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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1897-2-11, Page 6s f • THIC SIGNAL: GIODYIRICE ONT.. THURSDAY FEB. 11 18107. UNTOLD MISERY Yk RHEUMATISM C M Liao, Water Valley, Nias., mired by Ayer's Sarsaparilla For are Team I suffered untold marry from musrulm rheumatism 1 tried every known rerilledy, consulte4 the best physi- c:tans. visited flat Springs. Ark , three times, spending lam there. besides .loctors' but could obtain only temporary relief illy flesh was wasted away an that 1 weighed only ninety-three polin4s my left Ann and kg were drawl. t shape, the muscles bring twisted up In knots. 1 et% arable 10 dress myself. except ado assistance. and mould only hobble about by using a cane. I bad no appetiteand was assured, by the doctors, that I could not live. The pains, at braes. were so awful. that 1 could procure relief only by means of hypodermic Mice - Sons of morphine. 1 had my limbs bandaged In Clay, In sulphur. in poultices, but then rive only temporary cruet After trying overything. and suffering the most awful *tethers. 1 lyrist., take Ayers Sarsaparilla. Itplilof two non nig, I was able to walk vi iseine'. In thm ree nths. my tante he to strengthen. and in the course of • •yesf„, I, was enrrd. My trete, t has increased 1. le pounds. and 1, aln eon able to do thy /WI Cay,3 Wet* an a railroad blarksmttli " AYER'S Tbe Ihily Nettle Fasr Sarsaparilla. • ▪ ---- AUFir's ItLLi et.t• 11 41u411114. 114S9N'S EXPLOITS. • STORY OF 144:10/ HE CAPTURED TWO ): • LINE OF BATTLE SHIPS AT ONCE. •.% A -4— ea Narretiveeet the Eighteenth - nails/RAU' IMI Hid • . misty. lepors Tht.Orciadfir, Ably &et.- theetett*by Dib.,,. SEEN IN -ME DARKNESS. I1.nitb """d the cheith. ItY profemtiosi I am a pit:sic-ran, prac- tioug in outs of the fewest perm cf We had get (shout halfway across the buryipg grouud when TOW *topped and pus up his fitgger. ' Listen,he someone is playing the harmon- ium.' Our village church does not Loudon, and the fact that wy work porter such a thine as an organ, 1 lios in the thick ot that great metro- I battened, and, surely enough, polls, *Imre (me isiesetb with esery eort heard the *trains, decidedly ewer . of wan, good, tinAl and inditiertne will '1 kr piece of music. ; explain that 1 have heti Jamie exceed- ' Who can it be 1' Mu, 'there's ingl) strange clams put under wy no light in the church. Leary. " It certainly struck nip lie very 1 It was towards the end of hurt year strange that somebody should be play- ' that, one night about ten o dock I re- ing in the dark. After listening for a a short uote asking me to ttill moment or two, I remarked that there ion Major Seymour at No , had protrahly been a practice rather 1 strteo, a very bustling thoroughfare. 1 'site that night, anti that old Tibbeta, 1 put on uty hat and went ethately I who officiated at the hannoniumi had Ito the bower. Here I war reeeiteti by stayed behind after the rest had gone a tall, iark ostoleinan, who conduct- to practise up done thing. and war led inc to a roow ou the lino fluor and ' playing by the light of • candle whose 'ictroductel we to my patient. 'rays were not sufficiently powerful to 1 beheld a blun, fair sout,g wsn, ap- make themselves noticed from the parently about twenty•tive years old, outaide. Nshobe ailment seemed to he rather of 'Come along,' I said, 'crabbing • mental than a physical character. Tonin arm . • we can't stay here all His brother, the dark gentleman who night.' received Inc. said that in patient was So we proceeded or, our way, and, suffering from a nervous complaint, as we peered the church door I bang- hrought on by a great *hock bleb he ed it with my stick by way of letting had received some weeks previouslythe tuusican know that he was not the As in medical duty bound, I made a only human living in the locality. few inquiries, and took the young id- The music instantly stopped- as low's measure in the ureal way. I we approached, it seemed to bi• a Wild ✓ III exceedingly struck by the hunted, sort of jig—and we turned into the t giiieti look which my patient's face path which led alongside the eastern vivre, and by the shrinking, cowed side of the church. sonar which took possession of him We were joat peering the third when I ashirensed hini. window, the lower pert of which was When we two left the room, I turn- open, when 1 stopped to relight my ed to my companion and said— cigar. The flame of my match lighted " 1 *ant to know all about your up the window end some part of the brother belore I proscribe for him. wall, ' suppoee, for suddenly 1 felt my You may ccnceal the real facts of the arm violently clutched, on looking cAar trout everyone but inc. but I round at Tom, discoyered the he was must hear them." 1 My companion bowed gra.