Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1847-10-07

Dea'n aho 'he ueVi J now much longer
a'h 10 De kept wai'lng now vocierated
nv captain anu tue gaoler Immediately Iei
'ah o'ow' unuer which 'he oench gave
way W amoment; mechanicaly Luuivoco
oen' down towards ms god daughter which
was now alone ana undeienued IN the court
WINE Inc count stood ghasliy and over
Po"e'eu' Dig drops OF agony rising upon MS
brow;
why destroy II, sir, why destroy III
you must perceive that the plant is about to
u'e ne iaitered, descending once more
70 Tue auJec' pos,"on OF suppian'' but
he captain repneu only oy glance oil
"onicai compassion IL was now ms Turn
10 remain silent!
NAY, then, cried Charney, IN asort Of
frenzy, since II must needs be sacrificed,
snall die oy no hand but mine
ioroid you to touch It !! exclaimed
the comm ndant; and extending his cane
before Charney, as II TO create barrier be.
tween the prisoner aud his IDOL, he renewed
MS ORDERS 10 Ludosico; VINO, selz'ng the
STEM, was ABOUT 10 uproo' II rom ,he ear'h'
Inc Count startled INTO SUBMISSION,
stood IKE an image Of despair
wear tne oouom OF tue slem, below the
lowest branches, where the sap had got
power 10 circulate, single Hover, fresh
and brilliant, had Just expanded ALREADY
all the others were dropping withered on
their stalks: but this singular one retained
its beauty, as yet uncrushed by the rude
hand Of the gaoler. Springing in the midst
Of little tuft Of leaves, whose verdure threw
ont in contrast the vivid colours of its pc.
tails, the flower seemed to turn imploringy
towards its master. He even fancied its
last perfumes were exhaling towards him !;
and as the tears rose in his ewes. seemed 10
see the beloved object enlarge, disappear,
and at last bloom out anew. The human
being and the flower, so strangely attached
TO each other, were interchanging an eter-
nal farewell
II, al that moment. when so many human
passions we're called into action by the ex-
istence Of an humble vegetable, a stranger
could have entered unprepared the prison.
court Of Fenestrella. where the sky shed a
sombre and saddening reflection, as.
pect of the officers Of Justice invested in
their ,ri-coloured scars, of the command
ant, issuing his ruthless orders in a tone of
authority, would naturally have seemed to
announce some frightful execution; OF
which Ludovico was the execuiioner and
Charney the victim whose sentence of death
had Just been reci'ed to num- Aud see'
'hey come l--s'rangers are entering he
couf';-two strangers 'he one an a'de'oe-
camp OF ueneraI Menon' the o'het' page
oil the Empress Josephine Inc aust win
winch their uniforms were COVERED a'tesis
with what speed they nave performed their
journey 10 'he ioruess yet minute MORE
and they had been 100 late
AT the noise produced oy their arrival
Ludoyico, raising ms mead relaxed ms grasp
OF Picclola, and confronted Charney lace 10
lace. Both the gaoler and prisoner were
Psie as death :,
Inc commsndan, mao now received rom
the hands oil the aide-de.camp an oroe'' the
perusai oil which seemed 10 sfiKe MN WIN
asionishment out amer taxing 'uth OF
Two IN the courtyard 10 compare IN ms
mind the orier oil to-day WIN that oil the
DAY preceding, ne assumed more couf'e'
Gus demeanour' ana approaching 'ne Oouh'
de Charney, placed IN ms hahus the ms
sive oi General Menon' trembling WIN
emotion the prisoner read as ioiiows
Ills majesty the Emperor anu h'ng
deputies me- sir' 70 INFORM you, that nc
grants 'he pe'iiion forwarded 10 MN oy inc
prisoner Charney. now under your cus'od,
10 the fortress oil Fenes'rella' relative 10
plant growing among Inc stones oil one o
us Pavenents' Such as are nkeiy 70 ID
injurious 10 the Hover must be instantly re