The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-07-22


,tep upOr lis business. In the sick room, be
aw The son he came to see, and nothing
nd 'ob'd Use. Herman's positive ailments
p o t'if ime had been few; for nature
cen I'd, n q beginning, to have intended him
in >eriS N his father constitution which,
nou n iii i and susceptible, was elastic and
ndStnR Dr.. Brodie had never happened to
lqu re ns lcularly into his habits, or t /. sus.
ect the a! ost total want of air, exercise, and
roper FOO taken with proper appetite, which
ad gradn ly paved the way to his present
ono ttiob. de thought it mysterious and
espirste le, and could not bear to say 80 to
ne aopefu loving young creature, who came
him wit 80 much confidence. He soothed
er by err ring very sympathizingly into a
onG cohS sation upon the subject, in the
outae OF hich he discovered causes, indeed
lor thar aficient to account for the state in
'hita Der little brother was but if they ex.
lsi' ed IT. icy scarcely made it less alarming.
lie ''ouESe whether Herman could survive the
mn edifte fleets Of the mismsnsgement from
'hi' b h. 8 suffering, and whether, even if he
id, his III could ever be blessing to him.
elf or 70 my one else !; but he finally told
lar that sthought "if Herman was taken at
nct to sb sea.shore, kept in the open air as
lucb "a ,ssible, and away from his books,
mu ,ed, uced TO play with other children,
nd udiei sly fed, it might save him." adding,
itb sac d reservation, 81 if anything could i"
No 500 said than DONE Clara engaged
i'm to ca chat very evening. after tea, to tell
apt" GO erred with Sally Daley was called
lie 'next orning at five O'Clock, for the first
mf in b. life; still more strange to tell, rose
hel she - called; breakfasted on an egg, as
eirg crp 3ndious and nourishing; ran out and
70, ght tr travelling trunks; with Nurses as.
stfnce p ked them, and basket of provis.
ms kifsf her father shook hands with the old
I'M ly SCI .nts Rugged Ned, who came hurry.
lg and sing down stairs, to bid her good.
ye, just efore it was too hate; made him
rotaise -srite to her every week, and, with.
ut much fieulty, to spend his whole vacation
IT'D her; rdered round the coach, put Sally,
Vo'pipo' and Herman, into it jumped in
srf elf, y drove away with his head in her
p, in I'd oft June morning, to lodge for FIVE
SIX DC is with the family who cultivated a
rg., el' .shioned farm, belonging to her
tn n, on ,e sea shore, not many miles from
Os on.
Bere \ Clara passed her time prof tablv.
"sstoAi ing the natives" not only by her
sa''ty, ba by her doings. For the first FIVE or
K Jays, Q was scarcely seen for Herman,
e'cople 18th fatigue, soothed by the rich,
saey s4lt air, and lulled by the slumberous,
'afeless armur of the sea, slept from morn.
Il hight, nd from night till morning, while
ally toab are of him through the dark hours,
I'D his al sr through the bright ones, dividing
sr> attau IN between him within, and the
ca itifrl ioles without the window, flashing
ke lightr Ig from the one full-blossoming ap-
e,sree &c nother, viciously breaking the bios
IN 8, 40 Interpreting these performances
ito their artling, reedy, rollcking whistle. At
he end his period, she with him made her
Pr earsn' ont-of.doors, in a gray gingham and
at. She hen climbed with him into the hav.
ar's, snt reclining in the scented hav and
o"'er, ms slnxurious progresses through bright
ehdo',s ,inkling with butter. cups, and shady
rassy al 8, among the wild green hills, balmy
it, tb I cath of evergreens, and strown, as if
? ahe -g ate, with huge messy rocks, while
ugh i'd pole fences sticking out of their
DIS bsts and there, like the back-bone of
shtod :. completed their antediluvian ex.
ressio =. She sat with him in the woods, and
nrg b bout like an idol las he was to her)
ita os' .fwreaths and pine-leaf chains. She
liked pet Attorney into his mouth, and
afber 8 5ild rasp-berries, blue berries, and
li1nbl ! ries, into that ever receptive and
,tamt cavity. She called the farmers
,i'drt I out her, and, with him clinging fast
.aer : took the lead in most uproarious
alaes - rssin.thecorner and the cid. mans
Nile. wrote to the Doctor for leave to
t him - he in the sea, and set Sally to make
e IN up. ME bathing dresses, and Edward to
sch Z to swim. She rowed him in boat,
Il we oyging about with him on the back
apl az old cart-horse, and, in word, she
ssed ~ him such pranks as were never
ssrd ], or imagined possible to, that dis.
fst ! = decorous young woman, before or
tor.
,Fhis ~ Hermaz's first actual face to face,
~ he 20 hand, introduction to his mother
nth - 1e passed his time in sort of won
'iing tire, too deep for expression, except
q OF IN q con6ding mood, he told his sis.
he dreamed that "the farm was the
9 ride Eden, and she was Eve, without any
IKE, with leave to eat apples if she want.
%, = gh she liked the peaches better /; and
, vas son Abel; but Cain had been sent
q J : iingschool," (Herman's great hor-
u al duivalent for banishment to Sibe.
~ + "a still had to allow him to read his
'i'pte the Bible every day, though other
saks ostrictly withheld. he could not 90
.tle, shout it; for he had promised poor
smb Towards Thanksgiving time, she
~6'k SoSA w sV"u1 Wieu Iu0 lASG cn66L-
Ia il : bag as present for the Doctor;
ilshte that gentleman's door, and in. tri.
rph C oited her patient to him, with cheeks
oder w her own and hers bloomed to such
aegt that she looked like Gambadella's
atrai her mother come out of the frame
ct foS se young sdmirer whom she had left
hind 3 she now had two, which is saying
ad asfe<snd that she was pretty unanimous
protft; .ced to be the handsomest girl in Bos-
: ,thSt inter-. She had "seen about it. Lit.
} He II" did not die.
The e .ss nothing morbid left visible about
=, est Il his more than girlish shyness and
l's't Z s'as; and this might cling to him
tugl unless done away with by the com.
>kk II