Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1843-06-16

iriend, SAID francesca, breaking long 81
lence one bright winter evening. "He will
he like the summer birds, he will return
with the spring. replied Hannah in
tone, but the words ended in
long deep, sigh; and when the eighth,
ninth and tenth weeks brought no tidings,
her uneasiness amounted to agony Her
eye grew heavy, her face livid, and her step
unsteady and slow.
Francisco saw and felt that she should be
alone in the home of her childhood if mat
tiers continued thus, and busily did she re-
vove all kinds of experiments, in the hope
of being able to solve the mystery of Pier
soils silence.
And where was he How was he pas
sing the time which lay so heavily over the
sweet dwellers in Willow Dell. Come to
Mrs Barrets hall, a brides ball, the beau
tiful bride of one of the richest men in the
city. Here are displayed silks, velvets,
laces, cashmeres, feathers, flowers and
Jewels, the aggregate cost of which would
have made the hearts Of all the poor widows
in the State sing for joy; and here was
mirth and music; luxury and proiusion ;
worship and adultation, smiles and exceed
ing beauty.
Name for ME that superb couple Just
under the chandelier, said youth with a
foreign garb and accent, to launtily dres-
sed widow of thirty, who lavished on him
exclusive attention.
Mr.. Piersol, a millionaire Of our city,
and Miss Lemar, a Southern BELLE was the
reply.
Docs her wealth warrant the style in
which she lives 2 he inquired.
Il only know by report replied the wild
ow, which makes her the uncontrolled mis-
tress of immense wealth. Is she not beau
tful 2
'Dazzlingly So the youth answered, in
that gliuerng costume; but think that in
peasant garb and employed in domestic av-
locations, she would be a very ordinary wo-
man.,
so would most orour bellies and beauties,
cried the widow, "a gold6nch in sparrow's
feathers would be very ordinary sparrow
Miss Lemar's magnificent plumage be-
comes her exceedingly said the youth, she
has such naughty, or if you please arts
tocratic air. But are they an afiianced
coupler
Not exactly simpered the widow, but
he is universally considered favored sui
tor. He has been Miss Lemar's shadow
ever since her first appearance amongst us,
which is now about six weeks. BY the way
he is an eccentric fellow. He disappeared
last June, and was absent until November
and no one can discover where he secreted
himself But he was welcomed on his re.
turn as we hail the sun after a northeast
storm; and he seems determined to make
up for his exile, by enjoying society and al
its approved amusements with double
zest.'
who is the Italian youth who was sc
highly favored by Mrs Green last evening
inquired Miss Lemar of Piersol, when he
paid his visit the morning after the ball.
i do not know, he is quite stranger,
was the reply.
is he not bijou of man, perfect par
agon 2
He is extremely handsome. | think
have seen him somewhere in past years.
Perhaps he is my evil genius
ooh there is no evil in him. cried The
! lady, without noticing the peculiar look an,
tone which accompanied the remark. :
should sooner deem him an angel. Ant
then he is from Italy, the country of Clio
rious creations. | could swear it, for h
speaks the language as only native cal
speak it, and then his English is not per
feet. His presence at Mrs. Barret's wa
sufficient guarantee of his responsibility
declare never before was so much i'll
terested in stranger. / wish | knew hi
name You can get it from Mrs Barret
do oblige me by making the inquiry
Piersol listened with livid cheek, an
jealousy for the first time awoke in his BIO
som.
sThe name of the Italian was Alonzo ID
Trona: Miss Lemar obtained an ntroduc
ton, and Mr. Piersol forgot his jealousy
And was Willow Dell and its gentle inhab
itants utterly forgotten No-but he re
menbered his summer solourn as blssfu
dream of ideal love and beauty. He ha
been happy in that visionary place, apar
from ambition, emulation, noise or fashion
but now he was in the world, enthralled b
its glitterng chains, and striving along it
turbid current to catch the brightest bubbl
on the surface. He thought Of Hannah a
of creature Of another sphere, pur
spirit, and he wondered that he could eve
have thought of wedding such an one. ii
felt remorse as he thought how she sat i
her lonely home, mourning that no lette
came TO say that he still loved her; but h
ever turned impatiently from the reproacl
es of his conscience and banished the ide
of her sorrowing loveliness.' His pveser
idol was naughty, heartless and capriciou
f coquette, yet she held him firmly in her toll
and he swore that he never loved until i
looked into her clear grey eyes.-On h
knees he had twice besought her to civ
| her hand where she had acknowledged he
heart was captive, but she had put him o