Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-01-19
VOL. X.-NO. 2I.

ol Ailt Nouul utdlU 10 iTdNel 10 the remote
eastern borders OF Hungary, if it travelled
there at all the time his friends would wait
patiently for his own arrival, allowing for
accidental detention, and the time which
would probably elapse in tracing him TO
Paris. Kuhn was not one Of that numer-
Gus class of vulgar rogues whose plans are
always out at the elbows somewhere, and
whose exploits so often exhibit such a mix
tire of consummate art and consumma ate
folly. lie always calculated the chances.
aud If there was one in hundred against
him. abandoned the game. On such strong
grounds as these he ventured boldly in the
face of the world, and his first step was to
avail himself to the full benefit of his letter
Of credit This he presented to the banker
at the same time handing two or three more
recent letters from the cabinet of the count
aud placing some Of the mos: valuable Of
that nohleman's Jewels in his hands, not as
security but for safe keeping. The banker,
without the least suspicion, gave him what
money he asked, and credited him for the
reminder The count then launched his
barque boldly into the current, and had for
some months been gradually ascending the
armament Of fashion, when he mel the son
Of our old acquaintance, Mr.. Mervin, with
NlDUl I've CulllNdttu di iutiiudCl lOI IedSOUS
} which will hereafter appear.
i We will now return to the new world,
and see what had happened during the abb
: sence of MIR. Gilbert Mervin, the younger
! We have promised that the family spent
much of their time in the country. Mr.
! Meryin was fond of ease aud quiet, and his
wife had no objection, for she had rivals in
the city, whereas in the retired neighbour
4 hood oh. shor roatIaI sho
: tably lady ofthe ascendant Nor had Geor-
: giana any decided dislike TO a temporary
: eclipse which not only renewed her bloom
= but added to her consequence. II was gen-
e teel TO reside for several months out of
II town, and at distance which clearly de-
i monstraied that her papa had no notes to
e pay. We feel ourselves somewhat puz-
' zled in attempting to introduce this young
e lady properly to our readers, for she was
IS neither beautiful nor homeIy, sensible or
: foolish, accomplished or otherwise, amiable
is or i-natured. There was nothing piquant
II about her. and yet " hen she was seen walk
l. ing OF a summer morning or evening, IS
d she often might, under the broad shadows
lie of the imperial elms that skirted the grassy
margin of the little lake, there was that in
r her form and movements amply sufficient
in and somewhat poctica temperament, bu i'd
ID ing castles in the AR, as actually happened
Id to the cost of poor Brooke Wingaie.
5 Brooke was the son of neighbor Of Mr.
id Mervin, who though possessed of fine
n farm aud ont of debt. had no pretensions to
any other distinction than that of being an
as honest and worthy man. He certainly was
~ no gentleman, that every body allowed; for
re he was often detected laboring in his own
re vineyard, and driving his own wagon 10
- mill or market Had it been only TO church
he on Sunday, lie might have been saved, but
he his case was now irretrevable. Brooke was
ed educated at a neighboring academy, where
1T, he had cultivated that species of literature
h which appeals rather TO the heart and the
his Imagination than TO the understanding, and
was gifted by nature with strong tendency
ng to mental distractions and depressions, oc-
En- casionally lighiened up by the scorching
ne sunshine of species of ideal enjoyment
in which, though he could not always, COM
d. mand, generally came at his call. Al
he together, he might be deemed a dangerous
\ character; dangerous to others and doubly
ro- so to himself; for though his impulses were
en- generally virtuous in their origin, they were
He apt to run into extremes that were almost
&C. certain, in the end, to destroy his own hap
ost piness and endanger that Of others.
es- The two families were acquainted will
de- each other, but did not visit, although Gil
ght bert and Brooke had formed sort OF &C
per quaintance incidentally, and the latter hat
sui sometimes been at Mr. Mervin's on som,
It trifng occasion or other. Here he hat
ost seen Georgiana nay, he had once spokeI
ngs to her, and was answered in a voice so swee
ice 10 his ear that he went home and wrote
18th sonnet on the music of the spheres. Gu
em- readers may make Jest of this, but it wa
nee no Joke 10 poor Brooke. His heart wa
the finder, hitherto there had been no flint an,
age steel to strike FIRE. In all the neighbour,
and country round there was not sheperdes
re- or woodland nymph OF sufficient re6nemen
for of manners, or cultivation of mind, to ava
her ken the dormant energies Of that smoth
int cred fire which awaited only the falling O
Of spark to light into flame and becom
ma extingushable.
Gu From that hour Brooke had subject 70
uld his contemplation; deity at whose shrin
had he could offer up his secret deyotions in tn
and solitude of his rambles, and in that ide;
re- world which he had created by the power
'me his ardent, glowing Imagination. Georg
in ana sometimes thought Of him too, when, Q
ard often happens, the ideness of the hand
I'm give employment to the heart, aud activi,
pom to the fancy. Such youth she thougi
lian might be pleasant companion in the couI
ing try, TO visit her occasionally on rainy day
: of and accompany her on her rambes alon
d. the banks of the lake. To be sure. he WI
dish no gentleman, but she conld not deny I'll
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