The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-05-20
"Yoll know"


said. "If you do not know that You
have done wrong tonight, reolly should
not care.
You have neglected m, and devoted
yourself to that vulgar woman. heard
lady near me say, that you seemed to
be tired of your bargain. She thought
that you were in love with that creature.
So did other people. Under the circum-
stances have a right to feel offended,
insultcd
Perhaps she thought would Jeny the
charge. Perhaps she expected me TO
plead for pardon. God only knows what
possessed me, answered only:
MAY not talk to pretty woman
because | hope to marry you some day ~
"You were flirting, almost making love
to her." she replied.
"Sho is the sort of woman with whom
men fall in love-" | said Irresistible in
her manner; I've heard she makes con-
quests everywhere | don't doubt it.
Grace looked at me with a stern face,
white as a marble statue in the starlight.
"Other women are always jealous Of
such women" | added.
81 am not jealous of her." she said,
II would not be like her for kingdom.
She is terrible woman. But since you
admire her SO, you are free to tell her so
after you have seen me to my door"
"Grace !" | said.
"Miss Hunter, if you please, Mr..
Rutherford" said she. ave have both
made little mistake easily rectiiied ;
that is ALL"
| felt as stood looking at her that
the effect Of the wine had drank upon
me was stronger than had thought, but
gave no heed to the timely warning of
my giddy head and rapid pulse.
"Just as you pleasc," said. IL
should think that jealous woman would
curse any mans life. I'll 60 now. |
won't trouble you any longer Good
bye"
We were not at the door of her home,
we were about half block from it but
L turned on my heel, thon aud IT, IS
&c. H.. s,agSoieu little as L walked
and I was hot and angry, | made my
way home, and without undressing, fell
upoa my bed and dropped asleep.
In two hours | awakened sober. sat
up and looked around me. The scenes
of the evening recurred to me vividly, |
saw how blameworthy had been and a
terrible grief oppressed me. put my
head down on my hand burst into bitter
tears / had lost her, and with her, all
that made life precious. Then hope
dawued upon my soul. | would write to
her, tell her how unused to liquor as |
was, the wine had affected me | would
tell her that to my sober self there was
no charm in the woman who had seemed
to enchaut me the evening before. |
would draw the comparison | felt SC
kcenly between herself and that bold
eyed flirt. | would pray for forgiveness
and she would forgive me.
Springing to my feet | rushed to my
desk. | drew from it pen and paner'
wrote letter overuowlng with remors'
and tenderness. read it aud re-read it
Then, leaving it lying on the spot where
it was written, stood at the window
waiting for the tardy dawn, very jealou
of the hours that kept my missive from
my darling.
| had put out my candle when | lief
my desk, and the room should have beef
dark, but as turned my head, after
long and anious reverie, saw that it wa
full of pale radiaucc like that OF tn
moon. 1t startled me. Whence did tn
light come? Had miracle occurred
Had the moon risen again?
Suddenly, amid this slvery light, ap
peared still whittier radiance. A iemal
figure, in white garments so bright tha
they dazzled my eyes, stood bending owe
my letter
| remained motionless-to speak O
stir was out Of my powcr-and gazed o
the strange object with terrified intensit,
The figure seemed to turn the pages ofm
; letter with its transparent hand. | hear
a gentle sigh; then the head turned tt
ward me, and | saw a face | kncw-tt
face that seemed loveliest of all on cart
to me, endowed with divine beauty ft
: which no man could find words I'll
glorifed face Of sweet Grace Hunter.
: At the sight | burst the bonds whic
held mc--bonds as tangible as though
;, could have seen them, and rushing 10
u ward | strove to clasp my love, or h
shadow in my arms A shock, such
Is one might experience from an electric
II machine, flashed through me, and i'
d powcrless to the floor.
'e When recovered the day had dawn
&c and under the blue morning sky, the ci
had awakened, but my day never dawn
'r again. My heart never awoke to lil'
~ sweetness.
Y To end the story in very few wor'
Grace Hunter never reached home I'll
10 night, and was never heard OF again. 7
CT family imagined that she had remain
ID with her friend. and were uol .nxiu
re about her had left her wit,tr ,l.at
10 her OWE door, and why she "a 'nt rea
l it | shall never ku1w. Bat do kn
oh that, in some woe.ul mauner, she di
iy that night, and that her parting spi
~ paused in It's flight TO bid me = long fl
"A well.
n have o1tlived my youth, aud the S
In picion that fell on me, and embittel
'es many years of my existence, but ue'
~ shall outline my love for Grace Hunt
n or my remorse for that Dights wo
~ work | shall never outliye the kno
'u' edge that in the madness caused by W
Ter and an evil woman's enehantmcnt
eu the cause Of my darling's death.
ie' The Philosophy OF Bea' d..