Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-01-14
The Vision, o. Truth s;raugertaan Fiction.

", IN the middle walks OF He, nlieu u 0nilliiS-
The, were not richly endowed with this worlds
goods bu: possessed sufficient 'Or all tie comforts.
If,ot the laxulies 0. he. Mlt,hcW Cunning WIS
farmer by profession, (ifso /; may be caed,) and
had he possessed that spirit OF fuaGtv, which
seems Amos. unknown 10 the lush nation, he might
have been wealthy man; as j. wss, he generally
followed the principle Of letting tomorrow take
ere of Itself His wife had been the village belle,
and sill retained traces OF that extraordinary beau
u which had excited the admiration osail who be
held her. Two girls were the sole traits OF their
nnion, who pom sci, even III infancy, TO equal il
not stlrDlss their mother in persona, charms; and
tI.. N jthe-'s soul WAS houHd Up in them. Being
near OF IN age the e'l;lifen constantly toseth
er; and the spg -tv Lizzie AID the fairy Louisa
Spoiled ~ both young i:ia q III the village OF
E. One summer afternoon, fstgued with thtif
1or.s t int:ln. ss.crs threw them civ Is unOn the
rlss beneath a wi low which ens!alowed their pa
rents' stage and with the fir rOun! cheeks of Lou
j., .oy ed upon the tresScs zzie, ami then dim
Ned limb; AMI snowy robes thrown into stcong re-
cfbv the richwivy swlrd, they presented picture
which Laurence would have longed 70 transfer 10
e.nr.ss The ulosacr, a. she sat with her Sp:nn y =
wheel in the Gcep clnbriS,rr Of the window watched
then, rs thcr -ept, AMI Unconscously her thoughts
= IN Tered i;l.J the fIlnre,-anl, with mothers
fu anxiety, sYccU a-cd upon Their future career.
As sas m,Isel, she too fell lao gentle sulnber,
and as the visions o. heg musings assumed, rs il
were, a tlGgb.e shlpe, ~ local hi5i.l;ion and 4
name" anI like plants smagcTid lasscd before
her, She inc;ed hcrscifin L9nd0n that great c Y
Of which We have heard 50 much, nj SIZE seemed
an invisible spectator u scene that surprised her
p.oules hopes; she slw her lovely daughters ap-
uear:ng in tle pe.,ec. beauty o. wO IAhoo rs &C
tors oil the busy arena o. the ari5.ocratc world
Peers AMI pccrcs Is, Treiates a'd statesmen. even
ROYALTY t<eif seemed - 90 homI re 70 Their unrIya-
ilei cllrm'. iA.pn5s Of admirers wofshppe at
Z .l..t.r Oh a -
rest by his hlughr bearing, AMI the slittcrinr star
upon the breast, I duke knet Ut the ieet OF her
v5;.,-es. born, her h-igh. hired Lizzie; and sae
tousht upon th,t re, brow the c)ronet form ii Of
IN due Il sraw1erry leaves, resel as ii i: had found
a f, ab!,tin. pace Delighted, she awo';e, and ";:h
the Offering vision still filing her m eiiat.ou, be
started 70 fiji herself in her humble cottage an
her children sleeping beneath the tree.
she melti0lel he's dream to none. bit The memo
ry OF il fingered for years, AMI with mother's fond
plrta!ity. she whispered, Why should not sGc.i
things bel''
Tim, sped onani our heroines increased in beau
~ an rear5: they received The ties. edu3aon the
pace coulG afford; and the WORTH cure seeing thlt
| their minds SCARED far above I.toc.I,r as we'll
Is heir persons f0sric1 thar du.iie powers u such
4 degree that they were coon TT - grace G.y cir
| When Louisa was about seventeen, their mother
CD; ard on her death bed exlc.e i solemn p on
lie from her husband, that before The expiration o;
SIX months he should take them % London; then,
for the frs. time. relating he. dream, she begged
him 10 min there year 1t least and 1t tie end
nj tas timc. il they had not attracted noticc, he
mi Ii. return With them 70 his tive village. d
IN, been anywhere bat 1t the dying bed OF his wife,
Matthew Gunn'n nigh; hive smiled 1t the asccn-
i 4 sncy which the im gnlticn had been allowed to
GAN over the judgement; but although he desired
NJ higher destiny for his chiIdlcn than 70 see them
i.ft 49, --,i al
lie, still he would not refuse her last Iuest, and
nude the required promise. Could he have fore
seen the i,;'urc!
