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Canadian Post (Lindsay, ONT18610913), 4 Oct 1895, p. 5

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:fliflflfi. detected the silvery green of the white poplar mingling with the dark green of the native oak, blended here and there with the abnormal tints of the sycamore and the purple beech. The gardens glowed with the same inspiration of beauty and taste. From where I stood my eye could not criticise their regular- ity, but I saw the outlined hedges of blossoming hawthorn. the flower‘beds en- circled with their ribbons of boxwood, and the gay petunia. flaunting beside the humble violet and . the bee haunted thyme. , buil I felt that the spirit which presided over that exquisite blending of nature and art was thoroughly an artist, not simply of the appreciative but of the creative school. He was more of an artist than the painter on canvas. The latter commences with a tabula rasa; his pencil is subject to his will; he puts down a rock her‘é and a brooklet there and worksin hisbuildings and traces: LISBSAY, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1395. The approach to thehousev abroad extensive avenue, in side with avariety of trees 1) the most delicate attention ‘ $352175; suggest or tfie laws of per- spective demand. Then he can remove with the same facility with which h? THE RECTOR creates. The landscape gardener must accept localities as he finds them; he must conceal deformities and create beauties. The greater and more numer- ous the dificulties he has to surmount, the more superior to the landscape painterishis taste and genius. Beware of the man, says some one, who loves neither flowers nea- children. There is not simply a specionsness about that remark. Itis the embodiment of truth. We are conscious of the weight and importance of the caution. no mat- ter how limited our experience. As I gazed upon the scene before me I felt convinced that the proprietor of Ab- ernthney Hall loved both flowers and children; that he was a gentleman of re- fined sensibilities, a Christian and a scholar. I had come to act as governess tOhischildren. Ihadmisgivingsin reference to my new home. My conjec- tures of harshness and a want of appre- ciation at times made me almost shrink away from duty. But I was satisfied and wholly at ease as I sat there upon the baggage which made up the sum of my earthly possessions. I shall never tomb the time am! much my eyes mat ten upon Abel-nun- ney Hall. The stage had put me down by a nook in the highway. I felt weary and excited and seated myself, upon the And yet there was much of regret con- nected with itâ€"not an aOCOu'nt of my- self, but on account of another. W9 1386 that William Morton, Kane’ sfriend 3500f Ins {allow 11 and companion, stood alone when he _ out a! his 1 83295111 pantheunfrozanPolarseasnrg- " .9111: «final m8_and rollingbeneathlfim. Thesonl Mutt» ‘_ . .. .. ‘1‘- ‘LALL-JJ--§na 0113880150, whenhqfirstbeheldthelfis- “Sippi, was not touched with half t2; grandeur sud sublimifiy. The dream Philosophy was a. reality; the induction! of scienoeatrnth; the open Polarsea Wis found! 71w Manama £11m. The chilling grtndenr of tho snow, the Nice! of ice, tidal Alhanibm ghtteg- InSlike a. thousand stars, the giganuo Ways of pearl; amounted bytho Want arch of the worm-but, above anAha Oppressivenesa of that hour at 3°}itude and flawâ€"stirred. his 30111 “191 a. thousand kindling emotions. But h“toodthere 31m; ballad. no friend "0 realize with hin chat half an“: 09 magnificence; to when he “may, rm; CleanseithéBowelq. A vet’s-«fl Ffee from Eruptions AYER’S pan dmgs Admitted at the World’s Fair. as ever they were. My business, which 15 that at a cab-driver, requires me to bc out in cold and wet weather often without gloves. but the troubie has nev-‘l‘ retumed.”