The Wingham Times, 1898-09-30, Page 71.11.1IE WINiflAtiel rftivItS, SEPTEMBER SO* 1898.
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Alk'NAJD QRQ61-11
aft interval in the lumber trade at noeli.
t sister. The signature of this Davie gave
very indicatitm of having been written
by tho solt-same penman who was Duct!,
7 ley, Randall, Alla Com by turns.
But Cis -re were still other MIMS, and
the slimy trail of the same sorpeet
' "was over them all. It was stated that M
the early -part of the winter on attempt
•. bad been amide at Albany,. New 'Yoels„,
to (tolled simultaneously three drafts
! through the agency of tho American
Merchant's Union Express. These in
-
• %stria:wilts, also, were from Western
'S0111110E3, and agereented a total of more
than two thousand dollars, which was
7 duly remitted to Albany for account of
thepresenter, rt Mr, 0. H. Rugby. Hap-
. idly, tho express agent in time; city was
patioularly scrupulousin the matter of
• identification, or else the forger was re-
; miss in his preparations therefor, and
!, the money was refused to him and sent
', back to New York.
* • As it subsequently transpired, 'the dar-
ing's -windier had promptly followed; and
learning, at the company's central office,
• ; that the money woe to • hand, professed
: his pleasure thereat, and promised to ob-
tain a more satisfactory identification in
• the metropolis itself. On arrival he had
gistered at one of the leading hotels,
and thence he sallied forth next day to
; the warehouse of H. R. Olefins ,Se Co.,
:;prominent wholesale dectlors in dry gonds
. To the senior of that firm he nate pre-
; 'Isonted a, letter purporting to come from
sta custoMer in Kansas City, Mo., and in-
: %reducing the bearer, Mr. C.. H. Rugby
. ;Of the same place, as an intending pur-
, et:laser. Mr. Rugby, said the letter, was
'...t.bout to open 0 new store, and as a rep-
, ..
eetteble and rising young merchant was
'*xecommencled to tho kindly littention of
,stito geeat wholosalors.
In natty little speeeh, Mr. BugbY,
'Itiniself stated that he must defer his se-'
;election of goods till the afternoon and
g.,11iorrow, as his funds were still lying at
-ithe office of the express company,througli
.!,•!tsvliieli he had fer safety remitted them. .
L'I have already endorsed my drafts, •
tffeir. added the plausible Mr,
.1*aluglre, "and if you will send one of
serour representatives With lue to the ex.
.'press office, to idelltIfy 2110, 1 can draw'
n'tho amounts, and then we proceed to
";•bueinciss.
"Certainly, my dear sir, was the reply
ssof the merchant, as he looked once more
'efroin his visitor to the open letter: "We
isSalwaye like to accommodate our western
friends. I shall just drop a telegram—
. , pro forma, you know—to Smith & Co.,
eof Kansas City, to see that their intro-
duction is all right, and as we Mall havo
an aTIS33'er in an hour or two, emu will
, plenty of time tf) realize your funds, ani
, select your stock."
"I shall eall in then, 1 suppose, abase)
no o'clock, sir?" was the question or
the now uneasy forger.
"Say two—two o'clock,. Mr. Bugles',"
.32,51A701:041 the cautious old merchant, "vie
. are sun.: to have a telegram by that
Mr. Itugies looked thankful, and went
tut humming a tune—but entirely forgot
to return again. In due course the tele -
Aram Was answered from Kansas City,
; Messrs. Smith & Co. repudiating the let-
' ter . of _introclatetion.
From Pittsburg*, Po., where our swin-
dler had 'been known as Robert D. Dud-
ley, now came also the first few Mots of
:a dolinItepersonal bearing. They were
!,,containod. in a response from Mr. Snively
, to the renewed application of Mr.
