The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-02-09


on my pllghHl any, old chap, MI Of your
money wasn't Gi no use, you see, when IL
comep 90 this herei and they do aay you
Wasn't aver nice ~ scrnping u together, SOU
worH't no buttrr ihHn yuh should bs, .th0ugi
you did carry your hend so highi but there's
one cpWiaft, yan will ha liAuled aver ihn
cGgls where you ATe going "a, II sou was
20 give mp all your estate, aud all your geld
~ the bhuk, ! w0uldn'l ohnIRe places with
you, Ah Joe, joe he continued turning 10
hay hy hia sidei nov you Hee how tr0e "
" that live dog IL better Than a dend n,
Onp
True enough. Mr. Hodges was the raply,
'it'h all very we'll 10 he Dives, aud hnyn your
swing among the blgwigs,in Ibis here world
bui Lazarus has Tf6 best ~ ", FeckUu, In
kingdom come
We'll, Joe, what can be fiirer; irs only
lurn aud turn about, you know
such was tho tone Of tbs discourse Ia
which ! wna condemned TO listen, and need
not State that IL did not tend "a diminish The
mental distress by which ! had been already
overwhelmed,
1hm did lie, ~ u victim dressed oui i0f
sacrifice, counting tho weary hours. .in unim-
agnhblo dcbolaliOu aud despair Of hpfit, IN
lil the arrival Of the fatal FRIDAY lhm waa lo
consummnie my horrible doom. Early on that
morning my coffin was brought IN aud de-
posted 10y my bedside, my whole soul re-
cOiing from Il with nu hhliorfouce only The
more intense because ny loalhing was up-
susceptible Of ulurnnce or manifestation. Mr.
Hodges, the uuderlaker'H foreman, drew up
the window Understanding as he returned
10 the bedside,
well, rm blessod if ever see a more fresh
looking slin.uu,' (such was his brutal nick
name for corpse.l 'oue might almost swear
llnl lac YVES only asleep. To bo sure he's
ONIy UItD NOyb 0lad1 0UU VIC U0lT--1r 711rr-TT
screw 'cm Up no fresh. Aud ho Hn'l swell
ed the lcnst In the world. Some dead uns
dou'l care whit trouble thoy give, md will
pun themselves out IN such ihoughtess
way nller beng measured, ihal ne good
hours work 10 ram aud Jam them into their
wooden box. We Hlinn't have any such both.
or here; the old chap, you'll fnd will it a.
rue m triyct Bear huud, aud let us
Try
The coffin had been placed on tall trcssols
aud ns ! WAS lillod from the bed To bo laid
within it, my head was elevated iof n low
seconds. and caught through the window n
clear vicw-uy last view, ~ thea believed
-ofthc world without oh how rnuFcen-
deuIly charming. how iucilhbly sweet aud
t,eH,,,4l,Ir auel glaIinus, did IL Appenrl- Gods
ems; The birds were singing gnily, inloXicnt.
ed with sunshine; the shifting lights aud
shades gave picturesque variety TO hll and
dnr aud grove TO earth aud water; all was
~, md mbtion In the fields; aud IN the con.
;igun,,- paddock caught n glimpse Of The
white cob 10 whom had been indebted for
80 muuy pleasant rides
By hcdge.tow clms and hrilooks green,
ald whasn hacli 1 Wns ncYnr ugniu TO brairidc !
Never had the face of nature, bcumlng with
nnwcry smics,nppcHrcd su lovely never had
cluug Ia life with 80 much love aud ycurn.
ing M ni tie momou whcu ] wns about to
ho driven out ofthc world hy-
Murdcr most foul, asnt bcstitiG,
Bui this most foul, strange, and unnatural
Aner had been deposited la my marrow
tccrplnclr, not without -t-r+iy - coarzu aud
unlccliug scuf' from the parties who per
formed this office, ! was ngnin len 10 soil.
Jude aud uY own miserable thoughts. While
was occupied 10 calculating the lapse of
time with an ever increasing horror, heard
footsteps Approachiuguy daughter bent ten.
derby over me, repeatedly kissed my lips
while the lenrs fell fast upon my tacc aud
whispering an almost iunudible Farewell
fora,er,uy dunr, dear father retired sobhing
from the room Most sweet aud dear was
this evidence Of liln affection, even although
II could not for nu instant defer the nppnll-
ing catastrophe which was ubuut to ovrr,ukC
me.