The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1867-11-01

heard of her again--it is usually a wo-
man because womans features are
more mobile than n mans, and more
transparent but should know that
face if were to meet it i'll the antipo-
DIES, yes, and that saul too
That night foun two sympathetic
faces, both women, and both young
women, at least youngerly. One was
very beautiful, rather an intellectual
face, yet it was beaming all over with
smiles and dimples, and evidently be-
longed to some favorte of fortune who
had never known sorrow or disappoint-
ment 1t was of that same type of
beauty as my hearts creation, with
lust such hair, forehead and eyes, but
| knew that young girl had never
written those articles, never had writ
ten anything; yet bow bewitching she
was As went on, could see her
thoughts become fixed, and | knew
her soul was coming under my pow
er; that | could sway it by my touch.
elevating it into glow when | spoke
of heroic deeds, or melting it into soft
ness 10y strain of raihos. Glorious
power if there is on earth a moment
of supremest rapture, 1t Is when you
feel YOU are thus moving human soul,
that, as 1t were, virtue is going out Of
you. The other face was almost its
opposite in all things, with dark hair
and eyes, and pale, thin features that
told of great sorrow born meekly; for
there was q touching sweetness in the
sad smile, and world of tenderness
in the deeply shaded eyes; she too
came under spell, and her soul sent
back even fuller response to mine
than the younger ones; and on the
whole, perhaps, her face grew to be
the most interesting to me, and she
was Elton Ellery; | knew it by kind
Of instinct, and inwardly thanked God
that instead Of being bumped backed,
or old and ugly, she was so sweet and
loyeable, and that my worship had
not bee II thrown away. So sure was |
Of this ! should have followed her out
after the lecture, had not two or three
officers, first men of the place, crowd
ed onto the platform to express their
appreciation. What cared | for their
likes or their dishkes / only longed
to secure Elton Ellery i'll the walk
home. but alas who is not powerless
in the hands Of a committee? | was
dragged home by mine, to meet Judge
A. and Col. 3. and Dr.. G. who all i'm
maginsd they were comforting an I'M
speakable obligation by showing me
such flGttering attentions.
Half-past ten-they had gone at
last, but it was too late for call on a
stranger. Elton Elery a stranger
Reluctantly / submitted to my fate,
and sat looking dreamily into the fire,
when heard the daughter of my host,
a young damsel Of sixteen or there
abouts, say in low voice to her moth
er, How pretty Alice Hedge looked
tonight, and she was so charmed
by the lecture, toow Then meeting
my eyes, she colored to the roots of
the hair, and relapsed into silence. -
Could / after that ask which Alice
Hedge was? not very we'll; but could
| spend the night without finding out?
Impossible So | asked coolly:
Have you family by the name of
Hedge here? have-a connection
of that name.
"Only one, sir, and they have not
been here long" said the mother.
This young lady is schoolmate of
Ellen S
"The young girl who sat nearly in
front of you, added the father-'the
older ones went out tonight"
As soon as possible got to my
room-the north, spare chamber which
had not been slept in for six mouths;
but | wasn't cold that night was in
high fever rather. SO that beauti-
full bright young girl was Elton Elleryl
| could scarcely believe it; my, lovely
as she was, almost wished the pale
dark-eyed woman had been she. A
school-gi too, and | was thirty five
But what a mind she had, what
strength of thought, what power of
expression, for one so young She ives
something really wonderful, and so
bright and Joyous, too Then how
strange that her hair and eyes should
have been just what | had pictured
them, and the low, beautiful forehead;
also | should never disbeleve in
presentments again; for surely, and
was almost awed by the thought. fate
or destiny, or Providence, or whatev-
Ell name we choose to designate that
unseen power which overrules and
guides human affairs, had revealed to
me her features and drawn out my
heart towards her while yet unseen. =
Beautiful, blooming Alice Hedge l
would WOO and win her | loved her
as never man owed woman before, de-
yotedly, madly; for as | recalled, one
by one, each feature of her sweet face,
rs | remembered the pure, noble
thoughts OF her soul with which | had
SO ioyfully communed the last four
teen months, an overwhelming food
OF passion swept over me, and left no
room for doubt or for anything but
the ecstacy of love.
When morning came | was calmer,
and able to reflect that l must come
down to sublunary things so far as to
go quietly TO H street at proper
hour, ring the bell like other mortals,