The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-03-16

1 was at Escondite Cottage. After being
ushered to nv room L found relief in TAX
ing a good bic cry.
If the walk had not been so far very
slight occasion would have been sufficient
to put me back on the road to my
mothers freside. Six weeks elapsed
before my sadness took its flight, and |
grew accustomed to the surroundings
which had Impressed me like desert.
The very silence now began to charm me,
to be in itself blessing, and l found
peculiar pleasure in trying to read the
secret nature keeps.
The trees and shrubs had lost little of
their freshness, and the many evergreen
trees which grow so tall and stately. fairly
MARBLE with songs of the birds that had
preceded me and found homes in this land
OF sunshine. The dry, yellOws fields soon
proved quite picturesque background 10
the general surroundings, and it was quite
a novelty to me TO pluck fresh. ripe figs
and pick grapes in vineyards of bushy
grape trees, such as l had never seen
before. We enjoyed these fruits till the
lst of November,
The weather? Well it was, and is simply
wonderful. The four seasons seem COM
bined in each tweuty-tour hours. The
mornings with their heavy logs seem like
spring. Mondays sunshine brings us
summer. The sunset brings us autumn
and the nights so cool, famed by the sea
breeze, brings VS. winter.
| am told that the winters vary greatly
here. The one OF 1889 and 1890, it is said,
was very disagreeable. The rains began
the first of October and it rained nearly
every day till the first of May. While 1t
never thunders or lightens. cit never
rains without it pours" and enough OF
the good thing is too much.
This winter has been extremely mild.
Nov. | we had our first rain and
Nov. Is the second, and it has generally
rained about two days every two weeks
The winters are much colder than | ex-
pected. During the short days that we
don't have much sunshine the days are
quite damp and cool and we enjoy
steady fires and double blankets
at night. Though the flowers bloom the
year around, l believe they become much
harder here because of the cool nights.
We had several frosts that would have
blasted the flowers at home. Yet the roses,
geraniums, heli0tropes, fuchias, in fact
nearly ell flowers, bloom out the year
around. Gala lily blossoms grow as large
as dinner plates. As soon as the rains
began the grass began to grow, ana at
Christmas the ground was carpeted with
green and flowers blossomed everywhere.
We could have grand holiday reunion
here. Come all OF you next year. Won't
you?
At present this world is one bower of
flowers. 1t Is strangely beautiful to see
roses, spring beauties. butter cups, peoples
and DAISIES all blooming at once. Every
thing looks beautiful. l can hardly real
ize that we have had any winter at all.
Did | hear some one say are You
happy? Well, yes, try TO be
Sometimes ] think | would gladly forsake
all the scenery TO gaze once more into the
faces OF those | love, and old friends. My
health is much better here, and true, per
feet, interrupted happiness is neither
found in the far East, nor in the Jar West.
The world with its vices, misconstructions
and Misunderstanding is every where
creeping into our lives 10 mar this happi-
ness. Perfect happiness is only found in the
soul, in God, in Christ, in heaven. Though
this land is most beautiful, it is pleasant
to think there is one still more beautiful
For it is written, 1--we hath not seen, nor
ear heard, neither have entered into the
heart of man, the things which God hath
prepared for those that love Him." May
We all meet in that home where partings
come no more, is the wish OF your friend
"SAPPHo."
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