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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1889-07-03, Page 21.. Id .41444444p, Every Wednesday M.o*ung AT TiIEIR POWER PRESS PRIiIT1PIQ, HOUSE, Ontario Street, Cllintoltj. x'1.50 a .eco,—$1.R5 in Advance. The proprietors of THE GoDEI ICH NEwe, beving purchased the business. and plant of THE .liuiou Rums), will in future ublish the amalgamated papers in Clinton, under the title of "THE HunoN NEWS - RECORD." Clinton is the most prosperous town in Western Ontario, is the scat of considerable manufacturing, and the centre of the finest agricultural section in Ontario. Tho combined circulation of Tum NEws- RECORD exceeds that of any paper pub- lished in the County of Huron. It is, therefore, unsurpassed as an advertising medium. OrRates of advertising liberal, and furnished on application. £ Parties making contracts for a speci- fied time, who discontinue their advertise- ment,•before the expiry of the same, will be charged full rates. Advertisements, without instructions as to space and time, will be telt' to the judg- ment of:the compositor in the pisplay, in- serted until forbidden, measured by a scale of solid nonpareil (12 lines to the inch), and charged 10 cents a line for first insertion and 3 cents a line for each sub- segment insertion. Orders to discontinue tdvertisoments must be in writing tap Notices set as "RaAnINO MATTER, (measured by a scale of solid Nonpariel, 12 lines to the inch) charged at the rate of 10 cents a line for each insertion. FOR'75 ` / • $AF O R 111 eg058 ', Tug T. ] R $TORYFOF ADAM LIND. Adam Lind, aged 24, handsome, gay, and to a certain extent clever, was a clerk in the Hibernian Bank, Melbourne, a situation of no great responsibility. He reeeided a salary of £100 per annum, and out of this was suppos- ed to eat, drink pay bis landlady, tailor, hatter, and hosier on such economic principles that the bal- ance would amply suffice for the luxuries of life after paying for the necessaries. Ou the munificent income of, say, two'pounds a week these liabilities could hardly be dis- charged, so with the best intentions in the world Adam Lind aeon found himself iuvolved in financial difficulties, from which only the genius of a Rothschild could have extricated him. Being iu this comfortable posi- tion Adam naturally added to his embarrassments by falling in love, but in this case there was method in his apparent madness, for he fell in love with a rich girl.® The lady in question, by name Letty Darlington, was the only child of a rich Melbourne merchant. The lovers had met at the house of a mutual friend, and Dan Cupid being present the result can easily he guessed. It was a case of love at first sight, and each of these erdnn•t-young people made up their experienced minds that life for one would be a blank without the other. When people, no matter of what age, arrive at this stage of iusauity argument is useless, and as neither Letty nor Adpw confided the state of their mind's to a third party no advice could be given, and they dwelt in a fool's paradise of sugar candy. Quoth Adam, 'I am poor, but I love you.' To which answered worldly wise Letty, 'What matters poverty to honest affection 1' • Clearly these two fools had made up their minds to live on love, for certainly they had no more substan- tial hope of sustenance. Adam, however, had a glimmer of common sense—not.much, but still a glimmer—and ho know that an impecunious bank clerk could hardly have the impertinence to ask a wealthy man for his daugh- ter's hand, seeing he could give nothing in return • save honest affection, which is not a market- able commodity. It was then that Adam felt like Tantalus—he was in a bank in an atmosphere of money—gold and silver and pieces of paper represent- ing gold and silver were all around hint, yet he could not take it for his own. The wherewithal of wealth by which he could hope to secure his Letty dangled temptingly before him, yet he dare not stretch out his hand and take. Dare not? What a word for a lover ! Alas ! being a lover he was not wisp ; not being wise he was foolish ; and, logically*, being foolish he made an ass cf himself by taking money which was not his own, and specula tingfra Speculation being risky be failed, . and behold