HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Sentinel, 1877-05-25, Page 10THE FAWN. '
T 1 i c1oe down beside the rivtr, -
-My bow well strung, well &lied my quiver.
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The god that dwells among the reeds
bang_swettly frenatheir -tangled bredes.
:The soft-torgned water murmured low,
Swinging theflag leaves to and
. -
!icr
Beyond the river...told on fold, •
The hills gleamed through a film of gold.
.• -
The featbery osiers 'Waved and Shone;
Like tinier thread in tangles blown.
"A`bird,:fire-winged, with _ruby
throat,.
Down tue slOw, sleepy wind did float
. -
._ And and flit and stray along,
A
• -ve, 1 flame of song, _
_ • .
A-vvhite and isle inidniosl the stream
Lay sleeping by its shoals of bream.
_ . . •-.
In -lined poors;'alert and calm; t.
'Great bass through lucent circles swam, .
4 Tc;a farther by a -rnvhy brink -- • ---
. A shadirs 7 l'E.wn stole down to dank.
Where tall thin birds unbaiar.ced stood
In sandy shallows of the flood.. • .
And what did I beside the river, - •
With bow w ell strung and well-filled quiver.?
- I lay quite still, with half-closed eyes,
Lapped id a, dream of Paradie, •
- .
FaErntil ileard'a bow cord ring, •
• '.r..,And from the reeds an arrow sing.
licw quickiy brother's merry shout, •
Fut my-siveet eunnter•-drom to rout'
,
ktif*-not what bad been his luck.,
1! well er ill kn sha:t had struck,
_
But Up I sprang,' my how half -drawn;
With keen desire to slay the fawn.
-
Where was it then f Gone hie my dream !
I oniy heard the fish -hawk screaut. • -
And the strong,' striped bass leap up,
Beide thQ hi s floating cup.
I only felt the -cool wind gp • •
'Across my- face with ste..dy.flow
I only saw those thin birds stand
'Unbalanced'on the river sand
_ ,
• Low peering at Acme dappled thing'
-In the green rustics quivering.
-Harper's Magazine •
-"Mk SON VICTOR
s
"Ah, indeed from •Virginia ! "An F. _
fsuppose ? Some of those old Virginian
.- families, Are charming -good Stock. And
- What is, the matter andel- consideration this
Morning,. Mte, Dana?" .He looked at his -
watch meantime; and continued: "-1- have
• an engagement with - my sonto go. to the
_ExhibitiOd to -clay. .-It is too outrageously
loppreisikelo undertake anything fatiguing; .
‘, but -he insists upon -my going; -pays, it's. the
coolest - place in the State, and that I have
..-yet to see the best "part of tne fair. by
seeing the picnicking in Lansdowne, .and
drinking'froni a certain_ _spring of delicious
water there. 1 suppose you and Miss Eleanor
gooften? • .
"Yes, quite often, since MiesStone2caine._.
• She -is so low-spirited; we. ;were trying
to
toeheer her up _again: We were intend-
ing to go to -day, but _I- have been put into
*inch a state of feeling by a - scandal that
has just come to light that I feel unfit foraoy-i-..
thing." • . • • • ;
• " Seandal !"- echoed the lawyer.- "It is
• :rather an Unusual time of the .year for a
scandal, with. everybody' leaving toviii for the
Country."
-"Nevertheless, it has happened; - and I .
vfould. like to -give, You the facts, and to have
your advice for the poor moiler of this.
wayward girl:: Imagine,- Mr. Brooks, if you
- can, a lady with a daughter -two daughters;
for that thatter--Mbving in the highest circle
• -Of:society„: Onthis daughter in particular
.she has lavished all that care and nionek
could bestow, and now :She discovers, that
this girl has been carrying on a, septet
•
correspondence - with r a man -meeting him
privately, unknown to her mother; at appoint-
ed. times and•piaces. Now, what should the
la.dy clo?" . •
!" repeated Mr. Brooks. . I dan't"-
- see as she can de anything at all., if it is a
'.1ove4ffair, she had. ,better let it alone: To
- interfere in such a matter is only *aggravate
But how did the mother .find out atrut
this secret relation?" - ' -
"BY -a letter that accidentally foil into
her posseseien. _ Ithegged her to let me have
it, as I -wished to Consult you about it. It
is one of those strange things- .never tobe
accounted for. • My friend was very indul-
gent to her daaighteiclaughterand, if
the fellow was :respectable and - her equal
- in - pesition, there was no earthly reason'.
- for secrecy in the .acquaintance, so. far .
