Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-06-07

The worlds logic" thought, disconso.
lately a. ! rose and bado adicu to the impla-
cable parent | visited her aitcrward but
found il in vain TO try to soften her ! told
Annette to send Gabriel to me- that ighi
Judge for myself what material he was made
Of One day he presented himself lie was
better looking than his portrait, aud there
was certain air Of scli.rcspoct and cour-
tosy of manner in him, that ! liked. lie was
well-drcssed, too, and saw but little essential
difference between him and men far above him
in rank. Nowhere but in America could you
have found such gentlemanlike, scli-possess-
ed young man in his station. | was glad be-
cause | should have felt too sorry to have seen
the young girl, whose beauty, misfortunes,
and lovely character, interested me so much,
ally herself to one much her inferior.
Il was evident Gabriel was not o bad fell
low at heart lie was Que of those natures
without great moral courage or heroic force,
bat generous, impulsivc. and opcn-haudcd--th
very sort to 90 to the bad when driven thither
by any outward pressure lie confessed his
devotion for Annette, and declared It was
the trouble he'd had about the girl that drove
him TO dissipation"
promised him that if he would pledge
himself to me to do his duty like a man and
q Christian, | would see some friends Of po-
litical influence. aud euloavor TO have him
reinstated
lie gave me his pledged word, and had
scarcely departed, when, ia that singular apro-
pos way that things sometime occur Judge
IL, lawyer who was transacting some
business for me, was announced.
Knowing his great influence, and thinking
Of the young lovers | welcomed him with
such elnpressment, that the old gentleman was
quite astonished.
." have no very good news for you ho
said, hestatingly. " find the Ninth-Ayenue
Railroad business is all in muddIe, and the
suit for thirty thousand against the p
Bank has gone dead against YOU
For moment sat silent under his news.
| thought Of my lost husband Of his hard
labor and toll far into the night; Of the eases
won for this bank under the greatest difficult
ties, the ahlest opposition | thought Of, tine
insufficient fees, the long waiting. aud now
was to be robbed Of that which knew was
in Justice my due
At last | answered, bitterly | might
have known it would be so, as justice is ad.
ministered in Now York. With a woman
and widow on one side, weak and desoIate
and an association of rich men on the other
il was easy to foresee the decision
The Judge sighed in sympathy.
listened silently while he talked over the
weary details of iny business affairs. | am
one of those persons who have received one
80 great blow that all others seem light by
comparison.
When he was through reused myself
from my depression, and made an effort to
interest him in the fortunes Of my poor little
protegc. Yet thought Of her, as | did it,
with a vague envy She was lovely, loving
aud beloved Fate had never thrown into
her path all that womans heart or ambition
yearns most wildly to win, only to tear all
from her grasp in that hour Of sweetest
lruition.
The Judge was very good natured, and
promised to do all desired, if possible.
When | told the lovers that | had spoker
of Gabriel to Judge Il, and when Gabrie
himself had had favorable interview witt
that gentleman, they were elate with hop
The very next day | received a letter from
the judge, notifying me Of the appointment
Of my protege to post on the Central Park
police-force, and the next time saw Annette
she stood, crowned with orange.nowers, il
the sweet religious gloom Of a Catholic chapel
while the low, tender chant Of nuptial hymn
arose on the air as the good priest finished
his benediction.
The mother who had finally given H.
when she found Gabriel could bring grst to
the mill-the mother, to whose illness, i'm
portunities, and exactions the young CIR
had devoted three years Of her bright youth
died suddenly Of diptheria about Iornigh
after her daughters marriage -strangled t
death.
The young couple are keeping house in
fiat, in house overlooking the park, and j
you could only know how pleasant it is there
if you could only see how snowy the lac
curtains, how faultlessly neat the cottage lur
niture with its pretty white covers how ii
yiting the tea-table, with its two lite chin
cups and its bits of plate ware, as bright a
hands can make them, and if you could SEE
more than all, Annette waiting for Gabrie
and making tender little signals to him iror
the window, when he is near enough for he
to see him, in the beautiful walks Of til
park-Annette in her French cap and tast
ehintz frock and snowy colar-if you coul
see it, you would think it quite an idyl {
love for this great crowded city, which stia'
out of life so much that is noble and tru
She has not forgotten to care for her lit
brother and sister. Blanche is to be educate
at public school for a goyerness, while thu
boisterous, shouting, mirthful, blue.eyed in
of three years, is to when he is old enough
aspire to the dignity of those boys Of who
an old lady spoke at Stewards one Afternoon
Why, dear me- how many boys by the nan
of Cash What fine family Of sons thu
Mr. Cash must have, to be sure :"