The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-28
TIN NEW ORLEANS DEMooRAT SUNDAY, MARCH o. 1880


nishts Al tlrst ID every footfsll On the road,
u sys aa yies IA, hssfdI have grown Wiser
'sBdeh tgtistiainess honors you,a said i,
thOti9htfully.
!. ~ n ~ ii,vte th i. owe him. rhere, look
thefH Y eaiu ghs "ttefe LIZ Levanter com.
ssa ~ like asihlrrofi To not I'LL Just s,ieh
afauthef 0taatl, Hid Ban he wlU plaus d yt,vs
aga be more certain Ot his weather. Hnw
can Anow what difiir1lties he ID now com
batsitE. what BARRIERS oppose him I"
would, one DAY, trust the Ii that fashiVn.'
.ee she VIII, u YOU inspire her with the
same love. Awvnaan's heart can be 90 sooti
NJ ~ bad W yDl like 30 make II. She has bit
IVY keepins oi \ wy culture ". V Y snethst's
that she felt toward hlaa that almost worship
With which y fervld imagination will Inspire
lts ubjeut OF devotion = was clear enough but
own that my greater anxiety WAS q, learn,
Il | could, who was this tnan, what was he,
tD believe that even q man u culture aud re-
anetnent might have fallen Id 1--we With this
girl She waa, With certain traits OF delicate
health and pallor, Oh great beauty; her large,
lustfous eyes, more expressive from The dark
from melting softnesa to q glance of Wild
defiance; and her mouth. III which the teeth
inclined slightly Inward. had d character ID
Whining sWeettless there Was no rasstlnR,
Her figure might be called fa,lltless; all | had
ever seen vi 1tAtueeque III symmetry WAS
realized In llAt lltheaiid grateful form, which
even under the coarse dfapefy she wore, be-
tfAyett Ia every pUse and movement the per-
fectiun Uf FORM. And just Rs the conscious
Eracs q ihs bsautlial woman blended With
III telnperanaent che united ali ths thoushiful
moods Ok a retlaetlve mind With the fresh,
Wild Impulses Ut the child.
And you think DO viii come back" said
one day % Me, were talking of Hope.
little smile that seemed To say how sure she
strange girl In every way She would suf-
fer me To walk with my arm around her waist,
and yet would fire Indignantly II | dared To
eall her Marion Y r.y llou," ~ "a Greek phrase
Anything more hopeless than the attempt
to gain her afectiuna / could not imagine:
bit the egnvietiUn strong az 1t was. did not
save me from feeling desperately In love with
her. In honest faet the slimpses had caught
for another, had completely etiraptured me ;
her warm fidelity, her unawervlnx | .lth, and
her sustaining pride Ia the man she loved,
needed less lovelneHs than hers to make her
prize to be striysn for.
Anu 30 it was, | did love her, dreamed OF her
by night and patlvassed Id my mind by day
what way to win her. There WINS not a living
man who had LEGS count To reiller 30 his fels
lows than myself; / was actually without
kith or kin Or belongings Of any Kind That
should marry q girl hi the hutnbeet eoDdi-
not one to question me; but, above all this
and beyond Il, owned the one great din.
Guilty, how should gain her lover The very
mode IN which my Intimacy with her had
been effected would make It 9 sort OF treason
were to try to win her affection: and could
fancy that scorilful banter Id which che would
meet my addresses, and ask the what port of
memory WAC miner could picture her rail-
lery, too, On the nature that could deliberately
raise Ito hopes on the foundation Of affection
laid by another, and make what, TO an hunest
mind, would be- jealousy, minister to his own
Il was all true and except some advantages
81 a purely worldly kind, and for wtlon
knew she would have little value. ! had
then that remained was, should 1 better
break the epell that WAS on me by incurring
n distinct refusal: or should fly at once and
leave the place for ever
The latter seemed the Wiser resolve. and
my Inn at night. Instead Of going 10 bed
sent for the landlord and enGaxed with him
to furnish me horses and guide to any
where on the coaet by which I might take
shipping for Italy or the shores 81 the
a stronx armed party bound Tor Salonios 10 70
start at midnight. / made my bargain and
within two hours afterwards was on the road
/ have little more TO add. We were nearly
three weeks on the way, and was thoroughly
when entered at ni9htfall that dirty sea-
port which ! am now told is to become the
greatest com fnsteial mart of the Levart. One
Of the first sights that struck me ~ / came
In was q party Of yacht sailors with the word
;" Marmion on their glazed hats.
f1,hn Mn ty0a "a tnnhe nj Tn Ssea
the fastest cutter, 1t was supposed. ever
built, and lately bought by the duke Oh r.,
whom had known intimately ut all Souls.
Having learned that he was bound for the
Plr@us, / sent OF few lines. asking. II not
utterly ineOnvenient, that he would give inc
passage to Greece.
letter from the duke with most cordial
Invitation, answered me Within MI hour. He
was ON hiH wedding tour, md had q small
party Of friends. but ample room and hearty
II 1 were painting picture dc genre.
might finger TO. sketch some Of tho scenes
and one or two Ut the characters OF that yacht
party; but though there was very pretty
and attractive bride, and more than one bride
maid Of striking beauty. aud some half.dozen
very assiduouH young men Of great fascina-
tion and faultless costume, was too much
under the shadow OF my late discontinue to
emerge into the broad sunlight Of their gay
to me one night, as we walked the deck alone;
II never saw you before In such low spirits"
1 made some pretext Of health, and changed
The theme, when he asked me whore / had
been, aud how / had come to that little-vis-
"As for that / said, II have been sojourn-
Ing In scores Of places not fit to compare
with It.; places you never 30 much as heard
f-Yamina. Arta. Corstatacu and Pre-
sesa."