The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-04-07

oW Of llia pit having, ~ lhn trsi plnce,nllUW-
ed the corpse 20 Gill backwards. For iew
moment he stnnd listening iu tie direction
m whiri, Tie dog hnrkmi,nnd llnn lee brrufe
aware of approaching footsteps And the y0iea
of Hpue GEe speaking nngrlly 10 ilie dog. lie
lhen PLACED Ills lHnllOrn again On iha edge
oi llm pli, nod walking og u tgw linceRnwait-
ol here llie pprsun WHO Wks approaching
eYidFuily with hasiy Steps towards Ihe tight,
"'9h lard, my Cod Where HHi | fN-
clnimrd lho stranger, ~ u yolce 0flrrr0r,
"Wulcome amongst ~, Jnpko" rriisnod
lhn grave digger, nov advancing aud ofui-
iug his hand,
,liul Jmlke stood like one polriGed.nnd nrk-
nd once more viii u iittrriug voice, The
gnusn aud tho olllrnl at this opau grave.
"llei, JaHko, gnssih lad liuios-lbe world
~ coming a. nu endl" said The grave digger
iu mysterious nnd q suppressed 'ufe, 'lind
times The ting,lhruup the gentlemen, aud
tllg clergy, allows Hs Ia ba poisoned, ,i6okf
there ulrcady lie Twelve I Immediately
s'reWed llnle over the poor wrclclies ~ tie
president Of lhe court directed Not "a alttRlb
coffin, pnly common grave, tint ~ uil Mat
h permitted 10 the corp.os. have no luug.
~ eWpluyin enl IN lhc old way, Junku, on,
muy God have mercy OH rs Al, there g.
mourning Ia the vlugoievery day four OF nye
die irOpLthe horrible ppltnu powder, nnd yet
he gelhlo folks shy tllnt Il u lh6 plague o.
the cholera, ~ They cnl tho sickness" "
"liiILgo-sip, heard myself ~ lllrs plague,
CA my escape from tie capital There must
Ice something "a ~, returned tie nstonlHhcd
Juuku.
AN prctences, Janko" rnil the other.
"Now 0uly listen, Ouly d lrw days ngo. the
president Of the district srui portion of dis
white powder into every house. Well, Gen.
cru Pclro took some of this Inedlriue for lhe
cholera, aud ~ n moment he burst blood
vessel, aud died directly. Then we mndc
ttinl of this medicine sii a dog, and u wns
soon over with w. on Of n certainty, Janko,
this chloride of lime, ~ they call ll,is pow
DEE IL nothing butpura poison, just take
look, now NJ the liyid ihccs down there, Rnd
you viii see that they have uot ,scd u nHtur-
al death, drunk now only river water, mud
do the rest of tile village, hcraGsu II ~ certain
That thry'hhvc poisoned all the wells"
1--WE must have u-Jauko WIS going 10
propose n nulunl poisoning Int he checked
hiu.clCnud thcu ushcd-"Wliut IL 10 become
ofns Hllf'
"Nhal is to hccome of ar;' repeated the
grnyo digger I'VE must del only bark to
The Wnlllng i the village"
Nay. we viii not die, Mi-cltko" snid Jan.
ko significantly To tho other. 81 nm not
comu here lor no purpose! lsmy Susa Nv
Ing yctY"
ooh the poor thinp," REPLIED tho grave.
digger; "un she lies down Ihrra nmonF tlirn
aud pretty Marlhn,i have laid her IN there
too-drnr Jauk", And so you havo run IL
way from thcu, gossip -
ayes, sure aud four others with me- re-.
turned Jlukn. WAS Ia stop. 10 let myself
ho punished. No They slnl hang mo raih.
on Than that llaracu, Mischko, YOU won't
hclrny mo shall not noW go into the vil.
hpc, az .Susa IL dead But III tell you
whnG d. you fell pclrc, Jauuo, aud Juro, NY
comrades. that los the earliest morning lhcy
MUST come Ia me al the IlTOc wells on the
lInhlrnbrrg, bat ip not say word To any
body else TINT you have spoken To me, Nlisch.
no, YOU underslaud We will Eoou find on,
who nrc the PRISONERS, God be with you,
Mischko,' SAID lac, Hl departing; hut tie next
momeuf hc turned round, mud observed Ia
the grnvc-diggcr--" VIII YOU tNl Jnro that
he must hHgoy tao constable out there Sod
lie with ynli - 49, 't.~~'
The gra,a.diggcr descended again into
the pit stripped lhr Two bodirr oftheir shirts,
mud beiook himself to The village.
A few DAYS after this conversation car
ringo, Ia Which sat The steward OF Hickman
and his coachman. drew up ut the public
house Of our village, IN order That the horses,
ms well ms the gentleman himself, might Cake
their uiddays Refreshments
Scarcely was the steward seated NJ the
guests ruoni nj his dluucr, when the host en-
tered full of terror, with the tidiug9 that his
guest must manage To escape Ia the best
way he could for that the whole village WINS
ia nm upronr, aud lEd assembled round his
carriage, in which Chloride lad been found.
Having already been informed OF the excite
fent 10 the neighbOrhood, lie snntcbed down
the inuskct of The host, which hung on lhG |
a lnV ia sfipuT-Ilp Iugl
door. Here, however, lac found crowd of
who armed with every kiud OF r,
weapon, were keeping gunrd; the sarifr also (
nt the from; of the house; and instantly lac +,
hccnnc aware that his life WINS IN the most
immislont danger With wonderful dctcrini- 7
nation nud courage ho burst upon the front
door, held.thc cooked miskel before linn, and
exclaimed Ia a laundering voicc-"Gi,e way, /
or | will shoot,r-threw himself into the
crowd. For the first moment this seemed
10 Weld: but in the next, the pick-hNcs; HE
sry,hts, aud The dung forks, elevated tben
selves nbovc the head OF the steward for
some time hc avoided -hcm; bun ut length I
many blows on the heul fell hihlto tho ground
and he was in thcir power.
In the meantime, n similarly horrible scene
took place IN The she'd uudrr which the car !
riage was drawn. The rage ofttr mob was
only tho more cKnspcratod by tho'r having
R,und tho supposed poison IL the Garrlnge,=-
The aye was already. lifted Tar a death. blow !
ON the prostrnte ronchmnn, Wien lac promis- I
ed, in the nugnsl Of approaching dcu,ir, TO
,lisrovr, 81, .irrrrr r'rttr-'4tne great ftri'cr
,nncc, If they would spare his life, lie was /
listened TO and i. order. 10 strengthen the :
revelation tn had 30 nuke, lac was dragged
to the church, and, with hsiace TO the nltar, |
was made in ,he presence of the most Holy, /
to confirm, 10y onth, the following declnrn- |
ton Ills ninsttr few day previously !md
actually sent him to the village of }ar'iovez,
,,t ar tite. tyIto uoyTtpr in mr.