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THE TIM 158, NKAV BLOOMFIELD, PA., Al'ML 5, 1881.
The Story of a Crime.
I A paea frnni the hook entitled "A Prodla-lotte
Fool,'1 written )) .tnhntl. Wellln, of niiMimhrlil,
TlietMinkla pillillHhnri hy LtpplliciiH ft lUv It run lie
iirocnred from tJi piilillaher or frtim Mr. Wailla, price
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IT was on a day In June, during one of
these Jaunts about town, that Wil
liam Bmlth found himself the central
figure of a group of men and boys gath
ered before the barroom door of the
"CJentle Influence," a hotel of long
Htandlng In the village, and, perhaps by
reason of its seductive name, of great
popularity. The crowd, It must be
contended was mixed. It was also pecu
liar. There was the usual swaggering
air of Inferior superiority, and Indiffer
ence to bare feet and torn breeches.
There was the customary picturesque
apparel, and want of apparel, common
to those who cared little for what they
wore and less for what they did or said.
At the time of which I write the gift of
loud speech was abundant In every small
community. One could get plain,' em
broidered and decorated specimens on
every street corner. And for glittering
streaks of unique diction a choice assort
ment was kept In every barroom. There
was therefore a generous supply of
vigorous speech; and Invective, and
tobacco spit, flowed freely. There was,,
furthermore, an originality in the con
versation, albeit loud and profusely
copious, not often found in polite society,
and the expletives with which It was
fringed, embellished and ornamented
gave to the otherwise plain talk a won
derful force and charm.
William stood In the midst of the
crowd apparently unconscious of the
dlu about him as he watched the face of
our old friend Col. EraBtus H. Swampus
who was deeply Interested in a news
paper. The Colonel suddenly broke
forth with an execration which silenced
even the crowd that stood there. He at
once began a harangue, Inimitable in Its
way, upon the prevalence of crime, the
burden of which was the present de
plorable scarcity of hangings. He held
the newspaper in bis hand and brandish
ed it wildly by way of emphasis of his
views. Ills attitude promised a speech,
and a circle soon formed about him to
cujoy the fun, for whether the Colonel
was sober and indignant or drunk and
excited did not clearly appear, and re
quired always a nice and penetrating
judgment to determine.
"Now here's a case," pursued the
Colonel, continuing his remarks and
striking the newspaper Impressively with
his hand, "thet illustrates, er my posi
tion squarely, aud proves,-er-in-er-cou-
luslve manner thet mankind Is bad, and
womankind erdemme worse. Not
thet I think it necessary to deplore the
condition of women," depreeatingly
observed the Colonel, with a frightful
.lujile, "fur the devil will get 'em any.
how; but I er confess to considerable
interest in the er fate of man. I
would like to see, say one quarter of the
population hanged fur the good of the
4hree quarters left. Gentlemen, I tell
you the ouly way to make this world
good is to hang the wicked. Bo long as
Jhey live tbey will breed others like
m, and not all the preachers on earth,
though each one of 'em should be filled
full of chicken up to the neck every day
of his life as long as he lives, will ever
be able to prevent the er demoraliza
tion of society, now you hear me!
This ere case," continued the Colonel,
paternally, '"shows I am right. Now
here was a young man court! n' a female
woman, a maiden of his species; he
ruins the gal aud er runs away. Then
when er his whereabouts Is discovered
and she writes to him wot does he do V
Does he act fair by the woman as has
trusted him V Does he stand by and
protect her as has loved him V No. He
does not. On the contrary, now wot
do you s'pose on the contrary be does,
eLr!"'
