The Cedarville Herald, Volume 12, Numbers 27-52

"P I1" ' *# i mu.Ian, r® 0 ^ J ■ j t f - - ■> CC*Y«»iT-I88rAJUfELLQCGJUKTOWtSCOWNW:. CHAPTER I. v 1 R R M B IR B IX . ROMANCE of A lodgingliouse^r ' a tall,' massive, brown s to n e frosted build­ in g in Forty- ninth s t r e e t , N ow Y o r k , which gave no outward s igh of the tragedy that was being enacted within its w a lls . It stood as dully - respectable and characterless on that June morning as its hundreds of dup­ licated neighbors. Inside there was the awed stillness of . the presence of the king of terrors. .ForNumber Six was dead. Mrs. Eveslipm, the landlady, had an­ ticipated his fate from the moment that, 'summoned by her chambermaid, she had found him delirious and writhing with pain on his bed; the physician, who had arrived just five minutes too late to be o f service, bad dropped the limp, cold hand with professional in­ difference and pronounced lifts extinct and the coronerbad already given notice of his intention to hold an inquest on the body. Poor Mrs. Evesham was plunged into sincere grief at the catastrophe, for not only was her tender nature touched by. the sudden and awful incident, but she saw, at a critical time in her affairs, one of the principal sources of her income abruptly cut off. Ambrose Arlington — tho unhappy Number Six—had been to her a prince of lodgers, prompt and liberal, unob­ trusive, easily satisfied, and, in.the brief communications she had bad with him, urbane and considerate, His very re­ serve, which to some might have been .obnoxious, was to her, who had seen more prosperous days, his best recom­ mendation, for shebad not long reigned over the fortunes of the present domi­ cile. Nor must it be understood that the house was a common boarding place. No lone bachelor in that well-regulated establishment growled over the tough­ ness of his beefsteak nor bewailed the feebleness o f his coffee.' Only •‘room­ ers,'’ and those of tho very best class, found an abiding place under its hoBpi- tublcroof. ■ . • ’ ■ To the inmates it was not a sociable way of living, for they knew little or nothing of each other, while among the servants their individuality was obliter­ ated .and they were only spoken of by the numbers of their rooms. Tims in this democratic atmosphere every guest's name'becamo absorbed in the hnmble figures painted on his chamber door. ' With some of her patrons Mrs. Eve­ shamdid enjoy a poising acquaintance, but this man, Ambrose Arlington, who now lay dead in number six, was as ranch a stranger to her as though he had not dwelt beneath her roof. Tho whole Evesham family sat in mournful consultation over tlio morn­ ing's disaster. There was the widow herself, still in the generous summer of life, retaining the matured beauty of the sweet girl face which, sixteen years ago, I'.ad won the love of the light­ hearted Dal Evesham, the prince Of good feilowa and life and soul of the press club,, who was now lying at rest liuBrooklyn cemetery, and bad left, ah me! such a pittance for his wifo as.d little ones to begin the world upon. There was blue-eyed* brown-haired Alice, a thoughtful maiden of thirteen; there was Kate, the exuberant of twelve, whose wild, glorioushairwould not kedn out of her sparkling eyes; and last, though not least in the widow’s cstimat on, Harry, mtat ten, whose short, crisp, auburn curls were in per­ fect sympathy with his clear, sharp, in­ telligent features and trim figure, They were sounding tearful pecans of praise to the virtues of the dead, “ So quiet and regular in his pay­ ments,” sighed the widow, with prac­ tical sympathy, ••do delightfully mysterious,” mur­ mured Alice, “ Never scolded when he caught me Stuffing paper in the keyhole of his door,” moaned Kate. “ Nor blabbed to ma when I hit him on tho head vftth my ball, though of course 1didn’t mcag to,” whined Iiarry, “ Be must have been rich, for he Seemed to follow no profession, yet had always plenty of money," Mrs. Evesham continued, still, poor soul, harping on the loaves and fishes. “ Then, to think that next Tuesday his sister is to arrive from London on the steamer,” Alice lamented. “ What on earth