THE TIMES, NEW BLOOMFIKLl), PA., OCTOBEll 23, 1877.
and the lace work In tho otlier, be iIbkii
ed out of the house.'
Meanwhile, at the court-room, the
lawyer for the prosecution had Hummed
up his cane; and now the counsel for
the defendant, after nicking ft few re.
marks, In which lie drew attention to
3u Antolne'i statement h crha not
io foreign to the, cane after all, added
that lie thought it fuifllclcntly strong
without It. They would soon see that
'Squire May could not have committed
tho murder, for he was about to prove
an alibi, and would bane it entirely upon
the testimony of one witness, nnd so
saying he led I Io)H to the stand. Bho
liad known Bhe would bo called upon to
testify, but now her courage left her, and
she felt as If she must fly through an
open side door and escape from them all.
But a glance from her father, and' tho
thought that she might save lilm, re
strained her. The little figure looked
very piteous with its white face, black
dress, and flowing flaxen hair. Already
there was heard a murmur of sympathy
in tho room, beginning with the women.
But the prosecuting attorney was equal
to the occasion.
" I protest, your Honor," he said
' against tho testimony of such a mere
child being admitted In court. I am
willing to assert that she does not know
itho nature of nu oath, und it is a well
known fact that bho has visited her
father in prison, and been instructed by
ihlni as to what to say."
" The Court grants you permission to
nsk her any questions you choose," said
the judge.
Hope held tho back of a chair tightly
as the lawyer turned upon her.
." Do you know tho nature of an oathy"
lie asked fiercely.
" O.i yes, sir I" replied Hope. "It's
swearing, and I've heard Colonel An
ioine swear lots of times."
A Hubducd titter, which Hope did not
'hear, greeted the words, while the prose
cuting attorney turned with a gesture of
despair. " Your Honor sees ," he
began, then suddenly turning to Hope,
" One question more : what did your
father teach you to say here V"
There was a murmur of indignation
3n the house of, " Why do they let him
saes her so?" and the like. But Hope
Tcplied firmly, " lie told me, whatever
they asked me, to tell the truth."
" Yes, I understand, he told you to
say that he had told you that. What
else?"
" Nothing oil yes ! ho told me not to
be afraid if the lawyers were very im
pudent and tried to put me out, but just
to tell the truth, the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth, and God would
lielp me."
" I think, your Honor," said the law
yer for the defence triumphantly, " that
there Is no longer any question as to the
eligibility of the witness, and that she
may now be permitted to give her testi
mony," The judge bowed gravely, and the
prosecuting attorney took his seat.
" And now my little girl," said the
other lawyer kindly, " will you state
: briefly, but as clearly as you can, the
events of the day, from the time the
twelve o'clock whistle sounded until Qus
Antolne left you V"
" Wo were all eating when the twelve
o'clock whistle sounded," said Hope,
timidly. " Father beckoned to me, and
we left the others there and went around
to the old cottonwood tree on the other
aide of the house. He had meant to fix
a swing for the children, but he had
been so busy about 'lection that he could
not do it before, and he wanted me to
help him. We finished it while they
were eating, and then called them out
and surprised them all. I . heard the
notee the pistol made. Father was up
in the tree. He said, There, some of
those boys are firing at a mark. I must
put a stop to that. It's dangerous."
This was all of Hope's testimony,
but the most rigid cross-examination
did not impeach it. No other witness
was called. The judge's address to the
jury was brief. As they retired for con
sultation, Gas Antolne elbowed his way
through the surging crowd, brandishing
the confession in his hand. He made his
way to the judge and handed it to him.
lie glanced it over, then rose and read it
aloud. A cheer rang through the room,
but the judge, with lifted hand, com
manded silence. "This paper," said he,
" comes too late to be used. The jury
Lave retired, and we must await their
verdict. If not in accordance with the
present disclosure, the prisoner can
petition for a new trial."
Their absence was brief, and upon
their return a breathless silence reigned
in the room ; and the words, " Not guil
ty," were heard in the remotest part of
the house. The cheering was now some
thing overwhelming and not to be re
presced. Nobody heard the judge's ad
journment, thongh all acted upon it.
