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

ihru5uof thy avn happiness hereafter, / en-
treat thee "a speak the truth
Maria raised her trembling hands aud
weeping eyes 90 heaven, ann saH5C1l kuovr
lL.-s--l.at iLs s!aa- -eerlainiy 81 hapa
b. be saved have Il not -tL
Now said her Githor, i indeed.,bolicyo
thee hhou hast Il not for know tat thou
wuuldat uot ie before The Almighty, tho no.
Bile counties, aud thy aged iatlwr apd since
l know tliat tllou, aEt inpOceui, ] an happy,
lie Dion also quiet, Aiaria, and Gar pothiag.
There . only ono rcal eyd in ilo eoFld llat
so should be- afraid 'ui, aau t,si sea- pdl-
on and Dgath itaolf are nothing 10 this.-
Whatever may now boGul us-though All mcn
ipraalo yet have We God fur our idcnd,
and hr shall deliver an, and at one tim or
other MAKE our inunclncr manifest
The young couutoa, wiped away a loarand
said, 'Nov that hear you say so, tao be-
licyo you have not the ring and yet when
all thugs are considered, IL hardly appars
possible that you should not have H. Us
mother knows the very spol on which dlr
laid the ring, not a moment lciorc Maria ,ud
I entered the room, aud no one else via init
That VIA mover near the table whore Il va
lying Maria hcrsclf caR prove. Maria Sas
len alone in The apartment while was spo,k p
ing 20 mymoihcr. Ahcr wc came ont, my
mother shut the door "a change hor dnsa;
when shc had done 20, she went 10 ako up
the ring, aud bohold it was gone Ny moth
rr carefully sought the room through and
through, and % cautious was she, that iho
said upildng OF it until she had look
cd for it three or four times but all Ia vain.
Now, who can have the HugY
4 rruuvt understand 49, -aid tho father,
God has subjected ~ to severe trial and a.
10 what pay follow said hy, raising hi, eyes
rcycrcptly toward hcaycuebchold, Lord,hcw
| am rcadyonly graul mc Thy grace, o, God
that i. .uiBcicnt Tor me
Truly said the counties, 4 return home
with heavy heart, This Is indeed n sorrow
ful birthday TO me- il will be- a sad story
My mother has not said a word 10 any one
but NE Of her oss, for fear of making Maria
unhappy, but shc will not cancval il longer
She must wcar.it to day. Ny father, whom
We expect hourly viii roony y,hiv ip for ho
prr-rut'-,ittt' lt,,i' ,,,l.s-ss...4asi.,
and .hc.alway. wears It oo ny birthday; she
eNpecb shall ccralnly brng II With me
-. s'.,s'.' 'v''tinuvu fnui ""s.,.. e---..-
esteem you inuoccnt but other, will not do
.o' Saying this, she went soTowiully out
of the house, aud both father md daughter
were so coniuundcd th6, neither could attend
her 10 the door.
The old man sat ON a bench, hp head rest
ing on hi. hands and tears flowed down his
pale checks. Maria fol- on her knees be-
fore him. weeping, aud looking mp into his
face, said, 'Oh, father am really innocent in
al thi, God knuVs am nuo-cnt"
Il-pG4lhcr raised hcr M aud gUing long
aud earnestly into her blue eyes, aid, Yes,
Maria thou art innocent Guilt could never
look so hpnc,t aud open-hraucd.'
'Oh, my father said Alnrin, how will this
end? What will they do to Us Oh, IL it
were why n,s--li ,hst. -l,"ald a,llsi. hAl NAIL,
iugly would | bear u but that you, YOU
should suffer on my account is horrible
Trust in God, said her father and bc not
afraid against his will they cannot touch a
hair of our heads. Whatever happens is
from God; it shall be for our pood,and We can
wish nothing more. Only, be not atraid,and
ever hold fast 10y the truth However they
may threaten thee, whatever they may prom
isc thee, only yield not hairs breadth from
the truth,but preserve pure conscience. a
good conscience is an easy pillow even in n
prison Maria, we shall now hg separated
from each other; thy father will not be able
to comfort thee; but cling only so much the
fmcr to thy Father in heaven; he, the nj.
mighty Protector ofinnoccncc, cannot bc TAX.
Tcu- rom tirrC.
/ The door was now suddenly opened, and
ngmbcr of officers entered the house, Ma
ria gave loud Shrek and rushed into hci
/ farthcrs arms. Separate them, SAID the chief
officer; take the daughter TO prison, and hoit
( the father also in safe custody; take possess
ION of the house ard garden, and let no on,
enter until we have made a strict search
Poor Maria passed many hours of the wca
ry night in prison thinking oi'the distress of
her father, and imploring assistance from OF
high to sustain them both in this unlookc,
for trial. Towards morning she sunk into
soft slumbcr, and she had scarcely awakcnc,
when an officer entered to take her before th,
court. She trcmblcd violently when she en-
tered the gloomy court house with its higl
arches and old hshioned-gothic windows
The judge was seated in a large arm chai
covered with scarlet cloth. 'Ihc sccrctar
sat before an enormous table with his pen il
his hand and, for his years, looked renarka
bly, grave and grim. Thejudgeput multi
tude of questions to Maria, all Of which sh
answered conionnably to.the strictcst truth
She wept muck and protested her inuorrnrv
But said the judge, do not deceive your
self. and assert the possibility of what is ul
terly impossible; no one but Souselr entorr'
the apartments no one but YOU can have tn
ring; therefore, confess it at once
I Maria, with tGHrs IN her eyes s,ricl, i eat