The Cedarville Herald, Volume 12, Numbers 1-26

The Cedarville Herald. yr. B. BLAUt, Publlihir. CEDARVILLE, O H ia MV LOVE OF LONG AGO. There are facesJust as perfect; There are eyes as true and sweet; There are hearts as strongandtender As theheart that'sceased tobeat; There are voicesJust as thrilling; There aresouls as white* I know, Ashors werewhen shewent fromme— My loveof longago.^ My lips are evertelling The tale that ne'er grows old, Life's grays are always changing . Forsome onointo gold; But amid theshine andshadow, Amid the gloomand glow,' She walkswithmo, shetalks withme— My loveof long ogol, When I think of all the changes „ Thatthechangingyears havebrought, I amglad the world that holdsher Is theworld that changesnot. And the same aswhenBlieleft me, Bhe watts for me, I know— . Mylove onearth, my love InHeaycn, My love of longago. -M, Hodderwlck Browne, inOnce a Week. A Story of the Late War. B Y fiBRNARD BIOSBY, Author of "Eoyal at tu t," "M r L»dy Vantas* He," "joint's Qraat Sscrst,” "Fall Among Thlavoa," Etc, Copyright, 1891. by A N. Kellogg Newspaper Co. I CHAPTER V— CONTINUED. “Wal, mate, thar ain’t much ter tell— leastways I ain’t got the gift o’ the gab ter make a long story qut on’t; but when the war broke out folks took this side an- thet, jess es ther inclinations led ’em. Father an’ I was fur the Union; and tnos’ (nin’rally our neighbors was secesbes. We lived in a lone farm-house,' tol’ble well-to-do, an’, es we was in the minority, went about our own bizness without interferin’ wi’ folks. Mos’ of the young fellers roun’ ns jined the gorillas, an’ they set up a cry es those es was not fnr ’em was agin ’em an’ gev father notice tor leave the kentry. lint the ole man was true grit. He jess tole ’em thar was a leaden welcome fur every seeesh es crossed his threshold in anger. They’d done some fearful things, them gorillas bed—strung a neighbor o* otir’nter a branch o' one o’ his own apple trees an’ flogged his wife an’ darters. Yes, it ain’t no dime novel trash I’m a-tallcin’ to yer—flogged the wimmen till the blood run down ther backs, so yer kin 1 see my ole dud was doin’ some tall | talkin’ when ho gev them the defy* I i shall never forgit the night they come. Thar was no one in the house but dad an’ me un’ my little brother Mill, a young ’un not more’n seven years old. We did the best we could, but it wam’t no use. They dragged father from the house an’ riddled him wi’ bullets afore my eyes. 1managed somehow or other ter got away to the woods, but not afore I’d made my mark on some o' ther skinB; an’ jess es they was tiring the barns the Union soldiers come up, an’ the hull band o' cut-throats scattered.” *‘An’ little Bill?” “Hark!” he oried, all alert on the it* ■taut, ' A few moments of profound silence. “I hear nothing,” Frank said, in an excited whisper. “The tramp of mountedmen,” was the answer, “t< yer boss, man, an’ hustle lively!” A minute later and they were going at headlong speed. To Frank’s surprise they turned at right angles from the line they were pursuing—-for rood, you f could not call it—and plunged into .the * creek,,up whose rooky stream bed they rode with undiminished speed. This brought them to a clearing, across which they literally ..flew, urging the panting horses to a maddening gallop; but atf they reached the cover of a friendly wdod, Swayne drew the rein. ’ ‘Hold hard a minute, mate, we must breathe the critters, or they’ll liev' ns sure es shootin’,” he cried, whcel- ingliis horse round, and peering through the branches of the trees. . The clearing was a long strip of corn- land, lying in a valley between two ridges. Frahlc and Swayne hadcrossed it at right, angles in its narrowest part, where it was probably hot more than fifty or sixty rods from wood towood. Ah, here they come! Not as Swayne and Frank had done, but up the full sweep of the lowland—a long line of straggling horsemen, half a mile away yet, but in full sight of the wary watchers. “By-Moses, but them hyenas ain’t on our tracks, after all! See that chap a- leadin’ ’em—he’s the one they’re chasin’, an’ the Lord hev mercy on his soul, of they catches him.” It was an exciting scene. As Swayne said, the leading man was evidently the quarry of the others,andus theydrew nearer it wasj apparent that he wore the uniform of a .Union officer. The chase must have been long and Bevere, for the horses of- all were pounding along with that'rolling gait, which told how nigh they were .exhausted. In fact, several in the fnr distance could be seen who had dropped out of the race altogether: only three were within pistol-shot of the fugitive, on whom they were