St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-06-14

unconscious sort of way managed t,
keep Mrs. Anderson back; else she
would have laid violent hands on hel
| daughter.
When August lifted his ewes and saw
her face full of tenderness and her hanC
reached over the halusterS to him. h,
seemed to have been suddenly lifted
from perlition to bliss The tears RAJ
unrcStraincd upon his cheeks. he reach
ed up and took her hand.
Good. by. julie God bless you y
he said huskily, and went out into the
night happy i'll spite of all.
Chapter NIX.
TIE MOTHER.
Out of the door he went. happy il
| spite of all the mistakes he had made
and of all the c0Htrctrmps of his pro
v"klng misadNrnture happy in spit,
of the threat of arrest for burglary. FoI
nearly Il minute August Wehle WAS
happy i'll that perfect way in which
people of quiet temperS are happy
happy without tiustrr. But before he
had passed the gate, he heard il scream
and Il wild hNStericnl laugh he heard
Il hurrying of feet and SAW il moving OF
lights. He would fain have turned back
Ia find out what the matter WAS he had
80 much of interest i'll that house. hut
he remembered that he had been turn
Ell out and that he could not 90 back
The feeling of outlaWry mingled its bit
terne>S with the feeling of anxiety. He
feared that something had happened tu
Julia; he fingered and listened Hum
Phreys came ont upon the upper porch
and looked sharply up and down the
road. August felt instinctivcly that he
WAS the object of the search and slumk
INTO Il fence corner, remembering that
he WAS now Il burglar and lt the mercy
of the man whose face was enough tu
SHOW him unrclcutiny.
Presently Humphreys turned and
went i'll as quickly us he had come out.
and then August came ont of the shad
dow and hurried away. When he had
gone Il mile, he heard the hoots of
horses. and again he concealed himself
with :; cowardly feeling he had never
known before. But when he found that
it was Jonas, riding one horse and lead
ing another, on his way to bring Dr.
ketchup, the steam doctor. he ran ont
Jonas Jonas what's the matter
Who's sick ! l. it Julia 30
I'll he bound you aX fer julie first.
my much respected comlldc. But il 5
only one of the ole Woman's conniption
fits. and know she's got nineteen lives.
People of the cutamount sort always
has. You'd better gin ii thought to
Yourself now. ! got You into this scrape
and mean to see you out, as the dog
said to the possum III its hole. Git up
onto this gray quadrulpcd and 90 as fur
as | go on the road To peace and safety
Now, | tell You what, the hawks got
ii mighty good purchase on you. my
checker, and he's jest about to light.
and when he lights, look ont fer fcth-
crs. Don't sleep under the partelal
roof, as they say. Goto Andrews cas-
tie, and he'll help You git acrost the
river into the glorious State of ole
kaintuck atore amy warrant can he got
out fer takin You up. Never once tho I
of hein' took up. But don't delay. ;,s
the preachers say. The time is short
and the human heart is desperately
wicked and mighty deceitful and on
sartain."
As far as Jonas travelled his way. he
carried August upon the gray horse.
Then the latter hurried across the fields
to his fathers cabin. Little Wilhelmi-
na sat with face against the window
waiting his return. and not Il little
anxious because he was so long away.
"Where did you 90. August Did
YOU see the pretty girl at Anderson'S y
August stopped and kissed her. but.
without speaking IL word to her. he went
h. Ia .,.,t Il
the last of her basket of stockings. All
the rest were asleep, and having asSur-
ed himself of this. he drew up low
chair and leaned his elbow on his knee
and his head on his hand. and told the
whole adventure of the evening to his
mother, and then he dropped his head
on her lap and wcpt i'll Il still way
And the ewcet-eyed, weary Moravian
mother laid her two hands upon his
head and prayed. And Wilhelmma
knelt instinctivclN hy the side of her
brother.
Perhaps there is no God. Orpcrhaps
He is 50 great that our PRAYING has ne
effect. Perhaps this strong cry ing oi
our hearts to Him in our extremity Is
no witness of his readiness to hear. Let
him live in doubt who can. Let me he
licNe that the tender mothcr-hcar and
the tender siStrr-hcart i'll that little
cabin did reach up to the great Heart
that is over us all i'll Fathcrly love. did
find Il real comfort for themselves. and
did bring ii strength giving aud sancti-
| tNing something upon the head OF the
Young man, who straightway rose ny
refreshed. and departed ont into the
night, leaving behind him mother and
/ sister >training their eyes after him i'll
/ the blackneSS. and carrying with him
| thoughts and memories. and who shall
doubl "a genuine heavenly inspira-
| tion that saved him i'll the trials i'll
which We shall next meet him.
At two o'clock that night August
Wchlr stood upon the shore of the Ohio
i'll company with Andrew Anderson, the
| Back woods Philosopher. Andrew way
ed Il fire brand ut the steamboat 'lsaa'
! Shelby which WAS coming round the
bend. And the captain tapped his bel
three times and stopped his engines
| Then the NaWl took the two men aboard
and two days atterward Andrew came
back alone.
(1o be cOnhnued.)
A touching incident is reported from
! Chattanooga, Tenn. An utter stranger
called Oh il respectable farmer, las
week, and asked him if his house haC
not been robbed during the war. The