The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-04-06
iE FROM THE SEA.


|. .GaE hit Of it. She has no idea ths, can
Ill The day after tomorrow-nor could
Y the road all round by Dnter,een and
aea " mean to sleep tonight az Lsuter
10 ncs and tomorrow morning saall strike
49, ,he I;ealineel el.oisr to ksnisr.',s g.
o.,rss se little before dsybreak shall be at
by sin.et"
1t this moment the path took sudden turn,
lsd began to descend in sight of an lmm.a.e
> perspective Of yer, distant valleys. Christ,ep
Anng his cap into the air, and uttered a great
Ahost.
Look :" said n-. stretching out his arms q.
n to embrace all the der familiar scene 'Oh (!
Look! There are the hills and woods Of later.
laseD and here, below The precipiecs en- which
We stand. lies LsuterbrunIen God be praised
who has made our native land 40 bosutiful,"
The Italians smiled at each other thinking
their own Arno Valley far more fair; bu, my
e.bro,her's heart warmed to the boy, and echoed
l-,is thanksgiving in that spirit which accepts
IVA besuty as n t'rth-ricbt and an inheritance.
aii)nd now their oourse lay across an immense
"a stesu, all rich with corn fields and meadows,
'siss studded with substantial home teads built
lyS' cid brewn wood with huge sheltering caves,
w. nd strings Of Indian corn hanging like golden
> ingots along the carven balconies. Blue wbort.
leberries grew beside the footway, and nov and
then they came upon wild geBtisn, or a star
= mere zigrag on the face Of the precipice, and
ean less than half an hour they reached the low
est level Of the valley.
F5e glowing afternoon had not yet faded
ftom the uppermost pines when they were all
dining together in the psrlor Of a little inn
looking to the Jungfrau. In the evening my
brother wrote letters, while the three lads
aroiied ABOUT tne village. Az nine O'Clock
they pade eacn otnef Soodhisht and went 70
tseT sever' rooms
Wy as nc was my orotner Ieune II I'M
poesole 70 neep. INC same unscoountaple
neanchoiy stiii posfessed aim, ana when al
ssst ne uropPeo In.o an uneasy s'umoer' ~ was
- 70 staI. over s,.. anu eve cver as.m from iI,gnt'
TnvsrS .,o,n;ng h. All into . nroronnd siosn
.rS 49, -nLa ,ji ,ba daw NO. e., ss,,.no;,', !,
,a,.ard roon Ee thar fo.nd % bis ,.,r.,
tb.t rr;st;sn mad lo,o sincs ,one Hehsl
,;.., Ssso-. davbr.,i bre.Ls,.,sS bv c.ndis.
iisht and started an In the crsv dswn-"s =.
nssrr, = aid the host =" as a fiddlsr At = fair :
atotano ami Ra,,isto ,w.,e s,;l, ,,a;,,no 60 a.
-. hro,her being CHARGED Inv Cbr;st;sn v;tb
fry.ndiy f,ro .e,l nnesss 9e IN him and an Inv;
tat;on 10 the weldiny. They. too were .sk.
spd meant 10 60. 90 nv brother agreed 10 mee,
them at Interiaken on the following Tuesday
whence they might walk to Kandcrsteg by eas J
stages, reaching their destination on the Thurs
day morning. in time TO 20 to church with tn,
bridal party. Nv brother then bought some o.
the little Florentine canoes, wished the tw,
y Soys every good fortune, and watched teen
down the road til he could sec them no longer
left now to himself he wandered cut with hi
ketch. book ano spent the day in the upper val
ey; at sunset he dined alone In his chamber
BY the light of a single lamp. This meal dis
patched be drew nearer to the fire, took out |
pocket edition OF Goethe's Essays on art, ant
promised himself some hours of pleasant read
tng. (Ah, now well know that very oook, II
its fsded cover, and nov often have heard hiu
describe that lonely eveLngD , Ihs night MAJ
by this time set In cold and wet. Ihe dam
logs sPiutered on tue hearth, AMI wslin'
wind swept down the valley, bearing the ra'
In sudden gusts against the Panes. My brothe
soon found that to read was impossible. HI
attention wandered ipcesssntly. He read tn
ssme sentence over and over again, unconscisu
OF its meaning, and fell into long trains o
thought leading far into The dim past.
Thus the hours went by, and st eleven o'clecl
he heard the doors closing below, and tn
housshold retiring to rest. He determined l.
yisld no longer to this dreaming apathy. H
threw on fresh logs, trimmed the lsmp, an,
took several turns about the room. Then h
opsned the easement and suffered the rain 4
heat against his face, and the wind to rufile hi
hair, as It rufIled ths acacia leaves in the gar
den below. Some minutes passed thus, an,
when at length he closed the window, and cam
back into the room, his face and hair and al
the front Of his shirt were thoroughly saturated
To unstrsp his knsSsack and take cut a dr.
shirt was, Of course, bis first impulss-to to dro
the garment, listen eagerly, and s'srt te his foe
breathless and bewildered was the next.
Fo, b.rns t;tf,llv u,on the oster br..ze NO,
sv.ening mast the window. now diving In m
distance, he heard a we'll remembered strain {
melody, subtle and silvery ss the "sweet airs,
of Prospero's isle, and proceeding unmistakabl
from the music box which had, the day befor,
b,csompanied the lunch under the fr-trees Of th
isWsSsern Alp.
- u.d Christian coma hack md va, Il tbr
that Ss snnonncad bis rs,urn2 If 40 vLs,
wss hs, Tfndsr the windox2 Outsids in ii
.or.;do,, snsltsr;ng in ,hs norcs and va,,;n
fcr sdmittsnea5 Nv brother threw oman II
@ ,,.emsnt srain' and Called him by his name.