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BY ~.'.HAvv.tEif,-..:::,44--,':-.C,RVS.E.R..
"She is dead I" they said io 7 i,"Cor4 away ;
KISS her and leave her--thy-love is clay 1".
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They smoothed her tresses Of dark brown hair
On het-forehead of stone they.laid it fair ;
Over the eyes which gazed tOo much,
They drew the lids with e1414e touo ;
Witli a, teuder touch they elo4cd_up
The - aireet, thin lips that,had ieirets to tell-;
About her brown 'and beainiful face
They tied her veil and her marriage lace.- ,
Anci , ureut on her white' feet . the white 15 iik
Which were the whilegr,- no eye could ehogpe.l
Axl, : gyer her bo , 4),in they.p:o.saeit her httlida7t , -.
"Come away," they said, "Ooil tiudelitalOsr
And there was Stlenee:and nothing there
But silence, and , scents 4f , glantete,
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And''jasniine, and rOsesohd rcie44 l rr, ~ •
And they said, "As a lady shotild
And they held. their breath as 'they left
room -
With shudd6r, 4 to glinoe "$, 1 4 1111 Oss d
tie-who loved. her too ( well to dread
The sweet, the stately and beautiful dead
lie lit his lamp rind took leis key' •
And tut tied it. : Alone again7-I\l3 and she..
He and she,; yet she would notspekk - ,
Though he kissed, in the old place, the gale t
cheek.
He and she hut she would not smile,
Though he' called her the name she loved ere -
while. 4 ' • -
He and she ; still she did not move . '
To any passionate whisper of love.
Then he said, "cold lips it . tid breast without.
breath, , I •
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is there no voice ? no language of death ? '
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4i Dumb to the ear and still td
t he seas
But to heart and soul distinet, Intense ,
• L " S ee now ; i 'Ol li ste n with a ul, not ear ;
What wits the Secret of dying - dear ? ,*
,
"Was it the infinite wonder of, all \ ..,
That you ever could let life's 'flower fail ? • ,
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"Or was _ it the greater marvel to feel i , ,
The perlect calm . der the agcnrateal ? s
"Was the miracle greater to find hoir deep
Beyond addrettni,s sank downward that sleep It
"Did life roll back its record, dear ?
And show as they say it does,past thinp clear I'
"And was it, tie innermost heart of the bliss
To fiud out so,"what a wisdom love is
"0, perfect deitd 1 -0, dead raOst dear !
I hold the breath of my soul to hear I
"I listen as deep as to horrible hell, • .
As high as , to.heaven, and you\ do not tell ;
"There must be -pleasure in dying sweet,
To make ypu. so plueid.frOm head to feet.'
"I would tell yon, darling,: f I were dead,
And t„ wer your hot tears onl'my brow shed.
"I would say, though the angel of dath had
His sword on my lips to keep it unsaid,
'You should not ask' vainly, with *streaming
Which . oi the death's was, tlie ehiefest surprise ;
"l'he very strangbst aud suddeuest thing
01 all surprises bring."
Al, foolish world a' must kind,deail' ' -
Though he ton me t who Will 'beildve it
sa id ? . 7; " 1, 1 4. A
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lIIn will believe What ' - , he heard her Say;
With the sweet; soft voiee,io the'dlar old way`?
wfbe utmost . Wroildr, ) iii. , -
Ind see, you, and love you, and kiss you, dear,
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"And am your, ante! w!lo waliyoar •
Aud know that though dead: I h ive never died:"
KNOWNIT SS T* L
Aunt. night. ,
chreitthlesii„' atitt
inoon4ight `• . ".
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am Sittipit
LiAidittii'italidon',':slo_. the -.',canail which
runi.`4. the end i,of silvery! rtwr, don=
light and occasionally, darkened
hiladoiv -' ef a passng',b4rge l .'.loo
4,..qt 1 4e
oft anti , :
Ptpa'tiaiha a le , i gentleman
to din
car, and till ,tbey; Art r satiified with wine
and politics,Tprefe &MO' the :
drawing —y garden full of
light and the searching, ~43cent of
thorn. lam not hink, 'lo 4 *ever,'tikeil- -
ioy my solitude, .fo,r,here, a step close
1 4 me, and the glinftrieeoft - anigar.
