St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-10-02


as If to recall his wandering thoughts
and began:
AS the spot selected was nearest the
tenement of Mr.. lIawk kin>. ii WAS agrcer
that the parties should meet there
They did :" promptly at half-paSt six
The morning being chilly. Mr.. HawkiI,
extended the h"spiialitic> of his houS,
with Il bottle OF Bourbon whisky -ol
which all partonk hut myself Th,
reason of that exception is. believe
we'll known. II is my imvariahlc Gus
tom To take brandy IL wine gl.ISStuI il
Il cup of strong coffee. Immediately on.
rising. 1t stimulates the functions. sill
"ltlI"nt producing amy blank dcr.imYc-
mcnt OF the nerves."
The har-kcrpcr. to whom, as an cN-
pert. the colonel had grlciou>ly i'm
parted this information, nodded APP
proNingll. and the colonel, amid i
hr"athlcSS silence. went ON:
We were about twenty minutes in
reaching the spot. The ground wa,
measured, Tia" weapons We're loaded
when Mr.. BungStartcT conlidcd To IN,
the Information that he WAS uuWrlI and
III great pam On consultation Will
Nj. Hawkins. il appeared that his pliII-
cI'al III Il distant part of the field WA,
ais" suffering and III great pain. Tn,
symptoms We're such a> i medical man
would pronounce 'chnlcraic." | saw
T""id have PRONOUNCED. inl on "NImima-
tIun the surgeon Wa> also found to he
cr III pam. and ! regret To SAY. r\-
prr>>ln" himself in lamguag, unbrcnmI-
ng the occasion. His impression Wa>
that some powerful dIu" had been adj
miml>tcr"d. Om referring the question
t" Nh. Hawkins. hr remembered that
the bottle of whisky laItakrn hN them
contained Il medicine which he ha,
been in the habit of taking. but which.
hIN nIg failed la act upon him. hc had
c"ucluIcd to hr generally Ineffective.
and had forgotten. Ills perfect will
in"ur>> Ia hold him~, II personally rr-
>poli>ihlc /" each of the parties. his
genuine concern ~ the disastrous effect
of the mistake. mingled with his own
alarm at the state of his ~ stem. which
CT failed /" cr r'>pond 1" the
nrcUliar qualities OF the medicine. WIS
most hcc"mIiug /" him IL Il miam "t
honor and gentleman AfIcI an
h"m : delay. both principals hciug
completely c\l.rlI~trd. and lhautluu,d Il
10y the >rI %r"jI. " hn WIS unreasonable,
alarmed at hi~ own condition. Nh. Ilau
kiu> and agreed to remove ON men Ia
NIIkirNIllc. There. after 4 further
consultation with MI. llaW kim>. IN ami
cable adjustment of all difficulties. hon
niIhlr I" both PARTIES. and governed
h\ profound >rcir,., was arranged.
l"irNc." added the rnInm,I. looking
abound and >cItiu" down his mll>>. Ina
gentleman has Vet ,\pr,.>>rd himself
other than satisfied with :hr result" :"
PERHAPS it Wis the rnl"ncr> manner.
hut g., hgir\rl WAS the opinion of Five
Fork, r,,,.uJiuu rh,. ii,r,II,rru,I Li>rl,,
of Mn. IIuL Li,> in mi, .,it.,i, tL,,. .,,i,
,,r, Iirrl,. nut>u,L,u. ,,iri,i., 90, fI,,
moment. In a few weeks rh, whole
tl,ii,,. MA, fn,,,,it,., ,>,,.ut -. u,,t al
the necessary rrrnrd uf liaoLi,,. hIIu-
.l,I>. which u,> lIrr,,, = urti1 mlI
one. N.,iii. some i.,t,.I. t,,III,.- consumed
to- nnlitcr:t1c th, past. uniII. = \rIl
latrl. = Valuable. lead ua> discovered iu
the "l:la/imy stan" ruuurl. in The hin
" here, hr lived. and 4 lIr",. sum vI>
offered him tol i portion nt hi Land Oh
the hill top Accustomed ~ Five Fork ,
had hrcumr tn the r>hihItinu Of hi,
folly. il va- with establishment tL.,i
they learned that ne Ir>olut,k lud
Irridrdl, refused th,. offer. The, re-,
~um that h,. .:lN ,,:i> sill mnI,a~rour,I-
in". He VAS about /" build.
10 build = house upon urnprIt\. avail
able tuI mInIu" uurIr>,.> N;i> plcpo~t..I.
rII-: to build ut ali With 4 roof ,llradl
coNrIiu" him Wa~ an act of ,\Irl\I-
.riurr: In build 4 huII>,. of the i \ IL. hr
prnpn>cI Wu~ simply madur>>'
lci hrIc we've iIri> Tine plans ucr,
made aud TIA, Lumber ton the aru build
my Wa- Llrc.td, on the Ground. while
the shaft ni lh.. ..iilaLm" Star WAS hr-
ing sunk below. Ilrr site WITS. in Irll-
". Il NclN picturesque one the huiI,liu.
itself Of i >t\h. and uualit, hithrItu
umkm"vm in Five Forks. The cIri/rl~.
ar lir>l ~kcpIicll. durin. their moments
ui recreation and idIrnr>> gathered
I"uhlingll about the lncalilN. Ba> IN
day. in that climate ot i:Irid "rrvIh>.
the building pleasantly known i'm the
~lau. of Five Forks a> ..tLr Idiot N.,
lun." ru>, h,>idr tine rlrcn oak. and
clustering tiI> of flaw kius hill. aS if il
were p.iIt ut the. natural phcunmrr,
At last il was completed. Then Mn
llau kim> proceeded to furnish il with
an c\pru>iNrnr>s and cNtraNayanrr OF
outlay quite in keeping with his former
idi"cl. Carpets. sofas. mirrors. and ii
uall\. IL piano the only ON, known IN
the county. and brought at rrrat cx-
pclr>.. from Sacramrmto-krpt curiosity
at Il fever heat More than that. there
were articles and ornaments which =
few married experts declared oul, fiji
for women. When fin, furuiShino nt
the. houS,. vas compIct, il h,d n,.,.u-
MED two u,nuths of fin, sn,cuI,ti,. ,ud
; ,,,; , H. ~