Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-12-15
lOEIGISAI..
CAPRICE.
BY RYE ROSSE.

There she sat, a slim little figure in q
tattsr-d calico dress, and faded pink
sun Sonnet, perrhed Oh a grey rock in
the heart Of the dim old forest, with
her bare brown feet playing in the COO
stream that gnrghd us way over n,
stones and pebbles, and her lap filled
with fragrant blossoms Of the magnolia
that grew in such abundance in the
dark, damp soil arouni her.
| Very still and solemn was 1t in the
shadowy aielrs formed by those quaint
trees that had bowed meath the tenn
pests Of centuries, and raared proud v
aloft their green 70 iaged branches IN
the sunlight Of u, many June m rnings
IA the one that on this day gladdened
thu earth with lis ovelinrss.
Suddenly the hroohing silence was
broken by such a wealth. of nong from
the throat of the little creature on he
grey rock, that even the s,lv+ry song.
sters Of the wood were silent in surprise
IL was IA il a hundred If their nu,uner
had with one acc0r flied the air with
melody, 30 sweet and clear were the
notes.
Itnrnney Travcrs, lyirg not fifty feet
distant in The shadow ct a great oak,
where he had been an Unseen but inter
ested observer Of the hi,l's movement Ia
for some minutes, raised himself on one
elbow and liS'en'd in pleased amaze.
ment. The words oi thr song were in
IA foreign tongue, which n could not
readil ~ translate, bat be- knew at once
they wsrr Italian.
"Jovr" he $ id VIXEN the last sweet
strain had di Il aNay in quivering
melody, "that chili holds a fortune in
that exquisite voice; with training she
would ont rival a Malibran or Jenny
Lind. must speak tu her"
Hello. my pretty little wood
|nymph," he said, rs he reached the
rock where she sat, "what is your
name" That was a very pretty soug
you sang just now won't you tell me
where you learned il ?'
At the first sound of his voice the
child had started as If to run away, hut
in looking in the kind eyes bent upon
her, the momrntary fear caused by his
unex, ert.a presence left her, and she
answered without hesitation, and fixed
upon him two eyes Of Oriental fire and
SottnesS.
"My name il Caprce-C1price Vent
nor, aud my mamma taught me that
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