The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-10-15

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snofber friend Joined me in cigar after
.i;nnar in INV ousrters in Dover Barracks,
WIore they I'd come by invitation-H ssinris
noticed a peculiar smile pass over
Dacre's handsome face as / made this re-
mark, and turned away from the almanac
lad pasted on the wall beside the Chin
neg fRS hs' Est sspssaHaSsfF' he fetpIassed,
dragging the great easy chair he occupied
towards the open window, and gazing out
over the channel, with still that peculiar
smile. "The first Of best September was a
aWhy. what of it. old boys" ex-
claimed; "shot q partridge
"No," said he; "but II shot my wife"
aSbot your wifer' we cried in amaze
ment while Ned sat and laughed p4easant-
ly, as If shooting wife were the finest |
Joke in the world.
of course there must have been joke |
in the background; and on questioning |
Ned aboutit he came out with, the facts, |
while we pulled away at our cigars, and
watched the faint curl of smoke as it float |
ed away from us, and lost itself somewhere
between US and the French coast, where
the lighthouse. on Point Grosnez every
two minutes sent forth its revolving blaze
across the six and-twenty miles Of water
1t was a. delicious, abainay evening" and
Nedas story did not come aniiss in that
quiet, dreamy twilight, when there was
nothing to do, and we wanted justa little
TO think about. - Ell ss.l : i.ssis 3 sss.3 q,
II was just year ago yesteruaytn
found myself travelling down by express
from Waterloo Bridge to Remington, IN
the heart of the New Forest" began Ned,
while we composed ourselves for some
thing interesting. 'af remember what
fool 1 Thought myself Tor going there at
all but Jim GrcviIle bad asked me down
for a weeks partridge shooting
me to go andH hadn't, the heart OF the
minlto refuse him iahd it WIS because
hadn't the heart to refuse him that 4 felt
and called myself a fool; for after all, 1
knew it wasn't the partridges was going
after; not but what they were tempting
enough in their way, for Jim and l had
blazed right merrily at them year be-
fore, when l stayed two months at Hurs-
leigh House, and bagged-I should be
year before, / had Been stopping there
with Jim, andF rare fool l made of my
self by falling .head-over-ears in love with
his sister, Ada Greville, and allowing my
s iei ss s. M p t:s s s ssssi
anyways DE sharp enough 10 sec MHeh ho 10
mot wanted didn't, or wouldn't see II;
so suffered for my pains: That was her
likeness showed you Seiore dinner
We called to mind the little gold locket
with a face painted on ivory, set in an oval
frame-a face of a young girl, with rich,
dark, waving brown hair, girl delicately
fair, with the faintcst blush-rose bloom in
her cheeks a laughing light in pair OF
very blue forgetme-not eyes, and rarely
swecs snilie on noi , Gu, 'o ha m mo
Greyllle must nave Deen Deaa 9a L.. ao
"e9cI arp y NC Gu iis, na0 NAVY
ooa "a hil nnf y .ri s,of,, D. slsl
~She was sorry for meT7she told meIsos
continued Ned, with a complacent groan.
There were even tears IN her eyes when
she saw my despair; butl III was OF ne
avail. she, refused me as gently as she
conu, va most qeeasiVeiy. pne olo no '
love me-, Bat! would wait one year
three yearsr-a dozen years, ior her love
NO, IL was enough; she coula meyer DC my
wifeas!)id she love another! Sne turned
away almost haughtily as put the ques.
ton. Ishau no right 10 ask IL know, pul
suppose was mao. Al my fears con,
cerning inns hmts apont a cerlain lLor9
Dacohy WIG hwy iiel, .nen, anu was
sincere aolnntrsr oi Aua , !etorneo " his
ne was yoens carr anu l,cn. Mas ue'
pvol eap:a.n III 'a, s,,d ~,
Whai very ltae oeyo ny pay' a.u IL: ~
sci1eiy niallsion OF "tuiy eltle W uuei ny
gln VINO hau saken my Wnoie nels "
STORM, ana maze me love her aS NO Ailn
ever loVeu peiole' - no, ain 81 ? %
had been there TWO .months, outl
packed up that night, and next morning
saw me whirling through the new To ores
on my way BACK 10 Town again L 10Y
lin xvhaf hq6 hannancd were Walk
ing to the station, 49, -. ,is-t :.
am sorry, ola ieileW, ne saiu, hea: "
ly., There is no one would sooner give
her to than, you. -, -,
s'Except my LORD Baconly, L iet sip
perhaps little savagely, lot leit rer9I
sore just then, even TOWARDS noneSt KIM
hearted JIM
Without exception Nea, SAN jim
1reVn,e, elnPLla.ic 1 ~ ~ III IoS bal
When asheu you uT"d 4. III, ,at 70 % :,
nope That you anu Aua mig: =: ~ ~ " | ON
about each otner' put you SEE ~ n'I mU
exactly come W pasS p 49, ,iiinN, no"
e'ei' eHa' sue oai ne -. e. f;n,,J col,
~, coq HS sh1 LII. ba- Uor n saw and h,
plteery. lo au9ios ,i tL,' 9o9 say
mas mansion anu d 'i'ie gu,
stop there, my gooa tel9M, e :,
clained u nlEAmes hefceiy lor hmL
- ,..c...u Il,
she does not marry you II Is because sl
does not love you, ana .hat II Sne uo "1
marry Baconly, II Will not DE ior MS eall
dom or his lands. Beiieve me, Dacfe
Ada is true as steel, ana her neart Is no
one to be bought, or sold 10 the hignes
bidder.
OF course DeneVeo MN, put l wa
too down IN the mouth 70 leli nun 90 lus
then. Atthe sia9on We,PHNu, anu ID a
my Tram went On ne,iu IA nm n, II -
Mind, this time next year, oid poy' L sla
look Tor you again.
~ ieant BACK IN tne ear iaL an an
laughed, long, pit.er, scornlui iausn, ~ ~
there was no one tnere 70 near III OF T, ~
soliloquy gave vent 10 aiterwarus' II, IN
time next year! Had the fellow neal
at ALL Catch me down In tnese parI
this time next year ~
And yet, when it came round, and Jim
invitation with it, would you believe 1t,
was fool enough TO go. and once more Tn
thirty-frst of August found me tearln
through the New Forest to Remington
al don't know exactly how The year ia
passed, but had knocked about a gres
deal in France, Germany ana lealy, Vr,
ing TO forget Ada Gfeville, suppesc, a.,
the partridges had paggea las. S Sep. sa