Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-02-03
MONTPELIER, FEBRUARY 3, Is43.
deuce in your discretion. Instead Of always
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watching yon, trust you
Isabella husbed face aud neck and nll
vi course, YOU have too much sense to encour.
age any OF The idle Ionnging, penniIess young men
WHO hang about you in society. OF course
may trust You in TINT respect
There are dozens whom never wish TO see
again. said Isabella.
But is there one whom you do wish TO see a
gain? Ills Of no use reckoning by dozens
Isabel" blushed more deeply than before, and
hung ovel her pearls
j beg your pnr,ion, Isabella, said the merchant,
| really beg your pntd0n. Indeed. | meant
nothing seriuns; | never put my cUnsralnt upon
you because ! rely entirely upon your good sense
and right feeling. | should never suspect you, my
dear, ct forming amy silly girlke attachment like
n bonrtIing school miss. Oh, no Ha In ha
Only think, my dear, how perfectly ridiculous TO
suppose YOU, who look so pretty dressed in whiIe
satin and stringing penrIs-to see you, say, in
cotton gown aud boiling potatoes. Tia ha Ia
Isabella looked as if she did not enter mo the
Jest.
'Wcll, my dear, and you fnd that you can't
do with less than hundred aud fifty pounds
year for your iuie personal expenses. Well, then,
suppose YOU must have II. like 10 see you with
Tad, Like lrslts, md con- ike to see you obliged
To fudge for n lew pearls. RenIly, yuu look per-
ecl j'ulrlnen ~ you sill there Sirnglng lhosr prct
~ gohuirs. All, 10y the-hy, thought had some
thing else to say To you, bat It was so ulllng that
had almost forgotten il. However, i, will serve
to make you laugh. lia LA! ha Only think,
isabella, have had M offer tor You from one of
these poor shabby fellows i.al gave reen warm
| Ing You against. Yes, IN iced, you may well look
anuZed-lr"fn II poor char tbnt can hardly afford
! To- pay the TAX for II cab much less 80 keep one.
! Really il is TOO augi,abe. lln Ina ha!
isabella hid her face ; she did not AT all see what
| there wns 10 iaugIi nj.
W ell, my dear, | would not hluik YOU of a
Jest, or else | don't think | should have remen-
bered TO lave told you, and as i. WINS nearly for
got. But don't tell nuy body. People might fam
cy that you had encouraged him, and such proro-
| sas rs these ARE rather dsrred'able than other
wise. Boz, | re" you want to finish your pearls,
SO won't hinder you. Good by, dear. Pleasant
evening 10 YOU
But who was it, papa isabella mustered up
The cnurag" 10 ask
who was it, repeated the nrerchauj, Us he hal
turned round NJ the door. Nhn WAS ii ? All
let me see Winch of these dnnglers was it that
had The inpudrnce? 1t was one Of those red
coateI fellows whose whole iucutue every far
Thug OF It, II not quite much as your own hltlt
personal allowance, my dear. Only think OF
nan'S aeIii>hnrss aud folly III surprising that you
would degrade yourself into the position Of n beg
gar TO hunlor his presumpicna iulO mean III
come that would not pay The i'vin Of sun'lrcs il
our kitchen alone, and that you say you couhl no
possibly DO without Tor your own privae bills, m!
dear. by the-ty, will JUS! give you a quarter il
adsnnce - dare say that you clnt do without
md don't bore your eyes over those pearls an.
longer, Isabella. You nre getting quite lushc'
with fatigue. | will send you IN Two three ban
'feauX, that you may choose. But You asked IN
for this poor fellows has nnmp-ha ha
Ia II think if were charitable should not ex
pose his folly even 10 YOU my dear. Why, let m
see. Yes II was--yts, my dear, the poor pre-
suipptunus simple0n lbat thought you might DIRE,
in printed gown, ana 1--we III i"dging OF SON
, twelve nhngs week, aud do your own coDkn
un'i 'ook alter your own washing though at
nImist angry with him, YET | can't help iaughin
g. nj him-ha Ina hn was 10 less-hut do ~
;, ! think TOO hardly of hint was Lieut. Lincoln
, The merchant capped the doc, after him vii
Z a laugh HAT most probably prevented hlln lro
= hearing suIne musical solIs nom isaela, and SCI
e ing The exlraSagancG of her scattering all her pre-
~ pearls an the floor in an agony ol-someihlu
- We pass iUr n moment from The irviainies
u grlho0d III luxurious huudolrs 10 the fury OF M,
E ia the battle field. The peaIs of reyerberalii
| cannon had died away, the smoke OF gunpowde
h fit Tor the incense Of hell, hud dssp aIed aiar,
u Il hushed stiffness had succeeded 10 The dire d
: OF the horrible confusion, broken only by the tie,
$ groans of the dying who lay wellering IN bloc
G The Streams of life from thousands OF hear
whose affections might have thrown sunsh 4
e over us many household hearis, were conn
y Cling there aud sauraling the very earth. III
cords OF love that mad so lately bound llIe living
y spoke in husicd voices, feeling that they were
X the ghasIIy majesty OF deaths presence. Tho
o sands whose pulses had ihrobbeJ no quicker Il
k der the flash Of the sword or the roaring of t
- cauuou, qaued before the solemn sovereignty Ill
d Ihen puSsesled HE field of Waterloo. Many nj
& vino fears n,i II living ceuy, trenhIrs al the pro
II nny Of dead one. Muiutuhrs were there wi
N ont that hour had never seen Tie awful aspect
N The king of rrrrors. macy we're irarillly hilert
l. the huoyan'y OF youth being CT anged into the r
a. sleriness ui men hy an almost instantaneous pr
80 In some the awful horrors Of the scene h
IL banshed all bodily feelings Of fatigue in olh'
y, worn out nature so nnperalively needed rept
~ that men might be seen making u pillow Of
10 body Of d,nd foe; while here and there some
Ut those harples that are known to follow
III wake III an army, were seen hDverng over
K. tfudied field, aud pllIagng the dying aud |
III The hero ola hundred fields raped from
h brave horse that had borne him through ia RI
Or aud the fury OF the battle. An express for hU
~ for England! exclaimed the commander
nj chief.
The officer 10 whom this duty was entrus
ne presumed 10 speak II few words TO the comnian,
er in chief. They referred TO tall pae young "a
lis who was standing NJ his elbow, blackened "
lis smoke and sineared with blood, and evidently
hausled in body, yet looking stern aud Iu,ens
ANXIOUS As the officer spoke, The general c
IL his eyes upon the young man md answered,
let him Accompany you. tie has signuized hi
self marked HIM He may look for prom
an lion Take him with YOU
The pale lace OF the stern looking young n
as flushed through the smoke and The bloody SINE
ings, and he bowed profoundly.
IA That young man WIS our old ncquainan
Lieutenant Lincoln.
ice
Old Ellison was sitting in his own Iressir
es, room, with his elbows on the table, and his
ZEN buried in his hands. The silence was so d
that even the ticking of his watch seemed a pc
h erul sound The house was flushed III rept
Who has not ielt how lnsupporaby painful
10 stiffness ls which is not The stiffness Of pence
The clock ofthc neighboring church doled out
ice Solemn measurement of HE the merchant 81,
ed aud lifted up his head. One, I'iUo, Three.
vas lie listened 10 Ike solemn measurement uf im