-
as one knows. Oh, r do .- so - pity my poor
1- friend! Only t� think- if it had .been -my
• - daughter !'.* -
"Perhaps- *Your' friend exaggerates the
-
•
ma• tter. - I would like ' to see the -letter if
permit." - -
• Mrs. Dana tremblingly drew it ftora the
envelope, keeping the -letter in let hand. -
Her lawyer adjusted. his glasses, and, as he
teadthe note, a.qUeet expression passed.over
•Ifs face, -
"'Now- madam," he continued "if you
will let me see the address on.the envelope,
• ..I think. I 'can throW some 'lighon this mys-
tery."- . - - •
;" Oh,..ho* can you ask that ?" exclaimed
-
Mrs. Dana; exeiteclly. "I -could never think
.
of betraying the name jzst my friend.-, But
what do you think of that letter?"
"1 don't see anything in it to make such.
an ado over. The note may not be froni
a man at all, and, if it is, need- not fieces--
•_ Ism* rilea,iianytliihg disreputable.. _ Young
people will have . their :nonsense -their
• privacies.". . -
"Not necessarily such as that-,
• that is ;disgraceful. . Moreover, it ?and be -
something very bad; for the girl -the young
lady's mother tells Me-ladrepresented to
. her that a note brought by the same mes-
senger as this the. night before came from
a beggar- a poor • -man- with a: starving
- family." •
•- . Yes,: yes, -quite likely, Mrs...Dana ;. but
- let Me see _te name an'the envelope."'
."Itapcssible It seems to _me like Un-
pardonable :presumption for you to ask it..
• I had hoped to And you .syMpathizing With
the poor mother, when,on- the -eontraty,
you rather : :Uphold the daughter.No,
no! I would die.- sooner_ than reveal the
. ..
name of this _filend -.who confided - her trait -1i
tame."' : i ' t: ''.'t , . 4 . ::- '
•/Mrs Dinailia&--,grown 1 Very' 'excited -- ad,
rising from her chair, began_ pacing. up- and.
. down the tooth.- .- The puzzled aniusemen 1
-on the lawyer's face only Served to increaSe 1
her anger:. :-Seeiog ' that his -. client was --i
no mood. to -transact' business, he, too, altos
too. .- . : . - I • -; :..:. ' - - I
' Then - you'll - -net .. let '''-nie See,. the ail.:
velepe ?"1 he t still pleaded,. gocid-huthoi- '
erlly. . 1- , ;-! '.. , .,- -1 . • - l- .: - "... '
.: "Noll she thundered -:" -a - .thous. ncl i
.-tini"eYs entbyr' well, ';..,Madani,1h.e rePliecl-,:- --graifel;. 1"
"1 had thought you would trust me -enough i
. for that."1 . Then, looking, down at the carpet,.
. he added: "1 think I-- know the. handwriting
-of that note -,- and if --I : am not Very ' much'
nustakeni.I know upon. what - youing man's
table
table-liei-the pen with Which ' those words
were -written., . Ibid you.... goocirmorning,
- madam ;" and, i. without.' further: ceremony,
he withdrew.- • ' - - t .
, - , -
He had scarcely .. more _than taken ' his
leave when the:merry *Ace of Eleanor ran
in the hall:-'-•-•'-
- " Good7inorning,',..P.apa.Brookei,""_:(she had
alwayscalledhim -that) ;.. "I'm _cemingto
' See you, although minima "-by. this time
. she had entered the tooth, and, 'Seeing Ino-
ledy but her mother-" why, where is Papa
Breaks- ? ! And here . I have • brought . Mar-
garet to hear him say, - 'My ion Victor,'-
But -whatis the 'matter, matramA9- You look
.1 - • , . - ' " ti - , ,
- oideed you do look. perfectly. crivpp/t Did
,[ 1
t
Papa Brooks bring news that out bank 'las
failed; that we are beggars -decayed mis-
. . - I." [
• tberata 17 ; . . - ! ' . - : . 1 -
1 As the Word. "beggars" slipped her tongue;
Papa _Brooks had heard all about it--- -Wihat
lealicti. herself ; began to quake,: [Pethaps
'she had said of him anctlis soli in Fairmount
-Land had Conte brimful of wrath - tOcOnlmn-
- 1. , f ,
'41 -her wagginglittle tongue.
nicate it to her Mothet: The thought Chick-
. I "-NO loss ohnoney,!' groaned the 1 -mother,
"but a greater leis -the loss of honor!:' . A
shameful scandal has cone to light --in our.
circle Of society; too."
- " Seandal !" breathed Margaret, -surprised.
looking anxiously at her hastese.- ' L
Only a . scandal, • •manimai r, e4anniated.
Eleanor. thought fromthe expression
. of your 'face that something extfaotclinary
had occurred. A scandal is an every -day
affair; and I see- no reason why you Should
sOtake to heart What io no wise -concerns ns
- personally." • -
"Alas, one never .knows when dishonor-
. will strike at one's own hearthstone! -- To
think that a young lady reared in the Most
carefuland loving manner, of the highest
social
sncial distinction, . should be guilty of
- • r
carrying on a secret intimacy -have appoint-
ed times and placesofmeeting I Of course •
my daughter would never be.guilty 4:7 Bich
thing !"
