Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-07-13

person. WHO was ny 10 inednS pItdstu ny lilc
bargain, Beppo, who vowed vengeance against
the bridegroom, although he was quite ignorant
of the means which had brought about the mar
riage.
vcyed the maid and the bag of gold to his house,
On the following morning he was found muir
dered, stabbed in fifty places by poignard As
he was but a tradesman, the authorities took
little or no trouble in seeking out the assassin
These affairs were so common in the city of
merchants.
The widow took possession of the old mans
property aud concealed The bag of gold, which
had been the fatal cause OF this unwise and un-
propltous alliance
few months afterwards the fearless widow
married the murderer of her husband. Guilt
however, rarely goes unpunlshed; and ere a
few months elapsed, Veronica discovered that
the man whom she once idolizcd, and for whom
she had sacrificed so much, was in every way
unworthy OF her love. He lavishly expended
the estate of her late husband in his unlawful
pleasures, while she, deserted by him, pincd IN
sorrow and solitude. Proud, ogerbearng and
| revengcful, Ncronica's passion OF love was soon
transformed to hatred the most intense.
| The bag OF gold, which she had carefully con-
ccaled, remained untouched. Deposting it in
place of safety, she instantly sought the pre-
sence OF the Judge, and denounced her renegade
and unworthy husband as murderer.
Beppo was seized, and the evidence she pro.
duccd was so conclusive that the worthless hus'
band was condemned TO the rack
Veronica retired TO a nunnery, and presented
the bag of gold as an offering to the convent.
The purscr or treasurer OF the convent was
a certain Brother Ansclmo; thin, bilious man
severe and taciurn, who verify looked like {
skeleton clothed in parchment. He first proba
Jiy, entertained the insane idea of casting the
"root of all evil" beneath the blue waves OF thC
Adriatic but upon mature dcl!bcraton, he con
tended that it would he better to lay it by to
charitable purposes. Sinner as he was, h
might one day be in want of it he therefor
resolved to deposit it forthwith IN the hands {
a trus,y friend IN need, who had supplied hi
necessities in the days Of his lamented eXtrava
gance.
Unfortunately for Brother Anselmo, he cal
ried the bag OF gold to the lawful owner, VIII
instantly recognized and reclaimed the stole
ducats.-llc possessed irrctragahle proofs tina
the parchment label was in his own handwr
ting and embraced the precious bag of gol
with the ioniness OF parent who had recover
his lost cinld.-Bro.her Anselmo vainly romor
stratcd aud the interview concluded 10y the tn
serly money lender uhcCromon ously kIckiu
him out, retaining possession OF the fatal tire;
sure.
Fam would the aStonjshcG purser have ryscI
ted this unseemy rebuff bat CONSCIOUSNESS
] of his own vlIany made hIm gulp the indIgn
r ty which was pat upon him but he vowed Vel
, Before he could put in execution IA
secret purposes, his dcfalcatlon was dscoycrC
he was summoned before the tribunal, al
condemned to pass the remainder OF hIs wrclci
cd existence in dungeon
! The bag Of gold thus returned unbrokcn
the hands of the rightuI owner, having been
It's travels the cause Of 50 much crime and ml
cry to It's Intermediate pos,cssurs.
Wealth, obtained by long l!ic of toll and h
ncsry, does not always produce happmcss-
gotten gold, never!