Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-05-23
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Ths ave Answer. Id tho noble Resolve.

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4" No, Charles-it cannot be. As friend
shall respect a1d e5s3,m you bat clnno, be
your WHO. Have compassion on me, and d1
not pres, me further,
MARY Gtanvll; stood before IN as she thus
spoke with her hlnd, cllsped, aud her head
bowed, trembling ike an aspen and ilncied
that there were tears IN her eyes. Sns vas
beautiful girl and had thought her as good
aud pure as -ho was beautiful, and, lurlaer
than thl', ! bad believed that she loved me.
She WAS an orphan and had been engaged
during the past year IN teaching one Of our
village schools OF her early lie knew moth
ing, save that .he had been well educated, and
hal moved IN good society and | had reason
to believe that at some tue, her parents had
been wealthy but her iatner had failed IN busi.
ness, and it had been told 70 ua tha. the s.d
revsrses had killed him. had kn5'n that
Mary was poor-that she was depend ut upon
her daily labor Tor support-and the thought
that could offer her a comfortable home, with
the advantages OF moderate wealth had given
increase u my prospective happiness. Bur this
unexpected answer dashed all my bright hopes
20 the ground.
- Do YOU mean, cried, vehemsntly, " that
you thus dismiss me Am | ca,t Of?
- cannot be your vile, was her reply.
d" Then SAID /, with more warmth than !
might have betrayed under other clrcumstan-
ces, " leave you 20 yoursell, and while |
strive to shake of the love that has bound me
to you, will only hope that ere You lead an
other into your net, you wall conclude before
hand whether you will keep him
She gazed up into my lace with a painful,
frightened LOOK but iId not stop to hear her
speak further While she stood there, pale
and trembling, turned and lett the house,
remarked that under other circumstance
might have been moro cool and collected IN my
speech and what do you suppose, dear reader,
the attending circumstances were | will ell
you candidy.
was little heated with wine. had
drunk just enough to warm my blood, aud give
my BRAN an extra impulse and my words
were not chosen as should have chosen them
had the spirit Of the wine been absent. As
walked towards my home | sought to persuade
myself that had fortunately escaped the snare
OF coquette, and that | might be the better
enabled thus to reason, stopped at the hotel,
where | iound few OF my companions and
helped dispose OF half dozen bottles Of wine.
On the following morning | awoke with
headache, aud when | called to mind the events
OF the preceding evening | was anything but
happy. | began to realize how much | had
loved Mary Granville, Tnerc was an aching
void in my heart and fairly wept as contem-
plated my loss Ii was my first love, and its
lua lence had penetrated every fibre Of my being,
The beautiful glrl had become more dear to mo
than | could tell, aud ! ercaned in bitter an.
guIsh when thought that sha was lost forever.
. | had resolved that | would feel very angry,
very indignant; but when the sweet face was
la Il ,t,. ~
away, leaving me sad and desollte,
0n the following Sabbath ! attended church
where | saw Mary once more. She played the
organ, as she had done for tho year pass and as
her fingers swept over the KEYS, iancied that |
could detect q tremuOusness which had never
noticed before. Was 1t only Imagination, or
was it really plaintlvsness-a sadncss-in the
expression OF her music?
10 me it seemed as though at times tho organ
moaned and wept. IL was like the waing of
the daughters Of Zion by The riveIs OF Babylon.
When the services were over, aud We went
out from church, | saw Marys face Ii was
pale and wan, as though she had been sick
What could 1t be- Was she suffering as had
suffered The thought dashed upon me that
SOME one might hav9 been telling her of my
disadvantage. | had enemies IN the village
enemies who envle1 mo because had lnAortei
some wealth and, Ancled, enemies who en-
Wed me the love OF Mary Granville.
Aoother week passed, and became more sad
and Lonesome. Ny busines, was lrksome TO me
aud my oOOks and papers aflrded me M respite
ln fact could not reao, tor nv mind was uev-
er upon the page before me. Another Sabbath
at the church, aud saw Mary again. II
seemed to me that she was paler than before
and her eyes looked az thou IA she had beer
weeping
Dunng the succeeding week received yis
from my old college cbum, J,os Stanton, VIII,
had just opened law office in Bouyvile Al
Ter supper, as we sat in my cory parlOr smok
ing our elgors, suggested that bottle OF win,
would not be amiss Jack shook his head.
No, Charley" he said, Wen leays tb,
wine for those who need IT,.
you used to drink it, jack"