Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1836-04-26

bnsh, moonlight q gentleman slgh, from a wsgon
aud open tho gate
"Let us 60 10 the psslot--hc- mus, certainly be
coming 90 visit " ,"
"issb he Is here
The latch clicked. and to oor supr.c the elrgant
Roscs,l entered. errcciel 10 see Mm fy to Jul,s.
when to my asiouisbncn, be advanced 10 the table
iih.--hh lleruan--cousia Ahdu--how arc YOU
an"
"Heros consiu liuns." cchard ron the eir'r.
and all arose to exchange greetings with him. The
blacks gr,nncd with pleasure aud extended their
hands 10 their avorite Massa Hans.
lie advanced 10 the fire." Uncle. how are YOU"
'Ah Hans Won Rose,ii my boy, how arc YOU
sit down.
The cyc Of Rosc,d zen on Julia -hc started and
by the shade which passed HE brow, sni tic glance
lac threw around, was sorrow to sec lie was NOR.
tifed at the relationship he had revealed
GLOW odd, " he said Il should have found you
here. How oil the beaux at Congress Hall will
envy me-, they hsye.bcen d|sespoir ever since
your sudden flight As 10 your Indian chief Miss
Danfofth, he was the picture Of misery lie roam
ed rcstlcssly around the town like an unquict
spirit lowering over the h,unts o. former Joys. It
was cruel in you to leave him without any clue TO
your retreat : and in low voice to Julia, chow
cruel in you to leave me thus"
She blushcd and to avoid the subject, asked az
ter Mr.. Greonve.
81 do not know where he is, he disappeared soon
after YOU did"
"Where did you come from last, Hans 2" asked
his uncle
al felt Saratoga soon afe dinner, and am on my
way to my mothers, and could not pass here with
out n call"
"That is right my lad your mother is well, as
Norche your cousin wns there yesterday
Twas much surprised that the elegant Roscvil,
the greatest, beau in and his accomplished sis
ter, had emerged from this obscurity. His parents
! were plain farmers, and lived few miles beyond
us.
Norche.
"She is at the springs still, but will make visit
home she goes to town for the winter"
"To town = said Mr.. Won Neghton pee,ishly.
why cannot she content hersclf in the country.
The people in the city, vain conceited set.
and will only teach her bad ways. Heaven only
knows how half of them live there is scarcely one
of those who came dashing and splashlng up here
ha a fye as ~h ac S' m
! in agriculture or manufactures"
dear me uncle, do you think there is no one oc.
cuped in the city. ! assure you money cannot be
! picked up in the street"
! 'You spend it as fast as you get it"
| Rosevil smiled, and endeayored to turn the con-
versation, as he saw bis uncle on his favorte
topic. the superiority of country over city life.-
Mr. V on Veghton had been rather unfortunate il
his specimens of the citizens as, living near fash
ionable watering place he was liable TO see many o.
the dashing and reckless IN modist life, and few o.
the sad sober citizens. Too many Of these arc
TO look with contempt on the style Of living in The
country, and esteemed persons according to then
rank aud fashion in society. MIR Won Neghton, foe
ling himself not whit inferior to these persons, II
wealth. worth, or antiquity of family was not DIS
posed to permit them to assume superiority owe
him. Like many Of US he had fallen mo opposite
extremes, and stouty asserted tina. everybody ant
everything were n higher scale 10 the countr!
than in the city.
I'm. A warm sunny day drove us all ou' o
doors this morning. Rosevil aud julia went t
take drive. Serena at her usual post reading Of
the back porch under the shade Of honeysuckle
and clematis whilst escaped TO wander al my viii
Alone in the woods! How pleasant to Fit on
fallen tree, and gaze upon the long 's'a's, lk
Cathedral isles, across which an occasional strca
Of sunshine reveals the shades beyond. How 50
Tenn is the deep stiffness, only varied by the gen
tie rustliug OF the summer breeze, il wa;os asid
Z
the heavens over US. How vast the variety OF pal
and delicate plants spring up beneath my feet
! lovely creations which bloom aud die unknown
, uugladdened by the SUMS light. Like closicre
nuns they repose, solemn and far, whom ID
world never gszcs on. But oh, ye noble trees =
o? all eorths varied beauties, ye touch my soul tn
e most How do love to gaze far up among III
gothic arches Of the monasc elm,o mark the slal
ry eayed maple, or Tepose my eye on the dark c'
= er green-ihe tassel.ed bass~ood--the glossy chez
rut--N lille far above them towers, the lone an
n blasted pine fit emblem Of that lordiy race, wAc
once hunted beneath ITS shades. How reiIcshln
. 10 the soul is 1t TO oe alone end mediate. Her
10 in the depth of this sen, forest, where no earth
q eve gazes on me. eau give vent 10 those ieeihi
2 which have been burning 20 my hearts core. H.
cruel thus remor-ics-Iy 10 aceUo The heart Of Oh
/, SO noble end so loving. WHAT'S there worth is
70 ing for 10 tins world 90 chance and change, # %
l. not affection. Oh the ,ulle OF one loUng hear
e It's worth countless mines Of gold, and yet ,h
o precious jewc!, have reosiessly thrown from 30
N Oh, Gfeen,iiie-s should uH but once more meet
would be ue'er 20 feyer rusihug in tie ,re'
u aroused NE from nay gloomy revere. and rniz.'
c my eyes there a. II my thoughts had coW1''