The Cedarville Herald, Volume 12, Numbers 1-26

mm mm AVEKGEDATL UL* I t 1* w«U for os tb*t„ whiln m this earth every thing food and b«»atV- ful is short-lived, passing speedily evil and wrong aro also bat a question of time, and have their end "All mo to him who .will Or, a World-Wide Chase. A STORY OR RETRIBUTION. B Y W A B A S H . 1’ icorrtuoni, 1890.] r CHAPTER X X .—CONTINUED. “Poor, dear old man,’, Bald’Mlp>. Dala- ro, “he lias long boefliIrr^l to r « t in the’ quiet graveyard of hit,native town in' New England.” As sho spoke these words Percy waBsilent, and It was nitny minutes before he could control his voice to speak. When bo did his words came choked and husky—“Would to God that he had lived to soo this villain brought to justice! So my BtaUnch old friend is gone from us!” ' More than an hour elapsed before Armida and Mr. Blodgor returned. When they did return Armida was in sorrowful mood, and said.'that she had seen Eugene. He had admitted' burst* ingopen tho desk, but insisted that he did not want the money. What he did desire he would not tell. “What shall wo do, mamma?.” she asked. “Ho must not go to prison. Think of tho disgrace.'’ ■ “We will consult a lawyer In the morning and see what we can do about It,” responded her mother. . That night was the happiest Sirs. Del* aro had spent for many a year, and long and steadily did she talk'ivith Percy about all that had transpired during his long absence, while £eoa<Velasquez and his dupe languished in prison. In duo course the accused man was brought up .for an examination. Mrs. ■Delaro-inr-a-flmrvroice-relwtod-tho-his*— tory of the murder and swore to tho identity of tho prisoner. So positive and straightforward did her evidence h ' 1 AMHOT YOCIt HUSBAND AND N’KVilt IljivE BEEN.” seem that it appoared hardly necessary td’oall Pdicy Lovol. Still ho was placed In the witness box and gave ah account of Ills adventure in South America. lie also-told about the final clow of the sil- vor-cl\ann-which had satisfied him as to the identity of the prisoner, and in a few moments tho presiding magistrate committed Velasquoz to jail to await the arrival of his extradition papers. ’Tho same day Eugene Brcgy was brought up at another London police court and, dcsplto the efforts of the law­ yer employed to defend him, ho was sent to jail 'for a short time. All this time his anxious mother was expecting news of him at Nice, where she q ^ la s t grew tired of waiting and camo-to London. Tho first place she went tp was the iiddrpss which Armida had given her. While AtmIda gladly welcomed tho poor woman. It was with a sorrowful heart that they told her the story of tho last few days. “But Mr. Emdrick is in New York,” sho said, “He told pie'ho was going thcro7" “Then ho did I t to mislead you," said Armida, “for he is now In jail awaiting removal to America to ho tried on a elasqwx*# p o w t of- d # ! J«gl d ftwy p f * elf ogjpr a long! an l held fu lf sThty from the ntered bip toettjJintil his ling grty ,1 WitbJfthe oxce of tho fr<v years whan JhA posed -as an honest merchant, his active mind Had always been bent on evil. 'Ho had caused the innocent to Suffer for .tho guilty; had robbed men of the hard- earned accumulations. Of ..years, ,aqd women of thoir virtue; had stained bis hands in blood until murder came as natural to him as the knilng Ofi^Bbul- lock to a butcher; ho had drawn hotter to §TU:-itot4'; Jwjifp 4 gM|g thd.Btudy of-hliplifo. J Jiu t’ttto day of; .button wga ‘.fast ologtfag upon I am aura k iW M -k * MM iahlk w ith th a t u m eawethtog dreadful will will Ha a vmituHte Jwush." “What nonaenaa you talk, my child. Luoh absurd forebodings never enter my mind,” said her • m m b aside and try to pass with a blow from the bu tt i yofflffdii otbe£l*i you. Fcsfjn leave th* pri proff<*#da sugM§tylP- “ some go for sh to Ileavo her, baf end of hla re­ volver, tbo captain would knock him aonselcss, with the promiso of sirailai treatment to tho next who should dare to make tho attempt. All' this time tho #hip was rr.pljlly filling and it bcc^oA frpyden ttofr^id. a peradventure that-i>efo#* (inan^jpqW 1minutes tbo “Dunrohln <{S 9 #tlo” h lm in a fe lon ’s grtUflo. I wft*| 4 to krtfir; t ho ls safe.”"