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You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of -the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - - - -Title: The Search After Happiness - -Author: Charlotte Bronte - -Release Date: March 2, 2017 [EBook #54254] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SEARCH AFTER HAPPINESS *** - - - - -Produced by David Edwards, Mary Glenn Krause, Eleni -Christofaki and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team -at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from a file -downloaded from the British Library) - - - - - - -</pre> - -<div class="transnote"> -<h2>Transcriber's note</h2> - -<p>This e-book has been transcribed from the author's hand-written -manuscript, downloaded from the British Library. The original text and -the pagination have both been retained. For the reader's convenience an -<a href="#EDITED_VERSION">edited version</a> follows, where punctuation, capitalisation and spelling -have been normalised.</p> - -<p>The following changes have been made to both the original and the -edited version:</p> -<ul> -<li>Leaf numbers, as they appear in the original, are shown in [brackets].</li> -<li>The name "ODonell" was changed to "O'Donell".</li> - -<li>Ampersand (&) was changed to "and".</li> -</ul> -<p>The leaf numbers link to the original scans.</p> - - -</div> -<h1> - -The Search after Happiness</h1> -<hr class="full" /> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/i_title.jpg" width="333" height="600" alt="coverpage" /> -</div> -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="sidenoter">[<a href="images/i_001.jpg">1</a>]</div> -<p class="center"> - -The Search after Happiness</p> -<p class="center"> -A Tale by C<br /> -Bronte</p> -<p class="center"> -August the seventeenth 1829 -</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> -<div class="sidenoter">[<a href="images/i_002.jpg">2</a>]</div> -<p class="center"> - -THE SEARCH AFTER<br /> -HAPINESS</p> -<p class="center"> -A TALE BY<br /> -CHARLOTTE<br /> -BRONTE -</p> -<p class="center"> -PRINTED BY HERSELF<br /> -AND<br /> -SOLD BY<br /> -NOBODY &ct &ct</p> -<p class="center"> -AUGUST<br /> -THE<br /> -SEVENTEENTH<br /> -EIGHTEEN HUNDRED<br /> -AND on<br /> -Twenty nine -</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<h2>Preface</h2> - -<p>The persons meant by the Chief -of the city and his Sons are the -Duke of Wellington the Marquis -of Duro and Lord Wellesly -the city is the Glass town -Henry O'Donell -and Alexander Delancy are -Captain Tarry-not-at-home -and Monsieur Like-to-live-in-lonely-places</p> - -<p class="center"> -Charlotte Bronte -</p> -<p> -August the 17<br /> -1829 -</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="sidenoter">[<a href="images/leaf_3.jpg">3</a>]</div> - -<h2>A TALE BY - -</h2> -<div class="chaphead"> -<p class="thinline"> </p> -</div> -<p class="center">CB July 28 1829 - -</p> - -<p class="center">The search after happiness</p> - -<h3>chapter I</h3> - -<p>NOT many years ago there lived in a certain city a person of the name -of Henry O'Donell, in figure he was tall of a dark complexion and -searching black eye, his mind was strong and unbending his disposition -uncosiable and though respected by many he was loved by few. the -city where he resided was very great and magnificent it was governed -by a warior a mighty man of valour whose deeds had resounded to the -ends of the earth. this soldier had 2 son's who were at that time of -the seperate age's of 6 and 7 years Henry—O'Donell was a nobleman -of great consequence in the city and a peculiar favourite with the -governor before whose glance his stern mind would bow and at his comand -O'Donells selfwill would be overcome and while playing with the young -princes he would forget his usual sulleness of demeanour the day's of -his childhood returned upon him and he would be a merry as the youngest -who was gay indeed. one day at court a quarrel ensued between him and -another noble words came to blows and O'Donell struck his oponent a -violent blow on the left cheek at this the miliatry King started up and -commanded O'Donell to apologize this he imediatly did, but from that -hour the spell of discontent seemed to have been cast over him and he -resolved to quit the city. the evening before he put this resolution -into practise he had an interview with the King and returned quite an -altered man. before he seemed stern and intractable now he was only -meditative and sorrowful as he was passing the inner court of the -palace he perceived the 2 young princes at play he called them and they -came runing to him. I am going far from this city and shall most likely -never see you again said O'Donell. where are you going? I canot tell -then why do you go away from us why do you go from your own house and -lands from this great and splendid city to you know not where because I -am not happy here. And if you are not happy here where you have every -thing for which you can whish do you expect to be happy when you are -dying of hunger or thirst in a desert or longing for the society of men -when you are thousands of miles of miles From any human being. how do -you know that that will be my case? it is very likely that it will. and -if it was I am determined to go. take this then that you may sometimes -rememberus when you dwell with only the wild beast of the desert or -the great eagle of the mountain, said they as they each gave him a -curling lock of their hair yes I will take it my princes and I shall -rember you and the mighty warrior King your father even when the angel -of Death has stretched forth his bony arm against me and I am within -the confines of his dreary kingdom the cold damp grave replied O'Donell -as the tears rushed to his eyes and he once more embraced the little -princes and then quitted them it might be for ever——</p> - -<div class="chaphead"> -<h3>CHAPTER. THE II</h3> -<p class="thinline"> </p> -</div> - -<p>THE Dawn of the next morning found O'Donell on the sumit of a High -mountain which overlooked the city he had stopped to take a farewell -view of the place of his nativity. all along the eastern horizon there -was a rich glowing light which as it rose gradually melted into the -pale blue of the sky in which just over the light there was still -visible the silver crescent of the moon in a short time the sun began -to rise in golden glory casting his splendid radiance over all the -face of nature and illuminating the magnificent city in the midst of -which towering in silent grandeur there appeared the Palace where -dwelt the mighty Prince of that great and beautiful city. all around -the brazen gates and massive walls of which there flowed the majestic -stream of the Guadima whose Banks where bordered by splendid palaces -and magnificent gardens behind these stretching for many a league were -fruitful plains and forests whose shade seemed almost impenetrable to -a single ray of light while in the distace blue mountains were seen -raising their heads to the sky and forming a misty girdle to the plains -of Dahomey. on the whole of this grand and beautiful prospect - -<span class="sidenoter"><span class="hidev">|</span>[<a href="images/leaf_4.jpg">4</a>]<span class="hidev">|</span></span> - -O'Donells gaze was long and fixed but his last look was to the palace -of the King and a tear stood in his eye as he said ernestly may he be -preserved from all evil may good attend him and may the cheif Geni -spread their broad sheild of protection over him all the time of his -sojourn in this wearisome world. then turning round he began to decend -the mountain he pursued his way till the sun began to wax hot when -he stopped and sitting down he took out some provisions which he had -brought with him and which consisted of a few biscuits and dates while -he was eating a tall man came up and acosted him O'Donell requested -him to sit beside him and offered him a biscuit this he refused and -taking one out of a small bag which he carried he sat down and they -began to talk. In the course of conversation O'Donell learnt that this -mans name was ALexander DeLancy that he was a native of France and -that he was engaged in the same pursuit with himself i-e the search -of happiness they talked for along time and at last agreed to travel -together then rising they pursued their journey towards night fall -they lay down in the open air and slept soundly till morning when they -again set off and thus they continued till the 3 day when about 2 hours -after noon they aproached an old castle which they entred and as they -were examining it they discovered a subteaneous passage which they -could not see the end of Let us follow where this passage leads us and -perhaps we may find happiness here said O'Donell Delancy agreed the -2 stepped into the opening imediately they a great stone was rolled -to the mouth of the passage with a noise like thunder which shut out -all but a single ray daylight. "What is that! exclaimed O'Donell "I -cannot tell," replied DeLancy "but never mind I supose it is only some -genius playing tricks" "Well it may be so returned O'Donell and they -proceeded on their way after traveling for a long time as near as they -could reckon about 2 days they perceived a silvery streak of light -on the walls of the passage something like the light of the moon in -a short time they came to the end of the passage and leaping out of -the opening which formed they entred a new world they where at first -so much bewildred by the different objects which struck their senses -that they almost fainted but at length recovering they had time to see -every thing around them they were upon the top of a rock which was more -than a thousand fathoms high, all beneath them was liquid Mountains -tossed to and fro with horrible confusion roaring and raging with a -tremendous noise and crowned with waves of foam all above them was a -mighty firmament in one part covere with black clouds from which darted -huge and terrible sheets of Lightning in another part an imense globe -of Light like silver was hanging in the sky and several smaller globes -which spakled exceedingly surounded it. in a short time the tempest -which was dreadful beyond description ceased the large black clouds -cleared away the silver globes vanished and another globe whose light -was of a gold colour appeared it was far larger than the former and in -a little time it became so intensely bright that they could no longer -gaze on it so after looking around them for some time they rose and -pursued their journey. they had travelled a long way when they came an -imense forest the trees of which bore a large fruit of a deep purple -colour of which they tasted and found that it was fit for food, they -journeyed in this forest for three days and on the 3 day they entred a -valley or rather a deep glen surounded on each side by tremendous rocks -whose tops where lost in the clouds in this glen they continued for -some time and at last came in sight of a mountain which rose so high -that the could not see the sumit though the sky was quite clear. at -the foot of the mountain there flowed a river of pure water border by -trees which had flowers of a beautiful rose coulour except these trees -nothing was to be seen but black forests and huge rocks rising out of -a wilderness which bore the terrible aspect of devastation and which -stretched as far as the eye could reach in this desolate land no sound -was to be heard, not even cry of the eagle or the scream of the Curlew -but a silence like the silence of the grave reigned over all the face -of nature unbroken except by the murmur of the river as it slowly wound -its course through the desert</p> - -<div class="sidenoter">[<a href="images/leaf_5.jpg">5</a>]</div> -<h3> -CHAPTER THE III</h3> -<div class="chaphead"> -<p class="thinline"> -</p> -</div> - -<p>after they had contemplated this scene for some time O'Donell exclaimed - -"ALEXANDER Let us abide here what need have we to travel father let us -make this our place of rest"! "We will" replied DeLancy and "this shall -be our abode" added he pointing to a cave at the foot of the mountaine -"It shall" returned—O'Donell as they entered it. in this country they -remained for many long years and passed their time in a maner which -made them completely happy sometimes they would sit upon a high rock -and listen to the hoarse thunder rolling through the sky and making -the mountains to echo and the deserts to ring with its awful voice, -somtimes they would watch the lightning darting across black clouds -and shivering huge fragments of rock in its terrible passage sometimes -they would witness the great glorious orb of gold sink behind the far -distant mountains which girded the horizon and then watch the advance -of grey twilight and the little stars coming forth in beauty and the -silver moon arising in her splendour till the cold dews of night began -to fall and then they would retire to their bed in the cave with -hearts full of joy and thankfulness. one evening they were seated in -this cave by a large Blazing fire of turf which cast its lurid light -to the high arched roof and illuminated the tall and stately pillars -cut by the hand of nature out the stony rock with a cheerful and red -glare that appeared strange in this desolate land which no fires had -ever before visited except those feirce flames of death which flash -from the heavens when robed in the dreadful majesty of