The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1868-11-11
7 ORIGINAL.
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Ayision Of ths Mountains.

az, AtHlNou OF the mountains.
4 lFrcm nearly any s.sed.po,n in the pretty
village o. tsresnvills. sorth C.roiin.. YOU
-asy. of a clear day. see siretched along the
Aorirsn. .nsaay y. many miles of that beauti-
Hairanss OF monn;ains. called Blue Ridge !;
.ane, esuspieuous sJnoag the higher peak.
nhst leos, iik- ssntinslss sabovs heir rugged
'Lssshrsa your eye win be Attracted by Ta-
Ole Hssk. Is locks less like table. how
ever. 'thsn bike . huge fortree., or = grand
sssstlssrected for purposes Of defence by
Soms fasgss,en race Of gisnt.. Not far
lKom shis nsountain there lives queer old
an&s--a root deetor. be 10 called. One
Etlssssnt autumn day the old doctor had
essni busy gathering herbt, and touards
s,eping. being weary. ne sat down a. ihx
foot of the Rock TO rest. lie ate the iun,h
'hst ~ ga risi with. him. deposited bic
herb ta'ket on the. GROUND. and lay down
upon = heap of l-av.s and Iaoss,to slsvp -
lie. though. thst he would lake 8 short nap
aud arise rsfreshed Tor HE walk home. On
ON. aide The wisd mo.nsd aud sigl,sd softly
in the dense woods, aud on the o,h.r, q
slsndsr dream OF clear cold wstsrl .hs,hsi
and sParilsd down the mouatain sleep
luling hin, wish tie monotonous mnsi.. lie
hsd not nestIed long upon his mo.abed
when bis attention was attracted by the
sound o. human yeicsa He aros- quickly,
and looking around TO discern from whence
the voices came. he f.nnd. with great az
t.nishmsn,, that he had BEEN r-siing-noi
~a . bed Of mora bat on the nl,rLl- st-ps of
sgrsna palace Upoa ,si,h.r sile OF him
rose stately Pillars of carved stone. an ! Ia,
magnificent sfebsd .loor stood wide ope..
A 6-od of ght poured down from the col.
.r.a lsu,ps that lit ths Lroad portal., aud
d.Esi.d the Oh m.ns eyes as h. siar.,i
srsund. H- flonglt he k.-w all the &c.
srsis Of ,his wonderful rock; h. ku.w IA.
wsya Ia ascend and aecend its rnsgsd
ss~p.; he knew whsrs. all its n.dieinai
hsrhs g,sw. ard whore its saol sweet wa.
t-rs surgied hut the t,oaght that ito huge
granite sid~s were the walls Of gorgeous
rala,s.. ;inhsbi,ei by. he knew h.t wha,
sr whom. hsd never creased his mind.--
The old mans curiosity was grestiy II.
.it.d, aad afr.r listening for q while. to
those far OF voie~s, .thst heatea to him
through che open door. he srept softly and
sauiIensly up the marble steps passed
'hreagh the brilliantly lighted portal int,
'hs mysterious psias.. Down long SQUAD,
lag corridors. through magnificent apart
meats. up winding siAirs he followed the
ssand ef those voices that eSery momeut
seemed nearer and nearer. At last he came
ssayast eaysrnons hall. whose lafty cell
lag vas supported spon many huge ston.
pillar whose walls we're adorned with riel,
rsrs paintings. sne whore aiehss were filed
with statue, Of living bronze and marble. =
and here he solved the mystery Of tha
vcissa This great assembly chamber wss
oiled with nohis locking men. Their 'see.
were grand and pale. and many ef,hsm were
dsssssd 10 the antique fashions OF by-gone
days These people took no msnnsr Of no
siss Of thsrcot doctor as he ersya in among
tAsm. lie immsdis,.iy observed that ev
cry Rsmber ef this company bore In hi.
hssd % atoat HE person, sSms enbism OF
Hsps, One carried smaiI golden anchor,
asoshsr. lily bulb. that held folded be-.
meath its scales. the promise Of pure and
beautiful resurrection. while msny carried
iisy images Of the fablsd Pheaix---,he bird
,hst risss irssh sud glorious from ash.s and
rnin. He then began to listen 10 their eon-
vsrsstIop and pleasant and cheerful wer.
ths words tbs, fell upoo hts sars. At which
he was still more surprissd; fov living In
these drssry lstser days, the poor roo, doe.
tor vas accustomed TO hear anything but
cheerful words from the Zip. Of hi. oppse.s.
ID snddownaroddsn nsighbors
.'Ihsvs sesn.s said one. -tLs wicked In
great power ssd spreading himself like q
green bay tree. he paced A~sy. and
los he swss notS ] sousht him bat he could
nee es seaadi Waa and hops, for ihu. will
tbs slsh tbs syranss Who have spread ruin
and dssolsslop sPoa me iaad Of our faith,
srA'h cioss by. -asotbsr voice rose, I.s
sall socerous tone struck familiArly upon
The dossor6 esv. who turning TO look at the
spssksr. wss s'eesssfsd by ths unni.,sk.
bic hksnsss hss features bore " ,ho.. o, an
old persrsit that hung on his sai,in waB At
hene--ths peftras of csfheuni There
! wsss The clear eyes. the, eslm. msaiys
srsv. and iesg sso. xhsn' the old dos,os
was yeeas. be he'd hoard, tasts shri,lisp
xeisst He iegan 70 look mors, eiossly st
ths nces sroesd HIN. asd new folly rsecR