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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Times, 1890-10-03, Page 2dei n a tXmCS FRIDAY, OOTO1iER, 3. 1890. 'SA.T BOX, 'Wfio worries his sisters And team* the cat, r ! this, and for thends all Ws at]? len Who .alwalta. is huuarY -For tam and for cake, And, wonders at tim.ee That hie stomach dcea ache? That boy. Who never is willing to go off to bed. Audis troubled at sohcol-tiara With pains ]it the need— Who wears oat his stockings, Iiiasltoes awl his jacket,. ,,tta always is happy When unakin4 a raolcet P That boy. .Whose pockets are wonderful t4ights to behold, Full of stotres.atrings and knickknacks ttnre precious than .gold? But with all his odd wage, Aud his hammers so queer, What on earth should we do Ito That boy" were not here? .,. p n rolled down us know kisses and hraudiah?nentS are too often Dope of ere+ irtatie moment the inn, an artful cloak to conceal base designs, :his body, and hie limbss the trembledevin. I irr sglined at that m t; et 1 eo keeper's face bore rather a singular ex. i was cozened. aud beguiled cerement. 'contest had told lei4t>Sully Urn hits, cession. I understood better before honeyed wotds and flattering awhile n was elan the was by nomtafs aa i xbatact»d Mini p I dreamt 'tot all the whi p two hours had passed, , mysu er, I .ing a viper to my bosam—•you are not ! myself.. Bili eyes glittered With latent When 1 despatch d supper, 1 !ferocity as he shrieked, y e b was. shown into the sick matt 's chant. bet; and I3ouiface,after a few instruc- tions to me, bade me good night and left me there. The apartment was of ordinary size and situated in a H big of the buildiug where the noise and bustle would not molest the invalid The furniture was in the usual style;. but there was something very Familiar in a portrait that attracted my attention, for, after casting a glance at the sick man, who lay muffled up in bed and breathing heavily, my eye involuntarily turned to the picture. Is was the portrait of a young and 1. beautiful female that .had barely reach ed her sixteenth year, the face, beam. ling with the innocent vivacity of girl- hood, and the eyes sparkled with a wouderful degree of light and intellie genre. Riveted there by an unaccountable and ir,ysterions fascination, `I stood gazing at the lovely embodiment, al- moet expecting the face to glow with animation, the lips to part and speak, when T was startled, as a clearenusical voice, ohsetved : A. beautiful piotttre, that. 1 turned round to. discover. with no small degree of astoniehtueut, that the sick man bad partially raised himself .cheerful blaze, and:'related to me the to a sitting posture. and was also con• adventure : temptating the lovely portrait with as following exciting a ass as myself. much earls stn - The invalid. despite the ravages of disease, whiiih showed itself in his hol- low eyes and attenuated fratne, was an uncommonly hanthnme yuan. His features bore the impress of aris tooratio lineage,and his finely chiselled nose and mouth expressed strong pas• Mon and uitoontrolable will. You. feel. better, I said,,recovering from my surprise. 'rhe waved his baud impatiently. You have not answered my question. The picture—the picture, what do you think of it's Pardon me, sir. It is beautiful l You have re) idea of the orginal ! None, Sir. - t is the portrait, replied the sick roan, speaking slowly and deliberately, and faste,. ing upou me his black, glits tering eye—it is the portrait of my dearest wife. Your wife ? T repeated, My wife, Evelyn St. Croix, pur- sued the sick man ; do you notice her eye 1 I do. A strange, unearthly ekpressitin,the artist wai true to nature. She was mad when he painted iter; she died ravine mad. What a dreadful fate for one so young. Listen ; site deserved it. Evelyn St. Croix was beautiful, hut she Was weak and vain ; she was graceful as a nymph, but false—false as hell. The sick mau fell hack op his pillow exhausted by the violence of his , xer• tions ; then, after a few ' moments, be raised himself again and muttered hoarsely: It affects nit, the reiuema hranee of her perfidy. it sometimes makes the wild and delirious. Stop't. you shall hear about it—the story of my wrungs aud sufferings. You .are too weak ; it excites yeti. 1 will listen to the story some other time. No; you shall hear it now, viten.. ed the sick man, almost fiercely, 1 loved her --met her—loved her in a motnent before I had any time to ask her if etie had any affection to bestow upon hie. She was disappointed and married me, when she could not wed bu7i whom she adored.