The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-02-23
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|'"And What is her name, Mrs. Browne
["s'Mrs. Campbell, Sir; which Her 'hus
baird WASH scotclmanbf shoii1il think
for poor Brown once lsnf W 40 !ogoc /
But al what poor Mr.. BrownIknev
was aomatter Of the -greafcstgindiffer
esce to ME, lent my landlady short Al
once. sYiTqsb 81 g95ssTdi aaidw &
swell, take mp, the papers now, Mrs
Brown" / said,i ..apd I'm sure the la,
dies are very welcome to any of m,
magazines and things" @
Mrs. Brown retired With a mutton
bone and the Illustrated News, leaving
my mind relieved of the fideous fancy
which had besct ii, that the gfacefu
womanlI had seen on, the sands did not
fejoiceJ in the name of ,TabitIla, rand !
was lefttfree to giveher whatever name
her, appearance and my imagination
suggested ;-and u being Iisuppose in a
ispooneey mood just then, did then 4and
and there christen her Undine, whom,
according to the most beautiful Of all
The beautiful German leg ends, she PEAL
by resembled.s ST" rE ulIli 2GHTN /,
aAfter the first overtures we got on
wonderfully fast. Ulndinel and wan
dered about together all day, and play
ed oqbess tih the evening, While Miss
Smith, the companion. dezed oyer her
knitting; and though another, week
had passed without /. bringing me any
news Of the LomaXes, I felt happier
than l had ever been in my life, not
even excepting those palniy days of
Miss Bamfoisa's last Illness, during
which 4 WAS received With open arms
ii Bryanstoi:e Square 3and MRS. 1jDn,ax
WAS so Observation-Disclosures, that had
she not been tieorgie's mother lid have
cut her acquaintance. g,ii1aq rsd}6
y. J. confded, AL my history and troll
bles to Indine,; all, excepting my en-
which ! did not eIthe use
Of doing, considering Georgis's shanie-
ful treatment of me !, and She Was very
Kind md sympsatlising, g. tho though She
owned She could not imagine Why /
ha,l refused tn see Miss Ellis.onn.! e..Who
knowsq' Perhaps she was a very rice
girl, suihom son linish have gHked, Ind
I'M time have loved,'b and Uiidiiie's
Yaics, s,sshe, said this, was, SO softaand
.tssia.aaeE,j that ! WAS within an age Of tor
getting Miss Lomax and every other
,eor|sideFratioA, and telling her, that it
was she | loved and none other. &C.
:" .Apdeit was true. Now that a real
deep %tthchmentiRaa sprung up i, il il my
heart, realized in full the difference
'betweeh ttiebveborn Of nature, amidst
the blueIsly, the green earth, ana the
mighty waves, and such love as I,ihil
.onte imagined ]. felt for ,Georgiana Ln-
max; the offspring, of tho! light, a.pd
glitter and ! falsityt of Q London draw
ing-room an exotic which must
be carefully ,hursed in its native at
mosphere, III It will shrink, and with
7esr,,iaiid diGiisa.ii -1.fItil;ssoq 10 .
thBut stopapgIdm actually getting SEN
timental.s Well. if you had seen Mrs
Campbell, Sd youngsso Lonely, so. des-
olate, you imightihaves done the same
But Will return to the proseofeNery-
day hfe: lob OF yJioa nor srg 3a>d1e f.
/ ! have not yet mentioned Frapl
Hardy, and yet he was, the, greatesl
friend had in the world. We were a,
college together, and he knew the his
tory Of all my troubles, Of my entanI
glemtesnnI with Miss Lolnax,a Of the dis
gust I had 9felt at the anlRdylike pro
position Of Miss Ellistopjb that i sLonlt
come. and see her, ands of my firmly;
rooted determination never either t,
see, or in any way have, anything to d,
with thu, young. person. It is; my, pr
yate belief that he thought me rathe
fool for my pains; for Frank is no
the fellow to pass a handsome forum
by merely because Of its being encum
berea by9so slight a'hampef as asa 3 wife
Tho, hotH she were DIS old as Methnse
'blah andtasngiy as Hccate.j Indeed al
ter the first5acrimony of omyddisap
pointment had passed off, he had o
various occasions tried ito bring m
round toIhis own way of fthislsilg.at
IbOTfnNouothink 4 Georgia a,omax, in
btepds to reward Your fdisipterestedne,
} hy the ssiftl fo f her precious self,7I Ga
] tell yop mysboy, thet you are wrong
said Frank: Take my word for it, IL
Same four that the knowledge Of, Il
contents Of Miss Baihford's viii i'r1eaae cI
ed Bryapsto6e Square, the walls
Mrs. Lomax's dressing room witnesst