-Tnoms A. Jams, Stratiord, Ont. vet’sfiSarsaparilla I was afflictgd for eight years with Salt aeum. [)1]ng that Ime, I trigda great any medlcmes which were mgmy rec- nmended, but_none gave me telnet. 1 15 at last advxsed to tryA egos Sama- nlla, and before I had shed the urn: bottle, my hands were as bernthney. Rememes trees planted with ention to effect. I green of the white [the dark green 01 3 through Sax-sa- parilla which raised him above the plane of thdrcmpsnbnship. V I Butthmcamoatinewhenhetooka .aeeporinterestinme; whahiseyea would neglect his book to follow ma out of that half dreamy lethargy n which hamsdtositandmm‘u flhofhouthtmdfeltlihotherm I @11qu oven‘beamqom ,Ienapmodicsfly. At 51va .mgvitm, ' _ fast is pieaaant places. The summer went by, and the winter, in the same ‘quiet, steady, happy way. But I do not intend to speak about my duties at Asb- bmthney Hall, my tutorship of those finely children, and how in beautifying {their lives my own grew beautiful. It is with tha new awakening, the new El Dorado of my companionship, my inti- macy with the rector. that I have to do. : He was standing at one of the win- figws an the morning that Mr. Ashléy Mcedmetohim. Wedmund, mafiad grungy and than gazed onto! thewinfiow ”Egbstracte yasbetore. I wasnot piqu at thatâ€" amnotpmud 'amlasomu friandstell me) yuttoolow snowflake upon myself. Though his army of me we got}. 1M? one, I 77;” in due time thoroughly installed in-my new home. I had much to bless my heaveply faphez: for; my line: were new 'fihat he had already divined a make! my fifeamdphwflrasalm macaw: man would have leaned in am}. tookmethatlonztoonw “min the most incidental convex-o Hews: “date, even tempered man. Hemofiengiventofitsofabnentr phiednen, and from this I honed that ”wummogreatsorrowinhissod. I: was on}: in the pulpit that he proved himself morethan an ordinary man. He was an analytical reasons. subject to m cube most captivating eloquenc- ddmmhtheywninglorthsnlw fiadfis‘felbwmen. The lightwed : .ectd‘h'sfacasoaoonashodo- magnum pulpit. Fewstoppofl 7.....- . Sholeft the room, returninginamim “mo or twowi hher brother. I was soon upon social -mm: with him. He closely resembled his fatherâ€"had the same light, barring hair, calm gray was and ear- Wt) lips. He was not so as Currie; he was more thoughtful and Gmtcsoill clung to m. *tht 13310111 name?" she sailed. ‘ “39713383131” _ “80! I film that. You won't nick. ins call ybn Esa'Ga-ay, will you? But I mm . as}; so many questions. Only I mat yogic sea Fred.” , #:â€" L Myfheart throbbod wildly as I stooped down ad kissed her white forehead. ‘(fmglad to hear you say that,” I re- 31% : Wis both warm and impulsivoin Wm," said Mr. Ashley. Then yd). om. steady Look in his gray eye: _: ‘i'rtbonght you were 1 great, leak wo- :11:qu such eyos and“ an. shud- dersnd with a. mole on your nose," cone finned the child. ‘ fiiapghad at that and gated her on the cheek. Mr. Ashloy led tho way into the dtfinggoom. Citric still clung to no. I read my employer 31: a glance there was not much individuality necessary to do that. His temperament was san- guine, with enough of the phlegmnfic to give him calmness and dignity. He wank still a. young man, well formed and with W wmmetmu Wupon mm fihieh comes to men who read andthink I was $0911 started on; of my reverie. 