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VOL. (().
Col. Tremayne's Will.
Mr. Bold, the solicitor, found among
the correspondence on his otllce desk
one morning, a letter bearing an Egyp
tian postmark. It turned out to be a
communication from a stranger, in
forming him of the death in the Sou
dan of Colonel Ernest Tremayne, and
reminding the lawyer that the will of
the deceased was in his possession.
•Aha 1' exclaimed Mr. Bold, glan
cing at the inscription. 'Will of Mr.
Ernest Tremayne, eh ! Dated sixteen
years ago. Executor, Mr. J. llosset
er.'
•Captain llosseter ! I know the
man,' exclaimed Mr. Bold. 'I forgot
what I've heard of him, but I fancy
his reputatian is a little tarnished. So
he is the executor, is he ? Oh ! a very
doubtful character—quite on adven
turer, in fact, 1 said Mr. Bold, looking
more and more scandalized. 'I wonder
what the will says,' 1 e added.
Under the circumstances he felt no
scruple about opening the envelope and
unfolding the will. And glancing at
its contents, he said aloud :
•lie appoints his friend, James Ros
seter, executor, and trustee and guard
ian of his infant daughter. Every
thing to the child.'
•Not much of an executor and trus
tee,' observed Mr. Hold's clerk, Whit
taker, disparagingly. 'A nice sort of
guardian for a young lady.'
•I'm afraid this is very serious, Whit
taker,'said Mi. Bold, looking perturb
ed. l I had entirely forgotten about
this will, or I would certainly have
suggested to the testator to make anoth
er. He made it when quite a young
man—l recollect now his telling me
his wife was just dead—without sutli
cient lellectiou as to the character of
his friend. In those days I dare say
there was nothing against this young
Mr. llosseter.'
Mr. Bold was one of those old fash
ioned, fussy, self-important praction
ers who are apt to assume a sort of pa
ternal authority over bis clients. But
he was extremely honest and conscien
tious, and his main idea was to pro
mote the welfare of those who consult
ed him. He had for some years past,
heard rumors concerning Captain llos
seter, ,which he now coiuidered he
ought clearly to have brought to the
testator's knowledge. It was true that
he was not personally acquainted with
the captain, and could not vouch for
accuracy of the scandals that had come
to his ears. But he knew Captain llos
seter to be an impecunious gentleman,
addicted to betting and gambling, a
club lounger, without visible means of
subsistence ; a loud-voiced, jovial,
easy going, dissipated person, of a type
regarded by grave men of business with
horror and distrust.
The old lawyer fidgetted a good deal
during the day, nor was his uneasiness
allayed by the report of his clerk ot
his interview with Messrs. Overland &
Co., the army agents. From these
gentlemen he had learned that Colonel
Tremayne had contrived to amass a
considerable fortune during hi 3 exile
and had remitted home for investment
from time to lime sums amounting in
the aggregate to neaily £20,000.
Whittaker couM obtain no information
regarding the daughter of the deceased
man. Col. Tremayne's agents recol
lected that they used at one time to
pay for the child's schooling at Brigh
ton, but this was raauy years ago, and,
at the present moment, they knew
nothing whatever about the young
lady.
'She can't be of age yet,' remarked
Mr. Bold. 'My recollection is that
when the will was made the child was a
baby. That was the impressioD I
gathered at the time.'
'The young lady may have died,'
suggested Whittaker. 'lt doesn't fol
low that she is still alive because the
testator did not alter his will.'
There is one thing quite certain,'
said Mr. Bold, with emphasis ; 'Cap*
tain Rossiter must not be allowed to
have the handling of £20,000. lie
must renounce, and the money must
be paid iQto court, which will appoint
a proper guardian. Did you find out
his address V
'Blenheim Club,' responded Whit
taker.
'Humph !' snorted Mi. Bold, seizing
his pen.
Iloweyer, he wrote a polite note to
the captain, informing him of Colonel
Tremayne's death, and requesting him
to call on the following morning with
reference to the will.
Mr. Bold was very determined to
have his own way, and he felt very lit
tle doubt that he would succeed. Con
sequently, wbeu Captain Rossetter
called the next dav, he received him
with an air of calm asurance and su
periority which was calculated to leud
weight to his counsels.
