The Cedarville Herald, Volume 13, Numbers 1-21

ft » ♦ mmm ‘ i ri s; Tlie Cedarvi W. H. BLAIR, CBDARVILLE , ■ ' t TR U E WORTH WINS. ■I t Isn't the thing you are doing, But the way that you do it, my friend; Hot the pourae, but tba way of pursuing On which your au'oceaaeir defend. There nrfi prizei In Wety vdcationj 1 ' ' An 4 .be. ia the fortunate m a t ' i Who trem nou'fcgcau&Sof a -,u * • 2 The music of nightingale* never Ring true from the mocking-blrd^fibroata. . It isn’t the word that you speak, frietjd, But the'stifle orjjho Ircaenihat you Wear That' lighten* a cross forem weak, friend;1' Or makes it harder to bear. ’Tie not life,, but the motive for living, Catt>graae to existence import,'-' ’ 1 Not the gift can lend worth to the giving, But the loro that ilea deep in the heart. was Some own a king’s ,cn .-la dwidgithe be ^ (M . rown, Somi orjtnan,, lelfatofthr " " c s - - - - c ■* M«lUIe.Bheld in CBA^nm xviir.4cbj^nKTE». - ’‘Mrs. Belfthorpe don’t forget the poor,'" said tlife vvbman£{jratefully: They walked dh. in sgenjgft for a few paces and then'.^iclijjurf*.Asl^dxyhaft had changed AniftGrakf' fro^a a strong womah into a cripple, if k*f “RJieumatief^ijr,” I$>lthc0rpe rep4$Mi ‘‘Shesilb a fpooftissr^tiin^and’Jisets soi over h e r usgfessi|p'5s," jf if- ■ Affiahael tojnenibereclihat%ijn had befriended ja certain iihoth< boy and mendeji his flattened clothes when his drunken" fa th a r-n e ^ tee ted him. The hoy flad gr*frn%p and got on well in t&o wprld, ijiatW had never occurred to* hint to w inder how Ann was faring. The man jfvhp forgcts God forgets everything elsej; f/ftat'fs-WPrtli remembering. He was s^rryspxv tlia t hft Juuf never done anything for.this friend ofcfold timcs^ It^ was t^id'TU'St stgn 'of sa^Pbpldg,. t h ^ J jjjjflti,,tou^h of hum^pity th a t he had known "in mil these hurry­ ing years. 4 s\7* '^ 7 : £ ; . Turning’ ft 'c«rtfop’6 f the road they ' came in sight of the old in n ,' and Michael’s memory woko'un again. Ho sa,w the motirerlessfbpy,, UK in ftlurofttfi .• O u i t ^ lU H b ’ by ia* i^efe|.bdy i$ his ow npaw li^i" ~ 4 llg fr~ tiffiittiii n il with (he low ceiling, where a bright flhj crackled merrily on w inter days and a comfortable meal awaited the hungry. assente their stej liis mi: astmeon. lie thought of seeing Aaron here. “ I fancied th a t young Fenlake la London?" he said after a pause. "He has come Jiere to rdantfge' old B artlett’s mill," '" Belthorpe replied. "And he is to be married to Jane . Cbttl-, lock in the summer, ! am told." No. more, waa said about (he Fenlakes o r the Gliallocks ftjjat evening, a#d ftt ftee&ttd ft6 Belfliqrpc fe a t hiHcudft dl& lOBptmroJo hefe 'riiuqhfof o ld!" eifeig^bdra. They talked p o lio s anjft -discftssed bisinesB matters untK it W*a time to retire for the night. And then Mic^aeL- with some alight aw kw ^ a - ness, remarked th a t he must return to ,towpi io morroW. '• •' '"1-thought we should keep you here a week a t leasts" said the.fonucr. i n a surprised tone. . . , “A week?” No, no, "BoltHoi-pe, I can’t allow,myself such a long holiday. Mrs. 'Cho&e is nervous about my health, apd I must go back to-morrow." m c » ./ “Well Chu&ft. you really do $bek oa iH y o u 'lji$ befen negleetifag tyOYirftelf. My wiie\wfo|i9Ae nCrTo^Fenft^m}Iif I looked alsyou «>," BeltliOrpe said kind­ ly. ‘‘Perhaps you can persuade, Mr*? Chasb tb come with "you into' the ebuii- ,try*’V; >• - s - ihv e '-i-" ..,“>Vwshall go to .the seaside la,(fFpn>7 Michael ["answered .with, a *preoccypieA tBitt!OT^rW^sto‘ftt'Ann , qrftke;” !