The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-02-23

IN the wrong, had cllldden away lue
proud bright being that had idolized
me; and now the mirror in his heart
that had reflected my image was shat
tered forever, aud he worshippcd the
shrine Of anoGher,
As soon as my delicate health would
admit we started for Europe. My un-
Gle hoped in the excitement OF travel TO
make me forget the past. He visited
our old home in England, and the
grave Of my father, We baskcd in the
soft climate, and roamed meath the
sunny skies Of Italy. We climbed the
hills Of Spain, and conyersed with her
dark.eyed suns and daughters. We
saw the beautiful Guadilquiyor wena.
ing It's. silyery course toward its ocean
home. We stood BY the " arrowy
Rho0n," and saw ita s&inly rolling
food sweeping by Wepassod through
Switzerland, and tailed with The shep-
erdes3 among the Alps; or watched
her from arar as she tended her docks,
and played her simple airs upon ,1c
lutte, with 10 compantonshLp save the
grand and beautiful works OF nature.
We saw and heard the avalanche, That
'Hhunderbolt Of anow," as it left It's
home among the skies, and lh4nderod
from crag to 2gag down me a!0'5 Oh
| the tall mountains, bu"yinG Whole WI
lagos in It's fall We crossed the aes'
ert plains and stood on the banks Ct Tie
Nile, that lone, solitary river in ',mln-
less Egypt" and thought OF th9 time
when its waters were t0rned into blood,
because ''Phqraoh's heart was hard
eued and he would not Leu the children
Of Israel depart" We saw the mighty
pyramids crumbling into dust under
the moldering finger OF time, and said
in our hearts, CAL! that Is i'll the power
Of man to create must perish, but tho
works of an all-wise God shall endure
forever
Thus we travelled from place toplaco
unit. nearly three years had elapsed. |
had not forgotten my great sorrows,
but mild, tranquil feeling had entered
Ilny heart, and a quiet happiness was
mine Once we met u party Of travel
ers who said Charles Graham and his
wife did not live happily together and
that he had fallen into dissipation, |
Charlie Graham, SO noble, so inteIli |
gent, SO grand, seemingly 50 superior
to all Others, fallen into dissipation.
Oh, impossible! And yet they said it
was true
My uncle eyentuslIy took up his res
idence in Paris, intending TO spend the
winter in that metropolis, and then re-
turn to his home in England
1t was the most brilliant ball of the
season. All the bon ton Of Paris were
out. Beautiful ladies' dazzIln6Iy laf'
with eyes sparkling like the diamonds
they wore, tloated in costly l@ces ana
volvets through the brilliantly lighted
rooms. The air was loaded with de-
licious perfumes, and soft music stole
away the senses, until one would al
most imagine himself in an Eiysian
dream OF Paradise. l sat in the deep
ombrasure Oft window and watched
the gay scene around. ! was tired of
dancing and listening to the nonsensi-
cal chit chat Of the brainloss fops that
crowded the room, and who had no
thought beyond the shape Of their col !
lars or the cut Of their coats. A gay
party was passing near nc.
"----, Just arrived from America
said one.
"He was here last winter" said
another, "and vas quite the lion of the
season."
81 supposed he would be here to-
night" said the first.
'Hush!" said another, "yondor he
is now" And thoy moved on.
I looked. Could ! believe my eyes
1t was Charlie Graham. lie saw me