-ely, and asked 1114• I� .o -company him to his own room. * Arriv til there, we sat ••• to was n the IMli February, 179V, tr. the memorable slava; engaggicgut wens Ohe English and tne sow - birds took pla,.• on' otos at. Vincent, on "ditch oerusi..n the flet of thija iseuntry.. under the euroniasel .4 Sir John .Jervis. afteruan EArt. sr. sent. greteel i dotasive and memor- able a vicsurs.. There- t 'oh part is the har•1 - a en .tlabt t deta, htnenof le to.'n •1 itt *Hi relrlIrp nt. ectildh 'POW toms the 4nd Dattalbdi of Welph .41Ini..11 the tra:orous t the ten.jel throuehout the battle, Her 344jenty in 1$.L"utio. grai'iospdy 1.1.4 1 10 ap- prove of t he ‘,..,rtlri 'St. in - none added t.. the distinct:ores already borne 1.11v.11 itt. regimental This ttwult wit, brought about :nattily through the instrurn. neon), H.R H. the Duke .4 .1: :iriburah. who srupp-rt- ed the 14fotto In. thi's direct/on .4 oriel Barn. ti Antes'. the ton cc eq111- *can41es the lattalion..by ev..rs• means hi bis teller W. believe wr 4 e v - ire* in stating that no other regi- ment' lb Her Majestyland. fora. !bears this engagement on ite eot,re. It Is interesting at thla distance et Heim to reran. tti. feet that th,.. Seth acted as marine, to the fleet during the year ITIC. A detachment waaon beard Nel,,t's ship. bite eiti.tgiti, when the unpnralleled o-TI'its .4 boarding am' '-irptur1n 100 115..-..f • ,nee, the one 'term* the other was per•-,erned. him,." led the brmrdere itt title daring apt. and he thus describes it In Ids own words: "'fl,.- San Nlebue- Jae lAinna up. the Son Josof fell ahead of h.•r call the Captain resumed her Station ahead ,4 thorn. and ell., along - w ide At this time. the Captain hating lost her fored-pinetat. not a sad shroud or rope Wth.i wheoh, shot away and inearosble O' further 'wryly.- In the line or In chase. 1 directed the helm to be put a starto•ard. and ceiling for the boarders. ordered them to beard The soldiera or the Oth Regiment. with sa alacrity which will vr do them credit, and Lieutenant Pearmon. of the O ntop regiment. were amongst the tore - /nom on this service. The firm man who Jumped Into the enemy'', mizzen Chains was Captaln iterry. late my *ran lieuii.nant. A soldier I 4 the Nth Regiment having broken the upper quarter gallery' window. jumped In. tollowed try myself and others as faat n e possible. I found the cabin door Coatened inI to .. era; flied their fitet,ls at its through the win- dows, out having mitst ripen the doors. nreo. and_ the Span- ish bristadi••r (commodore with dist;n- guishing pendant)f.41 a. retreating to th,t, quarter deck 1 passed with my penird. and Lieutenant Pearson nn the larboard gangway to the forecastle. where I mot Iwo nt three flpantat, of- ficers. rolitoners to my seamen. and they delivered me their sword.. At this moment lb lirss of Motels, or mus- kets opening from the admirers! stern g allery In the limn Josef. I directed the soldiery to fire Into her stern. ordering more men Into the an Nicholas dire -t. -.j my brave fel- lows to tsuird the flr.t rat,. th, San Jese4which was d.m•• in an inetant, ass nn the quarter -b.• k of A Spanish lirat-rsto--ostraysonnt as the el"r7 may seeen--Ald 1 receive the ewe 10 thr vanquished Sratnianis 1 wadi Orrrroinied by oortain iterry. Lieu- tenant Pearson (atth Regtmont) John Bykoe T'hnissiporm Frnmti, co.* and WIIDwm Irearney. an -14 .seare,,,, non m.m. and Nevem] other mem moldier," and mtiont-• Th110 til their Alm The Virtory. passing peolosted iley with three cheers.. as dill every ship • :•In the flee, At th. rinse when this doed was done NVINOVI wit, ronurreet,re and had , mienared of the ("sprain '1 'run. R. hod *1 an earlier stage of the fight a teenie, ennflict with the Santhoorria Trinidad*, of 1M rink in hoarding the Plan Whole" Private J-tm AO- "' Men (Art lontarty lattninti•h•4 him swiat by ttrlittn, the Pip/mixt, flag and laststIng the ftrItlah •edoew heInre the Nnertera had weta.hiiohol the,,,,o,,,,os es the dank 4 that stop It wen prieas. afterward, millet eerntantre, leihe t•rrvire th. annoy playletr gatiery winseees an"' Jumped l,,. followed by Name himself. , at the open window with the :mist unutterable awful terror depicteA in his countenance that I have ever seen on the ft .e of lit ing man. 1' down in front of Use fire, and Major l(bked. tgo, and I musst confess that Seymour tolo his tale in the following for a few moments ruy heart stood won6 still and my blood stewed to freeze in " My brother Tom and 1 live at my vertu; , for theie, at the open Beaclicroft, a viilsge on the Yorkshire dow was a face, white rs that of a Coast. I am more than ten years my a corpse, with string eyes and pallid brother's