Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1870-02-19

4 ~
reflected that frightened expression, an'
at1thessan.e tina have n kainee .thel
lustrous beauty, and softehed brillisnce
The grass he trod over, the trees b.
passed, the sky he occasionally lopket
up Of, all seemed to have tnose eye
shining out Of them, and tsreally va
not much wonder that be &csught .,
front. GO H y
Mts. Kane laughed at hiIq,s pretty
musical, liltle laugh that heiiked 70 hear
When be rsturned as, IA had set out, an!
then she presented hirn 70 her friend
L Miss Seaburn, !. ~. .,t.
EntennBs outaoi me iuh phEe q
MONDAY sun, into The little pafior whicl
was somewhat darkepede % Keep tns
heat out. he bad notat firss seen 90!
one bat Mrs. Kane ; bot .hvn, a. ths
mention of her name: 2 iady rese IRON
the sofa. be caught ne light Of her eye
shining out 50 clear ttnat ~ seemed =
throw everything else INTO snaue, ans
tllsn he bowed, and knew sne was IN
something ne had nearly stnRpled ove'
in the hall when he was gong out IN ths
morning.
As his eyes became accustomed te
the gloom Of the room, no TOOK occasion
TO observe more ,closel tpeh ne mac
hitherto had any opportunity II d9lng;
f'd9 7eebprn . personal appearances, ~
he thus became aware tnat tne eyes were
set in head which was aimqt perisc'
one and that the head vas attacheq to
body which was also . most per'ec,
one. She vasanot. as' les naa imposed
IRON the frightened look q her eyes, 9
young, tiniid girl.
She vas . woman oi appagfntly tven'
ty-6ye qr twenty seven Years 81 age
though she might have been ?ider' 70
judgc from some o. me lines q her ace
Her manners were ealm' eel possessed
lady like, and Tor mo,nenI FieseheF
wac almost oserawed py the uneolseivus
air Vt dignity and supremacy thAE sur
rounded her. That wore of however y !;
indeed i SO completely disappeared inai
when her husband feturned couple Of
days later, MRS. ksne sianshlngly conn
planned to him. .of fletchers lnattentlon
to her, and declared that slnce r, Har7
riet had come be had entirely neglected
her. 5''''tA '.''' n
Some people called MISS '5eaoufn an
old maid ; she lived by herself with the
exception a one female sersanb an. an
old house about three miles distant rom
the Kanes but sheIvefy pttsp psid Mrs'
Kane. who thought her unequal!ed "
any other woman 10 the world, VISITS Of
several weeks together. Inc present
was one et them, and she had promised
10 stay month. -. !,
Whether Fletcher thought Miss Sea-
burn an old maid or1pots IL cannot say !;
Iinclins TO the opinion that he did not
Be that as it may, he found that she pos
,essed the power to charm him more
han any other woman he had ever met,
1t which be often FonderedT she was
not pretty, although she had such won
ierful eyes her complexion was pf&
almost to sailowness ; there were snad,
,ws on her lace, and lines wrought by
suffering or sorfow upon her brow " and
lbout the corners Of ner mouth, whieni
sas not q pretty mouth, except wneu
he rare emile. that 30 beautihed her
Whole expression came to ~; her nose.
100, was large. and went a little moreato
,ne side than the other But Fletcher
hardly observed that, She he'd -that
thing IN woman.0 Her voice
mas very lowsand sweet. and the way IN
which she treated him was very winning !;
I was as though she was an elder sister,
nd when she one day called him Willie,
,e thought the word was the sweetest sesss''
le had ever heard, and male her prom;
se never 70 call him any other came. =
She laughed and promised, and aiter =
lime, as . matter q course, ne dropped
Miss Seabarb Tor Harriet, and rich,
ound, iall ssnd Amusical' 'hs name lell
rom his lips
The first tins has rslle1aner 60. soc
tarted, her pale ohsek flushed, and her
.eert beat sgAinst ihes1boddlee Of her
iress till che could hare seaslly coupteu
4 pplsations Der eyes took M inward
ook as though she held p momsntary
'onierence With her own sou, she grew
,ale ard then she tiied 70 smile.
minute after she was calm and SELF pos.7
essed again shs hAd 4 fesoived Within