Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-12-20

mat h"d become travelled all niSht
throush paIhiess foi 'ts ana the VIA
beasts seemed TO SINK away from
me In rear. AS the hrst gray hght or
dawn pierced the dense woods Sank
10 the ground utterly eHhausted' ana
slept but to dream over ana over again
tho hendish act which / had commilted.
| MY dreams gave way ana ! was again
awake ate .avcnously OF the berries
and started again on my hopeless course
70 the west: This lasted for three days
and three nights during which l suffered
all the tortures Of the damned, ana on the
FOURTH day | came to the banks OF tho
~, .o'i,iec.'oUs IiVV', puI I'd" 10 Iu'si as 10
tho nrst human bahi,atio,, s,,co Iof.
home on that bright rnorn,np bent rnon
COMMITTING ,bo daed which hrouvbt ,oe
| ia nv tbe, nit,ahio oo,di.,o, Cuil,nv
and trembling I advanced to tho door ~
the house and knool,ed II vas onenaa
! by n woman but few vaore oldor tina,
myself and WHO, she found from, my
broken sentences that / was H., acre and
extreme trouble she kindly invited roo IN
and Favc mo a stool that might he
seated. She generously gave ma of ,vba~
hospitality she had ard told me TINT hor
husband was nj tho var. she aslod mo
] 10 STOP with her, hut this dec lined lest
she would press rnc for my histnrv and
telling her that must press forward 10
relatives in the Vermont country thank
ed her for her kindness and was on the
point OF departing when the thought came
that I should ask nor To direct me. She
answered by telling me that 7 must frSt
cross tho river. and stating that her
husband possessed a conye she offered m
paddle me to the other side. accepted
her proeerod kindness and she Immediate
/ ~ set out with me and in another half
hour I stood on the other side. I arni,,
I'd her farewell and in few mora
minutes was again hidden in the deem
ana trackless forest only 70 undergo
physical and n ntal .ortures more ter
rible than before. For days I wandered
hithcr and thither. but as a rule follow
ing a westerly course. and existing on
what few berries that I could and whom
ever 1 came to places sbirtlng the deem
and heavy forests which , travelled. and
sometimes coming upon wild apple
tree. Late in TIE afternoon of the sixth
day from the crossing OF the Connecticut
I again came to human habitation. nv
heart broken appeal at the doc. together
with my forlorn appearance obtained for
me a kindly welcome. md better THAI,
all, none of the fearful questions that
my guilty heart trembled in apprehension
OF were asked me. l partook OF their
evening meal and was told when they
saw that was prenaring to leave. that
under no circumstances would they allow
me to depart until the next morning. To
attempt to Join IN the cheerful conversa-
ton Of the family was impossible so 7
meekly requested that l be allowed to
retire. was shown UP a short ladder
to low ceilnged room containing q
rude homemade bedstead covered with
clean white linen. and my kind hostess
wished me a comfortable and rest s,lI
nisl. | left mo to retire.
FINDS A tIO,ru 1T r.er
| n,.,
-" - e.ocN TIE next
'.,''S '1I'i '''Sneu alleF my long
".s"'S -'0ep went oeIoW and partook
me the first question ,xr,air, rv - 'S n,,