The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1873-02-01

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does not resemble /. Ae generality of
vonng ladies shet prefers useful to
on,nsing books" Bs then mentioned
the names of seyeraa that he had lately
sent her. and gave ms a high opinion of
her taste.
...From her impstitnce for your
book added he, 1Ican answer for it,
that it will be pufsued with great
nleasnre more than ten messages have
been sent at last promised it to-
morrow, and-I beg Il you to allow me
to keep my word.
{ 20 I thrilled with io4as I gave him the
volumes, at the idea FIAT Amelia would
read my sentiments, .ed that she would
Iearn to know me.
October arrived, AZ with it my fifty
vases of rose-tree{ for which, of
conTs-
chose aud ! vss as delighted to count
them IN my room as niiser would his
sac}s Of gold. They all looked rather
lsnguishing, but then If was because
they had not vet reeoneiled themselves
to the new earth / read all that was
ever written on the culture Of roses
with much more attention than / had
formerly read MY old philosophers and
I ended as wiseas I began. L perceived
that this science, like all others, has no
fixed rules, and that each vaunts his
system, and believes it the best. One
of my gardener authors would have the
rose-trees as much as possible IN the
open air: another recommended their
being kept close shut up; one ordered
constant Watering: another absolutely
forbade it. " 1t is thus with the edu-
cation OF man, said I, closing the vol
umes in vexation- Always IN extremes;
let us try the medium between these
opposite opinions / established good
thermometer in my room, and, accord
ing to its dictations, 1 put them outside
the windows or took them in; you may
guess that ifty vases, to which [ gave
this exercise three or four times a day,
according to the variations of the at
mosphere, did not leave me much idle
time and this was the occupation OF
a professor of philosophy All, well
might they have taken his chair from and
sent him back to school, a thousand
times more childish than the youngest
of those pupils to whom l hurried over
the customary routine of philosophical
lessons. My whole mind was fixed on
Amelia and my rose-tree.
THE death of the greater number of
my eIeces, however, soon Hghtened my
labor; more than half of them never
struck root flung them into
the fire a fourth part Of those
that remained, after unfolding some
little leaves, stopped there. Several
assumed blackish, yellow tint, and
gave me hopes of Identifying; some
,..,.s,., aa..rss9sa orl...:.g s@is I5s -... ~
covered with buds; out, IN a few days,
they always got that little yellow
circle which the gardeners call the col
lar. and which is to them mortal NAL
ady their stalks twisted; they dropped;
and finally fell, one after the other,
to the earth---not single bud remaining
on my poor trees. This withered my
hopes and the more care'I took of my
invalids-the more l hawked them from
window to window-the worse they grew.
AT last one of them, and but one, prom
ised to reward my trouble Thickly
covered with leaves, it formed hand
some bush, from the middle of which
sprung out a fine, vigorous branch,
crowned with six beautiful buds tha
got no collar-grew, and even discov-
cred, through their caliceS, slight
rose-tint. There were sail SIX long
weeks before the new year, and certain
ly four, at least, of my precious buds
would be blown by that tame. Behold
me now recompensed for all my pains
Hope re-entered my heart, and every
moment l looked on my beauteous IN
troducer with complacency.
con the 9th of November-a day
which I can never forget-the sun
rose in all its brillianee. l thanked
heaven, and hastened to place my rose
tree. and such of its companions as yet
survived, on peristyle in the court.
q have already mentioned that l lodged
on the ground foor,9 l watered them,
and went as usual, TO give my philo-
sophical lecture. l then dined, drank
to the health of my rose-and returned
to take my station at the window, with
quicker throbbing of the heart.
''Amelia's mother had been silently
indisposed; for eight days she hadnot left
the house, and consequently had not
seen my fair one. On the first morning
/ had observed the physician going in
uneasy for her, contrived to cross his
way, questioned him, and was com
forted ] afterward learned that the
old lady had recovesed, and was to make
her appearance abroad on this day at
grand gala given by baroness, who
lived at the end of the street. l was
then certain to see Amelia pass by, and
eight days of privatiolt had enhanced
that thought. [ am sure Madame de
Belmont did not look to this party with
as much impatience as did. She was
always one of the first it had scarcely
struck five when heard the bell of her
gate. 1 took up book; there 1 was at
nv post; and presently saw Amelia
appear. dazzling with dress and beauty
as she gave her arm to her mother ;
never yet had the brilliancy of her figure
so struck me this time there was no
occa ion for her to speak to catch my
ewes: they were fixed on her, but hers
were bent down; however, she guessed
that / was there, for she passed slowly
to prolong my happiness. L followed
her with my gaze, until she entered the
house: there only she turned her head
for a second the door was shut, and
she disappeared, but remained present
70 nv heart. / could neither close my
window nor cease to look at the baro-
nets hotel. as if / could see Amelia
tbrorob the walls. / remained there
till all objects were fading into obscure
tv. The approach of night, and the
freshness of the air, brought to my
recollection that the rose-tree was still
ON tbe peristyle; never had it been SC
,,rac;o,ls to me. 1 hastened TO it, and
eoa,celv was I in the ante-chamber. whe1
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