The Cedarville Herald, Volume 12, Numbers 1-26

The Cedarville Herald. W. B, BL a TU, PuNUtmr. sCBDAKVJLLE. t Offia NOBILITY. Trae worth1*Inbalnr-not bbo mine! ladoIngonciidBythstEpeuby ;Eome little RooAr-nct in tho dreamlnf Of trreat things to do by and by. For -whatever pqn nuy in blindness, And spite of tho fancies of youth', There's nothing bo kingly os kindness, And nothing so roynl os truth. tVe (T't baclt our mpto ns we measure— Wo caa not do wrong and fael right; Kor ea,) we give pain and gain plousure, For justice avongesScaoU slight. , The air for the wing of tho sparrow, The bush for tho robin and wren, ,13lit always tlio path that is narrow Anti straight for tho children of men. ’Wo con nptmokp bargains for blisses; Kor catch them, lilco llBbos in nets; •Andaamatimos tho tilings our life misses • Ht ll) more than the things which wo got. ■JPor good lloth not in pursuing, Nor (raining of groat nor of small; TBut just in th.Odoing, and doing AS we would bo done by, Is oil. Thro' envy, thro’ malice, thro’ hating, A'cnlr.st tho world early and into, No j?t of our -courage abating— - Ovir \rrt is to work and to wait; • -And slight is tho' stint? of his trouble Whose winnings nro less, than hla worth; • For ho who |s honost Is noblo, Whatever his fortune or birth. -Charles IC Shetterly, in Dotrolt FroePrbss. AVENGEDATLAST; Or, a World-Wide Chase. A STORY. OF RETRIBUTION. r3V " W A i i A s a " icopviauiiT, 1 S 80 .] CHAPTER XVm.-COSTJNUED. “To judge from their looks-and ac­ tions I should imagine they would as Boon slick one of thoir long, gleaming knives into mo ns they would into a bul­ lock, "said Percy. ’•Oh, no; not one of them daro lay a hand on you unless you ivtti mpt to -es­ cape, without my orders,'! wus tho reply. ’•Then you propsc to force mu to spend the rest of my natural life on this, farm among those blood-cnrdling sur­ roundings?" - ••rts.'o.ss yo.u will comply with eondi- ~tions that I,, will name. I do most •certainly,." answered tho Spaniard. “And what ,are ‘your conditions?” .asked Percy. “ Few and simple,” was tins reply. •“Got your friends to pay me a ransom o f toil thousand American dollars and you nre free Ibo day! they pay it. 1tut should they make tho least attempt to •effect your rescue I will kill you with my own hands, if need bo, Jo prevent it." ' • • ■■*■■■■ “ If my friends woro asked to pay the money tlioy would refuse, knowing that by a determined effort they could re­ lease me without doing so. As such an' •effo-i would only cost me my life, 1 shall no; ask them to take othor means to effect,' my delivery.” “ In ,i f:nv wonks you mar change your mind. . o I will give you a little time to 'think it over. In tho meantime you •will remain here and do whatever Mr. Van Nipp deems necessary and proper. If you r'fUM'him it will ho no much the vuv.-v*. for you.” 'These were tho last word; tho Spaniard uttered as ho rode r.way. • , Shortly afterwards Percy was well and strong again, .lie did not devote his •time to uselessly bewailing his fate, 'bu t wont, to work a t whatever the Dutchman told him to do and en- w.eavmvd to do his utmost to please. Ho J ~~~tfwjUsj .'©r HI T /O a fT H a : m m U t n o t e yea a uU ta sm to t h m jot," As she spoke she drew a her pocket, op one side of wfeMt -JPPW7 read the words “Belle Lorimas,'*uM m tho other her address, w rlttaa 1 b Jaa* ponciL Porcy spent th a t n ight in a miserable lodging homo th a t was scarcely better than the mud hut which had been bis shelter during tho cold n igh t on the Pampas; but he did not sleep much, bla anxiety being too great, and was out on the streets again in the early morn anxiously awaiting the hour when ho could meet Hollo Larimer. CHAPTER XIX. .On the night when Bello Lorlroor was overtaken, toy Percy Lovol she was on tho way to perform hor nightly duties at the theater and as soon as she reached hor dressing-room she sat down and penned a hasty noto which she folded in a syoet-sconted envelope and gave to' a boy who, stood waiting. . “Run with this to. tho Foreign Club, aud if the gentleman to whom i t is adiwessed is not thorp waft until ho comes