The Cedarville Herald, Volume 12, Numbers 1-26

The CedaryiUe Herald. . . W B. BIiAlRt Publisher. - CRDAnVTT.r E. ; » : OHIO, TWO DOROTHY'S: A little maMwith downcast eyes. Ana foUUklhands and serious fsoe, Whowalks eedetply downthe,street, „ Herdelnty dress ell smooth and nest, Each curl end ribbon In its plsoe; . A dove-Uke ms(d with brow demurs ’ Benesthtef bonnet’s toady brim, 'Who quiet sits ’within the pew, . ;And nt*voly rends the service through, , And Joifls in every hymn; , The sweetest m&td that could he found FromCuba to tho Bnyot Fundjr: - A flower, the loveliest that, springe, ■ A saint, an nngol without wings ^-1 That's Dorothy onBundhy, : A little inaid, in breathless haste, > With glowing cheeks and tangled hair, Who races up and down the street*. Andwith her skipping, tripping feet ■iaheroVand'there, and everywhere; A sanoymaid, with eaj> askew tfpon her rumpled, yellow curls, . With twinkling feet and chattering tongue* And breezy skirts about her ewnng In swift, ecstatic whirls; i The merriest maid that ever shocked The servile slaves of Mrs. Orundy; A bird, a spark of dawning light* A romp, a rogue, a witch, a sprite— That's Dorothy onMonday. ’ —Margaret Johnson, in St. Nlobolo*. AVENGED ATLAST; Or, a World-Wide Chase. A STORY OF RETRIBUTION. B Y " W A B A S H ." \ tconrsfoar, 1800.] CHAPTER n .—CoimjrcrKD. Mario Delaro bad built himself a pleasant' homo On the hillside a little below San Paolo. ■To this homo he took alotely wife, bywhom bobud one child, a daughter, who was at tho time of her father's death about eight years old. The child, Armida, was a bright little brunette, -combining in herself' the beauty of her handsome father and tho sweetness of hbr lovely mother—-the .latter • daughter of <awealthy Spanish merchant In Santa Boss. Mario had been very proud of hia lpvoly wife and child and was the ten. derest of husbands. Loon .Velasquez, on the other hand, possessed a history which was quite ob­ scure up to tho time when ho mode his first bow in San Paola with a profusion Of money and the appeanuico of one whoso path in . life was particularly smooth and easy. As related, ho soon baosrao tho part­ ner of Dolaro, and at the time when the partnership was formed he appeared to bo a man of about tbirty-flvo years, though none ovor knew bis exact age. If any one had followed him on his frequent trips to San Francisco they would have discovered that ho wont there to participate in all kinds of -vices, and, as raon whoso deeds are ovll lovo darkness rather than light, they would have found that ho did not ex­ pose himself much during tho day. tie acted like a man who was afraid of biting seen* and bis haunts at night Were placeswhere it required a peculiar knock on tho door as well as a glance through a peep-hole before the appli­ cant was admitted, I t looked as though'his seclusion in the quiet Posada vineyard was a forced one, though lie had not apparently enough discretion or force of will to keep entirely from the outside world. Be was, In abort, an inveterate gam­ bler, and would resort to any means in order to gain the material with which to tempt fortune's cards. He had jogged elbows with the worst classes of V/y ifitf % A r a s nijtxEH they imspairkd to the LUMA*?. thieve* and villains in San Francisco, and any one aware of hia history would have known that it was not the first time he bod associated aith question­ able character*. The fact Of tho matter was that Vel­ asques hod walked In crime from an emrty Oge, Bis parents had afforded him a good education, and a t tho age of sixtftsn he had entered a large mercan­ tile bdnse in Lisboa. lie took advantage of the first oppor­ tunity which presented Itself to steal quite * large amn 6f fndney, and, fulling In h it efforts to fasten the crime upon a fellow dork, ho eli ded the vigilance of tho Lisbon police end secreted himself on a s-'iing vi.*. :,1 bound for Amorita, T h t esptaln being susceptible to a bribe Jtomanaged to land safolyin HewYork. Velasques lost no time la improving himknowledge of tho English language, and aftor perfecting himself as far os posaible ho started across the conti­ nen t At Chicago ho found his way into a ring of gamblers who soon fleeced him, and he then sank into every kind of vice . Imaginable. From Chicago ho drifted’ West, but ho always* however, managed to keqp his photograph out of the various rogues* galleries. A short time before he fell in with Delaro ho had been implicated in a .Stage-coach robbery In Nevada, but bo-' lug new lit that business tho authorities did not suspect or oven know him and be thusi got clear with hia share of. tho booty.. , Becoming somewhat scared, and fear­ ing lest his phenomenal luck should de­ sert him and leave him at last in tho hands of justice,-he concluded to try a few years’ seclusion in tho valley of tho Sonoma. With tho exception of bis too -frequent absence and. calls for money, all went well