Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-03-03

he crled out hsr name, Mary ~ and she held
him in her arms, and his head lay on her bo-
som. f.....i -...
81 am not breaking rash vow, Rcliard.-
These are moi Mary Marshall's lips that speak.
have another nane.'
Sho was married
81 have another name, Richard. Did YOU
ever hear itli
"Neyer !"
lie looked into her face, so pensively bcauti-
fol, and wondered at the smile upon il through
her tears
"rhink again, Richard Arc you sure you
never heard my altered name 81
Never 30
Don't move your head to look at me, dear
Richaid. lie, il lie here, while | tell my sio-
ry. l loved generous, noble man loved him
with my whole heart loved him for years and
years; loved him faithfully, dovoicdy loved
him with no hope Of return; loved him, know
ing nothing Of his highest qualities--no, even
that he was alive. lie was brave soldier
He was houorcd and beloved by thousands of
thousands, when the mother Of his dear friend
found me, and showed that in all his iriumphs
he had never forgotten me. lie was wounded
in great battle. lie was brought, dying,
here, into Brussels. came to watch and tend
him, as would have joyfully gone, with such
purpose, 10 the dreariest ends Of the earth
When he knew no one else, he knew me-
When he suffered most, he bore his suiIerings
barely murmuring, content to rest his head
where yours rests now. When he lay at the
point Of death, he married ne, that he might
sail ma L. Lrr.w l.. - a.
my dear love, that | took on that forgotten
night"
81 know il now, :" he sobbed "The shad-
owy remembrance strengthens. Il Is come
back. ! thank Heaven that nv mind is quite
restored My Mary, kiss me lull this weary
head to rest, or ] shall die Of gratitude.-
His parting words are fulfilled. see Home
again
Well They were happy. II was long
recovery, hut they were happy through it all.
The snow had melted on the ground. and the
birds were singing in the leaGess thckeis of
the early spring, when those three were first
able to ride out together, and when people
Hooked about the open carriage to cheer and
congratulate Captain Richard Doubledick.
But, even then, il became necessary for the
Captain, instead Of returning to England, 10
complete his recovery In the climate OF South
crn France. They found a spot upon the
Rhone, within ride of the old town of Ayig-
non, and within Il view OF its broken bridge,
which was all they could desire, they lived
there, together, six months then returned to
England. Mrs. Taunton, growing old after
three years--ihoueh not so old as that her
bright eyes were dimmed-and remembering
that her strength had been benefited BY The
change, resolved to 60 back for yen TO those
paris. So she went with faithful servant,
who had olien carried her sons in his aims /;
and she was to be rcioined and escorted home
At tho years eud, by Captain Richard Double
dick.
She wrote regularly 10 her children las she
called them now,l and they to her. She went
to the neighborhood Of AK; and there, in
their own chateau, near the farmers house she
rented, she grew into intimacy with family
belonging 10 that part Of France. The nti-
macy began in her often meeting among the
vineyards a pretty child girl with most
compassionate heart, who was never tired Of
listening to the solitary English lady's stories
Of her poor son and cruel waIs. The family
were as gentle as the child, and at length she
came TO Know them so well, that she accepted
their Invitation to pass the last month Of her
residence abroad under their roof. All this
intelligence she wrote home, piecemeal, as it
came about, from time to time and, at last,
inclosed polite note from the head Of the cha
teau, soliciting, on the occasion of his approach
ing mission 10 that noighborhood, the honor OF
the company of Get homme 81 jusiemeni ce-
lebre. Monsieur le Captaine Richard Double
dick.
Capiaine Doubledick, now hardy, hand
some man in the full vigor Of life, broader
across the chest and shoulders than he had ever
been before, dispatched courteous reply, and
followed it in person. Travelling through all
that extent of country after three years Of
Peace, he blessed the better days on which the
world had fallen. The corn was golden, not
drcnehed in unnatural red was bound in
sheaves for food, not trodden. under foot by men
in mortal fight The smoke rose up from
peaceful hearths, not blazing ruins. The carts