New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-08-23
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN, SUNDAY, AUGUST %, 1865

iutO thS hlLu plbSL WOFQH tnAt cOulu nave
said that had met one whose pure and
sympathetic soul raised my aspirations.
When lights were brought in, my eyes
tell upon letter that arrived the day be-
tore-a letter of airy nothings, tinged with
sort of kindness.
Mrs. Nanstone was my only relative-a
far-away cousin-who flnttered her gay
feathers through fashionable life, but
kept over me smiling surveillance, fear
Ing In her heart that | might marry boot
black, or some ore equally depressed in
the social scale. was thus somewhat of a
nightmare to her.
Impelled by know not what, sat down
to my desk and wrote gayly to her, some
ouobllng persifage taking possession OF
me.
But said no word of the days adven-
ture, nor limited of the strangers presence.
The boy came struggling through the
storm next morning for the mail, and bore
the letter off.
Il shan't be able to come Tomorrow"
he said. would not have started to-day
If I'd known how bad it was )" and he
went fighting bis way out of sight in the
storm.
/ turned from the open door, the fierce
cold, and the driving storm, and found my
guest in the little hail with ne, bat looking
much more fit for bed of Illness. His
eyes, Transparency gray, glanced like rays
of light. They dispelled the gloom of the
morning-they permealed like the JOY of
~ ~ leeo uay anu ye1 tp'S uiu no. seeui
consider 1t so, as we do not often realize
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'a wv WIN Illlsi
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VI MS Hiseu enu puIple' ---u-.c
Hl5 mho.e appearance was lnus Oh I'M
,oh " power II, auu "edNnesS' ana very las
I, lils was ne IuaI WHICH L Always
N0Sp,oeU-a iau'es man
i, l w noS huoW why t"ougot Oh tnat
gnen' ou' soLnetnIrg' Ms ne S'oou tnere--
u u';' wenA, yet sIgohE' ue@utHul ana
S - e ICES ~ us pe'usSi aPpaleu' ly-7hlau-
lie eu'e tn.' nc must oe idVorl'e WIN
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lIepIIoie cotuuess 10 NY voice "hen
pS ~, as@lh' IoI every iuan WHOSE praises
lau "eeli sung u ine n"u aPPe"feu 10 me
HosI iusipiu'
as ny Fuite ll' Wy Ups "a some common
g'''co OT9el tUo,', ue lVVh u WIN thaI pc
7. '.al Ei'n'e VI MS "-4cn sd" anu Knew
rr1y'n,u8i u-,
10y iooh 'oiu me 'uau ue nay detected
'1 Ills cnang mn IN nly ,nong1t tnat was IN
, 'o"sanV' inc cutnge ud1 brought LOT the
ne. .iII9 Ille CONSCIOUSNESS tuat ne had IN
crested me more than any oiher had done;
..I5 ulu moi knoW MN; 'hSt ne was man,
Al. coTse4ue9Ily concsiIeu J., ana vain
"a, -a"' "oulu no' oe t9o Aluu' ana had
,e1h giSnip'eu 70 hlhunesS Precisely as II
70 uIu oech Wolndu' Alttr that llrst
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't ah,'IS n'u aPp1a'Su 70 i,iul Knew as
s Ia3 cS ns'e u Sl nau 1t oeeu woman
I,'u lVpuu ~ Sue SHOW
DaS ,na' "eeh Vi Storm upon the New
1uslanu cga'G was hileu w''n an essence OF
n,'nge anu pieasuie WHICH 9 9yen now can
os 'sI"iyEo VI uesCt'oe' Aue ar aeid
~ "IiCu uuoousclou5ly drank, not
!. uo"ing Wneuce came tnat dellcate lnebn |
= IN th eass eI.ihpasue " tle ln,ellect and
! lHe LeuHeu senses. never had SO loved J
y "o'H' anu III muse oays OF outward
looh 'ne slVIin upon my canvas grew
oMarI cohple.lon WIN strength and
atuIalhess Vhae lnrllleo me with an art
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olu aug vi YEA. sp'enuor' lne dark water
parhleu Hke lquIu ice ana the air that
~. G' IVY, nv a; ieaueu lrpln my eham
"a Niuow gave its oxygen pound to my
y, 4uJ sun iose Joyiui'y 10 met the
nou,r stoi,, T eo,na
:, a." e. e',1 i ~ niy s.esG s.ahding
Z w h ntu' ~, 80 ' ma onait near MN lay
3 heaVy eloak' ne came forward and
IN =, AZ Ivy manu-, saying
,,o ny soo ou auu goou-Dye must
;tS:H t tho e upon eaoii o'ner' must go
i + ,,,,,. sn 0,, noar f.. ~.
n l;ht ns some polite words OF regret.
10 slSht oJ nls lace as ne looked at me
en- {. gave me the utmost seli-possession.
a nlduen current .snLl Or tre coursed through
!, ignitea py Ihe lingering, commanding
uch ol nls nanq' lnat laGe was colorless,
}! growing WIN llght' Ills Light, hossy
NJ was hung backward, and seemed in
nv Ie. way 70 ,, oe anecsed py the excitement
l i1 ooh'solieu MIN
lie stoOd near me, his crimson lips re-