Smyrna times., 1862-04-24
5 ELEC 7 STORY.
FVm the Home Journal.
What I Said TO Her.
ny RIP VAN wINKLE.

'a'a sIorfIson sal by the windsw. looki,a
81 tue sunseI, whose hery glow efisDsoned ,bs
AIRY Clouds above and dee opened the hue. of,h
landscape beneath. Colder beams pierced ,ha
ss'k, d'n woods that lay across the river aor,
gst The foot Of the leng greea lawn in from,
a I'd spaFkled upon ts ever Changing hoson. |
In Tue woods long aisles of crimson iIo6t .rchad
Win sOmes OF green; tall spires oF oin-.tre..
ano sturdy towers OF oak windows framed hv
ms waving branches, aud stately pillars cover.
% WIN bark and ieSIooned with clin0inO o.,.
'"os VI IVY and "Oodbne, formed the interior
'ne temple from whose dark recesses Of TO.
s"e"ru tAe Vesper chant OF a thouss nd
uny ihrosIs, and waterfall, distant. va, d,s-
tnet, mingled it's murmuring secomn.1,,",
All the while the sun was sIowIv ELL :;
Tue west, and soon lhe last flash of slyo, c.eaaI
hOm the ripplIng stream below husbed was
'Ae music OF the b'rds, and silence reigpad
"to"gao1t the cathedral. entered tho Soom
shd sat down oy her sIde Neither of us snoLe
oui both gszed 10 silence at the fair and ho.no
"'"' scene. CLARA and | had long loved in
secret. but as yet had not declared ,ev - "
by tsIt strange intuition that marks Ibo ,o,o.
course OF levers, she had been tn.ds ac
nv sentiments, and if the SPARKLING eve oad
neshed eneek, the glad smile and soft Io,d or
o'ne "nen we met, are md dcations. INV love
's'u'neu' Possessed Of this mutual con.
we sat 10 silence by the open win.
a.. H t"a' oeau'iuI sumner night, gazing at
r.. Pe, ou' thinking Of one another
for | hold 10 this belief as 6rrrIv
the Greed" or "Catechism {" ;h., " a"y ~
I'dy Of sixteen and upward car no i. 49, ot o."s
knee OF the young man she likes and No, ,hinL
nun. asy more tnan any yOung man csn ha
heef " her whose love ls life IN hin, ;, - -;
ogn's DC other where. Therefore. in con
.S'N,'y 70 this social law, Clara and wora
Of one another. The twilight charmo
WIN ITS quiet beauty, but o. o., Of an hv ,ho
-" ano pleasing melancholy that s,csIs ,,n"u
a"o nis US with higher aud bet,e,,ho,otI' -
az s1eh Time We all eel the need of fsv,noe,h,,
sense Of loneliness; for ve s,s ra.o,r,y
on, Icing years, aud Of the time when
h.o.s,L ,s'r naSe oeen run aud we shall sin
o.-s.t '"e nO''zOn OF the present into the sbad.
n.aS,I 80 o'" e,Ftnity. That Clara was think.
- -. "e niags that occupied nv mind
'Ae mid and fearful mis-, ,ba, 49,
gradually stealing over her eves - C1' ,"a' was
sngUh' and my breath came o,;oL ID 'u ~
Oest very fast. She turned a"u H'y
O'ue eyes full upon me a"u
-n. 49, ns f' ! ss"' by the dim wanna l;'S'
o~u '"age even sc ( trusted :, lug "sn
sue h'ffor OF her inmOst souI a. C, ""u' spon
asn' ana could not help no,icion L' sa'd
ofahds Gt dark brown bai, 80. "ISe', s'',
Om aer clear white brow, and its ms"";p 'a SSc'
gs'hersd lntO a crimson slk ne, hss?uI .Gnu
- '" see girls hair brusbd smoo,hI,
I'm I'm nef temples aBd neatly braided OI'! ""Ia"
s,,ls 1' i"r these iiItle hair.ne,s ,b.1 ,b'
- wear nowadays, with ,b.;, s0asn,;m, nI. :"
go. o' s'c dropping tasseIs asd eiIdsd spann1.I ~
80. ~onderful power oftsogI'no pa"s 20 Ssi ei
aesri' and eyes. too, in tbe;, s'iLen ,ash ,S'
very hard to get losseued fee" from, ,S, h..
Ll,is Ciars." | repeated, as / ,ooE h. %
DARK w. SaIte hand in nine, and the Ion
a. Iashes fell 80 quietly over her blue eS w..
IsI se'i from me the loving IooE thu A. Tys
-and you know that there i no,h;a .ns 1--WE We
gus anderstand so we'll az ,bs a., "T'"g 80 sn'
every time "a. ass'Hiig. and you kaow hi
drsop, ,bsv s,.;s shken. n.ffihged curtain
neishbori masculine heart ',h.n "p" - - :"
Imn., -, sessosy,four gun frigase.
leg yos all willsbs amxleus 20 koo,y sos, r :
along. and whethsr I really had the sour. :,
say shat | wss skiHg sueh fuss TO say.
eoso'l.-s ssen now some yoapg fellow 10 50