The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-01-16
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.vea which amounted 10 pretty much yhe
s .ssss n its mertaI and moral elects. Ny
] s.so.,,sr died when waa 90 yonng that
] hsa nr,v ) shadowy reu,eulbrance OF g pale
ssass eu.y : $3.50 a., ei.sn n. tho losing
I Icy, ah9 s,sa 49,, RIO sa.her,s a,e and
{ neast. nsu 49, 49, - .ros dead. tan. and
gaInnSs al1 ,,.e s,st like a bale
q His VIII ANU aaS e,,ars,;asshir az
81 gooas, ~ sae san.as. rrt,nsa isr,se Law
ms nro.ncE, $3.50, 49,, !, ,a;,,s NJ t5,n,.
among she Dsosv sa,' .1o --4s I.
!, .tsa 80 !, !, ., . Ia, !,
was too taapulslqe : said tDc MI,t, INV J.
would :. throw myseti and my monss a WY
before knew tae 3sssss VI -, ,vbaT,
mo one 10 take care OF EsS aug sy 49,. W.
my poor iat6er eaea ~ sne son $780, p,,snn
where We nad gone 10 Nibset, l ny, .hs
VINO came bareiy la tsme 70 Jay LII, - h;s
foreign grave Carried ane oh ss onss = ,!,s ss
house on the bleak n.sis'us, sasSa m $500
rs he lifted sDe oIs ca ssne ss. .,,s s,aticns
(which had csnVesssa as l n,.s eomsirss viii,
DressntSu ~ " ny $500 and,s told mo to
" CIV, .ssseI, : 20 AZ horne . Ess-s76
.scOnsadeF utysen 49,. ~ s.,,,,ar,, snse., seiv
IL was tDe 1.nsa ,vary,. or
cold. Jne SUDDEN suans $3.50. mo 80. T .s,.s
climate had 5sensiDty Aaessu LIZ :, ,,,se
chilled uHQer All my Esfss sdiu HO.
chilled by the restraining lnnueuse VI .ay
fathers Will having Ponae : JIG wv
simpulsive 2 Oil through tne Journey.
Certainly, was nov -ao ,' inp ;, "
my entrance 10 ny Dew nome ,na
Aunt ana COUSINS n.sI LIZ nres.ed IN
tSnresnoid VIII nal.n y, 49, mo corofort
remove my WRAPS aau ~ aa era hIoyino nm
aole. inert mas 49, ,,;,an wifi, north
dne .i ,..;o. ord ,ii that shouId have
country iu4ur'ss, anu Oh n'.s ena. .a moo
mace me lee' ~ nou1eI nns,,on,,;no tn
waning, anu ius s,s ,,,r rotI,raI fashion,
1nsI sIeJt ;nfo Cot utter INV first glance
uoppeu NV a,am,nn nv face with mv
hands h auei into tears.
nanos, ouisS ,u'o ., .sa' n,,;o,, oors lover.
l nave sma I,;.s .u,n, S G ~ Ro,,a and
neafd Auhs n ass,,, thar, b.n,,
winnie US snH ~ Nv. n,,,reI NOR ho;rn
HUSH! asn ~. ,, ra. IassaS. sba will
Leave yVui Svu ~, ,h ae eno,or ;,
come 70 pSisen az t ,n 1oUsaIg. hrt ,yhetber
ana diu So s,,o - ,nnst;in IN ~ ths;r hot
my Years nao ialleh noH.ny u chill
heartD, VI we ua' e'nr n, mn~ d;d NOT in.
IN WIN U.s. VI ~. U a;r - rast ra;nt saam.
we enusion' sv ',u -" and ,yhen sxos
GU W so" ,ba ronn, ser anart for me and
1a,t tn mvself T fling myself upon nv bed
I'D s,hbed IN nassionate grief for nv dead
father. declaring that I was alone in the
world. utterly alone.
And this feeling grew upon me. Look.
ing back, am conscious that it was much
nv own fault that / had not responded
with sufficient warmth and gratitude to the
relatives who had made room in their
househoId for one they had not seen since
she was baby. and had met me with open
arn,s and heorfs.
Thev had heard that I was gushing and
eynheranf. creature of impulse, and
fnding me reserved and languid, concluded
thot T accustomed TO elegance and luxury,
Gould mt brook the LONELINESS and retire
,,,nnt ~ mv nav life was rich. and thew
-emS ". rhav ,,,,s,oot INV mnr,id mol
nsoI', t,r nr;do onS ce,sed IN n, ess their
san;atH or ,,tention nm me lest T should
attr;h,te RI them mercepary motives:
eco II Nil now. hut then Twas blind.
r had another grief ut nv heart besides
S,r,ow for INV dead parent. and / fear
whenever nv thoughts flew to that lonely
grave among the Pyrennees I questioned
she nolicv which had isolated me from the
IvorId-tbe world in which nv hero lived
ond movedwand nrisoned nv free soul
among those nnresponsiye walls OF stone.
~ .b;s r,,on.odv r ala mt ,nostronhiza
alone the fo,,r waits ofthe solid stone house
that cot AGAINST the mountain side. with a
actground az nine. Lrch. and mountain
osI. fIaoi,aJ on old o,d grov st,rinr with
asu, .vonI I;a Go ovoa ran - roc1v March
10 H. stronnI;nr ioLa wi,l.on IN thn
aooro vi. ss,a snS S ~, sron. .nd tho
steep, uns ,oa rdn, ~ 800 Stratoh;nr
iiuIn r.s .o' nr1, % nn ether side
I'M haId conyersa with rho mountains
IT,, 800 ,raro ~ wa the harr;er betwean Joye
and ,;se and hnnn;ness INIT II was oniv ON
.ha;r snl;torv heiwhte T solt frae IN oiva tho
Saoi;rr ,,tteronre Tbe thrifty honsehoId-
,'.ous % NV amt and cousins, which Kent
tbnm very hnsy. were strange TO me. NV
dainty fingers had no acguaintance with
rollinp-pln or pasteboard. 1t was not I
who lent 90 bright the mirror in which I
saw nv own beS,,ty-aye. and nv own nm
lrappiness-reflected. was supposed to
be mourning, and, with mistaken delicacy,
was left to do-notbpp.
" Had Uncle Rjtson known II, or how
snent INV time. he would have shaken me
up like bottle OF physic and I should
have been the better for it. But whether
on foot, or horseback, or in his ancient gig,
he was off in the morning, and frequently
was absent all day, His patients were scat
tered and his rounds extended.
ho,;no no occunation FOR hands or
.raro;as iee,inp mysen Something apart
I from the rest. was of. and away up the
breezy hillsides to the lonely margins Of
the lake, or into the most secluded glens,
my only companion my faithful dog; and
there, where there was only the wind to
answer me, / poured forth all the pent-up
feelings Of my heart; and oft my gusts OF
passion found utterance in song. At times
took pencil and sketch.book with me