THE TIMES, NEW BLOOM FIELD, PA., JANUARY 7, 1871).
THE MISSING HEIR.
A CLIENT of the law Ann with
which I wns connected In Lincoln
Nebraska, had died, leaving a very large
property, worth nearly $5(10,000, to be
held In trust uutll the heirs could be dis
covered. I was anxious to And the heirs, not
only for pecuniary motives, but because
I was made deeply Interested In them
by the recital of a story which the client,
Marvin Urny, bad told to me on the day
of his death. Ills breath was almost
upent when I stood by bis bedside and
listened attentively to catch the low
sound of bis voice as he whispered the
fad tale of an erring son whom he had
driven from his home In England. He
had petit him from his home one dark
night, twelve years before, because of
his drunken habits, and he had never
een him since. He had heard of him
but once In all these long years; then
he was an ofllcer aboard a ship plying
between Liverpool and New York.
Though he had searched the world over
he could get no trace of his son, and
finally, worn out by incessant grief and
traveling, he lay down In the far West
among strangers, to die without having
accomplished the one great desire of his
aching heart.
As the death dew was gathered on his
brow, he finished his Btory, and, with
an indescribable look of agony, asked
me to swear to take up the work where
he had left it, and devote my life, If
jieed be, to finding of his son, if living.
I should receive $0,000 when he was
found. Young and romantic, my sym
pathies were fully aroused ; so with my
hand clasped in the nervous grasp 01
the dying man, I promised never to
give up the search until the lost one was
found.
Mr. Gray had made such disposition
of his property that I could draw my
, traveling expenses ; so I commenced the
important task the day after his mi time
ly death.
I took the cars at Lincoln and was
poon seen in Crete, a small station in
Nebraska. Here I changed to the ,-tage
coach bound for Hobler's ranche, fifteen
miles to the north. As we were travel
ing along at a rate of speed for which
Western stage coaches are renowed, I
tried to shape some definite course to
pursue, and had almost decided to
retrace my journey to Lincoln and start
for the Eastern States, when my
thoughts were diverted from the subject
' by the sudden upsetting of the lumber
ing vehicle. We had been threading our
way around the edge of a gulch, when
the shying of one of the horses Bent the
coach and contents in a heap to the bot
tom. I was conscious of falling, and
then all was blank.
When I recovered my consciousness I
was in a pleasant though plainly furnish
ed room, through the door of which I
could see a pale-faced woman sewing
near a table. At the same time she was
sweetly humming a baby song and rock
iug an old-fashioned cradle with her
foot. It was an interesting picture, and
made me think omy own childhood,
with my mother singing baby Nell to
sleep. I tried to think how I came to
1)6 there, and wondered if I had died and
was in Heaven,
As my thoughts turned to myself I
tried to arise, when an acute pain in my
side made me c.ry out in agony. Then
the sweet face of the woman was over
my pillow, and tender eyes looked pity
ingly into mine as she asked roe if I
felt much pain. Her voice, so low aud
sweet made me forget my suffering, and
I asked where I was and how I came
there.
u Don't you remember you're falling
into the gulch with the stage coach yes
terday V" she asked.
"Oh, now I remember," I replied. 4lI
was going to Hobler's ranche, when we
were all tipped into that gulch and
killed."
" No, not killed," she said, smiling at
my serious tone; " but badly bruised;
and Marvin brought you here for me to.
nurse back to life, for you were almost
gone when he got you out of the
wreck." .
I was going to ask who Marvin was,
but she said I must not talk any more
. until the fever had left me.
The following week was a period of
great suffering to me, but, my faithful
nurse did all that could be done to make
my surroundings pleasant for my ration
al moments. I was conscious of the
presence of a young man at my bedside,
and knew he was the " Marvin" who
had brought me from the gulch.
Near the end of the second week after
the accident the fever left me, and I be
gan to recover. Up to that time I had
been unable to converse except with
great pain, but on this afternoon, wLen
the fever was all out of my system, I
could talk as well as usual. My recovery
was slow, and for many days L was com
pelled to keep my bed j but at last I was
permitted td sit up, braced by pllIows,ln
the big arm chair. ' ' .