Bangs for all particulars that could be
; 'gleaned ,of the forger. Prom these it op-
' _reared that Dudley had been some time a
resident of Pittsburg, and married, while
. there a MISS Greenleaf, of Allegheny
_City, a flourishing suburb of the first-
,. oat -tined place A 'sister of the same Miss
•sOreenleaf, with her husband, De. Marsh,
:swore still tosidents; and Dudley and wife
Oised frequently to dine with them after
the inarriage of the latter. The forger
was last engaged in the preparation of a
S-4eity direttory—being pretty well known-
' as its intended publisher—and found no
difficulty whatever in collecting the La
Crosse draft. Immediately thereafter.
...both himself and wife were missing ftrun .
',!Pittsburg. To this infermation Mr.
appended a more minute 'descrip-
tion of Dudley, which had been revised
by a Mr. Loomis, on insurance agent, to
whom the ."direetory man" was person-
, ally well known.
, Once more Mr. Bangs Was struck by
the general ,conformity with the descrip-
..eg',tinie of Cono and Randall. Nor did the
auperinterident fail to make a note of the
hGreenleaf family, as 0 possible chie to
• the whereabouts of Dudley, if the trell at
ltedrook should prove to be inoffectual,
But the intoreourseef the superintend -
tent with the post -office authorities at
--Washington was that which brought
about the most agreeable results of all.
:lifts first proceeding, as determined, had
;been to communicate the outlines of the
• forgery eases to Mr. ,T. L. McPhail, of
the department of Special Servicogand
setts inform hint of the part we had under-
cntfaken in regard to the forgers.
On the reeelpt of this strong coninitini-
- cation, Mr. McPhail held a coulerence at
ti national capital with S. B. Cloehean,
'sq., - Chief of the Bureau. of Mail Depro-
slations. As it result, be Was authorized
.lio inform Mr, flange that an investigin
thin into the loss of some- 'Of these very
drafts had beesi institteted sortie time
, before by Mr. 3. S. Eltvell, Special Agent
,-of the post -office at Chicago.
4..ncety graeiousletter eif introduction
to this Mr, Elwell was also forwarded,
• In which the (=victim of Mr. Cochran
,was expressed, that.EINVOI woulti findit
philltahle frt. • act With .Mr. Pinkerthh.
Thikwas.only .given ait an opinion, hows
. ewer, and was not accompitnied by any-
• itistrnetiOns from the chief to his stibor-
dattath. . Who letter VOA at once tranamit
ted. to ino at Chicago and to Me. li'renils ;
•
•nerea, to wimp), Ttionate alse ei.id
Warner, My superintieulent at headquar-visit, eould make out. entirelytto his own
tors, was intrtisted the delicato. mission of seeisresokUs whether the geittlemon was
using it to good purpose. •I eeriously anxious to have bee epeoi-
mens hastened. forward; Or 114,
CHAPTER XI. Nor was Wylie design oi Mr, Thomas
One of the fleet ideas of the suphrin-; that they ehouldlice Dan Dr from either
tif these worteleeesnerlutp., was not to he
ntepteliencled; but the 40 so at .issue was.
far tea great to be bit?tothe hazard of
from buremeratie sources. Wiee pie, civeu 0 rustle's. penetrteflon. • The flight or
View Iti had written, to Cloyernot'Weeh. escape of Weles, tlyough any inclisere-
s an irreti:loyable clis
tendent after arranging his programme
ii l'hilltdelphia, WIN to autieipate, as far
as possible, a • refusal of information
barn at 141 Crosse • and to the othet Simi (0)- Ms inve Pan -, our detective would,
tankera and first, holders of the drafts, to hove lhols'ed Wel
numb() tho mot, day and hour on which .: grace . . .,
the: letters containing them had been, In tho comae of the afternoon the offi-
mailed, add tho address of the Parties iti- cetthad returnea to the railroad depot,
the East to Whom they had been sent anironanagea to engage_ ip eon-store:akin
Thesh details wore furnished lilot as to ahotashis missing box. with the dapper
four of the drafts,. of which one was filet little express agent. While the 'chat was
known to have boon forged by Cone" • inpeeteress, young Wales, the 'telegraph
Now, taking into account the origin and .operator, walked in from the instrument
destinotion of the several Jotters, Mee goons and cheerily exclanried to his
Bangs could at once determine that they 1 • ,-
, . .
