Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 24, Number 2, Jasper, Dubois County, 9 December 1881 — Page 3
WEEKLY COURIER. C- DO A NIC. lulMnr. JAWPER, . - - IN1UANA.
rOMMBHADOWINQB.
fummm the qalt laesi When mm ssveeds tarnish sue
mir Iter auaehtne ettil
UN MlMMUtt grans;
eft
stake the shy heights
When twilight latter la tae kmety mm And shade tha world enshroud. Aglover dusky raofa aodgarkealax nelds
nf awwiwwa HI Ml t And major &uete
afar upon the yUow
tlM
of purei snuuner
When through
Th chanand woonMvbt shines. Am dewy roses lrt Ute Mont nir wit odors rieh m wines; When braeae sing of ocean in the pteest Whenever name seas the westsm gtoiy dies; When winter Uvea in radiant purnjr, . and all the wind brt-atbe low. Andthe remote Mae aky spreads far and near Oyer white wmim of mow. Where mrerrnHNw keep fait with aprtae dead long ago; Whenever beauty 4wwi the wouOsriasr eye And fllli the woadertn mind; Whenever beauty U, then lades sway And leaves no trace behind . hare that coarse matter by isaelf refined ;- Then wtMrtstrange touniag, what far-off rerieeelence. or wetaory. Haunts the dull sense with Mats at nunc an-
Wftu the vague mystery Of something that baa bean, ar
10 uei
mac m yet
eaa not lad
la :eome dint rentembiwaee, faintly atirrcd. Of unrecorded tune. Of life that wan. mayhap, but only it In Mime wild dream or rmrrmst
Of other tnfaner. of water primer Is tt the pathos of dartre or loaa That brio unbidden teanr That want of eometalng that we
Shadows of Joy that brighten alien
Or It a fore-glean of perfect light, Of after bin educe. OffMHtway content, beyond the good That mortal toind cam jraees. Of glory that Uod preaeooe ahaU poaaaMr & K. JMMdMN, U tWerper JeuawiasMS, A 9TKIKIj MMACT. The persons assembled at Lumber Hall to hear the hearing; of old Mr. I 'mberglowth's will after hie funeral in. eluded all the nearest relatives of the deceased, and the happened to be individuals so diTerae in their pursuits and characters that it was only in such a place and for such a purpose that they oould have met at all But all were equally interested iu the oircumstanoe thai had brought them together, for Mr. Umbergiowth had died a childless widower and his large property was unentailed. He had been a cold, stern, unsociable old man, living much alone, and had never favored a soul with any Jtiat as to bow he should dispose of hU wealth, except that he had once said that hia moan ahnuhi m In kia fimi
km, not to public charities or 44 any
warn Timi ar aaa m
I WU eajnaSj
it was generally anticipated that his oousin, Mr. htaphen Umbergiowth, would be found to bare inherited the bulk of the property; and Stephen was of this hopeful opinion himself. He had been received at the Hall as the presumed heir, and had taken upon himself to do the boston of the place to his relatives. These were Lady Beakwell, the deceaaetTs sister-in-Uw; the Bev. Clement Gioam and Mr. Dennis Cmitgolere, sons of his two sisters who were dead. Mrs. Gloam and Mrs. Callingclere had both eome with their husbands to attend the funeral, and there were ako present to hear the will mA iw iiri.
Jimf, the deceased's phrtician. and Dr. Brwh, Vicar of the parish. These two had been invited hv kir. Pi4,tn
a V - m, maiMt vssv solicitor who had the will iu his keep-
t has been said that Iff nmu.
