The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-07-02
GEORGE MARCIS DISAPPEARANCE.

Ne ons kneE shat hsA BECOME Of him
-of brilliant Young, vivaci0us eiiiet,
teedlesa loving GeorKo Elfar Marcy He
hSd cropped wholly onl II London and
nsrsiafe and love making. and al biz
aiD prplects and bis occahonAlly high
aspirations and his dAshinE, vivid ctiii.
dsms And magazine articles snd poems
serious and oomie-he hst leA every
thing behind him and disappeared We
al sid We might have better spared &
better mAn-sonc few a Us were sincere
" s1rry for his 6iSppcarance there
was ons who as every body amer
ward learned, ieli hr more deeply
still llis diAppesrSaoe came about in
this way George Marcy vas 8 brilliant
young ilsieraisgr r1Cmhcr of . tAmily
which hal quite 3 nkSne In literature and
wAs himself rising fast into q kind Of repu.
tAti1n, Any Thing very great be neTeF
would he-yoz s4a ealy g lonk 81 his
head asa tsoe 10 see that bat be certainly
hNi q rare TiA al N.vs9 sketches critiqaeK,
articles Of every kind wherein 4 certain
fresh sud Light stream Of the poettc might
blend easily with 3 fantastic, eocultfle.
bat very genuine kuunT. Yoa woald
have called him ore a the Bohemian
school. but thai his personal habits were
BY 10 meAns Bohemian Cor he much pre-.
ierredA palAiiAi el~broom 70 = public
house, and adnwing-r room vel ornament
cd with pretty and clever 10 either
He VISA teFrib1y t~honghness, thrifuesl
leahsw, and. unless when be Nkedt0 work
rss decidedly lazy; bat be WA a gensle
msa In heart and Ia manner. He some
times provoked editors and publishers ou'
IL al patience fof when The first install
mcrt o. copy came, there was no sAyinl
when the next woad come, OF whether !
would ever come 81 al and indeed Their
were editors who had isssieiApsatire or1e
that no line Al Georges copy should. ur
Ger any cireunstAnees be toachc1 unt
the whole fhe never sent in any article
however short, In one losl had bcen Airl
rot into hand. Many q time bad this @
That editor vowed that never again woul
he have anything 10 DO with Georg
Edgar Marcy; hut enc could not bel
himself; George EdgA- was sure 10 com
in and talk him over with soothing appea
vow Of better conduct for the future, an
fnAl outburss OF drolIery. You could n
more continue long to be angry with bill
than II he were a girl Everybody ende
by liking him. He wa q very hAndsom
young fellow, Of decidedly short siaiur
ard slender make, but shapely and liih,
and he had curling black hair, and blacl
viysdous, sparkling eyes, He used
filTt with g great many girls, and all
them liked him-and, again, n at lea
FELT more than 3 liking for him.
George had been brought up In ltal
and had a great deal OF the Italian ahor
him-the animation and variety of &c
ture and intonstion, a. well as the dal
hair and eyes AT the time | speak Of
had, indeed, only been some two yea
home from Italy. One OF the hous
which he nov visited most frequently W
that Of Mr.. Ralph Bathurst, a man
much taste Ia aFt and letters, who had
handsome house In K~ensington, and "
fond Of gathering authors and paints
and journalists round him. Mr.. Bal
urst had a daughter Annie, who was bO
pretty and good, and had, moreover
quick, clear brain and highly culiivst
tastes. We who frequented the hot
were all very fond OF Annie Bathurst,
was very fond Of her; but then, so "
my wife, too and, therefore, in my ca
1t did not matter. But | thought-we
thought-Georgc Edgar Marcy was a
fond OF her, and In quite a different wi
and she seemed to like his society VI
much. This looked highly promising a
satisfactory, for George was quite q pei
Mr.. Bathurst, and the latter would
have cared whether his daughters h
band had or had not money, provis
that the daughter loved him. and that
was a good fellow-now George Ed
,ers a good fellow. Even then, when
knew the best of him but superficial
and knew all his faults, we could
nothing about him which could pain
discourage the father ofany girl who 10
him.
One night I met George Edgar at
Bathurst's house. / shall always rem
Der that night George and Miss B
urst talked together very much,
really seemed quite like lovers One
saws I looked purposely across
rocm-that their hands met somehow
chance, and that she blushed and tr
bled, while he looked embarrassed
agitated. | thought these were his
suspicious symptoms.
had to 20 into town 10 of
newspaper offices that night, and wa
return TO Mr.. Bathurst's for my wife.
my surprise, when | rose to go Gee
Marcy rose also, and said he had to Ii
carly, and that he would walk part Of
way with me. His going 50 soon surpr
me hut | made no remark.
As we walked along together he
denly said:
"Tell me, old fellow, do you ever /
presentimentsf
Sometimes, Of course, | fancy | b
All people fancy such things now
then, l suppose. But l don't beliey
the fancies-my own or any body else
"Well, no--of course not. It's all +
Yet somehow, tonight l have q he
uncomfortable, omlnous sort of fee
pressing on me-
mot all the evening, | think.
seemed TO me very happy-and | d
wonder"
Mot all the evening, but lately.
matter--it's all nonsense, probably.
II 60. Tell me, don't you think A
Bathurst q charming grill
"lndeed ! do; and a good girl-a