One day, while sitting thus, watching
Mrs. Warde, my nurse, at her work, I
asked how she and her husband came to
settle In such a wild country. Bhe re
plied that It was a long story, and might
tire me too much ; but I assured her that
it would not, so she paused for a mo
ment, and then said ;
" When I promised to be Marvin's
wife he was a sailor, oil shore for a short
vacation. He was not rich, but we
loved each other, and were full of hope
for the future, Marvin was to make
one more trip to Liverpool, and then re
turn and make me his wife. We parted,
both vowing to remain true to our love
vows. But he had not been away a
week before mother was taken sick, our
only horse was stolen, and father broke
his leg, so he could not work.- I tolled
all day and far Into the night, but 1
could not earn bread enough for the
little brothers and sisters and buy the
medicine that sick mother must have.
In our distress, my father's employer,
Mr. Ennot, hearing of our need, sent
the doctor for mother and food for the
children. I was grateful for his kind
ness, but when he Asked me to marry
him, I fled from his presence. He sought
me again, and said. "For the sake of
your father and sick mother, Jenny ,can
you not be my wife?" I thought of
Marvin away on the sea, and my heart
made me say no. Then came news of a
terrible storm at sea, and Marvin's ship
was among those that had gone down.
Again Mr. Ennot renewed his odor.
My father argued and commanded,' but
I could not forget Marvin's love. My
mother did not say a word, but when
she looked Into my face, I knew she
wanted me to yield for the children's
sake. Though my heart should break I
could not refuse her mute appeal, so I
gave over and promised to be his wife ;
but my heart was on the sea.
" The day appointed for the wedding
came, and everything was ready ; guests
had been bidden, tables spread, music
ians engaged, and floors prepared for
active feet. We were to be married at
church, then go for the grand feast to
Mr. Ennot's house. I was sitting mourn
fully at the window of my little room
all dressed and ready to go, when I saw
my Marvin approaching. I could hard
ly believe mj eyes till he said, 'I have
come back to save you, Jenny,' and as
he took me from the window in his great
strong arras, and pressed me to his
breast, I forgot the sorrow of the past
and laughed and cried for joy."
Mrs. Warde stopped for a moment to
brush away the tears that the memory
of that meeting brought to her eyes,'
then continued:
" Marvin had heard In the village be
low of the reported loss of his ship, aud
of my approaclng marriage, and had
lost no time in coming to me. Once in
his presence I could not resist him, so
away we went to tha church, and, just
as Mr. Ennot and his friends came, we
were pronounced man and wife.
"I cannot never forget the scene that
followed. Mr. Ennot stamped and
swore, and tore his hair in his awful
anger; then turning to Marvin, as we
were leaving the church, he raised his
hand toward Heaven and swore a fear
ful vow of eternal hatred to us both. I
was badly frightened, but Marvin
thought it only an Idle threat, and soon
forgot it. My parents would have noth
ing to do with nte, and so we went to
work in a large factory in a neighboring
city.
We were doing well till Mr. Ennot
found us out and influenced our em
ployer eo that we were discharged. We
then moved to a little town In a distant
State, and had just got nicely settled
when Mr. Ennot again found us out so
we lost that situation. We commenced
in another but With the same result. Mr.
Ennot was rich, and followed us from
place to plaoe, using his money in circu
lating stories that deprived us of work,
and made honest people turn from us.
Oh, these were dark days for us I" she
exclaimed and stopped to control her
emotion.
I had found the tears running down
my own cheek while listening to her
low tcnes when she spoke of moving,
then again the blood would fairly boil
within my veins while she was telling
of the persecutions they received from
Ennot. But was all attention when
she continued :
"We tried different factories iu all
parts of the country, but it was no use.
The undying hate of that man followed
us like a shadow, and for four years we
were constantly moving from one town
to another. At last we left the East,
changed our name and settled here in
the wild West, so far away from my
dear old home and friends."
At the mention of the old home, con
vulsive sobs choaked her utterance, and
It was some time before she resumed her
interesting story.
