The Hazlehurst signal., 1883-12-13
for,aurcr plump on Lord Walter.

hut why do you 70. said tho iuuy, rs Uotn
sat under the yew,
And her eyes were olive In their depths, rs
the kraken beneath the sea blue.
" because fcaryou." he answered; you are
Aud able to st.anEle my soul in mesh of
your golden hair"
"Please don't go on" i interrupted.
al like the poem, but some way II isn't
pleasant now"
Hardly appropriate" he answered.
closing the volume drcamily, and then
added:
- suppose you think Lord Walters
friend a foolp"
"He is the type Of largo class; but.
Mr.. Alcott, are we not tread 'ng on dan
gcrous groundp Do you know what
lies just beyondP"
Yes. that most exasperating qucs-
ton of .woman's rights Aurora
Leigh settles that for me"
"'It takes soul TO move = body he
repeated slowly. 1T takes high-souled
man To move the masses, even to
cleaner style. II takes the ideal To blow
hair s-brcadth OF tho dust OF the act
ual. All. your Fouriers failed-because
not poets enough TO understand that
life develops from within
..Never was truer word spoken than
that, Miss Ellis-.from within 1T takes
soul 10 move the masses, and, ac-
cording to my observations, II makes
very little difference 20 whom the soul
belongs. Men of intellect never have
subordinated women. See what excel
lent care Goethe takes Of them. Look
ut Faust's Margaret. the instinctiyely
pure child growing into n self.reliant
woman, and see how, rs Wilhelm
Webster develops spiritually and intel
lcctually. he comes naturally upon
women of purcr and more innately re-
fined type-first Mignon, then Natalie,
aftcrward Theresa and Macaria-thc
last star soul"
Il thought rs much,' said grand
mother. entering just here. 81 felt
sure YOU had come when / saw tho
light" and no pet last child, u baby,
was ever more welcomed than by my
dear dead fathers mother.
"You promised me, David, you would
certainly go to bed mt eight o'clock, +"
said the old lady, reproachfully. after
having satisfied herself that l hadn't
changed bit since she last saw me.
"But how could ~" he asked, with n
comical gesture in my direction.
"Well, hope YOU won't bc any the
worse for il tomorrow" said she. land
now 10 bed with YOU this minute"
"Dear old Vagrant, good night, said
the gentleman, with rare smile. obey
Ing Instantly; "snd pleasant dreams to
YOU. Miss Ellis"
mice boy that" said grandmother,
rs the door closed.
"Boy?" repeated.
"Ycs, boy"
ale is twenty-five years old II he is n
day."
"What of that? You are twenty; and
what are YOU but girl, i should in
Quire? Four weeks ago there didn't
ANYBODY round here think he'd ever get
out again. The doctor gave him up
and his sister was almost crazy; but the
fever turned and he went to sleep and
slept two days steadily; but when he
woke up he was rs bright rs n button. "
did not see my new friend for two
days. He had ovcr-excited himself. and
the result was solitude for this length of
time. Iroamed the fields and haunted
the woods. read. wrote AMI thought.
never did so much thinking in so short
space Of time, with such unsatisfactory
results.
Where under the sun have you been
all this afternoonT' said grandmother.
rs at sunset the second day dragged
myself into the kitchen porch.
"Up tree
up trcc?" this with considerable
disdain in voice and manner. "You
have torn n great slit In your dress.
Sue. and YOU look like fright. have
wanted you--mor'n your worth-for the
last three hours"
What are you making, grand
mother?"
"Panada."
"How many quarts of this stuff does
Your patient consume, Mrs. Bliss, in
the course of twenty-four hours?"
THAT is according to his appetite,
Miss Saucebox," said q rich voice ut my
elbow; and there stood Mr.. Alcott.
mo. p" he continued, gravely.
They've sent for me up to Jones'.
They think the baby is dying" broke
in grandmother. while stood blushing
like an embarrassed schoolgirl.
"And want you TO keep house and
take care Of him while 90 up awhile
and see il can do anything to help
them. When this panada gets little
bit cold, Sue. put in two tablespooniuls
of brandy: that's the bottle on the Sec
ond shelf" And the provoking old
lady tripped away as composcdly rs II it
were the most commonplace thing in
the world for a young lady to be left
with the care of an invalid, and the said
invalid man and stranger. A few
minutes sutiiced TO place me entirely at
my ease. and no veteran hospital nurse
was more composedly exacting than |
in my new role. Grandmothcr's orders
were explicit; David mustn't think OF
such thing rs reading aloud, and he
must lie on the lounge in the sitting
room until she returned. Such an even
ing as that was. read to him out of
Auerbach-and this took us naturally
to the Rhine-and then found that my
companion had travelled among all my.
favorite European cities. What Won
derful pictures he drew me OF the Cam
pagna, the Coliseum and the Forum!
How exquisite was the play of the
moonlight on the Sabine Mountains,
and how charmingly picturesque the
sketch of the old Roman ramparts. In
some places bare and black with age,
with here and there patches OF scarlet
and green made Of peoples and ivy.
Grandmother came too soon. Six
weeks of this dolce far nie,stc lifc-and
then
There is no good OF life but lovc-but
love!
What else looks good Is some shade flung
from love.
Love gilds II, gives IL worth.
knew as well as the Queen and poor
Constance what there was In life worth