The Cedarville Herald, Volume 12, Numbers 1-26

jj The Cedarville Herald w. b , •• CEDAKVIDL* » ; : OHIO, SOME RARE_EXdlf*TIQN«. There was avows* anMoo# WttMn a gloomy house, WJ jo I r the watcht* of the night IkihelJ.snawfal moute. And then the worn—. fair hut frail, to wildest terror Sod? Ah, not She estrgbi Hby the tall Andnoon themouse wee dead, A fellow loved a maidenonce, * Andahe—same his bride, Andpretty sqeahia wlie’sm*mma Camewith them to reside. And then they fought like cats anddogs And never eould agree? Ah, not They live together yet la peace andharmony; Onceon»ttme » thoughtless boy Who sought to have some fun Heedlessly at a playmate aimed A rusty, broken gun. And one fair youtb was killed sad one Was fearfully alarmed? Ah, not It wasn't loaded, so That neither onewasharmed* A girl who’d taken lessons At a cooking school or two Her heart untohersuitor gave. As women often da He sto soma cake shemade andthen Be died, poorhaplessman? Ab.no! He says bis wife can bake ••Asgood ss mothercon," A youthwho loved bis sweetheart As he lovedhis very life veil onhis knees andbegged of her To be his darling wife, Ha, haI And then she toldhim That she would bis sister be? Ah, noI They soonweremarried And are living happily, —Chicago Post. AVENGEDATLAST; Or, aWorld-Wide Chase. A STORY OF RETRIBUTION. B Y “ W A B A S H . ” ICOPTHIGHT, 1800.1 CHAPTER x ra .—COKTHtOTD. “ Hear mo,” said Mr. Wilcox, “ but this matter is getting serious. ' Hero’s that young grocer again. He was here lastnight, too; he’ ll begin to think ho ownBthe place very soon, and all be­ cause he happened to he laid up a week or two on account of an accident. It would bavo boon hotter for all con­ cerned if ho had taken the five hundred dollars we offered him; we should then have been rid of him with all obliga­ tions canceled,” • “Armida tells me ho makesvery rapid progress in his studies and -is really a very remarkable man,” responded Mrs. Delaro, without accepting Mr. Wilcox's remarks in their serious souse. Then noticing that her apparently light man­ ner of treating a subject which each had a short time before thought so seri­ ous did nc-t seem to please Mr. Wilcox; who remained perfectly silent and. con­ tinued to read the evening paper, she again spoke: “ Mr. Wilcox.” Tho tone in which si1 e addressed her old friend was quite sufficient; hadthe paper been hot the venerable millionaire could not have dropped It quicker, and In an in­ stant he wns all attention. “ Do you not think is would bo wise to concoct some plan whereby wo could,/far a time at least, interrupt the studies Which are being pursued with such in­ defatigable asal in this house?” “ That is something which has oc­ curred to mo very many times of late, but I have boon waiting for tho. first suggestion to como from you,” was tbo answer. “ And I am ■cry much puzzled to Con- ceivo of a suggestion which is worth of­ fering," answt red tho widow, For a few .moments they both ap­ peared tobe lott in thought, from which IT IS FAlt ‘XOO SEIIIOU3 A MA'fXUU TO OB TIUFLEO WITH.” quiet state they converged simultan­ eously. “ Sup--” they began, together, and both smiled. Mrs. Delaro gave way to Mr. Wilcox, who said; “ I will wager a pair of gloves, which is the most se* rious amohnt I ever bet in my life, that we are each tbinkingof the samd thing.” “ That is probably so,” said Mrs. Do* laro, “ hut I will defer to you and per-, n it you to give your suggestion first* “ Well, I was about' to iay, suppose that when Parcyeomes back we all go to Europe.” “ Precisely the Current o f aay thoughts.” vrae MR. Delaro’s reedy response. *■■■, “ Then Percy oaa net bornehack a mo­ ment too soon and this Mr. Emeriek, whCeynr he is. can pnrsae hie vocation without interruption. Per Armida’* future, which is really threatened” (and here the old man spoke with greatearn- •stn—s ) “ is far too serious a,matter to he trifled with, and must he sacredly guarded.” ■ I f Mr% Dflaro bad only guessed the trueraeaalng of these words of one of nature’s gentlemen, she too would have rejoiced at their import, but she did pot, or she would have been more earn­ est in her manner. “ Let Percy remain where he is for a few weeks longer,’ then if bo .does not meet with any success, cable him to re- tnrn home,” said