The result was, that a hearty laugh echoed among the tombstones; and
that the youth and maiden rose, hastening rapidly toward me.
An instant afterward I was pressing the hand of Katy Dare, whom I had
left near Buckland, and that of Tom Herbert, whom I had not seen since
the fatal day of Yellow Tavern.
V.
LES FORTUNES.
The auburn ringlets of Katy Dare were as glossy as ever; her blue eyes
had still the charming archness which had made me love her from the
first. Indeed her demeanor toward me had been full of such winning
sweetness that it made me her captive; and I now pressed the little
hand, and looked into the pretty blushing face with the sentiment which
I should have experienced toward some favorite niece.
Katy made you feel thus by her artless and warm-hearted smile. How
refrain from loving one whose blue eyes laughed like her lips, and
whose glances said, "I am happier since you came!"
And Tom was equally friendly; his face radiant, his appearance
distinguished. He was clad in a new uniform, half covered with gold
braid. His hat was decorated with a magnificent black plume. His
cavalry boots, reaching to the knee, were small, delicate, and of the
finest leather. At a moderate estimation, Tom's costume must have cost
him three thousand dollars!--Happy Tom!
He grasped my hand with a warmth which evidently came straight from the
heart; for he had a heart--that dandy!
"Hurrah! old fellow; here you are!" Tom cried, laughing.
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