The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-02-13
The Tempest
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BY GEORGE ID. PRENTICE.

bioY fBY GEORGE D.iPRENTICE. .n3tar
r. Bravery lay no claim to, still, l
never was q man of feeble courage.
There are few scenes of either human
or elementary strife upon which l
have not looked with a brow of dar-
ing. i have stood in front of battle
when swords were cleaning and cir
cling around me like fiery serpents of
the air; I have SAT, on the mountain
pinnacle when the wind was rendjng
its oaks from rocky clefts and scatter
ing them apieceneal to the clouds. l
have seen those things with q aswelling
soul that recked, not of danger, but
there is something in the flanders
voice that makes me tremble like
child. Il have tried to overcome this
.gnmanly weakness; have called
pride to my aid L have sought for
moral courage in the lessons of philos-
ophy, sbutstheyi avail me nothing-at
the first low moaning of the distant
cloud my heart sinks and dies within
me.
My involuntary dread of thunder
had its origin in an incident that oc-
CURED when i was a,boy of ten. l
had a cousin, q girl of the same age as
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peen psa7 tne Hl@cense @ laon, z w w
SCI oi the Skies. 1ne ieaves nu
iehI III tne Woous' sne wa'1.e .. ~.
Jay ,hau ioIsoIeGn, !.IeIL uuu h
tne mowers Were oenuihg hIeH Aessu'
as IL ursantnS VI tno rainoow, "iu
inc "neie atmosphere was Oh sucn
soll ana iluAuelous sWeScless, nav !"
seemed oI roses scattereui ta ooWn e. ~. Dy sne
nanu ii'a OF feri, lEoim tne Iar on sal,
oens OF farauise. ne green ear.h
anu Diue sea were ,aproau al IuSH
ana lIne Speaceihi SKY
Dent oyer thfema Ine utlie creature azure
at my slde was IN delirlum OF nap
piness, ana her clear, sweet voice
came ringing upon the air as often as
spe neard the tones OF asIavorites pira,
OF 1onnn some slrange ana loveiy
IN her Irolic Wanoerings. Inc
unoroken and almost supernatural
tranquility OF the day continued until |
nearly noon'9 Linen the Indications
Of an approaching tempest were man
ifest. Over the summit OF a noun
tain about mile away the folds OF o
dark cloud became suddenly visible,
and at the same moments a hollow roar
came down upon the winds, as If 1t
were the sound OF waves IN a rocky
cavern. The cloud unroiled like a
banner fold upon the AR, but stIll the
was calm ana the leaves
as mononless as oetore there was
not even qmver upon the sleeping
water to tell OF the coming hurricane.
To escape the tempest was impossible.
;, AS the only resort we He'd to an OAK,
that stood at the foot OF q tai, rugged
precipice. Here we gazed almost
GREATNESS upon the clouds marshal
ing themselves Ike giants in the sky.
Inc thunder was not frequent but ev-