Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-05-28

Blossom golden. starry bright,
Bursting at tine turn OF ni- -ht.
+ As soon as You hear the clock strike II in
-he village steeple mutter this verse bend
/ ing over the soil. and then STOPPING proceed
slowly nOrthward Do not look at one side
OF the other, or your labor is in vain, and on
no account turn your head when You are on
the search or i'll will belall Won. -
.' And how shall | recognize the plant
when ! see it2'
That l may not tell you But never
fear; once seen YOU can not mistake IL"
Well, and when I have found it. what
then q"
"' Them, answered the miner. .syom
fortune is made. He who has that plant for
thrice seven years is secure from sickness
he can see through the surface of tie earth
as though it were glass and can mark the
veins of ore which run among the rocks, or
the treasures which have been sccrctcd in
past ages
Robert put forth his hlnd. clasped that Of
tile miner, and said. e. Most gladly VIII /
share all with YOU, IL only may find the
blessed flower
go One word more," said tie old man.
''n3tlIng of what ! have told you, and You
I t'- '9'.i7' must c7'l''le your Hls-
i..
p -
Al aus mann anu ''-"s' l'4t-
- Hil S"."I ny IAe
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''' nanny '''
ID j. "n odlu customary among US 1lners
TH'n we slgaA u. lAe secrets Of nature
ny youI manu- OH 1H-7 pine pole place your
ie'- o'i i'' i''-' anu I' lo"' @l'er me
By the depth oftle night
BY the silver and gold
IN 'he earn ont -, OF SIGHT
ny ls-o5 "l-l n5-i-
Let '--,s -be forest S,,-. 'tr-..' treel l-- 5,,'
Bools B lal{ l.{ 'iii'.. 4rl1e deep
t''- ii '.''"
y sensation ol lear came over Robert as
he sllAe JAe7e words lt seemed To him as
tloush ll ne hal passed INTO power oi mys-
ferrous loFces' ana had gwen up the control
saw nor heard. but vbo.e aD+b1-i-, he .-,.,,.
felt. feeling Of .icknes. r.r,.,i.l I,,,
and his head SWAIN. When Is r,e,rsrsj
himself he was alone in t5e r.-ss+ Nert
day Robert visited Gertrude. but smoke little.
be was absorbed in his easeraess to obtain the
gold herb which would make their fortunes.
On the eve of his venture he again wished
her.
" Oh, Robert said the girl, d" have
been SO anxious about YOU. Last night
had most fearful dream
'' Never mind about dreams. love- inter
rupted the huntsma1 " lr is folly to give
. credence to them. I am often. myself.
alarmed by strange sights and lancics 1f the
night; but daylight dispels my fears.
She seated herself on tie bench outside
her fathers mill, and put her arms about
her lover.
'' Promise me, she whispered. 50 that YOU
viii run into no danger"
'' Certainly answered Robert. 81 will
not willingly imperil life which is loved by
such a one rs YOU"
After r4lEinr f., ono or.+ler r,- e,r,-
time. Robert kissed Garrrpde. and h,9e her
farewell She was o7vi,,,s. ..,- him ,r;-L-
o1- vrell l,,o,rir., +Is rc-s., .,,r.,- a,I She
rs,osi,el ot tho AR .f,f-. Ii. -.
f,rrn +iII ir NO I,st Ia, .Lo l-,.l,---,,. 'i.-7
/ moss Tbcn ,r;-b a si,-I, sl,l - -. I.,.
r,,,, \ybc-, sb,. ,ro-,t7 ~ sL,.,-.,l.l -
sl..r 4-or,,-- ,.l,,,,,,si,s ,.,ss,5 -, h.,
excited brain and valtir.r irnrrra ar.r,aa ~s.l
/ bof,re her eve. ~ in In ,.e+ 5to ,r,s
n,t osleen f,r sbe ,ros tl,-ror,,bi,, ,'.rs.i,,,s
T or bcr Tlestlessress and ,v,l,cf,,i ,,r5;tjo1
At one moment She tborrbt sbo saw n brre
rrav Wolf snrinr unon ber lover and then
/ he seemed to her to he cIinoinr IN a crac
above a vawning abvss in an AGONY Of nns9
cular tension. expecting momentariIy TO fall
into the gulf Then She heard distinctly
call from the distant forest. waited in at her
ouen window, Gertrude. Gertrude. help me
/ In moment she spranr ont of bed. slirued
on her clothes. and without well knowing
/ why. she hurried forth she ran, trembling
with anxiety and fear, into the forest that
4 daped the mountain sides with It's sable
+ trarpings
~
shortly before midnight Robert had Kept
ms appointment; AT the 9ase oi the pine
on whose trunk he had Iaid ms mana on IN
oath, stood the strange oid miner, sAaklng
ms head ana Waggng his glstening Whlte
Deafa-
Well done go smoke heared man: " Ro-
f bert. YOU are punctuaI. Now remember to
fulfil exactly the conditions [ rehearscd to
you. and which must be pursued with the
Utmost fidelity if the gold herbs to be won
Il will do nv hest. ., answered ,b, hunts
man. with beating heart. =. God Grant