St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-12-01
ST. JOIINSBURY VT, FRIDAY, DEC. l. 1876

and independent owners of the tw,
nils, but tenants in common i'm th,
echo; therefore defendant WAS at ful
: liberty to cut down his hill, since it be
longed solely to him, but must Civ,
ponds III three million dollars as in
demnlty for damages which might re
| suit to my uncle's half of the echo Thi
decision also debarred my uncle from
using defendants hill to reflect his par
OF the echo, without defendants con
sent lie must Use only his own hill i
MS part of the echo would not go, under
these circumstances, it was sad. o
course, but the court could find no rem.
edy. The court also debarred defend
ant from using my uncle's hill to reflect
his end of the echo, without consent
You see the grand result Neither maI
: would give consent, and so that aston
lshIng and most noble echo had to ceas,
from Its great powers; and since that
day that magnificent property is tied
up and unstable.
"A week before my wedding-day
yElAilez \ Was still swimming in bliss and
ne nobility were gathering from fan
-! s'lle4r ~ l6h0t oatn ieSp6 61haN e7lis1
- 80 di1s1elni1cest ~ 1aaIaeA
copy sefl his Bip,smAkips mp his sole
| heIr, 9He, was gone alas py dear ben
efaetor was no more. The thought sur
charges my heart even at this remote
day. handed the will to the earl:
could not read it for the binding tears.
The earl read ii then he sternly said
Sir, do you call this wealth but
doubtless you do in your inflated coun-
try. Sir. yoH are left sole heir to IA vast
collection of echoes-if Il thing can be
called IL collection that is scattered far
aud wide over the huge length and
breadth of the American continent sir.
| this Is not all YOU are head and ears
~ debt there Is not an echo in the lot
but has Il mortgage on it; sir, ! am not
Il hard man, but | must look to my
child's interest; if Nou had but one
echo which You could honestly call vour
own, II YOU had but one echo which WAS
free from Incumbrancc, 80 that Vou
could retire to it with my child, and
10y humble, painstaking industry cult
vate and improve it, and thus wrcst
from 1t il maintenance, | would not say
You nay but cannot marry my child
To Il beggar. Leave his side, my dal-
ling; go sir; take your mortgagc-rid-
den echoes, and quit my sight forever.
"My noble Celestine cluug to me in
tears, with loving arms, and swore she
would willingly, nay, gladly, marry me.
though had not an echo in the world
But it could not be. We were torn
asunder, she to pine and die within the
twelremonth. | To toll lite's long jour
ncy sad and lone, PRAYING daily, hour
Ia t,,ts lat IL, L 1
together again i'll that dear realm where
the wicked cease from troubling and the
weary are at rest. Now, sir. if YOU will
be 50 kind as to look at these maps and
plans i'll my portfolio. | am sure | can
sell You an echo for less money than
any man III the trade. Now this one.
which cost my uncle ten dollars thirty
Years ago, aud is one of the sweetest
things III Texas, | will let You have it
for"
Let me interrupt Nou," | said. MY
friend. | have not had Il moments res
plte from canvaSSerS, this day. | have
bought Il sewing machine which did
n"I want; | have bought map which
Is mistaken in all its details; | have
bought Il clock which will not go: i
have bought Il moth poison which the
moths prefer to any other beverage
have bought no end of useless invcu-
ti"ns. and now have had enough of
this fnoliShuesS. | would not have one
of Your echoes If Nou were even to give
II 10 me. ! would not let il STAY on the
place. always hate Il man that tries to
sell me echoes. You see this cune Now
take your collection and move on; let
Us not have bloudShed"
But he only smiled Il sad, sweet smile.
and got out some more diagrams. You
know the result perfectly we'll. because
y"u know that when You have once
opened the door To ii canvaS>er. the |
trouble is done and you have got to
suffer defeat. compromised with this |
man at the end of an intolcrahle hour. |
bought two double balrrlcd echoes in |
good condition, and he threw in an
other, which he said WAS not >alabc
because it only spoke German. He
said: ''Sle WAS Il perfect poly glot once |
but somehow her palate got down"