St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-04-07

| 'ii'i 4 W III pih'ii '''i
ave choose TO learn the truth for ou..
Selves" said the Young man licrceIy.
"Iou had n mysterious streak of lGcl
six months ago, understand from IT,,
old man there" said Harry Bray.
''Not very mysterious" said the farm
er. 81 went 10 the di"ging4 and fell il
, with Il nugget. As for the horse, tuunC
him, and the saddle-bags, too. If You
know TO when they belong, he's welcome
To- them"
"Thcy belong to the man you mur
dcrcd for his money. AMI buried i'll The
ground yonder where the IL" stands howl
ing," cried Harry Eray. 1--WE are coin.
TO dig there, ami Heaven hcIp any mar
who hindcrs us."
dig where yoa chonsr," said llI,
farmer. 81 am too well know here tC
hc afraid of two madmcn | murdered
Il maui. Thcic. I'm fool 10 car,
for such words !, Many Il horse strays
in the woods ; many Il man has found
one, rs well rs |. Come, nci.hbors, set
the tlllcs going and let these madmrn
dig"
And the spades sank into the luri, AMI
the terrified guests gathered around, and
the bride clun% To her huSbIndS arm,
and the music VA. dumh, and the dog
long, melancholy wall filled the air; and
ut last, Just a the rising moon flung her
yellow beams upon the newly duG earth,
Ned Warren cried in an awful voice,
''IIe is here - And the two friends
lifted from the crave that which had
been man, with long black htlr taIIin.
over his Shnul,lcrS
lie had been shot through the head
and through the heart, and thcr. WAS no
doubt in either mind that it was the body
of their lost friend The farmer seemed
pctrilcd with horror the bride irll into
a death like swuon; the guests fell away
from their host and locked at him as
kancr. The old father tore his hair and
pleaded for mercy. Bat there WAS no
mercy in any heart there The avengers
were all powerful. The great room,
adornc for festival and mirlll, WAS turn
cd INTO a court room. | he women were
thrust from it the men remained. On
the stand where the lill had been
seated, Harry Bray now took his sat in
the character of jude Lynch. The jury
was named the mock trial hurried ON.
ami the accused called upon t" an-w"r.
He pleaded not guilty. lr denied any
knowledge of thr fact that Il crave lay -
near h., house. lie persisted in the rep
ctiti"n Of the statement that he had found
the hor~r and ~adlIc-bng-, but lac admit
ted that there hrd been money in the
latter.
He Stood before them lacking very un-
| Ike Il murderer, clllin. on them for u~
ticc-callin. on Cod To witness the truth
Ct his word- Sprnkin. OF his young wiir
and Iii. old father bid,lin. his ncighbors
remember that lac had never done them
any wron@.
But Jud"c Lynch had no mercy. In
less than three hours from the moment
ON which they first saw the bridegroom
happy and blithc stan,lin. with his bride
at the head of the "ay country dance. hl>
body dan"lcl, horrible si.ht to look
upon, from the branch of tie tree that
shadowcI what all belle, cd to he his VIC
tins crave,
When all WAS over they found the old
father dead in his chair beside the fire
place, and found amon@ the women Il
hopeless, gi3l'rllng manar, whom they
would hardly lave known for the rosy
checked young bride.
Five years passed and one day TN"
tw" companions went t"4'ilrr mt" 4
coffee room kept by an old frenchm1n
IN the city "i Nan francl''n' ana benz
III low spirits, out "i luck, and with
slender purses, were sittln" dl,c"nS"latr-
ly over their meal, when hand came
down ON each sh"uIdcr,and voice cried,
Ground at last I've searched the rlly
ior you. Heaven bless y""' my dear
boys 80 90
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wondering Ill lh''r l:i''u '""NS ann '"'-
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The money he had with linn heing IN
gold, and heavy Tor has belt, he placed 1t
in his saddle-baaS, and had rompleicG
many miles OF his journey, when, near Il
new but apparently deserted dwelling, he
SAW Il man lying, groaning terribly. Dis
mounting, he assisted linn, and found
that lie was Il traveller who had been
set upon by rntlians and robbed and