•1 worshipped iy frieir I•t ate aced of watching her and deemed her as pure as the A. BEAUTIFUL PICTURE t I was visiting en old uncle of mine ' lio lives in Bambridgeport, in a four• story brick aiansion,which I am likely to inherit. Uncle Claiborne was for- merly an settee, enterprising peddler, fond of adventure, and never slow to relate events in his personal eaperi• price. I remember oue stormy De- cember evening, when the wind was bowling dismally outside,and the snow driving fiercely against the. window panes, be stirred the log fire into u latent to sae ! but i shall win; you are deotaed al- I ant. will tear you MY fatuity phyisieiau was young ready a 1 can see it ; I and fascrnating. He had free access ' limb front lamb I to toy wife's society. He availed him i I had no oppurtnuityto reply, for, sal, f of it and made her love for him a almost itntnedietely, be resumed his vehicle to his own selfish passions I savage attach. taut the momenat try The world guessed the truth. 1 knew respite ttad saved we ; and as I w y nothing of my dtshonor,for 1 had faith 1 husbanded my strength, I was over ,toyed to perceive that ' he begait to show evident signs of exhaustion. ; but no—he suddenly recuperated with my eyes—made , wonderful power. Agetu hlews thun- laid a snare for my faithless wife and dered on my stout stick I am grad - her paramour,and slew him before her ually losing strength. I ciutnot hold eyes. She went raving mad. Siuce out much longer; and the madman that fearful hour h. have sworn a vow sees it, and he redoubles his exertions which 1 have ever kept. My weapon is struck at last from my The invalid paused and glared at me weak grasp ; 1 hear the exultant shout. with a ferocity which caused a feeling of the maniac its my ear, and clinch of uneasiness to creep over ine, my fist in one feed.e despairing effort You cannot guess? to defend from the impending stroke, 1' o. when suddenly a trausfortnation takes I will tell you. ,Every • year I have place in the in'idea►sit• Ike pauses and offered up a sacrifice on the attar of my drops his weapon , his tierce eyes re. vengeance. You .must be my victim aurae a dull, filthy aspect,and in a Btu- pid air of idiocy he reel and frills to the Btu - now. floor in a deathel"Ake stupor; his tre- mendous vitality vtanisl►edas quickly as suddenly raising himself upon his feet it cants. while his eyes flashed like two balls of At the same instant, I heard a hurried tread of feet outaile and lond fire, You think me weak—you are mistaken, I have the strength of Sam- knocking. 'pile door was burst open, son. Yon shall see. and, with the consciousness of safety, As he said this with one bound he the reaction conte. With a faint ejac- vaulted to the floor, and deliberately elation of joy and gratitude,' fell insets• locked and holtedthe door. And now Bible on the floor. the terrible truth flashed upon me that When was restored to conscions- I was with a radman,and that he had nese, Moses, I found a crowd' of curious faces around me, eager to hear frons hie completely and absolutely in his lips the particulars of, my de per- power. Oonfounded,as I *as ey this my p • startling discovery, I eedeavered to ate encounter with the madman. preserve my composure. It appears that I had literally battled with him all night. and the wormer I and your victim 1dinar exhibition of endurance on my Yes:• you cannot t escape mel he part rued for me the. reputstion