"AM Miss Nisely," bays l a
low
musical iviee-with'lihiOWl-air4`WrY:timilt.r.;
lar, ,
"Did nu take me fo
ty
,ffardly. I never yet • heal* of - a
•10$1 wearing flower..'; jef,t,,,thoj4ning
r.ioni before the' 15theri 'tecatisel -- Wished
t' 'lave a. few, qiintitee
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Om. don't tie serious,"-J,',.nryivpitioulir
'NI making awryface.
ring; t 11V.';i9jatAi)
!i'ber a weary topo drolea-,.o.after\this
lalian make no furtheil exactiOns upon
lour Lime or mood."
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DEAD.
My.'van 3 ty wounded; and 1 say
'sharply.; 4 l . can he as-grave as most peo
ye when the occasion : requires- it ;- but
there are persons wlio mistake . morose; .
ness ..for
.gravity . .and - good spirits for
heartlethuess:' t .
"Very'Akely.,", he goes 'on, liaraly heed-,
; "btail ihave: riot-come to
,a e feadlny..own' conduct, 'but ! rather , to•
plelci,, ;for . another. 1_ ant- going—=l_ am
laink,to.speali:
_about my. young :friend
Look here, Atio(la
yort dint flirt with nitietyntne Men,, and,'
thougifit may hut: Our inthitir to hear
sio.. them nO ) harm,. but : with
thel)nu4redLit i pay,be - ditferent,; you:
may .at :last, drive -him' . .to. `madness, or
perdrt.i; ii: ;Hainilt\nt is 'one of the &test
younifellOWsltiateierliVed." L
4* , iciOleot young: Man, - dOubtless;"'
,fjpul t ,f44.with.something of a.stieen:
A),9 t ici pg
- the .- ,in\terruptiou
not .generakly „attractive. to
waineri . O . Frorn
.nattire high
stitigiOtt.nprvons, NOW yOu - 'knoar 'he
1:10ve..5.2.4410 7 ".
'flatter, look
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it* ‘dO - Wn rto hide
.ti. blush, which I.fa n
(thOiigli . .l kilo*. 'really -it is not. visible.
in tho . 4arkneso eon not escape , - hisigray,
pcnetrating eyeS. . •
But:he - says,' quietly "You • cannot
6vade::.,rhe;, you • know he does... Now
Whatj:lwill have; frOin you is this: How
will. - yOir answer when . be puts to. you the
Supreine'lnestion - of his life ? Silent:?
.But
demand an answer:'
"Aiid I command you to desist from
y-onv. present impertinence, and to leave
me,"'t: cry, springing up in 'a - passion,
and flinging far from me tkie rose with
whichl bad. been toying ; ``and if yoU
are a delegate from your friend, he hai
rode; d been unfortunate."
gliro, upon my honor lam not that,"
he sr,jo,ie, earnestly. • Then he stands
aside and bows gravely as I swept past.
I" hastened to'. the Vrawing•room, and
soon, the gentlemen come in. William
Hamilton comes over to where lam sit-
He is aertaicly handsome, though
not - ,itt a• way attractive to us women ; tall
and slight,:with an aristocratic mobile,
though - sOniewhat feminine face, lit up
by large, soft, melancholy eyes;:his
hands, beautifully fashioned, are thin
almost to transparency. He leans with
.14.,Agn on the back' of My chair and
b.gins talking about some book he haS
given, me. To ail his questions I reply
with, warn' th and animation.
Celonel Gordon is ohserving us; his
face alWays brightens when he hears we ,
talking lesslrivolonsly than is my wont.
1 cannot help contrasting the two triends ;
the younger—and so much the younger
too—so fair and fragile; the elder, certain
ly not at all handsome, blot strong of
limb-and broad of 'chest, with' the.dark
sesolrre face worn and beaten:by the
iArni4ind of the world. I think I make
niyself very agreeable to poor Ur. Hainil
ton.- We sit by ourselves all the evening
apart in:a corner Of the room, apparent
ly lost in one another, till something be
saye. puts me out of Anne,. and I leave
in a tift pA,or fellow.
,Only; when he is
going away, I am so sorry for him that I
cannot resist saying: "I, hope you," don't
think'me too quarrelsome ?" Then I fook
up piteously in his face, and= cast another
look of .proud defiance at :his friend.
Soon:our little gathering breaks,np,,and
lam glad that,the evening is at,an end.