Certainly, Eleanor would never do that,"
said Margaret; quietly. "1 don't under-
stand,how a.ny self-respecting girl could do.
snah a thing.
" Oh of course Eleanor Would not be guilty
n air of
'of such a thing! She never deceives her
mother. She never could wear a
mnocence--pretenting to be ammo to fautL
arid yet at the same time be engaged in a
disreputable intrigue. Oh, no no I and yet
a girl of her own station of lifehasdale this;
'of -one-
]
, y
claimed. theou ri
and, in a 'circle lilie:-ours, the shame
disgraces us all;.:„..*;F
mamma
t on, earth ails
e ghter, ' throwing herself
gayly eii- •- her nees before her inOther. '
' you' spea,k in riddles=you• are more nays-
. tetiousand awful than " an old. Greek- sibyl,'
It is all a Jfeue..fnene teed uptiarshr, to . me,
most august _parent 1- "Deign -. to explain . to
year most -Curious- audience - of two. : A.
;daughter of Virginia- and A scion of the blue
bliieblood
d of the Quaker City await." . .
: r, Oh, what hypocrisy there is : in this
-
World I" groaned. Mrs... Pane,. .-_ " bisftiintia- .
tie* Where we least expect! I pUPpo,se this
yetung woman who has disgraced -herself
and. her -circle; `- and filled. her - mother's
. heart- With ;shame and anguish, could. wear -
an equal air of innocence! Alia that, for
t -
the low pleasures .... of. a :_. disgraceful
intrigue, a • secret e correspondence,,- - - one _
slibUld be willing ' to barter 'so-. muck -to
hazard-. all !",--; : - . -
' 1" Well ! .. well! . - well Sighed- E eaner,„
rising ' to. her feet, -arid:passing' her hand
slowly across .het forehead. "If - mamma
had read. .us .a• lecture in the language -
of .Zoraster I-. should ..haVe . comprehended
it - no less: Are You sure you are not -marl,
, ./ • 1- ..
mamma? If Papa Brookshas turned your -
. brain, I'll--!" - i
.' f` Oh, torture !" • ejaculated - her . mother; .
-- wildly.,7---" Forgive nie; Margaret; but ;this
dreadful affair has nearly distracted me; and;
Eleanor's frivolity, considering* the circuin- -
stances, is intolerable I"-
- The two girls llooked at each ether.. in
amazement, • 2 and then Mrs ' Dana whci had.
. .
buried her face in her hanclitercnief. Finally
Eleanor spoke:
!f Since mamma has turned into an inex-l-
plicable mystery, I suppose eur plans for the .
day Will be given' up; - and; until she removes '
her mask,- I think We had better returntothe ,
garden, Margaret."
- ' Mts. Dana waved her: hand toivaict . the
_L
door, as if to give indorsement to - the. leak!.
.-seetion, and the two girls passed out to Use
'and wonder over the strange event t of . the
* morning. I . . . _ . . .. - 1
-. 1
After the young ladies had. left. her, .14,..
Dana_ sat for a long : time it reverie: Eleanor's .
unconstrained manner and .air of innocence
perplexed. her: . There was -a Mistake 'some-.
where, or her daughter was a most bonsionate -
actress. : 'At length she rang the bell again
for her maid.-... ; . ' ' I ,...
Have you any idea, Jane,' she _began,
.
holding up her two hands, making the letter
A Of mutes, "where the messenger came.
r OM
who brought that nate this morning? You
-sair he has-been here before., Po you remem-
ber who sent lini then ?"/_•-, ,
Oane, stood silently -thinking for a time. •
- fc_ I think, Ma'am," She said slowly,
"that he said mice,. 'Here is. a- 'package -for -
Alia Dana With..dir.-. Brooks's compliments.'
: Yee, r fed sure he was .the one -7-a -colored
man, you kriow;'! .. -.: • 7 . .. _ - --, .
, "A colored -man ? NO, I 'didn't know that.
I, wonder if it emild be.Jerry ? If he conies
_
again, Jane; be sure and let tie kiloW' it be- .
fore he gets -awaY.i" .- 2 _ ,,.. '-' .' -1
Upon reviewing her interview with her
lawyer, Mrs. Dana to feel- a `Seise. Of
remorse at her treatment Of him. --Surely,
So true A friend • as he had been for , years
would not betray her Confidence - and: if her
. . . . , , ,
daughter.hadreally.an .acquaintance with- a
person which for any reason whatever she to keep secret, who else could. be ea
Ar,
_.f.
safe
• .1.: '
e, ve lie *recogniied the hand -wilting; . Ami
..__
Jan elt - Sure. that the same 'Messenger . he
e p Yed,had, also -brengut thOse notes. to
Ele or:,-,--.Puttink - these --things _together,
ha cetild she infer?
