The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-04-24

From out her thoughts, and turn to dreariness
All bissul hopes and sunny memories"

anu TIC envy cACHSu ny ueI unCUIIUOt
beauty. showed itself ia triumph over her
bIighted reputation Her father thought
II a duty TO repruve her for her sin, aud
her sLepmo'her said some cutting words
about the disgrace her conduct had brought
upon the family. But no kind Christian
heart strengthened her with The assurance
that one false step in life may be retrieved
Thus was the lily broken In its budding
beauty, and It's delicate petals bighlsd by
harsh winds.
Poor Lizzy fe, this depressing atmos-
phefe Of neglect and scorn but Fortunate
~ WIN less keenucSs than she would have
done, before her braia was Supplied and
her heart CONCEALED by shame and sorrow.
She no longer showed much feeling about
j anything, except the llule blue beach,
marked w. aud E. Every moment that
she could steal from household labols, she
would relire 10 her lIltle room, and seated
on this bench, would read over Williams
letters, and those other letters which had
crushed her loving heart She would no,
allow any person 10 remove the bench
nom her bedside, or to place foot upon
It. 10 such lnannlale objects does The
poor human heart cling in lis desoalion
Years passed away ANONYMOUSLY with
Elizabeth Yeas Of loneliness and labor.
Scme yoo"g men, attracted by her beauty,
and en- odened by knowledge of her
weakness, approached her with fault
afIiy which they Intended for tfaltery.-
But their proA'9acy was TOO thlnly dis.
guIsed to be dangerous to a nature like
hers. She tnrned c0lIIy from them all,
wan feelings OF disgust aud wearIness.
When she was about twenty three
years Old, she went 10 PnlIadelphIa to do
household work for a family that wished
TO hire her. Important events followed
this change, but a veil OF obscuritv rests
over the causes hat produced them. AZ
ter some months residence ia the CT V, hers
health Jailed more and more, and she re-
turned TO the country. she VAS still com,
petent 10 discharge the Lighter duties Of
household labor, bal she eemed 10 per-
form them all mechanically, aud with a
dull s!up0r. Ai!vr il lime 1t became obs
vions that she would again be d mother.
When questioned, her answers were inco-
herent aad contradictory. At last she
gave birth 10 twins, She wept when she
saw them; bat they seemed to have no
power to Withdraw her mind from lis dis
couSolate wanderiugs. When they were
few months old she expressed Il wish 20
return Ia PhIade phia; and a lad beIong.
lag 10 The family Where yne had remained
during her lIness, agreed 10 convey her
par! OF the way N ii wagon When they
came Into the public road, she told him
she could walk the rest of the way, and
b"ggcd him TO return. He Iet her seated
pn rock, near thick grove, nursing her
bhbts. She was cain aud gentle BOT sad !
and LBS rdtttd us usual. Tna, was in he
mornIng. Where or how she spenl the
Ivy WAS never known. Toward night !
she arrived in Philadelphia, at the house
where she had formerly lived She Seems
ed very haggard and miserable what few |
words she said were abrupt and unmern. /
ing aud her attitudes aud moions had |
The sluggish apathy of an insane person.
The next dav there was IA runor afloat !
that Two strangIed uiants had been found |
IN grove, on the road ION Chester. OIL
course this circumstance soon became con- !
necled with her name When she was !
arrested, she gave herself up with the
same gloomy indifference that ma ked all |
her actions. She denied having commits
ted the murder; bul when asked ho she !
supposed had done it, she sometimes Shud |
dered and said nothing sometimes answer
LAn hai In oh II II
When conveyed 10 prison, she asked for
pen aud ink, and in short letter, rudely |
penned, she begged William 10 come 10
her, and 10 bring from her bed room the
lIllle blue beach they used to sit upon in
The happy days o. childhood. He came
al once, aud oog did the afleclionale couple
sta0d locked IN each Others arms, sObbing,
and without power 10 speak. Ii was n"l
until the second interview that her brother
could summon courage to ask whether
she really commi!ted the crime of which
she was accused.
'Oh no, WIilm,' she replied, you
could not suppose did
You must indeed have been dreadful,
Y changed, dear Lzzy,' said he for YOU
used 10 have u heart that could not hurt ID
kitten
am dreadfuly changed she an
swered, but | never wanted 10 harm any.
thing .
He look her hand, played sadly with
the emacated fingers, aud after strong
effort to control his emotions, he said, 10 a
subdued voice, Lizzy dear, can you tell
WHO did do ~
She stared at him with a wild, intense
gaze that made him shudder. Then ook-
ing fearfuIy toward the door, she said, IN
a strange, mufied whisper, did tchot p
Poor William bowed his head over the a