The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-11-28

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Henry Falk, at the age of twenty, looke'
forward to mercantile life of prosperity an,
distinction. The only child of an opulcn
merchant of MagdeDurg, who was fast grow
ing too old to retain the entire control of hi
extended affairs, it was confidently expected
that he would in no long time be suffered t,
assume them in his own name But thcr
was little cloud in the distance. invisible t,
those most interested. which at times threat
cned to grow into storm of unforeseen con
sequences. Henry was in love with a voun.
lady of limited fortune, and bent upon mar
ry:ng her i'll spite of his fathers opposition
She brings me no vulgar dowry of none,
and lands. said the enthusiastic lover to thu
calculating old gentleman; but she does brin.
what far outweighS my fortune in worth;
noble. womanly soul. am rich enough fol
both why must sell my heart to buy what
do not want? His father had no head fol
such nonscrsical logic. "Moncv to money
was 4 favoritc maxim with him he had acted
upon it through long life, and believed that
he owed his fortune to the principle 1t wen,
>orclv'aganst the grain that his son, on whom
he had relied to carry the family fortune tc
the highest degree Of prosperity. should run
off the track for what he accounted a mere
foolish whim. which sober second though,
would make him ashamed Of lie loved him
too well, and WAS too we'll aware of the stuff
he was made of, to use any means but reason
and cntrcaty and appeals to his self-interest
but in time. finding that nothing could move
his o'Stinacv. he began to grow reserved and
srutf: the interviews between father and son
became embarrassing and unpleasant and at
last they rarely spoke except upon matters
of business Still, whatever NAV have been
broodirg in the old mans heart. there were
40 threats. and Henry had no reason to fear
that matters would terminate in on2n rupture
between them
Bat a> his father gradually failed towards
the grave. the thought of the slightest c>-
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Itwould not be difficult TO ,uc>s ,hc result
The thourh,-at first driven from him with
di>,laiu. bu, soon rcturnino 70 br ,lvclt n,o,,
with fatal drlibcr,,;,n-,h,t :, r,,l. ol,,;,
management was all that WAS rcrr>>,r, :,
make that immense for,upc his own shortly
drove every nriipci,lr of b,r,r and b,p,>,,
from the Cousins xbo,r,.-f,r =, OWL ,b,r,-h,
return, and returns unon one ike az ;p.x-
or.blc fcnd: Won must say. Lc.onc' with ,
,l,,.rr,;,,cJ soul nv S,orn, ~. l,,,r :. wi,
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ninr +, relate tbc i,s;d;ous means which ~,
,mplovcd to ,l;cnatc ,hr old mans hear,
from his SON how h. A,,t,r,a his rcrc,,t;I..
pride and wisdom; how he reused hi, aprcr
against the innocent cause Of all the ,roub)c
and ar,fullv contriycd 70 involve Henry in i,
At last The very absence Of his co,,s;u. all
the time prolonged by his own letters. WAS
u,cd ar,;n>, him II rcou;rcd M nrof,,<<;;ou
al eve to see that the trouble was surely and
not slowly preparing the poor old misguided
man for the grave.
Misled by the false letters of his cousin.
Henry extended his absence from q few week :
to several months. and it WAS mast summer
when he received letter from lawyer in
Magdcburg, with the intelligence of the death