The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-01-04

innocent mAu. have al old suit Of
clothes here Arise aud dress yourself
and lei lbe coming Of another night see
you apoB the ocean. Remsmbef faith
fuly me belief | have 10 you, aud never
abuse ,he nsry tkul shown you.
The man, descending from the table,
fell upon his bare knees before The young
dector
TIE clock struck tbe hour Of two III The
morning as man, wrapped up almost
to ibe very eyes, passed oat from the
usrmth aud shelter into the fierce cold
ness Of the silent street.
And Doelof Dsaae, sitting before the
dee, asked himself, again aud sgain,
" wl,silsr la had dons rIghis0r wrong lnl
allowing that man TO 70 forth free.
= M 100
Seven years passed.
il was Christmas day.
In tbe high room u miserable power.
~ stricken old bonse, situated ip par.
row, dirty street, not far from the water
side, man sat by the bedside Of his
wife aud child
The woman aud sbiId were asleep, aud
on their thiu, pinched faces the stamp
Of poverty aud priyalion was plainly dis.
eeruibie.
This haggard looking snan who sat
there gazing at the Two beings upon the
bed was Doctor Deane.
Six years before he had married, aud
thinking hat IA splendid opportunity lay
before him TO make money and reputa.
lion i1 distant city, the young doctor
with his wife had set forth full Of lhe
brig htest hopes,
Bat, lSefote tle passage " four yeaIs,
misfortune came thict upon them.
The money acquired by the practice Of
hiSprotessiol was QUE day swallowed mp
in speculation which had held qul the
gayest promise OF success.
lie was 2enuiless; sickness came upon
wife anA child, and tbs doctor found
himself a ruined man. Nff~ "a
Back came all three, husband, wife
and child the two latter still IN and
suffering.
Without money, and consequently
without friends, Doctor Deane aud his
small family took lodgings in the wretch-
ed old house.
Mrs. Desne awoke and looked at her
husband, rrr
You have returned, she mufmurcd in
whisper, lest she should awake The
sleeping child Oh, have YOU succeeded,
dear1
No, Emma, darling, answered the
doctor, his eyes dim with tears, have
not succeeded. The friend whom
helped with money in my prosperous
days now refuses TO lend me a single
dollar.
The wife dropped Der bead upon The
pillow, and dood OF tears came TO her
eyes.
Heaven help ns, Wiford, this Christ
mas day, when all the world but us is
merry, she sighed. God aid us and our
child. Oh, how want and poverty are
thrusting MS DOWN.
Deane bowed his face in his hands and
sat silent and almost despAifing, while
his wife sunk once more into merciful
sleep. ai
Half an hour passed, and at the end of
that dine . 10y knock came at the door,
an9 The doctor opened il.
A man entered the room, and be was
niutliea mp 50 closely that hardiym9re
than Ills eBes could be seen
Yoa are Destnr Deanef he said, slew
~.
Yes, am, replied ltie pb, Sician
rfrha pn suddenly. caaght the hand OF
Desn' a1J shook il wannly.
| The ,'raDgeu eu,siSs ne 81. iaoveuient was
fddfaws Sit irofu.snder bic cloak q amAli
III box aud Eadfd newspaper. both OF
| which lie hanted % lie wondering doc,
/ Tor,
Bel, re kou epep the box, sir, which Is
nol locked, saij- The stranger, you must
read the marked piece Of news on the
/ ftst page Of that paper. Aud now,
Doctor Deane, goodnight aud goodbye.
/ Laying tlts box upon the table, Deane
hurriedly opeaed the paper, at the first
glance beheld the marked article, and,
with beating heart, read the following
piece Of news;
A DYiNG MANS CONFESSION = Hiram
+ Wood, an aged man, passed away last
evenimg, aud Two hours before that event
j lie naAe a Isnibie confession. IN this
confessioD he declared himself murder
/ er. said that be alone was the nan who
committed the DARK dSed some seven or
eight years ago, and for which crime a
young man, named Geofge Leighton,
died upon the scafoid, cent there by
what then appeared 70 be Tue strongest
/ oireumst4nliAl evidence. &
The newspaper fell from Doctor
-Deaner quiferHS hAuns, be puhru "peh
tie tin box aia saw q folded sheet q
paper igipg on lae loJ Of something tirm
+ and heal.
! And this is what be read:
DEAg pocToR DR. ,Nr:- Yon are now
convinced that he man VITO swoFe 70
yon lhal he was Innocent, seven years
go, spoke Gods holy truth. glory in
the thought iha, in this, your dark hour
/ can he OF service 10 you. Ia The iip
Dox yoa viii dad ,he sam Of tea ihoas.
and dollars, present from him who
owes yoa Lis life. Blush no, 20 take IL,
fnr 81 maa an proenred honesME. As