.,$1 1 ly. trying to fligl a dile to the truth,
like flash the suggestiori--.•CaMe into her
1
mind: -. "What if it is his - !son Victor?' -Wlict
no 9 .! -What other handwriting Should he
a once so quickly ." recognike ti- Why - else -
heal he .1 have -_ defended. the .f,,girl ? - And,
hen, tee, probably 4 -the very treat:ion why
leanor lad talkedSesatirica4 of young .
an..1'was -tor kill._ -the„ more effectually -. any --
i_ . . v , 1
uspi ions that might arise. , 1
. 1
i
.1 ,...1
apia
ibid
• ebret
,• ere i
- f
••e ma ried.the better, Fall' of this thought -
, . , _ 2
he resolved to send a note „to her lawyer,
,
•
ield ,,2ing for her rudeness in the . morning,'
nd aeking him to call again during the day.
i least ,she -would find out if the truth lay in
• 4
hat - irectiee:.--- . i .. :
,MeaYitiiiie Papa Brooks had "rieturhed
hen yally home: - .-
Ous . notes to A gni.. Who can she be? he.
!
' T at ra,scal Victor is up to. Something
o he said -lo. hirnself-``Writing 1 anony-
I '
ouldlbe- a happy, day if I' Caald; see him
i
y doi!' He ought to be Married . and it
ring' bine kbridelike_Eleanor. Dana. I've
he inside track of this affair. _ The sly fox,
'11 elini wince !" -
Afte, - reaching home, he Went! straight to
OA'S ore, and, after A vigorottsJi•" qume in:"
• ;response taali.is knock, Mr.. Brooks entered
my s n Vi6tor'-s" -sane_tum. -. .
l' W 'II, this is a Very eppressiVeMerning;
y son," - began the father, pouring out a
-A lass 0 lice.;water., _ "1 begin to feel that the •
I eats 0 guirimer ' as well as the snows of
il liter ,ell onmy old body.. I''. suppose at
1 '
iki
y age. a- fellow can't safely count .on ,many
itiore years of life.: After all, I conclude "-
eatingeraself; and -vigorously plying ,his
[abii-le , f.---" that there's but One more thing.
' .1this life far me to 'See:"
" Ari i. what's that, fatlieril- 3.7ou seem' to
and wisely taken into confidence and
el
as Mr.. lifOrtka •?\TJ1en, toe, he -
•this possibility -in her mind, She very
arrived. at the. conclusion that Mr.
Brooks andher daughter were
in love, and that the Sooner they
reed to „publicly acknowledge it and
a
a
in a aespoient Mood .this merning,"- ob-
rived the young man. . , . ' ' =. '
" Well, that, to some straight to the point
d not, beat_ abeut the bush, is ,to. See you
arid: lis high_ time. _ Here yeuS.re, nine-
cl-tw lity, getting to,. be 'a -confirMdd old
ch! Thc one thing needful:" for yOu, - my
n is wife."• ' - • ' ! • -
f I suppose, father,''answered - Victor,
iihng,i1" that a wife 'istobe selected And
proprihted like a piece Of merchandise; I
I i •
di bee
king!'
T1•sS.
dies;
4. an
t at ma
laboring under the impression that
wife was rather: a hazardous -bun-
his world is full Of charniing young
at after a` few yearStheY all'idisap-.
are seen :no more -so r- I conclude
iage traasforms• them into common -
ace, and indifferent women." 1
'1 Alt 1(insense, My: Boa t Your. conclusions
e not worth a picayune Fine !girls' Make
etwoMen-if they're not spoiled .by their
sbancli. _ girl who has had the right sort
home-firaitung and camps of good. stock is _
l-ikelY to become a Stapict. idiot t- he -
too -
mit she is married:" , •
"But hew is a- fellow to know -whether: a -
has: had the right - Sort .of. honte4rainin2?
e sees
• erent
ows
his he
•
er only itt what may be called the -
venues' of society, and.. he • inevor
ether _she combs her own hair,
own stockings, is an angel in, the
ktroom, et can da anything better than to
1 ,- - - - 1
ine and.gleam a brief moment like ,a tire -
Then there are Shallow creatures ; they
ver go to the bottom of anything,- and, -,; for -.
acily-going companionship and 'era/ society, -.
