Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-08-02

~ Ne. love, love, -
Love l. al dizziness;
u VIII na lei ain pure bodae
Gag about bis business" Burns.
: Reader. u thou has, read the text. ner.
fhanee thou'h anticipate a regular buil,
. Dove sio fy--a tale about black ewes. killino
fmIles, taper fingers. perjury, suicide and
roken hearts. lfso. thou'rl disappointed
last Ihou a tooth Tor the sublimely ridicu.
bus with which nine,enlhs OF such stories
tbound, 'sy taste cannot find surfritings or
fRrcn inolscl here so throw down the pa.
/ lcf and call the tale an opiate and the wri.
D. pooney-Mine is plain unvarnisb.
lale"-a story Invested Of the tiusel of fic.
on, anil the flIagrc work OF fancy, although
eosiess ! have used a bit of gliding TO
nghieii the leaden hue Of plain matter of
Pc so lorbidding TO the optics Of the gener.
u reader tell as twas told to me-" and
are not zig how many call j, Alb.
i ClOrida Wyatt Is our heroine, and more
lirliigeni eyes never gaxed upon the White
Alounta rs Of New Hampshire. the state OF
cr nativity. than the bright blue, and ever.
milling oPies Of the lovely Clorinda. She
lssesss call the rich graces Of cultivated
snd, ard Der cheeks displayed in their ful.
IS. bloom the glowing flowers of health
n be True standard Of personal beauty From
4 er niimcy she had breathed the invigorat.
jog bfcctrs which. from the snowy crest OF
Mount Washington. whose rocky currents
be among the clouds, fan with a cooling
leshness the many Aowery wales that bloom
found Is base. She had been early in
raeled 10 all the virtuous maxims of the
narons sf,he land Of steady habits, and she
at grown upto charming womanhood
angon Of hlial affection and parental dute-
asness Blu, Cupid that sly lule rouge Of
avhoegy. who Is forever playing his Paul
= nnks Wih the young. the gay, and The un.
ssprcting. snugly nestled within the warm
ean Of Clorinda. and lighted his altar fires
ere cn' she was hardly aware Of his intro
tafIon.
10 q reighboring village, where might be
ya those important personages necessary TO
be credit Of IN incorporated village-a cler-
yman, u lawyer. physician. a schoolmas-
r. publican and one thousand OF the sove-
"A sn peiple-resided the son OF worthy
sgymsa. who. through the means of a
zi pa rimony bequeathed or rather pre-
nrd b. his father. had succeeded in ac-
mig 8 n education sufficient 10 emboden
q 20 pursue the study Of the law. His tu-
NRs man Of wealth. aud OF consideia-
indu,nce as n magistrate, and the char
ler Of respeciabilIiy thus impaired 10 his
sdeuiS, was for them a valuable passport 10
Bic confidence Charles Warren, the
llth in question, possessed one Of those am
he dis posilions. which. despite OF the for.
.itng md repulsive influence which pow
4 ~ OF parse Is apt to exert, won for the pos
,ssor The esteem. the confidence, and the
iirclion OF the wise and good. Possessed
as the noble qualities Of soul which are
iEessaI,J 10 em,nenee OF character. Charles
as beloved By all. aud BY none with more
nnscens ant warmth Of affection than our
.h Clorinda, the dutiful child of doating
Eteas whom we have introduced TO the
''irrs acquaintance. A long intimacy
al Uni lierTup,ed friendship ripened into
We aad each reciprocaled the others feel
- aud requilied each others passions by
mutual pledge Of eonsiancy until prudence
aold p, rms them 10 enter into the married
Vie aud record the vows oftheir fidelity I'M
Il the snlrmn ordinance Of Heaven. But
Ah AHNoiCA huae hhS No"'SS
Tue luve seldom runs smooth" and the
lase Of his interruption Of unsullied affec-
% may frequently be traced TO paternal in
fIrfrnc. which interference is too often
lmp,ed rom avaricious or baser motives.
Such was the case with Charles and Clo-
ia, an while they were dreaming OF The
lpinesi which should succeed their I'M
The plrenls Of CloTinda were dreaming
he addition 10 their mammon respectable
. by marrying her 10 a wealthy physician
he ne yhborhood, whose locks bore few
res OF he frost OF lies meridian. Hay-
IL observed the preference he gave 10 their
2@lghleT. and anxious 10 secure golden
1e. they unsolded their plan TO Clorinda,
doubling that she would Immediately ac-
aesee il their advantageous proposal. But
Aeau was pledged 10 another, and with
Fl she deposiled all It's secret sympathies /;
sreiore she Immediately bethought them TO
nquisi all Thoughts OF such an union, and
II akly, a. n dutiful child ought, untolded to
u the secrets Of her bosom isappoint-
'mbllion made them overstep the bounds
II Fodeiiee and parental duty-made them
- GEL what was due 10 their child, and they
wisely resolved to effect by coercion what
~ z could not do by persuasion. They i'm
M stately babe her bow to their auihority-
y soua he TO purchase her affections by ex
ag NJ worthy motives--the motives OF
Hhh and honor-they even went so far as
II pfohib farther visits from the object OF
choice How unwise. how vain, how
- ADD inefficient are the means OF coer-
% when the heart is pledged, and sinceri-