The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-11-28

- tuc Ptdiloy allu StDg some OF InQSe Slnlpl
and beautiful melodies, in which til
tenderness, tue gravity, and the pieiy
- the German national character seem |
ningIe - n
was not long in psreeiying that Ba
ron yon Moth and a young student pa
med Werter were particularly sensIbI
to. Ellen eharmsand merit. In the Ba
ron, middle aged man, there was a mix
= ture of dignity and eagerness which be
tfayed an almcst constant struggle be
tween pride and the energy of d strong
passion. It is. between the ages of thir
i fy and forty that the passions have mos
!, enapire oversua at that I.eriod OF If
= the character is completely -, ned and
as VIC well know what we desires so dc
we strive to atfain our end with al the
energy Of a perfect organization.
3 Werter was little more than nineteen
years old He was tall, fair, and mel
anchoIy I am persuaded that love had
Z revealed itselfte tic yourg student By
the INTERPRETATION of the musical sense.
!. I had more than once watched him when
Ellen sang. A sort, of fever aqitated
{ him be Isolated himself IN a corner of
the room, and there, Ia mute ecstacy,
the poor b u ihlIaled the poison of love-:
al attCutlft vi lildL QdocT
ed, did my utmost to read Elieras
heart, aud to decide as to the future
chances of the baronss OF the Students
EEsres She was passionateIy fond afnar=
Eatixes of adventure, and, thanks to tho
Wandering life ! had led, I was able to
crafty this taste I noticed that traits
7. of generosity. and noble devotion pre-.
duccd an extraordinary effect upon her.
Her eyes sparkltd as though she would
fam have distingu guishcd. through Time
and space, the hero Of a nebIe action
: then tears mofstened her beautiful fashs
es, as refieetiol recalled her to the real
!. f3i5s Of life i understood that neither
tie baron nor Werter was the man to
win her hcasts5 they were neither of them
3 equal to Der. = =
3 Ole night, that we were assembled in.
2 Tie dtavTfg room, one Of the hdbituall
-isitors to the house, presented to Us a.
ey, who had Just arrived from Lem
burg .a.id whom business vas to detaiDa
( ] for Sljiie alShths at Sieiira. In fewa
W5Tds, Mr.. uul.er made tte stranger
{ acquailfted with the rites aud customs
oflile house The jew. replied by mon
osyliabics, as If he disdained to expend4
more words aud Intelligence upon details
so8eTtiFclp maferiai3ss3 EeE 81 81
81 - Mr. Maltbns=-tilatssNas the s.Isw 81
,lliamc-zzihsd ssdecided i'pp in his gait 4
he was a man of the middle height, and
of decent bearing: MS hair was nege
le-t ID /; bat plIrc Ialog s. world have
a reaia Isofld of Sd N iFlIe magnificent
'i idevclopcment of his forehead sEs
- Tie jew had one of those penetrating
and soaarus voices whose tores seem to
to words iI.fexions not less varied than
the forms of stheught He summed up
The discussion logically aud1acidly but
Is was easy to see that, out of consider
alton for his interloeufors. he ahstnnedI
1from putting forth his whole strength
The conversation was Intentionally
led to religious prejudices; at the first
words spoken on this subject, the Jew
eouuteuance assumed sublime express
sion. He rose at once to TIE most ele-
q vated considerations twas easy. to see
.hat his imagination found itself in fa-
n1iliar sphere. He wound up with so
/. pathetic and powerful peroration, that
Ellen, yielding to sympathetic impulse,
made an abrupt movement toward him.
Their two souls had met, and were des-
tined mutually to complete each other. 4
Some celebrated authors were spoken
Iof; he remained silent. Baron Won
Moth 1eaht over toward me; and said. ia
! a low voice, g Il seems that our new ac
q quaiEtance is not literary
s = I should not be surprised at that, :
Z replied !" and, what is more, / would !
Hay asHager that he is musical u The
baron drew back, with movement of
,3.vexation, and, as If to test my sagacity, !
he asked Ellen to sing something. II hvl
amiable girl begged him to excuse her,
but without putting forward any of those
small pretexss which most young ladies
would have invented on the instant
Her mothers authority was needed to
yanqnish her instructive resistance. scler
prelude testified to s5me unwonted a2is
q .tati6n; its first notes reused the Jew
\ from his reveric /; soon she recovered
I herself and her visible emotion did but
add a fresh charm to the habitual ex-
preston of her singing
r Suddenly she stopped short, declaring
that her memory failed herr. 4
Then, to our great astonishment, a
!. rich and harmonious voice was heard, !
F and Ellen continued, accompanied by |
the finest tenor ever listened to in my
: life, - zss=gssss s-ess e-s ss5s Il
~ uC BAIOu -uio rps J. 1SlSSi oe
pale with surprise The warmest aps
E planse followed the eonclnsion of this
beautiful duet.
Malthus had risen from his chair, and |
!. seemed entirely under the spell Of har-
mony. He gave some adRioe to aEllen,l
I who listcnedsto him with avidity; Ire |
even made her repeat passage which
Lshe afterwards sang with admirable ex-
preston. He took her hand : almost |
q with enthusiasm, and exslai med, q
The Jew lead the regular life of a man
j who knows the value Of time. lie v ork-
! ed until noon, paid or received few
) visits, went upon Change about two o.
; clock, then shut himself up in his sppart-
| ment and was visible to nobody. and af
precisely four o'clock entered Mr. Null
: ler's room, where Ellen awaited him at
) the piano.
4 / had more than nnoc felt tempted to |
ask Malthus the history of his lameness,
J but he eluded with so much care every
j approach to the subject, that doomed
/. myself obliged to respect this secret. i
: One night that the family party were
: assembled, Werter approached Mr.. Null
Ter with suppliant air, and delivered