The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-06-19


1ered half aware Of il, It was only through
feeling that some secret influence was
operating favorably in nv behalf on the
{ mmon minds around me. ] now felt,
how ever, for the first time, that had come
in contact with a mind immeasurably more
powerful than my own; ~ thoughts seemed
TO cast themselves into .ae very moul my
sentiments to modulate themselves by the
very tones n his And yet he was but a
rus set clad peasant--m~ junior by at least
eight years-who wa urning from school
70 assist his father, humble tackman, IN
the labors Of the ap Jaching harvest. But
the law Of circuu nee, so arbitrary 10
ruling the destlnies common men, exerts
but a feeble cont rer the children OF
genius. The proph mt forth comiSSion-
cd by Heaven to anoinl a king over lsrae. ,
and the choice fell on a shepherd boy who
was tending his fathers iocks in tine field.
We had reached a lovely bend of the
stream. There was a seni-circular mice
ton 10 the steep bank, which waved ever
US, from base 10 summit, with ha~ thorn aud
hazle; and while one haif looked blue and
dark 10 the shade, the other was lighted up
with gorgeous and fsry = lendor BY me sun,
now fast sinking IN the west. The effect
seemed magical. A little grassy platfO.:a
that stretched between the hanging wOOl
ard the stream, was whitened over with
clothes, that looked like snow-wresths 10 the
hollow; and young and beautiful girl
beside them.
'Mary Campbell i' exclaimed my com
panion, ana Ia a moment he was az her side,
and had grasped both her hands in his.
"How fortunate, how very fortunate | am M
ha o,tslH u,t kuva mn
hoped 10 have seen vuu tonight, and yea
here you are This, Mr. Lindsay, is a loved
friend Of mine, whom | have known and
valued for ears ever, indeed, SINCE we
herded our sheep together under the cover
If one plaid. Dearest Mary, | have had
Y sad forebodings regarIing you tor the whole
/ last month ] was a. krkOswald, and yet,
\ after all my foolish fears, here you are, rul-
Y der and BONNER tnan ever"
4 She was, in truth, q beautiful, sylph-like
Young w0man-0ne whom | would have
7 looked at with complacency iu aay c.rcum-
stances for who that admires the tair ami
the lovely ia nature-whether Il be the
widespread beauty of sky and ear o, or
beauty IL IT'S minuter mod fcal0ns, AS We
see il in the flowers that spring Up a, our
\ feet, Dr. the butterfly that hutters 0ygr thcm
who, I say, that admr,s the fair and
/ lovely in nature: can be Indifferent t0 the
K iairest and lOveliest of All her productions?
As the mistress, however, OF bv far the
s.rongest-miuded man ! ever knew, there
was more ~ scrutiny 10 my glance than
+ usual, and felt deeper interest in her tran
mere beauty could have awakened she
was, perhaps, rather below than above ihe
middle SIZE but formed IN such admirable
proportion, that 1t seemed out 0f place to
think Of size IN reference % 1erat al. Who,
III looking at the ltHU z Atdic.S, asks
whether she be tail 0r ~h.rg TIE Du>t and
neck were 50 exquisitely moulded, taat they
reminded me ~ Burkc- tanclfll remark
+ VIZ, that our ideas of beauty originate n
our love IF the sex, and that We deem every
object beautiful which Is described by soft
waving lines, resembling those Of the fema' e
neck ard bosom. Her feet and arms, wiicl
were both bare, had a statue-llke symmetry
aud msrbe-ike wbiieness bot it wAs 0n
her expressive and lovely cOuntenance, naw
lighted up By the glow Of joyous feeling,
that nature seemed 10 have exhausted hgr
utmost skill. There was fascinating mix
4 ture in the expression Ot superior lnteiii-
gence AMI chiId-lke simplicity soft
modest light dwelt in tbe blue eve and 40
the entire contour ami general form Of the
I features, there was a nearer approach 70 that
union Of the straight and the rounded, which
Il found in its perfection m only the Gre
can face, than is at all common IN our north
ern lautudes, among the descendants Of
either the CelI or the Saxon. | felt, how
ever. as | gazed. that when lovers meet, the
\ presence Of a third person, however much
/ the friend Of either, must always be less
than agreeable.
\ "Mr. Purns," | said, "there is a beautiful
eminence few hundred yards to the right,
ron which / am desirous 70 overlook the
I wincings Of the stream. Do permit me to
I leave you for short half hour, when shall
return or, lest | weary you by my stay,
'twere better, perhaps, you should lOln me
\ there" Ny companion greeted the proposal
Z with a good -hunOred smile Of Intelligence ,
Y and, piungIng into the wood, left him WITH
\ bis Mary. Tie sup had just set a. be jic-
ed me.
"Have you ever been in love, Mr. Lind
say :" be said.
mo, never seriously replied. Il am,
! perhaps, not naturally OF the coolest tenn
persment Imaginable but the same fortune
that has improved my mind in some lItle
degree, and given me high notions Of the
sex, has hitherto thrown me among only It's
less superior specimens. am nov IN my
eight-and-twentieth year, and | have not yet
met with a woman | could love-
"Then you are yet a strangcr,s he re-
joined, "to the greatest happiness Of which
our nature Is capable. have enjoyed more
heartfelt pleasure 10 To- company Of the
young woman | have just left, than from
every other source that mas been opened to
Lee from my childhood III now. Love, my
friend, is the fulfilling of the whole law"
MARY Campbell, did YOU not call her -
| said ''She is, think, the lOyuiiest crea-
ture have ever seen ana an much mis-
taken in the expression Of her beauty, # her
mind be not As lovely as her person"
''It Is, 1t is,h he exclaimed -"tbe intell-
gence Of an angel with the simplicity Of a
child. Oh, the delight Of being thoroughly
trusted, thoroughly beloved by one of tn
loYeliest, best, Lurest-mind5d " all q "a /.
good creatures To feel that heart beating
against my own, and 70 know that it beats
for me oulyl Never have passed AZ even
ing with my Mary withou: returnin ng 10 the
world a better, gentler, wiser man Love.
nv friend, Is the fulfilling Of the whole laN
What are Ee without il Poor, vile, s.ti,h
animals our, very virtues themselves. %
exclusively -ues on our own beualf as G.
be veil nigh as hateful as our vices. s..
thing 20 opens and improves the heart. n0
thing 50 widens the crap Of the affections.
nothing haf so etfectualy bring, a. oat NJ
our crust C self, as happy, weil regulat
20 love for q purc-mluded, afscEi0nate
hearted woman ("
"There is another Kind Of love, Of which
we sailors see somewhat" said. "whicl
is not so easily associated with good"
Glove l. he replied-'no, Mr.. Lindsay.
that is not the name. KIND associates with
kind in all nature and lovs-humanizing
hesrt-soltenIng love-cannot be the com
panion Of Wha'eyer IS low, mean, worth
less, degrading-the associate of ruhiess
dishonor, cunning, treachery, and yiolpnt