J&owMTs relations were dissimilar in their character; they were so much so, mtfeed. that during the two dars ther had spent at Lumber Hall they had found little to say to one another. Lady BeakweU was a widow of forty-five; with a snug jointure of 4,000 a year, who went a good deal into society and ooosorted only with people of the high, est rank. A very well dressed, selfish gentlewoman she was, with excellent manners, a shrewd mind and sarcastic tougue. She passed for a wit, though she set up no pretentions to that char, aeter by say ing smart things at random, which would have been a vulgarity desaleable in her sight. She simply pecked at people and things obnoxious to her when they came in her way. The Bey. Clement Gloam, Vicar of St Capereurt's. Pimlinn mmm I. II U
Witt a sad voice and uuctous ways, lie wore a cassock and Gloucester hat and was noted both for tae rigidity of his a tenets and for his eloquence iu the pttlh uA4 P474 ieone of jEl,. , besides what he drew from his 22. WMLPpy In the posMnon of a wife who was as strict at ley Callingolere and his wife Alios were two very dinerent people and littte better than heathen fnthTo sight of Mr. and Mrs. Gloam. They had an inentne of l,sm and spent every peuny oflt in enioving themselves JT rues eeUnge and In the hunting field. They Jways rode together; tbey both betted; they whiled away their autumn and Winter in rounds of visits to country bouse, where ther mm mUJ
tdthey were the gayest, brightest, Sott attached cpuple you oould And. Jfcey bud ooW down to Lumber fcm. jMjrUnele Umbergiowth had tmmST bsthmnfor 'tkm ortwo,"whk wmjht help thent to pey of outstaadiac
boat their ohanes than savbodv
eat, and had no iateotioe of onlliaw
tmm i at Unoie Stephen if the latter shoadgthswhols lahoritsnce to his own cheek. Stephen Umbergiowth was just the mam whom the world in its sUscretkm would have fastened upon m alt heir, lor was he not the great Mr. Umbergiowth whom everybody knew the statistician, politician aad general critic of other men's "iamsP " He was a tall, pompous, red-eared, bald person, with full lips always protruding, as if they were going to my "pooh-pooh.'' The bump of veneration hi wanting on his pate, but self-esteem was largely de Blotted. He was a nratMial man. wkn
cowed and aooffed and said tnt tut," and defied mankind to oppose any arguments to his common sense view of thing. He had twice tried to get into Pariiament and had nearly succeeded both times; it was thought he would get in before long, and be himself talked of the idea of his being beaten a third time as preposterous." Stephen Umbergiowth was married, hot kept his wife in the background as an inferior creature, inapt for rational argument;
ana ne ana two sons suit at acnooi, who by his orders were undergoing a praotieal education in mathematics, geology, natural science aad modern languages, with a little Latin and Greek and "other fooleries" as possible. Just before the will was opened Stephen Umbergiowth thought good to sine- the uraJttea nf hia trmA
oousin by way of a change, for be sel-
ww praioeu living people, tie haa also observed that his kinsfolk seemed to have no livelv i&tinn nt tk
deceased's character. "A man of great shrewdness he was, I assure you,7 said he, with a knowing wag of the head. "1 used sometimes to run down and see him. He and I were of opposite opinions on all conceivable subjects, but 1 flatter myself that 1 talked him over." "I once talked with him ahnut hia
religion,, but met with no soeoess,'' remarked Mr. Gloam. dismally. "Pooh, pooh, religious systems, my dear Gloam. Well, well, as you are a parson, I Won't say What 1 think about mem." " Why didn't you advise him to invite some friends down and shoot his preserves?" asked Alice Callingclere. 1 never aaw aneh a onantitv nf hIuml
' aula and kmt crnina- slwuit w;lt V
j "What a sentiment lor a woman T' exclaimed the great Umbergiowth. ; Yon and vour husband, my dear, lead , lives absolutely devoid of common sense, preserving game that you may ; kill it; breeding life only to destroy. If : you want sport, why not make it useful , to the community by destroying rats 1 and mice?"
