St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-03-15

Ice well out of it. My husband then
made him an offer; he told him that
Hattie had belonged to my fathers fam
ily. a. he knew: that | had an affection
ton for her. and if he would name his
price he would buy her and the children.
No. CaStleworth swOre he wouldn't. He
might take the woman, ;is she lay. If he
would pay 800 for her and take her
away 4: bat the children he would keep.
I'll pay her for her impudence, the
hus>y. through her children" he said,
iii make her smart: just wait till this
girl grows up: only hope her mother
may live to see it," And my husband
said he looked like Il demon while he
talked. But the thing to he thought OF
then WAS Harriet : 50. for fear he might
change his mind if he left him. my huS-
band went into the house aud signed
;apcrS binding the bargain and Ill two
hoIl.> Hattie was landed safe and sound
here in my hest bedroom. Ny husband
rIv,. her her freedom as soon as she
wiz well enough to understand il. and
We. wanted her To 20 North but she
said she never would. unless her chill
drcm could go with her. so here she
has stayed. suffering, year after year.
more than tongue can tell: and, i'll
deed. We lIavcall been wrctched enough.
Jim taStleWorth has more than kept his
promise: the cruclticS that he has i'll
tiicted upon those children could never
he old.-thingS 81 dreadful that don t
even want t" think of them. And. in
deed. he was very little better to his
own family: his wife and daughters
were MORALLY afraid of him, and the
only thing upon earth that ever had any
influence over him WAS his son Joe :
and if possible. he was worse than hlS
father. Every body ahhorred them {;
and if it had not been for the sake of
his family. he'd have been dealt with by
the law long ago tor his villanie>.
Clara. Harrict'> daughter. grew to he
almost II perfect beauty: Reuben. her
SON. was Il tine-looking fellow, but not
handsome: he WAS more like his father:
hut Clara WHS like her. SrIpcrbly beau
tiful. Knowing to Il certainty what i'll
her position her fate must he, nothing
distressed Harriet 81 much rs this con
stantly increasing attlactivcneS>, and
she lost no opportunity To warn her
daughter against all approaches of IL
familiar nature from the Young men of
the mcighhorhood. and especially those
of Young Joe CaStlcWorth. the person
most to he feared. Strangely enough.
there WAS nothing occurred to excite
apprehension. until the summer Clara
WAS Il, when. one evening Just after
dark. RcIIhcm. who attended the bar of
the tavern kept 10y Zoe t'aStlcwortII,
came over to see his mother. and in Il
,,,E, L.
his sister had been brought down that
day to Irt Is chamhcrmaid i'll the hotel.
and that, in consequence of Il CONVERSE
ti"n that she had had with her masters
son. she WIS cry ing bitterly, and WAS
threatening to drown herself.
There was no need of words upon the
subject we knew what it all meant and
were as wrctrhcd rs helpless. hopeless
trouble could make lis. After Il while
WAS surprised to see Harriet suddenly
brighten up Wondcrtully: and. telling
me that She would hc back in Il few
minutes started away with Reuben.
saving that she would walk II ,,I"rt dis
taucc with him. The following morn
img the whole ncighhorhood WAS horri-
tied To hear that Clara had disappeared.
and that Il portion of her clothes had
been found ON the bank of the river.
close to Il Whirlpool where, only u wear
before, Il negro of CaStleworth'S had
drowned himself to keep from being
branded. WAS appalled,. at first. 10y
the conviction that Harriet had been
instrumental i'll bringing about hcI
daughters death: but my mind WAS
soon diSabII>ed of that idea. There was
II great hue and cry made about her
death. and the C;IStlcwulth> came to be
more hated than ever. Well. my dear,
Il few days after this. yourfathcr stopped
on his way North, and when he went
away there was Il Young lady went with
him. suppose need scarcely tell You
that il was Ilalrict'S daughter. The
clothes on the border of the river were
merely placed there by her mother tn
mi>lcHd. AZ they did. her prosecutors
and when she brought her to me and
asked me Ia help her. | did it with all
my heart. She WAS simply concealed
in my room for Il short time: and as
happened t" he Il cripple and could not
leave my chamber, and aS Harriet was
the "ull person who ever waited upon
me or served my meals. it was easily
managed. 1t was less difficult than You
would suppose. They left at night: no
one suspected that she WAS not at the
bottom of the whirlpool: and there WAS
nothing to suggest her existence III the
W"ll-dre>>cd. clu>rly-Veiled lady who
went with Your father when he left -
-lhcc DHtton in February atlantic.
y Practical JOKER BEoUGHT To
GRIEF. Charles Falrcn. il Young gen
tlcmam employed in one Of the man
ufacturing establishments of Lafayette.
Ind, went home to his boarding house
at Il late hour one night lately, and
thinking to give his landlady ii sen
Sation. marked his face in spots with red
keel. lie walked into the sitting room
and had taken IL seat by the fire before
the spots We're noticed. The landlady,
all absorbed. looked up from her work
III Il moment. and noticing the spots on
his face. asked, in evident alarm. why.
Charlie. what on earth is the matte,
with Your face p "Dmm't know" re-
piled Charlie. hut guess its only the
variol"id." Then was IL scene better i'm
agncd than described. The lamdladv
was At first paralyzed with horror, but
recovering III il moment, she rushed to
the door, opened it quickly Get out
of this mighty quick said she. Get
ont ', she screamed ut the top of her
voice. and. deaf to all eXpostulation
from poor Charlie. she hustled him out
without his overcoat. In Il moment she
opened the door and kicked his overcoat
and cap"ut, a$though afraid to touch his
clothing with her hands Charlie stood
ont in the cold. completely bewildered
the unexpected turn affairs had tax
EN-. whcm he hcarda window raised. and Il
gentle voice called him 10y name
- Here, Charlie. here is Your trunk y"