St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-01-20
Twenty Pounds Sterling.

There never was such a man to be
AS Staining. He was always so sur,
he was right. Our mutual friend Max
well ought to have sailed for Brazil
but felt confident | had seen him il
the street, but Staining said it was
nonsense, and he bet me f20 to Is
was wrong. He had hardly finished
speaking when Maxwell came in
Staining pulled out of his pocket Il f2C
note and handed it to me.
"There you are old fellow. "A foo
and his money etc. Another illustra-
ton of that wise adage."
"Not exactly for you don't expect
shall take your money"
"Yes | do; and shall be extremely
annoyed if you refuse"
| protested, but presently he said
i'll considerable irritation
"Then be my almOner, and give the
money away in charity"
He left presently, and AS there art
objections to standing i'll the public
highways with Il bank note i'll yOul
hand and puzzled expression i'll yOul
face, the note was transferred to my
pocket, and | went my way wondering
"hOh was IhCO iuii 'iiu ny " WV 5S
man whom | knew.
"Hulloa " he cried. MIR. Smith
you ana e1 seem TO have our minds I SC
nluch occupied that we cannot TAKE
care of our bodies"
NO grave matter OF mine, SAID
"but you look sad. Nothing wrong
with you and yours ?"
1-; W., Uli "" '' > a'''u 's',,,Ii.
'urI;nJ oPi iJ'ii"S go ST. L So"s oot
iou .i III ii''T, n"No :U'ie ~, ~
nc vic anu cIliu are ~ g
anu lTlelus nave receded lhIo Ihe re-
nlote oackSTound' Anu worse IMAM all
lhe husband
HAS become incorporate OF mas
gone mad
NelIher one nor IIe olher'
something worse
les lor 10 DE dlsnohest Is worse
tliah gong mau. ana IL is s'1h mere
1Iihe Inat Is needed, apparently, 10 Pu'
all sUralght, uhat groah at my ihapill-
W 10 ma IL. me,
nat wanted
We'll, lts only t2O.
there's the money you require
llaste away, ana DO all Vie good you
can with II"
My friend looked astonlshed. He
even hesitated moment.
at is very good of you" he said ner-
vously, "but really"
81 have the power to give this away
Good by" And hurried off. Then
FASTENED back to him.
"May | request that you will on no
account mention my name"
AS you wish 1t, l won't; but you
should know the objects OF your boun-
ty." And he told me. Then we part
ed. l had only gone dozen yards
when there passed me a young man
with flushed face and a frightened,
anxious LOOK III his eyes. lie caught
up to my friend and spoke to him.
THAT is the man" | said to myself,
''whOse proceedings have been dubious,
and who will, | trust, be rescued by
Staining's t2O. Well, if the wheel
should turn, and this poor man should
ever DE III position 10 denver fellow
creature from such trouble as he HIM
sell Is now IN, by the surrender OF t2O
| wonder whether he'll do ltY Smith.
you surely know human nature well
enough To answer your own FOOLISH
question Not he-not bit OF It,.
inns incident was soon swept IRON
my mihd py sudden cali 10 go abroad
even 10 tne place where Maxwell dld
not goIbrazl. Nothlhg hamPered me
theI was young pacIelor, ana
could start lor the anulpoues a1 IWo
days noace' when l take my, wife
and chlldren-l forgot the number
for animal fIln- these l:ltHl
years of my life, require weeks prep
aratlon.
Away then, to Brazil away to new
life, new companions, new hopes and
tears away to fortune and the yeilo"
tever! Here occurs III my tale an IN
terVai OF twenty years (my story deai>
IN twehtlesl' douDt whether shoui'
nave come nack nad not ayouhg En-
gilsil iauy one hignI sung III my near
ing an oi1 nome Dallau, so wen re
mempered III connection with som'
lo'eu ones VINO III thls Woriu VIII
sing no more, that craving 1or my
natlVe lihu mastered me at once, ah'
III very SHORT tllhe L was on my re
turn nome
On the way nad one night flght
rul cream. 1ancled "a terrible enc
my lau m me down ana ciutched m!
tsr, tnIoal. il9hIer grew MS grasp m an'
lainIel my plea'n. MY staring eye
so"hil1u GI I1eiy ieaIule Ul my IiuiueI u
er: SOW !t anu PaihluiiS ulu can u
| iiiliiu Ihe race dpoNe me IL was otalh
Ihg-ou1 he was reckless, desperate
gaspeu an ehtreaIy LOT mercy.
Uite 1t 10 me want IT. mus
nave IL tahtly-lhsUahtly was th'