The Cedarville Herald, Volume 12, Numbers 27-52

The Cedarville Herald. W. It UtAIR. PafflUMr. CEDUtVTLLE. ; * oiinx MISUNDERSTANDING. ' '■r: ey >ftiiti’dtngotUcv, friendnml friend, "I m.i v, to wr.oUr.nil day i»yday, Andorui <1:111shadow falls n ew T)uir common jvay, ■ Tony cannot tell fromivhenco it comes, . U.it n.<: !}' <in tlilun'i most cruel are. Andfriivwl diipntime couldnever-break Tiii'VflijUt nrmar. -A veil It.ifiiil al>)oasair,. Yc.t unnijstuUaMoustlcutlii, A veil Hint tjnsUt be blown away, Bymmfree bruatli .Shroudseachfromeach theother's life, Andhidestlto face theyusedto read, But hints throughall its piteous folds Their commonneed. '0 friendsoncoloving, trustedJong, There laoneJudge, one Judge alotio,- Towholnall hearts are open, all Desiresare known. .t In Hiadear Presence youmaymeet, : Bosunderedandso.helplessnow, AndHo to rendthat cruel veil Will tedehyouhow; ■ Yo knov whatHo toeachwill say: Forgive, forgot, beginanew, Andlearn of mo to love as I Have lovedyou. ‘—Harriet MoEtvenKimball, fnCongregation* •list. "V™" B y ^ d B sgsb * ICopyrlght. j R qi , by. A. N, Kellogg Newspaper Co.] CHAPTER X II,—CosTXStjup. "Guess, boys, you'd better get some ropes an’ let's go out to the point. lake es not we’IJ lmd 'em there, or there­ about!*” Wnudti watched the men start, gazed with a kind of dazed interest on Dol­ man arid a few others as they dragged tire wounded, horse up the bank; nnd then went back to the house. Oh, iliotv Irani it was to be a woman—to do nothing but stay indoors and wring her hands,'when hoi* loving friend was in such fearful dijnger. She had -hardly reached her room, when she. was told that a man was waiting below to see ■her..-Harry! Ah, it was Harry cyime at last, sin- thought—now she would have u strong heart to lean upon—now she— .Ilut it was not Hurry. It was only a white-haired mail, with, face so ghastly in expression that it chilled her blood George Arundel, Miss? ye done with Master to li; : at him. “ ’Ah.-re i.i V>’h.-1 have jy G, . Thi*iV Wilh a reproachful appeal in t'j >man's manner v.Itiuli struck hot- to ttie heart. • "Have you riot heard? Do'yon .not l..!'U? Vi e'f'atr they were lost on the mer 1night—l»o and Jrr. Damiens MeW .<o'lrd late, and one of the lu.rscs . came badly hurt.” "filflt h." Illation groaned. * 'i'-ne.VMay not even he hurt, if you . will o dv wait t i l l - ” ■ 1!ut’ the old man did not. seem to hear her. ••Lured him his* ruin, as the other .Wanda ilhl his hapless father." The p tor girl's bosom heaved in deep distress; her lips moved ns though she would have uttered a,remonstrance, but the depths of the old •man's sorrow awed her into silence. "You might have spared hitti, miss." lie said presently, "You might have left him,alone in the earn of Ids old servant—lie was blind you know—not winch of a conquest for a bomiie lass l'ke you- It was too bad, too bad." •‘Oh, Mr. Rladon," but sobs; -choked nor utterance. "Then yon must have them both at your heels," this dreadful old man con­ tinued, “ both this gay young Fronch­ inan null Master George, True, my poor lad conhln't see the other's eyes devouring your pretty face- ah, you’d better have took to one instead of wrecking both their lives." Hut hark! A shout. It is a man run­ ning on the ice, who calls to those ashore to send a bobsleigh with a featherbed in it to a place above the point. Ohl Hladon w,fs among the first to respond to the cry* Now that there was something to do, the old man had ■cast aside Ills air of depression, nml was busy making preparation to do his duty. Nothing was forgotten In the hurry—blankets, brandy, hot water bottles—and he alone thought to send •aman off In hot haste to Glastonbury lo fetefi a surgeon. Then the sad group set out up the river, with a host of women nnd chil­ dren at. ifs heels, and Wanda Arlington remained behind, agonized with the pain of an almost unbearable suspense. They came at. last, with the terrible story, carried by excited schoolboys, preceding them. Yes, they had found one of the. miss­ ing ones—poo*' George Arundel. lie was lying with his face hurled in the snow, and with the wreck of a cutter and the body of adead horse liesidc him, Ami when Wanda. Arlington learned lh 5;i dismal story, she brushed aside her tears, ami. With ft group of eager, chat­ tering children. 