The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-04-18

"''''"'' His4h regardless OF li. cutrra.
i't' ahd 'cTcalns Was given TO tho foam.
'ug waters. It, glare Of lightning ils,
"a- followed by a dcafrning rfaI o,
'A1ndtF, ih.y saw their victim ri>c II; on
hHer "A'c aad then plunge into laik
nos' and death hc,ohd.
Saoi: time lad ,hc csccu,ioncr. ,p
dwell upo" their fu,llcss deed. Their
iNcs were in jeopardy. \ storm 50 Vi.
o'c"! lad stidJ.d been equally. and the
hiilr crai wu. worked save by the skip.
per- by un>hi',hd hands. Desperate Fl.
forts were made 10 regain the Bay, but
u" entrance was harrow ard intricate.
While commands grossly misunderstood
were lromily executed, 80 ilia, tie bark
ran upon ledge of rocks aud quickl,
went 10 piece. Two only Of it, strange
crow were saved. The clegyman and
The con,,ct together reached the shorc.
some three years after these strange
events, tic Rev. Mr. Il was awah
encd one night by request TO come i'm
nediaie'y, and administer religious con.
'oi"''on 10 Il prisoner. WHO in attempting
to escape from Jail, had been mortallv
wounded hl ihc sentinel on du,y. The
Rcv. gentleman, folding his cloak about
hlin'a"d accompanied hy the lailor ,rod
their way through the snow and slee:
to the prison.
They found the prisoner wriling in
pain upon his bed in the gloomy c.ll.
LIT by dim candle, and alone. for the
surg on had pronounced his case hone
less.
You've come at last" he growled as
The cIcrgymen, approaching thc bel, took
nom beneath his cloak "a book, and bc.
tan the duties pertaining TO his sacred
mission. You've come at last. | lho't
Id 20 down before YOU got here"
May YOU be spared .or repentance );
let US lose no time
No yon don't! I'm bound 10 10
90 down--down. Don't be iooling: |
didn', send iol that"
The sands of life arc running fast
In a few moments you will be in the
presence Of your Judge, and repentance
then will be OF no avail"
1t will not avail nc now" said the
prisoner.
Think of your pas. liGe--tlink Of
the punishment that is 10 follow
The answer TO this was frantic roar
OF laughter, that made even the jai.ors
blood Jingle with with alarm.
IL will not remain" said Mr.. H,
s'ernly, and hear this awful mockery.
l warn you now-bewarc !"
"Well, listen---don't YOU know me %
The clergyman held the candle to the
convict's face, and started with astonish-
ment.
"Oh you know me, do you? You
remember the night we tossed W
overLoard--how he prayed? Oh, ho !
look TO yourself. ~
Il did my duty"
"Ah la. you did, did you: You did
your duty in drowning poor fellow for
a murd,r hc never committed :"
y tromor Ike an aguc run through
the listeners frame, and there he stood
as one disnayed,
lie never did the deed. ] murder
cd Mile Wood,---I chased her to the
garrct and Killed lcr, was there rob
hing the house when W came. !
heard him .peek chcerily to ihc child,
give Ler The squirrel, and then leave
\ minute after, She was dead baby,
and W had the blame"
"Lord have mercy upon me-" groan-
ed the Divine, in an agony oC spirit.
II slipped the gold pieces i'll Li- pock-
ct. How be prayed and begged fer
mercy, IT. our turn now! It's our
turn now, ! don't b,"-I won't-rIl
die as ! have livcd-but You can howl
He had widowed mother. We all went
under-but YOU and Iar.on, came up
togciher-now we 60 dpwn--,loNu
down ?" The voice ceascd-a shuddlr
run through his iron frame, and the
wrctched criminal was no more.
In time the village Of S. grew to q
city. Many OF lis Oldest citizens Lad
emigrated or were dead, and among the
remaining. the events ! have narrated
had faded into an almost uncertain le-
ccnd, when one sunny afternoon an cl.
dcyly gentlemen OF sraid, respectable hp-
pearancc. accompanied by his wife and
children, made his way from the evening
steamer to one Of the principal hotels
Alter securing rooms lie walled into the
streets. lie earnestly scanned the signs
as he passed. He stopped before one
that read attorney "a, Law = he paus.
cd, and then. with start, IA if the de-
termination had spice OF ibe desperate
il ii. be ascehded tie stairs 10 the Office.
An elderly man, with a bald bead and
wrinklcd face, was seated at table sur
by books and papers. Inviting
lhe new conner to be seated, hc rcercd at
Lin through Li- spcc..c.s., aud inquired
hi. business.
Mr.. D, you 90 not remember
me Z"
: canrS, say that ! do answered the
attorney, SLOW y a. If in doubt
DO .oc not remember pleading in be-
half OF a poor fellow about being !! nch-
ed for murder, some thirty years ,iAce''
Mr. NJ W exclaimed The
lawyer, ioyf1l'y. Can i, be pos.iLI. ;
never forget "A f,re. sn1 your. Saw In