New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-11-06
The Mouth Of PANE.

which he hid in his botaDizing box, and, ienyin1
Paris as soon as it was day, he would wandsr
hsr into the valley Of Montmorency the wood "a
Msndon, ,.or among the windings Of the Marnc,
Excited by the fresh air. the penetrating per-
fume of the growing vegetmsipn, or tho FRA
cranes Of the honey ysuckles, he would ~alk on
until hunger or fatigue made themselves felt
Then be would sit under a hedge, or by the side.
of stream, and would make rustic feast, by
turns ON watsr-eresses, wood Strawberries, and
backberries picked from the hedgess he would
gather q few plants, read & few pages of Flo
Ran, then in greatest vogue, Of Gessner, who
vas lust translated, or Of jean jacques, Of
whom he possessed three odd volumes The day
was thus paced alternately in activity and
rest in pursuit and meditation, until the de-
cainfng sun warned him to take again the road
TO Paris, where he would arrive bis feet torn
and dusty, but his mind invigorated for whole
week
Cine day, as he was going towards the wood
Of Virofay, he met, close to it, stranger Bho
was occupied in botanizing, and in sorting the
plants he had gathered. He was an oIdish
Fnan, with an hoHest face; but his eyes, which
were rather deep set under his eyebrows. had
an uneasy ana tfrnid expression He was
dressed IN brown cloth coat, gray waistcoat,
black breaches, vorsted stockings, and held an
ivory headed cane under his arm. His appear
ance was that of a retired tfadesman who was
living on hisHieans, and rather below the golden
rhien Of Heraee.
Ny father, who had great respect fsr age,
civilly raised his bat to him as he passed; but
in doing 50, plant he held fell from his hand
the ssrspgrT stogpsa to take it UP. and reeog-
nizedit. zs -
cit is Deutaria Aepfaphylios,'' zaitr he:
't have not seen any Of them in these woods;
did you find it here, sir %
My father replied, that II was to be found In
abundance on the top of the hill, towards
sevres, as we'll as the great Laserpetipa.
6. That, tool" repeated the old man more
briskly g Ahg j shall 60 and Took for them
l have gathered them formerly on the hillside
Of Robaiia f''g tq y
Sly father proposed to take him. The stran-
ger accepted the proposal with thanks, and
hastened to collect together the plants be had
gathered but all Of sudden be appeared to
be seized with q seruple. He observed to bis
that the read be was going was
helf-Eay up the hin, and led in the dtreetion
OF the castle of Danes Royales at Bellevue;
that by going to the top he would conseqaent
turn out of his road, and that it Was nor right
he should take this trouble for stranger
My father insistedupon it with his habitual
good nature = but the more eagerness he showed,
the more obstiDately the old man refused lit
even seemed to my father that his good inten-.
tions at last excited suspicion, He. therefore
contented himself with pointing out the road to
the stranger, whom he ssluted, and he soon lost 4
sight of him. 1 .sss
Many hours passed by, and he thought no
more Of the meeting. He had reached the
copses of Chaville, where, stretched on the
ground in NOISY glade, he read once more the
volume of Emile The delight of reading it
had 80 completely absorbed him, that he ceased
10 see OF hear anything around him. With his
cheeks flushed, and eye moist, he repeated
aloud q passage which had particularly afected
him. sss .=stsf sg
An exclamation uttered close to him, awoke
him from his ecstacy; he raised his head, and
tradesman- looking person he had
met. before, on the oross- road at Virohsy,
He was loaded with plants, the collection Of
which seemed to have put him into high good
hun1or.
ssA thousand thanks, sir,'' said he 10 my
father. 81 have found all that you told me of.
and am indebted to you for charming walk"
My father respectfully got mp, and made q
civil reply. The stranger had become quite fa-
mlar, and even asked ifhfs young brother bota-
father replied in the affirmative, and opened his
tin box to put his hook back in it,.
q The stranger asked hirn, with smile, if he
might, without impertinence, ask the name Of
it. My father answered that it was Rousseau's
ss Emile sf517s -
Z The stranger Immediately became grave
They walked, for some time side by side, my
still throbbing with emotion, all that this work
had made him feel; his companion remaining
cold and silent, The former extolied the glory
of the great Geneyese writer, whose genius had
made him citizen Of the world; he expatiated
on this privilege of great thinkers, who reign in
spite of time and space, and gather together
people of willing subjects out of all nations;
butahe stranger suddenly interrupted him:
g And how do you kaow,' said he mildly,
g whether jean Jacques would not exchange
thereputation which you seem to envy for the
life of one of the wood cutters whose ehimney's
smoke we sesi What has fame brought him
except persecution The unknown friends
whom his books may have made for him, content
themselves with blessing him in their hearts;
while the declared enemies thst they nave
drawn upon him, pursue him with violence and
calumny!. His pride has been flattered by sue.
cessl How many times has 1t been wounded
By satire! And be assured that human pride
is like tire Syharite, who was prevented from
sleeping by afcrease in a rose leaf The ac-
tiyity Of . vigorous mind, by which the world
profits, almost always turns against him who
possesses it. He expeets more from It as he
grows older; the ideal he pnrsues continually
disgusts him with the actual he is like man