Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-12-05

tails of her future, that find myself constant!
:, stopping my investigations to admire.
She certainly is perfect type of noble woman
r Stephen ought to be proud of her. But neee
not say ought to be, for he says he never knew
Margaret till now, and he blesses God he did not
for if he had known her as she is, he would have
hung himself long ago in despair Of ever winning
her."
Margaret now entered, leaning in such happy
dependence on Stephens arm, andhe looking will
such loverke pride in her face, as at once to testify
to their mutual sympathy.
"Janie," said Stephen, after greeting the family
land placing his little pets Katie and Willie on hi
knee, Dunbar is in the parlor ; he hassome views
or something to show you and said he would wait
IT'LL you were through breakfast"
"'Don't talk about the wedding till / come back, y
said jamie, skipping through the passage.
There was q bright color in her face, and JOY
GUS sparkle in her dancing eyes, as she tossed back
her curls and entered the room.
/ Dunbar arose.
"Well, mocking bird" said he, taking her hand
i'm both of his, "Come up to the fire and vii
|show you these Syrian views spoke Of"
She took q chair near him.
"No, no; that will not do" said he. "You
never look like my-you never look like little bir
Idle, unless you are seated on stool. Here; st
here, where can rest the picture on my knee ano
then you can see i"
She laughed, and blushing, took the seat.
He showed her several, and pointed out the diff
lferent spots where he had stood but he frequent
lily paused in his description and seemed to forget
that he was expected to 60 on.
"What gorgeous city is this ?" she asked ''and
what is this gloomy and pestiential looking swamp
on the opposite page?"
s'That is ancient and modern Ephesus," said he.
Pliny calls it one Of the eyes of Asia, Smyrna be-
ing the other There is the Stadium, where those
engaged in the games contended with its tiers ol
stone seats cut out of naturalrock. There, mid
way between the Stadium and Mt Pron, so famed
for itsmarble quarres is the enormous theatre, and
here is the city's crowning glory, the Temple Of
Diana Plny saysithesu sun, in all discourse through
the heavens, looked down on nothing so glorious.
1t was built of marble, and was said to be so pure
and bright as, at distance, to dazzle the eyes OF
mariners You can have some idea of its size when
tell you, workmen were engaged on it two hun
dred and twenty years before it was completed.
The shrine of the goddess was decorated with &C.
dar, cypress gold, jewels and precious stones, and
the roof was supported with columns Of green jas
per. Eight of those I saw entire in the mosque Of
St. Sophia, in Constantinople."
"And the goddess was she equal to the Athe-
nae of Phidias 2'' asked jamie.
"No; this image, which they supposed fell from
II, El-o
figures we now see in the pagodas Of India" he
replied 'To prevent its tottering, bar Of metal,
some say of iron, others of gold, was placed under
each hand, and veil hanging from the roof of the
temple concealed it from the vulgar gaze"
"Strange," said jamie, ''they should worship
anything so unsighty, for should have supposed
art would have attained great perfection there.
Was not Apeles and Parhasius natives Of the
city2"
''Yes and the celebrated picture by Apelles, of
Alexander grasping thunderbolt, was long in the
temple The magnificent altar was from the chisel
of Praxtees, and it is said the staircase was made
of single vine from Cyprus. Some of the statues
were of pure gold, and much Of the wealth of Asia
was deposited in the sacred shrine.
''Great is Diana of the Ephesians," said jamie.
"And where is all now?"
'rThat opposite picture tells you" he replied.
1T fell into the hands of invading Cloths, and is
now total wreck, chaos of noble ruins. D"
"And what beautiful town is this, rising amid its
gardens and hills ?" she asked, as she turned to
another view.
'That is the town and harbor of Rhodes, cele-
brated for its roses which some say gave the name
to the island; others say the Greek name signifies
noise of waters,'" he replied
'The Temple of the Sun, and the Colossus is
associated in my mind with it, said jamie. "Oh |!
here is the Mediterranean by moonlight; how
soft and clear the light plays on those white sails
and how npplngth the foam appears on that vessels 8
wake. can feel the fascination, and hear the
sweet murmur," said she, dreamiy.
Dunbar smiled, and indulging her humor, his
eloquent tongue presented new pictures to her ar
tistic and poetic fancy Gradually his voice grew
more SILENT while jamie, alternating from grave to
gay, from keen perception to dreamy sensibiity,
turned over the remaining pictures, making rum
ming comments on the different scenes, to the al
most silent Dunbar.
'But you have not finished telling me about this
great temple Of Petra" said JAMIE 'That front
seems cut from the solid rock, and it looks as if it
were print stamped upon its surface"
$50 it is, Miss jamie, cut from the solid rock as
you say, and the Coliseum at Rome, the AcropoGs
at Athens, the Pyramids of Egypt, nor the mighty
temples of the Nile, isnot more grand. You know
Petra is the capital of Edom or ancient Idumea !;
its name signifies rock, and history teaches us
that the inhabitants lived in natural cefts and ex
cavatons cut in the solid stone. The city is sur
rounded by rugged mountains, strong, firm, and
immovable as Nature itself. The pride and beau
ty of the city is this temple, with its Corinthian
columns and ornaments, standing as fresh. and
clear as if but yesterday from the hands of the
sculptor"
| He stopped.
"And what is insde?" said jamie.
| He did not answer.
'Tell me where that stream flows, and what these
immense rocks are?' she asked "What is the
matter, Mr.. Dunbar2' she said, looking up at
him.
He placed his hand on her head, and held it
firmly, while he said, jamie, Edward Wilcox is
to be married next week.
Janie's face turned crimson.
II don't care, said she, pushing his hand from
her. She buried her face over the picture. He
did not speak. They sat for some moments per-
fectly silent, then said jamie, 'Let us go into the
dining room with the rest
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