The Cedarville Herald, Volume 12, Numbers 27-52

The Cedarville Herald. W. H. BLAIR, FublUbw. OEDAItVJT.T.H. ; ! 5 OHIO THE MAN WHO CAN NOT LAUGH fcb#M * n acme IpdlTldoal* « • ro ily can’t . iMUwOg And the ehiefeet of the number la the very try- lug bore Who, when you’re feeling Jolly end • bit of fun wouldpoke, Will never eee the point nntll you diagram your Joke. Hia eyee assume a vacant stare untilhe thinks awhile What great deliberation, then he dona a faded smite. O, ft would be a pleasure Just to write the apt (ftp)} * And bide away the presence of the man who oannotlauRh. Bow like a biting froet that chills the roses in their bloom Are somber individuals who wear a clonk of . gloom; to. Who can nas eomprehead the worth of Jnsta spark of fun, Who shriek from joy and pleasure aa the bata avoid the sun. . . j The deeper sober thought within the heart Shouldhave a plaoo, But let glad laughter now and then the earea of Ufeeraae; Awaywith him who can not sift the kernels fromthe chaffI The world oould wag along without the man whocan not laugh. —ChicagoHerald. A f ? 0 | W A H C E t w o b r o t h e r s . BYKDGABrAWOSTT, AtrrnOR o«r •‘Tan comrasarox* o r C laud ,’ “A m Ammons W omaw ,” "T bs E ra . T hat tout Do,” "A N ew Yosut FAKO.T,” E r a [Copyright, 1800, By Edgar Faw cett] CHAPTER VL-CoirmnjKD. “I did think of doing so,” returned Gerald, aa he polled at hia yellow mous­ tache and cordially hated the lie that he was acting.. “But the fact is, Sylvan, Clyde la so dreadfully busy, don’t you know, and—er—all that kind of thing.” Here was a very lame winding-up of what Gerald believed a sentence that might provoke his brother’s keen curi­ osity. But Sylvan only let his eyelids once more,wearily droop and hia head sink deeper into the pillow, as be said: "And yon yourself have not cared to •tody it out alone, Xsuppose?” The question was so listlessly given that Gerald felt he could perhaps let it safely pass without a response. He waiteda little while, reganUnghisbrotb* er’s blanched face as thoughanynew in­ stant might bring to itthe sudden look of inquiry which he preferred not to toe. But no such look broke Sylvan’s apathy. After a abort time, Gerald felt the sick man’s pulse. This act did not alter the evident slumber into which he had fallen. I t was a weak pulse, Ger­ ald decided, and yet not abnormally so. The young man remembered that Dr. Clyde had hut recently decided Sylvan’s latest condition to be one of nervous Exhaustion, cerebral in its immediate origin, andyet not of necessity serious. But his first illness had been serious. Gerald had arrived a t the home of his brother to find him the prey of a brain- fever which threatened liis life. It was a wretched shock, that meeting, and It bore, soon afterward, what to this gen­ ial young pilgrim from far-away Cam­ bridge proved hitter-tasting fruit. "All aest and flavor have gone out of my life," Sylvan soon told his brother. The stoiywhichwas presently unfolded llad the effect of a tragedy divided into acts, for it was more than once Inter­ rupted by either piteous delirium or •Ik neingfatigue. Gerald first marveled a t the flight of Lucia, and then caught At llvat the whole kies of an "elixir” tinged the memory of hia father with had dismay. Georgina Maynard had never succeeded In casting about the mind of her younger son that spell of horror for his father’# nonconformist viewswhichclearlyhad affectedSylvan. Gerald had long delighted to think of his father as the intellectual rebel he waa darkly hinted to have been. At Cambridge the almost boyish aspirant forfuture medical excellence had drawn joyously on those well* of egotism which youth finds furnished with such easy buckets and smooth-running cord­ age, and had told himself that his own love for scientific inquirysprangwholly from the scope and acumen of that van­ ished paternal mind. Bat now, a t Byl- van’a bidding, tolook uponEgbertMay­ nard in the light of a mere thaumaturge ist, a dabbler in those follies of pseudo- chemistry which science frowned down aa flimsy sensationalism—this point of regard brought with it disappointment chill and keen. But soon Gerald's feelings markedly changed. Sylvan,, throughout his narration, had spoken as if all the old morbid forces of his “morality” were nowin a dismal state of rout. "I’m " a t t n m , yob ksow mk , don ' t \o u ? ” himself sympathising with her In the nenrse that she had taken, lie came m n m a photograph of her which bora bar name and a fond phrase written un­ derneath i t Studying the face with aome attention, he grew convinced that H betrayed in molding and lines of bmtnre a spirit of