Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1854-09-14
THE GOLDEN DRElM.
Tran dated fr m lhe Ere lch { n he CONNER iai.
Ell CHARLES RATFINGToN.
CHAPTER I.
"-Slcep hath its own world

And wide realm Ol W iiti tte.4i1N-
A1.i dreams in their development have breath
And tears and toriures and the touch al JOY:
They have IA weight upon o"r waking Thoughts
They take a WEIGHT from of cur waking tolls.
Thev do divide eur being. they become
4 p1yrion of ourselves rs Of time
Aud look like heraldS Of eternit,;
They pass like spirits ot the pa>'-.hey speak
Like Sii,vls of tie u ure: they have power
Tue tyranny of pleasure and ot pam;
T,ey make us whit are not what they will
And shake us with the vision IN is g,ne by.
Tho mind can make
Substance, and people planets "f tx own
With being brighter then have b, el. niid give
a breath To forms that can "'ItliNe ali n 'slI,
For in itself ihou.hi.
a slua bering thought is cal able ot years,
And curdlesa long life into one h, u -
Oswald was seated near a corner OF the
fireplace, in his old arm chair of Utrecht
velvet. p.aced between the chimney and
the window Of the students un pretending
chamber.
II vas winter and the cold pavements
re-echoed the dismal patterng Of the
incessant rain; the Nekar appeared TO
hurry forward its muddy waters with
more than their wonted turbulence; the
house roofs Of the good German city were
black, and the fog which appeared mIn-
gled with the rain was so dense that one
could scarce distinguish the walls OF the
houses with hich the opposite side OF
the street was lined.
Oswald poket the fire with an air of
i'll humor; he approached from time to
time the window whence he discovered
the stream which flowed but few steps
from him: he then, for moment, con-
templated the muddy waves irrltated by
the raging blasts of the dismal north
winds-qui,ted the window for Set OF
rickety book shelves, turned over the
leaves OF a volume, rejected it with i'm
patience and ended by seizing the fire
tongs and reseating himself in his old
arm chair.
Oswald was a tall fellow Of twenty
three or twenty four years, of fair com
plexion, pale and spare as poet, dream
er as we'll as lover.
He was the son Of burgomaster. in .
Prussian province. His father allowed
him the moderate pension of forty fiorin'
per month. and he was now enga 3ed IL
the study of medicine in the mob e uni
versity Of Heidelberg.
The foundations of the house where
our hero had taken up his quarters we've
washed by the waves OF the muddy stream
which we have described, and situated
near the Lutheran temple beside the
famous bridge OF Heidelberg, which sup
ports the statue Of duke Charles Theo-
dore.
The rroprietress of this mansion was
an old woman. whimsical and sulky
who was ever grumbling and tormenting
her dodgers. generally poor students; fo'
the lodgings let by the old shrew were
unpretending in all points. and cost but
3 forins l2 kreutzers, (nearly z francs 5
sous of our money! per fortnight.
But. on the other hand, the good lady
had daughter, a pearl oe beauty. who
mad attacted the attention of the poe.
student, who passed long evenings, perch
ell among the ruins of an old chateau.
where he usually went to converse with
the s.orks.
Reschen (Rose) was by far the most
enchanting little creature to be found on
she romIntic shores Of the Rhine or the
fruitful banks of tue Danube-hers was
not the InIolen: and mawkish air. the
pale blue eyes. the nearly ashy hair and
thoughtful and almost sad smile of the
daughters of Germany.
She was small. graceful in her slender
form. dark and laughter loving as any
daughter of Spain or sunny Province
her ebon locks shamed the spotIess crow
wing. her deep blue eyes ever sparkl ing
with thoughtless gayety and mischief,
her cherry lips and the tantalizing smile
which ever wreathed it sent q thrill OF
deep emotion through the heart of every
studen: who chanced to meet her in the
tortuou streets of the University city.
Rose was the corrective of her mother
If we may be allowed the expression
she caused the dodgers to forget the close
6stedness. crabbedness and general par
simony Of the old woman, who supplied