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bushe t o lie f swamp evergreens s and , throug dead . Sometimes h logs which . In mudd the these sand y water y damp soil oozed was places intersected slugg nourished ishly by , amon veins dark g
around cypresses the and boug holl hs y , - and trees hang , draped ing with from them gray S like panish gigantic moss cobwebs , twisted . Now and thenthe bre scene was lihted with a bit of
bril-, somgup liant a red- color heade , when d wood a pecker scarlet hammered grosbeak flitted at the from trunk branch of some to branch old tree , or , But
to find where the insects had intrenched themselves . nothing pleased lossy the eye of foliage the traveller red berr so i much esand as tufts the holl of verdant y-trees , with mistletoe their .
gevergreen , , mon He had lbeautiful been riding holl all y appeared day , when to , late terminate in the afternoon the road , at an the uncom bend
where y it stood . Its boughs were woven in with a cypress on the other side , by long tangled fringes led of Spanish moss and . li The hted setting the
red sun berries shone br which ightly aslant limmered the throug ming h the foliage thin , drapery g of moss up , like the coral ornaments , g of a handsome brunette seen through her veil
of embroidered lace . It was unlike the woodland picture he had seen at Pine Grovebut it recalled it to his memory more freshly
than he had seen it , for a long time . He watched the peculiar effects of strong sunli within ght , chang him ing to as have he the approached fairy-like the child tree and , and the the frolicsome desire grew dog
moss make . their If his appearance nerves had beneath been in that such swing a ing state canopy that of forms illuminated in the realised the
mind and vision strong could so di ; stinctl have therefore y taken painted he outward saw on his nothing shape imag , he ination but would a . blue have buzzards But heron he was napp well ing
the and a flock of turkey-soaring however hi away gh above among , continued the trees cypresses busy , with with , easy the and picture graceful that fli had ght . been . His so thoug vividl hts y ,
recalled Duncan . ' s death He recollected and he queried having within heard himself , some what time had before become , of Mr of . , that beautiful child
admiring Musing , and thus saw , he . at rode his under right the a long fantastic gentle festoons descent stones , where he had a small been
either stream side of water interlaced glided their downward boughs over over it , mossy and formed . a vista Trees , cool on , churchfi
darkand solemn as the aisle of some old Gothic . A _giire tion moving , and upward he checked , by the his side horse of to the inquire little brook whether , attracted the peop his le at atten the
nearest , house would entertain a stranger for the night . When the girl figure approached ing pail nearer of water , he saw As that she it emerged was a from slender the , barefooted dim aisle
of trees , carry , a gleam a of the setting . sun shone across her face for an instant Shading , and them imparted with her a hand luminous , she paused glory timidly to her before large the brown stranger eyes . , tones
and answered his inquiries . The modulation of her suggested
Loo Loo. 247
loo loo . 247
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1858, page 247, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121858/page/31/
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