the widow, “ A t any rate > most send him a message to-morrow, for I have not had a word from him now for three weeks, and my instructions were that bo. Should seud a line or two at least once' a week,” were Mr- Wilcox's next words* There was just the slightest look of alarm in Mrs, Delaro’s face as she glanced up at Mr, Wilcox and ques* tionlngly said: “ You do notmean that?” “ Indeed it is true,” he replied, “ Then I fear some ham must have happened him,” said Mrs. Delaro, “ No, I hardly think that. -He may have bad occasion to go up into the country hurriedly, and, anticipating that he might have a message of Im­ portance to send us, has delayed his communications. In fact, there aro a hundred things which are liable to happen on a journey of that kind,” were Mr, Wilcox’s words as be again took up the paper. “ In the meantime I think it may be as well to caution Armida,' mildly, about making too free with Eugene Bregy. And by the by I forgot to tell you” (here Mrs. Delaro indulged in a suppressed ripple of merry lsughter) “ that your old friend Mr, Blodgerwho turned up again so unexpectedly % few days since has made it his business to investigate into the antecedents of this bumptious young grocer, as he terms him, but ho does not appear to have any thing to report at present boyond tho faot that Mrs. Bregy is a very estima­ ble woman and knows good soap from had.” . “ When Blodgor dies,” said Mr, Wil­ cox,” I think some one will have to in­ vent an imporiahablo soap monument to place over his grave, for I never knew a man so devoted to i t Ho must bavo made a great study of the article, but having made a fortune in ita manufac­ ture 1 think ho should limit biB present acquaintance with it to that required for personal toilet purpose.” After this Mrs. Delaro resumed her fancy work, which aho continued until sho leanedhackInherchair and listened to her daughter’s voice in the room across tho hall until aho almost fell asleep under ita sweet influonoe. As for Mr. Wilcox, he road his paper until he too succumbed to the benign influ­ ence of the sweet strainsof vocai music. Armida all this time hod boon alter- nntely conversing, with and teaching Eugene in blissful Ignorance that slip' was the cause of so muchconcern to her mother and self-appointed guardian. It bad never once occurred toher innocent mind that her intercourse with the bright youngFrenchman possessed oven the slightest element of danger to her- seiz or any one else concerned. Yet her pleasure in his society wasof a most genuine nature. To-night there had not been much study, for Armida was in too gay a mood, and she entertained Eugene ip much the same maimer as if he were a high-bred.l&ver who had never known wlmt it was to wear an apron or roll a barrel of sugar. *Thp young grocer was in an ccstacy of delight and Almost rev­ elled in the mild ohjoymentof the hour. Armida’s influence badawakened bright aspirations in his heart; now feelings had found birth in that, susceptible organ and ho lived but to leave the store each evening and bask in the bright sunshine of his idol’s presoncc. Ho did not lovo Armida—ho worshiped her with tho same adulation which a slave might render a princess. -They were familiar to t degree with each other, .and yet were . very, far apart. Nevertheless they neither of tliorri’ eTor once recognized the dangerous char­ acter of the ground onwhich they stood. An interested observer would have prophesied that something must soon happen,which would expose to their flow the dangerous shoals upon which thQy wore fast drifting. And so it. was. This very night Armida was to' change* tho whole current of Eugene’s thoughts, And Sho dld .lt in. a song—onp (as she admitted tjOEugene) that she had writ­ ten herself and had asked an old Ger­ man professor tbsot tUp tnusIo for, her. Had she merely sung it and never drawn his attention to It in sp marked a.manner fco.ihighthavo listened to the sweet tonbs Without- over noticing the words, but as ho sat and llstenod to her and noticed tho qulet earnestness with which sho wrought out..the full mean­ ing of each lino, his heart beat rapidly and loud. ' The wdrds were simple but they wore sot to most'effective mitsici both words and music being interpreted to their fullest extent by Armida’s ex­ pressive singing: ' Whenmy ship comesin—whenmy shipcolno* in- v Shall 1 hear sweet ‘strainsof music tbio’ the busy city's din.' Heraldingmyherofoyer, wbomTvepicturedin , my dreams. . ; Till bis fsco, so fair add handsome, a reality , DOWsetoas? ' Whenmyshipoetne*In—wUlh* stooponheed- ■ - ad knee, - AhdteM o f sad hoarstaWhiskho Wagedforme? ' - - * ■. • > Andasheslowly riscswUJksdll a»ybeenWith Nki‘ t- 1<- ‘ 1 " •• *' - ' Whilehs foldsms stossty so kfa* sodowlfps ; MSstVrltk astM? r *«.