Must have been, stolen, either .1.1t the, "Tone, I've just got a' diepatch frnin
post-effiee at Toledo, or at somepoint our Willie; be'a coming up on, the,
to the eciat of the city; for they lied all `Eight -forty'!"
originated in. Toledo itself„ or evoinci • The expressman -sledded his congratulit-
taleo through it on easterly route by the tions,,and the youth hastened into the detective would reflect; "and he would
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Rail- village', with the open telegram in his' go swaggering 'and- lionizing around that
road. Bat the very fact that theybad not • handl .no doubt to exhibit its contents to , blessed *tillage, Wifit not a shadow to
All originated at Toledo, but at ono or • the other me:ribers of the family. ' take care of him, and not it creatute te
two points further eastward, indicated ' Mr. Thinnai didn't loiter much longer • know when be gives himself awey I Too
almost beyond doubt that they were pur- in the vicinity of the depot. He ended bee! too bear, • '
., .
loined while in transit. This pointed the to moderato his eager expectancy, and to In his profeesional • angelsh Del:Idly:1
stmerintenclent's suspicions, as a matter ; await iv• trangnillity the momentous Thomas receivedeiime comfort from a
of course, to the postal anents and trienS, ; "Eight-fOrtyunt
." The bunter! quarry in telegram _which I new sent himm
, fro
mitting clerks on the route just mu , whose pursuit he had •set forth was now Chicago. It was to the effect that . my
But this field of investigation wasIft . almost at baud; and like the huntsmenhome. superintendents My. Warner, wOrild
tber narrowed down by the facts pertain- • after--nienuer game, be hati:all, the febrile . soon join him at Yarmouth; that it war-
ing to ono of the Cone drafts. - enthusiasmof the ..chase..- Ino meelticled rant for the arrest of Wales was in cone
This instrument, which 'evitS- 'put "in: . Plano, ko• took frtnn 1113 ,ponket. my most ternplation; and: . 'that parties would be
for collection at Philadelphia, Pa., oii reeeet telegtani„ and careftilly re -perused . sent froni the Best, to identify him. In
:tannery iteli, was' now ascertained to, its pithy instruotionsi-;-•.- • . -'
' . e, .
have been mailed. • at • Toledo on .Tanuared •-• "Usti edditiorial -centime" at Rediocle. the. Agency,et, tidtimethe impreesien
was seinewhat general, that. he Ihre.6 'he
the 7th, just' forty-eight home; before'. ,Telographinstantly Wales's •arelenal, .Get •Randall; ivhile from 0 edinparisen with
Had it gone the entire way to Bostoris good spat -on ' hien, gala then sbadow !theffescriptionS he bad obtained, Thamae
Erma, Yarniouth with' untiring Sigilaece; ' had deoldedifor I
its proper destination, it were easy' to graself that he was Mad-
sen that it could not have been remedied. Note" Well- his associates and Movements, ley. I have already commented, however,
there, or even carried by the 2orge:p.*14mi. especially on arrival and departure .of ou the fallibility of personal descriptions,
reach Philadelphia within the period tra, -, ns ! - • ' • • , • • - ' • - particularly those from an unprofessional
named. Hence came tho conclusion that•
-.9ALLAN.PD.TEERTON." • sources • .
theletters must have been stolen between - - . Thethird- utoenin s from the returr.
Toledo and Albany, at which latter (AO Neither W. R. Pis' Wiil-es nor any of his - • ' 1. *1 • • ' '
of Wales, Mr. Thomas sauntered int) the
welhominn 'trio d- tool- notice that e on -
the' mails for New England diverged .t' 11 ''' ' . . . v depot at Yarntotith, when whom Mould
from the main route. • lug 'of tho quiet 'young man who . was
•aniongst them on • the -platform 'of : the be see stopping off •the Bedrock train, but
But, further eset: Supposing the fore*
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JOBINT 120AI11147.4%
delicate matter.. The great" importance of
not alarming Win tad. -been sufficiently
impressed upeit but 'it Was equally
incumbent 011 hil11 "t0 Obtain information
There's an .organ in the parlor,
about 11141 Inoveinents, Tbe manner,there-
tore' in which Wales would &port him- JOSS tO give 1110 11011$0 a toue.--G le.ti-
self among, his Bedrook heighbog; became stone.
