Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-08-23

had been living in that quarter only two
months. = ai.I 5.i- l17ias ieliiil- !.
4 But what was there astonishing in al
that9 The poor child was alone; she
was SO lonely, because so low-spirited
And this young man had broken
the monotony of her existence, had
given her an object to observe, subject
for: her thoughts. Who has not more
or less felt that sort of community that
grows out of neighborhood? What young
girl, seeking sympathy and tessed by
her reyeries, has not had, In front Of her
window, some window towards which her
eyes often turned fora person opposite
is something of our own household half
our actions pass under his eyes, half his
are known to US: it is two existences,
separated by simple curtain. Every
hour of the day, we may tell 0hGt he is
doing, almost sohat he is thinking. In
the evening has light informs US whether
he wakes or sleeps; in the morning,
upon opening our window to inhale the
air and sunshine his face is the first we
meet. We hear his weeping and laugh
ter we learn the airs he sings, we recog-
nize his garments, his voice, his steps
when he passes we might almost say
schat he is, for we have seen him in
shirt-sleeves and slippers We have lived
with him, across the street he is an in
innate acquaintance, to whom we have
never spoken. Among the most insen-
sible beings, We conceive that this dumb
familiarity, this reciprocity of observa-
ton, forms bond of interest and afec-
ton but if this community Of actions
IS established between two persons capa-
bic of understanding each other! i
If the look shot from one window meets, |
at the other, look that speaks to it if I
the voice that sings opposite is the echo /
of that which is singing in the depths Of
our own heart if there is but a narrow
street between two souls that mutually I
attract each other, oh ! it is then that
neighborhood becomes potent and dan
gerous then that mysterious chains run
from one window to the other, to bring
together two beings who desire each
other then it is that reciprocal dreams
will mingle together, will instinetively
marry each other, and that the two
hearts will live together, despite the mar
row space that separates them.
So, perhaps it had been with Anna
and her young neighbor. She, at least,
had wholly surrendered herself to the
novelty of this sensation
She had found, in this charming and
intelligence, established be-
tween her and Edward, perpetual ali
nent for her hours of solitude. She I
Snew his name, because she had heard
lis friends call him by it, and she took
ielight in repeating it; she loved all ,
Who bore the same name often, sitting {
behind her curtain, and by stealth watch {
ng the young man as he walked, the z
lily girl would call to him in a low
-oice, " Edward p She talked to him, !
Ising the thou and thee ;" she re- Q
,eated to him these delicious nothings
Thich intoxicate one with happiness a
he said to him Thou hast sweet eyes
edward how fine thy hair is, when so h
ressed how soft and sweet thy smile v
, y And Edward replied to her il
How pretty thou art, Anna, with, with :
by little bonnet of tulle how white =
nd little thy hands are how, l love !,
nee, my sister Anna r'-and the young b
irl was impassioned as if she had really <
card Edward voice. II
In the evening she sat half hidden by 4
er curtains of green serge, gazing at :
lie light that burned in the young stu -,
snts window and when, at last, that n p
ght was extinguished, Good night, ri
dward, she said. And she seemed to ST
ear a voice murmur close to her, Good "
ght, Anna" 4,
The ravishing childishness suficed to al
axe her happy and give her Occupa- CT
On. itl
Edward, too, had noticed the little 3l
1rk-woman. He liked to see her sew 81
embroider at her window, so elegant Ar
ID so graceful to see her break off her ne
read with her little teeth so white, to IN
Irsue with the point of her needle fy u
,vering near her face, or, sometimes ~ ~
pensive, to twirl her ivory an
imble on the point of her scissors. co
g loved to hear her sing in low voice Of
ssages from operas, which she had "a "a
lrned from the hand organ or the va Sn
md mans violin; then he took his ps
repeated softly the air she no
e an 'nua, trembling, blush do
mined, and - daring to raise ,OS "5
to the torehead, no1 her en- oo,
eyes, remained dumb IN % Sgi $;
for she saw that the youLe
q had heard her and listened to her. the
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