Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1845-07-04
From the Rural Repository.
THE BANDITS DAUGHTER.
A TALE OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS.
by CLARK W. BRYAN.
ny CLARK W. BRYAN.
(CoNCLUDED.)


was the same that had so recently prevailed
in the village, and it was thought advisable
to bury her as soon as practicable, and
much against the wishes Of Helen, the iune-
raj was to take place on the same afternoon
of the day on which she died Noiwith-
standing the suppostion that her disease was
contagious, the Church where the funeral
was held, was filed to overfowing In con-
sequence of yielding for some time TO the
prayers and eutreaties of Helen not to re-
move the corpse, it was late before the pro-
cession reached the Church. and twilight
was fast succeeding the setting sun, before
the service was over. Here was a solemn
and impressive scene which is seldom wit
nessed-a funeral in the t,oiHgM Of cocning
and burial By moonlight. Although the
corpse was followed by one mourner only
the lovely llelen-each one felt that they
had lost friend that was dear to them, for
she had long been their ministering angel
and the fact of her being the mother Of Hell
en-, increased, if possible their respect for
the deceased. The hymn was given out
and sung with solemnty that awed the
congregation, and the prayer that followed
seemed to come from the heart Of divine full
ness. The sermon which Immediately sue
ceeded was impressive and eloquent, and
the eulogy upon the life and character ofthe
deceased, left scarcely a dry eye in the
house The service over, the procession
moved to the grave by the dim light afforded
by the rising moon, and the remains of this
once loved and lovely but broken hearted
being were consigned TO the silent tomb
Helen remained weeping over the grave of
her mother, till the assemblage had all dis
persed, and she was left alone, with nought
to solace but the knowledge that she died
Christian The death of Mrs. Arson was
severely felt for long time, and the impress
sion which her DEATH and the funeral scene
had made upon the minds of the people was
more lasting and effective than any death
, that had occurred during the prevalence of
: the late sickness
5 few days after Mrs Anson's death,
' shern came man to Mr.. Ruggles in search
OF employment and as his servant had been
. numbered with those who had been swept
away by sickness he gave him situa-
ton, and as he takes an active part III the
closing scenes of this story, IT may be well 10
give short description Of him. His dress
and manners together gave him the appear
ance of being very rerdam specimen OF
d humanity but whether he was in reality as
verdant as he appeared remains to be seem
His pantaoons, which were of dark gray
color, extended nearly half way from his
knees to his ANGLES, at which point they la
pered off to as small a compass as would adj
NIT the passage Of his feet whenever he had
occasion to take them off or put them on,
, while at the top they gave evidence of a dis
= solution of co-partnership by mutual consent
and agreement" between them and his fire.
red vest over which dangled the ends OF
crayat. a shade or two darker than that of
1 his vest. His coat was of a dark brown, the
y skirts of which were but little more than
Is couple of hand breadths in length; on the
front of which was mounted two rows Of
G buttons of unsuled brightness. To crown
ALL or rather, on the crown of all, was placed
T. beaver, in a santing position, the rim of
- which would measure nearly two inches in
width, and the crown TO correspond, resem-
bling very much an old fashion Church stee-
o pe In this singular costume he made his
a appearance before Mr.. Ruggles, and as we
5, have before stated, obtained situation
, His course of conduct for long time, indi-
Gated that he really was as green as his APP
= pearance minated. BY degrees, however,
he became initiated into the arts and mystic
ries of "town life" and was soon quite an
= adept in all the crooks and turns enough
n so to show that he had been "hroken in. -
II He was faithful, and gained the entire con-
10 fidence of his employer, and that to an eX-
"A tent, that no one ever before had. Indeed,
= the old gentleman even permitted him to
carry the key TO his money chest which if
report was true was no very small privilege
"f for it was said to contain a large amount of
e. money. There was only one thing about
r, Obadiah, (for that was the name by which
~ he was called )that created any suspicion as
2s to his honesty, and that was the fact that he
: was frequently gone from home for day
or so and never appeared willing to tell
:, where he had been, or what had been the
to nature of his business But this was not
'st enough to create in Mr.. Ruggles' mind a
r., sufficient distrust of Obadiah to keep him
III from entrnsting to him all his secrets.
o. Mr.. Black, who still visited Hitty, when
he saw the partalty exhibited by Mr.. Rug
- giles towards Obadiah had greater cause
than ever to fear that his fondest hopes were
doomed to wither in the bud He saw
plainly that the old gentemans affections
u were fixed upon Obadiah and Helen, and
thought Of course that where his affections
were, there would his property go also. He
however, with his "dearly beloved" Hity
nd continued to hope that some change favora-
&c, able to themselves, would take place, but
- two years passed, and as there was no APP
pearance ofany change, they put their heads
together to contrive some means by which