Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1861-03-22

ten there by a character of innate fore,
5 and strength.
F." 1t was late in the afternoon, and soft
= mellow, thoughtful, the sunshine lay ovel
+ the land and as the gaze of Thurstor
Dow dwet upon it, his expression of in
9 difference and dissatisfaction was disput.
/ ed by one softer and graver
4 At last he rose up and walked rapidly
across his library, and the deeper and
better part of his nature stirred itself
and woke up.
His life, his selfish, aimless, sensuous
life, confronted him in its true features.
i what am living for?" be muttered
to himself. "Here | have health, youth
riches, education, everything that the
f heait Of man desires, and yet, confound
f. i'll sometimes feel as though was n
unIucky dog, anyhow.
The best part of me is getting
drowsier every day, and Pve no purpose
inliie 10 stir me up to action, or to make
me anything but the luxurious dog that
( / am
"Ond day, here, goes over my head
just like another, cut after the same pat
teru-boating, riding, hunting, eating
and sleeping-a most delicious sort of
life for human animal if the soul had
only been left out Of il.
Then, its only varied in the city
with little sharper spice Of pleasure
dissipation is the better word races and .
clubs parties, theaters, operas-that's a
condensed history Of your life Mr.. Thurs
ton Dow
1t will be pleasant to look back upon
when you are an old man. But what
can fellow do ? l mean one that's al
ictsd with chronic laziness, aud has the
interest Of a couple of hundred thousand
dollars to spend annually. Sometimes
think this is a curse to me, and that l !
should be better off if l had my own
fortune to carve out, and not an acre e
land on the round earth.
but if a man is born with a silver
spoon in his mouth. be must take his fate
resignedlyj and if pluck and poverty
usually walk hand in hand, why, I've no
especial desire to win the former by an I
intimate acquaintance with the latter.
"Still, want to be more Of man
than | am-not to squander away my
youth after this fashion. | want 10 have ;
some work and aim-I should really ike b
10 do some greater good than putting my
name 10 score Of subscription lists-for .
missionaries, and meeting-houses, and -
ragged children, and reform societies.
Look it straight in the face, it's fright b
ully hollow, unsatisfactory sort of lite :,
you're leading, my friend believe I'd
better get married. Thatll at least give =
ne an object to live for" =
And then, walking up and down the =
'oom, while the light of the summer day !
AIDED unheeded about him, Thurston h
Dow thought of all the women of his
lcquaintance--beautiful, high-born, grace h
ul fascinating, they passed before him y
,ut the nobest instincts of the man turned ..
away from them all aud at last fair,
,ale face, its oval outline broken by =,
hadowy bands Of hair, half brown and
lalf gold, stood before him; the face
hone--not SO much with its smiles, as by =
ome light beyond, that seemed to suf- :
use and fill it; and though in a crowd .
might not have attracted you, still, it .,
vas one of those faces that always sur
rise and stimulate you the more you p
tudy it. And this still, sweet face, COM
lg after that vision of brilliant and
eautiful women, was the only one
'hch touched the heart of Thurston :,
DOW.
He had seen it but a few times still, u'
e was an acute analyzer of character, u
I'D the voice, the words, the movements, II
ad corroborated the face.
Charity Moss was the only daughter !"
the clergyman of the North Presby- "a "
srian church, at Rockland. The young y
Ian had met Ler at her fathers house ne
hen he returned the call of his pastor Sc
nd had been stimulated aud impressed "A
n that first interview. rn
Charity Moss was unlike any woman ltJ
had ever met-so delicately organized
, slight of form, so fair of face, that one mi
light almost fear she was fragile, if it 0u
nd not been for the small, bright carna. te'
0ns that bloomed in her cheeks, and set in
ere, their own signal of perfect health. ch
She was older than she appeared, for me
e had just seen her twenty-third birth
~ when ThuTston met her. She puz- the