with him after ho entered into partnership with Mario Dolaro. Indeed it seemed as though Velas­ quez had a t last settled down to a civil, reasonable kind of lifo, and towards tho beginning of 1875 Mario had so restored his confidence inhis Portuguese partner that he sometimes listened to his prop­ ositions of a joint investment in mining stocks, a t which for a time they both mado mogey, so much so that the deals continued to increase In amount until one day Velasquez Induced Delaro to In­ vest twenty thousand 4QLnra with him fn a mine which he bad privately beard was going to be “boomed’*for all it was Worth. The speculation turned out to be a success, and, elated at his lucjky hit, Velasquez became greedy for more, He invested in .other niinoa and lost heavily; then ha gave his notes for largo stuns, and a day or two before set­ tling time with Delaro for the success­ ful deal ho found himsolf nearly fifty thousand dollars in debt, with no im­ mediate prospect of being ablo to meat his obligations, Ho had realized On his own share of tho deal in which Delaro was interested, hut Delaro had not yot cashed his cer­ tificates. Velasquez'was in * bad mood* and' ready to meet any emergency with fraud or violence when he atarted back ' - a & i tm * . yas; 1**1 SPDPEX1.Y nr, HKAIIO A SMOHT JfOM* V ItEIUN'DHIM. to San Paola tomeet Dolaro. IIo reached Delaro’s house, where he had always been a guest, about seven o'clock on the evening immediately preceding tho morning on which Dolaro had been found dead. After dinner he and Dolaro repaired to the library, and commenced to dis­ cuss matters of business. Velasquez, as wo know, was in no very pleasant state of miml, and Delaro was in an equally bad mood, owing to the fact tpat a quantity of wine hod been spoiled at the cellars that day, the result of neglect on the part of one of the workmen. The conversation was quiet enough at first and Delaro calmly signed the transfer of the mining stock so that Velasquez might complete the negotia­ tions on his return to San Francisco. / After this Veltsqflo* told Delaro that bo had been speculating further and had lost considerable money; and that in order to square himself, be must borrow r.t least twenty thousand dol­ lars. Delaro refused to lend' the amount, and angrily proposed that they should at once dissolve partnership, offering to pay Velasquez fifty thousand dollars for bis share in the business, Aftor n long discussion Velasquez consented on condition that Delaro would give him a noto for the amount then and there, for which ho would make over a receipt. Tho papers of dissolution to bo filled out and signed In tbe course of a day or two. On his part Velasquez gave Delaro a noto for tbe vMue of the mining stock, which ho held to reslizo On, and the deal was ended. » It was nine o'clock before thodiusihes* Wot settled. At that hour Delaro rang a bell, and tbe call was answered by « colored servant, "I’m going out, John, may not bo back till late, so yon need not watt np for me; but she that all lights are putout except the one at the head of the stairs, and the one In my bedroom,’*said bis master. "All right, sir," responded tbe at* jletidartt; "but is there any thing yon i want before you start, sir?" { "Yes, you may bring la some oiarst ; Otld ico and cigars," * After oac’i had lit * elg.u* and drank , some *»f the wine, Delaro arose to start , " if yon tare for m.v company,*1said 1VidatouMt. wll( *faik with you." *Tbale ao objections." was til* «•* spouse. "We. can finish talking over the matter on the way." ■ * During these few moments a great deal was passing in Velasques’s mind. Be was meditating on committing a doed which would place.-.him fnoom- parative ease for awhile at least. He rapidly weighed the chancesof de­ tection and made up bis mind what he would da He was a man whose nature it was not to rest unless bis hands were steeped in crime,, and he hesitated ot ...nothing when a chance came within his roach to secure a good round sum of money. Delaro had .not pleased him with hit carefulness; besides ho wgs exasper­ ated at his repeated losses by specula­ tion and ready for any kind of a deed as a means to escape hia difficulties. “Excuse me for a moment,” he said, before they started: “I wish to atop up to my room.” Ho was only gone for a fow.moments, but it was long enough to get what he wanted. There was not much said between tho twomen on their walk towards tho town and on beyond it to tho cellars; tbolr differences were settled and only one or two minor matters wore loft to .dismiss. When they were about two hundred yards from the entrance to tho collars. Velasquez stopped and seated himself on a log, saying that bo would remain thofo until Mario returned. ' Mario Dolaro proceeded toward the en­ trance and wub soon inside, ft did not take him more than twenty minutes to conclude his inspection, after which ho did not wait, but at oned started