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on 10 the Latin writing st eleven sad ssea
after Twelve Was absorbed in The woes Of Aa-
hgeas- A ess, or thersahouts, I heard sbs
trsnp ef hssses, and what more natural
thsn Tor ons @saent to leave the tvia ,:s.
ters and that terbals.s tyrant Cream ana
rush 10 the viadew 70 see ~. mi,h, n.
The passsrs-byf Would that had ns,.r
done %.
Caa ever forget the witchery Of that
smile, the heaven Of that szlm Gale brow.
! the lateot music in thoss 4yss, the poetry
Of thar '@s fsss, shs ssi' 81 9, ,hs.s pe.tiy
teeth, TIE majesty .. .As' :. n, the 'emp,s-
tisns Of that waist, the rapture - 's"se us'y
ringiets' o, Edith lao, not Edith s,.sef'
What . perfect command she bad Of her
horse tTo be sure he vas daily over work
ed and usdsrfed wss that her fault u With
what grace she sat in her saddle, aud bou
fascinating was the tremulous yibratioo Of
the leather 10 her vide auake hati Can
it be matter for wonder that, sftr CARING
on sush charms from my window, Imene sp,
peared an insipid and pusillAninous time
server; Antigone, strong minded woman
with grievance, sadly addicted 20 vap0r.
ing and sentiment; Creon, an utter ru:san
aud the Chorus borsi
Before two my books we're closed, aud I
was wildly searching the streets aud shores
Of Sabdhaven for the lovely object Of my
strong aud sudden passion--iu vain That
day at least found her not nor the next
nor even the day after. Ne, one line
could I read il was utterly useless to at
tempt it
Friday is usually accounted an unlaeky
day,--Qaiafam fnge Ii is q classical su.
perstition which the moderns have endorsed
l found 10 in my case the fo-tunate ono !;
for after three days vain aud restless row
ing to and fro, 10 qass. Of the fsaltless eres-
tures whose beauties Lad lurcd e iom my So
Phoclcs, and destroyed my equanimity, FRI
day caught glimpse Of her on the sands
She was with two other yourg ladies', whom
took to b her ,i.teri They were anus
sing themselves in gathering she'll aud pieces
Of sea weed They we're unaeeompanied BY
any gentlemen. Each wore q vide brim med
brown straw haiti was the year those n
bominatiops csme into flshion She
Edith was going 20 say--I bad imagined
her name mast be Edith-looked beautiful
even uuder that gretcsque and dreadful ccv.
eriss passed them and repassed them
In looking At her, l threw an energy and
fervsr iato my adniring gaIs, which I
thought IN no way displeased her I sat
down on = rock some twO busdred yards sff
and, taking vOluuao from my pockei--n not
SophOele this time, but Keats--I sfFeetsd TO
road, bat watched their movements mar
Towly.
saw her writing With her parasol on the
sand HoE my heart palpitatedl Is il, 1
thsught, ssms tender sentiment, some Eeu.
lie eDeouragementf- docs she inseribe her
name, possibly add her addresst vas in
fever Of expectation. i sat absorbed, as
they may have thought, in my book aatil
they moved away somO distance, when / fol-
losed to the spot Wasro she had written, 10
large eleay characters Edith Walsineham
IL was then Edith This then, was her name.
How true my presentnentl Had IL been
revealed TO me IN dream looked round
70 see DO one was watching me, and wrote in
large letters uuder my own name, Henry
4 then hnTrisd after them. that might, il
Pesstble, sec what the earthly abode Of this
goddess wss Everything favored my de-
siga: thsy never locked round once, but
vent directly up bill from tho sands. aRd
catered tSe door ef IL Promenade Villas,
ProrPeet Plsce.
Ireiarnsd Immediately TO The sands How
happy was l nov That morning. when
lsft my iodgings, sll vas doubt aud unseF.
taiBty now did BOT know everything D.
her very name aud addFessS fcit 90 eaim
and eontented, that 1 cuula hsvs almost re-
turned 10 she society OF Abtigobs aud fmshs
for an hour or tive, bat deteTnined 6rst TO
revisit the seasbore. I wandered back 10
the spot where | hsd written my Christian
name uRdeT heTs, aud vas bsEt aud disgust.
ed 70 had that s0me misohieyous and al
meaaiER person bad serasisd under them, IN
large coarse looking lsttsrs, FAIa OF inIoTs
This WAS the treatment which sentiment met
With ~ the hasda of the vulRsr had ul.
Ways bseR friend TO eiuoation except Ia my
own particular case; nov bitterly regret
ths the masses, or any Of them could
uTits / locked aroHhd, but 10 no purpose,
fer the DiscreaBt ubo hsd ognmittsd this
/ saeEilsgo Not hone in bis body should
hsvs Fenaintd usbtokeo
qaiskly obliterstod The ribaldry that
been added. aad lsft tbo iva Rsmss as they
I stood OFigiBally, aaHl IL occurred 10 nc that
\ I Eoald destroy btF Surname, place ny 90 a
/ opposite aud bracsstthe i've Chrisiian names
I together. thsn SET ayself dosB On the
! sbingies aud watched ths tide epras 80, rio.
I pie afteF ripple vasbiug up usIfsr and nearer
I 10 the afilAg. abdi az lass tha tee names
I siill united ueFo submerged unasF the wa.
tsFs of The Atlantie SD ss the tide had
boe rsschsi ms, woke from feysrls uith
my shoes fad stockings vet
This ewoiog diued uith some appetite
Il haa snifely foFfsken ne daFisg ths ihFes
prses9isi ssgs with ~ shsfsot. ss
iemptsd jsfedstas, Lut 5000 lsid tbe Fsatr
abie Psusf Of History aside ts7k ap Vir
gil, bat gith tho sane resali Even ny "a
voFits foratius Plascss soud noi, o. itii
sccasion bs iolsfstsd, bat vas exchanged fos
~ pea. pith Ebish I sfois az sefostis o.
z Elith Waisia gham ssntt8 BED rseiiiae
ny line. Ehish "a its toe seemed = VsrJ
hafpy foft n ~ muse. fepsatius ths 81
phobiok aams shieA bslinsrifei ihsN SD
On she beauty 81 its ehssantiug ssusF.
Meas aaFaiaK uss % bsiimes laag bs
fore tie kidosns ssryahi I'D pied ihe strisr
fsstoosd % ~ asgsF 80 sss ssas 81
ices o. ifs-eaf ohiafi pas = iith Wslsiag
hah I sodd retl. ~, read egsn bef8f,
bfsskfssi. snt 3iseity tee 80 fsf oue haui
I spglisf myss9 nafemiitiugiy, snd afiss
yards. to5k - ifst seal sits ssssdaieoss
snA spptiiiS
Before 4 sbaid c1mnenes By lseie al
Sea, ftsfs - ampis fims Or 3 saorl wslk
sns ut1i ssil tatte4 ssttis 80 siaf 81 e..
days ngadsfhaa ere aisacs 10 fT Pfemsend.