The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-10-10
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WEDNESDAY MORNING. .oCr'R 10 issn
lFrom the Atlantic Monthly.l a9
A MODERN CIND Err q L L A
f ffe on,
THE LIrTLs. OLD SHOE.
4Ss fCoafimssd.
HOW IT WAS POUND.
sum aler ripened into autumn, and xome.
thing talrer thaa gfeua
sssSveet- peas and miKncuette =
In Annfe's garden grew" s.
Har nature was the counterpart OF the hill.
side grove where a. child abe had read her
frs; pages Of more woIdrous legend still.--
Lifted aoove the many .gabled roof. yet not
cut o e from the echo Of human speech. the
little grove seemed green sanctuary, fringed
about with violets, aud full ofsummer melody
and Bloom. Gentle creatures haunted IL. ana
there Was none 10 make afraid wood pigeons
cooed aud crickets cnirped their snriii aounos
lays, anesnenes aud lady-ferns looked up Aoua
the moss that kissed the wanderers ieet.-
Warm airs were all ahoAt, full VI seTnaa oooIs
for the grateful senees siivery e.Su ss .a.
rnerrd IKE spirits of the WOOD, iaiSues 49,
TIER greea ,asseis to the vino anu naw .,~ss
airy music sweet aud solemn, as tney etooo
Ia.als,.r hsay ca ward through wells Oh summer
sunshine or shrouds OF wintry snow.
MAI never felt alone now Ia TINS charmed
ID for wnen she came into It's precincts.
,sncS 50 fai, of solitude, all things seemed "
wear one shape, familiar eyes looked at her
fro,n the vioiets IA the grass, FAMILIAR WORDS
sounded in the whisper OF the leaves, and sne
grew conscious that an uuseen ipnoence niied
fae AIR VAIN aea delights, and touched earth
aud sky with q beauty never seen before
Slowly taese May-nowsrs ouoded IN her
rna.des hearl rosiiy they biooned, ana sileat-
iy they waited uii some lover OF suen lowiy
bsrns should catch their fresh AROMA, should
brush away the fallen leaves, and lit them TO
trse sun.
hasn over topped by the more aspirins maias.
Bat tnouga sue meekiy yielded tne retns OF
government. Whenever tnoy chose 10 drive,
may were socn restored To her again, LOT III
Ieil into literature, aud Laura in,o love. Thus
engfosset, these two forgot many duties
winch e, eE oius-stockingS aHnanaos alas are ex-
neg sd 10 pertorin and slowly all TIE hoineiy
nunurum cares that housewives know De-
can. Naa daily lite, aud sac accep Ted 1t VITA.
out thoueut vi discomfort. Noiseiess nhc
cheerful de- tue sunshine, she went ~ suo iio,
doing the tasks that mothers do, out witnout
a mothers sweet reward, holding last tae
uumbsrisss slight threads that 6iud u aouse-
mold tendsriy together, and making each dag
beautiful success. ,,.,L
In bsins tired drumming, riding climbing,
aud boating, decided ut last 70 LEI ner Doay
rest and put her equally active Mad tnrouxh
what classical coIlegIans term "a course "
sprouts" Having undertaken 10 Isao anu
know sps,ythtag, she devoted nersei 10 the
task with great energy, gong from sue 10
SweGeuborg with perfect Importantly, ana
n.tyins Inherent authors as children have sun
dry Gls;empars, beng irae tioas ~niie tney
lasted, Dat All the better Ior ihsm "hea once
oIsr. CAriyIe appeared IKE scarlet-ieSer, anu
r,,ssi yleieutiy for time; for, being any thing
bal "psssiye bacKet," Di b. came propheuc
win Minomei, bsiligerent with Cromw.l
aud made the French Revolution Verltaoe
Rafsn of Terror 10 heg family. Goethe aud
Schiller aiteruated like fever and aEue ne
,h,stp,,aoles secame her hero, Joan OF Arc her
iaodei and sac turned her black eyes red over
Ex;acut aud Wallenstein. A mild httack Oh
Ene7son followed, during which she was Lost
in a fog, aud her sIsiers rejoiced inwardiy
when she emerged, informing them tha'
"rhs Shank was drowsy,
rr.s ID q. der Wings were i1rIed. .sEEE.5
Poor Di was fioundering slowly TO her pro.
