Beadle's Dime Novels, No. 11 — page 102: what you’re looking at

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100 THE PRISONER OF LA VINTRESSE. - CHAPTER XVIII. AN ABDUCTION. Mone than a week had elapsed, and Minerva sat at the window of her large cool room, reading one of Jessie’s inno- cent letters. She was having such capital times. “Oh! Mi- nerya could not begin to imagine how happy she was. She. found that her uncle, though very rich, was not at all proud,” she said, “and his daughters, though they were educated at the convent (didn’t it seem funny, though?) were as good Protestants as she was. And, oh! she had actually seen and shaken hands with the president; had been to the White House with her cousins, and such an array of splendid dress- es, fair faces, and noble-looking men, she never saw before. She had visited every place of interest, had been to two or three parties, and oh! she was perfectly wild with pleasure. But the best of the news, and what she was sure would seem to Minerva more glorious than all, was, that the men with whom her father held audience, were to see what they could do in the case of dear Herman. There had been so much fuss, of late, with fillibusters, and all that sort of thing, that they supposed he might be imprisoned by the officials ef Ha- vana, or be the victim of private malice; in either case, they would do what they could.” Then followed words of love and caution, so that Minerva sat with tear-filled eyes, quite happy, looking out upon the beautiful prospect. Her faith in seeing Herman again had strongly reyived—perhaps I should say strangely revived, by as simple a thing as adream. She had heard his yoice—the tone was that of gladness. She seemed 4o be brought to his side as by a miracle; to her he looked for hope, for ‘help, almost for life. Never had her heart beat with such mingled emotions as when she awoke from that vision.. She was so happy! she felt almost as. if wings had replaced her slower powers of locomotion, and she could hear still the whisper of his voice through the quiet air. comicloooks. com