'Captain Rosseter,' he said, a little
stiffly, as his visitor seated himself in
the client's chair, *1 want to have a
chat with you about our poor friend's
MILLHEIM, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18., 188(>.
will. Had you heard of his death, by
the way V'
'Yes,' said the captain, who seemed
somewhat subdueu and ill at ease in
the presence of the lawyer.
'Ah ! What was it V That (bead
ful climate, 1 suppose V' inquired Mr.
Bold, quietly taking stock of his com
panion. 'Now this is a very unsatis
factory document, he added, in a con
fidential tone. 'To begin with, it is
sixteen years old. Extraordinary that
the testator should not have changed
his views in sixteen years.'
Mr. Bold glanced up at Captain R e
setter as he spoke ; hut the latter eith
er had nothing to say or else did not
choose to commit himself to an opin
ion. He remained silent, and Mr.
Bold instinctively mistrusted him the
more on account of his reticence.
'By his will, made sixteen years ago,'
said the lawyer, meaningly, 'the testa
tor left everything he possessed to his
daughter, and appointed you sole ex
ecutor and trustee and guardian of his
child,'
The lawyer looked keenly at his com
panion as he made this announcement,
and felt puzzled at his demeanor. The
captain hung his head for a moment
and then blew his nose violently. One
would almost have imagined that he
was sentimentally nflVcted by the
news. But the lawyer, being in a sus
picious mood, was chietly struck by the
fact that Captain llosseter studiously
avoided meeting his gaze.
'I suppose the young lady, Miss Tre
mayne, is alive still ?' inquired Mr.
Bold.
'Yes,' answered the captain.
'She must be nearly grown up,' con
tinued Mr. Bold.
The captaiu nodded, but seemed by
his manner to wish to change the sub
ject. Mr. Bold noticed this at the
time, aud thought a good deal about it
afterward.
•Of course, Captain llosseter,' said
Mr. Bold, in his most convincing and
and authoritative tone, 'you will not
take upon yourself the responsibility
thrust upon you by this will, which,
no doubt,was never intended to stand.'
'Why do you say that ?' inquired the
captain, rather quickly.
•Well, frankly, Captain llosseter, be
tween you and me, do you consider
that you are fitted to be a young lady's
guardian ? Excuse my outspoken
ness,' added the lawyer, endeavoring
to soften his remarks by smiling and
showing his false teeth, 'but really,
now, wou'd you in the testator's place
1
'Anyhow, there is the will,' inter
posed Captain Rossetter, evidently not
liking the insinuation.
'Yes, here is the will, but I should
certainly advise you to wash your
hands out of it,' said Mr. Bold, in a
fatherly manner. 'What I propose to
do is to pay the money -by the way, I
sunpose there is money V'
'1 supp >se so,' siid the ciotain, with
real or affected earnestness.
'Pay the money into court and get
a legal guardian appointed, > resumed
Mr. Bold, with cheerful confidence.
'You will thus be relieved of all respon
sibility and trouble.'
The captain, who had become very
red and uncomfortable, made no an -
swer to this suggestion, but stretched
out his hand and took up the will. He
read it through carefully, and then pro
ceeded to fold it up.
'I am entitled to have this, I sup
pose,' he said, almost defiantly.
'Well—er—yes, in strictness,' replied
Mr. Bold, completely taken aback.
'But it has to be approved aud deposit
ed in the probate court.'
'Yes, I know,' replied the captain,
rising from his seat and thrusting the
document into his pocket.
'Am I to understand,' gasped Mr.
Bold, turning crimson, 'that you pro
pose to employ your own solicitor i"
'I have a solicitor,' said the captain,
shortly. 'Good day to you, Mr. Bold.'
'Stay ! Stay, sir !' exclaimed Mr.
Bold, endeavoring to control his indig
nation, which almost choked him. 'I
must trouble you to give me a receipt
for the document.'
'By al' means,' said the captain, who
seemed to have recovered his assur
ance.
The lawyer struck the hand-bell up
on the table sharply, and with forced
calmness instructed Whittaker to pre
pare the necessary receipt. This for
mality being completed, the captain
strode out of the ollice, leaving the law
yer and his clerk staring at one another
in speechles indignation.
