New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-31
scrutable scroll of Fate, thou mightst hear tne
echo of warning in the alegory of Mater Anser;
Jack and Jill went mp the hill
To get pail of water,
Jack fell down and broke his crown
And Jill came tumbling after

my amDltlonj Jln' thy PoH9 y i4'O'' '' Aos
The orphan is but twelve years Old and being in the
habit of carrying water-pails and doing the family
wash might be forgiven if she said yere,' and was
n little tanned. But she asks no clemency.
She tliumphs over the sun and tho wash
tubs "Her little bare feet cleaned pearly
white on the green grass and she chanted the
PRAYER of Habak kuk on ShigOnOth," aud she might
have served as model for pictured Sy1ac pTlestesS
one of Bael-becs Vestals, mnsterlng In the olden
time in that wOndrous and grand temple at
HeliopolisD and she could not fail to recall to even
casual observers the calm powerful lace OF Lorenzo
de Medici which, If once looked on, iastens ltSeu
only casual observer present being the dog large
fierce yellow dog and the dogs In Dixie being
familiar with the portrait of Lorenzo de Medie, the
dog waqged his tail in n vague way as saluting the
ghost Of Lorenzo across the centuries Between
HabaRlmI and the sunrise the pure-heaTted
Tennessee child forgot her missiOn-whch is euphe-
stic for nail and being EOused from her trance by
the report of pistol she rushcs through the forest till
she comes upon party OF duellsts at the cheerful
moment when one southern genti9inian snn1Ied OUT
the brief candle 1--WE cannot help being clas-
sieaD of another Southern gentleman by we'll
directed bullet The orphan after shuddering,
exclaims MurdererW which is not thought polite by
the survivor :" who was probably twenty hard
ened i'm iniquity, and had on his little finger an all
tiqne diamond ring" Being reguested'to allow the
body to be taken TO her grandfathers cottage, she
assents and preeedes it, "but not before she had
Tetraced her steps and filled her bucket the spring
which argues remarkable presence OF mind in glrl
of twelve, but is no more than We should have ex-
Shortly after, the widow of the murdered man
arrives falls into faintng ft, and lies in lethargy
all night, during whose melancholy hours, Edna
crouches by the bedside and chafes the numb far
hands by noon the wifes spirit passed also to the
everlasting repose;" We know model Of better
English; 'FOld Ma'am Dmah she died also.o
Some months after this, the orphan having passed
the interim with. Plutarch who was =" q Pisgah OF
letters whatever that may be- is sent TO carry a
bucket of dinner TO her grandfather, worthy black
smith who owns forge at a crossrOad. On her way
she is overtaken, by a young.Inan CATERING along
like Lord Lowell wh0 desires impOlitely to know
whether blacksmiths shop is near. She directs
him to her gTandfather's smithy. Before the dust
had settled the tracks of that fiery steed, knew
that the rider was the hero the lover the villain of
fine MAY. When he had dismounted and proved to
be very tall, and imperOus, and grim, and mystic
rious, and centuries older than Edna-and to have o
black fur hat and damnable manners. we had made
assurance doubly sure, and taken bond of fate.
His horse being shOd he departs but he leaves be-
hind fiery CLEAN of his dark eyes, which burned
themselves into Edna's memory, dollar in change,
and a book which he dropped II was a Dante, and
il contained this fresh and striking quotation written
on the tite-page: "Lasciate Ogni speranza vol CHI
line by rote let him look in the appendix of Webster
Also, the orphan read -. e, NJ. Boboh Gardens,
A few months later the good grandfather dies and
there being no moro family washes Edna resolves TO
seek her fortune in factory town IN Georgia. On
hf way there is an accident, the train is smashed
" and all was cha0s.E /" Was ill., asks Miss Eyaps,
" a decree in the will and wisdom " our God, or
fiat from the blind fumblmg of Athestic Chance, or
was il in accordance with the rigid edict of Panthe
isc Necessity that at that instant the cherupim Of
death swooped down on the sleeping passengers. ana
silver cords and golden bowls were rudely snapped
and crushed amid the crash of timbcrs, the screams
Of wQIleA aud children, and the goans OF tortured
men that made night hideOlis z We should think u
might have beena misplaced switch, but in default of
the coronefs evidence, "a fiat from the blind fun
bling of Atheistc Chance would without doubt be
quite equal 10 the business.
