Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-02-21

no balm for 4 heart TINS wounded.
Mans per1idv IL more orsIeI than the
knife Of the assassin or tile poison u
the asp.
After i lunr time he persuaded her
uo 20 uo her r1om and seek slesp: but
as far him. he wailEeI ms apartment
AL night. His face grew very stern in
THIS lung vigil and there was infinite
nenuce in il as ne came out to his
~breaktstst Grace had sent WORT that
She was unuble 10 leave her roum. but
she insisted thar he take part in the
days celebration. Learning from his
danghters maid that her mistress was
III nu Affirming condition. the colonel
left the house in search of Mizrnim.
There win be no company here to-
day ami YOU mHv tell Pineg that she
need not 70 To vour Young mistress for
any ORDERS
"Lont5 er we're. marser. begun Miz-
rain. with the easy freedom OF a life
long fiivnriu.. -dars de-
~huf M. sir Do as [ bid vuu.' and
the colonel turned sharply away upon
his heel.
We'll, clar to neutrality-suspicious.. T
lSnuwd uarser wuz ergituin or. but 1
nebber tonight he were gyvine crazy.
Darde FMS time in his life he was m
percent uo oil Miz. N tat a sho' sign he
lusin liis min I mus p'intdlv look
arter him, slialv
The duv was glorinus. 4 gentle
southwest wind blew fragrance from
tins great swamp, r1,stiiug the missle-
uae elumps in tile hBuglis OF the big
gum uess and NaVing 10 and fru die
pentanr Rr1vmass that hung davn
from the apreading branches II the
-reut beech tr.a~ on the ridsreS. which
seerned ike ~ many viants with long
struggling lnei1s. Ii auenetl the STEM
der fingers af tle pinus until they
plaEed 4 mournfIil melody and caused
the bright grsen leaves Of the bay tree
uD send forth -ipplea Of laughter The
gloomy e%uianel. loyveVer as he passed
IN turn the swamp. the bseefl ant the
pine groves. had M eve for tile weird
SCENERY and no ear hor the vuieesat the
stirred trees.
Equally he did not regnri tile inn
menss crowds that had already gath
cred in the streets OF Woadvill.. The
imposing pageanr was lost upon him.
lie spoIie now ami then "a these who
addressed him. but he moved about as
one in u dream. still less did he Oh
serve that old Mizraim had followed
him to ul,vn and was dodging about
closely in his rear
The train which brought Marion was
delayed more than two hours. 50 that
the parade was over and the crowd
had been gathered fur some time about
tine speakers stand before liz reached
the grounds. The stalyvart. hand
some Young fellow, with his long.
wavy chestnut hair his piercing brown
eyes and deep-tuned. maruetie voice
fairiv caphvared his audience before
he had uttered a dozen sentences. II
seemed as though he were a being who
had lived and moved with Washington
and gained his ~cunfidence. SO uhat he
knew his inner soul. In most graphic
manner le told 81 the simple life Of the
planter OF Mount Vernon. the heroic
e%n'ifrnnc- of the commander Of the
uttered forces at Valley Forge, the
mastsr spirit OF the constitutional eon-
ventlon. the supreme first president Of
the republic Then he closed with an
mpaasionesl authurst in which he M
cited tins exalted virtues of thei inn
mortal Washington and urged the
emniation of them up0u his hearers.
The orator utterly eelipsesI his previ-
GUS fame and the audience was
carried away with enthusiasm. all
save a stern-visag-d white a and a
sixullking old negro. Col Tampia had
not heard 4 single word. HIS heart
Taa with his idnlized girl While ths
excited psnpls ranr the air with
[ hu1zass as nadn rs waY through ID