Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1840-07-24


good looks, her cheerful smile, and her
gladsome laugh again sounds through Mr..
Brandon's happy house.
One more short separation. dear Ellen.
and we will be united never again TO part
Ellen felt a faint sickness come over her
IA dread. she knew not why or where
She could not utter one word, hu,
der counlenu6re which an instant before was
wreothrd with smiles, told plainly the sirug.
| gle going on within She would have offer.
ed some objection TO his departure, but ii
was in vain-she could not and with n ohoSl-
y uttemp, at a smile, she placed her hand
IN his. and then slowly retired George
could not help noticing her extraordinary
agiation, but auribuiing il 10 her excessive
Iondness for him. and the dread Of anolbe.
separation, he only thought that, il possible,
be would love her thousand times more for
ill.,
| He took his departure thai afternoon full
OF hope and joy, aud the nen morning Eli
len started for Newark, on wish 10 dis.
tant relation OF Mr. Brandon, Mrs. D)
who had taken great fancy to her, before
she became, as 1t were portion OF the fami.
| ly. ltsis here perhaps, necessary TO state,
that the Goth OF January, was fixed for the
return of George from Boston, and on that
day, he was 10 become the happy husband
oil the happy Ellen Brownlow.
George had taken his passage in The i'll.
fted Lexington. and who is ignorant of the
melancholy end of that doomed vesseI2
News like that spread like wild fire, and
Mr.. Brandon TOO soon became assured that
he had nothing 10 hope for in this world.
His only, his darling son was dead, and
howe The thoughts OF il proved too much
for his mind, and il gave way before the
blow. He became maniac, but not wild
or uneovernable. He was mild and peacea-
ble, and his sole pleasure seemed 10 exist in
calling upon and blessing his dearchidren--
Ellen and George Turn we now TO Ellen.
She had waited with all patience mil the
18th day of the month, and as George had
no, come for hef, she determined to proceed
to New York, and If possible, learn from
his father, the reason FOR this delay.-She
had thus far been kept in ignorance Of The
dreadful news, by the kind lady with whom
she had been residing at Newark. but when
she announced her determination Of going
10 New York, i, could no longer be conceal
ed.
A few days after the melancholy ca,astro-
phe the trunk Of George had been picked
up in the sound, and in it, was The journal
which he had kept during his absence il
New Orleans. A perusal of this convinced
those who saw il, that Ellen wus not only
constant y in his mind hui that young though
he was, he was a good an humble christian
This journal was imprud-nlly sent 10 the
IL al. y I.,a
thus far she had carefully secreted it from
her sight. On the day she proposed return
ing 10 New York, Ellen was alone in Mrs
DIS room, and in searching one OF the bu-
rean drawers for some article. which she
missed, she laid her hands upon this Journal.
|, was wrapped up in newspaper contain
ing an account of the loss OF the licking
ton, and a, first she remarked how deiaced
twas as though by the action OF water
Reading few pages in il. she was about
restoring il its place, when the though,
struck her 10 impure OF Mrs. ID. how she
became possessed OF it. She therefore laid
il aside, and look up the paper in which il
had been wrapped, 10 while away the time
until Mrs. d. returned, The first article
that met her eyes was the account OF the
loss of the Lexington. She was moi even
then aware thai George had been in that
doomed vessel, but upon reading over the
names OF the passengers, bis met her eyes.
With one loud, wild shrek, that resounded
through the house, she fell backward, and
when Mrs ID, and the servants rushed into
the room. they saw her lying on the noor,
bathed in her blood The shock had been
too much, il had come upon her TOO suddenly,
and nature could not withstand il. Her
pure spirit had fled 10 join his, to whom
through life, ii had been united.