The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-01-04
THE SECOND MARRIAGE.

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] =. I ssd. only the gaunt skeleton of ex-
| sa.es remains to me. There is no
En- s poetry, no more art, no more in
t.,stiou g for me. My little Ellen is
m Amt y | wrote in reply, "you are
rag yet. and despair is unnatural.
Iss5Sty..fve S years can not have exhaust
sIlthe sources of happiness, OF con-
/ ayo. y she wrote, happiness still
1,,.Il: in the universe for others; but
1.,bssrt is consumed, blackened with
ID withered."
! T ! knew it was impossible that such
IsHngs should be lasting. Youthful
sats. buoyant by nature and replete
HI exceliencies, are fertile in every
Ebjag but despair. But a change of
enc. Of association, was very necessa-
ia Aurelia. My next letter contained
invitation for her to spend
Ksp winter with me. At first she reso-
INV declined; but when, at Michael
81 made a journey to Cloverdale on
5apose to bring her home with me,
1 n sood aunt joined her entreaties to
i me-, and the result was Asrelia yield
] 3apsSiyely, and suffered herself to be
B haght away.
] anticipated a double pleasure in
ssnting Aurelia Desmond to my
fabts-for, in spite of her protesta-
I dn,. was determined that she should
dsaintroduced. 4 Over and beyond the
i 9eit which felt sure she would de-
Aratom the companionship of small
iEuIe Of refined and cultivated, yet
3b@aT original minds, | prophesied a
peasant surprise to more than one of
3asm, in contemplating the purity and
simplicity of character which made the
1Tmng widow so charming, and l inno-
Isahy plotted that the delicate film of
dasry which | would weave about her
LIQUID brighten the charm.
Aurslia had been an orphan from
lhrinfaney. Her mother had been of
Ilaaker parentage, and left her infant,
lFth her dying breath, to the care of
ia only sister, o member of the order
HdFiends. By Aurelia's marriage with
aa d the worlds people, she had for
ahhsd the religious sympathy of the con
1ngshon, but, after the death of her
allied husband, she had been rein
fasd in their favor, though she had
asr conformed herself wholly to their
ass Of drsss and speech. OF course,
Ea At the death of her only child, lit
Ellen, she wore no mourning; and
isct, together with the Quakerlike
implicitly which made her ike always
esddressed by her first name, de-
dmlned me to conceal as much as
FSlole OF her former history from her
NV Squaintances. 1t was partly for
AoEn benefit, too, that l arranged
y hileplot; since the purpose of her
NJ would, doubtless, be the more
Se'ually gained if she could be spared
nose condolences and expressions
sympathy which the knowledge of
Iaatrth. '
,n ,nlllar as | was with the pure and
aas qualities of her mind, her stately
~ NY aastuesque beauty, heightened, per
" 0y that dignity which great
a always imposes, impressed me
ana a tender attachment sprang
@wss introduced to my friends only
~ sslella n Desmond; and they, appre-
@as Ine simple dignity of the appel
1 pronounced it with such deep
seI that its plainness could not pos
@dous. W 'n0 nioS'
4 NY sOaless that my anticipations OF
ma MA W were not at first perfectly re-
a..: ~: She certainly attracted as much
asOn as | could have desired, for
s,,s snaFm IN OF her beauty and intelli-
- ~, sll. heightened BY the mournful re-
sss.a,;cn aslcn displayed so perfectly her
= sas'ion .'is, OF soul and deep acquair t.
H.. WIN sorrow, made her every.
~ OBJECT of profound interest.
ssn,;ooaa aefseif was little affected by this
3 .,loa. mon No eloquence or brillfancy
,@ 1salsr could attract her outward
Il shl las y entFenched citadel of her sor.
a,,s'sl ~, thoughts; no piquancy of wit OF
q 4 sslss. 49, could waken more than the
81 1sdSssniie sdssss about her beautiful mouth
Ass,a'sasey OF sympathy, or unspoker
Hasa a,aslon sas, OF her unknown grief
laansssss' ner from her high reserve
In As ner even by sighs communi
ssa,. felt that my resources were
aa.sa aag me-there was but one left
sssi,s J. | said, one bri ht winter
Asnd !, . let US go and pay a visit. 4
Ahl la aa., mlne has just finished a beau
s,s,',;s ,a;ate-at least he considers it hi:
s1 r Rb,see,and : , invites my inspection
a.. T 7 pleasure to you to aeeompa
rss she replied. simply, "I lik,
tsss nope it is a landscape, will
sss ss, :, mellow distance, and a blu,
ssa u . river crossing the fore
sgsS /. ! shall see then if he ha,
- nds stones with Tho ,.;o.l,4 L.: