Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-12-31


is concern the young clergymen whom t
fates should favor with appointments
st this circuit for year or two to come.
is was, however, SO obvious, that Mr.. As
a leigh was not a marrying man, that Nan'
IS made 10 demonstration in that directio
and, l believe, his general demeanor c
fectually protected him wherever he wei
1 from the usual liabilities of his expose
position.
). But Low that Nancy has had her usus
; foreground privileges and preference.
: and made her due impression upon tn
, company and, after she has shaken hand
with everybody entitled to that ceremon.
before tn, congregation separates; an'
while she occupies MIR. Ashlsigh with ques
ticns about the result of the last camp
meeting, followed by inquiries about th'
health of the most interesting members in
the most fashionable parts of the circuit
and especially for the health of "Dear old
Father Ball." the Presiding Elder, and Of
Brother Sanford, the eloquent young
preacher, that is the present agony among
rch-gossips-all uttered in tones Of
unimpeachable meekness and pleasing mel.
ody, touched with the slight abstractednes,
of devout spirit,--let me introduce you
as we'll as | can to her cousin Elizabeth
whom Nancy's presence has covered and
shadowcd until the last moment for lin
gering has arrived, and the preacher and
the old folks have moved decidedly for
the door.
Elizabeth Barton was something above
the middle size, and might be taller still,
with advantage, if her bearing had but
little pretty pride in it. She was finely
formed, with such a mould of limb, and
style Of carriage, and rythm of movement,
as results from the best combination Of
strength and grace in form and arrange
meut, the best health and habits, and the
best tone of mind and feeling, which the
laws Of correspondence can any way achieve
in actual life. Her hand and foot, especi-
ally, were models, and her face, in every
thing but the consciousness of high men
tai powers, was perfect in appropriate
beauty. Her head had that symmetrical
elegance that is never wanting in fine
character, Her complexion was rich and
very pure, and the features regular and
inished, but the forms and tints, though
aultless, seemed subdued to the air of
lard service; and her dark chesnut hair,
'hecked of its fulness and effect, was almost
hidden from view by the severe restraint
# its arrangement. Ny FIRST sight of her
yas such glimpse as I am now giving to
he reader. / marked then the rich re-
ourees Of physical beauty that lay covered
here and unpronounced, the serious air Of
edication to some onerous duty, ard the
eep religious remuneration Of all the de-
ghts Of sense and all the pride of life
he spoke modestly and kindly to those
rho were nearest to her, while she ad-
asted her bonnet and waited till the COM
any gave her room to pass; and, when
he moved, it was remarkable for nothing
D much as its quick direetnoss and unob-
'usiveness She seemed to have no Cos I
ping to DO, and no time to spare, as she
epped rapidly from the door, and, turn c
lg the corner of the building, bent her '
,urse toward home. She had two miles t
walk; most of it over rugged ridge, 4
hich separated the little glen where she t
as born from the valley in which the +
MON Schoolhouse stood. 1t was, in C
ct, but rift made in the hills By wa +
recourse, with a narrow border Of arabic j
ii, raggedly irregular; in spots atio:ding t
'om for a cottage, little eornfeld, a c
l.den, and so much meadow as might v
ed COW or two through the winter. J.
1st where Tommy Barton lived, the riv- r
es was little more liberal of margin, e
ID gave space within a mile fo- three L
her tenements one, occupied by Eliza a
this grandfather, another, by her uncle, h
ID third, by John Brown, who renders tt
the service of oseorting our heroine {
ross the ridge on bad nights, when she h
obliged to be abroad, ard occasionally il
other duties Of kindness and a
urtesy, such as his supernumerary sort of !
aracter owes to useful people in the n
orld who. ..are their >s-f neighbors. l.
y the way, this was {. ! noble office it
at the poor fellow cvey SLED, and we b
'ght to be thankful IT, he was good 81
Iough and good-for-Eothirg enough, to it
always ready for the duty. Brown,
ough married man, of about forty-ivc, O.
Elizabcth's only beau; but we may II
company her in imagination to her cot v
GO hcms in tie glen. The footpath d
. straight up the hillside, leaving tho a
nding wagon-road abruptly and punging il
rectly into the thick bushes. A sharp 8,
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