The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-08-18

This letter read, and then read again,
and tllon laid down with a feeling Of regret
not unniAed will anger. ihlf that my cor
resPondem had no right, by any conceivable
law offeedom or privilege Of society, 90 adj
drasa ne Ia a manner 50 unmislhkeahle, l
] was then nhsochled With their dearest
ifiendri may, u might have been supposed
that was their near relative, and that Ind
known them for years was thing legiblo IN
every limo
They commanded rather Illnn invited my
preaencei must ioinlhem in their eKeurAinn
4 was oil sellledi my excellent iriends tho
--s, and --a whose name ! could not
have Hpah, aud whose fheea ] should not
know Wednesday, morning earlyI mAgnifi-
client scenery soul-bIirring HHHurtutiUnHi ~
yigOmiing breozei wild iieshueHs Of nhiurei
delightful arrangement; party perfectly BqG.
nccihn, Not b word about ny wills, Ida
think IL cool, aud IL heated nie accordingly.
Hui ilH effect on mo was ufno consequence
what could DO ils effect on tho mind Of
Marianne so familiar was tho tone and
style Of tie epistlo, 10 ebsnfdly ineonaiainnl
with tho account had always given, that al
though feared not 10 power 10 work any
unhind Enspioion in her mind, knew well
TINT i would disturb aud annoy her. Pdr-
fecly blamciog hs I VIA, II must yet be seen
so very itOo WINS my e0rrospondanl--lhni
had inBcnstltiy, inadvertently encouraged
tho unaccounlablo familiarity, | resolved,
nilor minutes consideration, TO spare her
the annoyance. why should she, angel thni
slio wna land -, whelhor Hho should chance
10 500 IAis paper or not y be even a momon.
lnry sufferer 10y such imporIiuence but how
10 take ia safely this fast step into tho dark
regions OF secrecy !-how To manage the frat
violation Of our compact !--how 20 effect my
First Concehlmenl
Mark, 20 married. Oulh, that so may avoid
said was blamulosa aud yeti mUsi needs
turn Echomer, md work with the tools Of
guilt '1r
Tho letter, having been found under tho
packc.a. had been un0hueryed Nv mo unlil
lhoH removal. Marianne had modo 40 fHrn-
lion Of ", the seal was unbrokcn-p perhaps
uha had not seen IL NJ all. What ihon 80 ca
ty2 l would burn u ~ once. Not so, slup
II she had not seen tho letter itself ahe must
have heard The tioslmNn's knock--our house
wns not so large lhow the fhmily hns inrrens'
eh y md she knew that a letter had been lcil
To put IL nside--to halc hide IL for tho evo,
ming, would, II she should chance To notice
rs absence, or spy The cpisllo itself look most
awkward and suspicious, II would denote
my consciousness Of something, md deprive
mo Of tho power Of explaining anything. !
hNbHlN w NhlNltAtU W " NfrlfN W fNlNth
without profting by my guilt.
Tho thought struck ms--yes, Ind it,
Happily tho louer, though from tho Snme
lninily party, WINS 10, from tho snuio psrSon
who had frequently writlcnmud even " NJ mr..
innno had seen IL, Il 'wns unlikely that sho Ind
recognized the land. Forth from my pock.
ct lrow n letter which had brought from
the elub--it was from Tom Jones, Of -,
Johns, to come aud smoke wi% him. Tri,
umphantly drawing Tom'slcttef from It's on
vulopo, and pcrinrming tho sano operation
with respect TO the new conner. plnced tho
Jolly smokers summons in the envelope Of
my Objectionable correspondent, IliT,ist ono
iHta my pncknl. aud threw ihe other care.
lessly on tho table, There IL law To al
appearance, the very same, snvo and except
It's brokea seal, thai I had found there Tad
was the latter Just len by tho posiinnn -
What masterpiece Of policy!
felt ne tho moment, TINT i ought at lenst
10 get n secfeinryship To mn embassy from the
government. My talents had been sadly
thrown awny-buriod nlive under heaps Of
honesty
While thus pleasantly musing, wandering
M mny say, between Constanlinople and
Madrid, Marianne enterod. was then deep
ly busted in my books and papers. There
lay the cierer decepton--the innocent, the
ing. Marianne, after u minute or two, ap-
pronchod the table, and took il UP. never
raised my eyes, nor seemed conscious Of the
notion! There was silence--broken but 10y
tho rustlng ofmy papers. ayes thought
!, "you may rcnd with quiet neryes--you can
not know how cuunipgly have coptrivod TO
spare you on nnnoyanc6
No sooner had the thought becn eoncoiv-
cd, than flint moan, low cry Of fright ard
pain, stnrtfud my Utmost soul. looked up
and saw my wife's face perfectly white
"The lively blood Ind gone to guard her
heart"
Her limbs trombled--ioar and anguish were
diflused all over her, and she dropped at my
feet. could not speak, surprise kept mo
dumb, and her feelings first found voice,
= "Ohl what have done and what have
you done2 This rs not tho lciter,but the.en-
Yclope only. The child, your little nephew,
was in the room whom Il cam0Y and botore
could see what ho was doing, Ind seized II
and found one side sf tho cover opcn--see,
here il is-he rend the nnmc of tho writer
saw not a word,but only know from whom
Il came. Oh, why this mystcry-this dread
full decepton7 What am TO think, what
fear what suffer- Aud then she sank pow
erless' upon my knees. -,
- A hundred feelings crawded sllflingly into
my heart al that instant, but dssuredly silly
feeling was uppcrmosi. had not tue emo
ton of ruscal,j OH typoCrito; but atn nhle
to announce TO thepublic in general That tho
feeling of nm enormous fool Is u ,sihguiarly
one, .-\
Evasion Would hnvo been muNnness, mad
ness--besidesril was imposshle; and with
crimsoned checks, instantly fell TO my con.
fessions. | explained oil in ten words
rtruw the real lettefr-thai Internal vel -in,en-
toned niissive--irom tpy pocket, conyinc-
ed her thai There WINS nothing IN ~ aud That