The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-02-23
: NUMBER 81.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.


than this, to severs our friendship; and
though I had strirem ID Vain to inspire
my Orestes with better sentiments,
fohf ifitiplacyy icontinnSed rs s gffeat AS. CIV
or, and buf tcaorrespondence fouiishcd
excse,lngly. 1s'Sa as 'a 'lsllsa saa
Is IN the midst 2 Of my Fsf ptsrpiexitS and
ftendeavt9rs to 1 reconcile the duty I Still
lftowtd Georgina Lo5iiii!aax, for SHE lad ia
shls allowed our iira ei Engagement to CON
Ytinhe, and the ioVSes I felt for tbe Re beau
lIfifni Young Widow received al al e,1pis.
ftie even more lengthy than Usual from
= 'Imaasihcc ny surprise, be kaiid, Eat
1tambling, suddenly, on on old Mother To-
max again. Bnt you needn't have
been 50 sly as to keep secrets from me.
Tim not Tie mar to think the worse of
yoa for Knowing on, which side Your
bread Is buttered. Charlie Masters,
| whom I hiet, Yesterday; tells ne Miss
Elliston is charming. He met her
abroad, somewhere, and says says she is the
daughter Of an. old lovee, of Miss Bam-
forTs 50 that explains The VIII Viii No
wodder you described sandfieata with
sach Wild Enthusiasm. Nothing like
the seaside for love making. I tried
it q, myself s once, bnt came tp axisf. 1
hope the wedding is to come off imme
Idiately, for Georges, her mother tells
me, is arranged to take place in Octo-
Der, and l should like you TO be mar
ried first to spite her. 7 always told
YOU what a good4forIn6thing, worldly
Young woman, she was, and you seeyI
have proved right /; for cid sTromboncs
Is sixty fshelis ,ar1ay "a white headed
ioldsinner. Hit were net that he.was
ta the fair G eofgie. off seurslands,
should say he ought to .bs, ashamedof
himself I'm sfellf, taking a. young wife at this
time Of life. AS it is, ! wish him joy.
Please say every thing proper to Miss
Eiilston for me- I hope to make her
acquaintance Before long, ''!SSec &c. ssa
F" Newer since the memorablc tlay on
which my godmother's viii was OPEN
ed had feltimore puzzled than 4 did
differ Iperusinga Franks efftision. NY
first idea certainly was that lie had ia
ikkenfleare of his senses; my5secold,
thai some one had made. Lim the vic
tin TIN Of joke. 1 making iloyea to Miss
Ellis Ellistonr! Why, l had meyer, seen her;
and, what is moFe, never intended to
do so: What could the fellow mean I
'rlienif read the letter through again,
'afP one point at least became clear. I
was a'ffee man again; free to Offer my
hearkto Undine, for Miss Louisa had,
ronthe rfnquestionablet evidence of Ter
loMnomether, adenidedly Tilted mo. /
must tallowathatsJ 4dids faslosaa little
piqued at her forgetting me, 20. soon;
and for an old Sreybeard, too; aud
perhaps, this it was which caused INC to
betake myself in such hot haste to, I'm
dine. l found her, sitting on. the beach
where l ffsst Saw her, prettiesrt: than t ey-
er in her siivef grey dress 2 and long
blue veil; and; without waiting "a. col.
lect myself Event straight at my OBJ
ject, beginning by telling her that Sc
ri6us ibhsinGss denauaedbms iiimefli-
ateIpresenee in town.s sSiSei3ookedaap
at me then y it'll such saft, ltenasrssyes
| that mades the pestiyegy easy.,aairsI
la Mrs, Campbell" 4 ,ssid, .,ss,yon know
my history; and I have told ,you my
position, prospects, everything in fact,
except what you have perhaps guessed
already, Of my love for you, and my
dear hope one day to, call you my
/ wife ., ST g % OF III fon 'pil.onS'
she. ibldsaicd, stan,linse maiooied al
vine, indf set. edt ghbron no 1s7is
"But Miss Elliston," .sAe laid1LsySu
shonlil- Pro sdl s11ses ass ~
M5hate tbelyory name of ElIistousn
] exclaimed tpassiopatslybas II love Gully
issi-it.J c4si& 81 80 FA-.C4sA..ss@ &s1lfD.41
4 She held out her hand at this, and;
while pressed it to my lips, she mur-
INJURED, "oh, Claude, don't you know
me Z am Mary Beatrice Elliston,r
]; And so she was ana r, Claude Eli
Oft Riversdaic,s the bairristcer,w and the
l'aedte NAH Of the world as5f cohsidefSd
myself, was forced to admit thatI had
been outdone- by the "young person
I from northumberland, ,>is
: TO this day l cannot help ifsii
! but that Mr.. Frank Hardy had some.
thing to DO with MY msstifcation;
though nour friendship continues al
i. faurisfing as ever; aHdI have ,evcl
slyet had reason to regret nya Geb
n EMorHER'si WILL. Jafa YIaTi baA 10,
y llAcI aasu --c>.~->------- --Lesr
G ~ A mysterious deaf giFlsha
e been agitatjng San Francisco.
!. treportfrweHtto interview her, an,
y awhileatakinge down the pointsip
u luigedin remarkswhicll would nc
'a4haye, been complimentary if sll
!, keduld have heard them. ssShe stoo
y 1T for SOME time. bhte finally semi