The Princeton union., 1879-01-29
OLD ELsPA.

was alone III the world, or I thought
the same ia its mental and moral effects
Nv mother died when I was so young
thae had only a shadowy remembrance
Of a pale face and a long, last clasp to
her loving heart. l had been nay fathers
pet and darling, and now he was dead,
too, and his will had consigned me, just
like bale Of goods, to the care and
guardianship of his brother, doctor,
whose home lay among the picturesque
mountains Of Cumberland.
was ''too impulsiye," said The viii,
and would throw myself and my money
away before knew the value of either,
If had 40 one 10 take care OF me-" and
SO, when my poor father died in the
south Of France, where we had gone to
winter, Uncle RltSou, who came barely
N time 10 lay him in his foreig gn grave,
carried NE Off st once TO his house on the
bleak hillside, gave me a kiss as he lift
ed rae out of the stufy vehicle which had
conveyed us from the station, presented
me to my aunt and cousins with g.,
"Weu, here's Adeia.' ana told NE 10
consider myself ''at home"
It WAS The beginning of January, in
tenseIy cold. The sudden change from
? warmer climate had sensibly effected
NE; | was chilled under all nv furs, and
perhaps more chilled by the restraining
influence Of nv fathers will, having pom
dered the TOO impulsi7e" all through
the journey. .'.-
Certainly was not ''too impulsive"
On my entrance to my new "home."
Aunt and cousins mad met me on tie
threshold with warm welcome, pressed to
remove my wraps and TO make me COM
Portable. There was 3 huge ire blazing
on the hearth, q teatabie piled with north
country luXuries, and ali that should
have made me feel at home; but some
thing was wanting, and instead of re
spending to their greetings in my own
natural fashion, I dropped into a seat,
after the first glance around, and cover
ing my face with my hands, burst into
tears -.'-
have small, thin, quick ears. | over
heard Aunt Ritson whisper to Bella and
Winnie, as she drew them back
Flush! It's but natural, poor barne!
Leave your cousin alone, lasses: she will
come to herself all the sooner"
And did come 10 mvself; but whether
my tears had fallen frostily On their hot
hearth, or we travellers had brought a.
chill in with US, or ny own manner did
not invite effuslon, & certain air Of re-
5tTalnt seemed TO grow upon us: and
when / vas shown the room set apart for
me, aud left to myself. | flung myself
upon my bed and sobbed in passionate
grief ray dead father, declaring thar.
was alone IN tae world, utterly alone.
And this telling grew upon ne Look
ing back. [ am conscious that it was
much my own fault that had not re-
sponded with sufficient warmth and grat-
itude TO the relatives who had made room
il their household for one they had not
seen since she was baby, aad had met
with open arms and hears. .i
They had heard that I was gushing
and exuberant, creature of impulse, and
finding me reserved and languid, con-
cluded that I, accustomed 10 elegance
and luxury, could not brook the homeli-
ness and retirement of my new life. / was
rich, and they were not They mietook
nv mnrniu melancholy for pride, and
ceased TO press their society or attentions
on NE, lest l should attribute to them
mercenary motives. - .sfa ..s =
I see It all now, but then was blind.
I had another grief at my heart besides
sorrow for my dead parent, and 1 fear
whenever my thoughts few to that lone
" grave among the Pyrenees, I ques-
toned the policy which had isolated me
from the world-the world in which nv
hero lived and moved-and prisoned nv
free soul among those unresponsive walls
OF stone. .. .... L.
In this rhapsody did not apostropbize
alone their four walls OF the solid stone
house that set against the mountain side,
with q back groud of pine, larch and
mountain ash, looked 50 cold and gray,
staring with It's many lilless. eyes from
its rocky perch above the struggling lake
village, on the steep, unguarded roadway
Ia front. and the narrow strips Of garden
ground stretching like green arms on
either side. = .-@.....a. y..v.
No, I held converse with the noun
tains. They were to me the barriers be-
tween love and life and happiness, but it
was only on their solitary heights ] fe]
free to give the feeling utteranceSAThe
q. tiA4AsJ h"h'3SiAoia TaJo VI LILY auuC ana
cousins. which kept them ever busy.
were strange to me. Ny dainty fingers
had no acquaintance with rolling-pin or
paste board. 1t was not I who kept SO
bright the mirror in which / saw nv
own beauty, aye, and my own unhappi-
ness reflected. ! was supposed to be
mourning, and, with mistaken dclicacy,
was left to do--nothing.
Had Uncle Ritson known it, or how I
spent ung time, he would hare shaken
me up like bottle Of physic, and I
should have been the better for it. i But
whether on loot, or horse back, Or In his
ancient gig, he was off in morning, and
frequently was absent all the day. HIS
patients were scattered, and his rounds
extended.
!, having no occupation tor hands or
energies, feeling myself something apart
fzom the rest, was of and away up the
breezy hillsides 10 tile lonely margin Of
the lake, or into the most secluded glens,
my only companion my faithful dog,
and there when there was
only the wind to answer
me, poured toeth all the pens up feel