The Colonel turned sharply around,
and looked upon his auditory, as he
usked the question, and stopped, but his
sweeping glance saw only open mouthed
wonder and suspense on the faces about
him. Proud of a talent which met such
-unconscious aud sincere recognition, be
smiled a frightful smile, and continu
ed,
" Wot does he do ? . Why he hires a
fellow to do away with the girl. He
sends the fellow fifty dollars and prom
ises him another fifty when the job Is
done. And the fellow Is a worthy tool
of his employer and sets about to do his
work. The fellow goes to the girl and
tells her thet he is a messenger from her
4over, and thet he is to take her to see
flriui In secret, to take her all alone In a
'little boat out on the sea at night to
meet him on a big ship thet he says will
I there at the rlsin' of the moon. The
, girl is glad, for she believes the story
and thinks she will soon see the man
the loves. Bo the fellow takes her in
the little boat and rows out through the
breakers in the darkness of the night
faraway from the shore and out o
liearln', but no light Is seen, and no ship
comes, aud the girl gets afraid and sum
pects foul treatment and begs to return
home ; when the fellow crouches down
In the boat and creeps and crawls along,
quiet like, till he reaches her, and then
he grabs her and holds her mouth shut
aud forces her head Into the gurgllu
water and holds her there, her body In
the boat and her head In the sea till her
struggles cease and life Is stilled, then
drops the limp body, fastened to a bar of
Iron, into the dark deep and tows back
to the shore."
As the Colonel paused a shudder pass
ed through the orowd and no one spoke.
It seemed as If eaoh one saw the mur
dered girl as she hung over the edge of
the little boat and sank In the cruel sea.
The Colonel glanced at his newspaper a
moment and then went on,
' The Job had been so well done thet
no one suspected thet the girl was er
drowiulcd and murdered ; It was thought
she had gone to seek her lover or to visit
friends In another town. The fellow
was not suspected, and he went about
his usual business secure and safe. liut,
samehow, his er conscience troubled
him, although he got the extra fifty
dollars, which ought have eased ft con
science Buch as he possessed and he
couldn't sleep, and be became afraid of
the sea, aud turned colors when people
looked at him, aud started when they
talked to him aud looked behind him as
If some one was followlu' htm until oue
night he er disappeared from the set
tlement." The Colonel paused to take a fresh
chew of tobacco, and with teeth closely
pressed upon the quid, continued,
It might have bin a month or so after
ward, thet a lot of sailors were splasbln'
round in a ship's yawl off the coast a
flshln' fur Bliarks, when one of 'em
spied somelhlii' afloat, soinethln sort
o' water logged, part out of and part
under water on the waves. Comln'
closer they saw it was a human body, a
ilrownctoi woman, aud they hauled It
aboard. The clothes was still a cllngln'
to the Blight and willowy figure, and a
rope was tied about her waist and was
sort of gnawcjl off like at the end as if it
had biu broken from an iron bar; and
theip was a letter in her pocket, aud a
ring oa her finger aud a handkerchief
In her belt with her name on it, '.itfa.'
When the sailors got to shore her par
ents came down to the beach among the
crowd and recognized ther dead child
and wept and took Let' home sorrowing
But even then no one knew thet she
lied bin murdered. The letter in her
pocket was from him. The letter prom
ised her fair, and offered her money to
support her child and spoke of old
times, and love aud etch like d d
nonsense, and it was believed thet out of
disappointment and remorse she had
gone and drownded herself. The Iosb of
a little skiff sometime before gave some
probability to this er natural conjec
ture. She hed a grand funeral, fur she
bed. always bin a good girl and the
people loved her, wherefore this ere
newspaper says thet there in her beaut I
ful southern home'close to the soundln
sea they made her grave and laid her in
it, herself the fairest flower of all thet
flowery land, and all the people wept
fur the poor dead mother bearln' her
unborn babe."
And the Colonel paused again, this
time to wipe a tear from the end of his
nose. He scratched his beard reflective
ly and changed his 'quid to the other
cheek before he proceeded,
"Lemme think, it was shortly after
the findin' of the corpse thet the lover
and the fellow wot hed drowncZetZ the
girl met in New York. It was a stormy
meetln', and roused bad blood in both
of 'em. D n you and your money I '
said the fellow when the lover offered to
pay him for his silence. ' Nothln' can
keep me silent. The whole world shall
know of it. What do I care fur punish
ment! no sufferlu' can be greater than
I now feel, no punishment severer than
I now bear, even hangln' I believe
would be a relief to me' in which
opinion I cordially agree with the fel
low : no sir," parenthetically mused
the Colonel, "it couldn't hev bin worse,
Tue fellow wouldn't nev sunered more
in beln' hanged and it would hev bin
condemned sight better fur the world at
large," and the Colonel smiled widely,
" Well, as I was a sayin', they hed
meetin'. It was in the private rooms of
the lover, who hed a sort of position in a
bank in New York, and was a llvln' in
good style, and sported round like
handsome young fellow as he was"
William started. "What was his
name V" he asked, without attempting
to conceal his deep Interest.
