The Cedarville Herald, Volume 11, Numbers 22-52

WHERE SHE COMES, *TBS Anoltlfq .. . It makes* shttle fpr lady-fern Whichnestled close lxtslde It: While clematis, at every turn, And roses almost btde It. In shade of overhangingsprays Anddowna sunny hollow, " py bszel-copae, andwoodland wayd the Windingfence Xfollow; V BytoSe andthorn, and fragrant dey In search Ofsomething ftweeter— \ Tbeorehard gapwhere sh' And I go down to meet b The sunlight slants across th\» fenc? Where ijeheps gray ft over Andstlr&^duindreddreamy< I knowofsomethingpwocter: That she can only come this way, Arnll amsure to meet her! - Andso, while chipmunk* run amatch - To tell tbo wrens who's coming, 1 - And nil fthross the brier patch There sounds a drowsy bumming^-, pjio humof hpuey-scelrlng bees— I seek for something sweeter: •A gap, amongst the apple-trees^ , ■' WhereJ amgoing,to meet-hori tr^Qhagles^. doing, In Scribner. ICEiHl MAI breugh, iVi t her, ' t*fervenl tWiwRherway. S i ! . £ * ? * * g “ ilty £ n' [This poem, whichwill soon appear In “Pel, ftoionce, perhaps 4 ( tvjw some other lapi’a Third Reader,” ahows a good*way of ieolin g ; at a ll events, I watched h oraa UAchingrtompeywwe to aohool children.] long black wrap, with a hood over her Y°u canbewhat youwill Ifyouonlyresolve hea4, afforded ber a Httle protection tempter,to against theraim ^ho Boomed,toglifle p ' w ^ al«D^nolBej4i8rYHStopping^every iowU^TheseWillmeotyouwhereveryougo; and then to look around her, I am not t fHE WOMAN IN BLACK. estrang'd tfole o f a Midnight Spec­ ter in Paris. But conquests are made, and life’s triumphs are won, ' By boys who have strength to say:; ‘'No.* a coward, but the intense solitude, com­ bined with tbo- howling of tho wind, ,ecreaking o " $tJlhp4ieiiiod *fco*Yaco -the daifgj^r,* if • Aroprisonedbypitfall andsnare, danger there was, and moved to the .Bomanyhave perishedwhostartedaright, door of the box to wait until the danger \ Alfuredby earth’s glitterandshow; had passod. Butthe oonquering heroes who stood la their >1the lamp and |tba ,mys->ThereamblUowstobreast, therearoc#ibpesth, S ir s i . might Were those who could firmly say "No." Slow ly she moved fqfw iydf untiLsho was w ithin th r e e 1or four steps o f me, then stopped again; her face was in the i Tilcn ch00S6 “tthe onset, and write while you shadow and I could n ot distinguish her < " ■BW features. While corn them and gave - searching 'lopkriq :»n -j - Other soccrna, before I bkd recovered{ 1 The record no band can .efface; ' bile I was trying to dis- your'flamemay bowreathedwithagarland of ^feoved su^deply. Tprw^fdl *. vhay. . ‘ ' - IrbfT fldar/'ltiltfv JlnAlr^ln la l;,,' Qf bU|itflClWith '> - -V‘ Itwas in Paris,'during the summer of 1889, that I heard the. little anecdote which I amabout to relate. Ofcourse I had .been attracted there, like'' every, American who could tear himself away from business, by tbo ex­ position in the French capital. What 'momentwould bo more propitious for thelong expeotod trip abroad than the timewhenParis, the grofit cosmopolitan city,was celebrating the anniversary of thebloodyevent that shookevery throne inEurope? , Marvelous, indeed, was the scemrtlratr surrounded mo that evening. I had wandered at random from the Troqa- •dero, with its dashing cClonadeS and. totters, to the Central dome, with its sreaihs of light and transparent roof; from the gigantic tower which a multi­ tudeof lights had turned into a monu­ mentof red-hot -iron towering a thou- uad feet overhead, to the more dark andpicturesquecolonial exhibit, whore, lost among the trees, one could find jAfrioan villages, Indian temples, and fiUmeso theaters, in which the aetors strutted around shrieking under their, masks like so many wildcats. At last the closing time had come; it tt*seleven o’clock. A long, denso line of policemen, starting atone end of the grounds, pushed their Way .In .the di­ notion of tile opposite exit, sweeping infront of them- the few remaining visitors. ’ Not feoling sleepy, yet not caring to Mow the