The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-05-05
WHOLE NO, 158.

treadine Ne green turf faniliaR fron ~
infancy, she eeAld - bs olhsswiso thaA
happy; bus when was sspssAdded V tAss,
the compaaionsAip ef Aind yigoreaa, eNl~N
tivatsd, and se1aed, che enjoyed y With s
kesnsaad intense deighs. NoWAe,s elso,
did her soul 20 entirely unfold 70 tAs geaial
light d THE Asw sua which had suddenly
mounted shove her Aori1on. Nowhere slaA
did the freshuess and folnsss 81 ife -
late hsr whole being with 6as eestasy.
And what was the end Of ell this -
just what you would have sapPossA She
had led life Of simple, aahOsndsd
love and tross-A buoyans, elastic gladasse
"a dream Of sunshine. No gray elaAA
had ever lowered in her sky, no tA0aassAsls
smitsen her joys, no winter rain chilled her
warmth. Only The whise assciasss OF
morning mist had fitted sonctiAes over her
GUNNER. sky, deepening tho blue. Little
cooling drops had huttered dswn through
the leafness, only to span her with rain.
bow in the glory Of the setting sun. Bae
the time had come. From the deep fount-
aims Of her heart the stone vas 70 be rolled
away. The secret chord was 70 be smitssn
By master hand--a chord which, esss
stirred, may never oeass to qaiver. Ia.
Az 6rst Ivy uorshipped very far OK
Her friend was TO her the embodiment o.
all knowledge and goodness and greatness
She marvelled TO sec him 90 at home in what
was to her 50 strange. Every word that
felt from his lips was an oracle. Shs se.
cretly contrasted him With all the men she
had ever met, to the utter discontinue at
the latter. Washington, tho Apostle Paul.
and Peter Farley were the only men OF the
past or present whom she oonsidsred At oil
worthy to DO compared with him; and in
fact il these three men and Felix ClersoA
had sll stood before her and offered each
different opinion on any given subject.
have scarcely doubt ~ TO whose would
have commended itself to her as combining
the soundest practical wisdom aud the high.
est Christian bencvolcnce.
So the summer passed on, and her shy-
ness wore off--and their intimacy became
less and less that Of teacher and pupil, and
more and more that Of friend aud fricad.---
With the sudden awakening Of her isssl~
lsctual nature, there awoke also another
power, Of whose existence she had never
dreamed. 1t was natural, that, in ranging
the fields OF thought 80 lately opened to her
she should revert to him whose hand had
unbarred the gatos; she was therefore not
startled that the image oil Felix Clerron was
with her when she sat down and when shs
rose up, when she went out and when sAs
como 10. - She ceased, indeed, to think ef
him. She thought him. She lived hlm.---
Her soul fed on his life. And so--and 20
by q pleasant and howery path, thofa
came into lvy's hoart, the old, old pain.
Now tho thing was on this wise -
One morning, when sho went to yeoitc,
she. did not End Mr.. Clerrou 10 the library,
where he usually awaited her. After spond-
ing few moments in looking oveR.her les
sons, she was about to pass to the door to
ring, when Mrs. Simm looked in, and
seeing Ivy, informed her that Mr.. Clerron
was in the garden and desired hor TO come
out. Ivy Immediately followed NIra. Simm
into the garden. On the south side OF tho
house was . piazza two stories high
Along the pillars which supported il n trcl.
lis work had been constructed reaching sew
eral feet above the roof Of the Piasza.--
About this climbed vigorous grape vine,
which not only completely scscened nearly
the whole front of the piazza, but reachIps
the top Of tho trellis, shot across, by the
aid Of few pieces Of fine wire, and over
ran part Of the roof Of the house. Thus
the roof Of the piazza was tho floor OF
beautiful apartment, whose walls and cell
ing were broad, rustling, green leaves,
among which drooped now innumerablo
heavy clusters Of rich purple grapes.
From behind this lsafy wall a well known
voice cried, "Hail to thee, my twining v,ne!"
Ivy turned and looked up, with the uncer-
tain, inquiring smile we often wear when
conscious that, though unseeing We are not
unseen and presently two hands parted the
leaves far enough for very sunshiny smile
TO CLEAN down on the uptnrncd face.
s.Oh, wish ! could come up there!"
cried Ivy, clasping her hands with childish
cagerness.
s.Ths wish is father to the Decd" .s
"May II" .-r...
abe sure you may.o
"But how shall get in /?
"Ars you afraid to come up the lad.
der 2" -.... N.-.se .....s.:..
"No, don't mean that /; but how shnll
get in where you are, after am upY"
"Oh, never fear l'll draw you in safely
enough"
"Lorful heart Miss Ivy, what srsyou
going to do ?" cried Mrs. Simm, in terror.
Ivy was already on the third round Of the
ladder, but she stopped and answered, hes
isatiDgly-- 8
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