Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-10-08

into the welcoming arms of her astonished,
deliehtei lover, whose cries for help soon
brought down his sympathizing family to
hear the wondrous story, and hear its hero
inc to bed, to be tendealy tended until she
had recovered from the shock. and was as
beautiful as ever again. Then came the
difficulty. Was Genevra to return to the
man who had buried her, and shut his doors
against her, or give herself to the man who
had saved her from a second death With
such powerful special pleaders as love and
gratitude on his side. of course Rondinelli
won the day, and private marriage made
the lovers amends for previous disappoint-
ment, They, however, had no intention OF
keeping in hiding, but the very first Sun
day after they became man and wife, sp-
reared in public together at the cathedral,
TO the confusion and wonder of Ginevra's
friends. An explanation ensued, ~hich sat
isfied everybody except the lady's first hus-
band. who insisted that nothing butt her dy- |
ing in genuine earnest could dissolve the |
original matrimonial bond. The case was
referred to the bishop, who, having no pre-
cedent to curb his decision, rose superior to
technicalities, and declared that the first
husband had forfeited all right to GInevra,
and must pay over to Rondinelli the dowry
he bad received with her: decree at which
we may be sure all true lovers in fair Flor
ence heartily reloiced.
This Italian romance of real life has its
counterpart in French cause cete6re, but
the Gallo version unfortunately lacks names
and dates; it differs, too, considerably In
matters of detail; instead of the lady being
supposed victim Of the plague, which IN
the older story secured her basty interment,
she is supposed to have died of grief at be-
| log welded against her inclination instead
of coming to life of her own accord, and
seeking her lover as last resource, the
French heroine was taken out of her grave
by her lover, who suspected she was not
really dead, and resuscitated by his exer-
tions, to flee with him to England. Alter
living happily there for ten years the strange
ly united couple ventured to visit Paris,
where the FIRST husband accidentally meeting
tho lady, was struck by her resemblance To
his dead wife, found out her abode, and
finally claimed her for his own. When the
case came for trial. the second husband did
not dispute the fact of identity, but pleaded
that hls rival had renounced all CLAIM to the
lady by ordering her to be buried, without
first making sure that she was dead, and that
she would have been dead and rotting in her
| grave il be had not rescued her. The court
was saved the trouble of deciding the knotty
point, for, seeing that it was likely to pro-
nounce against them, the fond pair quietly
slipped out of France, and found refuge In
|" q foreign cline, wnere their love continued
sacred and entire, till death conveyed them
to those happy regions where love knows no
end. and is confined within no limits" Vi
dead-alive ladies brought to consciousness by
sacrileglous robbers. cOvetous OF the rings
upon their cold fingers, no less than seven
; stories, differing but slightly from each
other, have been preserved; in one, the
scene is laid in HALIFAX, In another, in
} Gloucestershire; in third, in Somerset.
shire; in the fourth, in Drogheda the re
naming three being appropriated by al
many towns in Germany.
Ring-stories have kuack of running in
one groove. Herodotus tell US how Amasi,
advised Polycrates, as charm against mis-
fortune, to throw away some gem he special
ly valued; how, taking the advice, Poly
crates went seaward in a boat, and cast hll
: favorite ring into the ocean and how, few
: days afterwards, a fshe. man caught larg
fish, so extraordinarily fine that he thought 1
it only Tor the royal table, and accordlngl..
presented it to the fortunate monarch wh,
ordered it to be dressed for supper; and 10
! when the 6sh was opened, the surprise,
: cooks astonished eye bebeld his master
; castaway ring much to that masters de
. . light, but bis advisers dIsmay for whel
' Amasis heard OF the wonderful event, h
!. Immediately dispatched herald to breal
: his contract OF friendship with POlycrates
: feeling confident the latter would come to al
= : ill end, /" as he prospered in everything. evel
finding what he had thrown away" Th
!, city of Glasgow owes the riug-holding sal
mon figuring in its armOrial bearings to
! legend concerning its patron saint, kentig
= ern, thus tod in the Actd Sanctorum: "
= queen having formed an improper attach
!, mens to handsome soldier, put upon hi
- finger q precious ring which her own lor'
;. had conferred upon her. The king, mad
9 aware of the fact, but assembling his anger
;. took an opportunity, in hunting, while tn
: soldier lay asleep beside the Clyde, to snatc
!. off the ring and throw it into the river. The
y returning home along with the soldier, b
:, demanded OF the queen the ring he had Civ
= en- her. She sent secretly to the soldier 70
= the ring, which could not be restored.
= great terror she then dispatched a messenge
= to ask the assistance Of the holy KeDtigern
a He, who knew the affair before informed q
= it, went to the river Clyde, and havin
= caught a salmon, took from the stomach tn
- missing ring, which he sent to the queer
y thinking he had wronged her, swore b
= would be revenged upon her accusers; bu
=, she, affecting forgiving temper, besougt
- him to pardon them, as she had done. A
- - the same time she confessed her error
~ Kentigern, and solemnly vowed to be mol
:, careful of her conduct in future" In l55.
=, merchant and alderman of Newcast,
named Anderson, handling his ring as b
= leaned over the bridge, dropped it in tt
= Tyne. Some time after his servant bougi
:. salmon in the market, in whose stom &C
the lost ring was found its value enhance
- by the strange recovery. the ring became a
2 heirloom, and was in Possession OF one of tt
- alderman 8 descendants some forty years ag
a A similar accident. ending in a similar wa
al is recorded to have happened TO one OF th
sr dukes of Lorraine.
~ Monk Gerbert, who wore the tiara as Sy
= vester H., q man of whom it is said that
" thanks to the devils assistance-he new
~ left anything unexcuted which be ever co
- ceived, anticipating Roger Bacon, made
I. brazen head capable OF answering like &
~ oracle. From this creature OF his own. &c
"a bert learned he would not die until he b,
performed mass at Jerusalem. He thereto
determined to live forever. by taking 90,
care never to 60 near the holy ci:y. Like a
=. dealers with the Evil One. be was destiu
= to be cheated. Performing mass one day
e. e. Rome, Sylvester was seized with sudden il
an ness, and upon inquirng the name of &
!, . church in which hs had dictated, heard,
4. bis dismay, that it was popularity called j
w rusalem then he knew his end was at han,
- and it was not long before it came. Near
!. Eve hundred years after this event happene
= Master Robert Fabian. who must not be 81
nd pected of inventing history, seeing, as she
III if and alderman, he was wont to- pillo
H. public liars, wrote of Henry w.: -. Aft
=, the feast of Christmas, while he was MAXI
~ his prayers at st. Edwards shrine, he |
- came % sick, that such as were about b