Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-02-24
The BeautiMl copyict.


like folds Of fax coored satin; features
winch shrewd and active mind had strong
| ly developed; full, masculine frame of
stately proportions, and firm. elastic, rapid
tread, which she had acquired in early DAYS
when
Down the rocks she leapt along
Like rrnlc.s 10 May.
Her youth was unfortunate. her mother
had died during her infancy and her profit
gate and selfish father had abandoned her
before she had reached the age Of fifteen.
Many were anxious 10 take Rose into their
service, for she was neat and thrifty as a
brownie, and had the obsequious manner of
her countrymen, united with their proverbia
knowledge of the most direct road TO favor
aud fortune Her great misfortune was
beauty. Often after the most unremtting ef
tort TO please, Rose was accused Of thous-
and faults. and dismissed by prudent wives
and mothers. lest she should become TOO dear
servant Scotch discrimination soon dis
covered the source Of the difficulty, and
Scotch ambition resolved TO make the best of
II. To lovers OF her own rank she was al.
ternately winning and disdaining-de lermin.
ed that none should break her chains. vet
dealing out her scorns to each, as their char.
acters would bear. With her superiors she
played deep, insidious game. Trusting 10
her strength OF pride, she resisted their arts.
while she almost invariably made them the
victims Of her own. In all this, Rose was
actuated by something more than a mere
girlish love Of triumph she was ambitious
and had formed high hopes of opulem mar
rage Many Cantaband Oxonian--many
testy bachelor and equity widower had got
entanged in her foiis. and had been exiri.
Gated only by early interference OF proud or
prudent relations At length, notwithstand-
ing her modest manners and apparent art
lessness. the intrigues of Rose Mac Orne be-
came as proverbial as her beauty; she could
obtain no service in any family where there
was youth to be fascinated or wealthy old
age TO be cnjoled.
Hearing that an East Indiaman was about
TO sail, with many ladies on board, Rose re.
solved TO seek employment among them
and succeeded in being appointed dressing
maid TO an elderly lady. who was going Out
TO Calcutta 10 reside with an invalid India.
matchmaking India. opened glorious pros
poets to Scotch ambition. Rose took unex-
amPled pains to please her mistress; and in
TWO days she was decided favorite
No wonderthe gipsey began to feel proud
of her power; for she never tried to please
without decidedly efiecling her purpose
But when was inordinate ambition known
TO be safeguard either to talent or beauty 2
ln two days Rose was TO leave England, and
her mistress having given her permission to
attend the races, she, as the last act of kind
ness TO one OF her lovers, consented to accom-
pany him. Rose was particularly fond of
ornaments, and it CHANGED that her heart was
set on pearl pin which her mistress said
she seldom wore on account OF its antique
fashion. Rose had more than once signified
how pretty she thought it and wondered III
she was rich enough TO buy pearls, whether
they would become her full and snowy neck. |
She dared not ask for il outright; and she |
never in her life had thought Of taking any
thing dishonesty But vanity. vanity, that
foolish and contemplate passion, which has
slain its tens of thousands, and that too, a.
mong the fairest and brightest of Cons
works, prevailed over the better feelings of
Rose Mac Orne. She took the envied pin,
wore il to the races, heard James Mac In
tyre praise il. told him her new mistress had
given 1t TO her, and then, dreading the dis
covery Of the fact, began TO devise schemes
for exchanging the bauble. The path Of sin
is steep, and every step presses on with ac
cumuated power Rose had already COM
milted second crime 10 conceal the first
and now the hope of security urged her to
commit others. She sold the breast pin and
bought ring with the money 10 hopes the
pin would never be inquired for this side Of
India. But in this she was mistaken; that
very day the lady missed the jewel and
Rose went deeper into falsehood than was
necessary to keep up appearances.
| will not follow her through every step of
this shameful struggle 1t is sufficient 10
say the thief was discovered; and Rose in
stead OF sailing for glorious match making
India, was in few weeks hurried on board
a vessel, in which sixty-two other conviots
were destined for Botany Bay This is
painful reverse for one so young, so beauti-
lul, so inordnately ambitious She looked
back upon England with mingled feelings
Of grief and burning indignation. and con- :
Tempt of herself and hatred of the laws by
which she suffered And for what had she !
endured this conflict, which first and last had
given her more unhappiness than had been
crowded in the whole OF her previous exist /
snce! Why nothing bu, the foolish vanity n
Of wearing cast off pearl s
But Rose Mac Orne had a mind elastic Il
md vigorous; il soon rebounded from de- S
PRESTON. She looked around among her y
companions, most ofwhom were tall and TO-
Just; some of them were handsome women. II
he counted them and counted the men e
There were sixty convicts and fifteen men, al