Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-03-28

to marry her, nor will be so mean and low shirt.
ed, poor as am, and dear as he has been unto me
to become his wife,
WINE these thoughts were calmly passinp in the
soul OF thus magnanimous girl, all her affection for
sarah revived; and. she sighed for hnrsclc she
wept aloud Tor her friend. " Be quiet be quiet Sn.
ran, and sob not if your heart were breaking II
need not be thus with you. On sob not so sair
on surely have not walked in this one dav from
he neart OF The parish on Montrath ?"--" have in
deed done So and ] am weak ms n wreathed
snaw. God knows, little matter if should die A.
way ior after ALL fear he will never think ofme
ior ms WIFE, and You, Mary, will lose a husband
win whom you would have been happy I feel,
after all that must aDDeor n moan With j., ,
eyes" ~ !'u'
p here was silence between them; and Mary
hoolhson looking at the clock, saw that il wanted
only about quarter Of an hour from the time If
tiEsI "GVc me the oahs and promises Won mon
uohed, ont OF your bosom, Sarah that / NAV shoy
mem to Gabriel when he comes And once more
promise, by all the sunny and all The snowy d,ys
We nave sat together IN the same plaid on the Hill
slde or IN the lonesome charcoal plots and noy,s -
green IN the woods, that if my Gabriel has for,o
Ken you and deceived me thus. never shall bis Inns
t euch NINE agaln,--never shall he put ring on NV
hhger-nevcr shall his head lie in this boson,no
never never, never; Notwithstanding all the hapnv
100 happy hours and days | have been with him.
near OF al dIstance,-on the corn rr-an,onc the
ScnOOI.-ut q
nonc,-ln this room, and in Gods own bousc. So
help me God but will keep this vow ~
Icor sarah told in few hurried words. the sto.
~ vi her IoVe ana desertlon- how Gabriel whose
business as shepherd often took him into Mon
train PARISH had wooed her. and fixed everything
aoout .neir marriage, nearly year ago But that
he had become causelessly Jealous of n vonnr man
whom she scarcely knew had accused 5or NJ ,ynnt
OF virtue, and for many months had nevor oncn
come TO see her, "This morning for the first time.
hearl' Tor certainty, from one who knew Gabri-
81 WELL ana all his concerns, that the bands had
oeeh Proclaimed in the church between him and
YOU ana Ina'' IN day or two, you wet to be mar
liGu. And 'hough | ielt drowning, felt determin-
gu TO mako struggle for my lifc,-for Oh Mary.
my heart is not like your heart, it wants your wis
pol' your meekness your piey: and if | am to
rose GaoreI, VIII destroy my miserable life. md
sinners" I''s"'o"' uP'"
AT this burst of passion Sarah hid her face with
nel MINUS, as II sensible she had committed bias.
and feversh, spoke to her in the most sooth,ng man
ner led her into the little parlorc allied the Snence
theh removed III the table. with the o,ten cakos
eutter and mllk and telling her to take some re-
Iesulnen'' and then he down in the bed, but ON no
aocount TO leave the room till called for, gave her
sster!y Kiss, and left her. In few minutes tho |
outer G door opened, and Grabriel entered.
nc ioVer sad, "How is my sweet Mary ?" with |
Vea'9lng conntenance; and gently drawing her
TO his bosom, he kissed her cheek Mary did moi
could nol-wlshed not at once to release herself
IRON MS enoidIng arms. Gabriel had always treat
ca iler as the woman who was TO be his wife and
though ut TINS time het tears knew its own bitter
ness, yet she repealed not endearments that were so
iaeIy delightful, and suffered him TO take her al
most IN MS arms to their accustomed seat As he
heiu her hand IN his, and began to speak in his usu
~ klhd ana ahectlonate language-kind and afJec-
fArt
So lie loved her. as he thought better than his life
her heart could not in one small short hour for-
get Whole year OF bliss She could not vet fing
away with her own hand what, only few minutes
ago, seemed to her the hope of paradise. Her soul
sicRened within her, as she wished that she were
dead, or never had heen born
~ Gabriel Gabriel well indeed have loved
you nor VIII say, after all that has passed be.
tween us, that you not deserving after ALL off
petter love than nine. Vain were il to deny my
io'e eHher TO you or my own soul. But look me in
the lace-be not wrathful-think not to hide the
ruin either from yourself or me, for that is now
lmposslole, put tell me solemnly, as you shall an
s"cr 10 Gou at the judgment day, if you know any
reason why must not be your welded wife ," She
Kept her mid moist eyes fixed upon him; but he
hung down his head, and uttered not word, for he
was guilty before his own soul, and before God.
"Gabrlel, never could we have been happv; for
you have oilen told me, that all the secrets oyour
''ea,i were known unto the, yet never did you tell
me this. How could you desert the moor innocent
creature that loved you; and how could ran use
me so, who loved you perhaps as well as She. but
whose heart Tod VIII teach, not 10 forget YOU, for
that may never do, but to think on YOU with that
friendship and affection which nnocenty can be-
STOW upon you, when youar Sarah's husband. For,
uaoilel' nave TINS night sworn, not in anger or
PasSloh-no' no--but in sorrow and pity for anoh-
ers wrongs-ln sorrow also, deny it will not, for
my own, 10 look on you from this hour as on one
whose lie is 10 be led apart from my life and whose
love must never more meet with my love- Sneak
not unto me, look not on me with beseechinp ewes
Duty ana religion forbid us ever to be man and
WE But you know there is one besides me, and
it may be better too and that she loves
you and is faithful, as if God had made YOU ono
say without fear; who have known her since she
was child, though fatally for the peace of lis both
we nave long lived apart Sarah is in the house
and VIII bring her unto you in tears but not tears
OF pentence, for she Is as innocent of that sin as
am, who now speak,"
. Mary went into the little parlor, and led Sarah
forward IN her hand. Desparing as she had been
yet when she had heard from poor Mary's voice
speaking SO lervently, that Gabriel had come and
that her friend was nerceding in her behalG-the
poor grl had arranged her hair in a small looking
glass; tied 1t up with ribbon which Gabriel had
gwen her, and put into the breast of her gown a
lltte gut broach that contained locks of their ben-
ded hair. Pale but beautiful, for Sarah prinnlc
was the preest girl in all the country, she advan-
ced wllh blush on that paleness of reyiying hone
INJURED PRIDE and love that was ready to forgive
all ana forget all, so that once again she could be
restored to the place in his heart that she had lost
" :" What have ever done, Gabriel, that you should
fling me from you' May my soul never live by
the atonenlent of my Saviour, if am NOT innocon,
OF that sin, yea, Of all distant thoughts of that sin
with which you, even you, have in your hard hear
tedness charged me. Look me in The face. Gobri.
ell, and think of all have been unto you ; and jfI
you say that before God and in your own soul. Won
believe me guilty, then will | go out into the dark
night, and, long before morning, my troubles will
be at an end"
Truth was not only in her fervent and simple
words, but in the tone of her voice. the color ofher
lace, and the light Of her eyes. Gabriel had long
smut up his heart against her At first, he had
doubted her virtue, and that doubt gradually weak
ened his affections. AT last he tried TO believe her