'The man is a rogue !' said Mr. Bold
as soon as he could speak.
'Means to collar the money,' remark
ed the clerk.
'Not if lean help it I' exclaimed Mr.
Bold, wiili unusual energy. 'l'll ap
ply to the court immediately and have
the man removed from his otlice.'
'You will have to get evidence first,'
said Whittaker, prudently.
'Pooh ! his reputation will be suffi
cient,' returned Mr. Bold, impatiently.
A FAI'KR FOR THE HOME CIRCLE.
However, when he came to make in
quiries about Captain Rossetter
which he pocceded to do forthwith in
the heat of his virtuous indignation
he found it more difficult than lie had
imagined to convict him of serious
misconduct. The captain had led the
life of a man about town, had had nu
merous transactions with the money
lending fraternity, had played high and
drank pretty freely, and there were
dark corners in his career which would
no I, perhaps, have stood the test of
censorious investigation. But there
was no recorded act of his that could
be pointed out as disgraceful or dishon
orable. To Mr. Bold's secret vexation
ho found that people were inclined to
judge the captain leniently, to speak
lightly of his faults and lay stress upon
his good nature, his easy generosity
and his jovial disposition. Moreover,
it seemed that during the last year or
two Captain llosseter had abandoned
his usual haunt and occupations, had
given up cards and had shown distinct
symptoms of sober respectability.
The result was that the lawyer could
not see his way to make a case against
Captain llosseter which would justify
him in invoking the interference of the
court or chancery in the interest of the
captain's ward. Mr. Bold did not ad
mit that he was beaten, even to him#
self, and his prejudice against the cap
tain was as strong as ever. He was
convinced in his own mind that Cap
tain Rossetter contemplated a gross
fraud connection with his trusteeship,
and he fully intended to checkmate
him. Meanwhile, however it transpir
ed that there was no living member of
the Tremayne family who could be
brought forward to pose as next friend
to the young orphan, and his technical
difficulty,combined with the absence of
proof of the captains doubtful reputa
tion, caused him to defer taking any
steps.
At length, however, after many
weeks had elapsed, Whittaker came in
to his master's room one day with a
startling piece of intelligence. The
ever-watchful clerk had discovered that
Captain Ilosseter had purchased for
himself an estate at Stanmore for
£7,000.
'At least he bought it iu his wife's
name,' explained Whittaker. 'But the
question is, where did the money come
from ?'
'Good heavens !' exclaimed Mr.
Bold. 'Married, eh I is he V I heard
a rumor, but he isn't supposed to be
married. However, as you say, the
question is, where did he get that £7,-
000 from ?'
'I don't think it is difficult to guess,'
said Whittaker, with a grin.
"Pon my word, Whittaker, I'm a
fr.aid it is a case of serious fraud. I
know for certain that the man has not
£7,000 of his own,' said the lawyer,
getting excited.
'I wonder where the young lady is ?'
exclaimed Whittaker.
'We must find out,' said Mr. Bold,
energetically. 'Overland & Co. gaye
you the address of the school at Bright
on, didn't they ? Well you must go
down there at once, Whittaker, and
trace her. I feel it ray duty to investi
gate this matter, for I should not he
the least surprised if it transpired that
this Captain Kosseter has been helping
himself to the trust money.'
Whittaker, being entirely of the
same opinion, started off on his mis
sion with out delay, and was absent
about a week, during which time Mr.
Bold fumed with impatience and curi
osity. Whittaker's report, when he
returned, was not calculated to allay
suspicions. He had traced Miss Tie
mayne through her girlish career, from
Brighton to a school at Cheltenham,
and from thence to Bath. At the lat
ter city she had resided until a year or
two ago with an elderly lady, who
had suddenly died, since which event
nobody knew what had become of the
3'oung girl or where she had gone after
leaving Bath.
'l've made up my mind what I will
do, Whittaker,' said Mr. Bold, after
discussing the situation with his
clerk. 'I shall go and see captain
Ilosseter and insist upon his telling
me where the young lady is. If he re
fuses, I shall feel justified in taking le
gal steps. My belief is that the poor
young girl is dead or is being kept out
of her inheritance, or part of it.'
