The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-04-22
WHOLE No. SIR.

1t to night and few hours sooner or later
make no difference
lie again relarsci into silence from VIII; J,
MS fellow traveller did NJ. amin a,t.r,, r.
arouse HIM, until the shriIl scream of ,bc
engine gave note tha: the end fhc Journey
was reached. Then again Mr smith ~,okc
'"nc word with vou, Mr. Sutherland h,
S''' respectfully, Il am afraid Won will find
matters III sad state: it seems s.-a,..c =, 49,,
'""' y"" knew nothing Of this before: bu. =,
a'' events, have been thinking NAV H.. of
some little use to You: and if so here. i r,y
card: come and sec me-
Arthur mcchsnicail: took the offered card
and m'Ittercd an a~knowlcd -emn,t of ,,,,l,
for the rroiicrcd kindness: in !, ,;.,- ,,,;,,.
a car was conveying him and lbs lur.anc
'fom the railway station TO l.i< fathers hos.
Tell me- Jessie. is what h,y. hoard Ill,
night. true y
Hear Arthur we are ruined
'And 'nr father, what of him. Jcs,:e:'
She shook her heai mourntullv. The m al
'S't"'""nt OF few months. and its results
had brought about an ,mipcili:v of both mind
and body, painful! to witness.
'Non are oi:r only hope. now. Arthur. Oh
how dad am that ycu are come b,rl >.
last "
A:'hur>u:herland slept little :ha. ni.l...-
IN tne news whi,h h:> sister ha; confirm. 4
he saw the downfall Oh all the hopes wl.i.,,
ia' 50 recently shed sub bright h do ronad
'''e !"'"rc. lt'c partnership, would be "A par.
urrSinp IN poverty and disgrace. AMI the mat
fi"lonlal engagement must end in a bitter
disappointment,
i am sorry for YOU. Arthur. said ,l,c fall.
rr OF the Young lady the next DAY. when the
Young man called on him at his coup.in.
hou>c-anl mrs, 81, You have !.h,vrJ hon
ora'''y IN coming 10 III" first: hut vonr own
roo! sense will tell vou that the connection,
ought 10 he dropped altogether Yon kno,. I
"ld n"' gre my consent very willingly =.
tir>. and how
There needed nothing more than that c,u-
l'ha.Ic now Arthur returned home arii;a.ed
and cast down
The avriva! OF Arthur Sutherland. how.
ever. was very olrortunc. lie had GOOD
rcru;c among h;s t,,hcr's creditors: and i:
was known that he had had no share in tac
His assistance was valuable in winding IN
the heavy affairs of the bankruptcy: and
with straightforward and honorable franknc>s.
he made his services available 10 the utmost.
One evening while the business was Vet un-
completed. and after the harraS>ius duties g.
the day were over. Is hc was slowly return
in. - his fathers residence. he wa acco,. d
iv a gentleman whom he dim,y recognized
as the companion Of his railway Journey.
i have been expecting and hoping that
you would take E!c at my word, Mr. Suthcr-
land. ans! would have called on me before
now, b.; as as you have not, was iu>; ccin.
TO find you. A:c you ti>cnra.cl. L. ycu
are. am;. viii aiow mc, will WAX h5:ac,,a:l /
with yoa.
And now what are Won loia-: how are :ou
@ctiin. on: Bat need scarcely Ak ,ou
;.i> for every body meet speaks in praise
o! vour di>intcrcsted effort. to make the l,,>,
of this disastrous affair a:ld now think o.
what ! am saying. am not sorry YOU have
not been 20 see ne before now
What is the meaning OF this = thought Ar
thur: bat he did no; speak, al.d presently his
home WAS reached.
And now. tlr Sutherland. sail Mr. Smith,
when they were alone, may I ask what voa
in.rn doing wllta THESE .i:.ifs are finally
settled
Arthur rcr.ird that he had formed no plans
for the future. lie supposed however, tina;
a mercantile situation mi"ht be obtained.
Your fathers business WAS a good one,
believe. Mr. Sutherland: why not take il into
YOUR own hands:
We will Rot repeat further OF the ccnvcTsa
sion of that evening. Arthur found that b,
s,;mc means he had oL:ainyd the good will Of
a svmpa,Lizinc and able friend; and after
The interview, which vas p""iongcd 10 = i:t'
hour-tiic vouur man entered the room '"heri
his sister was waiting iur him. in a more ho,'c
tul frame of mind than hc had cnioycd >:nc,
his rct,lln home.
\ few weeks passed away: and then it be
came known, that Arthur Sutherland had en-
tered on the business which his father ha.i re
. lin,uishcd, with all the advantage ot an cn
largcd and profitable iorci gn trade Which h'
had been the means q; opening. lie ma'.'
no mystery of the fact tia. the unsoic;,c'
, assistance Of Mr Smith had enabled l.i.a Il
take this step; and when this was explained
all wonder ceased: for the large hearted
open handed, but sometimes eccentric libcr
;.lity of that gentleman was no secret. Never
thclcsS, there was a MYSTERY, which .ol
!: months afterwards, remained uncicarcd anc
we hasten on to its disclosure, l.aviny it tt
the Imagination Of those Of our readers wht
think tia, story Of ups and downs is by NJ
means complete if it does not end in wed
ding, to guess for themselves how Arthur
Sutherland wooed, and finally won the ia'i.v
Of his choice.
There was wedding, then