a subject ef special anxiety to the officer, Palaeontology implies spontaneous
That he was a shrewd alai daring
there wite now ;every warrant for
lleving; but. hto uUt tile proof transpired
he- geineoriavvtia78,—iii.'k2ettelel,74eFwiela.ndersoro
that b0. was oleo' beastful and conceited Solace brand) before eetting; ouStot
fops the Ilouse.--4.1dward
What W118 •znora,Siittety-, .then, that in
Strike a Man au' ilIerenCI It woman,
this latter character he would deeply. be-
tray himself at the village? And how vgas
the Agency' te learn of- Ms imprudeneies?
Who WaR to take advantage of Ma self-
criminetions? These were teflections that
distressed oneriltive Thomas enceedingly,
conetrained-ae he won . by; pruthintiel ma-
. sans to keep alonf from" Bedrock, and
privileged to do little. snore than watch
the railroad which was its eastern outlet.
"Ho is among hie friends now," tho
....•••••••••••••••
to have storted south from silhaneen rho
..margen of time left to reach Philaclei-
phia, aud inimipulate• the forgery, 'would
still bo inadequate. The nestunnticin• be,
halm inevitable that the dratt• left the
Lake Shore mull route ot p point ftirther
west, most probably at Cleveland or Erie,
from both of which dace there were7lines
direct through Pennsylvania.
"Those letters have been stolen from
the inttil cars between Tol6do and Erie,"
had now became the verdict of tho'ineia-
.ive superintendent
Planting himself on this theorY,
Bangs made a polite application to the
department at Washington, to be fat-
niSlICut with tho lists of mail clerks who
did duty on the ears of that route on the
four dates he had selected, Through the
good Miens of Mrs. Cochran, four lists,
corresponntling with the four dates, wore
forworded to him, each containing the
names of four postal clerks, which was
the quota, cletailen for that special ditty.
Now, here was a revelation. Out ofthe
total of sixteen names, twelve were of
different clerks, none of whom chanced
in any two of the details. A „thirteenth
name, on the contrary, nets present in all
four of them It was that of one James
Hobart
That this postal clerk was with the
mails, on duty, on molt occasion wheu
one of these draft letters was stolen, was,
to say the least of it, a very singular
coincidence.
I return, then once more to tho "Great;
Northwest." When Mr. • \Varner, armed
with the letter of introduction from
Washington, presented himself ab Chi-
cago. to Special Agent Elwell, he fetuni
that gentleman to be both practical end
aocomnioclating.
The movements of one man, itt partic-
ular, be said, had been closoly watchea.
Mel so many suspicious circumstances
attached to him, that he felt morally cer-
tain of his guilt. Ono of these was, for
instance, that he had come out of his
mail car one night on the platform at
Cleveland, having inst put a bunch of
leters in his _pocket, and there stood wait-
ing for a while as if somo one had nen
pointed to meet him. No person appear -
int, he returned to his 'Car, just as the
train etarted; ,arld furtively, as it was re-
ported, throw back tho letters into it sido
box. •
' Mie \Varner here -"-prooeeded to review
the facts concerning, those early drafts
.already known to our agency. At the
mention of Dudley's name, Elwell biter,
rupted by tho statement that he knew
.all about that patty, and had labored
fiord for his capture as an aecomplice In
the mail theft. • In so doing, he had ate-
gnainted himself with the antecedent; of
Dudley at Pittsburgh, and foilowed hini
up' quite closely afterbe fled frons. that
- city. The clover forger had always eluded
his grasp, however, Mid he believed be
was now somewhere in ,Michigan, going
under the name of R. K. Livinsgtote.
My readers will desire• to again visit
Bedrock, which ..had already become- to
fla the key of tho position.
CHAPTER. XII.
The return of Wales to the paternal
roof at Itedrocls at last came about.
It was on it day when the geological Mr.