• . * A M gURA** seM ee. SASua^g|aWkdfr sU rare ■ Toe^ j iwusd (sgr — and sms, to—iff* Will it bring fUkt a*4 sattasaadeostly Jattofllibr W IB lt bring me risk ** pstfusses and eeCsrn Windwithgold? Whenmy ship comae tn—it -will emptyks far fcstaflMMLftlfthSMUPlfeAlum ammaj^ wm l | » .aslong asMt*— i f aetfctoffijte —•to* tosupersede the*—of Thoughall th« gome «t Orient, *11thejewels of ■Hmasa, ■ ■- All thetreasures of the Indlsa, He rich cmxo should comprise, If myIdeal lovercomes not then, to oheer me weltingeyes. WhenmyshipcorneaIn—I camnot If Itlb The tiniest of craft that ever salk-Adponthe . If It hringnmyknightly hero. tVibghnowealth of goldkasha; I willwelcomehimsogladly; andmytraabsart hemaywin. Forever andforever—whammy shipcomesIn. She sang the song right through and as the last vibrating sounds of the ac­ companiment died away she turned around on her stool as though to mark tho affect on her listener. There be eat entranced and spoke not a word. “ Have you nothing to say about my song. Mr. Bregy?” she asked. “ It is very beautiful,” wasall he said. “Now, do not suppose that I am fish­ ing for compliments, for nothing was farther from my thoughts. But I do like people to say something, even if it is disagreeable, when I sing asong, and especially one of my own composing,” she ssid in a half joking manner. But the young .nan before her was In no joking mood. “Could it bo',” he thought, iq a moment of almost ecstacy, “ that she meant those words for me?” And as ho pondered he said, to himself; “ gome day 1 will ask her.” •Just at this moment Mr. Wilcox looked over to Mrs. Delaro and said: “ la that Harlem gentleman going to stay here all night?” > “ They certainly must be too busily engaged to notice the time," was the reply, “ but I will remind Armida, by walking into the parlor, that 1 am pre­ paring to retire,” and with these words she rose to put her words into effect When Mrs. Delaro walked into the parlor sho spoke very kindly to Eiigcno and no one could have told ' that she cherished any feelings of suspicion towards him. They conversed together for some moments, daring which Mrs. Delaro made kindly inquiries regarding Mrs. Bregy. This scomed|to remind Eugene of a duty be had t<? perform and ho commenced it by asking Mrs. Delaro. if sbo conld give him Mr. Blodger’s address, as he and his mother wished to see him on some business matters. As they had never seen Mr. Blodgor except at their store they had novor known bis address. Mrs, Delaro told Eugene where ho could find Mr. Blodgor most of tho time, and Eugene in confidence said that Mr. Blodgor had offered to rout him a larger and more convenient store a little farthor down-town, and it was' on that account ho wished to see him. As Eugene finally rose to go Mr. Wilcox joined the patty and Mrs. Dolaro observed that ho would probably willingly carry a message to Mr, Blodgor from Eugene as ho saw that gentleman down town nearly every morning. But Eugeno was not dis­ posed to intrust Mr, Wilcox with his business, as ho said; “Oh, it docs not matter,” and then hid them all good night. Before retiring Armida and her mother sat for a long time talking in the firelight. “Why, mamma, how serious you are becoming,” said Armida. “ This is a serious matter,” said her mother. “ You know not what hopes and aspirations you may have already engondered in that young man’s heart, nor into what -foolish delusions you may lead him.” ‘ “ I . had ncvOr- thought of it in that light, mamma; dear,” was the reply, “ But it demands your thought, my child.” “ And must 1 toll him' not to come again?” “Well, no, npt quite that, but do not invito him qulto so often,” said the sweet-tempered widow, as she kissed the ono treasure of hor widowhood. CHAPTER XIV. • “Good afternoon, Sirs., Bregy,” said Mr. Blodgor, as ho Ontorod the store on tbo following afternoon. ^Ho bad come up to Harlem to Inspect some buildings which he was having erected; and thought he would call on his pros­ pective tenant on tho way home. “ How aro you, and hpjy is .the grocery busi­ ness?’’ , “Well, my health is good, and busi­ ness is as good as usual,” whs the foady response, ■ . ■ “ And where Is your son to-day?” “ Ho bhS just gone to put the horso in tho stable and will be hack in a few moments..” . . - ‘ . Upon hearing.this reply Mr. Blodger seated himself on an upturned cracker barrel and resumed; ■“ Mrs. Bregy, that' son of -youfs is a very industrious young tnan find is suro to prosper.” ‘ “ Yes, fee works very hard,” asserted the lady, “ hut It <a uphill work and there is-a great deal to contend with. Id running a store.” ! “ I don’t doubt it, for L have bad my* -own experience and know what it is; .still porsevorancoj.wlll .overcome every thing, and many a hindrance'have I found In my way.” said Mr, Bio4g.Br, , “ Did \ understand you -to-say that you were onpo in tbo soap business?” asked Mrs. Bregy. t “ Ye%' ma’am, uhtll recent fCSrs I wasengaged III the manufacture o f that ri%ry ueefitf and- hodiAsary commodity.” Her* fie picked up*sample from a bog at b lSm s, smelled It, examined K *ttfc i& i«fea i eye.*irf*>iittotfe4t “But I Ms' ne ldeger HtottiAd «lifc %ha* •Id fellow, " I pw* * good deal to soap, I am tolerably well off, end it is * great deal o| v»tufaction to know that while I l s w been eccumulatiog n lair eompe- towfls Z have at the eamo time been helping to make the world a good deal cleaned And, by the way, I attribute not * little of my success to my knowl­ edge of tbo best methods of bringing my soap to the notice of tbo public and singing its praises in verso. Allow mo,” said Blodger, producing what looked amazingly like a scrap-book from the recesses of his coat pocket, “ to read to you what was conceded by all to be my best effort in that line. A gen-u-£|t| (he was lapsing into soap once more) literary production, one which set all the people of tho United States talking and wondering who wrote it on the “ AMD WHK8IS ISTOUBBOXTO-HAV?" morning when it appeared, at the foot of an elegant cut of a wasbtub, in dll the newspapers'from Maine to Cali­ fornia. Here it Is: “A knotty problem In this world 0 With which we have to cope Is how to keep our faces cleaa— ’Tls solved by Blodjtr't loap. Bt. Paul of old said* “Great are faith And charity and hope”— But greater far than tbeae, my friends, Is Jlledqtr’* mateMnt Ktap. ■ T ls uked to washthe trotters of His holiness the Pope, And little children slack theirthirst - With suds from Dtoilg*r'»i«ap. None genuine without those verses on the, wrapper, over the signature of Stephen Blodger. For sale by all Gro­ cers and •Druggists throughout the country.” * Mr. Blodgor looked round with an air of pride'as he finished ‘ reading and gracefully accepted the commendations which his verses draw forth from Mrs. I’rcgy. Before he could continue the convert sation, however, some customers camp in and his listener had to waiton them. No sooner was tbo store clear again than the lotter carrier stood in thodoor­ way and, in tho mannor peculiar toNow York postmen, who aro always in Snob • hurry, he flipped a letter into the store from between his fingers and did not oven wait to see it drop in tho pan underneath the molasses barrel. “ That’s a gentlemanly way of band­ ing in a letter,” said Mr. Blodger. while Mrs. Bregy picked it up and wiped it, “ I guess the poor fellows are on their foot so long and have so far to walk that they won’t step a yard farther than they ean possibly help,” said Mrs. Bregy, sympathetically. ' | / Then she tore open thd end of the en­ velope and drew out the letter which sho commenced to read. “ Whatever can this mean? It la from a lawyer’s office.” Then she.comtnencod over again and road aloud: “ Dear Madam— If you will please call at our office at your earliest convenience, you will bear of something to your advantage, Yours very truly, Bitovsn & T anxek .” “ Brouso & Tanner?” said Mr. Blodg­ or. “Why, they aro my lawyersln Tem­ ple Court; whatever can they want with you?" . ■ “ That is something l can not even guess