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

would never be Otherwise, aud my trance
eNisIonce--migbt loo a perpetual conscious
ness, aud consequently an UNMARRIED misery.
how could man be mad and molionlcss, n
nlaninc aud n statue What inconceiyAble
misery 10 feel YOUR brain ruVing md raging
" WiIh nn insanity which can dad no vent for
iIs fury, either by the explosions Of tho voice
or ihe conyulviye violence of ihe llmbs Ia
sucli sad IhoGghlS, wearily aud drearily did
the irSI night ofmy living death drag It's
slow length nloGg.
CHAPTER V.
Forlurn os was my sinte, aud frghiiul az
was the prospect before me, the lawuing
lighl and tho twllcring Of the BIRDS tliai ni'1
nouneed new day, fell checfily upon my
ear. Al this early hour my daughter ronp.
pcarcd Ia the chamber, nnd rccolling with
tFfighi shuddur M Hhu kiSErd INC, uxrtHingri
IN voice broken 10y onloloil--"Cold, quite
cold fear there In no hope. My poor
dear faIler! :" She did NOT despair, however,
for She again knelI down and prayed frrvenl-
ly for my recovery, niier which she retired
weeping from iho room. lnexprcHsvely
grateful to me was this proof OF filin alice
lion, although u was moi unmugled with
sell-reproach, for felt that my recent eou-
duet TO the poor girl had hardly entitled mo
10 such tender deyotcdncss.
Various matin Sounds now reached me
from without; the friuughmnuis wiIrstir, tho
wetting of the mowers seyihe, the lowing
tt'ttl I-+tIRs ~ cattle, sFalsI,,F- -aCessIK
challenging each other; aud ns | listened
icumpncently to this rural chorus, distinct
ly and wildly snw-hy u species OF ciarroy,
dnee for which am utterly unable TO account
the whole morning landscape commanded
10y my drawing ROOM WindOws. -rIG leaves
Oi ili' white ash trees, flashing and ih,ling Ia
The ray, looked like so many iwinkling eyes;
the pines aud poplars waving in the breeze,
seemed to he stretching themselves out TO
shake of sleep;thc river, dimpled hy the air
threw sunny smiles at every flower II passed:
tho gilded suminits OF the distant hills spnrk.
led IN the blue sky, while their bases were
still wrenlhcd ia vApor, which gradually
fluaIed upwards, and all became bright aud
joyous MS ift were the weddug-day Of honv.
en- aud earth. How long remained gazing
IN delight upon this beautiful revelation
know not, but probably somo hours must
have glidod away for the day Ind made good
prngrcss when my attention was arrested lay
the opening Of ths parlor door, aud heard
the wei known footsteps ofmy son George.
On reaching the bedside lac gnzed ut me
for few seconds IA silence, after which hc
reclaimed in m accent Of unfceling surprise
-"llang me if ] see much alteration IN the
governors appearance, hitle IihleT, ,perbap
nothing moro.n Laying his hand upon my
cheek, aud subsequently, upon my heart, he
conIlnued-"No pultaIion aud the cold,
clammy feel ofa corpse Ay, ny, he's dead
enough Al lasl,-phe- etly HanslaE ~ that lao
should hold out so long" Oh how I wish
eel for resuscitntion. that might start from
the bed d,grnppe him by the Iliront, and shout
all aI Ill III A
over, that | should recover rnpidly,if would
but swallow double dnses of your Internal
restorative? ? aud Gow you wonder that it did
not kill me sooner !"
hut alas so far rs corporou energy was
concerned wns indeed a corpse. "l must
hnve peep At the will, ,"were the next words
hcnrd. "Fathcr told me its contents some time
ngo; nearly Everything len to me; | shoukl
find IL, lac shid, IN the small drawer Of the
black escritoire." To this ARTICLE of furni.
ture, which stood Ia the I'D DINING pnrlor he
accordingly bctOok himself; and ms the door
Of communication betweon the Two rooms
was LOFT open, was enabled 10 watch all Ills
proceedings, aud ovcrhear his commcntS---
lIavlEg Withdrawn the will from it's place oi
deposit, no opened the shutters, seated him
self hy the window, Hntls SLOWLY perused it.
calculating nj intervals, "All right--nll right
- everything mino of conrse---couldn't be
otherwise; an only son. But whnt on earth
could my father nienn hy leuving so much
to Sarah What do women wanti
with money? Only makes them n prey to
fortune hunters GIul to see, though, that
shu is To lie rm off II she mnrrcs the pnuIrcr
curatr. Dou'Iwaut ANY heggnrs' hrals in
the tnmily, always prstcring you for usSisI
nircc. lIulio what's this another paper ~
So saying, he took mIt hIrl opened the codi-
al r,,, pos nV q mai atu
ing mp as he finished, ungriGy calculated,
ILLUMINATION pretty go--al To hel
forfeited 10 lhe county hnspitni II eyer uiar-
~ Juiio Thoupe--lhe only girl ia tho whole
wide world ilal wish Ia marry; "a gir,
moreover, who is pussionatoly attached "a
inc, and wio--why it would be dowhriglH
robbery NUvCT ttrurd of anything 80 rrurl,