Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-09-22


In the beautiful italian scenery my own
spirits rose perceptbly. The great load
which had been burdening me lessened
and finally raised itself altogether, as saw
this shadow of the German University that
had been resting on my companion break.
But 1 know now was mistaken. 1t was
only the battalion preparing for action
| the marshalling of the forces before the
conflict.
1t had been almost a month since we
left Germany. Many of the English and
American gentlemen residing in Florence
had shown us not only attention but hos
pitality. One thing noticed quickly, that
Reinhart cared almost nothing for the So
ciety of ladies. He endured it, never sought
it. The most beautiful faces he would pass
without any notice, or with merely an in
different glance. 1 was sorry for this, be-
cause here was a channel 1 had thought,
wherein might be turn ed the current of his
existence.
With this subject still uppermost in my
mind, determined one morning would
bring my sounding-line into play, If ii were
only on account of my own satisfaction.
We were sitting upon the deep sill of the
open window, smoking our cigars and en-
Joyins .ne u''e' t'anq VI 'ne southeln
day, when asked, indifferently, as If the
question had been wholly unpremeditat-
ed,-
e"n"',' "o'o ~ o'o' ~ wv
ne iooAeu UP quioAy' "a''eu nio'ie"''
% mug" ~ "'S' "o Nau "'' eA"e''S u"uo'
''oou 'ue"
NO", A"o" 'y "ei no "e'ei ""u
oeen ior' us nave SAUL 'ho last 'en Sea's
We na" spent tose'ner ) pu' "t Present 1
was oe"' uPou uiscoNeIins "nat PIopaoil-
i'y mere was tl"' sucn catSs'ropne cou'"
ever DC Drought ABOUT SO sa'u again
heinhar'' 90 you thinK you eOer Wi" DE
III ioVe
leApec'ed repetition OF my former an
swer' Dut' 10 my SURPRISE "lthout any hes-
ha'lon' ne repIleu,-
yes
lhueeo 7 gaspeu' Win my Orea'n al
most gohe'-ahd when may II come 10
pass
Looklns up, utoppeu the lone oil ralliery
had been using immediately ior saw II
was serious matter 10 MIN ana overcome
by aslonishment, suDsided lnlo complete
Silence
Inc perfume OF roses came III on Tue
Dreeze' anu seariet-cIoaReu hoWer-slr
carrying ner wares 'he only person on the
streef, turned out oil siSht' small bird,
with RED pluhes Ill It's wings, llghted near
ly within reach, upon Inc Tree, ana broke
INTO song, out' checKlng the strain almost
Ill tue hrst note, II ne" away, set'ling'
mere speck' upon lhe northern spire oi the
oa'heurai. Ineh heinhat' saiu' as 'houen
there had been no pause I'D the conVefsa-
uon,-
uo ho' Ano"' T" may never cotne in
'hls me
,ookeu a' h,n' lnorousnly Po%%ieu' III
,"os' i'is i'eneu' Auen' '"'uA"S ei"sPs
n"u no' ne"'" "'sn'' s"u' Ha'
Du' """0u' "e'u'"s my i"'ei'os"'ion' Ie
maps ~ "I'i ue'e' .onne ~ 'nis ne
ies' hea'u arisn'' iossiOiy We were
eaon 'a'Ains " uine'eh' 'n'he' anu as
iN.' Iesou'ee' s"'"'
neu VIVA. uo Sou mean "aileu
Hiotiion' iof tue answer
eau naruly le' you nave ai"ays
nau 'neoiy Vi my o"h-no' nol 'neo'y'
oe''ei' nave never uhueI'aAeh 70 OK
press " III lAnsuage' anu 40 not kho"
"ne'uei l ean iohuer "iSseii l"'eiiis'oIe'
'ui"N e'e'J sout nNs sonie"neIe III tne
u"''o'Se a" sin"''y aii oo''seu " use
Tue "oiu lor 'aeA oi oe''er one-anu oe-
ile'e lnal before compete happineSs can De
a"S'ueu 'ne Two are nierseu in'o QUE II
Is not niarriase' 'nat Is purely eArtniy'
ineso Hilni'ies may possibly meet in tuls
me- 'nousn IS naruly Propaole' Dut III
lne ages 10 como II VIII occur Just as GER
ta'niy as there Is an eternity Mlnd' DO
not cali u marriage IL Is lhe luslhS To-
getner OF TWO souis' masculine and iem-
lhihe' just as 'ney eoHoine chemleals' pro-
uucing new substance oeiieVe' as l
salu' these Two souls may sometimes meet
In this liiei but 1t is destiny thabeomes
to few in centuries and those few should
kneel In everlasting gratitude before their
Creator"
When Reinhart ceased speaking could
see that he had worked himself almost In
10 lever, ior MS eyes were oright ana rest
Iess' anu the Dloou surged In waves across
MS usually coioriess lace. WIN rough
hand' had struck the chord whose unde-
cided vibrations had, a monlh ago, appalled,
me- Ihe great burden which had SO OPP
pressed me seltied down again heavier
,nan oeiore' twas not SO much wnst ne
mao sara as Inc expression oi MS iace lhat
n,.eu me anew win anxiety ana s'rug-
slng uhuer TINS purueh' maue poor at