The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-01-24

- :hrouch the pouring rain and bowling wind
prr'u5nrdssiowly ~ his wife. She wa
= etyifstssa thEGra;;':f
$ 10 fn>An't WHAT a christmas guest VIVA
a'om!ns home cried she.
SD. Mlr>ton must have known Of th
~ ron]fr why hrnever told u.s." re;iie'
konin, "Wha' jill he say 70 Won while wa
tT'' Of tie nom with The DOCTOR"
'No'hin.
''!-", rs ."t 70 bed Poor Carl he i, nc
IN BAD hand. seemingly. but II! 90 and SCI
after him il! ii'ile while. II is like dream
i it net? Come aud gone already"
r...t' CHApIkE THE >EvEHrn
49, The summer following Carl Branston's WISH
I" h'' brothers house in London. WAS one Of
prolonged .dlousht; TIE shrubs and flower,
were shrlvel-d and burnt up. the earth yawn.
."a IN ihlr'y .crarks all over i,s su,tare.-
Room hat seen Carl twise, and had been
cprsy,nre.l by what he himself observed, as
d ~eli ~ hy the doctors arguments. tina. he
- c0u.rr'N he III kinder hands and he let. him
where be had at first voluntarily placed him.
self Having seen him Robin was satisfied
. fhaf:his deuslons were incuraDie. and by and
~ happy IN his own home, in his wife and
his beautiful children the remembrance of
g that awini w-t ceased 70 weigh nnOn him.
81 q! As for Carl. when he passed ont of the
dusty arena OF business lite. his place was
j. filled up. aG'l he WAS torao,trn, as much as if
he WAS already dead. His money accumula-
ted untourhed his fate had evolved itself
srn by step from the crime which his par.
<1vsrns OF remerse continually brtraved.--
From that moment mists OF vague dread con
fused han. then a twilight of distinct fears,
which made themselves yhastlv shapes to his
bodily eyes, and finally madness fell upon
" him. e..
: 1t was on the seventeenth day Of August
that he ESCAPED a second time from the house
IN "hlrh hr was guarded, md on this occasion
he Wa. more successful in eiudIno pursuit
than he had previously been. Ten DAYS
Z. elnstu and he had not been traced 1t was
known that he had money: it had never been
.wi14eid from him since his confinement; for
d! he loved to enter INTO imaginary sales with
'':li, keepers. and would not he put oil with
anything but the gold which be bad so far a,
he was himself rO,r-rncd succeedcd in turn
ing into wIihcrcd leaves
On the twenty Seventh day Of August Their
the ann,versar" OF his fathers death, he to
wards uionuaii entered thick wood a mar
row birdie path across one angle OF which led
towards an extensive fat OF .urze and ling
COVERED: moor. The trees closely planted,
and still inrhelr iI;l summer toiiacr.rxrludsd
ri huI the rarcSt Climp>rs Of SKY. One NAV
lnaTiHe nus Croi forgot en man WANDERING
aim. l~sSlv forward IN the gloomy silence. hun
crv and thirsty. trembling at the rustic o! IA
leaf, hearing m his own mu-d footsteps
:, e.''tors OF tine pursuers tread. and painting
hastily on with many back ward glance
long The hackrnn. path. One NAV imagine
HIM stumbling AZ his ewes rove from one Of
hi. phantom companions 70 another cur>inn
them und"r bis breath, and then laughing
-ins1n.ly III. the flushed woods thrill asnn-
l,naaine il hrt ta.n'i.
' Presently he became aware OF SIN .uiar
clare= Of i.!1' through openings tetwc.n the
trees. an" patches on the ground. Nha'
. could this appear,nre be: Not lightning
- far tho moon and stars were shining owe, head :
the effect OF these Sudden breaks III the >ha
'dowv darkness Of the un!ergrowth ct nu: he's
Wild IN the extreme; to Carl Braistcn
II NAV hive spelnr'! Xix" tie horrld approach
tr'h,. mouth II he'll. soon n3ht WAS 'h,n
. 's,-..' 'n'n h,.i.n1s ami lnrId Giv; The stars
rt,i btioa IL g!irr allow hi, iik. III
N-r If trfarnn ~ ant iirn,ls seemed 10 move the
air all aron,rl him. and hof, urick hrra'a>
watt against his tAre. lie must have TOW
|n~t Az nv tal,t Hiinmrr of sense which nq
directed ms wal!-rin.> hitherto. or ~nat NJ,
hi- view on comm. 20 he vergr OF the wood
might have been comp-hcnded. and its dan
ger avoided. the tu'ze and hing were OH
fire thrNn.hout an immense tract the excess,
Eve tirvness of everything causing chem ~
- burn wrh marvellous sw,tness. 70 Carl i;
avas continuation Of his awful lancl.S. no
''narr'rc. 6r threat than they. Ike was be,
Wilde rrt. a,,i11ed. los,
Straight on he ran No visitle outlet: he
'''nrn"d; ,ht IRE had creep, h.h,nd him, and
was rushing tcr the wood. To IT.. right to
;ie 'e,t the fun. there before hun
noe~ape.' Ike WAS literally hrmmrd in with
IN :. notn"n'ly narrowing circle: the red
Tongues came leaping and dancing over the
'tnr1s. lrayih. black, smnkn" drsulatl1n III
,tt'ir track, straight to wards hun
'0cam summer night wha: scene was
this on. wach ,cu looked down, What
.'torr'rlt despair, What deadly fear Vert
there rp no PRAYER from that doomed and
miserable man in his extremity? No cry tor
mercy or ,arGon-ro outbreak frepcn'ancr:
''i'ht is your secret and Heavens. His hour
OF rrck0tins came TO him then. and such rs
.;a account s'ood it must have been given in
TO the inst juice who, sooner or later, brings
every uan's sin home to him
&c C.,l "a ,rt nod rar,,,o- yror..
found ana iisht'iird not :nany DAYS after.
TIE D6tor, from whose house he had os
capH brbu.'t the of the rata>;roph-
- 10 'R,hin. ami his wife. With the former and
'ir Mat},on he har! long private conicrrn
-. 'rht disclosures aud explanations then
:iv;f:i ana -, 'ved never transpirth further
t.y,a tii:'r was '"t permitted 10 >h aye 't,"nl
w that !.yy were ni a Dark and awiu! char
a(r >ha ;..:--..; cot, lecture from tn" tact ,h.'.
uh!Yi'! >'an,.ing ihr at accumulated fortune
thai CEi III t,.!!inl HIN, her husband still
r,,nt',i,..'! u i9G- sn.! Lcrd working mum
S,ine vsS.rE .atrr w,l,n t1tlr chldren> e'u-
carton ilrca.;. OK ,s-rfi.e. al :! money would
have been Q! sCiIi benefit 10 hem, she V II
tur-I to Az how l." property I'D teen ap-
i@d, and why ii vas diverted Fl, L, them :?
For the :ir>t tiaie in his lie Robin spoke
. lr,H.' aid Stcrn'v 20 her: "AIlce, i: my
%. "hiI,!reii were barefoot and wanting bra !.
one sX.,"nro OF Carts No..:y should o.
Il relley" them" II aid
In ;'rore,s of tts however fortune Turned