Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-08-14

continue always uglyP Trust me, dear sister.
Ned was the true philosopher he knew that
people, though they may be admired for beauty,
are never loved for it,"
"My poor boy !" sait the lady after pain
fu pause. "My poor, dear boy-he is noble
child and l may thank you for it, Annette
l trusted him to menals you saved him from
contamination"
81 am not yet come om," retorted Miss Fe-
versham, with her own ,.eculiar archness of man
ner when | am, ! shall have other employ
ments, | dare say like other young ladies'"
"Annette, do not trfe now. My child might
think those seams of very little consequence
but my husband then those women-those
beauties have so long ecipsed."
"Ah, there it is ] will not believe it is on
Leslie's account you sorrow-he is but one of
the many If ! have wronged you by my
frankness," she continued seeing the cloud
again gath Ling on her sisters brow, "study
but the arts ne loves, and on my knees I'll
crave pardon-and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. any
more offend. He loves a country life-he lovea
simplicity"
ale ought to have married vou."
"Perhaps he would had 4 Seen old enough.
My glorious sister if you look so upon me,
I'll never Jest again. l know not why jest -
a Jest is play on truth-and truth | have
ever worshipped. With reverence speak it
is the earthly type of all things heavenly God
is true-faith and truth are one-truth should
be treasu ed in our hearts, dwell ever on our
lips-brighten our eyes-shed pure lustre
over our features, lusre that can make beau
tiful the painest face. A noble thing is truth !"
"Annette, there's new spirit created or
reused within YOU"
"Lady, it is not new love may burn family
for time, but it can be quickly famed by cir
cumStances at flame. loved my sister and
when | looked into her mind | saw but one
blot there-'twas vanity. l feel that | am
touching a dangerous theme, with much too
free hand but you have called me friend
that is a title dearer far than sister. I've heard
you say men are capricious, and would feed on
loveliness, like bees, taking honey, returning
sting--that they would rove from flower to
flower, seeking the sweetest: but Leslie is not
one of these. We look upon the plainness of
the thing we love till it grows into beauty"
ale could not look on me, Annette" replied
Lady Leslie, "without drawing comparisons
what | was and what | am"
"My dear sister, let me tell you one more
short story, and have done.
ain an eastern country, no matter whether in
Persia or Turkey, but somewhere in the East
there was spring, limpid spring. whose
waters were like crystal; and upon the margin
thereof the nymphs and good spirits used TO
congregate, and return thanks to Allah for hav-
ing placed so delightful fountain by the way
side The holy men who, journeying from
country to country, drank of its refreshing
waters, declared that it came directly from the
centre of the world, and brought to its surface
the virtues and medcaments that before were
concealed in the bowels of the earth. The
fame of the well spread far and near; and one
of the rulers Of that country said =
"'Behold we build around our spring the
spring wherewith Allah had blessed our land
safeguard and wall and the wall shall be
| of alabaster, within and without--so that all
shall marvel at the purity of the well. And
we will set one to keep the well, and watch
over it and the name of her who watches and
| guards the well shall be called TRUTH
Sand all the wise in that country who heard
the words of the venerable ruler, declared that
they were good. And the rulei stroked his
beard, which descended below his girdle And
the ruler said-'Let the thing be done forth
with
But in that land there were more rulers
than one and another opened his mouth and
spake THE brain in the gray head is dry,
said the youthful ruler, and his eyes dim, so
that he cannot discern the fashions that spread
over the earth his ear is closed against the
voice of improvement. Behold we will tell
him thing Why should our well, the spring
of delight in our wilderness, be coted in ala.
baster, and one of such exceeding plainness as
Truth set to guard is waters9 Behold we
will plant glorious tree beside the well aud
its roots shall descend into the earth, and
| its branches ascend to the first heaven. And
the tree shall bear the fruit of gems and jewels
that will sparkle in the sun, and o'ershadow
our spring with spendor.' And the young
and the foolish shouted the shout of Joy. And
the shouts Of the Young, and the shouts of the
foolish were louder than the shouts of the wise
So the young ruler curled his moustache, till
its hairs saluted those of his soft hazle eyes
and said, The thing shall be done forthwith
"And the thing was done-the voice of the
foolish prevailed for a time over the voice o.
the wise.
"Where is the goodness of the well, and
where the purity of the water? exclaimed
those who once had praised its marvel and its
beauty; behold the roots of the filthy tree
have disturbed its clearness.
"'My spring-my spring-my limpid spring
walled the voice of the last spirit that has lin.
gered by its side, and could now no longer re-
main near its margin. Birds of no wisdom
nest in the branches of the false tree, and the
untrue gems have become cankered-and thy
waters are corrupt. o, that thou hadst beer
walled with aabaster, and guarded by Truth =
Sand, as the spirit pass ed sighingly away
from the well, the spring itself replied The
sun shines, and the gems sparkle on me-wha
do | desire more p
"And great spirit heard the words; ant
the great spirit said that the words were foolish
And the great spirit resolved that he woul,
uproot the unclean tree, and after time re
store the well.
"And the tree, which was named 'EXTERNAl
BEAUTY became uprootel AZ the command o
the great spirit. And the waters of the sprinl