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1 1 :...h: P. B. CONN, PUBLISHER, CORKER MARKET AND 4TH STS. 2. RAGAN, Editor and Proprietor. Sikf 6k A Night on tho Mississippi. BT AimiEXNE It was the 13th of February, 18 1-, a cold and cheerless night as ever fell upon this sorrow-clouded earth. On the West stretched out the broad, interminable for ests of Arkansas; on the East, the fertile f;3State of Mississippi; between, with tawny ttaue, and wild, terrific roar, the mighty Lion lliver rushed iu solemu grandeur to (he ocean. Oppressed by the weight of accumulated orrows, I had left my home, to find, if it were possible, amid the pleasing vicissi tudes of travel, some Lethean draught, some blest nepenthe for the anguish prey ing so relentlessly unoii my spirits. With cdl the chambers of my soul hung with the ! Sable paraphernalia of grief, I mixed with j the denizens of other climes "among them, but not of them," a silent but oh-1 servant spectator of their actions and emo-' Huns, j A large and merry crowd of plungers j vure assembled in the spacious saloon of! one of .those first class steamers which ply J upon the waters oi the yeilow .Mississippi. Glittering chandeliers swung their crystal pendants, and waved their wiugs of light 'oyer a scene of almost IVrsiun splendor and magnificence. Damask divans and graceful ottomans were scattered around finrich profusion ''an opaTeS5&? Bi1 jytwrtiS Miv heightened in effect by multiplied reflec tion from the costly mirrors lining the hoe length of the saloon. A handsome crose-' -irOttJ piano stood on one side, covered I with scattered music, and supporting a for- taken guitar; for the services of two cele brated harpists, fellow-travellers, together with these of a vagrant tiddler, having becu brought ia requisition fur the evening it required not a prophet to predict that there was to be 2T tlut'p till morn, lieu Youili and Bcau'y meet, To cbso the glowing hours with flying feet Lonely and apart, I leaned against the stern of the boat, partially shaded by hang ings ot crimson brochetclle, musing upon the folly and vanity of short-sighted mau. Within a gay saloon, the viol's cherry strain, the joyous dance without, the pitchy cloud, the roaring wind, the rest less wave. As I sought with straining eye to penetrate tho outer world of gloom, tho whole sky, like. au immense wall of starless darkness, loomed up with seeming threat of instant destruction ; every tim ber of our vessel creaked and shook be neath tho pressure of steam, with which eho met tho foaming waves and the fitful gust ; whilo between tho gaspings of that strange mysterious genius of fire aud water I could distinctly hear tho sullen roar of the turbid flood beneath that dark, broad, intcrminablo grave of hapless humanity which never cries, "It is cuough." How soon, thought I, these fair and graceful forms, pale and fragilo as whito vtor lillies, may be borne along this wild and rapid current, in all tho helplessness of death ! how soon the rush of giant waves may quench the brilliancy of these dazzling lights ! how soon the luxurious lavishment of mirrors and rosc-wood may sink beneath the silence of tho river's slimo, and of our stately steamer the mournful requiom bo . "tal weeds in In hur palace halls, Shu ri Jus the nurge no moro." Tho twisted trunk of some old forest tree, rooted amid the shifting sands below, may suddenly pierce that Blonder plank, which is our sole division from Eternity. The channel lost in thisrluipenetrablc dark' ness, we may dash in pioe'es on the melan choly shore, or, fate still, more terrible, o rapidly down, out in tho midst of this broad Sea-llivcr, in wild collision with fellol pilgrim, on its deathful flood. It was a source of thankfulness with the late lamcutcd Henry Clay, that his Crea tor had given him a soul incapable offcar from the wrath of any. being but Himself; and if tho wrath of Deity be evinced iu frowning skies, the voice of shouting winds, and the lashing together of augi-y waves. it seemed to me that, then and there, even ' that bravo and lofty spirit might 'havo fMJ mute nrfd vcilcM, white "tVe XI tcclilg ionmal, $Mt& to -American interests, literature, pirate, anb .Antral nldlipte. niighty's form was glassing itself in tem pests." As for myself, if not with fear, I was filled with a deep and solemn awe, and my mind almost unconsciously began revolving the chances of escape, iu cttso of any emergency. I looked out ; the clouds abated not in density, uor tho wind in vio lence. It was bitterly cold. Alas ! with in that freezing flood the most expert swimmer could scarcely hope to gain the shore. With a vivid presentiment of danger, amounting almost to a certainty, I sought my state-room, where I fervently commen ded myself to the protection of Him, who 'rides upon the storm and rules tho raging deep." I placed