Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-02-20

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g You would not follow the poor artist
to wed him ?' said the nurse
:" Never" answered the Lady Jean
i will live alone by the labor of my
hands I; but | will keep true to him till my
death For my father, who has cursed me
and cast me off, here l renounce my lin
cage, and am no longer an earl's daugh-
ter
SO she went forth, and her places knew
her no more
For months, even years, lay shut up in
darkness, and scarcely ever exposed to the
/ light of day, but | did not murmur
knew that | was kept as you mortals keep
your hearts best treasure, in the silence
and secrecy of love. Sometimes, late at
night, pale wearied hand would unclasp
my coverings, and face worn indeed, but
having "a sweet repose, such as | had never
seen in that of the former Lady lean. would
come and bend over me with an intense
gaze, as intense as that of Norman Beth
une, under which | had glowed into life
Poor Norman if he had but known.
All this while never heard my master s
name. Lady Jean Tor Mistress Jean, as |
now heard her called) never uttered it,
even to solitude and me- But once, when
she had shut herself up in her poor cham
ber, she sat reading some papers with
smiles, oftener with loving tears, and then
placed the fragments with me in my hiding
place; and so-some magic bond existed
between my master and me, his souls
child saw shining in the dark, the name
Of Norman Bethune, and read all that La
. ] Il haI Ia hnI
man. a renowned artist and these were
the public chronicles of his success. |, the
pale reflex of the face which Norman had
loved-the face which more than any 9TH
er in the wide world would brighten at
the echo Of his fame-even my faint be-
ing became penetrated with an almost hu-
man JOY.
One night Lady Jean took me out with
an agitated hand. She had doffed her or
dinarv dies which now changed the daugh
ter Of an earl into the likeness of poor
gentIe-woman She looked something like
her former self-like me the form of the
dress was the same | saw she made il
scrupulously like but there was neither
1 velvet nor lace, nor pearls, only the one
red rose, as you may see in me was once
t more placed in her bosom.
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: "0' ',i'''' d II" "teN9 ii'" ''''i9 ~ '''i
Plene',t lile1'i'le'
Aho ne TOOK her haio' hu' tillorouSiN'
i Sle were again the carr daughter an
nc 'he poor ar'iS'- 'he 700 'rei'ioieu an
Indh2eo eo,or' icSS me 'he P",e' serene e'
IT Dou@laSS' than the bonnie Lady JEAN WhoS
e 9lr,lSh portrait he once drew.
->ofil"ii SPohe aSalli anu speaking II
{ SraSe manhood Seoliieu 10 concentrate al Il
: Hu''iue'i passion II, 'iic "ofua
l ears nave ehai'Seu' III some measure
my fortunes at leas'' thoush not me /
st once the unknown artist-no" SIT at prince
q ~ tables, ana visit IN noble nails al
II glau Tor nOlOr 10 me Is nOnOr 10 my ART. as