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Volume 2. asheville, December, 1895. no. 10.
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i CHAPTER I, ,'.'-'
A fl.WI PAtlTISU.
I May sun is rilling the land with
beaut y. Daisies sing lulabies to
other flowers that toss their
heads bnck nnd forth, trees reel
11ml rock under their foliage, rye
tlelds smile upon the azure-blue,
the laud (fiiiWH picturesque. A
eirf stands upon the summit of
u low hill with thin world lau
t v Tiofore her. She is lout, in im
niMuntion, only the humming of
liees, und the lowing of herds
tells her she in not alone The
birds mill flow ers were her com
panion, and some said tliHim
irils were her Hitters, though
from her childhood she hud been
thrown out upon the world ax in
II desert Her -mo her and fa-
.1 .. 1,.... i, cent fa
I llfM 1 1 M ' 1 11 l', I " " niir .
young and she was forced to live
with her aunt Marnaiet, who
was her uti 'le Ezra's second w ife.
Marir uel Komi had lint One
child. I'.sine who wan known mm a
lIllllLI'M-OMS grill
Lit lie I.Ui ltn Kemoii ' .vns
taken to her nunt'Hat her fa
ther's and mother' iiiieas.
Ah, me! tin- lunar days .-die spent
theie i'iiii never lie leeordeil, the
teal 8 ulte Hlied could not lie num
bered, and in all of this she had
had no liriiiht hopes of the lu
ture. Hut to-day we see her
grown to womanhood. She sits
under the shade of a weeping'
willow.
Men of ai t would call this a
wad picture. Heavenly hp
it wan 111 my power I would de
liver you from your enemies
They ure nnuirht else but your
enemies Imt
not in uiy
hut the darkest night, will wear chirped in such a ton that it j Hushnell'si who in the- landlady
awrty. (irnydnwri broke at last 1 confuted Luetta, hut after Ions i who hn taken the house for .1
hut Carl w,m rrneotiHeious. 1 ...eHrchirig she found t hat where ' years. Mr. Pike tfce former
had spooned heintrfriffhtened hy'tl.e old hird was. wan the nest. owner had died ami nis family
the storm and if it had not U-en j hut to Luetta's grief the birds i had gone abroad. The Iioohp
for the cooling rain in his face he; Imd lueen killed and the poor'' well tarnished. Next I went
would have died in ,i critical con-! mother hird tiemonned the death ! to school t : u governess and
dition. of her babes. "'Ah. me'" sighed ' she wan it Mis Hpnrling who had
Ins' as dawn broke Lueff felt' Luetta, ittnust lie as t'nrl said'a mind so Hkv that thesmrtll-
heaven knows it is a pang f grief in her heart that he had tiothin-r on earth. Even est child could learn from her
flower. f, to day, I made her shudder. She knew ! , he nst had heen dent roved and l and 1 wan one of I hem ehil.lro,,
must flee from thin country. 1 1 the night hud t-een a dreary one ,im sure it wan
am
not
tie
be that,
"as you
his inrio-
ni it l imess
on e he said
never
(mist go where I
known.''
"What under heaven can
the cause" fobbed Luetla.
,,lt.is' because I am not loved.
I am called u useless -"and the
poor fellow broke down.
."Carl" she said, "it seems von
and I have always had the dark
est side of life."
"And it will always
way" he sitrhed aarain
"t h. Carl!" she said,
depart forget "the past.
A smile played upon
and lie sit
i, , .i ,
i lieu w ii n a mis v '
"I hat is impossible. I ca;
forget you while I live.". And he
turned fuLtiett.i a luiost speerh
les and Lueffa blushed crimson.
Who could have witnessed thisfh
.. ....
-' ' i" .n i i : . i jii ve I w , i : I .i i
youne- hiv'ers pint.-d in I he race ' ;'e
of lite.' Tt.OUijh ir seeie, t 1 1 , t ! j. n II-1 . 1 - , 1
fa'e r-lhiull have dooinei them fie- r.fia
f i live and die 1 1 ie.f her, li; r i swered .
