Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-11-08

" yesterday | knew it. But Else it is nat
ural | saw yesterday how thy heart was
all full of beautiful thoughts which | could
not reach, and then it grieyci thee Ii 1t
grieyes thee now, it would be hundred
times worse when we were married. We
should live apart-it would be- no true mar
riage."
She glanced at him hurriediy. She hal
not believed that he could think Or speak a.
he was speaking now, for his was reticent
nature, requiring a strong force to bring his
thoughts to the surface. There Is often hu-
initiation in finding out how we have looked
down upon such natures, which, after all,
have de- this beyond us. Else had not vet
realized ths-perhaps she was too much Of
child to realize any power that was latent
but she felt sorry for poor Christian
more sorry for him than glad for her own
liberty, and thinking Of his trouble, she
said, slowly
&" Perhaps. But thou
She got no answer. lie might not have
been able to trust himself to speak tins at
least was how she read his silence \ storm
of conflicting feeling rushed through her
heart-it was as he said, she felt her dreams,
her imaginings to be far above him she
lived in a world which she believed % be as
high out of his reach the snowy submits
yonder were beyond the lowly soat-herd.
She nursed her solitude until it became
dreary and barren But all this time tc-
meath these grand aspirations. there lay a
tender wOmanhness, hating To cause pain
Else felt ike a queen descending nevcrja,
less she would step down from her throne.
Christian scli-slcrifce should not make him
miserable. She stood still and uut cut her
hands to him with a pretty girlish shame
facedness.
% Let it stay as it is, Christian and
am content
lie took her handsLtook them very ten
derby in his. But tie did not break out into
the glad ordinations she expected, and
when she glanced at him ia "a little r,proacl-
tul wonder he shook his head Lent v >ac
could only suppose that he did not under
sJaud-as usua1ss
:" Why sbs asked, eagerly - For my
SAKE, @So, -, own.
She cJlored crimson now, and struggled T.
withdraw her hands. But he held them
tight-tight err than he knew
e Let me 20, let me - Christian " she
cried, angrly. She would have fed up The
mOu tain If he had released her.
- Wait till thou hast only heard. Ire sand
with determination which had its influence
lit is right thou sh1uld,t understand
W hat | SAID was not at ali uu>elf>h E.sc
it was not only 10 release thee from thy
burden, | thought Ot myself too. The hu~-
band must be first in the household, and iu
ours he would be second. Thou. dear one
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eve. but SOUNDS of distant rumblius~ and !
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hand the men lifting themselves wcarilv, /
looked over the lake, now stirred to Il, very
deptbs, and then at each other For few
minutes neither spoke 1t seemed as ii the
oDurcSsiye stiffness kent Them silent
then swoop Of fresher air rushed across
the water sudden and momcntary.
- 1t is the Fon." SAID Thomas at last
breakid.r the spell.