strength and delicacy atrangvlj mingled, Yes, he decided, b e n waa just the woman to resent such haWilHy as her husband has shown and desert him, half through loathing wad half through despair. For Gerald, having learned from his brother pro* ataalywith what sort of opposition he met Us wife when she desired to not the wishes of the dead, stood before a confession of narrow* wbkb past experiences p apared him to receive, - “ tXW. MB WHAT YOU THINK OF IT." willing to grant,” he said, "that I’ve acted with fatal self-trust. I deceived Lucia in the burning of that counterfeit paper because it seemed to me that by so doing I might sear away the sinful longings that clutched her soul. But now, seeing the results of my act, I«—I am terribly doubtful of its righteous­ ness. Perhaps, after all, the Divine will meant that this secret our father gave me to disclose should be published for the seeming ill of man, aa a tempta­ tion and henco a test. Between that will and its holy object perhaps I have insolently Intruded my own personal disfavor.” Here Gerald gave a fleeting smile that was instinct with melancholy derision. "Good heavens,” ho said, "you can’t think that father has really found this vital principle of which yon tell me that his curous message breaths?” "I don’t know, I don’t know,” came the forlorn answer “I was as skeptical as yourself, Gerald, a little while ago. 1chiefly thought of his motive in trying toHtk such interference with the sacred laws of life and death. Now that Lucia has left mo and I am so horribly be­ reaved by her abandonment, I feel like resigning all claim to the hateful her­ itage. Take it, scan it well with your clearer gaze and saner mind You shall have it for the asking, to do with as you please.” Gerald took the manu­ script, never dreaming that he would care to bestow upon it more than a few careless though regretful glances. But In a little while liis eyes were riveted, his face had begun alternately to pale and flush. An hour or two afterward he went to Cratvford Clyde, who had al­ ready so heartily welcomed him for the soke of his own friend, Tliomdyke, but who had scarcely exchanged ten words with him before the native charm of Gerald wrought its winsome results, "Thereby hangs a tale,” said Dr. Clyde’s new friend while handing him the curious declaration of his death- menaced father. "In the name of rea­ son tell me what you think of it, 1 have been simply dazed after reading and re-reading it a score of times, and } confess that I’m dazed still." I Crawford Clyde examined the paper { with as mufdi expedition as his many I professional duties allowed. However, j this meant with him no long delay, for he found time to do every thing—though nothing well, if faith could lie put in the judgments of hia foes. But his frwiidr; cflircied far differently. They said, end rxemh:gly with loving unc­ tion, that ho managed to do every tiling, cun! nothing ill. It is certain that by c.oiuo of his own guild this woadrouriy successful young physician was often called a ehaui, a fraud. But as ito-s fi horndyke had quickly seen in hhn, ho was really the kind of man in whom solid traits predominated, while fanciful ones merely embellished and trimmed these, like • friezes of ornate carving on a structure both sturdy and grave, Those who estimated him by Ins whims and conceits were speedily convinced of his shallowness, Passionately a music- lover, he was often seen a t the operas devoted to the reading of novels, ho sel­ dom missed a one in citner En­ glish or French; fond as a woman of flowers, he bought them a t all seasons, filling his apartments with them and not seldom over-filling as well a button-hole of Ids modish cost lie dwelt In ftsmml bnfc horurlons home, and received his patents In s room heavy with floral perfumes and decor* vied Is Moorish deetgm Whan ha i wrote* Lis pm.: riptUma s fliaaaond of I groat value, act id twisted silver, flashed frpm his right hand. He waa hardly flve-and-tliirty, with eyes that held the baffling darkness and luster of ebony when mode to shine its moat somberly brilliant, and a face whose pointed brown beard and waxed mustache had been spitefully compared to that of some susceptible bovktardier. “You shouldhave been a Frenchman,” Dr. Thorndyke had once said to him, "Then you would never have had to meet the accusation of ’humbug.' ” " I don’t meet it now,” smiled Clyde, with a wave of one Shapely hand; "I dismiss i t ” All In all, he had achieved a phenom­ enal aaooess, alone piercing with wavy those who werp ungenerous enough to deny the worth of hla .notable cures. That tbiB number was large it need