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From the French of the Millten.
FIFTEEN.
Last Hallowe'en she.waa jtut fifteen,
And slim and roy, 'with bijf black e'en.
And all admired each budding; charm
At the nightly dances at the farm.
On the earth that day the white mow lay ;
All bnt the father within' did tay.
And round the fire-place each one stand, j
At the flame warming: reddened hands.
By the window waa a looking g lass,
Near a linnet's cage, and the girl wonld pass .
To smile at her image mirrored there,
Thinking that no one was aware.
Bat granny spied the trick and cried,
Scoldingly half and half in pride,.
"You'd have un think you're watching the snow,
Well, yon're not bad looking as girls now go."
The girl blushed red, and tossed her head.
And, pouting, to the old woman said :
"Is it only now you tell me so ?
Some one else' told me months ago."
4$ lecte d.
DELPHINE.
THE STORY OF A 8TBANGE LOVE.
The fresh morning breeze of early
March came sweeping across my cheek
from the wide sea, as I stood on the
little bridge spanning the narrow chan
nel which separates Rockcastle from
Edgecombe, waiting for the stage, or
rather for the huge, lumbering wagon
that passed for one. The roads were
free from snow, for the March winds
had blown over them, and they lay
in that dry and dusty state when eve-'
ry breeze sends a shower of earthy
particles sharply to your face'.and
eyes, grinding, as it were, the whole
surface of the skin.. But;- if the snow
had forsaken the roads, it still lay
nestled in the hollows, and from its
edges came up the tiny pink flowers
of the trailing arbutus, one of the
sweetest of Spring's daughter's.
J heard the heavy, wagon lumber
ing round the last turn in the road,
but-I stayed to gather the. arbutus,
drawing it as gently as I might from
its thin; crisp covering of ice, through
which the long, lithe stems had forced
their way, and lay in clusters along
the edges. A little further on, one or
two venturous blossoms of the sangui
naria were folded, each within its own
blanket-like leaf, and those, too, I re
lentlessly plucked, although I knew
that the delicate things in list die in
my hands.
There was a broad streak of enrn
son in the sky, reflected in the quiet
sea, now gradually breaking up and
floating off into fragments of light
purple, and again into the 'delicate
pink that makes the rare beauty qf
the sea-shell. The blue smoke from
the scattered chimneys was rising up
ward like a thin vail, aud, catching
the vail of the rosy clouds, seemed as
incense from earth to sky; and then,
like a giant refreshed from his slum
ber, came the bright, glorious sun.
' Sun, ocean, earth and sky! Invol
untarily I took off my . hat and bowed
my head before their splendors; but,
before I. could replace it, the wheels
stopped closed beside me, and throw
ing my valise to the driver, I entered
,the close, dark wagon, with my rifled
treasures in my hand. I sat for some
time arranging them and admiring
their drooping clusters, paying bnt lit
tle attention to my fellow-passengers,
of whom there were two or three, all
closely wrapped and vailed; one of
them was. sleeping, too, if I might
judge from the heavy breathing that
came to my ear from the furthest cor
ner of the vehicle. Sleeping with this
glory of the risiug sun! No dtfubt
this man had walked miles at some
time iii his life, to Witness the mimic
splendors of pyrotechnic art; but the
grand spectacles which God prepares
afresh every morning had no charm
for his dull eye.
By his side sat a lady through
whose thick vail I could distinguish
nothing but the subdued sparkle of an
eye, which I felt bound to believe was
beautiful, uutill should find it other
wise. She was closely wrapped in
soft furs, and ouly one hand was visi
ble, peeping from the large sable cuff.
The hand was far from being so small
as the hands of heroines are invariably
described. On the contrary, it was
somewhat larger than the average
size, but it was fair and white, and
the nails were beautifully pink-hued
and almond-shaped. T might have
passed by a thousand hands, smaller
and as beautiful as this, without no
ticing them in the least; but as this
was the most agreeable object inside
the coach, and as the glare of the sun
light "on the snow-covered hills render
ed it unpleasant to look out of the
dust-stained windows of the sta ge, I
prefered to keep on gazing.