* w d d ttd ^ ttin ii htelWBi&.iti; t h i c i l h i l l .'tio£ :to i^ tti^ ---in~w if TO-fl ture." , --'-r .. He lfild^^ft.five^pqpjdi^nQte on the table arfd weii^;qftic^ly;'6ii|t of the room. That suciyeh enbo’unter .with Aaron h s a r i ^ bim;^ if « » if ig ’With hnnSyaTicei: and pain. He had come here fo r peace; ' d they Michael sh< had„ not Bath* his dreams d Aaron y Aaron had taken a cruel way to avenge his wrongs. And Jan e and Olive too; they had ever been soft and merciful in the old, days, b u t now (bey were helping Aaro& to bold him fa st on the bridge And it was not the Meon th a t was run- P ipg jio n g a t their fsaW b u t aa-iTer of burning lava, red. and horrible. He was "Choking w ith Its dense fumes; ho OfuldJfel its fearful heat; ;but y e t they sibidffhotimt&im g®. TMere |was no ----- i '------- mmt on -h is deatruc- and; Ifltcape; they were 1 eavaA v Was:' s a & L I UpnViuid ha cd^ld pot evep find voice tS-uttfn a fa in t Cry. On’e rbori strug­ gle, a wild start, and he awoke'at last. The room was full of smoke. The littlephftpaher had become as hot as an ovenvaigd now and then a flame darted ou t of the thick cloud. Faint, and still iusricrpi>' "bew'Bderetl by : li;_Vi if upon $t|m rtooB. *3»0 jw is slow & TBS NAB GAVE BIN OKS STEADY, DARK LOOK. % lad, whose home larder .was too often empty. A few weeks ago he would have been ashamed of th tse humblo recollections, bu t illness and weariness h a d surely made him more tender­ hearted, and again he fe lt a pang. Af­ t e r all i t would have been well if he h ad kept Aaron a t the works and ■pared a few minutes sometimes to ta lk o f old days. But no; it was best th a t Aaron should be sent away. I t would have been impossible to retain the old friendship and give up the old love." He had chosen the short cu t to for­ tune, and it had led him through mire a n d thorns, os short cuts generally do, As for Oliver he would not th ink of her th is evening. His head was too tired to h e a r this load of memories,. The past was gone. He would do something for Ann Crake, aftd lo*k up some of the poorest villagers before he le ft the place, b u t "lover |(n d frier. 1” must be p u t fa r from him for ever. The elear evening sky smiled over­ head, the little Meon gurgled along un­ d e r the very walls of the ol(l inn, there was the same moss-grown bridge, with sm all ferns feathering out of the brick­ work, and a man and a girl were stand­ ing together,looking down into the swift w ater. They raised their heads as Michael and the farm er approached. The girl gazed at- Michael for a fijeo- oud or two, then started, and turned Sharply away w ith flushed checks. The man gave him one steady dark look and turned also. And then Bclthorpo sud­ denly remembered th a t Michael had •nee been Olivo Winfield’s promised husband. I t was no wonder th a t Jane Challock and Aaron Fenlake should dUlik# Urn sight of him. .. h in Aaron’s eyefc'had ex f■' Vsvath aiidibvtb^i eon’ been thjri.mattp hog would h ^ fe -^ ^ c u ’isti' Jht »o uuu "changed greatly, .coolness .was ^one.^. Ill-health $nd M jiv 'Ciriwe'^btoj^er.^iadl deprived him of th^it seif-iimurijrtf^'which 'had helped him t%ovbrconie manyc'obstacles. He xvas sliaken'aadwbrn, his nerves were ph t ordjtr, ,-»md h e :fptSnd hhfaseW .longing, foolishly tor some tonder yoicc, ’to"sopthtfh'im" in hw'lohellnefis'tb-night... - ^The etownedfIteftd.'ihbre flettciahthrin ev9r?J«!> .attracted his eyes; he ^almost fancied th a t it smiled, a wieffei} ’[fintto ’of'sti’btto .hie*njBg|’and turned away from it ' with “ disgust.' Them seemed to be no chance "for rest for him. lie was miserably wakeful, attd y e t aching w-lth„;W$nrines# from h*rfd:tt>;ioot. There waft'no lftdp for $Z though lie kiiew th a t it xvas not a xvise thing. to do. He had ..had. recourse to these draughts often of late. . Afier fee had swaUpWe’diJ0ie opt'a^die.J w e n tto tfib windoxv amt'tlirexv it open.' Th taairw a* sweet andcold-«inri seemed .in reftlizing.his ^danger; bu^he made a strong eitort, apd [,groped his to reviife him. vH a dot it Iflow^n .upm- his liot fnce and then threw himself, luilf undressed, on the fypd- - He meant to lie there thinking fop a feWnUpute* betoro ho closed the xvlndoxv'ftnd pp t out the light. Even now he w#s not’ tSn» <rt gfetii!njfany*sleep; the draught# had failed sometimes t o .produce the desired effect. And, to-night he xvas so xestleM mid xvidc-Axvake th a t it seemed .aftHnothing on earth could lull him into oblivion. I As ho lay there, gazing out a t the star-sown night, lie