if' you have to wait till midnight. Anyhow, deliver it to him with your own hands,1' The noto was addros sod to “Colonol Brandon” and It road as- follows; “Sovoral years ago 1 was'on tbo full tide of prospority in. London and half tho society men of th a t city bent the kneo to mo. At th a t time you camo and asked mo. to assist you out of a financial small taka Percy with him wry «ftm whan ha drove to the head station. Shout ton miles furthW north. It whs on one of those, occaalcan that JPofcy found .a welcome opportunity to effect an escape. They yvoro driving homo a t dusk when, without a warning sign of any kind, one of tlio wheels came off thoir vehicle and throw the riders to tho ground. Porcy turned a sujnmor- sault and foil on his shoulders, sustain? _ Jng no further Injury than a rough shak­ ing; but nis companion was not so fortunate, for he fell on his sldo and, in falling,'broke his arm. Here was wliat would have under or­ dinary circumstances seemed like an unfortunato occurrenco, hut Percy hailed it with delight. He was 'not pleased to^op tho praying old Dutch­ man in trouble, but ho a t onco saw a means of escape. Ho was dressed in tho garb of a native, but that made no difference, and once on a river steamer- he would be safa Ho set tho broken arm of the Dntcbman as host ho could with his limited knowledge of surgery and then presumably turned his atten­ tion to tho repair of tho wagon. Find­ ing that tho wheel could not bo fastened on without tho assistance .of a black­ smith, as the little pin from tho axle was lost, Porcy proposed that ho should rido hack to tho head station and bring tho smith from there. To thin, tho Dutchman, anxious to got homo, con­ sented, and in a fow minutos Percy was riding as fast as his borso could carry him to freedom. How tho Dutchman spout tho night Lovol never knew; for himself, ho spent most of it in the saddle. In tho morning ,ho reached a small town on tbo banks of tho river, whore, ho sold tho liorso for an insignificant sum, and with it bo boarded a rivor steamer and took tho cheapest passage ho could purchase down to liuenos Ayres. : All this time Percy was full of hope that the villain who had caused his abduction would still ho tlioro, and ho had made up his mind to tnako short work of--bringing himao.jimtice. It would he difficult' to describe Per­ cy's fooling* when ho -onco more- came in sight of the blue and white porcelain domes of liuenos Ayres. Ifn fondly Im­ agined that in a few hours ho would be able to exchange the rags whlr.li eovored his body for-clothing' which would bet­ ter become his handsome form. Ilo walked boldly up to- the hole! where-ho had stayed a few months be­ fore and introdueodflnmsoir as the miss­ ing Mr., lluntly. In loss time than it takes to record it he was being hustled into the street; .and as ho passed a mirror In the hall-wav he at- onco bo- carno awaro of the reason which pre­ vented him from being recognized, lie could not'him self beliovo that tho ob­ ject of which ho caught a momentary glance was Percy Level. His face was brown and tlirty-looklug, his uncut hair hung in a disheveled state over his shoulders; and his tin trimmed heard helped to make him a most pitiable ob­ ject such ns none would recognize as tho genial Englishman whose body was sup­ posed to have boon taken from tho river, weeks before. When he -reached the street he wandered aimlessly about and Uidally decided to go to tb« American consulate, dli'-re he introduced him- self,-but met with an even worse recep­ tion than he experienced at tint hotel. Tho consul was net t u b ’ .scon, and tho young men in charge of tho Office d:d nothing but sneer and attempt to still ! in every way.” responded the officer, further humiliate tho unfortunato En- They hr.