The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-28

write letter In d Paris newspaper 10 de-
fipunpg the British Intrigue and declare that
people s wfoss st ID i u d Inquire II Ii we're
true, and replied that, ~ hnd not owned u
hat for hve.and.thlrty yeA9I, wore = tdrbAi,
whef. WENT put, but - that Was an event
, ss a sE.g s.spSs sSSy s . 9 ebss e ".
MsisstY inside ! point d Il ia not 10 out any
AFTER that the oiYlelal Fellows, who seemed
30 have Forgotten me beiOfe, never gave me
e ot q has Hew y ss III sss ss shs
gave. his ouok-4h6v many klds vent TO q
pliAf{-hUW many wives to b Eti1All hafpEl-
what was the least man could live on In the
English. service Aid whether keeping men
ure 10 secure them u an lnqulrlng aud inauls-
II take II, they must have liked Inv dts
patches, for not u month passed that they did
not poke me up. AT last there came young
Thessaiy. NJ saia, 10 ses Mount olympus; he
hurt his foot, and be stayed here several
weeks, and he wrote them dispatch In my
name, and said what stunning flne thing lt
would bs to make ..s ~ this country and tae
She Russians by erecting rival State and 4
heterUdux church, and dom know what else,
lie sut up HE Greek theology from Marion
here her mother was from Aetlca-aDd he
mHue DGkleVG 6HAB fla MU6W 6Al 6NC uOHWAHs
/ etole look 1t Marion. but az quickly
Withdrew II, for she was deadly pale, and
looked az II about tp faint.
marion kn0wH,' continued he, "all the
fine reasons he gave for the policy. and how
Greeks eAll the HfaNde ldee-no Byaantian
renaissance hutnbug at all, but some sort of
prutectvfAtA state, With England, France and
Italy, thihks ss the prutsctinx powers: and,
IN fact, hssyt to be go plaueible, and quoted
bait ana asked to have further information
never HAw more Or him"
The young girl rocked to and fro In her
fesf wa H f Z; er se s wea h ss On sln t
ploringly. eAd AZ % 70 to my heart arrested
me, and sSt etill. and to avert attention
from her, asked the consul soma questions az
te the value Of The project he had written
Il suppose Il Was about a. wiae do such
things generally are, /" continued he. tit may
have hNd ita little grain III sense somewhere,
and all its disadvantages required tme 10 de-
velops Ha was q ahrewd epFt of d fellow, that
rowad 500 Of me, and he cent II back, too, and
very pretty writing dssk TO Marian and 4
box VI b0ckg, and he said he'd come back
aon,e 1ne day and 500 us, but he has appar-
emily forgotten that. and It's nov. two years
not, MsrIons'' -. -
afWu years and eight mouths" said she.
calmly but her lips trembled In spite Of her.
/ wae not sorry when our chibuuks were In
ss ea 6 . sd s away gess IS san es wsh Hhs
struggle she Was controlling her emotion,
and what q relief y would be 70 her 70 escape
notice.
but az by told me he'd like me ID
come up often and slt with him, determined
10 accept his Invitation % long ~ ! fingered
In the nei9hborhood.
CHAPTER II.
[ stayed on Ave weeks at prevesa, for
though gave my EVENING" TO the CONSUL. I
passed every morning with Marion. never
saw girl whose society had the same charm
for me. Heaven knows there could scarcely
have been 20 dreafy q spot nor one where life
had fewer pleasures, but there seemed c.
whether Tor sun or sky or shore. Tor breezy
or dark Nesting wood. could ak tract
lts own delight and be happy.
had seen enough even on the ffrst day
met her % DO aware that Hope had not made
A merely passing impression upon her heart,
and was cautious to avoid all that might
revive the memory OF his name. This re-
serve on my part seemed actually At length
loo much for her patience, for In one Of our
long walks che suddenly asked me II had
mo" replied /, never; and have been
xuardelly careful not to aek you about one |
81 whose Intimacy With you tsel Jealous.
How do you mean jealous3" asked she, |
minded me Of the Homsric simife. the COX
"perhaps ny word was ill-chosen," said I, |
n some confusions .but what I tried to con- !
hat there had been one who walked with you
where w are walking. aud whose words, 1t |
might b. Interested you as much. Or more,
ayes, Il l. true. said che, softly.
(which Ii true2' eaid /, In q low voice.
.'That he loved mel' said she. In the same
And YOU ----;" but / caught myself at
,nce, and shocked Of the ungenerous daring, |
turned Il or w saying, II should like to hear |
history or belongings"
Il Know nothing except that be was poor as
ourselves; that whatever he should become
ID life must be hls own achievement; that he
Was friendless and alone"
WAS he not q gentleman Was not every
word, every opinlon he uttered the soul or
honor and high feeling! When he spoke OF
what he read he knew how to praise all that
vas noble, and truthful, and worthy, and to
le helped u beggar on the road he gave his
INNS like one whose happier fortune 1t was
p aid brother, and who might himself 40
apt assistance tomorrow. And go through /
III he did. the world seemed like some iioW-sl
,ry meadow, where. II we would, we might
troll or stretch &C ease, each happy with
,ach." sssssA5
WAS be ambitious2"
"If you mean Of honor. fame and good re-
,ute, yes, "a never heard Of any one; but Of
hat success that includes wealth and state,
luxurious living and the rest OF It, he could
lot have been, for he has eaid over and over
Il our homely board, That Ia indeed what
lelights me! It Ia here begin to feel how
,nworthy IRE the vulgar slaveries rich men
submit tos
HE had, then. some experiences Of the Life
10 CensuredY'
II don't know that he had, except from
but he had read, and conversed al
most as much as he had read"
s.1e loved you very much, Marion, and"
"Why hiss he not returned?" said she, Is her
yes flashed aercely. Say out your words,
L Il you have no courage for them, let me say |
hem. It was this you would have asked"
I had not any right"