The weekly standard. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-17
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The Moth and the Moon
A. FABLE.

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moth burst her chrysalis she'll and
swoke to new life in a fiowery dingle,
which light, warmth, music. beauty
and perfume rendered peculiarly suita-
bic for her enjoyment AS she moved
her delicate, supple limbs, SO different
from the clumsy claws she once owned,
auttered her gauzy. glittering wings.
and was sensible of two long, airy
plumes adorning her head, she could
scarcely realize her identity with the
poor caterpillar, which a few weeks
before crawled slowly and ungracefully
through the limits Of its low and mar
row sphere. hrs % 'sHo3
At first she essayed small flights
nom leaf to leaf, spping the honey
dew, gazing curiously on the novel
scene around, and feeling bewildered
delight in the qualification of every
sense. Then, her strength increasing.
by exercise, and her curiosity by graft
fcation, she essayed bolderi stretches,
till painting and weary she lighted
down upon fragrant twig. whose per
fumes, mingled with those of a thou
sand flowers, seemed to luH her into
delicious repose. There with closed
eyes she swung, dreaming of all she
bad seen, and full Of innocence and
peace. When she next looked around
there was 8 somberer shadow IN the
woods. Long shafts of golden light
shot under the trees and lent new 1us-
ire to the phmage of our pretty moth.
A fresh breeze sprang up from the
west, and floating upon it, in her di-
rection; came another being like her
self, only larger. Not quite such fine
feathers though, nor exactly such an
elegant form, said she to herself. Civ
ing her wings q little futter of vanity
and socisbility as the other approached,
Ahe caught his eye and his heart at the
same time, 80 he few downto her side
and revealed the desperate state of his
affections. As etiquette. coquet,y and
Uropriety are words not found in the
mos.s:.. or. language. and Miss Fautterina
vas wholly ignorant of their meaning,
she Instantly "a ass sss:,.ed him that his feel
ings were ereciprocatedi5; tt,sseY beeane
Mr, Silvefius Moth and lady 'Silve'
RUS proposed toItake his lovely bride
on trip to the, west, which now ap-
peared to be land of golden light.
The fair Fldttsfi6a, 6sihg very, active
and .enterprising in. her disposition,
Immediately consented; and having no
father, mother, or ssdear FIVE hundred
friends" to kiss and. weep over, no
trunks to pack, and no carriage or cars
30 wait for, they started forthwith.
But the, radiant and golden land SEEM
ed to grow darker and more distant as
they iourneyed onward, Flutterina,
whose strength had been greatly re-
freshed by her evenings nap, wa.
somewhat disappointed, but neither
discouraged nor weary; besides, she
was so engrossedMith her companion
whomshe admired more every instant
that it would have taken a much greater
disappointment to render her unhappy
Finding, after awhile. that the golden
land was farther and. less bright thar
they belieyedgi il, they gave up their frs
travelling project, and Flutterina, still
unwearied, proposed that they shoult
fly races (if the Expression is allowa
ble) up and down an avenue they hac
reached Poor, Silverihsst not having
had so recent 4 nap as his lad leye
was not quite SO lively as she, but sh
looked so bewitching thathe could no
refuse her, so they 1n1 Sred and darte'
up and down until he'was quite weary
whel, her ladyship being also q httl
out Of breath, they settled down upol
leaf. ,Silyerius vas. soon asleep an
obliviooums to even sven his F1utterina, VIII
sat by his side quite happy. .'Ah
thought She she to E herself. I wonder
amongst all the, other moths SSl Sillyerli9u g rl9
told me about as we came along, ther
is any other so bIestl as I-who ha
such grand husband and such fin
plumes r. Here she bent besn1dt these grace
full appendages over her eyes, but
vas 80 dark that she could scarcl
sec them. 4 'ssRdS She Sighed. She ha
discovered. q faw in her happinlees
and d'gAhs When one one Is found, many other
very J soon eSon'a appear, fas as green fruit see
on q tree. n might as well, she mu'
INJURED, .fook' like that horrid blac
thing Siiverius called beetle, Il it
going to be SO dark; but it might g
well be dark as light, when # there
aobody to look at mel She was &c
ing to wake her earn sb0so and ask hiI