Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-04-06

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THE SHAKER LOVERS.
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~ Such was Martha IIilson and u was moth
bag strange that two such Young persons u
nc different sctss 81 she and Seth. "a the dai
<xry habit 81 seeing each other, and possessing
VI ,haracicrs a. conecnial o. they were IN man,
'vQsrspccts distinguished from those around them
/: 4 sfould attract each others particular notice
" Nos . u much less to be- wondered A. per.
-<<h sps, that such notice should be f,llowcd+1y
8 Che spungtng zap OF mutual s,mpathics IN their
bosOms though that these s,1npalhics should
BE- defined and acknowledged by their true
aamc, and made known by reciprocal arow-
nls, was, indeed, at such a place. a rate occur
renee. Bot Love - a cunning dc'lscr of &C
rssions and, as difficult as 1t nigh, be ~ tins
<kEase, hc al length found a way by which the
0oung couple ~ question eventually discoy-
E1cFcd the nature of those feelings that were ST.
Senty drawing their hearts toward each other.
xffor q long time. however no word or commu-
3shication ever passed between them save that
! ,eshich was conveyed IN the language of the
.Esyes. But after a while the silence was brok
Il en-, as they casually met in the yard, by sim.
= pie inquiry for some third person, and rs brief
81 an answer. THIS was followed, after another
E1nteryal Of perhaps month, when they again
accidentally met, by the interchange of few
words on some common topic and at length
on a similar chance occasion, succeeded "A pro.
posal on his part 10 loan her book, winch
alter some hesitation, she accepted, with the
promise 10 pcrusc aud return il at a time and
place which he proposed for the purpose An
I excuse Tor meeting beng thus found, occa-
sional interviews followed, though AT none Of
them was word brcathed by either expires
sisc OF those feelings Of which each felt a
trembling consciousness a. the true secret Of
their being thus brought together. These in
tcrvcws, moreover, were of the brIcicst kind
aud INDUCED IN but very rarely for, aware
That II was one of the distinguishing articles
Of their creed tina, 'he corruption Of man IS
The attachment of The seres.' and consequently
that all intercourse which might lead TO such
attachment should be strictly forbidden. they
knew how closely they were watched, and
how surely penance of some kind or other
would follow a detection Of their meetings
however innocent the object and such had
been the extreme caution with which this in
tercoutsc had been managed, that they felt
sure II could not have been discovered. and
they supposed that IT remained wholly unsus,
pectcd. In this suppostlou, however, they
soon found they had oyer-confdcntly counted
Something in their demeanor, some unpuard-
cd look when they publicly met, or some brief
cd The notice of the prying Higgins and, his
jealousy being thus aroused, he commenced a
system of secret espionage upon the young
couple which would have conferred credit on
mlnon OF the nquistlon the re suit ofwhich
was, that he became convinced of the exist
ence OF forbidden attachment growing uo
between them, and strongly suspected them
though wholly unable TO ascertain il for fact,
oi holding clandestnc interviews.
THIS parsonage, whose manner was as hate
ful rs ms countenance was diSagrcoablc, and
whose character was strange compound of
the fanatic, the Jesuit and the voluptuary. was
an elder IN the church, IN which through his
professions 10 Lending Gifts or direct rcvela-
tons from above, and his intriguing and am
bilious disposition, he had gained an influence
even greater, perhaps, that the Elder Brother
himself, rs the chef ruler of each Shaker fam
Ny is dcnomlnated and, his ambition being
not content with his spiritual dominion, he as
pred 10, aud by similar means obtained an
equal asccndency IN the management of the
business aud temporal concerns of the estab-
ilshment Eyacting the most rigid obedience
from ALL requiring the most implicit faith in
nll thu ultra doctrines of his creed, and ever
untrng 10 searching out dcluuquencies in 9th,
cfs, while he shc lded his own under the very
i'h''btNhN hpHlDd handed down DY MOtnpI
Ann Lee for the special benefit of the pecul
iarly gifted like himself, that 10 me p,tre all
diHgi are pure he had become fairly an OBJ
lcct oi dread among the people. For these
reasons, then # they had no Others, II will b,
readily seen how much our two young friend,
had TO fear from the sanctmonous elder; but
they had additional reasons lie had for some
time shown hmsclfr Remarkably sensitive IN ey
cry thing that related to Martha and NJ
sooner were has suspicious fairly awakened re-
speeding the attachment Of her and Seth, thar
she was summoned to meet at the confession
al alone, and m one ofthc most sec udcd room
OF the buildings. THIS was several times re-
peaied TO the great horror Of the distresse,
maiden and the agonzlng fears of Seth. wh,
became appnsei OF the clrcumstance, and bu
too well conJcclurcd the secret motives Of th
Elder m summonng her, instead of him. Il
NEE, him IA private; though what passed OF
these occasions he had no other means Of iudg
sng Than by the mingled expression Of pro
and outraged feeling that very ,isibly marke
The tear stained face of the Door GIRL for hon,