Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1839-04-30


Ncne sfthr bo,rihl, tsi-- % BIS native hard
sse@et espsss u Receiving srt credit In ite s'rAn'
yr~s asts5 ~ W the geick rstrce 81 feccguu"h
~hisA psssss--snosscrreG by ihs0 eomPanio0--
ss,sccn the old hosi end himself tie esnse 81 hs
oosasei bvcsme evicen;. esrs scuse p'Ot seemed
hssekisr sxsws~n then ~fieh could bring good
90 tke osbes--wbo wss . nsilet--ss he wss the
ysrsea iapose1 sron.
,rH tell ysa vbs,. my coed friend. .aid the sos,.
;sSpx,vysng Their continued cisesssior ei's fvil
tire TO part; 90. ny good Fnns. cans, lake
that
WHY. yss' s.iJ the miller, ia IN uncertain tone.
- ihough he doubted whether 10 70 OF 10 remar !;
bsi r,sipr. he walked 10 the window and looked
out ypep the shy. then With cold shr5Ser he clos
% The Easement and returning to the hearth. eat
dows ,1 si.enec.
We'll. miller, whsts your mind y
4 think III rmsn here TO night.
rovldsi think Of IL. miller
We'll, Hans Ssid he, AFTER little while, y sup.
pose mast 20. you vii DO, le, me s'sy. bot
We, me tell you. shall no, soon forge; this and
hastily wishing the sifsnger q good nights rest
he TUNED bis s,cps honeward.
No sooner had the last echo Of bis footsteps d.
ed s~sy. than The boat, shaking the stranger cor.
disIiy by the band exclaimed, Right glad am TO
zee you sgsin, my worthy klcinef a fine game
you've pityeu upon our Uenuiy
AZ. truly. old friend little do,s he think ,ha.
he has spen, the whole evening listening TO the
words Of Q rival returned 10 claim the btiee lie
s,fove so long TO win.
'Ab. ny rooe boy. strange things have happen
ID since you len Us to seek your fortune IN foreign
lands,
What, wha, my lovely Maria has
Married the miller
BY oil the spsr,,s Of the Hsr,y and hcnds Of he'll
would hsSe slain him While he stood before me.
had I but known te dared 10 wed my promised
brider
The demon Of passion with magic hand changed
the expression OF his vissge. Where previously
feigned ihe calm. contented loon Of the traveller,
reformed 10 his native lsnd. 10 seek his ofhanced
wife, nov predomins,sd The thirst for vengeance
He rushed TO lhe door as If to pursue the miller,
bot tho host threw himself before him.
Be calm, good KIeiner. have scheme which
shal by one blow, destroy the miller and he fsmi-
y. Listen now
Gradually. as the fell plot discovered TO the
traveller new way Of revenge. his whole sppcur-
.spes changed, and when the host concluded. his
sstsrns' 6erccness disappeared but the calm that
pcrvaded his count cnsnso show cd the consuming
fire that glowed within. Let us leave them. has
uy preparing for the execution Of their plot, and
path which leads TO bis mountain home.
There are those who will utter their disbelief Of
something they pretend 10 consider ridiculous, who
win ponder Tho subject 10 spiie lies forest
think of something isss resru lin from very fears
tbev own 10 themselves their belief in what they
have heard. srs thus hope TO exercise the pban-
to- ~hrcn haunts their miods. Such was the
miller. and fgh,ful were the images which filled
his Imagination as he pursued bis mountain path.
lie became convinced Of what he before denied,
and from ovefy rock and hillock, from every bush
and tree. he expected some swfol spirit to sppcar
and oserwbelm him In bis wrath
Ills nature was fierce and frey. though IN his
cooler moments he had been styled cowardly, and
even justly so, yet, when aroused by On imagined
injury. be cold like many others 10 this world
perform feats on the impulse Of the moment which
when calm, he had not the heart even 10 attempt
He was quick and vindcivc and il Was always ps
cdnvs0sent for him TO forget favor, &c il was nat.
ursl for him to remember sn injury. lilo was a.
live 10 suspicion and Jealousy, and as his cbsrac-
ter 80 an exception 10 the national one. he was
bsied and desPised by all save one sweet soul who
ssemed 10 lovo him most when mos, she sec bin
eparued. Who can account for womsn's love D.
Who can describe fhst sweet flower, growing IN
noticed upon icuder stalk. blooming the while
Tor the most wortblem object upon earh--n jesl-
Gus husband. but che who owns the passion
la her case. che loved not her husband merely
because be had once been the very god " her aec
ton. but beesuse she him the scapceoat as il |
~ere. Of bis fellows. aud she knew it needed all her
love 10 make him happy. When passion had en- |
dowed HIN with moro than bis usual strength and |
courage, sod he burst GOT With threats and impre- |
es''ous against some DsighbOr. ste. poor illuscd /
efeaiuse. would cling 10 bis neck. his arms. his
knee>t Praying him 10 be calm. and OBTAINING him.
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times socsnsed OF her Interference he would with
brutal violence dash her from him. and then eyyse
her for hef-,i>rs Yet. though the violent love
he slwsys Profssscd for her before marriage, cess-
Cd with the ceremony, end did no, even dwiadle
into the solid admiration and esteem il often does,
he watched her with tue vigilance tina, boy VOID
nee purchased dog. to see thai none should dare
30 And TO Der. lee, some one should wrest his
growing authority from hlm.
He nssrea his home Il vss truly grand and
nsse'sesnt fe'resi, and ye'. Of course had been
'osshs BY him, merely on seeoani Of its utility
700 therefore 40 gazing upon tie Use gratiaed
~ desire tor gain, than ssbmiiy cred his imsrip-
'ucn. The scene wss wild bot besuiifnl. some