Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-08-31
From the Lady's Wreath.
UNCLE JEFFRY AND COUSIN IDA.
BY CHARLES HAMILTON.

Had you ever a cousin, Tomi
Did your cousin happen 10 sing
Sisters we've all by the dozen, Tom,
But "a cousus different thing
And you'd find if ever you'd kissed her Tom,
but let this be a secret between u.s.
Thatyour lips would have been in a blister, Tom
For they are not of the sister genus"
had been pondering in my mind, for some
time, as to what | should do with my lfdurng
the coming vacation. To stay at - three
whole May weeks with nothing but cats, SER
wants and tutors, was not to be thought of, and
going home was out the question, as it would
take our allotted three weeks to 90 there.
'Egad, lhave it now,' cried !, l'll make I'M
Gle Jeffry visit He lives about twenty
miles from here, and had, when visited him
some eight years ago, pretty little niece, who
haH no doubt grown 10 be pretty cousin by
this time
Acting from the impulse of the moment,
looked myself for an inside in the-----mail, ,
and was the next morning on my way to Bel
mont Feeling in the mood for Joke, and
trusting to the change which years had made
IN my appearance, on my arrival at b left
! towards the residence of my uncle, intending
TO make my debut incog.
Ii was one of those mild, balmy evenings in
the spring, when the light breeze which scarce.
y fans the cheek seems to come up from every
valley and gen laden with the sweetest per-
fumc of each blossomihg shrub and wild flow.
er. Attracted by the sound OF falling water in
the valley TO my right, left the road and
crossed the fields in the direction from whence
the sound proceeded. had not gone far be-
fore reached a small stream that wound its
way through narrow glen, shaded on both
sides by forest trees. As followed the
course OF the stream, the noise of the falling
water became more distinct, and emerging
from the grove that had before concealed the
landscape, a scene of exquisite beauty burst mp.
on my view. A small ana verdant valley Law
before me, while at the ta<ther extremity, the
whole body OF the riyuet at the height of thirty
feet poured over projecting cliff. For abcu
halt It's descent, it fell IN one unbroken sheet
then dashlng into a thousand little cascades
sought the ouiet stream beIov Gain, ne ;
absorbed bv the beautv or, the sc,no s,,od ,
lovely girl of some sixteen summers. Ilel
small cottage bonnet had been removed from
her head and lay at her feet, wkile the GarL
chesnut rInglets, released from their confne
ment, fell in rich clusters on her neck an,
shoulders. One foot wos tbrov,, inward ma,
her lIes were si,rh,v ported ~ II ohout to .nool
but were checked IN ,ha,r ,,,or,roo nc ,r,,,ot
iearlIl of d,s,urh,ug ,ho repo.a ot tina, ho,r,,
tnl spot Atns shor, distance, from ber s,o,I
man of about forty YEAR. ofaoc. who with stu
icai indifference To the scene. vas attentivck
examining som. stately p,aoles that orev bc
low In, falls
.Oh. Irncl. lofty, saa what hear,,f,
bunch of wild plnks there is no in IN, cliff
How wish Ibad them -
.Humph what n WAY van have or .e e,ri,,
your bonnet and with rroyokirg cooluass h,
tosscd il with his cane omon, ,hc branches o
the pe,res, tree
Now UncIe-but meyer mind you wil, hoy,
TO climb the ,ro. to crt n f,r mo, and mis-
as She saw the bonn., safely loJ,,ej j., tho ,rso
.SenJ some al vo,,r ba,ny H., If,
.Beaux ooa,n do wish IJncIa va,
would'pt always be ,ormcn,iny me ,bor, tA,
heaux, You know there i.'nt pass,ble on,
in the vnl,ro do wish there was thougb