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Show that she novcr married while he was alive.- And tho love the father gave the child was more than .returned. His welfare and happiness were her ambition. ambit-ion. Everything that eonld be done to make life pleasant she did. And the old man watched her grow from girlhood to womanhood ami loved her more and more, and when at last nature succumbed and he laid himself down to die the name of "Winnie" was among tho last words that fluttered from the trembling ahy lips. And Miss Winnie deserves great credit for her lilhil affection and care of the father she clung to through tho many years. Fortunate indeed is this man upon whoin Miss Winnie has chosen to bestow be-stow her affections. May he prove worthy of her, and may tho southern lily bloom in glory uuder the shadow of the northern pine. WJNXIK DAVIS. ! Before tho petals of the June roses shall have fallen. Wiuuie Davis, the "daughter of the confederacy," will have wedded. Lucky indeed is the man I who will lead her to the altar, for In tho grand galaxy of American women there are none who possess moro of the graces which make the sex angels than she. It was Winnie that kept Jefferson i Davis on earth so long. When the war closed he was a discomfited, disgraced man. Bitter sarcasm aud obloquy oblo-quy were added to the stinging mortification of defeat. A bowed and crushed mau he returned to his Mississippi Missis-sippi homo to lay him down to die. But when he crossed the threshold of tho old house a pair of bright eyes beamed upon him aud a pair of roguish lips were held up for him to kiss. A sweet happy voice greeted him and two little dimpled arms wero clasped around his neck. It was Winnie. And one can imagine the eyes of the rebel chieftain grow misty as he caressed the child until a fecliug of peace stole over him and the wounded heart found ease. From that date Jefferson Davis' i strongest tio to eurth was his daughter. ! His heart-strings were twisted round her ami to have resigned her would ha?e broken them. This is one reason |
