, 1869-02-21
The AHuxmenz Rev,exv

, a e1aeRntefs Thousands, dethso,
Anga and disselres emptes, and fu.sy ~
MI brown Assumes an avfel derreo
Importance, and imagtncz ahe Carries I
wof'a n her hand :; but eonehox WI
Napoleon and fussy httle Mys, Broxn ~,
n1e morning. sse quietly showed under I
tnr1, the void continues to 1e7olye ip.t
eefeoelJ On It's axis ; not i star IN He,1
fotae4s TO shine; not = flower On earth :,
gets to blossom, and men and won,en -, =,
ana 10 ~ sney have since cscatIoas mofnir
and a. lhcy VII, suppose, until Gab,,.
trumpet sounds halt = for the l1,tnr: n
~Akea up the people down among tho de-
men, In the everlasting morning.
nm not IT all Obliged to that vopnp -.
son who hrst Interrupted me BY saving III
was getting away from my subject, h.
not yet got any subject to write abo1t.
don't Anow that sha1l have one ev.o tn,t1
end OF this letter. trnst, Therefore. ~
be spared the annoyance Of any future Into
rnptlonl ca this ecoze. ANY one can t,1t'
they have something to talk about,
fou &c 1t Is very hard to get subject
Lent. When Anrella snd Celeste, ard all Ii
rest OF the Dear Creatures, are IN mou,nino
doing The concerts En- @asQue; cruclfyine t.
nssh BY rigorous fasts md pcni.ential dser
iations; casting longing eyes at that nany
ELK and sandal fan, which they have lal
aHaS for forty days aud fosty nights, becaus
az ls Vauiiy.;,. wearing astes instead of silys
powder, which y now en- re3'e, In their hair
| aeHaanE their Little souls over becomIn,
etyle OF 6Ackeioth md sereunder such cjF
.cum4tanees, how an. Ito get i subjecIy
was thinking OF this Seslerdsy Ebcn 9
| lltLie bunch OF Fto1ets, holdlnRia white nrIm
rose prisoner, themselves hest,sed in with r.,
/ lanutn-l!ttlc blue EYES which had eomehn y
! q enea beiore their si4ters, which even now
down under tho snow and. matted dead
leaves tcgin to feel the pnlsatlons Of in
coming spr!nE-l: came into INF room, lit h
up with sunshine and tileo 1t with pertume
To re- sure they were llks the nuns Who haye
taken tht black veil, Lost tn cir names and
to be alone aud hndd.ed together ID The bou-
quet as II scared. No brook. had ba9 9bied H.
little silver treble to them, no birds hnd
sung to them, no bee had bnxzsdsmalI gossip
70 them about certain ecandalous things
ihe roses aad been doing, but nevertheless
about them, ,astunderneath the, black 70 lea aud
pa le inpasalcntd face OF the nun. still brats
th heart OF WOMAN. Thcy died this uoruint-.
ant the patch Of blue sky no bigger than 4
1ad. VS. handkerchief, which usually see out
81 NY window, has gone Into gray mourning
AID right here. before forget It. End bcfo,o
tint a subject to write about, want to
presc rye little verse, which think l shall
frame With the dead vto1e,s. You may never
have ger 1t. II Is TOO beautiful to lose, and
Give it to sou AS 1t was given to M:
DEAl PsnGoR1sx: In lookiog aver anne
scraps the other DAY uncovered the 70 jiow.
ipg tra p.lssion asss isen the Pertlau. II print
have So en- 1t. will thank you FOR The lcminarr
a. nut n - those who have not viii h,
pleased vt! 4 ltt ample beauty:
I'm pa. snt knees, naked. rtW born chill
"tep,ns M ~ ahoo tsts', while al around thee
Sc ,.,e. ! -. linking IN .by 1onr, ,... sleep,
eG haqen; ss,s "hl,' ID. ~ a. qna ne
and am 'ree To CO, |, IS IN lot 20 near ~, 70
one ss wl ien commenced. will, Therefore.
have b. le! in,ermission. 70 that those WIN
Are disaF poda1ed can retire aud not ,iIsturh
the rest tfmy audience, 70 whom an roiue
Heaven. ~
NOT 10 procria p<rsona. II WIS IN dream.
and, IL |, 1, tue aaddate of the Fifth R,m.
pbony had eomrthIoE 10 do with il. In any
e.1n eSsnt - Ell ;hA Earth very suddenly on !
short distance looked down upon tho ca-;h
and woa astonlshed to dud what 4 ANAL an1
insigufn catt plAce It was ester ali. On,,s
anoer OF psople whom I might msnuou,
W. VINO M M ks -sas, parade aud show. md sttut
up ano. Gown the green footsiool like SIr
traclca, actually looked to me Like nj,
running about an ant ht11. aud thew dEdn,f
appear at my height to any better Advantage
!aa1 IN 2se who were more humble aud re-
t.Ha: LITE, seseEal s @ @!oud blatant fellovs aud
say, couldn't hear ut all. In TACT, / cu1idn't
dlscoV cr That theft was anything at All NJ
much consequence In THIS world 10 j,
%an %hen. M T. arrived @'e At up II. IN % tss af;
ssor'pea to rest and had talk with the Man
IL II. who laid down bis bundle OF tticks ana
Was vert ahable. Much to my surprise.
vt en- Looked a:ier the Earth couldn't fipi
It, aud Inquiry Of the Aaa did not ha.p me.
e xcept from hearsay. He pointed out eeYer.1 !.
millions Of sta1s In N Obscure and remote !.