" We do when we get a ehaaoe,,' said Alice, mildly. "Well, your uncle was not above the country gentleman's loibie about foxhunting.'1 confsased Stephen Umbergiowth. "When be was young he hunted; but in his latter days I tr.ed to
; mm nina uaoersianu What a foolish ; waste of capital add energy there ww j in setting sixty hounds and as many ; men to wallop after a fox. He used to listen without answering, but I am ure r I made an impression: he was an old fashioned gentleman, your uncle, but rery keen and sound of sense. A wonderfully accurate Judge of character to begin with." ' "1 exnect he used to nrmiaa vnn if
yon say that," laughed Mrs. Calliag- , clere. I am as indifferent to praise. Alice, .as I am to all the luxuries aad amusements that seem to please ton, ' re- . marked Stephen, loftily. "Your uncle , read me aright, and esteemed me, 1 believe, which was only natural, as I
never gave him occasion to doubt the soundness of toy judgment." j Here Mr. Pur kin. the lawyer, interrened: "Ladies and gentlemen. If you are ready ' be said; so the door was closed, and everybody sat down. Stephen Umberwlowth tank kl
place at the head of the table at the solicitor's right hand. Mr. Purkin. who knew the contents of the will, had given him a hint that he was the heir, so Stephen felt secure and jubilant, as the stave conversation showed. ! Mr. Purkin broke the seals of the en- 1 ' Wln kitt luwhlal I '
. -'j wmmwn WIMIWIBU W WIU MIU smoothed out that document amidst a dead silence. He was a prim, white- j haired little man, very formal iu all his ways, and he proceeded to read with tuneful distinctness. i After the customary preamble, the will continued as follows: 1 bequeath to my sister-in law, Lady BeakweU, the sum ef 6,000 and a monraiag riajr
win w iwpiunaw, ao my nepnew; , Clemeat Gloam, x.00O; 1 altogether deprecate his new angled ritualist antics, or I should have left him more. ' To my nephew, Dennis Callingclere, I leave lo,0U0. and 600 to his wife to buy trinket with; they are a pleasant couple, but It would be follv to bequeath the whole of my estate to a pair of such scattergoods." Then came a string of , sreneroua hwaritia in Mmuti .
to the rector of the parish. Dr. Brush; !
w to ur. unnning; and at last the pneaage that eoucerned Stsmhea Umber-1
" And I appoint my oousin. Stephen umbergiowth, to be my m doary legatee. I bequeath to him all my estates, personal property, mods and chattels not heretofore devised; and this I do because he is my nearest of kin. But I fetter this bequest with a condition. Stephen Umbergiowth hue a good opinion of himself which I have never Shared. I have kaard tk Am uk
blasphemously of his Maker aad give
wwin KiH mtl NTH OX SUOjeet 00-
j wiu sua wmjHSMBMOB, bred pupwy. tie Is a fm
With his ow!
"snW 'the
mavssr. tU my Men
hmt
i't
mpSLm
roared Mr. SsshmsJsnth. Immb an aatMjraUory uri&m sn Im gsamn.
eorreotion which shall tmhue him whh
a proper humUity of spirit and
tne grave, i tinwefors whhin tWMty-four hours
imadmg of my will maa V
ffirUl shall kneel for an hoar in the g room of Lumber Hail, with a fool's cap upon his head, aad read three times in as audible voice, so that all
hear him. the Itfth and ifttk than
of the Book of Proverbs. Fiirtiwrmore. I order that at the conclusion of his hour's penance Stephen Umbergiowth shall receive a sound schoolboy whipping of twelve cuts with a birch from
onsan, uouaies; ana i beoucatn a wont into the net room and waited
twm w miy guineas to uoooies (m acMtl- 1m silence. Soon the aonads taa! fell ?f lW on their ear. con r. need them that Ded-
w punjsnmeat. aaa sues was lsJMriag ddureaUy to fifty guineas each to'lBruab, Dr. his fee,
bnnnmg and Mr. Itrkm to witness The tmuiahmeat
S)Bb,a Maa.Ii.BV.a M a mt a
is n
tisaidly. as
you're readv."
"Ithiak the hour amnmnffkaaUal ejJmJ amwVTVCV looked at hia srab.
the ladies would like to withdraw"
Tae isnlies aid withdraw, aad an
tietoen who
to wHneaa tbe Mamtiaa
that it is
ministered with tnmLmtm
noss, I ehanre Doddies, if he hare any affection for his old master, not to spare the rod, but to lay on with rigor, la
, ease, however. Stephen Umbetftowth i should decline submitting to penance I end stripes, I desire that my estate j shall be disposed of as follows. ! And the will went on to my that in the event of Stephen proving; rrmmaaarimn. be was to receive I0.UU0 oalv. aad the
property was to be divided in equal part between the other relatives si-; ready mentioned. I One may imagine how the reading of , the foregoing clauses was received. Alice Callingclere and her husband could not : refrain from a burst of bMurbter; a grim i
i smile hovered over the lips of Lady
neaxweu; Mr. Uiosm emitted 1 chuckle, and Mra. Kbiacn Mnal
for the mat Stephen Umbergruwth. . tat with his face crimson and his ei
mus staring, speechless sad indignation. t "Pooh. iwwth f ki
tut f he blurted out, as soon he could
ad- j and plump Stephen had bum it
eve-
iv or. at anv rata, withant lu
Bnta few momeau afterward a f-ttu
i It drew Dennis Calliagriereto thedoor. by and made all the others troop ta after tne
mm as soon as they were tod that they
, mm Mirame wna prxi-reii . What had happened was this: When 1 Doddies had dhamareed hia taak vt.i
i truly seemed to have been a labor ef 1 ; lore to him), be drew tram his norkat
a folded paper, saying to the heir whom 1 "ag-
; he had chastened:
"Beg pardon, air. as I s overhauling the earriage when we returned from the tuaerall found this in one of
pockets. Why. it's another wilir shrieked
loiMftuur Lie aaaart ki.