,'JSquire May had been acquitted simply
upon thevldence of his little daughter;
lut Ous Aotoine's confirmation of the
verdict has a tremendous effect. And
while one enthusiastic youth was passing
around Ills liat, " to buy that leetlo gal a
present an Injun pony or somethln',"
all the women and girls in the room
formed In file, and, marching around
Ous, kissed him heartily, much to Ms
disgust. Mrs. Antolne remained only
to kiss Hope under the folds of her crape
veil.
A few weeks later tho w ldow Antolne
and her family left for tho Houlh. lie
fore they went Ous found opportunity
to'sce Hope alone.
" I shall come back again for you
when I am a man," he said. " I have
brought you that pleco of embroidery,
but I want you to give me n Uttlo piece
of it ; I will keep it always." 1
''And did you never hear of him
again V" I asked of Mrs. Uutherford.
" Yes. Tho family went to Virginia.
That Htato had been Mrs. Antolne's
homo. Ous joined the Confederate army,
under Stonewall Jackson ; and shortly
after tho close of the war I received a
letter from his mother saying that he had
been killed at tho buttle of Antletam, I
hud been married for several years then,
but I believe I cried heartily when I
road it. I wore tho embroidery with
the Aluncoii stitch at my wedding. As
we turned to come down the aisle, after
the ceremony, the sou of heads reminded
mo of tho scene in tho court-room long
ago ; and I seemed to see my first love
hurrying forward triumphant, the con
fession that completed tho vindication
of my father In his hand."
Wisdom In Love-Making.
WE KNOW that men naturally
shrink from the attempt to obtain
companions who are their superiors ;
but they will find that really Intelligent
women, who possess the most desirable
qualities, are uniformly modest, and
hold their charms in modest estimation.
What such women most desire In men
Is gallantry; not tho gallantry of courts
and fops, but boldness, courage, devo
tion, and refined civility. A man's
bearing wins ten superior women where
his boots and brains win one. If a man
stand before a woman with respect for
himself and fearlessness of her, his suit
is half won. The rest may safely bo left
to the parties most interested., There
fore never bo afruid of a woman. Wo
men arc tho most harmless and ugreeu
ble creatures in tho world to a man who
shows that ho has got a man's soul in
him. If you have not got the spirit to
come up to a test like this, you have not
got that in you which most pleases a
hlgh-souled woman, and you will be
obliged to content yourself with tho
simple girl who, in a quiet way, is en
deavoring to attract and fasten you. But
don't be in a hurry about the matter. It
isn't creditable to you. Especially don't
Imagine that any disappointment In love
which takes place before you are twen-ty-ono
years old will bo of any material
damage to you. The truth is, that be
fore a man is twenty-five years old he
does not know what he wants himself.
So don't be in a hurry. The more of a
man you become, and the more manli
ness you become capable of exhibiting
in your association with women, the
better wife you will be able to obtain ;
and one year's possession of the heart
and hand of a really noble specimen of
her sex is worth nine hundred and ninety-nine
year's possession of a sweet crea
ture with two ideas in her head, and
nothing new to say about either of
them. Bo don't be in a hurry, we say
again. You don't want a wife now, and
you have no idea of the kind of wife
you will want by-and-by. Go into fe
male society, if you can find that which
will improve you, but not otherwise.
Strange Boston Case.
There has been an interesting case of
" married but no wife" before the su
preme court at Boston last week.
Thomas J. Herring widower with five
children fell in love with Miss Althea
Butters in 1871, proposed and was refused
some half-dozen times, and finally got
her consent by threatening to blow his
brains out. But Thomas indiscreetly
boasted of his conquest, and Miss But
ters broke the engagment. Then there
was another long series of proposals and
refusals, until the young woman refused
even to see him. . Then Herring wrote a
long letter fixing the hour of his death,
and told her to be at home to hear the
news, but discreetly sent a friend to
plead for an interview.which resulted in
her marrying him secretly in April,
1872. ' . .'
Bhe repented of it as soon as it was
done, and compromised by agreeing that
they should not live together as man and
wife for six months, nor tell anybody.
The result is that they have never lived
together ; the more she has seen of him
the more has her early dislike for him
grown, and she asked the court to annul
the marriage. Judge Endlcott says,
however, that threats of suicide do not
constitute duress, and as there was
neither error nor fraud the petition could
not be granted. The case will probably
be taken to the full bench of exceptions.