' Another superti,_ day,' just as hot and
'cloudless , as , yesterday ; but - in spite' : of
the beautiful ,weather land All the 4 -xl6Ses
the'garden, - ; I.get .up• feeling cross and
out of spiri ts. _ Am .merely a flirt ?
something alwaya -too light,
,and
frivolous ? A woman, thirik,:shduld be
something-=better:: After' all, volonif
Gordon was • right, and when I 'Bee Mi.
Hamilton ,again *I
will show him firmly
but kindly that he, has , nothing to ; hope,
I. am something coMfOrta by this ,resgin
tiOn but .I hive reiol'bdtoks or
to pay visits... I -, have inOthei 'and - I
ain an only.. child,: sti my Ade'
solitarh, Somehow \the : ,day wears itself
'away; and at six o'clock, punctual as the
time itself, comes the Aniok.fsmilsr,Ting
and liiistena to'' 'set rnY,'Acar oldd
lather a ft er-- his vofficial antietii..
- come him by kisses and . complaints.
'‘Oh I Tam so etry4:74 ave 6Crine back,"
I San !'l , hive been ;' and
liaset it been hot ?—no cool corner ih
the house and no shade in,the garden."
He 'ret nie*
n ikifiseacciity ffeettrilititely 7 ,•
bilthe looks so- grave that I sK., l anxiolis-.
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"10:0600k444thatier;j1(itir P.!!11':E
"Yes V't;illh#l':!3l4(lo4i
sersg.W:o4)Slieri, , taking :;the •into;, :the
ditiingsooi7}, c !ittroltinj: 'Or ilia *Wi
llis desiiiind bands. '‘Yoix , HanollOn_
i s 6 a d ; was found dead :thiO, -*FP*
in hits I bed.i, appears .
subjeot.tol,ll.earti Met Gor
do`nn in' tho,4,treeli :*,:,,thp' sad
news. felloWl ,heseemed quite
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broken
I am .terrible Stricken. Dead! I say
e wor e . over again, yet-can
mot realize the - full - meaning - of it.PO
*en Igo to bed I tup,naj?ora 4 l l o' ate
on whichiligtiV , iiiiirio of moon
light is playing, and sob as if my heart
would break • and yet I know I did4tot
MONTROSE, PA., OCTOBER 4, 1876.
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stake, and then tell. mei if you, can say
from the bottom - of your :heart= -1 - 'bye -
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you." • .1*
My heart does riot falter - . as; I echo hiS
last, wordsaud 1-,know- that, fie. Will never
ask me, that ghestioh:agaiitat : least for
the, :Want . of Confirmatio.n.,-••:'Ile folds me
in liia,arins, and, ,bentlingi',4lo . wn kisst , S,
my ling andpasSiOnattilY. .
• ".I.carnir.iii]liere, - ;'' lie s4s,, "6ne - .of the
weariest. men - nii • God's - . 0410,.and now
am • surely the,- . ,most. ; b108,04j'',.. , We go
back. to - I,4andop,.hoth, aiid,as we.
drive 'home through the
don' Streete,"l • shujiteri.O:dti : i . ink
nearly I h ail issiid • • the - griiitpeace and
;hap,piyie:as.of,.4v Ileum
liet!t,bis .seoretiftoifully but:
thank:G:6d I it liad
and' not trio , . •
quelliftig A Madiitiltue
-One sn miner mid-day of rr eating thy
was xeliCiii,g w mrOlined-arrif-'
hair f:om• the - din. acid 40 - efr. of the
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teacher'.s'.wor.k,,, aUrl pica :-:thy teeth
with a gtpti harn . oi.ed sudden!
eorifidenti 4,1p.1. whispered
111 1 . 0 ears.
"Teacher ! while , Nanct- Brown eras
combing little Aliwgie Aadrews' hair
she saw a het i crawlin' rialkt down her
,
I was tenelli lig Fe, 3001 a district
*here the children were tint particular
ly neat -and clean and cardl4 about their
appearance, and Feting, an inclination' to
ward- i rnprovetnen I tried to encourage a
few of the larger girls , in preparing the
smaller pupils fol. recitation, by,appro,
priating a pittance for a ctimb for com-
mon use. .I. l ittle tlid 1 drt;arn tben the
result of this. act.