perspi..ce out sac spi2sned up d Soou zeal %
i,a.n by getting out OF her depth, AID rather
exhausted herself by trying 70 drink the ocean
dry
f,ura alter the "midsummer nights
draamn that often comes 10 giris of seventeen,
woke up 10 fad tnat youth aud love We're no
match I0r age and common sense. fhliip nao
baeu fiyI1g about The world like thistie-down
Tor five s:tLd.tweaty years, generous hearted,
frank, anG kind, bat witn never an idea Oh the
serle.Is SIDE Of lie la his handsome head
Great therefore, were the wrath ana oismay
OF me enanorrd thistle down, when the
father Of his love mildly objected TO seeing her
oesin the world III q balloon with very ten-
der but very inexperienced EEohaut ioI q
guide.
Laura is TOO young to play house yet, and
YOU are 100 unstable to assume the part OF
IJrd and MASTER, Philip. Gro ana prove mat
You aase prudence patience, energy, ana en-
5er,Srlse, ud WliI give you my eHi-bue not
before i must seem cruel, that may Dc truly
kInd; be iese this, and let little pdAn ieau
You 10 great happiness, or snow You "here
you would alse made oitier oiunueI
F1e lovers listened, owned the truth Of the
old u,nu,s words beWhiIed their tale, and
y!eIaed-Laura for love OF her father, fniiip
FER lave of her. lie went away 10 build d
firm foundation for his castle III the air, and
LAura retired iuto al invisible con vent, where
she cast OF the world, aud regarded her SYM
patniZing sis ters through CRATE OF superior
knowledge and unsharapie grief. Like de-
voat nun, she worshipped "St. Philip" and
firmly believed in his miraculous powers -
She Eancied that her woes set her apart from
common cares, and slowly Tell Into Dreamy
state protesting 40 Interest In any mundane
after but The art that urst attrac ted Philip.
Crayons, breac- crusIs, and grey paper became
gIofIfied III Laura's eyes aud her one plea
sure was To sit pale aud sIiil before her easel,
DAY after day, uliIng her poft-Iolios Win the
Ia:es he had oLce admired. Her sis ters OBJ
served ttiat every BaccLus, Piping Faun or
Dyias Gladiator bore some likeness TO come
~ cvuLtenAuce that heather goo or nero
never Jwned and seeing THIS, they privately
rej5ce6 Lnat sue had iouho soch soiace lor
her grief.
Sis Lords keen eye had read certain
newly written page in her sons heart-hls
first chapter OF that romance, begun in Para
disc, whose interest never flags, whose beauty
never fades whose end can never come uii
Love lies dead. With womanly skill sne di-
ylned the secret with motherly discretion sne
couLselied patience, and her son accepted her
advice. teei.ng thai, like many heaithfnl
nero Its worth lay III its bitterness. aas
IL We like An, John, not like boy, and
learL TO Know yourself before you take wo-
,.i.ar happiness into your keeping. You and
MI have known ,each other all your lives !;
yot, All this Last visit, you never thought you
loved ner In9te than any other C llaIsn uIehd.
Ii Is 100 soon say the words SO often spo-
eaiiasti!Y-so hard 10 be recalled. Go back
u orr work, Gear, for another years think
OF Nan IN Inc light of this new hope compare
her win eeineil.r, gayer girls, and 10y absence
prove the truln OF your belief Then, II dis
lance oaly makes her dealer, II time only
strenstnens your affection ana no doubt OF
yonr own Ncrtniness distnrbs you, come
pacls and oRes her what any woman should
be clad 10 take-my Buys true heart"
=, ahn smiled at the Ia tneriy prize Of her
words, oai ans werxd win II Wistlui look.
IL seems very iuiis 10 walt mother. IL
could lust ASK her IoI u word ot hope, could
be very paiient theu"
IAN, my DEAR better bear one year of impa-