New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-06-27

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had forgotten that TO Castle Garde,
mere can be no back entrance. ! came {,
door after door, which were all locked. I
was growing dark. Evidently the Gun wa.
Get, and knew the library door would b,
enut at sunset. The passages would b.
very OBSCURE. All around me rang this hOr
rid yell OF the mob in which all could dis
Germ was the cry, Face, FACET At last, al
CROPPED round came to a practicable door
entered room where the western sunse,
glare dazzled me. l was not alone. The
yelled lady in black was there. But the
instant she saw me she sprang toward me
nung herself into my arms, and cried
Felix. is it you!-you are indeed NV
protector"
1t was Miss Jones! IL was Faasts. She
was the legatee OF Miss Stillingtieet. Nv
hrst thought was, 80, if that beggarIy
usher had let me 60! Will ! ever ever
think i have better rights than the public
againW
l took her in my arms. learned her W
the sofa could hardly speak for excite
ment. Then did cay that had been Wild
with terror: that ! had feared had lost
her, and lost her for ever; that t. have lost
that interview would have been worse to
me than death; for IN less she knew that |
loved her better than man ever loved
woman. could not face q lonely night and
another lonely day.
"My dear, dear child" said 'you may
think me wild; but must say this--:t has
been pent up too long"
''Say what you will" she said after
moment. in which still ! held her in my
arm': she was trembling SO that she could
not have sat upright alone. ''say what you
VIII, II only you 90 not tel! me to spend an.
other day alone"
And kissed her, and kissed her. and I
kissed her. and raid, Never. darling. GOO
helping me, till del"
How long We sat there do not know.
Neither of us spoke again. For one.
looked out on the sunset and the bay. We
had but just time to rearrange ourselves in
positions more independents, when Mr.
A. came in. this time in alarm. to say:
Miss Jones, We must get you out OF this
place. Or we must hide yOn somewhere.
! believe. before God. they will storm this
passage. and pull the house about our ears
he said this. not conscious, az he began,
that was there. At that moment. how.
ever. felt as if could have met a million
men. started forward and passed him.
saying. LET me speak to them" rushed
upon the stage. fairly pushed back two or
three DULLES who were already upon it.
epraDg upon the table, kicked down the red
box as did 80, SO that the red tickets fell
On the floor and ON the people below. One
struck in an old mans spectacles in a way
which made the people in tho galleries
laugh. A laugh is q great blessing at such
. moment. Curiosity is another. Three
loud words spoken like thunder DO good
deal more. And after three words the house
was hushed to hear me. I said:
''Be fair to the girl. She has no father
nor mother; che has no brother nor sister:
she is alone in the world. with nobody to
help her but the public-and mev'
The audacity OF the speech brought out
n hav IN
triumph, when some rowdy-the original
''face' man, suppose-said:
And who are your
1t the laugh went against me now was
lost, of course. Fortunately ] had no time
to think. said withou, thinking:
II am the Child Of the Public. and her
bethrothed husband.'
u heaven! what 3 yell OF laughter. of
hurrahing. Of satisfaction with a denoue
ment, ran through the house. and showed
that all was well. Durham caught the
moment and started his band. this time
successfully believe with ''See the Con.
quering Hero The doors. of course. had
people saw they need stay no longer: i'll. !
disposed people dare not stay; the blue.
coated men with buttons sauntered on the
stage in groups. and ! suppose the worst !
rOwdies disappeared as they saw them. l
had mado my single speech. and tor the
moment was hero. |
believe the Mayor would have liked to
kiss me. Durham almost did. They over |
whelmed me with thanks and cOngratula- |
tons. All these ! received as we'll as !
could-somehow did not feel at all sur.
prised-everything was as it should be. |
scarcely thought of leaving the stage my. |
self, till, to my surprise, the Mayor asked |
me to go home with him to dinner.
Then | remembered that we were not to !
l~l, <,c Evyaa 10 rInv
blundered out something about Miss
JONES' that she mad no escort except me, |
and pressed into her room to find her. |
group of gentlemen was around her. Her |
veil was back now. She was very pale, |
but very lovely. Have ! said that she was
beautiful as heaven! She was the queen |
of the room, modestly and pleasantly re.
was over. and owning that she had been |
very much frightened, 'until," she said,
my friend, Mr.. Carter, was fortunate |
enough to guess that l was here. How he |
did it, she said, turning to me, lis yet an
utter mystery to me-"
She old not know till then that it was l
who shared with her the profits OF the
eyclope lias.
As soon as we could excuse ourselves,
asked some one to order carriage. l sent
to the ticket office for my valise, and We
rode to the St. Nicholas. l fairly laughed
as l gave the hackman at the hotel door
what would have been my last dollar and
half only two hours before. ] entered Miss
Jones' name and my own. The clerk looked
and said inquiringly: -,
'.Is it Miss Jones' trunk which came this
followed his finger to see the trunk on
the marble floor. Rowdy Rob had deserted
t, having seen, perhaps, detective when
,e reached Piermont. The trunk had gone
% Albany, had found no owner. and had
.eturned by the day boat of that day.
Eausta went to her room, and sent her
supper after her. One kiss and good
night was all that got from her then. >,
Elm the morning." said she. ''yOu shall |
4 plain"
II was not vet seven. | went to my own
.oom and dressed and entered myself at
he MAYORS just before his gay party sat
Town to dine. I met for the first time In
nv life men whose books l read, and whose
peeehes had by heart, and women whom
have since known to honor; and, in the
midst of the brilliant group, so excited had
Mr. 4 been in telling the strange story |
Il the day, l was, for an honr, the lion.
I led Mrs. A. to the table; made her
augh yery heartily by telling her OF the
,shsr,s threats to me- and mine to him, and
+ the disgrace into which fell among the
hree thousand six hundreds. l had never
cen at any such party before, But found
was only rather simpler and more quies
reeding was exactly that of dear Betsy
lyers. .;s
As the party broke up, Mrs. A said to
"Mr. Carter, am sure You are tired with
II this excitement. You say you are
ranger here. Let me send round for your
runk to the St. Nicholas, ana you snall