The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-12-25
RICHARD AND SALADIA.

summer hotel two figures were seen
walking hand-in-hapd down to the
quiet shores. One was that Of man
just passing early manhood; pale :
faced, haired, slim man, of
medium height, with dreamy, list
less manner about him that denoted
his studious habits. Neither hand
some nor homely, but with frank,
open face. and a way Of looking
down at the pathway before him as
if he were a man Of contemplation
rather than Of action; very modest,
withal, was the bearing of the Rev.
David Lonsdale, who had a small
fortune Of his own; and devotion
to the ministry, not from any senti-
mental motives, but because it gave
him his best work to do. 1t was
said of him that he had been no
namby-pamby at school; but he had
never been wild; and he never dis
played his best qualities to the world:
Because ne was critic of litera-
ture and music, and could reveal to
maey minds the secrets of human
hope and action, he had won the re-
gard of the fair young lady now
walking by his side and calling her
self his wife. She was handsome
rather than beautiful, with queenly
air, refined and naughty, and with a
great black eye that seemed to have
gathered its color from the remote
depths of night. Hardly of shorter
stature than her husband, she looked
up to him proudly, as they tripped
down the pathwayof the lake togeth-
er, and he was explaining to her the
reason why Goethe, in "The Tale,
made the green snake a symbol oi
| thought, and turned it golden and
luminous when Literature came tc
give that thought to the world
Then she burst forth:
"That is clearer than Carlyle" and
she worshiped him near by. .
This woman, with SO many ele
ments of greatness in her character
as vet undeveloped, was living an in
tellectual life with this man, the Rev
David Lonsdale, her husband. H'
seemed never to care for the physica
life, or at least she could not lool
upon his frail frame as that Of. an.
other than the bearer OF a grea
brain. But she had a physical lii
of her own; an impassioned anima
| life that had been subdued by stud,
and the accomplishments OF a gentl
life. So gently did he lift her int
the boat that was moored at the shor
that she could hardly notice it as
physical effort, and she thought tina
It must have given him pain. The
had been married only fortnight
and still their cooling was rather OF
critical kind.
Out into the lake they sale
smoothly and qrietly, he pulling tn
oars without effort, as if any effoi
and any speed were sacrilege in tha
soft, rosy sunset. They were tall
, ing of Scott's novels, and she wa
saying that she would have bee
! clad to see the great Richard OF tn
fion-heart as Scott tells Of him i
"The Talisman," and be was repl.
In, that he was rather charmed wit
I Saladins case and dexterlty, tina
with the pondeTous muscularity
Richard, when suddenly the dash
oars ripping up the calm waters WI
heard, and boat with one man IN
shot athwart them. He was larg
broad. shoulderd, big-thighed ma
with a handsome face, a mass
glossy black curly hair, and q swee
inc silken mustache Of the san
color. As Helen Lonsdale looked
him, she said to David;
"Now, there is strenth. Do yc
think he could cleave the iron bar
ayes" replied the young ministe
pbut he could not slice the fioatil
vail"
"Oh, that you could beat hi
Davidl'' she said, anxiously, lookil
TT at her husband, with his pale, th
wrists, as he leisurly feathered t
oars. "The boats are the same size
"In this beautiful sunset|
: asked.
She replied only with doubtf
eyes.
He glanced at her nervously a
painfully for moment, and the
his gentle manner returning, he sal
"Helen. you will never be satisti
n. until YOU go with Mrs. Blimber a
see Cicero at Tusculum."
n She smiled, and his wit chang
her manner. Physics were VI
quished by mind.
Ed Richard was charmed by Saladil
There was hardly trace Of pr
on his lip as he began to pull
boat past the Hercules, who Y
abreast of them. Hercules, howey
: was not to be intimidated by a 81
man with a pale face. His o
gashed the beautiful blue Of
7 lake, the spray dashed up in fol
tain before his PROV, and his lc
wake seethed and foamed with
brawny efforts; and as he pass
y. them again Helen saw his glo
curls and glossy mustache in
rosy sunset, and wondered why
gentle Rev. David so camly cf
! Lienged his oars. But David Lo
dale pulled Just behind Hercules
into the waning rosiness Of the la
until two miles had been passed,
the young minister was pulling
calmly as he had begun. Il
Helen noticed that he smiled, a
eS bracing his feet against the strei
,ys er. bent himself to his oars
tapped Hercules, got bow and !
with him, and took his way far
into the lake, with Hercules G
as a shadow away astern, and
moon coming up to silver the fc
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