the result— Adam Lind, lover and idiot, has to replace three hundred pounds, with' no chance of doing so. JOB WORK. Wo have one of the best appointed Job Offices west of Toronto. Our facilities in this department enable us to do all kinds of work—from a calling card to a mammoth poster, in the best style known to the craft, and at the .lowest possible rates 1 Orders by mail promptly attended to. Address The News -Record, Clinton. Ont The Huron News -Record 51.50 a Year -81.25 in Advance. Sal' The man does not do justice to his business who spends less ,.n advertising thou he does in rent. IA. T. STSWAaT, the millionaire merchan of New Fork.. Wednesday, July 3rd 1889 BULLS AND TERSE PROLIX- ITY. I am not aware that the natural propensity of the.Irishlnan proper to that humorous mixture of meta- phors commonly known as the " bull," and that of the Scotchnian to a dry and terse prolixity of dia- logue, have over been anecdotally contrasted. But the two instances following recur to my tniud, and were personal experiences. On the first occasion, just after the bac- calaureate examination iu Dublin, I was ,driving down ou a jaunting - car with some friends. to the races -at the Curragh of Kildare. As we would say in Ireland, " it came on to rain very hard "; as would be said in America, " there was a heavy rain -storm"; and on reaching the first road -side inn I told the driver to halt, and as we, his passen- gers, jumped from the car, I said, we having . had the comparative shelter of umbrellas : " Come iu quick, Denny ; you must be wet." "Faith your honor," was his ready answer, " if I was as wet in- side as I am outside I would be as dry as a bone !" On the second occasion alluded to I was travelling by stage -coach through a Highland district of Scot - laud with my father—a clergyman, hJ -the-way—and managed tem- porarily to escape from his immedi- ate paternal supervision. Having done so, I found myself in con- tiguity with two cattle -drovers, whose conversation amounted virtu- ily to 'the following : • " Eh, Donal', and hoc are ye V' " weer That's guid." eyther." wife." ad." "No sae bad eyther." " Hoo's that 1" " She had a wheen o' sheep•" " No sae bad that." " Ay, but they had the rot." "That's bad." " No sae bad eythol •"—) "Hoo's that 1" • " 1 colt them and bought a hoose." " That's guid." " No sae guitl eyther." " Hoo's that 1" " The hoose was burnt." '• That's bad." " No sae bad syther•" "Hoo's that ?" " She was in it."—From EDITOR'S DnAwrat in Jfarper's Z'farfazine for July. MALARIAL [EVER AND CIIILI.fi are best broken up and prevented by using Milburn's Aromatic Quinine Wine. \ - What a situation for a romatic man 1 Now, in Arcady, for instance —hut, then, we don't live in Arcady—therein lies the whole problem of crime. When a man is in trouble let him always go to a woman for advice, Why ? Because women, having a natural instinct of cunning, akin re that of a fox, cau see their way out of a difficulty sooner than a man ; there- fore, Adam, dull brained and harrassed, seeing no way out of ,his predicament, went straightway to St. Kilda to confide his ,troubles to Letty. Max Darlington, Lefty's 'father, was the possessor of a charming house in St. Kilda, and having such a house, plenty of money, and a social soul, the last being moat requisite for genial hospitality, gave capital dinner parties, and on this special night, when poorAdam wanted to confide his follies to the woman who loved him, her father was giving a dinner party to which Adam had been invited. IIe arrived accurately attired iu evening dress with a pleasant smile and gay man Ler, all a mask, poor soul, for the hell which raged within him. Within a wook he would have to replace the stolen money, or face a judge and jury— horrible alternative, .and yet he was obliged to smile and smirk blandly to hide the mental agonies which his crime was causing him. Max Darlingtou, tall, stately, and wonderfully purse•proud, re- ceived Adam with courtesy, suave and smiling, never thinking that this young man dared to raise his dyes to the daughter of a merchant prince, and that one, himself, • Letty was delightful on this night—_fair haired, dark eyed, and vivacious—shallow as far as acquire- ments go, for site was not a Girton girl,. ;but wonderfully' etarp in