; It was the left hand, and it bore no
ring, so I inferred that the lady was
unmarried; and her pure white hand
told me, too, that she was young. No
dejicacy of treatment can preserve or
bring back the fresh young whiteness
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KIKSTOH, IT. C, FEIDAY, JA1TUABY 17, 1879
of the youthful skin; any more , than
me oioom can be brought back to the
shining bunch of erarjes. from tWt
has just been robbed its crowning
beauty. , ' - V " :' -r;
Quietly, through our loner, dnstv
ride, the lady sat, ' with the delicate
hand half buried in the soft, fur that
warmed her. Not a word was spoken
no did her next neighbor awake from
his slumber until the 8 tape drew tin At
Edgecombe, where I had business to
periorm which would probably detain
me some da vs. I honed that the un
known would remain there too: but
when I crossed the tavern yard, I saw
that she had not alighted. I was half
tempted to get in, and see her to the
end of her journey; but I could not
work up to that pitch of enthusiasm
for a lady of whom I had yet seen
nothing but her hand, lovely and hap
pily unjeweled as it wasv
So I went straight to Ihe merchant
whom I wished to see at Edgecombe.
Ife was a man who, in former days,
had had some experience in commer
cial affairs, but who, in the terrible
crash of 1837, was stripped of all his.
possessions, and since confined himself
wholly to the smaller gains which he
could reap from the coasting and fish
ing trade. By these means he had
gradually worked up again, with some
loss of ambition, but none of "self-respect,
to a comfortable business, and I
bad supposed he would never more
Venture upon anything so full of risk.
Ij was therefore surprised when he met
me with a more cordial grasp than
his usually quiet one, and said, 'I
have bought a ship, Mr. Crawford.
'Indeed, sir!I said; Tain glad to
hear it, as it is a token of increased
prosperity.'
'Perhaps not said he; , 'but at any
rate I am going to try it; and what is
more, I am about to offer you the sit
uation of supercargo to London "and
Havre; while I place my own son in
the rank of captain, which is a suffi
cient responsibility for one of his
youth. I will not burden him too
greatly on his first voyage as comman-
er. win vou cror
'Certainly, Mr. Grainier .' I renlied!
nd with a grateful heart, too. for
times are dull with me now and I am
not willing, at my age, to be unem
ployed a moment. When do we sail?'
j 'As soon as the cargo is all stowed
said Mir. Grainger; probably in three
days. You, however, will have time
p arrange everything, as you are me
thodical; and if you will come to me
on Thursday evening, I will give you
full instructions, and explain them
verbally. It is a short notice, I know,
but the voyage was planned, and the
hip half loaded when ! bought her.
If was a forced sale, to pay up debts
of an enormous amount. I pitied the
poor merchant, for I have been simi
larly situated myself. Come on with
me said he, and accordingly we wetiyt.
It was a noble vessel, nearly new;
had been at sea just long enough to
get well bent, and was in fine trim in
every part.
'There will be a passenger for this
stateroom said Mr. Grainger throw
ing open a door which showed a fine,
airy berth, and appointments of the
nicest order. In fact, the .. whole 'ship
exhibited a show of neatness quite
equal to that of a first-classs Govern
ment vessel, i i ; ,
I had some little acquaintance with
young Henry Grainger, who was to
command the ship, and at dinner we
improved it into a mutual liking; and,
greatly pleased at the transactions of
the day, I cheerfully entered the
stage, and returned to Rockcastle that
night. :--;;.iV:
My sister Emma cried, and my
mother looked grave, and both de
clared that they could not get my
'traps' ready; but I soon lectured them
into a sense of the good fortune which
awaited me. Partiug would be part
ing, and nothing else, if we waited
longer for it; and the sooner I was
afloat, the sooner I would see them
again. .
They could not gainsay this mag
nificent display of my logic, and they
contented themselves with getting to
gether an unheard of quantity of cake
and preserves and all those little
niceties with which careful mothers
and sisters seek to pamper the incip
ient sailor. So on Thursday, as I
had agreed with Mr. Grainger, I set
off for Edgecombe, bidding the dear
ones at home an affectionate good-bye.