-l reach" 1 this point in the co i- ‘no not . kx . u iix i ; it now — look a t it SOMi: OTHER TIME.” - dilemma. I did so and yon promised to return the favor whenever tho oppor­ tunity presented itself. I noticed your name on the recent list of distinguished arrivals in this oily and now have a small favor to ask. Ploaso call at my rooms to-morrow at eleven o'clock a. in. and hear i t ' Jh i.r.i; L ouimeu .” - Tho boy delivered tho note within an hour and a t tho appointed time next day tho Colonol, who was a man of his word, presented himself at tho some­ what bumble npartmonts of tho actress. •tjho lost no time, but immediately en­ tered into the purpose of'the interview,- giving him a brief history of the occur­ rences of tho past few months, so far as •Mr. Emorlck Percy, and herself woro coneGiiv'il. She proceeded: “ All that-I .have to ask you is that you will do your utmost to'secure this genii ’man's iden­ tity a t tho American Consulate and at tho hotel. That accomplished I shall consider your obligation towards mo en­ tirely cancelled." / “So far as 1 am able, I will help vein gUshman. Failing In both theso quarters; ho tried to find Mr. limerick at liis old of­ fice. Alter several ineffectual attempts togain admission to tho building ho toid the, object of it and was imme­ diately informed th a t Mr. limerick had gone back to New York long Blnco. This information sent tho hope in Percy's heart down to a low ebb, for it looked as though ho would never gain assistance cHher to find his man or got away from liuenos Ayres. Ho spent the greater part of tho day aimlessly wandering about tho streets and squares, but as night came on ho began to think of food and lodging. Ho j commenced to walk In the direction of : a part of the town where ho knew ho , would fin 1cheap lodging-hot’ses for all nationalities, and as ho passed along iron Martin street he saw a woman ap­ proaching him whoso peculiar carriage and light, airy step bo thought ho rec­ ognized. He eagerly watched hor movements and became almost con vdrsatton when Percy was announced. Ho was still a pitiable-looking object, ! hot liis countryman easily discovered ! that-ho was n gentleman and offered | him every asdstance. I t was arranged j that Porcy should go to the Colonel's , room ami, after having a k ith and his i to.Jot attended t ■;>, don a suit of tho Colonel's clotnca, aftor which tho wor­ thy office, proposed to exert his influ­ ence among the city j r d diplomatic magnates to procu.o for Percy his bag­ gage and personal effects, which had Loon left at t*’o hotel, a i well ns his bal­ ance In tho River Plato Dank. P.oforo Percy left with Colonol Bran­ don. Bello Lorlmcr drew him aside, and asked in earnest tones: “Wlmt i3 tho secret of Mr. E n -rick's life? I am sure there Is one. Can you r.ld me- to dis­ cover what it is?" “ I have my own supposition," an­ swered Percy, “but it pi ay be wide of tho mark." “Whatever your supposition is, follow it up to tbo last thread. Tho man is as vinced that lie had seen her before. As j had as mortal man can bo. Ilis very touch I ,ov AM fUUltt.'HtNO FOll'MK. KMEItlCK.” hail an object ip carrying out this course of action nnd.aftef learning u few Words o f the Mongri’l-r-fcnlsh spoken by the hands around the -jlr.c > he grew inti­ mate with thi'i.i .!■ . s i.w knowledge of the language uould permit. He was thus better capable of entering Into their work and sport with a vim and earnestness which made him lots of ,friends among them. While it might have taken him years to have learned to ride a horse with any thing approach­ ing tho ease th a t a (Jaucho did It, bo *oon became very ex rt and In brief moments, when his thoughts of anxious friends left him, ho would really some­ what enjoy himself. 1 *I t Whs getting to bo about time for th e te ll Spaniard to put in an appear- toce again whon Van Nopp also seemed to bo growing friendly to him. In one brtoLwvok this friendship had improved Bud grow* to •ueb * degree that he he passed her ho at onco know that she was too woman whom he had seen leaving the concert hall with Emorick a few nights after ho ttrst reached Buenos Ayres. lie did not immediately- accost her, but turned around and followed her. j Tho woman appeared aware that aho ■was being followed, r.nd when Porcy j cautiously approached to speak she i stopped suddenly nml faced him. llor would befoul a sower-rat, and there is no crime which ho could not commit and smila over, I atn convinced that there is a dreadful secret in his life and shall rejoice If tho day over arrives When It can be unearthed. In a few wocks I leave hero for London, and should you over have a communication to make tome concerning tliftsm ooth­ tongued despoilcr of a woman’s virtue, yon can address wo a t Martlnonn's lira- attitude, was one-of defense, but Percy's malic Agency.” -Then drawing from lior j first v.