New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-14

4 Well, Flora, You are certainly bent on con
quest tonight. never saw your sober ladyshlE
half so charming before,h said my sister Alice
dropping me q very playful courtesy as | came
towards her, and very sincerely returned hef colu
pliment :. a.,
Vanity apart, and judging ourselves BY tpi
standard ofeaeh other, think may say thasfe
We're very presentable pair OF de9eta'tf ~ we're
stood there aarayed for our first pan, Rhough
twin sisters, just seventeen years ol aB'r on ac
was generally distinguished " lhe ice s golden
count Of nv more sober charaeterolor were all
hair. violet ewes and rich, warlnter tints. We
: reelected ia NV case in paleEre brilliant than
I. were alike, but she was iaraas the noenday, and
e was in every respect. St6oDed to arrange the
! I Il The evening AZ mich looped pp the deT.
1t wreaths of trailing she whispered, half laugh
y cate white tulle aFf' Wilfred Anderson will be
) ing, half BLUSH you think he will recollect me
/. | there, Flora.
d that is, usfhns he will forget usthat is Won ~
s BoG Kou have the advantage Of me,
2 Teto5ne more pleasure to look forward to among
i! 1aishany We are anticipating. Now, l expect no
Y N friend, no Wiifred Anderson, to turn up for
my especial benefit tonight
AHA! we shall see, sober Flora,'' said Alice,
dancing ahoat. q For my part, ! should not be
surprised fl
Are yea ready, children ?" interrupted my mo,
Their, approaching the door in her rich black silk
and point lace cap, looking, as Alice protested,
much better than either of us y and in five min
utes more we were on our way to the ball.
My father, though by no means enc gifts wealth
/
| his native town. There he had married my
| mother, the daughter of highly influential land
/ owner and there he had resided throughout an
active and energetic career, following the protes.
/ sion of physician. We, his only children, had
seen little Of the world beyond the immediate
| neighborh0od of our home and to this day my
| brightest and most enduring memories are clus-
tered GROUND that dear quaint little town VITA It's
| gahieG streets, over the very shop windows OF
which grape vines Wreathed with proud luxuriance,
its mobile church, and its ancientlyendswed gram
mar school, On the latter institution Eldoun was
won't to plume itself; and indeed the groups OF
goWnea and trenchereapped youths lettering ia
the sunny market place. or cOngregated under the
fine old walnut trees which overhung the clois
tered walls of the grammar school, add not little
to the respeetability as well as to the picturesque
character of the place.
Three years previously to the date of my story
Wifred Anderson had been senior scholar at
EdGun, and there had somehow sprung up sort
of boy and girl liking between him and my pretty
little sister; for our father, who had rare sym
pathy with all school lads and who especially re-
GREETED having no sons of his own, would frequety
invite those boys whose manly and heathful in
terest in outdoor sports accorded with his peculiar
tastes, home to his house, where many an ardent
discussion on angling, cricket, etc, took place
around our cheerful tea table; the doctor holding
forth like an oracle, and his young guests drinking
in his words as eagarly as if he had really been
SUCH Wilfred Anderson was always a special
fag0rite; but when he came to bid us goodbye
before going to Cambridge, it was not my fathers
hand he held the longest, nor my fathers face he
looked at the last The Lad of eighteen went away
firmly believing himself the most sorely tried of
constant lovers, and Ally's bright eyes were
conded for at least three days after his departure
1t has been questioned whether any of the
pleasures of our lives up to the expectations
we have formed Of them. | think however, l
may safely say our first ball did. Everything APP
peared to our enchanted eyes coatte2r de rose. As
for Alice, before she had been three minutes in
the room, Wilfred came to claim her hand, looking
n man hnn nor thof
was no wonder that she felt proud of his evident
admiration, and in her own frank. innocent man
ner, showed that the pleasure Of their meeting
was mutual. Presently Wilfred came to me.
Miss Gilbart, he said, in low voice, g / want
you to take pity on a friend of mine. He is my
college tutor-an excellent fellow, though he has
nothing to boast of, either regards face or for
tune There he is. May introduce him2n
| assented, glaneing with some curiosity at the
individual pointed out. Hewas d tall grave look
ing man, with broad shoulders, and heavy irregu-
lar features, only redeemed from positive ugness
by the expression of his soft gray ewes at once
look at me gave ne pleasant sense of confidence
in their owner, Instead of the formal inclination
which usually marks first introduction, instinct
lively put out my hand, which he, as instnctiyely
shook with cordial grasp.
Miss Giibart- friend, John 0wen'
few words of mutual commonplace followed
and Wilfred then left us to devote himself anew to
Alice. During the remainder of the evening Mr.
ana assured AIiee who dnrinS an, drive bpnnss
ward rallied me- not Iitfle on INV necrIiar for.
time IN cantivatino fla 1giiest MN N tIe ronT,
that had meyer met with 90 sensibIa con,naninn
mana aIwavs exoenfed wan All'oAi'
& Thank yon NV dear J, srn;Ie5 orr fa+ber
Three banny weeks sueeeeded anIivened b,,
skating excursions. walkin@ nartiees and MANI
oatberings ronnd the eveniSg fire wifred sr3
RID friend were contnnoily VIII NJ AMI iii fab
Ovens Mace was ever at INV side. What INV
feelings toward him at this time really we're oak
scarcely tell Girl.like I was Hattered nv tbe evi
dent pleasure which 6 man 50 FL ny S Tt
in age and intellect. found in NV society Int az
Vet had not Harmed niV to b 9uI -
celence. Consequently. 1t was with mo neeuliar
emotion that heard the announcement one after
noon. thar the next day would witness his da.
partnre.
Wilfred and Alice-now openly betro+hed and
only waiting until the former should have com
pleted his college career To baunited-yere seated
in distant window, in the fast-falling winter twi-
M father and MI, o wen. sat aronnd The ireside
Presently there was a ring at the bell. and The
former was summoned to his surgery, John owen
began to express his regret at our apDroaching
s.Yes, indeed.n replied. f" I am sorry Won are
roinr. We shall all miss Won yery much u
: As smoke glanced at WiIfred and Alice hut
nv communion did NOT. or would not see ma
rlauce.
q Aillp he repeated earnestly. .fAre Won
,um1tion. If Won will. Int mnst sneak mnat
Eli Van before We narf how dearlv how daTos
edly 1--we Won vet What have / II bone9 I a
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