The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-08-16
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gave her second glance IN passing yet
whsn you happened 10 linger At the gate
Tor any reason, and saE her standing
there ON the grass plot feeding doves,
yen wonEd st once cieclsre that pref
tier siglt than that you never saw IN
your lie. "A sal, 1.-the, si1apeiy fiaure.
q fzce full of sparkle and color, fair hair
blowing ON the wind garments fil1ttering
lips ehirruping, and hands tossing, while
all about, flashing and tunihling, and
wniriing and wheeling fecked and balla
cloud of white doves, making lightni1gs
with their wings, and filing the air
with Wfiirs and COOS and cries--it wss s
charming picture and having once seen
this pretty sight, something of lis seau
" always seemed 10 liHger about Enliiy
afserwand; If sae xss not the rose her
self, sile had lived with the peee. But
il wss Eut Emily who ever gave such .
siniecta second thought; busy, bright
snd happy IS shelwss, the Erhole world
seensd beautiful, snd that was quite
enough fer her, without stopping 30 coz
slaeF whether or not s3ae rss q part of
mat world Nor did Norman McPheF-
con ever stop 10 think On the subject
Emily had beena part of his world ever
since he bad had any, and what the
world would be without her Was some
lining that never entered his head. lie
remembered tine day when, a little chub-
by ureain three years old me mad been
taken over the way 10 welcome tine new
baby there, and had asked TO see her
T2iRgs me remembered Rhen he dragged
her MP and down the garden paths IN ms
cart, aRd spilled her out, and sile re-
t1sed to scream he remembered when
ne was lighting with Saunders, and get
ing worsted, how she arrived upon the
scene with g stone between her two arms
that wcuh have been Saunders death il
Il mad happened 10 nit him in fset, he
remen1pered NO time when she was not
s partcof himself, Then he mad not sat
with ms arm about her waist, when me
mad mot kissed her 1T Meeting and part
Ing, when ne bad not Aeit every atiaer
girl kor ber, and would have beenanaared
Il ans mad not welcomed aim as O matter
of course. After ne went away 10 tAe
naval academy, Esaiiy3s Letters were
something that ne hooked forward TO
Suioe 8 week ~ nniaiiingfy n 10 Wed
Bssasy and Saturday tBsnasslvee; and
E7hen be made has hyiDg sisit hsuse IL
lTss to Emily be went with tae recital Of
sil his hopes and sDgsrs szE JOYS
90 Bmily, he said ORC, IL 3 stxrtsed wsY,
:" fbeiieve Ell a2y my Pssyerz 70 yoan
Being In this sEate of naind a0out
sweet Emily Trsyers, yen scan iaazgise
mis- wrathfnl conformation waen, sn rs
snrning home ,ron mas iirst erEiise, iasy-
ing been TOR some time without lstsers,
and coming in by the long wi2daH in
stead of the door, he saw fellow laar-
ing over her chair tall, dark, hsnd
come man, handsome but Tor q sear
seross his foreheaG--leaning over her
chair and holding her hand, while her
backward and upward gsze was as
brightly fond Is his manner mas devoted.
For moment Norman stood speiibsund,
and Sc he steed ne beard En1iiy asyiae
'fOh, how can you ask me, Howard,
dear7 You know we never, nsysr can
De parted"
To think wsa something to which Afr.
Norman Macpherson never toonde-
scended. lie rather exeelled in feeling
And inat now he ielt as If the only
thing in the world no do was to knock
this variet down; accordingly he took
one step and did 1t. And then, seizing
Emily's hand ihimself, only TO throwlit
from him witha wild and angry ouscy
at her pef6dy, he was gone; and ne
never fairly knew again where he was,
on what had happened, till he found
himself ON blue wafer for three year,
cruise, with plenty of time to est his
heart ont, and profoundly convinced
that he was 8 victim of the BLACKLIST
sreseherg, and that II Emily were faise,
then all the world was false. Sixm0nths
Of that bitter diet, with the swift, mad
seeiae before his eyes, Sephy running
Toward With . shrek and Emily stand
ing irozen to stone as sbe had started
nom her chair, and tine open hearted
and gay youth had beeonle a saeiturn
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