The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-02-02
Vol, l3, No, 20, Whole No, C53

10 alrocious, 20 uaKnluml. IhH lWoui sulr
inil a. La plundernd Ia tliiH NAY: unl rurli mo
mss, ~ have Julin,and III ha'e Tho iorunr,
100, n sure ~ NY name ~ GrofEe, nui
whats more, won't lnse mIolhrr uinWrpt
in securing both. Tic governor N0u.irg
rant preach, for dead men tell ~ iplefi 49,
iHsfs ''aH q b,'Ft'' e',d,e,l, se l'sFa gnea,'
Wnll ll'sso waTda he again closed lhc vim
dow w-shmters-lOcked tie inner door, 80 ~
10 prevent observation Of interruption pui Ne
codicil 10 lhs phrlor fire, closely watching ~
commission n--nnd llien said, in o triumphant
tone, As lac looked iaunlingy towards ihe
bod, We'll, old gentleman yOg have not
gained much 10y thai dodge. Tie estates .
will be mine aud Julia will be niue, and nll
the eodicila IN the world sAnBor keep mo
out ofilem- Fairly ouIwiiled tie governor.
lila hn hhp
Indascrbnbly hideous nOd revolving, nOt
10 say domoniaenl, did thnI laugh hppeRr,
coming from a wretch who Stood IN the
presence fhs vielim hnd that Viclim fi,ii,
er who had never deuied him a request Ills
self fbelrnyhls IN the solilOquy to which had
been listening, aud his nelnTious drHlrIciion
oflhe eodcl, had diupelled llInl belief Of his
Innocence 10 which had so fondly aud 20
perlinncousy clnngi and no longer fcpel the
horrible conviction HAT lac must have we'll
known the poisonous nnluro of tho rcstora-
tive, aud that lao had probably ooncocled H
with his own pnrricidn hands, The success-
ful destruction Of tho eodicil Seemod TO have
elevated him into state of almost drunken
excitement, for lac threw lis Arnia wildly n
bout, walking rapidly up aud down the par
lor, strobe into the bed-ehRmber, snapped Lia
fingers IN triumph, and talked incohercntly
Of his immediate marriage with Julrn, Of in
yiting his Newmarket friends to The wedding,
of buying hounds and hunters, ngl Of stock
4-2
oy could command. ~ the midst of these
rioIous unlicipniions atupping was heard al
the pnrlor door, When the cEulting cSpreSs-
ion uf his features wns instantly changed In
to n look Of nlarin,hnd MA voice betrayed ng-
iinlion M he Demanded, Who's therr9 who's
there? wha, do you want
| could not catch tho reply, hui the door
war unlocked aud opened, aud ,ny daughter
entered, inquir'uf Why lao hail lnekod him
self in; 10 which he-,iIade no au0wer, hut ea-
gcrly asked,
When did you say Doctor Linnel was to
,eturu|
The day nicr Tomorrow
'Confound IL, 20 enrly how deuced un.
lucky
TTII0GRtd you W0Uid bd gtGd 10 know Ttmt
we shah see him oi Friday night or Saturday
morning
Sarah, tho funeral mla take place on Fri
dny-do you henr?-on Friday.
My dear George. how eau you tglk 30
wildly My poor father viii only hnvo been
dead three days. What oarihly motive eau
there bo for hnrrying the Wterment before
the usual time ?
what motive? A thousnn,l--rcn thousand,
aud each stronger than the other. presume
you uro arlcast satisfied Tim, our father u
rlrud p -ls--.-
Alas can no longer doubt a.
Aud you will hdmiiI sun, ore, If we keen
him for six months, lao won'i bo more dead
than he is now =
'Thnt is no reAaon for so much indecent
haste, and for IIch total ~btn tf all i,seiing
and respect What would the world sny To
your C0HtHcTs What reason wuuit- you Tt---
-isn for i,?'
Tho world is very slow TO censuro n man
who has seven or eight thousand year; aud
if my u olive satisfies MYSELF that's quite g.
nough Ilnrk yc, Snrih Before | lett New
market received an imperiinent and pry ing
letter from DIR. Liuuul, nsking fii)y questions
about Rahy's Restorative. ! need not tell
you what M obstinate aud s1spicious old fell
low he is, and that he piIues himself upon
discovering the cnase T evcrybody's death.
II is his hobby, lris nIouomNuia, under the
influence of which hRvo not the smallest
doubt that hc win insist upon having tho
body opened. Now, you know what an in-
objection my flher- had 10 this
sort Of mutilaIion. My own feelings arc G.
qunlly opposed to so bnrbarous aud itrevc-
rent practice; and so to .nyod all conlrovcr-
~ and all nnnOyHnce,I HaV0 dGTJFmtnrt ttTut
The funeral rhnll take pinre Immediately
But you might await the doctors return,
and refuse to iHdalge hin, in wfut you term
his manomania.'
That might excite ugly suspicious, mud
give rise 10 n thousand ihueudoS uHd iuSiuus
Htions which il is much better to avoid
III seems 10 me ilAl Anch nm unusual pre-
cipitnion is still more calculated TO excite
unpleasant commets.'
MY deur Snrah, you know nothing about
these matters. ! nm sole executor mny
do as I like: choose 10 have my father bur
led on Friday, aud have summoned the
90 he here this afternoon for or
dcrs; So you need not say word ulore on
the subject
To be continued.
RErREsENraTtvEs rroM CAL4reRNlA.-
Hon. Geo. W. Wright, ono orthe new Rep