we shall say to the poor girl or what we shall do with her when slid oomes 1 am sure 1do not know, mam darling.” “ Nor I, either, child; it is a terrible dilemma to be i**.” “ Well, at any”rate,” Kate hazarded, “ she will be able to tell us who he was and where wo ean find'his folks.” “ So she will, dear;Ibad nbt thought of that, but it is a long ,time between now and Tuesday,” Mrs* Evesham as­ sented with some assumption of cheer­ fulness. At this moment, the discussion was interrupted by a servant,who announced a visitor. No, he did not give Ills name nor cord, but the girl felt sure he was a gentleman. “ I will see no one—but stay. perhapB I had better,” Mrs. pvesham said, brushing away her tears and proceed­ ing to the. reception-room, where she found herself face to face with a singu­ larly handsome middle-agedman, whose fine intellectual countenance was in keeping with his well-cut clothes and distinguished bearing. .She noticed that he carried a large, square, silver- mounted leather case in his hand, butit never entered into her head to associate his visit with a'business motive. “ Be seated, sir,” she said, graciously. “ You must pardon my intrusion, madam. But—” lie paused so long without explaining himself that Mrs. Evesham was a little startled. “ Yon vyere saying, sir?” she queried. *‘I—cr—yes, madam, the object of my visit is a little difficult to explain. In fact iny friend, the coroner, has put me in rather an awkward dilemma.” “Oh, the coroner!” Mrs. Eveshamsaid, considerably relieved. “ Pray command me in any.,way." “ You see, madam, in the case o f a person dying among btrangors, it iscon­ ducive to the interests o f justice and material to the satisfaction of .the friends o f the deceased, that a photo­ graph should.be taken o f the body. I am an artist, and my* friend, the cor­ oner, insists—” ' “ Oh, certainly," Mrs. Evesham inter­ rupted. So her distinguished visitor was after .all only aphotographer,' Why on earth couldn’t the man at once have stated his business without so many stammering apologies? “ You will perhaps at once permit me to visit tho room where the corpso is lying?” he continued. “ Yes, but—” Mrs. Evesham in turn hesitated. “ I could not offer yon any assistance; even my servants I am sure would dislike—" “ Not for worlds,” the stranger inter­ rupted eagerly. “ I require no' aid in my manipulations—in fact would rather be free from interference. The whole thing will not occupy me more than half an hour.” 'Mow could sho refuse so natural a re­ quest? So she ordered the servant to showhim to tho death-chamber, and re­ turned to her children. « Mrs- Evesham’s sensitiveness wonld not havo been shocked had she accom- HK OPENED ms .LEATHER VALISE. panied her visitor into the somber pre­ cincts of number six, with its drawn blinds and tho undcfinablo shadow of the presence of death. The stranger, though he must In his professional experience have been ac­ customed to such gruesome scenes, was, however, evidently Impressed with tbe gloom, for after locking the door with deliberate care he stepped noiselessly over the catpct and pquacd for a mo­ ment at the foot of the bed wHere It was lying covered with a sheet.- He had apparently peculiar ideas about taking the picture o f a dead man, for, Instead of arranging his camera and posing his subject, he turned to the wardrobe, where hung the clothes the deceased had last worn, and nervously searched until be found a bunch of keys. With these he unlockeddrawers, desks and bureaus, and piled every scrap of paper be could find upon a table, Hfs search was hurried Mid ef­ fective, When the last likely receptacle bad been ransacked be opened his leather ease and into its capacious jaws stuffed his findings, cramming'them in­ to bis pocket* too, until the last scrap was disposed of. Then, replacing the keys, he for tho first time raised the sheet from the dead man’s faceand took qua long, intense gaze on the waxen features. ''Voot fellow,” he mattered, “ after life’* fitful fever l»a sleeps well!” And now, seizing his leather case, hi quietly unlocks the door, steals silently downstairs, anil, unobserved by any­ one# is