-or.U h i :g s-wken in clear En- *pocket a fancy little purso she whis- }gUsh* she felt reassured and kindly i pored to Porcy: “I have sombhow formed j asked him what oho could do for him. , tlio opinion th a t limerick was not bis “I am searching for Mr. Emorick,** ho ! roal name# but tho only clow which I replied. “Can you toll mo any thing of j have to any other is contained in this him?” littlo package. ” Iloro sho drew some- “Mr. Emorickl” sho said, in as- j thing carefully wrapped In tissue paper tonishod tones. “Why,' what hayo you i from ho^purso nnd handed it to Porcy, to do with him?” I “Do not examine It now,” sho said. Under tho slisdow of a doorway they j “Look a t i t somo othor time.” Porcy drow together, and Percy gave a hurried j slipped it into his pocket- In ft few* outline of his recent adventures, wind- j minutes ho loft the house and stopped ing up by asking hor if she could help t into ftcarriage with tho Colonel. him In any way. • “1 Can and I will,” was tho reply, “I have somo influential friends hero who will soon restore you to your rights. Come to me at this address to-morrow About two hours later one would not have recognized in the Mr. Huntly, w^o walked toward the custom-housa building, the dirty, ragged-looking tramp who tvas aw rudely th rust from • a d I will »eo that a gentleman who can i tb« hotel. Thv change # | diwM^ to ­ gether with s neatly-trimmed beerd, mede e ll the dtffereuoe In the world, and Perey Lovol -was m e mere Mr. H u t l y , Under these conditions l\ wee n et difficult for Percy to make htmm if knpwn. *nd, w ith the asalatanca of hie newly-fopnd friend, Colonel Brandon, ho was soon in possession of bis own clothing, and was ahlo once mpro to jingio ibo nimble and necessary dollar In bis pocket . Everybody was of course fsurprised, but no one scorned sufficiently in te re st­ ed In him to demand a complete history of his adyenture, Buqnos Ayres to happily free from the Inquisitorial pests which so often defeat tho ends of justico by their ill-timed “interviews,” Consequently Porpy loft the city with­ out ji word being sent to tho outer world to announce his roappparanco in tho land of the living,' I t was a fortun­ ate thing th a t such was tho case, for it gave hiip the chance to follow up the trail with greater certainty of overtak­ ing the man for whom ho was search­ ing- • He lost no time preparing to shake the dust of Buenos Ayres from off his feot, ftnd in a fow days he was bound for Now York over precisely,: tho ;samo route which the object of his tmrsuit had tuken a fow months before. ■ In an inside vest, pocket of his traveling suit he had placed tho little package which Bello Loritner had given him, but it never occurred to him to examino it. There it lay and did not see daylight during the whole of the voyage. Upon arriving at Now York he pro­ ceeded at once to the house in Gramerey Park, but was surprised, on applying; for admission, to find that his friends were no -longer' living there. Ho in­ quired whither they had gone and was told that they had loft for Europe. . Again ho found himself aimlessly walking , tho streets of a groat city, but this time he was bettor prepared for an emergency and vvalkod only to got an opportunity for -thought and not from compulsion. After strolling nearly a mile, in a slow and dejected manner, he took ft car down-town, and visited Em- crick & Company’s office on Pearl stroot, What ho might have- done, hud Mr. Emorick boon tlio.ro, wo will not presume to guess, but on reaching tho floor upon which tho office was formerly located -ho wafleed to the glass door and noticed that another name was painted upon it. Inquiry from the janitor elicited tho in­ formation that tho firm of Emorick & Co. was no longer in existence. Porcy was now utterly at his wits’ end and baffled. ' Ho know not how tomovo and could, form no definite plan of action. Every thing seemed to ' bo working against him.