gaining at every Stride. “I allow we’re ngoin’ ter take a ban’ in this game,” Dick said, grimly* tightening his saddle-girth as lie spoke. “ Now soon es they git alongside, dash out on ’em, an’ holler fur ull yer worth —they’ll.think the woods is full on us, an’ you’ll see a circus,’’ So when the thundering hoofs Were close,upon them, the two youngfellows burst out of ambush* yelling like. a band of Comanclies. Swayne, with his strong, fresh horse, in the fury of 'his attack literally rode down the ( foremost' of the pursuers, Wl|ile Frank hurled himself upon the second, who, however, managed to keep his saddle But the rout was complete. Without stopping to look behind them the en­ emy had turned tail and lied, doubtless believing from the daring nature of the attack that a whole regiment was at their heels. “Quick, b’ys, to the wood!” Swayne cried, “afore these wildcats kin git ther eyes skinned tor .see the trick we’ve played ’em.” As they rode under cover again Frank turned to examine the matt they hud rescued, lie was a 'well-built, handsome man of thirty—well bred, too, if one could judge from.his clear- cut features. “Well, boys, you’ve done me the best turn any one ever did for me in this world, and I only pray to -Heaven that j if either of you are ever in such a tight I fix as I was ten minutes ago you'll find j as brave hearts to help yon as I’ve done.” s “Amen to that!” Frank said. “Nmv Dick Swaync’s eyes literally blazed j satisfy our curiosity by tolling us who with fire. “Wo foun’. little Bill lyin’ in the brush, blcedin’ ter death, with a gun­ shot wound in his side.” '.‘Good heavens, Dickl and is this pos- IT WAS AN EXCITING SCENE, eible in n land like ours? But surely these fiends were not your neighbors* man?” “Neighbors? Aye—neighbors who lied gone to the same skulo es we uns, ’tended the same church, danced, drunk an* played wi* us from the time we was no bigger’n little Bill—but, by the Gord thet made me, they shall pay with a life fur every drop of blood they shed!” Well indeed did the young Missourian keep his word, Frank was too shocked by the story he had heard to encourage further con­ versation, while Swayne, wrapt in meditations of the past, seemed pleased to lie back and htnoko in moody silence. For an hour or two they thus rc*» mnined, their bodies resting, though their minds were active. Suddenly the countryman started With a gesture of alarm. you arc and where you are from?' “Mark Henderson, at your service. Captain of Zngonyi’s cavalry, and now —or at least a dozen hours ago—on the staff of General Lyon. I started at dawn with a guide to try and make communication with. troops that arc supposed to havo left Kansas City to come to our aid, but the rascally villain led me right Into that nest of hornets you saw buzzing about my cars.” “And 1 am on my way to General Lyon to toll him that those very troops are hurrying by forced march to join him,” Frank ejaculated. Henderson looked keenly at the, speaker. “ It’s rather a curious dodge, isn’t it?” he said, “to rig you up in private's uni­ form? What rank do you hold in the service?” “.Tust what you see -fu ll private— that is all.” “Then your Colonel must have a fine regiment if his rank and file are filled by such as you. Give me your hand, my boy. yon will have your commission before the month is out, or I'm ho judge of matters.” “ ’T appears ter me, you two uns is gassin' a tol’ble sight too much. Wouldn’t it be jess es sensible ef yer was ter put a few more miles ntwcen you an’ them gorillas afore yer got so tonguey.” • The hint was too valuable to be dis­ regarded, so once more they resumed their journey. If they could lmve gone in a direct line they would have reached Springfield by night-fall, but they were So often obliged to make, detours to avoid the enemy that when darlcnuss came on they were obliged to camp in the woods till daylight. And when dawn came the roaring of guns and clattering of mall-arms in the nfrar dis­ tance told them that for ull theirdreary ride and headlong speed they were too late. Up a steep hill 'before them they rode in baste, and on moon ting it* crest, though the sky was but just gleaming with the rays of the newly risen sun, the whole panorama of the battle-field U y before them. “Wilson’s creek, by thunder! An’ I thought we was ten miles away,” Dick Swayne cried, as he dashed his spurs in his horse’s flank and galloped down the declivity. As they rode they .could sec the armies of either side massing—Ben Mc­ Culloch, with his fifteen thousand fighting men from Arkansas—Lyon and Siegel with their five thousand, some of whom hud borne themselves so