Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1863-05-01
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husband. never saw so changed
man. All the warm kindliness of his
nature had vanished, and was replaced
by gloomy fierce austerity, altogether
painful to contemplate.
Well, sir" said he, as he barely
touched my proffered hand, they have
killed her, you see, spite of all you
could say or do. 1t much availed me,
too, that had helped to win their boast
ed victories; and he laughed with savage
bitterness.
Henry--Henry !" exclaimed Will
liam Friend, in reproving accent.
Well, well, sir" rejoined Mason, i'm
patiently, "you are good man, and
have, Of course, your own notions on
these matters, also have mine. Or,
perhaps, you think it is only the blood of
the rich and great which, shed unjustly,
brings forth the iron harvest? Forgive
me" he added, checking himself. "I
respect you both but my heart is turned
TO stone. You do not know--none ever
knew but I--how kind, how loving, how
gentle was that poor long-suffering girl"
He turned from US to hide the terrible
agony which convulsed him
Henry" said Mr.. Friend, taking him
kindly by tue hand, I'VE pity thee sin
cerely, as thou knowest but thy bitter,
revengeiul expressions are unchris.ian,
sinful. The authorities whom thou, not
for the first time railest on SO wildly, act
ed, be sure of it, from a sense of duty
a mistaken one, in my opinion, doubtless /;
still"--
Say no more, sir" interrupted Mason.
We differ in opinion upon the subject.
And now, gentlemen, farewell. wished
to see you, sir, before left this country
forever, to thank you for your kind, tho
fruitless exertons. Mr.. Friend has
promised to be steward for poor Willy of
all | can remit for his use. Farewell /!
God bless you bothl - He was gonel
War soon afterwards broke out with
the United States of America, and Mr..
Friend discovered that one of the most
active and daring officers 10 the Repub-
lican navy was Henry Mason, who had
entered the American service in the mai
den name OF his wife and that the large
sums he had remitted from time to time
for the use of Willy, were the produce of
his successful depredatons on British
commerce. The instant Mr.. Friend made
the discovery, lie refused to polIute his
hands with moneys so obtained, and de-
clined all further agency in the matter.
Mason, however, contrived to remit thro'
some other channel to the Davies's, with
whom the boy had betn placed; and
'"P'N
ces was soon visible. These remittances
ceased about the middle Of 1914; and a
welvemonlh after the peace with Amer
ca, we ascertained that Henry Mason
rad been killed in the battle on Lake
Champlain, where he had distinguished
himself, as everywhere else, by the reck-
ess daring and furious hate with which
le fought against the country which, 10
lis unreasoning frenzy, be accused of the
murder Of his wife. lie was recognized
y one of his former messmates in the
Active;" who conveyed prisoner on
'oard the American commander Mac
onongh's ship, recognized him as he lay
tretched on the deck, in the uniform of
n American naval officer; bis counte-
ance, even in death, wearing the same
tormful defiant expression which it as
umed on the day that bis beloved Esther
erished on the scaffold.