The 'children were out iyashing one
day [Li usual ; when the above_revelation
was made by one of My little gtrls. I
did not take much' notice 'of my infor
mant's message, 9r at* least I did not ap
pear to, but. after .her: litt:e form had
glided put of the d00r.," thought about
the curninon, use of the 'comb, and
about the . dlsseminatio» 01 e - Vil seed. and
concluded ad it was an affair 'relating to
the whole school, :tb.e-_ best mid most ex
pe;litious method of disp'osing of it,
would be to make air announcement in
tbeevening, in as -mild a mvanms as pos.
sible. "
*The afternoon - hours waned slowly by,
and preparatory to dismissing thy darlings
I said in a bland way
I Though Von have a good practice,_
that of combing your hair after, rating,
your dinner, I am obliged.,to ask you to
discontinue it, for awhile, or ta , bring
combs from home for your own use."
The accused ~:.Andrew's family was
largely, represented, at ,school, and like.
too many others lin our land, in,indigent
circumstances, the 'children were drive,n
up, and their social and 'moral natures
were neglected.'- .
Vice„was prevalent in, the neighbor
,ho9d,„and the ancestors of the represen
tatives of the Andre,sys! had the disgrace
of being, the leaderi of it' in this locality.
The - veracity of these 'a h inn , was; 'very
much doubted ; and 1 found to my sots-'
'sow" that, these - ,, doubts were - properly
grouinle4.
."..The - bet evening after dismissing my
school, I was busily 'engaged 'at my table
in writing When 'a ;giant form intruded'
hie presence In mr:rtioin.withoat , any for-,
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I)ad the -,applearance of a Ent.d.-?
man: f ''He was about six feet, four incheEi
freight; and prcportionally 'stoutly
huiltr His eyes were;awolleir 4bd 'distend:-
'ea', his cheeks were .red -and ibloatedi , hit.
lips griivered rage..and excitement,,
and his teeth, were\ ; gnashin, as 4 being
. ground'for 0644 intended. Ticti.ch
at,a glinee that hie
reli perchance. to -, sght 'for irto fists were
cleriehed and: his whole : -cont • dAir , tigtd as
if derty,ing dignity instead of,.,..disgrace,by.
'his demeanor. .
‘, quite diminutive-iq stature:l
,thought "diSCretikiii the' - beger*-Part
valorin , and'.determined to' pdeify my
Bonet t•,Avit,? f words. He Struggled for
awliile r . uncontrollable;
1 - temicier.. - j eOuld- him i were.,it not
for a degrad'idiliiiiile to a certain bellow
inglreast of , the field, and at last broke
kiortlr injumbted, , but soneroui roaring—; -
f*y oldest pi,: said that; voa said that
my little ,gal's,,got, lice, and . I",ve,'„corge;for
.:dto let yoil .know she ain't gatany more
lice t thiiii Ton have; fur frill . wit Conibei '
ker ,goOd: ,, I dareSn't *ties* Ye, Oil . '
Oduld.o.3Llkeep myladds . Off ofi'S, -I comb
.11efIrrn
`then followed ikrtram Pf 4* moßt
blaspliOndt4' otAs. I was, so' thunder- I ,
.struck tigrei t i 'and his
fl en d dernoniabi nianiier'incritienaee
that, I felt Iwo; indonsiderable Worm abOnt
my, personal ; satetari ~; ithought eta hea4t
,v 3 1111 `r in.. nIY ~ , . (:T •*3f
they ' previous , wen?,
for - the benefit of''* the . /it'd r e it fatuity;
a n d not forlifs, but 'Elf afterttarditliiiitied
-that tii#4,Ailpiktricka , abil - f4mireivgivereJ
distant l'elations. I liguiP).-inlopetttcaft.
his accusations that ; I:was t astpukded„,.l„,
th'it ;the pasiiirinate- fiend was sear - ie.
ly ready or willing to reason, and deem
ed it *prudent to keep,silent until his war
Of - ..worits should sowetdiat4satisfy_ and
exhaust his 'oFerilo - king wrath.:. There
ma,s - p, lull 'of the. wind while he caught
hts:hreuth i after tie -:almotit choliedwith
'his - blasphemy, ,and.. - thPn a new andle . ,t ‘ -
ter ,thought occurred., •-•
yer_ bud, : youngster:
and told''em, and not had told it before
the whole sch ale; I ivould'n6f,iblained
I was in. wriltleiriticti*' White: was Ito
do . '?A` very . mOinent'l new .and st
edsations: were aectinfulated, so t
i hat I be
came* ndignant,- - -and„.anxions...to know
wchther would; !relieve anything
.that
bad to 4y:: 1 - hit* that
Children . were tin ttuthfal Short
Word ..thatcatrie ,nppermost-iii my Mind.
