The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-12-27

swered wit|ia merry laugh; only am
crazy to taste my--onr omeleite."
We seated ourselves lnund the ia.
bic. Wien we had eaten and dunk
With the good souls we rose aud made
ready to 90 home. The sun had set,
and the whole family came out of the
cabin to see us off aud say good night.
"Don't ynn want my son 10 go with
you7n the old woman called after ms.
1t was growing dark aud chilly M
der the trees. and we gradually quick
ened our pace.
'.Those are happy people" said
Louise. eve viii come some morning
and breakfast with them, sllan't W.?
We can put The baby in one vt the
donkey painters, and in the other i,
losing your way, Georges'
ono, lear-no fear of That"
"a pastry aud II bottle of wine; what
is thats'
"Nothing-tlie stump of tree"
.The stump of "A tree. the stump of
n trec!" she mutteied. ''Dun't yuu
hear something behind u,?"
ut is only the wind in the leaves, q,
the breaking of a dead branch"
He is fortunate who. at night. in the
heart of il forest, feels as calm as at llls
own firesidp. Idn d" not lremble, but
van tael he silence lny,Iupt.r,
y,, l,,k far .ves ne.,iry ont Of the
darkness and,v,,, try =, .,,f,. the con.
fused forms annea,inr and cIuu.i;,r
ev.rv minnie sometime b,euls and
sounds h4ueoth v,ur ,reaJ. il Won
sian Won hear ,b. distant m.lopch,Iv
howl of a wa,e,-,lor. the scream If an
owl, and other noises, far or near, no,
so easily explai,,.d. A sense Of strange,
ness surrounds YOU and weighs YOU
down. If Won are alone. you walk
faster: if there are two of YOU. you
draw close to your companion. Ny
wife clung to my arm.
"Let us turn woodcuiters. We conld
build Il n,et,y little hat. simple. but
nice enough. IwouIi have curtains to
my windows, and IA carpet, and put my
piano il, one corner.r
! She spoke yer, low. aud occasional.
lly | fell her hand ,,embl. on ns ann.
?. ..You wou,d soon re, epsn.h of tha,
/ s:v"scss::--
1T isn't fair to say So" Aud III an
other minnie SHE went on: lyon think
don love, yan and you Our boy. Oh
yes, dear, love you. Yes, yes. yes.
lie happiness tiiat comes every d':y
don't think ni 1t. Like our daily bread
WHO thinks of that? 3.Anh yet it is
life itself; isn't itg But when yon are
thinking OF Yourself, when .nu PIT
your head down aud really think, the.
yon say. II am nnsratcfui, for an
happy, and | give no thanks for 1t
And when we are alone together and
walked arm, in ann. now, at this very
m"meit-n"t that l mean only THE
moment love !on, dear love You.
Size PM her head down on my arm ant
pressed 1t earnestly. ooh" she said
"if l were to loose yon!' She spnk.
very low, as II afraid, " hat l''"'
;, frightened her-the darkness and The
forest, or her own words? She Went
ON: have often and often dreamed
that was SAYING 's'ad-l'y" t" You
You phth cries. ana l pr+sse" y"" Sc
close 10 my neart '''a' mere was "h'N
Que Oh US ~ was oa'N h'sii''i'a'e
70" Know o"t a"h NINA ina H. Tor
s'' '>' me '''a. '"N ne was >" ."''
. w., 49, ''' - 80 '''
n"'s's n,'' =, ~" ''e s'"'e'"'"s '"s
, onsmor,,, ha.t, ,,r;, ia, :. 49,,
:. .l..,]c,,,,;,a ,,.r :. ,ny b...r,
. Wv .II,,i5, y. ~. ;, ;...:r,
to 90 an m ta,l,,nu Eye,v now and Tho,
she woull stop and say: "Uush hank
No. tits notbinr.u
At last we saw al,eal of ns a liitl
liehtnow, visible. now hidden 10y
tree. 1t was thelaap set for us in on
parlor window. We crossed the still