Themes ha& also gone to the; village, on
an anxime Mission for additional slate
specimens. The bolt of theee treagures—
Whieli he (donned to have deSpateried to
his myttleal friend-se-114cl Strayedeway by
some villainous° express route. What,
then, °Mildbe more natural than to de-
plore its loss with tho sympothetie Hedy,
and engage him to propavo 0 freAlt sup-
ply? This was quite easily arraeged;
good Warm prindir or two, and the 1113.
wonted luxtuY of a' cigar, being thought
ample return by the quarteman for the
trifling labor it involved. The provision
of another paolcing-box Was also chsenssed
betWeen thenn and arranged for, and
theit eetintermanded with Such artful in-
deeislon as to lent fairly open to the
detective nt mots° for further negotine
OM& , Neither Itody nor Jaito Bartlett.
raileoad depot at • Bedrock. • •He WEIS a.
-person, indeed,who was. decisiedly•with
them, though not of them., - Ho -whistled
meditatively, or Immined spasmodically, •
cia lie glanced,down with intemist at his
spattered boots, or anxiously • along the
lino like ono waiting for.the down -train:
When the eight -forty train -from Yar-
month slowedup at the depot, the ;Anal'
five or six Bedrock passengers .stoppod
A.-•... the cars, and slowly sauntered into
that ir.diehleval Iiiinself.! The fact was,
that tire detective was era:Stant-1y on the
watch for siteh an event; but t look at
him just then, ono would suppose he had
no ether object in life than to recover a
stray trunk --se intent was be in* extuniu-
big it pficeof •thoee articles it:It Stsioi
uear the baggagebox.
No sooner, however, had \Tides na.seed.
from the depot,' than his shacionee was
there, too. 'And *whither, foes thilh, the
the light near the entry door—as persons, forger boat ins fentstops, t.ntier,
went his unreefignized shwlow. In it few
who, having reached near home, am no • of the more crowded thoroughfares, there
.longer in any . disposition to haste. Of
was 111110 11'00111113 WhICS
• these five or sin ,pereonss. ono WELE1 in view.. But it was observable that the
.young mon of far less rustle appearan.en, rogue was 11,1 at ease, _Every now and
than any of his fellow passengers. - In- 1 then ho stonped in his way, like a person
deed he inight be wiled -a stylish young in deep thonght, and furtively glanced
311E111, Mid elasee.d with . those Cult adorn . around as though to learn if he were fol.
the. promenades of our great elbies. 1.• owed. After a while, too, with the. elm -
Rather taller than tho aneditun five feet !'
ning .of au old piekpocket he enned into
eight ho was slender in build, and.I a region of quiet streets, Whore it would
looked aboutthiety yemei of age. His lie difficult•to hold Min in sight for many
features were nele, and delicate of out- successive blooke, without the detective
and a vefirsvish moustache drooped being hienself detected. Ho was mani-
festly in that stato of conecious guilt,
that
•
"Fills tho air with visionary torrars.
And shapoleSs forms of fear."
Thomas saw how it was with him,
and then made up his mind. He was not
tho kind.of officer to go dodging around
street corners at a risk, when logic_
would boar him in evourity to the issue.
Wales, he concluded, was net going
away, anyhrev. He had evidently come
to Yin:mouth for a little tour of busi-
ness—or of pleasure, nuwhap, if tho riot -
around, his mouth. Ho wore, ' or rather
.sported, a quantity ot jewelry, of which
Thonlas could diecern, , even in the
gloom, aniamond finger ring and -breast-
pin, and a very.thowy .gold Watch-gurad.
lie his hand 'hosesteried_ is newish -looking.
antle6iser attn. a, conifortabfe
, travelling wrap.
• As thie well-appointed personage
crossed the plattOrtu, them stepped forth
to greethine—feent ti group near tho
waiting room door—young Wales, the
telegraph clerk.