I could, only-:.be . patient -and .preserve .rhy
preSence of ; vented . all
.lets spleen he-- Seethed like sOine old tars,
duellists, and drunkards, have'it Cer=
twin . code-of that -, a
inati must
allowed -to 'chose - his own -weatoitiSoSay
lew, yords •itidication, and
having a little chance f 01. .: his..lile. Hie
gesitfres emph atic and
seriking, and fOr a;tithe he seemed to. be .
.hattlingamidair 'giants, and, in his con-
CeptiOn. of it;Aitocking • them''alt down
with
.black e :eyes., Indveti, I think Curing
his,steatningrand.tereamitig. that he, bad
an ittaginary combat With some.air ghost
tivo i gra completely quelled his an
tagonist, for a broad grut-'el satisfaction
softened his features as he 'took • titn6 ;to
observe the effects.-of : his denunciations,
and. to coldly stare at me—the:.o.etini .of
his hinging epithets. . .1
Not wishing to let *him dis Cover 'any
trepidation on my'part,- . that he . might
glory, in playing the 'brute and drive me
from my post, and not wishing tolet him
see that I - was
. incensed at
,his cionlluct - or
Censures, 14..
.properties attack : l.
commenced hi &fearless and Arm toneto
- tell *h itr of my convictions about the case
Vindiogh irna passive 'and apparently a
willing listener: I - grew: earnest- in my re.,
marks, nia . orniattig.to ttitie T .hiiii. or his
Children a lit tle, - 4tid 'assuage the re
ceding 'tides of rage l'r - opening" all the
outlets tit! I knew . - were common to the
htiman snui.•
He was conquered;. a soft, answer had
turned away his wrath. 'He vr.ent• away.
saying that perhalis was wrong, but
his cluldern ShoUld-AleveiConie - to Achool
to:me They were there the next
day. _There 'Ctit;..
He Was.Mlstaken.
This morning, 'ea.ye, the Cincinnati
Times, a gentleman entered a shop on
Fifth /3 treet;and asked the clerk.
"What is the price of knit undershirts
'with breast pockets ?.' he hiked.
traceih great deal and carry large
. amounts'of money, and think that idea
of pockets; an excellent one, and I. am
surprised that gome one. has not thought .
of it before."
"Really, sir," replied the elekk,
think myself : it would be a good- plan,
but I am sorry to say we, have , none, and
I did' not know there were an, made,"
'"YIA did not ?" Said the customer.-.--
"Well,: - that's - inhgnlar. They:arei,exhibit
ed in:your own window, And , ctingbtlny
eye as I was passing" •
...",Yon- must he_niistaken,..ll-know every
rticlein-"the , . stored" ; /..
'But lam not,",...hersioted \ the.
Mart. "Step around' and see 'them- for
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:The , wondering, shopleepSr-did-astre•
quested. ,He stepped briskly to 4,4 front
windoW, to6ked in; - and then tooked.,at i
'the' geniin4
le, then' cohglied; 'and: ace
aithotigh lie hatt felt it sudden - Pain in
the stomach; and ,then rammed , a' liatid- I
kerchief into:Oils mouth, and, stepped The
hind the counter. ,
,"111,611;"' 0120ton:tem trig,
i 1 thetth'ere ?"
$•Ye-yei3,' said' the clerk, •ittitteatinglui
•though' he bad a fish bone ih iiist•threat..
