THE TIMES, NEW BLOOM HELP, PA. Si AY . 1880.
me the will and war about to go, when
I laid :
" TIier In Just one dlflliiulty. Huppime
Charles dutormlnei to defend Hie cane,
he might nay thnt It wan a trumped up
tale, this will a forgery ; and as he linn
pomesslou, I am not ture but that with
u good lawyer he would beat lu."
"Ah 1 I dou't think lie will attempt
to stand when he knowi that I have
told you all, Hut In mine he doe then"
with sudden energy 'then will I
uttond and give evldunoe agalnxt him,
ay, even if I have to Maud In the douk
bcgldu him. No, no. He muht nud
Khali illHgorge his wealth. Yes; that
shall be my revenge."
Next morning Mr. Hparke and myself
went over to Cot'ani, and were ushered
Into the prcBenee of Charles. He was
not too well ploused to see us, and his
manner towards us was brusque and
abrupt.
" May I aok why I am favored with a
call so early In the morning V" he asked
with an attempt at hauteur, although I
thought that lu reality he was not quite
at his ease.
" Ve have called on a very serious
matter, Mr. Charles Kuhsu.1," I suld
gravely.
" Htate It then, please, as qulukly as
may be, or I can uot stay to hear you,
as my time Is precious."
"Not more precious thau your liberty,
I presume V"
"My liberty! What do you lueauY
What has your presence here to do with
my liberty V"
"HI in ply this. If you refuse to hear
us, we shall have you arrested nt once."
"ArreBtedl are you niad? On what
charge V"
" On tho charge of forging your
uncle's signature und changing the
will."
" I 1 don't understand you." These
were his words ; but they were belled by
the ashy, pale face and starting eyes.
" Oh, you don't understand, l'erhaps
you have forgotten. Then let me re
mind you of the night at the Hed Llou,
of tho new will you made, and of the
Instructions you gave to Miss Leclerc
Instructions which she so well carried
out."
" Jt Is falHe ! I know nothing of what
you are talking about. You have evi
dently come here to insult me. If so,
you have come to the wrong place, I can
tell you ; and the sooner you pack off to
Kluton agUlu, the better." All this
with an attempt at bravado, which,
however did not deceive either of us, as
we saw In his face plenty of evidence of
real terror behind.
"Ah well, perhaps you do not remem
ber these things. Then I have only one
other bit of lu formation for you, and
that is',' looking him Btralght in the
face' 'we have possession of the original
will."
" It's a He an infamous lie! for I my
self saw it bur"
But here his courage failed him, and
he could hold out no longer he saw the
fatal admission he had made and after
that we had very little trouble with
him. He whined for mercy and prayed
that he might not be sent to prison.
As it was not our wish to proceed to
extremes, we were as lenient as possible;
and it was eventually arranged that the
two hundred and fifty pounds paid to
Ellen should be returned to him, and
that he should emigrate to Australia.
This he did, and I think that not the
least bitter portion of his punishment
was the Knowledge that it all came
through the instrumentality of the girl
he first tempted and then so cruelly
deserted.
, Miss Leclero was paid another fifty
pounds, and joined her friends In Amer
ica. We were never troubled with either
of them again.
AH that the world knew of the matter
was, that a new will had been discover
ed, leaving the property to Ellen. AH
the legal formalities were complied with
and we took possession happy at
length that my wife's Inheritance was
regained. And this would not have
happened if it had not been for a
WOMAN'S liKVEXCiK.
A Curious Robbery.
A DAKING robbery has been perpe-
XX trated at Mazas prison. A theft in
the very den of the law, and certainly
quite as audacious a one as the crime of
the woiuau who, about a year ago, was
caught stealing gas globes from the
Seventeenth Precinct Station-house
store-room in New York.
It Is the practice of the Prefect of
Police to issue passes to would-be visit
ors to the prison every Monday. A
gentleman appeared at the jail on the
day in question and took out his pocket-,
book to find bis pass. It was quite en
regie, and he passed on. -
Directly behind him two women ap
peared. . They too, were In proper form
and were admitted, , : t
Shortly after the gentleman came
back, He had left his pocket-book on
the desk, he said, and as it contained
000 francs, , he was not unnaturally
anxious to recover it. This, however,
was easier said thau done. Tho closest
search failed to reveal it. An order was
then given to search every one who
passed out. The consequence was that
quite a crowd collected at the entrance,
lint the wullet was not found, and the
gentleman went away disappointed.