thunder. they -were seated in this cave then listening to the howling night wind as -it swept in mournful cadences through the trees of the forest which -encircled the foot of the mount and bordered the stream which flowed -round it. they were quite silent and their thoughts were ocupied by -those that were afar off and whom it was their fate most likely never -more to behold O'Donell was thinking of his noble master and his -young Princes of the thousands of miles which intervened between him -and them and the sad silent tear gushed forth as he ruminated on the -happiness of those times when his master frowned not when the gloom -of care gave place to the smile of freindship when he would talk to -him and laugh with him and be to him not as a brother no no but as a -mighty warrior who relaxing from his haughtiness would now and then -converse with his high officers in a strain of vivacity and playful -humour not to be equalled. next he viewed him in his minds eye at the -head of his army he heared in the ears of his imagination the buzz of -expectation of hope and supposition which humed round him -as his penetrating eye with a still keeness of expression was fixed on the distant -ranks of the enemy then he heard his authorative voice exclam, Onward -brave sons of freedom onward to the battle and lastly his parting words -to him "in prosperity or, in misery In sorrow or in joy In populous -cities or in desolate wildernesses my prayer shall go with you" darted -across his mind with such painful distinctness that he at length gave -way to his uncontrollable greif at the thought that he should never -behold his beloved and mighty comander more and burst into a flood of -tears. What is the matter Henry exclaimed Delancy O nothing nothing -was the reply and they were resuming their tacit thinking when a voice -was heard outside the cavern which broke strangely upon the desolate -silence of that land which for thousands of years had heard no sound -save the howling of the wind through the forest the echoing of the -thunder among mountains or the solitary murmuring of the river if we -except the preseence of O'Donell and Delancy. Listen! cried ALEXANDER -listen! what is that. it is the sound of a mans voice replied Henry and -then snatching up a burning torch he rushed to the mouth of the cave -followed by Delancy when they had got there they saw the figure of a -very old man sitting on the damp wet ground moaning and complaining -bitterly they went up to him at their approach he rose and said are -you human or supernatural beings? they assured him that they were -human. he went on. then why have you taken up your abode in this -land of the grave? O'Donell answered that he would relate to him all -the particulars if he would he would take shelter for the night with -them the old man consented and when they were all assembled round the -cheerful fire O'Donell fulfilled his promise and then requested the old -man to tell them how he came to be travelling there he complied and -began as follows——</p> - -<div class="sidenoter">[<a href="images/leaf_6.jpg">6</a>]</div> -<h3>CHAPTER the IV</h3> -<div class="chaphead"> -<p class="thinline"> - -</p> - -</div> - -<p>I was the son of a respectable merchant in moussoul my father intended - -to bring me up to his own trade but I was idle and did not like. it -one day as I was playing in the street a very old man came up to me -and asked me if I would go with him I asked him where he was going he -replyed that if I would go with him he would show me very wonderful -things this raised my curiosity and I consented he imediatly took me -by the hand and hurried me out of the city of Moussoul so quickly that -my breath was almost stopped and it seemed as if we glided along in -the air for I could hear no sound of our footsteps we continued on our -course for a long time till we came to glen surrounded by very high -mountains how we passed over those mountains I could never tell, in the -middle of the glen there was a small fountain of very clear water my -conducter directed me to drink of it this I did and imediatly I found -myself in a palace the glory of which far exceeds any description which -I can give the tall stately pillars reaching from heaven to earth were -formed of the fines and pured diamonds the pavement sparkling with -gold and precious stones and the mighty dome made solem and awful by -its stupendous magnitude was of a single emerald. in the midst of this -grand and magnificent palace was a lamp like the sun the radiance of -which made all the palace to flash and glitter with an almost fearful -grandeur the ruby sent a stream forth of crimson light the topaz gold -the saphire intensest purple and the dome poured a flood of deep -clear splendour which overcame all the other gaudy lights by its mild -triumphant glory in this palace were thousands and tens of thousand of -faires and geni some of whom flitted lightly among the blazing lamps to -the sound of unearthly music which dyed and swelled in a strain of wild -grandeur suited to the words they sung—</p> - -<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> -<div class="i0">in this fairy land of light</div> -<div class="i0">no mortal ere has been</div> -<div class="i0">and the dreadful grandeu of this sight</div> -<div class="i0">by them hath not been seen</div> -</div><div class="stanza"> -<div class="i0">t'would strike them shudering to the earth</div> -<div class="i0">like the flash from a thunder cloud</div> -<div class="i0">it would quench their light and joyous mirth</div> -<div class="i0">and fit them for the shroud</div> -</div><div class="stanza"> -<div class="i0">the rising of our palaces</div> -<div class="i0">like visions of the deep</div> -<div class="i0">and the glory of their structure</div> -<div class="i0">no mortal voice can speak</div> -</div><div class="stanza"> -<div class="i0">the music of our songs</div> -<div class="i0">and our mighty trumpets swell</div> -<div class="i0">and the sounding of our silver harps</div> -<div class="i0">no mortal tongue can tell</div> -</div><div class="stanza"> -<div class="i0">of us they know but little</div> -<div class="i0">save when the storm doth rise</div> -<div class="i0">and the mighty waves are tossing</div> -<div class="i0">agains the arched skys</div> - -</div><div class="stanza"> -<div class="i0">then oft they see us striding -<span class="sidenoter"><span class="hidev">|</span>[<a href="images/leaf_7.jpg">7</a>]<span class="hidev">|</span></span></div> -<div class="i0">o'e'r the billows snow white foam</div> -<div class="i0">or hear us speak in thunder</div> -<div class="i0">when we stand in grandeur lone</div> -</div><div class="stanza"> -<div class="i0">on the darkest of the mighty clouds</div> -<div class="i0">which veil the pearly moon</div> -<div class="i0">around us lightning flashing</div> -<div class="i0">nights blackness to illume</div> -</div><div class="stanza"> -<div class="i0">chorus the music of our songs</div> -<div class="i7">and our mighty trumpets</div> -<div class="i7">swell and the sounding of our silver</div> -<div class="i7">harp no mortal tongue can tell</div> -</div></div> - -<p>when they had finished their was a dead silence for about half an -hour and then the palace began slowly and gradualy to vanish till -it disapeared intirely and I found myself in the glen surounded by -high mountains the fountain illuminated by the cold light of the moon -springing up in the middle of the valley and standing close by was the -old man who had conducted me to this enchanted place he turned round -and I could see that his countenance had an expression of strange -severity which I had not before observed. Follow me he said I obeyed -and we began to ascend the mountain it would be needless to trouble you -with a repititon of all my adventures suffice it to say that after two -months time we arrived at a large temple we entred it the interior as -well as the outside had a very gloomy and ominous aspect being intirely -built of black marble the old man suddenly seized me and dragged me -to an altar at the upper end of the temple then forcing me down on my -knees he made me swear that I would be his servant forever and this -promise I faithfully kept notwithstanding the dreadful scenes of magic -of which every day of my life I was forced to be a witness one day -he told me that he would discharge me from the oath I had taken and -comanded me to leave his service I obeyed and after wandering about the -world for many years I one evening laid myself down on a little bank by -the roadside intending to pass the night there suddenly I felt myself -raised in the air by invisible hands in a short time I lost sight of -the earth and continued on my course through the clouds till I became -insensible and when I recovered from my swoon I found myself lying -outside this cave what may be my future destiny I know not——</p> - -<div class="chaphead"> - -<h3>CHAPTER the V</h3> -<p class="thinline"> </p> -</div> - -<p> -When the old man had finished his tale O'Donell and Delancy thanked -him for the relation adding at the same time that they had never heard -anything half so wonderful then as it was very late they all retired -to rest next morning O'Donell awoke very early and looking round the -cave he perceived the bed of leaves on which the old man had lain to be -empty the rising he went out of the cave the sky was covered with red -fiery clouds except those in the east whose edges were tinged with the -bright rays of the morning sun as they strove to hide its glory with -their dark veil of vapours now all beauty and radiance by the golden -line of light which sreaked their gloomy surface beneath this storm -portending sky and far off to the westward rose two tremendous rocks -whose sumits were enveloped with black clouds rolling one above another -with an awful magnificence well suited to the land of wilderness and -mountain which they canopied gliding along in the air between these -two rocks was a chariot of light and in the chariot sat a figure the -expression of whose countenance was that of the old man armed with the -majesty and might of a spirit O'Donell stood at the mouth of the cave -watching it till it vanished and then calling Delancy he related the -circumstance to him -<span class="sidenoter"><span class="hidev">|</span>[<a href="images/leaf_8.jpg">8</a>]<span class="hidev">|</span></span> -some years after this ALexander went out one -morning in search of the fruit on which they subsisted noon came and -he had not returned evening and still no tidings of him O'Donell began -to be alarmed and set out in search of him but could no where find him -one whole day he spent in wandering about the rocks and mountains and -in the evening he came back to his cave weary and faint with hunger and -thirst days weeks months passed away and no Delancy apeared O'Donell -might now Be said to be truly miserable he would sit on a rock for -hours together and cry out ALexander ALexander but receive no answer -except the distant echoing of his voice among the rocks sometimes -he fancied it was another person answering him and he would listen -ernestly till it dyed awey then sinking into utter despair again he -woul sit till the dews of night began to fall when he would retire to -his cave to pass the night in unquiet broken slumbers or in thinking -of his beloved commander whom he could never see more in one of these -dreadful intervals he took up a small parcel and opening it he saw -lying before him two locks of soft culy hair shing like—burnished -gold he gazed on them for a little and thought of the words of those -who gave them to him—take this then that you may rember us when you -dewll with only the wild beast of the desert and the great eagle of -the mountain he burst into a flood of tears he wrung his hands sorrow -and in the anguish of the moment he wished that he could once more -see them and the mighty Warrior King their father if it cost him his -life just at that instant a loud clap of thunder shook the roof of -the cave a sound like the rushing of the wind was heard and a mighty -genius stood before him I know thy wish cried he with a loud and -terrible voice and I will grant it in 2 months time thou returnest -to the castle wence thou camest hither and surrenderest thyself into -my power O'Donell promised that he would and instantly he found -himself at the door of the old castle and in the land of his birth -he pursued his journey for three days and on the 3. day he arrived -at the mountain which overlooked the city it was a beautiful evening -in the month of September and the full moon was shedding her traquil -light on all the face of nature the city was lying in its splendour -and magnificence surrounded by the broad stream of the Guadima the -palace was majestically towering in the midst of it and all its pillars -and battlements eemed in the calm light of the moon as if they were -transformed into siver by the touch of a fairys wand O'Donell staid not -long to contemplate this beautiful scene but decending the mountain -he soon crossed the fertile plain which led to the city and entering -the gates he quickly arrived at the palace without speaking to any one -he entred the iner court of the palace by a seecret way with which he -was acquainted and then going up a flight of steps and crossing a long -gallery he arrived at the Kings private apartment the door was half -open he looked and beheld 2 very handsome young men sitting together -and reading he instantly recgonized them and was going to step forward -when the door opened and the Great Duke entred O'Donell could contain -himself no longer but rushing in he threw himself at the feet of his -Grace O'Donell is this you exclaimed the Duke it is my most noble -master answered O'Donell almost choking with joy the young princes -instantly embraced him while he almost smothered them with - -<span class="sidenoter"><span class="hidev">|</span>[<a href="images/leaf_9.jpg">9</a>]<span class="hidev">|</span></span> -caresses -after a while they became tranquil and then O'Donell at the request -of the Duke related all his adventures since he parted with them not -omiting the condition on which he was now in the palace when he had -ended a loud voice was heard saying that he was free from his promise -and might spend the rest of his days in his native city sometime after -this as O'Donell was walking in the streets he met a gentleman who he -thought he had seen before but could not recolect where or under what -circumstances after a little conversation he discovered that he was -ALexander Delancy that he was now a rich merchant in the city of Paris -and high in favour with the emperor Napoleon as may be suposed they -both were equally delighted at the discovery they ever after lived -hapily in their seperate cities and so ends my little tale.