well at Boonville. In the mud fide down the hillside Frank’s horse tripped on a root of a tree, hurling ’him to the ground with a force that for the time stunned him, and when he recovered his senses, it was only to see the beast hurrying at full speed after his companions. Picking himself up as best as he could, he started on u run. It:w as no easy tusk to reach the Union lines, but he got there at last. By this time Siegel hud moved on the right flank of the enemy and driven the Confederate lines back, while Lyon with four thousand men and ten .guns had hurled himself against them on the left. Frank in the hurly-burly of battle was running hither and thither. Sud­ denly he saw before him a bare-headed man o n ‘horseback, whose uniform he recognized at once. . “General Lyon, sir!” Ke cried, .eling- .ing almost breathless to his stirrup- leather, “Colonel Fulton lias sent me to tell you' that troops from Kansas City are on. their way to your relief.” “Too late—always too late!” was the ■sad reply. Just then a cry come from the First Iowa Regiment thatthey had noColonel. “Who will lead us?” rang from a hun­ dred throats. ■ Frank saw General Lyon dash to their front, and heard him cry: “I will lead you! Onward, brave boys of Iowa!” ■ | Picking up a musket that-had fallen from a wounded soldier’s hand, Frank threw himself into the ranks of 'the advancing, regiment, ever keeping his eyes on that glorious warrior in front Oh, God! what's that? The saber drops from the listless arm, tbe stately figure reels and falls, and the gallant General jlrops to the earthwith a bullet crashing through liis heart. CHAPTER VL BYTHUCAMP-ITOF.. .• Though the Union army was defeated at Wilson’s creek, it was not by any means crushed, Major Sturgis, upon Whom the command devolved, making a masterly retreat. Frank Besaut fraternized with the Iowa boys, by whom he was cred­ ited with some gallant conduct, though the din of battle had seemed to him like 11 dream hard to remember at the awakening. Of course he hnd fired us long as his ammunition lusted* and used his bayonet like the rest of them; hut as for any particular act of heroism, if such there had been* it had entirely escaped his remembrance. Of course his new friends were willing .to share their rations with him,.and blankets were to be hud for the {licking up, but no one seemed inclined to take the responsibility of giving him orders. “Join your regiment as quick as you can,” was the nearest approach to a command he received. 1 So .unfettered and disconsolate he roamed about as lie listed, observant of every thing round him* and on a keen lookout-for Dick Swayne, who ho thought might help him find his regi­ ment. * It was not till some weeks after­ wards that he learned how little likely he was to find the staunch Missourian, who hnd yielded to Mark Henderson’s entreaties to join his regiment—not till Frank heard of the brilliant charge Major Zagor.yi with three hundred horsemen made at Springficjd on two thousand Confederates, seventy of Ills men as they rode saber in hand, falling ere they reuchcd the enemy, when he scattered four hundred Confederate cavalry and routed a regiment of in­ fantry—did he know what had become of Richard Swayne. So Frank, finding none to help him, helped himself in the best way he could, fighting when there was fighting to do, and giving .a helping hand to the ambulance squads whenever occasion demanded his services. Thus in five days he found himself in Springfield, where the very first person he met was James Lawson driving a light supply wagon. “Hullo!” that worthy cried, almost dislocating the mule’s jaw in his eager­ ness to stop. “Why, blame me if I ever thought I was going to set eyes on you again, old fellow. Come, jump up along­ side me. I’ve been down to the com­ missariat master's for some grub, but I'm going right back. And won’t the boys be glad to see you!” “Ho tbe regiment's here all right?” “You bet it is. Hay, weren’t wc lucky to miss the carnage at Wilson’s creek? It almost made me sick to see them carry ' the wounded to the field hos­ pitals.” “That’s no way fo r a soldier to talk. I do believe, Jim, your pioral sense id so blinded that yon do not have the faintest appreciation of the word ‘duty,* ” Frank said, indignantly. “Haven’t I, though, old chap? Then that’s all you know about it. Why, duty’s beau my bugbear ever since I was as high as your knee. Miss Ruth, Grace, old Brentwood, all the pious crowd at Meltonbnrg hare dinged duty in my ears as long aa I can remember, and, nowI’ve gothere, dam■ * U jtm aren’t all at the same old game again, till I sometimes wonder if there