Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-04-07
No, sir, she does not"

well, have you never observed any thing i'm.
proper in her conduct, which you could let rs
know3 Come, now, be n good girl and tell us
all about her, and ycu shall not repent Of IT,"
~ nave nothing to tell" answered The girl who
now began to be frightened. "Pluy lei the go
home quietly"
You shall 60 in a moment; but first think
ltue whether you cannot remember something she
has done which was not ernctly the thing-soine-
thIng hHte out of the way ?"
81 have never seen any thing ct all out of the
way"
But do MT you think" continued the man.
lhat u we were TO give you two hundred francs
you might remember something ?"
do not know any thing to remember"
Just think ttle-lske time. Let me see
suppose were to make you present now of fire
nunured irancs-Iust rs present for your faith
IuhesS-do Dt you suppose it would bring to mind
some little indiscretion Five hundred francs
lbat s good deal OF money"
could not tell you any thing if you were to
give me i've thousand" said the piri. $50 rray let
me gos' and che attempted. mr. Wa,
" " illi gu promise iIa. 20 win -ay h9I'uS
| 10 your mistress OF having met Us II you refuse
you never spoke words in your life that you will
nave such cause to repent"
:" shall not say any lhng-I promise you will
not only let me !" And the girl broke away
from them, and fastened home.
she was at first deferred, by the threats Of the
men, rom disclosing 10 Lady Bulwer her cnuver-
saon with them. But her love for her mistress,
ana her dreed that some secret plot was forming
to lnJure her, at length oyercame every other ap.
prehensl0n. she went TO Lady Buwer aud rclut.
ed what had occurred. Lady Bulwer at once felt
the conviction that these caufs were but nstru-
mehIs IN The hands oil her husband. She Told The
gu, that should they meet her again, she must
evlnce no alarm but rather draw them into CON
versallon, with a view OF discovering their object
IN making such inquiries If they made her any
DfDDOSlIOn. she bpr ~aIp mr. IL
but tell them she would converse with them again
on the subject, and Immediately return home and
communicate what had ransplred.
In less than week the girl was again uccosted
ny Inc same men, who were proving about uear
tlie door Of Lady Bulwer's residence. She fol-
lowed the instructions of her mistress and us soon
as they we've out Of sight ran home aud instantly
nude Lady Bulwer acquainted with what had
taken place.
The men, after trying to get her to say that she
had seen Lady bulwer commit some indIscretlon,
or to bring some charge against her, which she
could be bri5ed TO maintain in n court OF Justice,
and finding that she did nor choose 20 accuse her
mistress falsely, attempted nnutNer game They
asked the girl if she could hot manage should
they give her large sum of money Tor her trouble,
TO conceal them at night in Lady Bulwer's cham
her! Their object, they said, was 10 possess them
selves OF some valuable papers in her escrutolre,
and told the girl that s. e need not be fearful of
being discovered, rs they would take cure that
Lady Bulwer should never mention the subject
The girl replied that il would take some tiue for
her 10 make up her mind but that she would meet
them the next evening, and let them know what
she had concluded TO do. Delighted with their
success, they left her, promising munificent re-
ward Tor her services.
Lady Bulwer instructed the faithful creature 10
keep her appointment with the men aud TO tell
them that they should he admitted to her mistress,
chamber before she retired that nierf. The fem
me de chanl6re met the villains once more, and :.
communicated with them as she had been insrui4sa
ed The men desired that they might be suiel;
concealed before Lady Bulwer could enter Tie
apartment late hour that night was agreed.
upon, and the parties separated with mutual salts
faction.
At The hour proposed the men presented them
selves. They were soon comfortably concealed
between the curtain bed aud the wall. The femme
de chqmbfe, when every hing was arranged To their
SUBTRACTION, left the apartment. moment after
ward Lady Buiwer herself Vntcred me room, at
tended by her lawyer, She Immediately walked
up 10 the bed and, drawing away the curtains dis
closed the terrified rutfians rembngIy crouching
in the Funniest corner. They were arrested and
sent 10 prison. Lady Buwer instantly commenc-
ed u suit against them
| saw her the day after The above occurrence
heard all the particulars from her own lips-aud
behed the chamber in which the unexpected dis
closure took place.
OH ll6 udy OF Hel lGlal, tue sensation throughout
Paris was so great that the court was crowded 10
OVERLOOKING with the English and French nobility.
Two hours before the proceedings commenced we
found it impossible 10 obtain seats. | therefore
walled, with tremuOus anxiety, to hear the result
The trial had hardly commenced when Sir Ed.
ward Lyuon Bulwer himself appeared IN court.
His entrance OF course increased the excitement.
The counsellor for the prisoners, who was no 9th
er than the distinguished NJ Theirs himself, then
rose and requested to I've heard. lie informed the
court, that by the laws both of England aud
France, married woman, uHdiaorctd, had ~ right
of her own TO institute legal proceedings without
the consent OF her husband. lie then hcgspd that
these proceedings might he stopped, as SIR Eficnrd
LyHon Bucer noto presented himself 10 igHhh0id
has permission
There was no resource Such was indeed the
law. The proceedings were stopped and the court
broke up. Lady Bulwer sorrowfully reluined 10
her home, feeling more than ever, that there vas
"no lao 10 shield Womdn" Her domic had been.
violated at Dlght-her person endangered-hor
papers laid open-and she could not come forward
IN II court OF justice TO say, " demand redress /
call upon The country tOhoSe idi0S Sh0utd protect me-
for justice !" Tier husband omnipoteul IN his W.
Amy, had robbed her by chcHlty of The law,
of that common Justice, which tho meauts. peas
ant could ask aud obtain.
Splendid as may be the genius, and nnmherIess
the requirements OF this equally Notorious aud
ceLebrolsd man, should his works 90 down To pos
terty will not the stain of his domestic cruelty 20
down with them, and cast a perpetual shadow o.
yer their glory?
mus! close this imperfect sketch OF HE talents
and personal charms OF one, who possessed too
many OF both for justice TO be done them in SO
short space, without mentioning perhaps her
principal fascination. Her voIce-bul how shall
describe what must he jeil before il can be con-
ceived II was rich, thrilling, musical, aud vet
low wanting in force, lie power existed in lis tr-
preston. It's very tone conveyed the sentiment,
when The words were indlstinguishable. II was
one OF those voices which haunt MS in dreams,
which, long after they sileut, echo in our ears,
and which touch our hearts whenever they are
heard.
From Mr. Comans Agricultural Address Rochester.
WISE WORDS TO FARMERS