Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-10-03
COMING BACK SOON.

C "You are coming back soon?" every on
/. says to the eager boy who is going OF
frcm the quiet of his native village.
: make his way in the great bustling wcrl
= b,yOnd.
: oh. yes-as soon as | have made m
fortune" is the Laughing reply. AMI tn
/ good-byes are cxhangcd. aid the yellin
: stage coach rclIs off. bearing more hope an
t haprincs< upon its la k scat, than wit
the same occupant it will ever bring bacI
E again,
: Coming bact soon." The boy littl
| knows that he never can come bac Some
thing may come that will be taller, an,
; more graceful. and more attractive, and cal
| his parents father and mothcr-somet in
thlt will ln,k halt SILLY anl hrlf cmte;n \
tunuSly IN the oil familiar place where hi.
youth WIS pnt-b 1t the h,y-happy. ea
ger. hopeful AMI inhOcent--has gone forev
er,
Coming hack soon!' Is this young Ia
dy ringl"tcd and fnuuced and glovcd. whc
plays the piano tn charm aud locks as
kancc at the kitchen towel and a broom. the
sun Drowned. good natured little Magic
who wore her hIir in curlS. flying in the
summer wind-dut this young lady : luc S
are pOmatumed, scented. carefully dome
W" according to the ,test fIShipu. Ma .gil
Wore Il blue einsh,m frock. which had al
ways danced before his vision as the M st
charming thing in existence: Tut Miss Mar
gIerite'' arrays her dainty limbs in the
IN Ist expensive silks, AMI wears hoops of
such Vast circumference that he can only
look IN and admire at respectful distance.
Sometimes. as they sit side by side. he re-
members the old times. aud half wishes
they could come b1cS again-but his first
glance at the composed face beside him an
nj ilates thc ;ca. and he heavcs Il kind
of rueful sigh, and lets it pass away. BY
and by. Miss Marguerite is married to
4 rich old man-old enough t. b. i grand
father. He goes to her wedding: and lie
drinks her health in the best of wine-'re-
gins t. 'lrclm hin self Of a WEALTHY wife.
ana thinks it won't DO to be fO ,lish. aud
that be must have an eye to busine when
he Lives himself away. The fast young
mln aud the woman Of fashion meet often.
in lhcir gay city life-but the boy and girl
who vii ell hand in hand t. school. have
gone straying awiy together over the straw
berry fields and laisied pastures lohy a.o.
and ~ one thing If sly'rk' 20 ;h.n, 'YoI
are coming back soon"
Coming back" Whl ever vet cpne
back and fnuul all things un:hauge,i3-
Drive up the long remembered roads Inl yau
will miss here tree. here patch of dai
sizes aud butter cups, anI here AMI there an
old gray farm huu which you fondiy
hopcd would outllt your lay MI 9 n :rati III.
Enter the town yhi;:I wts un;e u h1ppy
vIIl'y" :" You anl Y rlt il ynI see? Only
a puny little viilI,.. with th3 pleasant
walks y"u uscl TO 1--we. turned int ambi-
ti,u- sidewalks. anl pavel with rnu hest
of stones, with old familiar huu,.s AMI
fences rcmH,!cled and newly tainted. till
YOU l',se all the lanln ,rk With everything
changed, ami you. it my b., most of Il!
Sit down. il you will. in your loieIy room;
call u, the f"rms of those ynu loved. who
arc now scattered aH-y. and try t. p ole
the dusty sre Is with mIrc b.!uvcl h,es. ;
Can you succeed! Is it not pp1r. pile .
phantom that you strive To press to y'ur
arhin. heart? ;as it wise in you after
all this coming bl k" Oh the past is
to 10 k at. but when afar of, We
stretch out our hands to bring it nearer. it
and leaves nothing il ouf grasp
but thin aud unsubstantiLl air.
STRANGE" | sat in my lonely room to
day. aud miss something familiar-somc-
thing swcct-semcthing drsr-very dear,
1t will never lineer here again, the sunlight
falling through the easement will never
shine on me here any more. One page of
lies romance has been read; shut the book
md put it away. Much that might have
blessed mc-much mi eht have loved
md much that can never hope to meet
lgain-has eonsccratci this little room
las passed away Ii e a dream of beauty.
md will beam aud brighten here no more;
: it not, cannot be coming back soon.
But there is a land-thank GoI-iherc is
land where all the lost light and luvclinesS
# lie shall cluster arounl US with tenfold ,
he glory it has Won for US here. There is
land where there shall be M more pIrtin IS ,
nd no more tears; where the young and I
he old, the happy and the wretchcd, the |
,Und and the free. shall alike know the ,
,viug kindness and tender mercy of God {
those divincst attribute is love- IHoter- :
10 PreSs. |
True PoLrTEyESs He who has heart =,
lowing with kindness and good will to-
rards his fellow men. and who is guided
n the exercise Of those feelings bY onod