The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-11-01

uef lllc corner OF ncr launtN emp hat, an
other equally aimlcss Wanderer, coming,
funnily enough from the opposite direc-
ton.
At first the greetings were hypocriti-
cally formal and matterof- fact.
"Why, good morning, Mr.. Wheeler !.
Are yOu out so early 2"
''lt is quite my habit, Miss Chandler
The air is SO rare and fine, and the views
docking straight at the pretty dissembler)
so beautiful"
And then they would find their paths,
as a matter Of course, running in the
same direction. Some banter added its
spice to the meetings "quitc by chance
the usual way Grace was funny in the
drolest manner, and said the oddest
things in the SOberest fashion, without q
curve of merriment in Lar perfect lips, or
q look OF fun consciousness III her serious
eyes. She would "chatf' the Young man.
tell funny stories, or shoot him with a
quick repartee, until he hardly knew
whether to be amused OF ycXed.
I" Lets 20 and hear what the SAT
waves are saying" said John one eve
ming in August,
''Oh, | know all about that" she re-
| piled, with Il toss of her loose locks.
"Ihey are saying ChoW-d der -chow-der
-clam choW-der' and I'm going to have
some.
For men must cat and women must stew.
And the choWder-pot is o-l-ljns,'
she sang in absurd imitation of the great
, sea-song.
II believe YOU would burlesQue any
thing" said John, with a decided impa-
fInnra 'p1lI fnN-pr Itith "
| parody on Praise God or perhaps YOU
will kindly rchearSr your grandmothcI's
funeral !1
"Now, Mr.. Sarcasticus, you are cross
and | really hope you won't take any
chowder | like YOU cross better than
well, better, say, than sweet. Sweet men
| can't endure, but merry men do good
like nedicine-and cross ones, too, il
they are not your very own"
" As for burlesQues," she continued
| laughing, ''l do enjoy burlesques good
mind you-of anything not really sacred
| never laughed harder than to see all
old darkey Rchelieu at the Oinstrels
in burlesque Of Booths acting. proceed
at the climax OF the play to draw around
his Ward-l regular Iopsy the awful
circle OF the Church of Rome with piece
OF chalk = putting and blowing as he
stopped over to make his mark. never
since then see the cardinals Wierd finger
| and glittering eye outline the protecting
circle, nor hear his awful Kissing menace
without laughing inwardly, which is great
gain. It's so wastetul of nervous forces to
have ones feeling narrowed up by mock
| her0ics and sham sOrroWs.
''l es, but ] find 1t more wearing to
wish to laugh in the wrong places. al
ways feel a sort of personal responsibility
| for would be clever preachers, and ac-
tors, and singers, And a flt1hr pas makes
! me want to hide my head. \ bad 'Ophc-
liza, for example and they are mostly 50
| bad that | should dread to have them
play within ear-range Of Shakespeare's
curses guarded bones stirs my ashamed
sympathies to their depths. Yet ! have
seen Young women giggle at the spectacle
| The outflow of Il W0mans SympathcS tN-
cept in cases of absolute wrong, or suffer
ing, can't be reckOned on With any more
certainty than the form in which u crest
| ing wave shall break"
'Mr. Whccler" said Grace, whether
soberly or saucily he could not tell, 'You
know absolutely nothing about Woman's
heart. Your observations have been CON
fined entirely to the beach. OF the deep
sea soundings You are as ignorant as that
ulchin who is building a sand-tort at the
| halt-tide line. No impudencc or sent-
mGnt is in order" continued she, seeing il
thought taking form III his face, ''lny own
! heart is all beach and shadows
"And breakers" said John, in 4 les-
peratc effort to assert himself. But as
| long as you keep SO clear light bcaming
in the windows Of your SOUL and have
so many buoVs outside, the harbor ought
| to be snug and Safe
"Flattery and a bad pun in one breath.
i shall have to sentence you to the
hotel for three hours"
''At hard labor laughed the banshed
| youth, us he started up at the sound Of
the dinnCrgong.
Yet through all their growing intimacy,
whether in banter or seriousness, agree
ments or differences, the young couple
| got on together tamousy. Though they
| spoke no word of love, they instinctIely
| touched upon many themes and expert
enceS that pertain to that charmed state.
The moonlight had a new glamour for
them. The tides broke and rippled with
a sweeter music. Rocking together in
their little boat, seeing nothing but each
others faces and the open sea or over
| hanging sky, all the rest of the great,
busy world So near them was for the time
obiteratcd. Without knowing why, or
perhaps realizing the fact, they were
growing into oneness.
Sitting together one evening on the
rocks, they fell to discussing the descrip-
Inv ~,
the waves break, rush forward like living
things, seemingly searching vainly for a
resting-place, and then glide back to be
cngulted by the incoming tide.
IL wonder if the poets Of the sea have
hit upon the very best words vet ?' mused
John
81 have often tried to better their
choice" said Grace, ''but they seem to
have ransacked the dictionary pretty
thoroughly. The breaking waves dash
high you know they roll, thunder,
rave, lave; creep, crawl, rush, uprear
and creast themselves; they sing, they
thunder, roar, murnur, and do all sorts
Of other things. ButI will try a new word
if you dare; call it scamper for movement,
and-and -slosh for sound
"Capital Only it seems to me you
have sacrificed ideal beauty to allitera-
ton. a trick Of too many of our poets.
'Slosh " how charming :"
"oh! you can laugh, of course, but they
do slosh, although III admit the word is
more expressive than elegant. Take your
turn now, and 30 t!iuching.'
"Well, call it Kiss and that combines
both movement ana sound" John
Illustrated the fact by touching with dar-
ing lips the scashell tint Of his compan-
ions cheek.
The sea- shell tint deepened several
shades as Grace turned a surprised and
inqulring glance swiftly upon him. She
saw a rather abashcd but not unmanly
look on his face, any true intuition read
the atfectionate impulse and honest hon.
age that prompted the unusual token.
OTIS custom OF the country said John
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