Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1854-09-14

cate attentions and kind cares as Oswald.
| The young girl had ramsacked the
neighbolng rooms 10 furnish The stu.
dents with some degree of comfort; she
brought bm always the best coffee and
cream and not unficquently took care TO
add to This a glass OF cherry brandy.
Whenever Rose entered his room. Os-
wald felt thrill of deep emotion through
his heart, and could never suppress the
half uttered exclama ion: 'Ah! if my
father the burgOmaster were only little
less proud.-
Whenever Oswald threw his arm
around her wasp like waist. Rose blushed,
lowered her eyes and her little heart
beat audibfy.
And the history OF this. o reader, was
that Rose Lowell Oswald, and that she was
beloved by him.
This mutually interesting disclosure
had been made viii lie seat ted hand in hand
together near the fireplace, one evening
that the old landlaly had gone ont
since then il had been r,peuted every
day. and il appeared tina, Oswald ought
TO have been sonsIdercd the most tor
tunate Of men and the proudes, of stu
d,n,s.
Unhappi!y, il is veIy rarely that man
can appreci te his good fortune for any
length of time.
cSwad was one of IN Sc wild uusta bic
creatur. S commonly called poets. full of
empty ideas end etnpIier words one
hail of his !fe he passed in the clouds
and the other half at lis freside IN that
old arm chair. With the appearance Of
which cur readers are pre-dy familiar.
When his imag gina,iun bore him away
upon ;he Wings ot fancy into 5, me air
castle OF his own creation. Oswald smiled
with pride. placed his hand upon his hip
and strobe about with the Lofty air OF
,onqueror. treating disdaimfully AN imagi-
nary host of servants and other interiors.
seated himself at The Ia Die of his sover-
eign, and exclaimed at the top of his
voice; Il am the poet laureate of the
kingr
When he descended from his lofty and
ePhem raj elevation into his old arm
chair the student uttered all exclamation
OF rage. shaking his fist toward The skv
or rather toward the c.ucked and smoke
stained ceiling Of his little chamber. cast
d mOurnful glance over the wall pauer
hanging III rags. the worm eaten and di
lapIddtrd furniture which surrounded him
and murmurtd:
oh! how fri9h,ful monster is power
~, and when snali escape from he.
tolls To- wealth and ren0wn?'
On that day, Oswald felt his deep oh
security and CALLING poverty with more
than usual bitterness. He gazed with
ID feeling amounting almost to terror on
the future which appeared reserved to
him, lie saw himself aI:eudy. the sue
cessor of his brave father, the burgonlas
ter, cultivating his four acres of vineyard
and his little field of tobacco, and the
prospect caused siudder through his
frame.
This explains why he paced the narrow
limits OF his dlngy chamber with the air
impatienlly the leaves OF Il book. al
another gazing with sad and vacant
tare at the troubled waters OF muddy
Nekar.
He had ended by seating himself i'm his
tattered arm chair. and then, having In
his long cherry pipe. with its porcelain
oowl and fantastic adornment, he soon
envelOped himself in d cloud Of smoke
and tried 10 recall one of his :avorite
reveries, when the door Of his chamber
opened noiselessly. and gave entrance to
an extraordinary fantastic looking object
whom Oswald did not know from Eve or
Adam. The man. for such he appeared
bowed ml,h smiling countenance, took
i chair at the foot of The bed, and seated
himself in the opposite angle of the fire
place, facing the student TO whom he
said:
Good day. Oswald. how are your
The individual who thus intrudes him.
sell upon our notice deserves a few lines
OF description. lie WIS little old man
OF sixty or sixtyiive wears. thin, with a
complexion almost yellow, a pointed
nose. thin and compressed lip. angular
chin. glance concealed behind n pair of
spectacles III perfect keeping with the
whole man.
His fingers. long and thin, appeared 70
terminate III :alous rather than nails;
through his patched and ragged CATERS
were thrust and appeared in full view
another set Of salons similar TO thos. Of
his hands.
lie wore heavy grey overcoat, pair
Of short breeches of faded green, a cap
with long shade which served the
double purpose OF covering his head and
keeping his spectacles from falling off.
Sir, said he to Oswald. vino remained
gazing III stupified astonishment at this
extraordinary apparition. IL thought that
you might possibly have needed my small
services and have called to see YOU.
10 whom have the honor of sneak.
ing? demanded Oswald. who began IN
feel himself influenced by a sor; of su.
perstitious terror.
Il have not the slightest objection to
mentioning my name.' replied the little
old man. still. before doing so. ,hink
ought TO enquire what you might eY.
pect Of me-
Pardon me, sir, said, Oswald. cas,,no
a disdainful glance over the miserable