^ . J' ittiCaf i wd | sink forever into tho^Mpths m r ocean. It required; WVOHW tripsTpf the lifo-boats to transfer all tlie paf.shngora* 1 but this difficult task-was finally r.ccouH i piished. Tho last load was being taken i and nono but tho officers wore supposed ; tp bo on board, when suddenly tlio two | detectives Ih-charge lof Velasquez came i rushing up the companion ladder excit- i ediy exclaiming: “\Vo can.net roach ,the. ' prisoner! What shall we do?” “I ’jfWt'ldtould have bqp» tboug^it,.oi 3 a t i h d a ^ ^ id the Captain. ;^FoHo« Iitoi* 1jbfi Routed. , ’‘♦Wo will resold h |n l f it $* passible;" ; r •' \ , one ^ t b e ’tJbtoc- tivaff-^'/’HeTi b^.bdrigfddyli^-” w L .tbo Captain knew that although the prisoner was accused* ho was not yet ,f<jund ^guilty sfhd bravo heart would not permit him to leave oven such a cur as Velasquez to a horrible death with­ out an effort to rescue.him. ■ Accompanied by one of the officers the .big-hearted commander hurried down the steps* on to the oabin-.deck, from whence ho attempted to descend to tbo.'lowcr deck on which. Valasquez was confined.: .But bravo ,ap . the old Captain was, there was an. obstacle in the way which even ho was powerless to .overcome. The water was up-too high- and the rescuers could go ' no further. Already tho imprisoned man must be driven hack to his bunk noar tho top of the room in which ho was confined; the wretched prisoner could not pass out now alive, and certainly none could reach him. Doubtless ho was alive—just alive—his life’s span- now tp be measured by moments. Now ho could see bow relentlessly the mills of re tri bution grind--so surely—so surely— so surely—aye; and so quickly, so much .more_quickly—sorr.etimcs---tfcan—even- the all the time tha “Exactly my feelings in tho matter,” said Mrs. Delaro. This seemed to settle tho question, to r Anhfm sold: “Then, slncq you pro retell > iK j. '■ The mutdfsr of Mario Delaro waajl sowi,' ‘ "" * to bo aveiigoa, nnd beforo dong. bei would realize' tho, annul’ Justice'..®f,..lAa.. old Mosaic law—“A life for a' life.” And yet how poor ay. recompense. Robbed of her life happiness when-it was just beginning to assert itself, all that tbo victim’s widow received ip re­ turn was tbo knovrlodgo thatretribution bad finally overtaken the one who had robbed lior of her treasure. And, compared to Valasquez, .what a fearful price had she paid to secure re­ venge. The best part of her life had been spent: wasted; in fact, in running to earth a.monstrosity who had at last fallen into her hands through sheer ac­ cident (as the greater part of tho world would say), though there are those who would see in such an accident the won­ derful machination of an uurelentjing Ruler,, who has said: “Vengeance is mine.” Never until now had Velasquez re­ flected on the possible results of the re­ pulsive acts of his life. His immunity from discovery had only tended to harden his soul and ■ho had ever boon prompted by one impulso’only—greed- tor wealth—which when acquired had. never brought him any genuine pleas- He ufm ~u “ had never emeo stopped to think of tho price bis victims paid to satisfy his own insatiate desires. ' He hnd been absorbed in sel f and had lived a life in which none others shared a part. But now’ that tho hellish conceits of his debased mind could only spend themselves on -four prison walls, he was forced to-thlnk. Leon Velasquoz, running riot’as one of tho most active of the devil’s em- missaries, had never paused to_think of the exactness with which God’s mills grind all, had never thought it worth his