The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-10-16


heart OF London. midway between
those two great masses of habitationi
that stretch ON either side the wonder.
/ ful regal river. To her left. amidst the
gaunt, tall houses, whose reflection
made the waters blacker still, lowered
st. Paul's Cathedral, England's he
roes' mausolenm; while far above, faI
past the graceful bridges, with their
avenues of twinkling lights, lay the
old Abbey, IN the solemn shadow oi
the sanctuary, like voice from the
past, with the holiness Of ages around
it. There were lights in many win
dow yet, telling of those for whom
their is no light-the sick, the dying,
the oyerpressed- telling OF those Ia
whom night brings no reposo, no sig
niiieance, but season for harder work
iilched from the over-excited bfain.
The silence was all exterior. She
knew well, yagrant rs she was. that
there arc hundreds OF dwellings, in
which night was The real day, during
which men work and toll and fight.
conquer and fail, IN the great battle OF
life. She knew. God knows how BIT
terly, that He'll held high carnival dur
ing those midnight hours, and thai
whilst the innocent and good slept the
calm sleep of the just, devils incarnate
laughed over tn ruin Of immortal
.souls.
But Il this was nothing now tn her.
There was no hand, devils on angels.
stretched forth to help her IN her fear
ful need. She stood for Il moment on
the parapct. her hnuds-those thin.
attenuated hands-clenched tightly
together.
There might be n better world, she
thought; there couldn't bc worse.
The God who made her would for
give her il she we're doing wrong. Ard
a wild scream, mingled with tho soaga-
ing wind. as the cold waters parted
for moment, and then went ripping
splasiIing on. over "a broken heart.
i policeman heard that screom rs
he stood at lhcother cad ot tl.c bridge.
yaiAlr eEdeayocng 30 shield himself
from the storm. lie turned his bull =
eye on and iooSed Mp and down Tic
road. Some poor Unfortunate. he
thought engaged in g drunken brawl
Bes. to LET her fight il 0ut herself lc
would ges 10 good b. Interference.
i GafrcIaaa heard t.3at acrcain rs
Ec .2y 'i54.a.E = !sas barge 4 aeemcd
- sound close 70 his ear.
And the angels Of God heard Shat
scream * they hoeercd over the sin
stained city, and shcy bore i upward
on their snowy wings through immeaa-
urablc space. through the golden floods
Of Iigat that, far bepon1 III b4saau
thought, irradi4te the confines of oter-
nal bliss. till 1t woke the echoes ri un-
uttcrable love at the mercy-sa;e of
heaven.
) fortnight later. ard another Digha
n Ioudou-a soft, DaiI1y. spring
night, when mvgiaJs of glitter
me stars lighted the heavens With their
beauty, and shone down upon The
earth Ike the eyes OF au cve"- sa1chful
Providence nie9. wren hundreds
OF pedestrians tErougcd the busy.
brilliant streets, when carriages full of
lovely women rolled aionr the cause
ways and through the squares, and ain
Haunted It's paint and feathers in tha
finest thcroughfares Of yirtuous Lon
flon-a night when She clubs - shc
Nest-eud were all Illuminated. and
handsome diagolutc mou stood ON the
steps o. az the open windows. discuss
ing the last new opera OF the charac-
ter ol their female frieuda-When In
The alleys and corners OF the old me-
tropolis, small thieves, with children 3
bodies, and old, cunning faces, plied
eher unlawful radc, and from out the
;neretricious splendor Of the cin-paIa-
res, that, Ike enchanted mansions in
1he Arabidl. Nights, seemed doublv
(lazziing amid the dingincss around,
rose ciscordant voices. holIish laugh
ter. raingling, with the pure, BtiIl air.
There we're lights IN one OF the large
houses in Belgrave square; n carriage
and pair stood before the door; and
in one Of the splendidly furnished
drawing-rooms within sat q young girl.
dressed for q ball, fastening The but
tons of her tiny gloves. She vas very
fair-fair with the ryale Saxon beauty
SO distinctive Of our race; o delicate,
aristocratic face, large, dreamy, pansy
eyes, lustrous wayy hair falling over
the white, shiinmering sillcen robes,
like golden sunshine on the snow-clad
Alps.
beautiful exceedingly she seemed; ;
and SO the fine, tall man thought--i,er
brother evidently, by tie likeness be-
tween them-as he entered the room
and stood for moment gazing'a at her.
lie smiled approyingly as, taking up
her fan and bouquet, sue advanced to
meet i'm; and ti,en a shadow OF some-
ing Like anxiety fell over his face
It was gone, however, IN an instant.
"I am afraid we shall be late, Com
stance; tits nearly twelve now; and
Lady Churchill begged us to come
early.
81 am ready, William" " she replied;
"but there s plenty of time. We shall
be weary enough before it is over. :
And she shrugged her shoulders with
a charming gesture of Indifference.
'sNo reyel is complete without it's
queen, replied her brother gallantly.
S.Your adorers will have been fuming
themselves to death for the last two
hours, fearing you would not come. "
lit will dc them good, : she replied,