Kill 1. never C.-lllie True. "tr,l, sp(
How loic they sat t i.ei e r.iev 1 ''"'I W h v
never knew Imn' i lec-e I, .1 . i It" -a
lowed and
loud crack i
silence., Then he arose exretui
inn both Hints und said, "wt
iiium pari i.ueiiH. (iih ir is like
breaking uiv heart Perhaps we
me tiy tinman who learn well and readily. The
if I ever see t'arl next day I Vna sent on a rail i
will tell him what be. Newark, N. ,J. to Miw Itrown to
his dear little birda. I dine and then tha next day aw
and she .asked herself the .pies- Imnds. and
fion, "whefe iH arl' She was r ti?nin I
sure he did int return home. , -a me of
hue knew,-,ro;, he had said he am sure it would be joy for him the Ituckinjiham liofel in New
was a imeless U.y, hut jihere was; to know loved his birds so York and see tli sleepinjr lnutv
he now? ff Tsr! was dead she' dearly," flnd she lauifl.e. in her I next took my musie box to be
"r,n MirKivn ner-.-n mr n same iroodnaf ureil way. "Vou.nxed on '. IH7H On tl.o fl
same iroodnaf ureil way. "lounxed on J'
but, indeefi, sh- mnst ro and se.. ,,rH lny r.in) now" she said, iret-; uwin MondHV I went to tn-ol-When
Luetta stood Inside Carl tiMrr a jilimis. of the old mot her : or,.,l entertainment calld "The
she lslieved him to lie dead. : bird in the tree "L, will take Eonl's Revenue. " It was vvrv
Evidently he h. been wooed to ym, honie and tame you for fine. 1 then went to have my
slumber by the whinnering ..f an- Car." She hardly knew how she watch Used and wan ,Ni,, P.
yrels iieekoninyr; Mm to the throne ,.ver
above. Miejra.eil :r Ii mi tt ir a n
instant and faulted at his t'eer.
The lards in the itpm t ri-es
aiisrhr t he bird, but it al-
sana' .1
A few
clouds
tea i s
been wt
nic and mournful si ms
rrips of r - t i 1 1 tell fioui the
t 'ia t ,eeme I to ' 'a rl as
The a I. :t' Is rn ut i vi
epilie- '.'!.l CIMIi'l 'lave
tin ist tell in her hand.
.W'leu ( 'arl bid leiet la i i ! t .
he -.tooil uieilit at nii . 'A as !l
rtht for linn l" stand ' here
A 1 1 1 ' ! U 1 1 a l.iletf.i' lie wis ,;e
terillineil lo see ;l s!ie wepl be
cau.-e of" his part me;, ind w Ilea
he sa . Hiii'i st fea nine; -Iowa
:l
I-
iU
I.
Zil 1 111 i
t l
lone --ijelice tut
i
neither -.poke Al-V-
f thunder bioke
lie'
(fours
!; .in
it was
oii
. i -
did
e'l.l '
:.u:i
t . t ' a I
!y lu
re I .a
,,l 'ell
let I a
tier
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II le.
a
ii'
ill. I liar.
: !!-'!', s
a. arl -1
1..
-t art . ji -1
n ,-,o,ne
"i j. , i .in
Ii i i
fia's while mine wan away. On
the folloinu: Saturday I went to
the Ileal i. ts al '.):.'. II iiemsr m
Max I.s7-s ip, September IJ
1ST-" I ii'iil in business .Villi mv
lirol her in-law but W as si."
Iowa sick for il wenk mil ill ,:
id -if Septeaiber. The reai-tou
ih .ion ireat tor me roji(
plav ir'oiiiid in
, lolen t i ll ! i
lie I Hli ; e -,-,
nice ."in in e
1 1 Ii I to. Ii ,
: HUT anti . ll
doill.
