The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1865-07-26

They course slowly, give tongue unrequeH and meyer
press the deer too hard. Still young Brohton takes
station stand guarding the chief passe through
the forest while Edgar Hocombe on the oosite side
OF the wood, accompanied by Of his neoes, takes
the dogs and keeps them in the drive. Theher negro
employs HIMSELF the while, pulling up trout whiting
in the bay. ass .s TE
The sport is successful Helcombe drops buck in
his tracks within hour after the start whBrough
ton at his station equally fortunate in brinpg down
\ handsome fat two-year DID, half as laTgGgain as
that of his comrade The party not vet satsh brush
through another drive circuit Of the forest start
nothing better than wild cat who, as an claw, Is
always slain if possible. With this, their verie is
content for the day, and putting their appaTus in
camp, and leaving their dogs, with noses le hot
sand in front of it. they take to the boat and in the
negro fisherman 1t is busy and profitable d. by
4 three o'clock in the afternoon they have TAXI two
hundred and nnetyseyen fish Of all sorts, oneoung
turtle of eighteen pounds which they captured npng
on the top OF the waters, and shark three teaong
who might have kept OUT Of harms way had he flowed
the turtles example and been mapping also. Wi this
supply they conclude to stop for the present. Ihe
negroes sent home with the spos of andorest
with instructions to return at sunrise next INNING.
The young men, with the dogs, maroon it for tn night
n on Pirate island s
Very delicious is midsummer afternoon besle the
sea- all along Atlantic coast. Whether stadowed
tby towering heights snugy sheltering rockS or by
the afuent curaining of great trees pine Oa5 kept
from Le dFecG lSnt OF the sum- yet Wlth the plSpceI
all around you open, spread wide breathing libtty il
space you are made free, with wings, by thtvaa
empire which invites to soar or swim on every lt
There is mysterious affinity between the soul andne
elemental world about you, which conducts to mungs
as elevatng as they grateful The pleasant maner
of winds; the swelling voices Of ocean, as the rders
rise and rush and break in calm succession alonthe
shore the drowsy murmur in the tree tops, that sens
a murmured lullaby of loving spirits implorng yd TO
repose these all combine to make us forSettu the
worlds stre its petty yet gnawing troubles and pals
its small but fevcrsh anxieties its bad passions and
reckless hungry appetites and, in due degree VIII the
activity of sensbihties, and the exercise our
tastes, We grow, muse in the sweet trevery llch
the inspires, to think kindly OF our Glow
men, to feel more teEdery towards them, and t ac.
uire better sense of Gods mercy, when he bestowed
a world Of so much beauty Upon Il race winch so.
slow to appreciate the wonderful exceencies of hight
Our young friends were not incapable OF the sene.
One of them had enjoyed the advantages of Euroean
travel and education Edgar Holcombe, thougl he
had not Travelled the continent had also beeIedu-
Gated in Europe. Both were well read in the lIera-
| ture of the day. and their natural endowments Fere
such as enabled them to assimilae the mental anen
which had been put before them. They felt the carm
of the scene. They drank in the delight of thetros-
pect; and seeming to throw their souls open t the
odor and the breath of the southwest zephyrs phng
about them and borne freshly from the sea- they eased
to conmuning, nevertheless through media,
SuCu hS ordinary
cannot analyze When men feel together they 10 not
find it necessary to speak. Friends when they iie
ramble wander through woods, BY the seashore,
are usually silent. The soul receives naturally n such
stuations and such being the pares and there's but
of study the tongue need do Whenever the object
little that and enjoyment fails to task the physcener
gies, it is surprising how silent become thlts if
there fsany sympathy of tastes between tIem Engh,
iwhen they behold beauty in the landscape tley
have ore beside them to whom they have only uetd to
say Look" .g. ...f5- .rr .z .-.
And, stretched atIGngth beneath the tres, they
needed not the progress Of the day. and suddenly the
began to pour i It's great upon the shore;
and the sun sloping rapidly his western wheel began
ro eugn a by ~ oit o SPR nH5e On % % Vas er t behold
them the realm was held still in virgin sovereignty BY
the mother, nature; and they threw of their Tight,
summer garments, and dashing over the gray salds,
flung themselves forward, with q cry of delight to
meet the embraces of the sea, and they buried ITEM
selves in the breakers which churned over them,and
whirlcd them forwards they came, and they ruhed
out again through the foaming masses, and played th
the hOary tresses of the Druid sea, gayy and ov
ingy as the childish women Of the south sea islads
and nude thus, each ayoung Leander but with no sch
wooing beacon as won him of yore nightly acrossthe
Hellespont; they watched the as be tested, fr
single moment fiery god with flaming locks, onthe
edge of the horizon. He was gone, leaving sky nd
ocean wrapt in crimson 1ushes. Our young swimm.rs,
as they resumed their garments felt that they had fed
that DAY IN lnu anu anu WIFI bnaG cain OF
soul which shows the heart to be at peace with all the
world if not in the enjoyment of what the world ols
happiness they called the beages from the tent, ad
all together they rambled along the edges ofse geat
deep, communing with gentle fancics as they went
There were no bad passions in their hearts, stirring
ones even, unless that of young BronghtOn may De
called so, which he felt for Susan Holcombe.
AS yet his feeling for that sweet maiden might he
held rather fancy than passion 1t only disquietei
pleasantly his thoughts. lie never dreamed how r;t
pidly love grows when it grows in secret when there
none to watch its growth; and when the very hear
which gives it shelter never suspects how hungry anC
how exactng, and insolent such guest becomes in
very little while. Charley Broughton had just begun tc
feel the urgency of that inmate which had so syly
made it's way into his bosom; and, but we need MOI
anticipate.
But beyond this neither of these young men was
vet moved by any Of the stirring influences of the
world No doubt each had his ambition; for ambition
is necessary to development; the child OF the endow
mept whom training and education alone stimulate TO
due activity. But, yet neither had telt It's demon
strations Edgar HOcombe had never felt those weak
of the heart which Che of its proper
strength, They had few cares. Even the embarrass
nentS which troubled the estate of his father though
III some degree known to him, yet called for only
occasional concern The old man had never shown
himself sufficiently anxious, to dwell much upon the
matter in presence of his SON. It was from his mother
.hted that he heard Of cmbarfasslents and when she
spoke of them The old colonel was wont to say, sup
pressing the subject altogether lu. I'd
''Come WIFE do not make a mountain of molehill f!
and frighten the children One two good crops at
good prices, and we shall get on swi!nrningly"
And then without care and in the full enjoyment
1f youth and health and hope, young friends ram
oled along that islet until the last fushes of
sunset darkened into twilight, and the pensve eyes of
he stars began to peep down from every pinnacle in
heaven. r ...,
Then they returned to their tent, and the cold meats
brought with them, and pot of coffee which they +
prepared for themselves made them light and CRATE
uI repast which was followed BY pipes charged with
he best tobacco of the Havana. es LAX ..sis >.
Let leave them, gayy chatting at the extreme
If their tent the dogs just finishing the meats thrown
hem by their masters while we look to the progress
If other parties to our story.
The deliberaton of old Carr and his two sons were
oowed up by active preparation for the search after