Next morning thirteen people com
plained to the police that they had their
pockets picked while passing out of the
prison, after having been searched. The
gentleman of the wallet was really an
ingenious member of the swell mob,
The two women were his accomplices,
They had turned up to be searched and
passed out as soon as he made his
complaint. Then they had stood out
side and relieved the passers out of their
valuables us they passed by, absorbed in
a discussion of the mysterious robbery,
"ThatVjohn'iGunl"
At the battle of ltlue Mcks, In 17M,
the Keutucklans were defeated in the
great slaughter by the Indians. Among
their captives was a citizen of Mercer
county, a husband and father. He and
eleven others were painted black, a sign
that they were devoted to torture and
death. Hanging them lu a row on a
log, the Indians slaughtered the eleven
one by one When they cume to the
husband, they paused, and, after a long
pow-wow, spared his life.
For a year he remained a captive,
mourned by his friends us dead. Hut
his wife Insisted that he was alive and
would yet return to her. A lover wooed
her. Her relatives aided his wooing.
Hhe consented. to marry hlni, but 'from
time to time postponed tho wedding-day.
Hhe could not she said, ild herself of the
belief that her husband was living and
would yet return. At last the pleadings
of her lover and the expostulations of
her friends won from her ft reluctant
consent to be married on a certuln day.
On its morning Just before daylight, she
heard the crack of a rllle. " Thut's
Johu's gun 1" she cried; and running
from her cabin, she was clasped in the
arms of her husband. Hut the romance
did not end with ththusband'a return.
Nine years after, lie fell In ."Bt. Clair's
defeat." The disappointed lover renew
ed his suit and the widow ut lust became
his wife.
- -
Lawyers Under Petor.
Peter the Oreot, of ltussla was u
monarch of large views but Invincible
prejudices. He loved his country, and
longed to see It take a higher place In
European history. He saw clearly that
progress could be made only by the
introduction of new industries and by
skillful training In mechanical lubor.
To forward this end he visited in dis
guise the older nations of Europe, made
himself thoroughly acquainted with
their forms of industry, and worked as
a common mechanic at various trades.
He sent, also, numerous young men
of promise to great cities in other coun
ties, to acquire skill In the mechanical
arts, and to become teachers of their
countrymen.
But, while honoring all well trained
mechanics, he had a rooted contempt
for lawyers. It puzzled him to under
stand how they occupied high positions
In England and France. They multi
plied quarrels, he said and fattened on
the life blood of others. Vexed at the
high esteem in which they were held
elsewhere, he vented his wrath in the
memorable threat :
" I am thankful I have only two law
yers in my empire. When I return I
mean to execute one of them."
The Boss Miser.
AT Dunajewce, in Russia Poland, a
man died lately at the age of fifty
nine in consequence of the cold, and of
thorough lack of functional vitality ; in
plain English, therefore, of frost and
hunger. He was a character of the dis
trict, when he was spoken of as leading
a most original, not to say selected life.
For many years he had lived in a room
which was never heated, sleeping on a
pallet of stolen stable straw on the floor.
He subsisted almost exclusively on
bread, which he went on foot several
versts out of town to buy because he got
it cheaper. He was, however, not a
vegetarian. On Sundays he ate meat.
The meat was liver, because, as he
affirmed, his circumstances would not
admit of his purchasing anything more
costly. Yet he never asked alms,
though he accepted them when offered.
He cooked his liver In a broken iron
mortar, over a fire In a foundry next to
the house in which he lived. He never
treated himself to a candle, wore no
clothes except what were given to him,
and never spoke to anybody save when
absolutely forced to do so. Nothing
more was known of him but that he
was a Jew, with some relatives some
where in the district. As he. failed to
leave his room for some days, the
neighbors called the police in. They
found the old man dead. And the
squalor in which he had perished proved
to be the scurf covering a perfect mint
of treasure, Hidden about the place
were over half a million of rubles In
gold and Jewels, and as much more In
paper. He had been an usurer of the
most notorious character, under another
name, in a town tweuty miles away. It
goes without saying that his relatives
liave shown up since his death.
