The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-10-25
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furniture.
A few hours sufficed to clenr the house Of every
thing that could be taken away. When the last
man had departed, the officer tapped at the door
o! the chamber that contained Leslie and his
wife.
sNow that it is all over, Mr.. Leslie, he said ,'can
not l serve you in some way9
sNot just now, Jacobs, was I.eslies calm reply
'But may BIO glad to you few moments TO-
morrow?
Il will most certainly GOMEZ was tho officers re
ply, as he turned away, and left the room
1T was, perhaps, an hour afterwards that les''o
md bis ~ iGe heard some one enter the house, and,
after wa ndering through tho rooms below, ascend
ed the Stairs W it'll slow. heavy measured pace
Then came gentle tap at their door. When open
ed, a strange man, somewhat advanced in years,
with mild benevolent countenance, stood IN the
entrance.
Excuse this intrusion, my young friends, he
said, as he stepped into the chamber, and advanced
towards the bed upon which Leslie lay ; but under
circumstances like the present it seems TO me all
ceremony and reserve ought to be waived. | am
a stranger to you but it is not always the stranger
that is most Indifferent.
AS he uttered he last sentence, he took the
hand of Leslie in his ow II.
ulated.
Il am certainly not well, was the reply,in low,
feeble tone, to which succeeded fit Of convulsve
coughing.
THAT yon are not, and need the most careful at
tentions, Mr. Leslie Then after pausc-'It will
of course, be necessary for you to remove from
here ??
To this, there no reply.
NV cir no cd in TAX I'M
Leslie's hand, you must the freedom Of
who sincerely desires to aid you in your pres
ent extremity. Lay aside, then, all reserve
Look upon me as a friend confide in me us a
friend
III there time when really needed
friend, it is now Leslie replied, glancing a; the
fine, owards his wife while the moisture dimmed
his eyes.
So it seems TO Then let me be that friend
Il feel that it would be wrong TO oppose your
generous impulses, sir. Follow til en- their prompt
ings; feel helpless a child-and ,as child give
myself up. 'Bul,' rousing hmsefa little, 'to whom
am indebted for this generous sympathy he ask
'To plain man, Mr. Leslie. TO Thomas Jones
the batter, was the calm reply.
'To one of natures noblemen!' was the response
that trembed the tongue OF Lese-but he
strained himself aud said
ITO me, sir, you all that is excel
sA(ter the brief pause that followed, Mr. Jones
said
81 will go and make preparations to have you
moved to my house and then return for you
And so saying the halter turned away and left
them thei, bosoms agitated with a mingled sense of
pain at their helpless conduop,& gratitude to their
stranger friend In The course of about half an
hour, he returned in carriage accompanied by his
wife who met Mrs. Leslie in pure maternal spirit
that at won her confidence and Affection
Both were then removed to Mr.. Jones home, and
every comfort and attention bestowed upon them
But it awaited not to check the fatal malady under
which Leslie suffering. Six months longer
suficed to finish the work already begun, when be
sunk to an early grave few days after the light
smiled upon his first born babe.
Fortunately for Mrs Leslie she was unconscious
>oi the separation, and it many weeks after.
wards before she recovered her wandering reason .
Then she calm and subdued, and seemed per
fectly aware that her husband had been removed
and that she should be with him. She con-
versed but little, and seemed all the while have
her mind elevated above the circumstances that
surrounded her. 1t was about two days before she,
too, died, that Mr.. ard Mrs Jones who had begun
to love her with tenderness that cannot be ex-
pressed il words, stood by her bed side, gazing I'D
on her calm, sleeping face, that seemed like the
face of an angel. While they thus stood ,she open
ed her eyes and said
20, that could only see my mother, before |
go
Mr.. Jones did not reply, but turned away from
the bed, and in few moments left the house. He
had never comm uncated with tho Eitons since he
had received Leslie and his wife under his roof
His unselfish, manly, nature opposed the very
thought OF coming into contact with them. He
felt fully able 10 shelter those he had taken under
his care, and was resolved to shelter, esteem and
love them to the last But now, in the waning OF
lfe the child had expressed the natural desire TO
see the MOTHER and he resolved to make one effort
TO have that desire gratfed, however revolving to
his feelings mightbe contact " it'll persons whose
false pretensons and principles he so heartily de-
spIsed. He protseded therefore, to Mr. Elton s
beautiful mansion and by request was shown i'm
mediately into the presence Of the family.