The weekly Butte record., 1867-05-04
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3 Ed. RxCoAD-Among all the mythical storiea dat
csne down to Us from . rsu,ote antiquity. n2ae
have such semblance of truth IS that OF Echo,
who seems to have been = nymph. whose most dis
.ineushiag characteristic consisted ia her wonder
fu capacity to repeat eyerythngsbe heard: in o'a-
es words she perfect gossip. going frnIn city
to town, from town village. from village to ham
let and from hamlet TO fairy haunted dell, telling
all she knew.
1t was supposed for a long time that her pros
poets for matrimonial alliance were of the most
discouragng kind-that youth, possessing even
the most ordinary mental endowmenls, would for
moment indulge the insane idea of uniting his des-
tiny with such an unmitigated tattler.
But public opinion. has often been the case,
was a; fault, the footsteps of the coming man we're
heard Echo heard them, and initiated them TO
perfection with her little elastic feet-tramp. tramp
tramp. The man for the occasion, Nmcissus, was
at hand, and beholding the ideal of his soul, the
image that fancy had so often painted her in his
dreams, felt no hestancy in addressing the nymph
in a true loverlke fashion
Bright enchsntress of my ear1ht areAns,
s,s's'A~s Sweet vision Of the haunted streams,
Thou art the rainbow TO my sight,
Thy sun, my heaven my star of light.
Wilt thou be mine. my own for life,
My constant darling, loving wlfe:
And Echo answered.
Thine for life.
Thy loving wife.
Oh, that sweet enhancing, loving melody of
sound Sometimes it was waited far along the
CLASSY stream becoming almost in'udible in the
distance: then it came close to his ear like syren
song too ravishiug to be resisted finally going
away down into the lowest chamber of his heart,
and reactng from there to his excited brain, until
he stood charmed, aud onquered beyond the posi-
bility of redemption-to poetical term, salt
petre would not have saved him.
On the night OF their union, the transcendent
lovelness of the bride only exceeded by the
sweet eloquence of her voice; the slow, moving
zephyrs that sighed in the bower OF love, and softly
moved from blushng to lily pale, kissed them
with tropic lips, scarcely making vibrant motion
in the balmy air. yet those tiny sounds, almost like
the silent music of the spheres caught by the
eloquent lips of Echo aud breathed into her hns
bands ears, until be became intoxicated with the
very qnintessence of underlined rapture: but pleas
ures of the most exquisite nature by long continu
ance, will pail upon the senses, and this was the
case in this instance.
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Narcfssu> was uo"'icu l" he"i d 'iepe"'''" vi al
that Echo heard. Ii he wandered By the stream
Ia ,.,or,o.,;.3 hin, o,a s,hbioa with tho l,,cb
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ing waters; she repeated to HIM the songs OF o!rds
the laugh of children and their earliest woris-shc
, h;r, ,,a oa-a,,,-a ,t oil tbs rar; ,,;o,s Of m.
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neghing OF the horse, the lowing Of the kline, the
barking of the dog the croaking of the frog. and
., a,,o,l-;rr of tho s,r;,s Al : varcissrs va,
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have 1t a. last, IN all ITS erehned pIentude
Sometimes she would entertain him for hours with
tb. bre..h;n, conrtshin of lovers nlirhtinq their
a.,
vows-he would near tue e!'queht pieao'hss Vi tne
infatuated youth. the maiden : tremulous yes, and
thu, Erh, ,xauyd give him all th, intanations of the
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ma sic Mss MAT se"'e 'ne'' e''i"'' 'A'
At other times she would awake him loft in the
Silly night" when nature million voices were
hushed. 10y the outrageous screaming OF II distant
baby with the Group; he could even bear the stran-
Cling efforts OF poor baby to eject the medicine ad
minl>tered by ITS fond mother; ne was tAen made
an uawhng auditor 10 all the dnmestc eiiSoues III
his vicini'y-
NarciSSus' no" 90 you IKE y"ui ehchau''eSs nov
And Echo answered hotr! Narcissns' taNush- pos
sessed OF extraordinary nanence' became SO worn
aud enee9eu oy the continual dil IN hiS ears thdt
he determined 10 appeal u me "ods ior oiVo'ee
under the plea Of lnccmpatihilIty OF dispositions,
6g' before laying the case before then'' Ne maze