Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1866-02-16
THE SIN OF JAMES ARMSTRONG.
Written for the wArcIutAN & REfMcrou by LOUISE
CHANDLER MouLroN

those fantrfe uirturcs those walg.
ti,rc. Even the children.
g and t,,, bov. had grown used to this sober atmos-
nbe,. and ,bcy wen, on their way like automatons.
without pir,b and without complaining. You thought
ir.,,,,tiy n, won entered bst dwelling. Of house
yh,nco ,bc unburicd dead had not vet been carried
And t,atw,sn Their dead Law unburicd still For
b had beor mn ,cnder funeral rites no tears she'd or
eo,,or, ..,t,orod abo,o 4, crave.
And got ,iro WAS when that house was the abode Of
,ni iy whom lame. A r,nstronr brought home his
bride OIL fair III, tbc f,ircs,. ga, as the gayest Like
the carol Of bird her clad yiicc filled the house with
,p,lodv All day her husband looked forward 20 her
li,b ,oicor,o Then the i,tc ward was full Of bos-
so,s uopcvspstle. clarberad over Che porch. roses
nodded tb,r s,uc, iac windows and 40 vim
/ ,- r ,,..,,,,, t.ojeI's 7ioat stand Of flowers in
b,r s,,, .oh .f,in,.r,sm. Then. one after another
b llI.r ,,,nc making the home brighter and bith-
,,t ana ,e,,r was there proudcr athcr than
-. -. ,t. t leaked ipt, the ,,ntl, c,o.
m. i,.I. ~, ti. i,,l b,y. t,,ir, ,t IA.
,,,l .o, t,, n,or tbi. home Of love and
.., ,,,,5s..,'i ,,.lb IN nm, l,, lana all waste
- 1-,-,. With ,b,t wife with those
.t,l.., H., ,rrr,,l,,,irs tpustb have bceu
an ,h,ir.,t,. rr,ppi,d DE-, A weak ambition
r., ,,.,,
~ ~ town and went IN. every
t.a.t b.. t..-i .,.i.. NJ .,,o.
sa..c.i .a.,.,i,,.. NJ ,,, f,,tupc. ro,ie in few
80 ,.,.i ,,i,, .,,,,,,. J,s,ro la, had
LII .... 49,. - .,5 ,t.4 t Invested In fancy
- - Dab. homo. and tbc,, no
- ,.4.,t.t, r.5,, b, Lost
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- ,,t,.h ,tc. hal
5e,,, l.. i',i..a ,h,i- ,-,,;.,r
,..ri-.,.-st. - rtict n Dim, ,o,,ly
- - 70, a.. ,,,h, mind Whom
~, t,...5 ,t. an. e-,, t,r Whom, bc was
ho,tta.,,.. -. .,. ,, .rt ,l ,,,,,s, nm H.
WIN hi. -. ~, ,.,io ana. Grand iryc,tr,cnt. b,
which Win w., ,,lr., b,ior.,, TO spcculaton.
he oe,nt 10 rot,i,yc and establish Nj, fortunes. Think
,b,, .,.l ~. ,i,,, wen, , and no s,,r tsi,
scheme like the others. come to nough and then saw
the day dawnng nigh on which the note with the forged
signature would be presented Tor payment.
AN this time he had kept his own counsel lie had
made efforts, which it would haye been piuh to see had
there been any ookeron who understood the case to be
the same at home TO keen the SHADOW, Of his woo and
his doon from resting on that wife and those children.
He had never loved theo So before be thought When
they did not observe him. he sttdis5 tt,i, f,, .,t
one, so that he could o,sc bis eyes and see them st
so that as he whispered himself with choking agony.
il he shut away from them for years. he would
never forget one Of their features or one shade Of
meaning
And at last the night came which was TO have such
fearful morrow The day the note would be due.
lie had not thought of conceamcnt or escape He
had not been able to redeem the note as no had Intended
to do in the beginning and now he fal. that detection
and punishment were inevitable And with the instinct
Of wounded aSima, which cEceps to TT, lair 10 de he
went home and told his wife he was sick anna me- ala NJ,
think he should be able to go to town the next s,y.