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

our kisses midway crossed IN air.
BERANGER.
What the devil art thou gazing at i
the street, since time began, Fontaine
4 bet he is studying the physiogno
my of some dog that's warming himsel
in the sun, or else that he is countinl
the paving stones, to make statistic ou
of them after the manner of Dupin, anC
to show that the knowledge in the cite
of France is in the inverse ratio of tht
cleanliness of the streets.
Let be, then, the individual is moi
so much a mathematician as you sup.
pose l bet, me, that he has seen some
little work-woman undo her papillottes
And all the voices cried together:
What art thou looking at there ,Fon-
taine ? Let US see, what art thou gazing
at?
The young man to whom these SEN
tenees were addressed, nonehalantIy
leaning against a little wooden balcony.
seemed to look out attentively upon the
Place dw Cdlroire. He turned to his
friends, smiling quietly and pleasantly
i was looking at the mission-cross,
he said, with perfect tranquility.
There was a general burst of laughter.
Il was thinking, added the young
man, as if he had not heard their laugh
ter, and as if speaking to himself, l was
thinking that we ought to bare our own
heads, unbelievers as we are, before that
Calvary; for it is terrible and affect
ing symbol. The Christ crucifed is the
of every new thought, of
every attempt towards progress and
The Christ, is the genius
that contemporaries crown with thorns,
and which posterity adores on its knees.
How he sums up all histories, this man,
issuing from the people, who announces
great thoughts to the world, who is
nailed to the cross, and who with every
drop of his blood lets fall upon the mul-
-ituds somewhat of his soul and his
faith So indeed it ever is
The thought of genius is not incorpo-
'ated in the masses, except under the
iorm of dew of blood.
"his time no one laughed, there was
l. erfeot silence.
Ten p has his weaknesses again to-
-Fontaln. inWhose chamber this
~, said Edward, S~ho was finishing
enc was passing, anu
e task of dressing. NV
Thou hast very well formulateu
ought, Edward tits really so 1 regard
'e.
-Lunatiei Do then as we do. Con-
der it bowl of punch, which ought to
aze on the end Whence the deTil. my
.ar, comes to thee that black humor j,
hieh make thee perpetual philosophic
lraphrase
Fontaine slightly shrugged his shoul-
rs, and made no reply.
Whq sGpld say, in fact, whence came
Fontaine that peculiar mode of ex-
tence, so different from that Of his com
nions of his own age? He had re-
ived, apparently, the same education
&c them, he had studied Latin seven ,
ars, and had composed French ampli- (
atiOns on Spring, and the -Four Ages {
Man nothing extraordinary had
ossed his life, for there had been, in {
8 family, neither bankruptcy nor .
merican inheritance. He was, to all
pearanees, young fellow who would S
course frequent balls at twenty, marry c
thirty, and retire upon the post of c
,llector Of Customs or Justice of the Q
ace. And, nevertheless, there was in Q
"a l know not what of eccentric, t
.ange, poetic, which puzzled his friends, C
d made them fear for his reason. r
mid the beings and circumstances that a
rounded him, he produced the same Il
ect as magnolia which should shoot h
, spontaneously, in a patch of turnips, I
'bage or potatoes. Z"
His fellow-students loved him, never f
less, because he was noble and de- d
ed. Edward was, more than any, ST
lneeted with him by habitude and ii
sndship. The last jest which he ad-
.sSed to Fontaine ended the converse. d,
q. The four young men took their is
S and went hastily out. The medical W
ture was about to begin. 81
As they passed before Annals win W
', little tremulous hand raised the n,
tain, and two lovely blue eyes ap- ia
red, very timid and very curious. ia
E young girl cautiously advanced to SC
very edge of her easement, and fol
ed with her looks the young men, de
il they were out Of sight. Then she re
lained thoughtful for an instant, fas- ca
ed up the curtains, drew her chair th
he window, and sat down to work. sv
Anna had now for two months discov- th
d that she was becoming absent W
lded when at work, more than usual Of
en- to reYery, and that she felt an b,
Eonted inclination to lean her elbows ce
the window-sill of her garret. She bc
| also remarked, that, once there, her BE-
S always turned in the same diree- d.
1, that her heart followed her ewes, lii
lnding with emotion and desire I; in til
}, she had admitted to herself that E
wards window was in that direction; h.
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