Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-06-12

fell to the earth like one dead, bu
when his master in great alari
raised him up, he broke away, Leaf
ed from the hedge, and made o
into the neighboring wood. FrOl
that time he was seen no more, an
all inquiries after him proved vair
The above was the pastors acc0un
of the fact.
Ere long strange rumOrs bega
to circulate in the neighborhood
and as matter of course they reach
ed the pastors ears. Morten Burn
was known to have said that "h
would make the parson produce hi
brother, even if he had to dig hin
out of the EARTH" .SOren was in
tensely panied at thu calnmny i'm
piled, and instituted at his own ex
pense a quiet search after the miss
iny mana search which failed al
together. Even before that failur,
was known, Morten Burns, in full
tilment of his threats, applied t
the district magistrate, taking Will
him as witnesses one Larson, a cot
tager, and a lahorer's widow anL
daughter, on the strength of whose
testimony he declared his suspicion
that the pastor had slain his broth
er. The magistrate represented to
him the risk he ran in making SO
serious a charge against the clergy
man, and advised him to weigh the
matter we'll before it was too late.
But MOrten persisted in his design,
and the statements of the witness.
SEES were taken down.
When the witnes SEES had deposed,
Morten demanded that the parsCn
should be arrested. Wishing to
avoid scandal if possible, the mag.
istrate, who was a friend of SOren's,
proposed that they should go to-
gether to the parsonage, where they
would probably receive a satisfac-
tory explanation of the facts depos-
ed to. Morten then consented to
this, and the party set out. On APP
preaching the house they saw So
rem coming to meet them-when
Morten ran forward, and bluntly
accused him Of numbering his broth
er, adding that he had come to make
search for the body. The pastor
made no reply, but courteously
greeting the magistrate, gave direc.
tlons to the farm servants, who
gathered round, to aid by all the
means in their power the search to
be made. Morten led the way to
the garden, and after looking for
some time pointed to IL certain spot,
and then called up the men to dig
there.
They had not dug long when one
of them cried out "IIeaven preserve
us" and all present crowded to
look, the crown of a hat was visi-
bic above the earth. "That is NeilS'
hatw cried Morten; II knew it
well here is security we shall
find him Dig awayw he shouted
with fierce energy, and was almost
as eagerly obeyed. Soon an arm
and in few minutes the
entire corpse was disinterred. There
could be no doubt that it was the
man. The face could not
be recognized for decomposition had
commenced and the features had
been injured by blows, but the
clothes, even unto his shirt with his
name Oh it, were identified by his
fellow servants; even u leaden ring
in the left ear of the corpse was re-
cOgnized as one which Niels had
worn for years.
There was no alternative but to
arrest the pastor on the spot-in-
deed he willingly surrendered him.
self, merely protesting his limo
cence. appearances are against
me-" he said "Surely this must be
he work of satan and his ministry;
out He still lives who will at pleas
are make my innocence manifest.
Take me to prison in solitude and
n chains | will await what he in
lis wisdom shall decree"
The pastor was removed to the
all at Genau the same night, and
IN the following day came the judi
,ial examination. The witnesses
their1 former statements
IN oath. There now appeared three
additional witnesses, viz: the pas
or's two farm servants, and the
LARRY maid. The two former ex-
blamed how on the day Of the muir
Ter they had been sitting near the
open window in the servants room,
md heard distinctly how the pastor