The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-01-12
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i as possible. But m 5GfiNvo vas her
,orsr,s fr;era che ,,or. Az. ;,a;..;,.,
with the bes. no.s;h,e ,r..,.,c.
s The surgeon did not seem to ne,o.;ve
in the least that ha wa. ;,,.,s.,;nn
wher,. ba b,d =. hus;,... N.
unite sef.nossessed, and I..n...;.,.
one exc.ntion The nortra;, nc c..
seemed to onuov Him D. ho5 $3.50
n l;ttle .;mnat;ont .,.,....,;.. .~,s,,,.
first s,w :, ,,h,o,. a... ~, .........s
Ito him. and n,..;...a H..
avoid look;n, :. !. A.Ias. ,.,..s;s
nor ooma he -. Ia. =.
foo;.~ a., - on s.'y
AN instant ana .han 90. L.. -,
most inn ,nsd;a.a,r rosa
ssIt,s very childish and tbot so,,, ~
thing he stammered ..but = cannot
sit onnos;ta tbot n;o,nr.n
SIT is not bicb artyJ ..;ds u.ra
NAV irritate a critical eran
"Ikuow nothing about o,tn h.;.r
swer.d. "but IL il one, of those rrn,e
asant pictures whose eyes fa,lov-'..,
| about the room i have nm .;nhar;.ea
horror of such pictures Nv mother
| married against her fatber,s will ana
when / was born abe wa. 40 III sh.,-o.
hardly expected to live. Whers .b.
was sufficiently recovered tn ANAL
without delirons rambling, .ha ;,,rl.,-
ed them to remove n p;c4n,a of NV
grandfather, that hing in the NOM
which she vowed made tbreatan;nn
faces at her. It's superstition... hne
CONSTITUTIONAL have horror of sucl,
paintings =" .--
| believe George tI,onrht ,tl,;a mn. .
ruse of his friends to cet a seat new.
to Lettie: but felt snra 5, w...no,
for had seen the, alarmaa exnros.;on
of his face.
At night. when Georpa and HE
friend were leaving. I toni nm onnor-
tun:ty to ask tb,, former ha,f;n a iola
| if he should bring the Surgeon To l.e,,
MS again. George made a verv hearty
assertion to the contrary. ADDING, that
he was pleasant enoupl, cnnn.nv
among men at an inn. or on board shin
but not where ladies were concerned.
But the mischief Was done. yincent
Grieve took advantage. of the intro.
duction, and did not wait to be invited
again. He called. the next day. and
nearly every day after. He was a
more frequent visitor than George now,
for George was Obliged to attend 30 his
duties, and they kept him on board the
Pioneer pretty constantly, whereas tho
surgeon, having seen to the supply of
drugs, &C., was pretty we'll at liberty.
Lettie avoided him as much ali possible.
but lie generally brought or protested
to bring, some little message from
George to her, 30 that he had an ex-
cuse for asking for Lettie. 4
On the occasion of his last v;s;t..ba
day before the Pioneer sailed-Lettie
came to me in great distress. The
young cub had actually the audac;tv In
tell her he loved, her. He knew ha
said, about her epraeen,ent To l(,ec,se.
but that did not prevent another man
from loving her, too. 10 A, man cod,d NO
more help falling in love than he could
help taking fever. tLettie stood sppon
her dignity; and rebuksd him sevetelr.
bnt he told her he could sec NO harm
in telling her of his passion, though he
knew it was hopeless one. -.
"a thousand things NAV happen,
he said, at last, ITO bring your engage
ment with George, Myson to. an end.
Then, perhaps, you will not forget that
another loves you''. -, -
was very angry, and was forthwith
going to give him my opinion on his
conduct, when Lettie told me he was
gone, that she had babe him 60, and
mad forbldden'him, the house. She
only told me in order to protect her.
self, for she did not intend to say any
thing to George for fear 1t should lead
to duel or some Violence - se
.na' was 'ne last we saw,of vincent