Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-11-01

al politeness. But once, when he brought nome
one of his pupils, she came out to meet them
dressed in q new gown, OF dingy blue and brick
red, with figures large enough for bed.curtains.-
He blushed, and was for a moment ashamed OF
her, then he reproached himself that his darling
Esther could seem to him in any respect vulgar
\ The next week he sent her q dress of delicate ma
ierial and quiet colors, and she had tact enough to
perceive that this was o silent mode OF improving
her taste.
The most painful thing connected with his own
superior culture was the spiritual distance it pro-
cuced between him and his honest parents. Their
relative positions we're reversed. Father and mo-
|, Their looked up with wondering Difference to their
| childred. Like hens that have Matched ducks,
! they knew not what to make of their progeny, thus
: launched out on a fluid element which they had
never tried. But he perceived the distance be-
tween them far more clearly than they could
;. lie could receive the whole of their thought but
was constantly obliged to check the utterance OF
i his own. from a consciousness that illusions the
/, most common to him would be quite unin-
: ~telligible to them. The butterfly may remem'
= knowledge Of the butterfly" With Esther he had
\ unalloyed pleasure of companionship; for though
1 ignorant of the world, and deficient in culture, she
/ was an intelligent listener, and it charmed him to
see her grow continually under the influence OF
! the sunshine he could bring to her. How he loved
to teach herl How he longed to prove his graft
tude by the conservation of all his faculties and
! means to her nse!
In little more than a year after he left college, q
delightful change came over his prospects.
t A brother of the widow in whose family
4 he had been tutor, was appointed Ambassador to
Spain, and through her influence he selected John
q Goldinp for his Private Secretary. Esther, true
q. to her unselfsh nature, urged him by all means to
= accept the offer. "When you were q little boy"
t said she, ''you we're always eager to know about
countries a great way off. But we little thought
Y then that our c~ackling hens would ever bring you
such a golden opportunity"
Johns satisfaction would have been complete,
if he could have taken Esther with him to that
balmy cline. But she had many objections to
offer. She said her rustic manners untitled her
for the elegant circles in which he would move,
and be replied that she would catch the tone of
polished society far more readily than he could,
She reminded him that their parents needed his
assistance TO repair the old dilapidated HON estead,
and to purchase cows; and that he had promised to
devote to their use the first money he could spare.
lie sighed, and made no answer; for he felt that
his pecuniary resources were altogether inadequate
to his generous wishes. Again the question re-
turned, "Why cannot women go abroad, and earn
their own way in the world, as well as men ?" The
coming ages answered him, but he did not heal
! the prophecy.
AT last the hour Of parting came. Painful II
was to both, but far more painful to Ester. The
e young man went forth to seek novelty and adven-
+ ture; the young woman remained alone, in dull
S monotony Of an uneventful life. And more than
e this, she felt a mournful certainty that she should
never behold her darling brOther again, while he
G was cheered by hopes of a happy reunion, anC
J was forever building the most romantic 'castle'
d in SPAIN" She never told him how ill she was
= and he thought her interru pied breath was caused
d merely by the choking emotions of an overchargeC
Il heart.
lie deposited with a friend more money than h,
could have prevailed upon her to accept, and mad
n a choice collection of books and engravings to chez
y her during his absence. To the last moment, h
I-l 10 r.. l-, -aeE IL. nnl .n rr-tn,
n her to the sunny hills Of Spain. With a fain
smile she promised to learn Spanish that she Nigh
N be able to talk with her brother Don ScOlardo
and so with mutual struggle to suppress their tear
a the brother and sister, who had gone so lovingly
hand in hand, over the rough paths OF life, parte'
Just where the glancing summit OF his hopes ros
IN bright before him.
A letter written on boa. d ship was full of cheer
d full visions of the quiet literary home they woul'
d enjoy together in the coming years. Tho next let
lr ter announced bis arrival in Spain. On, the 70
mantle old castles, the picturesque mills, the ricl
vineyards, the glowing oranges, the great swell
is ing bunch of grapes! lie was half wild with en-
a thusiasm, and seemed to have no annoyance, excep
the fact that he could not speak modern languages
Il ought not,,' said he, to complain of the culleg
education for which we toiled so hard and whic
has certainly opened for me the closed gateway Q
of a far nohler life than l could probably have entere
ed by any other means. But after all, dear Esther
ed much of my time and money was spent for what
cannot BRING INTO use, anu slldll lEcIeiOIc SUM iul
ir- get. Even my Latin was not taught me in q wa
n that enables me to talk freely with the learned fol
IN eigners | meet. By the light of my present expo
ny rience, | can certainly devise a better plan of edit
n cation for my son if | ever have one. Meanwhile
is dear sister, do not work too hard; and pray stud
- French and Spanish with all diligence; for laug
ID as thou wilt at my castles in SPAIN will surel
de come and bring thee here. Think Of the golden oil
ed auges and great luscious grapes, which thou wi
nd never see in their beauty till thou seest them here
lot Think of seeing the Alhambra, with its golden lat
* tice-work and fowry arabesques! Above all, in
lis agine myself seated under a fig tree leaning on tn
ey bosom Of thy ever-loving brother!"
lis Poor Esther! This description of a genial cl
If mate made her sigh; for while she read it, the col
IT'D East winds of New England were cutting he
Dol wounded lungs like dagger points. But when sh
tie. answered the precious letter, she made no allusion
as to this. She wrote p~layfully, concerning the healt
of the cows and the hens; asked him to inform he
er, what was cackle in Spanish, for she reverenced tn
m word, and would rain know it in all language;
Finally, she assured him that she was studyin
S." busily, to make herself ready to reside in tn
eat grand castle he was building. The tears cam
ne. to her eyes, as she folded the letter, but she turne
ear hastily aside, that they might not drop on the p,
/, | per. Never in her life had she been willing
w. let her shadow cross his sunshine.
hat 1t was the last letter she ever wrote. She ha
,rt. sought to crown her brother with laurels on eartl
vo- and his ministering angel crowned her with ga
me- lands in Heaven,
the Il 4 = y y \ =
Tor Three years afterward, John stool by her hun
10, BILE grave in his native village. The tears fowe
All fast, as he thought to himself. "AndI once blusl
Tue ed for thee, thou great and noble sOul, Jecau'
be- :, thou vert clothed in a vulgar dress! All, meal
ungrateful wretch that | was! And how stinte
- was thy life thou poor one!-A slow grinding ma
Out tyrdom from beginning to end"
lie remembered the wish she had so meekly c
pressed, that woman might have a more liber
ore H. tLv sake lion dcor ono said he 81 lii
ign the friend and brother of all women. To the
improvement and elevation will | consecrate N
en- talent and my education. This is the monumel
Inc | will build to thee; and | believe thy gent
Ter spirit will bless me for it in Heaven"
ler ia coon oGor morried n yonNg woman ubo,
rst character and early history stronolv resemblod h
m beloved %sister's. Aided BY her, he devoted all b