The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-01-14

few months were spent very pleasantly, ant
then the wishes of the wife seemed to be les
regarded.
What do you say to selling Jerry in
quircd Mr. Snccks one morning.
Jerry. Why could not do without linn
! should as soon think of selling my ward
robe
~ man here has taken great fancy t.
him. He offers me one hundred and fifty dol
lars, and that is twice what he is worth
Il don't know about that Jerry is worth ;
hundred and fifty dollars to me- Mr. FL
drid gc bought him for nv use; he is cuuall,
good under the saddle or in the harness, an,
| shall never think of parting with him
Il guess YOU WILL Mr. Snccks thought, a
he left the house. You will find that hap
pen to be the master here. | have ncarl,
everything in my hands now, not cxccptin.
vour pretty SELF anl Won must not set NJ
your will in opposition to mine
The horse was sold and the owrcr wa
quite too amiahc to fret or show any Ill -hu
NOR: hut She felt @ricvc,l She loved Jcrr,
almost as a friend. and there were man,
pleasant memories connected with his use
and. indeed. when She wanted to 90 abroad
how could she 90 without him : Her indc
pcnlcnrc was abridged and She felt it keen
~
She had hu: partially recovered from thi
affair. before her master >uocrstcI that
very valuable watch should he disposed o.
which belonged to her former husband
'iou know it Is altogether too LARGE io,
vou.' said he. 1T will bring enough to hu,
ladv'S watch and hundred dollars besides
That could be placed at interest | aIwav
Ike available property
Iwould rather rot part with The watch
Mr Snccs> Iwi>h vou would not ask m,
tor it,
'i;h;nk vou had better sell il, my dcar
want to teach vou TO be good fnauc;cr.-
And hv little kissing anl fl f.ttorin.. hc q
ta;rel possession.
Mrs. >ncck> lid no: give up the vat fl
willingly. " 'i.c time her iip treml!clau,
her eyes filled then hurr, in. to her room
aHl fastening the door. ~hr threw hcr>c,t'ur
on thc ted. and burst into flood Of tears
She hardly knew WHY She was weeping -.
thought It STRANGE ,l,t She should weep
She presumed Mr. SMcckS was ri hit II
would he better 70 have money at intcrc>.
than in watch Sill there WAS sacred
ness about the article in her ewes: and. I,
thr poetic soul everything is sacred that he.
lonecd to a friend thr look. the watch. th.
p'ant. even. that was tended and watcrcl h>
a loved one now in ,hr >pirit-l1nI. bind, it
self to the heart with tie which it is >acri
lcr" to sever
Besides Tie horse and watch Mr Sncch
sold buggy and some other property. a
that tn!". amountinc in AL TO some five Eun-
drcd dollars HIS wife wondered why he
did this. and what he would 10 with Tie pro
cccd>: but it was not for her 10 look into
business matters. 50 no inqnirirs were madr
The truth however. was inadvertently thru>.
upon her. \ stranger had called at hrr
house several times within a few weeks. anl
daring one of his vi>it>thc door was SLIGHTLY
aar. and She, being in an adjoining room.
overheard the followinr-
They say Won go' rood haul viii, ~.
widow i'v George fifteen thousand dol
lars sets man on his feet. even though he
has some debts 20 pay
y LONG pause cnsucd. then the STRANGER
spoke again:
'lou must pay me more than this before
leave. must have one thousand ,!o!!ar-
mDr,.'
Icannot raise that amount, sad MrSncck~
i acknowledge the debt. course: but can.
not meet it fully at present.
Don't pat me off in that way am not A
Young one. to be suck krd in with such prrtcr-
SONS. You shall pay me. or I will expose
vou. as >irc as vou'rc live man. That new
wife Of yours shall know -
'IIn>h hush What's the use of hlahbinr =:
Won D. The c,,ithct Mr. SncckS woul1
hav" used. seemed to die upon his lips II,
walkc'! ncrvou> ' around the room. and find
in@ the door ajar, he closed it with much VI
olcncc.
That new wife shall know Shall know
What : thought She \ chilling hcavincs>
of heart at once oppressed her: a rccoil of at
tcction made her shu,ldcr Aftcr time. her
thoHghtS reverted to other Interests And
so my GOOD old Jerry. and Mr. Earidgc'
watch, and the hu"gv. and other things. have
gone to Mr. Sncck's debts. Now. that is
wrong, all wrong muScd the agitated woman
She felt very uncomfortable after hearing the
above; but she was such a loving. trusting
creature, that many days had not passed be-
fore her spirits rcgaincd their former tone
The atlcc:ionatc part of her nature alone had
been developed Her husband seemed to
doat upon her. as at first: and she soon dis
missed all fears. that there had been ANYTHING
wrong in his former life. Occasionally that
threat would ring in her earl will expose
YOU" but she con,olcd herself with the flat