1 "
poor ma star nwmi
lam time he
ten days ago. lie
up a jaay ; Bxepnea. lorgetting u e smart itted a pious , stripes iu this new abodt Mushed. Asi "1 dessay. sir. Mr poor wgrowth. be ' must have put it there the last
' speak. "Any court of law will set
j IIWTHHUIH aW. t -Certainly, Mr. Umbergrowth," said the lawyer, in an apologetic tone, as though to beg pardon for what he had ; read. 1 told your cousin so when the will was drawn up." "But why did you allow him to draw up such a will at all. sir? Its an insult ' to common sense." ! "1 did nr beat to diaawaila kin, " mm.
swered Mr. Purkin. "Only a fortnight : ago. when he was on his doath-hed. I returned to the Hall to ask whether he , ' would not cancel thorn clauses; but he
declared that be would not remit your , your punishment." Come, Uasje Stephen, a whipping won't hurt yen,' remarked Alios Callingclere, maliciously. "And you will find those two ehapters in Proverbs well worth your attention." observed Mr. Gioam. pensively. , "I am in no humor for jesting.'' cried , Stephen, with a furious stamp of his foot. " rbose insulting clauses must be set aside they are a disgrace to the
man wno wrote them." ' , .JHm, T way. TIsot do m
motions m a matter
wucuvu mmii oeataweu. arvir. we
have more to gain by vour aAtackinar
wont for an airinsr.
had told me to drive to Mr. Fsvfcm,
nut nau way tnere he felt so we had to drive back, and he
we lifted him out of the
Oosdnsion aad
Stephen Umberrtoarth. as he
the document and serminized fas
tents. hy why. this wiU divides the property among as in four eoaal parts. Then then I have aabeaaued to this mdhjnity, this mssmteoas indignity for aMrthing."
He clenched his fists aeJ
towards DoddMs. as if he would pulveriaed him, but his niece
lakf a soothing hand oa his arm. "Never mind. Uncle fwspasn, you will have oaf seanafssea aacreby the wiU than any of us, after alL Lmmimlrmlk,
ef
oars. Tne
foUtesmm with the French isa
oteunoatiuu as weU as m French ohild it mnght that
tne oaghDimg of its existence, and it is made a part of its life. It at the one thing that is never forgotten sent mek ont never forgivoa. French ehhV
scuamur if they do not get .11-1 IV a ...
Fimam samlGsnunV exnuuamig imo uaWnammmanaw umn
J rm i m ef "fe l hmve sslnmdanym wttjehwBl hasp them tmesaaamvMe
sm2amma ummut eaVaaVamamnm aanaupQaVma 4uaVamumnauu
(murBstte came an ssxlmm m? jTj anml fmnSweiem
; j arittslTn sUrf aaaaTtW aat .Wtherwhv (Wennssnwefsmftg ms wm n card wimmm irtsnti i The psessie ef aoeat Asmrfsm smnVi j irsii'i'Tad 1 nustmhrmt seeks ixsafly at his hmsi la tarns nnnsnxa "x1nlky.w A amshmmt h snufhsMIs msttjgt the horm. kmt the sMmxr j -Tl but he's am uiS'miwm
the Will aiul mmttlm It mm. mmSAm '
hole Of It 1
mut stand or fall
remarked Dennis Callia-
l madman," howled emm aaar be.
The
together,
ciere. l . m . ...
I "ll is UM Will or a
; Stephen, unguardedly.