at,” exclaimed the excited wom­ an. , “ It may bo they can toll mo where my dear husband is.” “Oh, no, it can't be that, They would have nothing to do with any thing that concerned your husband; that could not possibly be," saidMr. Blodgor. Just then Eugene .walked in, and after shaking hands heartily with Mr. Blodger ho received the letter which his mother banded to him, and. as ho read It won- dered what it could m.oaa, ..He gave his wonderment expression, and asked as much* Neither could .answer him, so it remained for him. to make- tho sug­ gestion that ad it was on)y just turned twojo’clock bis mother might as well go down-town to Brouso Jk Tanner’s office and find but all about it. . “Certainly,’'said Mr. Blodgor, “andI’ll go along.' .You can't be too careful with' these lawyer fellows.” * ’ ' ' It did hot take long for Mrs. Brbgy to prepare. bqrsoH, and very soon, the pee pie of tho neighborhood poked their hoods' out of the window to She that “stuck up” woman from thd ’grocery walk down the street to the elevated railroad with the retired aleah msnu- faetorer. |Tb HE CONTlhtncD.] • e’I'afcwas!»>■»'.pw—hsi**#'*, ! ^ Tnc largest tree )n the,world 1* re* ported to hftve bee* roasntly found id Colitor*i*measuring 1 70 fest l » cJrouin­ ference s t a Alston— of eix- festffroi*. the ground,. This would give dhfw*, •totAdelf—tpi—to4—% Medicine 15 SO that important everybody knows its ne­ cessity and valued And there is nothing so pop­ ular and so successful fo r the purpose, as Hood’s Sarsaparilla “August Flower” For two years I suffered terribly with stomach trouble, and was jot all that time under treatment by a physician. He finally, after trying everything, said stomachwas about worn out, and that 1 would have to ceaseeating solid food for a. time at least, I was so weak that I could network. Finally on the recom­ mendation of a friend whohad used you r preparations A worn-out with beneficial re­ sults, I procured a Stomach. bottle o f A u g u s t Flower, And com­ menced using it. It seemed to do me good’ at once, I gained in strength and fresh rapidly; my ap­ petite became good, and 1 suffered no bad effects from what la te . I feel now like a new man, and con­ sider that August Flower hasen­ tirely cured me Of Dyspepsia in ita worst form. J ames E . D kdrr ick , Saugertics, Hew York, W. B. TJtsey, St. George’s, S. £.» writes: I have used your August Flower for Dyspepsia and find it an excellent remedy. - . • S C O T F S Fw im o l Of PureCodLiver Oilwith Hypophosphites OfLime and Soda. .A m . snm M mi * m 4 mmlKiiifc « m 4 A m it Mitt much ctfmmml milk n M A mntgtttrmir* mt cream. SVywa H w trill mtmp mmmmflMimtrt ca»pet ttiiaanUm their eoAtlreroil at M make it pmlataUt tointtUirttetmtekt. Setil’t a u M w r fJ P C M XOHWEOIAN COO OKC,cmmbtiuxt%eUhJiypoplitt* u nm i t o lM i l almtti at mahuabtei at milk, t t r thlt rtttem at tttll at for thtftH t f thtHlmulttinamutiMetof tho B jp c rr- C O N S U M P T IO N , BCROrVtA , BKOSCU lTla mtut canonic cocoaoratsyanaconn. AliOrMMriW* ten it, but fr« martpint pet tht genuine, m th trt a rt poor imitation a, GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 187& W. BAKER & CO.’S BreakfastCocoa fromwhichihaexcei*ofoil ^hu twciinmoV«), I t abtoluteli/ puro anB . i t itta lu b le. J o C lw m ic a l f i ■MiiMcdlo ho II h|* morethan thru time* tht tlnngth of Cocosmixed with Starch, Arrowroot,or Bugir, sod ]■ thcrcfdie fir more cCo- inomlctl, coil Ing itit tbati tint tintacup. It Isdellelou*,nour- w flshlog, (trcogtbcoiog, xssttv ., SiessrsD, sod adialrslrlysdaptotl lot lavslid* Mvrcltssfor pcraonsln hcslth. .. ' SoiS by Grocers everywhere. XT.BAZZBftCO.SorollMtflr.Kin. LIFE’S HISTORY; Its Mmlies n od T csr*. g#cli Is tho paarthat lift, spado oft o f H i f t l p t M l Bloom, slsd- ■ t ii and lo rm w , rlclico oodpoverty« hcsitk •nd dliePw . .Wo tin * dUpwl thesloom. 1 s t, |A tb* a m m w s if ■■lo.rlshcsi »p (»!e k »ti< w ill overtake of. soaoeo op lotOr, 'T o t, hot** ; *IIy. tk «t .o eso rio o ft* voh<«nt*liodc rslss s i t oohos com ho rsltevedi tfa*r e t so. kotos B trc ftrrfta n u * , *»ss Pieced U -Witliio tfaoreftchOFoir, ■Ffaerols nkdi»covu orytfaiitiuM»romfts*htoo— k iw is * «*D r . T s t t v J .lv * r n in . 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