, 1869-07-18
Out Of Town.
A Souvenir Of the Maiden Aunt.
Town and Country.
With Some Reflections by Old
NI0bbs.

10 about some Of those Bec1ct& Of nature which 70
ish and cab never Know, 81 cur eA1s arc too Eroa
b the Ramc secrets Hhch little bugs tell each otht
In the glass; which the nghtnings tell the CLOUD
as they dart In and out their ragged f.!ngcs, IL
Swallows daHtng in and out tho ewes; which til
Fc- night *fnd1 tell the nta1n-tops In the solem
OF dafkneSs; which The birds ning 10 each other 1
of u1nb11geous tree-tops; which the fairies abor
- The eari and gnomes under the earth tell to cac
o1 other at sul1!8e and set; the secrets which tn
b. Faun knew wLel he called the animals to hin
D. Some d1ony birds In The trees arc piping summe
', | songs 10 each other. magic EulneA8 hroods Il
the slr in this enchanted valley enchanted be
- cause al! sounds the pstie.- OF the ieaTes, th'
~ songs OF birds, the laughter Of tbs ioWtni
il Of herds, eFen the drpHgy hum OF the honseny
II somehow BEEN to ypu to he u q distancc, and II
- travelling the distance como to you fr.ught will
. suggestions Of music and like relied Bpu4tA O.
Bound. 1ather than the real substance. The teaEe
s offhe corn hfe hMhug Like green blades III the aun
r. shtue, apd the g7atu-1elda on these fertile hill
Mdes map the country IN alternate strips Of gold
and etnt 1a1d And overhead, the great ooueave ol
the Riy, Which annts down upon this valley like a
core., "a elamelled IN b11e md white and sc1pled
, with 'ufts and whlrls Of neecy clouds, past the
skill CT a.! cunning aFrhitectA
AId au this tins fancy you sttnlng between
: BRICK walls, with the gtare Of sun In your cyes
aud hit b1ee1es blowing over you, and hand
organs grinding on the udcwalkk and red hot
women caI75na greasy hahcA and strawberries
spelling In ttc windows, aid green water staEuat-
ing In the gut:css, and petBp11ng ho.ses tollng
through the Streets, hnd fat men ~1ping their rcd
browa with redde. baudannAs, and atean1-boters
hlstlng unde1 the AdcWa1kg, aud coal smoke
sitiatinR nil the All. And pity you.
| You scc Old Biobts and Mra Blobha, and
Mignon and Ce1este, md ARrelln and The baby,
| md eYen Boossy and Fttz-lie1bcrt, Axe all out
here together. TIM circle Il complete saye tho
link that wAs broken lkat winter. when the Maiden
! " n fcjb I'M he h.h m oufnA4
and for whom she tnd waited 70 patiently. But,
Somehow = never think u her A. Eobe, although
abe ia sietptng In sound Of Ihe surf she loTed to
hear, and In sight Of the navea which nscd TO
talk to her In tho nghN when the Storms Wcre al
abroad nnu great ahtpa hurried ~ Ia tho oaskucss,
Ike cloudy ehoe&a Of A1goslcs long 8lncc Eptted In
! The sandA She Seems always to 10 With u, ehe !
was 80 levab1c 20 closely bound TO gentle tn
soul md Jet 30 mysterious In her ufo-or, rntAeT,
In her double llc; for do think abe lived nlto-
pcther ntrc- Have You ncycr had tho |
feeling como oFcs you, suddenly, rs nash !
| 1esrs from cloud, that your soul hn8 4
left the body; that you hare shed, It Wers, the
| physical shell which has hemmed you In. and TINT
you arc no longer confined within the bounds OF
matter, but arc frer Rs q bird TO Eoatn through
space7 sometimes think this must be the feel
Ing when death sewers the connection between
eOVl and body aud thaS the eject must be ecstatc
TO degree Of which We have little eoHSpsehen- I
sion, where every eu!otisa Ia tempered with this
ftSbdIE u oGlA3s tuuA Ing d1AutR AAuk |
uEed tais double Life Sometimes eAe was In tsnse-
ly humau, and her love ant care 1cF us al we1e
anb0und<I. But again there came . strnnge cI.
preston IN her eyaa and st1angc look tn her fsce
as II a chiRk in the he4ycns hsd suddenly opeDsd1
and the tho gsmrF Of Its Light eAone upon.
her, ind through the cloudy rent ate wezs /
fnlEing wtrA son3e faulllnr friend who
had gone before. Al E3ch tiEaea abs
did NOT seem 70 zee us, o. eyen 10 be aware Of our
presence Her eyes had that fa1-or penetrating
look which yon sometimes see lp children; and
ne always left hsr alone at such tmes, foE ahe
Tna then Sery sacTedto III.
