American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-10-10


with myself that il is So"
"The state of the heart, they say, is often
beyond the dominion of the will, Heinrich" re-
piled his friend.
SAY, ay !" retorted Heinrich, "but man may
reinquish his rational mastery in this affair; he
may pamper himself with dreams of coming
happiness, while each man warns him OF the
peril of the proceeding; he may cast kind of
strontium sunshine round his life, and wilfully
shut his eyes to the fact that it is mere stron-
tiuni. have done 50; and now that the glare
is gone find myself, as it were, upon the stage
Of theatre as the day dawns, inspecting by the
gray twilight the pictures which enchanted me
last night and finding them all daub and de-
formity."
In n room in the Wittergasse, Carburg, sat
| two students, who carried on the foregoing dia-
logue. 1t was winter but the atmosphere of
| the room was rendered genial by the radiation
| from black stove which reared itself in
corner to a height of six or seven feet. Both
students were smoking, and upon the pipe of
eacll-a pipe by the way, the supplying of which
in England would lie heavier upon man than
the window tax--was portrait of the other
"Only think of my attempting to make po-
etry, Fred ~ pursued Heinrich.
"The thing would seem ridiculous, perhaps,
were it not SO very common" answered Fred.
:. But people in your state have kind OF music
awoke within them, which rejects the common
law of utterance. The lover has as good right
to sing as the lark-high feeling demands high
expression.
This music of life would be very delight
full, returned Heinrich, did it not require two
to produce it, the will or caprice of either being
able to convert it for the other in most dreary
wall. Six months ago l had other melodies to
cheer me- ! had my work first OF all and re-
J tring from this with the consciousness that
had done it, | was receptive OF many delightful
influences Sum- moon and stars were sources
of pleasure to me- Alone in the forest did not
feel lonely; the tree-leayes spoke and sung to
nae | felt that common life penetrated me,
and nature and | rejoiced in the relationship.
But have forsaken these pleasures to pursue
an iqnis Gatuus; l have bartered the forest for
the ball-roora and the stars for maldens
ewes have abaEdoped the changeless ana the
true, and based my happiness upon mass OF
+, tinted vapor which is now melted and gone.
have been fool, but a certain profit may be
derived from folly--the experience shaH be lald
| to heart and turned to some account"
1 Yhe last sentence was uttered by Henrieh
witb a bitter energy as if the individual had
beenme dual. and one-half was acting the part
of an exaggerated schoomaster towards the
other. Heinrich No 1---he of the sun, and the
stars and forest, and the work, fourished MS
merciless thongs over Aenrich No 2-hlm OF
the poetry, ball room, and bright eyes
The lady-for lady was the origin OF 1t
| an-who caused Heinrich 80 much trouble, was
not one calculated to subdue "A man at glance.
Her beauty was not of that triumphant cast
which suddenly fascinates the btc"'lder. when
Heinrich first saw her, she appeared to l...'' u
be a gentle, timid being-a weak snowdrop.
which shook its pale petals in the slightest
breeze. He saw her again, and ed that
the timidity had subsidized little There was,
indeed, an honesty and earnestness about Hen
rich himself which was calculated to effect this.
He soon discovered, however, that behind this
physical timidity reposed courage which nobody
would have calculated on, and of which the
possessor seemed perfectly unconscious. Hen
rich was somewhat of a psychologist, and this
discovery interested him. He watched her
| her actions were the natural outflow of her
spirit, untinctured by the slightest affectation.
| Heinrich had a notion that he could distinguish
mere animal beauty from that which, permea-
ting the countenance from within, fuses the
features into thought and music; and he OBJ
served at times depth of radiance in those
| which led him to speculate on the purity and
| brightness of the soul from which that radiance
emanated She was the only girl whom Hen
rich in the course of his life had thought that
he could dare to have married. He felt that
she was worthy of his love, and he took no
pains to check the growth of the Seeding
planted by this conviction. The utmost, how
ever he could gather from his intercourse with
her was, that she did not hate him. This was
| the verdict of his calmer and truer hours but,
naturally enough, he permitted the deusion to
creep in, that she evinced n partialty towards
| him This he dreaded to forfeit. Alexander
with n world to gain was Drawer than Alexan-
der with world to lose. This thought de-
stroyed the spontaneity of Henrich's action;
he was anxious to please, fearful lest he should
displease; and, thus fettered, he lost the power
and independence which would have most ef-
fectnally charmed the girl he loved.
! The night previous to his conversation with
Fred Heinrich attended the periodical meeting
of the Sonna tn gs- -gesellschaft. Three or four
of the higher families of Carburg few of the
professors of the University, and number of
the older students formed the core OF this so
ciety each member of which could invite as
many guests as he pleased. On Sunday eve
nings once n fortnight, the society came to-
gether. Plays, charades, and dancing filled up
the time until II o'clock, at which hour the
meeting usually separated.
On the night in question, the lady above dc
! scr;hed whom we shall call hereafter Helen,
was also present Heinrich did not pay her his
usual attention on this occasion, for adoubt had
insinuated itself into his mind as to whether IL
was agreeable to her. Before supper, however,
he summoned resolution to ask her il shc would
permit him to lead her to the table. she repbeh
that she was engaged, and he retired accorong
ly. There was nothing new in the fact OF
lady's being engaged, the circumstances nao
a~a.',s.oa 20 him n hundred times before, but he
aooor,,ed Il os AN evil omen in his present state
~ mi lie saw Helen led to the table by Herr
Criek .,' a gentleman whom Tcnnyson might have
s;. his owe when he peuned the Character.
mn';oh niu vas one of the few who had pierced
,he enamel which surrounded this person, and
found an intriguer within; and though he had
strong faith in the capacity OF the maiden 70
s:a.;nson;sb true from false, he nevertheless
| 80 havo sean her in any other COM