St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-02-17

and two-story engines haulin' 'cm, an
hccrn bout dis yer lie runnin' from d
bowls OF der yearlh way up Marian
way and says we is mighty strang
ii our Ian down ycrc-olc Mars Charles
lan'-ain't wort much as dem Marian,
farms An we KEEP cur eyes peeled
and, Mars Charles, when we went down
TO der run one spring day, after der fresh
ct, derc twas, in globS, all ober it. Dar
ar ircshct done der business. An w,
diShcd it up and billed it down; and
Mars Charles can scc," said Flamcn
with lurdly gesture lost in something
like Il jig.
Yes, Master Charles could see, could
understand-cl.ar petroleum, running tc
waste Seawud; and if so much, then GER
tainly more and wells could he sunk
here, drrricks raised, fires fed with the
timbc", and thousands and thousands OF
money made with every turn of wind
lass. ThousaiIds Yes, millions For
dozen heart beats such wild vision of
wealth danced before his eyes as to daz-
zle them. He saw himself representing
the thing to the old friend of his late
employers who had introduced him ut
Flura's honSe-a man good for specu-
latlon Of millions, while he would laugh
at the idea of bothcring about trife cf
ten thousand dollars worth of woodland:
saw half the place and the profits mort
gagged To the man for the means to make
tie millions; saw the gold flow back as
the oil flowed out saw Il bank account
swell 10 fabulous sums SAW II palace on
Murray Hill, his own; SAW Flora blaz-
ing with diamonds within it saw t'lora's
father. Il pauper beside himself: saw pic
tur,>, statues, brurZr-, books saw an
cquipa2r lit for Il prince TO roll aluna in
s;lw-=aw u bond for deed to be exc
cutrd in thirty days; and diSpusing of
this dream of oPulencr, diamonds, pal
aces, pictures, bank ac cunt, and all for
the pallry li.urc OF ten thousand dollars
lie just sat down and groancI, and Fla
men and julie, stru K with CONSERVATION
at such method of receiving such news.
sat down and groancd with him.
81 plou'l and confident AMI happy five
minutes ago, with the hope Of receiving
ten thousand dollars - wrc;chel now
with the certainty Of il, lie sat there
for an hour without MOVING. Odd Fla
men got up and went out with his Gun.
aud came i'll with 4 rabbit. and Jule had
made Il >tr~ If it and served it up before
Charlie stirred.
"Comr now, Mar, Charles. " she coax
cd, pears like you shouldn't take GOOD
news :" sern|. w hen yer comes ncrnSl
r,j'icing, rci'ice, says l."
'IRrjoirr." gGoLnri Charlie, THAT Eve
sold my hirth-right for Il mess Of pot
Ia,c-"
.'SolI yrr-OIr. Mars Charles, oh,
f'lam Oh, good Lord III helm, yer
don't mean ter say ycr'vr gone done
"les, have" he answered. '.Sold
it 10 those people wis showing round
And all your troubles for nothing. 1t
90 : To enrich those Inca who are rob
bing me. For it can't he they wanted
the land just for TIMBER" hc went ON.
more to himself than to them '.Thcy'vc
pro-pcctel till they've learned it was an
oil region, and 50 kept their knowledge
and swlndird mt
"Mar>' ChaIle-," SAID old Famcn, IL
wouldn't gih yc no advice To do Il wrun.
action but amt drre no Lacking down
for ye? l. de money paid ,"
NO, no, no., answered Charlie. dis
cun'olately; ''.hrre's no backing down
for either side, though the money isn't
pad"
''Isn' paid Den Is tell Yer what
.Ics trow it U@, Mars CLarlcs"
Il wish could | wish could . An
hour ago | WAS trembling for fear they
should want me to-Lut nrw--"
''Mars' Charles, honey. said julie, sud
denly, after little while, ''dar amt no
lie been iom' for many mile round dis
yer place an don believe dem f.ll,,s
has an idycrc bout il. D,v's les atl,.r
der timber, An dat's all An cf v.r
could Glib 'cm a notion 'twoulI cost marr'u
'twould come to"
"Oh, it wouldn't do, .Iuc. 1t isn't
true. | couldn't say word now in hon
or, You know. 1t they want timber here
it is-thcirs; and if they want oil, It's
theirs. And the money would never do
me any good if .ot it hv falschood
and trickery" And all at oncc his for
ttudc gave way, and he bent his head
on his folded arms, and shook the fable
with his soils
Perhaps that sight was too much for
Flamcn he got up AMI left the place.
while julie crcpt round and took the
young masters head on her oil shoulder,
and mingled her subS with his, while she
moaned, "Lors, cf 'tain't his pas own