of a hissed. You are n coward„ I know young; hero : but I never told anyone it in your eye 1 Call and shout to the that ,I (teed my victory over the mad - walls ; they bane ears, and will listen; man chiefly to that portrait of the every one is, asleep: no human ear can catch your cries, you aro doomed ; he! pretty girl ;mor, whenever 1 felt my -f self growing weak, a glance at the hal hal itt J ve lyn. My friends wondered at toy blindness an'i,pitted ate But fin ally a cote fell in my hands; it opened de me feel wretched. • I ewe the plain between the f3ritielj and l+reneli lin, s, His coiairades fol. lowed him with their glasses, matt. speekina a word. The Frenchmen opposite seamed; puzzled, Believing that the English, man's horse had- bolted, and that Otte rider had lost central of him, they opened their ranks to let the runavveyt through. Helkett steered. his, steed so as `to' graze the mnntjted "' gteneral on tins right side, At•'ihat instant he putt his arm around the French uaales wsibt lifted 1]im hiidily out of bis sa'Hi', and, throwing hint over his own horse's neck, turned shop and made for the English lines. When the genera -11e stall rea'.ized the, meaning of the hold rider, they dashed after him. But he had a good start,, and net a Frenchman dared to fire, fee fear of hitting the general. Half a, squad of English dratoons,seeing llrcl+ kett chased by a dozen French ofi'icers, charged them. They opened their ranks to let Halkett through, closed them up again the moment he was in. the rear, end forced rhe French.. men to turn and seek ahe'ter ' under. their own guns, Amidst the maddest cheering., Hal - !tett stopped in front of the British lines, with the general half dead, but. securely clasped in his strong arms. He jumped from his hprse, apologised; to his prisoner for the uncereinonioust way in which he had been handled, and in reply to the congratulations of his comrades, said simply,, Praise nib horse, not me. . The captured general was treated with utmost courtesy,' Horses and servants wore placed at his disposal,. and he was sent under eseort.to Brus- sels. When I was about your age, Moses,. I was reckoned the stoutest lad and the inost active young peddler in the country, ready for a tight or frolic ; but while a constant padestrain, meet. 'ing with no accident worthy of test- ing my courage and endurance, iuitil an event occurred which, though not of the character 'anticipated, was sufficiently novel to satisfy for some -trate-my Tove for personal advon. tare. I started off, one week in November with my pack ou my back, cheerfully whistling as I trudged through the lonely by -roads, where, many a travel' ler has been waylaid, ever and, anon gitarting .at some jagged stump or gnarled oak assumed the fierce guise of a lurking robber. 'rewards the evening of a raw,clnlly day I reached the outskirts of a small viila A, rejoiced to recognize a tavern ,sign.. with a fulrlength figure of La- ayett a swinging in the breeze ; so 1 ..starched inside and quite independent Ty ordered a hot supper and bed for tite tight. - T►te landlord—a burly, red-faeed in. ttividual—cocked his Bead ou tie one .side and considerately infortiied me Mats . while the but supper .;night . be 'furnished, not a bed a as to be 'lead in the house for love or money, as it was assize week, and every spare room and closet occupied. You can't accommodate me then 1 said I, much disappointed. No, replied be, decidedly. I am _sorry, y outfit' man. I can't; lent seeing gal: is .a prerty cold ntght,and no chance .of finding' gnarters elsewhere, 1'11 tike you itt, provided yon keep. watch ,aver a sick man upstairs, and you have your mapper gratisiu the bars. ilei n. stow ftr is it to the next tavern*? •f asked- after A short pause, ut leeided tM to the offer. Ten long ]Hiles. 11!