down tho road toward wbero bo had loft Velasquez sitting. Ho could not see'Veiasquez where ho bad left him. but supposed that ho had walked on a little way. Uo whistled and shouted; “Velasquez! Velasquez!” But no answer came. Suddenly he beard a slight noise be­ hind him. but he had no time to turn, Ji blow, a groan, and Mario Delaro was in the dust. Ho had received his death wound and Volasquez was the murderer. Tho blow had been aimed too suro for , tho victim to retain consciousness more than a second. Valasquez dragged tho body in be­ tween the vines, and, after making sure that the deadly blado had done its work well, he left his victim to die. Shortly afterwards Anton Roytnan passed by. followed"in tho course of half an hoar by three of the ccllarmen, who. bad been helping him with some work that had caused a great deal of trouble and worry in the cellars of late. Velasquez was at the Delaro homo by this time. Uo had entered the study,' picked, the lock of tho desk and taken out his own noto and tho rccoipt ho had given Dolaro for the fifty thousand dol­ lars. . ■ / After tbaf ho rotlrod to bis room, and slept as soundly as if guilt.ahd crime were perfect strangers to him. cnAt’TEiRin. The morning after tho murder Velas­ quez aroao early, as was tho custom with every ono in tho Sonoma valley, and started out for a ride. Ho did not appear to have had a very bod night of it and, for a man whomust havo hod tho recollection of a recent murder over present boforo him, ho was remarkably solf-possesscd; . Aftor leaving tho party of men who wero escorting tho dead body of Mario Delaro into tho littlo town of San Paolo, ho hastened to tho railroad depot and sent a message to friends of his vlotlm’a young wife tolling thorn of tho horrible occurrence and waning them to be careful in breaking tho nows to her. Uo then started back and reacliod the little, low building* dignified by tbe name ot City Hall, a few moments after tho officers had arrived with their charge. Tho body was placed In a room con­ nected with the ball, after which the edroner was promptly notified, and it was not long before tho news spread through tho town.. The body hod hardly been carried in before a servant from Delaro's house came rushing along in eager baste on his way to tliO cellars. The man had gone up to the bedroom to call Dolaro and fonnd that the door was opened, the* lamp still burning with a loir, flickering light, but tho bod had hot been slept on. Knowing his master's Intention to visit tho cellars on the previous even­ ing, he.was now bound thither. The man was soon told of the sad nows afid hastened bock to the house to inform the other servants about i t During the long hour* of that hazy, warm summer afternoon there was a great deal of hustle and extraordinary excitement in San Paola. It reached fever beat, however, a t Delaro's late home and among tbe workmen at tbe cellars. Velasquez undertook the charge of affairs in the place of Delaro and acted as though be intended to run matters with a high hand. in the afternoon the ooroher called a jury together and commenced tils of­ ficial investigation into the cause of the death. Tbe first- witness oalled wss Anton Reyman, who testified to hsvftg parted with Delaro on the previous ntghtabout ten o'clock, near the entrance to the cel­ lars, also to finding him dead among tbe vinca on the following morning. From the surroundings of the mur­ dered man he could imagine nothing which Wo ild indicate by whom tho deed had been committed, but noticed that he had been stabbed In the t*ck. The other workmen wero than sailed, bet only corroborate Anton's *t'.uo» meat. Then the men wlmweic present a t tha eML;r» when Delvo sailed in on that fatal sight wei« questioned *s te what bed transpired on that eeesslpn. They each toid the samestory, saying that Mr. Delaro was In a very bod tem­ per over the foot tb a ra large quantity ot wine had been spoiled owing to care* lessnesi on the part of the man who had charge of it. and th^t he spoke rather sharply to all of them. "Did he pass angry words with any one in particular?" asked the coroner of tho last witness, a burly German. Tho mart hesitated before replying, then said: “Yes, he spoke quite angrily to Anton Reyman, about keeping a sharper eye on the men.” ••Wore these the first cross word* spoken tbatday between Mr. Delaro and Anton?” was tho next question. “No,” replied tbe workman; “they had several noisy talks that day and Anton, who is himself rather hot-tem­ pered at times, talked' back and said something about undoratanding his busi­ ness, hut that he could not bo responsi­ ble for tho mistakes and carelessness of idle'worthless fellows like those Miv. Delaro sometimes employed at a' busy titno." Then the coroner imjiilHod -If Anton often showed signs of hot temper. “Uo gets in a raga suiqelimcs, when things don’t go quite right, hut it soon passes off,” was the response. After