The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-06-23

eoncludedi 'only IL can scarcely ba shid 20 go
very inr, Moral presumption, which, IN our
courts unfortunately, iali'l worth gronl,
Never mind, AfdgHa eil perii0s, aud so on,
When madam, did you say Tir Harry Mr.
GrninPer-hrsI began 10 urge onugTnllon|
'lielwHen Two and three years ngo.r
'll1ye lhe goodness ifyou plehsa, 10 hand
mo tho barOUugG lid soF'GOod,' Fekuin-
cd Ferret, after turning over tho leAves ior u
frw seconds, VERY good 20 far m Il goes, II
Is now just Two years md eight months SINCE
Sir Harry succeeded lia uncle IN tho tile and
estates, You would 10 doubt soon have heard
madam, Ihhl your husband was dead, l'ruly
lH heart Of man IN dncellul above Hll things,
nod desperately wickod' and yet such con
duct towards such u lndy'-- l'ouot intend
81 no nero compliments lac was only giving
utterunco "a tie ihOuglhs passing through
his brain; buI hia clients mounting color
ssaFHed Aita- ~ change The lnplr, which hc
very adrDilly did. YOU inIund, Of course,
said lac addressing mo, 20 proceed NJ law
No rumblP tumble through tho spiritual
courts"
Certainly, IL sufficient evidence 10 justify
such course can Ice obtained
'IAAcllyi Doe, demise Of Compton, versus
Emsdalr, action IN clectmeni, Judgment oT
ousler. our friend Doc, mndnin-n very nc
fNiNIVNNhtlNE NaltHN ~ ifNfI NNlNf " W. wv
coed, put YOU IN pOssossiou 40 natural guar
dian Of your son, We'll, sir turning 70 ne,
4 may ~ well give you mn acknowledges
for thnt chequc, undertake lho business,
aud shall Il posuiblr, bo on TO Leeds 10y this
evenings mall Tho acknowledgement was
given, mud Mr. Ferret, pockclng The chcquc,
departed in high glcc,
t'lho host man, madam, IN MI broad Lon
don said I Ia answer to Mrs GninRef'a
somewhat puzzled look, you could havo 70.
tanned. Fond M lao seems, and IN fact ~, Of
money what sensible person ~ not Lord
EmsdAlu could not hrihc han With his curl.
dom, now That hc ~ fairly engaged IN your
behalf VIII not say 20 huirny YOU, hu, 20 a.
hntr his iudriniie rl'lo aCg,yiiy 90 iunhcrnncc
of your interest Attorneys, madam, hc NJ.
mrcd, whatever nursery tales may lcuch,ha
tbs worry fharpeu of ihcm threw 'i''''ss at
honor Tho lads and her eou departed, NHd
| turned ngnn 20 tho almost forgotten case
Thrco weeks had nearly rlldcd hy, and no
iidinrs 0f Nlr Ferret. Mrs Gfningcr,nud her
sister Emly Di-inn, n very clmrminy per
SOFT had waited repeatedly: iiit n of rnurrr
had nothing 60 communicate, they were still
condemned to anguish under thc hesft sick
ness caused toy hope deferred. ~ ln.t our
cmirsgry made ls wished for appearance.
well, Mr. Ferret Fnid !, on entering my
llIlIWNt NlN'lN iNllllN lllll NNINIf'NaANNl ~
waiting MY arrival, whnt success"
'Mhy. nothing oF much consequence ~
ycl,' rupiicd hc; 4 am, YOU know only ~ It
wcrcJust commencing the investigation. The
Leeds pHrEnn tlint married them - deal, md
Tho old clerk ~ putnlyitc, Rild las lost lis
memory IT. however they were both nliYo
md IN sound health Of mmd and body, they
could ! fancy. holp us hut lililc. ~ Bilsion
tells me neither the DulsJ0ns nor Granger
l1dcycr entered the church all the morning
of the wedding; md ns soon afterwards re-
moved To Cunihc uund, 50 that It ~ scHrrriy
possible either phrson or clerk could prove
that Violet Dalstun WAS married to Sir Harry
Compton. A very intelligent follow is Bis
ton; hc was present ut tho marriage, YOU re-
member; aud glorious. witness, # lac only
Ind something Of importance To deposo TO;
powdered hair aud pigtail, dnuhloechln, aud
six feet in citll hr last; highly respectable
capital witness, very, only, unfortunately, he
eau only testify that person calling himself
Granger married Violet Daston; not much
in Tint
so, llou, your three wrcks1nbor has been
entirely thrown away
Not SO iast--not 80 inst-ypu Jump too
hastily NJ conclusions. The Cumberland
fellow lhnt sold Granger tho house--only
the equity Of redemption OF it, lay the way
thcro's largo mortgage on it-can prove
nothing. Nohody about there onn,cNcept the
surgeonAs can prove Mrs Granger's decouohe
meni-thnt IN something. ] have been kill
ing myself every evening THIS last week with
grog and tobacco smoke ut the Compton
Arms in the company of the castle servants
aud ir tho calves heads had known anything
essential fancy should have wormcd it
out ofthem. They have, however, kindly
Furnished me with ~ tetaEtI at lltrnduclInn-
10 tho establishment, now in town, some of
whom shall have tho honor to meet, in the
character of nm out.nnd- out liberal sporiing
nj tho 'Alhernnrle Arms this
evening, ,r+t,i- to gcI hold Of his confidential
valet, If he had onc-theso go.hhcod fellows
hnvc--a Swiss, or some other for
eign animal
is this all?'
sWhy, no rejuined Ferret, with n sharp
twinkle of his sharp grny eye, amounting nj
most TO n wink; there is one circumstance
which cannot help thinking, though J
know why, on the right track. In n
corner ofthe registry of marriage there rs
written T., u. in bold letters In no other
part of the book does this occur. Whnt may
this moanT
ttiBd tire incumbent of ihe living n curaIe
at tho time?
No. On TINT point nm unfortunately
too we'll satisfied. Neither nro there any
names with such initials in amy oftho Leeds
Sill this u. u. may bo of i'm
uortancc. if we could but discover who he IL.
but howY that is me question. Alref'ise2
Show our hands to the opposite players. and
find ~. IL. is really AN entity, mud likely TO |
he of service, Tint when we want him in
court. he-s half way to America, No. no;
that would meyer do
Mr. Ferret saw was getting into brown |
study. aud ms had pressing business to de-
spntch, gotrid Of him MS speedlIy MS post
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