is a spot in the world where a man like me, whose principles are a little knock- kneed, can get out of hearing of that hateful word.” “Not in this world, nor the next.. I’m afraid,” Bcsant said, with a. smile at his companion's frankness. “Then all I can say is, I wish I ’d never been born. G’lang!” and Law- son gave the mule a vicious lash with his cowhide, as though resolved that there should he some vicarious suffering somewhere,thensaukintomoodysilence. Just before they reached camp,however, he recovered his usual air of self-satis­ faction. “Say, Frank,” he said, “you couldn’t fer the sake of old times lend me a ten- dollar bill, could you? We've not re­ ceived ft cent of pay since wc left Colum­ bus, aqd l'm dead broke. Why, it’s a holy outrage the way we're treated., Guess those big-wigs at Washington would holler out pretty lively if pay- \ »*/ /,*V l»' A ->C- HE ALMOST DISLOCATED THE MULE’SJAW. day came round and there was nothing in the treasury for them.” “It is a shame,” Frank confessed. “Well, could you let me have the.dol­ lars?” ■ •“1 could,” was the frigid response. “Then, will you?” “What do you want it for?” “To send to a girl.” Frank’s eyes opened with astonish­ ment. “ Don’t ask me any questions about it,” Lawson continued with earnest­ ness. "Give me the money—it will be ruin if you don’t." Frank wasipuzzled. “Well, here it is, Jim,” he said, hand­ ing him the-bill; “and as the Adjutant might kick against your carrying pas­ sengers, I’ll get down and walk the rest of the way.” •. Lawson watched his retreating figure with a curious expression on his face, muttering to himself the while: “That’s the best thing you’ve done for yourself this many a day, Frank Bcsant, though yon don’t lmow it.” They were all glad to see Frank back, especially the Colonel, who hnd many bind words for the young man. whose story lie listened to with intense inter­ est, while Major Hopkins called him to his own tent and made him relate his adventures over again, paying him sev­ eral handsome compliments, But the best news of all was that his-name had been forwarded to the Governor of Ohio for a commission, and these gentle­ men thought, that their strong recom­ mendations would be favorably re­ ceived. From Springfield the regiment went into winter camp at Scdalia, then the terminus of the Union Pacific railroad. What the men endured'during that severe winter under canvas no pen could describe. The weather was ex­ ceptionally inclement, and many a gal­ lant fellow, who might have struck a blow for the Union, was cither invalided home with a broken constitution or died outright of exposure. It was indeed a case of the survival of the fittest— those who wore hardy enough to .v nig­ gle through it all gave,Uncle Sam suffi­ cient assurance that his bounty money hnd been well laid out. In the midst of this discomfort they were turned out several times to take part in slight engagements, while they celebrated Christmas by capturing a gigantic supply train on its way to Price, together with five hundred pris­ oners, and', what was of more conse­ quence to many of them, “lots of loot.” It was on his return from this expe­ dition that Frank Bcsant received the glorious tidings that his commission had arrived, and that lie was appointed to a Lieutenancy in his own regiment. A little later and there would have been much grumbling at a man’s step­ ping from the ranks to a scat at the officers’ mess-table, but in those days inilltary etiquette was not so strictly observed, and, besides, our hero was too popular for the tongue of envy to be raised against what all ilioiight was a fair, though tardy, recognition of his merits. 1 I to be continued ,} Music In aickneM. A London merchant rejoices liccaus# lie tried music as a medicine. His boy, six years old, was dying of typhoid fe­ ver, and was quite insensible, with no appearance of being able to live through the night. Kneeing his son’s fondness for hmsic, the tst-her procured a large music box and caused it to play, with the result that the ehitd’s atten­ tion was aroused and his fifs saved hy the reaction.