St. Cloud Democrat., 1864-04-07

likoly persoa her favor might hsve fallen.
Curiosity was grati6ed;rAnd patience re-
warded At last, Mr. Crock. opened sths
important paper, and read the contents
aloud. 1t Vas short, and tothe purpose,
as Kitty has been wont to speak. The land
was left to Stephen Bolinan, in charge for
his daughter Amarylla till she should be of
age, when it Was to be hers unreservedly;
the small stock of crazy furniture, the pig.
the COW, and the money in an old leathern
purse in the cupboard, amounting to obout
fifteen dollars, were Amarylla's 1t once,
unconditionally the house i.self, stripped
Of everything, was left to young Martin
Foyle.
Every one was surprised, lot ct the first
part, for Amarylla had always been thought
rather favorite with the old woman; but
all wondered that che had not left more
money. "she never tpeha much, ,aad she
had ought to have made more out Of the
farm Then the strange legacy to Martin
excited universal astonishment; no one
could see any meaning In Il, sateept the
freak of crazy old woman. Kitty had
known nothing of Martin; had hardly ev-
er sect him; and it could scarcely be
thought she intended a joke at his expense
after she was dead; yet what else could
the bequest of the worthless old shauty be
considered? Martin laughed; he had ex-
pected nothing, and was not disappointed
Some congratulated Amarylls, and some
envied her; while old Mr.. Dollman went
out forthwith TO inquire into the state Of
the fallows, and decide which Ie1eto be
sown with barley, and which with wheat.s
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1t soon. appeared that Mrs. Blake WAS
wrong in her calculations. Old Mr.. Doll
man evidently considered that it made
great difference whether Amarylla or Mar
tin possessed Kitty Clark's land. With the
usual blindness of fathers, he refused to
see that the marriage Was more practicable
than it had been before, and contended
(and it must be allowed with. some reason9
that the Inheritance Of four log walls and
{ crazy roof had in no respect advanced
Martins claim to his daughter, who was
now an heiress. and most desirable match
for any one. The lovers sued in vain; the
old man was not to be moved either by
reason or entreaties Amarylla ende.yor-
ed to comfort her betrothed with the Nhis-
pered assurance ''that, as soon as the farm
- - hors- she would give 1T to him,
and then''-But though there was some
consolation il this, 1t was not mucn,1o.
Amary liza was only nineteen, and there were
still two years of probation to be gone ,
through: -, .->s -. :
In the meantime the summer was advanc-
ing. AID Martins shanty was constant !;
annoyance in Mr. Dollman's eyes. txas.
a blot On the fair surface of the Land, q
wre'ched, rickety. eyesore, and was, more,
over, very much in the way. During the +
slack time between hay and harvest, he
suggested to Martin to pull it down, oder-1
ing to perform the work if he might use
such logs as were worth anything to mend {
the fence. Martin, who had almost forgot
ten that the shanty vas his, readily agreed j
TO the demolition, but declined to part viii
the logs: most of them were rotten and Of
no use, but some would do for shed hti s.
was putting up at home, f5 :: r,@.t 7EII
The next day., he began the work of de- I
structcn. Great was the disturbance ,o
insects and reptiles that had enjoyed secur;
rerose for thirty years; great was tn! I.
amount OF rubbish, worm eaten wood, cob
webs and dust, brought to light in the prof.
cess Of removal; and great was the smok
that arose from the smouldering embers d
the worthless logs. Martin and his s.man
workel lt'sc days, and but one side remairC-
ed to be pulled down-it was part of tt
nortai;wall, the yenly one which had beet
lined inside, on account, "a. people suppo
ed. Of its being :.nlost exposed to the CO...
wind: and as it would be more troubr,
than the rest, it had been left till the lasts
Martin was pulling off the ragged smoIr
boards, when a blow of his: axe Gauss /
something to fall down inside with ID
Ting sound, another blow, and the boa
gave way, and there came tamblisg At Ma
tins feet what for moment made hi
starr. Being young man of stout nerve !
however, he examined the object, ~
found it to be worn leather valise, whiE
had broken open in the fall, and from Viii
had escaped-a paper parcel addressed E
himself, : stained handkerchief, marx .
"Jephthak: Murney,''' part of peddlets
stock of old fashioned jexelry, and : quf
tity Of human bones.
The secret was discovered; the mysts
which had puzzled Crocksville thirty ye; +
before was explained. Sam and Kitty.IE
managed their murder with mbre discrete
than such things are usually conduc~.s
with, and had kept their secret Well. Ks
much they repented, or whether they'll
pented at all, could never be known.
ill-gotten gains had prospered slittlA p
Ciark's hands. and his death and thal3,
her son, had taken from Kitty an desirf
enjoying them. Her ife's savings III
contained id the parcel Of Ms.tin Foy
they amounted to: seven hundred dolb
and were marked, .'Martln Foyle, IN III
ment Of . debt to his mother" !" Kistyi
made reparation, though in strange III
tardy fashion. EM
The discovery caused great exciterkG
and furnished matter Of talk and vok
for whole week. At the end OF that
it became known that Mr.. Dollman hid