lost in the bustle o f the crowded streets, The next excitement for the Eve­ sham’s on that eventful day was the ar­ rival of the undertaker’s men to remove the body; and, shortly afterwards, a fnssy official came armed with author­ ity to examine and seal the effects of the deceased. But the worst trouble of all was giv­ ing testimony at the coroner’s court in the afternoon. Poor Mrs. Evesljamhad a sad time of it. Never was coroner more exacting nor witness more timid. If she had been tried for her life, she could hardly have felt her position so acutely. Then, she could tell them so little, and her examiner made her feel uncomfortable at her lack, of knowl­ edge and shrugged his shoulders so and winked so hard at the jury while she .gave her evidence, that he created the impression that she was,suppressing in­ formation.' . All she could tell■’ them was that the deceased'gentleman’s name was Am­ brose Arlington; that he was appar­ ently about thirty-five.years of age— certainly not older; that she believed he followed no profession, but lived on his means; that he spent most of his time in his rOom, only going abroad as' sho supposed to his meals or for a walk; that lie rarely received letters and never by any clianco a visitor; that, he was domiciled in the bouse when she took possession o f it, and consequently had given her* no references; that he had retired in his usual health on the pre­ vious evening; and that she had heard no more o f him until she. was sum­ moned by her servant to find him in a dying condition; that she hnd at once sent for a physician; that she had never had a protracted conversation with him till a'week ago, when he announced to her that he expected his. young sister from England, and desired to know if she could accommodate him with an­ other room for the young lady and her attendant, which she had gladly con­ sented to do; that she presumed from j this that he was an Englishman, though there was nothing in his accent or man­ ner to afford reason for drawing such a conclusion; that Mr. Arlington had told 1 her that his sister wonld come by the Northern Star, which was expected to arrive on Tuesday next; and that she .had ordered the room where the body lay to be undisturbed until tho arrival o f tile proper officials; and that it had remained in that condition until the photographer the coroner hud sent came to take the portrait of the dead gentleman. At this point in her evidence there was much interest manifested by tlie coroner, who indignantly denied having sent anyone for any such purpose, and who was egged on to ask a multiplicity of questions by a little sharp-fcatnred man who sat at his. elbow. What sort of s man was he? What kind of hair had ha? What was his height? The color o f his eyes? What did he say? How long-was he there? Where did he go when he left? Should sho recognize him if she' saw him again? And when she had in a very dejected and unsatis­ factory manner gone through this cate­ chetical torture she was rated for her indiscretion in admitting him without i proper credentials, and stepped down from the witncsa-stnnd with a horrified feeling that she had violated every law of the decalogue. Mrs. Evesham’s servants, tho pre­ vious landlady of the bouse, tho waiter at the restaurant where the deceased generally took his meals, tho barber who shaved him, the laundress who washed his clothes, and even tho boy who blacked his boots were hunted up and questioned, but none of them had ever heard him drop a word which wonld afford them any clew to his an­ tecedents. Though his room was searched by skilled detectives, not a scrap of paper was there to give a trace of his iden­ tity, not even a tradesman’s ac­ count frith his name, on it. A small roll of bills, barely sufficient to pay the expenses of his funeral, was discovered in his waistcoat pocket, and a -massive gold watch andmany valuable trinkets la r In their accustomed places, but without initial or crest upon them. Even his linen, which was of the best quality, was unmarked. But the uup of Mrs. Evesham’* troubles was filled to the brim when on tho following morning the Daily Herald served up