" Under our new name we were safe
from discovery, aud would have done
very well If Marvin had been experieno
ed in ranche work, but he was not used
to the country, and did not succeed as
well as others have. Then baby was
born, my health became poor, and I
could not help longing for a look into
my dear old mother's face. Marvin, too,
who was driven from his father's house
twelve years ago for dissipated habit,
wished to hear from home again. He
wrote two letters last year, but as he
received no answer, he now thinks his
father is dead, for Mr. Gray was old.
"OrayV" I asked, Interrupting he.'
"Yes. Marvin Gray, my husUnnd's
father," she replied, wondering at my
growing excitement.
"Was It Marvin Gray of Hlghcllfr
Castle, Hempshlre, England V" I ques
tioned, hardly aMe to keep my seat.
" The very same."
" Then' I have been searching for
your husband. Marvin Gray Is dead,
but long before he died he forgnve his
son, and was searching for him, that he
might tell him he was forgiven and give
him a father's blessing."
Marvin came In from his work Just In
time to hear this of his father, and drop
ping on his knees beside his wire, who
had bomeso much for his sake, he pour
ed forth a fervent prayer to the One who
had guided and watched over them
through all the long dreary years of
their wanderings.
Hut little more remains to be told.
They easily proved their Identity, and
received the property which belonged to
them. And had you, kind reader, gone
with them to that Eastern State, you
might have witnessed a Joyful meeting
when the daughter, so longed for, re
turned to her aged parents' home where
they now reside, having no fears of mo
lestation from Mr. Ennot, who choked
to death during an encounter he had
with the end of a rope in the hands of
au infuriated people among whom he
had been living, away on the Western
border.
. ... .
An Irishman's Trouble.
APAItTYof gentlemen In Tennessee,
having gone upon a deer hunt,were
greatly annoyed by a sort of Irish
Jeremy Diddler, who quartered himself
in their camp, and bored them by day
with his Idle vaunting, and, at night,
drove sleep from their tent with the
drone of his nasal pipe. Patrick enter
tained a moral dread of snakes, and one
"f the party determined to take advan
...ige of his national prejudice, with a
view of getting rid of his company.
Accordingly, one night, when he was
" 8ound-a.snorlng," perhaps dreaming
of snakes, the mischievous gentleman
(so the story runs), got his hunting
knife, and, going to where the ofial of
a large deer had been thrown, cut off
about seven feet of the intestines, and,
securing the ends with twine to retain
the contents, tied one end of them fast
and tight to a corner of Paddy's linen,
that had wandered through a hole in
his pantaloons, coiling it all up smooth
ly by his side, snake-like and true. All
things thus arranged, the coneplrators
lay down again, and at the conclusion
of one of the stage-horn snores,tbe same
gentleman roared ou at the top of his
voice:
"Hu-wee! Hu-wee! A big copper
headed black rattle-snake, eleven feet
long, has crawled up my trowsers, and
is tying himself into a double-bow-knot
round my body 1" giving the Irishman,
with every word, a furious dig in the
side with his elbow, with a running ac
companiment on his shines with his
heels I Of course, all this noise and
punishment awoke him quick and
thoroughly ; in his first movement be
laid his hand on the cold coil at his side.
Hissing out a "Byjapers!" from be
tween his clenched teeth, he made a
bound, that carried him some ten feet
clear of the camp, and with a force that
straightened out the coil and make the
snake's tail crack like a cart-whip I
Casting one wild bhving look behind,
he tore off with the rapidity of lightning
around the camp in a circle of forty
feet across, and, at every bound, shout
ing, or rather yelling, "Saze'Im! Raze
'imbythe tail! Oh, stop 'im! Och,
Saint Patrick ! tare him intil jabletts!
A wha I A wha ! He's got me fast howld !
och he has, an' he's mendln' his hoult I
Och, murther I Gintlemen take howld
iv 'im I shoot 'im 1 shoot him in the tall
end!"
During this scene, one of the party
stood hugging a sappling with both arms
and one leg, his head thrown back, emit
ting scream after scream ; another lay
on his back, with his feet against a tree,
his arms elevated like a child's when he
wants you to help him up, uttering
scream for scream with the Judge. All
sounds at all like ordinary laughter,
had ceased, and the present notes would
have rendered immortal the vocal fume
of a dozen panthers, accompanied in
their concert by the fog whistle of a
steamboat. Jim A., the third gentleman
of the party "fat Jim" stood with
his legs about a yard apart, his hand on
his hips, shouting at regular intervals of
about five seconds, "Snake! Bxake! I
SNAKE!!!" at the same intonation,
but so loud that the echoes mocked each
other from fifty crags, and " Snake !