this other witnesses wero callod who testilied to several recent quarrels between Delaro and Anton, though all insisted that none of those hot-word passages were st all serious affairs. * .Just about' this time one. of the of­ ficers approached Anton and bent down as though to examine his clothing. “Where did you get . this blood on your overalls?” ho Inquired of Anton. Realizing tho horrible purport Of the question, Anton replied: “ I got that as I knelt oyer tbe body of rty dead em­ ployer this morning," was the reply. "Some on your shirt, too.” said tho officer. “Is that tho same shirt youwere lost night?” Anton's quick temper made tbe hot blodd fly to his cheeks, and tho veins in hi^noclc distended as be angrily re plied: /■’ ■■. ■■■ "Yes, It Is; but why do you ask such insinuating questions? 1 must have .got the blood on my shirt when 1 ox amined the body in my curiosity to sek whether the wound was self-inflicted or not.'"..... :. “A pretty tllin story, ain't It, cor­ oner?” asked the officer. , The coroner looked wiso and said that that was for tho jury to decide. Thor« being no further witnesses to bo exam­ ined the jury wero callod upon fer a verdict. It did not take them long to reach a decision,and in a very few moments they declared that tho dead man came to his death a t the hands ot an unknown mur­ derer. Practically, however, the "unknown man” of their verdict was a farce, for they addod: "Wo strongly advise that Anton Royman bo hbld in custody for furthor examination before a justico.” The same day Anton was taken be­ fore a justice—people in those parts lose no time in such matters—for ex­ amination. it la not nccossary to go over the ground covered by tho witnesses again. Tho same witnesses who had been brought before' the Coroner once mere appeared and repeated wbat they had already said, btany minor points were magnified, bowover, and tho conse- ifti \ m fsf.J I ( S ' “ wfiEtiK nn> votf get this Bf.oor> ox TOUK OVEttAttS? ” quenco was that almost before the full tenor of the situation hod made itself felt in Anton’s mind he stood charged with the murder of Mario Dolaro. Tho accused man's distracted wife hod arrived on tho scone by this time, and as soon as. it was told to her that her husband would be tried for willful murder she swooned away, But before tho dtder for Anton’s com­ mitment to prison could be made out a man arrived on tlio scene tot whom every body made way as If by instinct This was none other than Mr. Joel Wil­ cox, the richest man in Sonoma County* an uheulturCd, good-natured* large- hearted, "graSp-my-hand-tight" dpwn- Easter, Wilcox hod made an immense fortune 1nCalifornia and spent bis days in the valley at a larga and luxuriously appointed house which be had built ia the midst of a beautiful estate* (To bx c0*YfKa*o.j ntfeuMKMkMAuMaAifkaMOMkaMiMSlSkV ' ItaAP-BsTATK Aomrt |to c ifrk )- "What do yen mean, air, by telling a customer that tho town la full of m* !sn» and 15neon men died last week? Consider yourself ditch—” Clerk - "Why, you *.*% that man's an under taker* and J-*" Real-Estate Agent- “1 wish you would let me finish s tenee when 1iicgin one. 1 say, consider yourself a . \ * auneorn from now on." Prevention ISttttSr tksa Mrs, u * p w li vto are *nM*SZ tdrhMMSttini, osnpr«v«ntsttseii*b/ ksepinstba bloodpar* and fro* from tbs sold wblobcsusM thadlMMO. ThU th* m ol Hood's Sansparllls, unqaoitlonablr tho b»it bloodport. Sir* and which bw been p«od'wlthgroat sbcoom lor thi*Tory purpotobymanypeople, Hood'e Baraaperllla hae also cored lnnomeraMe cases of rbsomstlsm of tho severest sort, by Its powerful street In neutraliilog. acidity of tho blood, and in opabllng tho kidneys and. liver to properly removo tb s waste of tbe tjstem . Try It. , N,B. If you decide to take Hood's Sarsaparilla do npt bo induced to buy any eubstltute. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Sold br all drerclsts. St: six for IS. Prepared only by C.I.HOOU AGO., Apo|hocurle>. .Lowell. Mats, 100 Doses One Dollar 6C Flower” Mrs. Sarah M. Black of Seneca, Mo., during the past two years has been affected with Ishuralgia of. the Head, Stomach and Womb, and writes: "My food did not seem to strengthen me a t all and my appe­ tite was very variable. My face vyasyellow. my head dull, and I had stich pains in my left side. In the morning when I got up I would have a Bowof mucus in tihe mourii, and a bad, bitter taste. Sometimes my breath became short, and I had such queer, tumbling, palpitating sensations around the heart. I ached all day .under the shoulder blades, in the left side, and down the back of my litqbs. I t seemed to be worse, in the wet, cold weather of Winter . and Spring; and whenever the spells came on, my feet and hands would turn-cold, and I could get no sleep a t all. I tried everywhere, and got nqi reliefbeforeusing August Flower Then -the change came. 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