Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-04-08

Iihued, addressing CLOVIS, never lis true
murdered this boys father and mother, and you,
leprous wretch, aided me to do 50 You were
foremost in the fray, and the last to yield. Since
then woman's tongue beguiled you, and filled
your brain with foolish dreams, and your heart
with craven fears. AS impotent thing as
woman has made you coward, fool and knave!
Shame on you, Clovis, shame The spirit of
Mol cries out upon you, shame and when
| am dead the lion spirit of Musgrave shall fol-
low and haunt you, daily and nightly, in your
sleeping and your waking hours, continually
crying out upon you, shame, TRAITOR, shame
So hateful is your presence fkcannot longer
bear it. So traitor coward knave adleu +"
and taking phial from his pocket, before
his hand could be withheld, he swallowed its
contents. " Now carry Musgrave to England
if you will, ~ he added, and was dead
Clovis deplored the death of Musgrave be-
cause he wished to vndicate himself beforesthe
company and in the presence of the latter, from
the charge that had just been preferred But
the opportunity was unexpectedly lost and
nothing remaining to detain them, it was agreed,
after various excuses on the part of William
for noncompliance Immediately, and sundry
attempts to evade the necessity, that Clovis
and William, in the first of whom the latter
still retained unshaken confidence, should pro-
ceed Immediately direct to England but not
without the mental reservation on the part of
William that his detention there would be
short ere he should return to the American Con-
tinent again.
Herbert and McDermot, with the friends OF
Hartman senior who had come to his rescue,
had set out for -, in the County of Or
leans, where all had determined Hartman
should resume his residence.
"To Alice said William to Herbert, before
the two friends separated, "say necessity COM
pels me to defer the fulfllment of my promise
longer than had hoped, yet tell her that be-
fore many days, or weeks, when you get settled
in your early home, will, l must, como back
and Herbert" he continued in an under tone,
g for Gods sake tell her, her father has gem
of such priceless worth that, among the thou
sands who will coyet it, if any other hand than
mine shall win it, the heart of William Belden
will break with weeping. Do SO, Herbert, and
give her this" he added, and handed to the
latter package containing half his newly ac-
quired fortune.
Clovis whispered to Herbert
"Tell Alice dare not meet her again. My
life henceforth must be devoted to Billy, hope
for her sake and for his. He will come back
with the passions of youth, and the love of ma
turer years l owe to him an expiation for
which nothing will suffice; owe to her graft
tude which can never be repaid. She snatched
me as brand from the burning ; she turned
me from ways in which thorns continually be-
set my path, to walk wths roses strown; and
with the spirit and the voice of an angel she pa
tiently, kindly, constantly beckoned me on
She has opened to my vision a prospect and q
retrospect-terrible the one; hopeful, thanks
to Alice, hopeful the other. But dare not
meet her again. ] love her as the worshipper
loves the God he adores; and my devotion is
mingled with the base alloy of mortal for his
fellow. In exchange she gives me back the
sweet influences of an Angels heart, the love
of Jesus Christ for all mankind. 'Tis all can
asl-more than can be hoped by 50 base a
r wretch as |. Farewell Herbert. Tell Alice
she shall hear from me ere long, and SOMETIME
Will meet her heavenly spirit again
t With an air of bodng melancholy Clovis
turned away.
/ CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.