MURDEft WILL OUT,
NOBLE COUNTY, OHIO, is the
roughest in the Btate. From end
to end it Is one constant succession of
hills. There Is nothing in tho shape of
wagon roads, as they aro understood In
the rest of tho State, known.' Tho hill
side paths, stony, rutted out by tho
heavy rains of spring and fall, are al
most impassahlo to wagons even in tho
best portions of tho year. But hero are
magnificent views of wlldness. From
tho tops of many of the hills one may
obtain a view of tho surroudlng country
extending many nillei in every direc
tion. Hon. John A. Bingham, who
used to represent this district in Con
gress, called it tho Bwlt.erland of Ohio.
Tho pcoplo are at least fifty years behind
many otlier portions of the Htato. They
still live in the rudo log cabins, tho sites
for which have been dug out of the hill
sides. Tho chief employment Is tobacco
raising, nnd has been for half a century
past. They produce a very poor quality
of the weed, and after a laborious pro
cess of curing It Is sold for about $3 per
hundred weight and shipped to Balti
more, where it is exported to Franco
und Germany to bo used In manufactur
ing. On account of the insurmountable
hills the people travel almost exclusive
ly oii horseback, and u Journey of
eighteen or twenty miles Is considered a
day's ride.
Home twenty years ago a drover and
cattle buyer was known to huve gono
down into this country for the purpose
of gathering up a drove of horses and
cattle, for the Baltimore market. He
was known to have hud considerable
money upon his person, and was last
seen at dusk us ho left a little town cull
ed Whlgsvlllo on his way to another
called Barahsvlllc, about four miles dls
taut. Ho suid to his host at the former
place that ho would rldo on and reach
tho latter place by bedtime. Nothing
more was thought of tho mutter at
Whlgsvlllo for several weeks, until some
friends of tho drover came there inquir
ing for him, and then it was discovered
that ho had never reached Barahsvillo
at all. It is remembered by the good peo
ple of Whlgsvlllo that the night on which
the drover departed from their village
it became very dark, and they say that
murky clouds overhung the sky In every
part and vivid flashes of lightning, fol
lowed by terrific peals of thunder, came
in rapid succession. But it was not till
lute at night that the threatened ruin be
gan to descend.
The friends of the man who had thus
suddenly disappeared made as careful an
investigation of his disappearance as it
was thought possible to make under the
circumstances. He had no near rela
tives, having lived a life of celibacy, and
thus the matter died out sooner than it
otherwise might have (done. But the
people of that section "fctnembered the
mysterious disappearance and related
during all the intervening time curious
legends of the probable manner of his
taking oft'. Old settlors have departed
from the stage of existence and another
generation has been born, and still on
stormy nights and during certain sea
sons of the year the story is related by
old wives, and children are made to
shudder and draw closer around the cab
in hearth.
But within the week the mystery has
seemed to have as superstitious and won
derful a partial solution as it had origin.
A young lady, not yet eighteen years of
age, and who was .accordingly born
some two years after the drover's disap
pearance and could have only heard the
story as a tradition, bad a dream, which
was in short that the drover had been
murdered and his body concealed in a
certain spot. Hearing the circumstances
of the case, your correspondent called
upon the young lady. Bhe was found at
her parental house, an unpretentious
farm residence situated upon the hill
side. Bhe is of light complexion, rather
retiring in manner, not especially pretty
but possessing remarkable eyes. They
are large, and although bright, still pos
sess an indescribable dreaminess that
can not fail to attract attention. Upon
being presented to a stranger she display
ed the diffidence natural to one unused
to the ways of the world. 1 But upon my
remarking that I had come to hear her
relate her dream, she seemed to regain
possession of herself, and keeping her
eyes fixed upon the ground, spoke al
most word for word, as follows :
" I had heard the story of the disap
pearance of the drover, twenty years
ago, just as every one has in these parts,
and I hud dwelt upon it much ' in my
thoughts. It seemed to me very strange
ana very unjust, and I could not rest
within myself and have it all remain a
mystery. Bo bad I been thinking lust
Thursday night after I retired, and upon
dropping asleep I think I immediately
began to dream. It seemed to me that I
was In a place familiar to me, though on
account of the great darkness I could
notccrtalnly recognize landmarks. Pres
ently the lightning began to flash and
