At five, a. m., a nightcapped head appeared
at one of the myriad windows of the ----- Hotel,
and remained there as if fascinated by the miracle
of sunrise over the sea. Under her simplicity of
character and girlish merriment Debby possessed a
devout spirit and a nature full of the real poetry of
life, two gifts that gave her dawning womanhood
its sweetest charm, and made her what she was.
As she looked out that summer dawn upon the
royal marriage of the ocean and the sun, all petty
hopes and longings faded out of sight, and her
young face grew luminous with thoughts too deep
for words. Her day was happier for that silent
hour, her life richer for the aspirations that uplifted
her like beautiful strong angels, and left a blessing
when they went. The smile of the June sky
touched her lips, the morning red seemed to linger
on her cheek, and in her eye arose a light kindled
by the shimmer of that broad sea of gold; for
Nature rewarded her young votary well, and gave
her beauty, when she offered love.
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