crowd,-1 sauntered leisurely along by the river. Presently a soldier -overtookme, and tipping bis small, red ray,asked fpr a light. I held out my otfi', and undertook to air what little ftfach I know. In the conversation ■ list followed I heard from the young officer's lips tho story of the woman in ;black, - ‘ * {> . # «• a • *•• tt It Was about a month ago,.but I re member it c$ if it were yesterday, that ■•bo Sergeant called out to -mo to re­ lieve the sentry outside. Being a now ’.Kctnit, and tired with, the day’s work, tiil.not hear, ahd it was not until' ho fad cursed and sworn, by every saint fafte calendar .that 1 recovered my attarssufficiently to pick up my gun sail button my coat to face tho stormy x%ht, It was nearly twelve o’clock, ttifikywas black as Ink, and tho rain pifed down steadily In a very up .(malsingmanner, A high wind, which Mt blowing it in clouds through the dhMt*, made the ppsitionstill more un- (ttrfortablo. . liter getting my instructions from 4 f man whose place I was to take, I fafaefor the sentry-box, fully decided *R to venture forth from its shelter, tfacetbero I began to examine the pe* •Wen, and glanced through tho small ttiadowupatiddoWn the street There ttM not a soul to be seen; the lamp vtMheadswung to and fro in the wind, freaking dismally, and trying its best fa spread its light along the wet and fled thoroughfare. On each side rid houses, with their greenish, fa, arose grim and somber In the *■**(•* Away off in the distance 1beheard the confused rumble of •Ireets that are still awake at that of night, hut the distant sounds If seemed to increase the silent lone* .-of thequarter that I was to watch „ daylight, wing nothing else to do, aridknow* «iw unlikely it was that anybody -fadisturbmo, I filled a pipe and be* fasmoke, in order to keep awake ^easily. Of coarse, a man Will k on such occasions, and my ■fa carried me far away to mV in a little Southern village; I endless comparisons between my fifo andwhat I had to expect during ntxt three yearn. The result, I hardly say, was far from flattering company’s mess and night duty Jfawijrweather. ■dwlonjfl had been meditating I -kardiy tell; it seemed like hours, * « probably not over thirty min* Atail eveats, when' 1 happened *t*l saw soma one down the •bout two hloeka away, Natur- watched to see which way the was walking, for in snc>solitude object becomes interest- - *ms mm able to see that it was! nnd faiai ada* was coating from my"surprise, she had passod on and; moved rapidly along the street without stopping any more. The watch passed without further in­ cidents, but-1 remember that I; bad ho trouble in keeping awake and was very thankful to be relieved. 1 told you that I was a now recruit at the time, and dreaded to make myself ridiouloua ip Bs,warned by the thousands who stumble and tall; Be watchful, wherever you go, And when you reply tb the tempter’s low call, Have courage, my boy, to say -"No." THE- GAY PERSON. Opla ltead Telia a Story With a.Moral At- . tached to It. ' '•'■'.V';'. _____ Bench Leg John took car* of the tho eyes of tho company; bcVldes thatv occupied by a humber of college I had a lufting idea tbatitho whole h°ys- .One evening &•»,«„.fUA«iu scene might have been plotted for my benefit. I- resolved, f therefore, to say nothing about it and see whether any of my comrades had an encounter with the .mysterious woman. I devoutly hoped that they would, and was not disappointed. . Night after night* the midnight sentry saw, the figure, always.coming from the same spot, always silent, al­ ways passing on after the same Incom­ prehensible movements. Not one of us bad had tho presence of mind to stop the woman and question hor. We had in our company a man such; as one finds everywhere, full of life, al­ ways laughing, Joking, sure to be at the bottom of all mischief, always punished when there were any pnnlshmouta to be administered, skeptical, as alt such men are, believing in nothing save his own wit and bravery. The stories that wero told about the midnight visitor had' al- ways drawn a sarcastic smile to his lips, and he was. eternally' laughing at the victims 'of tho woman in black. Catch him shaking in his boots with fear of some facetious grisette who was having great sport frightening the soldiers oat of their wits! *?