while tp consider that thoso who es­ cape the mills tho longest aro ih the end ground more quickly and relent­ lessly. Ho was in the mills now and the great stones wore beginning to re­ volve; so closely, so surely increasing tho speed of their revolutions every mo­ ment, novor to cease grinding ui til tho gristshould lie fine as the "finest powder. Ills nights grow restless, sloop al­ most forsook him, and the little suatches of napping which ho did sometimes secure woro only fitful slumbers disturbed by horrible droatns which brought to his mind in turn, like a moving panorama, tho scenes of his dovillsh nets. Bold ns ho had been through life, ho now shuddered under the shadow of the gallows, and so fear­ ful was the mental torturo tbr.tnt times bo wished that the end might be speedy. When tho bolts shot into their sock­ ets across his prison door all hope tied, and ho knew full well that he would, after all those years of liberty, meet tho penalty of his greatest crime. From the hour of liis arrest lie hnd been mooJy, and entirely ceased to speak to those who approached .him. .lit* neither ex­ pressed niiope of escape nor murmured nt Ills fate. . Homo imagined that the terrible vision* of a just punishment were perhaps, tho cause of his silence, though others nvowod that lie was only meditating a hold and final plunge for liberty, lie that as it might, ho per­ sisted. in a morose reticence. While he lingered in prison Mrs. De­ laro and hor friends were taking a rest from tho intense excitement at a pretty little English watering place, trying in vain to forgot for a time tho final trage­ dy in which they must take an import­ ant part. .Mr. Blodgor had been completely out- w S h *-> “HEKE 1‘EllOV KItOFPKUED A 8UOGE8- . TIOW.” ’ determined, I suppose I must consider myself overruled'.’’ • Consequently, arrangements were completed and a few days later the party started for Liverpool. Tho ship on which; thoir passage had been scoured was the “Dunroblu Cas­ tle.” I t wfis anfunpopular steamer and had been purposely selected, to avoid publicity and gossip'on account of the prisoner. As they steamed'down tho charge of murder.” .. — ,------^ - “Whatl my btisband a mnrderer?” «ono I*y the scenes ho bad witnessed. cried tbo poor woman. “Why, you surely said ho was not your husband?” said Mrs. Delaro. “But ho is. Ho told mo so, and he has get all my money,” said tho now dis­ tracted woman. Mrs; Delaro was immediately struck with an idea. “Ah, ho has deluded you Into boli-ftvtfig it in odder to rob you of your fortune,” she said. “No, sol” cried Mrs. Bregy. # Ito it my husband, my Alphotise, and I must go and see him.” To pacify tho woman a carriage was procured and she was taken to tho jail Where Leon Velasquoz was confined. Ho was brought into the cage to seo hor and sho at oneo approached him— “Alphonse, they say you aro not my Husband. But It Is not true, Is It?” “I am not yonr husband, and never have been,” he said, in almost indis­ tinct tones. “Then why did you say you wore?” abe Said. ' “i wanted your money,” was tho cool vejfttoila*. He knew his end was near Mw he merahnlly set .the poot Vortian’s Mlttd a t refit, . liu t(sha had to be carried out of the room ih * swoon. CHAPTER XXI, notmy will that ovll be immor- Ilo made a hurried determination to re­ turn to America and never again assist a t such exciting performances. He re­ ceived so severe a nervous shock that all tho poetry of his soul was crushed out, and be was compelled to postpone for an Indefinite period tho wrltingof an ode to Father Thames, in which he bad avowed his intention of putting avast amount of research, labor and thought. The world was thus robbed of another literary gem. lie was true to his word, and a week aftor Velasquez's incarceration Mr. Blodgor's little party of friends accom­ panied him to Easton station and bade him “God speed” on his journey home, Alwut