</p> - -<p class="right"> -C Bronte August the 17<br /> -1829 -</p> - -<h2>Contents</h2> - -<p>Chap I character of O'Donell cause of his travels</p> - -<p>Chap II set out meeting Delancy coming to the old castle -entreing the new world description</p> - -<p>Chap III coming to the cave maner of life arrival of the old man</p> - -<p>Chap VI old mans tale</p> - -<p>Chap V Departure of the old man disapearance of Delancy -transportation of O'Donell his arrival at the city his arrival -at the palace; his interview with his cheif he finds -Delancy end</p> - -<p class="center">FINIS</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<h2><a id="EDITED_VERSION"></a>EDITED VERSION</h2> - -<h3>Preface</h3> - -<p>The persons meant by the Chief of the city and his Sons are the Duke -of Wellington, the Marquis of Duro and Lord Wellesly. The city is -the Glass town. Henry O'Donell and Alexander Delancy are Captain -Tarry-not-at-home and Monsieur Like-to-live-in-lonely-places.</p> - -<p>Charlotte Bronte</p> -<p> - - August the 17 - 1829</p> - - -<div class="sidenoter">[<a href="images/leaf_3.jpg">3</a>]</div> -<h3>A TALE BY</h3> -<div class="chaphead"> -<p class="thinline"> -</p> -</div> -<p class="center">CB July 28 1829 - -</p> - -<p class="center">The search after happiness</p> -<h4>Chapter I</h4> - -<p>NOT many years ago there lived in a certain city a person of the name -of Henry O'Donell. In figure he was tall, of a dark complexion and -searching black eye, his mind was strong and unbending, his disposition -unsociable and though respected by many he was loved by few. The city -where he resided was very great and magnificent. It was governed by a -warrior, a mighty man of valour whose deeds had resounded to the ends -of the earth. This soldier had two sons who were at that time of the -separate ages of six and seven years.</p> - -<p>Henry O'Donell was a nobleman of great consequence in the city and a -peculiar favourite with the governor, before whose glance his stern mind -would bow and at his command O'Donell's selfwill would be overcome, -and while playing with the young princes he would forget his usual -sullenness of demeanour; the days of his childhood returned upon him and -he would be as merry as the youngest, who was gay indeed.</p> - -<p>One day at court, a quarrel ensued between him and another noble, words -came to blows and O'Donell struck his opponent a violent blow on the -left cheek. At this the military King started up and commanded O'Donell -to apologize. This he immediately did, but from that hour the spell of -discontent seemed to have been cast over him and he resolved to quit -the city. The evening before he put this resolution into practice, -he had an interview with the King and returned quite an altered man. -Before he seemed stern and intractable, now he was only meditative -and sorrowful. As he was passing the inner court of the palace, he -perceived the two young princes at play. He called them and they came -running to him.</p> - -<p>"I am going far from this city and shall most likely never see you -again," said O'Donell.</p> - -<p>"Where are you going?"</p> - -<p>"I cannot tell."</p> - -<p>"Then why do you go away from us, why do you go from your own house and -lands, from this great and splendid city to you know not where?"</p> - -<p>"Because I am not happy here."</p> - -<p>"And if you are not happy here where you have every thing for which -you can wish, do you expect to be happy when you are dying of hunger -or thirst in a desert or longing for the society of men, when you are -thousands of miles, of miles from any human being?"</p> - -<p>"How do you know that that will be my case?"</p> - -<p>"It is very likely that it will."</p> - -<p>"And if it was, I am determined to go."</p> - -<p>"Take this then that you may sometimes remember us when you dwell with -only the wild beast of the desert or the great eagle of the mountain," -said they as they each gave him a curling lock of their hair.</p> - -<p>"Yes, I will take it my princes and I shall remember you and the mighty -warrior King your father, even when the angel of Death has stretched -forth his bony arm against me and I am within the confines of his -dreary kingdom, the cold damp grave," replied O'Donell, as the tears -rushed to his eyes and he once more embraced the little princes and -then quitted them, it might be for ever——</p> - -<div class="chaphead"><h4>CHAPTER THE II</h4> -<p class="thinline"> </p> -</div> - -<p>THE Dawn of the next morning found O'Donell on the summit of a high -mountain which overlooked the city. He had stopped to take a farewell -view of the place of his nativity. All along the eastern horizon, there -was a rich glowing light, which, as it rose, gradually melted into the -pale blue of the sky, in which, just over the light, there was still -visible the silver crescent of the moon. In a short time the sun began -to rise in golden glory casting his splendid radiance over all the -face of nature and illuminating the magnificent city in the midst of -which, towering in the silent grandeur, there appeared the Palace where -dwelt the mighty Prince of that great and beautiful city, all around -the brazen gates and massive walls of which there flowed the majestic -stream of the Guadima whose banks were bordered by splendid palaces and -magnificent gardens. Behind these stretching for many a league were -fruitful plains and forests whose shade seemed almost impenetrable to -a single ray of light, while in the distance blue mountains were seen -raising their heads to the sky and forming a misty girdle to the plains -of Dahomey. On the whole of this grand and beautiful prospect, -<span class="sidenoter"><span class="hidev">|</span>[<a href="images/leaf_4.jpg">4</a>]<span class="hidev">|</span></span> -O'Donell's gaze was long and fixed but his last look was to the palace -of the King and a tear stood in his eye as he said earnestly, - -"May he be preserved from all evil. May good attend him and may the -chief Genie spread their broad shield of protection over him all the -time of his sojourn in this wearisome world."</p> - -<p>Then turning round he began to descend the mountain. He pursued his -way till the sun began to wax hot when he stopped and, sitting down, -he took out some provisions which he had brought with him and which -consisted of a few biscuits and dates. While he was eating, a tall man -came up and accosted him. O'Donell requested him to sit beside him and -offered him a biscuit. This he refused, and taking one out of a small -bag which he carried, he sat down and they began to talk. In the course -of conversation O'Donell learnt that this man's name was Alexander -Delancy, that he was a native of France, and that he was engaged in the -same pursuit with himself, i.e. the search of happiness. They talked -for a long time and at last agreed to travel together. Then, rising, -they pursued their journey. Towards nightfall they lay down in the open -air and slept soundly till morning, when they again set off and thus -they continued till the 3rd day, when about two hours after noon they -approached an old castle which they entered and as they were examining -it, they discovered a subterraneous passage, which they could not see -the end of.</p> - -<p>"Let us follow where this passage leads us and perhaps we may find -happiness here," said O'Donell.</p> - -<p>Delancy agreed; the two stepped into the opening. Immediately a great -stone was rolled to the mouth of the passage with a noise like thunder -which shut out all but a single ray of daylight.</p> - -<p>"What is that!" exclaimed O'Donell.</p> - -<p>"I cannot tell," replied Delancy "but never mind. I suppose it is only -some genius playing tricks."</p> - -<p>"Well, it may be so," returned O'Donell and they proceeded on their way.</p> - -<p>After travelling for a long time, as near as they could reckon about -two days, they perceived a silvery streak of light on the walls of the -passage, something like the light of the moon. In a short time they -came to the end of the passage, and, leaping out of the opening which -formed, they entered a new world.</p> - -<p>They were at first so much bewildered by the different objects which -struck their senses that they almost fainted, but at length recovering -they had time to see everything around them. They were upon the top of -a rock which was more than a thousand fathoms high. All beneath them -was liquid mountains tossed to and fro with horrible confusion, roaring -and raging with a tremendous noise and crowned with waves of foam. -All above them was a mighty firmament, in one part covered with black -clouds from which darted huge and terrible sheets of lightning, in -another part an immense globe of light like silver was hanging in the -sky and several smaller globes which sparkled exceedingly surrounded it.</p> - -<p>In a short time the tempest which was dreadful beyond description -ceased, the large black clouds cleared away, the silver globes -vanished, and another globe whose light was of a gold colour appeared. -It was far larger than the former and in a little time it became so -intensely bright that they could no longer gaze on it, so after looking -around them for some time they rose and pursued their journey.</p> - -<p>They had travelled a long way, when they came to an immense forest, -the trees of which bore a large fruit of a deep purple colour of which -they tasted and found that it was fit for food. They journeyed in this -forest for three days and on the 3rd day they entered a valley or -rather a deep glen surrounded on each side by tremendous rocks, whose -tops were lost in the clouds. In this glen they continued for some -time and at last came in sight of a mountain which rose so high that -they could not see the summit though the sky was quite clear. At the -foot of the mountain, there flowed a river of pure water bordered by -trees which had flowers of a beautiful rose colour. Except these trees -nothing was to be seen but black forests and huge rocks rising out of -a wilderness which bore the terrible aspect of devastation and which -stretched as far as the eye could reach. In this desolate land no sound -was to be heard, not even cry of the eagle or the scream of the curlew, -but a silence, like the silence of the grave, reigned over all the face -of nature unbroken except by the murmur of the river as it slowly wound -its course through the desert.</p> - -<div class="sidenoter">[<a href="images/leaf_5.jpg">5</a>]</div> -<h4>CHAPTER THE III</h4> -<div class="chaphead"> -<p class="thinline"> </p> -</div> - -<p>After they had contemplated this scene for some time O'Donell - -exclaimed, "Alexander, let us abide here. What need have we to travel -farther? let us make this our place of rest!"</p> - -<p>"We will," replied Delancy "and this shall be our abode," added he -pointing to a cave at the foot of the mountain.</p> - -<p>"It shall," returned O'Donell as they entered it.</p> - -<p>In this country they remained for many long years and passed their time -in a manner which made them completely happy. Sometimes they would sit -upon a high rock and listen to the hoarse thunder rolling through the -sky and making the mountains to echo and the deserts to ring with its -awful voice. Sometimes they would watch the lightning darting across -black clouds and shivering huge fragments of rock in its terrible -passage. Sometimes they would witness the great glorious orb of gold -sink behind the far distant mountains which girded the horizon and then -watch the advance of grey twilight and the little stars coming forth in -beauty and the silver moon arising in her splendour till the cold dews -of night began to fall and then they would retire to their bed in the -cave with hearts full of joy and thankfulness.