■ . Finally we grow exasperated, and’one of us broke out: "‘Talk is cheap, Hilliard; you have not been tbero yet; you may not stand it any bettor than tho others.” ♦‘Bot I would!” # “Bet you five francs* you would not” J’Taken!” “When will you try?” f’To-night Who is on duty?'! “Leroy.” Leroy was found, and was moro than willing to exchange guard withBichard. Both repaired to tho sergeant, who, after listening to their story, told them to do as tlioy pleased about it- So the matter was settled, and Just before twelve llichard drew himself to­ gether, shouldoredhisguff, and1marched out to his post. What occurred we learned later, andhis tone was very dif* forentfrom his usual one. 1 will tell you the atory just as he told ust “ 1startedonmy beat,”hosaid, "think­ ing of whaf was going to bappon. I ad­ mit now that 1 did not feel as easy about the matter as I had felt before. Tho loneliness of the spot was tolling on my mind, and made me rather anx­ ious. Still 1 resolved to stop the wom­ an, if she appeared, and question her; I could not do otherwise. But the cor­ ner she always came from looked very dark and ominous, and altogether, my feelings were far from pleasant- “Twelve o'clock struck In the steeple of a neighboring church, and 1 watched attentively for the apparition. After watching ten or fifteen minutes I saw something move in the dark, and a dread presentiment seemed to clutch my heart Tho woman appeared, gliding along as you all saw her; hut I knew that my boasting had been vain, that the sight affected me more, perhaps, than any of you. I was absolutely panic-stricken, fascinated by the ap* proaching figure, as some poor bird by the snake that bewilders it 'with its glance before devouring i t I felt that l ought to run, but I could not move. Onshe came, nearer and nearer, stop­ ping at intervals, till she looked me, in the face; then, uttering a wild cry,-she Sprung forward, and I fell,.with a dag­ ger planted up to the hilt in my side.” Suoh was the story JEtichard told ttSa few weeks later as he wss recovering from his wound. As to the woman, she was discovered by the police and pro­ nounced mad. 1 have heard rumors to the effect that she had been abandoned; that her crime wss hut a desperate vengeance, Whether the atory was true or not Bichard would never say.— Waveriy. . ’ * . —Old Lady—“ See here, I sentmy lit­ tle boy down here ten minutes ago to get a porous-platter, and you sent this thing home by him." Drjug Clerk— “ tw , ma'am; that's a porous-plaster.” Old Lady—“Well, you can't palm off*an old plaster lhat’a full of holes *n m*. If ye arn't got a good one, I'll go souse* where else,” when; the old man came in the boys were talking about celebrated athletes. - . “ You’ve known some pretty Btrong men in your time, haven’t you, Uncle John?” one of the hoys asked. ' “ You better blobe. I has, chile. I neber tolo you" ’bout dat gro’t rassler, did 1?” “ No; tell us about him:” “One time . dat wuz er man—wall, we’ll say his name, wuz Jim. He wuz er good size man an' wuz built ter stay, he Wuz. He tuck it inter his head dai he pould fling anybody in de whole ’munity, an' he done it Big men come frum all ober de country, but he flung ’em easy ernuff, an* nachully he com- tqenced tor blebe dat nobody could put his back ondegroun’. Oneday a mighty gay pusson come eriong an’ wahte&ter rassol wid Jim. M‘W’y,’ says Jim, sorter laughin', 'You kain't do nuthln* wld me:* “ T il try you anyhow.’ “ •Very well, an'rdat’s all do good it will doyou.’ . “ Da tuck holt an* Jim laid him on de groun’ widout no trouble er talL De gay pusson went erway, but de next’ mawnin’ dar he wuz ergin. Q“ *Whut you want now?’ Jim ho axed. “ ‘Wants ter rassle wid you.’ “ ’Whut’s de uSe'n rosslin'? You .kain’ t fling mo!' “ ‘But I kin try.' *' *Yan, an* you tried bofo', but it didn’ t do you no good,* “ *1 know dat, but I wants. tor try ergin.* “ 'Wall.' se* .Tim. *ez it ain’t goin* tor do no harm I rockon I’ll tryyou ernuder fall;* “ Ho trlod him ernuder fall, an' flung i him ’bout ez easy ez he did bofo’- ’Now,' says Jim, *1 reckon you'll go on an* nebber bodder me no mo.’ • “ Do gay pusson went erway, an'dar wa'n’t nuthln’ seed o’ him fur some time, but one day he come back an' 'lowed,,ho did, dat he want ter rasalo ergin.' “ ‘Dar ain't no use *n rasslin' wldyou,* said Jim. ‘You katn't fling me. Go oB summers an' rassla wld er chile.* “Den de gay pusson he say; ‘It mout ’peer like rasslin' wid er chile, but you keep on errasslin’ wid me an’ I'll fling you atter while.' “ 'Oh, dat won’t do, weak pusson! You couldn't fling toe in er hunnud years.’ “ Try me ergin, jest fur fun,’ de gay pusson begged “ ‘Wall, jest fur fun, ter keepmy ban* in, I will try you ergin.’ “ Ho tried him ergin an' flung him widout no trouble. De gay pusson went erway, 'peerin' like he war puffeckly aatisflod, an*- de gre’t rassler didn’t '•peck eber ter see him ergin, but one mawnin* erbout er munt’ later yere hS waz ergin. “ 'Fur greshioUs sake, whufc doyou want?’ Jim he axed. “ ‘l Wants jest whut I alius wanted,* de gay pusson’lowed. 'I wants ter res­ ale wid you.* * “ ‘Go on, weak pusson, an*quityo* foolishness. You kain’t do nuthln’ wid toe.' ‘ “ Wall,'but you won’t mine tryln’ me jest fur fun,, will.you? Kain't do yon no harm,* '“ Now, lerame.tell you,' says Jim, ‘I has been foolin' wid yon long ernuff, an’ now ef you *sist on me rasslin* wid you I'll fling you an’ fling you hard; yere me?* “ ‘Oh, yas, 1 yeres you.'' " ‘An’ still you wants ter rassle?’ “ ‘Bat's whnt 1does.’ “ 'Alt right, 1'U' gin you all you wank* “ Den he seizedde gay pussonan* flung him kerwhop ergin de gtouh' ah*It’peer like he dun bust him open, bat de gay pusson he git up an’ goon erway. 'Dar,' says Jim, T bet yen neber will bodder me no mo* I neber seedsich er’ bitious pusson, He has ysred folks talk erbout whnter great maul is, an*he ain’t got sense wgnuff ter know dat ha kain’t rob me o* my gre’tness. But I reckon he done far now,* “ It w«z quite er little while befo’ de gay pusson come back, hat one day fete he w m . ‘Whnt on de yetfe kin u want dis time?* de'mighty tisslsr 'eked. --■■■■* ^ I T wants ter rassle wid you, sahJ - *HNow, look yere, ef* you doan^ go 'way frum yere-an* qui^bodderin* me I'm gwinoj hurt..,you. - LajLn’t.got mo time tprfool widyou. I resaleswidmen.', “ ‘I’mn mdu,* say do gay- pusson. * ^ “ ‘Now,. look yere, e f .I gr*bg.heit of you orgin you will wish I hadn’t, fu r l gwine hurt you an* hurt you bad.’ “ ‘I wantor rassle,* says degay pus^ SOU. .j,. J,:' , i “ ‘Dan Jim he grab him an*bless yo* life da had quite a tussle 'fo’ Jim g6t him down, but heBung .hint' at las'Ant flung him monst’us .hard.* , t ‘ V‘Now, I roclrOn he dun got1ernuff,* nays Jim,-‘an* I lay you don’t see him roun’. yere no mo’ tryin’„;ter tako niy honors erway frum me.’ - “All de folks ergreed wld him but bless yo’, life, de ,ver’ , naixt tpawnip.’# yere come do gay pusson. »• “ ‘Whut, ain’t'you .got: ernuff?1says* Jim. r, i J‘, ' . ■< ?i “ ‘No,' says de gay pusson. ' *yNow, yere, ef you ’sist on me rasslin’, wi«you ergin I’ll fling you an’ break yo’ balk, ahol’ ^ ■ “ *1wanter rassle,” says do gay pus­ son. ‘ » “Jim grabbed holt o* him an’ da went at it. Da rasslod an’ da rassled an* da rssslod, on’ sometimes it would ’peer like Jim had him;:but de gay pus*, son alius flounced roun’ somehow an’ ’covered do ’ vantage dat ho had los’. Atter while,' when over’ body thought dat Jim had him sho, de gay pusson gin er suddent flounce an1 down went Jim kerwhop De gay pusson hurried or* way, an’ de -folks stood waitin' fur Jin| ter git up but he didn't. Da wont ter! him, an*whut you think da seed? Da seed blood runnin* outon his eyes, an* dasecd his face swellin’. De man wuz dun-dead.’ ■ ■ “ ‘But what was the namo of the gay pusson?* one of tbo students asked. “ ‘Chile,, do.name. o', dat man wuz whisky; You is all flingiu,' himmonst’oj; easy n<jjw, but keep on rasslin’ wld him an’ he gVlne grow stronger an’ stronger, an’ onepeze days when somebody go ter help yo|i up da’ll find dat de gay pusson has kited you.',”—Ople P. Bead, 'In Arkansfw Traveler. A ll ELOQUENT EFFORT. How tljii L*t* Itcurjr W. Grorty CtonS Hl» Gjiaot gpooch Against U*r-(looms. Grad [ closed his eolehrated speech against bar-rooms with the following eloquent peroration: “ I assume to keep no mams conscience; I assume to judge for no man; Ido not assume that I am bettor than any man, but tbat I am weaker. But I Bay this to you: I have a boy as dear to me as tho.ruddy drops that gather about this heart I find my hopes already centering in bis little body, and I look to him to-night to take to himself the work that strive- as 1 may, must fall unfinished at last from my hands. Now, 1 .know they say it is proper to educate a boy at home; that if he is taught at home he will not go wrong. That is a lie to begin witn, but that don't matter, I have soen sons of some as good peopla as ever lived turn out badly. I accept my responsibility as a father. The boy may fall from the right path as things now exist If he (loos I shall hear that sorrow with su’clx resignation as I may; but I tell you, if I were to vote to recall bar-rooms to this city, when I know it has prospered in their absence, I toll you—and this conviction has come to mo in the still watches of the night-^I could not, wear­ ing the crowning sorrow of this dis­ grace, and looking jnto tho eyes of her/ whose heart he had broken, 1 could not, if I had voted to recall these bar-rooms, find answer for my conscience or sup* port for my remorse. 1 don’t know how eny other father feels, but-that Is the way Heel, if God permits me to utter the truth.” ' ' It Wait Awfal Bat Tree. A Temperance lecturer wss preaching on his favorite theme. “Now, boys, when I ask you a question jou must not be afraid to speak up and answer me. When you look around and see all these fine houses, farms and cattle, do you-ever think who owns them all now? Your fathers own them, do thoy not?” “ Yc3, sir,” shonted a lymdred. voices. “Where will your fathers be in twen­ ty years?” “ Dead,” shouted the boys. “ That’ s right And who will own. this property then?" “ Us boys,” shouted, the urchins. “ Bight Now, tell me, did you ever in going along the street notice the drunkards lounging atoufid the public* house door, waiting for some one to treat them?” g/ “ Yes, sir; lots of them.” “ Well, where will they be in twenty years from now?” “ Dead,” exclaimed the bovs, “ And who will be drunkards then?" “ Usboye,” Everybody - was thunderstruck. It sounded awfully! It was awful; but it was true.—Golden Bute, One ounce of alcohol raises the pulse three beats per minute, or. in other words, causes the heart to beat while itaeffects last at the rate of 4,fi00beats more than natural in the twentj-four hours. The heart can not be made to do this extra Work without Suffering, The bad effects of Sloohol on the brain and nervous system are equally demon­ strable. - „ / ; . , ; Cta«MA3vhM* heavy Responsibility for the introduction of the abominable trash wfttoh it calls mm, gin, etc,, into Eastern Africa, It has donemore to in­ jure the black population than oil the missionaries can do to reform themfar the next fifty years. TTT- l-v, *,*’ nr XENIA, OHldi " ■ fEnlnrgiug old pictures a specialty, Artisfic Crayon?, the new Opals end Transparencies." ■First class work iguarenteed. -, - ■ ‘•'-****1,' '•-?• rrm l '-5 wr.-STT a a HENBIE, , , i : — COXTUACTOU FOR—* ' • ^fiMroRaMSlafei^ x c o o F i n r a . s M B iSCH E itA L J O t t W O B K Castings famished promptly for all kinds Of Stoves, Office over Hook’s Dry Goode Store, Xenia, O- -Agent for Eureka Fumncd. 1/ 0, p, PAINE, D.JD.6. ERKRBKVNOLDB,D.D.U PAUSE & REVX 01 DS, • DENTISTS! 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