The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-02-22

"Otherwiss | am not contested With ythe
naitsr, and" here he spoke ia such q
yeI,' low voice, tliAt could not cAtoh wal
be- spoke, the old mans fare ernged therrat
For some momsnY a dsath-dsep s'lanee
Fruvaiiud IN The nOsm, alone interrupted by
myself felt ner' Ons NJ - the result ]
Ongol-though ! understOod but httle--thai
tie old man should refuse the rvqnesi OF Ia
m0nd. had no confidence ia him, for he
scowled almost when he spoke of his brother
and nf RAnny's loyer--thc fair pale youth u
wliom have before spoken. My heart was
well nigh breaking when the old man CONSENT
ed, a. he did.
81 have some friends near by who will write
your will then" Euniond rose aud leit the
Tgm and a. sOon a. be did N, the old man
burst Into taars upon his bed 0i death
"Oh God, !" be- cried, ''protect my dear child
aud shield her from hann,"
Tho old man died.
~ yl,.,,,- -s!.ass-tiala -llaeruAfaia. IsmonA
returned hc tufned deadly pale and iIl.
did not srr any sign Of gricl-no nar-iif
sigh was there Hut there passed aih"ari
l,is Face at s.spFs-sisgs a.j~-shall cai
| Il, aud thereby call him hsnd The old MAI
/ had died, aud that wiz wAa not made Look
! ing on wcrr twu we'll dressed, sleek yihagcd
men ! took both 10 bc Lawyers-Sno hao
Esmond ross up, and with fearful ey,
/ lpckrd the d"of lie then FTasped os's Of hi
! ffcnda by the shoulder and pressing hi
nidnth close Ia his ear, Whispered something
| could not understand Msn. lie whispercS
also 20 the other, The two looked AT eacl
other, aud then bowed 10 Esmond, who stOos
AnAiourly before them, One Of tllubu wa
| layno- Fannys city suitor.
The ihrae AT around Table near tho col,
corpse. Good God : how pale aud glasil,
tic four looked. The same rigid aspect Of
grief was written on the face ofthe dead clay
from the faces Of the living there were look
a. of murder, deceit, aud daring crime.
.huddcrcd IN that house.
For some moments thcrc was stiffness OF
the grave in that roon,, which nov felt wa
filled with the roitcnurss of crime. One 0l
il,c men was engaged in writing AZ lcngu
he flushed
Can you initiate his hand precisely 7"
"Yes, yss," raid Esmond hastily, land
! sick man doa.7't write like himself"
lie was about - write IT, when Anothc
hcllish idea bramcd ,;ver his face. CAu ] tel
Il of the rnh Of sAintGd parents, Of the broth
cr of Fanny and Richard : Yes, he iorre
that pen into the fingers ui hi. lead father
hand, and then grasping thcm w. his o"i
hc wrote hi. name on that false wit,
"Ihcrr--wc can swear tO the lottct o' ti
truth now" a smile ~ OF an internal fan
from Tophct, lit ON his icaturcs--thc devil
The strangers separated aflor SOM, cunVer
sNtion with Esmond IN whispers. The latter
with n look OF hypocritioal melancholy, thel
called for his sister. She canr swiftly, an,
another moment found her beside the b0d,
! OrtGI dcL1 parent, tltiiing Iii fuhhuAd viii
tears.
A. the senses diminish in point of number
thcy b-comr Tar norr arUtc, the ti-s to th'
world without IL have more power where the,
exist. IL was 80 with Fanny now in the worl,
of feeling One hy one many had now beel
hrokcn of the cords that twincd around hr
heart, aud bouud IL ia love Ia things aroun,
her; now all was ccntrrcd IN Richard, fo
,ho knew Esmond but slightly.
(Thc old Clock hastily brushed away a ri.
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