The Concordia eagle. [volume] (Vidalia, La.) 1873-1890, 1884-12-13

My twenty-eighth birthday passed and
no letter came from Juliet, but heard
that her marriage was soon to take
place. and | received politely wordcd
little invitation to attend, written in her
own hand, but not in her own style, but
cool and odd. This was two weeks
prior to the time it was to occur: ten
days later the startling news came to
me that, while out sailing, the party,
among whom were Juliet and her
iiance. was capsized. All were rescued
excepting Juliet's lover. He was buried
on the day on which they were to have
been married.
Then thought of the man who had
claimed the one ! knew | had loved.
and felt choke in my voice when |
murmured Poor young fellow and
pictured my pretty young sister in her
grief over her gallant young lover
sat down then and wrote her letter Of
coincidence, probably the only tender
letter ever wrote to her in my life.
II was romantic episode and was
looked upon as such, and it clothed tho
graceful Juliet with a halo of interest
inguess superior to that OF a lovely
young widow, for it was more poetical
aud more delicatelv full OF freshness.
She wore mourning, as was the very
proper thing 10 do. was made much of
by his sisters and mother, and was rcc-
commended a change of scenery and all
the rest, though my father wrote mo
that she bore il with strange calmnesS
in one who had been demonstrativc and
impulsivc. The only time when she
broke down at all, he said, was when
she read my letter; but she was even
more calm after it.
II was doubtless an unworthy and
trivial thought, but involuntarily l
asked myself the question: "Who will
take the poor fellows place. Twas to
90 home that year; would find her
sweetly, pathetically mournful, losing
interest in worldly pursuits and diver
sions? Or would / find her with an
other fair-haired, blue-eyed young man
at her side. trying to fill the place of the
lost one, on the strength of his strdng
likeness and her hatred of changes? l
found Juliet looking less arch and viva
cious than before. and tritle fairpr.
Her face lost its little mournful look the
moment | kissed her in the old brotherly
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