The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-10-26

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The cloud grew larger, and finally
broke. One evening she missed Lee
from her side; the next day she felt in
a dim way that something was wrong /;
all the members Of the dear home cir
Gle were quiet, and she could not rid
herself of the idea that they regarded
her with pitying eyes. 2. '''' - .
In the evening, as she was dressing
to attend a party with Lee, she receiv-
ed a note, which ran briefly thus IA
MY DARLING Maybe tits the last time 1
shall call you so. can not 60 with you to-
night; | am leaving town for a few days.
want to see me when I return you can let
me know; but how dare 1 hope that-of
course they will not let you; it is all over.
All, my own, my own, FAREWELL II LEE. a
She let the note fall from her hands !;
a long shiver shook her frame, and
sitting back the sobs that the pathos of
the note threatened to wiring from her,
she leant her head on her arms, resting
them on the dainty toilet table, and
began to wonder YEARLY what it all
meant. - s.,7 r
1 think I have not yet described my
heroine. Let us now look at her q few
moments under this the first shadow
that has ever crossed her bright path.
For her figure she, is tall and exquis-
itely formed; the face is of the richest
brunette type, and the whole head re-
minded one, as Lee Cameron was wont
to say, of the Southern loveliness of
Murillo's dark haired Madonna. The
chief charm of the face lay in the eyes
--almond-shaped eyes-fringed with
long black lashes-eyes Of deepest blue,
changeful and sparkling tender; and a
shade thoughtful at times, full of tear
full sadness or brilliant with mischief
at others, even as her mood changed,
but always beautiful.
: The head is nobly set on the clear
olive-tinted neck and shoulders and
crowned with an abundant suit of ra-
ven-black, glossy, wavy hair. To gaze
on her In the graceful abandon of her
present attitude, with no knowledge of
the sadness that has fallen on her
bright pleasure loving existence, one
unconsciously murm9rs, "a thing of
beauty and joy forever. ~ ''S y
(. Suddenly she rouses herself, as the
stag who feels his wound is not fatal,
and feels at the, same time the spent
strength stealing back into his palsied
limbs She reached down and lifts the
note from where it has caught in the,
lace draperies of 4 her party costume,
and slowly reads it again. At the
words your father will tell; you sn,j'i
she smiles q little YEARLY, q shade
scornfully, and wonders how he could
SO mistake her. She is far too proud
to ask an explanation from any lips but
his own; besides she loved him, and it.,
was her true nature to trust implicitly
those she loved. IaA't s's3s 4
And so she waited, hiding her ankle
ty with show of unoonceFn; asking no
questions of those who could tell her
all, going through the days mechanic
ally, and feeling grateful to the night
that sheltered her sorrow, and let flow
the tears Of grief and surprise at this
unintelligible, unlocked for reverse in
her life. .f'is sia.sTa ss." sas $ 9 p %
"A week passed thus, when, hearing OF
his return, she sends for him, and list
ems for the first time (from his own
ips) to the story of his ruin and dis,
grace. How it had come he could hard
II tell, but, having only an ordinary in
come, he had spent money like. q mil
ionaire ), having only the means Of a
gentleman in moderate circumstances,
he had indulged in the follies, tastes and
fancies of q prince. \ On his mother and
sisters, who had been left to his care, he
lavished money without stint; his home
was q model of elegance and luxury; on
Julie he had shpwered costly presents
and jewels, which she, poor child, ac-
cepted gracefully and unQnestioningly,
with no thought Of their cost. She had
rarely stopped in all the course of her
life to ask the cost OF any thing or to
debate whether she could afford this or
that. .sf -. al haelsHl4} Us e4l10} 'tsal
sfs jules father had for some time fore
seen the end Of Lees extravagant hab-
its, and had determined when, it came,
the engagement should bebroken. And
80 when one morning Cameron came,
into the Office of his partner with, an
unusually care-worn, restless. look, the
latter said to him, not without q certain
ring of regret in his tone, for he had
known him from his boyhood and had
honored his father right heartily ~ You
are ruined man, sir; not only ruined,
but something worse your business
debts of course the firm will be held re-
ispOnsible for; but yourdebtsof HONOR"
with q scornful stress on the last word,
..sI can not cancel you win understand
That it is all over between my daughter
and yourself. 1could forgive you the,
complications lin your business affairs
on the score Of your experience, but I