wohld: ; ther. have any 'three books I Can
ke! clovr frein these shelves than all the
Men I ia,v-e ever known: ' 7 Btit-- then" -
d. he el 1 wly arose -aod,wallied to a WinclOW
"but t eii.I know -Very few :ladies; and :
-
judgment may be erroneous. 1,YolirS is
u questionably 'Much _better; and 4a. you': have
cpite a elfetilele among the fair sex,- you Ought
td be abler ta-select the . kind of victim you
* 'u' ;:t 1Xj-44--n
.f-6roa4ethat 4tughiej.0u14_ :' isiit;Iiii' tel a T ;
t e most charming girl in the world. -theme ,
OWn, her since she Was a child.; 1. Shelia a
tie:Ian. he harum-scarum order, but: the
ist 1 hear't, and. the brighteet, ' .. Sunshiiiiest
a,tiire in Philadelphia.- 1 -I'd -be i. the
I 1
old - churl in Christendom if
e -here . and -brighten. UP _thia old -
asbeen gloomy enough since 'your
cl; If you could only -marry' het,
son ! _ .. : ,
-'What's her name, father ? ' .•,- ,
" Iianai4-- Eleanor Dana; her mother is one
My eli4its; - 'I'd haye this old house fixed
0 er into a perfect paradice ; you could ii -O- off.
a 1vieddiog4tip to Europe, Asia, land.
rica; -ifou liked, And the- house _ be all
have
dy for , you •on your return. - But lymi
tildlia m to be bettertoher than you have
n to me-notthat I've any fault to find;- .
oi y, -g I .ver. Caught you trying to pullthe
w ol over her eyes as you do ' over mine. --• I
w 1 aldn't-atend that, sit! you'd very soon
h nk lYoUrfather had. turned. into -the typical
mi ther-iollaw." _ • - - . .: •.. - - . =A .
'' - l" Probably -the -angelic Eleanor would her -
elf furnish-- that article !" ; - ' : I. --• . . ...1, I -
.. So shemaid, son, and ...as. fine a one as
r liied,laitlioagli. she and I had an " an-
asanthei s ' this morning. 'Plenty. Of the
nients in her,
but I like 'Spirit, _ and Miss
"et is 'not c 2 d the angelic tribe sir. t. I
.i f. I . - '1
a ays fightthy: of your .angelio creaturee. I .
e mint -Once onmy mutton - -But madira
mother, was on her high- horsethis mato-
_
li
,b
PPiestr
,d.t .
s e leo
ct'n, that
itherdi
Of
- it Les T' op . Freres; .have Our siesta: in
o
: L inidawn 1 and Came home 'only time for
' " is rneP,T137 eleven . now; - -we. will lunch
er vp-.1 ,theSOD-looking at: is watch.
W_ e.„11father, ft is .tinie .we were off,"
''' '' .11' •2-
ii net,- I . .-.
M1* hours -after, as they were seated 1011
, ebrtencd.1 y the " charniing nook,"- Victor
e a
•i- - i
By -the -way,"- father, - you were saying
. ir, - : - ' - - ... , - ...= -
go ethmgaDOUt,E111,ImpleasantnessiWitnjnre.
• -]
V tia this.inorhingt -I. hope. nothing serious
; no iirreelf.'L - - . -- . •
'',Well„, as to that, I don't know! A *0-
's- a • woman, . and _there's no accounting .
a herWhims. .She's get a clue to what she.
OR, IS aisdandal; that a -daughter ofa friend -
so: she represents ithas been holding A
se- rep ;correspondence With.* fellow, -making
ani keeping -appointments . with 'him; - etc.-,
Mil that the affair had come to the inother's
k'owledgelby One of the lover's nates -falling
in st. the mamma's hands. Mrs. Dana had
t „ncite in her possession, and - allowed Me
tie se it. The moment I - saw the hand-:
..1 . -.
-writing I recognized
-here the father glance
!idta, sI envelope, begged ggt thought,
1 tua ot
and; becauseI,pnehed
took the young lady's
:cited.. -SO I -Came aWa
to -subside. But.I im
lady will havela -hard_
anonymous, whieliTh
kini-wiandit seems, t
onethe evening liefore
ger, the girl had xepreS
gingletter---sotnething
donbtedly it is a .-1O,
finest ting at-Baily's
eni 4cs rn oee:Iodnasss bf4ia:re :s6 ..borenieentso-?,
To the two fairly
t:Lso thfriki' (an
sharply at the Son
• t incseethe address
his she .persistently
ii easehably refusea1
y request, and rather
art, she got very ext
4teeo
i.1 leftl -ihnirt 6rii.;
ibt:tdo beg-,
Y°
nted
that . in receiving:
-ifiT the sithe niessen.J
that sort. Di&
tearff:ifs, fnbotitn, eiefdulo
"
fellow is concerned.
ighted; he'd bui,the
ne set all around with
"And is it permisi
lelloWniai3r'rbe? - This
:scandal observed th
air of mdifierence,
"The Old fellow, -si
would say, papa Broe
•
"Well, father," laii
"your , suspicion* m
..vidua-1S in whoin you.
interest!" '
"Exactly; but sis
and, PI a lawyer; 1 in
velopments. By-the-
rick,k, -My son! Just th
. I imagine th
making- in Lansilawn
ta aek_Whathis ol
rather an interesting
son, _ with an assumeck,i
isasMissEleanor
_T, • - „ •
ea' Victor,
st fall on two indi-
ve More than common
- -
kiwis are suspicions,
St await, further de -
,ay, this is a charming
0 v
ace for an appoini
..80111e little love -
Ho* to
Va.' Long..
