The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-10-14

lhOu9h JheY SJIi1 nave Splehuiu I
home, and there being only three in
the family, Belle and her parents,
they can live very comfortably, even
elegantly, which Belle does at any
rate. She entertains handsomely, |
travels, and spends her summers as
she pIeases, and dresses exquisitely. |
I am so glad that you viii see her,
Shelby, fer I know you are a great
admirer Of female Ioveliness, and
therefore car but acknowledge thoti
she has more than her share"
x
+ Belle has arrived in all the sheen
of satin, velvet and pearls. And right
royalty they become her with her
proud beauty. We cannot call her
dark nor yet fair, though creamy
white IS her complexion, not brilliant
nor yet rosy, but Q peculiarly soft,
rich skin, that is perfection itself;
hair of Il rich, chestnut brown; her
eyes-how shall I describe them! one
moment they are dusky as midnight
skies, and then when you are nearly
ready to swear they are black, an
other glance shows q singular gray
tint, soft, luminous, beautiful; lashes
that sweep the white checks lovingly
and lingeringly, as if loath to part
company even for so short while.
There YVES something about this
woman, this Belle Stewart, the mere
turn of whose head or the lifting of
whose great eyes that could hold one
spell-bound and entranced, listening
to the soft, dreamy voice breathing
sweetest music, that would flow out
from the red lips, liquid, soothing and
fascinating. Was it any wonder
that all men were irresistibly drawn
toward her, whenever and wherever
they met with her? And too, it had
been breathed about that SO fond of
admiration was she, that more than
one sad and broken-hearted wife had
been deserted by their once loving
husbands for her sake and for her SO
cioty. Such is the character Of the
cousin who Is now installed IN the
pure home-ncst Of cur loving little
Blossom.
"1Iy dear Jennie, said Belle, the
morning after her arrival, 'vhat t
cosy little home is this Of yours, and
too, what a glorious looking man your
husband is; notjealous, hope"
Ono, indeed, Belle" laughed Jen-
ME, at would be hard to make me 50,
because, you know, I'm the only
woman he ever loved, he has told me-
oh! go many times"
Her cousin smiled down into the
= raised blue eyes, and CLEAN Of pity
z passed over her face as she murmurcd
"poor trusting little fower!"
ssJFhat is 1t, BELIEF"
q Nothing, dear, I see Shelby com
i ing; shall we have break1astI''
; Time winged It's fight through
hours, days and weeks; merrily t,
. Belle, but to Jennie, oh! SO sadly, 70
we're not all the pleasant evenings tha
: once Shelby had spent with her, nov
passed with another, and that othe
hor cousin Belle?
~ Shelby was enlaptured with her
o but she was his wife's kin, where wa
4 the harnl?" he would say to himself
.o ''pshaw, Jennie wa: a girl Of too muc
IS coed sense to be jealous"
r Whenever 4 party or concert cam
d off in their city, Shelby was her escort
,f Jennie felt too dreadfully to go wit
in them. and neither offered to renal
t, with her. If there was q new son
that Belle wished to learn, Shelb
II must get it for her, and accompan
n her clear, ringing soprano with h
V. deep, rich bass. And thus the day
x sped onward; he forgot that anoth'
Y: claimed him; that another bore h
be name, and that another heart w
w Slowly and surely breaking with /
he weight Of grief, too heavy, yea, Il
IN hard to bear. Poor little Jenni
sweet little Blossom, she was indeC
II a crushed blossom now; and the viii
it. cheeks grew whittier, and the bll
,e- eyes deeper and darker, SO full we
4 they Of unspeakable anguish. 81
it came and went, and made no moa
nd But deep in her gentle heart, sorrC
II so pierced and wounded her, tn
Id, with forced smile upon her Iii
al she would almost cry out with PAL
IN And during this long winter evenin
he with Shelby and Belle gone out VI
q a sleighing party, she sits alone; fas
Ter ionIng from the soItest liRcns, a
las finest Iaces, dainty IittLe garments,
sed whose wearer none knows bat horse
not Fast the tears fall and faster still
be- white fingers (grown so slender nov
.it- speed Ger their work. precious VOL
to, of which she never tires. But S
must have them well out Of sight
ate fore her husband comes.
les Dear Shelby" she murmurs,
)5k must not know set awhile VIII
5.5a IN lime. Perhaps BE U.I