The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-05-27

quid silver from her lips for .'the signo-
rina," she parted from Millicent, who
went to her beautiful Canadian home
and friends, saddened and softened by
the scenes that she had witnessed, and
who remembered them long, long, long
while, F.. s -.-a,i,.. - ,rr.l \
She had given the woman her address,
but the poor creature did not come to
her. What fate beiel her, Millicenc did
not know; and. in time, the memory of
those well-cut, classical faces, gaunt and
Emsager from starvation but with
strange wild beauty about them, never
theless, ceased to hannt her perhaps
because one face had taken possession
her fancy, as one face will sooner or Ia
ter, OF that OF every woman. ir trlg +, ~
John Blair, young engineer and
architect. had met her, had looked into
her eyes,, had touched her eyes, had
touched her hand, had uttered thoser
subtle compliments that win ,wonan's
| heart so easily, and though he was neitht
or rich nor great, he was the one man of
men to her. The wooing was brief, as
happy wooitgs always are-or odgnt to
be- a a re,a.ez-,a \ ~
Six months from the day Of their meet
Ting, John Blair and Miilicent May were
married. aud a happisr pair would have
been hard to find. They yielded mntl-
ally to each 'yther's Wishes, and conse-
/ quently grew to have the same desires.
so that at last no yielding was necessa-
ry. Only ineone thing did Millicent
prove herself obstinate nothing could
tempt her on an ocean voyage. A visit
to his native England and a tour In Eu-
rope was Johns anticipated pleasure;
but Lei, experience in crossing the ocean
Lad rnade her averse to its repetition.
"Whether saw them or not, the faces
of the. steerage passengers would haunt
me-. she said. "and can not endure the
idea ofsettinK foot upon nm ocean steam
er again. 1 -. r.6R M aam
So John, who had no wish. to go alone,
left the matter to the cure of time, who
brought them few sorrows and much
Joy, and now and then laid upon Milli-
cepts breast little token of his flight
so that at last a boy, almost as tall as
herself called Milsaeeps mothers and its the
Then, Drawer and older, and more vii
ing than ever TO do anything to make
John happy, Milllcent agreed to the Eu-
ropean trip; and, leaving their little ones
iii the tender care of grnndinamma and
grandpapa, the married lovers look their
places in q great ocean palace, and left
land behind them, for while ut least,
"It might be-" Mlllicent thought, as
she remembered her darling babes with
tears in her eyes-7''might be for ever IL
the sea were cruel,"y a' qJisn0r NJ fns
But the sea was kind. No storms
arose. They CROSSED the Atlantic in safe
jty, and traversed Europe with none but
pleasurable evoits, until at last they
found themselves in Naples, and ready,
one bright morning, to do what all visi-
tors to Naples most desire to do--name-
iy. ascend Vssuvius.
They mounted their horses, and, led
by guide, assembled the mountain to a
certain resting place, where it is custo-
mary TO dismount, and leaving their
steeds behind, trust to ones feet and tho
guide for further advancement. 10 is
somewhat perilous, and an extremely
| adventurous ascent, but tie result re-
pays the effort; and Millicent forgot her
unpleasant sensations whei standing
near the crater, her husbands S arm about
her waist, she turned and looked upon
the beautiful country below-Naples ly-
ing aIoag the shore; the charming vale
of Sorrento; the Bay of Naples, biuer
and pore beautiful than any other wa
t0r In the world; the isle of Capri;
groves of grange trees, and the romantic
palm and cypress clustering together in
most perfect and graceful beauty. o.D |
ISIS heaven lovener than this ?" asked
Miilicent, eIinging toSher husband, and
bursting, she hardly knew why, ihto
a flood of tears. 81 III
, Bnt the guide did not Cleaxethen to 4,
their feast of beauty undisturbed. He
made Them do vesuvius properly; peep
into the crater, possess themselves Of a T
piece of lava, witness the process ofh,
cooking an egg In hot sand, and gol
trheugh With sthsrsst OF Che Ifofmula.
B linen ltseemed time 70, return; and
John glancing al his watch, counted the
time that lay between them and their {,
inn at Naples aid they began their de-
scent. Suddenly vt a, spot where, some
large trees enlivened the ldesoiatiol of =
the ughread, the guide paused andnt. !
tered a cry. Before them, risen as 1t
seemed from the very ground stood
group OF men-rough, savage looking
fellows, armed with rguns, and wearing
broad slouched hats-who, without fur ,
ther p9eleys surrounded them, and seizL
ing the brides of their horses, and ty- L.
ing the ehandss of the trembling guide be- u
hind him, led them away over the rough u
roads in silence Tau f.
John Blair was no coward; but to en-
deavor TO resist sucha force would have :,
been sheer folly in single man. Boo
", as he reflected, was probably their
object, and his wife's safety was his first
thought. Holding her hand in his, ! he
hor as wei as possible; and %
finally, with sinking heart, he obeyed :
the orders of one who seemed to be the
,aptain, and dismounted at the entrance /,
u an old ruin, into which they were h
'oroed, but not over roughly, to enter. }
4 was an ancient and dilapidated hall.