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| document called will"
| Heaven forbid, sir" replied Paul,
| shat should ever seek to fathom those
intentions; and if you aliude to your
self. permit me to take this Opportuni-
ty of declaring that l would not ac-
cept one dollar, even We're your mis-
| guided generosity to seek to bequeath
| it to me-"
Santa Maria, Mr.. Lisimon, and why
| not, pray?" asked Don Juan. laughing
| at the young mans impetuosity.
! Because | would not rob her who
| has the sole claim upon your fortune"
My little Camilla; she will be rich
| enough III all conscience. All, Paul. !"
added the Spaniard, looking somewhat
! Searchingly at Lisimon, 1T is a serious
matter for a father to have such a
! daughter as Camilla Moraquitos to
| dispose Of; a beauty and an heiress.
Where in all New Orleans shall | find
the man rich enough or noble enough
to be her husband"
Paul LisimOn WINGED as if he had
received q thrust from dagger.
you viii consult your daughter's
heart, sir, [ trust" he murmured hest
tatIngly. even before the claims of
wealth."
The old Spaniard's brow darkened,
and his somJer black eyes fixed them
selves upon Paul's face with sinister
ana penetrating gaze that BODIED little
good TO tie Young man. No more WaS
aitil upon the SUBJECT between TIE Two
men. Paul did not relax his industry
i,y one ;Ota after this conversation.
the eneryating pleasures OF tne rich
could not win him from the stern rou-
tine OF toll and study.
Perhaps the reader has already
guessed the fatal truth.
Pau IlSiman, the unknown depond-
eIlt upon a rich mans bounty. the Den~
nlitss lad Who knew net eyen zle
N@ules of his parents, or of the country
"hich had given him birtll-PduI IcE,ed
the peerless daughter OF the Wealthy
Don Juan Mnraquitos; and was il tc De
wondered that he loved her?
From her childhood he had seen her
daily, ani had seen her every day more
U"HutifHl-mOre accomplished.
Size POSSESSED, it is true much O. the
| pride OF her fathers naughty race, but
that pride was tempered by the sweet
ness Of Olympia Criyelli; and it was q
high and generous sentiment that led
the young girl to hate meaDneSS OF Il
falsehood with even a deeper loatiiing
than she would have felt for crime.
But to Paul Lisimon, Camilla was
| never proud. To him she was ali gen
| tlenesS: all confiding affection. Tae
very knowledge of his dependence,
which had been dinned into her ears
by Don Juan, rendered her only the
more anxious to eyinCe siStefli.ze de
vOtiOn which should take tie sting
from his position.
InstinctlyeIy she knew, that spite Of
all outward seeming that position WAS
| CALLING TO the proud boy. InS:iDctiyely
she feiJ JliaU HaJdre III creating aUl
| Lisimon had never intended him 10
fill subordinate position. lie Was
one Of those who are born for great
ness. and who, constrained 10y TIE
cruel tralnmelS Of circumstances, and
! unable TO attain their proper level, per-
| ISL in tie flower Of youth, witherea by
the blighting hand Of despair.
So died the poet Chat,erton, a victim
to the suicide rash madness. SO dies
| a neglected genius, whose name is
never heard by pGsterity.
PAU loved the heifess; loved her
| from tie first hour III which she had
| sooJhed his hoyisi anguish II the l>sa
of his patron Don Ioma50; loved her
| in the tranquil years OF their youtntui
! studies; loved her with the deep deyO-
| ton Of manhood. when bis natured
| passion burst forth in its full force,
| ana tne nlcKerlng ugnI DtCalue sn un-
Que1cnaDle ana steady lame.
| He did not love III vain.
No, as years passed on, and the bud
| changed to the lovely blossom, Camil-
| fathers protege. No longer could She
| greet him with sisters calm smile or
| welcome. The ardent gaze Of his dark
eyes brought the crimson blush to her
| cheek and brow; her slender hand
| trembled when it rested in hiS-tfemb-
| led responsive to the thrill which shook
the Young mans strong frame; her
voice faltered as she addressed him,
and her Southern eyes yeiied them
selves beneath their sheitering lashes,
and dared not uplift themselves to his
She loved him!
Happy and cloudless sunshine of
| youth. They loved. and earth became
transformed into a paratiSe-the SKY q
| roof of sapphire glory; the sunny river
| 4 food of melted diamonds. The magic
wand OF the young blind god. Cupid,
| changed all things round them into
| Splendor.
They dreamed not of the future.
! They thought not Of the stern policy OF
q father, jmplacable in the pride Of
| wealth. No, the distant Storm-cloud
| was hidden from their radiant ewes.
My Camilla" exclaimed the Young
| man; think YOU | can fail to achieve
i greatness When your love is to be
| tie crown Of the struggle? Think YOU
l can falter on the road that leads to
| success, when your eyes will be the
ioaistars to guide my way"
The reader viii see. therefore. that
| love and ambition went hand in hand
| in the soul OF Paul LisimOn. and that
higher motives than the mere last OF
gain, or even the hope Of glory beck
| oned him on to victory
1t IS not to be expected that Camilla
Moraquitos was without suitoTs
| amongst the higher classes of New Or
| leans.
Had she been blind, lame, hump
backed, redhaired, vixen, or a fury,
there would yet, doubtless. have been
hundreds ready to kneel before the
charms Of her fathers wealth. ana TO
declare the helreSS an angel. But when
1t IS remembered that her future for
tune Was only exceeded by her glorious
beauty. it will be thought little marvel
that she had a host of admirers ever
ready to flock round her at her father S
SOireeS. to attend her in her drives. 10
haunt her box at the opera or the thea
ter, and TO talk OF her beauty i'll ali the
| cOHee-houSeS of New Orleans Our
readers must remember that there is
much III this chief city % Louisiana
which resembles rather French t.,an
an English town. The inhabitants are
many OF them Of French extraction
The coffee-houSeS-or cQTcS as they are
calied-resemble those of Paris: the
gambling-hou5eS and theaters are Pari-
SIAN III arrangements. and the young
| men of the upper classes nave much OF
l-Sla ~. =,