felt th a t he xvould have given much to havo seen the faces of his old friends looking kindly on him again. He had gained so many desira­ ble things th a t it xvas absurd to lie hero pining for a little friendliness from com­ mon people. Only there are moments, even in successful lives, when nothing seems so precious as those poor treas­ ures th a t wo laughed a t and threw away long ago. How happy th a t pair had looked, as they stood, side by side, watching the flow of the water! Yet it was only a very common kind of joy th a t they were feeling, and- it might have been Mi­ chael’s too.' He had held i t in liis grasp and tossed it from him; it was gone for­ ever, and he had only ju st begun to re­ alize its true value. What had he gained in exchange? Shreds of interest, given sparingly by a woman who had never loved nor been loved, barren glittering days, whose monotony xvas only broken by Mrs. Chase'* frantic efforts to get into society! As he thought o f those franticefforts, lift laughed w ith sudden scorn ot h e r and pf himself. Ho was beginning to know something about them uoxv—* those disappointed xvomen xx’lio have climbed a little way up the social ladder and then stuck fast. He had seen their frezizy when some other woman, poorer, bu t more attractive, had glided gracefully past them, and taken up her position above their heads. How pitiable this smallambition seemed to him a t th is moment', when he was weak and lonely! The simple wifely love, tlie clinging hands of little chil­ dren, the sacred sweetness of a home, xvero blessings th a t the successful man was never to knoxv. Sleep came upon him unawares; long sought, it k ep t fa r from him, but, when he had given up all hope of rest, a deep slubb e r fell upon his senses; and he lay still and unconscious with the night air blowing on his faco. , The wind was rising, b u t ho fe lt it not. Then a stronger puff caught th« muslin windoxv curtain and floated it perilously D«M the flame of the candle, which waa .. ™ . . . ____ way to .the door, jgaspip£ for breftth. ' Ho-h^d loijkcd'the door,' and the lock as js x*ery did ode. Wildly he iturned the key round an^rqund, but the door 'remained fast/closed? and the roqra xvas grouping hotter Avftry [ moment. He ,Woul|l try Jfc'escdjpd by the xvjudoxxv Only, it was impos^blc tp breathe much longer in this qireadful atmosphere, and whefl he tried to call for h e lp liiq voice foiled, and <fledj;axv£&r |n * whisper. rI t Was a ‘>e$ubl ffttotOk perish ln this xvay.^friendlemland ftl^na. There xvas no more strength left ifl JSim noxv, death xvas ^oining;ti»t;-fttid,,iBbw th a t it xvas. really near he knew tbftfc he wanted to g o 'o n living. A little while ago, life had not seemed a ’Very desirable thing, but noxv it was precious .and siyeet, full of neiv possibilities and hopes. Per- hftpft if H had pop’ been If^r tftis awful Tjttftk higxps^o live a hew fl|^;^ri|fh toned*xjrith qh^ptie* and bet­ ter purposes. Ilc m ighthave “Redeemed tlio time," if time had beeri^ granted him.. But it xvould be all oyer soon." ' Hahgd'suukvdoyrii upon ^ic floor, and hay there",""helpless and’i scarcely oottscious, when-a loud , voice'suddenly ^WJida its way to Jils dulled c^rs. Then "there was a g reat crashing of glass, and «. figure lqaged. in to the "room. Out of the burning rodtn into the wlnify night and th e clear starlight ha ’fftgs cljyricd by* firm arms. Thcrft xvas jhftfta^ptigh intxflligcnce le ft in him to make liim cling, to liis deliverer, and vaguely comprehend th a t he must hold fast while they went, down a lad­ der. Somchoxv the descent xvas accom­ plished in safety, and then Michael found himself on a heap of straw in the farmyard, and heard a g reat clamor and shouting around him. The clamor censed; he saw and heard nothing more till he. woke a t length from a long spell of unconsciousness. He was no longer' in th a t Ill-omened room with the vaulted roof, bu t in a homely chamber of larger size, xvitb a loxv ceiling. Some one had been bath­ ing his face, and when he tried