The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-07-10

and became keenly conscious that a head
ofs graceful contour adorned by FURNISHED
locks. may not always. be the shrine OF IN
tellect: s that af eye which dilates and
Fdroops with a passionate melSneftoiy can
also fash and brood with ,sunco ncontrolled-
anger and sullen thoughts of revenge, and
that coral lip which can. wreath with =;
syren's smile, may likewise culver with III
suppressed ferocity in short, that a de.
moniac soul sometimes shrouds itself In q
sseraphic form.
De Montreuil was, to all intents and
nu,,noses. Frenchman, and with the IN
souscaiace of his race, seemed to shed, by
an ininitab4e shrug, all feelings which
MIGHT disturb the equanimity of his life.
Once established in his home he crossed
as seldom as possible the path of the beau
titul tigress whom he had essayed to clasp
to- his bosom, and whom some whim had
induced to linger for moment as it were
in his caressv but contented himself with
providing munifcently for her wants and
sought his pleasure elsewhere
The offspring of this hasty and injudi-
cious marriage were two girls. twins IN
birth, counterparts in personal appearance,
and .by archaeological freak, opposites in
every attribute of mind and soul. They
we're named respectively Annette and Ju-
anita-one aud the same name in the
Breneh>and Spanish tongues and. as their
characters developed, they seemed incar-
nate types of the two nationalities which
their parentage represented.
| The first years Of their younglives pass
ed feetly by, UNMARRIED by any incidents
more stirring than those created by the
impetuous spirit of mirth, and adventure
which animated Annette, or the quiet in
trigues of Juanita, to obtain under any
and all circumstances the qualification of
her own will, or revenge on those who
shwarted her in its enjoyment
Like nascent buds Within some tropic
cline, theirs was no lingering, stunted
growth, but even while their years were
those which placed them still in girlhood's
ranks, in size and rare perfection of form,
Ethey had attained the graces of early wo-
manhood.
Not theirs the fortune either to bud and
blow unseen, for under the irregular disci-
pline of the de Montreuil household, they
were prematurely introduced to the gay
companions of their fathers revels, who,
like himself, were all<men of pleasure, gal
lantry and adventure.
When but scarcely entered on their
teens, each had train ofavowed admirers
and suitors, and the imbroglios and con-
slant misunderstanding which arose from
their exact resemblance to each other, ad-
ded not little to the zest of the lovers
who worshipped at the shrines of the twin
beauties de Montreuil.
This likeness was so perfect FL every
feature of their fair faces, every outline OF
their slight undulating forms, every twist
and ripple of the black locks which clus-
tered on their white shoulders, and every
information of peculiarly soft and liquid
utterance, that even their father often
mistook one for the other, and none lived
who might not have been deceived as to
their identity. except a mother with the
tunerring instinct Of maternal affection, or
the old black mamma, who having served
faithful apprenticeship to their wants
and caprices, could unhesitatingly declare
this OF that is Mademoiselle Nette or Nita,
as the case might be.
Twinned by feat of nature, stamped
in the same mould, and reared IN the lntl-
mate companionship. peculiar to such rela-
tions, these sisters were always at vari.
ance in their partialities and antipathies,
and their regard was never knownto have
centered on the same object, except in the
one instance, which proved so fearful in its
consequences.
When the balmy breath of Louisiana
spring had waved the waxen orange buds
to blow, and the mocking birds which
haunt their groves gave nightly utterance
to wildly fitful lays-in that beautiful sea-
son when the heart, unwakened though it
be, seems with vague unrest to yearn
for unknown bliss and happiness, there
came from across the vast oceans width
one who embodied fate for these two un-
disciplined and passionate natures.
Hubert Winchester, an English gentle
man Of fortune and leisure, young, accom-
plished and handsome as the hero of ro-
nance, voyaging to the new world In
search of the novelty which for him had
ceased to exist in the old, was possessed of
attractions which rarely failed to fascinate
all who came within their influence.
Introduced to the elegant hospitalities
of Monsieur de Monsreuil's home, he found
something new, plquant, and delightfully."-
irresistible in the society of the twin
daughters Of the house, and for a while en-
loved the delicious bewilderment Of charm
ing and being charmed by the two sisters,
without an idea as to their separate iden-
tity.
= Weeks passed by, each day of which
brought long hours of pleasant intercourse
with the two as they slowly wandered
among the flower beds of the spacious
court, trod with measured pace the moon
lit verandahs, or rode or drove among the
green suburban haunts, or mingled their