Everybody turned at once to look at
the man who dared to Interrupt the
speaker, hut the Colonel, for once.afltcU
ed not to hear the interruption aud
coolly went on with his tale.
"I was about to say, gentlemen, thet
they hed a meetin' and quarreled, and
the lover pulled a pistol on the fellow
but afore he could discbarge it the fellow
er knocked him flat with a slung
shot and immediately left. The lover
was badly hurt and it was a miracle be
didn't die fur he hed a dreadful cut
the skull, a three cornered cut near the
left temple which ought hev killed him
But wot does he do V"
William again started and trembled.
" Why he leaves his lodglns' the same
night aud disappears. And when the
oflloers came fur hi in next day he was
nowhere to be found. Fur, you see, the
fellow hed tried to give htm Into custody,
and hed made oath thet he was 'acces
sory before the fact' to murder, and
meant to hev him hang, even if he hed
to hang long side of htm on the same
gibbet. P'raps it was as well thet he
didn't implicate himself Jlst then or he
might hev hanged himself and the lover
would never hev bin found and hanged
which would hev bin a - condemned
nsufferable pity. Well, the lover escap
ed, and must hev changed his name and
appearance fur he has never bin found,
and it's thought lie lias gone to furrln'
parts. But this 'ere newspaper goes on
to say all this wot I'm telllu' you hap
pened four years ago to say thet a
month ago jlst, the fellow wot drownded
the girl dies, and before he dies he makes
a confession in which he tells the whole
story of the crime, tells how he was
induced to do the Job, and how the poor
girl plead and struggled fur life, and
how every night of his life since thet
day he dreamt of going through the
horrid business of drowndlng thet girl,
and "
A wild peal of laughter came from the
barroom followed by a striking set of
profane remarks which were suddenly
chopped off by a closing door. The
crowd soon Investigated the cause of the
disturbance while the Colonel temporar
ily suspended his remarks. It was not
difficult to discover. Home wag had
secretly put a drop of crotou oil In the
barkeeper's grog and that worthy young
gentleman's nimble and expeditious
movements as lie departed produced a
scene which was extremely enlivening,
and which even the name of the hotel,
mild though It was, tended rather to in
tensify than calm.
" Now that's a 'gentle Influence,' ain't
it V sarcastically observed a citizen
with Irony on his lips and a red patch
on his trousers.
But William knew nothing of what
hud happened. He stood there rooted
to the snot unable to stir. He heard
nothing save confused sounds, saw noth
ing but the red bearded face of the
Colonel on whom his eyes were bent as
if fascinated. When the Colonel again
took up the thread of his narrative it
seemed to him as though an Inexorable
fate was weaving a sure web In which
to entangle uis old menu and forging a
thunderbolt to strike him dead. The
question, can it be Ashlelgh V wearily
dinned In his brain, and the answer
came, fiendlike, into his ears, Yes, it is
Ashlelgh ! The words of the Colonel
mingled confusedly with the sounds In
the street, aud seemed to come from afar
as he spoke.
" In thet confession as I was telllu'
about," blandly pursued the Colonel,
"the fellow describes this ere lover. He
says thet Ktlwin Parker was a hand
some "
' " Parker V"
"A handsome man of heavy build and
fine figure; a young man of p'raps
Iniiinlv.flva nula fantui nnliln lioarlnt
, ..II L J 11 I ) J'B. u av.va, uuw w--au
and brown curly haired "
" Brown V You mean black V"
" Brown curly haired ; smooth faced
and havln' fine black eyes which spark
led in excitement like a Turk's."
Perhaps by reason of his interruption
the Colonel paused here with his keen
eye bent upon William. He went on
addressing his words to him and looking
htm straight In the eye.
