Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-06-01

ed SO be3uhful-the light in her glo
rious eyes, the rich bloom in he
cheek, had never been SO bright be
fore. | had never felt SO 10th t,
leave her us | had that morning
Why should have felt so? 1t wa
to be only for few hours. The mex
morning ! should seeher at the sam,
place again, | thought that it wal
because she grew lovelier and love
her each day, that | more reluctant
| ly parted with her this last time
We discussed some plans which VIZ
were maturing to carry out i'll cast
we encountered from the father the
stern, persistent refusal which ",
could not but expect. ! remained
all day III a state Of happy excite
ment. All our happiness was SC
near now, and 50 sure. OF course
opposition Of the father was fal
from pleasant thing, but it was una
yoidable, and must be braycd. L9y.
ing each other as we loved, not the
blgotry of any human being had the
right, OF should hayo the power, to
sever our lives for sever our hearts
they could not.
| tried to analyzc to myself this
all-conqucring passion, before which
doubt and darkness fed, witch ex-
allied life into sphere SO golden and
bGssfol that the angels themselves
might envy me.
So, this glorious, noyer-to-be-tor-
gotten day. this las, bright day Of
my life, drew near its close. TO,
ward evening Il friend dropped in
upon me. This was not q welcome
event, for WIS fam to put aside my
own dreams, and listen 10 his, for he
was a drpamer-an impracticable,
fastjdious, msthetic-with whose
weird faacies and erratic wanderings
/ mud always felt too much interest,
land for whose peculiar habits of
mind and thought had already too
much affinity
On conversation th;s ovonino
turned upon the effect Of certain
drugs upon the human brain, and
gDrnp ROW and lntprrCtiur ryn,ri-
mnni. which L,a Loor .na 10 TLo
raoo in ccrtoin circles far trstino lhr
nowor Of a. 'rcw article hosbisL wos
tb,n at his Loiobt Nv hicnd nro.
Jncod a nockoao of tho wonderful
I,,,u cyiI.;no3 tho o,,,titg vL;cL
Il wSonId ~ ha nronrr tn take nj ono
Fmn and affirmed tbot il had boon
wa ,rovcn Wa to Eo ha,mIcsg oItLonoh the
Immediate effect was won Ierfol be-
yond 70 ims@ining. i,,,',r '' - ~
no me5dIe With tb;nos Of this kind
was aIways one Of NV n@5cnIi,r fcmn.
tat;ons should have known tbota
nnrso,, Of NV ovc;fobIa hiol,lv-strnng
tamncromcnf s,ouIj never trj0o
l,ith so nowcr,nI and mystorions an
oacnt Inf IN this evil h6m, I deter.
n1incj to soiisrv = Iopo cherished
w;sh md try t,. inst once it's effect
nnnn nvsolf Nv friend took laayc
,nI I sot in INV GNico ouictly alone
when + swallowed fine accurscd stuff,
Two Lonrs nossoI be,ors | felt apy
ofrct from if rxcepl Chat NV hands
and foot mIoweJ hnd tiupIcd, as if
u5cy b,l boen nearly frozen and then
I,rI,,nIt in contact with heat and
that tho bnmmipc Of the hlll1yipg
Mood in NV veins was audible to nv
oars. If sonndod like tbo aurolino Of
a brook
SndIenly, I felt mysoll lifted up,
and set vh;rIino. ronnd and round /
won't ot first yerv o. slowly, then foetcr
and fostor, and nt last with almost
;nconco;y,hlo velocity.
M ,onso+;on of min and ononv
,roe droodf,l. II seemed tbat nv
Ia'd ",'' ,nor1J A., ~ atoms Twas nm.
aka TO mako The SLIGHTEST effort for
"al;of or oron to cry ont and the tor
h,rn haJ become insupportable,
,aLor vI, al at nncc TLo notion seemed
w. Ln cLomo;nn and oxne,ieuced
,To most drIohtful sensations Of
A A .,;nr IN +be ar 7 seemed to lie
- an ;nris;bIa hammock. and by
sa,an sa ~" nnsaon rowrr I was. swu@
Gonl, Io1' on5 mrtb thronob limitIesss
,,,o"o D,.a" '' Gonl ner,i,mcI winds blew
,,,,',. 9i,"rI ,,o. ,bo stors Drew Iaroe and
oloar'n n f,air briobtpess. MS in mvup-
,ro, r,o'' a nation I nearod tbem, and As
7 7 =. rocoded thew Grew dim and distant
- tbo;r Gor.oiT SETTING, Soft, dretaat
~ ioIoJr ToG,, '' II M m;ght bGyo been the nm
"a"Y;mg ,,,o royis6ino amusic of the
s,S"rgs'o .'' Idcliabted NV oxouisitely
5t Itni"h,onod sonso of hearing Even
mo W. n,r ,IDv yboIn frame thrills withrap-
I'm tnrc when w recall this delicious en-
l,,1, into tbc yory paradise of rest,
=, n,b;l% wos occordod 10 me by this de.
r,an -, Of @ nnrcolitv
NY, Y soamad ~, M 10 don oslcop at last, and
S0Oi'," ~ I'll t,I,l J,,r,