Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-03-22

ny incarnation of Belona herself Her large fash
ing eye =" III fine phrensy rone," her wide dis
tended nosiril, her firmly clenched teeth, her lip
fiercey wrhng with mixed hatred and scorn,
her cheek red and swollen with rage, her Amazo-
man brow dripping with perspraon, her long
dlsheveled hair trailing in tangled strands down
her back her veins almost bursting with excite
ment, and every nerve and sinew in her whole
frame strung to its utmost, all combined to form
more learfully vivid picture OF what the chival-
rous sons OF The South are accustomed to deuom-
mate The "energy of concentrated passion" than
any thing has been ny lot before or since to
witness At the opposite side of the room, COW.
orng upon three-leggcd stool sat her rueiul
helpInale Although critical eye might perhaps
have detected, in the general outline OF his head
ana features. some lingering vesge OF departed
beauty yet lie presented a spectacle 80 supe tla-
lively miserable, thai my sight no sooner fell upon
hlnli than an involuntary shudGer came over me.
lie was man, that TO appearance had scarcely
numbered more than hall OF the years usually al.
lolted to humanity; aud yet it was evident that
misery and grief had premalurely hurried him in.
TO the last stage Of human decrepitude. The,few |
hairs that yet struggled for susenance on his !
henG, had been bleuched by sorrow into an almost
uneartlily whteness. Ills expanded brow was
iurrowed by the deep ragged corrugallons that
long and continued wrelchndness alone trace. |
His eyes were sunken and eless und stared at
me with pneous mplorng gaze that fairly chill !
ell my blood. Ills cheek was hollow and ashy
MS death, and withal disfgured by most fright
ful scratch; and bis nose and chin were ground
down to the utmost attenuation The trunk OF
his body wasted to Il mere skeleton, and
lis legs had just enough Of substance about them
u have suggested to philosopher painful doubt,
whether they could have intercepted light enough
to have formed a well defined shallow. This Tor
lorn creature was clad in labllimens, that might
be truly said to become him. in inter disregard
oil the universally recognized principles Of charo-
oScurO, or, as common neonl. tern, il IivLt and
shade, they had with all colors unfortunately
been patched and couner-patched yer.pntched
and under-paiched I'LL like lie old housewives
stocking, no, thread of the original material was
left and yet with all this yuriennied mitch work
his motley wcur' exhibited many nm unsoemlv
rent, which mnniles,ly deied all attempts to rem.
edy. His shirt was collar.less, his copt skir,-ess
und well.nigI sleave.le less. his vest UNNECESSARILY
worse than button less, his panaloons knee less.
to mention none of their other ,mperiections, and
"world 100 wide for his shrunk shank and his
-galigaskips that Ind long yi,hs,ood
The winter, fury, and eneroaching fross,
Az Az hI h EMnal WI no. lIme su'due
Wide and discontinnous WIN ''
Uuddled ,oye,ber in one corn.r of ,h. .o, ..i
ou,,ny viii ,arror ,yar, civ Or ;,,, i,,, ,' ''
ienollions nil nnr,ran,lv hs,,y.nn ,,v, :. nj ,.
vears ni aas 'rhfn .aoI ,'s"sa,,,'" WV a"'i eu
or feature Ina, u,,,,nr f,vn,nIia INTERCHANGEABLE
would have been ndn;rnJ. hn, ,hn,, i;S''p',,o1
throughout sucI, .x,ra,na .,,,I;I;,,, ..,I t',
ness Tim, couiJ L.rdIv I'o, n,,, u"u eu.
disoust The furni,ur. If Tho rno,, ,,,;,J -
to,ieriuy hedseo,, win C,,v sc,n,, a,,,,,..sat
nm old nine ches, coverl.ss md en,n,r on' ','a;
! ,yit,ou, n hack ano,her viii In, ,hras. , .,
| or iour rouuh shameless stools nm inn S e. ~
| The beoru, n lin hnsiu n, tho sl,,f ,,,I ,t,, -
! saJ broo,nstck which Inv tho ,vav sbo,yad ,,,,
! ouiyocnI marks of hnrd usaoe in ,ba corner
! These AZ far no I h,J ,he n,.ons NJ ;nI, -
nrised every r,icIe m The household ;n,sn,"r
| / bnd no sooner reached ,I,e inncr Inny.o,
scenes tbn, had beru ac,ed ,nd WIN ,vere he
Two great dranaiis persong RIM. ne hnchelo,
heinz AN inveternte cur;oco in nil ,,ot,ers onnor
tonino IN domns,i,. nsr,nrn,nces 81 ,hia o,pr"a
ter. | awaited myself of The dead silence ,ho, snc.
! corJod M, ,,r.,,oa -, ;a.' ,,. ~, ~ w
theatre of onprotions vas ms, nis,n, m ,sr,,,i
maize INV o,,servn,nns yhan is1shsI M Innna. niuo
to contain herself M he cool JeIihera,inn yi,b
which ,v,s conduc,in,, mn, s,,.a', Jr,od '
me look OF unspeakabe disdain and wild with
fury, Embossed her tongue and DISCHARGED there
w''h blast OF 'arllcnlate BREATH that would
nave scattered an army OF ordinary mortals. She
was The heroine OF thousand conquess, but re-
douhiaoe as she wns, she could not make an Old
Bachelor quail. With the utmost forlilude, ST.
ieh,y confronted me tempest OF her wrath, MI it
m"u exhausted itsei' ana her tongue from sheer
'aus"e huhe inononless improved The FIRST
cum 10 Deg PARDON WIN HE utmost suavIy Tor
my unreasonable Intrusion; and remarked, that 1t
l was oy occas'oheu ny my Anxiety 10 procure M
'o'"i"''oh' when uhuer my present circumstances
4 womb prove 10 mo OF essential service, then
o neh''onou me name :? my TREND o. aud IN
Iuneu " ,,ey coulI urecl me 10 MS place OF res
II 'uenee' 1neIe was pause. Inc husband look
$ ca upon me Tor lew moments with an lncredu-
.1us safe' anu men WIN "'ter'ng utterance re-
e p'leu, =" am 'he man you seek-but what can q
81 s'fahgef want OF "re'clitd creature ike me -
II was prepared 10 ma my Trend IN truly nnlor'
@ .una'e conu'.'ol' pu' Tue announcement that nus
e was lie overwhelmed me with amazement and
= g.'e'; 1 conih Dol doub' II ; Tor The deep sepui
= cnra' tones OF lha broken voice forbade lie sus
II pcioh 'na' II was irliilng WIN the truth And ye
IS was 'hcredio'e lhat friend OF my youth
i. WHOSE iorm hao once 50 proudly and ondly doal-
d Gu upon WIN more thah brothers affection, nnc
is whose image had always treasured in my "hear