Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1839-08-27


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From The Ladies Companion.
'Es,c Outlaws End.
EY THE AUTHOR OF CROMWELL THE MOTHERS, ETC
The morning had been wild and stormy;
and, until many hours after noon, the sun
had not once looked forth from the dense
veil Of lcadcn clouds, which, from the earli-
est dawn, had shroudcd the whole frma-
ment All day the wind had moved among
the forests, shaking the siurdest trees even
to the roots, and strewing the whole sur
face of the earth with shattered boughs and
heaps Of foliage the rain had poured down
It's lncessant volumes, and ever aud anon
the lightning had glanced forth, casting
fearful and unnatural light among the fall
ing drops, chorused by the deep roaring of
the thunder
Yet toward cyehing, the fury of the Gle
monts subsidized the echoes of the thunder.
fainter and fainteralicr each successive peal,
sunk into deeper mutterings scaicc audible
aiar of in the eastern sky--thc winds first
walled remotely, and then were heard no
more the rain ceased altogether, the clouds
grew thinner, and as a soft breeze from the
west came creeping up, with IFS sweet low
sigh, through tho yet dipping woodlands
rolled themselves into separate masses,
leaving full many gimspc of lovely azure
and the great sun himself, though sinking
rapidly toward the west, shone out with a
soft tranquil light, till the whole earth, re-
freshcd and renyigorated by the storm, APP
peared tosmle cyultingly beneath his cheer
iu influence. The deer, which had crouch
ed all day long in the most dense and tan
glcd thickets, came bounding out in grace
full herds from the dark forest glades; the
cattle lowed over the fresh green pasture ::
even the sable rocks were on the wing, cav
ing and sporting, far, far above the highest
trcc-tops, as if they too were conscious OF
the change, and were rejoicing in the re-
turn of sunshine.
But over no spot Of the earth did the
bright sunshine linger with more loving
glance, reluctant, as il were, TO quit so fair a
scene, rs over the broad tranquil park.
studded with immemorial oaks, girded n
round by deep and devious woodlands
which lay around the venerable mansion
/ known al the present day as a temple New
sam, in the West Riding in Yorkshire
! though at the period. to which we alluded
it went still by the Saxon name which did
not cease to designate il, until it fell into
( the hands that brave but dissoIutc aud saw
age order named from the Holy Temple Of
Jerusalem.
The mansion, which indeed was in no
wise unworthy of the rich demesnes among
which it was seated was of stone neatly
squared by the hammer, low-roofcd and long
and covered not with tiles or thatch, but
with large slabs Of heavy slate--thc
windows. large and lofty, were not oil
that tall lanceolated form, which belong f.
the more gorgeous style Of architecture al
ready introduced BY the victorious Normans
but square-topped and divided by massive
transons ofred free-stone "a yGult-shaped
porch, with two stone benches under it,
gave access into the huge hail. and was at
this time overbowcrcd by a rich mass d
creeping vcrdure, woodbine, clematis and
cnantine, which spread their winding ten.
drils over one half al least Of the pile, and
hung in many a long icstOon down from the
swallow haunted caves. The times OF war
fare had il would seem, passed over IN the
lovely isle. so long the scene Of pltless STRIFE
between Us rival races, for stone arch scan
Ming the tranquil surface ofthc moat, which
still washed with Us broad deep waters
the very walls OF the manor house, had re-
placed the narrow drawbrldge, the support:
(Which might still be seen projecting from
either side of the empowering portal; while
Tie siockade Of massy timbers which had
once guarded the exterior bank had given
way 10 a light rustic railing-a wide and
level lawnextending for a mile al least be-
fore the windows Of ihis mansion, clothed
with grecnsward ia no respect INFERIOR
whether IN hue or soflness, 10 the m"st cost
n velvet that ever issued from the looms Of