- Tho Dclaros and Mr. Wilcox (it must bo ' romombored ho- know nothing of his old friond's death)' i in Europe; Emorick, lie-know not whore; himself wandering alone in Now York; : what should he do? lie retraced, his stops up-town, engagod rooms a t a hotel and sat down, to consider. “What is the use of going to Europe?” be thought. "I might never find them; and yet I can not stay hero alone.” Why i he did not at onco repair to Mr. Wil­ cox’s lawyers ho could novor afterwards explain, but he did not do so. After nw.’iv bourse/ consideration ho resolved to take tho first steamer to Europe. I t a few days ho was passing Sandy JIoolc, and a week later ho was anxiously expecting to soo tbo Fastnet I Light. During tho voyage ho had net , mingled pinch with the. company on board. He was too much onwrapped ir. ' his own thoughts to care to investigate those of others. So he kept himself aloof. One day when in mid-Atlantic bo bo- thought him of the littlo package which Bello Loritnor. had givon him and re­ solved to open it. Retiring to his state , room and taking from his valise the vest, in the pocket of which ho had placed tlio package, ho drew out what ho would navo valued as a precioua treasure, had' he known what it was Carefully unwrapping it, ho found th a tlt contained an insignificant Portuguese silver coin with a small hole bored through Ik Tho small width of silver between the hole arid the edge of the coin had worn array, indicating that tho coin had doubtless fallen from whatever it bad originally suspended from—probably Mr. Emerick’s watch (bain. Inclosed with the coin was a little note, which rdad: “Examine tho edge of this coin all round.” Percy did so, and noticed th a t in one part tho milling had been filed or ground flat, and on tho smooth -dgo was a monogram executed in so minute a manner that without a microscope i t would bo impossible to distinguish the letters. Not having a microscopo in bis pos­ session Lovol borrowed one from an officer of tho ship and again retired to his state-room to furthar examine the curiosity. Applying the microscope, ho gazed intently for a moment and, drop­ ping tho instrument, said to himself: “ I thought there was no mistake. Those are his Initials—‘L, V.’—-and Hollo Lorlmcr was right. This-sup- pc«ed Mr. Emerick docs possess a secret, but I t is not bis alone. There is a t least one other who shares the knowledge of it, and it shall not ho long before i t be­ comes public property. . I must and will find tho villain yok” I to hi: CONTINUED.} Intercepted ttorrcspenrienv* From tho hopeful young tnau to h it pastor—As l Stand in the broad wvenufc of life 1 find eomanyoloiicddeoirslVnow no t which oho to open, ttow can z toil whfoh one will lead tad to soooess? from the practical ptofcor to the Von man— There to only one, atwi yon’ totobetod PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL. —J. M. McMahon, an American, has patented In Europe a nltro-glycerine shell, which eon he 'thrown ten miles train a cannon with ordinary block powder. J Mr. McMahon has also pat­ ented his cheerful device in the United States. '• —Mr. James, H. Olcott, of Manches­ ter, Conn., has a singular specialty. He is so well acquainted w ith the sight, smell and taste of grasses th a t he to fit­ tingly called: “The Great American Gross Fiend." He has recently gone abroad to continue bis Btudy of award grasses in Europe. —A bright little daughter of Mrs. Richard II. Dana, nee Longfellow, was about to write a promising letter to a young friend, and wrote; “ I have noth­ ing to Bay, so I will tell you a story— *01106 there was a beautiful little snow­ flake th a t fell, and fell into the month of a little girl! bu t it did no t like it and said it would never do so again ” . •—Ismail, the ex-lchedive of Egypt, is still practically a prisoner a t Constanti­ nople. He is confined in a palace, and when he