Lewisburg chronicle, and West Branch farmer. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1850, 1850-01-02

loom. be a!,nos, ra!pably present t" his
. ...;oy dreams. But il hardly seemed The
1. lovely young Jessie" the " beloved OF
his enrly years y this was a iaref' s''S"-
tor form. clad, oddly enough. in heavy
dress OF yellow oil cloth. with " sort "'
hood, which. h,Iflallns bask, revea ed i"
sweet face, all glorifed by sublime ad'ra-
,;on. II. saw-how distinct. he saw, the
deep. abs.rac,ed eyes. the bright. parted
I;ps-ah, those lips whenever he recalled
them by some mys'eriois association his
own right haud-a tolerably sy""e'r'oa'
hand. surely, but with nihing mere Pc
culiar abou, it, that could e:er see.
The fall succeeding The journey to NJ
acara, William Ashley received his d'7'o-
ma, and lhe mex, spring opened a" Office
in his native city. Nut possessing wealth.
or much family influence, aud being young
and modest, he had at first few, very Jew
calls. But he was always at his post
never employed his leisure unworth''y' or
was Idle or d.spondins. He studied as
diligently as ever. and ~a''ei patiently for
.l... e.,.. MIS- uIsm-is I+sitd as>"'sH
in the fu.u,e-,he lair. golden iutufe
we're bound to come
l, happened ,ha, the young physician :
way home from his fire. lay past, and
very near to the elegant residence "i Mr.
M wealthy and somewhat dis'ln-
yuished citizen Of IL; and, pouring
through the open windows Of his mansion,
he one nigh, heard the swee.es, s'nS'ng
that had ever me, his ear. 1t was clear,
fresh con,ra!,o voice. artistic 10 execution,
vet sweet, and full Of feeling.
Ashley, a fine singer himself. WAS pas
siona,ely fond Of music and he fingered
long before that house, walking up ana
down beneath the thick shadows oil the
grand old e!ms. ..-
This was bu, the beginning of pleasure
nigh, after night. for somes weeks. found
the young physician in the same spot
when he was almost always so happy as
10 hear that rare, delicious singing, Thrill
ing and quiveling though the Still and
dewy air. 1t va. generally accomPanied
by The piano but sometimes he would see
gay group on the piazza. and among
them slight figure in white. loosing very
600 -~A delicate in the moonlight ; then
there would come the unn""s & .4,:.r.
and sweet iove-lays Of Italy, or wild bal.
lads Of Spain.
And thus i, went on. till Ashley, the in
visible lislner, had become altogether en-
chanted. spel-bound,in lore uifh roice'
III fast and far in the dim distance. faded
awuy that late familiar vision in yellow
oil.cIo,h and falling hood, and fair, kind
ling coun,eDance. He now spent as many
hours over his books as ever. but his tho'!s.
alas, we're far enough. from the page for,
to tell the ruth. and expose his hoyish
foIy, he was constantly dfeaming ou. the
form and feaiurrs IF the dear. unknown
of her with the voice. Unlike his former
self, he now looked searching!y at the 'nlr
prom.naders whom he met on the street,
and there saw pretty young ladies' enough
but no one in " hom he recognized his idea
Of ,be sweet singer.
At length the hour Of good fortune came
alike TO the physician and 10 the lover.
Jus, nt sunset, Oh a pleasant evening q
voung horseman came dashing up TO Dr.
Ashley's office, 10 summons him to lady
who had dislocaled her ankle in sprlng'ng
from her horse. Our heru's heart beat
Quick as the messenger directed him 1t
the house Of Mr.. ~ The doctor wa,
shown INTO small par!or, where, On Il
lounge, elad in white wrapper. reclnet
his frs, patient. A wealth Of rich. COLDER
hair, .omewha, disheveled, first Attracted
Ashley's eve there was something s'ran
| yely familiar in those bright cur's. and 1T
was not taken altogether by surprise ~hf'
Mrs. N.-presen,ed him to her niece
Mis- Rarfey."
The lady was lying with her hands owe
her face, to concea! the tears drawn fort
by her acute suffering bni a, the menlio'
of the DOCTORS name, she removed them
and lookhd up eagerly, smiling in tn
mids, Of her pain. with pleasure and sur
priae.
Bu, this was no time for more than
simple recognition. and the mex, momeu
saw the doctor beading professionally owe
the ,hrobbing and swollen foot OF the sui
ferer.
The setting Of the dislocaied joint cao'
ed this young girl excrucia''ng pain ; b'
1 she bore heraelf through oil with hcro