—Toledo Blade. . PERSONAL ANDJMPERSONAlJ —An extraordinarilylarge polar b*av ■ the fur of which is a bright pink cafev 5 has been captured in northern Siberia : The animal will be sent as a present ] the czar. —Miss Clara Barton has almost a* many decorations as a German iky . marshal. Among those most highly prized is the iron cross of Germany { superb pansy, each petal being co®. posed of a single large amethyst, with a center of pearls, was th,e gift of tin duchess of Baden, and iB one of Bta Barton’s cherished souvenirs. —A house in which Daniel Webster lived for’ several years in Washington, but which of late has been usedfor lav offices, was advertised for sale at auc­ tion for non-payment of sojfc snail) claim, but proceedings were cocked bj an injunction. In the back yft-d of this place there is still standing' a linden tree planted by the sage of Marshfield in 1850.. —-The duke of Hamilton can be recog. nized a mile o ff by his clothes. They are always of the same pattern—very loud check, very baggy -trousers, very short coat and a. pot hat He. usually has a dozen suits made on the same lines, •color and-; pattern at the same time, and he regularly, whenever it ii possible, changes his garments in tht middle of the day. —In addition.to her dnties-ag her hus- hand’s private secretary, whienTncIi •the handling of several hundred invita-^ tions a week, Mrs. Chauncey M, Depew personally supervises, the education, reading and recreations of her son and of her two little orphan nieces; is her own housekeeper, and.yet finds oppor­ tunities to continue, her studies in Ger­ man and French and to practice daily, —To Mrs. Harrison one of the most interesting sights of the “swing around the circle” was the profusion of flowers that met her view at every turn’in Cali, fornio. At Mrs. Stanford’s reception there were one thousand Gold-of*Ophir roses suspended in a canopy over her head and at another reception tiie ladies stood on a balcony where one thousand callas formed a great bed around them, ' —-Women are quite as often deceived by high-priced goods as by the bargain counter. An imp .rter tells,of having sold for 87.50 a yard a piece of sealskin plush to a retailer, who promptly cutit into three pieces and marked themre­ spectively 810, 812and $14. The highest priced lot sold first, and the.retailer at once bought ■another whole piece* marked it $14 and sold it out before thr $10 lot was gone.—N. Y. Sun. —A good piece of advice floating about now in the magazine world is: '“If you wish to be agreeable in society you must be content to be taught many - things which you know.already. ” It might be well to add that you mustbe more interested in other people’s good stories than in your own, in their afflic- . tions than yours, and be careful not to fnr outdo them in dress or entertain­ ment, and. if y.ou are a woman don't bo too pretty. “ A LITTLE NONSENSE.” —The forger frequently givein bank a bad name.—Pittsburgh Dispamt. —Gone.— * lie wore a brand n<nv ilnnnol shirt Out in flu* (low at 11 mlit. 1 ■ And when lie not back home, alas) That shirt was "out of sight" —Clothier and Furnisher. — “Why do you send Ethel suchhand- (some presents? Candy and flowers are enough.” “That’s all right. She eats the candy and the flowers fade. When we get married I get the diamonds back.”—Capital Chips. —“Do you know what tune you’re whistling?” asked a savnge, brutal man of a youth who likes music. “No, sir, 1don’t. Do you?” “Not exactly, but I’ve a haunting, horrible suspicion that it’s your own funeral march.”—Wash­ ington Post. —Obtaining Good Kisses.'—“Jimpson is to be arrested for kissing Cora, al­ though she was willing.” “Howcanhe be arrested, then?” “It was after dark and she thought it was Simpson. ' The charge is obtaining goods under false pretenses,”—Epoch. — “Do you dislike the odor of cooking onions?” she said earnestly to theyoung man who didn't care how late it was. “Why, I don't enjoy it particularly. What made you ask?” “We are going to have onions for breakfast, and I should dislike so much to have you an­ noyed.”—Washington Post. —Quite Probable.—Old Chappie No. 1 —“Sly dear fellow, you are too fasci­ nating for a man of your years.” 0, G No. 2—“Flattery! Well, I guess I was bqrn fascinating. But you keep your youth wonderfully, dear feilow.” *0,C No. 1—“Flatterer! Well, I guess I must have been born young. Pittsburgh Bulletin. -Three-year-old Alice went with her parents to church one Sunday, and after the manner of little children was rest­ less, and found it hard to understand that she must not talk aloud. When the minister announced liis text her at­ tention was caught for the moment, sad she astonished her mother by saying. “Humph! that’snothing new, I've heard that beforel”—N. Y . Tribune. -^Overdid the Matter—Lady (to dealer)—“And you can recommend this fertilizer for flowers?” Dealer—“Wliy, madam, last summer my wile had a small, sickly geranium in her garden; she used this fertilizer and in two waeka that plant had a bark on. flow many packages shall I send?” Lady" “Not tony, 1 believe, I am mot in tht lumber trade.”—N. Y. 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