Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-06-01
THE, sTfADoSNs WE CAST
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tions. a new pleasure swelled within his
heart. listclIshimself 20 be the creator
of thing OF beuuty.". and was con-
scipus Of new born power, Arch, wall,
buitress. gateway. diawbridge, lofty towef
and battlcm:ht. were all the work Of his
hands. Ho was in wonder at his own
skill in thus creating from an unseemly
pile Of blocks, structure of such rare
design. II: ~
= silently no. stood and gazed upon his
castle with something of the pride u a,s
architect who sees. after mvtths Or years
of skillfully applied labor some grand
conception in his art embodied in his im4
pcrishable stone. Then he moved around
viewing it on every side, Itdid not seem
70 him toy reaching few inches IN
hight, and covering but square foot Of
ground. but real castle. lifting hundreds
OF feet upward to tile blue sky, aud spread
ing wide upon the earth its ample fuuuda-
tions. As the idea grew more and moro
perfect, his strange pleasure increased.
Now he stood with folded arms, wrapped,
| in the over mastering ilusion--'uow,
walked slowly around, viewing the struc-
ture on all sides, and noting every minute
particular. and now sat dowr, aud bent
over it with the .fOnducss Of mother
bending over hei child. Again lie arose.
purposing to obtain another and more dis.
tinct view OF his work. But his foot
struck against one of the 5uttresses, and
instantly with crash, wall. tower, and
battlement fell in hopeless ruin.
! In the room with the boy sat lis father
reading. The crash in the room disturbed
him, and he uttered sharp. angry re-
buke; glancing for moment toward tile
startled child, and then returning his eyes
to the attractive pages before him, uncon-
1 scious Of the shadow he had cast upon
the heart of his child. Tears came into
those blue orbs. dancing in light a mo-
ment before. From the frowning face Of
his father, To which his glance suddenly
turned, tho child looked back to the shape
| LESS ruins of his castle. Is itauy wonder
than he bowed his face in silence upon
them. and vet theM with his tears?
i For moro than five minutes he sat as
still as if sleeping, then in mournful
kind of way, yet almost noiselessly, he
commenced returning them 10 the box
from which he had iakans- -thsIa. the many
shaped pieces that titly joined them to.
gether, had grown inte noble building
After the box was filed he replaced the
cover, eud then laid it carefully upon 4
shelf in tho closet.
Poor child! That shadow was n deer
one and long in passing away. His
mother found him half AN hour afterward,
l asleep on the floor with checks flushed
. 20 an unusual brightness. ShekRew moth
, ing Of chat troubled passage inehis young
life, and the father had forgotten in tho
attraction Of the book hc read, the monen
tay annoyance expressed in words and
tone, with power in them to shadow the
heart of his child.
A young wife had busted herself f5i
D many days in preparing a pleasant sur
, prise for her husband. The work was fin
, ished at last; and now she waited his re
turn, with heart full of wiWm emotions
A dressins gown aud a pair Of elegantly
= embroidered slippers, wrought by he
, own skillful fingers were the gifts will
{ which she fieaitt td delight him. Wha
G d tr4op of pleasure f,incies vas IN he
heart! IIsw impatiently did she wait foI
Il the Euming t#,light, which was to be dawn
: not approaching darkness 10 her.
{ At last she heard the step of her hus
+ band in the passage, and her pulse leapst
with fluttciing delight. Like a bird upor
. the wing, she almost flew down to mec
3 him, impatient for the Kiss that awaited
!. her.
J. To men in the world Of business, kT
!, duss pass without their disappointment,
!. and perple lexities. Ii is mans business I,
bear this manfully. They form but
e portion of fifc's discipline, and shoul'
- make them stronger, SraVer; and fiort Ell
Ie during. Un#iselS, aud we may say tiIi
it Justly, too many men fail to leave thei
e business cares and troubles idtheir stores
work shops or countiiiS rooms, ii the day
10 decline. They wrap them in bundles AN
a carry them home to shadow their hUisd
n holds.
. 1t was SO with With the Soung husban
Il on this particular occasion. The saear
Of business had taken an eddying wlir
land thrown his vessel backward Instead {
IN onward, for brief space, and though
a. was still in the current and gliding safel
y onward against it, the jaf and disappoinl
ment had fretted his mind severely. Ther
was no hearth w1rfnth in the kiss he gav
his Wife; because he had let care over
H. shadow love. He drew his arm aroun
her, but she was conscious of u dimr
p. ished pressure in that embracing arm.
rs Are you not wtflf
ol With what tender coficern was this qucS
tion asked!
rk Very well"
es He might be in body, but moi in mint
IN that was plain, for his voice was Ear fror
OF being cheerful.
in She played and sung heI iavofite pieces
ry hoping to restore, by the charm Of musi,
r. Brightness TO his spirit. But She wa
conscious only Of partial s,tceess. Ther
he was still gravity in his manner nrye
he before perceived. At tca-time she smile
,l- upon him so sweetly across the able, an
ne ts'lked to him on such attractive theme:
is. shat the right exPressioii tetHrhed to hi