1 near: voices 1n the avenue, and m a moment afterward Mr. Ashleyreached out his hand to me in his kindway, while the servants shouldered my trunks. {But ’ shyness, whxle her figurewaa flueva-y pawnificaticn of woe. She mung forward and caught my hand- ' “Oh!IIha.111ihyouwrymu¢h»"dfl Itwas something of thisregretthst I felt in my soul. My mind Which to the close, crowded city, with he see of heated roofs, noisy factories, dusty streets and interminable walls o! m sonry. I thought of my sister Alice, with her darkb spiritual eyes, brighter than the hectic flush upon her cheeks. Poor invalid child! How I wished that she was standing beside me, feeling the same cool breeze fanning her brow and gazing upon the same changing vistas of scenery; standing beside me so that I could talk to herLBut she was notthere, and the tears came into my eyes as I thought about it; the silver abele grew indistinct, and there was a. shadowiness about the blossoming lilacs. : aCarrie,” said Mr. Ashley. m we jgmhod the hall door, “this is you now g Ashe otherecametronbehhda cluster china lilacs abeautiful child of 10 summers. She had an abundanco ddsflr hair, with eyes from the bril- -He sham gayly as wowarlked to- mrdthehouse. Eodidsowflytoze- lieve me from embarrassment and part- ly because it was hisnatnro. Perky henaflced £005 that I had been weap- mg. Ialready felt suit Ihndhown him for years. There was no atmos- pheaeof mock aristocracy about him, repellent because so self evidently pntan. and regret; he womb even mama! irreverently at the ghostly hand of Sir John Franklin had he come‘ but tram his icy tomb to stand beside him than. nub. B: lips and eyesbetnyod his swam Theywonld have given their impressions of gmflityto a very more observing and mom. nan ummuswou upon'theoonfinuof thencw Elba-ado ‘ inthe world of thought. It was someâ€" thing grand“ sit at his feetmquiet, .impressiblo pupil. . I nutuyitnoonetormer.andso I will say it now. I loved him! 'Yes, vaulzlltmafly, MMY- I did up“ To hem“ 41!»an a mural light, ' hwouldexhibitthemm ' _ tub far a. tag u-u'y who or illness, but beyondthb o‘uarnd nothing. He Gdnotcpukdlovo. Whitlhulno load might hatebeonmmb‘ occasioned | byhisstrong friendship for no. 1.“) -L Atlastitoamess it was to be. Mr. Jackson spoke to me of. love. It was on a cold, stat-lit night in March. We were standing by one of the broad windows. looking out upon the landscape, which was beautiful still, though clothed in the dreariness of winter. “Jenny," he commenced halfAsox-row- fully, “I am about to say something that may lower me very much in your esti- mation, but I cannot help it. It has been in my heart for many weeks. It has wrapped it, like the landscape before - J;â€" -u. “w u-â€""-‘ _V 7 9 us in all the chilliness of winter. Wheth- er what I may say will bring sunshino and spring, or leave me still standing an Ishmael in this desert of my life, I m- not tell.” uv- uv... He paused a moment, and I thought I heard my heart beat' m that stillness. I had a consciousness of what was coming. “No, no!" he cried ‘wifia considerable vehemence. “You must be more. You must be my Rebecaâ€"my Leah!” “I will be anything you wish,” I said. Imam-prised at the enlmneaswith which I said that; I was not surprised that I was thoroughly happy. He took neinhlsarm and kissed me puden- Itely. “We love each other, Jenny.” This was said so slowly, so measured- ly, that it cansedme to look up into his 53'" vaâ€"â€" wâ€". _-_.v,,, , a kind, darling, tractable child. while the angel Can-i9 new still more beauti- ful to ma inthatchildish truthfulneu whichwin light hertothe pave. To ooup'lo her name. the memory of her virtues and the consciousness of the god- lineuof her Mowith the tombwasto mbtholamcfall its shadowinessand He paused; moment. and I thought 1 hard my heart beat. “We have loved each other for 1 long while, Leomd. I am very, very happy! How could you possibly lower yourself in my estimation by such an avowd! How I with that words of mine could restore the summer in your heart.” “It mym b9,dexeltJmny. Inn a and I Ishrinkb any uni» ; uns- vo o! the In. Eh. me,11mw;:§ “Wings-“fl sic of mt'i'éd'iet it