An Awkward Affair.
An awkward adltlr which recently oc
curred to a stralght-laced judge on the
Western Circuit, In England, lias been
the subject of much mirth. It appears
that, having finished his labors, and
having cast off his forensic wig at his
lodgings, ho had retired Into the next
room to wait for his brother Judge,
whom he was to accompany to dinner
at the house of one of tho local aristoc
racy, The female servant of the house
had entered the bed chamber by a side
door, and not knowing that the Judge
was in the next room, In a frolic arrayed
herself in his wig. Just ut the moment
when the fair Hurah was admiring her
self lu the looking glass, the Judge un
expeolably entered the room ; and poor
Haruh, catching a sight of the stern
countenance looking over her shoulder
in the glass, was so alarmed that she
fainted, and would have fallen to the
ground If the learned Judge, Impelled by
humanity, had not caught her. At
this critical moment his learned brother
arrived, and opening the dressing-room
door with a view to see If he was ready,
discovered his learned brother with the
fainting maid in his arms. He quickly
attempted to withdraw when the other
vociferated, " For Heaven's sake stop
and hear this matter explained !"
"Never mind, my dear brother the
matter explains itself." And he left
his learned brother to restore the faint
ing maid as best he could.
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Powor of Imnglnatlon.
Out in Detroit there Is another one of
those fellows whom the Imagination of
the superstitious, gifts with miraculous
powers in curing diseases. He got to
talking to a reporter of the Post and
Tribune the other day, and told the
truth thus : " There's a good deal of
humbug going on under the name of
medicine ; Imagination cures more peo
ple than pills. Now I don't say I can
cure chronic diseases, but I can knock
the spots out of fever n'ager quicker
than lightning, and I've' done It too.
Why, there was an Irishman came In
here one day who had heard that I could
oure fever n'ager. He had more fever
n'ager than I ever seed in a man. How
did I cure him V Well, I took a little
piece of paper and wrote on It : ' Fever
n'ager go away ; Mr. Muldonuey is not
at home.' I gave this to him and told
him to put it over the head of his bed.
stead at night and believe that the ager
would go away. He did it, and tho next
morning he was a well man. Of course
there wasn't any virtue In the paper.
He only believed that I could cute him
and I did."
Advertising Cheats.
It has become so common to write the
beginning of an elegant, Interesting ar
ticle and then run into some advertise
ment that we avoid all such cheats and
simply call attention to the merits of
Hop Bitters in as plain honest terms as
possible, to induce people to give them
one trial, as no one who knows their
value will ever use anything else.
SUNDAY READIN3.
The Little Child's Falth-A Pleasant Story
It was a queer, low cottage "down
south " where Hugh and Bessie lived
with their lonely mother. Lonely, for
although Mr. Alford might still be Hy
ing for all they knew, yet In the cruelty
of drunken fury he parted from them
years ago.
Mrs. Alford had almost given up hopes
of a reunion in this world yes, and in
the other, for full well she knew that
the Bible declares that " No drunkard
shall enter into the kingdom of heaven
Almost given him up, and still not
quite, for dally prayers had been offered
for four long years, and would , those
yearning petitions find a listening ear in
the " God of love V" Yes, she would
" lean hard" and trust her guide.
Hugh and Bessie were ten-year old
twins, and although their sweet voices
had only been heard six summers when
their father bade them a long good-by
they still remembered him and frequent
ly asked about him in their eager, child
like way.
Mrs. Alford never forbade their ques
tioning: so one morning as she was
packing a hamper of oranges, which
the children had just gathered from their
own yard, and were intending to carry
to the city, she was not surprised to hear
Bessie inquire : " We can look , on the
way for Papa, can we not, mama dear?"
. " O, Bessie, Bessie, are you not tired
of asking that question so often and
looking for nothing V"
" But, mama, I wan' to keep on look
lug until I find him, That'll r.ot be for
nothing, will. It, mama deary" said
earnest little Bessie, kissing her mother's
pale checks.
