Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-01-26
VOL. XIX, NO. 9.......wHoLE NO. 25l9.


so all the time and poor Alice was
really innocent And what did Egg
lantine say the next morning, when
she awole and found the bracelet on
I her arm Z"
"She was astonished and bewild-
cred" said my grandmother, and
knew not what to to think /; but when
told her Of all the events of the
night, the truth of which the brace
let itself atiesied, she sank like one
stricken with DEATH So many
thoughts crowded upon her at once
1 in such force, that IT is no wonder
they almost crushed her with their
power The conviction that her love
for Roland could no longer be con-
cealed, the remembrance Of the ac-
cusation and turpitude Of the act,
though performed without any con-
scious volitlon on her part, the be-
lief that another had been the VIC
tim of her involuntary crime, all uni
ted TO bow her spirit to the DUST
My heart bled AT the sight Of her dis
tress and with every feeling wrought
up to unnatural strength by the cx-
citing scenes bad witnessed, PROM
lsed her that would never wed Ro-
land, since the thought of our union
had evidently made her so happy.
Eleganine coniended against
this resolution with I'LL her cloquencc,
but alas she was not destined long
TO oppose the claims of friendship
to the pleadings of love. Her con-
sttution was naturally frail, fragil-
ity Indicated by the extreme dellca-
cy and muiabiity of her complex
ion, and the profusion of her pale
golden hair. Day by day she faded
night by night she continued her
mysterious rambles to the spot where
she had first deposited the bracelet,
till she had no longrcr strength 10
leave her room, when her soul seem
ed TO commune with the cherubim
and seraphim, which, | doubt not, in
their invisible glory surrounded her
nightly couch. AS she drew near
the land of shadows, she lost sight
Of the phantom of earthly love in
aspirations after a heavenly union.
She mourned over her i'll .direcied
sensIOilities, her wasted opportuni-
ties, and her selfish brooding over
forbidden hopes and imaCinings.-
She gave herself up in peniience
and faith to her Redeemer, and her
soul at last passed away silently and
gently into the bosom of eternity"
ooh grandmother, what sim
gular story you have told u.s." cried
/, looking at the bracele, more in
iently than ever the vivid feelings of
curiosity subdued and chasiened by
such sad revealings; "but did you
not marry Roland at last !"
=" Yes" replied she, looking up
ward with mournful earnestness;
q the beloved grandfather, who has
. so often handled YOU in his arms, in
', this very spot where we are now sea-
ted-whose head, white with the
SHOWS of three-score wears and ten,
, now reposes on the pillow which ali
must press-who now awaits me,
trust, in the dwellings of immortali-
Twas that once youthful Ronald,
whose beauty and worth capliva,ed
the affections Of the too sensitive
Eglanline. Many, many years of
happiness has it been my blessed lot
to share with him on earth. The
memories of Alice and Byzantine,
soiIened 10y time, were robbed of
, their bitterness, and only served to
endear us more tenderly 10 each 9TH
err. The knowledge we had gained
of the fmilty and uncertainty of life,
led us TO lift our views TO a more en-
during state of existence and love,
halowcd by religion, became a SUB
lime and holy bond, imperishable as
the soul, and lofty as its desiinies.-
| have lived TO see my children's chill
dren gather round me, like the olive
branches in Scripture, fair and flour
ishlng. have lived to see the COM
+ panIon of my youth and age con-
signed TO the darkness Of the grave,
and | have nothing mole to do on
earth but to fold the mantle OF the
spirit quietly around me, and wait
the coming Of the Son OF Man."
| looked up with reverence into
my grandmolher's face as she thus
concluded the eventful history OF the
PEARL BRACELET, and | thought
what solemn and beautiful thing
was old age when the rays of the
Sun of Righteousness thus ilumed
It's hoary hair, and converted it into
an emblematic crown Of glory.
The following is from the Knick-