9round her, started up the river to inert the fesetiers. It was easy to see by r cir downcast looks that the woist hadhappened -the worst, she ' -id hULu'i? ~o herself- was not death. “ You wlli bring him to my room at Mr, Dolman's," she said, with a com­ posure that (lkl not deceive the kind- hoartod rivermen, who were tender as women when trouble was to the fore, "No, no, lass, not that, not that." The speaker ivas William Illation, lie was walking beside the sleigh a little aloof from the others, bpthc advanced to her side when she spoke. “ And why ''not?" the girl said hotly. “ V>hat have 1 done that you should treat inj so cruelly? George Arundel, was my dear friend, us .well a., yours, and I claim my right to be near him in his hour of need.” •‘ But, miss—” “ Nay, hear ,me. If ho could speak, do yon think he would approve your harshness?” ■ "They think he’ll never live to win ■this journey’s end," Hladon whispered, " It matters little where they, take him,’ lass; your lodging!.1, as good as any­ where, else, so have thine'own way, 'child. -P'raps I was too hard on tlicc {his morn, but I loved the lad dearly— an’ I’m old an’ set in my ways.” • So they bore the poor, maimed body to Dolman’s house, and laid it tenderly on Wanda’s bed. Then crime the dreadedhour, when the physician was making his examination, and all the stricken girl could do was to pray ceaselessly and pitifully that Heaven would spare her the worst. Good, kind,- gentle Dr. West, who had been her Wend from the day after her arrival in Glastonbury, came from the sick chamber at last, - . “ No, he is not quite dead,” he said. “ But 1 do not think he" wLl linger through .the day." . And, without a word, at his .feet Wanda Arlington fell, as though the’ verdict had Stricken her with depth, j Meanwhile the villagers were hurry- i ing lo and fro searching for traces of ! the other participant of the night's ad- ; venture, who had so mysteriously dis­ appeared .from the scene. It was im-.. , possible that he could have fallen through the ice, for the snow-prints of. I the horses’ hoof were too fresh not to ; tell the. exact story of their wanderings, and there was not an air-hole near them. ’ But towards noon, -a -fisherman, who had moored his "hut” at the further ! end of the bay, came into the village, . and told a story which, set the tongues |of the gossips wagging. 1 Ho wpd that the preceding night, hnv- i ing liis hut well in the shelter of a big snowbank, lie lmd gone to rest; , that.very early in the morning bo- tween two andthree o'clock he lind been j awakened by Alphonse Diunions, very white- in the face and wild-looking ■about the eyes, who offered him live dollars to help him to ge.t to the Cana- ‘ dian shore, and also gave him a liVo-dol- lar bi!l for a half-pint of whi.-ky he happened t i have. That hedid conduct , him over the frozen river to (.Jueeiik- ville, which they reached with mjich dilileuPy, ns he lmd to-clear tit;* way in places with his axe. That •Damiens started oft’ down a lane away from the village as ,oon as he reached Ike shore, nnd that he had seen nothing of 1dm since. - “ Didn’t sa.v nnuthhi-' about n >»ori- i dent?" v-ked .li.nr.'*, Dolman, wh >was sitting on an invert-id apple lur.v 1in the gr.n erv :.Puv, tfi ■eellti r of n.g,- v.p of admiring lea mi.,, all chewing tub-.. - ed nml whittling sticks. “ lie nrv-w mm ,) a word about no -acci­ dent'to me,” the fisherman averred. . "lh* seemed desp'rate anxious to get to Canady, and l thought'he'd been in some row with tins eonstalde an’ want­ ed to light out.” “ Was he hurt in any way?" . "Xi as I knows on. His hoots an* . pants was cut about a bit, ns was nat!