THE TIMES, NEW BL00MEIEL1), PA., MAY 14, 1878. . M For Tb IHnonifMd TIrm. A SINGULAR FRAUD. COXCMJDEI). II7K were married muohngnlnstiier YY father's Inclination. From tbe Mint lie guessed my motlves,and dlstrust d me to the last, lie made hla will In such manner that I could never obtain on Heflsion of hbt daughter' property, if such had been my deal re though it never was. I was satisfied to have con troltf the income, which amply aup 4lied Okw wants ; leslde, the business in whlou he etalillHhd nie, began to prosper andipay me well. Indeed, by jtrudent speculation, I now possess enough to buy the Farrell estate twine .over. But I was still a poor man when iie died. Lillian and I lived in perfect unison. Hhe was not without her faults, the trivial ones of a spoilt child, but I was patient, never exacting, for her heart was kind and good and she loved me tendorly. The birth of our child cemented our union with endearing lionds. Then came the clouds of sorrow after ali this sunshine of happiness. My wife was stricken down by the destroy, er's hand and taken from me. I cannot describe to you the crushing weight with which this blow fell upon me. Hud it aot been for my darling little one I should have gone mad, and given up all. I rallied my senses for her sake. Bhe too sickened, and then indeed the world looked blank. Lured by the news of her illness, as vultures scent carrion from afur, relatives I had never heard of, harpies who knew the tenor of Judge Farrell's will, began to gather, offering their condolence In public, but secretly gloating in anticipation of their division of the property. My fortune hung upon my child's life, for my business had not then assumed a lucrative form her death would be ruin to me. I should be hurled from my proud position and see .strangers in the home which the memo ry of my lost wife made a hallowed spot io me. I wish you to fully understand ihe motive that led me to the strange crime I then committed. "But I do not see what this has to do with my child," said Nance, timidly. "Iwn comdng to that now. Our fam ily physician imving given up the child, s a last hope and despairing effort to save her I determined to consult the best medical skill New York afforded. I call ed upon several eminent physicians, but found them too much engaged to go with me, though they all promised to attend in the morning. It was quite dark when I left the coach, and walked to the ferry, wrapping my cloak around me for the night was chilly. Under a llamp post I saw a little girl, hardly three voars of age crying bitterly not loudly, but in a suppressed terrified kind of way. I surmised at once that she was lost. The thought of my poor stricken one at home made my heart warm towards her. I stooped down and raised her in my arms, with the intention of taking her home, if I could ascertain where it was, as I raised her up the rays of the gas lamp fell upon her face, and I fancied that I could detect a resemblance in it to my own darling. In an instant one of those sudden Inspirations which sway the hu man mind, flashed through my brain. What if I should find my child dead on my return, could not I substantiate this this one in her place ? It was an insane project, with an hundred chances to one against its successful accomplishment; but it was a last hope to save the Farrel etate from rapacious relatives who had less right to it than I. This little one was coarsely clad but she was robust and healthy ; one, doubtless, out of some poor man's brood, who had a dozen beside, who would scarcely miss her, and be very thankful to have one mouth less to feed. "Come, darling, and I'll take you home" I said. " She nestled coufidingly to my breast, and I wrapped my cloak about her in fluch a way as to hide her completely from view. In this manner I took her on board of the ferry boat. By the time I reached Green Point she was souna asleep sleeping the heavy sleep of In fancy. I walked hurriedly home, fear ful that she might awake; butthere was little danger of that her ramble in the streets had completely wearied her. I let myself into the house with the latch key, paused in the dimly lighted hall to adjust my burden in such a manner that tom might suspect its presence, should 1 meet any of the servants on the stairs, I knew they would think nothing of my -wearing my cloak and hat Into the sick room, as my natural anxiety would pre ventmefrom stopping to remove them until I saw my child. " I found the nurse alone by the bed wfcle; the doctor, she told me, had Just left, telling her the child could not live till morning. He bad done all he could but while there