Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-10-15

THE LOST FOUND.
TALE OF vERmoNT,s EARLY HISTORY
CHAPTER 1.
7 II E AL AR NJ.

A LA M.
At an early period in the history of Vermont,
when she was just raising her dropping head
from the continued conflicts growing out of
the misconceptions of different States, or the
ambitious designs of misguided men for power,
when old men, youngEmeG and maidens, were
willing to lay themselves on the altar of Liber-
~, young man-one of natures noblemeh-
whose high forehead and dark penetrating
eyes were but indipes Of the mind, might he
seen in a listening attitude, as the last rays of
the setting sun were shedding food of golden
light on the beautiful landscape, and giving
brighter hues to the variegated forests of the
doubly beautiful Green Mountains Again he
bends forward with listening ears and seems to
catch some sounds which fully awaken his sus
picons that there is some danger lurking near,
and he has,ens home with rapid pace, and
meets at the door the object of his chief earthly
affection extending her hands for protection, her
paid countenance and dilated eye indicating
the deepest alarm.
you so for you look like MARBLE" said the
anxious husband.
She hastily replied with quivering lips,
"just round the bend by that large elm yon-
der, saw, assI conjectured, but moment
since, a wildsbeast Of some kind creeping
along, and while was wondering what it could
be, it rose erect, and casting furtve glance
around, FASTENED into the thicket beyond and
disappeared. Just then saw you approaching
and stretched out my hands for help. And
what do you think of it? Is it in your 'esti-
nation one of the savages who so often lay
waste our frontier settlements, who has left
his fellows in the forest beyond to spy out our
settlement "
4 Your fears are groundless, think. Your
vivid imagination has SO excited your mercurial
nature that you seem to see all the horrors of
border life and savage butchery hanging over
you" Yet such were the deep emotions pent
upiu his soul, that the sadness upon his brow
betrayed the secret of his apprehensions.
Have you, too, said the anxious young
wife, " observed anything suspicious to-day -
Yes said he 50 truth compels me to say
that have several times during this afternoon
perceived, or thought | perceived, the almost
noseess step OF some one near me in the direc
tion you have named, but saw nothing, anc
= iuafly concidMed that my anxiety for your
safety had made me over suspicious"
Thank you" replied Helen, +" for you,
kind thoughts of me, and sincerely hope nt
other evil than sad forebodings may approach
US, and you may be assured | had not forgot
ten him who has my whole being bound up ii
his own"
So saying they entered the house and sa
down in that kind of moody silence which eve
betokens the suppression of thoughts strugglin,
to escape, but which the fear of giving unnec
essary pain to others whose happiness would b.
promoted at any expense, locks up the deel
foundations OF the soul.
At length those dark expressive eyes whic
won the earliest love of William Milford wer
turned to him, and he perceived by the pal
moon beams that they were sutfused with tear
expressive Of the emotions of her gentle nature
whose deep feeling he had been sometimes con
scious of from the half suppressed sighs whicl
frequently had escaped, and which were dag
gers in his sou for he knew not what was be
fore them. After moments effort to suppress
her rising grief, Helen said, with tremulou
voice,
William, something whispers that tn
deepest affliction awaits us, while the darkes
forebodings thrust themselves upon my min,
relative to you. can bear any misfortune
which my Heavenly Father may lay upon m
with His kind, though Christening hand, will
submission; even if you were snatched from
my side,-my support in the hour of peril
and carried away into captivity as some of IN
friends have been who have not yet returned,
would still hope and daily pray that God VIII
has often been the captive strong hold, woul
merciIulIy preserve and return you to me, to
doubly priced but bow could bear to see ou
dear little Willie torn from my embrace" IAN
she clasped him more closely to her bosom
" and sacrificed to the barbarity of the svvagt
Again, when turn my thoughts to the HON
of my childhood, and ardently wish was ther
the dark, scowling brow of Frank Williamso
rises in my mind as last saw him. You kno
he claimed to have much esteem for me, but
he ever had any true regard, it Is either turne
to cod reserve or hate, because could n,
prefer him TO you and of late I've heard
hlnted that he is II Loyalist, and may be four
in league with the Tories the yest and mo
blood thirsty enemies of our country"
"Should that be the fact" replied Milfor
'' such are his antecedents he could not poss
bly, be in any manner instrumental Of brngir
any harm TO you, his early friend and schoC
mate ; and can he 80 soon have forgotten Il
blood of his BROTHER who fell, nobly eonten
ing for Liberty, under Stark at Benningto
split in the defence of right! Does the blot
OF his father still course in his veins or h
he by some new instrumentality extracted j
ior he is one of the strongest Wings in t
country and has rendered himself peculiar
obnoxious to the allies of royalty by his sire
uous efforts for Freedom No the blood
a true patriot flows genally through the who
man, aud he will yet gird on his sword a
avenge the death Of his slaughtered brothe
nobler thoughts will take possession of
mind, and he will yet write his name amo
the heroes of the realm. But let us drop ii
gloomy subject and begin to look at the brig