- ral after Irnvctin' over them spiky . chunks o’ ice, but I didn’t sec no bruises, j on him.” “ That’s strange," Dolman exclaimed, j “ an* did ycr hear no noises afore ho. ; come, ter wake yor up?" ' “ Well, now you speak on it, I think. 1 , did, - About half an hour, or maybe an ; hour afore 'I’honse come to iny lint, I beam a urns' awful yellin’ on the west side the bay.” • *» “ Down by Breckenridges?” ’ “ Aye, where the Glastonbury folks crosses the rna’sh." “ Thet was two miles away from , wheer the blind man was found— ’ couldn’t a been him?" Dolmanappealed to the circle of open-mouthed listeners, i who nodded their heads in solemn si­ lence. “ Sa.v," interrupted the grocer, who had just returned to the group after serving a woman with a pound of but­ ter, and had lost the fisherman's story, • “ who is that stout, thick-set, oldish . man, as come up from Glastonbury in , the livcry-rig an' is stoppin’ at your ; house with the poor chap as is hurt, Jim?” “ Tlict,'s the blind fei'-r’s keeper," “ Du tell! Well, all 1. can say is thet . I ’d raytlier lie were his keeper than mine.” • ; “ An* wheer did yer make Ids ac- ; qnaintance?" Dolman asked, pausing In liis whittling with awakened interest. "Itight wlicer you’re standin', Jim. i lie corned here as soon as lie 'reached 1the village—an* ft more cantankerous old dog I never clupp’d eyes on. Why . the way ho went for ’Phonso, an' you, san' the sehoolmarm for deludoriu’ his ! hoy was a caution. So it was the Wind ; man he was after, was it? I kind o’ ' sihiplcioned it, though I didn't care to ' askhim questions, lie was so all-fired ; hot. an1angry. Welt, I'd look out if I I whs you, Jim Dolman, tot I heer’d him j say again .,n’ again after they’d Carried YKven with me!" Dolman grinned, “Guess lio’s orf his base a-talkin' slcb nonsense,” Then Auguste Fontaine, the black­ smith, slowly' gathered himself together for the effort, and spoke, for the man was ponderous as one of hia own great hammers, and words seldom came from his lips save an oath to some refractory horse or u four of anger at hia wife if a meal was late. Therefore, when he did give utterance to a thought his remarks commanded attention. “ An’ 1seen him talkin’ to that tramp feller us slept In your barn last night.” “ Eh, what!" Dolman ejaculated. “ A tramp-in my barn!".. ' “ Yes, I thought you .{mowed it. An* from what I could learn as I passed by, ho was offerin' u man a hundred dollars i f he'd go afore a justice o’ peace at Glastonbury.an' swear to a conversa­ tion he'd heer'd atween you an ’Phonso Damiens in your stable last night.” Mr. Dolman's face was a picture of discomposure, “An’ what did the feller say? Did ho take the offer?” he asked, wiping the big beads of perspiration from liis brow. “ That I couldn’t quite tell you, Jim," was the unconsoling reply, “ but the chap went to Glastonbury in Bladop's return rig. Like ez not lie’s a layin’ for yer, Dolman; guess ef I was you I’d make tracks for Canady cz 'Phonso hez done.” ■ “ Then all I kin say," Dolman de­ clared, “ is thet it is a base conspiracy to talto away the character of a honest man. AVhat! Is the word of a tramp ter he took agen a church member of nine years’ standin’? Ef thet worthless cuss ca slop’ in my barn -ses I didn’ dn my level best ter persuade ’Phonso not "ter-hurt the blind man, he lies. Why, wlien 1seen 'Phonse so set agen him, an’ hoorn him mutterin’ -to. hissen es we harnessed tlic bosses what lie.'would du ter the, feller when he got him out on the ice, I argyed with him all I could The idee of sayhi’ I encouraged him! "Phonso,’ ses t, ’don’t yer go for ter du it, or yer’ll be foun* out. an’—” Dolman stopped, as though instan­ taneously bereft of speech; for there, not- a dozen feet - from him, stood Damiens, with such a malignant scowl- on his face that the old man’s blood ran cold. All were amazed at the appari­ tion, for it is a little startling to see. standing