Dart Of the heavens which wtre. dtnlV yfsi.,
BILE, and t1ttmsted that the Earth might b.
among them. but as II vas Of 50 little corsc-
aoense nee he had ns,er trouoled himself about
IT, When told him, however. how the lor.
oEs Of Earth worshioped bis plsnat he seemed
pleased, and expressed his g1atiacation Mas
there was 20 much moonlh4ue in Lore, /
gave him the latest lnselligeuoe OF the doine1
Of The Soross4, in which he manifested cansid,
women In the Moon. att:atd that tha p}acc
was exceedingly quiet,
Aftes guiding me uron xy way to Eesrcu,
he picked up his bund1a OF tticks. and re.
stunned bis Journey, and 7 set Of On another
blight. passed Jupiter who vas esll up to
his ecandalous tricks, n Itch Of old brought
Aatiope, Leda, Europa and oshr1s INTO the
divorce courts; passed Mars. who VAS Just
pattipg on his helnet and preparuR 10
thrash small planet In distant gafsxy;
passtd Venus, 10 whom tou.hed my bal
srd hurried IN. ah shk WAS Just .hen engaged
Ia ttftd.EH With Adcnis: passed The
P1F3ANFA nil ri hpF1 Rf III " T.,
their lost sister. Nho, they Informed nc, ran
AWAY seyeral thousand years aeo With q pref
IL little comet E11ha q tall like peacoekts:
passed Cssa Major, who atowlcd some Fhat,
but h9ala5 gave me dtln from his Dipper
pass the North Star, the enly steady aud
velthehayed s'ar In .he heavens. After
leaving the Cynosnre. my course led nc
into the Milky Way, = wretchcd plane.
which, to nv assonlshment, I Found
full OF m}lkmeu who On earth have been ac-
eustonea 70 sel chalk and water. One Of
these nnfottunatc shadte, who used to have
an Elain dalrS on the Archer road, Informed
me. with tears in his ghostly eyes, that the
Milky Way WAs rnsGyed foe the mtikm.u OF
Earth Who have procliT1tles for pumps =, aod
That they are doomed to be chasel through
Red me when I returned to Earth to warn
n}s relatives md all Others in tne business. I
promised to do SO, md when 1.lefs the Milky
Way, be was making the grand rorud Win
whole herd ofstumR1Ai)s, who used to Nee
onthc North Braneh, after him.
After ataytng tho Milky Way, reached
the boundary OF ouf system Of pl,nets, and
dodtipR inuume1abtc meteorB and couets
which were Tying about In the most ecceu-
tric manner. md LArFnwEy escaping destsuc-
tion b. the explosion al planet, many tlu1es
ls1ger thau the Earth, which burst into mill.
ions of atoms With roar which seemed to
shake The whole empyTean, and went aoattng
oil into space Ike piece OF burned tsnder,
passed into another system Of stars and plan
cts, all revolving round thet ecuntl sun.
The earthly system TAs coon lost to view. l
passed from planet to planet, 1Ecm galaxy to
| nebu}E, or rode On uuduiattng btllo vs. OF al, !,
| between comets CT lpslrors sheen and u1oona
and suns, Nhose orbits iute1laeed In soau1a
Of glowing roeJ light. tut OF this tyhten
! into still smother, and the last faded from
sight aeain. and 30 on until reached great
cslm ke4 Of golden light In which there were
no suns CT moons. had passed tho coatines
| OF al worlds. AID they had III disappeared.
| Above, below xnd nN around was only this
| serene golden atmosphere, unlocked By q
tlDelc zpot, undotted By = =ingls island. 1t
was the vast open sea Of Immortality, Ehlch
there was 20 limit to viaton. In that sea all
tliure became clear. Time dwindled to a
.pecl and Death WAS only an incident. Life
was tncomprchecxib'c III this ses, but It
seemed to nc With hy new gision that had
lived maoy l.ycs before this one, and that l
saw the shadows and indktiuet forms Of 9th.
ers yet 10 be lived. 4s ltoated on suddenly
rose ors Of the gold into crystal atmos.
phcse, which Was no LONGER the solitude Of
lhc eea, but vas peopled With beautHul forms
which dew slowfy past nc With wondering
eyes, and one or Two there were Who gazed
nj INC with an old familiar look somehow
seemed 10 remember in that Earth millions
o. miles below me, but no sound came IRON
thctr lips, and Tins questioned them In Ta:n.
crowded With lustrout form, and suddenly,
IN blaze Of almost binding brightness, /
tout m5:ch at the great r Ito Of pcast With