my preserver where it might be conveniently reached, and, with a mind somewhat tranquilized, returned to my solitary station. I had been so busily engaged with my own thoughts, uud the appearances with out, that tho gay compauy, laughing and chatting around, had wade as little im pression as so many moths circling iu the light of a brilliant lamp, or I had experi enced but u momentary astonishment at their total indifference to, or ignorance of, the outward gloom. Most of them, and, indeed, all of tho lady passengers, I pre sume, wcro uiimnseiiiiis of its existnnm! for tk d h.tJ Ullti, the iattcr part of the eveuing, bceji a fair and cloudless lapse of sunshine ; but ou the countenan ces of two or- three of the elderly gentle men, I thought I could discern a slight shade of unxictv. which deenencd as thev ,.,,., , A,,,.,,,,,,. i. ,....; ..,. tWbA'- MA'tH'HV ''.:.'' rVH the guards, cueh uidictitiuus were, how- indications were, ever, unheeded, where the dreamy harp aud the thrilliug viol were steeping the soul into delicious l'orgeti'uliioss of earth; (J thcy v;ho louuJuJ 80 gaily on tUe springing boards, could not know that they wore, quivering and straining, not be neath the tread of dancing feet, but under the redoubled pressure of steam, and be fore the buffering pinions of the blast. An old gentlcmau, for whom I had for med rfuitc a friendship, entered the side door of the cabin, and, approaching, seated himself upon tho divan at my side. "You have been out," said I, "obser ving the unpropitious weather?" "Exactly," was the reply. "I have been a constant passenger upon this river for the last twenty years, and I do not re member to havo stemmed it upon a more wretched looking night than this." "I am surprised ntour captain," said I, "for running on such a night. It looks very much like recklessness to imperil, un ueccssarily, the lives of so many fellow beiDgs. I wonder that some of tho pas sengers do not request him to lay by tilL morning." 'They haveseveral have urged him to desist, but he persists iu saying there is no danger in rnuuing. In truth, tho river is high, and there is not very much fear of snags, at any rate ; and he declares that his pilot is perfectly acquainted with the channel, aud that we are as safe here as we would be, tied to the shore. But I suspect," said my companion, "the fact is the suddenness of the storm has taken the captain by surprise, and in this impenetra ble darkness, it would now bo impossible to make a landing. However, don't be alarmed," he added, "the moou rises about ten, and it is possible the clouds may break, and give us a clear uight after all." "Oh, no, I am not alarmed. I know it is best," I replied, "to preserve one's presence of mind when surrounded by dau ger, aud then, you know, you may console yourself with tho reflection that it is only tho body which ia iu jeopardy." "No," said he, "I don't know any such thing; I wish I did." Such a remark surprised mo exceeding ly ; I had often noticed him perusing the Scriptures, and I observed that I was un der tho impression that he was a very de vout Christian. "Oh, no 1 far from it. I read tho Bible as a literary curiosity, and with tho hopo of discovering the truth if it is there ; but I will leave you now, for I sco you are as brave a soldlor as I." It Was a sad thought that my silver- haired friend had passed through nearly three score years, without discovering the truth of Revelation and the beauty of IIo- linew j but I could but hopis and bfeliem STEUBENVILLE, that so gentle a spirit as his appeared to be, would at last be led into tho paths of peace. Insensibly, I began watching the gay surrounding groups of revelers, believing at least so far with my friend, as to con clude it useless to harrow my soul with images of what might not occur after all, as he had said. There was, among our many fair passen gers, ouo who had, from the first, interes ted me deeply. She was from Florida, that lovely land of flowers, and the warm tint of its glowing suns had been left upon her rosatc cheek, aud amid the rich mas ses of her waving hair. She had been at a boarding school iu New York, to receive the "finish" of her education, and after visiting the Northern Lakes, was returning home under the protection of her brother. Our acquaintance had progressed quite rapidly, for my own sad spirit rejoiced to gathor light from the constant joyousness reigning upon her broad, opeu brow', aud swelling up forever from the depths of her bright blue eyes. She was dancing, at the time, with a distinguished looking young man, whose becoming uniform, had I not previously known the fact, would have announced his destination to be the standard of his coun try, which was floating over the frontiers of Mexico, begirt by myriad foes. The eye of the most superficial observer would have singled them out