cam. through whtt medium it may it is dwus m deal while it is true. ity, an active trinsitivenm. tolove the Gunsmbnt Mr. mm, the rector, more. Well,t'uo bronchtwithit itaohnga. ThainvdfiAIiGedied. Sh. is waiting for no beside those over shining gas. It. Jackson beam. mm 3nd 'md‘o enâ€" domd to his people and to me; his moodineaa went away from him. Fred grow toward the staturoof his manhood, A , ‘I - .5“: “Lil- notes. We are not called upon to write pantry for angels or sairtts, but for non-oh! men who work and think ad .318. He who is to photograph human“! mu. atleastbeableto stand on 3 common level with it and by hi: my W thies enrich his spocinl exponent” with all that is universal. Poetry is the m!- But that literary tout also beams u “Liebesmnhl.” To conjugate the verb “to love” in that rich, full, tonal-om flin- lect was less easy than to give_ it red: ‘â€" v-â€"â€"__ Well, I mastered German. The Itndi was a pleasure and a. recreation. caught the inspiration from the very lips. as it were. of Goethe and Heine and Schiller. I 193mm], too, the truthful- ness of Coleridge’s definition of genius- that it consists in carrying on the fed- ings of the child into mturar years. Men of true genius give themselves up to the first simple impressions at com- mon things. They are content to van- der and smile and admin, just an they did when they were children. It is flu opening of the hem to all sweet in“ -J â€"â€" â€"â€"vâ€". â€"â€"_-_.fi - I was one dsyreodlng Goethe’s "Dick- tnnz and Wahrheit” (Poetry and Truth). Hr. Jackson observed the Work in my “Very much so,” I replied. “His works havonevor been faithfully translated, and least of 311 the one you are now reading. It £6 not even second- handed. It is what Mrs. Austin called ‘a bad translation of a very bad French tnnslation.’ Two element: enter into ovary translationâ€"tho author and the translator. Thus, Hoole’s ‘Ariosto‘ is nearer to Boole than to Aflosto. So in Popo's ‘Eomor.’ The Greek is nothing, the Englishman everything. Tunab- flons have been called mused flowers I! yonwant to enjoy Goethe in all his heshness and fragrance. you must go to the orig-ind. In no other way will you be able thoroughly to appreciate him? “Do you nidérstana' German, Jackson?’ I asked. “I have been told that I III a erd 2TLIT-Goethoa. favorite of yours?" 1|. ‘ ova-in mm! eh. c on}! ‘Il'dqniel could any? TI Inn “3.! In! mewm try night, wondering: whether it should relent into the capricioumees of April. A disagreeable rain was falling. one of those wretched compromises between now and sleet. I was sitting alone by fire fire, mypupils had retired tobed, sud Mr. Ashley had gone to the adjoin- “!va ,_ - 9 7" LL_-' Suddenly the door opened, and thus!“ entered, ed by 331131: of wind al- mostvisi 10 in the misting... young woman. She walked straight up to th. grant. and held her hands out it, ndtic "4...“: L._ n She was scantily attired, though o heavy Blanket carelessly thrown around her had in a manner protected her from the storm. Her hair was disheveled sud very black. Her faoewaa 3110!“! white, and her eyes dull “a My: like thoeeofadrowne’dm'h. they are found open. 7‘11; need not in: no. I hum ran-onto: ' MEYVW Y“ comm mammals! in his more than common madman. Inpartlfoltthnkfnlfor the coursed! action he had adopted. While it as“ me admire him all the more. it also on metime to forfifymy own soul and neo- oncilo it to its first great son-wt. vâ€"w-v _- -- _VV I have ‘an inciden? of anothisr night in March to relate. It was not a clear, stu- lit night. though. ‘ It was a dreary, win- 3 nor looking around her. It was this silence that madame feel noun- oomfortable. A chilliness crept over no u I gazed ppon l_mr;_ it‘lfao not flu chil- I ~Q‘:_ AA_ “ Icannotsaythat I wusfnidofher. She seemed pafecfly harmless, and than was an air of refinement about hr that told of better don. “It is cold,” I add. She turned around and but hp: eye nyon meâ€"no, Mod; More they won .0 icy, but now how they bland! n-..