not be recorded, since there are aome persona who have a private little rogues’ gallery composed entirely of those who in any special march of ef­ fort have presumed to distance them. Nevertheless, Clyde had for a phy­ sician Ids mental faults, and among these imagination ruled as chief. Full of fine intuitions, he sometimes forgot, in this bloom and hey-day of his vic­ torious career, the coolprmethodswhich had mainly compassed it. “We men of sciencemust speak by the card,” he had once said in his crisp, gay way to Thorn- dyke, "or enthusiasms will undo us.” Hia auditor had smiled, thinking.how sadly, if this were true, Clyde would have been undonebeforehe could count, as now, his patients by the hundreds. With these enthusiasms Gerald had now growd pleasantly familiar. And yet, through the weeks of their ac­ quaintanceship he had never seen so vivid a sparkle in the dark eyes of his new friend aa when Clyde at length handed himback the paper fraught with its alleged solution of the impossible. "I don't claim to be of mnch impor­ tance as a chemist,” were the firstwords that greeted Gerald, "but unless 1 mightily mistake, my boy, here is a bit of genius fit to startle millions.” Gerald answered excitedly: "To startle them only, Dr. Clyde? Don’t you think—” " It may do more than merely that?” the other broke in. "Ah, what I’ve just said seems audacity enough in it­ self. My dear Maynard—my dear Ger­ ald, if you’ll let me call you so—when I’d read through half that extraor­ dinary piece of writing, I began to laugh as a fellow v uild do at some bright hut over-hold e.\ ravsganza. It seemed as it a manwere saying: ’Look; I can take the clouds out of the sky, turn them into a new metal, like Mil- ton's "more ethereal” one, andbuildyou with them a "stately pleasure-house,” like the one poor Coleridge saw i.nthat mad visionbom of his drug.’ ‘But after l*d read on, the smile died from my lips. Here, too, mighthe madness, but it cer­ tainly had the trick of looking as sane as Hamlet’s. The whole thing, if a failure, is defeat with almost the mag­ nificence of conquest.” They talked on together for a good while about the new proposed dealings with electricity and the three ele­ mentary chemical bodies that were ordered os concomitants in' Its astound­ ing treatment before a certain "whitish liquid, excessively volatile Mid some­ what luminous U stirred,’’ should at last crown the operator’s labors. "You state that you know veiy little of chemistry,” Gerald presently said. "I begin to see that you are full of such knowledge.” . " It has a shabby look beside yours,” answered Clyde, heartily—"by Jove, if it hasn’t!” Gerald colored at the compliment. Again Clyde laughed, and in his blithe style went on: “You can blush as modestly as a girl, my lad—as the girl, perhaps, whom you’ve left behind you.” "I’ve left no girl behind me,” said Gerald, with instant frankness. “What! How marvelous! At your age you ve never beep In love? That beats the wonders that your father prophesies,” "Oh, IVo fancied myself in love more than once,” affirmedGerald, "but each , dream has been like those roses that scatter their petals when wc tty to pluck them.” "Ah, some day you’ll pluck a rose that will accommodate you by staying on her stem.” "Let us hope so," smiled Gerald, with a elirag. “Hut you,” ho pursued, "have you never thought of marriage?” " It scons to me that I’m always thinking of it and never perforating it,” sai:l (lyd?, with a little si;;li and a downward look at the nosegay that nearly always gleamed on the lapel of his coat. Then ho glanced upward and lifted both lianda with taoek despair. "Ah, tlv.it matrimony!” ho murmured. " I’m ambitious, 1 want to-get out of life all it will give me, but I feel con­ vinced the older 1 grow that marriage Is the one state of being for which I should never find time. It would in­ volve, so to speak, a cruel confusion in the rest of my affairs, and would rum mypresent splendidreputation for keep­ ing them all duly labeled and pigeon­ holed, No; It Is true that I can crowd many occupations intoasinglo day, but marriage la precisely one egg too many for my basket,” This'’lightsome speech jarred upon Gerald, He. gave tun Impatient frown, which (:fyJe’s quick eye saw, and ex­ plained: "You think me flippant,” he pursued, "at a time when yon expected me to show the greatest, gravity , . . Andyou are wholly right," „ " laxw H t'-d fo a -a ila iil I honed to' And you—aidful,” Gerald arid, with a sad land of courtesy. "Command my aid, dear fellow.” "How shall I act regarding this pie per? You know how my brother treat­ ed it—what a puritanic repulsion