the thunder to roar, and between the
flashes I began to see wherd I was. I
knew It was thd portion of tho road
about a tulle beyond Harahsvllle toward
Whlgsvlllo. I was walking along, but
at length I sat down and something
seemed to say, Walt and see what will
happen.' I did so, and almost immedi
ately I beheld a man, a stranger to mo,
riding up the hillside, lie seemed In
great hasto, nnd I thought ho was hurry
ing on to Haralisvllle before the ruin
should come. Bo far as I waB concerned
I did not care to seek shelter, but some
thing seemed to call all my attention to
tho stranger. Almost immediately I
saw another man cmeige from the dark
ness of a fenco corner opposlte,and with
a beuvy club or bludgeon in his . hundi
ho ran up behind tho man on horseback
and dealt hint a terrible blow on tho
head. There was a full, a groan, and
then I seemed to awake; although, as I
am now cerudu I did not. That was
simply a part of the dream. When I
next looked the murderer whs conceal
ing the body of the dead niuii in a huge
hollow trio. I recognized this place also,
and still awaited developments. Tho
murderer next took tho money from tho
suddle-bugs and placed it in a large bag
of his own, and taking the saddle from
tho borne, turned him loose. Then tak
ing the money in his hands ho start
ed awny. As ho did so a flush of light
ning shining full upon his face, revealed
William Styles, my father I I then
screamed in reality, und awoke At first
I thought nothing In purtleulur of tho
peculiar revolution, deeming It only a
nightmare, but tho more I thought of
the matter the more it Impressed me,
and I was absolutely led to go to the
spot whwre It seemed to me tho body was
concealed."
"Did you find anything that resem
bled the spot pictured In your dream V"
"Certainly; I recognized tho spot
shown in the dream, and I could go di
rectly to tho spot. Upon arriving there
and examining tho ground, I found
nothing remiukublo ; but I was not sat
isfied with a superficial examination. I
got a shovel, and, digging among tho
rotten wood, I found what you have
heard."
" A skeleton , which you are convinc
ed is that of tho dead drover V"
Bhe bowed her head, but made no aud
ible reply.
" What is the truth in regurd to the
finding of portions of a saddle supposed
to bo that of tho lost drover ?" I asked.
" Oh, I should havo remarked as I
proceeded with the story of my dream,"
she said, "that the murderer seemed to
hide tho suddlo beneath a pile of leaves
and brush not fur away, first digging a
hole in the ground."
" Did you search here '"'
" No,I dldn't.but after I had discover
ed the skeleton and had told about It to
some of the people I told them where to
dig for the saddle, and they did so, and
found all that could have remained of it
through the years viz., the stlrrups.the
buckles, etc., much decayed with rust.
Thanking the young lady for her cour
tesy in relating ber dream, and filled
with wonder that her account should so
closely have followed that of the neigh
bors, I went away to make further in
quirles. I found that the bones, after
lying in state for a day or two, bad been
interred in the graveyard ; that the por
tions of the saddle found were still on
exhibition, and I examined them. They
consisted of one stirrup and two buckles
all exceedingly old and eaten with rust
They are kept at the harness-maker's.
Upon inquiry among the people of the
town, it was discovered that considera
ble suspicion, wholly on account of the
dream, fastens upon Mr. Styles, the
father of the girl, but as he is dead al
ready, no . criminal prosecution will
probably be begun against him at pres
ent. It was remembered that he had for
many years before his death been noted
far and wide as the most consummate
coward in the whole region. He could
hardly be persuaded to go out at night,
and during thunder storms his fear was
painfnl to behold. He usually betook
himself to his cellar and covered bia
face with his hands in an ecstasy of
agony.
All in all the case is certainly one of
the most peculiar and interesting on
record. My account of it as given above
reads more like an extravagant story
than an adherence to facts, but never
was there a more painstaking effort made
to arrive at the truth, and what was
obtained has been recorded.
A Miser Sold.
A noted miser who felt obliged to
make a present to a lady, entered a
crockery store for the purpose of mak
ing a purchase. Seeing a statuette broken
into a dozen pieces, he asked the price.
The salesman said it was worthless, but
he could have It for the cost of packing
it in a box. He sent it to the lady, with
his card, congratulating himself that
she would imagine that it become ruined
on its way Lome. He dropped in to see
the effect. The tradesman had carefully
wrapped each piece in a separate bit of
paper.
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