José — page 15: what you’re looking at

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8 JOSE. The paroxysm was of short duration and ences o* suddenly as it came. The girl then rose abruptly, wiped her eyes, and pressed both hands to her bosom, as if determined to suppress her emotion. A strange apparition surely; this youthful, beau- tiful creature, trembling beneath a great grief, ina country road at night, alone. A summer bonnet, fashioned of some light ma- terial, had fallen back upon her shoulders, revealing amass of glossy, black hair and a dark face, the beauty of which was plainly visible by the light of the moon. Her simple dress, though fashioned like those of the good farmers’ wives of the neighbor- hood, was distinguished by a fantastic charm, all its own, which set off to advantage the singular grace of her person. Once more her large black eyes swept the valley below, then, as the first merry crow of a chanticleer was wafted up from one of the farms, the girl started to her feet, in alarm, put on her bonnet with a nervous gesture, turned her face in the direction of St. Louis, and pursued her way with hasty strides. = GCOMmIGDOOKSEoO