The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-08-30

that the mother, too, was at rest AZ.
ter the long misery of this scene, they
returned to their cave, and under the
shadow of the rock near the old course
of the brook, laid mother and child,
covering their bodies with stones, and
thinking more of the probable reunion,
in some unknown scene, of the spirits Of
that family, than of the distance which
separated their graves on this earth.
And cow, with good store of diamands,
and with increasing skill and success in
the resolution of them into water, both
Pauhett.and Ellen looked upon the lives
of all as safe for the present, and their
thoughts were at liberty to wander to
some other subject. They believed thas
they and their children were alone Ia
the world for every sign of life from
other countries, as well as their own lad
ceased. It was very long since any hu-
man tidings had come, and though, af-
ter men had done with each other, birds
continued their migrations, these had
now long been over and the years pass
ed away, without bringing or sending
single wing. The course of the season,
too, was strange and unnatural It
seemed as if the earth performed its
usual course in the heavens, and kept
its place and functions in the movements
of the planets; days and nights varied
in their length according to the aeasoD,
and the heat of the sun was at one time
of the year great and at another week;
but much that depended hitherto upon
the constitution of the globe was suspen-
ded. There were no clouda In the sky
on dews dropping from the air, no re-
production in the earth, It seemed de-
cayed and dying Of old age. Yet Paul.
EFT said, a new existence would, perhapa,
arise ON this same scene, and from these
same elements. Once before, the earth
had been reduced to eight persons By
the action Of water; and now the alb
sence of the same element had brought
it to four. Charles and Alice might be.
destined parents of new race, and those
names that we're so familiar now, might
become the venerable appellations Of
the founders of the third race Of man.
Ellen smiled and shook her head, look
ing at the boy and girl who were build
ng house of pebbles; and both parents
listened for while to what they were
saying. Charles recollected the house.
he had dwelt in before the great ship
wreck of human life drove them to the
cavern and he was teaching Alice that
there were rooms below and rooms above
and that he had heard how people like
their father had carried great stones,
and put them one on another to make
these rooms. Alice PERSISTED in MAJ
king her house one hollow cavern, and
the other she called Charles house, and
did not understand his recommendation.
"Charles is taking the part already
of a teacher in whom remains the tra-
ditionary knowledge of an old world,m -
said Paulett; and Alice represents
the new inhabitants, who have their
own rude copies of natural objects,
but who will be open to the training Of
the learned man.
1.-THE learned man will be their faith
err said Ellen: " they will gladly take
their notions from him"
eyes; but if it should be so destined,
the first generation must work hard
merely to live; they must be very long
ignorant of every thing except pater-
nal government and such habitations an
can be raised orappropriated most easily.
They will be children in comparison to
Charles all their lives, if we can but sue
ceed in giving him the ideas of the age
we have lived in. Fancy them, Ellen,
increased to perhaps fifty inhabitant be-
fore he dies, very old man, coming
round his chair to hear of the wonderful
steam engine; and the use of the tele-
scope, and to learn the art of printing,
and the list of different languages which
Romans, Frenchmen, Germans, Greeks,
used and what lions were, and horses>"
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