The Republican journal., 1873-09-04

knoweth its own bitterness and a stranger
intermeddleth not with its JOY. What
right had to enter into the chambers of
this mans breast? None. So | took my
self aloof from him Oh the instant, and left
him TO solve his enigma by himself The
tlmult within him-ol memories. nliscon-
ceptlons, guesses, hopes, hallucmation,-
all the stormy yet sunshiny conflict in
his swonder-smitten, ,tempest-beate breast !:
this, to a man like myself interested in
psychological phenomena would have
been a pleasant exhibition as portrayed on
''the human face divine:' but it was a
spectacle which | had no right to gloat
over, pry into, OF gaze at.
Then, as to the next ensuing scene, still
less right had to stand even atar off. at
the most decorus and inaudible distances,
unobserved Yet observing, and allow my
unbdden eyes to take the merest glimpse
or peep at the strange and joyful drama
enacted under the chestnut tree when two
lovers met again in their old tlvsting
place The churl who gazed through the
creyice of shut window as the naked
Lady Of Coventry rode past, was struck
and scared what a just blindness; for
the powers that wait on mind cancel u
sense misused' But how much greater
penalty deserves TO fall on the still more
prurient PAU Pry who morbidly set his
curious eyes, not on a stark and shrinking
body, but on a stripped and naked soul
Therefore | went into the woods--mv
thoughts and | ogether-these being a
band OF restless companions. My tramp
ING feet wandered after them. crushing
the MOSES and breaking the harebells /
walked and meditated both. in fierce
earnestness.
Let them have it out, said | 1T can
not be settled in a moment; they Shall
have full time for explanations and apollo
gies-tree opportunity for pledges and
protestations. There is mischief to he un-
done, and reparation to be made There
is Il tangled skein to be unraveled. and 4
silken cord to be tied | will be in NJ
haste
50 for a couple Of hours | 5auntercd
among the trees, and like jacques, moral
ized These reunited lovers had luS
touched the summit and supreme moment
Of life; and yet, though my heart leapeC
and bounded with theirs, was angry with
the fools for their years folly. At the VERY
moment when they wer" undoubtedly fn,-
giving each other, | was resolutely blam
ing both They had no right to commi
against each other such a blunder, such 9
crime as the mutual misunderstanding by
which they had well-nigh shipwrecked
their lives | held them both i'll the
wrong not both equally, but both actual
"; Miss Ravner as well is Mr.. Gordon
Ellen Adair as well as Edward Gray A
shy and coy woman, who loves a strong
and ardent man, should beware lest, il
her reserve, she hide her love % complete
" that, like Geneyra of the mistleto'
bouoh, it is never discovered by him who
seeks it, but is left sealed in It's coffin for
ever. Moreover, u strong, impnl9lve ant
imperious man who loves Il reserved Wo
man, should use his bright wits. and moi
trust to his blind jealousles, to determine
the state of such u woman heart. Hal
the misunderstanding Of those who en-
least afford to misunderstood each othcl
at all, arise from two Joint reasons; ilrS
from want of frankness on the part o
those who they think have no need to eN-
plain next from want of faith on the par
of those who can take nothing FOR granite,
without an explanation The blundcr %
Ellen Adar and Edward Gray proved talal
this was the natural result HE hlundcr o
Lucy Ravner and Archibald Gordon wa
remedied this was happy accident y"
there is the same warming in both cases
| There are certain fundamental canons o
love-making which ought to be written il
letters of gold One is, if love is W"rtI
being possessed it is worth being con
fessed; tor, '.Contession is good tor tn,
SOUL The other is, 'trust to the utter
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