Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-07-21
3Misfellany.
BY Green Cove Spring.


The Young mans speech. AS he came
b7r-ying up. was suddenly checked. as he
coined 4 nearer view of the beautiful face
II her to whom he spoke. For a moment
.r.,t far fice had looked doubly fair rs it
lr;..htrned unconsciously, at the first meet
io.r with him for whom its owner had long
ir.n watching from among the w,ter-oaks
thr. LwArf pllms and the silver pines, that
CIV - lhickIy at that spot, as to confer
[.,..n the wooded dell almost the aspect of
u4,. huge cavern followed in IL mass of
muIi-colored rock. Since first the sink
j,r IN began to gild the crests of the tall
Gun trees and clamps of lex on the dis
t.4t hill. the Girl had watched and waited
and now the sky was suffused with rich
tilt, fl Ing abroad in gorgr GUS confusion,
and lie white misrs We're beginning to rise
clo-t-lIkc from swamp and canebrake.
h,be Miss Lynn-nothing. hope
ht- hlpprned d-nothng wrong ?" said the
new conner us he noted that the brief flush
ot .r.tanrss on the face of her whom he
lnI come To meet had been succeeded by Il
look that he had never before seen there
sad. solemn and AL but stern.
Wrong has been done. Morris Gles-
ham" She ln>u cred steadily. and that is
why an here to-day. that the wrong may
b. rghte,l. Not to me-no wrong to me,
sh. made has to add, us she saw thu.
darkming of the young mans brow. " but
- her to whom your troth was plightcd
before ever vou and | met. For Nelles
,,kr. Mr.. Gresham all must be over be-
tween Us from thi, hour"
You ar, testing with me. Phcbe," said
he halt angry, half incredulous; e" why it
vs. but Yesterday"
let the dead past bury its dead" inter-
rru,rd the girl rcsolutcly. Since then
have spent Il sleepless night in wrestling
with my own heart. and see but too clear
Il that | mu t p uck out of it at any Cost
tire love that never should have allowed
tp htlbor there We are doing wrong
both OF us dear Morris, and must hence
fr,h have done with stolen meetings and
4 col t-hip that is Il treason TO her to
whom by every tie Of honor and faith You
b,nny.'
still harping on my poor little cousin
Nellie" r,ioned Morris, bitterly, as he
>.rack Iii, heel into the soft turf, enam-
nc.Icd with wild flowers.
'On vour betrothed bride; on her whom
v,a ale pledged to marry. replied Phebt
on tie sweetest nature and the purest
L-art have ever known. Yes it is of her
that | think. and for her that urge upon
y,H y bat true manlints S. eXacts-that You
-i.Uu.d h'ld 10 Your engagement"
The lst words had been bravely sai'i
bit hr SPEAKERS pale che and trembling
l.ui,lI;iycd how painful it was to say them
These II h n OF emotion were unseen
however, by Morris, who paced to and fr.
30. some In-lantS. al q then halted. saving
in Il deep h"ar-e voice:
| envy You, Mss Lynn, envy tn,
r.,'l cumpo>Ure with which you English
dsul~ri> ,an cast Il man off with aS little
apparent srrupe rs though You were toss
IN from Your >oled glove IL faded flower
l,jIr ctprice i. it seems. to dismis. he al
m.rrr who no lrngrr suits your tickle fan
cl. and at the same time to read me Il lee
turc IL to what owe to Nellie Carthew -"
IL, was unjust. and knew himself to h,
III ms in Speaking thus, but Miss Lrnr
WIS - fur TOO noble to be provoked ut hi.
words.
' Il has cost me, Heaven knows. very
dearly to speak as | have done; such wa
lcr quiet rtjoinler. = am giving up al
,h. sunshine out of 4 life that has hthert,
been GRAY, drcarv and dali enough, uni
VIE l. We gilded it; but all that must b,
owl now. 1t hIS been sweet dream, bu
~ho III he very base were to prefer my
oNu selfish enj jnynIen to the sacrifice whicl
conscience demands
Then she went on to remind him how
lon- and intimately she had known Nellie
her former >clIool-feIlow, and how goo,
and gracious his cousin WAS.
'lou have her whole heart she said, ,ant
there WAS Il plthos in the very fact of he
Ilr'ding thus for her rival, that Morri
could not help feeling. L do verify be
lr1c that the breaking off this betrotha
would Kill poor Nellie, and give muct
pain, too, to Mrs. Gresham. Your mothe
looks 30 hopefully to this union.'
Is. she looks forward to it,, said til,
v"un- man, tossing back his dark hal
from his forehead. = because Nellie is al
tlr.p'~~. and because my uncle wished it
If 1t were not for the property"
Remember. i. is not dear Ncllie's faul
if >r has :. fortune to bring to her hus
n19J' exclaimed the girl smiling. Ssh
viii hc to yoI Kind and tender wife an,
You'll never live to repent that yon KEEP
t.tu with her A. for YOU and |. Morris
IS" arc t. be friends ways-frlends. bu
u lIi' more. Come, Your hand upon th
iarytin,'
Size held ont her hand. and he took it
an! without inm, diately speaking in IN
-''r. -'"nd li~tle>sIy gazing down into tn
a...- holding her hand in his.
lie pot on which the two stood was
tt .u,r ne. Three sides of the lit lie glel
"'tr ct">'d in Iv Il dense growth Of Tree
.1d -hruls. matted together by tine ten
'E j. "f the wild vine. while the graceful
>'sh 81 moss traicd in picturesque pr"fu
--'u rom bra ch and stem. But the fourtl
...' Ms open. and thence survey coul,
huI OF what seemed n natural basin
-..".ri oui of the earth below and ca,
=, |, 4
winch. nearly hidden " t1owerin,
h -A.~, WIS i rocky cleft. the blackne>s q
VIII -A the ty,. could no pierce
rue. true. said Morris. thoughtfully
l"u arr wiser and better than | am
"D'. Poor little cousin, I'm not i
v. y th her. but | should not like to in
..' Wo"nI upon that 9, nte. truStin;
'."dNr". Yes. we have been designed 70
.." another from our cradles almost. an
-HH"sr am bound to keep my word
l. Tally. Nellie ; aItlesS nature has pre-
'd her f ON seeing the real state of III
iiG~- She no more imagnes me us ri
.' ID. " I" ;tl",her than she conceiv,s tina
i'.'r Illrd up spring. which gives it
-'A' t. the Green Cove, should agai
J. u rt.I IL flood to be An atfluent of til
N-''" Il river. as Of old
Was II ever SOP asked Miss Lvnr
." ID .'ngud curiosity, glancing down !;
-I "ii among The rocks below.
Wt>. II Old histories of the colon
','' answered Morris. half careleSsiy
'' hollow way in which we stnnd WI,
'...'.'..r~S once Il channel whence the pen1
t,.~ rushed forth in o the light {
Ihrse subterrancan streams, whic
'.'Ay l's'p forth from their dark ca,
H. .ir rrck"ncd among the chief wor
I = L.,
--'f "nd more famous than ever Wa
'':..a Cove which has been extinct sine
'a" Early ray> Of the settlement. b,
'A --,.l "t this. We are-to ,ry-to To-
IAere was something Of a sob
'"ui mans deep musical voice.
'' N',N.\ uttered these last words
-n-- mon camn 4 81 Lenrn that ted lnne