as the super lative pair among all the graceful votaries of Terpsichore, by whom they were sur rounded ; aud I thought to liiyf elf that surely there had never existed a more com plete yet harmonious contrast of physical perfection. Miluian was tall, shaft-liko as an Indian chief, and almost as dark, with masses of midnight curls, clustering over his olive temples, and lending even a deeper huo of darkness to the large, shadowy eyes be neath ; while the manly grace with which he moved through tho measure had evi dently been attuned to tho martial roll of the "soul-stirring drum," and the shrill pipings of tho "ear-piercing fife." My little Alice was a very fairy, light and airy as a sunbeam. Her height was very near ly five feet, three inches above mediociity, but her proportions were so perfectly sym metric, that she seemed considerably lower. She appeared to have had the most accom plished instructors in dancing, but to have possessed a geuius which scorned and rose above the rigid geometric rules of art. Nature, alone, breathed through every movement. Like the waving of boughs stepped the grace ful and free, Like the bending of flower above the blue sea. She was dressed with extreme simplici ty, yet m the perfection of tasto. A close habit of dark gray cloth, fitted high in the neck, displayed to tho best advantage her beautifully turned bust and falling shoul ders. ' A tiny ruffle of fluted cambric rose around her delicate throat, bouud by baud of black velvet, in which glittered a small but handsome diamond pin. Similar bands and ruffles confined her "wrists and shaded her exquisitely shaped hands. It was her usual travelling costume, but I thought, as she moved these with her rich masses of chestnut hair, carelessly gather ed back with a simple comb of twisted shell, a few rebellious ringlets floating down her temples hero and there, as if to revel iu the free sunshino of her spirit, that the most recherche costume de bal of rich brocades aud gorgeous pearls coul not havo added a single ray of light to the lovely picture. Occasionally, as sho lifted her smiling features to those of her companion, I could discern rushing across her mirror-like brow. and veiling tho stream of sunshine floating up from her lucid eyes, a flitting shadow which I had not before observed upon h couutcnance a deep, dream-like inflection of thought, soft and fleeting as the mo meutary gloom cast upon the white wall of a sun-lighted chamber by tho pinions of a passing bird. It was not apprehension she, like tho rest who -led the gay seduc tivo dance, heard not the strife of elements without, but, quaffing in rich burets of golden music, forgot that there was a world beyond our cabin halls,' Milman and horaclf, had, until within few days pnst, been ignorant rren of the, OHIO, THURSDAY, existence of tho other; but thdre was something in the manner of Aliccrj a ujt ne mil quoi," which, though perfectly feminine, would break through the little conventional knowledge she possessed, and betray that she had already suffered her heart to dwell with unusual pleasure upon the graces and assiduities of her fellow traveler. On the contrary, there was nothing in tho deportment of, Milman which could furnish a clue to the strictest scrutiny, by which to determine whether or not his attentions to Alice were more than a warm sentiment of friendship, or at most a passing fancy which began and would end with their traveling acquain tance. He was evidently an accomplished man of the world, who at an age not very much under thirty, had thought, read and reflec ted much, aud who had moreover enjoyed the fairest opportunities for studying that intricate volume, human nature. He had mingled in the best society in one of our large Northern cities, and was doubtless accustomed to, breathe in the ear of beauty, complimentary phrases, and flowery noth ings, or, as Erin's Bard moro prettily ex presses it, : 5 "To Hgh yet feel no pain, . To weep, yet scarce know why, To sport an hour with beauty'i chain. Then throw it idly by." t If his dark eye followed the fairy steps of his companion through the dapce, noth ing was involved thereby ; so did mine, so iu fact did every body's. If lingered around her at the guitar, when we charm ed the company to silonoe-wkte' pnre flute-like faultlessness of her voice, he would also rise and lead Miss Arabella :'ose to the piano, or immediately become as deeply absorbed in a game of chess with Miss McFarland. He was a mystery! alas, for my poor little Alice ! he did seem rather to prefer her society, but perhaps it was the interest with which the idle schoolboy regards the fragile butterfly ere the rude winds have despoiled it of its beautiful hues, aud far too faintly evinced to have warranted her in bestowing upon him so valuable a gift as her fresh, un worldly heart. But my