In the a1nset light last evenlng-and what 4 sun-
Eet 1t was.-thr whole Wcst . sea Of rare trans
parent g1cenish blIe, necked With clouds OF gold
md purple and pink and mpthet-o3-fcarl,, which !
noated In It Ike islands, melting Into all faucltul
khapea, az the ferns and palms aud turrets melt I
IN LIZ tnttaca- tho whale Landscape bnthed In = |
traasiuoent food Of Eoldeu rgnt-in SUCH T. sun- |
set wc tooE one OF the Maiden Aunt's letters
which We Ecsp tied up With q lock Of her da1I and
slEsr-spInZlad haII, r1d read therefEo0 an eI- |
tra0i, In whtGh che saJ3.
I'll think wo use two usea- Ono Of them IL |
the tile Of this world, thoroughly mlter91l and
phyAcal life Il Is made up Of tolls and cares and
burdens and palms. It grnWs OIL Of the lives or /
others, Is closely interviewer with them, and
Utmost depends upon them for Its ex-
tstancc, II attaches itsan sometimes to one
other life, vine attaches itself to tho tree
sometimes It draws suftenanco 1rom many. It 1s .
more or 1ehs superficial !lfe although 1t tuay
cnmp1ish great deeds auG suffer heroic sufc11ngA
1t Is Of the eartn however, md never soats be}onu
IT,. No mystery attaches to H. for It is never called
upon 10 pta1o5m mysterious ttesls- 1t IL COIL
triscd within the limits OF threescore and ten |
and has no past futurc. Its mission belongs to
The body. and when the bo1y pcr1shes its ntssiou
ends. II has no EecollecttOus coming from any
time hefDye ITSELF 1t makes prppheces OF
events IN tic future.
"Tbs other rfc NC ure IN ourselves and Il Ia Is .
mysterious az was the enigma OF the SphynI IN | t
the ep!cnl si1pucc OF the desert II taxes no | I
thougAt for tie body, for 1t Is the life Of the SOUL
We cannot explain tits life to othEss, for We DO
not understand II ourselves Ii Is = stat1y stran-
ger Imprisoned within corporeAl barr Of mysterious
origin ind destiny. The fates who wcaye tho fat'Ffa
OF our lives, and Atropes, who Etands By with tho
uner1ng shcars to sever Tho threat, have no |
rJwcr oxcr II. Hare We nut Lived this life befuse,
md ehaH We not Hive It again when the LIE OF this
ply yatcal Ite iB suu1ed out like q farth1ng rush
II not, sow Is 1t that sometimes sweet Strain Of
lnlftc We have never beard before, solemn
Eoce IN the wash Of the uayes, perfume Of some
hover by the ms5shc. tone In Bono
human yocs, Will recall the dim Image
Of something xe ere confident las never
happened In Ibis physical lie II not In ttls ply
Eieal life, vixen and where ttld 1t harnen' Hava
We ever Tired before tnts life, and shan We Nse
sgain after this bodJ has tlecayeds Do We fulfil
tile mission of thts wcrlA tn The brief span Of che
1teiine1 II our life has no end, bag It had . be-
Glnntpg3 Has Immortality or eternity q con-
mrnecnent1 These are question. whch occur to
me. especially sfief lhoee moments when, IA cOn-
ndeulJ l*tcvc, the eout lea1es the l,odt. and ex-
phDds inlo traCe anf embraces the ihnuith+ hc-
lpuvlrtlge !hAt cannot answer tleRe questions
They me part uf the great mystery II life, which
not erly fustlorta na, hlt oil nature. In A cloud,
ami reaches, In It's Influences and la Developments,
from, the trnIn ii rand Oh the yea ehpte up tn the
Throne II tlo'L
ri thnk this life, alao, Il pnt altogether Of II
Eet. Ulhef lives, uther fa'es anh u:bcr natures
ste utrkHH tnprthrf tn tn to MID 10 lts mtHscft.
7tiesc mysterious influences Mt work within hs
tcftpr1 IL tn tun1n,'t Acts whtrh WI rail- fH,rntara
fur nhIrh sr nir mn tnHrc errnnntAhte thnn II"
hurricane luf In hrsttnrtnn. 1het Glrr tn n1,-
tnrhts ~trn w sr' hlc't win jnt ntfncat ttIrs.
tenl, tnf Hfirt ~ rnhtf hrtssthts htft hthrf ms
tnetts ~sltn rr %ts nnnt Int, ,trihs VI tIratHlf,
AAh hi tt,e tht!t %tett tn 1iast, Allt,neh
we thrn tl,r tnh Il ehintnR. Az tnrh
stnts, h,h+ta htn artins IN ~ snd th,utph
Ut II stns In sntt,s It'd Anrrsf"'.
sim d,+'t hnt'ssrs|s HI trH,s HRt. ~h.mr ~"
Nrs ~ n1,bts ~ sDot tfa't lhht IN
arh+ u Nnnh thtnash thn }+ats isnn thih
HHt IN ttfai tHr. hfi Il makes Ia tths hffrH+hAtr
tn anu IT. ut shs hi y tn4s lila ~ha t,st NJ tht
fnsAt'H ut srtHs ftrat tsars NJ ahe wtstt1a li+ |
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