The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-01-06


standing grass that Swayed with all
its handsome weeds around them
The box edging stood high in bushes,
and the slender hcllrics of many blue
bells speared through the tangled mass
But the rose trees Were every where.
The ground beneath was white with
early petals: and strong shoots peclir 9
from the wall locked across the thres-
hold. | brushed through them and
passed out. The place had rcgained
its magic: and the secret of it lay, |
found, in the relation OF all the luxuri-
ant life of nature to the forlorn desola-
tion Of the house Here man had been,
and was no more here. The silence of
the place was loud with him For the
rest. spring. summer. autumn. and Win
ter ll:.cd here and had their will The
powers OF nature had wrcsted it from
him, and the very ignorance and case
of victory were an index to the com
plcteness OF defeat saw il. as have
seen the coming of that first wave. so
bio and uncnnrrrm"l. hat leaves the
little chi!h,> >;trl-r.>;.p pli IL. leach 4
sliding. obiitrratri heap.
Wandering on. stepped in and ont
e q 81 a..
me rs went. Then heard the womai,
following.
'Wonld you like to see one OF the
o'l gentleman's writing books" she
said. Il IN nothing OF Il Scholard my
self: And there's i WAY. sir. rs you'll
find easy enough, out Of the garden,
now the paling's fallen away. For IN
stepping off home myself, and must
take the key with me
| had seen bench stifcd with ivy
againt wall Going now towards it,
| took the bool, with ne. and opened
it on my knee.
| found myself rcalin" the journal
OF Jacob Tredennis:
Wng Is, lS-.-W hen the stars fall,
many are carried in their train.
Nay 22-Is it not conceivable that,
on losing our kinship with Humanity,
and not having altogether our being in
the Outer World, we may be Nowhere!
TO me. at least, it seems so.
Ja"c But. if they had not wished
to fall. need they lave fallen? If |
could only understand,
June ii remember it distinctly.
In the early hours of Il simmer morn
ing ! met 4 company OF men and womt n
coming towards me over the Downs.
No sooner did | see them than knew
them to he truant stars. knew this
hy the bcaminy in their faces and tl.eir
long yellow hair They seemed to
number seven and nine; but Of this |
had no clear knowledge ut the time.
Only | felt great fortune WAS mine in
meeting them, and my heart beat
thickly as they spoke to ne.
From very far have we COME and
it seemed 20 me as if they spoke to-
gether From far have we come to
look upon this earth: for many years
have we gazed on it where we iimcG
the heavens We have seen the b: Owl,
earth change into the green; the green
burn to the dusky red and gold And,
as with many eyes We watched, we
have seen the earth still in its shroud
of white. We have heard the rushing
of great rivers. laid like silver cords
upon the earth. And many ages have
we seen our slc.trd Image in the Sea
We know the myriad towns man has
placed upon the earth. and the great
winged ships in which he walks upon
the deep. And the sound of his great
prayers has risen past us to his gods.
through the unchanging heavens.
Then said we. We will see this
creature Man We will 90 down and
visit the green earth: and we will see
more nearly the pale seas.
n
yo domn.
And he skies looSrd us. And we
fell . We are stars.
Then it was that saw they stood
upon the grass. and it bent not beneath
the weight of their bare feet And my
heart stood still for the crooked white
ness of their faces and the gleam in
their long hair.
Tell u.s. they cried (and my heart
became thin. and the night wind seemed
to blow within iD: tell us why this
earth is not as we have seen it from
the skies! Is it not the same as the
Heavenly Eyes sec:
eve know the harvest fields rs they
shine white. beneath the cold etlulgence
of the moon. And now we see them
made OF heavy gold; forever swaying
in Il great Unrest.
1--WE look for the blue seas whose
foamy crcsts rise to the battle when
the great winds shout: and now it
seems to us most bitter and gray
Dun-colored, sad, and filled with Home
loSSnesS.
The sands to lis were rs the west
ern skies when the long sumner eve
nings. green and cool, Iinyrr and min
gle with starry dusk. But now We
see that they are otherwise
For they are mnny and little, wit