The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-08-27

ress, endeavor TO make him feel convinced
That she was happy.
The Fadgefaddlewicks had made themselves
so offensive, that their acquaintance had long
been dropped. The Fitzioggs had taken them
selves off Of their own accord. To Squire Bag
fox they were "no! at home,! and Mr. Gregory
Jalapone bad been detected by little Simon, in
Producing n quantity of rats into the pantry. =
There quarrel Mr. Jaapone threatened
''to take tho law of Mildmay, and employed
Mr. Cages to commence an action for defamation
| of character To make matters worse, Vernon,
upon looking over his book of expenses, found
that although they had not been married more
than eight months, their expenses had already
| exceeded the whole amount Of their annual in
come by hundred and fifty pounds. Mr.
Iiardseak, the butcher, pressed for the payment
Of his till, the amount OF which astonished Yer
non, who had never troubled himself with bills
before his marriage and at the time, Lady
| Lucy was equally alarmed 10y the "washing bill"
which Mrs Grgson put Ibeforc her She had
not the slightest notion Of the nature of washing
biIls-and this much puzzle to her, as
n page Of Greek would have been. "Welr' she
said, "it must be paid
1t was very well 10 say Kit shall he paid, but
where was the money to come from For the
first time since their marriage they discovered
that they were poor.
"When poverty comes in at the door, love
flies out of the window - The saying is "a true
one and of its truth, the story of Lady Lucy and
vernon NllI1tnay IS m eXafnpI6. Inc previous
part of their lives had been spent in the enjoy |
ment ofluxurious ease. Their every want had
been supplied by indnlgent parents; Lady Lucy |
had offended her relatives by her marriage, and
the pressing demands of creditors obliged her
as lasrEres ource to apply to her father-her
fused to give them credit any longer and then
| occurred little chickering's between Lady Lucy
| and her husband, these were followed by quar- |
rels-the fame Of love which had once burnt
so brightly in their cottage home, was now re-
duced to mere spark. Vernon began to think |
he cared little for his wife, and she almost fan.
cied that she regarded him only the man
who had occasoned her the loss of her family rs
regard, and her own station in society
| Vernon was arrested the home of love was
sold, and Lady Lucy, on the eve Of becoming a
mother, was driven out from her "cottage," and
found refuge only in the humble abode Of the
mother of little Simon, who lived in the vii
! lage.
Here under the matched roof Of the poor
creature was the first child of Lady Lucy and
Vernon Mldmay born. And there was the
mother and child, with one friend near them,-I
shut out as it were from tie world and in the
prospect before her, there was nothing but care
and suffering.
One day, Simon mother informed the Lady
Lucy that all elderly gentleman wished TO see
her. He was admitted 1t was her father -
He had come to forgive her, and rec Give her a.
her knees and have blessed him.
"f}ut," said he, 'ft is upon one condiiion-that
you abandon Vernon Milimay !"
The afflicted wife shuddered and turned pale. |
She thought she had ceased TO love her husband; |
but now this proposal TO separate from him for
ever, rekindl ed all the fire of affection in her
bosom, and pnssionnely kissing the offspring of
their love, she cried, "Never, never -
"On the one hand said the stern father =
'there is poverty and sorrow-on the other affiu.
ence and happiness
"No, no-not happiness, exclaimed Lady Lu-
cy. "There can be no happiness where my
heart S husband is not.''
dearest dearest Lucy" cried Vernon Mild
may. rushing into the chamber, "Your father is
but testing our affection. He forgives you-he
has forgiven you-he Inns redeemed your hus
band from prison, and has come to receive his
own dear Lucy to his arms again -
The old man opened his arms to receive his
child, and in a moment Lucy was clasped in his
embrace. He had obtained cOnsuship for
Vernon, and thereby rescued him from the pow
erty and ruin which rnenaced him ; and Lucy
and her beloved escaped the suffering which too
many endure who, like them, look too much at
the ideal and too little at the real-or in humber
terms, think too much of love, and too little of
bread and butter [Casket]
OTeThe following singular event is related in
the jackson Lou isana) Republican of the 27,h
July -
STRANGE OcCURRENCE.-Amongst the ap-
parenty endless catalogue Of strange occurren-
ces and crimes with which the press has teemed |
the following, which has been communicated in |
letter from lady residing near the scene of
action, to her friend in this vicinity is little the |
strangest we have met with. Not having seen
the letter, we are under the Necessity of giving n
second hand account Of the affair, and may con
sequently he Inaccurate in some of our details
but the substantial facts are as furnished to U.S.
Being personally acquainted with the writer of
the letter, we have hesitation i'm expressing
our belief of her statements. Here is the strange
tragic tale.
Some time since the sheriff of a county in
the southern part of Mississippi had received,
in his official character, large sum of money
say fifteen twenty thousand dollars. Under
pretext of call from home for day or two, he
placed the money in tho keeping of his wife,
whom he charged to take good care OF il.