Kenosha tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1855, 1855-04-19

the utmost elegance; and, above all. could
brighten it with her own sweet presence.
This is woman's prerorgatiye--no home
is homelv where she meets the eye in love,
in beauty, and in grace!
Herbert, when he gazed on Edith, forgot
the splendid Raphael that hung.in the old
wainscotted dining room; as her sy lph-like
was seen in all its beauty while she waited
on her mother, he did not miss the statues
he had been accustomed to from his infancy.
He had never known how beautiful Edith
was. until now. Was she not well worth
them all.
Why do welavish thoussndsupon pictures
and statues? Why do we stand entranced
before them, when we set such little store by
those given to US by God to be with us day
by dav? Is the dead marble ofthe sculptor
smoother, whittier than the rounded limbs OF
the wife, of the sister. or of the child? Is the
canvass the painter overspread with softer
tints, and beam the eyes of his marvellous
picture with more dazzling lustre than the
cheeks, the eyes of such as live with US day
by day? Where is the figure that stands out
so clear. so well defined from its back ground
of heavy darkness, as she who stands forth
bravely amid life 'stroubles. using every deep
and sombre shade to make more clear the
distnctiyeness of her own peculiar beauty?
Rich men!-liye amongyour marbles, gaze
entrancedupon your pictures, speak ofthem
as men ofjudgment, men ofretnement, and
men oftaste; remember, however, that there
are others who have their wealth-statues
which, unchiselled by the hand OF man, both
live and move-pictures which, painted by
The great Masters hand, speak with their
ruby lips, and love with their now soft, now
glttering eyes; your statues, your pictures
are, within your splendid palaces, wonders
of human workmanship only to be admired;
ours within our naked walls, are the handi-
work of heaven, are ministering spirits, are
all in all to us!
VI.
So, then, Herbert Courtenay, with his
mother and sister, took up theirabode in this
scanty lodging; the poor remnant OF their
property being their support for the present,
and Herbert's energies being their prospect
for the future. And those energies were all
alive. 1t wasa great service which had been
allotted to him, and being now called forth
to fight in the battle of life, he could not
shrink; but what was he do? Thisfor awhile
absorbed his thoughts; he held council OF
war in the depth Of his own heart. Now he
proposed one thing, and now another. AT
one time he would plunge into the crowded
city, and hustle and strive for wealth, and
atanother he would exercise the accomplish
naents which former affiuence and his own
industry had purchased for him.
Forth, then, into the crowded city went
Herbert Courtenay. to lay his plans, & mark
out his ground-the ground on which he
would fight his first pitched battle with the
world and one glance convinced him that,
whoever wo'd fight there, must endure much
indeed. Hitler and thither rushed anxious,
eager men; knitted brows. sharp and wien
ed faces; eyes strained deep with unnatural
earnestness, all these met the young mans
gaze, and no marvel if his gentle spirit
shrank from fighting here.
Perhaps, said Herbert, as he watched
pale, anxious-l looking man. 'he has mother
and sister at home, or perhaps wife and a
child; perhaps they are leaning on him for
Bread and instantly Herbert began to feel
interested in him. The man was speaking
with another, and earnestly pressing on him
the purchase Of some merchandise. That
is the price, said he, Il will take no less,
and he confined his words with an oath.
How earnest he is, said Courtenay, 'for
their sakes hope he will succeed
There was further questioning and answer
ing, and then heheardthe words, i willtake
no less again, and again he heard the oath
He is very earnest said Herbert, and then
he heard the bargain struck. Then they sep
arated, and as the young man went his way
he washeard to mutter, The fool! if he had
held out, he should have had it for half the
price
The color rushed into Herbert's cheeks
as the color rushes to the soldiers, when,
for the first time. he hears the boom of can
non fired in battle; then it fed from them,
as it fees from bis. Herbert was sickened;
and faint and wretched he turned aside.
and bent his steps towards home.
Surely, saidhe, as he slowly walked along,
that man has no child how could he bend
over it tonight, and watch it in its tranquil
slumbers, as he thinks of what he has done
lO~udH. 1lOH COuIu DC ICtOH IL w Cido AIS
infant hands, and lisp its infant prayers. with
the same lips that lied so odiously to-day for
gain? He must loathe himself, said Her
bert, 'as the sweet tones of his young wife's
voice tell him of what their child has said
and done since he went forth in the morning
into the world or as the sweet notes of his
orphaned sisters song repeat to him the
strains which, in his own pure infancy, he
loved the best. He cannot be happy said
Herbert, and having reasoned himself into
this belief, he reached the lodging where his
own fair Edith dwelt
VII.
That night Herbert held council with an
other besides his own heart, and Edith and
he debated long about the future. But why
was not Herbert's mother at their council
board? Was she not the oldest and the wi
sest, and had not her experience been the
greatest?
She was not there, because both Herbert
and Edith knew with sorrow that the time
hadcome when she was to be counselled for,
and not to counsel. They were her children
for she had borne them; but she was now