St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-05-09
VOLUME 36---NUMBER 1867.

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nious and iu,.,,,i,,.,ti,.l lI,r,L.,,,, ,,,,
Mouut NoriuL" Thr ,iII,m. hmt,.h.,
more ur;,rti,.,l h.,ilod tL,. ,,,,oJ ,,.,,,
and Informed him th,t h,. Wa. IN t;n,,,
for :, ,rood str,l hut tb,. ,I,..,,,,, .L,,,L.
hi>-hrad in aron, and r,sscd nm HI.
u,.;,rcd th, r;,rn,.,te,,> hnu.c ,t,,ur.d
tnttcr.d and In,LaJ ,,,,. hi. sL,,,1,I,,.
:> if intcudiup to nm at I,u.,th b,.
made his wa, h,hiud IN, hons. ~ L,,.
IIu\ MA, cInupirn tir,.-u,,d RI. ,..,,.-
prntc, >aw linn and tu,p.d nal. he
feared rh,. dr,run had fnu.,d ,.h,..,,,.,
Labor and had come tn Give him w.,,.n.
iuu.
..,,,urn," said TN. Jc,,,u ..r,.
been doing = h,ou uf thiuLiu' .h,ut
what we talked of YESTERDAY. I'VE.
come To SAY that if ,ou Iik, in lend
ynu three hundred dollars fnr ~ ln,,r
rs we've. 4 mind +, vithnut uot, S,.,.,,,'-
ity ar interest ,nu tn >n.,,d ,.l u,u,.I
,t if rl -. need IA dr.>. =. an. ,,,. LuII
f,n,', in SuuL.,, ,.I,,L. ,,J ,,,t
th, h.,l.u,,. in ti,,. SWIM. Ill. ,,;n
ter..i to on ON dninw rh. s,,n,,. yh.u
nrcesS;,ry An all Of We 90 to ,buI,.h
when We feel 50 di>posed' an eff no
body ,lsc'> Dew door opru, y,.r always
welcome to mine. And may IN. Io,d'
the deacon finished thr sentence IN
himself ..h,vp nc,,., 81, ~, -,uI
Then he said ,loud.
..Ihat'> nil l.:
The carlrntcr al the hpiuuiun of the
dr.,ro,,'s ,i,r,.rh b,d ,roI,u.d ii. nv.
to th,. imminent I;u,rrr of ON, nf his
feet. \, th. deacon continued thc
r;,Iu,ut.r ,horn,.d his he,d tn ,,,. .iI,.
lIi>cd one c\rbr,v iuuui,iurl, and
awaited th.. conditions. But when rbr
deacon said ..'Tk,t's all" I;rorr. IJ,,
seized the ,Icucou's hard old hand. r;,yr
if , crash which hruu"bt nmnniliu,,
fear, tn il. ,rurr;,hI. nNu,.r and g.,
,loiucd
..Dc,rnu Gud's n,.u,,I, ara. r.f,ru,-
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TL,. d,.,,.,u -t.,,,.,,.,..d ., Ii,,I. IL,
head mat ,I,,,,,l,,oti II in ,I.,t I,L, ~,
tnr,.
III
'"'"' '''' "'"'l'. II VI" n''i'
good than all the prd\InIr ever done.
Meats" me must tell Mary. and the
carpenter dashed into the house. Had
MI~. Hay respected the dramatic pro
prirtir>. sine would have made the dra-
con u neat speech; but the truth is.
>h" regarded hIm from behind TIA" win
dow bind. and wiped hcI eyes with the
""rlI'' OF her apron. seeing which. the
deacon abruptly >talird t"r home. MAX
lmg less II>C "t his cane than he had
done IN any day tnI Years.
1t l. glI'N"u> I" relate. but the truth
Is mighty. that Within II fortnight the
good deacon rcprmtcd of his generous
action at least fifty times. lie would
die IN the poor hou>c if he we're 81 rX
tIiNag:lnt again. Three hundred dollars
Wa> m"lc than COW shed lumhcI,
shingles. nails. lah"I and all would
cost. >uppo>, Hay should take the
Im"url and =" west suppose hc
should take I" drinking. and spend it
all tnI liquor Dnc suspicion after an
"thcI tortured the poor man until he
yIrN thin aud nrI NOu>. But, on the
second sunday. having satisfied him
self that Hay WAS III town. sober. the
daH dct"rc. that he had been to the
city and brought back bundles and that
lie tthr drHc"n) hAd seldom been III The
street Without meeting one of Hay :
eyes. "I Il spool "f thread. The deacon
stationed him>,.lt in one of his own
front windows. and brought his >prcta-
clc> /" bear on Hays door. Il little dis
tamrr oil The first bell had Irmg. ap-
patiently hours hrtuIc. Vet uu one aIp-
prIrrd cnuld il hc That he had hn>cll
>nraNcd /" the city II night. and pawn
rd ever! thing y" the door opened
there lhrl came. 1t couldn't hc
YES. II Was well he never imagined
Hay and his wife we've :" lin" q l""t>Ing
couple. They came nrar.r. and the
deacon. forgetting hi cane. h"hhled
huriirdlN Io chulGl. catered his pew .