St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-08-14
ST. JOIINSBURY, VT, FRIDAY AUG. II. 1874

last | found voice to say.
"Oh, we climbed by the wistelia vine
1t was nothing to us; we often live il
deserted houses in the summer; il for
treSs is no stronger than its weakest
point. We are acrObats; we go Ovcl
roofs, up vines, into windows easily
but must 60. You will find little
place under the fence where we have
removed a board. After nightfall ",
could creep in, and then ascend by the
vine. We always went out by the front
door, when we could, and that WAS
often, for you went for your walks. ol
were shut up in the dining-room, ol
library. We know how to watch olll
chance, both within and without Never
was IL city house so sheltered from out
side observation as this yOu have no
neIghhors i'll the intrusive sense. We
have unfastcned window or two ont
of which we could always drop into the
garden. Gou have been Il placid and
kindly hostess to two people who love
d'dbterie; believe me, madame, we
could have frightened You ont of Your
witsw
She darted upstairs and returned
like lightning, went to Mr.. Ayscough's
| q
paper, rolled them rapidly together.
took one of my marble hands, and
pressing it kindly, Skipped out of the
door.
Yes, let her go. was powcrleSs
Down the front staircase. out of that
| handsome, respectable house she went.
and had promised To protect it Two
tumblcrS-acrobatS, gymnaStS thieves.
mmdercrs. burglars, for aught | knew.
had been frllow-inmateS with me, and
| had let one of them goa pretty pro-
tectresS | cannot remember how
did it. but | know | wrote telegram
to Mr.. Ayscough and sent Nancy for the
doctor. | know | wrote also letter.
for ii is before me:
Mr.. AYSCOUGH: Yesterday in visit
ing your apartment became convinced
that some intruder had been mcddling
with Your inkStand. | will confess to
you that have been the victim of su-
perStitious fears. and that | believed
once that ! saw the ghost of your wife
| was weak enough to feel these fears
come over me again. As ! searched
about the rooms. half in terror. OBJ
served the little garrett door swing gen
tly open. assembled to find Il woman
sleeping i'll the nursery bed. SO aston
iSling was the likeness to Gcrtrudc's
picture. that | still believed ! saw Il
wrath.
II took the hand. however. of live
woman. 1t was the acrobat. RoSalind.
now performing ut BlakrlcN theatre.
She and her husband having gained
access to the garrct rooms i'll the early
summer. 10y means of the wiStcria vine.
have lived there ever since.
"Shc has taken nothing. | have let
her escape. Forgive me and forgive
her. She seems IL half-crazcd poor
creature. and have IL fellow feeling for
her. MARY VI ,ETIN."
When the doctor came | WAS past
speech or action. In the dclrium of IL
brain fever | passed tine next month.
When Mr.. ANscough arrived he read
my letter. The doctor SAYS his fury
surpassed all description. do not
wonder , to have nothing to Mrcak his
Nnur urs".-nr.. upon h"t e. g., l'ir .li -,''rrrITI.
battling in the idiocy of Il brain fever.
Yes: yes, there were the acrnhat>
They were to hc found and punished
They. the miserable diSturbrIs of his
hnlic>t solitude. the invaders of his
dearest privacy. he would Wrcak his
Vengeance on them,
The doctor. sitting by my bedside.
heard his infuliatcd words. and at the
same time glanced over the morning
paper.
stop. Mr.. Ayscough," said the old
gentleman, '.Nour Indignation is Just
and natural, hut the power of revenge
is taken from Nnu. \ greater than we
Il ~
saith the Lord" And he read the fol
loving paragraph:
"lloEEIELE ACCIDENT At TIE BI.AKE-
LEY THEATRE. The wrll-knoWn Ger
man acrohatS. Ferdinand and RoSalind.
in the performance of thcir great flying
trapcZc act, last evening, missed the
hai and fell with terrible force to the
floor. The woman is dead. The man
still fingers. suffering horribly. He
waS noticed a$ being unsteady and ncr-
VouS when he began. and the woman
was evidently rmtrcating him to stop
hul he would not. She WAS Il beautiful
and loving creature, evidently educated
above her profession but the man is
said to have been Il drunken and Sullcm
brute. This terrible accident of course
caused an immense sensation. The
large audience Immediately dispersed.
Saddencd by this dreadful spectacle.
1t is t" he hoped that it will bring these
acrobat performances into diSiivur for
Il very long time"
never SAW Mr.. Ayscough again: but
he left me a handsome present after
ward had reason to believe that he
gave the unfortunate acrobat IL decent
and Christian funeral
never attempted again to live alone
in Il great house, nor do tiattcr myself
Il woman of courage: all that dear
illusion was taken out of me by rather
an extraordinary experience | grant
but still 1t has been taken away True
courage would not have tainted away
true courage would have caught the
woman, and would not have had il
brain fever. Yet. for all she cost me,
have still great tenderness for mn OnIy
9host.-from the IIdin" for Iugnst.
Family Government.
What ought. what can IL mother do.
when a popu plp1 1S1ut c1rplpSS huShnu