to lilt his hand to his head he found th a t the trembling fingers were too feeble to be of any use. An elderly-woman came gently to the bedside and spoke in a kindly tone th a t ho seemed to remem­ ber. “Lie still,” she said, "yon must use my hands till you get stronger.” I t was Mrs. Hooper, who was nursing him, and he was lying in the best bed­ room of the old inn. The slow hours dragged along a t a sluggish pace; he could only obey the kind mandate and lie still, for he xvas too weak to move, and even thinking was almost beyond his poxvers. Yet he fe lt himself sur­ rounded by friends, and noxv and than a sense of gratitude would struggle through the dull calm, So days went on, and lie lay in the humbio village inn in helplessness and weary peace. While he xvns lying there things were going on much as usual in Eastmeon, and evexy one in the place xvas ac- qnainted with the story of his resenft from the burning room. T h at is, they 'knew the outlines of the story; hu t only Jane Challock and Mrs. Hooper knew all th a t Aaron could telL And it was Aaron who had saved Michael’s life, "Jane,” he said, “I can’t tell yon how 1 hated him when he came upon u s on the bridge. I had wanted to meet him face to face, and I had my will. I thought of all liis baseness to the poor girl in London, and if you lmd not been by my side I tl^nk I should have struck him then and there.” “Thank God I was with yon, Aaron,” Jane whispered. “Yes, thank God you are always xvith me. A good woman softens a man una­ wares. When we were walking to­ gether in the tivillghtt and you were taU dag fo feel th a t harm after bered Oliv*’i ^ ^ _ ^ and a sort o ffM H F ’istl! a bad sign when one’s hei ready to curse than to bless—a bad sign, Jan e .” "True, Aaron,” she said, gravely, "Add then, when 1 was left alone for the night, I couldn’t rest for thinking joi n # badnass, and from th a t I fell to calling hack old times. I didn’t go to bed; I ju st paced u p and down my room, (ill I seemed to see Michael’s face ex­ actly as it used to be. What a bright, fresh-colored lad he xvas! Always full of hopes and plans, and always ready to cheer me up when I was down­ hearted. And after th a t old vision of him, Jane, I saw him again as he is now—the •poor, puny man who won’t live out half his day& Instead of hat­ ing him, instead of 'xvanting to hurt him, I was broken down a t once withA, great pity. It wasn't Olive’s life that he had blighted, no, nor mine; it was his own life th a t he had spoiled and laid waste.” J an e looked up at-her lover with tears in her eyes. They were ro happj— these two simple persons—and they knew th a t no life can be complete if it has missed such happiness as their own. The, pity grew and g r e w , A a r o n continued, “ till f could not s ta y iu the house. I ’xvanted to he out under the stars, and ask Heaven to forgive me for my blindness. When I am upset 1 al­ ways go into the open air. I never lost | the habit" even In -London, though rift was little I could see of the stars there. But- here in the country, the wide sky is alxvays xvaiting overhead to help "aj man, an d 1so I slipped gently down­ stairs, and then inyfoet seemed to be draxvn along to the courthouse. i I got to the farmyard gate, and stood leaning on it, and thinking, thinking. Then i smelt tire, and ’suddenly,! saw a cloud of smoke coming- from one of the I upper, windoxvs, and1’ I jumped over the ’ " gate, and ran -and hammered ' hard on the froqt door. But, something seemed to xvnrn jno th a t no time must be lost, I knew th a t there was a ladder ip one of the outbuildings, and I dragged it out, and planted it under th a t smoking window. You know how it all ende'di, Jane. I climbed the-ladder, and found the room tilled xvith smoko and flames, shouted, but no, ansxvqr came save faint groan.' And I sprang in, and found Mieliftel stretched upon th e floor." The girl xvas trembling as she clunj^ to his nrra. She had loved him dearly al­ ways, but his deed-of daring had given him a new dignity in lie r eyes. ‘And he