observations had come too late for warning, even had I been disposed to give it ; he had already taken possession of her soul, as some gallant ship bursts into seas where bark has never sailed before. The musicians called out a reel, a good old-fashioned Virginia reel; a dance new to "Alice, and charming from its utter con trast to all she had been accustomed to sec in the pirouetting stiffness of graceless Mazourkas, tho hobbling clumsiness of liop-scot Polkas, and the spinning volutions of that whirligig which would call forth sneers from a reckless Byron. Free and graceful as a disenfranchised bird, she gli ded in airy cycloids through its winding mazes, her cheeks flushed with the exercise,- aud smiles of almost infantile delight breaking over her. bow-like lips, and dim pliug the soft whiteness of her chin. Mil- man was still her partner, and I wondered if it were possible that those deep, unfath oinable eyes were not drinking ia tho sun shine of that joyous face, and like shaded camera obscura, painting its lovely linca- mcuts upon his soul in deep and imperish able lines of light and beauty. I could not see his face, but in a sudden turn of the flying dauce, I caught the ex pression of hers. Ho was rctaiuiug her hand for a moment, as he beut down to ut ter some remark, and that same iucffablo look of angelic sorrow, which I had before observed that shadow from tho bright wings of the Bird of l'nradkc hovered for an instant over her fair white brow, and threw a beautiful gleaming on what before had seemed almost too rapturous, too intensely cloudless for contemplation. I could uot catch the slightest touo that was said, but I saw full well that love was breathing its various lay of mournful swells and joyous symphonies, ";'ts constant cho rus of continual change, across tho uu swent ham-chords of her being. What a 4A look was that which sho turned upon him! Tho native sunlight of her spirit seemed striving to gush up through its bright blue windows, and penetrate the impalpa blo cloud of sweet sadness floating over them her lips, too, quivering with new and unusual emotion, seemed struggling to arch into their wonted mile of merriment, d MARCH 1, 1855. as if they pendulated between shadow and suushine. I question, however, if Milman took iu the whole of this reply, for suddenly a wild terrific shock lifted our steamer out of the water, and dashed her backwards up the stream with fearful violence. Another and another shock, upturning tables and chairs, destroyed every thing like perpen dicularity in our cabin ; and at the same time a mighty boom, like the roar of ord nance, rose, cleaving the darkness, and leaping in long and thundering reverber ations out upon the sullen waves of the Mississippi. Then succeeded a slow ca reening from side to side, like the rocking motions of a settling ship, which produced the most sickening and deathlike sensa tions. Instantly all was confusion and distress ; wild shrieks broke from many a pallid lip. Some, who had been thrown prostrate, re mained kneeling with clasped hands, in all the apathy of despair; others, frantic with alarm, flew in purposeless agony up and down the cabin, while a few found relief from fear in the embrace of insensibility. It flashed upon me in a moment that no time was to be lost in reaching the guards. The only hope for safety was, that the cabiu would part from the hull and float off, in which case our sole refuge was the deck above Already it seemed to me that I could hear the gurgling of the wa ters rising beneath my feet ; another mo ment would bear Eternity upon its wings. could not have stood motionless for more than a second of time, but in. that tiny atom of measurement, my whole past life, like a vast and many-colored panorama, flew in rapid review before my vision, which seemed suddenly endowed with fearful ubiquity, for its very minutest de lineations; while I seemed spiritually to stand afar off upon some invisible emi nence and behold my own destruction, as swift and wild as the melancholy absorp tion of some unrecorded meteor in the fath omless depths o midnight chaos. I shuddered. Loudly exclaiming "The deck, the deck !" I rushed out upon the guards. Milman pressed out behind me, leading, almost bearing, the lovely form of Alice. "Fear not," I heard him say, "trust to me ; i will save you, or we perish togeth er. Wo stood, all three hesitating a moment. To our eyes, blinded by the glare wo had just left, wave, sky and shore were alike undistinguishable. The keen, cold wind, blustering around us, dashed tho mad spray in our faces, aud pressed the wild thought upon our hearts, that their warm, ruddy currents would soon become as gelid as that fearful tide which flowed around and beneath us. "The deck is our only hope," said I ; "let us breathe one prayer, commending ourselves" "You are right," interrupted