its reader* « sensa­ tional account of the tragedy under glaring headlines,, which seemed ' printed in letters of fifiitie to the dis- j tressed, sensitive woman— -MVSTERtors SDEATH OF AX EXKNOWNGENTLEMAN IX 1F orty - ninth street —S up F osed to be roi8oNKD—P erhaps a murder —A re - try to p «t on canvas tha faces o f the vast throng which crowds the deck. There, at Liverpool, old associations are newly broken and the wounds are fresh, eye* are red with weeping and hearts are wrung with the pangs of parting from the friends of a lifetime. Jint here# the restful voyage has done its healing, and hope, and gladness il­ lumine every countenance, for the land of promise is reached, and sluggish In­ deed must be his nature whose spirit docs not thrill with tlie expectancy-of the new life. Even the cabin passen­ gers, who lmve no battle before 'them, forget their languid waysandcatchsome of theenthusiasmof theirhumblerfellow voyagers, and some of them are Ameri­ cans, who have been for a scamper through Europe, rejoicing to get back to their own beautiful shores and sunny skies. Such a scene fascinatedMrs. Evesham as she stood with her daughter Kate pn the gangway of the Northern Star, “ IF MADAMF. LIKES SHE CAS INSPECT THE PASSENGER LIST.” gazing with amusedwonder at the busy crowd swarming over the vessel like bees in a hive. She had come to meet Number Six’s LUCTANT WITNESS. CHAPTER II. A SURMISE. I f 1 were a painter 1 would portray twocompahion pictures—one, the de­ parture from the old world of a great Atlantic steamer freighted with emi­ grants; the other, its arrival in New York—for no move vivid scenes of con­ trasting hutndri emotion* could ever l>e conceived by brhinof aftist. I do not mean that I would spend ray time over the hull ana rigging of the ocean mon­ ster, for it change* not, whether it is seen lying in the Mersey or snugly har­ bored at its New York dock, but I would sister. Through the courteous interference of an official who had been attracted by their gentle bearing they were among the first to set foot on the deck of the steamer. Mrs. Evesham had not brought Alice with her; for she ^had thought it best to leave her at home to supervise hospitable preparations, for the reception of tho young -lady, who in her bereavement would need their tcndcrest solicitude. They, were rather a helpless couple in such an emergency, but they pressed bravely through the crowd .to tho steward’s cabin, where they found a good-natured, voluble little man re­ ceiving dilatory fees and bidding grate­ ful adieux to his gracious patrons. . lie found time, however, to attend to' their solicitations. “ No," he said, gravely, in answer to tho lady’s inquiries,’“ there is uo person named Arlington on board the ship. If madam likes sho can' inspect tho pas­ senger list. She is not hero,” he con­ tinued, decisively, “ unless sho came in the steerage." “ Which I am sure she never did," Kate burst forth indignantly. “ Not likely, miss,” the man assented; “ but I would not feel anxiousabouther, for the Moravian will arrive on Satur­ day, and she will probably .come in her," with which piece of consolation he turfted to more congenial duties. “ Not come!" Mrs. Evesham sighed, as she sank into a convenient chair to rest awhile and think. “Oh, Kate darling!” she wailed petu­ lantly, “ whatever shall I do? I never can face the coroner again with the mystery of that man’s identity un­ solved.” [TO PE CONTINUED.] PADDLING A* KAYAK. IIow H is Boa* th e Eskimo Propels Through the W ater. When a ’l'oiat-Barrow Eskimo is simply traveling along and does not care to make any great speed, he uses an ordinary paddle with one blade, like those used in the nmiak, but somewhat lighter. As he has to sit la the very middle of the boat, he cannot use this as an Indian would, wholly on one side, driving the boat ahead with straight strokes and overcoming tha tendency of the canoe to go off to one side by feathering his paddle in the.water or by an outward sweep of the blade. First, he makes three or foar strokes, say on the right side, and then, as the boat begins to sheer off to the left, he lifts the paddle out of the water Mid makes three or four strokes on the left side till she. begins to sheer to the right, and so on. They do this pretty skillfully, so that the boat make w tol­ erably straight “ wake,” a ^ » goes HOUSEHOLD BREVITIES, —Broad Saaca— Lav a shallot or •mall o »io » stack with a clove in h*y a plat of newmUk; bring it to the boil then throw ie cm* ounce of batter and two ouncesfreshly made bread-crumb*; • boil it for quarter of an hour, add* couple o f .spoonfuls of cream, boil if again# add white pepper and salt, sad serve.