The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-11-03

ion TO spend week nj Grnhnme Place
she returned before the visit WIS c0mpleted
sad hud NJ, lqueHIiuned her, aud she said
HAT she neyer 30 fell thHt she was an iguor,
ant country girli that she found shs could MOI
sing Italian like Miss Euphan.n, nor speak
/ French aud paint IN oils like Miss Margaret
"And them" said she, while hor face grew
crimson, ~ WINS titrunttl 81 jsAa4llliyi- -
"HuI surely" | remgkrd, their manner
did not make you feel Ihusi Were they mol
KIND aud Ailhblei"
"Nui cold and negeclinl."
"liul Jnmos-how was ho ~
rhe throw herself on my breast with a
Rush Of tears, aud murmured,-"lle was like
tho others
~ last she told mo Of the many things 10
had said aud done, which Ind cruelty griey-
ed her heart. Ono circumstance now rec
ollcct. On the morning Of the day Of her
return, an excursion on horseback was plan.
ned mud Grnhnmo collected considerable
party, While showing oil tie paoos OF hia
horHe, fine blooded animal, the vcouB oTsa-
IuIu suddenly threw him. Gralamo wns but
slightly hurt, bui drcndng The laughter of
his friends, lny for moment as though in
sensible. Ellen, hncfcnzied, sprnng from
her pnlltey. rniscd his head on her knee ,chuf,
cd las temple apd called on hlm wildly and
lcndcrly. fid opened his Eyes, poured mon
her II look Of angry pride, flung her -hAudH
rudcly from him, un,I exclaimed IN harsh
tonca--r
"Good heavens Miss Montgomery, do not
render yourself and me ridiculous
ln the afternoon Ellen pleaded illness aud
came home.
Three days Of terrible suspense pissed be.
fore she snw the face of her hcirotlfod hus-
bnnd. Al last he came, and all 10 a iremor
Of icnrlilncss aud love she received him. In
u short lime saw him pass down the 0von-
ne, lat for nInre Than an hour Ellen remain
ed nlone where he had left her.
When she gave me leave TO enter, found
her extended on the sofa, her face hid with
her hnnds, aud her long golden cufs which
had fallen over IL, her hrcdst hchving aud her
neck quiVrfing with quick, ConVulsiVe sohs.
she could tell me nothing; her anguish was
too intense for Words all night she wept aud
uoonrd within my arms, aud her hot tears
seemed burning into my heart Just nt dawn
rhe fell asleep, and remained IN Tranquil
slumher for some hours. When she invoke
aud found ne watching beside her she
turned her snrfuwiul eyes upon me md said
mcckly-"llow good IA you To show such
Kindness 20 a poor, Inundated aud forsakcn
girl"
"Forsakou!" exclaimed, "hns jones Ora
hnnle dared to forsakc you?"
Gle said we had better pnrt--that lao wns
soiiNlHr.aai ,Na lAsEs suited IA oslA-
cr mud lac has leii me forever"
"Apd thank heaven for it'll cried, my love.
my lamb. ny rosebud. my everything lint IL
good aud gGnile and -loycnbcs Grnhamc
was never worthy of you--he never truly
loved YOU. You never rcigncd over his lillr
narrow soul. Pride oulj like nouutaiu
devil ruled iherc, The thought less oCyou
for your being portionlcss let him NOW see
with bow rich scorn you can look down on
ono poor IN heart and poor ia honor. Learn
to dcspisc aud detest him ~ mn embodiment
of iailhlossucss aud refined cruelty Lot him
shri,el beneath tile scorchiug contempt fan
injured woman.
She looked up mournfulIy for u moment,
md then roplicd-"I love lGm"
such chldlike answers were all she ever
returned to my appeals To- her PRIDE, aud at.
Temps 10 rouse her rrsenlful feeling. She |
said her heart wns 50 sore, so crushed aud
irodden to the earth, that she never could be- |
proud ngnin. For the sake of the blissful
pust, she mourncd her ihilhlcss lover Hs one
leud, lcndcrly aud lofgivingly.
despair Of having my heroine admired 10y |
indies ot'spiri+. She was,indeod, no tragedy |
Iueen-Sho was but a meek flowing, constant, I
'hild-woman.
All through the winter hclnYnd Ellen
tr6dprrt rtTTty rTTrrrrg +utrrrri -r-t''fF
Inle shadow ct her former self Then came
new era IN her existence. An uncle Of her
athcru Bostuninu of wealth. aud family ,hnY- |
ng married of his last daughter, wrote to
lis li.llc unknown niece, entrentng her to
lccopt a h0ue with him,nnd thus II axe glad /
ne rGNTT avn fT0usJ or t0UGty J..,I UTUU
She wGRt, aud lms Years passed before we
saw her dear ince again. She then came to
pend II summer with us the same and yet
row changed.
All, she was magnificent creature in her
ull ripGned lovelircss, with the Grecian car.
nge of her eXquisitely moulded head, the Sc
enc dignity which slept on her brow, the
Somauly purity which looked FROM her, the
winning soiiness which waited on every
'urVe and curl Other delicate lips. She had
Ionc Of her,iormer thoUghilessness; The very
ipirit of repuso seemed pervuding her entire
character. Every movement was TRANQUILITY
graceful. She said little, and her voice was I
ow aud deliciously intonnted.. She laughed
n n quiet, musical, lndy-likc manner, and il T
wen seemed that she smiled lesurcly aud
with thought.
In her absence she had been the idol OF her
lily relaIives,and worshpped of n large. cir
lie OF intellect and fashion, and now the nc
self4iossessed woman met the
over Of her cnrly girlhood.
Since his heurtlcss desertion of Ellen, he |
lnd buried his mother aud married his sis
ers, and now dwell in solitary grandeur in
he old homestead | Witnessed the meet
ng. Tic happened in AZ an evening party, /
,vidertly not dreaming of such an encoun-
or, ill the hostess electrified him by an in
reduction to his ci-devnnt lRdyIove. lie
mFned dcnrtTiy VUte, and actually shock with
agitation; but Ellen never lost her queenli-
ness for n moment, her eye never quniled,
md the hand she extended while remnrking |