New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-18

Ana MADE so cruel " my Nouuucu piiHN'
And there are hours when have knet beside it,
Auigh To death for Just ono word from you;
And You, III turn, were proud ana WOuld NOT auhWel
For anything that could say or DO
Aud sometimes when lie 'twixt sleep and waking
think the door swings back To let You M
Bot when spring 10 gave You eager welcome,
only meet Tue ghost of What mas Beehl
Aud often my sleep my heart Is asking, IA,
Where Is tue kcvi Alasl whereas inc heyf
AND arise and Vainy Try To open
The closed door that IA twixt You and mel
Aud here il provision of satiety-cruc Nemesis that
waits 90 often upon all our satIsactions.
| After singing. silence; after roses. thOrns;
All the biackcsG mdnignis builG ocr golden morn';
After lowering, fading; bitter after sweet;
| Yellow, withorei stdbOle after waving wheat
| After green the dropping Of the shrivelsd leaf,
Like the sudden looping Of some dear belief;
Alter gurgiue waters, dry, nnsghtiy Dedsi
After exultatioB, lowy-hanSiDs beads
So I shrink and SILVER az your profIcred kiss
| knowing pain must follow on the heel Of bliss
knowing loss must ind me sleeping on your breast:
Lave me willie ynu love me,-tirs Il surely best
Lake a blusless flower left upon It's stem.
sweeiening the thickness OF the forests hem;
Like - hidden fountain, never touched OF hpS;
Like an unkuOwu ocean. never sailed by SHIPS
Thus shall be faircr to yoar mtTied thought
Than il all nv living INTO yours were wrought.
Hearts dreams are tie sweetest in lonely nest
Leave me who you love this ~ surely best
It1emains only to say what my viii already
have told yOu that these poems are tender ana full OF
feeling rather than striRnely original They not i'll
frequently TeL(Cl the StIhluS Oh OlLCl poets We
reminded now of Longfeiow of Robert Buchan's
London Iyrics:' and at tins cannot WONDER con.
oideng that Miss Redden's knowledge OF life must
largely have her through books She possesses
certain qualities peculiarly her own-a power of ex-
pressing the very IunIos emotions Of loving woman
passionate tenderness, and franlners OF confession
whieh truly wonderful Her faults Of style are many
II is vcxatious really good poem dsfgured by
such lines
listening bcar psngcl eth helpless yearlng"
but 70 have idca press OF yet more importance
than finished skill in expression; and ideas, many OF
tnem Miss Rcdden certainly has.
1t would be hard to find more thoroughly manly,
vigorous and entertaining book for boys than Dong
HIS Best" by j. T. Trowbridee, the accomplished editor
OF "our Young Folks" Mr. Trow bridge is one of
story tccr and the present volume is worthy of
reputation. JicR Hazard. of whom the young people
have bcar before is the lie bas been taken into
the p,casan comfortable home of Deacon ChatOrd.
At last he has for himself" and he resolves
TO do his bcs and keeps his resolution manfully in
spite OF nary difficulties No boy could read il,
10 mt without sympathetic thr, qnickening of his
own uatjrc better impulses A. a specimen % the
nanr,ne,s aud vvacty Of the style, read This account
Of the trunpal entrance Of The Caravan into the small
! country town;
Tue Sprne work was done. the crops doing finely
and thc Simmer well advanced, when the ncighbOr
hood was day thrown into state OF joyful excite
meut by the nfiyai OF q menagelie.
II passed bN Mr. Chatiord'S house its 10 the
Basin and Kate aud Mrs. Pipbin. followed by Mr. Pip
Kim ran the long hnr OF wagons, drawn
hy our horses, the band riding IA their mag
uihcen chariot and O. most wonderful sight OF all the
They've got the animals cages In them big, close
WAGONS" SAID M PpEiu-" bears ana painters, and
ltyeIles, and rhiuVcrOces and monkeys"
Monkeys. o. monlc,sr crlrd little Kate, beside
herself with eX.itemtnt. where's Jack Where's
Mos0si q, where are they e.
"Iui you can't see he monkeys, child :" said Mrs.
Iipluu.
wish mother AT HOME 10 say 10 the show
morrow believe shah die II don't 20 aud soc the
nae UOys now came running; and although Mrs. Pip
kin warned them thai dinner was ready curiosity proved
stronger thau appetite. ana away they sped, following
the managCre up tic road.
"They'ye stopped" cried Jack. Hurry, aud We
shall see tho elephants yet"
Tney ran on. and found that the whole caravan had
come TO halt at Webys Brook. \ few Of the lighter
wagons had crossed, but the bridge proving rather
ssky strength 10 DC tested before the heavier
wagons slould attempt TO 20 over The boys were
wondering what sort Of test would be applied, when
JACK exclaimed "The elephant! they are going to try
the zig elc plant on it,
There w"re two elephants; one huge, formidable.
turly looking old fellow with m0nsrOus tusks, and ire
inendous trunk, which he kept constantly in motion
now swinging 10 and fro over the ground, now pulling
ut OF grass aDd stuthng II INTO his mouth using
TO brush away the flies from HE shoulders and egs and
now castiDg little yOlleys Of sand over his back. The
other elephant was about twohirds grown, and was
You'd better keep away eried one Of the keepers
90 the bows they were inclined 10 press near. Ac
So they jumped over the roadside fence and viewed
fpoul behind that convenient barrier all that passed
The big elephant Was DOW led forW3ru keeper
20 the edge OF the bridge, where he paused and
fully placed one foot on the neers That was enough
Having felt the structure shake beneath HIS weight he
drew back aud then taken around through the bed
of the stioaID below the bridge.
Preparations then made 10 send the heavy
wagons across In the way. A the farther bank
steep. the teams had TO he doubled; and
after another the wagons passed
81 wonder what the animals IN the cages think, going
down and then up and shaking sbont, IN that vay?"
K said Moses.
Last the heaviest wagon OF ALL Eight OF the
nnest b0ses we're attached TO IT. and II welt reeling
and plungins down the bank IL crossed the stream
saoiy and ascending the further bank, the eight
nurses tprnghg with al their might when stuck in
TIVE mud ana all their efforts 10 start Is forwprd
more were IN vain. Phin screamed with delight.
Ihey re stucki the rbinVoeros wagon 10 stuck 10 the
bank, ana they never get him swayW
III LOOKS 80, Dy George3" said Moses. There's no
chance Tor any more horsea see they'll break
80, Tn glad canei" cried Phin, climbing up the
boys who had Just arrived. weIe got rklnoceros In
the mud here did ye know II 4"
How do you know It's n rhAoceresf - said Hack
IL may be the hons. You would M laugh quite 20
loud. tue wagon should tip they should break
Pbtn changed cuuntenancs and turned TO see n the
way was clear behind him I'm going 10 climb that
tree said he starting for little birch near The fence.
Lions can't climb, can tbeys"
Look !" said Jack. Boz what they going 10 do
with the little elephant"
The little elephant would have been thought big
enouRh N the SIZE Of his companion had not
made him appear email by comparison Viewed beside
the Largest horses beoDsips Nv no sarAsan he beJk