IwQr101y .nlatterat Not ' 4f the portico or of Athenian groves wes the wisdom of Mitre Letty Darling- ton, but she had a shrewd nine- teenth centuryfewiniue knowledge, calculated to steer her coursead tnirably through life. Adam did not enjoy this dinner —how could he, when from the soup to the dessert Letty was monopolized by a dark-haired sea- man, who was the eaptaiu of a ship then lying at Williamstown. He was very attentive to Letty, and she, alae, for the constancy of the female sex, seemed to rather like it. Adam was very angry ; this sailor captain, William Francis by name, was handsome, though very haggard looking, probably due to dissipation, and he seemed to admire Letty. - No man likes another to poach on his preserves, so poor Adam waxed very wrath at this son of Neptune. After dinner came hie reward. The ladies r•ot'd to the draw- ing -room, Letty throwing a bright glance at Adam as if to console him for social neglect, and as the gentle men were chatting over their wine, Adam placed his chair next to Captain Francis and commenced to talk, au attention which that gentleman seemed in no wise to relish. 'What is the name of your ship,' asked Adam, fingering hie cigar- ette. 'The Pretty Jane,' replied the sailor, in ruthert surly tone. "Loudon to Melbourne ?' 'With variations to New Zea- land.' suppose "yon have at largo crew 1' questioned Lind. '"The captain looked fierce. 'Yes !' he replied shditly. 'Sailors run away sometimes?' remarked Allam, with a view to keeping the ball rolling. The effect was peculiar, ivasmuch as the captain turned pale, then, recovering himself with u • great effort, laughed somewhat uneasily. 'Sometimes,' he assented ; 'in fact, one of , my hien, a Swede, Peter Jeuson, loft me yesterday, and I can't get hien again—I wish I could—I'd make an example of hire.' 'i'in sure I hope you will find him,' said Adam, politely, and shortly afterward they joined the ladies. In the drawing-room—babies and scandal. Lefty, being a maid, only conversed on t110 latter subject, but, not liking the. topic, returned to the piano and the 'Lioder Ohne Worts.' This is not calculated to enter- tain one's guests, but with scandal and babies Mendelssolin is super- fltious. Consequently, Letty's guests were not bored. The gentle- men entering the drawing -room were received with a sigh of relief by the ladies, scandal and babies both being played. out—wonderful to relate—fie the• former is eternal. Captain Francis made straight for the piano and•Letty. 'Woman's cunning again ! She took the arm of Adam, who happened to be conveniently near, and smiling an apology on the dissatisfied captain, the artful Lefty and the gratified Adam went off to the conservatory. Flirtation and soft nothings. No, quite the opposite. Serious businbss on Adam's part —later on, on Letty's. The said Letty not suspecting trouble, 'You seem dull to -night, Adam ; what is the matter ?' After this came the deluge—a woman statuesque and pale, seated under the green leaves of a palm, and an excited man striding up and down and talking rapidly in a low voice. 'I'm a fool—my God . what a fool ! I love yon, Letty, more than I can tell you—believe me or not, as you please. I am poor. You are rich. I thought, and still think your father would not receive me as his•son-in-law, and I was anxious to make money. I speculated and lost—lost—all—all." Not tears exactly brut vary near. 'But if you have lost the money you will soon get it again. You can at present live on your salary, and later on get your money back again.' He laughed bittely. 'My money—no, you do not in the purity of your soul, understand —my money -no, it was not mine —it was the bank's.' Strong drama. 'What do you say ?' ' 'I have taken £300.' 'From tho bank funds 1' 'Yes.' 'You were in a position of trust, and you abused it ?' `God help ore, I did—to win yon.' The r•eservatiou was flattering to a woman's vaulty. . 'You despise me ?' said Adam. 'No, God forbid I should do so— I know you yielded in a moment of - temptation. We are all weak when the trial comes, but—but—I must save ':tnposaible- :bow 'By replacing this. money.' 'You Tklt now 'I calx --themanager of the Hi- bernian Bank is friend of my father's, and of mine. I will pay this money back to him and you will be saved,' 'Lotty 1 Letty i I can not accept this sacrifice.' '.It ie no sacrifice ; I love you, and what is money to me, compared with the happiness of my life ?' 