The Lincoln County herald., 1869-10-14
The Picture.


E H. The Picture. n;?-4es le
In 1901 I passed several months 10
Rome. I vss thea fossscsa ycs!s OF age
-a period Of lie whsb ali that goes torhSke
up the romance df existenes II bssusifsi
aud shsdowless. Evssy object ia thsa
glorious cline vent to my heart with q
sense Of living Joy. oiten gascd, even
with Wild excess Of passionate delight,
apos the disdens Of mist that rested %
The brow Of The .ribss, The sty that aostsd
overhead like . web Of blue gosssmsr
buoyed By its ewp ligh.ness, and the stare
that hung beneath Il Ike birds Of para.
dice resting Ia the middle dir. And tie
h,lls too-shey we're osowbsd with ever.
green wrssiAs, like sho brovs Of ,hs -,
siept poets Of that eternal city. and the
winds came breathisgss softly and sweetly
around Dc - II they had boon the incense
offered up'by spirits 10 the memories Of
tho mighty aead that weso LAUNDERING
there. la.H .,jya ,.ac.ar g... at
A{ter getting familiar With tho differ.
sut parts Of The city, I s'raycd alone, one
summer morning, TO disting uishcd gal
lsry or paistiBgs. I found there many
beautiful aud god.like faces. and gnsed
upon them long and earnestly, There
was one-but no--I cannot describe the
spiritual beauty and the calm and holy
rapture Of repose that glowej in every
linoamsns. Il was the face of . young
female, and so wildly beautiful, and,
withsl, 90 unlike every thing which I had
before seen or faucied Of loveliness, that
Il chained ny spirit like . spell from
heaven. I fingered around It more than
an hour, and gased until my heart seemed
to melt, and take tho image Of those
blessed features. The seal was set for.
ever. I deemed that the picturecd lace
before ne was the delineatioa Of some
creature Of the earth, and, for that un.
known and imaginary being, I felt oil the
idolatry Of passion. From day to day,
and from weok to week, returned to
dwell upon that countenance, and, more
than once, as l awoke from delirium Of
fascination, I found myself standing be
fore the picture with my lips half open
and my army eonvulsivsIy extended, % IL
striving 70 WOO the dear vision into life,
and clasp it with the fsrver Of ,undyi
love. Months passed away and lef the
great city. The picture was the last CD.
jeet to which I bade adieu, aud, on turn
ing from il. for ever, vept with oil tho
agony Of . he,r. broken child. b.,.
Years have done their silent work npon
ny heart, bat they leave unchanged and
undimned the image that wss shrined
there In my boyheod. I hsvs sought 10
va,n for ito resemblance among lovely
and gifted creatures. In tbs presence Of
mourners and the company Of the mirth-.
full, my eyes have wandered anxiousiy
over Is.~tifsl f.s.s ill at ls.s,h I ~.
forced 70 close them-olose them 10 bitter.
ness to hide tho tears, that, in spite Of
pride and manhood, we're gushing wildly
upward from their fountain. Olten in
dreams upon my midnight pillow, have,
for moment, realised the dear object Of
my early love, but, while kasing upon it,
il would melt away in tho air and leave
me 70 mourn over the bitter mockery.
Fancy too has pictured il before me in
my waking hours. have seen il softly
floating upon the blessed moonbeams ns
they fingered around tho distant streams
it has como aud stood before mo 10 its
unearthly beauty when have been sitting
silent and alono beneath tie quiet gloom
Of twiiiaht--snd, many times. 10 have
been leaning supon tho, tall olias Of the
ocean, fancy has pictured il % q holy
naiad Of tho sleeping waters. I am got.
ting old, I cannot 6nd the being Of ny
drst, my last, my only love, among tho
daughters Of men, and I feel that tho last
blossom Of my heart 10 stricken With dis.
appointmcnt. iy.aD44a 81 mD.lfM
D. Shall I zee that'rsmsmbsred face 10 the
spirit ,lsnd7 Il must be 90. The imag,
inipgs that wander over tho esrth unsatis,
fed, aud return 10 fold their faint and
weary wings 10 The vacant heart, will 6nd
ID that land tho holy realities foy which
they have 20 long pined in loneliness and
sorrow. That form. il 10 . flower, that
opens ia tho dsws Of somc purcr sphere
"a portion of some bright but invisible
Eden-and I long to 20 away aud gaze
forever upon its immortal youth and pu
rity. .-George D. Prentice .
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FAsHlohApLE CoLoRs. Rs.-Ths f.shiona.
bio colots II miiiinety, this fall, are plum
color, dark rich tint, now and elegant,
10 velvet; Russian, green, : peculiar shade
Of dark green very becoming TO . blonde /;
aud though this shade can DO worn by .
brunette, yet il will add little to the
charms Of dark eyed beauty. Navy
blue. dark blue dif{erinR from cyery blue