before you the man you be­ lieve to be in a foreign eotiutiy fleeing from justice. Though his face was pale as death and a wild light lurked in those mag; nifleent dark eye;;, in* was the most self-possessed man in the store. “ Don’t let me interrupt the conversa­ tion. Jim, What wore you saying, .which interested our friends so much?” “ For jtlie Lord’s sake, ’Phonse, don’t look at me like'thetl” Uolruan cringed with ashen lips* “ tlier’s a snihin’ in yer eyes w liicb - " n "Noni-ense! Why, <Utn, vyliat is the matter with you',” ' *8 “ Keep off' Don’t let him-come, near -me. VHe's crazy mad, I tell yer!" Dol­ mau cried, retreating behind the gro­ cer's burly figure. Atlhis moment a woman hurriedly pus.,oil the door. It was Wanda Arling­ ton hastening to the telegraph ofilee with.a hie-sage for Mrs. L’vvMumi, iin- ploring her U^iiue nt once to h *r «*.- M-funoe, for the physician |i:;dsa!d that with good nursing George Anindei's- life might he spared, and she had not Suddenly ft han«I ww rtidelj laid up* on her shoulder- „ Before she couldapripg fromIllsgrasp his arms were flung around her and his hot kisses fell fast and furidus upon her Bps and face, * ' ■ [ ■ “ Wanda! my own!' my darling!” the madman cried in ccstae.v, his eyes flash­ ing with the gleam of a tiger’s.. “ I have you in my arms ut Inst. Ila! Ila! I That'poor, siiiy, blind fellow thought i that he was going to rob me o f yon; to j steal yonr kisses fmrn my lips, but he is lying yonder in the snoiv, Aye, the brave bashaws did their work nobly. I went out just to take one peep at him as he lay there so cold am! still, and then-then 1was frightened nnd fled, Wanda. But I’ve .uouie back now. Come to take you with mo that we may- flee together and never see that cold, white face again.” i would not like ray reader to-im­ agine that Wanda Arlington, for all her softness and delicacy, was af- vi X_ i ) K V. i the poor chap into Jrour house, that ho ' would be even with you all.** SE __ TUB CKSTElt'OF A GftOtT OF ADMIRING FTUENDS. much faith in the “ gyurls” as minister­ ing nngels for a sick man’s bedside. The madman saw her, and ids eyes gleamed with'uncontrolled, passion. "She is there—my darling, my life. Away!' Let me go or I will brain you!” and, with abound, which shook off the grasp of half a dozen men, lie dashed ! Into the street after the girl, who, all ■unconsciousof approachingdanger, was j walking along wrapped in thoughts of George Arundel's sufferings. CHAPTER Xm„ AN" ANXIOUS MOMENT. Not a man who saw the stalwart Frenchman dash from tlielr presence but knew that the light of madness tvas gleaming in liis eye. With the strength of a tnatiiiu* lie had hurled them- on one side like so many children, with the speed of a wild nnipial lie washounding on bis prey—a timid, helpless girl, who had nothing but her weakness to oppose to the blind fury of bis passion. And she was so enwrapped in bitter thoughts that she did not oven hear the hurrying footsteps, but was going along With lotv bent head, wonderingwhether tlio miseries which surrounded her Would ever end. She had heard the story o f Damiens’ flight, and, though silo was loth to believe such brutal vin­ dictiveness in oven him, had more thaii half suspected the Frenchman's treach­ ery. HURLING THREATS ON TUE CROWD, NOW GATHERING .’ ROUND IHSf. dieted with “ uorves,” and so must beg him to remember that the poor girl had endured groat prostration and was at the very moment, o f the assault in a state of trouble bordering very nearly on the hysterical! Therefore it is not remarkable that she just closed those heaven blue eyes of hers and fell back without a sigh into her captor’s arms,, blissfully unconscious of .everything. lie dragged her along with rude haste, hurling' threats on the crowd now gathering round him, and occa­ sionally kissing the white cheek! for there was not a man who -dared fling himself upon him. Not that the river- niders .were cowards, or dismayed at the Herculean strength of the ydmig Frenchman, lint they looked with a re­ ligious terror on insanity, and there was not a hul among them who did not ; know that Alphonse Damiens was mud j as a March hare. i Hut .presently the ranks divide, and t the square-set formof old Hladon iswen. I iij the front, lie is spent with running^ j nnd breathless. So he stay.