ilvo weeks later Mrs. Delaro, Armida and Percy returned to London to moot tho Amoflcan detectives, who had arrived with the extradition papers. It required but a short Space of time to perfect tho arrangements for Velasquez’s' removal to California soil, where the law required .that ho should take his trial for tho crime of murder, Every­ body concerned was anxious to start as soon as possible, and it was arranged that the prisoner should bo taken by the same steamer as the others, and no one mad* jprfjr damur to ..this .except ArinSda. shh’MA^^M ' &cision aha said: “We mutt hot travel on thh Mersey and over the bar the day was one" of the most onjoyable which could havo been wished for. There was a delight­ ful breeze blowing from the sea, and the temperature was agreeable. ‘ , With this kind of weather they were Tavored until they passed tho Fastnet Point, when a deep fog settled on them. This In turn passed away by the evening of tho next day, and they woro onco more steaming.under sunny skies. - But only for about twenty-four hours, a t tho end of which time they encountered a storm and were tossed about In nvioiout manner^ for days toget. The old steamor'which carried them was nono too good a seaboat a t the best of times, but now she acted in a most eccentric manner and scorned entirely at the mercy and will of tho waves. Neither Mrs, Delaro nor Percy had as yot felt alarmed,’but Armida, who was, lti tho most favorablo weather, only a poor sailor, experienced terrible torturo and claimed her mother’s attontioiV all tho time. What with tho state of tho weather and tho cries and moans which rose from tho emigrants In thoBtcorago, tho “ liunrobln Castle” was any thing ’but the pleasantest place on tho Atlan­ tic. For days together tho raging storm Continued; hnd I t 1 was hot until tbo Alow old boat had been ton days at soa that tho tempest subsided. When I t did thero was a worso dangor In store lor thorn. They were on tho Now’found- larnl banks in a fog, so thick that tho officers on the bridge woro entirely un- liblo to See the ship’s noso. ns sho plunged through tho heavy swell left by the storm, Tho fog-whistle’s con­ tinuous roar only added to the general confusion which roignod on bpurd, and when the responding whistle of a pass­ ing steamer was heard it only Increased the dread ahd apprehension of tho pas­ sengers. Aftor about thirty-six hours of this commotion tiio people quieted down and many sOemetl to havo become as much accustomed to It as old sea- dogs with the experience of a life-time. But at daybreak one morning a dull, heavy thud was felt through tho vessel, and A second later shrieks and cries rent tho air, which would have made the hoart of any listener other than an old sea captain stand still. Then fol­ lowed a few moments ot suspense which was quickly changed to horror when tho engineers ran up on dock shouting: •’The ship is filling. To tho boats!" Tbon followed tho rush of hurrying, scurrying humanity from tho steerage, terror plainly graven on overy face, while over and abovo the noise and confusion rang out tho resonant tones of tho Captain's voice shouting orders to the boatswain, Tho force of habit ap­ peared oven On that scone ot dangor as the sailors shouted: “Y’ho&vo Ho," while they lowered tho lifo-boats from thoir davits. Louder than all those sounds and far above tho general ex- citemont reigning on tho “Dunrobln Castle" could be heard tho shrieking whistles of tho .teatnor which had struck hor, find which was rounding to, in order to give all possible assistance in saving thelivosof thoso on board tho fast sinking boat. It was not long before tbo unknown steamer waSWlmmst alongside, And then commenced the work of transferring tbo passengers—not an easy matter in a raging sen Tbo patloncp of tho o n ­ cers was tried to the utmost- Strong, rudo men would try to push wom&n hnd children aside in their wild efforts tu bo first to enter tbo life-boats, only to bo driven back by tho ship’s officers at the noitosoftholr rovdlvsts. OddasfdtiAliyfino tnoro dating ffian dfc&rabt wnuld tbrqsV those who manipulate tho machinery of the mills can forosee.