Theldesiire far th of days seems to
have .been far greater in thin- es .past than it 14
now. With a vie*, 'best° wing some timely
hints on 0n-r-aetive glen, who are
rushing on it, pursuit of riehes " regardless of
the exhaustion of th
faculties, our eontein
-.,Sle• publishesa leng
we condense the fell°
rlphysical and mental
otary the New York
y article, fronk which '
g ,
Nearlyall the pr • cipal writers on lon-
gevity are agreed th ihninan- beings may,
under the most favor ble .conditions, li-ve.-to
a hundred, - and sev' rar have recorded in
Stances of persons re cht,Tings -A much greater*
age I, but the inatanc s.given do _not in any
• _case satisfactorily. 'b. at rigid examinatiOn.,
Hifelancl, public lect _ er at Jena, who pub-
lished a work On Ion eVity- in the laet cen-
tury; thus describes' he31 ro,hae
the prospect of Lang v:
He has A well prop
out; however, being
of the middle. slie, a.
His complexion is no
too much-tucklines -1
of lopgevity. Hair4
fair than to the.blic
but not rough, •*, His
-He has large' veins' a
his. sheiilders are -rat
neck is not too long;
jectand his • hands
..
• et -ion -ea -Stature, with
(*tall.: -. He is ratk
d. Somewhat thiek4let,
ton titikid-Lat any rate,
youth is seldom A sign
•proaches rather to the
!his- skit ',is strong;
-head'-..ie licit too. big,
the extremities, and:.
er round than flat; his
his belly- does not pro-
-reL large but not too
'deeply cleft. His fokis rather', thick. and
.. long; and his lege. -are :firth and tonna. H
has also -a =broad ;Claes and-strang 'voice, an
-.the faculty of-retaini gIis breath fora Ion'
time without:diffical y..,- „Iti general there i
-complete harmony ii _ . all his parts.' .. Iii
l -: . l
:senses are good„, but- not 'tali delicate 1 ,Iii
pulsekii slow anct reg - lat.' .. His appetite- i
good„ and hisdiggition.-easy, He has no
too much thirst --!whidliii always a Sign 'o
1 rapid self-consumPti ;ffis" " PaSsith-s --.11eVre'
,become t00 violent cr- destructive. . If l'
gives wayto anger, he ,experiehces a glo
-of warmth without an Coi-erflowitig.of thegali
%. particularly Cit
ble speculations -is .
Nature -and.-:domesti
after either honors 9-
B: thought of . to -mor
He lilies employM
rneditatjen and agree
optimist, friend
riches, and banishes •
row. This power of s• amslaing anxiety. h
-an immense deal tq, with longevity.:
But foul and deadl as the expired air i
Nattire;1 wisely 'econa ical itt all her work..
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and,ways, turns it t good account. in it
outward passage thro ghthe•otganeof_Voice
and -makes it the whi per oflove, the sof
words of affection,-tb. tender tones of huma
_
sympathy, the 'aweet -at-strains of ravishinj.
music, -the persuasive eloquence of the finiii
ed oratOr.• . • .
If a Well made -Ma be
_
e extended 011 - th
ground, his his- ail at ight angles with tlid
body, a circle, Makin -the navel its ceotrel
will just take iii, the -- ead; the finger.ends
aocl feet, .
. The distance from 0p Jo toe is :precise -1
-the Bailie as that bet eh the tips Of the -fin4
gers when the Arms a e.extended.
The length of'the..• rdy is just, six time..
that of the foot; k the ,-distanoe, 'from.
the &lie of thelait-d , theforeheadto the
end of the chin is One tenth the length Of the
whole stature: - - -
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Of the sixty-two pr Mazy -elements -know
In Nature, only eight en. are found in the
human body, and ?I t i 0e, seven are metallic.