'lt looks black—very black,' acqui
essed Whittaker.
The consequence was that next day
Mr. Bold, who was a plucky determin
ed little gentleman, and was capable of
making personal sacrifice for the sake
of justice and principle, journied down
to Stanmore and presented himself at
the door of the captain's newly acquir
ed residence. Ilis object was to take his
adversary by surprise and to profit by
his confusion. Ilis design was partial
ly successful, for no one could have
looked more startled and confused than
Captain llosseter, when his sturdy ac
cuser was ushered into his presence.
'Mr. Bold !' exclaimed the. captain,
nearly dropping the post-prandial pipe
which he was smoking.
'Yes, sir,'said the lawyer severely,
and as soon as the door was closed he
confronted his companion and said :
'Cipiam llosseter, I have come down
here, as solicitor to the Tremayne fam
ily for many years, and as solicitor to
the late Colonel Tremayne, to de
mand of you information concerning
Colonel Tremayne's daughter.'
'Sit down,' said the captain, not
very politely, perhaps, but with tolera
ble calmness.
'No, thank you, Captain llosseter,'
returned the lawyer, in a tone which
showed that he did not intend to be
trifled with. 'I give you fair warning
that if you don't answer my question I
shall invose the aid of the law to find
out what I have not been able to dis
cover myself.'
Before the captain could reply the
door opened, and a young lady entered
the room. The lawyer turning round,
only caught a glimpse of her as she en
deavored to retire, but he perceived
that she was young and pretty. The
captain, however, called after her.
'Annie, my dear, come in. Let me
introduce you, Mr. Bold, to my wife.'
Mr. Bold bowed stiffly, and the
young lady,as though instinctively sus
pecting the lawyer's li isti'e intentions,
crossed over to her husband's side and
laid iier hand lovingly on his shoulder.
'Annie, my darling,' said the cap
tain, with singular gentleness, 'you
must let me tell Mr. Bold your little
history. How your father, my good
friend, on leaviug England, laughingly
confined his little daughter to ray care.
How I used to call and see you at
school with my pockets full of sweet
meats. How your bright face and In
nocence brought sunshine into my
heait when it was full of darkness.
How you grew up and teased me and
made me realize the unworthiness of
my life. How I strove to be better,on
ly to learn my weakness. How at
length, upon yoifr old school-mistress,
with whom you lived, dyiug, two years
back, you voluutarily consented to de
vote yourself to reforming '
'Nonsense, James,' interposed the
girl, putting he little hand over bis
mouth and kissed him impulsively.
The captain borehis infliction cheer*
fully enough, though his eyes were
moist as he turned again to the lawyer
and said : 'The long and short of the
matter is, Mr. Bold,that I married this
young lady two years ago, with the full
consent of her father, Colonel Tre
mayne.'
'You might have said so when you
called upon me that day,' retorted the
lawyer, feeling smaller than he had
ever done in his life.
At a sign from her husband Mrs.
liosseter glided oui of the room, and
when the door had closed the captain
retorted : 4 So L might, if you had
been civil. But your manner was so
suspicious, aud,l may add, insulting—'
'l'm very sorry,' intersposed the law
yer. looking shamefaced.
'Pshaw ! Never mind my dear sir,'
cried the captain, heartily. *lt was my
own fault—an unpleasant reminder of
my past life. Thanks to my wife, I
have mended my ways, turned farmer,
grown respectable—the least I could do
in return for the sacrifice she made in
throwing herself away upon me. There
was no concealment ; she married me
with her eyes open, and her father also
gave his consent after I had made full
confession of my career. He knew,
poor fellow, what it is to fall. God
bless Eri-:est Tremayne ! He trusted
me with his child and his child's for
tune. In all your experience, Mr.Bold,
you will never find a more faithful guar
dian and trustee than I shall be,in spite
of my antecedents.'
'I belieye it, Captain Rosseter—l hon
estiy and sincerely belieye it,' exclaim
ed the lawyer, genuinely moved ; 'and
if you will permit me to apologize to
you, and to shake you by the hand, I
shall feel more comfortable—l shall in
deed.'
