St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-08-25

door, and was desired TO enter
This is the conveyance, Mr.. Hop
kins," said that gentleman, (which you
will see properly executed before you pay
the purchase money; and take care that
all the titIe-,leels shown in the abstract
are handed over 10 You at the same time.
The money, as | told you, is at Mcssrs
Musgravc's bank in Dtdborou@h, and
here ;s Il check for the amount, t1O60.
will have 10 pay in cash; So mind, il
you please. that You are very careful OF
the ch' ok. The appointment for com
pIetion l+ at Mr. Uptons Office, in Drd-
b"r"h"h, on Thursday. This Go note
Is for your own expenses. for which you
will account 10 me on your return. l."
very careful, if yon please, and lo'c no
time in Getting oil. ood-day."
returned my venerable superior's
adieu with Great alacrity, and, shaking
the dust of the office of my feet and my
clothes, | hailed IL passing hanson, and
WAS soon glcciully bowling off To the
Great Northern Hallway. In my pri-
vaie capacity | need hardly say that |
dii not ride much in cabs; but ON occa-
,lons like the present, | felt that repre-
Scntcd the firm G. X f., and was de
tcrminc that their dignity and official
| hands
1.-Two bob, captain, please" said the
.arvry, When got ont. | observe, by
thc-way, that Cahmcn generally salute
Gentlemen OF doubtful exterior rs soap
tain which | suppose is intended ~ IL
delicate compliment. | paid him at
once like gentleman" as he was good
enough TO assure me; for, though
knew it was double his fare, | never
ha@glc about the price when | am spend
ing my employers money. 1t is a kind
OF spolIing the Egyptians, in which, rs
cons phrase, Il sort of wild justice.
Acting upon the same principal, |
took Il first class ticket to Dedborough,
and cnsconccd myself in the most COM
Portable carriage could find. first
paid 4 visit TO the book stall, 10 provide
contingencies. ma!c choice of a mag
azinc containin" Il story called "Gusta-
vu' Snook's WILL" which promised some
interest To a lawyer, n | have generally
observed that such histories contain some
very remarkable legal incidents, con
iirmatory of the old classical axiom that
it l. wiser in the cohblcr to stick TO his
last. King Solomon's dictum that there
Is nothin" new under the sum i conrlu-
sivcly di-proved 10y the history in qucs-
ton; Tor in 1t | find the executors of Il
will signing the will as we'll as the tes-
tatur, which affirm to be- an entire nov
city.
was lost in admiration at the bold
ness of this innovation, when tLc door
OF the carriage was opened, and Il lady
entered III deep mourning, and seated
herself i'll an opposite division; soon at
tcrward we got under way, and were
ioytuly rattlin" out of the smoke and
noise oI the treat Baby Ion into the pure
air Of the country. My companion,
tfongh still apparently IL mere girl, was
dressed III widows weeds, or rather in
that most becoming modification of them
which Is now prevalent, and in which
one SINGLE beading OF white Grape cdgine
the black bonnet does duty for the hide
Gus old widows cap. so much n
could see Of her, she was very pretty.
Ter complexion WAS perfectly pale, and
she had lar%c, deep cray eyes, which
darkcncl in color at the outer clgc OF
the iris, where it mcr"cd into the deer
, black fringe Of the cyclash Her mouth
was hidden by tlc broad band of double
Grape which edged her vail; but hcr
lovely brown halr was displayed by hcl
mite of Il bonnet, and was coilcd in mas
sive lustrolis wreatlrs behind her bcauti.
full head. She made no ailcctatinn OF
deep grief but her eyes had that curl
Gus henumbcd appearance which you
= sometimes see i'll an animal which i,
| stricken with some Great pain.
Sorrow always appears 10 me so sacrcG
Il thing that | feel no inclination TO max,
| amy effort toward the usual ac,luantanc,
of fellow w-travclers, and accordingly lie.
voted myself TO my book. liut somC
trihin" courtesy broke the ice bctwccl
us, and it seemed that my companion
f was anxious To obtain some information
} about her journey. Was | going t,
l Dcdborough ard what time would tho
, train get there Could | tell her o
, any hotel at which she could stay iol
: short time? Would it he r7y cxpcn.
| sive She apologizcd for asking thcs,
questions 10y saying that she had live,
l for many years in France, and wa:
entirely ignorant Of England and it:
ways. Her beautiful eyes filled with
tears as she spoke of France, and | couC
: not help feeling for one SO young who
c had suffered 50 much.
= gave her all the information coulc
} upon the subject, and in return she tol,
l me some particulars Of her story. She
had lately come rom Tours, where she
had lost her husband after Il years mar
5 riagc; and, being left almost penniIcSs
| her friends had persuaded her TO seek fol
c Il situation rs govcrncss in England, in
stead of, aS she would have preferred, il
| France. This place she had ut lcngtI
: found, as she hoped, in the family of /;
gentleman living near Dcdborough sh,
was to sleep at that town for one night
and to be fetched TO the Ccdars, her new
7 home, in the morning. She feared ar
I English hotel would be very costly aite
the French ones to which she was ac
I customcd. Would there be Il ulo,
: i'll which ladies could sit, or must she
take her meal i'll her bedrooms! All thi
she asked in the most natural, innocent