The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-04-30

CltHN. ~ on ihr hliiWtnG Worfihi1. lhri
~ the clock ~ the cl,urch OF barnes
climri The ihrre quarter. past eight
entered the churchSari.
Tie 6rsi thing did Was 10 fdl over
somehody's grave, for was looking tor
Mrs Granham instead Of mindinc WHERE
vns walking aud ll,,n 1 suirc said
"Thrr- you 60 agaln, a. violent as
usual ,loctor." aud iu the DIN mist ] saw
Mr. Shaw the solicitor, to my great sur.
prise.
was going to say something. but at
that mumrni ] was nearly knokvd
down again by somebody brushing by
me. A gl,Nm OF sunshine came out,
and the mi-i began to clear away, when
n most singular scene presented il-ulf
a few yards of was The grave Of Mr.
Jordan. aud kntcling 10y it was Mary.
his first love, with her child hy her side.
Mr. Shaw stool at my left, and ut his
feet there knelt n respectable looking
Young man ! recollcclcdns Mr. Shaw's
clerk
Good God Richards" said Mr.
Shaw :" is that you what is the mat
ter?
"Oh, sir" said Richards, ~ have
come to ask your forgiveness. The
spirit OF my poor old father stood by my
bedside all night Oh. God Oh God,
it WIS dreadful ard knew whn il
WAS for. Oh sir forgive me. peep
rd into the will. sir. With, you went ont
To diunrr--Mr Jnrlnn's wil--and
went round to all the rrlnlions. aud sold
the secret for two pounds a piece, and
and"
Mr. Shaw gave II jump that astoni,l-
,.d me.
"Dortor, Doctor" lr shonird. "inr
Coils snkc run down the London road
aud hiring the man with The grave stone.
Oh. .o,h gracious. Oh. curse you.
Richards. lla. ha. ha. Oh here he l.
oh. bless You. for prudent stone
mason; You shall 90 well paid for This
job. Hip, hip.--hurrah."
] thought 10 be- sure that Mr. Shaw
must have gone mad There WAS u
man looking over the railing Of the
churchyard with spade on his shoulder,
aud TO him Mr. Shaw said:
Five guincns for that spade.
The ,nnn thought he was mad. and
tried 10 run away, hut he dropped the.
,padc.hnd in anoihrr moment Mr. Shnw's
coal 'was off and he WAS digging away
like tnry.
Where's the stone ?" he cried. "bring
me the stone. That's right. Poke il in
prop il up. That's the ihing--nll'S
right. Here we are. Another knock.
ANS right--nll's right"
lor," said the stone mason. ~ he
lifted mp his hands =" look There"
looked in hc direction he indicated.
and there Ia my utter astoni-lmrnt.
saw arriving carts. coachcs, cabs, aud
whrrl-hnrrow and each contained n
tombstone. a regular iisht ensur,l ~
the entrance of the churrhyard aud en-
gagged in the fight recognized the re-
laiions of Mr. Jordan. Heavens, how
HEY cufl,al each other.
Hold" cried Mr. Shaw you are
all too late, although YOU had inlorlna.
Iion yon ought moi io.layc had. There
j. already II stone on Mr. Jordan. and
placed, too. by The only one who knew
no, what you all knew. Lisicni 10 the
conclusion of The will. And TO that
one of my relations who will erect a
tombstone 10 my memory. ] brqnraillt
my blessing and forgiveness. and eighty
ihousaul pounds in bank stock" Mai
am, -" 10 Mrs Guuhap--'. congral.
ulalc you."
Aud there's your ring" said |
MIR Shaw lei US shake hands. ] un.
dersiand you now
" Tia ha !" said Mr. Shaw. "Ladie,
and grnilcmen. you had better al %
you keep The Tombstone for yourselves
iun can get the name altered, for fyor
don't I'm afraid you will not find ihcn
something advantageous"