The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-04-25
THE INFANTICIDE.

The following is a selection from -,
Bay Path" picturesque story OF Pu:
times. Sinre IIawthorne's tonks, We =.
net with no picture of carly New Em.
life so skiifa!y drawn As this. j. G.. u
land, Esq. is the author. (Messrs. c ,
Putnam & Coz
Within few m:nu'es. the cabin hal Q,
solemn to is only wakcful tenant. The
had swollen with rain until tn. leak ", 81
small thar the drops came in at lon. -
measured intervals upon body Of W.
whose increased Arp'h gave forth =
strange resonance, like the toliinI OF a /; ...
ly bell.
! Mary lay in Iea,hlike s'illnas.. Es.e,,.
TO the kncll. AMI revolving in h.r caa:.l>-.
mind a purpose which hal crept into 1t =.
fastened Itself there Gree iao-.. sh. 3...,,
ed up~a:ds-ionc. patiently AMI earn,.-
but she could see nothing bat the SIR
child Then SLOWLY. she turned her h,.a s...
Oh the pillow, until her eve. wpra -,ur; !
the little sleeper. Sn. w,'rh-I the bah. f.
few minu;eS-all the Tim" kcrpinr dis -
ly in her .harpen-'l approximations tn. r,
mic re>Tir,tions OF lis nurse and father. =,
alive IN every movement they night max
and then. Is ti;r serpent rrerrS toward 3:
victim it has thar ra- lsh. ra,hci her en-.
ateI han i! tow ard ih. child
With tn. tl->; movement, the win sen
- die AMY. and tn. RAIN TO Withhold its :.
upon the root. 81 paused and the T. ..i
tell INFO the pal still more slowly. arl W.
Sri Ter In'ana',jn. a> II they w-r, rrirf.!, =
denc'i, or grosin- FAINT with despair. l.
tween each irnp. In IA after i,,.h. ih. W.
! hand SID a:ols the sheet. coming nearer /.
still nearer the uncoiis .iou> babe. W., IS
nurse seemed 10 >no-e mo-, lou llv 4, :
danger II her char" increased Al lrn
IL in:,e hand was reached. AMI Mary "a
,lenralv Touched it. |, wa> silt arl va.
an'i Irri'a:r.. nv "a. = .it disturbance.
rh,,i rt>. 4, AMI slowly Lr,n,ei 1t T.,
rh.. of It's n,n,hcr In r.. utter tense,
her >en>ii'iil'.t>. >lr rnal feel the pu!>ai
q: rs heart At the very tips of It's fingers,
there was something 50 delicate and >w..-
~ t"n n. SON 'hinI 50 unconscious a..
ro'rnt IN lis >lrrn, ihn she paused FOR Il,
~ look III It's 'a,r. Sh. cnall noi H.. n
ken. Il Wa, tn sam. fare-the slm. G..
i..f hal CON" between her and her s
chr II was The i;fii,. im1,a,fer.
T.. win! ,-lmr ~ ac,in with A wall
tn. wo'a~. al h..r ham caarh. n. d..
pni>e and III iniii-n-r A-ru
nan'i VIZ IN IN :ipn. anl onwarl !; a.
vel. inrh hv :nrh. iowsr,lS the b,h.,, !
II he slowly !rrp;,i5 = II .ttr m-a,,shii.
i''r"n- low, tear!ai, u!ciiins nnr,.> ot i n,...
ton.
A!,in "a, p,u.. l. o,telt,v.-l> - d.
'a''i >''r'p"~s. then 'oy,-d, ia. ni.i. AL;
rp-e with >u! u isn9ii-. 10 m ,r.. : f..
as i'.r'c. hat 5, IL a!m,nir:nr. m. :.
fenced. ii'r r.1ti .r,>n->S rh.-f,.. 49, ;
the AZ. ani iIiln sac turned IA" .-h 4
AZ this iiin ~. her ,,e WI. b.,rl,i-, II :,
rNri'"mnnf. hut h.r ha2i All arm ". ,
>'''.dv a> If The nrrv,.< ;llar >,rr1r 70,
Were. of iron Siow!r that h mi u,>....l NJ.
n" iltte >irr,''r> ihroa and III, r.. !. -.
