The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-04-02

No, mother" said ,Joh:. 1T is finished,
and ! am discharged"
Alter supper the story was told over
how Johns counsel had worked for him,
and how the Judge had said there was
not sufficient evidence to convict of 50
great crime.
the spring 70 live at home lie allowed
ms Sloop t" tloat idy in the bay. while,
as he said, he himself rested. The truth
was. he saw. rs others did not, that his
mother had carried a fearful weight, and
now. when it was lifted by his return.
that the Resources of her life were exhaust
ed. The change, moi vet apparent to
other ewes, was clear to his vision. 50 it
T. that these silent spirits read each other
As the warm weather advanced, the
strong woman became weak and as the
June ll"Wei% began to bloom. she ceased
70 move about much, and sat the most OF
each d;N IN a chair bN the open door.
john managed The house and talked with
ms mother Her mind changed with the
relaxation "t her phy frame She no
longer StruNr to hide her tears. but, like
tIrrd infant, would weep without re-
son OF the early loves and romance of her
9lrhood LIE IN 4 warm valley OF the W est
H. learned niorr Vi his mothers heart in
lh""r June DAYS than he had sulmispu
from all he had known finer before And
~ understood what they predicted He
lelt tlnt the heart nearest his own was
rolmtln. over the treasures of lilr ere it
7urrnde'ed them forever
mere vas no great scene when the Wn-
man dird II was evening. just Is the
July h"W'r1 We're coming on She had
Wepl mnIl in the morning A. the day
Grew warm She became yr-v wpah and
iaInt, and lbont noon wa moved by her
son from her chair to her bcd and 50 dice,
a. the aim vent down.
John wa alone in the house when -hr
dird Since HIS rctnm from Montreal. he
hal been made tn feel thai he had but
enc TREND irSllcs his mother. Only one
nci&hhor mad called upon hlnl. and that
was Pete Neulra He had ever proved
true. But John did moi like 10 trouble
his one treno who lived two miles away,
to come and stay with him during the
night. 50 hr lighted 4 candle. took down
from shelf 4 little Bible and hymn book
That he and His mother had carried on an
average about four times year to Il school
house used a@ church. some six miles
away, anl So alone with the dead he spent
the hours III reading, and tears. and mpdi-
tation.
la the morning he locked the door OF
his home and walked .uver to Pete'a. "
" hr met His friend. he said IN a ceal
voice, but with ewes avcrted. 'She has
zone, frtc--ll you will just take the key
'nd 60 over there. I'll 20 down to the
ikr, and ct the things and tell noWncr
anu we II nave the funeral, @ay on Thurs
,llv"
Pete he4italed a moment, then took the
Kay John offered him, and said, Yes.
John, | Will tell my woman, and We will
:" OVER mnd tiN it, and be there when on
come back" And 50 John went ON his
WaN "DuWncr was the minister, anu
the things were Il coffin and Il yhroud
On Thursday was the funeral Pete
took care tu have all the people of the
reighborhood there. although it hardly
seemed ~ il John desired it, The popular
Voice, having once decided ii. still held
John a. 4 murderer. and claimed that he
Wa~ cleared from tile charge only by the
trick, of Ms lawyer John knew of this
derl4iun M The lWncral ht was stern,
'old. white, ;ul statue-Iikr While others
Wrpt but few tears fell from his eyes.
aMd even tIip@e seemed Wrun@ from him
hy aH anguish lnr the most part suppress
ed oi concealed.
tl+ chose that his nother should be
hulird, not in the "bniNm ground at
the settlement, but upon thrIr own litllc
farm where She had lived And 81 in :,
5p1t below the rocky ridge. where WiI,
vDclS GREW, ~hr was Laid Ia rest
john spent tine night following the
funeral 1T rrtr's house. then returned to
his own home, and from that time his
oitarv life began lle took his cattle
ana his sheep over Ia Petc'4, made all fast
about his home and resumed his boating
upon Lake Charnplain He fully realized,
tina he was a marked MAJ. He was adj
NiSed, i was said, even TN his own LEGAL
coAnstl to leave the country, ana to leave
his name behind him but 40 words in
iuncrd him Firm and steady in his
course, strictly temperate and iu~t, he
won Respect where hr could not cain con-
lle icr
The year rolled by Captain john still
WaeA hoatmall, ;tnd 9tll Kept his home at
the lonely loo house ON the edge of the
gre1 valley From each voyage he re-
turard and spent i day and night alone at
the old place; and it was noticed that a
mothers grave, and a marble hrad-stont
was laced there, and other flowers Grew
with the wild Nioirt4 Even III winter,