^rvkerl tip the road, thought of the 'mid' whet end inlogritable farm -houses nay route, and//rather hastily con - laded to itceept//tile strange propost lets of mine host. no neo, •observed ire, as he ltd me •the supper -room, we've a man *toting lawyer, hick of a fever. Long and Loud the maniac: laughed. I felt the perilious,situation I was its yet I quailed not; everything depend- ed on my courage and srl1 possession' Quick as lightning I darted forward and eaugl.it up my wanting -stick --a stout aud knotty weapon of defense, nearly hard as iron. Come on 4 1 cried d,•fiaritly, If you wish to have a bout with me, you see I am ready. ' The maniac seized a chair and struck at me with all the supethutnan epergy of his nature, endeavoring to force me into n corner. I wisely kept in the ;middle of the room] and parried his tierce blow; with my trusty stick, blit my stubborn de- fense seemed to inspire the maniac with tenfold fury, The chair finally was shattered to pieces ; but the mad- ame quickly seized another, aud fairly rained on nye a torrent of desperate blows,whieh required flee utmost vigil. once i il- ence on my part to ward off. 1+ailittg in overpowering me, the madman,with diabolical cunning suddenly rushed to the Hearth and scattered the burning Wangle on the floor and, while cloudy of smoke rose from the burning em- bers, he attacked inn ,with renewed ferocity, I had hoped that by limy continual shouting end the din of, battle would; have aroused the household; but no oma came. A new danger inetiaced me several times the bedding took fire,but was 'promptly extinguished by the most tremendous exertions on my part. My antagonist seemed endowed with the strength of ten, thousand devils, .4. Terrible Vengeance. Hark. Cyrus ! What was that 1 Nothing, Entity. .Let we go ta. sleep, will you 1 ' For a few minnteg silence t;ttignediii the sleeping -chamber. Cyrus Winterbottom, there"s, mel e - body in the house ! I hear= a, noise. in tbe kitchen 1 Cyrus sat up in bed and listened. picture would inspire me with tenfold ( Its the cat, be grumbled dtrowsily... strength. You smile but the portrait A. cat doesn't wear hoots,. and go was, after all, the landlord's dtteghter, round opening doers. Hark 1 and the story only romantic fiction of The baby stirred and Mrs. Whiter, the. diseased brain of the madman, !bottom soothed it to rest again. I don't see what anybody wants to get in our kiteleg for, Browned Cyrus,. with a yawn. There's nothing 10 -- The picture was not, thea, the pot- trait of Evelyn St. Croix ? I asked. No, my dear boy. It was your aunt's picture, as it afterwards preyed. I heigh-ho I—to steal in that part of So you can now understand the inept' the house, is there? ration that grave me strength •to go through that fearful night in a strug- gle for life.—N. Y. World. Capturing a .tieaeral. The only prisoner made by the Eng- gliish Reserve at Waterloo was a French General, whose capture was due to the cool head and stout heart of a young brigade -major, anxious for an adventure. Baron Malortie tells the story in his bork,T'wixt Old Times and New. During the battle sevetal regiments of uasalry attd infantry were kept in reserve, under a heavy fire from the French guns. Great was the havoc, and neither men nor horses re, listed the passive tattittide to which they were condemned 'While a group of young officers in (rout of tate left wing of the reserve were discussing) the situation their at tention was attracted to a French general and his staff all on horseback, who were looking through their glasses at the Englishmen. One of the group was Captain Halve kett, a young brigade -major, mounted on a thoroughbred. S eldenly he ex- claimed : I'll lay any 'one 25 that I will bring that Trench general over here dead or alive. 