St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-07-22

opposed a will quite az persistent;
grizzed, hard face, and ii tall, crap,
bound hat drawn tightly over his eyes
and 50 spent days in reading the mortu
AIRY inscriptions audibly to himself. Th,
frequency OF scriptural quotation please,
HIM, and lie was fond of curroburatin.
them by Il pocket bible. That's from
Psalms, he said, one day, to an adjacen
grave digger. The man made no reply
Not at I'LL rcbutfed, Mr. Thompson a
once slid down iiito the open gravc, viii
Il more practical Inquiry, Did You ever
IN your profession, come across Charlie,
ThompsonE Thompson be ID, salt
the grave digger, with great dircctncsS
Wv Which If he hadn't religion, think II,
Is, responded the oil | man, Us he ciamb.
cred out Of the grave.
1t was, perhaps, on this occasion. that
Mr.. Thompson stayed later than usual
~ he turned his face toward the city
lights were beginning to twinkle ahead,
and u fierce wind, made visible by to@.
drove him forward. on, iying in wait
charged him ;ngrlly from the corners OF
( d,>cricd suburban streets. 1t WIS ON on,
OF these corners that something else
quite as iudi>,inct and malovolcli, leap
ed upon him vitA AN oath, Il presented
pistol, and " demand for money. Bat
ii was met hy VIII Of iron and q elii
ut steel. THc a>>oilant and a>slil,d roll
eel together On the ground. HuG lhc next
moment the old m.,m w;is erect : o.c
hand @ra~r.n- the captured pi-.oi, th,
other clutchin. al arm, lrngih the thr,l,
of figure >ur.y, youthful AMI -;,vagc
Young man said Mr.. Thompson.
setting his Thin lip, together, what
might be your name >
Thompson
The old mans hand >lid from tie
throat 10 the arm of h;~ prisoner with
out relaxing lis tirmnc~<.
Charles Thompson. come with me.
/ nc said, presently, and marrhcd hiS cap
tive TO the hotel. W hat took place
there has not tran>pirc,l, but it wa
known the next morning that Mr..
Thompson had found hi- son.
1t i proper to adj To The above i'm
probable story. tuIt there Wa nothing
in the ,un- man, app..ra,l.t or n..,ti-
I.rls - u~;Iy l.. Grave, r.lI.n,. and
handsome. devoted L. his rrwl. i.uud
pareat, nr assumed the cuu.ulurulS and
responsibilities ut his new condition Mi.ii
a certain e,liuu, ease thai more nc!ri,
approa,h.d that which san i;i;i.cl>s
so,iyi, hacked. aud-lri,c,ri som.
chose 10 dc~p.>. this quality Il, u tend ~
cy to .p-all .:r-ia..' ,tn,r- ,..y in il
the inherited qaa.liIr, ut tie parent. aLL
" IL ,".uiy to rr,phr,y ..r the ION ;h.
same hard Old agr. Bu; all agreed tina.
it was not inconsistent with the habi
ii '"o"v! =vr'i"g. ior which father and
son were respected.
And yet, the old man ii! MT seem to
he happy. Perhaps It was that tn con-
summation OF his vi les lett him without
a practical mission. icrhap>-anl il l.
the more probabie-uc had little loyt ;or
the son lie t.ad rc.aiuc.. The Obedience
| tie rNar:cl Wa freely Given. the reform
lc had -; Ii, hyart upon wa, complete .
ami yet, somehow. it did mt seem t.
| please him. In rcclainin- his >on, hc
had fulfilled all the requirements tia; his
religious duty required OF him. and Vet
the act seemed To lack -anciiiication. In
tins pcrplcNtty. lie read a-ain tie para
blc OF the Prodigal Sou-which tc had
LONG ago adopted for I'll, auidaucc-in.l
| found that he had omitted the final feast
OF reconciliation. This seemed To oler
the proper quality oil cercmoniousuess in
the sacrament between himself and hi,
son: and 20. = year after the appear
ante of Charles, hc sci about eivimr him
Il party. Invite everybody, Charles. :
he said, dryly: 'eycrvbo,lv who knows
| that brought Won OUT of the wirr-busk,
of niquitv. and the COMPANY of !,,rInt,
and bid t!lcm eat. drink and h, m,rrv'
Perhaps the old man bad another rea-
son, not vet clearly analvzcI. The fine
house hc had built on the sand-hill,
sometimes seemed lonely and bare. lie
often tuund himself trying to reconstruct.
from the crave features of Charles. the
| little boy which lie bat dimly remember
ed in the pa-f, and Of which la,elv ne
had been thinking a treat deal. He be-
lievcd this to be :. sirn Of impendiuo old
age and childishnes, but coming. one
day, in his formal drawing-room, upon :,
child of one of the servants. who had
strayed therein, lie would have taken him
in his arms, but the child fled before hi,
nrizzled face. SO that it seemed cmi-
nen1lv uropcr to invite 4 number of moo
pie to Ills house. and, from the array o,
San Flancisco maidenhood. to select =
daurirer-in-!aw. And then there would
Inc = cbi}d-a boy. whom ne corlJ .-r,ro
M" from the coinniur. aud-Iove-a-
he J;d nat I,va T6.rIa-