Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-02-12
Miscellany.
Story or.a Blnod.Rea Dress
IFrtm UsFinin o iltri1efi Rlu.

composer Mozart was subseduenily domes.
ticaicd, very graceful and very beaur.
tiful woman. She was Juno in form, aud
Venus in lovcliue,s but, at the same
time vain aud naughty beyond descr;p-
tion. Her luxury AMI exlpvagance were
incredible; especially, respecting dress.
Al day loug sac would sit before her mir
rcr, utterly disregardiug her household
duties, aud seemingly dcspisiug cburch-go-
ing aud the holy mass. From sunrise TO SUP
set, this Juuo naiu-NcuuS had no thought
save that Of exceeding all her rivals in the
richuesS, quality aud glory Of her habli-
munls; indeed, to such an extreme did her
vanity lead her, that even 'ualy not pen
ny was left in her purse. Poverty never
humblcs pride, aud our lady was not one
whit discomlorlcd at her impeeuuiosiiy.
One afternoon chanciug to glance upon
the pure, sweet face Of the Holy Virgin,
she mocked aud sneered at the Mother sf
God, because She was less gaudily atrired
than herself. This deed called upen How
Gu tor vengeance; AMI it is said tha tn
Virgin Mary turned her face irom her
mocking, fallen daughter aud wept.
TA1ugh heaven is tarly in It's punish.
mcn,s, justice will ever aveuge sncer,
and one midnight there came some che
shocking at the door Of this vain woman's
house No donl, the va in woman thought
it was a friend, but on opening the door
she found "A LcJyar The lady was cnruged,
aud cried out against ,he o!d Nnau; bu
the old crone raised her crutch, and sway.
jug It as queen would WELD her soeptrc,
she said: "llush; vain woman! What are
you in comparison to me? sud OF what
"cnh are the dresses you wear, in con.
'rasl with The aasni9ient garments which
have for my own"
So saying, she took from the basket
hanging en- her arm. gown, and held il
np before the vain woman 5 eyes. 1t was
made of the most gorgeous velvet. blood
red, and cleaning with golden embroid.
cry. Afier the gown, followed 4 girdle
which was caspeG with a jewel tina; glowc.i
and cleaned like lone night star, and,
with 'bese, the old bcgga~ displayed a vel
collar and slippers Of even greater brill
fancy and Io,cliucss.
The vain woman was daz2led-crOaed
with the magnificent display.
" Let me have them! Give them to
me! Oh, give them, give them. please
give them TO mel" she cried aud
wiIlpay you whatever you wish :"
The old crone laughed aad answered
jecringly: "IsLsv! You have nothing to
pay. LA! iIa! you are long ago at the
bottom Of your purse ! Eh?"
True truc!" cried the vain woman.
BIT all that possess ohch can be changed
for gold is yours-aN yours, if you vii
give me those dazzling garments.
II will make bargain with you, " said
the hag. "GoId is nothing to me; | have
more than want already, but will lend
YOU these things, dress, grde, slippers, =
all that you have seen--and will let you
have them for three , days on one condHion,
namely: that you will let me have achat-
erer this cr1msoa dress coeerS at midniyht
on the third evening. ti7
The bargain to Tie vain lady seemed a
peculiar Que; but passion always gets the
better of reason. a i" f"'
4. Surely, " says she, all that III oave
to DO will be to change m, dress a half
hoIr before the third midnight, and the loan
will be paid. +" "Al right, crone, I'll
do it" >oa
| For three days and three nights the
vain lady, magnidceutly arrayed in her
bloOd-red dress, was the envy OF the
cuGit, No one could tell where such
wonderful fabrics were woven They
searched in vain for such exquisite en-
broidery.
Sooe passed the three duya aud three
nights, aud hour grew neur when the loan
must be paid. AS Wldnght approached.
the vain lady thought Of the strange bar
gain she had made with the hay She
beca,ne uneasy she was narrassed. per-
picked. troubled. She trembled, sLiv-
ered-r4her teeth chattcred, end her knees
snote togeuther. Olo0mier aud gloom
Tier were the fprebodings chat closed in
upon her h.art She gaged upon the veil
vet dress that bound her dainlr arms, gpj
tendolly claspcd her beautiful waist like
llibe, sliterng. crimson serpent Earth
could not droduce no such wonderful work.
manship--earth could produce no such
(. magnificent materinl. The color, blood
red. WIS not worn IN heaven: aye, aye,
\ it must have come from hell a
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