AMI r!-ii a> the hans. nf d,.a,h. II r.r....l
: Ii" r":>':nI> palm. with the >tr,i,.~.. -.
"n> un''eIu i'h TIA. u. iir<> sk,n. -, p.
warmth ot tn" l,te chm. an! ~
trra>'. Ike plip.'ic rmlnr,i,, Or .....
-. - IL ia - ;''''" 'n'.N AT Ar. l.
hrr> 'ln' IRON co:i'Irt bat still n "a :.
l htn from :hr ar norih-a>t Mary l....
aoia>t stirring among tn- trees On !, 49,,
roaring and w.ii,nn. and S.rraminr ,br ....
'he h:.:'r. until !: reached the cainn -.
t':owin. In ih" chimney aud sw-.,,in, ....
the root. 1t drowned all other noise vi ,-
and within
\, the height of the confusion. tL,. -.
hand with the grip of vice, was IA. 80.
nron the iitt!e s!eeper's throat. Not .r....
Hn IL draw-not an u;ferance did If m
afterwards It's hands inSfinrtirely r..
III Mary wrist lii the vain effort to :, 80
away ami ITS chest heaved in quick f.
and us legs ware drawn NJ in s,ru,-:5..
commissions. Thee grew faintpr and T..
|, .r, until the victims eves-s,r,inr1
o2en->!o".v de ,lcnrd into sens-,e>s 49,
and lis Soit, sweet face bersme ,nrs,j
purple. At last. all was s.llI-tb. h,h.
stone dead, The wind died awav, AMI 81
last brand had ceased to crarkle in NJ. :
place, and the riinkiag drops hal for.
10 rim" their changes In the wat-r-.,.,
, Inc silence grew awtul-ior death. VIC
madness, ami sleep were gathered in ~.
: room.
Il ne mnri"resS ciunr 10 the little neck .-,
had grown Ion: and lank within her "a.
until she tp-,n to feel the ,hin tb,, -.
creeping into her victims frame. and 81.
sue slowly and cautIou>l Y Withdrew ner Z ,s,
! and covered the body as the nurse had !.
! covered. In an instant wild thrill ot ex
ton passed through her hrain-a ,trsnr. ..
/, jov-"ho>e manifestation in some ma.
She han no power to rcpress. and she si,s..
ed The silence with a laugh SO loud. -.
me 'ninsieS>. and long continued. that it s..
Ell to the suddenly awakened. slrep.rs :, ..
, like the laugh of demon than of a b,..,
beng Hugh leaped 10 the bedside. =.
to"ha her sitting up At the end of The i.-
msiiy laughing still. ii. no sooner
Peared, than Mary pointed to the dead r;..
n and went INTO renewed convulsions of
terrible merrim-nt
, 80 Mary. O Col. Oh, what shall
what shall do ~ exclaimed Hu,i. h,r-
Il INTO Wild cry of anguish. a. he ,iim,v
= The child. ana placed his hurried AMI tr.-.
ling hand upon his cold little face.
M this time the drowSy nnrse .,r,
phiu'y towards the bed, wondering VII
: occurred. and more ian half iar,-,,,,,
she was not IN her own ca..in. She r;..
e hand upon the child dra,p-i to her kn
!, LOOK at 1t IN the !ail twilight of Nh. e..
felt Its neck. and then la,k.i At The. y,
) who's" 'ai"hter hil been arrested hy Il
= excismtfirn' of ferrnr AMI ,li,trr.,
|, terrible tact sto'" INTO her apprrh-a>;a.
E desre'' ard. sinking upon the ll,,r. =. S.,
P'e ana lr'"feh creature rlunr - IL.
knees ana gave u'tertlr. 10 -..r,. y. o..