The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-07-22
ron the Galaxy, for August
ADAM AND EVE.
BY SOPHIE MAY.

n~reaehment underlIes a love stof5i
and If + aid not tell the story, then
flies would never hear it. liz concerns
Adam Mott and myself. and 4 few
other souls. If / undertake It, thee
must let me begin at the beginning;
and I apprehend that for that L need
not 20 back any further than Adam.
T remember the first time 1 ever
saw Friend Mott: father and | were
going TO meeting on a first day IN
fourth mouth. We were turning q
corner. when the wind walked out OF
! sound sleep and blew o great gust
of rain in our faces. Then we found
we had fallen in with III worthy
Friend Potter and 8 stranger. The
range was q reasonable man; but
saw him through the water 10 my
ewes. and that blurred him a little
An adverse wind seemed to blow u
together. l vas forced Rsg%SiIIee
drab coat beforesbd Adam Mott.
Friend @4ddRfaat5elphia. Friend Mott, let
re make thee acquainted with Eve
Douglass"
How, now?" said my father. Is
this verify Friend Adam? And why
didn't thee come straight to my
house?"
He shook hands rs if he would
never let 20; and then / remembered
who the man was, for / had often
heard mention of Adam. l looked at
him critically, and the first thing /
saw was his eyes, as blue and almost
as unfathomable as the sky. Thee
has seen such bright, Opaque eyes.
with a smile inthem. But thee never
knows whether the smile means any
thing or not; that is for thee to ind
out after thee gets acquainted.
Adam was pleasant to look upon,
and his stiff, quiet ways were rather
agreeable; but | could think of moth
ing TO say to him. Father wished me
to be social. / knew he did. He had
said to me, two or three times: " Eve,
when friend Mott goes through the
State, he will call on us, and / expect
thee to treat him the best thee knows
how. / set great store by some of
his family"
So l thought / would try to be
agreeable; but if / had been hayed
alive L could not have thought of
anything to say. When father asked
the young man to go and dine with us,
and to make our house his home
while he remained in town, | re-
peated the invitation as warmly as
l could. He replied that ne would
go with pleasure; he hadlong desired
to make our acquaintance. a
But / judged by the way he gazed
at my dress, that he thought | was
not much of a Friend" / did not
wear a sugar-seoop bonnetsb a straw
cottage with worldly bows on il, and
a little lace around the face. My silk
gown was mode-colored, and / had on
a wicked casaque. which was then the
style. Father allowed me to wear
what / liked, for l did not "belong to
the meeting, and my dear mother be-
fore me had been one of the worlds
people. ts lailaH1
They say she was an irrepressible
young creature, always on wings. lean
just remember the music of her voice
as she sang lullabies to me. She died
when brother John was a baby. /
had been sent away in my little child
hood to a drab-colored boarding
school, and had caught from my
teachers and from constant associa-
ton with Il" Friends" a steadiness of
department which gave general salts
faction. Father hoped / had quite
OutgTown the troublesome impulsiye-
ness Of my infancy. The truth il,
dear reader, | kept myself under lock
and key. Cousin Sophia knew it: DIR.
Hathaway knew IL; and so did Mar
tha, our maid, and brother John for
there were times when / was really
obliged to come out and act myself
before somebody.
Whether this Friend Adam would
ever see me otherwise than as a de-
mure Quaker damsel, depended en-
tIrely upon the natural magnetism OF
his. nature. Thee may wonder wha'
were my presentlmeuts on that sub.
ject? Alb, friend, thee needn't ash
too close questions. A woman ma
have her intuitions; but even wheI
one tries to tell a true story, don
thee think there are some things one
might as we'll keep baek2
DIR. Hathaway was in the house
when we reached home. Cousin So.
phia had sent for him duringa =" nerv
GUS attack" FfGs
& Friend Edward" said I, i an
glad to have thee here. Now, the,
must stay to dinner and talk as fas
as thee can for dear life"
He did stay, and haraDgued s
lengthily on politics that had tim
to pour the tea with Adams blu
eyes looking the other way.
Dinner was over at last; and, a
soon as father saw me alone, he aske
me, rather, ~anxiously, how | like
Friend Mott.
Father" said I. have not see.
him yet"
Not seen him, child2n
mo, father, he has retired within
his brains and locked himself in, an,
does not come out"
Father smiled. 1 s
He is rather put 20 it for tall
Eve; but I'm satisfied he is a worth
young man."
Well, he kept staying and staying
l. found out one thing he had
glft of the Spirit" and could preac
with the best. But / never liked th
man so well al i did when he fell t
discussing the state of the country
Hhen his voice thrilled us like a battl
trumpet. He thought just al fathe
and L did, and we were patriotic I
the end of Dur fingers.
T" / reckon he knows which side hi
bread vis buttered on" remarke
Brother John, who had never take
very kindly to our new aequaintanc'
Friend Mott said he was glad "
could shake hands on the war ques
Cor for the Friends in general hel
different views. IF his life was spared
be intended to enlist at the very ne1
call. My heart glowed with sympatE
as he talked of resisting unto bloc,
striving against sin but, in spite
his virtues. | was not at my ease wit
him yet. And still ne staid.
HPprhaDS he thipES h ba1 oJ,~Lk<
in the garden of Eden, and breads
leave # " said Cousin Sonhio IooL;,