The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-27

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Then our brave young hero told her
was not her father, but herself
sought.
There, standing on the threshold, h
told her of his comrades ofer-told h
of his wish--his wild, Unsuitable thir
to travel to see the beautiful, the III
known world.
With eyes cast down and with never
word, the maiden listened. And whe
he had finished, still without a word, sb
took him by the hand and led him I
the window where the flowers bloome
upon the sill. And there, with eyes uE
lifted to his, and in the sight of his cor
rades, she offered him her lips all dew
with innocence and truth.
) Then with o murmured blessing sh
led him forth.
The next morning three young gentle
men set out to travel and see the world
After five years again there was a sum
mons at the door of the house where
dwelt the beauteous maiden with he
father, the old professor.
But this time the visitor was a young
gentleman bronzed with travel and at.
tired in the gorgeous uniform of an
officer high in rank.
Again the maiden answered the sum.
mons, and, as before, in sweet humility,
she said, "My father is not within,
SIR"
The young gentleman made answe as
did the youth five years before. 1t was
not her father, but herself he sought.
He asked her if she remembered the
youth ON whom she had bestowed o
kiss.
Remembered him!
With bushes and eyes cast down, she
answered, Eyes,
Then he led her to the room where
bloomed the flowers on the window-sill.
He remembered quite well the way,
and told her how her pure KISS had been
as q seal upon his lips, and had kept
them virgin to her through all the years
of his absence.
How the light from her up-turned
eyes had been his beacon light that had
led him on to fortune.
He told her that while travelling with
his young friends he had visited Russia,
and finding that country involved in a
wal he had enrolled himself under her
banner.
He told her in a few modest words
that in more than one action he had been
so fortunate as to win the notice and
good viii of the great Gear himself, who
had bestowed upon him rank and hon
ors.
Butt He told her his heart often
turned with longing to his native land.
Often, by the camp-fre's light, on tine
lonely march, amid the dazzling splen.
dor of the court, he felt again her pure
kiss upon his lips, he heard again her
murmured blessing.
But gratitude to his imperial patron
kept him at his post.
At last there came to visit at the
Court of Russia the King of Denmark.
During the visit the Gar mentioned
to his royal cousin of Denmark that
among the bravest and most honored of
his young officers there was a Danish
gentleman.
The Danish king summoned to his
presence this subject who had SO bravely
upheld the honor of his native land.
He told our young hero that there was
always for such as he in the ranks
of his army.
And when the King of Denmark re-
turned to his own realm there came in
his train Major Paul Wendelboe, Baron
.Lenwenenrae, Equerry-in- Waiting upon
his Majesty.
And Major Paul Wendelboe had los
no time in seeking out the maiden,
name eyen he did not know. but
yisage had been his guiding star
had led him on to win honor and
which he brought now, with love
and gratitude, to lay at her feet.
The maiden whispered to him her
name was ssLugeborg,n and theni she
whispered
No need to tell what she whisp-
sred.
IT'S the same sweet sentence that Don
Cupid prompts all maids to whisper
the world began.
And this is why there is always at the
Court of Denmark an Equerry-in- w ait-
called Paul Wendelboe, Baron Lem
Fenenrue.n
And why the eldest daughter Of the
House Of L~enwenenrue is always
,hristened sLugeborg.n-Ros Eytinas
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