Iron is found in the - bphosphorus in the
brain; -lim.estone -t Calle ; :lime in the
bones; dust and aishe Not. only
'these eighteen-111.1min leinents;butthe whole
sixty-two, of which e :universe is
have their essential b Sis in the four
sib -
stances,: oxygen hy roken, nitrogen, ani
carbon,.representingnames of
fire; water, saltpetr and. charcoal.- and:
*such is Man, the lord •f earth! a 'spark of
fire, -a drop of water, grain of gunpowder;
an: a.toni: of ch-areoal ! •
NINETEEN years ago
Louis was burned- a
their lives. It is sup
started turposely by
the rooms during. the
theory was that it
The body of a- gues
wounds that apparen
previous to the conila
thief was arrested on s
tigation failed to br*
dent to, convict. -Int
revived- by aletter to
can, written: by a c
State -Prison, purpor-ti
gin of the _fire. He sa
was a desperado nam
dead, whose motive f
chance that it. gave .f
-Of course the objeot of
revelation may be to g
son, butthe story is
officially investigated.
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the Pacific Hotel'. St.
thirty inmates lost
°sect that the „.fire was
bbers, who plundered
xcitement.. Another
as tohide a -murder:
was -found- bearing ,
ly caused his death-'
Mien, and. a notorious
spieion, but an inve-s-
g out evidence suffi.-
est •in the disaster is,
he St. Louis Republi.
viet itt the 'Indiana
g to explain the Oti-
s that theincendiary
d Raleigh Bill, n_oW-
r the crime was the
r robbing the guests.
this real or pretended
iii a release from pri-
oba,ble, and is to.. b
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.:::::::2i:sft9otaatirbitowootnienxiqxgtkOaPtiypai a ew.ti; 4. Taken,erep.e51,3:,,visa.tei njih,44:iet.,:bi iceo„, tYr idvooepenlit.sht hi_ i_I 3 itoe:e4. oenz:11:itTs:ilvoint is, praos i_rtaelfyvhbo_ri.„61ao ertf.
1 11-: -n9e: . . °. :fae:p4si i;ti4aw:. yearsltor undisturbedsfi :: history
8f ii°onss Byzantinetehrstysei ls,-possession
rI- i6if . :8tcloho:, I 4'e_ Ti Ipta_ui re' kr -, i Turks.te.8aninc_ g jadi li livtr°e1 tl; 8:1 le: . .
_ . surely
ooteebuoirmirtnedanleioadub:c. h_bro,leonmele jetswb:hi:cirh,
e -Us -upon a ;city which; -by-long pp
-''Y ' - - - - - with all '
s -if the -.Russsiani _eh:011W- in their tura
ii,.:4_17,10-eiri_aunsati,t1;74138 0:04,41:.liettittle4t,pbooyt:enie4x: .
1:41a*l'er: ir -tk. hi%ilitihva4aYris. eMar:Pietaillis e.08f2itew:s:v1):::ienr.e.i.ahilisno: -
i.°, --(1-i7 lidttlberbiletafoirsebldliyer'tCe- T- ' -ks-:PPr' approached
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4--:47:1:1toths14a:Sn'ivcit -lii.ebreeekgail''.claselt:ihli-laia,417wa-htirPergenafthllietnitlefriferall
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it vain; by reason of the multitude of the
.1...48, who, pressing .fast into the walls, -
-onld not see in the -Clark how to defend
-emselves, bilt.were without number wound.
d..i._wart..rsslati shoji dbi els -tolife whomse- P -1: theie 4) f Ttubi .711 i:ts, 40 . -.I 11IlRingo tt
,iiiin4dts:eimorO4ed:moreoi reckoning ., l1tie :4 ah al : it. st. o Upona hat e - :rt the
first-appearanee-ef the day, Mohamme1 gave
the sign appointed for .the general :assault, -
yedpon the city was in a moment, „and at .1
Oe inetank-ron every side most furiously as.
Saultpd by the Turks, for Mohammed; _the • -
More to .distress . -the defenders, and the bet.
er to see the forwardness of the soldiers,
had before .appointed which part of the city
every colonel withhis tegiMent .should as. -
sail; --which they Valimitly performed, .deliv-
riog their arrows and 'Shot so. thick ;upon the-
. . .
)11x
efendersiso -thick that the ' , t of day was
therewith obscured; others 4
_ theineantime.
,i
courageously ' mourfting the sea1ing-1adder-8;
andveining_ evento handiatrekes with the
defenders upon the -wall, where the -foremost .
Were for the Most part violently borne hr.:-
ard by them which followed after. On the
er side theChristians,.Nirith"mo less cour- - -
e, - withstood the -Turkish, fury, beating
-S111 down again with great stones and
and*
eighty pieces or timber, and so overwhelm.
Viea;with-sh'dAlsj-°-1 arrows, and
rhtrtful devices fom-Atoethat the .
s, -dismayed vilth . the. terrk thereof, •
ereMreelia4arnin't9e-rde,t1reeeing the. ' great ;SlAnghtei- -
rd. :discomfiture .of his men. sent on -fresh
lies of his janisearien _and hest Men of .