'You despise mer 'Let him who can cast the first stone have the tight to despise— not me—not me'' `Good -by Letty,' kissing her v_ ioleutly. 'Where aro you going 1' 'Anywhere.' `Stop, or I will alarm the house.' 'Good -by.' Adam disappeared out of the window of the conservatory, and Letty fell back in her chair in a dead faint. PART II. Letty acted with promptitude and decision. She had by some means to pro - euro a large sum of money, and did not like to ask her father, as he would then find out Adam's folly. Hero was a dilemma, but Letty's wit came to the rescue, so she went straight to the manager and told him all. As might have been expected, lie wanted to dismiss Adam at once ; but Letty dissuaded him from this course. 'Ton the manager pointed out to her how foolish it would be for hur to marry -euch a man, to which replied Lefty :— `I love him, and I'll marry hila, 11 hatover lie may du.' 'But this is folly." 'No doubt, did I not know that Adau1 was guilty in a moment of weakness. And if you replace this money and condone the past he will uever do it again. Arguments, persuasion, threats, were all throw away on this intractable girl, so at last the manager gave in and told Letty he would arrange to pay the money. This was rather a risky thing for him to do, for it was tantamount to compounding a felony. At all events he agreed to do it, and Lefty went away satisfied that Adam was saved from the consequences of his folly.. She had not seen hien since the previous night, so drove .to his lodgings, thinking he was ill as he had .not been at the bank that morning. • • Wet extraordinary ! Adam had not been home all night, and Mrs. Meigs, his landlady, -•said she had not seen him since he left on the previous•evening for St. Kilda. • Letty' began to suspect something wrung, as his demeanor when he loft her in the conservatory was not reassuring. Injuries were made in all direc- tions, and in a very short space of time the disappearance of Adam Lind was the universal topic of con yersatiop. Thou a discovery was made. Some boys playing on the beach at St. Kilda found the body of Adan Lind with his face mutilated so as to be wholly unrecognizable. Identified by the clothes he wore, and some papers in his pocket. Suicide or murder ? Some people inclined to the former idea, but most to the latter. All the money and jewelry of the deceased had been taken, so that the general opinion was that after leav- ing Lotty Adam had walked down to the pier to refresh himself, and had been waylaid and murdered. The affair caused a great sensation, and Lefty became very ill. She also was the heroine of the hour, owing to her connection with the unlucky Adam, and her portrait was in great demand. Max Darlington learned all the facts of the case connected with Adam's crime, and congratulated himself that he was now ritj, of such an undesirable son-in-law. No ono else, however, knew of the em- bezzlement, as the manager, true to his promise, had replaced the money, and the whole affair had been quiet- ly settled. When Letty recovered again she had a fixed purpose iu her life name- ly, to hunt down Adam's murderer, but the difficulty was to find him. She, however, determined to do her best, and although her father tried to dissuade her she interviewed a detective and gave him her orders about the matter. With a determined woman on his track it scorned impossible that the murderer of Adam Lind would suc- cessfully effect hie escape. It was now three weeks since the Ending of the body, so there had been plenty, of time for the assassin to get away; but seeing nothing defin- ite had been discovered it was more than .probable that ho had remained quiescent iu ,Melbourne, instead of betraying himself by flight. The detective, whose name was Wilks, found out that a roan, evid- ently from his clothes a sailor, had been seen leaving the pier on tho (•.. . 