Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1859-09-09
CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER H.
"Ifsod happiness we prize
Within our breast this jewel lies,
And they are fools who roam,
The world has nothing to bcstow
From our own selves our joys must flow,
And thai dear hut-our home"
"Oh! you for whomI write whose hearts can melt,
Al the soft thrilling voice. whosepower you prove,
You know what charm unutterably felt
Attends the unexpected voice of love
Above the Tyre the lute's softnote above
With sweet enchantment to the soul it steals.
You hest can tell the rapture Bysche feels,
Whcnloves ambrosiaI lip the vows of Hynen seals"
Months had rolled away, and Mr.. More
ton aud his family were settled down into
la quiet, unostentatious mode of living. He
gave up all he had to his creditors, and
after everything was sold and his debts
paid, there was left enough to the family
to maintain them in the plainest and most
frugal manner Lila was chief housekeeper,
and ever cheerful, ever brave hearted,-
moved about their small but comfortable
home with alacrity, attending her mother,
whom she termed "the sweet lily of the
valley, bending under the weight of its
own loveiness," with tender solicitude
Daily some rare and welcome delicacy to
please the invalids fastidious palate ap-
peared Mrs. Moreton knew their means
were not sufiicientto allow them to indulge
-, ,,ol, o,,1 che crnl-o ba,
that Lila was intruding upon their slender
board to afford her qualification. But Lila
assured her that she need have no appre-
tensions, she was not using their scanty
means.
II have another source from whence |
draw my supplies, replied she, and to all
her mothers questiouings she returned
evasive answers, but the innocent, cherry
smile that played on her fair open coun-
tenance, assured Mrs. MOreton that what
ever her reliance was it was one from
which she had no cause to apprehend
trouble
Smoothly glided along the current Of
their lives, and no happier family was to
be found in the city of ---. No use
less regret for the past and its empty joys
troubled their minds, but calm and con-
tented they pursued the even tenor of their
way. With her favorte authors, her pen,
ond her music, Lila enjoyed purer and
more elevated degree of happiness than
she had ever experienced before She
still retained her opinion of the empt-
mess of the worlds honesty, and the sell
tishncss and worldliness that pervaded the
actions of mankind,
About eighteen months after their mis-
fortune, "a change came DER tho spirit
Of Ljla's dream. She accidentally made
the acquaintance Of young gentleman
by the name of Allen Somers. She could
not tell why, but he seemed to interest
her the moment she saw him. Tie had
not that pleasing exterior, which so often
fasciuatcs the members of her sex; but
there was an openness in his countenance,
frankness in his manner, and light in
his eye, that bespoke heart and intellect,
more honest and more exalted, than any
of the admirers who once thronged around
her. As they conversed, their thoughts
aud their iancies were so much alike that
Lila could scarcely believe but that they
had met before. Their authors were the
same, their tastes and their dreams were
/ all tinged with the same hue and that
night when Lila laid her head on her pill
low, a strange and pleasurable tumult agi-
tated her heart? Was this him for whom
her spirit had waited for long, weary
years? Was this the twin soul for which
her own had SO long sighed, and sighed
hitherto in vain?
With Allen Somers, the case was the
same. As he left the house that evening
he could not help murmuring to himself
"It is strange what emotions. she has
inspired me with / have mingled with
many high born ladies', daughters Of
wealth, as refined and accomplished as
Miss Moreton, and full as lovely, yet never
did | feel that had met one before with
whom | could trust my heart and future
hopes, with full and perfect assurance thai
the one would be cherished, and the 9th
ers appreciated and participated in.
may be disappointed yet will indulge tho
glorious hope that has dawned within me
that have at last found the sweet day
star to lead me to the fountain Of love
aud to ineite me in the strife for fame?'
WIG need we linger longer9 As IN,