- Almost Velasquoz. had paid .to the uttermost tho penalty of his crime committed- long- years be­ fore in tho sunny Californian valley;— .almost! The ship might go down at any mo­ ment now, and unless his would-bo res­ cuers at onco retraced their steps they mightgodown with It, so with regrets tho Captain led tho way to tho deck. Sorrowfully ho took his place in tho life-boat, and, as the sailors pulled away, be looked longingly at the old Ship that had carried him through bo many thousands of miles ot fair and stormy weather. Before they reached tho waiting steamor tho “Dunrobln Castlo” settled on her., beam ends and sank in old ocean with a mighty rush, taking with her, to a higher tribunal than that of man, Leon Valasquez, It was a tragic death. In some sense it was too grand a death for so mean a man—to exchange the ignominy of tho gallows and the felon’s grave in a prison yard for n burial beneath the rolling waves of.tho Atlantic, coffined in a noble ship. And yot it was a horrible end—a lonesome, solemn end, for the man who had lived in tumult and ex­ citement all his days to moot tho Grim Monster and Great Avenger alone with his torturing memories of tho past—to know, while tho merciless flood closed- over him, th a t he died untnourned and nuregretted. Perhaps it was a poor satisfaction to the widow of MUrio Delaro to know that her husband's t 'urderefr, the destroyer j of her happiness, tvas never convicted j of his crime—but when Leon Velasquez, one of the meanest villains whb over j trod this earth, went Into tho unseen i world to meet his Maker, it surely was ; a powerful illustration ot thnt infallible i truth; "TUougli the mills of Goil grind slowly, YCUhcy grlmt exceeding small; . Though \\ 1thpatience stands Ho waiting. With exactness grinds Ho'iill.” « * # * * # ' * * 1 Not long ago a small Wedding party | passed down the carpeted steps of a >church in Now York City. Tho princi- <pals of that party wore a handsome, ’ sunburned man .of forty years and a [ lovely woman many years younger. <Thoyseomed very happy—they tcere very happy. They were Percy Lovel and his wife—whom wo havo known so long as Armida Delaro. On tiro same day there left, from ono of tho poorer French lodging-houses near Leicester Square, London, a funer­ al hearse and one mourner's carriage. In that hearse lay the body of Emilio Bregy, and in tho carriage was a man who looked tho picture of misery—bis name was Eugene Bregy—a living ex­ ample of “wbat might have been;” , | , , Frank. a - “ Do you Want to btfy a fide diamonci, Jack*" “No.. But way don't, you lo t Twit Bryllyapt see it. He' la a comtoUtOsu of diamonds.'’ >’“ThAt is jUfti #*¥ r d i i i ’tilwar It «a totm"—Light < .*,. E N J O Y S Both the method “im d * results when Syrup o f Figs is taken; it is pleasant refreshing to the taste, and acts p i d y yet promptly on the Kidneys, Lfawr and Bowels, i ’ . ' cleanseg the sys- |AKf effectually,'.dispels colds, head­ aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy o f its kind ever pro­ duced, pleasing to the taste and ac­ ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly .beneficial m its / effects, prepared only from the most healthy ana agreeable substances, its’ many excellent qualities commend it to all and have mode it the most popular remedy known.. ’. Syrup’of. Figs in for sale in ,50c and $1 bottles by all leading drug­ gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro­ cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any •* substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. ■8AN FKAK0ISC0, CSt,. 