Miluian ; "let me lift you, Alice." He raised her as easily as a feather's weight, and, springing upon tho guards, was about to place her vwon the dook 4 A above, when I caught his arm. "StopJ" I exclaimed, "look, look !" Just at this moment, bsdaucing in un clouded brightness above the dark stretch of Mississippian forests, the moon rolled suddenly and serenely up the eastern skies. The dark clouds woro seen flying like rou ted genii, beforo her victorious march ; a broad sheet of refulgence burst upon the waters, whilo out on the west, a sharp line of living light defined the whito sand shoro of Arkansas. I had already taken in tho surrouuding objects, and never can I forget the fca turcs of that terrible scene. Wro wcro al most in tho middlo of tho river, more than a half mile from cither shore. Beneath us a score of whito, upturned faces and dark forms were struggling for existence amid the battling waves, while despairing cries of " Save me, savo me !" rose from the gurgling foam and pierced our listen' iug hearts with anguish. Just below our prow tho battered chimneys and half- submerged cabin of a gallant steamer were rocking on the waves a mournful wreck Her gorgeous chandeliers wcro still swing ing in melancholy mockery above tho wa tor's : her hull had gono swiftly down with many a perishing mortal. We stood gazing in speechless horror on the fearful drama. Like the writhing ana conda, sinking into apathetic repose after the demolition of his prey, the glassy river rolled with sinister smiles above its vic tims and settled into calm tranquility be neath the cold rays of tho pitiless moon. Thoso wild despairing cries were hushed forever. With hearts awe-stricken and oppressed by all we had witnessed simultaneously, we turned to enter the cabin. But if all was now tranquil without, a wild admix ture of pain and grief, of sorrow and suf fering, which no pen could describe, awai ted us within. More than thirty wretched objects were roaming restlessly up and down our cabin, wringing their hands, either in the anguish of mental woe or the agony of physical suffering. The helpless passengers of the ill-fated Swan, who had been rescued from a watery grave, shiver ing in dripping garments, they stood, be wailing a cherishgd wife or a cherub child sunk beneath the rushing wave ; or with chilled and lacerated limbs, they mingled howls and curses with the most piteous and impatient implorations for relief. Involuntarily, I drew my bauds across my brow, to shut out the harrowing spec tacle. How fervently did I there offer up my thanks to Him, who had mercifully preserved us from a similar fate ! But there was no time for inaction. Our own passengers were still paralyzed with fear. Every thing had transpired so rapidly that most were yet under the im pression that we were sinking, nor knew that in collision with another boat our own had sustained but very Kttle damage. Prompt assistance was required for the unfortunate survivors, and few were in a condition to offer it. Alice was the onlv ady who seemed to have preserved any presence of mind. Milman was near her, gitated, and, for the first timo that I had ever seen him so, deprived of self-control; yet it was evidently not tho effect of fear. Our captain and officers were, with gen erous humanity, making every effort to al- cviate the sufferings of the unfortunate sscngcrs. There was a demand for scissors, to cut away the lacerated skin and flesh hanging in shreds from some unfortunate sufferer's arm. Alice sprang so seek the article re quired. "You set me a good example," said Mil- man. "1 nave some little skill m surgery myself and now is tho time for its exer tion." It was well that ho had, for the only medical character on board was confined to his state-room by illness, aud unable to afford the least assistance. Milman, how ever, immediately assumed the command of affairs, and, like a ruling spirit, infused something like system into tho wild disor der and confusion reiguing around. With perfect solf-rcliancc, he applied his own remedies, dressing their wounds with tho most careful tenderness, and at length suc ceeding, to some extent, in mitigating the intense anguish of tho sufferers. Alice, too, stood near, pale, pud with compressed lips, yet energetic aud useful truly "a ministering angel." It is only such scenes of uncommon trial which shadow forth tho real lineaments of character, "as darkness shows us worlds of light wo never saw by day." I had sup posed that Milman, from constant expo sure to the garish light of fashionable so ciety, had become merely a brilliant, but cold and unimprcssible crystalization, whoso indurated spirit could scarcely move out of its own sphere, to sympathize very deeply with" tho sorrows of humanity; nor had I dreamed of discovering such strength of will and powers of self-command