A Powerful Jaw.
Chief Prummond, of the United
States Treasury Department, stationed
at New York, is a broat-shouldered,
heavy-set man, and wears heayy-rim
med spectacles. He has a wonderful
jaw and can bite a counterfeit coin in
two, from a dollar to a five-cent piece.
No matter when or where he is, he in
variably bites a spurious coin in two
when he sees it. He bit a dime for a
street car conductor not long ago, and
the latter wanted to jump on him. The
plucky Chief made him show every
coin he had. A passenger declared it
was an outrage and told the Chief that
he frequently passed counterfeit money.
When the detective calmly opened his
coat and showed his badge,the self-con
fessed shover of the queer immediately
left the car.
The famous little Stiletto, the fastest
steamer afloat, it is said will be bought
by the goyernuieut for a torpedo bout.
Terms, SI.OO per Year, in Advance.
The Fatal Folding Bed.
An expression of profound gloom
on tlio face of a friend led to inquiries
which dieted a tale of sorrow and suf
fering. 'I)o I look mournful V he
asked. Do I bear the appearance of
a man whose soul has been entered
by the iron of adversity ? Well, that's
the way I feel.
You know,l moved day before yes
terday. Well, hurt by the unfeeling
remarks of my late landlady and the
fact that she retained my trunk (as a
gage d'amour, I suppose) I sought
the seclusion of a West Side boarding
house. The room is pleasant and the
man who occupies the other half a
very nice fellow. Night before last
I went home early, and when ready
my new churn boldly approached an
innocent-looking piece of furniturcand
after a little sparing for time let in
with right and left aud brought to
view a comfortable bed. I bad uever
seen a folding-bed before, and was a
little astonished.
However, I made no remarks but
turned in. Last night my chum was
out, and I didn't know what to do. I
loafed around the room,now and then
casting a glance at the folded bed and
admiring its compactness and air of
gentility, but somehow I did not feel
like tackling it all by myself. But it
bad to be done. I remembered that
my chum had first lifted the top. I
did that. But when I let go it came
back with a slam that started the baby
owned by the second floor front into
a wild symphony cf woe. Then I sat
down and thought. To gaiu time on
the bed I undressed. Say, did it
strike you as chilly last night ? No ?
Well, it was. Indeed it was cold. The
combination of that fact and my ab
breviated costume urged me to renew
the attack. This time I pus Led the
top past the centre of the spring, and
when released it went on with a noise
loud enough to arouse the pug in the
room across the hall. By that time I
was reckless. I seized a strap and
pulled. The whole thing begun to
come. I strapped it half way and
considered. Considering was hard
work. So was holding. I pulled. It
came, and I .went. But I didn't go
far enough, and the bed caught me. I
was underneath. The Charleston
man on the floor below dreamed he
was at home.
Well, when I got out and took an
inventory, I was minus considerable
skin, but the accession of my eyebrow
balanced things. The bed was open,
but the middle was way below the
average. But J was too impatient to
be particular. With considerable em
phasis 1 turned out the gas and rolled
in. As soon as I hit the bed it shut
up—that is, as close as it could. It
was close enough. For about ten
minutes I would have swapped places
with any one of the seven anarchists
and given him odds. When I got
out of that place there was not enough
left of the bed-clothes to make a re
spectable bandage. I know, because
I tried it. What 1 suffered you will
never kuow.
This morning the landlady inform
ed me, that had she known I was a
subject to delirium tremens,she would
have refused the admittance that gave
me a chance to ruin the reputation of
her boarding house. As I left the
house the boarders poked their heads
out and whispered: 'That's him;
he had 'em bad last night,' and simi
lar encouraging remarks.— New York
News.
Rice at the Fair.
Everybody, almost, knows what a
wide-out short-up figure Billy Itice, the
minsirel, has. Well, about two weeks
ago (at least so we are informed) Billy
was at an agricultural show in a one
night-stand town, and as he stood in a
thoughtful attitude contemplating the
exhibit, the editor of the country paper
and a farmer passed by. •
'Look there,' whispered the editor,
'that's Rice.'
'Where V inquired the farmer.
'There,' said the editor, to
ward William.
