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Show 82 ROEBUCK . brillin.n t repu lation, nncl tra ,·cling in Enropc n yc:lt' 0 r t, v o, h c s c c n 1 c {.1 t u h a\' g i \' en h i m s e 1 f 11 p t o 1 i ~ tle~ s icllcn•"'"' ·. Not \\'en the stnte whi ·h he inherited, and on whivh he r<.!Si(ted wi-th hi· wiltowe<t 1notiler, appenrccl to cng:1gc his ~crio,us attcn Lion. J.ulia of'L n heard her father express a fear that the bn_~·ht pro- 1ni~e ,vhich his yonng friend Ilngh had gi veu wonlcl be disappointed throug·;t tnere inllolcnce una a .love of idle pleasure . \Vhcthcr she r etn8nlbererl tlu~ or not nt the lllOlnent, she sung her song ' with a moral"- TIIE RONG OF TIIE DEE. In sipping sweets and kissing fiowera 'The ni m l.>1e-wingct1 bee From morn till night beguile the lwur3- An(l wl10 so blithe as lle? 0, might we pas. thi. life of ours As gaily as the Lee ! From every Ho wer, with every kiss, A trea:ure su <;ks the bee, Nor wastes ~111 hour in iLlle ulissAntl \\·lw so r iell as llc? Thy ron.min~ reVL·ls c:o:ne to thisTo fill thy hi ve, 0 L ~u. So loye nncl song, athl all dt'lights T11aL ckar the t;p: r:t free, J.Iay sweeten toilso .ne cbys U.!ltl ni.;;ilts That store the lli ve for th ee ; But life is naught it' pleasure ulights Its fruit-fur man or bee. HOETIUCK. 33 "Tlt,"t ,c-o11 .o·, I "111 s r • ,, ,~, .-. . , .. nrc, 'vas sung JOr me, rc- Inark e<l Fit zh ngh. ' l)or · j t, plca~e yon ?" n.~l~ca J\fis.· Fairf:tx. "The Jnora1, not tlte 1nnsic, was DH'nnt for 1nc." "l)o you susl)CCL 1nc, then, of preaching to you or nt you ?" "pe r1 t [lps 1• t mny turn out n sonll" 0, P erhaps turu out n. sermon." "An<l -n~lty c1o yon take it ns n scnnon rather tJ1an ns a son.g ' ?" "I will tltink of it," he said mn. ing1y. "l)o, lUr. Fitzhugh," she rep1ict1, in n. tone "·hich sccn1cd at once to npologizc for the candor of her sermon, nnd to in sin11ntc an int resL in hi." arce1·. "I '''ish so f:ti r a prrncher ,,·onl<.llcvcl n Rcnnon at n1c,' ' ~ni<1 A1fi· ,<1 J>a1 mer. " If I mn . · n~p ce1 e< l of snch pre. nn1ption I n1n"t 11ever transgr ~~ ng:1iu ]fr. J>ahncr. But h rc COLH'~ pn p:t-:tiHl U11 el l)ick 1\ri th him, too. B {'1.wccn tltc1n they sh:"Lll teneh you all \Vis<.lon1, ,vhethcr tho a1niable or the t'atirical." Colonel l i.. . nirfhx: n1ct the young gcntle1nen ,vith n hearty greeting, atl<11 he doctor sai<.l, ' B rother ]i\·e<l and I have jn "'L hn.<1 n pretty qnnrrcl about the conlparnti, re n1Cl·its of yonr hol\'es, gcntlc1ncn; take caro tLat \Ve don't finish it over you." ' Yon lllll~t not call it a quarrel," , aid the colonel. "\V ell, a di scussion-the 1nil<ler synonyn1." "I \vould like to show the gcnt.l 'lnen n horse of rninc ;'' and th~ co1oncl ·was about to dilate npou horseflesh, for It " 'nt-; one of ~1is Ynniti s, and the number of fine horses on the plantation forJncd ono 2 ~ ' |
