The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-10-05

thu' repair the damage done, she misit p,r
hapa be- plrl1ned nu account Of her youth
liut % she rpntlnuri rtuhb1rnly and obstinate
/ " "a uuaninin hsr lslsoho1d, uud thus ly ol-
siiuary % make up her la0k of Year,, fhr
! must he- convicted and die ThruGlta. -
10 her JarohI and speak With hor tdl hrr
a. give up tAe ring, an'i rrvr MY tuin,i rilzT
slic shall ou dis condition hut umh me
only ou this condition -ba permitted to,cs.
cape with a Very Night punishment
i will certainly speak with her. said ia
c'tr hut that shg has not stolou tho rug, and
ihpuiurc cannot ,opi,ss n, I Know already
% eertginiy Hut win rsi and acoopt ii
a. favor, since my child, who Ia iunoaenl,
must be- cNccutod, that ana permitted onrc
morc 20 see her aud hold conversation with
her.
IN officer led The old man Ia MARIA ccll
Ia silence, and having placed tho ptimmuriug
lamp on the stone table beside the dish and
stone jug that contained Ainra's supprahiDh
was still untouched, hc lell thcm together
and closed the door Maria was ,ing upon
bcr straw bed with her face turucd to the
wall Ia % son slumhcr when lie opened her
eyes aud saw the light Of the lamp ,hc turned
round aud, seeing hor father she gave q loud
cry -prng from her couch NJ hastily that
her claims ratified, aud rushing Ia her father,
she fell into his arms halchiudng Ilc nt
down with her upon tho bed. and. folding
her IN his arms, both remained weepinlf fora
long time IN silence. ~ length her father
told her what he WIS commissioned a. do
'Oh my father said she, intcrupnng hiiu.
'do YOU too begin Ia doubt my Innocence y--
Oh . she continued, weeping bittcrly'i- thcrv
then no one lcit ia this world WHO believes
IA my own iunorrnco Even my own faith
cr doubts H. Oh father, bcio,c mr--br-
lioye that your child T. not a thicfF
BE quiet my dear child said tic old man.
i believe thee; was merely commanded 10
ask YOU Both were again silent lie gnz-
ed earnestly at her he observed that her
checks were pale and wasted with sorrow her
eyes were red and swollen with weeping. aud
her fine long auburn hair was all dishcyclcd
aud flowing over her neck aud shoulders
Poor child said he, God has laid a sore az
ilirion upon thee but fnar-l four that the
worst, the most trying, Is yet to come a
Hood Of tcars lnlcrtnptcd him. ,liut, once
more said he, after pause, Nancy has Civ
"a evidence against ecia6e lB9s DEpt&iIfd
Her evidence is the cause OF Your death, IL
you must dic;bu, you forgive her freely -yoh
will carry no hatred with YOU into the ncAi
world Maria assured him she lid. And
now said her iathcrSwhen hc heard the Jail
grace, aud To thy glorious Rcdccmer, who,
though Innocent suffered as a macihctor;and
shodld this be the last time YOU are "a see
my iacc--should thi. bc III, last time am to
see my child, shall soon follow thee to hca-
ven, for tbs last strokc-l feel tit is too
iil..-.. cannot lnng survive thee
The inilor now entered and hurried Jacob
To depart Maria wished to dctain him. aud
clW'pcd him wildly to her bosom. lie gently
freed himself from her grasp, aud she fell up
on the straw in n swoon. Jacob WIS now
brought before the judge. T aifirn,, SAID to
as he entered the room, that she is innocent
Raising his hand, he rcpcate |, she is inno-
f,cHt-my child is not Il thief
THAT may also believe said the Judge;
. but alas, darc not judge according to your
ailirmations. must act as the circumstances
of the ease and the letter of the law direct
me-
Every one in the castle and around Eich-
burg were anxious to learn how MaiiaE case
would terminate. Every Kind hearted per
sou trcmbcd ior her life, Tor at that period
thcit was capital crime, and many a one
had been executed for stealing sums -ai mon.
cy not the twentieth part of the value Of the
ring. The count himself wished earnestly
that Maria might be proven innocenG the
c0uUrgys and hur riurryirtrr rirt,,l,-,t s-.,tl
that her life might be spared; her old father,
in prison supplicatcd God highland day that
he would be pleased to make his daughters
innocence manifest
The judge at length passed sentence on
Maria. lie declared that on account otman-
ifcst theft and obstinate falschood she should
have been put 10 death, but from particular
regard TO her youth, and otherwise biamcles'
character, she would only be sent 10 prisoi
for life; that her father having either in We
ry deed or by AN evil education, taken par
with her in her crime and stubbornncss should
be banished from the district and his effect
sold TO pay the expense of the trial. The
count, however, 10y his influence procured
That Maria should be hanishcd with her ia
ther, and TO avoid any more inquiry about
the ring, they were ordered to departaearly
uext morning
When Maria and her father, having been
dismissed from prison, were Passing by the
gate of the castle, Nancy came out, The at
fair had terminated in very different man
/ uer from what this thoughtless and malicious
girl had imagined, and now she had regaine,
all her former boldncss. That Maria shoulc
he executed troubled exceedingly, bu
, that she was to be banished was Just WIN
, she wanted. Some days before, the young
countess, who had seen M4Tia's Aower-baske
standing ON her tabfp Fairf to hrr-llA Atk = tl4t.