The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-01-09
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I 70 Elylno, and who walked III her sleep. Ev
IefTbody remembers her, since she has been
made immortal by the genius of Brli Well,
Amina. sweet girl, can no longer claim the IL
tie of La Somnambula as her own peculiar
property, for our city can boast of one who is
as young and beautiful as the sweet Italian
| girl could possibly have beer, yet whose sto
Try is essentially different from that of the be-
rome of the opera save in one particular, that
of somnambulism.
| In the west end of the city dwells a family
AS great many families debut the one
we aIIude TO belong to the creme de la creme
of Louisville society. The lord of the house
is a gentleman whose name is power on
change, three lines from whose pen, with his
signature attached, would make bank trcn1-
Die to the lowest stone in its vaults. The lady
was, some years ago, a belle among bellies,
The admired of all, ''the toast of the country
Though no longer young, the mother of a
grown daughter, time has dealt lightly with
her charms, and she is yet the possessor of
! great beauty, tonsl down, tis,true from the
sparkling freshnsssl that distinguished her
youth. If my lord walks among the money
changers king, my lady promenades the par
lors very queen.
They have daughter whose loneliness Ian
guage is too poor to desrcibe. Young-she
cannot be more than nineteen; lovely-the
roses droop their heads through enyious shame
when her cheeks appear among them the
stars grow pale with anger as they look into
her beaming eyes at seeing brighter orbs on
earth than glow in the heavens; the airs catch
efs ffef4 the birds add
new and sweeter bars to their melodies after
hearing her sing; her form Is 1.-the and will
Lowry and symmetrical as was that of the poets
Beatrice, and her step is light as the summer
zephyr, that scarcely beats the thstle-down to
EARTH And she is as good as beautiful In
deed, of all her beauteous sex she's the very
paragon.
That this lovely creature is adored by her
parents is not TO be wondered at, since she is
worshIped by all else. Imagine, then, the
grief which has stricken their hearts of late
as they watched the roses fade from her check,
the glorious eyes begin to sink in their sock
cts, the rounded form grow thin and angular,
and the light, spr'ngy step grow heavy and
Ianguld. 10 all their heterogeneous she uni
versaIy declared that she was not i]l-that
she enjoyed her usual health. She acknow-
edged that she was aware of great change
occurring for her glass told her as much, but
it was unaccountabIe to her. The family ply
stefan was called in, but he could not enliyhten
them.
At length it was suggested to the grief
stricken mother that perhaps the fair girl was
pinlng away from hopeless love. The sugges-
ton gave her hope. She few to her daugh-
ter's chamber, and con iured her to confess the
fact if ii were true, at the same time promising
that no impeachment would be thrown in the
way of the accomplishment of her wishes. No,
she was not in love. Thank heaven her heart
was yet whole and fancy free Sorrowing
more than ever, the mother left the daurhters
presence. That night she communicated to
her husband the suggestion that had been
made to her, AS well as the result of her inter-
! view with their child. o..
| Man Is not so easy to convince as woman,
and the denial of his daughter amounted al
most to a confession-he was as satisfied that
she loved some one whom she feared to intro
duce into the house, as if he had seen her.
with his own eyes, stealing out to midnight
! tryst. The clouds were now lifted--the scales
had fallen that hitherto obscured his vision
1t was loss Of rest that was killing the girl.
tie would watch her that very night and dis
cover the truth. And watch he did, and, sure
enough, rs the night deepened, he saw his
child S door OPP nd she emerge therefrom,
bearing II Tr." nand a chamber lamp. and clad
7 only IN her night garments. He did not at
temptto detaln her as she turned her Steps
towards thc door yHnt opened into the garden,
but determined TO ascertain who she was 60
ing TO meet at that unseemIy hour and in that
unma0enly ,ujse followed her tD-t0e, TAX
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