! Ass9on as thl l,u.h.',ers could become recon
c.led 10 leaving the grave 81 thC.r beloved mother.
and the III ny eneafnr associations o! ;helr child
fhnsl, tu. the asst citY where they would he 'un-
<nnxi!gani unknown they serted for the me-
,r,ao.is They arrived there ia June, that nonrh
whose IL CHS TIE tyraH- Fashion has compelled the
aris ocrlcy o 3 itliis Is.e fore 20, AMI obi e.
tl.m - reml;n III the city when they 0ud fan be
rep3sins beneath the al de Of those gigantic l.
;,ilt wave proudly ever the ances.rd home Of Eng
/ lanl's naughty nobility.
! Matthew Guna.ns, willing 70 fulfil his ii c's
wsic, as mach possible, took lodgings III fish
ion.je hotel, AM ere many weeks ia elapsed Lon
don Vas in an up.Oar. Who wee those angels that
! hal suddenly appear c from Paraise? The }arore,
~ Horace Walpoe calls il, wls unparalleled. The
y1unr n0il,es whose tastes We're s1aa'ed With the
u.ual Lcndon bellies begged their state nlamnlas 10
laave their ctfis ur0n our heroines, II they wished
them ever to assist i. their monthly bils and il the
ari Siderable parent refused upontho pies o their be-
ing "aobo,ies," the youthful peers declared they
| would lep.ir 70 tie cub whenever their mothers
ani sisters particularly desired their escort
And - !: wen. on, day after day, week after
week the gate of the hotel Was thfOn. ed with Eng
lanF's pr1ulest and noblc3,, and the eyes Of the iI
lrelani's lasses were almost dIzzel iy he array o
VI lsn tr,rr
and even Matthew began to think thu, bis wife was
not 50 foolish as he had once deemed her, From
the DUCHESS the blr0ne,' Lady, from The Paatis
cnc.5 - the plrrenu 81 Yesterday, MI alike slrovC
II ID them hoa1r ami more tlIan once ni the pror:
duchess, in whose veins howcI tic blood OF kings
l3unl herraoms empty on the night herr most N ~
f IN. e.e; - .ause VIII 81 n Inc G. 10 nv :.
the Gaanin .; and to her modification, she wJul
hear thu, the room3 OF the rich bakers wife wert
c.oWtel the evening 10y the elite 0i tha nool
it, and the IN lgnet OF attraction The fir as
Itcgs These few solitary exceptions At length gave
say before m overwhelming tide OF exci.emca.
thu. vas rushing ike mighty torrent and tn
usu Ally inyn,iole us,0cratic walls OF Alntch fei
without blow before tn irresistible power OF beau
ts Ani now hll their mother been alive sh
might have indeed thought her fairy dream real
ized.
M pecsoa aho was n1s spectator can conceiv
the rae fo the fair sisters that cvinced by III
fashionable word Wa'Dole III his letters speak
OF 1t IS the most extraordinary thing that i.appeie
ioc centuries Se!wyu, the famous Wit, de
voted friend oil the elder sister AMI e,inced il 10
rl,uy = year. And now comes the browning scca
IL tle sletper's dsei.I!
The duke OF II milton. ore Of the most cour.e
ani admired npbles, and Ut whose approach II M
lcing N immls famed themselves violently, 80 4
a,near unconcerued, and the unconscious dau shter
box e down and sneit nj their boquets, whose move
iments watched by many a glitterng eye and anz
io!s hearts, he, tie young and naughty Duke q
Hamilton and Brandon, yanquished by tn
lch,r.ns OF the young Elizabeth; and before the en-
OF the season. tae ducal CoIonet in realty Vll
cd upon those shining trcsscs. In the course OF
form GIT from her sisters mtrr age, Loasl mare
the Marquis ofCOven.ry.
The rest oftheir careeris known to all toe world
Who has no. heard o. the shoemlkcss who mad
upw ,rds oftwo guncas by exhibiting slipper h
WIS m king Tor LILLY Coventry at penny head
And a.s1 read with am lzencnt. of a thousand PEI
sous who sat up all nigh. around the doors of he
it3 to see the Duchess OF III lmilton enter her eli
rilge at an early hour III the morning? Who woul
have drelm2t TINT the dlushicr oil an humble Iris
farmer should thus become integral of tia
hlughty aristocracy OF Englandl But il va
anl the brigh!-h3ired Lizzie, who rcc.iaed beneat
the willow, hushed to sleep by the music Of he
mothers spinning wheel, lived TO become the vii
OF two Dukes and the mother OF four (r'or ate
the death OF her first husband, she married the Duk
n a-rryieN