatior
pPino9iu, % NJ tr,a tyroItI,ieet "a he was
~ 2S,i5 ono If tha Laudsompgt officers in it,
oS1,"'ly my 1i the nav, ,yn hera}na engapel He
an 5it5 hut had managed to ride over to our
W ~ Ky ,tiI,,g, and yshIe we were walking
ityIst N t t,.a u' IT, 10 1I, tnnGar oynyyaI re-
ihto g'g mus NV ug w t. [ststea IN ber-re-
Ieteu iIi'. - w ;; ,rl1 ini me into her pre-
|arisC" 80 - i, tl os5nrsnce that the maternal
..e ~ 1I igr r.a,liI,, and freely given. My
-,S .!i,. H., al tr,aIi,1a md moreover loved
Ueat ltg,g. IAN, tt r. Jy8s Well pleased to find
L. I,f ,sg.'s,.1tfa,r himself in form and manner
n,rf1fIy So caiple for her beloved and only
aFl1iita.'
wiki a week paggcd auite delightfully."- as have
rafI. and VT the eypirat!on Of this there might
49, bann seen = pav equestrian party winding
+%ro,lr6 o,r oId DeTol-hfTe woods and Quiet coun.
a., ol.n Lan,.tff1l brown Be#s. Captain Elliott
y,gI,rtn5 on a handsome black horse that had
E sent Inn from LONDON, Following us was
49,, g merry sand Their cavaliers; and among
tJy, ,g,a tan awkward and silent James Frazer.
III rresnnra III naryed all The pleasure Of my
- ia4l 7 vas r,gd tn be iaIadyance of them all
tbat' ,rigbt not see him
Andgn We rode on through the woods and
7;tnnad ,gaIl nIeased to the low. amin ated words
~ III gallant Elliott Who wished himself o
Irigbt otT me- n fsirn ladye of the olden times,
+Ga7 IA niyGt ID Firth Ia 40 battle and compel all
non ~ rrcGrniza the claims of his peerless love.
Verv elonrnntly he spoke Of the inspirations of
Rove Of the brave deeds and perious exploits it
IN 'nrornntcd wishing again and again that he
1nirbt nrntIaim and maintain his love before the
SIJ II ripased me TO listen to this and believe
I irr.ra tboTrh surely ma no wish to nut my
iTar 70 'snrb test. A shot suddenly rang
+Irot,oh No Iyoods and n wounded bird darling
5as} 5nttaTeI and fell at the feet Of Brown Bess
VIII a bonnd and a surinp that nearly uuseated
IL ~ % ~ = ,yss az
StnGgjinr 10 retain my seat I had no power t
,aau In hpy o