"Thqy. are t,he.re,:ettrA enciugh.: But t air,
thnie under Shirts are not
; for.,
those fire=—"and at point he „dived
iihdet winter and disai4oieared, *bile
' ouri iad clerk' standing, {ii areinotl~c
there& a count' hove. An , * z-iiirnbric - •
handkerchief, and otartinge , 1 .011; with a
: .very 'red. face pri, imp r ortap business
to the; rear part df the Store?._
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A young lady' intthit towni talks3iii her
.81cPIVInd : will Answer nnconscionsty ques
tions put_to , her. She., 111,, courted, by , a
timid young - inan whO has, : niii,er had the
IS O iitagei to' ask - 'fier'=*td *ari l ) , " He
called-on n igfit litst -week; - -titia ."en tered
;the frontidoor,,us , was,-his habit,*ithoui
Tinging,thebbell,.,saw, her arise on the
, parlor sofa. ; , ) i,
*lle hearA'his OtOn. dottly: express
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6d-I'n:ft hetWeeti' - Cotarlips.' i litnethatelr
the pentjuP Surdeb.":of • his - hersit broice
out ithtwOrds Fs:, .1:
I"pearest,,do yop,l4ve tRe,?7 _
theresponse of ; ililiktslOper.
tup ; :f . -Yos?'
'"Shall it btkiii'-a Year ?" - "d'Aiiiftiiiii"'
yoffiViill,puJetfis
ilh t vre wosval.Monisut.!B , 4ileuccathd-ams.;
1 Rense. win .l9B , iincrod
and the you ng man ,heard 'thstinctli'the
word "Julv.' He stepped cautiously
back. July watt too soon.
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love him., Oh;
. soft *melancholy to
perhaps nbt melancholy now, but glad
and radiant and fullof~ti new triumph
ant light , Ott; pOortroubled heart ! that
has, I hope, at - last-found. feet Bat I
think of the little • kind things- I 'might
-have said and dene,'-and of all the things
Said or done'te , intieli better left undone.
the tedious _summer -.days•go by.
We never see Colonel Gordon now; he .
seems to have given- us ,•up; iten. wpa
ceases twi,vOnderfat, sifenfr.
.4iigustdav we-te,'ave.-inoisy,odusty.':Lon
dOn behind •for the
don nent. . . have. got over ; the,!first
shock Of tamiton's . death, bat
am not quite what- was,' and - I think.
it Colonel,GordOn, cOund. see
,me now he .
would think' Mel*
. ..f. - have a
half hOpe than-`ice may' tneet; , hirri in our
- Wanderings. I look 4137cioutily at all the
hOtels. into tie.. ,.p. boOks Of - visitors, : where
hfs name is oi tre'giatere . q, 'arid after t,wo
tntmtha. - of mountain and' Sea air 'we
come 'back to -the old louden, the-Old
house and the:old life. I
. .
We have been -home , a week; to day '
..
Papa has got to , his office occupations
again, and to-day I feel terribly, sad. and
cheerless—a - salmis which- all 'things
round me tend to deepen'. the rustle of
dead leaves 'on the garden paths, the
moanings of The wind in the leafless
branches; the cold gray aspect of 'the sky.
Is‘there nothing" should like to do ? I
think, as I wander aestlessly between the
garden and the-house. Ah I yes, there
is one, thing .I_have always intended to do
and why not to-day ? I gather a nosegay
of late autumn flowers out of our own
garden, knowing that,
,if living, that
would ,have pleased him _most, and I set ',
out on my .sad 'pilgrimake. They have
laid my lover to rest at Norwood, in the
dim vaults away under the church. As •
1 ,walk up between the long rows of . :
tombs a chill rain. b•gins., falling, beating ,
in 'my. lace ; but Ido not - feel frightened. .."
or lonely in this capital of the'dettd,ltiOi `
shrink, as, lit by, t faintly, glimmering
taper, I follow down the winding stair
caise
..
into the sad populous region below.
though lehiver at the dank air,. in which
death seems to become almost, palpable,'
My gnide,looking carefully at the names,
taper ity hand, stops before one. laignif,y ' :
to him tnat 'I would be, alone .for a few . ...
thinotea,.and he retiree...l- ht.nt,-dewn
'arid .read - the perscription : "William
Hamilton, born gay 17, 1851 Nied Jane
9, 1873. "He giveth his beloved sleep"
Is it indeed sleep for hinit, and unmarred '
by any dreams ? I think of how he lov
ed me-- , -that love which I held so lightly 1
:--and the plenteous tears come. But here
is a step. The custodian of 'the place
coming back, 'I suppose. .1 raise my '
face hurriedly, and meet the . dark, well .
known eyes of Colonel Gordon ; but
they have in them a milder, sweeter look .
