Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1856-07-31

juring my person. Picked up by my friends, |
was conveyed helpless and full of physical and
mental agony. to my home. Scarcely had the
surgeon performed the necessary duties, than
one, whom esteemed friend, announced to
me the gossip Of the village, and among other
things, detailed the PARTICULARS of the courtship
and engagement of the young lady in whom l
was so interested with a we'll known person
OF a neighboring city-a person whose claims
to regard no one could dispute. These things
stated with such apparent good faith, connect
ed with that fearful silence of six long weeks,
had no other effect than to increase my anxiety
to unravel the mystery and on the following
morning, concealng my wounded limb under
cloak, probably pale and haggard, presented
snsscss Mt the mansion of my iaistress was
received in the presence of the mother, She
confirmed my suspicious The young lady
stood by the picture of despair, yet silent as the
grave. Desperate at what seemed this bad
faith, l return d to my house, wrote has
ty letter demanding my correspondence, and
returning at the same time, every one cherished
token Of affection. received all sent for,
save perhaps, some forgotten flower.
That night the young lady, accompanied by
a female servant, left for Philadelphia Arri-
wing at her uncle's house, she complained of
being fatigued with her journey, and retired
to her room. Complaining of some serious
pain only soothed by narcotics, she sent her
faithful but unsuspecting servant and friend to
drug store for laudanum, received it, ex-
pressed tho wish to be alone, and seemingly re-
tired to sleep. The following morning, not
making her appearance, the family became
alarmed, broke open the door, and found the
young lady dead-in her hand the little keep
sake retained from my correspondence. The
uncle as if comprehended the particulars which
led to this dreadful tragedy, had tho body EN-
cofhned and with it returned to Lancaster Pla-
cling all that remained Of this once lovely being
in the parlor, he brought the mother forward
and displayed what he was pleased to term, the
result OF her work.
was sent for, and arrived to witness the
eloquent agony of that mothers heart Over
the cold remains of thu daughter she revealed
the particulars that led to the awful result. My
letters and hers, by untiring industry, the com
mand f large resources, and paid agents. had
been all intercepted The reason of my pro
longed absence in Philadelphia had been ex-
planned as the result of the fascinating charms
Of the city bells; even an enga cement had been
pronounced All this while the victim bad
been fu of hope. She had heard of my arri-
vol IN Lancaster, but not of my accident; long
weary hours she sat in the parlor waiting my
presence, but doomed to disappointment. Here
was seeming indifference, a confirmation of all
that she has heard. On the other side, WAS
made the dupe of the mothers arts, and the
fend who had poisoned my ear was merely the
agent to carry forward the great wrong. The
fast interview have described, which resulted
in ret lrn of correspondence, was enshrouded in
the consequences of all these plans. The re-
suit was death to one party, and TIE burial OF
the heart of the other, in the same grave that
closed over one who could not survive the
wreck of her affections"
Many 'ars have passed away since the in
cdents detailed in the above sketch transpired ;
many years since they were revived by the ac-
cdental conversation in A family circle ol
Washington society but the country strange
ly becomes interested in the event, from the
fact that the White House may possibly have
bachelor for it's occupant but ore, not 80 be-
cause of indifference to woman, but really from
the highest appreciation of one of the loveliest
of the sex,