Willie Wales was soon standing, with
eat lifted, and enninng Jus fingers fop-
pishly through his hair—the target for a ings of the vieious can be called by that
cross-firo of noisy quektions.— you name He was dressed more quietly thou
havo good. fun, Will?" "Stop any at on his late brilliant descent into Red -
Yarmouth coming up?" "Did you make rock; and he had neither parcel nor
11.10111 mb New•York this time?" "Have, travelling equipment of any kind, along
a .good time East, Willie?". "Say, Wales, with him. No; tertainly, Wales Was not
how was biz.with you this timer" going away.
"The reply to this last question alono And so the shadow deckled to with -
Wes of my great interest to Thomas; and draw himself and piek up his man again
luckily he Was in a positiou both to hear on his return to the depot.
and see. , - In due course of time, this self-donial
"Tip-top, sonny!" Were the words - was rewarded. Towards five o'clock in
Usedly•Wales, wh0 itt •the same time the afternonn, while on a vigilant out-
slappea his hand gayly • over 'his breast- look -from the entry hall "of the • Forest
pocket; as if the proof woro reposing in Hotel, Theries descried Wales rettirn-
the bull -book which itsheltered.. • ing in the, direction of the station.
•,
One of the Young Men—who were all tram, ho WhS aware would leave for Bed-
iWidently "hail fellows -Weli Mot" With rock a few minutes- atter five
Wales—now presumed to extract from An idea, flashed uponthedetective.
ids poenet the gold watch which item. Wales tvas going home for the fil,ght—
Itained. Holding it taderly and a•dritirs now, wasn't this the very chance to got
inglyin the 11g1)0,- be exclaimed:— - • . tho news ot the village? It iniglit be too
"By* gran 1.-notvticker.this trip, Will?" late to see Bodes tot he would be resting
"Yoe. -.siren!" responded' Wales, - "I ofter his day's labor in his humble home.
bought het doWn to Netv York, in, one Out there was tho invaluable Jake Bart -
,01: the nobbiest.steros."- lett—babbler by instinct, and eelfen.ected
1
eensor of the morels and : inethocis of tho
e est hhhhohi.RIo ..1, . oSt a little pllo?'• Wales family: Why„ Jake wonld by this
o' taw-
s'time bo bubbling over with scandal!
geed the inspectoe of the timenioco, with
'alinosli ljaintu1 In I e , Thomas thought not another inoment.
,*- "You 4Ust bet, -Char, ,lie '' anettered its Ho hurried to tho depot, saw Wales into
s
rOprletor",'...wlth a sinirlt, of alc.ost girl- a car, tools it seat initho next coach be-
ihsh vrtnity;' 'hfust twoeliniadred and fifty hind, and in an hour thereafter had nut-
Itiollars, every diene of it"
tercel through tho Reclrook depot, like
the shadow that he was, and was rapidly
Ono atter anothet of the eoterie . then
striding up the back road to the hea.d-of
!took the watch to examine it in turn,
'and bestow on it
,tion; when at last iteamo to au individ- the village.
Inn adtuiring eSacula-
Walking around the creek road the de -
who possibly WV' clear thau tho tective comem down frotho bridge, 117111.
tual
-test. entered .Talto Battlett'd dingy establish-'
'inept. The tinsmith hail eeased work for
• "Why, Will," he remarked, "she's an
;
hour ahead of timethe day, and was seaters on a stove in !"
his shop, chatting with two villagers
tlih`hT)l-thun der 1" explained WaleS, 'similarly disposed. With an ate of busi-
s Now Yorle.time; ,give, her to 7110.)'
nem urgency 'Thomas Minted hini and
In a confused., and pettish manner, he
inquired about "that other packing-boxi"
new testored the watch to his pocket.
adding that his friend had, become so
"But come, 'boys!" ha exclaimed in a
ioontent ettoe; let us go over to old very impatient in the Matter that hei was
rkranier's and hove a - smile . of Ms cog- Indneed to come d()Wn that 'evening to
:pan. rni.pretty well used up oft0 the see to it
*ide, and want to get home , and have is The astonished lir. Bartlett reitinded
1goocl snooze." him that he had left no definite order;
Mr. Tfforiihsf1 herffit'06W--ktfiefled,. Ms mid that thottda hte hat% Indeed, spoken
of a packing -box, be said not a word
abot.t.wh •n it was tecntirecle
fre DE eeftrfatitu]
gameewes 50±013' • end ubstispectingly
„rhoused, ansi for tho present - at lest, ho
*1 no ftWther liftsiness tit tt‘droolti
.1 Ile rattrtheit by tho..next train 111:1 Yap
'fbolith, telegraphed Inc in cipher, of the
":00,0141 rSt',IVAIOPirOt111.44418,* ..Ont the
mail reports that covered this thtyt. do-
ings.
