The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-09-18

upNeNaisi ihunhefbnt ufttfhulhk HNih
cloudlcss sky imagine these, and hundred
more surprising things, and you viii stll be
very far nom realizing my aslonishment at
llalcs change Of demeauor
slned ElFa momeHi, perfectly siHFelisd
--vil.a feeling like that of s0mnambulist
suddenly awakened hu the astounding
words we're again uttered, and awoke tho
roughly,
You'll forgive me, won't you p"
fc,t the warm hands holding mine saw
ths varying color, the fearful eyes the tremu-
lous lips, % Of the child who 10 about 10 cry
u almost heard the beating Of her heart,
What happened thereupou' oh, decor0us
and Northumberland Mrs,
Gmndy, turn the leaf Young men Hrp only
Young men after Oils they can not pass through
life with TINT severe prppricty and stainless
record" which your yenwaied diaB displays
occasionally, they are carried quite beyond
themselves by irCr,7iihle emotions ana com
nit most awful acts therefore, good Mrs,
Grundy, turn the lcaf! The excellent old la
dy being thus iorewnmed, proceed 90 hay
that no sooner had Halle uttered her hathci-
L. question second time, than, mastered by
a Wild delirium Of love, / caught her 10 my
hsaTt, and held her there, iluttcrinR and
trembling like wounded lufp, ia Oct that
long remembered morning when lolt hcr,
How could help n She looked 30 love
" as she gnzcd az me, With blushing checks,
and sadtswect cycsi her attitude was SO cN-
pretaiNe Of affection, sorrow and regret her
heart was throbbing there 10 near my own,
that every thought beside my love for her
abandoned me-
In moment she released herself with
maiden modcsty like the "dcar GoneNieyc"
Of Ihc-poct and turning aside her face, wip.
ed away tear OF two with her white hand
kerchcf
Seated on a cushion at her feet in the old
draw ng-rOOm, through whose Windows stole
the perfume Of the leaves and ilowcrH,
heard with varying emoiipns--of sorrow md
joy, quick anger and fiery iudignalion--Ihc
vhole mystery Of her change toward me fully
explained, go. -,
htrd the mystery, | shall give the whole
very briefly, In my own words, as ! under
Warton hail picked up and kept the brace
lot which | took from lluliics arm that
morning. Ito had readily OWNED the mean
Ing Of mygposscssing IL for he had o0cu
seen IL on liullies. wrist, and did not need 20
be told that had taken or received il M
keepsake. Upon this he based his cunning
aud unpriucipled plot Miss Mira blank,
nom the college town, coming 20 the neigh
borhood, Warlon, who knew OF my acqualut'
Ance with her, conceived the plan of inducing
Halle TO believe that had bestowed her
kospsake on the fashionable belle. ! had
once, nj her own request. escorted Miss Miru
20 distant city, and llallic had often tcuscd
me on the subjects and this afforded Warlon
an additional advantage. lie gave Hiss
Mira the bracelet, first cSncliug from her
promise that she would refuse 10 tell any one
whence she had obtained it--that she would
affirm or deny nothing in connection with It.
The .schomc fully succeeded Halle saw
and recognized her bracelet on Miss Mirat
arm, end asked her whore she had obtained
IL. ToIhis question the young lady made
some jcsting rcplyi but remembering the
conditions of the gin. refused either TO ac-
know ledge or deny that hud presented her
with H. From this refusal Halle irrcsisubly
concluded that had carclcssly parted with
her gift to one whom preferred To herself
act. She determined never 90 charge me
with ito meet me with scorniul indtIer'
once-to refuse all cNplunatiun--and this she
had DONE though not without some pangs
aud much sullcring -. --,,,
Warton was thus perfectly successful in
his base schemc, His object Ma2 10 ALLEVIATE (
Halle completely from myself aud then re-
place me. In the first Of these attempts at
least he would undoubtedly have succeeded
but for the interpretation of one OF those cir
cumstanccs which occasionally blow up the
best laid sub,errnncNn mines. Miss Mira
fell in love with Mr.. Wnrton, or, ut least,
conceived the idea of becoming. mistress OF
his elegant establishment.
Her most formidable rival, she soon found, !
na= i4aiiiss=itg gaHsy Il rupture brtwrrn Mr. 7
Warton and that damsel was thus very desir- |
able. Miss Mira soon hit on her plan. by
some IN cans she had suspected the mystery !
of the bracelet, and, prosecuting her mquir- /
les cautiously, had soon found out the whole |
affair. Thercupon she had simply gone, on
a morning visit TO. "Elcnhrakcs,' to see her
dear friend lIallic-had, first imposing entire |
Ncerccy, related rarelcssly, rs an excellent |.
Jest. the manner in which she had acquired /
the BRACELET and then, having done the de- /
sired mischief aud degraded Wurton IN her /,
rivals estimation past all hope. the excellent
Miss Mira had Departed smiling magnani- !
muusly abandoning the bracelet To its proper :
owner shall only add that she succeeded .
In captivating Mr.. Warton, whom she made /
perfectly miserable and that, ut llalhc'S .
earnest request | never approached my Tor
mer rival on the subject Of his pcriidy. | !
had no wish to do so after my first burst of |
had subsidized. The recollection .
Of the pale face of the unhappy man, when he |
denied his trcachcry and falschood, did not |
give me desire to ever look upon him, even |
any more.
Such was the explanation Of the mystery
which | heard from Halle, sitting on the
cushion Mt her feet, and looking up into her
eyes, IA, with changing color, aud some 9TH
VI :hiugs OF a disturbing ma tirc, she recount
Sd the sad narrative, but ending in such rn-
diant sunshine.
| have faithfully related every thing, cx-
posed the whole mystery, and, hope, sntis-
fed the listener.
| believe, however, that have neglected .
to record one little circumstance the fact
that before she commenced the story, Halle |
hq{ promised 10 DC my rife.
would not hear a word of explanation in |
defense Of herself, until was satisfied upon
the subject just referred to- and if she had /
not plghtcd her true faith to me, imagine |
she could not have readily explained the |
whole, since such an explanation necessarily |