"The slng'larist thing is thet the
fellow remembers Jlst where he hit
Parker with thet three cornered slung
shot. He describes the spot exactly. It
is on the left temple jlst back two Inches
from the frontal bone of the forehead
and an Inch and a half above and for
ward of the ear. The wound made was
three cornered and measured a half-inch
along each side of the cut. It is like
so," and the Colonel illustrated It by a
diagram on the corner of the paper
rapidly drawn with a lead pencil, "and
thet wound ought to he found now jlst
about right here" (walking swiftly up
to William, striking off his hat and
placing his long bony forefinger on the
supposed spot on his head) "as I live I
almost expected to find thet mark on
your head, young man, you looked so
scared. You've bin away a good while
and might hev been the man. Mebbe
you know the man V I ain't frightened
you, hev I, eh V Why, thet mark '11
find thet man wherever he may hide in
the world, and I shall see him hanged
yet, demme if I shan't! What? Get
some water, quick 1"
William had fainted and fallen to the
earth.
An Intelligent Dog.
A Beech street family are the owners
of two dogs a large one and a small one
that occasionally go on excursions
through the country. A few weeks ago
the little don was missed. The blsr doe
appeared to be uneasy, and one of the
members of the family noticed that after
being fed he invariably carried all the
larger bones away. No one gave the
matter any attention uutll one after
noon, when two young ladles who had
been in Sampson's woods gathering au
tumn leaves incidentally remarked that
that they saw a little black dog lying
along the fence as though slok and at
the point of death. The utterance was
overheard by the little girl whose dog
was lost, and she at once concluded that
the unwell caulue was her property. On
the following day she proceeded to the
spot described by the young ladles. The
large dog led the way, barking aud wag
ging his tall. Arriving at the woods
she discovered ber pet dog, almost fam
ished, and tied to a huge stone with a
chain, exldently the work of some mis
chievous boys. The half-starved dog
was so weak that it could not stand. It
was surrounded by the bones that had
been carried to It by Us large and faith
ful compaulon, and they were as clean
of meat as though they had been boiled.
Had the big dog not carried food to the
little one, it probable would have died of
starvation. l'ottntown Chronicle.
A Joke on a Horse.
"VNE of the commission houses on
J Market street, Philadelphia, has a
horse which was the terror of every
pedestrian who got within three feet of
his head. The animal has teeth like
a shark, and up to a few days ago he'd
bite everything within reach except a
pile of grind stones. Whipping had no
effect, and he would get rid of muzzles
as fast as they were put on. The firm
had paid out considerable money to
settle for his bites, and was wondering
what tbey could sell him for, when
along came a man who guaranteed a
cure for five dollars. He was told to go
to work, and his first move was to get
an old suit of clothes and stuff it with
straw. The horse was driven down the
street, and the suit tied to a hitching
post with the back to the street. A full
pound of Cayenne pepper was then
rubbed into and sprinkled over the gar
ments and the straw s lulling, and the
Joke was ready.
The horse came jogging back, and the
driver left him standing within six feet
of the man of straw. The old biter's
eyes had a twinkle as he saw a fine
chance to use his teeth, and as soon as
left alone he began edging toward the
post. When ready for business he made
a sudden pluuge aud caught the man by
the shoulder. The old horse meant
wickedness, hut there was a surprise in
store for him. As he lifted the figure
off its feet and gave it a shake it fell
apart, and his mouth, nose and eyes
were filled with the smarting powder.
Great tears rolled down his long nose,
he sneezed and snorted and coughed,
and he was just , as chagrined at the
general laugh on him as a man would
have beeu. He backed away from the
remnants, opened his mouth to cool it,
and hung his head in shame. He did
not cease weeping for half a day, but
when he got so that he could look the
publlo square in the faco he was a
changed horse. Anybody can pull his
ears or rub his nose with impunity.
In fact, he courts caresses where he
defied them, and on the approoch of a
stranger will shut his eyes aud mouth
as If fearful of another dose.
A Bitter Pill.
fS one occasion, when I was ill, the
J General called Dr, Hunt, his family
physician. The doctor was a tall, lank,
ugly mau "as good as gold," but none
of the graces that are supposed to win
young ladles; yet he was married to one
of the loveliest young creatures I ever
knew. General Jackson accompanied
him to my room, and after my pulse
had beeu duly felt and my tongue duly
Inspected, tbey drew their chairs to the
fire and began to talk. " Hunt," sud
denly exclaimed the President, "how
came you to get such a young and pretty
wife?" "Well I'll tell you," replied
the doctor, " I was called to attend a
young lady at the convent in George
town. Her eyes were bad, she had to
keep them bandaged. I cured ber with
out her ever having a distinct view of
me. She left the institute, and a year
afterward she appeared here in society,
a belle and a beauty. At the ball I
introduced myself, without the slightest
ulterior design, as the physician who
had restored ber sight, although I sup
posed she bad never really seen me.