—-Harper’s Bazar. —Mutton Gullets With Mushroom*,— Got the best end o f a neck of mutton into neat cutlets, trim them and best them out with a wet knife; brushthem over with some good salad oil, andbroil them over a clear fire. Serve them en conronne round a puree of mushrooms, with some good Espagnole sauce round, bat not over, them.—Ladies’ Home Journal. —Broiled Eels—Take a large eel, skin it, Alena thoroughly with salt, slit it down the back and remove the bone, cutinto pieces a nice size for serving rub the inside3of each piece with egg, then sprinkle well with the 'following mixture: bread crumbvparslev, sweet herbs finely minced, pepper, salt and* little nutmeg. Broil over a clear fire until a delicate brown.—Housekeeper. —Mother’s Sponge Cake.—Yolks of ten eggs. Whites of ten eggs One- half pound of sifted flour. Grated rind of one lemon; a little nutmeg. One1 teaspoonful of baking powder. Beat the whites and yolks of the eggs separately until the former are very stiff; put together and beat the whole for quarter of an hour; sift the baking powder in with flour and add gradually to the other mixture. Bake immediate­ ly—Detroit Free Press. —Stewed Celery— Six heads celery, one-half pint white stock, three table­ spoonfuls of cream, butter and flour, one blade o f mace, pepper and salt Wash the celery, strip off the outer leaves and cut it into lengths of two inches; put these into a stewpan with the stock broth and stew till tender for about twenty minutes; then add the cream, mace, pepper and salt and a little butter and flour; simmer for five minutes; pour into a dish and serve.—Boston Budget —Rice Meringue.—One cupful oi boiled.rice, one large pint of milk, two eggs, one large cupful’ of sugar, one lemon. f Boil the milk, stir in the rice. Beat the yolks ’ with one-third of the sugar, then add to,the milk and rice, and cook until thick as soft custard. Take from the fire and grate in rind of lemon; pour into buttered dish. Beat* whites with the rest of sugar, and add juice of lemqn; pour over the. pudding, aud brown. A delicious pudding.— Good Housekeeping. —Mackerel a la Maitre d’Hotel— Make a.deep incision on either side of a fine mackerel, after thoroughly cleansing and drying it in a cloth, and put in a little salt# cayenne pepper and a spoonful o f clarified .butter. Lay it on a well-heated gridiron rubbed over with butter or suet, and when of a nice brown color.’turn the back to the fire, taking care that the fish does not stick to the gridiron. When done put into the incision o f the back two spoonfuls of maitre d’hotol batter, previously patting the mackerel on a hot/dish; then spread three more spoonfuls of butter over it, and serve vety hot— Boston Herald. v f ^ THE CROSS MOTHER. * through the water at a pretty’fair rate, but, of course, canmake no great speed. When the time comes for i nrry, out is drawn from tinder tlie y-qk thW donble-bladed paddle, such as'we ar/ a ll familiar with from the’ wrltings.nf GapL Ross and Capt, Parry, Dr. Kane, and all the explorers who have visited the Eskimos of the eastern regions This is about six feet long and has at each end a broad, oval blade, far more serviceable titan the narrow oar blades of the eastern kayak paddles. Tlie man grasp# this by the middle and dips each blade alternately, regulating tlie force of his stroke* so that the canoe goes Straight through ths water without veering to right or le ft With the double paddle the kayak can be made to fairly fly through the water.