Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-01-16

as they ough. BE-.
: Maiden - sed he. in gentle winnia voice,
At wich word she started, for that wuz the Sc
cret Nv her troubles, :. maiden, | know what
gr!4ves thee.
She spoke not bat looked a, him 6xediy.
=. know wat greet consoomes thee and
he added to himself, Z" ard it haint got much
more to prey Oh cept hands and feet" a
Know whv tnou weepest."
:. Speak on,' sed she.
" luou wocod.f Eev beauty, thou woodst be
even as other maideas are fair to look upon
lou woodst rev thy hair ez black tz the IA
ven's ~ing, wi hout oayin dye, which thou csnst
Mt afford al the preser: prices Nv maxim shirts;
thou wootS. hev plumpy face and d general
piuup;i;ood Gil over thou wouidst hev thy
ieet redoost and the materials wasted l. en-
placed where l. WOOD snow to better adyan
lsse; thou woodss loose them freckles, which
i neither yoosfuI nor ornamental; thou woodst
c5y youth aad cay attire to sdorn tiny youth,
and gold galore, snd silver ami precious stones,
et seetry.
:. Tao weep. N4be, becoz last night at
cluIch yoO saw each maiden rev her escort,
and jkey istn; OF two and two ez the animals
entered the ark, bat nary one looked at yoo.
and 90 wended your way homsward thro the
/ rain alone and anc2red (or. Zoo wood change
al tais Ist 0at 50
Anl 53icin nar head ike & sunilower IN
! gaze. s5e whispered, - l. istest ?"
.. Maller, sci ne, seem her by the shout
Gsr bone, and Exin his eyes onto her with
hungry i0t9astv, = kin give thee these and
m0ra.'
. oh s. - sed she, whichever yoo air
give en- ne - - Bus, and doaD: crossed
her lllnd, = Va: plica must pay-ETat must
I C 70 z4:a II tatsa?
.'Only sIzn yoor name. Here, L aidcn Is
che doeseymene. ssaled wiIh Notaryss seal,
~ Il q United States revenue stamp onto IE,
and = pi4cs le.t blank Tor yo0r name. See
bayF beautifully ,he blank is printed | hev
ea done hare IA New York 50 ez to hsv
hanay gs-ieIe : - lae nett " ny blznls.
SiEu. Ma1>I! a.ga,''
t Read i. - NE, ssz sae, read 1t TO me-
lie read i. L. wuz article W agreement
II vilA la promised 70 give her yoosh. beauty,
wef..cl Z nluch AZ then articles ez she sho0d
oEdc~ o. demand, for the spaee uv ten years.
il 11rsId=rasaen Uy wIch she sbood az the end
az rh-.. p=sioI, beeoms lien. soul and body.
aG.- NO - yoo - sed eae, trenbli2,
ae- s.s.e.a shakin Ike costaueCs-
=. 2ae Devil, Mabel. h'sseif, in person
"Avsnt. she cried, drawin herself up TO
ho1 -uiI hite ez 81 heGoInes do when they sag
= oYsl-,
"oHsi 80 AM leave yoo here-yalleT-
naked f-acki u and scrasgy, Maesi '''s sed he
s-r3ooica.ly.
Sc led b.n reye.n ia 2 dream While he
IA ba : t-lkin, sld IN imeg ginashen he'd bin
al he he'd painted her. eBd the thot Nv g0in
ta5k into her old condition wuz too muah-
SnJ though ehe church the nlte eI0ra;
s1o rsslenberl tina sac ned never he'd
bean 3us isdast, and h5 wuz q lame shoe
maker vino never cum the second time, and IN
lit u frenzy she exclaimed, ''l viii sign"
al gris1 - :ali, overcome vita emotion, onto
b.s neck.
:. No- any uy tn :, sd ne dodsin !; q" biz
| cis . BINS buc please don'-; and he whip
pel oas lancet aud tied Up her arm SO ez
she sfoodent bleed too much Tor l. alluz
ssDz tae regier thing for sich contracts TO te
s,gnei n the blood uy the victim, tha GoE's
see ny red INK @00dent % e vel, c.
| twlzn. .5r tie precedent and she signed
Ez the hnal curl wuz put % The tail Nv the
~ .here wuz asother clap o. thunder into
wich lie seazad the tatat scroll ami vanished
| lz ne ccme, without gozs through 2ry door,
AMI ieav.a behiod h.la = pesseptI5ie odo1 w
sui p.il-.