! lie
' life mil ei iial
I i imiinl lie ob--aieil
! nil . Hie ,1' ! he !e td
: lie in-w -p i per k . lie -
1.
c-t i
ri1H'ever. but fate has brought, u
if lone; ugo were lookiny: upon , win never meet on eartn ue;ain.
her und lierhaps had named! This may be our hist, . but will
ber beaut v. Sitting thus towurd you remember me Luetta as-
the close of this beautiful May
day the world of beauty be
came, solitude u all know he
was alone, fatherless and motb
erless. uo one to console her, no'
one to tell her what life was.! This was au hour that la ither
Surely her thoughts had cliane'd I of them forgot. No oue could
have pictured it but those who
endure. It was just then the
He could never finish the sen
fence. It seemed his iife wusat
an end. "Oh, Carl!" she said,
"I Willi- emetnber vou as mv true
J, YW, 'S
to visions.
"Someday I'll be buried here,'
Hhesiohed "and this tree aloue great revolving
would be weeping for me: would
aunt Margaret weep?" lears
came to her- eyes and she buried
her lace in her hands., Ut tie did
she dream some one jwas stand
ing over her and wait- weepiug
weepitig because lit had also met
the cares of life. Both were lout
in meditation.
The world had then growO"
dark. We doubt if theskv had
turned to blood aud the whole
had been wrapped in tlainea it
mid have made them sadder.
The sun Bank lower and lower In
the went, the cattle of the fields
Hed homeward aud a Hock of
trhzbtened dovea (led northward
but they were left all alone. The
tree whinnered innocence aud
bowed their heads toward those
that had met nolituda. It
seemed that all waa Highing.
-Just then the girl raised her
head again to behold her future
reetiug plac and lol behold!
there knelt beulde her Carl lane
with large teara upon hi luno.
ent face. ''Forgive me" he eaid
'but I could not help Interrupt
tlug you. I know the history ol
.your lite, ah!, I know It all aud U
wheel of fate
turned its darkest side to these
two youug' lovers. Just theu
was the beginning ol a sad story
that has been long forgotten by
the world. Luetta tied home
ward uuheeded by her tears. As
for Carl, he stood looking, ad he
thought, for his last time upon
the dear old hills-the hills his
boyhood days bad been spent
upon, lie aud Luetta had gath
ered flowers upou - these hills.
He kuew where all the bird nests
were aud where Luetta and him
self played hide aud seek, but it
waa years ago. It was true he
bad entered iuto a new life and
he now stood utterly uncon
scious of 'what was going on
around hlin.
The tuuuder roared aud the
ligatniug 'played xigsags on the
uorthweuteru . horuou, tree
were struck by ligbtuiug and
shivered to the stump, the
ground shook under hia feet and
it was begiuulng to rain iu tor
rents. The night was closing
rouuduud a dense log gathered
and he was leit ia total dark
ness, I'oorCarl, with no one to
care lor him was left a sad fate,
that
We
-t tn-
part tn
ma v
with me" he
o von we'pu'iir willow that.
Alien -lie .ulnar file ur I. "lie
near i ;.-r i v ";. oa an- i 'art's
birdie." ;.is tie saw ; I. ad and lie
yearned to' kiss rite tears from
her -ample i-lleeKS. "Mlly one
1 1 1 1 1 ! ir in -this life I wanr'-he
-iijhed "and that is m tilers Lu
etta before i .Jeparf'' forever '
Bur some demon was lieekoniu-i
to go on.
t e-et her
peace,
auid " '
we may part. h' will it be for
ever ii I start to death and you
to a cruel life." Silently thev
walked to the brave old tree
Hazing into oue another, races. -How is it" he said "t hat ot ti-: ttiar, men had r.o
Yesterday nothing trouble-f ers are to veil, others are unused, foot t.asmiri.r-
lo-uay was tne turtuii"; 'others have pleasures in life, but
what will become of me? Ob! if
I cuu lil but tiy to Luetta ami
tak her with me, but I know she
w ili not go
'arl stood upon tlie'summit of
the till meditating uutill it was
A liiUl A MY; u." Tlt.WKL.
