Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-08-30

when the chants OF the recluseS and IN
ire ben for prayers are heard! Sweet har
monies for the ears Of men about to die
d. 1t was then six o'clock in the after
20 noon. Anna heard the sad and pioul
lo hymns swell from the isolated monastery
in 1t seemed to her they were singing tht
as Office Of the dead for her Edward. 81,
s. At last, she had reached the hills, she
40 was on tine brink Of the quarry her
n. eyes gazed down into the interior OF
to it. No Onei -. It was not there
as they had come.
le The poor girl felt all her strength de-
le part she dropped upon the ground and
m wePt bitterly. .,s-I %,
d So she remained long while the
It former prostration of soul had returned :
h she was in kind of half-swoOn, which
: took from her the use of nil her facul-
q ties. t- @
! When she came to herself, she rose,
d intending to return to the Place du Cal
r yaire, there to learn what had become Of
; Edward. -..s-
r The walk soon quickened her blood,
e her fever returned she ran, without a
! pause, even to Madame Bottin's door.
D Edwards window was open and dark.
= Edward had not come back
\ Anna climbed up to her garnet, and
E fastened to settle herself at her window:
E she remained there in an agony of ex-
. pectation to which that of waiting for
the guillOtine is hardly to be compared.
Nine O'Clock struck from Saint Pierre !
. I Eduard bsd naf vat rafurDad
Oh, how often, during this horrible |
uncertainty, Anna leaned from the win
dow, imagining that she heard in the
distance the sound of steps and voices.
The sounds approached, passed it was
not hel sr
Ten o'clock struck Anna left her
window, where she could no longer re-
main, and went down into the street
There she sat upon stone, in front of
Madam Bottin's door, and waited.
Soon, she distinguished the steps of
two men, approaching they stopped a
little way off, seemed to say good bye to
each other, and one of them only came /:
on towards Anna. {
She rose, her head leaned forward, her {
arms stretched out
All at once, she uttered a cry, and I
flung herself into the arms of the young c
man who had stopped in front of her: it c
was Edward G
You here, MademOiselle Anna t
But what ails you, my God You trem- '
bic; you are pale In the name of hea- I
ven, what ails you? il
But the young girl il
1t Is he, my God! He is not killed n
Il is he he is here and in her de-
lirium she clasped the hands of the o
young student. She kissed them, she /
covered them with tears. it
How, this for me You knew, then, il
that | was going to fight. laI
i heard from my window / went st
to the Saint-Cyr hills to find you.
Angel of Heaven cried the young Sc
man, clasping her to his bosom. pl
And you are not hurt? repeated f-
Anna. My God, he is not hurt Oh, E
look at me- He is not palei Edward, lie
oh, how / have suffered A
Anna, my Anna, is it possible but BY
do you love me, then? as
My God, if love thee TO
And the poor child clasped him in al
Ier arms with convulsive passion, and by
Edward, beyond himself, rained kisses be
upon her lips gr
go. er
bu
The next day, at dawn, Anna was sit ca
ing on Edwards knees, her head lay on IN;
lis breast, she gazed on him with eyes
and red with weeping She Sc,
lad been borne, halfswoOning by the pr
7Oung man, to his chamber, and had not pc
rome out from it any more Many tesrs tw
he had shed that night tears of weak 1t,
less, love, remorse; but Edward had no
lried them up with kisses. sai
The window had remained open since sal
he afternoon before. From the room tip
There she was, Anna could see her win cal
low filed with roses and sweet-peas In
ilently she showed it to Edward, and los
Ter eyes filed with tears rol
What troubles thee, my Anna, my apr
ngel? bri
Il am thinking, Edward, of my gar of
ct, from which yesterday went out so dir
Unhappy, and into which l am about to SUI
nter this morning. nat
She paused tn,
So happy, is it not sol Oh, say so vii
appy! wi,
Yes, Edward, yes, happy. And pa
ct, whittier will our love lead US? If the
were known, Edward, that had given on
lyself to thea. Dost you think how l dai
hOuld be able to endure contempt? wo
And who will know it, my well-be- rar
oved? of
No one, hope; oh, no one, my tbs
rod If any one knew it, dost thou the
Edward, l should be lost? 70
And one does know it said a rude Tn
oice from the window. Low
Anna and Edward uttered loud cry, ron
nd rose together. 1t was a plasterer, tar
hose head appeared at the window VIII
-Bastien! cried the young girl, fall tiv,
lg annihilated upon her chair. nee
And whence comes this man ? said If /
dward Who mas permitted you to in
.oduce yourself thus?
He ran to the window.
Is it who has permitted me? But we
le proprietor, apparently. -. | have pou
JuiEdCleu 10 HHlle-WdSn the mouse L | SCH
ave begun the job this morning. When dra
Ou have women in your room, our bour- tax
eois, you should at least close the win tina
1E because a white washer, do you aga
e, is like a bird, he sees into all the hea
ories. WIT
-Bastien!-O my God Bastien the
ma repeated. the
The workman laughed and whistled of
ter an internal fashion. Then there not
as silence. Then he resumed Fra
i well understand, now, why the som
rincess played the haugty with me. A ria
mple mason, when one can have we'll and
-essed fellow, who wears shirts of calico stri
esides that it is agreeable to changel but
Anna wrung her hands, overwhelmed vel
ith despair. of
BE done, wretch, you are killing hun
eri off
Let be, then, Monsieur, we know the
hat all that is, the tears of woman. how
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