</p> - -<p>One evening they were seated in this cave by a large blazing fire of -turf which cast its lurid light to the high arched roof and illuminated -the tall and stately pillars cut by the hand of nature out the stony -rock with a cheerful and red glare that appeared strange in this -desolate land, which no fires had ever before visited except those -fierce flames of death, which flash from the heavens when robed in -the dreadful majesty of thunder. They were seated in this cave then -listening to the howling night wind as it swept in mournful cadences -through the trees of the forest, which encircled the foot of the mount -and bordered the stream which flowed round it. They were quite silent -and their thoughts were occupied by those that were afar off and whom -it was their fate most likely never more to behold. O'Donell was -thinking of his noble master and his young Princes, of the thousands of -miles which intervened between him and them, and the sad silent tear -gushed forth as he ruminated on the happiness of those times: when his -master frowned, not when the gloom of care gave place to the smile of -friendship; when he would talk to him and laugh with him and be to him -not as a brother, no no, but as a mighty warrior, who relaxing from -his haughtiness would now and then converse with his high officers in -a strain of vivacity and playful humour not to be equalled. Next he -viewed him in his mind's eye at the head of his army. He heard in the -ears of his imagination the buzz of expectation of hope and supposition -which hummed round him as his penetrating eye with a still keenness of -expression was fixed on the distant ranks of the enemy, then he heard -his authoritative voice exclaim, - "Onward brave sons of freedom, onward to the battle," and lastly his - parting words to him, "In prosperity or in misery, in sorrow or in - joy, in populous cities or in desolate wildernesses my prayer shall - go with you," - -darted across his mind with such painful distinctness that he at length -gave way to his uncontrollable grief at the thought that he should -never behold his beloved and mighty commander more and burst into a -flood of tears.</p> - -<p>"What is the matter, Henry?" exclaimed Delancy.</p> - -<p>"O nothing, nothing," was the reply, and they were resuming their tacit -thinking, when a voice was heard outside the cavern which broke -strangely upon the desolate silence of that land which for thousands -of years had heard no sound save the howling of the wind through the -forest, the echoing of the thunder among mountains or the solitary -murmuring of the river if we except the presence of O'Donell and -Delancy.</p> - -<p>"Listen!" cried Alexander, "listen! What is that?"</p> - -<p>"It is the sound of a man's voice," replied Henry and then snatching up -a burning torch, he rushed to the mouth of the cave followed by Delancy.</p> - -<p>When they had got there they saw the figure of a very old man, sitting -on the damp wet ground moaning and complaining bitterly. They went up -to him.</p> - -<p>At their approach he rose and said, "Are you human or supernatural -beings?"</p> - -<p>They assured him that they were human. He went on, "Then why have you -taken up your abode in this land of the grave?"</p> - -<p>O'Donell answered that he would relate to him all the particulars, if -he would he would take shelter for the night with them. The old man -consented and when they were all assembled round the cheerful fire, -O'Donell fulfilled his promise and then requested the old man to tell -them how he came to be travelling there. He complied and began as -follows——</p> - -<div class="sidenoter">[<a href="images/leaf_6.jpg">6</a>]</div> - -<div class="chaphead"><h4>CHAPTER the IV</h4> -<p class="thinline"> </p> -</div> - -<p> -"I was the son of a respectable merchant in Moussoul. My father intended -to bring me up to his own trade but I was idle and did not like it. -One day as I was playing in the street a very old man came up to me -and asked me if I would go with him. I asked him where he was going. -He replied that if I would go with him he would show me very wonderful -things. This raised my curiosity and I consented. He immediately took -me by the hand and hurried me out of the city of Moussoul so quickly -that my breath was almost stopped and it seemed as if we glided along -in the air for I could hear no sound of our footsteps. We continued -on our course for a long time till we came to a glen surrounded by very -high mountains. How we passed over those mountains, I could never -tell. In the middle of the glen there was a small fountain of very -clear water. My conductor directed me to drink of it. This I did and -immediately I found myself in a palace, the glory of which far exceeds -any description which I can give: the tall stately pillars reaching -from heaven to earth were formed of the finest and purest diamonds, the -pavement sparkling with gold and precious stones and the mighty dome, -made solemn and awful by its stupendous magnitude, was of a single -emerald. In the midst of this grand and magnificent palace was a lamp -like the sun, the radiance of which made all the palace to flash and -glitter with an almost fearful grandeur, the ruby sent a stream forth -of crimson light, the topaz gold, the sapphire intensest purple, and -the dome poured a flood of deep clear splendour which overcame all -the other gaudy lights by its mild triumphant glory. In this palace -were thousands and tens of thousands of fairies and genii, some of whom -flitted lightly among the blazing lamps to the sound of unearthly music -which died and swelled in a strain of wild grandeur suited to the words -they sung—</p> - -<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> -<div class="i0">in this fairy land of light</div> -<div class="i0">no mortal ere has been</div> -<div class="i0">and the dreadful grandeur of this sight</div> -<div class="i0">by them hath not been seen</div> -</div><div class="stanza"> -<div class="i0">'twould strike them shuddering to the earth</div> -<div class="i0">like the flash from a thunder cloud</div> -<div class="i0">it would quench their light and joyous mirth</div> -<div class="i0">and fit them for the shroud</div> -</div><div class="stanza"> -<div class="i0">the rising of our palaces</div> -<div class="i0">like visions of the deep</div> -<div class="i0">and the glory of their structure</div> -<div class="i0">no mortal voice can speak</div> -</div><div class="stanza"> -<div class="i0">the music of our songs</div> -<div class="i0">and our mighty trumpets' swell</div> -<div class="i0">and the sounding of our silver harps</div> -<div class="i0">no mortal tongue can tell</div> -</div><div class="stanza"> -<div class="i0">of us they know but little</div> -<div class="i0">save when the storm doth rise</div> -<div class="i0">and the mighty waves are tossing</div> -<div class="i0">against the arched skies</div> -</div><div class="stanza"> -<div class="i0">then oft they see us striding -<span class="sidenoter"><span class="hidev">|</span>[<a href="images/leaf_7.jpg">7</a>]<span class="hidev">|</span></span></div> -<div class="i0">o'er the billows' snow white foam</div> -<div class="i0">or hear us speak in thunder</div> -<div class="i0">when we stand in grandeur lone</div> -</div><div class="stanza"> -<div class="i0">on the darkest of the mighty clouds</div> -<div class="i0">which veil the pearly moon</div> -<div class="i0">around us lightning flashing</div> -<div class="i0">night's blackness to illume</div> -</div><div class="stanza"> -<div class="i0">chorus the music of our songs</div> -<div class="i7">and our mighty trumpets' swell</div> -<div class="i7">and the sounding of our silver</div> -<div class="i7">harp no mortal tongue can tell.</div> -</div></div> -<p>When they had finished, there was a dead silence for about half an -hour and then the palace began slowly and gradually to vanish till it -disappeared entirely and I found myself in the glen surrounded by high -mountains, the fountain illuminated by the cold light of the moon -springing up in the middle of the valley, and standing close by was -the old man who had conducted me to this enchanted place. He turned -round and I could see that his countenance had an expression of strange -severity which I had not before observed. "Follow me," he said. I -obeyed and we began to ascend the mountain. It would be needless to -trouble you with a repetition of all my adventures. Suffice it to say -that after two months time, we arrived at a large temple. We entered -it. The interior as well as the outside had a very gloomy and ominous -aspect being entirely built of black marble. The old man suddenly -seized me and dragged me to an altar at the upper end of the temple, -then, forcing me down on my knees, he made me swear that I would be his -servant forever and this promise I faithfully kept notwithstanding the -dreadful scenes of magic of which every day of my life I was forced -to be a witness. One day he told me that he would discharge me from -the oath I had taken and commanded me to leave his service. I obeyed -and, after wandering about the world for many years, I one evening laid -myself down on a little bank by the roadside intending to pass the -night there. Suddenly I felt myself raised in the air by invisible -hands. In a short time I lost sight of the earth and continued on my -course through the clouds till I became insensible and when I recovered -from my swoon, I found myself lying outside this cave. What may be my -future destiny I know not——"</p> - -<div class="chaphead"> -<h4>CHAPTER the V</h4> -<p class="thinline"> </p> -</div> -<p>When the old man had finished his tale, O'Donell and Delancy thanked -him for the relation, adding at the same time that they had never heard -anything half so wonderful. Then as it was very late, they all retired -to rest. Next morning O'Donell awoke very early and, looking round the -cave, he perceived the bed of leaves on which the old man had lain to -be empty. He went out of the cave. The sky was covered with the rising -red fiery clouds except those in the east whose edges were tinged with -the bright rays of the morning sun, as they strove to hide its glory -with their dark veil of vapours, now all beauty and radiance by the -golden line of light which streaked their gloomy surface. Beneath this -storm-portending sky and far off to the westward rose two tremendous -rocks whose summits were enveloped with black clouds rolling one -above another with an awful magnificence well suited to the land of -wilderness and mountain which they canopied. Gliding along in the air -between these two rocks was a chariot of light and in the chariot sat -a figure, the expression of whose countenance was that of the old man -armed with the majesty and might of a spirit. O'Donell stood at the -mouth of the cave watching it till it vanished and then calling Delancy -he related the circumstance to him.</p> - -<p><span class="sidenoter"><span class="hidev">|</span>[<a href="images/leaf_8.jpg">8</a>]<span class="hidev">|</span></span> -Some years after this, Alexander went out one morning in search of -the fruit on which they subsisted. Noon came and he had not returned, -evening and still no tidings of him. O'Donell began to be alarmed and -set out in search of him but could nowhere find him. One whole day he -spent in wandering about the rocks and mountains and in the evening he -came back to his cave weary and faint with hunger and thirst. Days, -weeks, months passed away and no Delancy appeared. O'Donell might now be -said to be truly miserable. He would sit on a rock for hours together -and cry out "Alexander, Alexander," but receive no answer, except the -distant echoing of his voice among the rocks. Sometimes he fancied it -was another person answering him and he would listen earnestly till it -died away. Then sinking into utter despair again, he would sit till -the dews of night began to fall, when he would retire to his cave to -pass the night in unquiet broken slumbers or in thinking of his beloved -commander, whom he could never see more. In one of these dreadful -intervals, he took up a small parcel and opening it he saw lying before -him two locks of soft curly hair shining like burnished gold. He gazed -on them for a little and thought of the words of those who gave them -to him—"Take this then, that you may remember us when you dwell with -only the wild beast of the desert and the great eagle of the mountain." -He burst into a flood of tears, he wrung his hands in sorrow, and in the -anguish of the moment he wished that he could once more see them and -the mighty Warrior King their father if it cost him his life. Just at -that instant, a loud clap of thunder shook the roof of the cave, a -sound like the rushing of the wind was heard and a mighty genius stood -before him.</p> - -<p>"I know thy wish," cried he with a loud and terrible voice "and I will -grant it. In two months' time thou returnest to the castle whence thou -camest hither and surrenderest thyself into my power."</p> - -<p>O'Donell promised that he would and instantly he found himself at -the door of the old castle and in the land of his birth. He pursued -his journey for three days and on the third day, he arrived at the -mountain which overlooked the city. It was a beautiful evening in -the month of September and the full moon was shedding her tranquil -light on all the face of nature. The city was lying in its splendour -and magnificence surrounded by the broad stream of the Guadima, the -palace was majestically towering in the midst of it and all its pillars -and battlements seemed in the calm light of the moon as if they were -transformed into silver by the touch of a fairy's wand. O'Donell stayed -not long to contemplate this beautiful scene but, descending the -mountain, he soon crossed the fertile plain which led to the city and -entering the gates he quickly arrived at the palace. Without speaking -to anyone he entered the inner court of the palace by a secret way -with which he was acquainted and then going up a flight of steps and -crossing a long gallery he arrived at the King's private apartment.