— John Murdoch, in Popular Science Monthly. A Simple Rem edy F o r Many o f the lUs of IImr Lot. At no time in her busy days is an in­ telligent mother so apt to fold herarms and close the eyes of maternal justica as when she is cross—simply and un­ doubtedly cross. This cross is chiefly caused by fatigue, weariness of body and mind, and sometimes of souL With tired nerve* nnd weary body, sho can­ not endure the common demands made upon her, aud ill-temper follows She sows bitter feelings, and repels loving attentions, with her irritable, hasty words Broadly speaking, no mother has any right to get so tired. ’ She can­ not afford it It takes too much ont of her life, ana too much out of her chil­ dren’s lives. Each a condition canmore frequently be prevented than is goner- erallybelieved. The careless or shallow woman says: “ L was overworked It made mecross," and she considers that the sufficient reason end excuse for any amount of similar indulgence. The religions Or sympathetic woman worries over it, prays over it, sheds bitter tears, and then the trouble repeats it­ self, The remedy lies close at hand. Let the mother fiad out what makes her cross, and then let her avoid the cause. I f social pleasures weary her, let them he decidedly lessened; much cooking, or too many household cares, lessen them. If economical ef­ forts Cense the severe strain, step econ­ omizing at such a cost That is the Worst of wastes. Let the first economy be of that precious commodity, a mother’s strength.—Christian at Work. Hew to Lay Bedroom Carpet*. There is an excellent way of laying bedroom carpets in houses where rngJ are not the rale. Fasten small, strong hooka in the baseboard close to floor, and on the edge of the carpet sewcor­ responding rings Slip the rings ovet the hooks and the carpet is securely laid, Of coarse a few tacks must be put where the carpet .crosses adoor­ way, hut these are quickly vemoved. By tit!* method, which Ik employed ia the sleeping rooms o f many hotels, a carpet may be frequently taken up. thoroughly Shaken and replaced, with­ out much more labor than would be re­ quired to sweep it while ou the floor. * Chicago Post i t h e e a r SlMPLfc L . «*a eW *» T h a t 4 £ good thing w neatly oa e pl*j city It was evi mvj* *¥.Vi ff«s rapidly rouii log the walks « . time clea : weeds and gra- ! rollers eighteen i ; three feet long a v forvyard of the otl I illustration, to be A seat for the d * platform and ni rod, on which , weight, extends connects with a i ground. To mak inches thick an A HOMEMAD! bolted to irons b .It has a thin to its lowerjft off mote or iesyo walk, according upon it by |ici above. When th i quired.’i t may be >pended by the has a notch filed it iBcaught in t end of the slot thr The first roller hung directly on a king bolt like t a wagon, allowii hardening rollei turned. On new J roller does admir of the mower. like urns, jars, used in transplant unequaled, as it n even when soft in and carts are pro Agriculturist. RAISING W hy E very Farmer Fits ini A t a recent hortl fruit-grower showi o f natural' peachi seed without graftl some of them of e beauty. The pea latitude 41 and lon When is consi inexpensiveness o a wonder that ev woman who has earth in middle la them. Half of t have its own pea not only peaches ornament for gar and. mind relief, daily bnrden fro life. . During the po6t (,’^Jbn abundant, a •Stones have been interested in p throws away a pe as peaches may quarter—the pea is different fruit . es is simple and pits into the grou and rain w ill do the spring the pit in the fall, the fw Sow the pits i foot apart where till three or four plant I f pits be trees Will come i in regular succei pleasure and Ueli growth of the tr« ly, and when bit I fruit forms and interest increase# be like? What Whatever it ma eat from any pe fruit absolutely. There is nothi interesting, or pr than peach cultt fruit! I t is the and antidote— ( Farm aud Home. Cars the In auccessfi main require! it good blood i ur&l condition their value, scarcely brin; take the place food or favor bnt it can do them, and wit it will produce suits, it is tt that not one o food, good < . good blood, tl success of g Rural. Hem In the o] culturlst tl *s a class, }»yeggso l but not a winter m< w d in ook Uglier pr touch gw fowl* lay