MARGARET--_Her maid_.
MRS. GREY--_The widow of a Clergyman residing near Fort Edward_.
HELEN, _and_ ANNIE,--_Her daughters_.
JANETTE--_A Canadian servant_.
_Children, &c_.
_Time included--from the afternoon of one day to the close of the
following_.
PART
I. THE CRISIS AND ITS VICTIM
II. LOVE
III. FATE
IV. FULFILMENT
V. FULFILMENT
VI. RECONCILIATION
THE BRIDE OF FORT EDWARD.
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PART FIRST.
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INDUCTION.
DIALOGUE I.
SCENE. _The road-side on the slope of a wooded hill near Fort Edward.
The speakers, two young soldiers,--Students in arms_.
_1st Student_. These were the evenings last year, when the bell
From the old college tower, would find us still
Under the shady elms, with sauntering step
And book in hand, or on the dark grass stretched,
Or lounging on the fence, with skyward gaze
Amid the sunset warble. Ah! that world,--
That world we lived in then--where is it now?
Like earth to the departed dead, methinks.
_2nd Stud_. Yet oftenest, of that homeward path I think,
Amid the deepening twilight slowly trod,
And I can hear the click of that old gate,
As once again, amid the chirping yard,
I see the summer rooms, open and dark,
And on the shady step the sister stands,
Her merry welcome, in a mock reproach,
Of Love's long childhood breathing.
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