Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1859-04-15

De nelu In requlslOn. fOcallSts OF merit
: are requested to pOlanteer their services, as
the addendum of a charity y-concert- -adver-
, tisement would say"
Impulsiye Mrs, Hartwell sprang forward
at the invitation and a creeper from which
she had been gathering the crimson bios
SONS to wreath amid the glossy folds Of
, her raven-black hair, entangling her feet,
, threw her upon her face, slightly spraining
her ancle. Water, cologne, salts aud cam
f pbor deluged the unfortunate sufferer be-
fore it was asccrtained that the injury from
the fall was trifiug but that resulting from
the prcfuse remedies threatened to be more
, serious. .rT
"Lean upon me, Miss Lily, I'llsupport
you, said Walter unconscious of the name
substituted for his sisters or the bushes
that dyed the cheek of Lily as Thornton
f whispered, O. a.i f7.'.
|. "Nearest the heart and first on the lip?p
They sailed around the base of Sugar
Loaf and paused beneath the jutting crags
of Mount Echos that reverberated the soft
E strains of music family and more family
until the listening audience, holding their
breath to catch the last lingering sound,
were startled by a reverberation quite near
them, from the opposite side as if some
concealed spirit had caught up the strain
and mischivouslyr repeated it in the list
ner's ear.
"How strangel" exclaimed Mrs. Hart
well, "I could not have believed it if had
not heard it myself"
ct is easily explained, said Walter,
"upon acoustic principles. The jutting
crags in the ear-like construction of the
cliff, pass on the sound from rock to rock,
E until it reaches us again"
Plucking some of the fragrant blossoms
of the sweet -briar as they sailed near the
bank, Walter presented them to Lily.
"This is my favorite flower" said she,
as she thanked him for the gift more ex-
pressively with her eyes than lips.
"The Lily is mine" replied Walter, $50
lovely in its purity unlike all other plants.
1 should like to Gull the beautiful blossom
and writing love upon the inner petals of
its heart, where no eye but mine might
read the inscription, wear it in my bosom
as talisman against the approach of evil"
The earnest glance which made an ap-
plication of the words called up the elo-
quent blood. &
''To meet him, in her face;
As young child that hears his fathers step
And runs to greet him in the porch"
"Lily, love to see you blush, said
Walter, without removing his eyes from
her glowing face. And Lily trembled and
her pulse quickened, for there was faci-
nation in that gaze that compelled her
eyes to meet it though they would fain
have eluded the charmer's power.
The bountiful repast was already spread
upon the grassy lawn when the boating
party returned from their excursion, and
the tempting feast sharpened the appe-
tites provoked by mountain are and exer.
else. After impartially waiting upon all
6 the ladies, Lily last as if by accident. Wal
ter nonchalantly threw himself upon the
grass beside her apparently too tired, or
too indifferent to go farther
You haze giren me a heart" said he
with significant emphasis, in low whisper
2 to Lily, as she passed him the cakes that
! sat before her, and again she encountered
that penetrating glance thrilling through
h every vein like stream of electricity
/. fraught with a hidden meaning which her
untutored heart was yet too young to un-
y derstand.
r ~ wish he would not look at me so ear
nestly, it is embarrassing and impolitc,
y thought Lily:-she replied
e "And you have broken it" playfully
: but with prophetic truthfulness that star
f tied him. ....
n "Will you not take one, too?" He asked
r quickly recovering his self-possesson.
o "No. 1t were all one that | should love
bright particular star" said Lily taking
= one IRON the plate,
d "And think to wed it?" Continued Wal
c ter bending very low, apparently to pull
It up the tuft of grass which almost upse
!, Lily's cordial glass. ... ..- -..
II "Why it is no smoother than before,
: passing his fingers over the cloth which
sank into the hollow.
It "And see Such swkwardness / have
sprinkled your plate with dirt let me ge
b you another"
IT "Shall claim your promise, Miss Ayl
mer?"