The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-10-11
THE sOSG OF TnE KAryDlp.

TIE SONG W TilE hAIlDln.
Tho orchestra was unusually strong
last night, tree toad aud crirlrt, a
droning beetle, one lone whip.poorwll,
II solitary owl over IN the hig hcslnut,
two or three haying dogs Just Tar
enough AWAY 10 sound musical. u shrrp
bell that tinklcd softly at intervals
down In the meadow. once thcV wa, u
sleepy twittcr from the tall lnrch where
the robins live, rs though the birds
coald only keep awake long enough 10
sing one or two dreamy bnr- aud then
fall asleep In the middle Of half.notc
II WAS beautiful, audible stiffness. a
silence TO which YOU could listen. This
Is the silence of the still summer night
In the country. We never hnve y 'cal,
awful, unbrnkcn. voicgrsS silence out
here. The tuncftl quiet NJ the Summer
night hcrn in the meadows and hills is
melancholy and depressing enough to
city ears sometimes; 10 some II ia harsh
nnd discorlant; 50 ne people hate W
\ gives them tho horrors, they say.
But como out and live In H. lstnn 20 II
night after night until YOU learn 10 love
this moIodious sIlclcc, nnd then, II yOn
can. 20 back to brick walls aud paved
streets, and sleep to the crash aud
glars and clattor Of city streets and
nbisy hacks aud crashing trucks, p,Iico
I. whistles and the tap, tap. tap of cluh
aud clrbstonc. You h,vo to live In III,
country TO Gu oy listening TO lis silence.
You must understand the words IN,
crirkcts and the tret.tOals sing. ~ wei
~ tho melody. Then yon can emo,
The muse. aud the night would secn
dcsolatc without i.
In tbs autumn months It Is mclan
choly. some sharp, cold night. 10 note
how mcager Is tho orchestra only 4
fow brave, hardy llplc musicians ~,
pear, and they do not play great while
they pack their instruments away in
their eases toward midnight, and scrh
the wnrmcst corners oi the straw stacl
and stuhble field. The voices Of III,
soloists display great deal II ptnfu
hoarscnes4. The performance il hlccl
pathetic. for thpg sing o. tho bright
golden summer that is gone. aud shud
der with u dread NJ tbs frosty night,
and the long cruel winter that is com
M on they play dirgcs for their dcn,
cpinradcs they sing of the purple a,til
and the royal golden rod. ihi Imperial
banners OF the dying naples. the plir
pie iron weed Ia old meadows. the sol
low primrose on the hillside apd lh'
gh0stly thisila.duwn d i.ling over NJ.
rccdy marshes where the iirc.i'frs died
Of grotcs ~, shallow, IN the short iwi
light In the old stump lot II cold wind
creeping With ceric low whispers aero
tho rustlng field, where the corn sand
In ragged shocks with dead gray sliil
ened plumes Of wheeling co'onics o
summer birds that i'cckrd tho harc rcld
with rcstless shadows ~ They gaihe c'
the r tribes together aud hurried ava,
Ia thsir winter rcs0riss Of fuded fern
In the glen. and williercd grassc, o
the lawn and blighicd iluwcr4 IN N
h0moIy Il garden, until NJ la, III
voices ceaS'. all the daughters of mgsl
nrc brought low, tho last tOlui-t foil
sings his little song with n quayorln
wreck OF n voice. and goeih the way =
all grasrhoppcrs.
l'ut happier he who lives 10 sing N
fadcl glories Df the summer gone lha
his lll-latcd 60 uradf. who. with man
n song unTing. was ynnkcd OF III
sweet rotate vine when The summit
days werp high, b relentless fate wit
Ion tail aud big red waillcs. Yes III
closing days Of onr open A'r concert
arc melancholy. Yet, the grn.shoppcr
little life ~ a single fummer has muc
IN Il Ike our own. lie loves. he sing
lie dances, he labnri. be- suffers. i
dies. From tn boy IN tho Iarm-hous
10 the fowl In the liarnynrd and N
trout IN the brock. he has enemies. an
like many men. he often saves hi III
BY using his legs,
Well. last night. Just IN the mlds' :
the oycrture-it was spirited pa.sag
abort the earthquake. aud The irce-irUs
with their pic olos were trying To fllo
how the ground trcmblcd -ihn kaiydI
made hi. first appearance this scitsoi
Iie worr the same green suit with ca
away wings aud light oyercoll. m
~ h. struck llis first notes of his tabo
cts. everybody exclaimed. There's n
kstyhidri Ne ,lii not siny very Ion,
| but his presence added strength an
btrmony 10 the orchestra. The uf'
popular biritono was here. and VIC wei
glsdio hear bim again.
She docs not sing. KATY herself
voieele.sl during The day she j. i
aud md hidinz away with her mb
icr among The leaves, ,ntiful. quiz
home. keeping little Katy. AZ nigI
when her liege lori asrcnd, 10 u
higher brnnrhas ri the trees and pa
claims 10 the world that "kaiy.hid.
the wifeiy little mother of his lill
katics j. silent. Aefer wor,l doc Il
reply. though ali night long he says j
did. Should she erer lose her temp
and paiirncs and r.ply tD his sceuslf
song. what thrilling dome.iic rcte,
tions might We not expect. In crimi
alton aud rerriniination. In bill NJ
crDss. bill. re- oiuier anil sur.rcioinde
plea aud replication. Il would all con
out. BIT calm and serene In cons iul
innocence. she answers not wor
Sometimes. In n 1T Di iinpaiiencu
having his own un ontradicisd way,
de lafe thai "Haty didn't man.lil
choosing 10 contradict himself ralh
than have no ous Nth whom 10 qua
rel. But after Ill | don't think slie Il
anything very dFsadful. They II
tofcther 70 happily. ani 10 has his ov
way 40 sonpletatyll thiuk Il is only
little Joke oi his. ihFsaieninf 10 iaI q
world sonu litiIe sfs,fy - flleir "a
fa1cmeiit daf=. - how be srolltt y
frzi foker blai { u she iFissl tn ma
/ fpr company. Wha.eser Il !, shr my
esafrsa'cts hins re aeser sfsiss ei
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