The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-01-19
s NUMBER 80.


wife ?"
She was with the children, but
conf nm for her and told her the Ill
tidiiiss.
GLOW shall I ever find courage to
tell herr" she asked.
"Hushr ' said George, suddenly
crashing her arm, and pointing to-
wards the door.
tnrped. There stood Lettle'
with her face pale as death, with her
lips apart, and with bind iooh
about her eyes. She had come III
without our hearing her. We never
learnt how much of the story she had
overheard; but it was enough 10 tel
her the worst. We all sprang to-
ward her; but she only waved us
away, turned rounds and went up
. stairs again, without saying wcrd.
NV wife fastened up after her, and
:, fonnd her ON her knees, by the bed'
o insensible.
The doctor was sent for, and re-
- storatives we're promptly administer
: ed. She came to herself again. but
lay dangerously i'll for some weeks
from the shock.
It was about month after she was
= we'll enough to come down stairs
aoa;n that saw in the paper an an
~ nouncement of the arrival OF the Fl
oneer. The news had no interest
~ for any of us now, so I said nothing
20 about it. The mere mention OF the
vessels name would have caused the
~ poor girl pain.
~ One afternoon, shortly after this
. as vas writing letter, there came
~. q loua knock at the front door.
~! ~ looked up from my writing and lis
- tened. for the voice which inquired
" if I was in sounded strange but not
,,., vet altogether unfamiliar. AS l
oo looked up, pulling whose 1t could
ons be, my eye rested accidentally upon
,.n poor Georges portrait. Was L
,;ro dreaming or awake!
Ihave told you that the one manu-
was resting OH a sword. cold see
De' now distinctly that the forefnger was
er o. raised, as if in warning. looked al
'cea- il hard to assure myself it was no ian
Dear CIV. and then perceived standing GU
bright and distinct on the pale face
+ in two large drops, as If OF blood.
bad walked up to it, expecting the ap
T ex- pearance to vanish, as the skull ma
done. 1t did not vanish, but the nj
lifted finger resolved itself into a IL
80 tie white moth, which had settled
tbe canvas. The red drops were hui
iil"oo and certainly not blood, though W;
carry at d loss, for the time to account
Vs." them.
studio, The moth seemed to be in tori
me at state. SO took it eff the picture q
nd ag- placed it under an inverted winesi
ON the mentelpiece. All this took
vet ." time to do it than to describe. Al
oo,,,d Turned from the mantelpiece, the 8
t;or want brought in card, saying
%, gentleman was waiting IN the hai'
know if would see him.
efeo.- IN the card was the name OF "\
cent Grieve, of the exploring We
Pioneer"
"Tbank heaven, Lettie Is o
thought 1; and then added aiou
5 pocket the servant, 'sShow him in here;
g out a Jane, if your mistress and MISS L
m of one come in before the gentleman
tell them have some one with m
the mo- business, and do not WISH 10 "
turbed."
, Iwent to the door to meet u
GU As he crossed the Threshold, ap
)fhcers OF FIRE he could have seen the POI
hip. 1t he stopped, shudde,ed and I
received white, even to his Chin lips.
that the "Coyer that picture before 4
l the mis- i'm he said, lhrriedly, in low
pom some "You remember the enec' II i'''
stores and me. Now, with the memory o
them to Mason, it would be worse than
49, +hoce I could understand his feefin
. 80, ter now than at first, for had
look on the picture with some u
'oui' self. Sol took the cloth OH
AXE up the oon. .oh,s that stood under t
N un1ortu- dow and hung it over the poftr
sed HIM OF When had done SO Griev
MT officers, in. He was greatly altered.
yas precipi- thinner and paler than ever;
and killed, eyed and hollow-cheeked.
be surgeon. acquired strange s'oop' w,
4 his death ewes had lost the crafty look IL
the gallant OF terror: IKE .,'"' ~. a,,nc!
,,- ways every instant. as II uneo
'-oay, 'na II looked as If he heard son
ry, who had ,;na him
DER while I - never liked the nd
g brought felt an insurmountable
arp lookout him-so great a.repugnane
ct Lettie see T came to think OF it, l fe<