Iae next morain Mabel Montressor wuz
missin. Q Ilaty she packed her trunk en1
bought ticket for Chicago by the way Nv
the Moo York and Erie, without fear; 10.
she kn3wd that for ten ears she wuz safe.
She wuz never seen 10 more Ia Moo York
PART IL
! Chicago Mabel Montressor wuz at her
| toilet IN = luxurious mansion on Wabash ave-
nue., which she he'd bought nine years and
eleven months afoTe, and wuz okkepYin. She
wuzn' t the Mabel Montressor we seed at the
opinin Nv this legend, not by no means. y
more beauiitu. female never stood afOre look
II glass. Her teeth he'd grown out agln /;
her hair bed cum in thicker and longer than
| l-El7 r. 4 ~ Past
ers her skIn wuz ez pure ez Al4basaer, her
ncck yguz tFoo;y AXE /, swans aui her arms
vcz rounded ez they ought to be. Her fees
vfuz snrun1 Irt0 3 o. ) IL, and aieoge theE
she wuz allowed by a,co5 judges 10 be the most
psr.5cNest piece Nv teninInIty il them
parts. one dida't powder, coz 70 powder
Good improve her c0mpiexi0n she oida'e
paint COZ uu raint Good rival the natural roses
IN her checks she osdnS emoellish her fig
GER cog t1el wuz no necessity tor lt. hen
the devil ma keS "a contract Nv this kind he aliuZ
| Euiiiis his part ou5 o the letter. Lovers !.
see he1 em bg the thousand. Haf Nv the no
| hia youths ID Chicago wuz ct her fess. Lney
81 chcd ior possession OF her matchless cha ms,
they sighed for her wealth onto wich TO 60
| s1tO 6ne v he t D.zlls but 80 all Nv EN- she
| turned = deef e4r. Her motto YVES :" excel
sior." and che wuz wait.n Tor some noble
| Lo-t, some Gsand Dock or some princeie pc
| teut2 &c oE power TO fall a. her ieet. And De-
sides, she had grown capricious and wayward,
and It source uV serene pleasure TO her
| 10 hev oangiIn alter her.
Nun nite AiaOel stood at her toilet prepar-
ii herself for Il gay assemblage, az wich she
woz soon 10 De the admired Nv all admirers.
she wuz lits PUTIN he lass touch 70 herself,
ana w edlnirin the ,Heck IN the mirror,
Wusl, horror thir wCZ Ano-her face beside
| hern N II glass, She sbreiked, fJr It wuz
the idcn caI lace which she ned stood afore
tea years ago ia her deslie chameer in Moo
York
=. Mabel,'' sed he, " L an cum f1r yoo.
! Dds think, Mabel, when yoo left Moo York
| that L Good never find time TO cum here aftel
the Foolish girl Know TINT two-thircs Of
the Inhabitants Nv that CITY cum to me Nv
their own accord. Here is the contract, but
- trown o'srspred his countenance.-'
hev mistaken the date. Yoo hev yet month
hefoIe yeu tall doc. Never mind" ssd he &c
himself :. the time amt wasted L never yit
| failed to make trip to Chicago pay. shel
be- here agin in a mOntn-oe reddy.
| Label Montressor went co the party never
thel .ss, and wuz the gayest Nv the gay. An
Good those who envied her hair hev knoda by
what means she became possessed Nv 1t Coco
thDea who notist the heavln Nv her buzzmu
knode how heavy the heart she wuZ carryir
underneath it! But they didn's. Toey neve
do.
: That mite woz one onmixed agony. Sh'
; paced the fl1or till the dawnin Nv toe day
aud wept and tore her hair, and tore her hai
and wepc. Wuz ther 10 way 20 escapc him
Good she not outwit him Wuz ther no flaw
in the contract? huz sich contrax bindin un
der the laws Nv illinoy? To all these ques
sions she got answer, and finally In he
despair she went to the minister Nv the chutc
in which she he'd bin sieepin ever since SD