Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-04-28
NO. 81.

heart--on which to repose in our weakness
and desolation Of spirit
| The bride tainted, and was borne sepseless
to her chamber, surrounded by sympa,hizipg
friends who crowded around her, each anx.
ious TO offer some restorative The aston
lshed bridegroom rushed TO her couch. and
there, too, stood Frank Selden, the husband
Of her youthful VOWS. A physician was
fortunately present and upon The application
oiproper remedies, her wandering senses re-
turned, Her first glance fell upo, the hand
some Englisbman, and with a deem groan
she fell back and closed her eyes. But in
another moment she looked IN with IN eaoer
Inquiring gaze. Isabelle drew Frank Tor.
Eside. 49,. :,
Forgive me-oh. forgive me + she pas
slonaiely exclaimed, as she threw her white
and leweled arms around his tawny neck.
The company withdrew at Isabelle's mo.
iion' ana the stranger grasping the Eng
lIshman's hand, drew him into a cbamber.
lighted only by the rays of the full moon.
10 You remember your iatherf inquired
the stranger abruptly
think should know him. replied tho
Elnglishman, though my recollection of him
Is very imperfect. n t,ts
And have you forgotten your sister Hell
en-, the fair, sweet playmate Of you infnncyT
HelenF exclaimed the young man. .haI
have 1t now--her name | was forbidden TO
speak, and her memory gradually faded
rom my young mind. but it left trace like
Inc lndistlnct yet thrilling tones of music.
AND do you know why you were parted
from that sisterP enquired the stranger stern.
iy.
have heard my grandfather say il was
a taie Of misfortune and shame said the
Englishmen. while the blood seemed strue-
Cling through cheek and brow, dying them
with the deepest crimson. l
will tell you that tale them replied the
stranger. lam that unfortunate father who
bears through the world fostering wound
which not even time can cure. Lam a Ger.
man by birth. and soldieyby profession.--
met your mother in Switzerland and loved
her with devotion few can appreciate. 1
was Of noble birth and her father smiled on
my advances. Oh how blessed were the
hrst Jour years Of our welded life NV pro.
iession called me from the bosom of nv do
nestle Paradise. and left your mother with
you IN the cradle. For three years served
IN the various campaigns ofthe period. before
l could obtain leave to return home. AT
length, however, did return home. Bnt
howr A convuisive shudder shook his
IRON frame, and he paused. Il think can
realize the scene that then rejoiced nv eve.
The sun was just setting behind the glaciers
and lighting up the horizon with the golden
ssPlendorsof departing day. Every gale was
fragrance, and the whole air was instinct
with life and music. paused on the brow
OF the hill which overlooked our dwelling.
| saw you in the distance. playing on the
sward with fairy-ike creature, and /
thought ! could perceive the shadow Of your
mother through the quivering leaves OF our
summer bower. | FASTENED forward
rushed to her feet. A stranger was theref
"a pale looking young man was extended
on the bench and his head was pillowed on
your mothers lap. sunk senseless at her
ieet That night she fed. bearing the little
Helen with her and leaving you. NV heart
grew hard. | took you 10 England and con.
signed you TO the care of your mothers
faiher. The American war was in progress
and l came a volunteer TO the standard of
liberty.
~S-is PuSSSu away, put tney ieu me as
they found me, with the sateless canker
gnawing at my heart. became a wander
er over the wide earth and in every country
and In every cline sought in vain for that
quietude and peace which was once mine
mingled in the strife of nations. and where
The din OF battle was loudest and the wing
ed deaths flew thickest perilled my lie,
hoping in vain that might win forgetful.
ness or grave with the heaps of slain.---
At length | grew weary OF blood, and re-
solved to visit America once more where
happiness and freedom had succeeded TO
iespotism and wo.
The features of the little Helen were in
ielibly engraven on my memory, and in one
u my wanderings stopped to stay all night
Il MIR Selden's and saw her the bride of
he old mans son. She was very fair, and
ny heart quivered within me as gazed up-
IN her youthful loneliness SO like her mo-
hers, l had grown supersttious and had
Tabled little in an abstruse science, and
aneied l might avert some evil from NV
.hild by inquiring into her future destiny
But alas for her wilful sex-my INQUIRIES
'nly tended TO show she was destinedto sor-
ow and evil. regularly heard from YOU
trough your guardians. and knowing that
'ou were the heir Of wealthy relatives, 1
vas OF course easy about you, though
'nrposed at some future day to visit you
About Helen became deeply Interested she
o nearly resembled the frail fair being 1
lad worshipped. When her husband enter
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