M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-08-05

the chamber almost daily, in hopes Oi
meeting the occupant of so charming
temple, He became familiar with
all the books and music, whistled the
canary'iuto q conyulsion of song, and
drove himself half crazy with specu-
lations upon the fair unknown. iJ
He had heard her sing very sweet
lily Of morning when she opened the
window, and just caught a glimpse oI
her form, but she, seeing him, had
Withdrawal suddenly, and he had moi
fbeen able to discover whether she was
beautiful as rose, or ugly as camel,
lie had found upon q halffnished
sonnet, on the table, SEVERAL long, fine
brown hairs, apparently plucked oul
in u fit of abstracted meditation.
Evidently, this girl was a blonde.
lie had found CATERS of delicate col
ors and wonderful smalhess, gloves
of corresponding delicacy, tasteful and
artistic dresses and sacques.
What will you say, oh, my matter,
of-fact and practical reader, when
tell you that my friend, Joe Conway
| fell in love with a woman whom he
had not yet seen--of whom he knew
next to nothing9
Yet he did.
Quite naturally the erection of the
cornice progressed but slowly. The
MASTER carpenter wondered at it, but
Joe assured him every morning that
it would only take day or two long.
err.
One fine afternoon Joe found, lying
on the escritoire, an essay upon mu'
sic, written in the same beautiful band
which he had so often seen and ad
mired on the margins of books and the
papers in the chamber. Grown i'm,
pertinent to an alarming degree, he
| laid down the saw which he had un.
consciously brought with him and pc.
rused the essay carefully.
1t was well written and powerful
but there was an error in the philoso
phy. 1t would be dull for me to ex
plain here the mistake which Joe saw
az once-it is enough that the fai
writer had confused tho laws whicl
govern melody and harmony, and Jo
devoutly wished an opportunity, 7
point out the error to her who mad
lie was iust meditating an epistl
to be left with the essay, when tn
door opened and his dcesee inco nnu
entered!
Figure to yourself young girl
say of nineteen or twenty-whosa ev
cry line and contour spoke of grace
and health; whose peach-tinted cheeks
bright eyes, and lips like the inne
told of some tropic shell, told of vi
vacity, freshness and purity. He
hair was of that peculiar pale brown
almost a wood color, which may per
haps be best described as a mingling
of ashv and golden tints, and fell il
tangled masses--half ringlets, hal
disorder--on each side of neck whit
and delicate as the petals of the cam
ella.
She did not scream when she say
the carpenter sitting cody in her arm
chair, making himself obiectionably
at home. She only opened her larg
gray eyes, hesitated a moment, anc
said: ...
"Well, sir !" with an accent be
tween surprise and disdain. ..
Joe arose and bowed politely.
"What 90 You wish, sir?"
Joe was put somewhat to hi
trumps.
81 wished to see what kind of
fairy inhabited SO delightful a do
main !"
Truly, a nice speech for a journey
man carpenter to make to Commodore
Hulkington's only daughter.
"Possibly you are not aware tina
you are intruding, sir. You vii
Oblige me by departing"
Certainly" said Joe, now in til
full enjoyment of the romance of tn,
thing, certainly I will go, but yor
must pardon me one thing-I wish t
explain a little question, on whic'
} you have doubts. Harmony, in mu
sic appeals to the intellectual or reas
oning portion Of tie soul--melody
to the passions and feelings"
The young girl looked a little alarm
ed, and drew back few steps.
: "No!" said Joe, divining her tho'tc
81 am not insane. In your essay o.
music, you say that education refine
and intensifics our perceptions of mel
ody.' You should have said 'harmo
n.y. for that rules the brain; wbicI
organ is susceptible to the influence
Of education. Melody is lord OF tn
heart alone, and you, mademoiselle
ought to be well aware that the hear
cannot he tauoht-aither in music n