in the character of my merry littlo Alice. But how mistaken ! Of all our largo comple mcnt of passengers, they, alone, seemed actuated by the tendercst Bpirit of compas sion, and capable of rendering efficient and valuable aid Unfortunately, however, with many, as- sistance was of no avail." During tho night, more than a dozen had found relief from suffering, in death. We made their graves that morning, but upon tho solitary shore ; no band of mourners was there, no prayers wcro said, no hymns were sung, but a traiu of melancholy winds swept howling by, th silvtrr eetton-wtwU bv $2. PER A N N U M, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. VOLUME I. -NUMBER 9. wcre whispering in sorrowful tones, and tho great High Tricst, among the rivers of earth, chanted a solemu requiem tt thoir haf-ty burial. On the same evening my own place of destination was reached. After the scenes I had witnessed, the prorpect of "terra finna" was by no means disagreeable, yet it was a thought linked with tho keenest regret that I was about to part with my fair sun-browed Floridian friend, in all probabil'ty for ever. But the boat had landed, and there iru no space for extended adieus or parting scenes ; one kiss upon her snowy brow, a whispered farewell, and wo were sundered. As the boat swung back into the river, sho was out upon the guards. The same gray traveling habit displayed the exqui site contour of her figure. The rosy rayi of the setting sun, fell, like impalpable worshippers, around her, tinging the wave of her shining hair, and blending with the kindred lucidity of her joyous countenance. "Upon the hill I turned to take one last fond look." Milman was standing near her ; he raised his hat ; her fairy-like fin gers threw me a kiss across the waters, and as they floated away in the lengthen ing distance, the deepening twilight gath ered arouud, and I saw them no more. Several months afterwards, I was seatod in my own little vine-clad portico, watch-' ing the gorgeous exit of the god of day, and listening to the thousand bird-tuaod harps which thrilled the dark, magnolia trees around me. Memory was busily en gaged in linking her chain with the thoughts of my bright and beautiful fellow, traveler, and in retouching tho lines, she had left upon my soul, when I saw her last, transcendent in her own loveliness, and glittering in the gorgeous mantle of the departing day-god. I could see her out upon the guards again, bending to thruw me a kiss, as the vessel, fair and, graccful as a swan, glanced swiftly down the stream ; her lover was standing at her side, and again I watched them melting in the clustering twilight, softly as the bright twin stars of heaven fade before tho pin ions of the purple rain-mist. They were peopling my reveries, when, by a siugular coincidence, my uncle handod me a delicately scented envelope, bearing the post mark, "Tallahassee, Florida." " "i'roui Alice, 1 exclaimed; "coming events cast their shadows before ; I was just thiukiug of her 1" I hastily tore open the envelope; it con tained two wedding cards, one bearing a " feminine inscriptinn, "Miss Alico Jordon, at Home; Thursday evening, May" 20 j" the other, iu bold and decided calligraphy,' "Clarence Milman." A White" Slave. The Toledo Blade furnishes the follow ing item concerning tho white slave who was chased into Canada a few days since : "A day or two since, a woman, so white that tho African blood in her veins was not perceptible on a casual observation, passed through on this famous route. She was from Kentucky. She soon found col ored friends, and so close were her pursu ers on her heels, that they were ictually in this city while she was, and even saw them though they did not recotuize hor. Her friends dispatched her, on the under ground, late on Monday evening, and 're ceived telegraph news Tuesday uoon, from Detroit, that she was safe. We are glad that a seizure was not attempted, because wc arc quite sure that it would not have becu a "Burns case," though it might mve bceh an "Ellen Craft's affair," and then the liberties of this great people would have goue down to oblivion in that dark abyss that has swallowed up all pre vious republics. Since writing the ubove we have beoa shown a" daguerreotype of the young wo- mau by Mr. A. B. Weeks. . It appear that whilo her pursuers were after her she . quietly went to tho daguerrcan rooms alone, and had her likeness taken to leave ' to thoso who had befriended her She ordered it kept safely until called fqr. Ms. Weeks had no suspicion that, sho was other than a , white, well-bred ludyX Jbe . closest scrutiny, aided by the know'&d.;'' that her blood had a tinge" of the "Afriayj ' detects a lingering evidence of her klmd. ed origin about the lips, and. the ar; ia forms us thai he thinks the waive of (be brtwi kair were a little liaguhw. ' . i