Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-05-09

~ favorable was ever thiug TO the
con, eYance OF sounds.
Fairls~ FELIX g. load fall from his
breast 10 tn-e srddeu turl IN an adj
venture which bat moment before
had filled him with such dismay IS
only youth aud love aud the thought
OF swift calamity 70 the one most dear
to him coald cngender. Ia the stress
OF tbs apparent crisis he had thought /
only OF the girl; and nov that the
strain was over. IL seemed 10 him as I
If the same breath that hal blown 4
away his distress on Pauline's I
account had also lifted the fog; for +.
removed that the y0ung officer on I
board the schooner came iDto clear !
relief against the tall marsh grass on
the point beyond. His features could
not be made Cut; but his form vas
tall. slender. graceful. and bis atti-
tule striking I'm enc extreme. lie
wore tlc rndrcss uniform OK a EeU-
tenant o. infantry IN the United
States Army.
A half boar iateg. Che $50 vessels
lay alongside OF each other. and Lieu
tenant Eailanche came aboard Of tine
Water Bird. Faigfax watched him
climb the rope from tne SIP GO the
F deck. and as the request o. Mr. Yer
non went forward 60 De introduced 90
Lun
TIE Two young men shook hand and
their ewes met steadily and frankly.
Any shrewd observe would have said
that they were mutually well im-
pressed az frs. glance.
Edouagd Bailanchc was a creole
from mead 20 foot. that is, hc was a
Frenchman modified by the Influences
oi American birtn aud experience. Tn
his face burned tho Lail-sNhlucd fire
al passionate yet naturally gentle
and tender nature. fortified Gld
specialized by intimate acquaintance
visa almost every form Oh danger.
You might nave read in his eyes that
he had seen duels. tLat life, though
g precious 60 him. was worn as q gar
mant CD be INNS aside as lightly as @
, coat or glove. t1at honor was a woro
of unlimited sirliacance CD him. tn
/ speech he showed tlat deliberate
& facility which Away suggests the CA
3 and thrust and parry of maste'
e sworlsman. The impression he mad.
t was one oil efficiency, courage ani
readiness. singuiavlv blended wit
tiS"'us1'' oi~~ "-' ''i
Ni'i't.
he shook ha-H. cog"ieHy WIN N'
Neruon- aud turned 70 acAho "ieA-
the iutroduc-icn az Fairfax just
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