As we wound the hill at Rockcastle I
saw Emma's green dress, as she stood
looking at the stage which held her
only brother; and I sighed to think
how unprotected the poor girl would
be if the uncertain fortunes of the sea
should find me a' grave beneath its
waters. The good and manly face of
Henry Grainger rose to my mind, and
I could not help wishing that such a
protector as he, strong and upright in
his noble manhood, could be her stay
in life. Dear Emma, my wish was a
prophetic one, after all; aud to wish
thee Henry Grainger's wife was only
annfks. f I -
uuw(uamc jur appine8S.v t-'
We sailed on the 19th of March
The weather was beautifuL We had
moonlight nights, and when once off
from the coast, were in comparatively
warm waters; The'change from our
proverbially trying winds was pleas
ant to us all I mean all who met to
gether for there was one whose face
we had not seen, and who lay in the
best state-room, and was reported to
us, in all the horrors of sea-sickness.
" 'He ought to be brought on deck
I said. 'This fresh sea air would re
store him, I have no doubt'
Captain Graipger. showod his white
teeth, and that irresistabie smile
which made him at these times one of
the handsomest of men.
'He said, he, emphasizing the
pronoun, 'is wholly unable to be re
moved ' 1 .
, I was called away by an observa
tion from the first; mate, and the
thought of-the sick passenger I take
shame, for- forgetting-did not recur
for some days ; when I caught a glance
of a figure lyings on a rude litter
which the sailors had brought on deck,
and, imagining that it was the sick
man, I considered that he would be
too weak to talk, purposely avoided
going near him. When I went on
deck after dinner; the litter and pas
senger had alike disappeared.
One day a strong wind from the state
room window forced open the door.
I was passing at the time, and saw, as
I supposed, our hitherto invisible pas
senger, absolutely covered lip from
head to foot in bed, with the excep
tion, of one hand which lay outside the
quilt, and vied with its snowy folds in
whiteness. .
'He must be very young a mere
boy I said; to myself: AnHT ap
proached the bed to give him some
assurance of my good vwill.
Some dark blue gauze, which had
been suspended over the bed, had been
drawn around his head and faceand,
by the breathing, I thought he must
be sleeping. Again I glauced at the
hand. There it lay in its unsunned
whiteness, and I could have , sworn
that it was the same hand j that I saw
in the stage between Rockcastle and
Edgecombe, three weeks before. That
hand could belong to no oDe but a la
dy, and I escaped from the state
room, and shut to the door with a feel
ing as if I had committed sacrilege
I encountered Captain Grainger in
the passage way; and he rallied me on
the startled look which I gave when
coming unexpectedly against him
'Have you seen a ghost, j Mr. Craw
ford?' said he. 'The sailors have a
notion that this ship is a haunted one,
but I did not kuow that the supersti
tiou extended to you t
l believe it is haunted, I replied,
'and I am going to write it in my log
book, that the good ship Metamora
was hauuted by a human hand." !
'What on earth do you j mean, Mr.
Crawford?' asked Captain Grainger,
looking at me anxiously, as if to as
certain whether I were quite right in
my upper regions. j !
'I mean said I 'that I am haunted
here on board this ship at noonday, on
the broad bosom of the ocean, by a hu
m"an hand; 'and moreover, "it is the
same hand that haunted me through
an entire half day-in the Rockcastle
stage,at the very time of my engag
ment to sail in this ship. Put these
two things together, captain, and see
if you canbring them into your reck
oning.
The cantain smiled ajrain 'the rich.
i o
open smile that lighted- up his dark,
sea-brown visage like a sunbeam, and
said : ; " - ' ' ' i
'I was just going in to see my passen
ger; perhaps you would like to ac
company me? - - j
'Not until I know who and what it
is I replied. 'Beside, captain, it is
hardly fair to wake up the deep sleep
vtiiicu iue guusi, is bi preseut enjoy
ing.
Ah, 1 see, said he; 'this is Jrour
ghost, is it, Crawford? Well, I am
happy to be able to state for your
comfort, that it Js one' of the most
harmless little spirits in the world.and
when this trance is off, it will be up,
and in the highest animation possible.'
'You reallv believe so? I asked.
'I do, indeed, Mr. Crawford he
replied. 'And now, spite of your
feeling that it is unfair or indecorous J
am going to wake up the ghost, and
ask it to join us at tea ?
'Heavens!' I exclaimed; 'do sea-
gbosts drink tear
'This one does he replied, 'for
have seen it.
