The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-08-21
TnR RoMANoE oF A aLoVR.
PROM the Atlantic hanlhy for August
concluded from last week.

Mbiesty'H mails, Of which the cockney speaks
with a tone Of reverence altogether disgust-
ing 20 us free-mnded fankees,-and ln en-
tertaining the custom-house inspectors, who
paid a long and tedious visit 10 the saloon
md Our luggage. Then We we're suffered 10
land, aud enter the noisy, solid streets Of
Liverpool, amid the donkeyf and begRars and
quaint scenes which strike the American 80
oddly upon first visit. All this delay, the
weaTiness and lmpatlenee, the contrast be-
tween the morning and the hard, grim reality
Of mid day brought me down from my ele-
yndon, felt alarmed 10 think Of what had
passed. seemed 20 have been doing some
Wild, unadyised act Ia III of intoHieation'-
Margaret came up before me, sad, silent, re-
proachful and as ! gazed upon Flora's be-
dimmed face, / wondered how had been 40
charmed.
We took the first train for London, where
We arrived at midnight. Two weeks in that
vast Babel,-then, ho for Paris Twelve
hours by rail and steamer carried w out Of
John Bulls dominions into the brilliant me.
tropolis Of his French neighbor. Joseph nc.
companied US, and wrntr letters home, hlled
with gossip which | knew, or hoped, would
make Margaret writhe. had not found u
40 easy 10 forget her rs | supposed Il would
be, Flora'l power over me was sovereign
but when ] was weary Of the dazzle and whrl
sho led me,-when looked into the depths
Of my heart, and saw what the thin film Of
passion and pleasure conceslcd,--in those Sc
riuus moments which would come, and my
soul put stern questions 10 met en- Siri-
thcn-NlargAret had her re, enEe.
4 month. crowded and glittering with nov
city aud incident, preceded our departure for
Switzerland. l accompanied Flora's party :
Joseph remained behind. We lon Paris
about the middle Of June, and returned ir
september. | have no words 10 speak OF
that period in my life. ] saw, enjoyed Guf-
fercd learned so much Flora was always
glad magnificent. irrisistible. But, as ] knew
her longer, my moments Of misgiying became
more frequent and profound. II had as'
prod to nothing higher than a life Of sensu.
Gus delights, she would have been all could
wish. But --
We were 10 spend the winter in Italy
Meanwhile, We had another month in Paris.
Here had found Joseph again, who troub.
led me a good deal with certain rumors he
had received concerning Margaret. Accor'
ding 90 these, She he'd been In feeble health
ever since we lcn, and her increasing deica'
cy was beginning TO alarm her friends. 'hut,
added another of Josepht correspondents
don't let Westwood natter himself that he l'
the cause for Ghe IN cured Of him: and there
il talk of an engagement between her and q
handsome young clergyman, who ia both tlo'
quent aud fascinating"
This bit Of gossip made me very bitter and
angry. Forgot me 30 soon ?' said; sand
receive the attentions Of another man ?" Nol
see how consistent was. TO condemn her foI
the very fault had myself been so e9ger t'
commit
Wen, the round Of rides. excursions, sol
rccs, visits to the operas and theatres, walk
ON the Boulcvards, and in the galleries OF
the Louvre, ended at last The evening he
fore We were to set out for the South OF
France was nj my lodgings, unpacking anC
rcpacking the luggage which | had left in Jo
-se,.l,s-e=Fe- -dIEiag Rsy-ahssRe.a among
Alpsi | was melancholy dissatisfied with tn
designations which had exhausted my TIM
aud Uurrgirs, and thinking ui NfHrEnret.
! had not preserved n single memento OF her
, and now / wished had one,--if only "a with
+, cred leaf or Hfino Of her writing. In thi
mood, Glanced TO cast my eye upon Stra
glove, in the bottom of my trunk snatch
cd at il eagerly, and, in the impulse Of tn
. nomenclature / reflected that | wa
G wronping Flora, a,--prcssed it to my lips. Yes
- | found the place where il had been mended
the spot Margaret's fingers had touched, AM
gave II Kiss for every stitch. Then, IN
:, ,censed ut myself, flung il from me, and hun
ried from the room. walked towards III
l Place dc Ia Concordo, where The bTaEan
lamps burned like a constellation. strollo
> through the Elysian Fields, and watched th
$ lights OF the carriages swarming like tre-tiic
!. up the long avenue stopped by the concel
n gardens, and listened to the glorifcd girl
=, singing under rosy and golden payilions IN
, last songs Of the season wandered about "a
: fountains,-by the gardens of the Tuiierie
II where the trees stood 40 Shadouy and sul
/. and the statues CLEANED so pale,--along th
: ouays of the Seine, where the waves role
n 4. tI,ln IN m thnnNhl
&C to master myself, to put Margaret troI
II me.
y Weary at length ! returned 10 my chan
-, ber, seated myself composedly, and locke
composrdly down at the glove which Ia
Is where ! had thrown il, upon the polishe
floor. Mechanically stopped and took up
bit Of folded paper. II was written upon,-
r unrolled il, and read. II was as if ha
opened the record of doom Had the upp
'' rition Of Margaret herself risen suddenly b
fore me, could not have been more astoun'
n ed. II was n note from her,--and such
a note full Of love, suffering, and humility
y, poured out of n heart deep and tender al
n true, that the shauowness of my own secmt
4 utterly contemplate, in comparison with
n cannot tell YOU what was written, but it w
s. more than even my most cruel and exactir
L pride could have asked. II was what wou
r once have made me wild with joy,-now II I
q most maddened me with despair. l, wi
a. had often talked fine philosophy to other
:. had not a grain of that .Orticle left to phys
Il my own malndy. But one course seem'
pr plain before me, and that was, TO 90 quiet
,d and drown myself in the Seine, which hi
II seen flowing 60 swift aud dark under q
G. bridges, an hour ago, when stood and mu
a ed upon the tragical corpses its solemn foC
Of had swallowed.
st am a little given to superstition, and q
Of mystery of the note excited me. have !
X doubt but there was some subtitle connectiC
IL between Il and the near presence Of Marg
kt ret's spitit, of which had lthat night be,
rs con scious But the note had reached me
e. no supernatural method, as was at hrst h.
he inclined to believe. 1t was, probably, q
TO touch, the atmosphere, the ineifably fine inf
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