-, .a minute [ that, ids panting lungs may breathe > more freely; then; with'a bound, he is |on 1:1s foe. • . Dnmi.mx glared upon the ok) man in .savage wonder, threw the senseless body of the girl ttpop the snow, and with a wild., hoarse cry o f fury, sprang upon his bra'ie ai -ai’ant.' It was “.in unequal contest. Yoiith and »;«!', and the thrill of madness lend­ ing inluimiin vigor to the limbs of the stronger. With arms entwined around each other, as’they swayed to and fro, it did hot seem difllcnlt to say who would fall' first, for the Frenchman was head and shoulder taller than his aged antagonist, and Ins superb limbsyieklcd not an inch to BladBii’s vain' efforts to throw him backwards,'while the old man’s heavy breathing told the tale of liis distress, Often to this day do the riverside men toil the story <sf that wonderful strug­ gle. It seemed as though'them, was no lippe for the brave old fellow—indeed, rr.it one of the many who. paralyzed with fear, looked on ih shuddering wonder could for the life ot them tell exactly how lbhappened, but suddenly, wben Hladon seemed tottering to the ^earth, when Damiens’ massive form towered above him in shrieking tri­ umph, the old man’s hands slipped from his opponent's waist to' his knebs, and, with on« supreme effort, lie lifted the burly Frenchman from the earth and flung him stunned and beaten from him. Before the madman couid move a doz­ en hands had bound him, . “ A trick of the otd ’rastllng days in Derbyshire, when tlic laris used to meet on the hillside,” Hladon said, when eager friends crowded round, to give him congratulation. This feat of Bladon’s served him weit while lie sojourned in Havana, for the riversklers were as ardent worshipers of courage nnd strength as the Romans in the height of thoir glory. But the old man did not linger to cm joy his triumph, lie turned to Wanda Arlington, who having recovered from her swoon, was standing gazing in dazed wonder at the scene. “ Coom. lass," he said, kindly. “ Tliee’dst better bo winning home wi’ me." [ to h e c o n t in u e d .1 Time Around World. The time required for -a journey around the earth by a inftn walking dnv and night without rest would im 4-is days; an express train, 40 dayftj sound, at a medium temperature, hours; eftflnon bail, 21*/ hours; light, ft littro overoms-tenth of % aeeoad; electricity, passing over a copper wlre, a little lew than ojK’-toistk of a iminu OF GjENERAL INTEREST- —c*pt? 8. JffcPhee, o f a fishing schooner, recently fished up 1, Georges Banka aeyerai pieces o f ruck, each with human hair attached. In® medical experts declqiHjatbat the hair came from a-man’s head, but nobouy ■ can expiaiu how it became*attached to the rock. , —The Chinese tea trade has been greatly injured in recent times by the increase in the use of Ceylon leu in va­ rious countries of the world. It is es5ljt mated that 100,000.000 o f tlie ChiueiW> people are engaged in the cultur<% preparation, sale, carriage,and exporta­ tion of tea, and their interests are ad­ versely affecloil by the rivalry o f other 'Countries. ’ —At the Indian school in Carlisle,, I*a., Dr. Rose, the ethnologist, is meas­ uring and examining the red-skinned students in order to get tlielr cranial and facial form. Their oars are large, their cheek bones heavy, their eyes small and their brain of good size. The results of his investigations will be sent to the Smithsonian institution in Washington. . —The vital statistics of Massachu­ setts for 181)0are.a sufficient.answer to tho people' who talk so foolishly about “ thedecadence of Massachusetts," The number of births