The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-09-09
Tangled Threads;
35AA And How Trey Wore uhraEcled.


y There are not many sadder eyes this
present year than those Which looked out
from under the white forehead of young
Sylvia Farnham. q And1yet the wave Of
trouble and death and anguish which has
flown with such heavy surges and GOODNESS
through so many hearts of the land had
passed her by to all outward seeming
quite untouched 9dt d21ofdj uoJ5 !.
- Sylvia Farnhams mental ailment was
OF that kind, talking over which the best
of us are apt to shruga little, and say,
:" Nonsensel ~ So reluctant we are to
admit our belief of things we do believe
1s We know how Silvia Farnham' might sit
bereayed, though death had neither
touched, nor threatened the least Of her
beloved. Think Of the capacity for hui
man tenderness and devotion a gentle,
clear-headed girl will garner up from her
own nature and our literature in the years
which pass between sixteen and twenty
three. And if-the time seeming full
comet seeks lavish outlet, and is driven
back ashamed, will not the heart sink
g and CULVER under the slckening weight?
53l Sylvia had never been specially in love-
D2 though she knew very we'll that as Amer
lean girls go, her wedding bellslmust ring
before many years, if lat all--and she
thought marriage the "true state,"9 as
we all think whether we say so or mot.
Not long since sue had observed among
the Office signs of the town new name,
800" Philip Elcaren," and by and by she be-
gan to e include" it's oWner-a Il man firm
. of hand and step, with eyes and voice
passing those of most men In clear, kindly
breathed and fullness. sii1gJ z
Will YOU tell me the common result of
RI ~ viz To hoY 30 c&o
much of such q man? The demand of a
right soul for virtues like its own being
apparently fully met, how about the .hu-
man instincts the mobiles truly feel? What
need to go over the old theme wherewith
the sweet singers and ready writers have
found their best occasion for all times
Sylvia and E1caren had not yerylong
. met at social gatherings, and talked, and
played chess before, scarcely with her
ognition-silently and, as it were, in the
night-the food-gates felt the opening
pressure, and the tide of her whole q1ife
set forth in steady flow towards this one
man. .., ...-.-.r r.-.-..cr II -
And SO, reader, if you have been in
love, as you very probably have, and will
see how girl who had been. cool and
stately as Diana for tWenty-three years,
could come to thrill and glow by virtue of
single step, and voice, and touch. She
- was afraid of herself. she was coming ia
love him SO How could she, who had
",detested" such things, let her hand be
retained so long in his the last time they
parted? More easily, clearly, than to
have Withdrawn it properly = away ]
tell you there is a painfulness almost
Contemplating the bliss of that sort OF
incident. The high reserve of whole
pure maidenhood cannot be thrown off
though but partially with ease, ever
nc under rising loves quickening light 7-u
.,o+sisn You having been In the state presup
8 posed, will know how it was with sylvis
re- after an event like the following. > She
: n was, you viii remember, in the mood W,
have just discussed, entering on passion
which at its full would have thrown her
self and the whole world besides at tn,
feet of this beloved. 81 And yet, back O
all, was the maiden delicacy growing
doubly- sensitive, and ready to take alarm
r9t at word. - -911T1T Z = roll Y83
1t was social evening at Mr.. May
,~ hews. The paflors were full-the tall
and passing 20 and fro very brisk. No
especially observed, as she thought, I'll
2caren was soon at her sidey but befor
SO long gay little piece of the world, in th
person OF Miss Euphrasia Lance, cam
between them In little breeze of air,
ve1atious, yet insinuating detropness an
g the result was that Sylvia found hersl
after brief eye parley with her compal
ion, separated from him, and seated 6