Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-01-12


III the iervent summer time, and wreck and rum
seem impossible on the smooth surface of the
laughing sea yet cold and winter come, and the
smiling, sweet tempered ripple can awaken from
slumber, and battle and storm with the heavens.
Never had bark left haven with finer promises of
success. We will follow her from the port and
Keep watchfully in the good ships wake.
Michael formed just conclusion when he
reckoned on an increase of business. His own
marriage, aud the immense wealth OF his lady,
had inspired the world with unbounded conf
dence. The names Of two Of his partners were
household words in the county, and stood high a.
mOng the best. A cOnVusion of nature may de-
sIroy The world in half mn hour as love, it is said,
moy transform man into an oysters but either
OF these contingencies was as remote as the pos
slbiuy of Alcraft's iaure. Silently and sue
cess'nlly the house went on. For n quarter of
year the sun shone brightly, land profit and advan
toge, and honor, looked Michael in the face.
Thriving abroad, happy at home, whit did lie
ueed more /? His spirit became buoyant--lis
heart carc-iree and light He congratu ated him
sell upon the prudence aud success Of his mea-
sures, and looked for his rewards in the brilliant
future which he had created for himself aud
earned, His soul was Calmed and so are the
elements, feariully and oppressively, sometimes,
all hour before the tempest and the storm.
AT the end of three months, Michael deemed it
necessary to go abroad. The heaviest Of his IA
| lhers debts had been contracted with house in
Lyons aud notices as TO payment had been con-
| veyed to hin-noccs us full Of politeness as they
wole of meaning. The difficulties in which he
| had found himself ut the death Of his parent--the
! seriousness of his engagement and the wariness
which he had been compelled 20 exercise had
! gone far to sober down the impe,uous youth, and
| TO enduo him with the airs and habits of man OF
| business. lie had attended to his duties at the
banking house faithfully and puncuaIly. He had
entered into lis affairs with The energy and resou
lion Of a practical and working mind. lie had
| given is heart to the work, and had put his
shoulder TO the wheel, honestly and earnestly.
| Whatsoever may have been his faults previously
10 his connexion with his partners ii is due him 10
shy that he was no suggard afterwards, and he
grudged neither time nor labor that could in any
d.. way be productive TO the house, that could add n
shilling to It's profits, or a breath Of reputation to
its name. To pay his fathers debts from the
earnings of the bank, to keep those debts secret,
and 10 leave the fortune Of his wife untouched,
were the objects fer which he lived and soon be
gan to slave. Believing that favorable arrange.
ment could be effected with his father's creditors,
he determined to visit them in person. He lad
not been absent from the bank even for day
and now, before he could quit il with comfort he
deemed it necessary to have few parting words
with his right hand and factotum, Palmer.
| Palmer was the only member OF the firm who
lived in the establishment. His specimens, his
bottles, his maps and his drawings, had been ro-
moved to a spacious apartment over the place o
business, and he rejoiced in the possession of al
entire first floor. His bed room had now dis
linct existence. lle had not enjoyed it week
before the water with which be performed hi:
daily obluiions was insinuated by cunning con
trivunce through the ceiling, aud dismissed alter
wards as cleverly through the floor. Hot wa,e
came through the wall at any hour of the day
and constant artificial ventilation was maintain
ed around his bed by night and day. There was
no end TO the articles which the chamber exhibit.
ed. Mchnel, although lie lived at n considerable
distance from the bank, always the first a
his Post after Palmer himself He arrived unu-
sually early on the day fixed for his visit to The
Continent. Palmer and he sat for an boar TO-
gether, aud in the course of the conversation
words to the following effect escaped them:
you will be careful, Planner and attentive
Let the hear from you by every post. Do no
spare ink and paper
Trust me II shall not forget it. But don't you
miss The opportunity, Allcraf, Of doing somethn,
with those mines. Your father wouldn't toucI
them, but he repened it. tell you, Michael
we bought them and worked them ourselves, w
might coin money! I'd 60 abroad and see th
shafts sunk. ! could save fortune in mere
setting them to rights
III is rather strange, Palmer, that Brammel j
SO long absent. lie should come home and settl
down to work. 1t inn. well to be away. 1t hasn
fair appearance to the world. You saw his ia
Their yesterday what said he p
'Ob, that young Brunlmel had a good man
things TO arrange in Oxford and in the neighbor
hood. and would soon he back now. But neve
mind him, Allcraft Between ourselves, he
better where lie is he is horrible ass
Hush. So he Isl Palmer, but he must not III
. wild. lie must he kept AT home. lie has been
= rackey one, and fear he is not much better no
i l question whether should have received hin
: here, if had known as much of him al first
= have lately heard His father deceived me-
Queer old man, that, Michaeln How h
takes the boys part always, and how frightene
d he seems lest you should think too badly OF hin
r Young Brammel will have every larthing Of til
old mans money at his death. pretty sum toe
= Il hundred thousand pounds, is mt it d"
Well, Palmer, let me know when he return
d That was curious report about his MARRIAGE
o Can it be true"
e HIS father denies il, but you mustn't trust III
:. old sinner when he talks about his son. He'll Il
y through thick and Thin for him. They do say h
., lived with the girl at The Time he was at coeg
st and married her at last because her broth(
threatened to kick him.
Nonsense, Palmer"
20 'Why nonsensei' More than half the ma
t., riuges you hear Of are scarcely whit bette
it What are the rules for correct match Whe
NJ do you ever hear, w-a-days, of proper ma
~ ringer People are inconsistent in this respect
in other things beauty mnrries beast
philosopher WEEDS fool They can't tell yC
It, why, bul they do it. LIS the perversy Of humi
l nature.'
n, Il shall look sharp utter Branmel'
I'd Take my advice, Michael, and look after 4
We mines. Brummel can take care of himself or i
ly wife and brolher-n law can do it. The timber
he the property will realize the purchase money
of We'll, we shall see but here is Mr.. Bellam
We Mind you write 10 me end he explicit and parli
ur uar'
/ shall do it Michael
ed 'And mark, Palmer, prudence prudence.'
at And so saying, Michael advanced TO BelIan
IN with smiling countenance. An hour allerwNr
II both he and his lovely bride were comtorlab
lis seated in post-chase and four, admirng the "a
ed den land of Kent, and speeding TO Dover as IA
IT. as their horses could carry them.
n
81 -- u II Az 4fiffa FER fft-A SWEET COUPLE.
ms The very emphatic and somewhat vulgar e
mt preston OF Palmer, was by no means i'll chos
TO express the character Of Augustus Theodo