' lood inoraiiie; iriend, said a
nail in a i nun. I hope you have
had i .'"mil rest l mi t he -di-epine-car.
replied porter to hi passeu.
ner at. t he breakfast, table. I Hi,
said rlie vouiiu; man. I have been
on trams ! tore ami I ant no
baby even at. this spot about
venrs atfn and of all the Htocms
o i the JOthof December ol snow
lig paths for
t wo
them.
point iu their vtung lives.
We stand now where
roads part.
Yours stretches far fmm tnine
But oh, late lie kind
Wheu two roiida Dart."
, i it i.i
r ..,., -,,i r,r. ...i I ifrowiutr aarn. rie waccueii rue
stretched far from here, but she ! row . she wthed her head;
could not-would not believe it
Luetta theu bvgaii wouderiug
the lilies as they beut ami kissed
the ground; the ferus he tramp.
Lite will be drearv since Carl ! M uu,Jer his fwf Hw htfHJ th
has left", she sighed. "I doi
know how i will spend my life.
Now she crept wearily down the
path she had years ago played
over. i?ars gusieueu in ner
eves asuhe lookel at the beauti
ful landscape stretching away as
far as her eyes could see. She
looked at th beautiful wild
dowers but Cart was not there
to share tbeui. The trees were
waviug their boughs with de
light. She saw raiudrops upon
tne graaa which seemed her as
tears. A bird saug sweet soug
on thVl hough of a tree that
drew Luetta's aateution. "You
are Carl's birdie," she cried, and
the voice frightened tile bird uu
tU it flew down at her teet.
"There must be a uest here"
she said to herself aud forgetting
what had just passed she set to
huutiug for a bird's neat
The birds sang a swectj and
joyful soug as she bent the
bushes to and from-, ia searching
for a nesk. The mother bird
katydids siuging about Jack
st, but uoue seemed to be
weepiug tor him.' Ele did fully
believe uoue was weeping except
himself. Hours parsed, but they
teemed to lengthen into years,
aud tears streamed down Carl's
face that seemed to be Icicles.
Ob! if the fleecy clouds that
hang to you blue sky; the birds
that sing iu yoa ifreeu tree had
only whispered to Cart what was
ue&t. Though as short as life is,
no oue kuows what is next.
To be continued.
EDITOK S DIARY 1878.
The manuscript was laid out
iu N-sw York City ou a Thursday
morning at 10:30 a. m. ia the
mouth of April ol this date. The
following comments av as fol
lows; Wrote letters with th un
derstanding uever to tell aa uu
truth.for it will be bad ou 26
sext day it rained alt day. As
I am boarding GI33 Ave. at Mia.
Kxeuse me sir, said the porter,
I'll take it all back. If yon want
ty know more, you may come aa
it, is not my will but His that
overrules : he world'searthy ideas
in life of a traveler as mission
aries, tmuisters, doctors and law
yers, this would oiljbt to be gov
erned by instinct and thought
and learn ail oue can iu foreign
countries people with tittle edu
cation are not expected, to be up
to us Americans who pretend to
know so much yet with some ex
ceptions we must leuro wisdom
to teachi.
Look in Mexico, I flnd myself
up as it were Mexicans and be
came discouraged and unfortu
nate, he was walking near a river
and tell ia, as to drowning he waa
never heard of to my knowledge,
but I guess he was drowned all
the ame. Is there uo hops of
seeing him? replied the porter,.
There might be, but nooueseems
to venture the risk. Well boos,
I'li have to leave yoa now as we
are tataring Philadelphia, so good
bye. Reader thi i a. geueral
idea how Iwretoi talk oa taV
road wbe taklag trips north.
south, east or wet.
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