Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-12-23

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be duty and be had hops. Jsme. R,s..s
soro vcos TO him In prison. but Normandy
s"1eac near nothing about surrenderins
II win tell You secret. J.m. ~.
soen You wiIl see d motive for my actions
1ove your ssesr better than my own life.
and ooaA not bear to have . xord vhi.'
pered against her. Let it rest a. IL ID.
IN content
Again James Blenchford promised
bat IL was hard for him to abids bv n
With al his faults, be had Q esnerous
heart That very day be told Grace the
whole story Of his Disgrace, and how
John Normandy vss su6ering for them.
and she va touched By the recital, and
thought Of every means 10 liberste him.
The money, James, where IL IL now -
known to any one"
not the whole matter be looked upon as a
great blunder; and would not Mr.. Nor
mandy b liberated 1t once, and exoner-
sted from all blame, II the money was
found thereY
Away went James Blenchford, without
waiting to answer his sisters question,
and within ten minutes was mounting
the steps to the bank. He ssuntered
up TO Gsnson, and carelessly inquired If
there was anything new in Normandy
case.
Nothing" replied Gsnson. "He pro-
tesla his innocence, and I am inclined TO
think he speaks the truth"
$50 am ], Ganeon- Do You know / am
half certain that it is all . great mistake
that the money il now somewhere about
the safe ~
II wish it might prove so. 1t is hard
blow for Normandy, and if il is gone, who
else could have taken itr He has the key
to the SAFE"
II don't believe it is gone" said Blench-
ford, controlling himself wonderfully. Il
would like to have another search made
I'll ask father, and here he comes
Jonas Blenchford felt very sore over the
Disgrace of his favorite, and especially since
his daughter bad returned, and spoken in
the warmest terms Of her treatment dur
ing the ride. He was therefore, very
willing to do anything TO clear up the
matter. He readily consented to mske
another search for the missing money,
though he was well satisfied that il would
be fruitless
And indeed il came very near being 70.
For full two hours they looked, pulling
drawers, turning and unfolding papers,
till every one but James was satisfied that
it was not there. He knowing, or fully
believing that Normandy told the truth,
did not give up, and at last brought the
package to light, from an obscure corner
where it might have been overlooked
score of times.
With cry of JOY Jonas Blenchford
tookvthe package and counted the money,
all in bills of n large denomination
"It's all right, boys J" he shouted, Nor
mandy is innocent"
Then all was confusion James ran
home and told Grace, and they rejoiced
together; while their father went in per-
son and procured the release Of Nor
mandy, telling the strange story n be
went 1t was the happiest moment of his
life when John Normandy took his place
in the bank again.
James profted by his bitter experience.
He never again swerved from the right,
and is living now, a respected citizen of
his native place. Grace never has forgot
ten for her name is now Grace Normandy.
and she loves her plain, noble-hearted hus-
band with true affection.