The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-05-05
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BArtt as, the li,nc burner, q rough,
hensy.lcokins man, begri,utnsd ssh
charcoal. sat watching his Kiln, a.
nighifalI, while his little son played at
building houses with thc scuttered
fragments f marble, when, on the
hillside below them they heard. a
roar Of laughter, not mirth, but slow,
and even solemn, ike q wind shaking
the bouyhs Of the foress.
Father. what is that 2 asked the
little boy, leaving his play, aud press,
lug betaiat his father knees.
'Oh, some drunken man, l SUP.
posc, answered the lime.burncr
some haery fellow from the bar
room in the village, WHO dared not
laugh loud enough within doors, lest
he should blow the roof Of the house
Of SO here he is. shaking his jolly
sides At the foot Of Graylock.'
'Bat, father, said the Child more
sensitive than the obtusc, middle aged
clown, 'he does not laugh like q man
that is glad. So the noise crightens
ne tr
Don't be q fool, child! cried his
father gruMy You will never be a
man, do believe there is too much
Of your motherin you. Hark! Here
comes the merry fellow now. You
shall see there is no harm in him.
Eartram and his little son, while
they we're talking thus, sat watching
! the same lime.kiln that had been the
scene Of Ethan Brands solitary and
msdi.ative life, before no bsga" his
search for the Cnpsxdonablc Sin.-
Many years, as We have seen, had
now elapsed since that portentious
\ night when the IDEA was first dcvel-
Il opcd. The kiln, however on the
mountain side. stood unimpaircd, and
& was in nothing changed, since he had
4 thrown his dark thoughts into the In
4 tense glow Of its furnace, and melted
them, as it were, into the one though,
that took possession Of his life. 1t wa:
rude, round, tower.likc structure
4 about twenty feet high, heavily bull
Of rough stones, and with q hillock o
I earth hcapcd about the larger part 0
y its circumference so that the block
& and fra gments Of marble might b.
y drawn by cart,loads, ana thrown i'll q
d the top. There was an opening q
Il. the bottom 9; the tower, like an ,oyen
mouth but large enough to admit /;
y man ii. stopping posture, which wa
provided With a massive iron dc Dr.
With the smoke and jets Of flame is
ming from the chinksand crsyices o
u this door, which seemed to give at
mittance into the hillside. it reseu
bicl nothing so much as the privat
entrance to the Internal regions, ,whic
the shepards of the Dclcctable Mou.
tains were accustomed 70 show to ri
grins. -, .
There arc many such limekilns i
that tract ofthc country, for the pu
pose Of burning the white marbl
whish ccmposes large part OF To
4 substance Of the hills. Some ofthel
bull, years ago, and long deserted
with weeds growing in the vacar
round Of the interior, which is open
the sky, and grass and wild flower
roofing themselves into the chlnks
the stones, look l.Ge relics Of aatilui'
and may yet be ovcrspread with Ii
lichers Of centuries to come. Other
where the lime burner still feeds Il
daily and nightlong fire, afa'
points Of interest to the wandcrer
monx the hills, who seats himself on
hog OF wood or fragment Of msrb
70 hold chat with the solitary ma
It's 4 lonesome, and, when the cha
acter is inclined TO thought, it mi
bc ~ intensely thoughtful occupation
AS it prosed ia. tho case OF Eath'
/ Drand, who had mused to such
/ strange purpose, in days gonc b
whilS the 6re ia this very kiln "
burning.
The man who now watched the b
was Of q very different order, q
troubled himself with no such ,hougi
save the very few that we're requis
Z 10 his business. At frequent mt
4 va,s, he hang back the cla.hing xe,s
1 Of the iron door, and turning b" "a
4 from the insuasrable glare, thrust
. huge logs Of oak, or stirred the
msass kraads with . lou: pole.
Within the furnace we're seen
cus!ins sn6'riotu4s flames, and ba
ing marble. si1Wt auolsss With
Intensity q heat while without
reassfiiA II ths hre qaiysred on
dark saafisacy a .ae surrounding
est. usA showed in the foreground
bright ADD raddy li,ts p.ctars Of
l. n.,Jn as Annr