Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1866-08-08

heuiy hau oeen conVlVlallSC; but OF
late his friends noticed the change in his
manners, the difference in his habits, and
tonight they watched him to see, as they
sneeringly said, if he was tied down to a
woman's opinion so soop.
Pouring a brimming cup, they held it
with tempting smiles toward Marion. She
was very pale though more composed;
and her hand shook not, as smiling back,
she gracefully accepted the crystal temp
ter. aud raised it to her lips. But scarcely
had she done SO, when every hand was
arrested by her piercing exclamation of
"Oh how terrible !" f.t
wait, she answered, while a light,
which seemed inspired, shone from her
dark eyes, wait, and | will tell | see
a sight" she added-slowly pointing one
jeweled finger at the sparkling ruby liquid,
. "a sight that beggars all description -
and yet listen-l will paint it for you if
| can. tits a lovely spot: tall mountains
crowned with verdure rise in awful sub
Unity around arver runs through, and
bright flowers grow to the waters edge
There is thick warm mist, that the sun
vainly seeks to pierce. Trees, lofty and
beautiful, wave to the airy motion of the
birds; but therc-a group of Indians
gather; they fit to and fro, with some
thing like sorrow upon their dark brows
And in their midst lies manly form
but his cheek how deatbly, his eye wild
with the ftful fire of fever. One friend
stands beside .him--nay. | should say
kneels, for see, he is pillowing that poor
head upon his breast.
"Geaius in ru;ns-oh the high, holy
looking brow, why should death mark it,
and Le so young? Look how he throws
oack the damp curls see him clasp his
hands hear his thrilling shrieks for life
mark how he clutches at the form of hi:
companion, imploring to be saved Oh
hear him call piteously his fathers name
sec him twinc his fingers together as h
shrieks for his sister-his only sister
the twin of his soul-weeping for him il
his distant native land.
"See T. she exclaimed, while the brida
party shrank back, the untasted win
trem bling in their faltering grasp. AM
the judge fell, overpowered, upon his sea
-"see his arms are lifted to hcaven---h
prays, how wildly, for mercy hot feve
rushes through his veins. The friend b'
side him is weeping; awcstrickcn, tn
dark men move silently away, and leaV
the living and the dying together"
There was a hush in that princely pa
lor, broken only by what seemed smoti
cred sob, from some manly bosom III
bride stood yet upright, with quiveriu
rs ip, and tears stealing to the outward ed!
of her lashes. Her beautiful arm ha
lost its tension, and the glass, with i
little troubled red waves, came slowly t
ward the range of her vision. She spol
again every lip was mute, Her vol
was low, faint, yet awfully distinct: 81
still fixed her sorrowful glance upon Il
wine cup.
at is evening now the great whi
moon is coming up, and his beams II
4 gently on his forehead. He moves no
" his ewes are set in their sockets; dim a
their piercing glances; in voin his frieI
whispers the name Of father and sister
death is there Death-and no soft hal
nor gentle voice to bless and soothe nj,
His head sinks back one convulsive shu
der he is dead y
A groan ran through the assembly,
vivid was her description, so unearth
her look, so inspired her manner, th
what she described seemed actually
have taken place then and there. In
noticed also that the bridegroom hid
face in his hand, and was weeping. .
dead !" she repeated again, her Il
quivering faster and faster, and her vo
more and more broken "and there Tn
scoop him grave; and, there, withou
shroud, they lay him down in that dan
resking earth. The only son of pro
father, the only idolized brother OF 70
sister And he sleeps to-day in that d
tant country, with no stone to marx
spot. There be lies--iny fathers son
nv own twin brother la victim to -
% dc,o,v poison! Father" she cxelalm
turning suddenly, while the tears ran y
down her beautiful checks, father, sh
| drink it now ?"
The form Of the old Judge was conVul
o.. with agony. He raised not his head
in a smothcrcd voice he faltered-"No'
my child-NoW -,
ne" - She lifted the glittering goblet, {
vey letting ii suddenly fall to the floor, IT, II :.
nyb dashed in thousand pieces Man
fearful eye watched her movement ,ns
de. iustantaneously, every wine.glass 4,
ber transferred to the marble taoie =" w. y,
3 of it had been prepared. Then as she JOG JOG
ow at the fragments of ctystal. she turGe
cart .he company. saying no ~
M hereafter, who loves me. tempt me 70
,plcs nv soul for wine. Not irmer are th.
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