The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1849-10-19
POLITICS. LITERATURE AGRICULTURE FOREIGN And DOMESTIC News TH MARK


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There was an'intense silence pervading
the moonlit air, an utter absence Of all those
rustic sounds which give character to a
midsummer night, that made the heart
of man feel as though he were alone-alone
in the Wild wood, with the canopy of the
sky over his head, while the Deity spoke
to his soul in voiceless sound, in the aw-
full silence which held such mysterious
sympathy with the vague throbbings of
thought, that agitated the heart of the in
herman.
No sound of braying wateh-dogs, no
lowing of cattle, no murmuring of distant
waters, nor yet the hum of human voices
but all was silent as the sleep of death,
and the leaves quivered in the moonbeams
without a sound; the streams gave theil
ripping beauty to the glow of light with
out a murmur, and the quiet cottage with
its encrcling garden of summer flowers,
its trailing wild vine and its latticed win
dows, rested in the centre of the green
sward, with its white walls undisturbed by
sound that might betoken the presence
of living occupant.
The sound of rustllng bushes broke the
deathlike silence of the air; and form
emerged from the shade of the wood into
the glow of the moonlight 1t was the
form ofa young man and he trod the earth
with footstep that told of muscular pow.
er combined with manliness of manner and
pride of bearing. Advancing along the
sward, the man paused for moment be.
fore the garden gate, and resting his mus
cular arms upon the barrel of his harque-
bus, he stood gazing earnestly and 6xedly
upon the earth, as through his mind held
communion with dark and stormy thought
and fearful memories.
Tall and commanding in statue, with
broad shoulders, muscular arms, and an
erect bearing, the young man was attired
in short doublct Of Kendall green, shorl
boots with wide and slouching tops, while
his countenance, with It's manly features.
darkened by exposure and toll, bis hail
clustering in thick and sable curis around
his head and down to his very shoulders
and the beard which covered his prominent
chin, were all thrown into shade by the
expansive rim of a hunting hat, which,
surmounted by a single plume of jet black,
fell dropping ovor his broad forehead and
sunburnt face.
AS he stood thus silently, with his head
dropped, and his eyes fixed upon the earth,
his sunburnt hands clenched the muzzle OF
the harqucbus with a sudden nervous
grasp, until the sinews seemed writhing
under the skin, and his broad and promi-
nent chest heaved with the violent throb
bings of suppressed agitation.
In moment he had raised the harque-
bus on his shoulder, and unlatching the
garden gate, traversed with a measured
stride the winding walk, and presently
stood beside latticed window Of the cot
tage, where the flowers seemed to bloom
more lovely, and the wild vine hung more
gracefully than in any other spot in the
rustic garden.
4 have stood beside this simple lattice,
he murmured, in a whisper which was
meant for his secret heart; i have stood
beside this lattice in veal and woe, in Joy
and sorrow. Here have held converse
with the idol of the yonng daydreams of
my youth-here have | confessed the burn
ing passion that was absorbing every pur
pose of my soul-here has my love been
met with love as warm, as hallowed-
and here, at this simple lattice, have been
rejected with scorn, with contemplate
jected by one who was as dear to me as
my own soul! Rejected! and for whom?
Rejected to make way for doating drivel
Ter, whose face is stamped with the yellow
curse of his wrong gathered goldp
His brow darkened, and his thin and
lips seemed to tremble and quiv-
er like separate things of life, with the ag-
taton of the wild passion that throbbed in
bis bosum and blazed in his eye. He ex-
tended his hand and tapped at the lattice.
'Marjoriep he whispered in a hallow
voice, that broke strangely upon the air
Mariorie'
He placed his ear to the lattice, his lips
parted with anxious suspense as he listen
ID, but no answer came, no voice replied
@ his whisper.
"MarJorie, Marjorie, say! INST! Mar
orie!
The lattice was slowly withdrawn, and
he beams of the moon fell upon the out
inc of young and beautiful face, with
inbound tresses of raven hair, sweeping
llong each velvet cheek, clustering around
he arching neck, and dropping in glossy
uxurance over the virgin bosom, but half
concealed from view, by the encirclng bod
lice, which marked its wearer as peas
mt maiden.
She started, as her dark eye met the
,urning glance which flashed from beneath I
he woven brow of the young hunier-she
tarted with Shrek, and yelling her face
or moment. with her fair white hand,
% small, so delicate in outline, he exclaim-