was life there was ' Jiope. He would call around early In th morning. The little sufferer lay aspig out her life. I was in time. I ent my nurse to bed, my usual custom on returning, to keep a weary vigil by the death couch. Worn out by long watering, she gladly availed herself of my permission la retire. I locked the door after her, placed the sleeping child beside the dying one, and carefully dropped the wludow curtains. Ho fur my scheme had succeeded; but if my child should linger until morning, and the' presence of the other be detected, what then Cold drops of perspiration oozed slowly from ' my forehead as I Btood beside the bed and watched and waited. "An hour passed away in this dread ful suspense, A neighboring church bell tolled the hour of ten, and with the last stroke a convulsive sigh broke from the pale lips, the llltlo frame quivered, there was a sound like the rushing of wings In the room, and then all grew ghastly still again ; no sound but the regular breathing of the sleeping child, which my acute ears could hear distinct ly, whilst mine lay dead beside her, I sank upon my knees by the bedside, and my grief went over me like a flood,raln lug a torrent of tears from my eyes. But these tears did me good; they blunted the edge of my sorrow, and prepared me for what was yet to be done. " I knew the servants had all retired, to rest, and I was the only one stirring In the house; yet I had better use dis patch. With trembling fingers, I chang ed the clothes of the dead and living child, wrapped the body in a little blan ket, placed the stranger where my own had laid, stole silently out of the house by the back stairs, out to the river's bank, and there, by the moon's rays, burled my precious one beneath an elm the tallest In the grove a ghastly fu neral. A year after, I reclaimed the poor hidden remains In the same man ner, and placed them in her mother's tomb. The world thinks that carved box contains but waxen flowers ; It could not see the little skeleton hidden beneath them. " In the morning they found me by the bedside prepared for the final failure or accomplishment of my scheme. The child awoke early and called for food. I sought for milk and bread leaving the nurse bewildered at this unlooked for re covery. The doctor, when he came pronounced it miraculous but he had seen such cases before, I could have laughed at Ids oracular manner, but there was too much at stake. Though the child prattled names, and spoke of things my child had never heard of, yet none suspected the cheat. Why should they No 'one would ever have dream ed of such a thing. The doctor pro nounced her ' light-headed' and that set tled it." " It all seems like a dream to me," said Nance, "and all these years you have passed my daughter off as yours " " As I have told you. Bhe has filled a daughter's place in my heart. I love her as dearly as I would my own child if she had lived. Bhe seems to belong more to me ban to you. I wish to restore her to you ; yet at the same time you must never claim her as your daughter." " Not claim her as my daughter Not clasp her to my heart after all these weary years " " You mourned her dead you never expected to see her more " " True, I did." " As my daughter and the heiress of the Farrell estate, she holds a proud po sition in the world, and will marry well. To acknowledge her as your daughter were to put a blight upon her young life and prospects, which no amount of wealth I can bestow upon her and she shall have it all can ever efface. You can live in the same house with her, be ever near, a constant witness to her hap pinesscan you desire more Would it be a large increase of Joy to hear her call you 'mother,' knowing the penalty she must pay for that one word " " Let me live in the same house with her; watch over her constantly I am content, my lips shall never disclose the secret," answered Nance, with true motherly abnegation. John Waldron smiled benignly. This man had the faculty of moulding others to suit his own purposes. " You are a sensible woman," he said, pleasantly. Now there is one other be side ourselves who knows this secret one Nobbles; that'B the name." "Bob Nobbles I know him." "He discovered Lillian's strong resem blance to yourself, and Is in possession of some other facts of the story, but he can prove nothing without your help. If you should be called upon, which is hardly likely, you must never acknowl edge that Lillian is your child." " I never will." He glanced keenly in her clear blue eyes for a moment. They met his look unswervingly. He was satisfied. " Come, let us go home your home for all time to come," he