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and dlsmoun'ed. The door was not lock-
ed, and they entered the building. having
tied their horses IL an old iron stancheon
IN The wall. A stone bench still remained
under the spire Of the church, on which
Marin sat down, while Walsingbam stood
beside her. The eastern window, at the
other end of the church from them. was in
a great degree blocked up by rubbish and
ivy, but through it was seen the gray sky,
with a streak or two Of faint red. The
western window. near them, was quite
! open, and between its shafts they saw the
dark and stormy landscape, the sea, angry
and laboring under n heavy sky, vet kun
died here and there with flame like rays.
and The broad fierce sun. balancing for a
moment its crimson orb on the perllous
edge OF the horizon.
They gazed in earnest delight. but the
sharp glare which struk upon Maria's ewes
compelled her to raise her hand before her
face while W%a|slngham stood confronting
the violent and respleDdcnt hour, "a the
glory upon his marble face was met by
more than answering power from Within
She looked az him with admiration from
behind her hand, now tinged to a trarspa.
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believed. his life were far too statucsque
and coldIy predetermined, yet intelligence
and sens;b,luy could never have been in
vested with a nobler form. At this instant
the lightning flashed amid filled the church;
the thunder broke in n long peal. The
sun seemed to have dropped like a flag at
the signal, and barely burnt above the sea
with a hands breadth of intense radiance.
a crash OF rain came down upon the build.
ing. Walsingham turned composcdly to
Maria. and seated himself beside her
This scene SAID he. is worth some in
convenience. | fear had you expected it.
you would have s'aid at home. 1t would
havo been an additional inducement to mt
to come here
Il should hardly have been allowed to
choose, but | am not sorry for the event.
The wind rose high and dashed The rain
in noisy bursts about the ruin. The neigh.
boring old beach trees roared. The souud
: Of the sea was not audible, but a vague
roll Of white and black confusion showed
i's tumult even at a distance. A glimmer
Of the sun set still played over it,, though
the sun was now drowned out. The great
ness Of the powers at work stirred and en-
larged the two behGlders with a grave jov.
They felt themselves rise aud expand with
the strong elements.
One fells now said Walsineham. 'wha'
life there is in nature, and our feeling
shows how deeply it is involved with our
life, how Indspensably its powers are one
with those we WELD and arc conscious Of
Almost we dare to say. with every gust
md mail tba,o ~ F,,,, rc Tho ,p,yoreo INV
their Impulslons from our breasts, so might
lily do sympathy and Astounding Imagination
gush with them from within U.S.
The storm is very grand she said, 'bn'
| feel as if | should yield 10 its grasp, ant
lose myself in its %vasiness, if there were
not a sense of religion which the sublime
struggle awakens in me, but which raise,
me above it to God
=. He did not answer her directly. Bu,
4 she heard him repeating, as if rather tl
!, himself than to her
Ye demon winds that Gil The vault of alr,
5 And caves Of earth with uproar Skyline,
8 On whose dark blasts the fates let loose their hal
r Amid the thunder clouds TO stream and Irvine,
Rage on, huge spirits, wildly as ye can!
YET nobler tempest swells The soul of man.
e They were both silent for some moments
Il when the lightning again broke in torribl,
d beauty: and before the swift sound followed
! they saw the ruin and each others face,
r IN u blaze of light. n nd land and sea swep
over by the meteoric burst. and in the dis.
tant depth a vessel reelIne and ctonchine
: under the tempest. Involuntary she
grasped his arm. She had never felt 3,
C intimately attracted to him as when h,
IL laid his hand on hers, and returned he
d trembling pressure.
Y 1t is The hour said he, 'of the spirits
but ! cannot wish it otherwise, or that
were away from here
e i feel that God is here. but - as if h
did not reach go far as tina, poor ship
He is there too replied Walsingha n
Il in a voice almost as low as hers, but mos,
doubtless, with those who believe in HIM
The horses were uneasy and fri h'ene
IS at the storm; and the poet said, after
10 pause those animals feel only apprehen
Is sion. We can admire and enjoy the houl
!, 80 much near do we lie to the source of a
things, at which, could we quite attain t
n it, all would doubtless appear in perfet
J. harmony
'How noble exclaimed Maria, 6 ar
u tntoC o'puu NoHcsj 81 lHlllIllcIy uctp, l
3 the vast air, while in the midst of them "
I'd hear so many broken sounds, some eve
t. whispers, like voices of living hearts, film
N the whole tempest and modulating ever
breath of it,,
n, Her hand now lay calmly in his, and h
I'd could feel its quiet pulsation. His ow
'g beat more hurrledly-excited not by tn
ut tempest but by her. Yes said he, 'nc
a. only the ETHEREAL powers are working wit
Id fresh energies around us-but the spirit
m in onrselves-and how many are ther,
" each claiming in turn 10 be our true sci
nd which no one OF them is, but all Of the
Oh together-are awakened and busy in sue
an hour, strong with more than commc
life. Nor can they stir and throng witt
C. out calling round them, too, the 9th,
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