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


shower of ii liquid diamonds. ''a
cob, lieavens!'' cried Louise, stop
lping dead short, "the holrid wind!
am soaked!" ''i'ii r. tf"' 'H'.' ;,
Her skirt futtered in the wind. and
Icausht sight Of two tiny boots hrmly
lplanted together In the grass. -
"Perfectly soaked!" she, repeated ;
''my hood was pushed back, and
have d delnge down my neck-a Whole
river ~ '''''5'''sit 3i''i '.'' 20
"Where, poor dear, whcre9"
a"WlIere? just in the middle of my
. throat, 1 say-ih the little place"
She looked at me, and we laughed.
1t was there l always kissed her
Habits are easily formed, even in
youth. iit2 ""i i1 30 = '' -' =
brushed off the rain, readiusted
her hood, and when size was confOrta-
bic again she said with smile you
are very iiice." 'e"' IN
Iratller' think I kissed her. Aud in
high hood humor ne danced over the
fern. she leaning on my arni; then, us
we came INTO the sonornus sileuce of
the high growth, she suddenly broke
out, 70 tlie tune, of the. i'.'Marseillaisc,"
into foolish little song of. her own in
vention about a wicked husband who
did not love his wife at all, ut all, at
ALL. She looked so mischievous as she
hurried ON, singing, and smiling, aud
showing her pretty white teeth, that !
began to sing will. her. We behaved
like. children; we knew it, aud we liked
tit is q good thing in
!. All at once we came to a place wlicl,
might lave been a quagmire, dried
mp marsh, or Il workcd-out quarry
don't know which; but the ground was
upturned, the trees were destroyed,
aud snarled roofs looked angrily out
| from the brlers. i.tl 80 .e- 20 n
= "..Are yon sure; we slant lose our
way = said Louise, looking at me.
""Oh, no, .dealest." "a. ar. is,8
And il we are lost, what; will that
poor little fellow asleep in his cradle
this minute, sip Tomorrow 7 Shall we
go back Say, shall we so back 2"
''But we arc only twenty niiQutes
from home, not more" u
stg -
Eyes, yes, travellers who are lost in
the. woods always think they are only
twenty minutes from home. ! dom
like those ugly. twisted trees. there
must be crowds of animals living il
those roots t.....s.., -,io,...s.
| She shnddered, and STOPPING forward
to listen, said: There. do you hear
Don't yop hear those heavy blows.
Hush, hush-,heayy, heavy blows. A
this hour, in the forest, what eau it be
The sun is setting; shan't we g
, back ?,' t@f,.
; ] listened, and lid indeed l,eara dull
! sound, the canse of which was easy t.
, guess. | could haze told her at once
: but l liked too well to see her as sh
! stood, serious and bent to, listen, he
lips parted, and her eyes fixed on mine
: it gave me too. much pleasure to hav
: her clinging TO me in her fright, ami il
, my egotism I answered, without NOV
, ing muscle ;s1itIt is strange, indeed.-
! | do hear heavy blows Let us go SCI
e whatiit is; lit can't he far"
: $50, thete.!l Dear George, you ar
5 mad. She threw her arms aroun,
D me, and rising herself to any ear, al
: pest whispered; = ) am Enlightened
: come ONE AWAY, please-pleasa 6 o III
away .fr,sssu3ha. 81 biuou 9,i .
n IA What a., little .cpwardl you are
i Did,nt You recognize the seuntl---Iif
y Mnnlcntters working in,tihe clearing
G 81 "And ,Nol expect, me to believe,i
6 tyour !. woodcp,te,sg What are the
t doing, pray s"ii buaif ~ .air4t. y
t They ARE; cutting mp oaiN Hogs t
: makc-stavcs, for barrels > that's til
whole of the mystery"
= tsotA1's you 9Inite s,ue-7'' Is
i ts'SNes,, DEAR $50 1856 iVf
hdHArer wonlcuttersi good people 2" f
/. HPinticularly ithese;iL know ther
well, Let us 80 and tsee them;
won't take three 1mina,tes."a ~
n l. l,She consented tn fol!ow me-. lacgiu
J n little behind. In another minute q
I. two we wore in the must picturesqu
Of spe,s, Before us were two or tire
: cabins like the wigwams on the share
II iof Lake Ontario, described in Cooper
|. novels, consisting, of a pile of'lWartl
il and trunks of trees, blacke;led, mos
: grown, damp and dark, topped BY !
i white chimney, wllthte n feather I,
. blne smoke escaped into the gree
. vault above us. Around tl.is, settl,
mtnt were heaps of logs, mountains
y chips, l'yram id s Of yellowish-r.
s planks, and. on a line stretched frol
i tree to tree. few clothes making b,
a hete to dry. NThe ground next IL
$. HITS was triddep ,lowS, and at a lit
ir low door an old woman was feeding
= dozen chickens.
!, "Good evening, .sir-.ood eveiiin
- madame, :" said the old woman, as v
I r. = a. .