The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-07-15

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shane noiie else could see, and the sigh
s|ofWhicK blaI1cliedfhis ohe&ks With feal
l"IfI stand here, saw it," innocelit
suffering Julia Challoner might hay
,dsaidA mentally 3lia sly .l6s Sic Sto2,
hat her window, ana gazeed M&it3d;, I'd
face and startled, wondering, longih,
tteyes;O0t up0fl the giass. and tres ol
q which stheo mQonlight twas sshinihR
II She tfembIed eblt H0tovfth fear no
-1byet wlthibQ3d d only win gxeitehfSnt
Ifw6hdefs It'd 9fit,, and IN
Fl almost is IR "A isgtfsH ~ 1hohs, 81 sSSd 5jipE
"I dd sesit lig IL 50 & H aaj tai tai 6essslts !.
am not dreamipgs or d9lqding myself
81 1ua seIaahT q 5 senses; ozt WAS ~ M :qE say
1t was after midnight, and Julia hat
been lying in bed, not asleep butt Ni&,
awake, and thinking earnestly a4t
hs SS9 S99S2E NJ aHf saR &
as she lay awake, her eyes naturally
Which btoketthe 'fayS Of the modn add
darkened the chamber. Her mind wa.
much disturbed ,byaan ;ASitating que.
ton; and when / say woman nevel
ought to have to consider such q que.
ton, / mean that the mere existence
n of the ,doabt, the mere necessity, b
i it. 66eiit IS be asdeSiaEEe' aha sSsp pfSSmb1 B
t1rep1y.,. Where there Ia doubt epop9h
to ask, there ought to hes.nG dDubti bl
the answer Some Thought Of 'thiB was
in poor yulfa.s mind; and liistnBed hSl
c6nsciehce.sH .ii-'i a"S'
"Can I-ought / to marry him Can
| T hol,, Cov avoid txkv ~
him? lido not love him, and 1 i1ev$l
naa %e anS 3 aeAhag Iw so ipn besh "a ithfsi aGSss
and true, and n Ae is 20 good-and Lionel
=, Il Heaveh Would only send me. some
Roman Catholic, that I hight pray 10
fhs shYe hYifels fesasd On bM bMsr i bed, and turned
her face to the wall. At that moment
sSI s1 bisstRsd sssRsa Hsx fs s aP1
most thought she heard low, faint
sound, like asigH. She looked toward
the window, and saw, or, thought she
saw, something which caused her TO
spring up in the bed and stretch out her
arms; and she was about to. utter o
wild cry Ofsurprise and excitement and
joy, but with a strong effort she con-
trolled herself, and was silent. She
gafe1 ~ TIE VfndoY fixedly EAf SOME
jsff4dby then She s1eft fhd ~ tHse:
I 1essfy, and crdssed the floor, and stood
at the window, and strove to follow
with Der eyes something that seemed
to disappear as she looked. And it was
then that she said to herself the words
already given: I" 1t: .gqs5 lhe; IaF
What she saw, or thought she saw,
was the figure, Of Q young man with
kdaIks ajEH4d brqnked cheeks, and Ia
manly, open expression, genial despite
the deep sadness that covered his face.
The eyes rested on hers, and were full
of love and pity and tenderness. After
a few seconds the figure seemed to
withdraw and it Was then that Julia
rose from her bed and followed it with
her eyes until it disappeared, or was
lost sight somehow, among the trees
and shrubs y
One thing had, amidst all her wsunde-,
and bewilderment, made q clear, disr
tinct, and predominant impression up
on her mind. She WAS Indeed convln-
ced that she had seen something which
could neither have been created nor
explained by any ordinary and famil-
lar processes of nature; but yet the face
which looked on her, the eyes which
gazed into hers with such tenderness
unspeakable, did not show like those of
the dead. Not a ghost come from the,
grave seemed to have, stood AT her
window; but the spiritual efdOlon of q
living man.
"Oh, Lionel" the girl murmured,
falling on her knees, and bursting into
a passion of tears, ado not leave nae
in this fearful state of doubt Send me.
sonie Other sigii! CJhfe to- HE again
You are still liying-I know it! Do
not leave me t" this distraction and
misery, but make me some clear sign
th;t z s a9ity I'M tyyl[RO OYMt3e stt fs,y yTare' rfd
That night, however, she saw moth.
ing more; and the dawn came before
she fell asleep. For she had now more
than ever cause to torture herself with
doubts, and to weary her mind by
thinking what she must do. =
But although she had slept SO little,
she arose early and promptly. For she
had promisedto take q ride that, day in
company with her affiAhced lover. Z
The estory of the engagement between
Julia ChallOner and Ronald Levett was
somewhat strange, and had much that
was painful in It. Lionel Black and,
Ronald Lexatt were first SCHOOL l-fell0wsl
then college friends, then fast friends
i'm the outer world Both were artists
-painters-but with considerable diff
ference i'm the, conditions under which
they practiced art. Lionel Black was
poor, and meant to live by his paint
ing; Ronald Levett was the only son
of a man who had lrhade a, large for
tune i'm trade, and was now in weakly
health. Both young men were New
Workers by birth;, but there was in
Levett's blood some heaven Of the Gu
ban creole, and people said his mother
had been,a slavs,in opf Of the Hayana
hotels, and was thence bought, brought
and married by the elder Levett. How
ever that may be, Levett the younger
! Like the hie k1g taths Egg, he bAai ito
ride to his studio on o magnificent
horse, with q a:idashihE groom behind
him; or set the Reighborhood in COM
motion by, gathering up, there four in
hand. In Paris and in Rome Levett
amazed the modest circles Of art by his
splendid displays and his lavish expen-
diture.. tdoes not tnkemuch, indeed,
in the way ,.cf expense ITO dazzle the
eyes of a Roman art. student; but Lew
EFT did certainly display q genuine Fifth
Avenue prodigality of costly barbarn
ism. | Yet he and Lionel Black were as
fast friends as ever. Black often
laughed good-humoredly at his CONF
rade's magnificenee, but, as he did not
envy ii, he made no pretense Of despis-
ing it. All things went on well with
them until an nhiheky chance made
them both fall in love with the same
girl. This is sort Of fatality happen
ing to pair of friends so often In the
drama and romance that we are aptto
forget that IL occurs much more often
still in real life. aI
The girl they fell in love with was 9
young American, who. usually passed
the winter with her father and mother
lin Rome: NiliR' Challoner was her
name, and she was q girl who might
fairly be called beautiful; but who was
especially attractive because of the ex>
quisite simplicity, sweetness, and truth-
| fulness Of her mature, and the delicate
refinement of her intellectual tastes.
The two young artists were constant
visitors at, her fathers house. "The
wind and the Beam loved the rose" in
n ~&.I