"Oh, Uncle, how can you pretend 1 that?" expostulated Alice, with twtnfc1 ling eves. , "Whv, ou'y half an hour ago von were saying how sensible your oousin .. was. and wch an actmrmte mdge of ! dkmwekr, : Mr. Umherglowth glared at his niece ; and marched out of the room. When . be was gone Alice had smother tmcoo- : troUable fit of laughter, whieh soon
proved contagious, for all the others Joined in it. I Meanwhile the great Stephen was pacing up and down his room like a hyena of the non-laughing sort. Ho was a practical man, aad examined his position by the help of that far-famed common sense of his. If he attacked the will its provisions would be quoted in all the newspapers, and he should
become the laughing-stock to an unfeeling community: iu ail likelihood.
knowiedtred.
nmu ot a now not the
but a
MenL
or msdame. or
mg matter's bow, be aad the m variable
M take hran aatd as. i terns he is. Imk as ahaaft
I was m a eompartsanmt with a hatle four nm gtspu s 1 ent to gissj swihasy French bov of 1 the aameiaa i lirr si hula.. all a an i 1 m it t
muJUeasly. but his clothes were not the tnvee nam haste I ansJI fse nusnh mhvehief charm. 1 sat between ham aad tlx. taenw''
braces am ioet, tajmsajsmttstjeon mm
soWy aa a rivwef grease ' I wsmlnlsmsnwmemm
wfthahula! '
12. the Taiawaa mmm as ' ha
which American rhiMreu. as a niaT eV-
KJiiiaaT
erai
but his
1
open window.
how.
i would either have drooped the
' upon the floor or tossed them ont of the windows, without regard to amybodr.
i hs tuts staaii geatietnaa. every i with a "iVrmit me. menaieaar. a
to the wmdow and droDoed thaan aaL
ametlv took his
my that such small
on American rnuroads to any extent. Would ther wen i
ml
And when m h seat if
hubs
oomiiititiicT: m fsWi iiMgiUMMmmL t - . r
2fJJffle mmfto rlmmm ln
among the deceased's relatives. Was it wise to incur such a riskP An hour's penance tor ).000 a tear was not too much. To be mra, there was the whipping, but that wookLnot tsketsng. Mr. Umbergiowth tried to recollect the sensations of his hurt corporal pajaiahment at school, but reflection convinced him that the more he thought upon the stripes the less be would like them, and that if be meant to go through the penance he had better get the business over at once. So with a aud ten impulse be , ran down stairs aad informed his smiling relatives that he intended to submit to the ordeal. The poor wretch even endeavored to be Jocular. Imping thereby to nmr less ridiculous. He caught up n Kewspsper and nsade htasssff a fooTs-cap:
men ae caueu tor a mom, plumped
uowa on nw xnees ana negsn to
aloud. It
If it were fat the attentats
fTimfnrtahla taaai tava tmm nrmmwm wevnp vanan uuamp WSanny
the good amtnre with sosuethmg altogsthl an thing, as the faro
say. Aad this boy was no eissnilsm. was not a show-bor ont neafaasr b
the great Amsrican resmblic, orm i . . .
n as
hrnhL
the Fasmonrar
ragged waifs In
tome, where the child
blueaky more than the
seeJaaV 49s94nvL sJ
seven torand
fat the Gfaaanne Klraa
St. Clood, where therxwged poverty are taken by their:
anrsjm usmt,
boJsed m
folly, whom 1 have niton
afaaavi mmA T mm mm HaaJ amet nam x msve rusufrsu
that be looked avwaiaHu: CTH "SZlZClrTl tTZ
iw Krowtm va; daHnaBH Bttmsm ram MX
Mtu. GkroA hsd to er lesi
rVT ZLrzlmvm nsretupretmsr. gave them tae sous worth, tately from the room. Jjad to the lips. Tk 1 1 t. ji a. " .j ...... . ' T. rr"
"77 ywwiw, w ' ponmn wnn a urns tne
pwva conuauou to reao, umwr me sun- bow and tailing re .eclioo that he was earaing "Morel,
jw per anianie, ana no ttter- aouM not speak, fttled saw tiny
the hour, when lloddles, if n nil if ii.
ZirZZZJTTJ1 nwnlmrhs-l ft.
as I ajvermal in j Ijj1' 'bng "Jf
gganflaaammmTaa mTJaaf npffauBBaaum ns(sjr naaamwCen nuaaHt JBLmVamV smmnaa
aaamal
was a sWiight to ah the 1 f"l T rttiiT
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