said. " You shall pass for my cousin, and we will call you Mrs. Fitzgerald we must have an Irish name, you know, and we may as well have a good one." Perhaps you think John Waldron should not thus have so successful tri umphed in his fraud, keeping a stranger in the Farrell estate while the poor rela tives eyed it from a distance with covet ous eyes. Perhaps not ; but this Is a narration of events as they were, not as they should be. How many frauds prosper in our midst that ' we never dream of until our morning's paper be wilders us with the fact that the next door neighbor, a cashier in the First Na tional, has been a dafaulter for years ; but for the one discovered, how many escape unsuspected. Who can tell Nance had never seen such happy days as she passed beneath John Wal dron ' roof ; and when in time, Lillian became the wife of Rydney Gray, and she nursed their first baby her bliss was complete. Ho they lived on with the secret unspoken amongst them ; for Bob Nobbles, wandering in foreign countries or perhaps burled beneath the waters of the ocean, never returned to disturb their serenity. No Pay, No Board. AT A Mi, line-looking man, of milita ry bearing and address, and attired in a stylish-fitting suit of broadcloth, entered one of Philadelphia's leading ho tels last night, and, (n a scrawling chl rogrophy, entered the name of " F. W. Fawcett, Topeka, Kan.," upon the reg ister. When the clerk had glanced at the signature he retreated behind the cashier's desk and scanned a sheet of pa per which he took from a idle, glancing once or twice toward the stranger. " Has your baggage arrived " the clerk inquired. " No; It has not." " In that case," sold the clerk, " we shall require payment in advance." The Btranger flushed up and with some asperity wanted to know whether this was the general custom of the house. The clerk replied that It was, and there upon the stranger, with a muttered ejac ulation in an undertone, turned on his heel and abruptly left the hotel. " That man Is one of the most accom plished hotel dead beats in the country," remarked the clerk as he gazed after the retreating form. "See here," and he handed over to the scribe the sheet of paper which he held in his hand. It was headed : " Hotel-keepers Associa tion of Chicago. Dead heats." At the head of the various columns were " re port from," "name registered," "amount of baggage," "age, size and complex ion," "remarks." The spaces were filled in with a complete description of the retreating individual. " This association is the best thing out for us," the clerk continued, "and although it only came into existence with the new year, nearly every hotel keeper In the United States is numbered among its members. When a proprie tor is victimized he fills one of these blanks out in full and forwards it to the central offices in Chicago, whence it is in turn telegraphed all over the country. Then when the beat or beatB, for their name is legion, puts in an appearance at another place where he is sanguine of obtaining a day or week's good living on the cheap, the proprietor is on his guard and can demand cash in advance or no accommodation. By this system we ex pect to shortly consign the beat to ob livion. At any rate, depend upon it, there will be fewer victimized seaside hotel-keepers this season than has ever been known before. Philada. Record. The Marvellous Jug. IN THE years agone, when the old Marine Barracks were over the hill side, outside of the Navy Yard, In Brooklyn, N. Y., some of the soldiers, one cold, stormy day, thought what a grand thing it would be to brew a punch, hot and Btrong, in honor of squad who had been detached, and were upon the following day to go on board ship for the Brazilian station. There was money enough to pay for the liquor to pay for a barrel of It but how to get it into the barracks, that was the question. Never a man came In from liberty without being overhauled by the sergeant of the guard from top to toe. Not a vial as large as a finger could be hidden from those sharp eyes and sharper fingers. At length up spoke Tim Murphy. Said he: " Make up the money, boys, and I'll go out and bring in the liquor. I'm down for liberty to-day." Tim was not a man to boast emptily, and when he had seriously declared that he was in earnest, the money was made up enough to purchase two quarts and a jug and in due time he went out. It was in the edge of the evening, or just at dusk, that Tliii came back, openly swinging a large jug in his hand. Ar rived in the guard-house, both the ser geant of the guard and sergeant Moore took him in hand for examination. " What have you got