Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1850-01-17

that | might start from the bed, gTlpple mn
BY the throat, and shout aloud VILLAIN
did you not assert, over and over, that
should recover rapidly, if | would but sTal-
low double doses O: your Internal resiora-
tive! and now YOU wonder that it did not
kill me sooner !"
Bat, alas 50 tar as cCrpOreal energy was
concerned was indeed corpse. al must
have Il peep at tie WILL" were the next
words heard. Father told me lis con-
tents some time ago; nearly everything left
to me | should fad it, he said, III the small
drawer of the black escritoire." To this
article of furniture, which stood in the ad-
joining par'or, lie accordingly o'clock hln-
self; and as The door of communication se-
tween the two rooms was left open, | was
enabled to watch all his proceedings, and to
overhear his comments. Having Withdrawn
the will from its place OF deposit, he opened
The shutters, seated himself by tie window,
and slowly perased II, calculating at inter-
walls, " Al riEht-all rIght-everythln
mine Of course-couldn't be otherwise; an
only son. But what on earth could ny IA
Their mean By leaving 50 much to SARAH
" hat u women want with money! Only
makes them i prey to tortune-hun,efs.-
Glad to see, though, that she IS to be cut
off if she marrles the pauper curate. Don't
want any bergars' brats IN the tami!y, al
WAYS peslering you for assistance. Halo !
what this another paperP So savIng, he
took up and opened the codlcil ran his eyes
over It's Contents and starting up as he fin
ished, an-rly calculated, % lmnltion =
here's pretty go-a!l to be forfeited to the
county hospital If ever | marry Julia Thorpe
tile only GIRL in the whole wide world that
wish to marry; girl, moreover, who is
p1sslonately attached to me, and who-Why
1t would be downright robbery. Never
heard OF anything 80 cruel, SO atrocIous, 50
unnatural. But won't submit to be plum
dered IN tins way not such an ass. I'll
have Julia, aud I'll have the fortune, too, as
sure a. NY name is George; and what's
more, won't lose another moment IN secur-
inI both. The governor youder can tpeach,
for dead men tel! 10 tales; 10 more eau a
burnt codocil, so here goes. With these
words he again closed the window->huttcrs
locked the inner door, so as to pregent
observation or rFupton-CommIIted the
codicll To the parlor fire, closely watching
lis cunbu>;ion-aud then said IN a TRIUMPH
ant tone, Is he looked taantlnriy towards
the bed, Well, old gentleman you have
not gained much by that dodge. The es-
tates will be mrne, and Julia viii be mine,
and all the codIclls in the world cannot keep
me out of them. Fairly outwtted the gov
ernor Ilal Ina ha =
T,,4--.-rl... b. I,,Ja,,,-- aud r,,-I.,pr ,.c+
to say demonlacaI, did that laugh appear,
coming from wretch who stood IN the
presence of his victim, and that victim ia
Their who had never denied him i request
Ills seii-totrayals IN the sOllioquy TO which
had been listening, AID his neidrious de-
struction Of the cadicil, had di>peled that
belief of his innocence to hen | had 50
t'ndiy aud 50 pertindcIousl ! cluag; and
could no longer rePel the horrible coHyic-
tion that he must have well known the pois
ouOus nature OF Tie restorative, aud that he
had prob ably coucocted ii with his own
paTricidai hands. The successful de>truc-
ton OF tue cod.ciI seemed 10 have elevated
aim into state Of almost druu,en excite
ment, FIR lie threw his at,.s " div about,
walking rapidly up aud down tie parlor,
z''o'9 i.''o '''9 "e''-'''ai'ue'' S"'ppeu ms
III " 'u'iii'' "'''4 '"'Ne" l''o',''G'
81 Ms '''''"t,i'''1 IL '''i"9e WIN 'I''d' OF
IuvitIng lis Newmarket friends 10 the we'd
d n, oi buying mounds and hunters, aud
OF stocking MS cellar with the FaFest wines
thai money could command. Ia the midst
oi these rI'Ioas aniic'pations tapping was
heard at the pAri 3r door, when the exiting
expression Of his features WIS INSTANTLY
Changed mo look ct Alarm and his volce
betrayed agitation as he demanded, nos
there who's there W hat do you wantH
could not catch the reply, bat the door
WIS unlocked aud opened, and my daughter
entered, iaqarhg Why he had locked nin-
self IA; 10 which he made no answer, but
clscriy asked,
w nen did !oa say Doctor Lunel was to
return
he day alter Tomorrow.
Coniound It, 50 early! how deuced un-
lucky
L thought YOU would be glad to knoY
that we shai. see hlm On Friday night or
Saturday morning.
Sarah the funeral must take place on