The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-02-10

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How differently MI questions connected will
Tie subject presented themselves now A,
he shl beside That darling son, Tr~~pride Of
MS hln, hlh only hope on earth, oh, how he
longer fnr wards Of fire 10 plead that hi,
Joung existence might be spared for feIien.
Innee aud amendment! How well he re,
nlembarod Iho jurymnn's plea Tor youth nnd
InloNicuilon aud with whit nn agony orself
repronch he recalled his own hnfd answer
With Intense anxiety he watched the eountu.
naDeeh Ofiha juicy for some glaHips Of com
pnsnon, lini ever and anon, "a pals young
lice loaned M helwoen HIN aud ihem, md
faIed at Inn with AAad despair. Tie yifioli
81 other years returned ~ hnnnt him and
Joseph, his best beloved, liis only one, stood
besde1l, pale aud hand.cullad, IA ho Ind
been. The voice lhal pronounced his sol,
gully sounded Ike an awful echo olfiiis own;
and lo seemed TO hear Mary Williams wills.
per- "Aud my sou nlso was very young
That vigorous a-Ahool from liH own ca.
iricnce, 10 fall oi life aud feeling, aud, alas,
ai passion. which mi-giidrs uA an las must
die' No cnnlly power can suyc him May
ihe M MEHciFuL sustain that poor father,
as 10 watches the lseA,y SluHher nfhis nAl,
BON IN tiut dark prison.. nut while Ice clarlH
the cold hand, remembers ~ wCil tho DIN,
pied ingcrs lao used To hold IN his, when H..
Ito Joe mt upon his knee and prnuled cliild.
ish love. &C.,
Aud the AJ MrRcrrL tres with hin,nn
sent Influences 20 sustain him through ,ma
terrible agony. II did not break biz heart II
melted aud subducd hiiii. The congcnled
of his nature flowed under Ibis
ordeal offirc; aud, for the first time, he lad "a
realizing sense that every human being ID, OF
lns been, somebody's liille Joe.
tIipsx ttuI Nst. sr A., ,,.,.
er, ~ answer To his soothing. words aud az.
ieciionaio alterations.
lie replied meekly. .Mould Ind nlmnS u
been so!' Then turning his face AWAY. and
earnestly pressing JoSeph's baud, lie said, IN
an agiiHled voice, "Iell inc truly, my son,
does II ever occur To you, TINT have been To
blame for Ibis great misfortune HAT has be-
fallen your
"iou, dear father ~ lac exclaimed, 81 do
"oi understood what you mean"
still Keeping his ihco turned away, aud
speaking with effort, Mr. Barker said, ado
you remember once, when was beating my
horse cruelty, (you were boy ortweIve lhcnl
neiglbor Goodwin remarked TO me, that /
was giving q bad lcssOn 10 my son z ! was
angry will linn NJ tho time; aud perhaps that
resentment helped TO make nae hard toward
. poor young fellow who is dead and gone /;
bn' his words keep ringing ia my ours siuy
Sod, ~ his mercy, forgive me II hnvo over
lone or said anything to lead You into this
granl sin. Ten me, Joscph,d do you ever think
Z rUigtt hHvo happened otherwise, You lad
ind less violent ihlher -
"s'y $500 n.'tss' .s.t"1',.s,, ,,.. ,,.,...-.
pressing his Innd convulsiScly, al almost
freaks my heart TO hear you humble your.
clf before me, who 30 ltlu dcsrf,cs II az
Our hands. Only forgive me my violent
outbreaks, dear idther for in the ruids of
hem all, loved you. lou have ALWAYS
ought 30 do nee good, md would ruihcr lave
Iied ilihn led me into any hhrm.. But siuce
nave been here ia prison., hive thought of
many things that never occurred to me be-
Orc. Tho world aud all things IN Il are
Inccd before me an different light. Ii
Gems to me men are all wrong ia their hnh.
IS aud teachings. see now HAT retaliation
nd hatred arc murder. have read often,
I lnte, the cNoriation OF Jesus TO forgive our
roihcr his oiirnccs, not Gully seven times
iil seventy times seven; aud feel that thus
Ought To hG with human beings IN all their |
elutions with each other. Whnl fhnve done
nnnol be undone; hut IL il will loo any salts
ACTION 10 you, rest assured HAT did not ia |
-ndSo Kill him. ! WINS watched, aud was F,
sal enough to drink; and then / knew hol
hat did. Violent ms my temper Inns been 4
never conceived tho thought of taking his I
E..n
al know il, my son, know it," hc said |
aud the reflection consoles nc in some de. (
see. W irtir hurC fonf at hrpHd I with /
bare II with the nioilteC aud sister of him I
nu---,' he hrsitatcd. shuddcred, aud nd ]
ed ~ a law deep Ionc--"y6u murdered"
~ was going to ask that OF yuu,' replied /
&c prisoner; "and ono thing more, dcar lnih-
a Ia A la "a. Ia,
.cM. Inr 1Lc sake otiiy poor patient moth.
81 viii, viii he answ cred; "aud now my
ear misguided boy, say yon forgive your
Dor father for the teachings OF his violent
or'ls aud ncIions. fJiid not f,rescc the con.
'quencce, NY child, ] did it in my iFnor.
ice. But il wns wrong, wrong. all wrong
The young man throw himself on his faith.
g bosom, and they had no oihcr u,lcrnncc
at tenrs.
Aftcr his only strong link to life was brok-
, 10y The yiolent-urtn oi- the law, M BArkey
an changed man; Silent aud naelnncholy,
'tient, geilile and forSiving TO nl lie new
eon'Iiaihrtl oi, tho grent scrrnw that was
d away his life, but the ncigllhors saw how
in aud sad he looked aud the Toughrsi ma
res felt compassiou Tor him.
Every year, she who lad been Mary VIII
ms received hundred dollar note. He
Ner whispered to amy mortal that it was
nj 10y The jurymnn who helped TO condemn
n son Ierdcath hut when he died, n legacy
n thousand dollars 10 Der showed tsot he
ser forgot the pale despniriug face, that
r years had bauntad his dreams. {
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0F1.Ihe Boston Transcript snys That Mr. !
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