Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1847-10-15

same species as Picciola; and after under.
going its appointed transformations, and be-
coming butterfly. il llutiered faithless from
flower TO flower, slipping the sweets Of a
thousand different hectares. But no soon.
er did the moment Of maturity arrive for
creature that never beheld its mother, and
will never behold its children, (for its task
fulfilled. il is about to die J than by an in
stinct surer than the best lessons OF expert
ence. II flew hither to deposiie its progeny
on pant similar to that by which, under
a different form and in different season, it
was fed and protected. Insiinciiyey con.
scious that little caterpiIars will emerge
from its eggs, il forgets, for their sake, the
habits it has acquired as a butterfly!
"Who taught her all ihisi Who en-
dowed her with memory. powers Of reason
ing, aud recognising the pecuIiarities Of \
vegetable, whose present foliage bears no
resemblance 10 that which il bore during
the spring The most experienced boia-
mist is often misiaken-the insect never %
Charney Involuntary testified his sur
prise.
"You have still more 10 learn" interrupt
ed Girardi Examine the branch selected
by the insect. II Is one Of the largest and
strongest on the tree, not one Of the new
shoots, likely TO be decayed By fros, during
the winter or broken BY the wind All this
has been foreseen by the insect Whence
did il derive such prescience i"-
DO you not in some degree deceive
yourself, my dear friend I" demanded Char
ney, unwilling to avow how much he was
COMPOUNDED by these discoveries.
Peace, scep,ic, peacer replied the old
man. with an accusing smile. lyon will
admit, at least, tina, seeing is believing r
Picciola has now her par, TO play. The
foresight Of the insect is not greater than
that with which Nature endows the plant
towards the legacy bequeaibed by the but
teray; at the return Of spring we viii verify
the prodigy together. The moment the
plant puts forth its leaves, the tiny eggs will
break. and emit the larve they contain: a
law OF harmony regulates the vegetation Of
the plant in common with the vitality Of the
insect. Were the larve TO appear first,
there would be no food for them were the
leaves to precede them, they would have ac-
CURED loo frm consistency for their fec
bic powers. But Nature, provident over all.
causes both plant and insect to develope
themselves al the same moment, to grow to-
geiner. and together attain their maturity I;
SO mat the wings aud n0wf.Ts OF each arc
simultaneous in their display of beauty"
Another lesson derived from nv gentle
PIcciola !'-murmnred the asionished Char.
ncy; and conviction entered into his soul !
hus passed the days Of the capives. in
mutual solace and instruction; and when.
every evening, the hour arrived for retreat.
ing singly into the chamber Of each. 10 waii
the hour Of rest, the same object uncon.
sciously occupied their medilatons; for
Charney thought Of Teresa. and Girardi Of
his daughter, exhausiing their minds in
conjecture as TO her present destiny.
The young girl herself, meanwhile, WIS
not inactive on their behalf. Her first i'm
pulse had been TO follow the Emperor 10
Main; where Teresa soon discovered that
II is as difficult to penetrate through the
antechamber of royalty as through the ranks
Of an army. The friends Of Girardi, how
ever, reused by her efforts, renewed their
applications, aud having undertaken to pro.
cure at no remote period the Liberation Of
the captive, his daughter, somewhat reassur-
ed, returned to Turin, where an asylum
was offered her in the house Of near re-
lation.
The husband Of this relation happened
to be the librarian Of the city aud to him
did Menon address himself, TO select the
botanical works destined for the use OF the
prisoner OF Fenestrella. Il was no difficult
matter for Teresa, TO infer from the nature
OF the study TO whom these books were des-
tined; and she accordingly managed TO slip
into one Of the volumes the mysterious de-
spatch, which, even if discovered by the
commandant, was not OF nature to COM
| promise either her relation or the protege in
whose behalf she had already yentured so
largely. She was still ignorant that her
father and Charney no longer resided in
each others neighbourhood and when the
news Of their separation was brought back
by the messenger employed to convey the
books 10 Feneslrella, il became her first OBJ
Jet TO accomplish the reunion of the two
captives.
Ailer addressing letter after letter on the
subject, to the governor Of Piedmont, she
continued to interest in her behalf some Of
the chiei inhabitants of Turin, and, through
them, the wife Of Menon, till the general,
having strong motives for desiring to con-
cillate his influential petitioners, ended by
granting the prayer Of Teresa Girardi.-
And when, under the auspices of Madame
menon, she came to offer grateful thanks to
the general, the veteran, touched by the
deyoiedness OF her ilal tenderness, laying
aside Tor moment The harshness Of his ma
iure, took the young girl kindly by the arm,
as he addressed her.
You must come and visit my wife
from time 10 time" said he. an about a
months time she may have good news to tell
you"
And Teresa, nothing doubling that the
good news would consist in an order for her
rendmission into the fortress Of Fenestrella,
to pass portion of every day with her faith.
er, threw herself at the feet Of the general
with countenance bright with Joy, loading
him with grateful Acknowledgements.
While all this was proceeding undreamed
OF by the two captiyes, Charney aud Girardl
sat enjoying on their bench glorious Oclo.
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