San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-05-11
THE ATTAMAN.


Duriur fine, inuo Ir,tr,- Winter there had
been sorrow and mourning within the white
house which stood at the edge of the oak
forest No souud of music or of mirth eyer
issued from its closed easements no gay
penpOn fIOatrd on the roof ike a virgin
coffin. il silent there through frost and snow.
with the Sombre phautomS of the naked oak
trees keeping watch around
But now the enchantrrsS Spring had PASS
ed over the land. breathing on each tree and
shrub. and warming them afreSh TO life and
beauty. With a lavish hand she had emptied
her cornuropia over the floor of the fOreg,
replacing the duh bronze of last years dead
leaves by the euamelrd hueS of violet and
primrose. Each black spectre tree has been
transformed into q marvel of IOvelincSS and
in the hOuglIS overhead the wood pigeon and
the nightingale make the groves melOdiOus
with their love SONGS
And within tie white house renewed joy
and hope has stolen in along with the beauty
Of tte flowers and the song OF the birds
When everything without is blooming and
braluinr despair and gloom can no longer
retain their sway over the heart
The Winter had been long and dreary. and
Ilandzia had mOurnpd and wept and pinned
III so,ltude; Dl't no" the emu OF her troubles
Is "' manu- loI Is noV I'Sr h"SDahu u pe re-
S'o,'', !" iie' "saliI many S,cel,leSS hlSht
llao sue p''Se" III tIlIih'IlS Oh 'I'e oahgers 10
Mllch nc was cNI"'N'''' not KNOWING eacU
moment "i'I'iuI S'e ought 10 III DeWallihg
MN "S ue''' h"t HOW Ut i"H' "Siul uay
ii"u '",ll' u lel' II" sue mas ne1iu ''ia' he
mas n'lnc 'S'l'u ''Ic rl"eI Hlll'I1cr ol tle
lurh' ,ie poisoned AFRO" Oh the tartar the
taliVeu pre"'h 0l uiSeaSe' ana the sharp tootL
Vi uIie iroSI ne Is awe anu ullScauled' ana
VIII soTll w slNel p"cN 10 sieI latlll'l nearl'
but she mas alSo heaIu ol tnc uire ihisior-
tunes "llLch nave atteilueu tlliS caihpalgh'
now want anu sickiieSs nave ueStioAeu the
once gallant army ana now OF eight tnou-
sano pln'o men 'Ll"t LlalIheu iolIl 70 ATTACK
Like tIue patriot Sl,e ilourhs her couhtrys
LOSSES anu ike q ,eliuer WOMAN sne gIieVes
loi tlioSe many otilGl "oh,eh VINO, less iortu-
ila'e 'iiah size iS' WIN iiot oe aDie 10 "elcome
PACK son, husband loVer.
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sreat tIl"t II nliS IeI lealt 10 oHello"Img,
anu WIZ hot let S1uliesS Iollil tlcIe me
lonS am" ''ie"is w lllel SENS Silolt lo" 'has
slie 70 ~ .G"l iie ,, iIm"iI ne sweetness Vi
'iioii inoo''i'S Will oo ali ''ie greater lioln
having been so long deferred. How she will
caress and console him for all the troubles he
has gone through; her loving care shall make
him forget his hardships, and the sight of
his child shall soften the bitter memory Of
those other sons he has lost.
And llandzia, with smile i'm her eyes and
song on her lips, goes about in and outside
the dwelling house, directing and dispOsing
each household detail, so as wOrthily to well
come the beloved guest she expects.
And everything shines and beams as II in
joyful anticipation; never before had the
young oak leaves seemed as wildly green,
nor the newborn lambs as dazzlingly white,
nor the promise of the orchard as rich. And
never either had Ilandzia herself appeared
as lovely and as fair, for Joy is mighty
beautiter, and sets off wOman's fairness as
with golden crown.
Gayest and happieSt is little Sawka, who
with the buOyancy of youth revels in the
beauty of the day, in the sunshine, and in
his mothers smile, which he had not seen
for so long. Light footed as the wild fawn,
heis forever in motiOn-now racing over the
meadows in headlong chase after the lambs
and kids, now riding astride on the large
shaggy wolf hounds, now climbing aloft to
play hide and seek among the twisted boughs
of the gnarled oak trees.
OF sudden he comes running in breath