Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-01-03

'he passed several hours every day, that i'm.
pressed her mind and formed her character
Ter native good sense led her to appreciate the
World in which he lived, the motives which in
lnenced his conduct, and he views of life which
N every lesson game glowing from his heart.
ief father was TcpdOsorbed in business, and had
40 time to think of his daughters moral or intel.
ectual culture. He looked upon her fine form
Vite patrrnal prile, and often his eve would
glance over her costly robes and the gorgeousy
furnished parors through which she moved, and
secret, unuttered satisfaction thrilled in his
heart, as he thus contemplated the elevation
'hich the poor farmers boy aadAttairred.
Her mother was as good woman as a FASH
on16lc woman can be- She was gentle and
kind hearted. She loved her daughter, and
wished to do everything in her power to promote
her welfare. But she was the victim of the So
cieIy IN the midst of which she moved. Her
talk was of pfima donnas and bravulas, of fan
cy balls and of thearic heroes. She was indeed
the "spouse of the worm and the sister of the
clay" The midnight stars were to her eyes but
spangles on very pretty dome. Eternity was
in her view simply dull, reIuIsve word. which
clerqymen used in their sermons. fefn,ty was
an idea of which she never dreamed of trying
TO form conception and immortality, that tho't
which is rhe richest inheritance of every soul
awake to the true exoltation and dignity of its
lineage and its destiny, was something which
she had vague and painful idea she ought to
think of before she should die. Poor Mrs
Jones she was nothing but an amiable, kind
hearted rica and fashionable woman. One even.
ing returning fiom the opera, she took cold, and
it settled upon her lungs fever ensued she
moaned, for a few days and nights. in delirun
upon her pillow, and died. What catas stro.
phe, for proba ionaiy life to end with enc who
from The crndle to the grave, has never even en-
tertaned single thought that life was intended
as scene Of probation!
Mr.. Jones vas now fifty five years of age
Louisa was nineteen. Instructive love led hel
to shed many tears at the death and burial ~
her mother. But the loss of such parent could
not, by any possibility, long be felt. SHE had
never left any permanent impress upon hel
daughters mind. Louisa soon again gained h.,
wonted composnre and cheerfulness, Mr. Jones
began to look abroad for another wife, and Mrs
Jones was, by all the world. forgotten.
1t is not strange that Louisa, with her person
al and mental accomplishments, and being the
heiress Of 81 large fortune, should find many
admirers. She accepted the offered hand of q
pFonising character and llprospecps IA the al,
FOR their bridals was appointed. Ldiisa had d6
served, with much soticiqlde. that hcrfather foi
several weeks, had looked wan and careworn
He was, taciturn at his meals, Fnd with no apps
ute. She at first tthough that it was grief. 70
the death Of her mother; but,sIle soon had III
dubitable evidence. from the air of indifference,
with which he always alluded to her, lshat tia
loss was sorrow ghichEaid pot lay with an,
oppressive weigh 6R ~ heat.
One evening Nj Zones amer ssitiihg in pei
/, ffctsilchce tos aNIle ~ hours. appa l
(. akspFbc1 Alle e1sl I'll
I sldFIsa l ssls AlIs fiptly aoI IIsouisl
aud y siiersy sasl I. sE.op
sass,a wing III RalGs
chin 6els na bewina N
sIe lpoH Iis ,a wept aud sobBi
saa Amazed aFa bewilde
ys VII aa NJ sss,l ,lk so;,,fs vef,rds az nonsnt
\ uoaao 6ther but sbA lntle knew what
q was d Fiinsd. sNlfe Jones bad eatered in
some unfOftunate speculatIens, and after mont
If the most desperate and agonizing endravc
to meet bis liabilities, in which he found hi
, self. like strong man struggling in the inil
ever sinking deeper and deeper he had at ID
given up in utter despair-.a hopeless bankru
!, 1t was beyond all possibility for him to meetl
n lebts he had already passed the meridian
= life, aud it was too late for him now even to no
= to retrieve his fortunes. In few words, I
,hunbe and woe stricken father related to
daughter the nextricable embarrassment Of
- atfdrs, and then, takirg light, retired to /
: pillow which sleep had SO long refused to visi
;. Louisa sat at the tiresde, lost inihe most pa
n reverie, when The door bell rang, and I
i, Young gentleman to whoms she was engaged v
a oshered into the parlor. She had noticed,
:, some tune, that he had appeared rnther sing
:, ttrly cold aud reserved, but She thought Il
4 now trouble had como dpon them, all the ,oI
datioris of his love would be opened afre
She Immediately unbosuned to him all her ca
md sorraws, and was cut to the heart with
/, opparently unfeeling spirit with which he list
= cd to her tale.kl43He,was polite, most cruelty
lite, but no words Of consaling enderment
from bis lips, and be studiousy seemed to
train from any gesture, even Of sympalhl
cares. Al an hour er than uvugl, and !
ye more formal civ was isIaswsat heit
Of cave Of his M friend The an
n tas yanng ,nesshslSt g some time he
n .annrs Of the embatEi% j situation Of
on Jones, and,in the spirit 81 that profit and
D | calculation which governed his he he hesiiu
ci. ID taIse to his bosom adowerless bride.
be yThis second blsw was 10 Louisa the heav
sse Il all. Thelassnf money she could bear,
nd not yei know the deprvatous towhc
by would expose her. The treachery Of frit
iol iowhoal. she hpd, surrendered her most sac
ity ingctTofis Every neFvsQ tsgfRg Iiou
'od y witlIdi A,ssilaa louisa mOtiOpless a
Is D1 ~, Il the resids, and puagcd into the e
/. p's y s,..n.ir Ii few days she received ~
~, rom her false, ,iuforpipg her that circu"stal
,r- Ia his Judgment, rendered i desirable , 'Da,
y, connections between them snould De 0lSs0'
"a She saw him no more
AZ There is no scene on EARN more s SOIL
aas n. ,be gradual descent Of family from
re. lpuco to peuury. 0neaNer another 'f,'nu' w
Z 4. Ono after another, Injuries ana c"'