exceeded the death's ■ by 14,249, a ratio which has never been exceeded since the registration began, ' except in 1859 and 1889. . The number of marriages in 1890 was 20,838, 'which was larger, than any previous year, —Various/ explanations have been given of the origin of the term,gray- hound, some authors claiming that the prefix gray is taken from Graius, mean- . ing Greek; others that it signifiesgreat, while still others say that it has refer- . once to tho eolor o f the animal. In no other breed of hounds is the blue or gray color' so prevalent, and conse­ quently the last mentioned derivation seems the most plausible. —One,of the most ingenious methods practiced by poachers for the purpose of netting pheasants is that in which a game cock is fitted with artificial spurs, and then carried to the pre­ serves. " Then the game bird crows, > one or two more of the cock pheasants immediately respond and' advance to fight In this way sometimes five'or six pheasants are taken, while the game c ck remains unhurt —Mr. . Fisher, of Butte, Mont, has found a new weapon of defense against highwaymen. Two ragged rascals held up Fisher on Granite street a few nights ago and were suddenly put to flight by- the efforts of a little pet skunk which he had in his pocket. It must'be a con­ siderable siioclc to a robber to put hi% hand in a wealthy-looking pocket and find only a mephitic pet there. Mr. .Fisher’s tastes in natural history are a. little out of tlie ordinary run. • —Com. bread has 'various names in different localities. The general name of tho article is Indian bread. In Del­ aware griddle calces made of Indian meal arc called corn calces. I n ’Mary-' land they are-called cookies.' Pone is tho name for Indian bread xih inch or nfore in thi.'lcnos.s and baked to a crisp crust, top and. btni jm. In parts of New England corn meal, baked intoa thick, crisp cake, is called Indian bswv nock. The Puritans, it is supposoM" learned the art of making that, brtjpi , from the Banuoclc Indians. —Of other metals which are used in coinage in civilized lati ls copper is used to quite an extent in Africa! The can­ nibalistic Niara-Niam .especially like English bar copper of ono-lnch diame­ ter. Expeditions to the territory of tho Ni im-Niam, therefore, have gener­ ally been forced to include several cop­ persmiths, and those men, as soon as the Nintn-Niam land is reached, apply themselves to transforming, the bars of copper into rings of sizes varying from that of a bracelet to that of a tiny finger ring. And so great is tho love of tlie Niam-Niam for these baubles that even one o f the small- copper finger rings (value less than a cent) would purchase a fat chicken of them. ________________ L Where Sheridan Rode, Tho intelligent reader must blush with shame to read of a young elocu­ tionist who is much advertised because of her success in England, who decided to give “ Sheridan’s Bide” before anEn­ glish audience. The gentleman who was to introduce her asked her.* “ Where did Sheridan ride to?" The young per­ son did not know, so replied; “To Hunker Hill.” The gentleman stepped before the curtain and announced: “Miss— —will recite ‘Sheridan’s Ride to the Baltic of Hunker Bill.*” This was too much for some Americans in the audience, nnd the mistake was cor­ rected. I t is no wonder that elocution as a form of public entertainment lias fallen ofl^ if this represents tlie intel­ lectual ability dt its exponents. How could any one recite intelligently a poem depicting ft dramatic incident who did not know the history and en- , vlronmcnt of that incident? Without this knowledge the reciting becomes the effort of a parrot with a trained voice.—^Christian Union. .Went JtnnUUB Out. ftmt, Kirby Stone-Hollo! Where havo you been so long? Do D. Broke—Out wosUts “What doing?" * “ Hunting.” * “ liik?” “ No, I invested some money in Dog*1 »ut City bond*, and I ’v « been huntirifc for Dtigont City.” “ Find It?” “ No."—I*'tek* I * :‘t»i