She instantly expressed the most heart
felt gratitude. It seemed so deep and
genuine that I was touched. That very
evening sue informed me she had a
severe cold, and that I must again
prestrlbe for her. Well, it don't look
reasonable, but I did it. I wrote my
name on a bit of paper, folded it and
handed it to her, telling her she must
take that prescription. She read it and
laughed, " 'tis a bitter pill," she said.
But whether it was bitter or not we were
married.
C3"Tbe ladles who some time sinoe
were finable to go out, have taken Lydia
E. Flnkuam's Vegetable Compound,
are quite recovered, and liave gone on
meir way rejoicing. i5.t
jyUJSSER & ALLEN
CENTRAL STORE
NEWPORT, PENN'A. .
Now oiler the publlo
A RAMI AND ELEGANT A8HOIITM ENT OF
DRESS GOODS
OenslMlniof all "hadea. suitable tor the season,
It LACK AL VAC CAS
AND
Mourning Ooods
A SPECIALITY.
BLEACHED AND UNBLEACHED
MUSLINS,
AT VAKIO08 MUCKS..
AN BNDLR.ifl 8KLIC0TION OF PRINTS'
We sell and do keep a good quality of
SUGARS, COFFEES & SYRUPS
And everything under the dead of
GROCERIES I
Uaehlne needing and nil for all make ol
Machines.
To bo conduced that our goods are
CHEAP AS THE CHEAPEST,
IS TO GALL AND EXAMINE BTOCK.
No trouble to show good.
Don't forgot the
CENTRAL STORE,
Newport, Perry County, Pa.
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puhwesIlver
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For the Laundry. In the beat and moat economical In
the world, la perfectly pure, free from Adda and
other foreign aubatances that Injure JJnen. Ia
atronger than any other, requiring much lees quan
tity ia wing. Ia uniform, atiflena and finlahe work
always the name. Kingsfnrd'a Pulverised Corn Starch
for Pudding, Blanc-Mange, Cake. 4c. U pure end
delicate. Preferable to Kermuda Arrowroot. When
you aik for King'ford'a Oswego Starch, eft that you
get it, aa inferior kinda are often aulMtituted.
Sold by all flrtUelou Qrocm neryxhert.
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Junuary 4.1SI1 fim
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win ha aaltf for a eaae they will not cure orM
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found la tiicm.
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laeai aaote you Bleep. Take eiher.
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pniakeaneaa, uae of opium, tobacco
btd roa CIBCVUB.
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13 ft
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Ukl lonauce la otfemt, thereby- alwaya kriiDK
1 1 aLI iHiverty from your door. Tuoee wbo aiwaya
take advantage of the pood chaucee for makinK mouej
that are offered, generally bcuiue wealthy, while tboae
who do not improve nurh chaucee reuiaiu in poverty.
We want mauy men.woinen, boye and ifiria to work for
ua nxht iu their own loranliiw. The buineaa will pay
more than tcu time ordinary watfra. We (urowb an
exiieneiveoutiU and all tnat yon need, fnie. Ko onr
who eiumree fail to make money very rapidly. Yo
eau devote your wht.'.e lime lo the work, or only your
aiiare inoiueuu. Fuil Information and all that la nefwtt
Kut free. Addreee 3T1NSUX k CO., Portland, atasne
1 iy.
ESTATE XOTICK. Notice Is hereby giv
en that Letter of Administration oa Ike
estate of William K. Miller late of Walla towo
ahlp. Perry count v. Pa., deivated, have been
granted lo the undersigned residing la the amino
township.
All peraonnlndebted to said estate aro requested
fo make Immediate pament. auu ihwie haila
claims to preacui lueia duly aulheuliealej lor
settlement to
KMOBY B. MILLER. Administrator
Feb. 8, 1SS1 pd) I Wilsos Lirt Alt y.
JOB PHINTIXO of every description neatly
and promptly exeeuted at Keasoaabie Kate
at the Bloointleld 'llmea Steam Jok uoiee.
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