St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-05-27

ing up the chimney. But you dldn de
stroy me,you only killed me. My body, the
black cinder, was buried in the dust-bin
my spirit, that smoke you watched Went
up the chimney and joined the clouds.
Rather mixed company up there, Tom,
| can assure you-ail sorts of low forge
rieS and lies-so that / am clad to get
down again and now, at this present
moment, Tom, am snugly cnsconccd,
In the shape ot 4 drop of water, III your
right ear-so, it's no use; you can't get
at me with your linger-and there l
mean to remain till | evaporate.'
shall you be long cvaporating, sir ;"
asked Tom, humblv.
YES, sometime am such a big drop,
see. But, don't you make any mistake,
you have not got rid OF me when | do.
mean to take lodgings there, 50 that |
can run up-or, | should say, run down
when | Jikc, and find myself at home
mean TO haunt you, Tom
''Gpod Lord :" said Tom. for the Soc
und time, ''waS ever a man haunted with
the Ghost of Last Will and Testament
before -
"perliaps not. And, what i, more.
there is the ghost of a cudicil somewhere
about. I'll take lodgings in your other
ear tor him, tor | shall bc sure to meet
him in my ramblings abroad"
''IIeavcn defend :" said Tom. "for
| am an Id man. and very reprntant"
"-Ah, Tom, Tom how could you do
such Il thing Rpbbing that poor .irl OF
her money, not 10 mention that $500
left to the clergyman in the codicil
How could You lind it in your conscience
10 rob that great man and that innocent
girl. ell
Il had no conscience them said Tom.
whimpeiln., ''but it has -rown upon
me since, and I'm very sorry; and ri
build another literary and scientific in-t.-
tutio" il you'll leave off hauntin. me"
''I.'terary and scientific institution.
Rubbish"
"llI Leave all my money to the poor
when die"
At won't do. ro!n, it won't dc. You
-gc tie wronI iLht."
''Givc up tile money ," said Tom. in
Great fear.
"WrI, mi-ht ask YOU to do that
with perfect justice, and L. pay in1crr-i
for The time you have had it. but wont
10 ,'at, Tor Il reason bet known To my
self"
You don't mean that l have no,
Iun- 10 live - II, wa. more frightened
now than ever.
"\cvrr mind what mean. said the
voice. ''only when pcop.c have come to-
your ~" they shouldn't It wet thruu.u.
II YOU had not burnt the viii You would
not have had the money; and if you hai'ut
mad the money, you would rot have
huIIt the literary and scientific institution.
and II You had not built the literary and
scientific Institution. You would not have
been here to-l'i@ht, You had not got wet
through; AMI # va had NOT -pt wei
tirou-h. yon woulim,t havc-ahrm -
'What shall do, OH, what shall
do - sd Tom. Il AIN - sorry.
You mus; do ,li~." SAID the Ghost.
''.Ii must make haste ami tell you.
ior am cvapora'iug very tas;. You
mn-t make your viii at once-thc very
iir>t thing to morrow morning."
$50 pressed IL that !'' murmured
Tom.
"Aud, in the lir-; place, you must
leave tina; five hundred pounds to the
he has sixteen children al
ready, and will be very glad OF the mon
cy."
''lc>. ycs." said Tom; I'll do that
and leave the rest to Fanny Champion. '
"No such thing Leave halt to Fanny. /.
AID Tie other halt t. Jerry Simpson,
Jerry Simpson, and what has he .
done -
"Whcn Fanny WAS Iivin- with the
old lady. Jerry fell in love with her, but
was t"" proud, or to- modest, or too
'"mctl:lng or other-would think too .
looll>E-to say anything to her, as she .
was then looked upon as an hcircs,.
But, since the altered state of circum-
stances, Jerry has spoken out, and they .
haveigot themselves engaged to one auo,h-
er, but cannot marry just yet for want
Of means. Now if you leave ali the
money to Fanny, Jerrys spirits will br
up IN arms again, and no one can say
What will follow; but you leave II be
tween them, and it will make thinr>
right"
Il will | will But would it be
honest to depar; from the terms ofthc-
the
''Ihe burnt will Bah. how can
YOU talk OF honesty and the burnt will i'm
The same breath DO as bid you; and
ii YOU do not, 50 much the worse But
can't stay; I'm going fast Here the
voice became very faint. 'I'm cvapora-
ting, Tom, or I'd stay with great deal
Of pleasure. Good-by, for the present"
And so the Voice died away,
Tom Sopcr never knew how he cot
home, but the servant who opened the
loor for him always declared that he
got home in Il wet bundle in the bottom
ot the zig, perfectly insensiblc, and in
thai state he WAS sent to bed and the
doctor sent for; ard in the morning.
more oinlnouS than the dreaded tick OF
any death-watch, came a lawyer; and
Tom Sopcr made his will, and such
As lay in his power for the
wrong he had done
In les than a fortnight that will had
to be read, and people declared that it
was the most incomprehcnsible will that
was ever penned; for as to Miss Cham
pion, it was known that Tom Soper had
what amounted almost to an aversion
Tor her; Jerry Simpso N, who was then
up in London being turned into an arch
llerf. WAS M r.,,rp thnn n Snnnt inn ~ |