"(Jod bless you, darling I aye, lie
will bless you. Keep on praying, and
praying, child, and I believe, yes I verl
ly believe He will help you find your
father."
The children started cityward with
their burden. After going about half
way, Hugh asked : "Bessie, do you re
ally suppose you'll ever find papa V"
"Yes, Hugh, I do."
" Here, Bessie, let us sit down under
this big palmetto and eat our lunch.
Now, Bess, tell me what makes you
think so. Papa's been gone for long
years.
" I think so because I think so," and
seeing Hugh smllesomewhatscornfully,
added, " I pray for him most all the
time, Hugh, and what's four years to
Oodl"
" O, Bessie Alford I what a queer girl
you are; almost as queer as that great
fat alligator basking away over by the
bank In the sunshine ; ain't lie a whop
per, though V Ugh!"
The children were a picture for ah
artist as they walked through the streets
of tho tropical city, carrying the basket
of beautiful oranges, which they deliv
ered first, afterwards entering the lovely
park to admire the ilowers and Inhale
their exqubtlle fragrance. All about the
fine grounds were beautiful cypresses,
decked with silver; Florida moss and
air plants, suggesting a fatherly over
look of the lower trees and pretty flow
ering shrubs which they environed.
Just as the children shut the park
gate behind them to take their home
ward Journey, two gentlemen over the
way, chatting In a hanging balcony,
spied them.
"How beautiful those chlldred are!"
said one. " Look, Hugh, they muftt he
twins almost the age of yours, I should
judge from what you have told me."
The gentlemen addressed as Hugh
looked, and seeing golden-haired Bess
and the manly boy, whose brown hair
and Hushing eyes were very much like
his own, said huskily, "Yes, yes, about
the age, and I really believe they are
mine. I'll not wait for dinner, Tom
I could not eat If I did, Tom ; I'm so
near home, almost home. U6od-by,
Tom."
"Little ones, which way?"
The children turned and saw a gen
tleman driving a span of handsome
horses, which he reined up by the side
of the road.
"We are going home, sir," answered
Hugh.
" Where do you live V"
"Down the palm road about a mile
and a half."
" I am going that way, would you
like to ride?"
" Thank you, indeed we would. Bes
sie just said she was tired."
" Bessie that's a pretty name. Bes.
slewhat?"
"Bessie Alford." .
The gentleman Jumped from the car
rlage and lifted the little girl tenderly
In, Hugh following.
He seemed very fond of children, for
he talked and listened to them continual
ly until Bessie growing communicative,
said gently, " You. look like my papa,
sir."
"Your papa, dear. Can I see him
when I leave you safely at your door ?"
" I wish you could sir," answered
Bessie, tearfully, " but he's gone, I'm
looking for him every day dear papa."
" Hush, Bessie I" whispered Hugh re
provingly, but the gentleman taking off
his bat and bending low, said tenderly,
oh 1 so tenderly ; ' I have had a little
girl looking for me, little Bessie, but I
could not come to her until with God's
help I could be a maq once more. Bes
sie, my own darling; look up; you have
found your papa at last, and he is not
treading on sand now, but his feet stand
firm on the Rock of Ages.
"O, papa! papal what will mamma
say V" and the loving, faithful child was
folded in an embrace whose fervor she
never forgot. Hugh was waiting mean
while for his turn, which soon came
equal in intensity of expression.
The meeting at home we cannot pict
ure ; it is too deep for human pen ; you
must imagine It, and you need not be
fearful of getting it too beautiful and
tender. The husband and father brought
with him love, peace and plenty. Were
he not richly laden? From a character
laid low by the demon drink he had
arisen a fair monument, a purified soul
to whom God had promised a " white
stone," for is not be one who has "over
comeY" i
" To him that overcometh will I give
to eat ot the bidden manna, and will
give him a white stone ; and in the stone
a new name written, which no man
knoweth saving he that receiveth it."
" He that overcometh, the same shall
be clothed in white raiment, and I wUl
not blot his name out of the Book
of Life, but I will confesa his name be
fore My Father and before His Angels.'
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county. Pa., deceased, have been granted to the
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