St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-01-09

could be more favorable fer her purpose
as the alterations were To he made dur
| ing the Generals absence on his quar-
telly tom of inspection of the Province,
aud the wol lmcn would consequently
he under her sole supervision.
The dream to which have alludcd
( WAS as follows: An aged Hindu of ven
cradle appearance. with Il flowing white
heand. had appeared to Mrs. =. and
/ gazing SteHdt.lStly and even Stclnly at
her, had addressed her III this wise:
"Maharamcc (Anglice. Queen OF
Queene) my restless spirit has long been
| troubled. because il has he II dccrrcd
hy ON Gods Brahma, Ni>hm, and SILVIA.
that for a dreadful crime committed by
me when living. | shall not enter into
Paradise nor shall my restless spirit
know rrposc. until have induced some
mortal upon caIth, Ia listen To my sad
tale. and Ia cause the remains of my
victim and the fruits of my crime 10
once again see the light of day. To
y0r do ! delegate this task. Know
then. that many years ago there stood
on this spot Il caraVanscIai. winch ! III
common with my brother merchants
WIS III the habit of using when came
from Cashmere +" sell my >hawlS and
dried fruits, and purchase III exchange
! the produce Of this Prov incc. On uIN
last journey induced Il youug country -
man. to Join me and Ia east in his lot
with mine. a> partner in this my last
venture. and in an evil hour he CON
>rntcd. We arrived here without ac-
cidrmt and di>p">rd at our merchandise
at prices which far exceeded oII most
san%uimc amticipaii"n>. But man is
never content. the accur~cd greed ot
gain will lead him to commit crimes at
which in his cooler moment, he would
never think. and 50 ii was with me-. toi
on that fatal evening being tempted
tlcr"t" hl Nhailan. thr aUth"r of all
evil. numbered my Young companion
hi> share of our gains. intending ON my
return To represent /" hi wife and chill
drcn, thar he had separated from nc i'll
GualIoi. and hau ;l>>uclticd himself
With ainthcr company oi merchants t"i
'Er, purpose "i trading further into the
interior. The hodl of the unfortunate
II. Ia.
il-guttrn wealth. buried in The cara
Nau>rIIl, IN the cXact >l'uI on which
NOW stands the south " ing OF tins huild-
iug. But take heed how soon the ven
gcaucr of the the yud> nNcItuuh me.
pm my journey home. sickcHcd witt
the cholera. and my taithlr~> aitcudlnt>
seized the opportunity T." plumdcI III" OF
all POSSESSED. and then ht~rlN lni~"ul,
mc leaving my bones to hleacI "n lhcs,
aIId plains. such. o. MahaIamce. i
the history "t my crime.
Having SAID these words the vision
faded from her view. \"W he fIcqurul
recurrence of this dream made Mrs :
IN it. and that it must hr more thHn al
ordinary vision of the night. she Wa
therefore all the more anxious I" h%N,
the circumstances icicIIrd /" 10y the
hguc investigated. Acr"v,liugll. " hen
hen husband had departed. Ms. :. "I-
dcrcd the workmcm L" diG under the
l.tfi II u l,l
p self personally >upcIiutcndcd the opcr
alton. After digging t"a depth "i s"ll,
ten "l twelve feet. the men di>c"yCrco
the skeleton of = man in perfect Prr~"i-
walton. and close lrr~idc il Il number u
''chathc> "r c;Ithcu jar filled Will
fold muhur~ (cuuul Ia ~2uD Thus tn
the dream va> fnlillcd. and MI. =.
cNuliation was great HHt that night
the figure again appeared. and VaInc,
her OH no account To touch amy portion
of the treasure nor t. suffer ANY ut hrl
household Ia do 81. hut to replace il il
the same spot. aud to see that the Skrl
ctou received the rites OF Hindu burial
would a~>urcdly hiring misfortune upon
the appropriation or upon som" "f In
family. AgrccahiN to these Instruction
the money WAS replaced. the Skeleton
dul, buried Now comes the tu1hr
extraordinary fulillmcnt of this strange
dream: Mrs s. personal attendant VA
the daughter "t the 'Alahont OF clr
. pllanl keeper. and one morning sh'
presented herself i'll great grief at tin
Rc>idcncN. informing Mrs =. that he
father had died very suddenly duIln:
the night stating ais" that from TIN
unlocked for character of his demise >h
feared .hc must have been poisoned
, An inquest was held and dn autup>,
made bN the surgeon of lhc Ecsidcncy
but without throwing amy light npol
this my NStcIiuUS death. so after the uSIl;l
f amount of speculation and conicctur
the matter was suffered /" drop. som
little time after this occurrence Will
+ the girl WAS assisting Mrs. :. in lac
f toilette her giIdle became l"n>cncd
and IA number of pieces of money rn!lc
= on the floor. which on being picked II
A turned ont to he IL portion of the tat;
e treasure. The girl on being qur>ti"mr
= confessed that she and her father no
believing III the curse. had cNhumc
= the none! and the amount being to
great to conceal III their hut or on thei