'Who'll take my I don't like to leave the poor driven snow. She whispered its. my. rslotna, for 1. hardly expect hell ear that, she loved me,; and ',fool like, eight through. All you've believed- it, and adopted her carree'sed Ro ls toe keep an eye on him and protestations, never dreaming that ye 4,,et elms be dies just lettwoman loves silently tlj+3 beat, and Nothing to steal 1 There's a plateful of tarts, a pan cif doughnuts• tted.a sponge cake. • Some of your-• heigh ho—your ogre concoction Emily 1 Yes, some of my own making. Then there's all the silverware, and - He'll never get the silverware•% Emily, if he tackles the doughnuts :first. You will find his horribly die torted body in the morning— Hush 1 Bark 1 lie listened again. All was Quiet. But presently en unmistakable sounds as of somebody moving about on the fl 'ar below, aroused even Cyrus' dull, ed;senses. Steps seemed tone approach- ing the stairway. Cyrus molt his revolver out front under his pillow, climbed softly out of bed, went to the door of the room attd got behind it. first having captioned his wife in a whisper to leave matters entirely in bis hands. Softly and stealthily clime the steps, up the stairway, and in a few ntoments the dim light of the night lamp on the, dressing case fell upon tbe stalwart form of tt luau whose Thee wits conceal., ed by a maslc. Mrs. Winterbottom.screemed at the sight of him,, lilts' baby woke nnct, howled, and before the bnri;lar could recover from then►omentary confueiota into which tuts unexpected reception had thrown him, •Cyrus confronted hint , while I, was cornpttYratively growing bet `1 weaker attd Weaker.. 'My arta seethed, voite—Dents--•bane, shouted sever. palsied and my eiwam z. 'It► ,ul officers. a moment 1: tiittsht gitdvesltp- ndiiyi zilystrength The cttptalit exam;pert tris` saddle was meawly exitausteci, when, to my girds and lits pietolr,. "'+beta er]atit;ngr at f ieareat ret is , You inf'etnril wounder y., he Biased% gar 'aortahe dashed it atless I]aoe f the madmen gtlddenly Goodbye I and potting spurs to lea Iwith the revolver. NCB. CC Co<' psr'iiiay.w. IC a*antt Ciaarett An ooulis!t its New Yo, unswerit►g inquiries, saki tl 4ye glasses, as malty du, i think it adds to their pert Alice, is very hurtful, as t) of.spectttc es, when, neeclec not properly selected. lit 'The greutest enemy to 11, 'youutt .u.an is the eigarett tit disease has appeared ata( which is, dangerous, and ,a inveetigatiuu the beat autl for a loug tittle were at is steed The pallier malady it to tthe small, paper -coo, sticks, It ii now km ( cigarette eye, t.iud can be eei by long treatment. Its s dimness and filen-like g i the eyes, which appears a •at Intervale. 11 young t to Smoke ciggitret.e exec inlay expect .to be afflict( troublcrume disease ; a erelieved by spectacles. A Saloon and the One of the priucipa saloon is the uucutuf( We do not fail in who imagine that w itt abolished vice will a 1t a are not sure that tit classes do not yroduce a urds tnn ;proportion as'thi although it is natural tl should often graduate to penury;and so make worse than they are. bo'denied that there ar( winch are not horses at thi3re are as uianylYoun find eueial life end • itytiui?itig place no wile.] %,veru. Tne mbre,•cro itition y ou are not se four grog shops at 'ghat is the remedy 1 /ply Suittable lounging p drink. In winter thei doors and the duty of pulitieiV pfaiii.'` lever; see to it that. the so( peairer people is diol; Butt there is an impor the community must and that is to supply • playgrounds within tit +t "b`utrelring aud sufficien to:'permit of their bi the*.people, and sufc light to prevent '•used as the night ad city grows it should b 'tion with those who kin what spaces shout( this purpose, and th apart before the gree •makes the cost of pu »great.—Montreal .YY Qir`Tan TIMFS tb r :31st December, 1890; end of 1891—Cash. - - All test:mum m Otte of the must A'. from. tiuconsciousoeF treatment, occurred Pennsylvania Host was Williani Brazen old, who had been 1 rot wagon from vtlu trict. }le had°bees street drunk, turd'e cell he complained erten lapsed intoent, *hen received,* 'cot in the •receivitigg amination showed pulse and restirat 'Seen. after Dr. Ilei • covery that the peat • him out of the cors i ;)own came in sIl .,gave him a quiet ti -ttrltinary tone, gave •Yla►se,, it's ti very aerie ',requires ittiwediatt llf dwell. 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