Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-17

happy experiment he had found unite pleasure with bust
and to gain the rewards of diligence, without suffering
fatgue He therefore, still continued walk for tme without the
least remission Of his ado that he sometimes tempted
the music Of the BIRDS whom the heat had assembled
in the shade and sometimes amused himself with uckng the
flowers that the banks either sde the that hung
upon the branches AT last the green path began decline from
its first tendency and wind among hills and thcke cooled with
fountains and murmurng with waterfalls Here Obdh paused
for time and began consider whether longer safe
sake the known and track but remembering that the heat
its greatest Violence and that the plain dusty
he resolved the path which he supposed only
make meanders, in compliance with the the
ground, andt end last in the road
Having thus Gained his octude he renewed his pace though
he suspected that he gaining ground This of
his inclined him hold every object give
every sensation that might sooth divert him. He listened
to echo he mounted hill for fresh prospect he turned
aside every cascade and pleased himself with tracing the
of gentle river that rolled among the and watered large
region with innumerabe ccumvoutons these the
hours passed uncouned his devatons had pepexed his
memory and he knew towards what point travel He stood
and confused afraid forward lest he should
yet that the lettering past While
thus tortured with uncertainty the sky overspread with
Clouds day vanished him. sudden tempest
gathered round his head He by his danger
quick and painful remembrance of his folly he how happ
when consuted he lamented unman
patience that prompted him seek shelter in the and
desped petty curiosity that led him trhe
While he thus rejecting the air grew backer clap
thunder broke his meditation
He resolved do what remained yet in his power;
back the ground which he had passed.
where the wood might open into the plain He Frustrated
himself the ground and commended his life the Lord
nature He with confidence and tranquility and pressed
with his sabre in his hand for the beasts the desert
motion and every hand heard the mingled hows
fear and avage and expiaton all the horrors the darkness
solitude surrounded him. the winds roared the woods and
the tumbed from the hills.
work'd into sudden rage by wintry show'r,
Down the steep hill the roaring pours;
The mountain shepherd hears the distant noise
Thus ororn distressed, he through the Wild
knowing whittier he going, whether
drawing safety destruction At length
but labor began him. his breath grew short
his tembled and he point lying down in
resignation to his fate when he behed through the brambe the
gmme taper He advanced towards the light and finding
that proceeded from the cottage of hermit he called humby
the door, and obtained admission The old before him
provisions he had collected himself which Obdah
with eagerness and gratitude
When the repas Tell me, said the hermit, "by
what brought twenty
years inhabitan the Wilderness which
Obiah related Journey with
any concealment paiation.
Son. said the hermit let the and oes the dangers
escapes this day sink deep thy heart Remember
that human life the journey day We rise in the morning
YOUTH vigor and full of expectation; forward with
and hope with gayey and with diligence
in the strait road OF py towards the mansions of In short
time and endeavor find mitigation
duty and some of obtaining the end
We then vgor and resolve longer be
distance but rely upon constany
approach what resolve touch We thus
bowers repose in the shades of security
heart soens and vigilance subsidies; then willing inquire
another whether
at least upon the gardens pleasure We approach
with cupe and hesiaon Them but
trembling always hope pass through them without losing
the road which for while keep sight
which propose But temptation succeeds temptation
and compliance prepares for another in lose the
happns. and soace dsquet with gra
cations By degrees let fall the remembrance original
intention quit the only adequate object of rational desire