Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1847-08-26

duced nothing now but terminating plants.
each protected by coiyledon; or sprig
of foliage. whose leaves were delcaiely ser.
rated and prominently nerved. The great
er portion of'the time assigned him for ex-
ercise was spent ia contemplation OF his
plant. in examining and reasoning upon lis
deyeloPement. Even afier bis return 10 bis
chamber, he often watched the little soIita-
ry through his prison bars Il had become
his whim, Ibis bauble, Ibis hobby per
hnps only 10 be discarded like other preced-
ing favorites
One morning, as he stood at the window.
he observed the gaoler, who was rapidly ira
versing the courtyard, pass 80 close 70 il
that the stem seemed on the point Of being
crushed under his footsteps: and Charney
actually shuddered When Ludorico ar
rived as usual with his breakfast, the Count
longed TO enireat the man would be careful
in spsring the solitary ornament OF his walk,
but he found some difficulty in phrasing so
puerile an entreaty. Perhaps the Fenestrel-
la system OF prison discipline might enforce
the clearing Of the court from weeds or 9TH
er vegetation. 1t might be faror he was
about to request, and the Count possessed
no worldly means for the requitaI OF sac
rihce; Ludoyico had already taxed hin
heavily. in the way Of ransom, for the yari-
Gus objects with which il was his privilege
10 furnish the prisoners Of the fortress.
Besides, be bad scarcely yet exchanged
word with the fellow, by whose abrupt man.
ners and character be was disguised. His
pride recoiled, too, from placing himself in
the same rank with the dy-catcher, towards
whom Ludovico had acknowledged his con
tempt. Then there was the chance OF re-
fusal The inferior, whose position raises
him TO temporary consequence, is seldom
sufficiently master OF himself TO bear his
faculties meekly. incapable Of understand
ing that indulgence is proof Of power
The Count felt that il would be insupporta-
bic to him to find himself repulsed by turn
key.
At length, after innumerable oraiorical
precautions. aud the exercise Of all his in
sight into the foibles OF human nature, Char
ncy commenced discourse, logically pre-
concocted, in hopes to obtain his end with
out the sacrifice Of his dignity,--or, TO
speak more correctly, OF his pride.
He began by accosling the gaoler in Ital-
ian; by way Of propitiating his natural
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