</p> - -<p>The door was half open. He looked and beheld two very handsome young men -sitting together and reading. He instantly recognized them and was -going to step forward, when the door opened and the Great Duke entered. -O'Donell could contain himself no longer but, rushing in, he threw -himself at the feet of his Grace.</p> - -<p>"O'Donell, is this you?" exclaimed the Duke.</p> - -<p>"It is, my most noble master," answered O'Donell, almost choking with -joy. The young princes instantly embraced him while he almost smothered -them with <span class="sidenoter"><span class="hidev">|</span>[<a href="images/leaf_9.jpg">9</a>]<span class="hidev">|</span></span> -caresses. After a while they became tranquil, and then -O'Donell at the request of the Duke related all his adventures since -he parted with them not omitting the condition on which he was now in -the palace. When he had ended, a loud voice was heard saying that he -was free from his promise and might spend the rest of his days in his -native city.</p> -<p> -Some time after this, as O'Donell was walking in the streets, he met a -gentleman who he thought he had seen before but could not recollect -where or under what circumstances. After a little conversation, he -discovered that he was Alexander Delancy, that he was now a rich -merchant in the city of Paris and high in favour with the emperor -Napoleon. As may be supposed, they both were equally delighted at the -discovery. They ever after lived happily in their separate cities and -so ends my little tale.</p> - -<p class="right">C Bronte August the 17 -1829</p> - -<h4>Contents</h4> - -<p>Chap I Character of O'Donell—cause of his travels</p> - -<p>Chap II Set out—meeting Delancy—coming to the old castle—entering the -new world—description</p> - -<p>Chap III Coming to the cave—manner of life—arrival of the old man</p> - -<p>Chap IV Old man's tale</p> - -<p>Chap V Departure of the old man—disappearance of Delancy—transportation -of O'Donell—his arrival at the city—his arrival at the palace—his -interview with his chief—he finds Delancy—end</p> - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's The Search After Happiness, by Charlotte Bronte - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SEARCH AFTER HAPPINESS *** - -***** This file should be named 54254-h.htm or 54254-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/5/4/2/5/54254/ - -Produced by David Edwards, Mary Glenn Krause, Eleni -Christofaki and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team -at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from a file -downloaded from the British Library) - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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For the reader's convenience an -edited version follows, where punctuation, capitalisation and spelling -have been normalised. - -The following changes have been made to both the original and the -edited version: - -Leaf numbers, as they appear in the original, are shown in [brackets]. - -The name "ODonell" was changed to "O'Donell". - -Ampersand (&) was changed to "and". - - - - - [1] The Search after Happiness - - A Tale by C - Bronte - - August the seventeenth 1829 - - - - - [2] THE SEARCH AFTER - HAPINESS - - A TALE BY - CHARLOTTE - BRONTE - - PRINTED BY HERSELF - AND - SOLD BY - NOBODY &ct &ct - - AUGUST - THE - SEVENTEENTH - EIGHTEEN HUNDRED - AND on - Twenty nine - - - - -Preface - - -The persons meant by the Chief of the city and his Sons are the Duke of -Wellington the Marquis of Duro and Lord Wellesly the city is the Glass -town Henry O'Donell and Alexander Delancy are Captain Tarry-not-at-home -and Monsieur Like-to-live-in-lonely-places - - Charlotte Bronte - - August the 17 - 1829 - - - - -[3] A TALE BY - -CB July 28 1829 - -The search after happiness - -chapter I - - -NOT many years ago there lived in a certain city a person of the name -of Henry O'Donell, in figure he was tall of a dark complexion and -searching black eye, his mind was strong and unbending his disposition -uncosiable and though respected by many he was loved by few. the -city where he resided was very great and magnificent it was governed -by a warior a mighty man of valour whose deeds had resounded to the -ends of the earth. this soldier had 2 son's who were at that time of -the seperate age's of 6 and 7 years Henry--O'Donell was a nobleman -of great consequence in the city and a peculiar favourite with the -governor before whose glance his stern mind would bow and at his comand -O'Donells selfwill would be overcome and while playing with the young -princes he would forget his usual sulleness of demeanour the day's of -his childhood returned upon him and he would be a merry as the youngest -who was gay indeed. one day at court a quarrel ensued between him and -another noble words came to blows and O'Donell struck his oponent a -violent blow on the left cheek at this the miliatry King started up and -commanded O'Donell to apologize this he imediatly did, but from that -hour the spell of discontent seemed to have been cast over him and he -resolved to quit the city. the evening before he put this resolution -into practise he had an interview with the King and returned quite an -altered man. before he seemed stern and intractable now he was only -meditative and sorrowful as he was passing the inner court of the -palace he perceived the 2 young princes at play he called them and they -came runing to him. I am going far from this city and shall most likely -never see you again said O'Donell. where are you going? I canot tell -then why do you go away from us why do you go from your own house and -lands from this great and splendid city to you know not where because I -am not happy here. And if you are not happy here where you have every -thing for which you can whish do you expect to be happy when you are -dying of hunger or thirst in a desert or longing for the society of men -when you are thousands of miles of miles From any human being. how do -you know that that will be my case? it is very likely that it will. and -if it was I am determined to go. take this then that you may sometimes -rememberus when you dwell with only the wild beast of the desert or -the great eagle of the mountain, said they as they each gave him a -curling lock of their hair yes I will take it my princes and I shall -rember you and the mighty warrior King your father even when the angel -of Death has stretched forth his bony arm against me and I am within -the confines of his dreary kingdom the cold damp grave replied O'Donell -as the tears rushed to his eyes and he once more embraced the little -princes and then quitted them it might be for ever---- - - - - -CHAPTER. THE II - - -THE Dawn of the next morning found O'Donell on the sumit of a High -mountain which overlooked the city he had stopped to take a farewell -view of the place of his nativity. all along the eastern horizon there -was a rich glowing light which as it rose gradually melted into the -pale blue of the sky in which just over the light there was still -visible the silver crescent of the moon in a short time the sun began -to rise in golden glory casting his splendid radiance over all the -face of nature and illuminating the magnificent city in the midst of -which towering in silent grandeur there appeared the Palace where -dwelt the mighty Prince of that great and beautiful city. all around -the brazen gates and massive walls of which there flowed the majestic -stream of the Guadima whose Banks where bordered by splendid palaces -and magnificent gardens behind these stretching for many a league were -fruitful plains and forests whose shade seemed almost impenetrable to -a single ray of light while in the distace blue mountains were seen -raising their heads to the sky and forming a misty girdle to the plains -of Dahomey. on the whole of this grand and beautiful prospect [4] -O'Donells gaze was long and fixed but his last look was to the palace -of the King and a tear stood in his eye as he said ernestly may he be -preserved from all evil may good attend him and may the cheif Geni -spread their broad sheild of protection over him all the time of his -sojourn in this wearisome world. then turning round he began to decend -the mountain he pursued his way till the sun began to wax hot when -he stopped and sitting down he took out some provisions which he had -brought with him and which consisted of a few biscuits and dates while -he was eating a tall man came up and acosted him O'Donell requested -him to sit beside him and offered him a biscuit this he refused and -taking one out of a small bag which he carried he sat down and they -began to talk. In the course of conversation O'Donell learnt that this -mans name was ALexander DeLancy that he was a native of France and -that he was engaged in the same pursuit with himself i-e the search -of happiness they talked for along time and at last agreed to travel -together then rising they pursued their journey towards night fall -they lay down in the open air and slept soundly till morning when they -again set off and thus they continued till the 3 day when about 2 hours -after noon they aproached an old castle which they entred and as they -were examining it they discovered a subteaneous passage which they -could not see the end of Let us follow where this passage leads us and -perhaps we may find happiness here said O'Donell Delancy agreed the -2 stepped into the opening imediately they a great stone was rolled -to the mouth of the passage with a noise like thunder which shut out -all but a single ray daylight. "What is that! exclaimed O'Donell "I -cannot tell," replied DeLancy "but never mind I supose it is only some -genius playing tricks" "Well it may be so returned O'Donell and they -proceeded on their way after traveling for a long time as near as they -could reckon about 2 days they perceived a silvery streak of light -on the walls of the passage something like the light of the moon in -a short time they came to the end of the passage and leaping out of -the opening which formed they entred a new world they where at first -so much bewildred by the different objects which struck their senses -that they almost fainted but at length recovering they had time to see -every thing around them they were upon the top of a rock which was more -than a thousand fathoms high, all beneath them was liquid Mountains -tossed to and fro with horrible confusion roaring and raging with a -tremendous noise and crowned with waves of foam all above them was a -mighty firmament in one part covere with black clouds from which darted -huge and terrible sheets of Lightning in another part an imense globe -of Light like silver was hanging in the sky and several smaller globes -which spakled exceedingly surounded it. in a short time the tempest -which was dreadful beyond description ceased the large black clouds -cleared away the silver globes vanished and another globe whose light -was of a gold colour appeared it was far larger than the former and in -a little time it became so intensely bright that they could no longer -gaze on it so after looking around them for some time they rose and -pursued their journey. they had travelled a long way when they came an -imense forest the trees of which bore a large fruit of a deep purple -colour of which they tasted and found that it was fit for food, they -journeyed in this forest for three days and on the 3 day they entred a -valley or rather a deep glen surounded on each side by tremendous rocks -whose tops where lost in the clouds in this glen they continued for -some time and at last came in sight of a mountain which rose so high -that the could not see the sumit though the sky was quite clear. at -the foot of the mountain there flowed a river of pure water border by -trees which had flowers of a beautiful rose coulour except these trees -nothing was to be seen but black forests and huge rocks rising out of -a wilderness which bore the terrible aspect of devastation and which -stretched as far as the eye could reach in this desolate land no sound -was to be heard, not even cry of the eagle or the scream of the Curlew -but a silence like the silence of the grave reigned over all the face -of nature unbroken except by the murmur of the river as it slowly wound -its course through the desert - - - - -[5] CHAPTER THE III - - -after they had contemplated this scene for some time O'Donell exclaimed -"ALEXANDER Let us abide here what need have we to travel father let us -make this our place of rest"! "We will" replied DeLancy and "this shall -be our abode" added he pointing to a cave at the foot of the mountaine -"It shall" returned--O'Donell as they entered it. in this country they -remained for many long years and passed their time in a maner which -made them completely happy sometimes they would sit upon a high rock -and listen to the hoarse thunder rolling through the sky and making -the mountains to echo and the deserts to ring with its awful voice, -somtimes they would watch the lightning darting across black