The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-07-24


wart the blue night overhead Startled iv
the noisy visitors, number of duskv lack
laws flew out of their holes up and down the
walls, and after uttcring their decided Iisar,-
probation OF being disturbei.male half ,loz-
Ell whrllng circuits Of the interior, risin.
rapidly upward until they Disappeared
lmmediatel Y afterwards a great white
owl projected its visage from a hole close a
bovc where one of the beams Joined the oppo-
site wall, and, tri@@htcdly pcerins with its
great 'iazzled ewes, the harmless creature
bewldcrcd, hopped from its hole on to the
beam, and having made few flutterings. re-
manned quite stationary, crouched in ball
like figurc close to the wall
"Oh, Deschamp," exclaimed one of tlu.
party to friend at his side who was pluck
ing the long gray moss ola peculiar species,
which literally clothes the castle wall inside.
and out, "lnok Wonder at Minerva's bird"
"lla la" choruscd the company, "a YER
itablc owl ~
lhcreupon, one and all began picking up
bits OF brick and mortar from where they
stood. and threw them at the bird with yari-
ouS degrees of skill. One or two bits even
struck 1t. but so far from being reused there
by, the owl merely gave one bodns, long
drawn, scpulrhral scrrerh. and contracting
it~ chastity outlines into still smaller compass.
fairly buried its broad vi>agc between the
meeting OF the hony tips of its wings.
What a stupid creature hoo horoo 80
shouted they. thinking hy that means to in
'iure it to fly. But the ou,cry only terrified
the bird to such degree that ii struck ii,
claws convul>ivcly into the lc,,aved timber
, and stirred not at all.
Its the wav . them creatures" said tn,
guide, .'thry'rr about the s,upidest things il
creation, I'm a thinkin.'
\ "lIumph {" mu,lered Lord Swinlon,a hand
e some. athletic voun- man of twenty. witt
p such an example before our ewes. W., canno
1 hnt admit yonr opinion 10 be highly philo
V sophie and indi,putah!e. But say. old ttl
/ low" added he. tapping the gniie famlliarl,
r on the shoulder with the LIGHT riding switrl
9 hr carried in his hand. rs hor beam rottcl
l.
Is iva :. ~ - ''>' III; S''
>. nn il sir" said the man "A fat. dumpv per
49, ,.u,,.., y. ,,,
: think NOT r.snon,.,Io,c ,,,
of supreme dis.I,in sw,cpinr acros, his e.,
tprcs ~ he srr,.,..5 ,I. .,lI t.f.,r~ Co.,
l.. head to foot, But tell me, did vou eve
+ know n'E'"ig walk urom it. rh =:
"bh d:ar. YES. Dnl, last summer vorn.
ON"nan ran from end To end of it. As | SEE,
- with my own eyes"
!. "l'ld he
: True put IN pc>champ. 81 rcmembe
! now. 1t was Young Manners OF Brazcnnose
i and didn't he hrag about 1t
+ Him exclaimed Lord >wind"n. with
toss OF his head; that fellow. poor mliksop
/ N"'. continued he. hastily that II IS an,v
e thin@ OF feat Pooh
Not f'h murmurcd his companions
anu with one accord 'hcN stretched forth th'i
- heck>. ana gazing down tn" DIM ahy>s >hud
II. "'red AT what they heh'Id- Wei! they m'@h
le Inc beam IN question rose at height OF ahou
y one hundred feet and nanGht heneath II Wa
h ulrFe but @I"omy rha>m' only broken l
II. one or Nv" i'"'> Dy 'f"ih"'ii'- beams an
y i''' one even % ''!'S' was .! many '''' h''
II. oh' o"'hd"h' no" can you say 80
;s Il can say ii, and do. >mappishly reptile
I'll the fiery young man his brain heated wit
wine. ''and at any rate, what that teflo
.. Manners has done. can do. 80 look out y
l.. Thus speaking, he rerkIc>> Y stepped O
,.- the beam. and despite the rcm"nstrances O
at his companions, was in the act Of proccedir
wv along ii. when his arm was firmly gra>pc
;" and low dcep-toned voice exclaimed NJ
49, lord. do YOU court a horrible death: DO
Sc. thus risk your life for naught" :"
he The individual who thus unhc,itatiugly il
Ia ,erfered was evidently unknown to all pre-
T., ent. being a casual visitor to the castle WI
in had inst ioncd the oroun. With an impr
ay cation, the mad-cap .crkcd his arm away, al
sprang forward along the beam. Its snrta
was rough, rounded and uneven; and as