Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-08-27
loneliness in which his inaa bad eaVeIoped

When they were gone, Ethan Brand sa,
listening to the cracking OF the kindled WOOD
and looking at the spirits of fire that iss uet
through the chinks OF the door. These gri
Aes, however, once So familiar, had but the
slightest hold of his attention. while deer
within his mind he was reviewing the grad
ual ant marvellous change which had been
wrought upon him by the search to which
hs had devoted himself. He remem.
bered how the night dew had fallen
Upon him; bow the dark forest had whis
pefed TO him, bow the stars hsd CLEAN.
ed uPoO him, sInPls aad loving man
watching his Sre in years gone by, and e.
ven musiaE as it burned. He remembered
with what tenderness. with what love and
sympathy for maaaihd; and what pity for hu-
man guilt and woe, he had frat begun to
contem plate those ideas which afte-ward
became the inspiration OF his life; with
what reverence he had locked iate tie Eear.
of man, viewing it as q temple originally
divine, and, however desecTase9; still TO be
held sacred by a brother; and with what
awful fear he had deprecated his pErscit,
and prayed that the Unpardonab!e Sin
might never be revealed to him. Then eu-
sued that vast Intellectual development,
which, in its progress, disturbed the counter
poise between his mind and heart.
The idea that possessed his life had acted
as a means of education; it had raised him
from the level of an unIettered Iaborer to
stand an starlight laden eminence whither
the philosophers of earth, with the lore
of the universe might veinly strive TO Chamber
after him. So much for inteilec,! But
where was the hesrt! That indeed, had
withered, had contracted, had hardened, had
persisted! 1t had ceased to partake of the
universal throb. He had lost hold of the
magnetic chain of humanity. He was no
longer brother man, opening the chambers
or the dungeons of our common nature by
the key of holy sympathy, which gave him
a right to share in all its secrets; he is now
a cold observer, looking on mankind as the
subject of his experiment ,und at length con-
YerIing man and woman to be his puppets
and pulling the wires that moved them to
such degree Of crime as were demanded
for his study.
Thus Ethan Brand became fend. He
began to be So from the moment that his
moral nessre had ceased to keep pace 0i
Improvement with his intellect. And new
his highest effort, and inevitable deyei-
oPeme nt--as the bright and gorgeoss flower
and rich, delicious Irut of his Ife's labor
hs had discovered the Unpardona Bile Sin.
"FShat more have to seekl What more
to achleve!" said Ethan Brand to himself
"Ay task is done, and well donel"
Starting FROM the log with a certain a.
lacrity in his gait, and ascending the hillock
that was raised against the stone circumfer-
ence OF the line-klln, he thus reached the
top ef the structure. 1t was u space of per-
aaps ten feet across, from edge to edge. Fre-
senting view OF the immense muss ci
broken marble with which the kiln was
heaped. All these innumerable blocks and
fragments OF n!arbIe were red hot, and vivid
ly on fire, sending up great spouts of blue
flame, which quivered aioft, and danced mad
y as within magic circle, and sank and
ruse again, With continual and mutitudI-
nous activity. As the lonely man bent
forward over this terrible body OF FIRE, the
blasting heat smete up against his body with
a breath that, it might be supposed, would
have scorched and hrivled him up in a mo
GaeEt.
Ethan Brand stood erect, and fafsgt his
arms on high. The blue fiame played upon
mis- face, and imparted the wild and ghastly
ligh, which alone could have suited the ex-
preston, it was that of fend on the verge
OF plunging into isteAsest torment.
80, Mother Earth" cried be, "who arl
no more my mother, and into whose bos ON
this frame shall never be resolved! 0, man-
l.. 1 ~
aInpled thy great heart beneath my feet!
O, stars of heaven, that shone on NE OF old
if to light me onward and upward! Fare
we'll all, and forever! Come, deadly ele.
merit OF FIRE, heaceforth my familiar friend!
Embrace me as do theeI''
That night the sound of a fearful peal OF
laughter rolled heavily through the sleep oi
the lime burner and his son; dim shapes oil
horror and anguish haunted their dreams
ana seemed still present whsff they oPened
their eyes to the daylight.
"Up. boy, up!" cried the lime barDer star.
ing about him THANK heaven the night
has gone at last, and rather than pass an
other such, would watch my lime~kiin,
wide awake for twelvemonth. This E.
than Brand with his hunbug of an Unpar-
donable Sin. has dope me no such mighty
favor by taking my place."
He issued from the hut followed by little
Joe, who kept fast hold ui his fathers hand.
The early sunshine was already pouring it's
gold upon the mountain tops, and though
the valleys were still in the shadow, they
smiled cheerfully in the promise OF the
bright day that WAS Fastening onward. The
viI rfo fhnt
gently away about it, looked as it it had
rested peacefully in the hand OF Providence.
Each dwelling was distinctly visible; the
little spires of the two churches pointed up
brightness from the sun gilt skies upon their
weather cocks. The tavern was astir, and
the figure of the old smoke dried stage a
gent, cigar in mouth was seen beneath the
stoop. Old GrayIock was glorified with
golden cloud upon his head. Scattered
likewise on the breasts of the surrounding
mountain were heaps Of hoary mists, in
fantastic shapes. some far down into the val
ley, others high up to ward the submits,
and still others OF the same family of mist
and clouds, lowering in the gold radence of
the upper atmosphere. Stepping from one
TO another of the clouds that rested
on the bills and thence TO the lofter brothor-
hood that sailed in air, it seemed as if m"r'
tai man might thus ascend to heavenly re-
giens. Earth was so mingled with the sky
that it was day dream TO look at it.
To supply charm of the familiar aud
homley which nature redadiy adopts into
a scene like this, the stage couch was rat
ling down the mountain road, and the driver
soundidg his horn, while each caught up
the notes and intertwined them into rich,
and varied and elaborate harmony, of which
the original performer could lay claim to
little share. The great hills played a con-
cert among themselves, each contributing a
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