1e . , R. 5 1 ntglat in guea:ttona 8Q Letty' ,as/{ed: taaptai.n Fr!'snols if he could help her in ly why. " I amalafriad I can not," replied the captaip, "as I don't know all the sailors in Melbourne, and besides this ma.n way not iavo beep a sailor et ell." , - . "I thought one of the sailors of your vessel ran away a few weeps ago." observed Letty, shrewdly, "Oh, yes," replied Francis, indif- fereutly. "A Swede, Peter Jensen, but though he was quarrelsome en- ough, in all conscience, I hardly think he would commit a crime." Lefty thought a moment. "If this sailor left your ship," she said, "he meet have been hard up, and, perhaps, followed you here to our house on that night to ask you to take him back. If so, when he was lurking outside, he must have seen Adam leave the house, and committed the crime in order to get money." "A very admirable theory, but hardly probable," said the captain with an effort, "but you had better look for this sailor. I'll give you his descripton." He did so, but, in spite of all efforts, no trace could be fouud of him, until at lard Wilke discovered a slight clew. Thinking the sailor might have pawned some of his ill-gotten gains Wilke went round to the pawnshops and found a ring which she recog- nized as onede scribed by Letty as as having been given by her to the deceased. The pawnbroker said it had been pawned a week previous by a rough - looking man with a light beard. He seemed very poor, and would probably come again; so Wilks watched the shop night and day. His patience wamewarded, for the man carne to pawn a watch, and was arrested at once by the detective. He made a struggle 19 escape, and. seemed greatly agitated, but the watch being recognized as one be- longing to the dead man, his protes- tatiuns of innocence were totally disregarded, and he was lodged iu prison. Letty went so see the man who had killed her lover, and her soul was filled with an unholy joy at the achievement of her purpose. He was a tall slender- man, with a thick yellow beard, and he turned away his head as. Letty entered the cell. She said nothing, and was turning away,wheu the man stepped forward with a cry, and pulling off a false beard, turned his face to the light. With a' shriek the unhappy girl fell to the floor In a faint. . In was Adam Lind himself. PART 1II The terrible drama 'vas becoM- ing- More mysterious every , day. Adam explained that, thinking he would arrested for the embezzlement of which he , had been guilty, he went down to the pier of -St. Kilda with the intention of drowning himself, and found on the beach the body of a man dressed in sailor's clothes, with his _ head fearfully mutilated. Thinking he saw a way of escape, he changed clothes with the corpse, and, taking his own money and jewelry, fled with the intention of leaving Melbourne, and writing to Letty when he was safety. Soon, however, he saw in the newspapers the full account of the crime, and had been afraid to leave the city, dreading discovery. IIe pawned his jewelry, and had now been hunted down by the very woman whose fixed purpose it was to avenge his death. • Letty now saw the terrible positi- on she had unconsciously placed him in, for Adam Lind was formally charged with the rimier of the Swedish sailor. Curiously enough it turned out to be the very man of whom Francis had been speaking at the dinner, The name was mark- ed on the clothes Lind had taken from the corpse. So, in trying to escape the charge of embelzlement, the unhappy man had rendered himself liable to the charge of mur- der. 11'hibe affairs were in this position Francis asked Lotty to marry him, an offer which she refused with scorn 'Yue will not marry me,' said Francis angrily. 'No, never.' 'You can not marry Adam Lind —a murderer.' 'He is not a murderer.' 'To all appearance he is,' sneered tho Captain, 'but if I saved him will you marry me.' 'Yee; save his life and I will marry you.' The captain bowed and departed, upon which Letty, struck by a sudden thought, went to Wilke and told him all about the Swedish sailor and the way he had left tho ship; Her woman's quick instinct sng- geated,an explanation. 