The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1867-10-19

Within the heart which holds % dear
The ring my Mother wore.
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wrihen for the ApvocAfE.
Paradise Lost and Regaaned. n
His koapsack was upon his shoulder, hi
Fashen stick in his hand three leagues Q
dusty road had whitened HIM like miller
Whence my friend, Ernest, the artist wss
orwhere be was going, matters nothing. Ii
was not twenty years Of age, his starting
point, therefore, WAS home, his goaa wa
"aradise-any earthly Paradise he couls
lind. The country was not particularly pic
tuIesque, and the weather was very warm
Great undulations of harvest ground ROLLED
irregularly on all hands,-here was hamlet
there solitary farmhouse, yonder wood
on each eminence Windmill. Some pea
SAINTS in the fields sang, aud the birds chirp
ed at them as if in mocklng: SOM wagons
were moving slowly over the dusty road.
R-rcs: sal down upon heap Of stones; I
WAGNER asked him in grutf Do-setshir,
accents, II he was tired, and offered him = /
hft" He accepted, and soon Was stretched
where the dung had been,- jolted into ar
uneasy half-slumber, with the bells OF tn,
lazy team softly jingiing in his ears, until b,
thought dozen silver bells were calling hin
away to home that must be bright, and /
land that must be beautiful.
He awoxe in q mood sufficiently benign t.
receive an apology the man had forgotten
him when he turned off the high road, anG
had tai en- him two miles into the country
"Where was the harm honest WAGNER
He was not going anywhere in particular,
one way as good as another" he said. HI
was only going to Paradise"
"There wuz ma toon Of that neawe near,
replied she countryman, doubtfully. but .
sight O gentlefolks went to see tha groonds
Of ths great House."
Ernest of course, came especially for that
He banded him sixpence, saying, "Drink
my health, my COED fellow, and iDjdre your
own. Let me see the grounds
The man showed him tarough meadow
near the farm Ito which he belonged) and
left him.
A nasty glance showed Ernest that the
place was worth seeing. II was . fragment
Of wild nature, occupied IN its original state
and barricaded against civilization. There
were woods, and solitary trees and lakes,
and streams OF sufficient dimensions for
grandeur, and when once the wall disap-
peared amidst the heavy foliage, be discerned
at first no traces whatever OF the presence Of
man. However, on closer examination, be
dIscerned that nature had been improved
upon that all objects which might ungra-
ciously intercept the view, or detorm land
scape had been removed. Here were no
sham raizs or srtiHcisi easesdss, bat the
strangers steps were led by some ingenious
procese Of plantation, iSsensibly to the best
points of view.
Ernest felt and was thankful for the pres.
ence Of the art which so iDdustrlously en-
deavored to conceal itself, but being at that
Time very young man, and being, as mos
young men are, Inclined to compare great
with small-thinking to be epigramatic anc
things knowiDg-be exclaimed aloud, The
toilet Of the park has been admirably per
formed"
"A vulgar idea, vulgarly expressed : .saic
a clear firm voice above him.
lie looked up, thinking some one must be
hidden in q tree, and beheld beautiful
young lady npon a fine horse, holding
ridiDg-whip piayiully over bis head. She
had approached across the turf unheard
ana mad heard his axclamAtion, which We
may assure our readers, was meant for ut
ears but ais own. y
Ernest started and colored, astonisneo q
the voice and appearance of his beautifu
but unexpected sompsnioR: but recoverln
a. length from his ,confusiAn, responde
gaily.
Al think, madam, you must have misuu
derstood me. There is no vulgarity Ia com
psrIng prospect in which every supern ult
Is thus pruned away, to q woman, who III
stead OF loading herself with ornsmepts
uses the arts of the toilets 10 display all be
beauties to the best advantage
~The explanation will not do" sne re
piled with easy but halt-bantering self
possession. ut wants frankness fou
phrase simply meant that you are ashAme'
of the admiration this view had excited AM
that you thought il necessary to exert 10
manly privilege Of contempt. IL ! hao no
seen yon yonder using your sketch-o oook,
should take you for some traveiic-g hair
dresser" vgsaa4 4
The tone and manner Of his new scqe-snt
anoe puzzled our hero exceedingly, and b
was at first rather irritated BY tho hostile Of
titude she assumed on such slight grounds
a well as astonished at the familiarity whici
which she seemed disposed 10 exercise. Il
was evident she wished to provoke an intel
| lectal contest and ct this time he did NO
divine that her real desire was tosnppres
| the formalities Of an introduction. He n
turned to the charge: she replied. A broad
side Of repartee was fred Oh On both sides
but insensibly they met upon conmo
ground affectation was disfegardsd, an
soon. a. they streamed irregularly along Oh
swardy avenues, or stopped at the entrAne
Of long vista-she gently walking her d.
! ellie pony, he, with his hand pom his mani
our hero soon found to his ast3uishment, ths
be. and indeed both, we're mutually maxim
more advances towards friendship and fami
iasity in an hour than would hare been poi
sib,e, under any other Circumstances In
season. 81 Is =, 6ss xssa
What an immense structure Of happinei
may be built on very fiimsy groand. an
how little connection the material sequence
this LIES events have With the sequence
our sentiments. But we mnst not saticipa.
Walking along lspghingiys talking -
playfully banteripg bis beautiful compani6
with Ill the gay theoshtless exubrance ar
lhappy abandon OF youth, Ernest ~ lengl
lreached erotlo ON the. borders Of ; htt
lake, where to his surprise, an elegant brqal
fast was hid ont. There were two aea
] PLACID eady, and third was occupied BY
staid middle aged lady, whom bis fhir u
known introduced a. Mrs. Walton, hw 0
1 goyerness and chaperon. Ernest MOTTO
that she did not seem tn the least srpris'
at his appearances, but wsleoned him q
dislIy, as il expecting him. ]