seniorand have only recent- lips. The forehead was nearly cover- ly resigned rely counnission in a Hused by dishevelled coal ha r, and, ear regiment, after serving for fifteen the mouth was half -open. But—it was the face of myProther's dead. wife! • Maud shrieks my brother, breaking away front Inc and springing towards the window with uplifted 1111111/1, immediately an awful look of cun- ning and ferocity overspread the face at the window, eed a diabolical laugh rang through the church. •• • Matto shrieked my brother again. sinkinit on his knees in an atti- tude of supplication. "Once more that frenzied laugh raised strange echoes in the builtliog, and then the face disapteareil. and i$ a moment or two afterwards the wild a jig on the harmonium recomnueaced. I looked towards my brother. Het ta lying senseleiss on the grass, with his arum chirped above his head in the same supplicating, pitiful way. •• With a tremendous effort I pulled ti y self together,and, kneeling down to my brother. put my hand to bin heart. To iny itaense relief I found that the shock had tot killed hint, as 1 feared, for is moment, it had done. Having: ascertained this, my next task was 1.01 get him home. I was all alone in that dismal place, which was not by tiny habitation, and itty own housewas ai quarter of a utile away. I was so ah - sorbed Waist -brother that I hardly noticed the ?orange, wild music' which proceeded from the harmonium, and the stranger. wilder laughter which ever and anon ilrownee the chords. - "1 boon decided upon a course of action. I am a strong man, and my brother, as you have seen, is but slim and slight of build, and ifo I experi- enced little difficulty in hoisting him on to my shoulder and carry him out of the churchyard. " Arriving at the 11.11 1 have al- ready spoken of, I made any way slow - 'y and carefully into our grounds, and a few minutes lister reached the house. There was a tremendous commotion among the servants when I arrived with my senseless burden. The house ken per and the maids soon brought my brother round, and while they were thus employe d I sent one of the men off on horseback for the doctor, who lived a couple of miles away. " By the time he arrived my bro- ther had been put to bed. The doctor sew that he had received a great shook and advised us to keep a close guard on him, and then, after promising bo call on the following morning, re- turned to his house " When I was satisfied that every- thing that could possibly be done had been done, my thoughts reverted to the face at the window, and I instant- ly determined to find out ail about ib. I therefore collected all my men and set out for the church, sending a groom on horseback to the parish clerk's for the key of the great door. "Noon after we arrived in the yearx, ten of which were spent in In- dia. It was while I was in India that 1 received inteiligeece of any brothers marriage to a girl flawed Maud Houton, daughter of Sir Digby fleuton„ a wen 1:nown Yorkshire squire. SEe and her lgoth;r were Sir Dighy's only chilitreo. The boy went to the bad .a! college and broke his mother. s heart, for she died souse yeas before her daughter became engaged to my brother. Weil, 1 wrote home anti congratulated my brother on his nustriage, and you can intestine my dismay and grief when. almost by re- turn of isiaii. I received a ietter from Toni informitie me -that Mewl had. ton killed in a rai,wav accident a few weeks after the wedding By the saw.- mail a letter from an old servant of the family. imploring rue to onte home and look after Maxtor Toni; who, so she inforuied haw been driven had -crazy by his beautiful young wife's awful fate. So I scut in my. papers without delay- I hail been contemplating this stop for sit.- little- -and returteel to England as fast as steam could carry me. Arrived in that country, I found poor Tom in a deplorable xtate, a -.d I 1:isresi for some nine that he would loot his reason altogether. However, 1 took up any residence nt Beach croft, and did everything I could to %tract his mind anti keep him from brooding over Mind's untimely de teas I wets congratulating myself souse monthe later on my brother's decided change for the better. and contempla ting a tour on the continent or in the ttapics- -for 1 must explain that for months After his wife's death Tom could not bear the sight or sound of a • y train, and a tour such as 1 propo.ni taking would have necessi toted a certain amount of travelling on rail ways— when soniet h g happen ad which completely un'lid all the good I had accomplished and caused Tom to become ---well, you saw his face iust row. Tom and 1 had been spending the evening with 'some neighlon, and it %vas about Inight when we set out for home, and. as