The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-07-12

1he history of Jurisprudence cmbodies
among its dusty archives. many n tale
of love, OF sorrow. of blightod affections.
Of bitter, remorscless persecution, and of
long cherished vengeance, which needs
not the pen of Warren nor Dickens to
invest it with every attribute of startling
interest which can mark the widest mar.
rativc Of fiction.
Ia the year 1885. there came into the
county of Lapeer,a German. from the pro-
vince OF Wurtemburg,by the name of u.
rich, bringing with him young and at.
tractive wife, to whom he had been some
years married. This lady, when girl,
had been belle in he. little ncighbor.
hood III Wurtcmberg and lad been
sought in marriage by more than one
anxious suitor and among them was one
Daum, by whom she was courted, and to
whom she had extended such encourage.
mcnt as led him to fix his affections upon
her, with all the fcrvor of the German
heart. Daum was man of unusual
strength of mind, OF stern and impress
slve demeanor, of great depth of feeling,
but, as the sequel will show, of the most
lmplacablc disposition when his animosi-
ties had been aroused lie loved the
girl with that intensity natural to men
SO constituted. and having few or no af
fnities with others, owing to his roscrv.
ed and inorose disposition he commenced
by lavishing his hours Of leisure, and the
earnings Of his industry, upon her alone.
| Unlike her lover in all respects. the girl
was attractive, foud of society, and un.
stable in her affections and when the
wedding day came, to which Daun: had
long and impatiently looked forward as
the consummation of his bliss, after the
wedding guests had met she told him that
she loved him not, and could not be his
Daum sold his estate, and removed at
once from the scene Of discontinue to
distant province.
Time passed on, and the lady was a.
gain wooca and won by light.bearted
and comely youth, her former suitor's
superior in personal appearance, but his
inferior in wealth and intellect. His
courtship was now followed By marriage
the news of which reached the self ban
ished Daun, reused every latent feeling
of rage aud Jealousy of which his strong
heart was capable, and he turned to the
scene Of his former happiness. instigated
by the solo desre-.for rerenge! He
skulked about the neighborhood, lying
hid during the day time for the most
part, but watching every opportunity to
waylay and destroy his rival At length
they met in wild, narrow mountain
pass deadly and force struggle took
place, ut the termination of which Ulrich
was left upon the ground slain, us his as,
sassn supposed. Daum fed, pale, bleed
ing, and faint. The officers Of Justice
sought for Daum n vain he had He'd to
England, where he spent tho next six
years Of his life.
The circumstances had passed away
from the public mind, aud the parties
most interested had ceased to think of
them, or to feel any apprehension at
Daum's return. Five years passed on,
and the married couple, with their child,
ren, joined party who wore emigrating
to America, and settled in tho county Of
Lapeer, There they resided in quiet
comfort and happiness for three years
The wild farm had begun to assume the
appearance of cultiyation--the log house
to be encirclsd with crcepers and flower