The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-11-21

AAS1saA f1st Abf WAtff ~ tNNe WI wv
OF evil. and Of toe hsais Of ny child
\ had 9 restless Iist', aid 90 sOins I
ny duty nsIi rorsias ionrd ny ehGs
oseeffnl
( knos yoa bsre hell Cd ne kpo'
II have been dresmiDs of ny boy. sni
be saii be vas better. sni wonld soon &c
me
Silence. replied, csnnc, bear sp.
mo ore 81 this shsil eel Into tfoabls
No, 20 yoa will DOT. aud ! shall bles
you Ill ny lie. Ba, | will ssy no mere
a. which leii hsr.
NsIt morning, before eoins on duty,
receiv by pos: small sooden box o.
opening II found bnndle oi bsnknote
and letter. the no,es bsing 10 Dos TO ID,
vslna Of Que thousand pounds, ct sight o
which my knees shook under me. the pei
spi'siion rolled from my forehead. and
nearly tainted. Here vas predicsuepi
but soon revived. aud pf1s-sded 10 read
the letter.
Dea, Madam : Ny wife informs me ths
you bsve consented to help her, aud
have received q letter from ber which you
have doubtless posted. Tor which aid. 81
her desire. | iuciose you what you need
with many tbsnks Barn this and do mol
use the notes for some time, tot fear oI
suspicion; st sny rate, not until you besI
from me again. Tell my wife one word,
Yes ask ibis as favor
dropped the letter 10 the fire, aud then,
like guilty thing | bid the note, nnder 9
loose board 10 the sttic hoor, When
com menced duty aud saw the snIions
mother, she looked q, me with eager eyes,
and, as my lips framed the wori Yes, y
the tears rolled down her cheeks. My
desr boy, then, - better; | will trouble no
more" lett bor. thioking sbe might,
as her bog was better, now give up the
the thought Of escape and settle down
quietly Consequently, my mind became
easier.
Auotber day passed, and left her
once more. All that night il was ioggy.
aud next morning / was to my consterns
ton informed that No. IL hsd escaped dur
ing he pigbt, having ioosened the bars Of
her window, and. being slender womsD,
bad fq1etz d through on to the slopipg
roof OF bniliing, down which she had
cfept, thence down a lldder which had
been lei. by the painters, aud beio then
10 the open yard Of the prison. she bad
takea the ladder 10 the wall, on gaining
the top OF which some help had been si
iorded from the outside. possibly by o
rope ladder There Ill trace WAS lost
OF conrse | was exin ined. with Others.
before the governor, bat nothing could be
elected, at which ! was much relieved
and thankful, and never erj )yed getting
home more than lid that night.
Matters went on as usual. and had not
touched my notes, 10 fact, seemed TO
care nothing for them when one morn
ing, about sM weeks later. l received .
bulky package, addressed in lady . band,
bearing tie Canadian postmstk. l broke
the seals quickly and found, to my intense
surprise. bank notes again equal to the
value OF one Thousand pounds. The let
ter enclosed explained everything;
My Dear Friend = You will no doubt
have wondered many things, with others.
what had become OF No. IS l Lam now 10
Canada with my husband and dear little
boy, who is nov, thanks TO your aid and
Gods blessing, quite we'll.
You no doubt know how escaped. My
husband wss to wait for me On the ont
side, which knew would be on the same
nigh. on the day you gave me bis mes
ssse, Yes ] expect you had thoaght /
had given up my idea l descended by
rope ladder which my husband had
thrown TO the top OF the wall, and behind
a fast trotter was soon 10 trusted friends
house clasped 10 my chllds arms. May
yon never be separated from your chill
dren. ] muet tell you 10 conf lerce that
my husband is the third son OF noble
man, and wss unfortunately led into diff
cullies, and got into the tolls OF 9 lot OF
a lot Of sbsrpers and iorgers and they used
him ss tool for passing forged notes, !
got one OF these potes, and
rendering it was arrested aud suffered i'm
prisonment for 1t, as you know, and thus
did not involve my husband. / was aware
that when my time 10 prison was over,
that we should leave the country, ss my
husband had confessed eli 10 bis father, |
with desire to mend, and be promised
10 start us TO Canada with Eve thousand |
pounds. Then my boy fell III. and you
know the rest. The FIRE. notes you re
,eived from my husband. may st once
say, are iorseries.
Dufu tutnt tFtty uuc Ntuout 1911, huu
I might advise you, IS possibly you may
have some compurclion 10 use even the
good notes for yourself. invest them for
Four children. and may II be . blessing to
hem. Good by. my friend
Did do right or wrongf
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L.oh aka -. /
Die trait common TO slmcst sll German
is told by recently returned
rsveler.
10 German city she saw q fne equeslri
10 ttstue 10 biorzs, around the base OF
shich bloomed gay little garden.
The visitor exclsimed With delight over
10th The flowers snd the statue snd tI
lressed some vonder that the blossoms
Iere LETT entirely unprotected by either
siIug or notice.