Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-06-10

repoee, anu tot wnat purpo3ef Sne Wen
home and found al fast ssleep.
Az she entered the house everything sp
psafed more strange TO her. than before. sc
strange that II seemed that she did not be
long there. Why ere you coming home
ag~in' What do you want herb There
was . strange question In every sound,
when the hound bsyed. or the steps
creaked, or the COW lowed II the stable
all asked the Same question; Who u this
coming homer When she finally reached
her chamber. she cat down ard gaxed st the
light, shen suddenly sssksing up, che seiz>
the lamp and went to the looking glass.
and aaw her own face reflected there, and
asked herself: Who can this bei And
% he ssw you, and 90 you look, Was her
second thvaght, Something sbou, yox
n:uft have pleased him, or Why wsuld be
have noticed you sol A feelingsof sa,is>
faction arose In her, enhanced by the thot:
y ou, too. have been treated like = person
o. Importance. while before you only
waited on and served others. Good night
Amrei; this has been great day for y"u.
But this day mus, have IN end. II wss
past midnight, and Little Bsrefoct carer
fully removed piscs BY piece Of her CLOTH
ing. Listen, there y the music siill,
soundine like sweet walix:' She open>
ed the window. There w.s no sound Of
music, II WAS only n Aes mind. Below.
near Black Mxrann's, the cock WAS al>
ready Growing; the footsteps Of men On
the road are heard, they were probably
the last who had left the wedding, and
ihsir steps sounded so loud in the uight.
How differently tree looks In the night
from whs, IL does In the day time. Such
. dark heavy macs. like . giant wrapped
IN his mantle. BIT What life there 10 In
that mosionless tree. What . world IL IL
In which such things arc. Not breath
of air 10 stirring, and ~ there is sound
like the dropping OF water from the trees
/, must br the csterpiliars cad chafers
falling dawn. Aqusii sounds It's note;
II must be ihe one that 10 Gagged at the inn.
She dss-es not know thst Il is- night As The
clock strikes one tile slidss from The
rsof and comes Gathering down to the
ground Am.si trembes - if she saw .
ghost, but she overcsme the fear in order
to listen for short time longer To the
then she closed the window.
. mu,h, which with ito many wings looks
like . flying caterpillar, has flown iots sae
room and nutiers around the !ight--pow
drawn and now reprlled-so grey and
fearful. Amrci catches it throws it out
Of The window.
While she wss laying her cap. collar.
and jacket in the closet, she involuniArily
picked up an old copy book which she
had kept, and read Ia u. she dad NO, know
Why, many scc,ences. How ssifiiy and
carefully they were wriues. Yet. she
might feel encouraged by these ieaves so
think that she had oncs had . past, tho
now is appeared tina, everything had van
ishsd,
But now. Away 70 bed shs cried. but
fire: with the thoughtfulness of her na>
turc she undid oil ths ribbons. and when
sue came across knot she did not cease
working with her fingers AID teeth until
she had unloosed IL. She never Ia her
life cut knot 10 two; and not even now
in her great agitation did her love OF orsier
desert her: and she succeeded in unloos>
ing knots apparently ipextrlcsble.l I Final>
ly, she extinguished the ligh, and 60, into
bed; but finding no rest she quickly sprang
up again snd looked out OF the window.
gazing al the glimmering stars, and on, Of
pure modesiy covering her neck and bos>
ON with her hands,
An, what . rcverie was this, % free, 90
exprcssiouless, 90 aimless. yet compre>
hendiug evcrYthins-a glimpse Of life, and
death and eternity.
In the soul OF this humble girl, In her
garrett chamber, m infinite life was born
all the suhlimity and blcssedness that
mnu Ecan experience; and this emo,l. q
asks not who 10 1t that created me, for the
eternal stars burst forth IN sp.endos over
the lowliest hut.
gust Of wind blew the window TO
with . noise, and awakened Anrei; she
did not know how she had gone ~ bed,
and now il was day.