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

fcsr erept upon him % be gszed. a cold,
desth-hke chill through hls veins and his cha.
king knees prevented bis accomplishing the rur-
pose 81 h,g heart. a scpulehfsi ,ooed voice thus
WITH measured accents SOUNDED in bic car.
'SiAna and lsen msn Of clay. the hfe'y sp'rt
Of vengeance ~bo rides upon tho thunder cloud,
ssd directs the forked beginnings, bids ye listen
and obey! The rival yo thought dead vi'l this
nigh, return. aud the VITO Of Thy bosom will dy
/ With him.
An upbfokeo pause cnsucd al las, tho miller
raising be head. glanced ct The spo, where he had
seen the misty spn,. b., it had vanished. For
moment he did cot seem to realize wha, he hud
seen snd heard bu, the next. as the assertion Of
HE wife's inhdcliiy occurred tn han, he rushed to-
wards the house. the door yielded to bis might
but no vile greeted him he seated himself the
sense Of fear left hin, bot the determination Of re-
vepge he'd taken possession Of hIs mind. for jesl-
onsy he'd siung birn deeply he believed his wife
guilty. aud then thought struck him. with the
fury Of o msnisc he knocked at his bed foom door
until II few of The hinges. She was not there =
Ills worst suspicious seemed confirmed, and in his
boson reigned that species OF pbrensy The person
afflicted with which, often snys and does things Of
which he lie unconscious. The noise he had made
awoke his little babe. whose wall met bis car.
ia ha : Ls = he shrIeked, child of guilty
[
and for a moment gszed 6xedy upon il bot no,
one spark Of pa,ernol iondness IN that gaze,
for if any had ever existed. his passion smotbered
it's influence. Unmndfol of his screams, he shook
the boy IS he exclaimed Death were better for
thee. boy, than life. embtered by the knowledge
Of mothers crime . Madly ho flew from the
house little beyond the threshold he bcheld his
wife approaching hin.
'Ah, husband said She 'sweelly, i have waited
very. very long. for you, beneath the rocks
Woman, it is fase You have been TO see your
| paramour. Away"
/ She her child who cried as he heard his
mothers voice, and discovering upon her husbands
1 countenance, as she approached hin. the fcndlsb
marks 0: rage, she attempted to snatch her child,
fearing for ts safety. lie pushed her from him.
! 'liusbsnd--Frans, what would you do Give
me my child But with one arm he held aoit bis
weeping boy, and with the other, elssped bis
! wife.
! Come on-on with me, base woman. Upon
yonder prccipicc's edge you shall gaze upon Lis
destruction 1t will be so sweet to see Thy sor-
row.
My child, my child give me my child! Oh,
Ftans by oil you hold sacred, pray you give me
back m, boy
She prayed she screamed, she clung TO his
knees TO deter him from bis evident intention. Ia
vain who, with one spark Of humanity glowing
in his frame, or Who with even tho outward ailri-
buies Of man, could have resisted that fair beings
prayers for the safety Of her child! Who could
| lie gained the slippery edge Of the prccipice.
dragging after him his sbrieklDg wife, who chung
TO him with more than woman's strength, striving
| TO detain him.
| Spare him Frans spare our sweet cbdv
but unmovcd as the firm rock he stood upon he
threw bis left hand upon her shoulder and pressed
her TO the ground
Now, base aduress behold the death Of your
babe no said, and at arms length held aloft the
unconscious boy. II was where the cataract
dashed down into the foumiDg abyss. he cast his
only child wild laugh burst from his lips
HIS rerenge complete
Tncp, for the first time, reason threw one BRIGHT
CLEAN 10 ilumine his tumultuous bosom. ue
gazed upon the fair being who ley insensble at his
feet-ye, no pity cyinccd itself for her he seem.
ed indeed conscious of his act, for seeing her re
rive little he exclaimed, Go now and seek vour
paramour; your husband follows his child y Then
giving one high leap into the cir, he fell deem into
the wild, watery cataract.
Poor ill-Used wife innocent, yet believed cpiltv
what was then your state, Morning dawped md !
beheld the widowed wife, the chdless mo,b.r i
gazing vacantIy into the grave of her husband and
son. Bui two others, tho former rival of Tho /
miller, and The vlllsinous host, were there.
Behold. woman exclsmed the former. 4 nm
he, who 10 The guise of the spiri, Of Vengeance
fed thy husbands ear with stores of tbv n6deli.
". once his rival now the enemy Of thee. base
woman
lie had approached so near as be smoke ,b,,
she leant her head as # TO whisper 10 him. he
bent low with one bound she placed him bet ween
herself and the fatal brink and quick as lightning
pushed him toward il with all her forcc-ror in one
-''''~"s" s'v ...s,,a,pg uuu fuuuu uer N
rasing msNae. she saw the cause of her husb.na-
eoaduci. Ia vain he endeayored TO regain HE
oaiaoee' lie slipped; add then rolled owe, int
ne ya~ning chasm, TO meet in death the yic,ins
of his wrath. ''e''hs
The country people still point out the fatal soo,
% The traveller. and strange stories ar. t,d n
soman's spirit that stlll flies about the u;,Ia.,.
Sln-ahd even nov, though fifty years have osss-
- SINCE the occurrence Of the events mentioned
. 'h's narrative. none dare venture sear m. ,orL
II the wife's Revenge. '"' '0'S q
THE YANKEE BOY. .
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