Children Cry for
STOR
• .
lines. It is Biltcl that -wbile bore he'
bas at .different times read Sunday
school booka for pleasure.
Ilis.eatployer in speaking of Ma.
tells us that during hie appentieship
of 4 years be never once made ant
entry 1.1 the books tiler, gild not eon -
satiate a rhyme. The renewing are
a few examples:—
Joseph Peet owes ma 2, 512 00.
Money borrowed .earried torward,
.Speeell Id seller], for Dr. Toole,
t•-.5 vats.
an' y'll not go tar wrong, any ways NiThese
sr
Ceoset::6y
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sit)i.trewe,1n1teptoltsi
—Mister Muloarey.
on the spur of the moment es a slight
hasieess rush worth' .04'w:tent IV r,eee3-
sitate two entries being made to the.
SaLeaving 1143 office he began- the
work of translating the rules and re-
gulations of tho Canadian Order of
Ohosen Friend9 flit!) the different
languages of the workl. Fle. had
.sesceeeticd,in ies;rpt Eng"1.1,‘. and..
Low Datelt wissn 143 healds felled
him. He began to write poctry.'
His first volarel!i entitled Prissitive
Poems, Po called because ho had to
not to the paint, yet we have ample
authority for stating the; he invert
ably uses soft soap, of his wife's
manufacture, in performing the op-
eration.. He was half shaved .(at
the 84th swear), when Mrs, Poatnly
remarked that he Wee .using one of
his manuscripts br shaving puff,
Ile tessevesed it, great conteMpt
that the writing was but a poor
thing, not worth the saving.
"ivlay 1 read it, John, dear ?"
"I'll be hanged it' you will,"
"Why not, Mr. Poamly ?"
"Jane," he answered sternly with
blood and 11 swears coming out of
his face, "cant you see that I'm shav-
ing ?"
She said no more, but she got the
paper when she redd up his shaving
things. Thus Was it saved : thus
was the nasne of John Gush Poamly
raised frotn the everlasting un-
known to the sublimest pinnacle of
fame.
Of the poem we will say little; The vital essence of the whole
Theosophic ssstein has nurriberless.
our interest lies with the anther..
He was born in Kir.gsten at a cowilaries and reinitleations a study
time when Sir Wilfrid Laurier didn't or whieb "Plains .the enigmas of life'
clears hp its perplexities and fent-
have a policy and when the Ontario
Government dida't have a surplus.' ilzers Its mmivs's."
Ne ,doubts the embryo poet plainly 1 Mr. Sitninerie' main point of argils
saw the advantages of being, born 'me.", was that the thr,v; bad a
there and led matters arranged !meaning, this he was unable to prove.
accordinely. Iso that it to -day stands as a sonnd
The first hour of his mundane iTheophic doctrine.
His peculiarities are many, here
existence was passed ita cereful I
study, examination and research are a few. fie is -excessively fond.
erdee the close observation of his !or "71dg° wlikih 10 ('itis hot out ;It
e with a wooden :Teens
father, the man who won tneliarship ; the frying pil
frona Tom Pepper in the Montreal 1-110 s.lw"Y6 Pref'S " He 1)%7
Star contest in 1 8 12. This geiltie.ling that it is the truth. -If an idea.
strikes hitn while he is in bathing he
man took an oath (ander his breath)
before Police lagistrate Finkel.,
scratches it, on the bottom ef the tate
- A
that his son plainly and distinctly !with the soap."
;
Many of his lines have become-
cou.nted his thee in full view of him -
familiar proverbs sneli as :—
self and the assembled old ladies.
