The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-06-05

book. Do you ever read Maud p"
eyes. But why do you like such
sentimental nonsense ?'
He turned to it and read the par
commencing:
"Come into the garden, Maud,
For the black bat, night, has flown"
She had never heard him read before
and glad pleasure filled her heart to hea
Ter fsvorite poet SO correctly and finely
rendered as he went on
aThere has fallen splendid tear
From the passion flower at the gate,
She is coming, my dove, my dear;
she is coming, my life, my fate"
Frederetta comprehended that thii
man understood more fully than she thi!
exquisitely wrought description of The
grand passion that sways the world al
the rich, mellow voice glided over the
stanzas, and a heart vibration guivered
in the words as he ended:
"She is coming, my own, my sweet,
Were it ever so airy tread,
Nv heart would bear her and beat
Were it earth in my earthly bed,
Ny heart would hear and beat
Had it lain for a century dead;
Would start and tremble under her feet,
And blossom in purple and red"
"There A." he said, 4" find me a finer
piece of sentiment than that. You know
the sudden transition the poem makes
from this brightly wrought ecstasy Of
passion to the depth of wild despair.
One catches a rare glimpse of the ex-
tremes of happiness and misery in 8
human soul. But can never fu ly de.
scribe the feelings which some parts Of
this poem stir within me-"
His face was flushed now; she had
never seen him moved 70 such enthusi-
asm. She did not know that apart from
the inspiration of the poem the wine OF
love had made summers in his veins.
Day had mellowed into twilight and
they in turn, bad darkened into cool,
dewy night. Calm and pure the moon
shed her silvery light upon hushed
nature. The home of Frederetta was
hushed into repose. The flowers slept
with dropping heads under the soothing
influence of the goddess of night, from
which the odorous kiss of the sun should
awaken them on the morrow. No sound
broke the stiffness, save the chirp of the
cricket and the occasional note Of a night
bird
Just as the clock in the hall strikes
the midnight hour bright, lurid square
OF light suddenly flames out in the
darkened space where the houses throw
their shadow. The windows of a large
room on the second floor are one broad
sheet of flames. Next to the room on
fire was the one occupied by Everett Rev
nolds. A premOnition of danger, such as
often comes to us in peril, awakened him
suddenly from hisslumbers, and springing
from the bed he glanced out of the win
dow. Hastily dressing, he rushed into
the hall, crying y .t..
" Fire. Fire"
At once all were aroused and the GUS
tomsry wild confusion ensued, the ser
wants and family rushing about to ascer-
tsin the locality and extent of the fire.
Il was soon jcund thatns earthly power
could stay its course. All that could be
done was to hurry and save the most
valuable articles. |.E .....
Frederetta, in loose wrapper and
unbound hair, with the rest, acting
under the calm direction of Everett
for even the master of the household
seemed paTalyzed-and the servants had
begun to carry out the things Of least
value, with the strange Inconsistency so
often displayed in such cases. The fire
gained rapidly, but go active had all
been under the direction of the incident.
careless msn, now for the first time
showing his superiority, that nearly
everything of value had been removed.
They stood gazing sadly upon the burn,
ing mass, which shot up red flames to
the cslm, blue sky, rendering pale the
moonlight, and destening the fair land.
scape with a hideous plot. Suddenly q
sharp, wild cry, wall of terror, sounded
above the cracking of the flames.
Heayens!' exclaimed Frederetta,
Sarah sleeps in the attic. 1t is she
she will be burned to death p' And she
covered her face with her hands as 8
white-robed figure appeared at the win.
dow, shrieking for help, and then shrsnb
from sight.
Everett Reynolds began to make prep
srations to ascend a tall tree that ross
very near where the girl had fallen. Il
was blackened by the scorching flames.
at will be sure death to attempt tc
enter" said several voices. "The roc
is Just falling in. You will both LOSE
your lives" ego
He paid no attention, but quickly as
cended the tree until on level with the
window, which Sarah had raised wher
she found out her peril. He vauIteC
into the room. He almost stumbled