Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1847-12-03

htitb W outue Tue WOst requirements star IN tue
constellation of beauty to be assembled at
Madame lie Normand's ball. II is very for
tunate, by the by, that this shocking affair
has not got wind yet"
That night, Mrs Dunn, superbly attired,
seemingly in high beauty aud spirits, enter
ed the magnificent saloon Of Madame LIE
Normand.
That night. at the same hour, Captain
Dunn took his melancholy way towards his
now desolate home. Before leaving his na-
tive shores he wished to look again upon
the face Of his infant son. The whole front
Of the house looked dark as he approached
it. Entering and cropping his way through
the gloom, along the dark passage and up
the stairs, he reached the nursery door, and
entered the room. A small lamp was sit
ting on the hearth lis feeble rays revealed
a scene that sent all the blood from the
fathers cheek. Straight up in the bed sat
the infant, in an attitude fixed and immos-
able as marble-his cheek blanched, his
eyes wide open in a frightful stare--his lips
apart with horror, while his gaze was fixed
in deadly terror upon a dressed up bugaboo
at the foot OF the bed. Ia an instant, seiz-
ing the bundle of sticks and rags that com
posed this figure, Captain Dunn threw il
out at the window, aud turned 10 his boy.
The removal Of the figure seemed 10 remove
the icy chain that bound the boy for he
now fell back in the bed, in violent convul-
sions. Selling the bell rope, Capt. Dunn
now rang a peal that presently brought
every reminding servant in the house to his
presence.
Thomas" said he TO the first one that
appeared, run Immediately for Doctor
Wise" "William," said he to the other
man, where is Mrs Dunn I"
"At Madame lie Normand's ball, SIR"
"And her NURSE
"Gone out tea-drinking, sir"
"And The housemaid and cook Gone.
too, | suppose I"
Eyes, SIR"
"You may leave the Don Stay. call mt
a carriage"
"Yes, sir"
Captain Dunn now turned to his son,
whose spasms were over. and, having placed
him in a comfortable position, awaited the
arrival Of the physician.
IA tGtAZA w ulAd NlNlUH
looked at the child, ordered a warm bath,
wrote a prescription and sent it of.
"And now, doctor, is there any chance
Of his recovery 7" inquired Captain Dunn,
AFTER having given the doctor n fall account
ofihe auses which led 10 the child's seizure.
"For his full recovery, very little; this
will be likely to affect him through life"
Dunn groaned.
doctor, could he be removed with safety,
by a steamboat journey. some ninety or a
hundred miles up the river ?"
with perfect safety" said the doctor.
''Then, sir, | will trouble you, if you
please, to write at length your orders for
his treatment OF the journey, as ] shall take
him away tonight"
The physician, with a look OF surprise,
complied, and soon after took his leave.
Captain Dunn, raising the sleeping infant
in his arms, threw a cloak around him, de.
scended the stairs, entered the carriage,
which had been standing sometime before
the door, aud was driven towards the steam
boat wharf.
AT the same moment Of time, Catherine
Dunn, radiant with beauty and gaiety, was
led, smiling to her place at the head Of the
c~otillon forming in Madame lie Normand's
saloon.
Day was dawning when Mrs Captain
Dunn drove up to her own door, and wearied
out with the nights dissipation, would have
Immediately sought her pillow, when her
maid placed a note in her hand. She took
il listlessly, and ran her eyes over its con
tents. They were as follows;
Farewell, Catherine 4; farewell, infatu.
ated woman, unduteous wife neglected.
mother l leave you to the relribulion
that l pray may overtake you-that ! pray
may overiske you. in the hope that il maJ
bring you TO repentance. happily to reform,
alton. take your child where he may find
what he has never yet possessed, a mother
care and love-our child, whom your neg
lecl has possibly made an idiot for life"
Frightful was the picture Of passion pre-
sented by the wretched Catherine Tear
ing the paper to atoms, she threw the frag
ments upon the floor, and would have
ground them to powder with her heel. Hel
Dosom HcdNcu VIII ucICC ohtui5iohS-Hc nc
eyes scintillated-theu, pressing her hand
suddenly upon her mouth, she sank upon
chair, and thence upon tho floor, u strean
Of dark blood ~trickling from her lips. He
maid in great alarm raised and placed he
upon the bed then summoning her fellow
servants, sent of for Mrs Leslie and III,
physician. Both soon appeared. Mrs Dunn
had broken a blood vessel, and the long
continued hemorrhage lei her in a state o
utter prostraiion, with her life in imminen
danger.
On the afternoon Of that day, as Caihe
rine lay PROSTATE, placid, snowy. like
broken lily on its icy bed. +" her ear, render
ed supernaiurally acute by her condition
heard the physicians whispered injunction
10 her attendants
"She must be kept perfectly quiet; com
plete rest is absolutely necessary. She mus
not be permitted TO raise a hand, scarcely
10 lift an eyelid, or hear a sound. Ever
with the best precaulion, a second hemor
rhage wall be very apt to ensue. Her liz
hangs upon n cobweb shred"
"And is Death lowering so near" though
Catherine and in an instant, as though
/ .-l.~I L.. Al. 1911