1 Man wants but little here below
Also that he demonstrated with his
1
father in silent pantomitn e for drinking And he generally gets it.- The jolly
Milwaukee beer insttad of the Fer-,' 0011
.
mosa, product and thereby encourag-
Good-bye tothe bar.—Cottar's
ing home industries. The father Saturday night.
night.
made a . solemn promise never to !da:11-Ighleaesil!.111:Iter. hethia.dhitnalkeenol nihipsant3t!.t
touch the . foreigu. poison again.
Consequently the government have 1 The Mouldy Cheese.
life
lost the revenue on 400 gallons every Such is a brief' glance at the
of John (lush Pornnly and well ina,sr
sear since. However this has been
amply repaid by the demands we en:wins:le with the words of Eng.
of
-
the Turnberry couland's Anon bard.ncil,.
1
"Fed him on apricots and dew -
The father after much .deliberation '•
oerries1, and deep study with L B. a the assistanee les ' ' -
of Prof. .Johnston, phrenologist,- , Bill - -
Sanderson, '.shoemaker. and .Sim
Cleghorn. gentleman, came ..to the ,pASTOR IA
conclusion that the boy had a future
before him. Ah hew. prophetic
were their words! For Infantn anti Children..
-
The literary world has been taken
by storm, carried off its feet as it
were,reversed, revolutionized. con.
verted and turned -upside down by
that poetical masterpieee, "To a Bull -
rush"; and how little does the same
world knew bow near that blossom
from the gardens of .poesy came to
being buried iu oblivion's darkest
depths.
The story is worth telling ; let us
toil it. Mr. Pottmly always 'prefers
to seavu himself. Although it is
!run fur hie. 17fe efttr its publication
appeared :hills 23,t yea'. This
was followed .br The Poisoned G ma -
drops, The Landlady's ..lievengn
TheSkeleton Pitehfork„. ft'ire Mystery
of the Barnyard apd finally by To a
BUIsbi
Mr. l.
Poamo line been eminently
successful .in the In—memorian line,
his publications being, chiefly throap-in
the medium of the Goderich Signs
However, .sinee Dan set the rate ts,t
25 cents a • word business ba $ beea
decidedly kst, not like the good ofit
days when any one could write.7'a
few verses on any one else, provided
of course that the first ope w -as crazy
and the serums' one was dead.
His artieles on Theosophy are
widely read rind have been subject
to much comment and criticism. The
Win g ham Journal took him to task
sonte years ago for the .fullowing
statement :
Of his boyhood days we know but neta,„
little. He begail to talk at the early eteens Hs
•fttri evay
age of ene year aud three months'.
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His first words were a (Mine verse
Of poetry, 'iarnbitie,' pentameter; on
the virtnes of buttermilk as a bevte
e
age. At three years he coald read
with fluencyany portion of Milton's
Paradise Lost, beating the ryttimeof
the seleetion on the back of .the
stove with an ex. 'When but a
year oldet! he eould hear 'voices in
the winds. and used to delight m
'ealling.back names at. them. .
• His sehool days art an entire blank
owing to the lealency of the truant
laws at the time. •
Ile next comes tinder our notice
When aeven years old, being apprea.
ticed AS a*, eletk at that tbfider age, tst
the law offite of Bill Duff, Anatonda
gold milie stoek boketeissurer nuts.
'Hoge licenses, etc. Ie thia offtee he
'spent Sbitle ofthe happiestdays'in his
life, business being very slaelti It 'was
here be wrote tawny of his itivenile
poems, prieeipal amongs which is his
ode in imitation of Illiad of 6000
WttAlt AND WEARY woiyitin netAt.
reletle IN So0.1714 ANICRIZAN NZFIVINIL,
nntraes be Was st
eyftle, hut some one
ago there are 110
has mild that la this
healthy women. Thee
.ege has tunny .wo-
men. strong and.
noble physleelly, as
ss •• tie y ere mentelly
end morally; but it
Is true nevertheless.
that it large per-
eentage et! the Wo-
men of tile (quintet
suffer f rom ftefvous,
110118 and general de-
existseeeb,111.1;10ititti 'rY 'rag
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