. But tea came, and with it mrself.
the captain, Mr. Richards, the mate,
and young Fred Spaulding, the sec
ond officer. Captain Grainger made
no allusion to our conversation, neith
er did I venture upon iL I knew no
more during the entire passage to
London than I did that night. A fig
ure, in a variety of endless wrapping
' '
and mufilines- was rarrT
and placed in a carriage, and as it
was chiefly done when I was engaged,
I nad no chance in ronw tvA uj:r
glance which I had of it at the begin
ning oi the removal
. l one thing was certain I heard
the direction to the cab-driver, and
kept it in my mind. There was grow
ing up within me an iuaticticA
sion to mentioning anything of the
;,iiu8 enauger m qq presence of
Captain Grainger, in whose eyes there
was a lurking fun that I believed
grew out of the ghost story. I know
not what there was to make me feel
embarrassed about it, but there was
really a vexatious sensation about it
that disturbed my self-complacency.
I am not sure that I did not feel some
what defrauded of my share of the
mysterious passenger's society during
the voyage, and that I had nnt kS
of grudge against Captain Grainger
Our ship was quickly unloaded, and
our freights com i no- in frnm TTacm i
Everything so far had gone off admir-
o,y oaring tnevoyage. Captain
Urainger was a model commander,
and I flattered myself that Mr. Craw
ford WaS his eoual fl Kiiryr.K i,m T
could fancy Mr. Grainger's pride in
Ilia snn onl i'n U:A t.T i t i i i
MUU Ul9 Diup aim x oeneveu
that ho would also have some pride
m his judgment of selecting me. At
any rate he should have reason.
' In London I chanced to meet a
friend the sou of an old neighbor at
Rockcastle and he volunteered to
couduct me round the great metropo
lis. We crossed inunmerable squares,
lighted by a splendid moon; which
shone brightly-even in the smoky and
thngy atmosphere of Loudon; and at
last, when our steps begau to lag, my
companion said: '
"We are almost at the very house
where a cousin of mirA i BtiV;n. t
should like much to stop there awhile,
if you do not object."
x aid not Knpw the street, but permit
ed myself to be guided wholly by
him. He led me to the door of a
handsome house and we soon found
ourselves admitted, and shown into a
pleasant and handsomely-furnished
parlor, where several ladies were em
ployed in sewing. I was presented
to the mother, a fine, cheerful old
lady, her two married and one unmar
ried daughter, and to another lady,
who sat with a fire-screen before
her face, and a short, black vail, fall
ing also around it.
She did not remove the screen
sufficiently to give me a glance at her
face; but I saw her hand as it held the
screen, and it was the ghost's hand
to make an Irish blunder the ghost's
hand to the life! Having passed half
an nour in this bright, cheerful room,
we took our leave, and I was impatient
to question Austin about her.
"That lady is the very cousin
whom I called to see, Crawrord."
said Austin; "and only a glance from
her eyes, imploring me to take no
noliceofher, keut me from keeping
you close at her side; for I think you
would enjoy her society, as she is
eminently intelligent and interest
nig' "Is she a native of London?" I ask
ed. U V - . ' '
"No," he replied; "and, by-the-by,
you must have known her at home."
"I did not catch the name' said L
"Rochdale," he replied.. "Why,
she visits often in Rockcastle and
Edgecombe, also.
tt
Is she hadsome?" I asked.
"She is under a cloud just now,
which has threatened to destroy her
beauty altogether," said Austin.
"But I may as well tell you, Craw
ford, although she binds me to si
lencehe uhfortuntly caught the small
ox at Rockcastle, and is miserably
disfigured, and as she is young, weal
thy, and talented, this misfortune has
given her much pain. Thinking her
friends wi!l be disgusted with her, she
will not unveil to any one
How did she come here?' I asked.
'In the ship Metamora he replied.
I thought so said L I came
with her
'low, Crawfordl heexclaimej.
'1 did said I;' but my only recog
nition of her was her hand .
Ay, that is a study, is it not?' said
Austin.
'It is I replied; 'and I regret that I
cannot see her face.'
Well, she goes to Havre with you
said Austin; 'and she may possibly get
over her sensitiveness about it before
you arrive home. It is a whim which
she is . rich enough' and independent
enough to gratify, and she will proba
ably carry it out. She says that she
is glad of it on one account, that now
she will be able to know her true
friends.'
