, 1874-07-25

questions M to tho exact state of her
tlnanceB. hut tho good nooplo mount 10
4arln thoy wore kind aftor their allow faRl,fon.
ea too bay to aaqG92n 'na2 10, los qo gy
straw Int, t1oy recommended Il cOurAo Of rest
md st,nslino. md loft lcr To horsulft which was
what Miss Vaols most Desired.
For several days bl1o snt under tue Willows BY
uIoan appo.lrcos, why Is It that young orchard
alwayB aoenie so clonn? Hllp livod half aslecr
through tho long days, and lalf awake through
tho ;still nights, md rostod, and reBted-,And
tho valley md atirrcl tho corn so that
rivsr t'1 eae up @ ssanst liz o ke ss; viii i'll wss
and the ily.pad,s heavoa +: np md down On its
soomed to ooar out hor brain and warm up her
heart; eho sprang up from hor lazy posture. and
lookod around will, new bright viaion. 10 tho
north, the aoltl,, and tho oaAt, there wore only
tho leyol tloldH; hut III tho west roso
THE wAIDENnuRd 1l1L1s.
6ho croasol tise long bridge, oft tho riVor-road,
climbed tho upland pasture, aud entered thclr
Itch Ohio has fov atorIo tracta,. this Is ono:
t looks 40 II group Of ragged, eone.slansod
hills lind been cot down by nliBtako III the midst
Of tho farming country these hills carry with
them their own dirk ravlnos, abrupt angles,
md mountain vegetation !; The wlnd is a.
their bald tops, The treos bavo wild
look, and grow in Rtrauga shapes with
an ontnw'a freedom, quito unlike tho rink
and illo Of the regular army, tho trim l,ooollos
circle of those Hills, yot, might fancy yourself Iii
| Scotland. There nro nloorA tlsoro alHo; nooru
| suc!, Us tho Bronse sisters lovod, those throa
Biftal Bisors loading tlelr strange SOLITARY lilo
togothor III thoir larron Hawortla homo. On tho
| lefghts grow arches not in groon tlcrs, MS IN
| CITY gardens, but wild and faatastio, beokosllng
with lhcr long green li1lgers in tho breozo ~
though They said ",rrlcnd. como up hithor, and
! will show you fairy-!and.' Sou a. go up. and 1'!!
| wild md barron; but it Ia no uHe demonstrating
Will, tho larchos-lsa vol known thoy aro
| witches among treea. ..,
n1nong tho branches. She felt htho, hor pu1sca
| bent QllicklY, aild hho hunnlel q little honB.
| Thoro wore no tloworH, but she trimmed lor Int
atd tlress with little leavcs taking ospecinl care
"Nothing shall DO in order, or nftor q rule. aho
thought. II SHOULD like 10 mnko tho worry aiars
turn torsy-turyy.'
Jeremiah McGi1l, Esquire tho acl,ool'supor.
person al once could he have heard thoso
words. Mr.. AlcGiIl waB great lnan order
was his first Inv his principal grievance III lie
was that proyidonco lad allowed exceptions to
| rufoB. ....
| and moro wild here and tlere n tao stood,
lilo gontinol on the highest point as II it had
climbed thoro to enjoy tile yow; tho short turf
raa hardy anta brown; pobb1os lay thick oyor itH
out. covered With npHses and lchons Suddenly,
ut tho top Of aahort ascent, Ynlorls, broAthlosa'
| camo upon
AN OLD ROAD.
II yaB q ioso1ate old track, untrareled md
lonely, with no tlaco Of wason.TlGel Or horses
foo1 tG .ces csseS ovorsroW s aSs wtasi and
| woct.s, yet 1t wnA tonl regularly nnu carefully
n1a,lo over tho lhlls, not nero wood-tracl OF
trail. 1t was q hard-work!ng road, too; It had
| not bceu taught tho craft Of tho nodern 'o.i.
