The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1859-11-23
SlEEistellauw,
Lingering in the Sunbeams.
BY ANNIE LINDA HAYR.

II.
"AMY, child, come int" and the
mothers hand was placed upon the
maiden's shoulder as she continued
Il thought I should find you here
what were you doing so long by the
brook-side 2"
I was lingering in the sunbeams
mamma" replied the young girl; land
l watched the last faint CLEAN of the
bright sunshine until saw it going far
in the west; and only on the tops of
the trees long way off the sunlight
seemed to fall"
"Hubert Colstien is here" answer
ed Mrs. Warner, "and he wished to
see you; will you go to the house, or
shall I send him to this bed of migni-
onette and pansies that you are SO busy
wedding 2"
Amy Warmers cheek flushed, and
she was about to reply, when her bro
ther appeared, and with him one she
knew well, yet feared to meet.
&" Sister Amy, Mr.. Colstien," said
the merry youth, as he perceived their
embarrassment; and Amy's hand was
received in the extended clasping pres
sure that spoke volumes of love and
devotion, and thrilled her frame with
strange, underlined emotions.
The clasping Of hand-what varied
feelings are thus expressed. All |!
many can remember the bright hours
of youth's>dawn and early day, when
the magnetic touch of hand had pow
er to thrill the heart with feelings
strange and wild; when the lingering
pressure, timid, yet perceptible and
thrilling in its power-was token of
love returned, and conveyed the ex-
quisite knowledge to the senses that
you are loved.
Then there is friendships calm, ten
der grasp, that soothes you by its very
quietneSs, and assures you of continued
regard; then the convulsive grasp of
parted friends, who had not hoped to
meet again, yet are SO blessed and pri-
vileged; and these moments of heart
revealing are plainly shown when hand
meets hand and soul responds to soul,
acknowledging the bond.
But alb how strange the feeling
when estrangement or uHrequited love
takes possession of mutual hearts, or
darkens the life of one being, and when
those hands meet cause but one heart
to throb, and but one hand to tremble
in the clasp. Yet such was not here
the case, for Amy Warner loved the
handsome dark-eyed lawyer, and he,
in turn, had learned to think of her
as his angel guardian, and priced more
one glance of Amy's soft and loving
blue eyes than the appreciation of all
others.
Mignionettes and jasmines +" hi
exclaimed, as he stood beside the maid.
en, and thought by far she was the
loveliest flower in the garden.
They fingered long time by that
bed of flowers, talking of the glorious
beauties of nature, until, suddenly, HUI
bert Golstien's voice changed from it,
common tone, and Amy knew that she
was beloved. Beloved ! how sweer
the word it seems to speak the grea
souI-union that unites two hearts anC
oh, how void must be the lot of tina
being who has not yet experienced thu
blissful consciousness that one heart
beat in union with theirs that they
too, were beloved.
Happy Amy Warner! she had beel
lingering in the sunbeams that evenln
until her life had seemed one brigh
CLEAN of sunshine, and now she wa
happy, for the genial sunbeams of low
were shed forth over her heart, and he
dreams were of the loved one as SD
slept that night with the ring of be
trothal pressed upon her finger.
Weeks passed away-weeks of I'm
clouded happiness mo shadow fel
across her path all was bright AM
clear flowers of love and beaut
sprung up around her, and life SCENE
as if about to be spent in fairy land.
Belle Warner, who was Amy's young
est sister, laughingly said she suppose
the lovers dreamed their path all ros