Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1847-09-30

you- Wen ,rd good sg.in. Dat. because
you mas needs hare trasfy messenger ID
eoasey yoor uuiueky letter. nothing les.
would serve you th1n 70 empioy the posera
daaigeiia on your fools crrand p
How i-you mean thai GirsrdTs dauzhi-
err"
"Ay. ~ oPeB your eFes. and look sur
prised. interrupted LsdoFieo. Did you
suppose that your eorre-pondence With the
Emperor vas 10 be conveyed b. the teie-
grsPhf The telegraph, SIR, has got other
business on hand. All that have got to
tell yea u. that the eonmandsni has discov-
cred the whole plot perhaps through the
z1ide, tfor the GisraRa could not hazard
herself alone on such an expedltion) And
50 she IS forbid 10 re-eafer the fostress.-
Her poor father viii behuid her face no
more. Add through whose flHii, should
iike 10 kaoH =
Charney covered his face with his hands,
and 9rozned aloud.
-'UBhaPpy Grsrdil have I, indeed. de-
Priyedi hee Ofthine only consolation y cried
be. Al last Then. turning 10 Lndorico,
he inquired sheiber the old man vas sp-
Prised Of shzt bad bsfallea him
He has knoEn Il since yesserday,n re-
Piled the gsoier and no donht loves you
all the better. Bat make hsstel your din
ner Is getting cold 20
Chimney. overNhelmned with grief. sank
uPoa has bench A nomentary plnz sux.
gested 20 han 10 crush Piccioia al once.
executing resribsiive justice upon her with
his own hand. But be bad not courage fOr
deed 50 Ruthless; and 4 faint hope already
seemed 20 giimmer IN the distance, Cor his
iaTourI'e- The youag maiden. who had
thgs generously devoted herself to serve
ham. mus Be already retained. Prrhsps
she bad been able to approach the Elpe-
roft fest doabtIess she has been ad-
mItied 10 the honosr Of an audience and
Il IS this discovery which has 50 nritaled
the conmaadant sgliust her The con-
mandans uay possibly have in his possession
an order for the liberation Of Piccsoial In
that case ho~ dare he venture on farther
deisyf The commands Of the Emperor
=zst be oheyed- Blessings, blessings, -
thought Chsrney, "on the noble girl Who
hss befriended ss-the gif whom have
beea The means Of SEPARATING from her fsih-
er Teresa sweet Teresa how willingly
woGld | sacrifice half my existence for ihy
sake-eor Thy happiness-uay, What would
! net give for the mere poEer Of opening
10 thee once again The gates Of the fortress
Of Fenesrrellair'
CHAPTER XXI.
Scarcely half an hour had elapsed after
the insImatiou conveyed BY Ladovico. when
t1o municipal officers. srrzyed in their iri-
eolonred searfs al ofiiee. presented them
selves. accompanied BY the command1nf
before the Coant de Charney. and reqsest-
ed hin TO accompany them 70 his own cham
Der; OF arriving IN which, the command
ant addressed bis prisoner With considerable
PonpOsiiy and elaboration.
The eomnaniant was 4 n-n OF dienised
eorPuleney, hlring q round, bald head. and
gray and bashy Whlskers. A deep scar. en-
tending from his left eyebrou TO the uroer
Up, seemed TO diTids his face in tEo. A
long. blue. unif0rm coat, With prodixious
skirts. buttoaed closely 10 the chin. top
boots over his pantaloons. slight tint Of
powder on has remnznt Of braided piRtail,
and scanEy sideeurls, spurs 10 his boots.
(by way Of dissisetioa, doubtless, for the
rheunaiism had lcng constituted him chief
prisoner IN his oxn citadel such were
the Outward and visible Signs Of the dirni.
iary, whose only u7rlIke weapon was The
cane On which his gOuiy limbs leaned for
support.
Appointed 10 The custody Of prisoners of
state alone, most Of whom we're member, Of
families Of Distinction, the eommzndznt
piqued himself on his good breeding. in
spsie Of freqaent outbreaks Of fury and.
IN spite Of certain infraetious Of prosody
and syntaz. on the chosen elegance Of his
language He was uprighs. moreover, As q
pikesiaff; reioieed in an emphatic and so
norous voice; 6oarished bis hand when be
attempted bow, and scratched his head
shen he attempted speech. Thus qnali-
ned and endowed, the brave Morand. can
tain and eommandsnt Of Fenestrella. pass
Cd for hae soldseE-looking man, and IN e.
heient public funesionary.
! From the courteous tone assumed in his
lnItiaiory address, and the professional ait.
tnde OF the two cOmmissaries By whom he
was accompanied, Chzrney faneied that
their sole business was to deliver TO him
reFriere for his unhappy Pieeiols. But The
eommandants next sentence consisted IN an
inquiry. whether. upcG any specific oeea-
SION. the prisoner had to complain Of his
wani Of courtesy or abuse Of authority.-
The CoaHs, still catering himself that sueh
preamble sugured veil Cor the accomplish
ment Of his hopes. certified all, and more
than 81. that ciTility seemed to require in
reply TO this leading question
Yea cannot, | Imagine. sir, have forgot
ten" persisted the eommsndani, s'the care
and kindness lavished upon you during your
Ilnessi III il was not your pleasure 10 sub
nit to The prescriptions Of the physicians ap-
pointed to VISA you, the fault was neither
sbeiEs nor mine. but your own. When Il oe-
CURED TO ne ih6s your conFaleseenee might
be accelerated BY a greater facility for TAX
ing arr and exercise, ron we're instantly a.
loved al al times and seasons, aecess 10
the prison-eourt 2
ChaTney inclined bis head in token OF
grateful sfirmaiion- Boa impsiienee OF he
good mans eircumloeuiioa already caused
him 10 compress his lips.
- Il