The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-02-05

one. LONE days after, when Ivon
wished to harvest, he stopped him by
pretending that the harvest belonged
to him. The kings people were called
to decide; they found the boundary
stone on the limits of the arabic land,
and therefore decided that al of this
belonged to Claude Perrin. lyon rob-
bed ofthat which his father had left
him showed neithe anger nor despair.
He buried his wife whose death was
hastened by the sentence ofthe judges
thanked God for not having given him
children to share his misery; cut a stick
Of broo.h from the ground, and disap-
peared on the road that led to the
desert
Meanwhile, remorse had not failed
to seize upon the rich man OF Tregen-
est. Since he was master of all the
hill, he could not enjoy an hour of re-
pose. This field of Ivon's which had
ltormented him So much when it did
not belong to him, tormented him still
more now that he possessed it. lie
found a taste of death in the bread
made from grain harvested from the
stolen grounds. 1t seemed to him
when he passed as if the boundary
stone was about to peak out and con
denim him.
He lived thus under the weight OF
Repentance, and in the terror of the
Judgment Of God, until one day he
suddenly died, and without comics,
sion.
Now, Claude had a son as generous
and as charitable of heart,a as he was av
aricious and hard. Oliver passed his
life in assisting the dying, in relieving
the poor, and in speaking of God to
little children. Suspecting his father
of having doue wrong, he tried to re-
deem his sodl by the good he was ac>
lcompllshingi in his intention. One day
as he was returning from some good
work, night overlook him alone on the
road. No star was in the armament.
The wind blew through the old
oaks, and the swollen stream fell with
sad murmurs into the valley. divers
horse followed a hollow road where
the water run as in the bed of a river.
Thus they arrived at the cross Of St.
Glen. There Oliver preceived a man
extended on the steps of the cross
He wac m~otionless and making an ag-
onizing rafting in his throat. Claude's
son dismounted and approached him.
"What are you doing there, poor man?:'
asked he.
The beggar answered nothing. Oh
liver took his hands; they were cold
He touched his forehead and found it
burning. Taking a flask which he all
ways carried, he put it to the lips of the
unknown, and made him drink a little
of the brandy with which it was filled.
he then opened his eyes, perceived
Oliver, and wished to speak; but only
two words could come out of his mouth,
81 am cold! am hungry!" The young
man was moved from the bottom of his
heart.
ais it true," said he, "that in a Chris.
tian country, N of Gods creatures
should die for the want of a drink aud
a crust Of bread?" And so speaking,
he leit the tears which mounted from
his heart to his eyelids.
"P0or man." S id he; "take courage
and soon you will be neither hungry
nor cold!'
In the meantime he raised him in his
arms; placed him on the neck Of his
horse ; then he mounted behind him
and continued his way. They had al
ready travelled a long time; they had
just passed the heath and were about
to reach the arabic ground, when the
horse stopped suddenly with a neigh Of
fear. Oliver raised his eyes. A phan-
tom, clothed only with the shroud OF
death, was standing near the boundary
stone, which be, grooming, was trying
to carry away; hut a horrible laugh re-
piled TO these groans, coming they
knew not from ~whence-for they saw
no one.
Let me put it back in it's place.
said the spectre, weeping.
"N,!" replied the invisible one :
"thou hast promised not to undo that
which thou hast done"
"BHt | shall burn as long as this sto.
len land is not returned to the poor
maui
"Aud thou canst not return it to
him )" observed the voice, 'for thou
art dead"
"When then shall / be saved ?"
"Never !"
The phantom wrung it's hands.
"Ivon !! Ivon p cried he, "come take
thy wealth !"
At his call the beggar sat upright
on his horse.
Here I am, Claude Perrin" said
he, restore to me that which thou
hast t;ken away, and | will pray God
to have mercy upon thee !"
At these words, two cries rang out
upon the night. The spectre turned
and Oliver recognized his father.
The next day, the notary OF Tregen>
est me lie out an act by which the beg
gar Ivon was declared the righttul
owner If all the wealth of Oliver Per-
rim, who soon became a priest.
Rosecrans' Army.
Extract from n recant letter from Murfreashoro