The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-09-12


fire and water, from which she had been
rescued not q moment too o BY the
brave man who became her hero from
that hour. As she entered the cabin,
gracefully at ease in spite Of the fact
that several pairs of eyes were CHANGING
/ admirinGly at her, VIC all arose to greet
her. but, passing Us ty until she reached
| Cc1nln;>2aer Riea, she teak both os lis
Poor. bandagsd hanGs in her soft, white
palms, ard, raising the rcss glorious
pair CT eyes TO his face, she fslsercd:
You saved ny fathers life and u.iile.
l ti.ank ycu. oh, l do ttaLk sou, more
than can ever tell yea, you Live,
gcod man. I can never forget that we
Owe oar lives to ycu. Death seemed so
iteIill-e "lca We tloueit We must &c,
alu Ne bad given up Ill l.opo-witll u
shuGoer 1t the locollectiou-.whea you
came TO ] US
Sine and her f;.thcr staid with Us
uutei ne VS. perfectly well, ;.LG it WAS
q sac day Win we had to part frcln
OCT little princess, who had been d
jolly littie tyrant, | assure you. we
were al her most obedient slaves, but
oUr efforts tn cut Ried out were fruit-
less. as she considered Us enly secondary
considerations.
I never saw a fellcw change rs
Commander Ried ID u that short t;-,a.
he waG full Of fun and tie very essence
ct gailtnt1y, outlying rs IL everything,
from tender sentiment to the brilliant
repsrtee for which he became rotod.
Tie captain told Us that he had a,ways
becn like that until tho three years E..st,
when, without giving any reason fer it,
re had become the distant, cynical fell
low We had found hir,.
The princess used to insist urcn
helping the surgeon dress his burned
hands every dsy, and she was his de-
voted nurse until he was nearly we'll.
Then she torrnented the life nearly OUT
Ct him BY flirting ou~trageously with the
rest ct Us. I confess to having been one
ct the victims myself and had quite a
sharp wound from that quarter, but the
little rascal only laughed at me when I
told her SO. Ried used to lock savage
when STE made eyes at any Of us, ard I
think she dearly loved 10 torment him,
although they invariably made up, after
the fashion os ali lovers"
Where is he now?:''' asked Mrs. Tray
nor ia a voice unlike her own. Eob
turned quickly to lock at her. AS the
freight flashed brightly fer an instant,
showing the pale, set face, with eyes so
full Of jealous pain they betrayed the
secret she had SO bravely aud successful
II hidden that no enc had ever thought
the life she was leading was not the
fullest happiness she Lad known. He
remembered then the faint whisper Of
how she lad been nlaaiy in love with q
young Officer, vixen she had afterward
Tilted because he was not rich ercrca
TO keep Ltr il the lUzur;es she felt she
could not lire without, and how, * tie
last moment, she had gwen him IN
when the wealthy o2ptai. sought ter
10 marriage, anc IS she had seemed
very haruy as his wife tie gossips had
Eade y II minds that she had not
cared Ter lie .oaug l~jeI,enant after I'll.
Alas, Pcc- Isabella! After three lang
years o. struggling / Q forget, Bob's
stcz had reused I'll tle slEn1berinc pain
sic had sase-sd II gtyias up love for
wealth, and she was filled with the
nest intense ha.-sd toward her rival,
who kaa cc-ac into tie lie ard heart
she had LETT oeso.ate BY her desersion.
She had thought it impossible that no
s4cC-d ever a 1or a.y ether woman
III this world while she lived, even
facIsi chg .1ust be as enc dead to him.
nj now. n . EoMeflt OF passionate
Jealousy, sha Lad letravsd lnr secret to
lieutenant Brighton Tie thought was
intolerable to her I1o1a spirit, but Bob.
With 3 cnivairoas Gesire TO show thsss
tie uasrclcn coT4dence was sacred.
quietly Laid his hand Gu hers fer al III
slant, s. ke added:
'1oGr ecref IS safe, ny dear Lady !
isabella, said he, gently raising her
wnlie haI;d 10 his lips. '.Yeu can trust /
to my homer taat neither Clayton Ried
any che else shall ever knew from
me TINT captains wife il o the
harpiess, just as she is the most charm
Ing, oma In the world"
'fou will tell me If you hear eny
further news from him. will you noe:'
pleaded Isabella in a low voice, as she
the lieutenant to receive other guests
who were just arriving.
Yes, surely" he replied, but ne did
not keep his word, for in less than }
month from that time he received a let
ter from Commander Ried, which read:
RICHMOND. Oct. Is, 1884.
Lieutenant Robert Brighton, U. 8. NJ:
NY DEAR SoB-For the sake of the warm
frieaes-1Ap between Us during the eveEtful
cruise rom which we Lage Just returned.
write % tell you OF the coming event which
VIZ. make ne the harpiess man IN the eountry.
Aon nay net know that s0on after we landed
obtained leave Ct absence and started n. orce