Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1849-04-11

WOMAN'S EYE.
A THRI LING SCENE

,ha passed up the natural avenue and came upor
me green. My feelings were very ,oe,ical as
walked towards the village church. entered. A
popular preacher was holding forth, and The LITTLE
n'ee''h9 mouse was much crowded. Several per
sons were standing up, and soon discovered that
seat was crowded. |, however. passed nm tho ;slo
un'll gained position where / could have fair
we" vi nearly all present. Many OF the conprega
',oh looked curlously at me- for was STRANGER n
nc; nc" an III lew moments, however, the atten
,'on U, every one seemed TO be absorbed in the EN-
90 %, VI race ana also began to take an inter
est IN The discourse. The speaker was fluent am,
many OF his flights were even sublime. The mn
SIC Oh inc woods, and the fragrance of the heath
seemed to respond TO his eloquence.
c"eh IL was no great stretch of the imagination
10 fancy that the white banded creatures around
'ne, WIN 'heir poung lips and arIess innocence,
were beings of higher sphere. As my fnel;ros
were thus divided between the beouties ~ III. is
worlds, and wrapped in SOFT of poe,icaI devotion,
detected some glances at me of an animated chs,
racter. N"A
need not describe the sensations experienced bv
youth, where the eyes of a beautiful woman resi-
o' iehglh Oh time on his countenance and when
ne imagines himself TO be an object of interest to
her L returned her chances with interest and
tnfe" all the Tenderness into my ewes which the
scene, my medltalons and the preachers discourse
nau INSPIRED In my heart-doubtinr not that the
,ar daisel possessed kindred feelings at the fDun
lam OF inspiration How could it be otherwise 2
one had been born and nurtured amidst these
wild romantic scenes, and was made up of romance
OF poetry, and tenderness and then / ,houpbt Of
the purity OF woman's lOve-her devo,ion2her
ruin. only prayed that might meet with her
where we might enjoy sweet interchange of SEN
ument. Her glances continued Several times our
eyes met My heart beat with rapture At lenu,b
me Oenedlctlon was pronounced. | fingered about
the premises until | saw the dark-eyed damsel set
out Tor home, alone and on foot Oh that the Gus.
IONS OF society would permt-for we are surely
one In soul. Cruel formality that throws ND
barrier between each other! Yet | followed her
one looked behind, and thought evnced some G.
,iio'oh al recognizing me as thestrangerof the day.
Then quckened my pace, and she actually slack
ened hers, as If to let me come up with her.
Noble young creature - thought | (; "her art
less and warm heart is superior to the bonds of Gus
tom ~ ~
reached within stones throw of her. She
suddenly halted and turned her face towards me-
MY heaIt swelled to bursting. | reached the spot
where she stood. She began to speak, and took
of my hat as if doing reverence TO an ANGEL.
care you pcdler ?''
mo, my dear girl, that is not nv occupation."
"Wen, don't know" continued she. not very
oashfuiiy, cycling me very sternly 81 though,
when saw you in tho meeting house, that You
looked like the pedler who passed off pewter halt
dollar three weeks ago, so was determined to kee,
an eye on you. Brother John has got home now
and he says if he catches the fellow he'll! wiring hi
neck for him; and amt sure but you're the good
for-nothing rascal after all ~
Reader, did you ever take the shower bath?