Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-03-20
MISCELLANY.

We reprint the following beautiful allie
CORY from Putnam's Magazine of juno
1853.
UNCLE BEhNARD's SroRY.--'O Uncle Ber-
Dard,' cried altogether a group of little
people, tell us story
Uncle Bernard, q white haired old man.
whose easy chair had been drawn to warm
corner, for the winter was bowling against
the windows, looked up from his large print
Bible and smiled fondly on their rosy faces;
"A story let me read you one out of this
good book
oh no said bold little Bob, as he
caught the old man round the neck, I'VE
know all the Bible stories tell us fairy
tale
Yes yes Uncle Bernard chompcd the
rest, "a fairy tale, fairy tale, fairy tale;
you have never told us fairy tale.
NO, deary, have never told you fairy
tale. Fairy tales are lies, and young folks,
like you, should not love to hear lies, and
old folks like me should not tell lies.
'Oh but uncle Bernard we know that
fairy tales amt true, but it is such fun to
hear them
Well,my pets, n try to tell you story
that sounds like fairy tale, and yet is all
true Sit down and listen
'Once upon time, and a great while
ago, there lived in a wide wood wild man
whose name was ShenOS. His father and
mother had been keepers of lovely garden,
where they dwet IN peace with our good
God but he, very early in his childhood ,
had wandered far off and lost himself a.
mong the shadows of the forests, where he
soon forgot all the little that he knew -
Not only his head and face, but also his
whole body was covered with long shaggy
bair ELa md lo
could climb the trees and swim in the water
as easily as walk on the ground Gigantic
in height, his shoulders were broad and
his limbs sturdy. lie could outrun the
swiitest deer, hit with stone the hying
bird, and kill with his knotty club the
hercest beasts. lie ate only what he won
in the chase, with some pleasant herbs or
fruits, or honey which he found in hollow
trunks, and among the rocks and he drank
only water from springs, or the deep rivers
which flow through the valley lie slept
il. caves or in crotches of trees, lest the
proving beasts should catch him unawares
Yet, savage as he was, he had a certain
nobleness and rough grace Of mien which
distinguished him as superior to the brutes
around him, and made them acknowledge
him as their lord. Thus he lived lonely
and unhappy, and Notwithstanding hi.
strength, full Of fears.
'One day as he was pushing through O
thicket to reach the river, he heard singing
sweeter than he had ever heard. lie thought
at first it was a bird, but he knew til,
songs of all birds, and that this was no
like any one of them. He dashed on, anc
saw reclining on the bank of the river
creature so lovely that he stood still il
wonder, trembling with n new feeling tina
shot like fire through his heart and Joints
Her form (his woodlands eye saw at one
that the delicate proportions were those o
female) was something like his own, bu
fair and elegant where his was brown an,
shaggy. Around her was cast loose whit
robe, and about her shoulders scarf blu
as the sky. While she sung she looked uI
ward as if some one was hearing her, whoI
Sthenos could not see, and then she hstene
as if to a voice he could not hear. 500
turning her eyes upon him, she smiled wit
ravishing sweetness, and beckoned hin
nearer. Awe-struck but drawn irresistibl
on, he fell at her feet gazing on her bea,
tiful face. She spoke in accents of his ea
ly speech, which now came back to his III
derstanding, and said 'Sthenos, our goo
God whom you have forgotten has not TO
gotten you ; but plying your loneliness ar
misery, has sent me to live with you al
be your friend. Already love you, al
you must take me to your heart and gi'
me your love-
As she spoke she bent down and wipC
his forehead, from which she had parted b
matted locks, looking with her clear bl,
eyes into his, until his whole being seem
drawn out to her, and he laid her head wi
its bright golden curls on his broad breas
and felt an ecstacy OF inexpressble hapI
ness.
And now that | am to dwell with yo
dear Sthenos, lead me to your home'
'Iiomen replied he, i know not what y
meant
w here do you rest after the chase,
amidst the darkness Where do you
your food, and where do you most delig
to bel That is home
Il have no home. All places in the for,
are alike to me. Where WEAKNESS or mig
come upon me, there | lie down; whel
have killed the deer then | eat. | hG
never thought of home
Come, then said she, sweetly, let
seek spot where we will make home
ourselves; and putting her slender hand
his, she led him on until they came I.
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