Snake!" reverberated loud and long
among those mountain slopes, while his
eyes carefully and closely followed the
course of poor Paddy round the camp.
After1 running round it many times, the
persecuted one flew oft in a tangent In
to ,4.he dark woods, and the medley
ru nils of "snake! murther! help! fire!"
tc, gradually died away in the dls
tunce, and the hunters were alone.
"Umph,"eald Jim (after stopping
his laughing blccotigh), "umph, I
thought (hat make would stop snoring
In this camp at least! Umph." The
next evening the Patlander was seen
traveling nt a mighty rate through
Knoxvllle, with a small bundle under
his arm and a huge shlllalah In the other
poked out ahead of him In a half de
fensive, half-exploring attitude. When
he was hailed with, " Which way, Pad
dy V" casting round at the speaker a sort
of hang-dog, sulky glance, he growled
forth, n word at a step, " Strate to
Ireland, by Japers, where there's no
snakes !"
Lost and Found.
The Fife "Herald" of May 2-, 1870,
told the story of a valuable find thus:
" One morning last week, a workman
at West Bridge flour mills, Cupar, while
in the act of washing a quantity of
Egyptian beans, had his attention di
rected to something sparkling at the
bottom of the vessel. He at once lifted
the article, which proved to be a valua
ble diamond ring of chaste workman
ship iu fine gold. There had originally
been seven diamonds In the ring, but
one had been lost out of the setting;
otherwise the ring was uninjured. The
mystery, however, Is, how did it find Its
way there f The beans, we believe,
came direct from Egypt; and of course,
as some one must have lost the ring In
that country, means were taken, and
we believe with success, to discover the
rightful owner. The far traveled ring
has returned to the east." Iu the
"Scotsman" of 0th January, 1878, a
correspondent gives this curious in
stance of the loss and recovery of a
ring: " About three weeks ago, two
gentlemen were out fishing on Loch
Eriboll, northwest of Sutheiiandshire,
and one of them dropped a valuable
ring into the water. Last week a fisher
man on the same losch had among his
haul a pretty large cod and Inside it was
found the Identical ring safe and sound.
The fisherman was handed a pound
note on his returning the ring to the
owner.
. .
A Dumb Dog.
Mr. Darwin might turn to some ac
count a Btory which is told in the Ger
man papers about the manner in which
an intelligent dog adapted himself to
his condition. A deaf-and-dumb lady
living in a German city had as a com
panion a younger woman, who was also
deaf and dumb. They lived in a small
Bet of rooms opening on the public cor
ridor ot the house. Somebody gave the
elder a little dog as a present. For some
time, whenever anybody rang the bell
at the door, the dog barked to call the
attention of his mistress. The dog soon
discovered, however, that neither the
bell nor the barking made any impres
sion on the women, and he took to the
practice of merely pulling one of them
by the dress with his teeth', in order to
explain that some one was at the door.
Gradually the dog ceased to bark alto
gether, aud for more than seven years
before hii death he remained as mute as
his two "companions." When expres
sion by sound was useless, it fell with
him into absolute disuse.
Words Containing the Five Regular Vowels.
There are a number of words in the
English language each of which con
tains all the five regular vowels, but it
would puzzle almost any one to think of
more than one or two at short notice.
The following may be given as ex
amples : 1
Education, reputation, regulation,
emulation, perturbation, mensuration,
repudiation. Besides these there are
several words, each containing all the
vowels, including the "y." Of course
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questionably. The word invisibility
may be noted as a peculiar word, for it
contains the letter " 1" Ave time. Mis.
sisaippl and Tennessee are each spelled
with only four different letters of the
alphabet, although one contains eleven
letters and the other nine. Schnapps, a
word of one syllable and eight letters,
contains, but one vowel. There are no
words in the English language of more
than eight syllables, and of those con
taining that number may be mentioned
Incomprehensibility.
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