St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-03-15
ST. .Suhnsburp Galedunian.
It. John.bury. Vt. Friday, Mar. IL, 1872.
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he obliged at last t" yield. Failing
III his purpose with my father. smell
found Hattie and made her the brutal
proposal of which She had t"ld us
threatening her with the punishment he
had ST. horribly inflicted. if she refused.
| may AS we'll tell YOU here. that Col
Castieworth proved Il good friend to my
father: for the night he bought Hattie
he found ont the whole matter. and
after lcctulimg him we'll for not coming
to his friends i'll the first place, he lent
him money to pay off the mortgage. ;"
that he was out of Smell power, and III
a few days the wretch left the place and
we never SAW him again. My husband
told me long afterward. that he came
near swinging for that nights work.
They caught him about mile from the
house. and il was only because Dick
Mcguire was little cooler headed than
the rest that he got off. They gave him
IA tremendous thrashing a> it was. amt
then making him promise t" lcn\" the
county in three days. they let HIM go.
When nv father had finished the
story of his troubles and had g"n" to
talk to nv mother alone. Col castle
worth came over to Hattie. and leaning
down. said 1T is all settled as You wish
wv" u, ,'' i,'I,,,,,, f., u,. now .DoIs |
.,,, ,,,.,, ,,I,d She said that WAS all.
~ s,.,,L tL,. c,rriIrc for Won in the
,noru;ro. will Won come y Yes. | will
come she said. Then he badc lis good
,;',I,. and wont ,v,v After h., had
,,''',a nv. r,n,L.r came over tu Hattie.
I'll ,,JJ hor th,t If sb, f,lt we'll ,unurh
shah,J hotter ,rn f., her own room : hut
I said wanted her to stay with me
that nigbt and my father AS usual. said
SLnuIJ h.y. ul way. Nv mother
.br,uL from If nov that she knew what
hnr fnture w.,s tn he. but had lust got
hn,ue and INV first evening WAS 81 sad.
th,t she didn't say very much against
II =, carried my poiut. Hattie talked
,,,,.,t J,..I tL.,t uiuht ,Inut what had
IS',.,.I and az 10. ,,,,iur .,v,,, and
80 IT,, ,.,,,,h ,I,o laval mn. hut al in g,
", g.,J ,,,.,, inst 49, she miuI,t have
t',I!,.,I - i. ia, L,.,I,h Sh, lad h,cu
.trrrk Inv - marital disease and knew
tL,t uotiiur could save her from DEATH
Aft.r =, a. hill, | asked her how she felt
,h,ut ,,,i,,, T., col C,stI.voth's She
said :. am very clad of that if will hc
,,,,,,h I,,.tto, f,i. mo, Inv. him and he
i,.' ...J H. III f,,,, ,,. am, s,r,
If ,,.,',.,, ,,I;t.., I,nl,' sh,. said
N ,,,,iI ,,,.,,r,. L,t 80 Il.
-: H. ,l,,,, b., Iii tr,.,,,, lu,,,.
t. .,.,,,,,,.J ,..,,, ..,L for =, I,,,., tim.
oe,,,I,,.,,.,.,,, md mn. f,tboru.r7,,.v.,.
H., ,,,,o .,,,,;,, ALnut -iy unuth> AZ
tnrwnrd IT. l:r,, asked m. to Inc his
w;f. and in lass tI,u =, year from that
Tina ,,,. ,,,,n, d..n. f,thc, and n,nthr,.
,ottIoJ L,,,,' Nh, mn. Lr.I.nd IN hi.
,'or,. h,,nsa VII INV, J,..,, .,rn, Gr,,
;r. ~, ,,.,,.
,,o, i'.',., ,,t III ,i;,J,t '-,,,I ,,h,,, w..
,..,,,,, hi',,, II, tI,. ,,',,.n;rn L, tnIJ mn.
H., 1J.,,;, Ill ,.;,..,,, Ill =, .,,,,
! faI, ,Ira,1f,,II, g.. ho,. and n..,nt,.J I'm
,,, and 500 b.r. hut he said if NnuI,Iu',
do f,, her at all. and So | didn't 90.
One tbiu,r he told MI, that dcIi~htc,I me.
inst h,fnI,. her h,Iy WAS born colonel
CostIov,rth had freed her. Her posi-
tion ,t tho rnlon.rs WAS possiucd Ibnut
a ,rnoL Jn.l in IN. nci,,hhnrhuud and
III .n,t. ~ st,,,i,. ,,..,,. ,t.ntrd :. un,L
no.. "a tho,, u.;,h,ut foundation hut
nna nf tLrr, ,.,,n, f., Ia. n,,tty Generally
I,aI;..,.oJ wLatL., !, v.,s t,,c 81. moi
R,' snr,c means if ,..,n,. tn Inc r,.nort.J
th,t ,n,,nu, C,stI,,,nrth wanted Hattie
to n,,,,, lin and that She had refused
h.cnms,. .L, Lrc, that il v,uld iniure
hin, A. nuv ratio Snm, If the Gentle
,,,,,, t,,,J, ,I,,. tr,,,II. to ,,.,it IN and
nxn,st,,l,t. viii, hin, .,hout it Lrt
thi, ,r,,t n,;,,ht, IittI. fn, tL,i,. Main.
fnr - sn,m ~ tho c,Inn.l f,und ,,,,t tLrir
o,r,nd H.. ,rr.,,. :, I,ft,. and Let +b.m
Lnov. ~, ,J.,i,1, th,t tho, L.,d notbiur
=, Il, win hi J,u,,sti,. u,.,,t.,S tbrt
tLa,. 80 ,.;,h,,,t h.;ru much tho v;s,,.
Nv. ,y,s ...iz.d with g, r,,l lnnrium
tn 40. bAr. and ,s tho ,.nIou,I v,S ,v..,,
and I v.o. in ma ,I.,u,,,., nf u,..tiuy,,,'-
hodv there my husband consented Ia
my roiug and drnve me ny.rnu. mn,u-
inT when he want ,ut an his rnuuL nt.
visits to his n,ti,uts fnuuJ Hattie,
in a L,rrr. nIrnsamt room. ON thr .rrond
Hnn, vI;rh had L..u cnn,c,t,.L int, =,
nmrse,y nI,y;mr with her h,I,v w'hn
w,S ~ f,i, -. u, Iunv-drnn II,tti,. u.,.
go rl,d to seq me that She cried and
r.cEnn / ,,ioJ =, I;ttIo tn, / l.nn,
felt wretchcdIv She Linked ,Imnst ~
nrntt,. -. az, ,.,. ,,,I, r.I.,. and thir,,.,
y Httic | tborobt She talked =, ,,n,L
deal ,hout the rnIoncl tcIIiuy mo how
Kind and rnnd no .I,yo,. vt.1s :, L,,.
and how much he had done for her,
But the sadness | had uni;,rd tLe ui~l,t
she WAS sold had never left her. il.
marks wer,. in her f,ce. and her voice
was full of il. One trouble, She said She
had. and that was all. col. castle
worth's brother Jim. who vos married
and lived about Il mile aNoy. and Lr-
tween whom and youug CJ rr,J e,
bitter quarrel existed. auuo,cd her
greatly. He knew better than, f., dn !,
when his brother WIS nj home. hut in
his absence she vv,s ,.uu.t.,ntI,- r,.,...;,