had been in danger,, and she might have lost.him. “Thero is vety little^ -harm done to the house,” she spid, pfter a pause. “ I xvent in to-day'* and saw the room. The furniture is burnt and the walls are blackened, but the Arc xvas soon put out. Michael had fallep asleep, it seems, leaving tlie windoxv open and the candle burning op the" dressing' table. Mrs. Belthorpe says th a t h e seemed strange There't a wide difference between tlio help that’s talked o f and the help that’s guaranteed, Whicli do you want, when you’re' buying tacdicine ? If you’re satisfied with words, you f et them with every blood^purifier ut one. - That- one isD r . PiereeV Golden Medical Discovery. With that, you get a guarantee. If it. do*«n’t help you, you have your money back. - On thiB plan, a medi­ cine that, promises help is pretty sure to give it. But it’s because the medicine is- different, that it’s sold differently. It’s not like the sarsaparillas, which are said to be good for' the blood in March, April, and May. At all seasons and ' in all cases, it cures> permanently, as nothing, else can, pll the diseases arising front’a tor­ pid liver or from impure blood. I t’s the best blood- purifier, and' it’s the cheapest, no matter how" many doses are offered for a-dollar. With this, you^pay .only for the good you get. Can you ask more? Flower “ One of my neighbors, Mr. John.- (Gilbert, has been sick for a long time! All thought him past recovery. He (vas hoiribly emaciated from the inaction- of his liver and kidneys. I t is difficult to describe his appear­ ance and the miserable state of his- health a t that time. Help from, any source; deemed impossible. He tried. yopr.August Flower and the ^effect upon ldm was magical. I t restored him to perfect hea lth 'to the "great astonishment .of .his family and friends. ” John Quibell, Holt, Qnt.$* B U N T I N G When you buy Flags you . . want the best. Government - Standard is the best; the largest flag dealers in the U.‘ . S. are G. W. SIMMONS & CO., Oak Hall, Boston,„ Mass. Dealers in Military Uniforms. Write for a Flag Catalogue. BE GRASPED AARON’S BAND IN SILENCTK. and absent th a t night, and looked very ill. Poor fellow; the doctor says he will get better, but—” “But what?" Aaron asked. “Mrs. Hooper thinks th a t he will not live many mohths. He lias had a te r­ rible shook, and he was a worn-out man before this disaster happened. Poor Michael!" F o r three weeks Michael was nursed by his old friends, and g reat xyas their surprise th a t Mrs. Chase didnot.come from Loudon. B a t Michael had begged them to make as ligh t Of his illness as possible xvhen they wrote to his wife, and they soon saxv th a t he did not de­ sire h e r presence. She was no t used to country ways, he explained, and xvas something of an invalid herself. lie had ft brief interviexv with Aaron, ju s t before lie left Eastmeon. Very little was said on either side. Michael tried to u tte r some words of gratitude, h u t he was still too weak to hcar much. After one o r txvo attempts to speak, ho grasped Aaron’s hand in silence and turned away. They never met again. | TO PE CONTINUED. 1 R «T tritn| tlt« R e ta in Thing. Passmore— So you are married, I hear? Hippie—Yes. "Gone to live with th e girl’s parents, t suppose." "No; they how come to live with me.”—Epoch. "lisdN o tieid Mr. Niccfellovr—Did yon ever some what sunny h a ir Miss Beauti has? Rival—Often. By the way, did you notice what a fiery red sunset we htri last night?—N. Y. Weekly. F L A G S . YOUNGMUTHERS! l i e O ffer Y e » « Aemedg w h ic h Mncure* S a fe ty to TAfe o f M o th e r a m t C h ita . “ MOTHER’S FRIEND” Kobe C on fin em en t o f it*. P a in t B o r r o r a n a X i* k . After nM”*one bottle of ” H u ttirr’i F rlrnS " 1 jMTcr«dtiuMlitle;miii,nnitdlcl mitcxp rlt-nco thal weekiu-rs nfterwurd uiuel In, »ucti raice.—Mr*. A nkis G age .Lemur.Mo.,J»n. l.ltlt. l?ai. Sent bjr exprenn, ehnrxes prepa'd. on receipt of price C/Cper bottle. Book to Mother* mailed Ires. 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