Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1853-02-19
TME FORESTER,S GRAYE.


"Aye, ave." retorted Heinrich, 'but a man my re-
linqush his rational mastery in this affair he may
pamper himself with dreams of coming happiness,
while each day warns him of the peril of the proceed
ing; he may cast kind of strontium sunshine round
his e and wiully shut his eyes the fact that it
mere strontium. have done so; and now that the
glare is gone, find myself it were, upon the stage
of theatre the day dawns, inspecting by the grey
twilight the pictures that enchanted last night and
finding them all daub and deformity.
In room in the Wittergase, Carburg. sat two stu
dents who carried on the foregoing Dialogue. 1t was
winter, but the atmosphere of the room render
ed genial by the radiation from black stove which
reared itself in to height of six seven
feet. Both students smoking, and upon the pipe
of each-a pipe, by the way, the supplying of which
in England would lie heavier upon than the
window-taX-was portrait of the other.
"Only think my attempting to make poetry, Fred!"
pursued Heinrich.
1.-THE thing would seem ridiculous, perhaps, were it
not very common answered Fred ''But people
in your state have kind of music awoke within them
that rejects the common law of utterance. The low
er has good right to sing the lark-high feel
ings demand high expression
'This music Of life would be very delightful re-
turned Heinrich "dd it not take two to produce it.
the will or caprice Of either being able to convert it
for the other into most dreary wall. Six months ago
had other melodies to cheer | had my work first
of ALL and, retiring from this with the consciousness
that had done it, was receptive of many delightful
pleasure to me. Alone in the forest l did not feel
lonely; the tree leaves spoke and sung to me. felt
that common life penetrated me and nature, and |
reoiced in the relationship. But have forsaken these
pleasures to pursue ignus tatuus have bartered
the forrest for the ballroom and the stars for maid
EMS eyes; have abandoned the changeless and the
true, and based my happiness upon a of tinted
vapor which is now melted and gone have been a
fool, but certain profit may be derived from fol-
y-the experience shall be laid to heart; and turned
to some account
The last sentence was uttered by Heinrich with a
bitter energy, if the individual had become dual and
onehaf acting the part of cXasperated school
master towards the other Heinrich No. HE OF the
sum- and the stars and the forrest and the work. flour
ished his merciess thongs over Heinrich No. 2-he
of the poetry, ballroom, and bright eyes.
The lady (for lady the origin Of it all,) who
caused Heinrich so much trouble not Calcu-
lated to subdue man at glance. Her beauty was not
of that triumphant cast which suddenly fascnates the
beholder When Heinrich first saw her, she appeared
to him to be gentle, timid being, weak snow-drop,
which shook its pale petals in the slightest breeze
He her again. and imagined that the timdity had
subsidized little. He discovered, however, that
behind this physical timidity reposcd courage which
nobody would have calculated on, and of which the
possessor seemed perfectly unconscious. Heinrich
was somewhat of psychologist, and this discovery
interested him. He watched her-her actions were
the natural outflow of her spirit, untincured by the
slightest ahectaton. Heinrich had notion that he
permeang the countenance from within fuses the tea-
lures into thought and music; and he observed at times
a depth of radiance in those eyes which led him to
speculate the purity aud brightness Of the soul from
which that radiance emanated. She was the only
! girl whom Heinrich, in the course Of his life had
thought that he could have dared marry. He felt
that she worthy of his love, and he took pains
to check the growth of the seeding planted by this
conviction. The utmost, however, he could gather
! from his intercourse with her, that she did not
/ ln4ol f1or olroDr o,,I
truer hours; but naturally enough he permitted the
deluson to creep in that she evinced Partially to-
wards him. This he dreaded to forfeit Alexander
with world to gain, was Drawer than Alexander
with world to lose. This thought destroyed the
spontanty of Heinrichs action he was anxious tC
please, fearful lest he should displease and, thus he
lost the power and independence which would most eff
fectually have charmed the girl he loved.
i The night previous to his conversation with Fred
Heinrich attended the periodical meeting of the Som
tags-gesellschaft. Three four of the higher tam.
lies Of Carburg few of the professors of the Unver
sty and number of the older students, formed the
core of this society, each member of which could in
vite as many guests as he pleased. On Sunday eve
nings, fortnight, the society came together
Plays charades, and dancing filled up the time unit
twelve o'clock which hour the meeting usually sep
Grated
On the night in question: the lady above described
whom we shall hereafter call Helen, also present
Heinrich did not pay her his usual attention on this
mind as to whether it was agreeable to her. Before
supper, however, he summoned resolution to ask he
if she would permit him to lead her to table, She re-
piled that she engaged and lie retired accordingly
There nothing in the fact of lady being en-
gagged; the circumstance had occurred to him hun
dred times BEFORE but he accepted it evil il
his present state of mind. He Helen led to thu
table by Heer Crick, gentleman whom TennysoI
might have had in his eye when he penned the ''Char
acter" Heinrich was one of the few who had perc
ed the enamel which surrounded this person, and oun
an intrguer within; and though he had strong faith il
the capacity of the maiden to distinguish true from
false he nevertheless would rather have seen her il
any other company than that of Herr Crick.
Dancing resumed after supper. At a certain
period of the dance basket full of little knots of rib
bon, having various devices, placed in the midd
of the room. The ladies' were led in turn to the bas
ket; each chose knot and presented it to some on
of the gentlemen standing round, who took the gver
hand and danced with her round the These lit
tie knots were often messengers of pleasure and
Representatives the contrary. Helen was led L
the basket, she chose knot, and approaching por
ton of the ring where Heinrich stood, gave lit
Herr Crick, who stood at his side.
Up to this moment the image of the maiden had lal
like bright daguerreotype upon his BRAIN canke
now attacked it, and the bliss of contemplating it
no more. He had sense enough to know that this
subjective phenomenon, that the maiden had no
changed, but had merely revealed to him the peril {
the dream in which he had INDUCED. There was
steadness and decision in her action which banishe
the thought that it the result of evity. 'She
!, right he thought. 81 have been fool and cox
comb, and now the penalty is come" A stroke
calamity is often accompanied by psychological re
suits, the reverse of those which might be anticipated
1t was so in the present case. Heinrich with his
panions none knew the nature of the change tina