clouds -and shivering huge fragments of rock in its terrible passage sometimes -they would witness the great glorious orb of gold sink behind the far -distant mountains which girded the horizon and then watch the advance -of grey twilight and the little stars coming forth in beauty and the -silver moon arising in her splendour till the cold dews of night began -to fall and then they would retire to their bed in the cave with -hearts full of joy and thankfulness. one evening they were seated in -this cave by a large Blazing fire of turf which cast its lurid light -to the high arched roof and illuminated the tall and stately pillars -cut by the hand of nature out the stony rock with a cheerful and red -glare that appeared strange in this desolate land which no fires had -ever before visited except those feirce flames of death which flash -from the heavens when robed in the dreadful majesty of thunder. they -were seated in this cave then listening to the howling night wind as -it swept in mournful cadences through the trees of the forest which -encircled the foot of the mount and bordered the stream which flowed -round it. they were quite silent and their thoughts were ocupied by -those that were afar off and whom it was their fate most likely never -more to behold O'Donell was thinking of his noble master and his young -Princes of the thousands of miles which intervened between him and them -and the sad silent tear gushed forth as he ruminated on the happiness -of those times when his master frowned not when the gloom of care gave -place to the smile of freindship when he would talk to him and laugh -with him and be to him not as a brother no no but as a mighty warrior -who relaxing from his haughtiness would now and then converse with -his high officers in a strain of vivacity and playful humour not to -be equalled. next he viewed him in his minds eye at the head of his -army he heared in the ears of his imagination the buzz of expectation -of hope and supposition which humed round him as his penetrating eye -with a still keeness of expression was fixed on the distant ranks of -the enemy then he heard his authorative voice exclam, Onward brave -sons of freedom onward to the battle and lastly his parting words -to him "in prosperity or, in misery In sorrow or in joy In populous -cities or in desolate wildernesses my prayer shall go with you" darted -across his mind with such painful distinctness that he at length gave -way to his uncontrollable greif at the thought that he should never -behold his beloved and mighty comander more and burst into a flood of -tears. What is the matter Henry exclaimed Delancy O nothing nothing -was the reply and they were resuming their tacit thinking when a voice -was heard outside the cavern which broke strangely upon the desolate -silence of that land which for thousands of years had heard no sound -save the howling of the wind through the forest the echoing of the -thunder among mountains or the solitary murmuring of the river if we -except the preseence of O'Donell and Delancy. Listen! cried ALEXANDER -listen! what is that. it is the sound of a mans voice replied Henry and -then snatching up a burning torch he rushed to the mouth of the cave -followed by Delancy when they had got there they saw the figure of a -very old man sitting on the damp wet ground moaning and complaining -bitterly they went up to him at their approach he rose and said are -you human or supernatural beings? they assured him that they were -human. he went on. then why have you taken up your abode in this -land of the grave? O'Donell answered that he would relate to him all -the particulars if he would he would take shelter for the night with -them the old man consented and when they were all assembled round the -cheerful fire O'Donell fulfilled his promise and then requested the old -man to tell them how he came to be travelling there he complied and -began as follows---- - - - - -[6] CHAPTER the IV - - -I was the son of a respectable merchant in moussoul my father intended -to bring me up to his own trade but I was idle and did not like. it -one day as I was playing in the street a very old man came up to me -and asked me if I would go with him I asked him where he was going he -replyed that if I would go with him he would show me very wonderful -things this raised my curiosity and I consented he imediatly took me -by the hand and hurried me out of the city of Moussoul so quickly that -my breath was almost stopped and it seemed as if we glided along in -the air for I could hear no sound of our footsteps we continued on our -course for a long time till we came to glen surrounded by very high -mountains how we passed over those mountains I could never tell, in the -middle of the glen there was a small fountain of very clear water my -conducter directed me to drink of it this I did and imediatly I found -myself in a palace the glory of which far exceeds any description which -I can give the tall stately pillars reaching from heaven to earth were -formed of the fines and pured diamonds the pavement sparkling with -gold and precious stones and the mighty dome made solem and awful by -its stupendous magnitude was of a single emerald. in the midst of this -grand and magnificent palace was a lamp like the sun the radiance of -which made all the palace to flash and glitter with an almost fearful -grandeur the ruby sent a stream forth of crimson light the topaz gold -the saphire intensest purple and the dome poured a flood of deep -clear splendour which overcame all the other gaudy lights by its mild -triumphant glory in this palace were thousands and tens of thousand of -faires and geni some of whom flitted lightly among the blazing lamps to -the sound of unearthly music which dyed and swelled in a strain of wild -grandeur suited to the words they sung-- - - in this fairy land of light - no mortal ere has been - and the dreadful grandeu of this sight - by them hath not been seen - - t'would strike them shudering to the earth - like the flash from a thunder cloud - it would quench their light and joyous mirth - and fit them for the shroud - - the rising of our palaces - like visions of the deep - and the glory of their structure - no mortal voice can speak - - the music of our songs - and our mighty trumpets swell - and the sounding of our silver harps - no mortal tongue can tell - - of us they know but little - save when the storm doth rise - and the mighty waves are tossing - agains the arched skys - - [7] then oft they see us striding - o'e'r the billows snow white foam - or hear us speak in thunder - when we stand in grandeur lone - - on the darkest of the mighty clouds - which veil the pearly moon - around us lightning flashing - nights blackness to illume - - chorus the music of our songs - and our mighty trumpets - swell and the sounding of our silver - harp no mortal tongue can tell - -when they had finished their was a dead silence for about half an -hour and then the palace began slowly and gradualy to vanish till -it disapeared intirely and I found myself in the glen surounded by -high mountains the fountain illuminated by the cold light of the moon -springing up in the middle of the valley and standing close by was the -old man who had conducted me to this enchanted place he turned round -and I could see that his countenance had an expression of strange -severity which I had not before observed. Follow me he said I obeyed -and we began to ascend the mountain it would be needless to trouble you -with a repititon of all my adventures suffice it to say that after two -months time we arrived at a large temple we entred it the interior as -well as the outside had a very gloomy and ominous aspect being intirely -built of black marble the old man suddenly seized me and dragged me -to an altar at the upper end of the temple then forcing me down on my -knees he made me swear that I would be his servant forever and this -promise I faithfully kept notwithstanding the dreadful scenes of magic -of which every day of my life I was forced to be a witness one day -he told me that he would discharge me from the oath I had taken and -comanded me to leave his service I obeyed and after wandering about the -world for many years I one evening laid myself down on a little bank by -the roadside intending to pass the night there suddenly I felt myself -raised in the air by invisible hands in a short time I lost sight of -the earth and continued on my course through the clouds till I became -insensible and when I recovered from my swoon I found myself lying -outside this cave what may be my future destiny I know not---- - - - - -CHAPTER the V - - -When the old man had finished his tale O'Donell and Delancy thanked -him for the relation adding at the same time that they had never heard -anything half so wonderful then as it was very late they all retired -to rest next morning O'Donell awoke very early and looking round the -cave he perceived the bed of leaves on which the old man had lain to be -empty the rising he went out of the cave the sky was covered with red -fiery clouds except those in the east whose edges were tinged with the -bright rays of the morning sun as they strove to hide its glory with -their dark veil of vapours now all beauty and radiance by the golden -line of light which sreaked their gloomy surface beneath this storm -portending sky and far off to the westward rose two tremendous rocks -whose sumits were enveloped with black clouds rolling one above another -with an awful magnificence well suited to the land of wilderness and -mountain which they canopied gliding along in the air between these -two rocks was a chariot of light and in the chariot sat a figure the -expression of whose countenance was that of the old man armed with the -majesty and might of a spirit O'Donell stood at the mouth of the cave -watching it till it vanished and then calling Delancy he related the -circumstance to him [8] some years after this ALexander went out one -morning in search of the fruit on which they subsisted noon came and -he had not returned evening and still no tidings of him O'Donell began -to be alarmed and set out in search of him but could no where find him -one whole day he spent in wandering about the rocks and mountains and -in the evening he came back to his cave weary and faint with hunger and -thirst days weeks months passed away and no Delancy apeared O'Donell -might now Be said to be truly miserable he would sit on a rock for -hours together and cry out ALexander ALexander but receive no answer -except the distant echoing of his voice among the rocks sometimes -he fancied it was another person answering him and he would listen -ernestly till it dyed awey then sinking into utter despair again he -woul sit till the dews of night began to fall when he would retire to -his cave to pass the night in unquiet broken slumbers or in thinking -of his beloved commander whom he could never see more in one of these -dreadful intervals he took up a small parcel and opening it he saw -lying before him two locks of soft culy hair shing like--burnished -gold he gazed on them for a little and thought of the words of those -who gave them to him--take this then that you may rember us when you -dewll with only the wild beast of the desert and the great eagle of -the mountain he burst into a flood of tears he wrung his hands sorrow -and in the anguish of the moment he wished that he could once more -see them and the mighty Warrior King their father if it cost him his -life just at that instant a loud clap of thunder shook the roof of -the cave a sound like the rushing of the wind was heard and a mighty -genius stood before him I know thy wish cried he with a loud and -terrible voice and I will grant it in 2 months time thou returnest -to the castle wence thou camest hither and surrenderest thyself into -my power O'Donell promised that he would and instantly he found -himself at the door of the old castle and in the land of his birth -he pursued his journey for three days and on the 3. day he arrived -at the mountain which overlooked the city it was a beautiful evening -in the month of September and the full moon was shedding her traquil -light on all the face of nature the city was lying in its splendour -and magnificence surrounded by the broad stream of the Guadima the -palace was majestically towering in the midst of it and all its pillars -and battlements eemed in the calm light of the moon as if they were -transformed into siver by the touch of a fairys wand O'Donell staid not -long to contemplate this beautiful scene but decending the mountain -he soon crossed the fertile plain which led to the city and entering -the gates he quickly arrived at the palace without speaking to any one -he entred the iner court of the palace by a seecret way with which he -was acquainted and then going up a flight of steps and crossing a long -gallery he arrived at the Kings private apartment the door was half -open he looked and beheld 2 very handsome young men sitting together -and reading he instantly recgonized them and was going to step forward -when the door opened and the Great Duke entred O'Donell could contain -himself no longer but rushing in he threw himself at the feet of his -Grace O'Donell is this you exclaimed the Duke it is my most noble -master answered O'Donell almost choking with joy the young princes -instantly embraced him while he almost smothered them with [9] caresses -after a while they