The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1888-03-03

rbs nrsad.and Butter Memsnts OF the
Auiusn Mind.

II IL astonishing how insenslble wo
sometimes are to tho most beautiful
or sublime spcctacles. Noble scenes
which at another time would inspire
the Imagination and thrill the heart
with n tumult Of emotion, now unfold
their glory before our unmOved eyes
and the humdrum thoughts plOd along
their accustomed way Travellers
know this phcnOmcnoi very we'll
Ely Cathedral lives in my memory rs
delicious vision # solemn loneliness;
bat whom my friends praise York
Minister. / hardly recall that was
ever there. This differences IL 10 Dc
ascribrd TO the fact that in York my
brain happened to De dough on putty.
for the time being. aud IN no respect
on the architecture II the minister /
remember that George Sand had this
experience in her voyage to Italy.
Bat the same phlegmaiic seizure
Ofton occurs 10 ~ ~ home and IN
familiar surroundings. Three nights
ago standing at my window. saw
the full moon rise sup;rbly through
low horizon drapory Of shadowcd
cloud-folds. and | said 10 m self: Let
ms go walk In the garden. aud drink
In the splendOr of this celestial spec.
iacle. So | sought my favorite pacing
ground. wide path from the round
bed 10 the elm tree running b.
tween lines Of stately cannas. There
had been purifying rain, and the sky
was dccpcned 10 It's most luslrous
dark, Tho soft billow-edges Of the few
flocccs. swimming over across The big
moon, caught, turn by turn, a faint
tingc Of halo colors. The moon was
dazzling. Who can believe that mere
sunshine. falling on mere rock and
sand will reflect such white
cold intensity Of lightP /
gazod intcntly on the binding
shield. rs If To compel it. TO seem
10 me what 1t really i3--the big globe,
rolling there. dizl IS unsupported in
In empty space. | said: That dis
tancc across the bugng disk Is about
that which the L cilic railroad trav-
crsos across our continent Let me
try TO imagine The little train full Of
earth inhabitants, creeping around
yondcr point OF shadow. and across
the bridgelcss nose of the man in the
moon" For an instant the conccp-
ton Of the globunr form aud the cnor-
nous bulk, swinging on is rounds.
almost touchc'l on the coniine, Of my
cxpcctant imagination; then Il ii away.
uns liable, and lcf but the sivcry
spot, stuck ihcrG inadcduatc-
ly against the blue ceiling. so ridicu-
lously noar that oycn the lighter clouds
pass behind, instead of before II, aud
vcnturous balloon might be capable Of
humping al any rash discharge
of ballast.
Then took mp my pacing back and
forth. The broad silvcrcd leaves II
the csnnas seemed 10 tloat motonlcss
IN the great food of light, aud beneath
zach hung its moiioalcss black shade.
Every shadow of every delicate bough
aud twig Of the beech and the elm was
lace; and bough and twig themselves,
less distinct and more ethereal
than their shadows. were only the
montally-conceivcd patterns, or Pla-
tonic ideas. of the lace. lowering above
IL in the air. What mysterious and
glorious night. and what sublcst aud
most cn'os ial dreams should throng
tho brain al such an honrl Back and
forth, to and fro. paced; aud what.
think YOU. were the sublime ideas |
found in my Lrain. ms | sud lonly be-
camc aware Of myself. after some min-
utes Of floating in that sen Of
twicc-disillod aud spacc-ravcrs-
ing radianccp was listening
with lively displcasuro 20 tho
fqucaking of my own new shoes. |
vas thinking. "Ilow can this intol-
orablc thing be cure ~ | was piclur-
ing In my Imagination the s1dul Gus
shoemaker anxiou1ly handling the
supcriutcgmcuts. and discussing with
me the possible ways aud means of
silcncing this music Of abandoned
soles | remembered that some one
had once recommended hypodcrmic
injection If pumice stone. As turn
cd from the shadow back into the full
flood of radiance. found my self won-
dcring whether the lea hcrn layers
would have TO be uns,il chod. or whether
any thing could be done with n gimlcL
saw that the whole magnificent
spectacle of the night was boing
wasted on such an insect n |. and that
tie most suitable scheme was 10 30 In.
gloriously To bed. ANantic Moathiy.