The weekly North-Carolina standard., 1869-04-21
SELECTED STORY
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one who belonged to good society. She
was sitting next Inc in the waiting-fsom OF
her the railway station; but outside her
horses were being fed and watered, and
she was waiting to rest. Not for the
train--She bad told me that already, as she
had told several others the same thing.
When tia Whistle sounded she stopped
her ears with both her hands, and shudder-
ed violeatly. When the engine came in
SIGHT she iooked at it as one might regard
a hideoas ns0itster, and muttered to her
self in way that made me fancy her not
quite right 1inh her mind. And when the
passengers came pouring out OF the tram,
She said to herself, for heard her plainly:
"They've been through the tunnel laeyerya
one of5em4-every one of them through that
long, black, horrible tunnel, and they haven't
lost themselves ~ .g..5i 5issgp 4 et
Then of sudden, she turned to me with
Il little5heM, and said:ha7H tabi4i. goii9si9 q
''Ysu are travolling Ihy rail, Madam g'7aiia
aasweredjyes. q bsii itlisss3d e
''How, can you r.; asked my interrogation.
"Wherever go, l go in my carriage. These
cars are terrible-especially the tunnels"
"Thengep must go behind that horrible
creature, l suppose said the old lady look
inc towards the engine.
7Do acc;;s lents ever hanpeen in tunnels 3"
ocIssod IESi;tl, ~ inaylnluntarv shudder 'o'iii
@ASs;5oh(s bascr;ed ss'Worse than that.
I'll, ,aII ,,o,, what bannened TO me once in a
+nnnel y
bowed SHE nut her handkerchief. to
,,or aIss if for I,oonmsnt and went on ii'ii 70
sYou see. flat white house on the hill up
there 'sfqiat is mine. have lived there a
lonq %hiIeF There nv husband died; there
INV sos, IN arried at was after he married,
when was sixty years old, that this hap
nened. Sixtyt just think of it,-a time
wheniEife ought to run on without any event
wbateyerHa1d tIiei, romance came to me-
romaaees for tl,c,first time in, nv life; be-
causeayf,i see. L had married, without any
thouglitfotqthatr "a very good snan-but so
old--at sixteen. Well rs saia,,at sixty
he fell; in, loye,,witli me- think he was
twenty-fiye-and ohl but he was handsome.
Colds my. color for hair, and his eyes stars
were never Sc. bright. was sitting on my
porch. knitting stockings for my grandfather,
when he rode by1 and his horse SHE'D at
something and threw him at my feet He
seemed to. be dead, had him picked up
ond bronolit In and the doctor and I to-
anu W.. ~ s,,, i i;fa ~ otfSlhstlS'a
geInssa 81 ~ ,,Ta Nh g., ~ 4 :, ,or,,
uE1 al koa ,,;tb Nc
a.s sa;, "a l;.,s o,,, I'll T tbnn,tt % M harm, IF
neaG.ilal e.i.s1 iea nd JoIi 1T I
ioi iI nc was f,rtr of no,roe
was oiu ny 9Tn aoa 80. |ao 81. ''' - -
Tas o,un nv H. ho vas q pu toll yoo
Do.you MAJ" VIA .hs -a;.,,,s ~ ""s .,... hnrot
ne az az auuI was 80
SenHemah sl,os sal ,laouant 'I be s saensd a one.
soi5',ana n'1ygay aJ ;d H. nstters h wac
anu eise,s y, MA ne s,st ss.r,' tor e he
hul '''siiu =. "a as.e ~ than oorid T saT hs
was sxe,s =. .sias.i .hsa % mas @ Oh NO He @ CAM ~
Snou.I iraS ~, o,n,,d o,aa be tissed NV
Eas.,la l, . ba 'ioved mo
naIu ~ IA I%7s sa;S "a ,i'r sfi
cMa an sn;a ou, =" 80, aro ,o,n,, Won will
SpaS,J ai,i if'ea 's'ut A'e s'us 'so'- W.
ncssha ,Iaa!t y sSpu99.l iai1lsi,h ,ta ,,o.s;
~ Mss .fba. ~ I,sn nv Ia. -
Un 20 MN 1I T Sas :. taSS s,ilI = T
my ies1, aua ,.haaa and T nron,;0ed
Ss.i,a;a - - = 7 '1-SSf I'll fs'-I n
:" MI u IL, NJ of "a be moo f,,y;o,,s .
nlG ~ =. = - ~, M ~, ~
ne sa,u, se'lloir sniusS - NC ~ sos iae he
d;S IA In aI;l,
lips may lie, but eyes cannot, the poets say.
I Grew angry at NV son and ordered him
ont of fthehouse. i At the door he paused. !,
sMotbersbe said siifi Won marry this im-
poster, who. only wants your money. Won
will rue the day that you We're .;,s Think
of 1.-THE. might, almost be nv son. 1t is
madness-it is .faily-it is impossible that
he should love; you:' ts,zsit1 -Alus 200
You may think so. But he does not 1
Il I
beriugSiaH that he had said to me. Ibid
not care for nv sons wrath, nor that nv
friends all turned coldly from me. Il mar
rie,l Adelphe, and we were happy-yery; !;
don't Believe aIy one who tells YOU we were ta
not.tsT T Bl7ff .sHai.ifa 4 IL =
LAS soon as we were ntnarried he beoan
to talk Of. Europe and of the bappy life one
led in Paris. So said we win 20 to Paris.
1 wnild have gone anywhere To please him
-anywbere. And then INV friends, all.
hated me- We made ready TO 90. Of
corfrrsSes Ne needed money. i had bank NOTES
and checks to . Iaroe amount--a l;ttlc for.
tune. indeed. in INV GREAT wallet : 7 also had,
INV diamonds with me Tn Eurone diamonds
are '71{ssss for 4 fnl toilette at Conrt
AduIpbe took care of these thinos To
reach the city whence our shin started we
were OBLIGED to 90 in the cars :, even then
bated and was afraid of them = - -,
ave sat beside each other ami T fe,t 40
any young bride: and he looked Of me ., co
fondlysaI remember going into a tunnel
-seeino the brigbt noondav cbsnae 70 t,1;.
dsrk masseS m, Tl3en oil wos Sarl, snd -
tbefiartsneos bo tonl, hsnd d"' nn5 Dra '.di !.
.,arn, ,,o.s,onat !. au. H.sssa