The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-03-24
WHOLE NO. 9II.

I" Nr, i'ava -er> room tia. morning.
jumped down from the bed. 50 a,snor,,e
At my Ill luck that hardly cared whether
a'!'oas hear! :nc or not. Quite a lit;le
cloud ot dust arose at inv feet As they ,bumr-
{" on the carpet Halo" Thought I: INV
Trend the head chann',cr,nail takes it easy
here Nice state Cor a carpet TO lie in. !,
one OF il'c hes. bedrooms at tbc C,,l;F,,
Arms. had lecn iu:n,,inr or the To-,
and staring W at the walls. but had never
." "'"'' - IA "ircn q clancc down at the car.
pei i:inI q irr Pretending .o lc L..
yer and not hlowin- hcu 70 ,or,l L.
enough
F., HE CARPET. l. Ill been siort article in
lis time had cvi,l"n-l, lcrnn in = dr,x;rc.
room then descended 10 cotlec--oo,n ,,,.r
gone up stars altogether To bedroom Tho
ground MAS brown. and pattern was punches
=" .'i''S ana re-es sfcckled over tho
"roHnd at regular distance. | rcckoned nm
'hc lunches. Ten alone the room-cioht A.
cross it. When had stepped ont five one
way and four The al: ', and was down on NV
kn"''> 'n IN centre bunch. as true as sit on
thu '~nra, coud hear mv own heart beat
:" loud tha' il 1niic fri.ltned me.
;ookc' narrowly all over the bunch, and
ieit al! over 1t with TIE ends Of NV fingers
an! no'hln@ came o: that. Then | scrapcd
II over slowly and GENTLY with my nails. Nv
second finger nal stuck at ore place. Ipart-
q! the CARPET over that place. and saw thin
>i''. wic! had been hidden l,v he pile being
>n.oo:!.rl over ia sit a. ont half an inch
lon@. with Il l.;tlc end of brown thread. ex-
ATTY the ''olor Of the carpet t-cronnI, sticking
ont about quarter Of an inch from the mid
He OF ii Jn>. "A, laid hold of the thread
gently. hear, .oot>'ep outside the door.
twas only the head ,hambermaid. .llavnr
>on done yet :" she whispers
''i'c rae two minutes" saws I land don.t
iet any one come near the ,loo--whatexe-
i'H do don't let any body s;artlc me AGAIN
ny coming near tie door
took little pull at the thread. am, head
something rustic. took lonser mil, and
cat came a piece of paper. rolled ur .;,b.
like those cana.cl. .l:er> t.lat the ladies make.
unro.lcl il - and. i,y George, gentlemen
ali. there was the letter
The original letter II knew It Tx the color
Of the Ink. The letter was worth five hum
'.rc! pounds 10 me 1t was all could do tn
keep myself at first. from throwing nv hat
into the AR. AMI loorayins like mad had
20 fake a chair anu si; quiet in it for a minute
or iSo. before could cool myself down TO
MY proper hu>inc-s lcv~!. knew that Twas
sally down acain when found myself pom
dcring how to let Mr. Davaccr know that
he hal been done ly the innocent country
attorney, after all.
II was not long before nice little irrita-
iinr plan occurred 20 me- ! tore blank
leaf ont oi my pocke,-bocl:. wratc on it with
NY Tcnc;i. - Chan@e for a five hundred pound
note fooled Il? the paper. tied tie thread to
H.pc!a"ii' il har! into Ike hiding place smooth.
r! over ;fe pie Of the carpet, and-as every
ho!y III this place @ues>cs. beiore | can tell
hcr. hoi:,! Of 10 Mr. Frank lie, in his
turn. L5!tcd OIL 10 show the letter TO tho
voun. lady. who first certified to its genuine
ness. then dropped it ir:o the fire, and then
took he initiative for the first time since her
m;rriaEe engagement. bv tlncing her arms
1roun! Lis neck. kissing him with all her
'ii.lt. and com. into Mysteries in his arms.
80 at least NJ. Frank told ne but that's
not evidence. Il is evidence, however, that
| S.w l;!cn married with my own eyes on
the Wednesdays, ard that while they went
oil IN Il carriage 10 spend the honeymoon,
~,i; V.i on my own !css to open crc-
Ii: a. tie Iown and County Bank with
Ave Hundred poanl note IN my pocket.
\: 10 Mr.. :'ira-cr, can tell YOU moth
.ng ;s3out hin. except what is derived from
hcar>ay evidence, which is always un-a'is-
factory evidence. even in a lawyers mouth.
Nv hoy Tom. although twice kicked of By
san The pc:!v. never lost hold of the bride,
,,1l.., -. man IN : =, from FIR. 70 last
:, , ,.
''''''
:ha: Oh 'hc "a' '"' i" 'Ac -''o -hr. Da'a-
-,r had! >f0,Ir'. al the i'Ihlic hocse. had spo-
kcc I wor.i or two to lis friend of the night
,..,,,. and had handed him WIN, looked Ike
=. ,l,,o a.
the thread that held the letter, to be used in
49,. If ,cci.l.4p.. l., every other respect.