became tranquil and then O'Donell at the request -of the Duke related all his adventures since he parted with them not -omiting the condition on which he was now in the palace when he had -ended a loud voice was heard saying that he was free from his promise -and might spend the rest of his days in his native city sometime after -this as O'Donell was walking in the streets he met a gentleman who he -thought he had seen before but could not recolect where or under what -circumstances after a little conversation he discovered that he was -ALexander Delancy that he was now a rich merchant in the city of Paris -and high in favour with the emperor Napoleon as may be suposed they -both were equally delighted at the discovery they ever after lived -hapily in their seperate cities and so ends my little tale. - - C Bronte August the 17 - 1829 - - - - -Contents - - -Chap I character of O'Donell cause of his travels - -Chap II set out meeting Delancy coming to the old castle entreing the -new world description - -Chap III coming to the cave maner of life arrival of the old man - -Chap VI old mans tale - -Chap V Departure of the old man disapearance of Delancy transportation -of O'Donell his arrival at the city his arrival at the palace; his -interview with his cheif he finds Delancy end - - -FINIS - - - - - EDITED VERSION - -Preface - -The persons meant by the Chief of the city and his Sons are the Duke -of Wellington, the Marquis of Duro and Lord Wellesly. The city is -the Glass town. Henry O'Donell and Alexander Delancy are Captain -Tarry-not-at-home and Monsieur Like-to-live-in-lonely-places. - -Charlotte Bronte - -August the 17 1829 - - -[3] A TALE BY - -CB July 28 1829 - -The search after happiness - -Chapter I - -NOT many years ago there lived in a certain city a person of the name -of Henry O'Donell. In figure he was tall, of a dark complexion and -searching black eye, his mind was strong and unbending, his disposition -unsociable and though respected by many he was loved by few. The city -where he resided was very great and magnificent. It was governed by a -warrior, a mighty man of valour whose deeds had resounded to the ends -of the earth. This soldier had two sons who were at that time of the -separate ages of six and seven years. - -Henry O'Donell was a nobleman of great consequence in the city and a -peculiar favourite with the governor, before whose glance his stern mind -would bow and at his command O'Donell's selfwill would be overcome, -and while playing with the young princes he would forget his usual -sullenness of demeanour; the days of his childhood returned upon him and -he would be as merry as the youngest, who was gay indeed. - -One day at court, a quarrel ensued between him and another noble, words -came to blows and O'Donell struck his opponent a violent blow on the -left cheek. At this the military King started up and commanded O'Donell -to apologize. This he immediately did, but from that hour the spell of -discontent seemed to have been cast over him and he resolved to quit -the city. The evening before he put this resolution into practice, -he had an interview with the King and returned quite an altered man. -Before he seemed stern and intractable, now he was only meditative -and sorrowful. As he was passing the inner court of the palace, he -perceived the two young princes at play. He called them and they came -running to him. - -"I am going far from this city and shall most likely never see you -again," said O'Donell. - -"Where are you going?" - -"I cannot tell." - -"Then why do you go away from us, why do you go from your own house and -lands, from this great and splendid city to you know not where?" - -"Because I am not happy here." - -"And if you are not happy here where you have every thing for which -you can wish, do you expect to be happy when you are dying of hunger -or thirst in a desert or longing for the society of men, when you are -thousands of miles, of miles from any human being?" - -"How do you know that that will be my case?" - -"It is very likely that it will." - -"And if it was, I am determined to go." - -"Take this then that you may sometimes remember us when you dwell with -only the wild beast of the desert or the great eagle of the mountain," -said they as they each gave him a curling lock of their hair. - -"Yes, I will take it my princes and I shall remember you and the mighty -warrior King your father, even when the angel of Death has stretched -forth his bony arm against me and I am within the confines of his -dreary kingdom, the cold damp grave," replied O'Donell, as the tears -rushed to his eyes and he once more embraced the little princes and -then quitted them, it might be for ever---- - - -CHAPTER THE II - -THE Dawn of the next morning found O'Donell on the summit of a high -mountain which overlooked the city. He had stopped to take a farewell -view of the place of his nativity. All along the eastern horizon, there -was a rich glowing light, which, as it rose, gradually melted into the -pale blue of the sky, in which, just over the light, there was still -visible the silver crescent of the moon. In a short time the sun began -to rise in golden glory casting his splendid radiance over all the -face of nature and illuminating the magnificent city in the midst of -which, towering in the silent grandeur, there appeared the Palace where -dwelt the mighty Prince of that great and beautiful city, all around -the brazen gates and massive walls of which there flowed the majestic -stream of the Guadima whose banks were bordered by splendid palaces and -magnificent gardens. Behind these stretching for many a league were -fruitful plains and forests whose shade seemed almost impenetrable to -a single ray of light, while in the distance blue mountains were seen -raising their heads to the sky and forming a misty girdle to the plains -of Dahomey. On the whole of this grand and beautiful prospect, [4] -O'Donell's gaze was long and fixed but his last look was to the palace -of the King and a tear stood in his eye as he said earnestly, "May he -be preserved from all evil. May good attend him and may the chief Genie -spread their broad shield of protection over him all the time of his -sojourn in this wearisome world." - -Then turning round he began to descend the mountain. He pursued his -way till the sun began to wax hot when he stopped and, sitting down, -he took out some provisions which he had brought with him and which -consisted of a few biscuits and dates. While he was eating, a tall man -came up and accosted him. O'Donell requested him to sit beside him and -offered him a biscuit. This he refused, and taking one out of a small -bag which he carried, he sat down and they began to talk. In the course -of conversation O'Donell learnt that this man's name was Alexander -Delancy, that he was a native of France, and that he was engaged in the -same pursuit with himself, i.e. the search of happiness. They talked -for a long time and at last agreed to travel together. Then, rising, -they pursued their journey. Towards nightfall they lay down in the open -air and slept soundly till morning, when they again set off and thus -they continued till the 3rd day, when about two hours after noon they -approached an old castle which they entered and as they were examining -it, they discovered a subterraneous passage, which they could not see -the end of. - -"Let us follow where this passage leads us and perhaps we may find -happiness here," said O'Donell. - -Delancy agreed; the two stepped into the opening. Immediately a great -stone was rolled to the mouth of the passage with a noise like thunder -which shut out all but a single ray of daylight. - -"What is that!" exclaimed O'Donell. - -"I cannot tell," replied Delancy "but never mind. I suppose it is only -some genius playing tricks." - -"Well, it may be so," returned O'Donell and they proceeded on their way. - -After travelling for a long time, as near as they could reckon about -two days, they perceived a silvery streak of light on the walls of the -passage, something like the light of the moon. In a short time they -came to the end of the passage, and, leaping out of the opening which -formed, they entered a new world. - -They were at first so much bewildered by the different objects which -struck their senses that they almost fainted, but at length recovering -they had time to see everything around them. They were upon the top of -a rock which was more than a thousand fathoms high. All beneath them -was liquid mountains tossed to and fro with horrible confusion, roaring -and raging with a tremendous noise and crowned with waves of foam. -All above them was a mighty firmament, in one part covered with black -clouds from which darted huge and terrible sheets of lightning, in -another part an immense globe of light like silver was hanging in the -sky and several smaller globes which sparkled exceedingly surrounded it. - -In a short time the tempest which was dreadful beyond description -ceased, the large black clouds cleared away, the silver globes -vanished, and another globe whose light was of a gold colour appeared. -It was far larger than the former and in a little time it became so -intensely bright that they could no longer gaze on it, so after looking -around them for some time they rose and pursued their journey. - -They had travelled a long way, when they came to an immense forest, -the trees of which bore a large fruit of a deep purple colour of which -they tasted and found that it was fit for food. They journeyed in this -forest for three days and on the 3rd day they entered a valley or -rather a deep glen surrounded on each side by tremendous rocks, whose -tops were lost in the clouds. In this glen they continued for some -time and at last came in sight of a mountain which rose so high that -they could not see the summit though the sky was quite clear. At the -foot of the mountain, there flowed a river of pure water bordered by -trees which had flowers of a beautiful rose colour. Except these trees -nothing was to be seen but black forests and huge rocks rising out of -a wilderness which bore the terrible aspect of devastation and which -stretched as far as the eye could reach. In this desolate land no sound -was to be heard, not even cry of the eagle or the scream of the curlew, -but a silence, like the silence of the grave, reigned over all the face -of nature unbroken except by the murmur of the river as it slowly wound -its course through the desert. - - -[5] CHAPTER THE III - -After they had contemplated this scene for some time O'Donell -exclaimed, "Alexander, let us abide here. What need have we to travel -farther? let us make this our place of rest!" - -"We will," replied Delancy "and this shall be our abode," added he -pointing to a cave at the foot of the mountain. - -"It shall," returned O'Donell as they entered it. - -In this country they remained for many long years and passed their time -in a manner which made them completely happy. Sometimes they would sit -upon a high rock and listen to the hoarse thunder rolling through the -sky and making the mountains to echo and the deserts to ring with its -awful voice. Sometimes they would watch the lightning darting across -black clouds and shivering huge fragments of rock in its terrible -passage. Sometimes they would witness the great glorious orb of gold -sink behind the far distant mountains which girded the horizon and then -watch the advance of grey twilight and the little stars coming forth in -beauty and the silver moon arising in her splendour till the cold dews -of night began to fall and then they would retire to their bed in the -cave with hearts full of joy and thankfulness. - -One evening they were seated in this cave by a large blazing fire of -turf which cast its lurid light to the high arched roof and illuminated -the tall and stately pillars cut by the hand of nature out the stony -rock with a cheerful and red glare that appeared strange in this -desolate land, which no fires had ever before visited except those -fierce flames of death, which flash from the heavens when robed in -the dreadful majesty of thunder. They were seated in this cave then -listening to the howling night wind as it swept in mournful cadences -through the trees of the forest, which encircled the foot of the mount -and bordered the stream which flowed round it. They were quite silent -and their thoughts were occupied by those that were afar off and whom -it was their fate most likely never more to behold. O'Donell was -thinking of his noble master and his young Princes, of the thousands of -miles which intervened between him and them, and the sad silent tear -gushed forth as he ruminated on the happiness of those times: when his -master frowned, not when the gloom of care gave place to the smile of -friendship; when he would talk to him and laugh with him and be to him -not as a brother, no no, but as a mighty warrior, who relaxing from -his haughtiness would now and then converse with his high officers -in a strain of vivacity and playful humour not to be equalled. Next -he viewed him in his mind's eye at the head of his army. He heard -in the ears of his imagination the buzz of expectation of hope and -supposition which hummed round him as his penetrating eye with a still -keenness of expression was fixed on the distant ranks of the enemy, -then he heard his authoritative voice exclaim, "Onward brave sons of -freedom, onward to the battle," and