The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-09
words From An English Novel.

Years ago in old England, young
noblemau lost his usual good health, and
first went to Italy and to sp-ip, and from
there took a trip to the little Kingdom Of
T rtugaI by the sea.
The mountains that now separate this
little kingdom from Spain and all the
world, 60 one day in Lisbon, the capital OF
Portugal, he was walking along the street
ana happen TO glance around 10 magDiti-
CO mansion that sdorned corner OF the
street IN that part OF the city, when be
saw face ard figure Of girl standing al
the window looAing on the scene bet re
her and Al the psssers by.
1t was rather = damp, cherries looking
day outside Of the house, anu the face at
the window was pr-tty, and attracted his
4ulen tion so much, that in lie than Ii
an hour it was indelibly m resstd on
us mind as a picture would be on the
mind OF q real live person Oh either sex, IN
tact 1t appeared IN his dreams at nigh
when evening came on aud ehVsioped the
world in darkness, except where the
electric lights cast theiI r. fl sctions, and
now turned all cities into iaIrl like places
that would startle people that lived one
| hundred years ago, ana still surprises soms
living In seine parts OF the g,YUe, evan at
this day. He finally retrsced hIs steps, and
when in front OF the same house, he asked
| q gentleman he m VINO lived there, and
ne replied Lady Estelle and her mother,
out recently from spain. This English
ger tleman had fair giA vt home he loved
as we'll IS most men love, anu tue o her
as ae thought, but oh how little we some
times know ourselves uhlll the test comes
taat tries mems "souls" dreaming OF the
tAlr girl st the window on his trim, back
into spain, anu from there 10 Italy, be
ALA discovers when too late, his sweet
b IA. mad been iorg often, ard only fingered
in his memory Ike 3 faded sweet dream,
and his thoughts Of the one he loved pest
on earth came less and less "a his past
ret ospectiVe, and q cr~el man, unae-
Quainted with his heart, wJuld deneuncs
/ HIM as q villain With tie continual
thoughte OF the girl at The window. be at
once returned to Portugal, determining 10
seek cut the girl, and in person, face to
face, as friend 70 friend, and hear her talk.
His second stay in Lisbon was 3 wee1,
when he wrote petite note telling who he
wac, the place he was from, and where he
saw her, first with request, taHt he would
like TO call that evening at o',lock, the
servant met him ct the door inviting him
into the drawing room, . co y and elegant
/ - .s IL. wwff n Nea
pretty, but not gorgeous furniture, and .
few pictures Of q long line of anSestD .
that almost reached back to the days OF
4 Williams the Conqueror' He aud she
| spent q pleasant hour, and on leaving he
invited her please to go with him next
evening to see q Grand opera, played at
the leading theatre in the city, sne accept
ed, aud attends with him. The singing
was sweet, like sone o Z | We cong that
always brings back sweet and pure mem
J cries OF the past, never, never to be forget
tn fortSere are psssages in all lives that
are kept green In. memory. and need only q
word or flowers to recall the picture.
To cut long story short, he fell in love
| with her, and devoted his entire time and
attention, which won her heart and love,
and when all was over, and the reaction
came, he thought of what he had done,
ana the forsaken girl behind In England,
aud then remorssd keen and sharp,
worried him almost to deste. de lost his
appetite, and got to looking like ghost,
even like the ghotof Hamlet, it would not
down. he grsw restless disspirited, both In
looks and manner, and had but very little
to say, though usually bright when he felt
ike it, for he had read many books, In hii
youth, which strengthened his memory for
some wise man had told him to be .readY
man in conversation, to read, and in his
own words, Tell his stories, and not tall
like q parrot, or araven, not sDeak tES
words, and not understand their meaning
and motives, of the stories he should eveI
attempt 10 relate as LllS rating fac
or truth.
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