we welked briskly alotig, Tom chatted so brightly and seemed in such good spirits that I gat myself a mental slap on the back by way of congratulating myself on the chime in his temperament which 1 had. apparently, successfully accom plished. When we were•about a belt • mile front our house 1. proposed that we should toke the short cut, which would neeessitate our panning through the churchyard. I made this proposi tion, I fear, somewhat thoughtlessly, for the eight of hie wifeist grave in variably caused a slight relapse in what 1 was pleased to call ' Torn's ore,' and 1 should have known better than to have taken him through that lonely hill -side burying ground at dead of nicht so soon after all that wan dearest and fairest to my poor brother lead beet, laid to rest them When 1 mime t think over it after wards 1 r000llected that Tam gave a alight start- his arm was within min. —Mem I said ' The churchyard way w4iltrive um a few Hundred yania'and took little notion of It at the thaw several fields and at iCJt. alita put le titnoui,14 4/P" acti 1 d V 0 5 luiStit41.1 intUal siaclidlsila, Imdu3S1114111111S ql churchyard, the g 111 come n op I with the key, which he had oral ob tainod with grelt difficulty from the old clerk, who could not imagine why we wanted to enter theeliouse at such an uncanny hour of the night. " As we approached the door the ••••••af ic>.04414-wcztA", SEEDSYOU WANT THAT GROW SAin woos AVID 111111/411111f The liseiliee enect• Gen ler the askiso—write tor It. Tells .bout gait and name! well. In.town betais Ntoi *FT, •I gia.ar•ialecti TNE Steele, Briggs Seed Co. LTD 1.11A01110 Id 11. Toronto. Ont. seat. 1' 01101 • •-.11/1ACIA • . •reatest S.. Iluese silence, sild a death like silence en- 111 I I the jig stopped, and • destli-like , harmonium was still tieing played, but he I thrust the huge key imp the lock sued. " Now, I confess that I felt by no means comfortable . but at the sante time I knew that if I (lid not show s bold face in the matter,tuy men would turn and run like a flock of sheep. So 1 turned the key and thrtlw the door open. As I did so a tall man, clad completely in white, and holding a lot.g rusty sword which 1 recognized as the one which usually rested above the tomb of an ancestor of ours who was buried in the church two centuries ago, rushed out and made a cut ail " One of my wen pulled me back, and the stroke [Dieted we. It was very heavy sword, iowl no. before my Assailant hot time to raise it again, I sprang forward and grappled with him. With a horrible yell he clutched tne by the throat, anri had not my nien come promptly to my amiebance I should very soon have been throt- tled. " Weil, to cut my story short, we soon overpowered him, though he fought desperately, with the strength and ferocity of a madman . and a madman ht. proved to be. On a lan- tern being held to his face, I recog- nized Tom's dead wife s brother -he anti she were twins—and then I un- derstood the whole matter. When his mother died, this unfortunate young fellow lost his reason. and his father, not liking to place him in an asylum, confined him in is wing of his own house. Sir Digby Henton only lived two miles from on, and 1' ultim- ately discovered that his son hod escaped from Cis bed and made his way to the churchyard. in which his mother was buried. When he arrived in there, a choir-prectice was going on, and, the church door being slightly ajar, he slipped in unobserved and hid in the belfry till the choristers depart- ed. Then he came out of his place of concealment and ntarted his freaks. 14e was playing the harmonium when my brother and I entered the ehureh- yard, and when 1 struck the door he lounded to the only epee window and peered into the gloom. " It was his extraordinary likeness to his dead sister that gave my brother sorb is terrible shock. We lost no time in conveying him back to his pa- ternal residence, and shortly afterward he died from the effects of the chill he caught through spending so much time in the cold church clothed only in his night-dress. " As soon as my brother was well enough to travel I brought him up to London, so that he might have a com- plete change of scene. And now 1 in- tend to begin all over again and en- deavor to restore him to his proper tate of mind. I have intentionally brought him to the busiest part of London, for he is a man who is easily dilitracted, and I hope the turmoil of this great city will help to amuse him, interest and help hint to forget that dreadful night. And, please Heaven, with your help, doctor, hope to achieve my obiect." It remains for me to finish the story. Gratio•Ily, very gradually, Major Seymour and myself effected a cure. 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