.'I suppose she means those of our
sex said L 'Those of the other will
be more likely to value her higher
than before, if the has lost her beau
Perhans so said Austin Wl,.w
do you saiir
Uu Tuesday I replied; Come ca
board to dinner with us
Thank vou. I will rU rt m -i
Austin; "and, morcoTer, I will try to
cCai1 acquaintance between you
andDelphine. I cannot help thinking
thm vm. .til U ...11 . . P
j Tim w tuuLuaiiy pieasetrwiUi
each other." - q
He kept his word, and between Lon
don and Havre I learned what a truly
uoble and gifted being was Delphine
Rochdale, although driiig that time
I never saw her face, I implored her
to let me look at her; bnt her pain
was so evident that 1 forebore asking
heragaiu. But whaever were the in
cidental defects of her face, her mind
was brilliant 'beyoud compare With
an intellect highly cultivated, a heart
full of the noblest and teuderest emo
tions' a grace and dignity which only '
fell short of being regal, because it
was so surpassingly sweet and gentle,
Delphine could not have failed of be
ing loved, even if her face were disfig
ured. We were coin? in in FTavm . .,!
o a - uv
.Delphine and myself stood together on
iue ueca.-a iou may not believe that
I was' so infatuated as to offer, my
heirrt and hand thus blindlr? hht in.
deed I had done so, anuVsho had ac
cepted, ou cimdition that on our arri-
vai nome sne should allow me to be- --
hold her face, and if I were nnt irre
mediably shocked, she would, conscut
to become Mrs. Crawford, the wife of
a poor fellow like myself, , with a
raoiner and sister on his hands, whom
he would never desert, uot even for a
wife. .
The ship was rapidly nearing the port,
and we were admiring the shore from
that point of view, when the wind,
which had been still uutil now sud
denly sprang up to a fresh free breeze,
carryng all loose, unprotected articles
across tha deck iu to the water, and
among this was Delphine s vail I ex-, -nected
she w-ould faint but she turned
her calm, meek eyes upward to my
face, as if to denrecato anv critirim
- a j
of her own. I gazed at her in amaze
ment; a lew, a very lew ecars, already
whitened and beginning to be smooth,
were slightly visible on a countenance '
which, for shape and nobleness" of
brow, could be rarely surpassed. The
complexion, it was true; was slightly
injured but what Variation of color or
texture could destroy the beautfu ex
expression ?
"And this is the face which you
have withheld from my gaze?" I said,
reproachfully, as a blush rose to its
pale surface, and , the eyes, so full of
tenderness, absolutely sparkled with
joy. ,
forgive me if I taxed you too
severely," she said, at last. "From
my earliest years I had heard noth
ing but praises of my beauty' until I
was absolutely glad when the disorder
that spoiled it attacked me. I wished
to be loved; for other .qualities than
the mere 'tincture of a skin and yet .
I was a woman, and when I first look
ed at myself in a mirror, -I confess to a
certain degree of horror, which I haye
not yet been quite able to quell."
Wewera married by special license
at the house of Mr. Grainger, and
two days afterward I carried home a
new daughter and sister to ray mother
and Emma, and it was not long before
Henry, Grainger came to believe alio -in
the attraction of souls, and straight
way his own and Emma's were blend
ed in one. L
My own Delphine! :-Woo without
being seen, butsiill more truly known
and loved without the intervention of
the visible. There is no shadow be
tween us now no darkness, no mys
tery. Our love came unsonght, uu- '
sent, and it abides with us still.
Raleigh Netcr. The Democratic
caucus sat utitil midnight, and were
entertained by a two hours' harangue
of antagonistic' Joe Turner. He was
expelled from the caucus by a vote of
50 to 29. Mr. A. D. Brooks, of Ala
mance, was the choice for Enrolling
Clerk. True to his instincts, .
Joe Turner bolted the caucus nomina
tion for Speaker. After participating
in the caucus be declined to vote for
Speaker in the House.
The press of the whole State, and
why not all the people, are advocating
a stock and do law. The people do
want that very law, and let them have "
iL It will hereafter be impossible to
fence in the crops, as in . former days,
owing to the cost, and more the scarc
ity of rail timber, which is becoming
fearfully diminished. Let the Legis- :
la to re pass a peremptory stock and
dog law for the jwhole Slate, made op
tional with the counties to adopt or
reject OTxy$latsvUU Amtaican.
A daughter of Governor Hamntnn
is expected to create quite a sensation
in .W ashington after the first of the
year,
ful.
She is said to be very bcauti
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