goes out, as he is sometimes, permitted to do, to always accompanied by an ill-looking lot of Turks. These are ostensibly his guard of honor, but in reality they are soldiers who nover lose sight of their distinguished pris­ oner. —A prom inent' actor was playing, Macbeth in Australia, and when -ho came to the murder scene he asked in vain for the blood with which he had intended to imbrue his hands. After abusing the property man roundly for his neglect, the actor, struck with a. happy thought, suddenly hit the func­ tionary on the nose, so th a t a good sup­ ply of critnsbn fluid was obtained, —A love-sick resident of Barry, HI., tried to forget his sorrows by a pro­ longed indulgence in stimulants. He called on h is :sweetheart -in an inebri­ ated condition, bu t she refused to re­ ceive him. He then proceeded to her. brother's blacksmith shop, heated an iron red1hot, placed it in a vise and then pressed against it- The iron penetrated his side, and after two hours’ intense agony he expired. —F rank Campbell, a storekeeper at Victoria, B. C.,' who died recently, was noted for his good humor and wide­ spread charity, and was also widely known as editor of the ' ‘Bulletin." This was n o t a paper, but a big blackboard, on which was placed every h it of local news as soon us it was known. The people consulted the “Bulletin” with as much confidence as they did their news­ papers. —A school-teacher in Bangor, Me., had been annoyed by the inattention o f . one of his pupils, a young woman of seventeen, so he introduced the unique punishment of making her sit on the floor, flounces and all. A day or two afterward the. girl Committed another breach of discipline, and was again or­ dered to the same punishment She objected because she had lier best clothes' on; bu t the teacher insisted. There was a scuffle, bu t he finally tripped her up, and compelled her to again undergo her punishment. The teacher, who is a young man, is now culled upon to defend a lawsuit. “ A LITTLE NONSENSE." V —Freckles are caused by Iron in tho blood.” “So? You must have swal­ lowed a poker.—Epoch. -—Mrs. Ilenn Peek—“ The paper tells about a man who ran away with his neighbor’s wife a n d 'a Sum of money.” Mr. Hertn Peck—“Too bad. Was the amount large?"—Yankee Blade. —It is hard on a man to have his beard shaved oil fo r fun, ju st to see if Ills friends will recognize lihn, and then to be bitten by his own dog a t the front gate when he comes home to tea.— Somerville Journal. —Uulfl'K’h — "What's the matter, Wooden?” Wooden—“I ’ve ju st been M ask old Cashbox for his daughter.” Bnlfinch—'“Well, how did you come out?” Wooden—“Through tho win­ dow."—Boston Coutior. —Clerk—“You say you wear a four­ teen-inch shirt and you want a sixteen- inch collar. Wliat are the extra two inches for?" Customer—“Those extra two inches, young man, are for a boil, aud don’t you forget it.” —Doctor’s Servant—“Now I have sprinkled m r master’s coat thoroughly with carbolic water and dusted it With disinfecting powder, I am sure nobody can fail to believe now th a t he ha? a tremendous practice.” — Fllegende Blnettcr. —“ Do you keep a clog?” asked the young man of the old man, tentatively. “Yes, sir,” said the old man, sternly, “I keep a dog." The young man’s heart fell forty degrees. “ Yes. sir," contin­ ued the old man softening, for he lmd seven daughters, “ I keep one tied.” No carda.—Washington Star. —“I gather,” said tho Boston tody, “from the conversation of my nephew, that firemen are In the habit of using rubber hose at their labors.” “Yes,’ “That, I presume, Is so that they won't get their feet wet;” and the Boston tody returned to her hook with an air of en­ tire satisfaction over having solved a difficult problem.—Washington l’ost, —A Subtle Distinction.—Mr. Stout -» “That was a very small piece of nUtof beef you brought me; I ordered an w»* tra large cu t” Waiter—“Hat was (to large atoe, air.” Mr. Stout “WhHt'» the difference, then?” Waiter—“When a gent’maa orders de extra cut, sab, (to cook putalt oh a big plate an’ l charges you sixty cento instead ob forty, aah.”— Smith, Gray * Ca'» Monthly.