. Whorn he had :for the. purpose reierveil
slastliope and-refugel - by whose - :ems: -
oh his iaiiiting'soldiers were'agaihencour-
d, and the terrible Assault 'began Afresh.
which time the bitharous,--King eeased
le use all possible means to maintaMthe -
-sahlt ; by name ealling Upon thisandihat
• . ain, promising '-ttif some whom he saw for.. .
aIci golden mountains, and pito others.in
roig:Ii*Illin11:irsta.'--tevrarrillYsignbi-ietIa"tlif 6
''.;11v3r:rwtethreat.ll'meais:
he assault became , _moat dreadful, death
there _raging in ther-midat of many thousands.
:--0_01beit that the -Turks lay dead by heaps
upon the ground, yetother fresh men pressed
on. -4011 in theit.places:Vvertheir dead bodies,
aa ivith divers event either slew ' or were
slain by their -eiiefoiesT .
-_--"In this so terrible a .conflict, it ehaneect --
Justinianus, the General, to be wounded in
he arm, who, losing much Wood, cowardly
withdrew. himself from the place of his
charge, not :leaving any to suPPly'h*rociii,
and_zo be got into :the-city:by thegateAamed
Roumania, which he caused to be opened in
the inner•wall, .protending the cause .of his
-depatture to be for the 'binding up of his
wound, but beingindeed a man now Altoge-
her:discou.
raged: ' •. .
The soldiers there present ;dismayed_ with .
he departure .of their :General; ;and sore ..
charged by the janissariek forsook their tete-
tions, and in haste fled: to the same gate
1-si-E4ghTWI3YliejoeSoltfinoifantli.lie.s‘lirOtrer Srldledrfs,*.dithaltah-Sre-
ed-, tan thither by heaps also. 13, itt whilst
they violently strive. together to get in at
once, they so wedged ;One ranother in the en 4 -
trance that few .of so great A multitude got '
_-; In WilliPb 40 great a press and confusion
of minds; 800 persons were thete__ by them
at followed trodden under foot or crushed.
:death. - . The Emperor liiinself, for safe-
iiard, of his,:life ..ffyingwitlithe 'rest in that -
-Pe4rel3sisadiaayman, •iifote--treArhdtehd,0-.1. )1GriseeerkallnYi_peitude.. ,
rich apparel, Whose -lead being tat off, was
ilk
is -dead body - - hortly After found by the
-L-vwx*.ks 4ineng - _ e slain, and known 'by his r.
forthwith presented. to: the, Turkish tyrant,-
thcu*st-4-uspeOn'eQuithniearmointiof,a7iateeaft'"..slvdardsin.
reat -derision carried about AS A ir01.4 efj"
and7diotonrytli:efiersittyl!,:,..t:he Ca, and then - IT.
The Turks encouraged -with the,:fight of '
he Christians, presently advanced their en'
signs -upon the top of the _uttermost wall, cry -
ug Victory, and by the breach entered_ as if
it had been _a great flood, which Thaving =met
0lina A breach ihthe-baiik, Tovetflowethatid- -.
sareth .down. -s,11113efore it; _so; the 'Puri• m
en they had iron tbre utter wallentered
-
e -city bythe .same.gate- that was -opened
0r,Justinia4u,s, and the breach- which they
had.:before . Made with their great -artillery,
and.Withoutmercy_catting_in,pieces all thit"_,
came in their Way, Without farther resist -
:be becartie lords of that famous and most
hiperial city. \ • , = ;11 , 17.1 this .
TY- of the bar aria erithed -many thou -
ands of Men, Tkinnenk. etVhildren, -without
espeCt of Age, sex, at- °nation, Many Or
afegaard af their lives burst into ihetemple
f Sophia, Where they were all -without pity -
int except some few reserved by the bar, -
arous victors .topurposemore grievous than
_eath. itself. The„riela and beautiful:On-la- .
:Puts and .i.e)vela of -that Most sumptuous
.ctruagnificent'ClitirCh-;4he statelybuildin'. g •
- Justinianus;. the -emperar-_-.were, in the -
rnitig of _a hand, plucked down and carried
_.rt ,:iohxyGtshrieTtobe
Turks;
dethihe, church itself, pelt
Ii .;
ent converted into -a stable for the horses; - ,
_-A -place for the -execution. of :their abomina-
e filthiness -'llio linage of the crucifix was
Soiby theta taken down,and Ai Turk's :Cap -
ut upon the the, bead of itand -130 'get up and .-, •
Ot at with -their arrows and Afterward, in
.-",,iit dbC•atit.i-9,i)Pep‘eali tri.eili..:bbabeTstio_ixino with drums Lail% .
, yiug before it, railing and spitting at it,
_alliog -it _the :God of the .Qhristiansi 'Which I
ote not so much -done in- contempt - of 'the
triage as in :despile-nf phriit -,Aud the -,9, _
ian----teuiticm:- . -
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