Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-05-17

Blo" oh ner Cntek, ana hurried glance
OF her eye, that indicated internal agitation.
She attempted to converse on Indifferent
topics, but her thoughts seemed TO wander
and she at length became silent
Il saw friend of yours last night said
he, with much embarrassment, Tor he knew
not whether his confessions were unrevealed.
-"She isvery singular, but extremely in
teresting in her eccentricities. Is she with
you yet?'
She is, and will be with us whenever
you desire. Yet | would first speak with
you, MIR. Stanley. and communicate an in
telligence which trust will not cost me
the withdrawal Of your friendship. You
have known me rich, surrounded with all
the appliances of wealth and fashion, and,
as such, evied and admired. My fortune
has been transferred into the hands of anoth-
er, and you see me now, destitute of that
tnse glare, which threw radiance around
me- which was not my own. Flatterers
may desert me, but friends-I trust may
retain.
She extended the hand with an involunta
ry motion, and the glow lorsook her cheek
Your fortune gone exclaimed Edward,
and mine restoredT
The next moment he was kneeling at her
feet. In no other attitude could he have ex-
pressed the depth of that passion he now
dared to utter. What he said he knew
not--he only felt that he was breathing forth
the boarded and late hopeless love, OF whose
extent he had never before been fully con-
scious.
Am then loved for myself alone p cried
Mrs. Clifton = BY one, too, from whom !
have vainly waited this avowal to Justify
my preference2
She bowed her head upon the hands that
Edward was clasping in his own, as if her
soul shared the humility Of his DEVOTION
Who would have recognized the gay and
brillia heress, who once revealed in the
cold halls of fashion, in this tender and pass
ionate womanP
'Oh ! exclaimed she, when the feeling OF
both became sufficiently calm for 'explana-
ton, were still the child of affluence,
might have ,vainly looked for the testimony
Of that love, which The vassal oflove was no
longer rebel to, to truth and 10 nature. g.
now, added she. rising let me not in the
fullness OF my hearts content, forget your
old friend, who is waiting no doubt, with
Impotence, TO greet you. You will probably
be surprised 10 learn tina. she is the lawful
inheritor OF my fortune, and that all have
been so profusely lavishing, was her jus,
DUE
She smiled at Edwards unutlerable look
Of as,nrishmsni and closed the door He
was left but q few moments 10 his own be.
wildered thoughts, when the door again
opened, and Aunt Bridget entered, in the
same ancient cloak and hood, which seemed
TO be part Of herself
'Wisest aud hest of counsellors,' said he,
advancing to meet her. and leading her to a
seat on the sofa-'to you | owe the blessings
OF this hour. 1t was surely a propitious star
that shone upon me when first seated my.
! self beside you, that memorable night Had
you not come TO prove your claim to her
wealth, the spell that bound me would not
yet have been broken, and a wall of separa-
ton might still have arisen between hearts
that have met and blended. and will continue
10 mingle through eternity
Aunt Bridget turned away her head, and
seemed suddenly to have lost the gift oil
speech.
Somewhat alarmed at her unusual silence,
especially MS he felt her shaking and tremb.
ling under the folds of her cloak, he leaned
over her and tired 10 unite her hood, so as 10
give her air Fearing she would fall into a
fit, as she continued to tremble still more
violently, he burst the ribbons asunder for
the knots seemed to tighten under his fin
gers. and the cloak, hood and mob cap fell
off simultaneously-the large green specta-
Giles too dropped from the eyes, which, laugh
ing & brilliant now flashed upon his own
and the arms which had been extended TO
support far different parsonage, were fold
ed in transport around the graceful form Of
Mrs Clifton.
viii you forgive me p cried she, when
she raised those beaming eyes from his
shoulder, the willy deception l have prac-
tced2 Will you forgive me for continuing
a disguise through love which commenced
from eccentric motives2 Young and un-
protected, have sometimes found safety in
this dis6guring garb Like the Arabian
Monarch, like occasionally the covering oil
a mask, that may be able TO read the deep
mysteries OF human nature. But my mas
querade is over--l have now read all ever
wish TO learn. Promise not to love me less
because the doom of riches still clngs to me,
and will pledge life and fame, that you
shall find in Aunt Bridget, failhfultrue and
loving wife
PoETRY-They raise regular built poets
out west As n specimen, we COPY the fol-