St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-03-05


piled up against the wall, waiting TO be
sent off by the luggage train, great
-lgnaI-p rising into the air, row o
telegraph poles stretching away in per,
Spectivc.
Now prosperous tarmStead, with a
biz thatchcd house, where the farmer
and his family reside. with we'll preserv-
ed sheds and Outhouscs there is Il straw
yard, too, with cattle standing knee
deep, and eating out of racks we'll found
III hay and there are pigs wallowino
in the mire, and there are cocks and hens
jerking themselves hither and thither,
and pecklng. and generally tussing, as
their manner Is. This picture in its cir
cuiar frame plcases me well, and so does
the next y gcntleman's seat OF the en-
tirrly comfortable, not of the snowy and
o>tcntatlous sort. The grounds are large
enough to be called park, and the house
lying rather low, a. it was the fashion
to build century or TWO amo, stands in
the midst of them, with trim and pleas
antlv formal tlowcr-garden round about
it. 1t i a red brick house of the HanC-
vcrIan time, with Il rather high slate
(grccn >latc) roof, with durmcr windows
III il. The other windows have white
Sa>he> which are flush with the wall,
and aN not,m these days, sunk in a recess.
look long on this scene. and then,
not without reluctance. shift my glass,
and, turning away from human habita-
tIuu>, begin to examine the more retired
and untrrqucnt1d parts of the landscape
Ihc m9gic circle now cuclOScS nothing
but trees and meadows. and little quiet
upuA~ and corners. where the law cows
stand about in shady places too idle even
10 iyCd. or where the crows blackcn the
very ground hy their numbers. unmolest-
eel by shouting boys. uE>carcd by even
the old traditional hat and coat upon a
stick. | come presently TO a little bright
-rren paddock. with 4 pony feeding in
ia rrtrc-hin. little round picture,
pleasant to dwell on. There is Il pond
.u one corner ut the paddock, surrounded
with pollard willows the water reflect
m tirm upon IL surface, a. also Il little
patch CT ky, which it -tt- SIGHT of some
how Ir,wc.u the branches.
II j. "a comfortable and innocent little
u!ar,. jni-. with a small wood close by.
with a hay~t.,i> near the .;ltc and stay
WHAT i thi~ There are figures here
-;Wp mrn-huw plainly | see them !,
But y hat arr they doiug They are in
Violent movement. Are they fighting,
Wrestling. struggling II i 80. \
~tru--i" L. ."iu4 on h~twe..n them. and
one OF the twa-..r wears Il bri.ht red
ctp--l;,- tn hest Of it. lie has his an
ta-oui~t. who >rrIn- II he weak and
mnl>c- hut faint resistance, hv the throat :
he -tr.>c- iiarcylv at tn" wrrtched mans
h.ld with thick ~:ick or club hc holds,
aud. pressing ON him -orclv. beats him
'irrcr'y To- tn" -rouul The man who
ha- the best Of i;-thcrr Is something
more ui red about him besides hi> cap
= il hi beard .-,ior- not pare the taI-
len m1n, bat beats him still about the
head yray head -urclv-vith his club.
Horrible i.ht to look on would give
anything t. tear myself away from the
4 - " ~ W at lr''-A ~ N4''~I nv NNtS
and shut ont the -icbcuiug spectacle. But
the hutchrry i nearly over. The gray-
haired man continue, vet to struggle and
re-i-t hut only tor little while. In 4
very short time the contest. aS | plainly
Sc, will bc over. The conquered man
maxim. one move supreme effort, rises
rcarly to lii feet. receives another crush
M blow. tails Suddenly t. the ground.
l. It'll. Myrcitul heaven what is thiS'
Who are these two men DO | know
them II cannot To- that that is my
dear old friend lying helpless on the
GROUND, and that the other l. the man
whom took note of lust now in the recto-
rv Garden. II cannot be that this deed
Of which have been witnes--inactive,
powcrle,s to help or save-i9 Il mur-
der.
trlt for moment aS if all presence
OF mind and power of action had desert
me What was to do That was all
that | could say, over and over again, as
| sat still "aziug through the telescope
with an instructive feeling that | must
not lose one single ingredient of the
scene before me. All that happened |
must see. recalled my senses by a
mighty effort ard reasoned as men do in
Il crisis What was to be done The
place where this horrible deed WAS being
committed WAS 80 far otl-about three
quarters of mile rs the crow flies
more than u mile by any road | knew OF
that there could be 10 possibility OF
OF my 9cttiug there in time to be of the
/ iwhtcst service. The end, if it had not
come alrc dy,-and felt certain that
/ it had.-muSt most surely have come
before could traverse that distance.
There was but one way now in which
could be OF the slightest service, and that
Wa in securing the detection Of the mur-
drrcr. must remain at my post and
watch his every movement, besides en-
dcaVorin@ 10 render myself certain, So fal
Is the Miss would enable me to be 50
concerning his appearance ana dress. ).
there sat, helpless and spellbound, but
watchin" with dcvouring eyes. There
was Il sudden stiffness where there had
been before 50 much of struggling anC
movement. The blows had ceased tC
fall now. The deed was accomplished
and there waS no more need for them
The man himself. the murderer, wa
still, and made sure of his identity
There was the red hair. there was tn,
red beard, there was the scarlet cap lyin,
on the ground, there was the canva