: Edna being picked ont of chaos by an elegantly
dressed fiddle-aged lady'-whOse attention to her
toilet in the dead waste and middle Of tho night,
With tf yiGtps q !soaa nci.est iallns GSh
rage 70 palace, where she is put 10 bed-we beg
Miss Evans's pardon" placed within the snowy
sheets Of heavily-caryed bedstead whose crimson
canopy shed ruby light down on the laced and ruf-
fled pillows"
II is several months before Edna RECEIVERS from her
Injuries, during which period Mrs. Murray the ele-
middle-aged lady who rescued her,
decides to keep her till she is eighteen educate her 10
be teacher, and provide for her future. Edna
longe9 T. th9nk ber but Was prevented by a pol
ished hdht6EFp At this OppOrtlme timc ST. Elmo APP
pears, and asks what the devil does II mean. Any
hoyelreadeT could tell him that IL meant wife, but
though he has read all the novels that ever were
written, he does not comprehend i. SymmetrieaI
and grand rs that temple OF Juno in shrouded lOm-
pei whose polished shafts CLEANED centuries ago in
the morning sunshine of o day OF woe whose
untimely night has endured for nineteen hundred
years. So in Che glorious flush Of his youth this
had stood facing noble and possibly sanctied fu-
ture; but the ugoyeTnable flames OF SIN had reduced
liH H1e Iilal uHIktltN iltlu ntStCItltu lane, 10
mass &C. ashy arches, and blackened col
nmns where miniserng priests, all holy Aspirations,
5lumbered in the dust" o. what learning isl,
lie speaks vet he says n0thing-but bOsh lie adj
dresses his mother as Madame, m6re' and calls
speech die@ and says = le' zen raHf pas "a
Wher. Edna Is able to iqakc survey Of the house
md C.rounds she finds the first palace and the
'ec' md new Eden. (All Miss Eyanss heroines live
1palaces The fair the chaste, the inexpensive she
Who made dreary the pages OF MacaIla used TO pace
up and down the marble hall of her fathers house at
her black velyerob showing the faultless
outlines of her superb figure, ana her golden halr
sweeping the fOor.) The monsters which guarded
than the Grand Staircase at Venice, were limitations
OF that monumental lions head raised on the battle
field Of Ch@ronea, TO commemorate t9e b%1sns ans
the real Greek article tw0uld require 10 mQIf cyCY
pedia and no more imagination; and the proud 81;
Elmo would DO fifty guarded, The mansion - filled
with the costlest furniture; "nadght that the most
fastidous and cultivated taste dilettantesn could
suggest OF lavish expenditure could supply was
wanting while the elaborate aud beautiful aIrahge-
ment Of the extensive grounds showed with how
pTOdigal hand the owner squandeTed pfncely IOr-
tuneb Then there were fifteen acres OF park, deer
bison, Lapand reindeer, Peruvian Hama, Cashmere
goats, chamois wounded and caught on the jung
franSand large white cows from Ava. In the lake
the seaserpent sporively waved his sinuous length;
dragon was kept chained in the cowst9ble, and IN
secluded corners the unicorn took his SOLITARY hOrn
but meyer fought with the lion because there was no
IS OG the Crdiasiy q cGfrY MANSIONS
hinder tho shadow Of Lookout Mountain.
ST. Elmo's apartments are Eastern, furnished with
Damascus swords, BedOuin lances zodlnes, ana
small hour-glasses filled with sand from the dreary
valley of ri Ghorp A hugo plaster IriInurti (why
plasteri Why not marble, or ormolu, or carved
ivory, OF gold 7 Common folk have plaster. we
have huge plaster head Of Gen. Mcclellan, which
innst he nearly as unpleasant as this Himurt, and
which we keep only because 1t hides hole IN the
wallpaper The Trimurti had silva face, and
ygrthinq cobra and the General has Deutseh face,
and wrealhing anaconda-in our minds 0yel con-
fronted ali who entered. just opposite ginned
rcd granite slabD We should suppose that slab in
81 Eimos house could " grin" ne grinned on read
Ing about H. even, and beside tins slab came from
the Iuins of Flora Near the door richly-Carved
nm three feet high, which had once ornamented the