- n I S fiercely. “I did,”I rcpliodinamildtono. though I was conscious that I taunt-dad. wâ€"_ ___ me very muchâ€"warmly, paaionately. Those words thntba had spokenhadlong been burning in his soul. They must have found vent sooner or later. There ore some things that the heart must either be relieved ofâ€"or burst. W011, months went by and the winter ut in again. Mr. Jackson ceased to be attentive to me and oven avoided my Io- dety. It required a. mighty 01011:. I could read it in his melancholy eyes mi Icannot any that Ivan aft-Md of her. Now I was able to account formmy things about the rector that had seemed Iingulnr to me. His frequent aboenoo from the parish; his sullen moodineu; his alter-unto warmth and coldness towardme. Imcertsinthstholovzed .One quick. passionate embrace. one leg, burning kiss, and I wan alone. I seemed only conscious that the rector Mohamedmrossthemontofthe door. on, thewretchedneeeot thathonr! Innerthonght that and: heart could bearsomnchand yet notbneh. Itelt tenfold mommtched, more Wed, mmslckmdtlredoflifenndtheworld M I did when they laid aheloved motherin the grave and hteretilllhe invalid Alice. here were no ten-I in mayo; It was a. grieftoo deep for tare. I crept upto my chamber, fright- ened at my own ghostlincss. I prayed for strength that I might endure. for patience that I might wait, for life that I might 3'08 . ./// 5 He todkiny arms andimde mo put themamundhianeck. ThenhosgidJn is low. husky whisper. “Jenny, married!" you. maven sweet. What I In" to add Emma-yum. Jenny,”- eu new. In my vile? E: has “a wry 'hito. Thesaurus dullficy 91" his eyes 1nd I. pucepfi- ble ahadda'pasod om him. Perhap- wowmalikeafiectedanddihw edit. I felt nsw’uianchillinm indie-73'. and naught at the window buying: for 833011 I did not speak for : little w ' 9. Then- taking both his handsin mine sud looking steadiutly into his boo Isaid: “Leonard, what does all this mean? Whycau Inotbeyoqrwile?‘ ‘ 31â€"51175“ .fifii‘: Hwy-fini- ahipwith yonhal Wm munch- much of hope 83d faith "“1 10'9- “God does not create the infiellicent mind with m pants ad health- hm! formed at the WW,“ all th principles of truth apparent to Man. “.1311 the elements of experience it- folded in its consciousnes. Ho want- it infantile. Ho unke- tho very oom- mencexmmt of its being dependent 11pm others, and than he lotus the {area-that mlodgod in it sud thatch his“)! mug; of 3 future to ho unfold“. trained and WWW Mien °f ;fim' minds. manifested in mocha! boob bytheexerdsooftwgbyth ministny of experienceâ€"QM" all. by contact with wort 81d disappointmut. Ilnn learned more by my “WWW“ with you, by the action of you 3:1,“ by clfort and sufioringand oxpel'ience combined. But why should I speak of this? I have told you that “an .vL-__ ‘ng g -311. mm m» “inward-aka: {nmdmmtnightmommudm agwobnried bonitnhudonflll is married an! no doubtn â€"" “ u,showumywife. Sho'uutxut now.snditisbottatorhorandforme. No prayers need beater“ up for toonl nokindandoogooduhonwu." He said nothing men just thumwhid inanunnersurprhedme. Hon-cup, folded his ann- ad and W1 intotho head tilt dud. Avoiding tau- fell upon mind. Home. uvcrommquumud "Whatadmounpm'heuhd- "She told no nothing :bout haul! or thepast. _ Iheudyouglllicwifo.’ 1, -L ___L The 1-0ch startled whlnhobeheld moms. “My Ween-.Asflq homer. machodoathinhandniboalflly- "Youmde’In‘d- “I h.” mucheou-ouble 30.1031." he slid vacuum. "I" I an “m WMGod git-no Mb habit-ll. You hwbunwdfing?” "Ye-,1“ wfiflngtoyon. Itbnot mnow. 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