lastly his parting words to him, -"In prosperity or in misery, in sorrow or in joy, in populous cities or -in desolate wildernesses my prayer shall go with you," darted across -his mind with such painful distinctness that he at length gave way to -his uncontrollable grief at the thought that he should never behold his -beloved and mighty commander more and burst into a flood of tears. - -"What is the matter, Henry?" exclaimed Delancy. - -"O nothing, nothing," was the reply, and they were resuming their -tacit thinking, when a voice was heard outside the cavern which broke -strangely upon the desolate silence of that land which for thousands -of years had heard no sound save the howling of the wind through the -forest, the echoing of the thunder among mountains or the solitary -murmuring of the river if we except the presence of O'Donell and -Delancy. - -"Listen!" cried Alexander, "listen! What is that?" - -"It is the sound of a man's voice," replied Henry and then snatching up -a burning torch, he rushed to the mouth of the cave followed by Delancy. - -When they had got there they saw the figure of a very old man, sitting -on the damp wet ground moaning and complaining bitterly. They went up -to him. - -At their approach he rose and said, "Are you human or supernatural -beings?" - -They assured him that they were human. He went on, "Then why have you -taken up your abode in this land of the grave?" - -O'Donell answered that he would relate to him all the particulars, if -he would he would take shelter for the night with them. The old man -consented and when they were all assembled round the cheerful fire, -O'Donell fulfilled his promise and then requested the old man to tell -them how he came to be travelling there. He complied and began as -follows---- - - -[6] CHAPTER the IV - -"I was the son of a respectable merchant in Moussoul. My father -intended to bring me up to his own trade but I was idle and did not -like it. One day as I was playing in the street a very old man came -up to me and asked me if I would go with him. I asked him where he -was going. He replied that if I would go with him he would show me -very wonderful things. This raised my curiosity and I consented. He -immediately took me by the hand and hurried me out of the city of -Moussoul so quickly that my breath was almost stopped and it seemed -as if we glided along in the air for I could hear no sound of our -footsteps. We continued on our course for a long time till we came to -a glen surrounded by very high mountains. How we passed over those -mountains, I could never tell. In the middle of the glen there was a -small fountain of very clear water. My conductor directed me to drink -of it. This I did and immediately I found myself in a palace, the glory -of which far exceeds any description which I can give: the tall stately -pillars reaching from heaven to earth were formed of the finest and -purest diamonds, the pavement sparkling with gold and precious stones -and the mighty dome, made solemn and awful by its stupendous magnitude, -was of a single emerald. In the midst of this grand and magnificent -palace was a lamp like the sun, the radiance of which made all the -palace to flash and glitter with an almost fearful grandeur, the ruby -sent a stream forth of crimson light, the topaz gold, the sapphire -intensest purple, and the dome poured a flood of deep clear splendour -which overcame all the other gaudy lights by its mild triumphant glory. -In this palace were thousands and tens of thousands of fairies and -genii, some of whom flitted lightly among the blazing lamps to the -sound of unearthly music which died and swelled in a strain of wild -grandeur suited to the words they sung-- - - in this fairy land of light - no mortal ere has been - and the dreadful grandeur of this sight - by them hath not been seen - - 'twould strike them shuddering to the earth - like the flash from a thunder cloud - it would quench their light and joyous mirth - and fit them for the shroud - - the rising of our palaces - like visions of the deep - and the glory of their structure - no mortal voice can speak - - the music of our songs - and our mighty trumpets' swell - and the sounding of our silver harps - no mortal tongue can tell - - of us they know but little - save when the storm doth rise - and the mighty waves are tossing - against the arched skies - - [7] then oft they see us striding - o'er the billows' snow white foam - or hear us speak in thunder - when we stand in grandeur lone - - on the darkest of the mighty clouds - which veil the pearly moon - around us lightning flashing - night's blackness to illume - - chorus the music of our songs - and our mighty trumpets' swell - and the sounding of our silver - harp no mortal tongue can tell. - -When they had finished, there was a dead silence for about half an -hour and then the palace began slowly and gradually to vanish till -it disappeared entirely and I found myself in the glen surrounded by -high mountains, the fountain illuminated by the cold light of the moon -springing up in the middle of the valley, and standing close by was -the old man who had conducted me to this enchanted place. He turned -round and I could see that his countenance had an expression of strange -severity which I had not before observed. "Follow me," he said. I -obeyed and we began to ascend the mountain. It would be needless to -trouble you with a repetition of all my adventures. Suffice it to say -that after two months time, we arrived at a large temple. We entered -it. The interior as well as the outside had a very gloomy and ominous -aspect being entirely built of black marble. The old man suddenly -seized me and dragged me to an altar at the upper end of the temple, -then, forcing me down on my knees, he made me swear that I would be his -servant forever and this promise I faithfully kept notwithstanding the -dreadful scenes of magic of which every day of my life I was forced -to be a witness. One day he told me that he would discharge me from -the oath I had taken and commanded me to leave his service. I obeyed -and, after wandering about the world for many years, I one evening -laid myself down on a little bank by the roadside intending to pass -the night there. Suddenly I felt myself raised in the air by invisible -hands. In a short time I lost sight of the earth and continued on my -course through the clouds till I became insensible and when I recovered -from my swoon, I found myself lying outside this cave. What may be my -future destiny I know not----" - - -CHAPTER the V - -When the old man had finished his tale, O'Donell and Delancy thanked -him for the relation, adding at the same time that they had never heard -anything half so wonderful. Then as it was very late, they all retired -to rest. Next morning O'Donell awoke very early and, looking round the -cave, he perceived the bed of leaves on which the old man had lain to -be empty. He went out of the cave. The sky was covered with the rising -red fiery clouds except those in the east whose edges were tinged with -the bright rays of the morning sun, as they strove to hide its glory -with their dark veil of vapours, now all beauty and radiance by the -golden line of light which streaked their gloomy surface. Beneath this -storm-portending sky and far off to the westward rose two tremendous -rocks whose summits were enveloped with black clouds rolling one -above another with an awful magnificence well suited to the land of -wilderness and mountain which they canopied. Gliding along in the air -between these two rocks was a chariot of light and in the chariot sat -a figure, the expression of whose countenance was that of the old man -armed with the majesty and might of a spirit. O'Donell stood at the -mouth of the cave watching it till it vanished and then calling Delancy -he related the circumstance to him. - -[8] Some years after this, Alexander went out one morning in search of -the fruit on which they subsisted. Noon came and he had not returned, -evening and still no tidings of him. O'Donell began to be alarmed and -set out in search of him but could nowhere find him. One whole day he -spent in wandering about the rocks and mountains and in the evening he -came back to his cave weary and faint with hunger and thirst. Days, -weeks, months passed away and no Delancy appeared. O'Donell might -now be said to be truly miserable. He would sit on a rock for hours -together and cry out "Alexander, Alexander," but receive no answer, -except the distant echoing of his voice among the rocks. Sometimes -he fancied it was another person answering him and he would listen -earnestly till it died away. Then sinking into utter despair again, he -would sit till the dews of night began to fall, when he would retire to -his cave to pass the night in unquiet broken slumbers or in thinking of -his beloved commander, whom he could never see more. In one of these -dreadful intervals, he took up a small parcel and opening it he saw -lying before him two locks of soft curly hair shining like burnished -gold. He gazed on them for a little and thought of the words of those -who gave them to him--"Take this then, that you may remember us when -you dwell with only the wild beast of the desert and the great eagle of -the mountain." He burst into a flood of tears, he wrung his hands in -sorrow, and in the anguish of the moment he wished that he could once -more see them and the mighty Warrior King their father if it cost him -his life. Just at that instant, a loud clap of thunder shook the roof -of the cave, a sound like the rushing of the wind was heard and a -mighty genius stood before him. - -"I know thy wish," cried he with a loud and terrible voice "and I will -grant it. In two months' time thou returnest to the castle whence thou -camest hither and surrenderest thyself into my power." - -O'Donell promised that he would and instantly he found himself at -the door of the old castle and in the land of his birth. He pursued -his journey for three days and on the third day, he arrived at the -mountain which overlooked the city. It was a beautiful evening in -the month of September and the full moon was shedding her tranquil -light on all the face of nature. The city was lying in its splendour -and magnificence surrounded by the broad stream of the Guadima, the -palace was majestically towering in the midst of it and all its pillars -and battlements seemed in the calm light of the moon as if they were -transformed into silver by the touch of a fairy's wand. O'Donell stayed -not long to contemplate this beautiful scene but, descending the -mountain, he soon crossed the fertile plain which led to the city and -entering the gates he quickly arrived at the palace. Without speaking -to anyone he entered the inner court of the palace by a secret way -with which he was acquainted and then going up a flight of steps and -crossing a long gallery he arrived at the King's private apartment. - -The door was half open. He looked and beheld two very handsome young -men sitting together and reading. He instantly recognized them and was -going to step forward, when the door opened and the Great Duke entered. -O'Donell could contain himself no longer but, rushing in, he threw -himself at the feet of his Grace. - -"O'Donell, is this you?" exclaimed the Duke. - -"It is, my most noble master," answered O'Donell, almost choking with -joy. The young princes instantly embraced him while he almost smothered -them with [9] caresses. After a while they became tranquil, and then -O'Donell at the request of the Duke related all his adventures since -he parted with them not omitting the condition on which he was now in -the palace. When he had ended, a loud voice was heard saying that he -was free from his promise and might spend the rest of his days in his -native city. - -Some time after this, as O'Donell was walking in the streets, he met a -gentleman who he thought he had seen before but could not recollect -where or under what circumstances. After a little conversation, he -discovered that he was Alexander Delancy, that he was now a rich -merchant in the city of Paris and high in favour with the emperor -Napoleon. As may be supposed, they both were equally delighted at the -discovery. They ever after lived happily in their separate cities and -so ends my little tale. - -C Bronte August the 17 1829 - - -Contents - -Chap I Character of O'Donell--cause of his travels - -Chap II Set out--meeting Delancy--coming to the old castle--entering the -new world--description - -Chap III Coming to the cave--manner of life--arrival of the old man - -Chap IV Old man's tale - -Chap V Departure of the old man--disappearance of -Delancy--transportation of O'Donell--his arrival at the city--his -arrival at the palace--his interview with his chief--he finds -Delancy--end - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's The Search After Happiness, by Charlotte Bronte - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SEARCH AFTER HAPPINESS *** - -***** This file should be named 54254.txt or 54254.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/5/4/2/5/54254/ - -Produced by David Edwards, Mary Glenn Krause, Eleni -Christofaki and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team -at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from a file -downloaded from the British Library) - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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