'Rice ?' repeated the farmer, inquir
ingly.
'Yes.'
'Well, by gosh, it's the funniest rice
I ever seen. It looks a blame sight
more like a pumpkin. Let's go an' take
a look at it.'
Billy met the farmer half way and
paralyzed him. — cLshimjton Critic.
—First-class job work doue at the
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A Ship's Remarkable Voyage.
Captain J. N. Armstrong, now in
co nmatid of the bark Kalakaua, loaf
ing lumber at Port Blakely for the west
coast of South America, was in Seattle
the other day. Captain Armstrong
will be remembered as the commander
who brought the ship Templar from
New York to Sin Francisco a few
years ago on one of the most remark
able passages on record. After being
out for some time, the captain went to
a foreign port, and for some reason his
crew, excepting the officers, left. Fin
ally two English ships came in, and
from them Captain Armstrong made
up a new crew, and after being out
four days, the entire crew, including
the captain and his daughter, were
taken down with yellow fever. The
lirst mate died, and several of the sail
ors. Those who had the disease less
violent threw the dead overboard, one
by one. The ship drifted about with
out a pilot or navigator for more than a
year. The captain, for two years, was
so violent from the ravings or the fever
that he had to be chained to the deck
to keep him from jumping overboard,
lie wears the scars from the chains and
lashings to this day.
During the year that the ship drifted
about, the second mate and three or
four of the sailors recovered, but being
out of sight of land, and not under
standing navigation, they were power
less to do anything with the ship. Fin
ally the daughter regained her reason,
but not her strength. Oae day she sent
for the second mate aud asked liirn to
carry her on deck, "which he did. She
then sent for her father's instruments,
and by the aid of these and her knowl
edge of navigation she figured out the
location of the vessel. She then tiok
the charts from the cabin and traced
out a route to Sau Francisco. She
then practically took command of the
vessel aud ordered ihe second mate aud
suryiying members of the crew to make
sail, and gave them the direction in
which to sail. Every day for months
she would be carried on deck to take
the sun and give her orders.
Days passed and the ship
continued on her journey. Being so
light-handed the vessel could not be
properly handled and could carry but
little sail, consequently her progress
was slow. After many weary, dreary
months the Captain regained his reas
on, and when he learned of what his
daughter had done he was greatly sur
prised, and declared that had he been
placed in the same position he could
not have done better. The ship was
loaded with general merchandise, the
cargo being insured for over $2,000,000.
The long absence of the ship, and no
tidings from her, led the owuers and all
interested parties to believe that she,
with all hands on board, had been lost.
Imagine their surprise, after the sup
posed fate of the ship had almost pass
ed from their minds when one bright
day in summer the ship Templar, with
lier cargo all iutact, came sailing into
Sau Francisco bay.
The Man With a Glass Eye.
[From the Chicago Inter-Ocean ]
'Speaking of glass eyes,' said an old
lawyer, 'brings to mind a little inci
dent that occurred inChicago. Among
our young professional men is one
whose brilliant black eyes would at
tract attention anywhere. He gees
much into society, and is quite a fa
vorite among the ladies because of his
eyes. One of these beautiful black
eyes is glass, but it seems so much
the counterpart of the other that not
one person in a hundred would detect
its artificiality. Among the members
of his profession not one knows that
the young man has only one good
eye.
On one occasion he escorted a
young lady to the refreshment tables
and entertained her with pleasant
chat in away that he thought was
making a favorable impression. As
they were taking ice-cream he looked
up as she gave utterance to some
startling exclamation, and was sur
prised to see her eyes fixed on him
with a look of mystified intentness
and horror. She was a well-bred girl,
but something so astonished her that
she continued to look at him in away
that raised the question of his sanity.
A fly had lit square in the centre of
his black glass eye]and remained there,
he, of course, unconscious of its pres
ence. The spectacle eye look
ing at her with a "fly on it and the
owner making no attempt to brush it
o£F was too much for his companion.
His explanation, even, wa3 not quite
satisfactory. She had believed so im
plicitly in those magnificent eyes that
she has since that time regarded him
as sometning of a fraud.'
A beautifully carved reindeer's horn
is the latest relic of prehistoric man
found in the caves of France.