in that jug " " Molasses, sir." " Let's see." They took the jug, pulled out the cork and smelled. It certainly smelled like molasses. Then they procured a stick and poked it down into the big-bellied cruet, and upon pulling it out some thing like molasses dripped off the end. They both tasted and were satisfied, and Tim was told to pass on ; he did pass on Jug in hand. Arrived in the barrack-room, those in the secret gathered around. He led them Into the rear apartment where the bedding was stored, and closed the door. Then he called for a tin dipper. Taking the cork from the nozzle, Tim tipped up the Jug over the tin dipper, and present ly, In the midst of slowly-drlpplng trea cle, out dropped a leaden bullet with a strong cord attached. By means of this line he drew up the neck of a bladder, and, when the molasses had been emptied out, perhaps a pint of It, he slipped the cord from the neck of the bladder, and poured out considerable more than two quarts of fine old Monongahela whiskey. Monster Steam Ships. THE largest merchant steamships at present running are the English steamers Great Eastern, Farraday, and Hooper. There are some very large steamships running regularly to New York from Liverpool, hut none are so large as those mentioned above. The leviathan of ships, the Great Eastern, Is one of the wonders of our progressive age, and a mighty proof of the energy, perseverance, and skill of man. No other ship is worthy to be mentioned with her. She stands alone, a proud monument to her designees and builders. Hhe was built at London about twenty year ago, and cost a fabulous sum of money. She Is nearly 700 feet long, 83 feet wide, and can carry 20,000 tons of freight. The next largest vessel's ca pacity Is not over 0,000 tons. Although of such immense size her lines are beautiful, and she sits upon the water as gracefully as a yacht. She has seven masts. Her engines, of the com bined power of 10,000 horses, are a won der to contemplate. Involuntarily the keholded exclaims, as he gazes upon the ponderous moving mass, " How could man ever fabricate them" They are without doubt the largest engines ever constructed. Her paddle-wheels are fifty feet in diameter. Her saloon Is lofty, of great size, and most luxurious in its ap pointments. Although built for a passenger and freight steamer, and intended for the Australian trade, she has been used al most altogether in laying submarine tel egraphs. Proving altogether too large for profitable use as a merchant steamer. There is no doubt, in the event of Great Britain's going to war, she would be used as a transport steamer, being able to accomodate 10,000 soldiers with their baggage. American Girl's Adventure. An American girl went over to Paris with her brother, the other day, and the instant she was left alone with their companion in the carriage, a middle aged Frenchman, he insulted her. She told her brother when he returned, and there was a fearful outburst. The French, man gave his card, and said he was deeply sorry, and would abide by the decision of the other as to the conse quences to ensue for his mistake, but certainly he never suspected Mademois elle was a lady, as she was painted. The brother appealed to the best authorities in Paris in these matters, to learn what the code was under these circumstances, and all the men of the Jockey Club told him that if his sister's eyelashes were blackened and her cheeks rouged he could have no redress, and these practices were never followed by vne demoiselle de monde. There is another practice I wish our women would abandon, and one which Is far more general than painting the face, and that Is loading themselves with jewelry when traveling. In Eu rope you can tell American women as far as you can see them on the boats and railways by the quantity of Jing ling bracelets, flashing ear rings, un countable finger rings and loud neck chains, lockets and chatelaines, which proclaim their lack of keenness of per ception in regard to the fitness of things. Highbred women in Europe never wear jewelry, except when In full dress. That was one thing I so admired in Mrs. Hicks. Her diamonds were gorgeous, magnificent, yet she seldom wore all at once, even in the evening. If she wore her splcnded diamond and pearl necklace she left off her diamond stomacher and her high diamond comb. For carriage wear and calling I never saw her wear anything more showy than a small diamond arrow, earrings and brooch, scarcely bigger than this pen-tip I am writing with. l3f"HeDry Taylor, tbe author of "Philip Van Artevulde," told a story of a girl who had been brought up for tbe purpose of be ing eaten on the day her master's son was married or attained a certain age. She was proud of being tbe plat for occasion, for when she was acoosted by a missionary who wanted to convert her to Christianity and withdraw ber from hor fate, she said sue had no objection to be a Christian, but she must stay to be eaten , that she bad been fattened for the purpose and must fulfil her destiny. VEGETINH FOR DllorSY. Central Full, B. I., Oct. 19, 1877. lr. tt R. Rtevens t It Is a pleasure to give my testimony for your valuable mertiotne. 