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


Of nature il served 10 conceal Cba,oev
was we'll aware that to the right rose the
fertile hills of Saluces; that 10 his lelt were
deyeloped the last undulat;ons of The y.lIay
Of Aoria and the banks of the Chiara. tl,a,
before him lay the noble plains Of Turin
aud behind, the mighty chain Of Alos. with
its a,lornment of rocks. forests and ebasms
from Mount Geneva 10 Mount Gems RI,
in spite Of this charming yieinaoe. all he
was permitted TO behold was the misty skv
suspended over his head by a framework Of
rude masonry The pavement of the li,tle
court, and the bars OF his prison. through
which he might admire the opposi,e wall
adorned with single small square window
at which he had once or twice cauoh, vlimns.
es OF doleful human countenance.
What a world from which to extract de.
light and entertainment The unhsppy
Count wore out his patience in the a,tempti
At first, he amused himself with ,cribbllng
with a inorsel Of charcoal on the walls OF his
prison the dates OF every hsppy event Of NJ,
childhood but from this disoir;,inC task he
desisted, more DISCOURAGED than ever
The demon OF scep,icism nex, insnired him
with evil counsel and having framed into
fearful sentences the axioms Of his witheriby
creed. he inscribed them ,I.o on NJ, y,I1
between recoilec,;o,s cons.rr,,od % NJ. 80
Ter and mo,heri -'' ~ '''' 80
sill rnconsor.d f,h.,,.v =, l..,,, -.
nm his mind 70 a;n1 .";dc 81. S"s', ,"a"e
cares .don,ed nv an,;r;o.,;on III 49, rs ,,''I
r;I;,;e. and hrn, lion ,sh;.h , I.s oe
the prolonga,ion Of solitary con6nemsn,
The nb;Iosonbe, ,,,smn,sd ~ GA ama,.
ment in nnraveIl;ng s;lI ~ linen in NJ
inc iageolc,. az .,,,w and hn;id;,r H..
Of waInu, shell, The man oS asn;s. .op'
s,,nc,ad ,,h;s,Ia. 49,. - .'Is,s ~
kernels. chains and mns;c,I ;,s,,nn,a,,s
with The snr;ns. n h. h,scas' 49, e..
time he ,oot del;gb, n ,h.sa .h.n,,,;,;s.
then with a sudden moveve,, ~ d;srus,
trampled them. one by one under hi. fec,
no y,,y he .nnlo.,na,, Ch.sa,. -,
IN carve = ,hoys.nd r,ne;GJ 49, re-"
his wooden taLlei No sebooIhoy ever nm.
tila,ed his desk by such a,,emn,s n, nrabe..
que, both in relief and in,aol,o as ,asked
his patience and adde's The ceIebra,ed
portal of the church of Csndebee and The
pulpit and palm tree. of 8, GudnIa n, Rms.
sells. are not adorned with a greater variety
of figures There vxerafhonse. noon hons.
as. 6shes upon trees. u En- taller than s,ee-
Piles, boats upon roofs, Carriages upon water,
dwarf pyramids, aud flies Of gigantic stat
ure,--horizontaI. vertical. obl;oue ,onsv.
turvy, upside down, pell-meIl, a chaos Of
hieroglyphics, in which he tried to discover
a sense symbolical, an accidental intention.
an occult design; for il was no great effort
on the part Of one who had 80 much fai;b
in the power Of chance. TO expec, The devel.
opement Of an epic poem ia the sculptures
on his table. or design of Raphael in the
,;,Iv ,I;f6cnI,;.s r., ooas Sn.Jl W ~" r..
solution, eniamas for diyina,ion but even
in the midst Of these recrea,;ons ennni The
formidable enemy. AGAIN surnri.ed The can.
tive.
The man whose face he had not;ced a,
the grated window. nigh, have afforded him
food for coniuciure had no M, seemed IN
ayoid the observation az The Cam, no ra,;,.
H.. ~ ,..,,.. %n ~ wv oyu".' " 'e'"-
anee in copssousncs ~ ,.h;.h
ceiyed m shho,,snra Of ~ 49, sI =" S"l
w,s he o,;D;on 81 ~ - "e ,ee'use Sus.
the stranuef'a deaira Of enacaatn,a,, .or-
,ineed hi9 ne sonSa'a'e". con
the movement. Of The n,;s sp's'e. :. ~"
some So,msr snamm s .',,,. OF. perhaps
m;I;s,;on '"s'' sA''''"g over MS hn'
On in,.r,oo,,;no tho a.,,., bo.....
,h; III ."'e'.ogs.ng 'he gaoler' however
"This an Italian y .,;J InSon;. a.,
turnkey. "a good souI and VIA, !.
mo,e . ,ood CLs;~,; anu VIVA,
a, his deyoiions" ~ : o'e" ""e III"
Charney shrn,,od Il. ~
what may be the cause. orav Of h;s ,s,sn,
ion ?" said he.
"He attempted 10 assassina,e tho Fo,.
ror."
Us he, then, pu,riotf"
"a patriot Rubbish Not he Ru,
the poor soul had once a son and da,,h '
and noic he has only a Jangb,er Tbe 49,
was killed in Germany. A caunon.h.I
broke tooth for him. POpsro foEuolo p
at was paroxysm of sel6sbness then
which moved this old man 10 become ar
assassin 2"
"You have never been father ,S;gno,
Comic !" replied the gaoler. "Cristo .Santo
If my Antonio. who il s,;ll b.ha '.e a'.