The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-12-25
ALEXANDRIA, La, WEDNESDAY,, DECEMBER 49,

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save her husbands life. But she
was young, and had 1fne constitu
tion aAfter1a while her health re
turned, fandat last lerimind regained
its'squipoise. ivsd = aaa! 90 81 ,7iad
f She ii2inoveda from tiles city q and
ftook asp l,erabodeih a1loaeEyueopn-
ltryiptacsj with a favorite sister for a
companiDi: lShe had stesolsedsi as
ID llowidnvss svhon havel9loxed ,itheil
husbands dola first, sto gem ainn Q
widow 'fop ever. oShevwas, nineteen
when aber husband Maaimurderedi
atltLintystwe ashe #as,sti.la true to
his memory. .ash
Temptation to Inconsistency assail-
ed her, Etasr, many many ? years a fine
honse upon the neighhhqring estate
had been empty, but now there here came
to ,ttaalkessfR,eqssessionl Of il q gentleman
not YET cf,rty. ga widpwer With
plentyo Of money and, no ehildren;;. a
haadsospass maao well built dls and stall al
varti awislbl magnificent y black hair
and eyes shat were like black diaa-
|:mpnds.u Spanish eyes indeed, he
called thimselfga Spainaird, and his
speech ybetrayedo foreign accent.
The adark eyes and the blue ones
|metst Ri fewil aeighbpry words yex-
changed, call followed soon. Mrs,
Halifont felta new emotion creeping
into her heart. She felt pleased and
flatteredg by this strangers admira-
ton. Then she knew she was loved,
aud rejoiced, and soon discovered
that t, she 'lls. herself \. loved i again.
An, f6rgsIt t she she vas angry with her her.
self; thH seQ. she vept over her .,i inc on;
stancy b ,ll at Last she yielded utter
W Vet s Shell listenes TO The sweet words 9
that al despite herself made !l!. her hap
pyst and promised 70 marry, Colonel
Huum.Iphlrries. noe, aa,,.,f,. s,,;a /
Hef future g hE husband l,lY vas older thar
herself, apd toe rich n, to a be suspected
|of jI nssntjio 'a Of s being fortune fortune
h yl By nd after aii 81 lone knsY
him. p. HJs sans intso9 s the neigh Dor Of
h9gd yYEiIt Aout letters r s Of introdq q
t9spy osne, and l Ehssth ssSl be wopi his Us
fo g BY Y tr TRACE 81 rcapmla t so i b,
i lasSYytsA s remained !asg ystsry..
ii hRsSss were those ,yy h}9 !,dslh Tuggsf
their, shoulders dt rG, and DECLARED th@a
Mss s HHaalifg ga we eyl regret net t h p
ipgg, chosen , some gna ct yhom NOR
YHaya dkupoypTs9ms hatlras'dt merchant grG e.rl
sqg8 gentleman I9 ~, Of foEtpnpe ID lhI9 9
llfather lad been known to her friends
IiNosthfing, 70 Is BE sure gcoh1d Be, ssait
a sga this spanalaard q Cab al viii
LIE English name; but who knew ,l
asSyt4Iilpg IL Ills bis faassooifS3 a''as' % -, 2
However, no l one said this To- Mrs
HalllIftcntn, ana, if any. p ne had, word
never changed a woman's fancy yet
Mrs. Halifont believed in Colone
Hamphries and meant % marry him
Indeed the trosseaq was prepared
aasff thse' wedding dlaay, fixed, all va
ready, and Ida Halif t51. believed her
self 70 be . very +; happy woman Y sh'
once more built castles ip the air
Her old sorrow seemed to 7 fade away Nv !:
in the distance I sho a1 vas s.g CIR
again. !sia-voi,sf gitsn1eaa baa VII
|. SAT- l n ,tYentyffour hours g lay, be
tween aa hs ss and at hesr sy wedding
ISbsa Vas 5 busy ip be- ly||s sewing; roo =
on IN t this , last day finishing some raf
| fee ip lace and. ribbon, and singing
softly 70 herself, when suddenly To
house vas filed with cries. ). ,..,...
|,ipAq old man servant, while cuttin!
ths grass upon the lawn, had wound
ed himself sesiously. The docto
|yagsent for at once, but be was no = ,
at home, and meanwhile poor Zebe
dee was bleeding to death. se...t95,
teaSuddenly Ida Halifont remembers
thatnMr. Humphries had said tina
hel understood wou2ds, as we'll a
though 6he had been bred a, surgeon
! Without this, it would have bee
natural afor her to call on one 5wh
twas rsoon to he, her protector in
moment of anxiety. She would ca
afhim herself, that there might be n
. delay, and seizing her garden sha
l1Ishe ran along alittie path that lie
!, tfron1 her ground tothat Of Mr. Han
phries, climbing low fence to ga,
time which would have been lost
4 reaching the gate, and so gained tt