than I hav4 ever seen there before. .' He
takes my hands in his, and holds themi;
looking long and lovingly- at theinacrip- .
tion, on A the coffin. We do not speak a
word, but .we leave . the' place together
and come out. into the gray windy light 1'
of the fading day. Be draws:. my arts , •
in'hia,'still holding my band, and, we,,. .:
walk,ti little way in silence. At length': ,
he says, very kindly : ‘"Thank yoii for'
this, Rhoda; I Ilidliot - know yo o loved
him so much." : , ; f , : •
"stale I' sat ;„"1 . am very sorry,, for ,
hini,iitia. feel so •gratefuilbat'be;should
have: , cared , for me; but in the '•iiay
..ciii
meailllfineverkived, h nii. IA II i you 'Aid "'
to•Me.that, night Nali'riglit-and true,, , natt.f.
T`lan. _been the ; better i foy it.,7 ~i! 1 , 2;: i,, , ,. 1 1'.
"j"lii) harik - hiS been dose' li t re,jwils, , ,i ; , ~
Iftudit be died thinking ' yo i n loved bMIII.
But' '' ''6' *Cst ''''
he ' died , kappier. ytin ate n
looking, well. -- Is - anyttithl — frifubling
you rd c . ll' '.
. figli. , 2i ~ tit .iiT,
' . '"N:iii . ,:I ail' 00 . 1 31 411 ;ifin4f -, 4PWc1101;; ,
bair;giiiie;'rbalie :in?, .ene; who , I I . 04 1!
really lova iiii":" l ''' ' ~""'''''' ' .-" , ~
, !Tow are • mitatitketi: thilre," 4iti ieestiiiiil, m '
quietly: I.
-111901 A yaw :ik wort thatilitAre 3 'i;
youir 7 ised then, „mpre i to,, i kin:toll. ihttal.. !
tii'aii— g fiis ,tnY,'lleg,. as my spa, 1. 1 „ i,Asiye(l 9 l,
yobs Ittikldi,c, frciii ' tbi ,fi;•k)t
.. dity4 stov, i .,._
- you'r!bilt , thebliii liiied" yditteb*,'ari l d he ."
was: Int !tin abletile! ,, butro othi l !i v ioir e e.iifli=
t t lais, WITIc4 itc.,Yolt Could!ihave•loved hisi'!
andfßoehis., lif9::: } app,-..Wei{, dmirpytral:E?.
underStiu'O'. 'rhave 41,kl i ct 34,9. r, Walk ; A 1
liiVarretii' itiSql consider some of . - it uri. ! ,
siiid:, only remember, if ever you shoult
!'want a friend, you 4 -will-inrow - where to
t ° PP' e ; t : aqiri , he. addSi.:',Witltirtithervilidili
'striae, "Iwill not even r ip i , jestoiskyoU,to ,„
beeolte'litiy'*ifi."' ,:'''
i : t “Beoiwee yOn consider roe, so ; woe '-'' .:
lesiiP. , '. ',.. -, : 1 L :.1: ,, :, , i ' . .ii ;, .. -,..., ' i 7A . 4 , I
Beeause _li will riot - give , Yort , the p ain
9t, , 5i11"?5 , -.. 1 4 02 !...;;;1 , ...1).. ~ ti.;iit - to , , ) 'f , ...-, , ::,
,13 1, e , a,u P' u t )'.9 1 .09t-givt.,4 l 4 the „i9 , lilti
'ot`sit 114 yes'd" ` i '. . ~. 1. t 4
4 " b.ii .,l ',','.: !I .i: ,'1::, •,-.
:P r rhilt i3otild iioebe; e repilea, wale ,
almost tiibildish : tielit l edulity . f ft hisioipe ".
i `sTl4l: l PM if ye*it - lolurtlfait ,Voii:tf I
."49PfAtairpre:040e !lA* it4r.aubiTr,
biririnTg i w i t jejlhOsekinicAltiP. 051.
=if ibtubtiat r itir the priaa:4:mt 194 A 1 .7 a,
, otHextveffistitikiiViiof atilt' th ' 14 1 - 1 ' i
7
,lay l ito biaihaddoth titkle 4 - Abu d#rsi."
while I gaze into bre eyes so frank wad , c
learlpss. "RemeMber,' he says, in ii.,
',..'solemn voice, "the place from *hick we
have just corries,meniber . all that is at
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