Einoor how not to do it; but rcsolntcly it faced
it's duty, aud went sharply up and sharply down
every hill q matter Of conscience. No slipping
! through val1eya, and winding around instead of
over, for ths sturdy ol'i conservative.
| Va1orn did not know Wllonco it came, nor
| whittier it won't; 20 much tho bottor. She OIL
loved tho mystery. u It IL always trouble to
ilecltla which way to Go," alo said TO herself ;
"te freed alavo cannut forgot his cl'"ius; !
over these hills; but, in spite OF. myself. I I'M,
rock, now over tills hifl, now for this roason,
now for that. 1lero IL a road. 4hayo no idea
where it is going will follow it, and thus re.
lieve my mind II all care and roHponsiblnty."
Tho poor old ,oad WAS, no doubt glad to hive
y companion; It 1od tile way down into darl
rayite, and showed Vaclta n gny little brool
running alonG:.oyor waterfalls ana rapids WITH
merry, rubbing! sound; tliel. making q sudden
turn, it olimlod halfway up bill. antl paused
beside a. fpii.lg, carefully curbed with largt
stonca aud clear mud cold Ms ica. Valoria drank
and then aat awhile looking into tho Still water
We all feel
AN AFFECTION FOR SPRINGS.
| suppose lf,cro Is hardly 'nan who has not, II
Bomo corner of his heart, tho picture Of spsint
whore, M q boy, he drink lung drauEhts--'
spring whose nlcmdry comes back to Him III slclt
noss, wlloao far-awny wators, Eoe,n 'rnror ans
colder than any ho can now obtain. thougl
brought to him in crystal pitcher tinkling viii
floating ice. Tile old road 'Iadc broad curve
around this spring, 80 that dozon teamn NIGH
stand togethur thore; but timo had afIaccd th'
marks OF oaEor feet, the stone coping was NOISY
and hero and thoro were breaks through which
the wator triclslel out and soaked the grotlut
below. "Wiso last stopped horof" thought Va
loria. 'Old road, do you hnow2" Dnt thu rohs
wna In haste to ret away, and hurried On. Valeri'
following. Now hho climbed steep hill. ant
paused On Its breezy summit to count tho 1eak
round about; now Ho ran down n long aop'
fuster aud fastor, uuab!o to stop, laughing a'lc
shouting. like Il wild creature. from slloor o1!i
aratton; now sl,o Walked through dotllo. witt
rocky walls Oh each Bdo, and now she came gu
upon a rolling moor, Will, furzo-buahea, and
few merry daisies. hero and there, 'rolllcking il
the sunhhino. II Ind rainol the previous night
and the old road WAS fresh and elastic; all the veg
citation hal beon waphed, aud tho1o was no dus
lools far up into tho buo. "old road" el!e snid
u do yon know wl,ero you arc going?" But, tn
s,le.lt road wont OIL it's way, gnltied and silling
but peraovoring through all difficulties, until
camo to the top of n I,ill, whorc' b single larel,
tree stood, aud pointed with all It's tlpgora to
| ward .
LITTLE C1fDRCH
erowning neigslbosing esninence, with only, NJ
parently, ono deep valley between: IT was
small stone bnflding4 with q dwarf tower
stone wall, cr.snbled and full Of breaches, H,lr
rounded its domaln, tho wholo top Of tho hill
and tall, white cress stood by itself tn tic in
closure, which seemed 10 be place OF burial
dotted with low. heaa.atones. Below, tho hill
TOP, on tho far slo, Valora could see tho roof q
a house. IA churchl' sho exclaimed for /
, hor isolation and exhlaration, aho talked alou
! to l,oraoli aB people do only oncc or twico in
lifetime. "Who built it9 WHO COCA to it,
must bo for tho moorlaHd fairies nsa rock
gnomcn; un!ess. indeed, you keep 1t for you
} own private chanel, You SOLEMN old road. ! wi
go>oyer and find out. OF courHo, You, too, n,
on your way thero." The road started down til
hl directly toward tho church, bnt at tho ban
It turnol away aud went or on atangeut. Va
lorla followed, hoping that it would turn bac
a9ain, but IL won't straight on. and oven yeese
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