The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-15
Marble Hall.

Marble Hall.
Away up in the widest regions of the
,ouessee mountains, spending my va
Bou among scenery as grand and pic
,.soue as mother nature has ever
w able to construct, in the beautiful
I'd Of the Sky, made famous by Grad
III stories of life and nature. Swift
and has nothing more wonderful to
resent to the eye of man. To drive
hrough such country is a treat rare
\ the man possessed of a soul, very
Isuiration for the gods to covet. Here
bgers mountain peak that is simply
wful in its sublimity. To the other
lie slopes valley so peaceful, so sweet
J its primeval simplicity, SO dreamy
Id 50 sad that it fills one with a
rsnge, indescribab BILE pathos-a sort of
buHul yearning after something unde-
hed and unattainable-a sense of that
sep love with which nature inspires
b children-suggesting something of
Y sentiment in those dear old lines of
tunyson's:
Bn,k, break, break ON thy cold gray stones,
OF sea,
1.-THE tender grace Of day that is dead will
never come back to me-"
There is calmness, a restfulness
bout 1t ali that reminds one sadly of
y forgotten dreams of childhood, or
Eethat passed away and was buried
the heaven of the hallowed long ago.
Fesming thus as am driven leisurely
bng, a tear, not from the heart, but
on the soul is awakened within me,
pen am aroused from my reverie by
scream of wildcat far up the
Psgea mountain-side. Twilight is
|nng on, and twilight in the Tennes.
tmountains is a picture that no mas
painter could ever hope to put on
nns. Turning my gaze in the direc-
mot the scream am looking upon a
enc that tells what was in the soul
lennessee's sweetest poet, Will T.
le' when he wrote:
edwss loving Tennessee when fashioning her
Als"
Fls sublimity's own self before me-
asscrbed and indescribable. For
naFeds OF feet above me ascend those
almost perpendicular slopes, Gov
" mammoth forest trees-the
w OF the ages. 1t is one work of
'afe which man has not yet been able
'slace or destroy. The forest has
lustnow taken on it's autumn dress
green and gold, red sumac is dotted
ana there, like jewels set on the
S'ol dying summer, the rhododen-
are blooming everywhere, and
Y all the fading sunlight hovers
'snaio. 1t is wonderful scene
4ssrlul beyond compared The birds
'A'erlng their evening anthem by
'sSslde, and just below the road a
'A0untain stream is dashing and
sS herrlly along, making music
~ Jest, half in earnest, it's water as
- 'oe conscience of a saint and as
q charity. We are passing a
a'aln farmhouse, and such houses
e-these homes of the Tennessee
l'alneer We have passed them all
~ag' and they are the only objects
~, s' glorious mountains that grow
u 'puous' Each is an exact copy of
Ief, One may have a few trees
y the yard, or vine of another
i. s'0ssom over the door, or differ
.v'ea dog in the yard to bark at
ars 'e'er as he passes, but such
NJ are about the most striking
III syseo' They are miserable little
kSs. a's with chinked cracks, UNI
.ueo and unadorned. with
Nh. "ilnin, primitive, extremely
~, Their occupants are simple.
II. ss. sturdy mountain folk, who
NJ mule here below-and come
IN getting it. If they ever l
mi ."e great world beyond them, {
NJ uream, and passes away as j
NIL 10y spend their lives in simple t
soli' make and drink and sell s
ID, f..l dew" and pass hence i
" Nj liners at the close of life's lit t
Inora aen they are buried and are a
hi tbs ' wi.nout having known and
orro,ss n'tec and frivolities and sin
sshoss u civilization. They pitch t
nusem,a instead of playing football, !
sA.bonSsn' and go to their humble
~. Tb ss % worship, instead of to 2
asy cau as :, sould not ride a bicycle, !,
as hs ss ride a bnc!sing steer down :
qhss ny without a Thought of :
snow neither Latin nor !