It roused in him?" „ "Yea” "More than this, you know bow ha has literally lost a young and charming wife becauseof it. At least, her pipture seems to assure me that shewas charm­ ing,” added Gerald, "and certainly Syl­ van’s desperate sense of loss would con­ firm this view.” Clyde shook his head as if •In strong doubt. "She may have been charming enough. But to leave him like that! I t strikes me aa a huge piece of non­ sense. Still,” he went on, "there is no accounting for a certain sort of femi­ nine wildness. It crops out in our sis­ ter sex with all the botanical caprice of fungi. Now, in the matter of coun­ sel, accept from me this bit of dictum: By all means exploit your father’s idea, and aa thoroughly as you are able.” “Youmean, follow his instructions to the letter?” "Yes.” "Your words are immensely wel­ come!” exclaimed Gerald. "I feared your discouragement. And, upon my word I should not have had the heart, after receiving it, to flyIn the face of our nineteenth century skepticisms. Any practical putting to proof of what the manuscript enjoins, will require an out­ lay of certain funds, and these, thanks to Dr, Thomdyke’s goodness, need not trouble me. But It may also require tbe help ofa skillful, perhaps a very ac­ complished chemist; May I seek your influence in securing hi* services?” "Emphatically I should advise no snob course,” declared Clyde. “What? You believe that I could work alone?” "Fkr better if you (did. Get assist­ ance, of course, but let it only be that of servant to master.” "Ah, but If Hail?” “Then you will fail without also In­ curring ridicule. And that, to a man of your youth andyour aspirations, might cause serious damage in the future. Either this formula is a great coup in the world of science, or it is the merest nullity. If it be the first, you will win all credit, Heaven knows, for having rested your faith upon it; if the last, you will escape the Bncers of those who rate all daring endeavor as Quixotism till forcedto do ithomsge as success.” Gerald took these words to heart. He promptly prepared a laboratory, and without a hint to Sylvan concerning his intentions, passed hours there each day. His assistant was of Dr. Clyde’s own se­ lection, a young man, but fairly well ed­ ucated, whose technical knowledge just suited the services for which he waa needed and in whom no suspicion of tho task which his employer had set him­ self ever might be feared to rise. An absorbing task Gerald soon found it,-and one that often had upon him the effect of a gloomful, overhanging sky In which burns a single star. Hope was that star, and soon its brightening orb seemed to throb with the pulsations of its watcher’s delighted heart. Learn­ ing from Dr. Thorndyke that the latter had been prostrated in Chicago by a rheumatic seizure more painful than serious, ho felt a thrill of actual terror at the chance of being forced to quit New York. Then, with an immense relief, he read farther on in the letter of-bis benefactor certain other comfort­ ing words. "Do not dream of harrying on here,” wrote Thorndyke. “1 should simply bo a nuisance to you as yet. Re­ main in New York and enjoy yourself. When 1 am better I will send for you and we can talk over your future with leisurely phrases, 1 am distressed to hear of Sylvan’s continued Illness—or rather what yon call, even more som­ berly, Ids relapse,” This relapse af­ forded Gerald his sole excuse for not joining Dr. Thorndyke in Chicago, At it was, he felt conscience-twinges a t his his own satisfaction. Surely thiswhole I business of "the elixir” was makingldm I grossly selfish. He found it hard work | to sympathize properly with his stricken ] brothcro^either in speechor in spirit, and “ Sylvan’s plaints, today more and to-1 morrow less dolorous, began oddly to , affect his strained and anxious nerves, ( What, after all, to 1dm was tins Lucia, i this recurring and unceasing Lucia, ' who had chosen to sliroud herself in shadow and silence? Ho had Ids own ' “Lucia” to think of, had Gerald i "1 keep suspecting that she may after ‘ all have been hidden sway by th a t' aunt of hers, Mrs Cahlorly," Hylvan would murmur. I "But you havo seen Mrs, Calderly,” * Gerald would reply, "and she has told you -" pro «t: cosm enu.] tiootl News to (ter. Miss Decollete—1 learn from the papers, Mrs, Prim, that dress goods are going up. Mrs, Prim -Thegot*!Lordbe praised! I alius did approve tho ol* fashioned stylo of ha-1-’ g ’em corns right clean up to the neck,—Boston Courier. ommemm i, AUbatik —every cent you’ve paid for it, if it doesn’t benefit or cure you. 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