1 was sick Inn time with Dropsy under the doetiirs eare. He said It mi Water Iwt ween the heart and liver. I received pobenellt until t eommenced taking Vegetlnei In fant, I was growing worse. I have tried many remedies itheyd Id uuthelpme. Vegetlne Is the rnedlolne for prnnsy. I bean to feel better alter taking a few bottle. 1 have taken thirty bottle In all. I am perfectly well, never felt better. No one can feel moro thankful than I do. I am, dear air, gratefully your. A. 1. WHEELER. VEGETINE.-When the blood become llfeles and stagnant, either from ehanRa of weather or of ollniate. want of exercise. Irregular diet, or from any other cause, the Vegetlne will renew the block, carry on the putrid humors.cleansa the stomach, regulate the bowel, and Impart a tone of vigor to the whole body. VEQETINE. For Kidney Complaint and Nervon Debility. Isleboro, Me., Deo. 28, 1877. Mr. Stevens : Dear Sir, I had had a eougti, for eighteen J ear, when I commenced taking the Vegetlne. was very low i my system was debilitated by dis ease. I had the Kidney Complaint, and was very nervous couah bad. lung sore. When I had taken one bottle I found It was helping met It was helping mej It ha helped my cough, and It strengthens me. I am now able to do my work. Never have found anything like the Vegetlne. I know II li everything It Is recommendedto he MKH. A. J. fKNDLBTON. VEOKTtNE Is nourishing and strengthening! purine the blood: regulate the bowelst nuleU the nervous system s acts directly upon the secre tion i and arouses the whole system to action. "VEO-ETIlNr-E. FOR SICK HE A DA CUE. Evansvllle, Ind., Jan. 1, 1878. Mr. Stevens ! Dear Hlr, I have used your Vegetlne for Blck Ileadache, and have been greatly beneltted there, by. I have every reason to believe It to be a good medicine. Yours very respectfully. MRS. JAM KB CONNER. . 411 Third St HEADACHE. There are various causes for headache, a derangement of the circulating sys tem, of the digestive organs, of the nervous sys tem. &o. Vegetlne can be said to be a sure rem edy for the many kinds of headache, a It act directly npou the various cause of this com plaint. Nervousness, Indlgestlon.Costlness, Rheu matism, Neuralgia, Biliousness, &c. Try the Vegetlne, Veu will never regret It "VEC3-ETI3STE. DOCTOR'S REPORT. Dr, Chas. M. Duddenhausen. Apothecary, Evansvllle, Ind. The doctor writes: I have a large number of good customer who take Vegetlve. They all speak well of It. I know It I a good medicine for the complaint for which it Is recommended. Dec. 27, 1S77. VEOETINE I a good panacea for our aged fathers and mother: for It give them strength, quiet their nerves, and gives them Nature's sweet sleep. VEOETINE, DOCTOH'8 BEPOKT. H. It. Rtevens: ' Dear Hlr. We have been selling your valuable vegetlne lorS year, and we find that It gives perfect satisfaction. We believe It to be the best blood purifier now sold. Very respectfully. Da, J. E. BROWN & CO.. Druggists. Uulontown.Ky. Vegetlne ha never failed to effect a cure, giv ing tone and strength to the system debilitated by disease. May V 10 OETIN K Prepared H. R. STEVENS, Boston, Mass. Vegetlne Is Sold by all Druggists. jyjUSSER & ALLEN CENTRAL STORE NEWPORT, PENN'A. Mow oiler the public A BARE AND ELEGANT ASSORTMENT o DRESS GOODS Consisting st alt shades suitable for tbe season. BLACK ALP AC CAS AND Mourning Goods A SPECIALITY. BLEACHED AND UNBLEACHED MUSLINS, AT VARIOUS PBICES. AN ENDLESS SELECTION OP FBINTSI We sell and do keep a good quality of SUGARS, COFFEES & SYRUPS, And everything under tbe head of GROCERIES ! Machine needles and oil for all makes or Machines. To be convinced that our goods are CHEAP AS THE CHEAPEST, IB TO CALL AND EXAMINE STOCK. W No trouble to show goods. Don't forget the CENTRAL STORE, Newport, Perry Comity, Pa. J. M. GlRVIN. J. H. GlRVIN J. M. GIRVIN & SON., FLOUR, GRAIN, SEED & PRODUCE Commission Merchants, No. 64 South 6iy, St., BALTIMORE, MD. We will nav strict attention to the aala nf i kinds of Country Produce and remit the amouuH nn.m.ttlu 1 At .... J. M. GIRVIX fe BON.
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