10UMHLE.KY. . HEVi.YORK. N X “German Here is an incident ftotn th e South —Mississippi, written in April, 1 S 90 , ju s t after the Grippe had visited that country. “ I am a farmer, one of those who halve to rise early and work late. A t the. beginning of last W inter I was on a trip to the City o f Vicksburg, M iss.,wherel got well drenched in a shower o f rain. I went home and wassoon after seized w ith a dry, hacking cough. This grew worse every .day, until I had to seek relief. I consulted Dr. Dixon who has since died, and he told me to get a bottle o f Boschee’s German Syrup. Meantime my cough grew worse and worse atid then the Grippe came along and I caught that also very severely. My condition then compelled me to do something. I got two bottles of German Syrup. I began using them, and before taking much o f the second bottle, I was entirely clear o f the Cough that had hung to mf so long, the Grippe, and all its bad effects. I felt tip-top and have felt that way ever since.” P eter J.B rials ,J r .,Cayuga, Hines Co., Miss. & STAND AX.CQ& as S O S S o m a Therdispelpotsoaousbllofrotn the system, therebycut*,# bili­ ous attacks, constipation, headache, ibalaria. dybenteiy, andall stomachand liverdisorders. 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Our boys hod jur*tiu cures nal StroBB, patnotj o f FigS ii An’ so they wm » 1 ® tbc-y belie.-1LK1“ “ ®ver ‘.he taste an NOWmother were it 1 of The rlRlvib« 33 V'CU>P f 0*11 But the nation « beneficial an right i<»u,<v from the ^ 8 me suu?8. substanci An*Edward, he -iidties comme lain, ho sided a((e the sale An’ after some tlnK^'n. ■scorned gain .1 &« Why, ’William, he - ward, he put ul leading An’ mother an' n [ q druggist as we’d done t,an(j Z .:n Both Wishin’the v 11 “ auu WUJ to us sacine-s >r any one An’when there wi - i * a c c e p t ter which We knew that eu *' e y n ; i n certain deleai Y u f n u r Ibeerd them th ('.v00, CAL a*boomin’ as 1 . HEWYORK. H An’ I thought that ’ BO.J-m.oked.ut If the storm itwer, way it passed ‘ Whether wo’d ltcu-' would p’int in -So-Ltookert at .the . come to th(- d An’ she said: "I ‘‘They’re fighi AtlasUto lams b'l G riblc struHHk-X iTO m tfa e fa aw we impedth:a»;n in April, 1 when we ‘"'d, Well, man he iv.a- n aav iS ltea ^ -• way he wo ii farmer, o t But God it is wi.,, jfge ea rly b eg inn ing ol decree. At rctersburg Cr trip to the An’ fiot’h of qur'eiqwhereX'gOt in blue, one :i HEX o f ram An’ after the hnt soon after at tent side oys , J Our hoys, they'd mf» COUgll. an’they fell, jay, until I One died for the iiulted Dr, Di gained hut a and he tok The other for ‘•f vcdiee’s Ger martyr der- a " - 51 ~ . Each gave up liis )Uiy COUgh £ poured in his> then the Gr Each tit an’ each f„ tlT~f knows which-auS“ p lua,: An’ condition > something so along laurel m - ” To put on the grnt erman Sy ru both sidfs .iiu(j before tal An’ though Xwiisj KritH* T tlrolock hurt! u uo luei Ji can’t help but hCough th a t way lilt in t t Jle Grippe, —Harry »T. S).» lr r u f t * „ l felt tip-top v n r p y 'ever sin. i>U l ..Cayuga, H H a s ty Wordej •Years of t m ItOVIES. loimbllofrom ycut»g blil- pation, head- itery, nodall den. i«ori Aprlo«. each bottle. . 40 la Mch a daw. ■nady, be «ui * 2 * * •derstand.'’ A: bot°*' "Yes,' CO., longingly, his f & quently for a . Marion tu:, rich « "« • gaze, her checi eyes grow bn don't you go .1 u T , . a „ , , , M 0 i B i t tU . am goin .* let me ting that soon your h e a rt WL AC Hugh, trying 1 ittffOXito Ml?- “Save you NMONS A C Scoundrel or dDXALSXSIK- cotvard. lit- LtTARV MOOD h!,ma 1 , ^ ...... -.. •••;*— mean tilings it your fact', infc 'x n iriir you. V.itt refu- “Hotvnstit-t a ILLS " v , sB tu rttn . bticli a b raw l 1 jgj| “You wort n* |i yom-solf.tHfdi cliaUt iigo hi-|gaHH li toako, Hitd 1 os J'oti tvoro havo catistlod "1 ani not Jloit'nor do J with the brew JHiffvtWetb ltfl; “-Tlicn you TOMAT ..... the n»«*Slid *#«ffsuffetefitt' MlCAoBda. -Addri Bi«,iiA,iAm