The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1852-02-05
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Paul MERCER.
4 TALE OF THE REVOLUTION.
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time, Paul Mercer, that your visits
mus, hc discontinued; my daughter
cannot and shall not have her name
associated in any manner, with that
of a man suspected as you are
Is it just, Mr.. Burton p
just or unjust, interrupted Mr.
Burton, I'll have no argument about
it: you s,ard suspected Of disaf'ec-
ton to your hing and country, and
that is sufficient to warran; me in
dissolving the engagements that have
existed between yourself and Mary
and as the son Of an Old friend, |
how warn You that you are not only
suspected. but you ale closely watch
ed. and the FIRST tangible act Of yours
which can byany possibility Oe tortur-
ed into treason, will be the signal for
your confinement. and probably a
worse fate; aud then what will b.
come of your mother 2
'Will you pcrni, me, Mr.. Burton,
en4uired Panl, to say few words
before leave you =
Say on, exclaimed Mr.. Burton
imTa,ien,ly.
First, then, returned Paul. 'as
to the suspicious to which you have
alluded, permit ne to say tha. they
are w!thou, foundation, unless they
are prcdlcatcd upon the fact that M
POLITICAL opinions arc known TO few,
for residing here, in the midst Of the
kings troops. | have been extremely
cautious in my expression of them
aud lastly, as to M engagements with
Mary, one year ago they were saucs
toned by yourself, and it is only with
in few weeks Iast that you have ex-
pressed any desire to revoke your
sanction but this revocation. Mr.. Bur,
ton, comes too late ; YOU have sun,
cred our intimacy too long, thus all.
ruEuy to terminate il. 1t is only
since Capt. Allison has been yisi,in.
at yonr house, tia. you have raised
any objection to my visits, aua vonr
desire to rid yourself, Of me, is only
to remove the principal obstacle i'll his
way. | will not say ,ha, Capt. ALI
sons desires are dishonorab'e; have
my own ol iuion of tAe man. and the
time will come when you will ,ursc
him. and the hour in which he first
crossed your threshold. And with ali
rcspcc, to yourself as the father Of
Mary, | be. leave to assure YOU that
she is my atiianccd wife, and so help
me Heaven, if my lie, health and
reason be spared. she shall be my
welded wife. and that Of none other
man. FAREWELL
Mr.. Burton was an elderly gentle.
man, residing during the period Of the
Revolution, on the north shore Of
Staten Island. The edihce which he
then inhabited, according to the f..
urcs Of iron fastened in the front wall,
was built in 1901, and was construct
ed Of brick, with the gable to the
road. 1t was taken down some cigh,
or ten years ago, and stood in the i'm
mediate vicinity Of the recent village
! Of Factoryville, and within few rod,
Of the waters Of Xii Van kull, tho
highway passing between. He wa'
widower, and Mary was his orly
child. She had been reared with al
the tenderness Of fond parents Of
lection. and at the age Of eigh,c en-
aud about year before the opening
Of our tale. with the full appreciation
Of her father, had been betrothed to
Paul Mercer.
After the Island bad been ,aker
possession of by the british, detacll
meats Of their army we're located il
seycra. aces, among which VAS i
! ca,isy which las since been known 4
tie lies,ian Spring, Immediately il
the rear Of the rrcsen. beautiful vi
lase Of New Bri .h,on; and Cart. A
liscu. the Jer~on already alluded te
Was OLE Il the young officers attach
ed 10 thi. command. Mr.. Hur,on'
re.ideuce. te.ug about a mile and ,
half or two E.,les distant from H.
pat, was anon discovered 20 con:ai
{ . p,ize cf 10 ordinary vslae, in IL
person Of his daughter Mary; an
With the usual arrogance ard assar
! ance CT tie thea li-iush officers j
. Aneries. Acsirs, whose visits ,be ;r