'I believe,' saki Lotty, 'that Cap- tain Francis murdered him,' '1inposaible,' said the detective; 'Captain Francis, according to your own statement, was in your house all the evening.' This is true enough; but Lefty eieeesnememgaweeiememammems diettlactly held to., her optni~oan that; Francis 114 sptrgotllino to ti'o, with' the death of Fettr Jeuaacl. Wilks morel forthwith to Ole 'Pretty Jane,' .seed made iugtritiea, the result of which weI•ta that alis- potttances looked blitek ugainstCOP" lain Francis. It appeared he had reptinrauded the sailor,wh,o retorted insolently, at,d that sante bight the, sailor disappeared. I''raucis stated that he had run away, but it was, rumored among the crew that Jen- sen had fallen overboard, 1►e some of them had heard a splash. No aper however, pussossed sufticient evi- dence to state any' case, and Lbw affair seethed as it it would blow' over, but fur the 11isu,rury ut4Adatri= Lind in the clothed of •the dead, man. Lolly, however, stated her opinion" and italic of the pope's took her view of the case, Lhe tesult ut u lit' was that Captaiu Francis, +a' things were guttiug, uupleasautlyl1 warm, left the place and went elto South America. Lolly was in despair at her in- ability to prove the Captain's guilt' and Adam's inuuceuoe. when she cue morning received a packet left fur her by the Captain to be dt- livered a week atter his disuppeal- ance. It was a confession, and it saved Adam's life. Captain I iancis stated that the' Swede had been' drunk and abusive on the 'day prior to his disappear- ance, and es the Captain was coating on board at night tried to stab hila. Francis struck him 1s 116 a belaying pin, nut intending to kill him, but un finding that he had done so, he threw the body overboard to conceal his crime. It had evidently drifted with the tide over to Kilda and was stranded ou the ballon. This confession being made pub- lic Adam was released, and shortly afterward went to England on funds supplied by Max Darlingtou. Did Letty marry him 1 Yes. A year after the events described she btcame Mrs. Lind, although her frolic'stiongly opposed the match. But Adam 'vas not worthy of her? No ! But a 11•Ulnarl eau see no im- perfections in the man she loves - So Letty married him, and Max. Darlington relented. Adam turned out a better hus- band than was expected, which proved the influence of a good • woman's love, and also his terrible experience had taught hien a' les - 8011. - AN OLD MAN'S AMOUR.. THE SENSATION OF THE HOUR IN TORONTO. It is said that old age looks for- ward to the next world with its joys, but that Mr. Luppin,"one of the oldest rosidents"of St. Mark's ward, 'Toronto, decided to take what pleasure there is to be obtained here before departing hence seems to be pretty evident from the re- ports circulated" by the people of that district. The story they tell is briefly as lolllows : It appears that the old man, who has already passed the allotted three score and ten years, and whose wife is still living, about seven or eight years ago cow ceived a very warm affection for a certain lady of his acquaintance, whose husband, by the way, was also living. As .time wore on the old man's attentions to this person- age became very demonstrative and the lady's husband, being not at all pleased at the course matters were taking, sent several letters to Lup- pin, asking him to discontinue his amorous proceedings with his wife. His communications, however, had but Little weight, and the man, driven at last to desperation by the alienation of his wife's affections, committed suicide. Tho coast was R now clear for the old gentleman, and as day passed day lie devoted more of his time to his new lova. But a few weeks ago affairs took another turn. His family, becom- ing extremely annoyed at his unbe- coming conduct, made things v lively for hien at home; eo "' ch, indeed, that Luppin saw that to con• tinue in his old way and live in harmony with his family was simply impossible. Without the slightest intimation to any one, he suddenly departed a few days ago for Now York, whence he left last Thursday in company with the object .of his affections for Europe, intending to make an extensive tour, for the ex- penses of which he had amply pro- vided himself by converting certain mortgages which he held into ready cash. The affair is made all the. . more ridiculous in view of the fact that it is not three months since the old man had an urn amputated at the General Hospital, and when discharged from that institution *as informed by tho doctors that he had not many more days for this. world. His family, who aro Held in the highest esteem, feel the greatest annoyance at their father's con- duct. r