Pike County Democrat, Volume 24, Number 6, Petersburg, Pike County, 30 June 1893 — Page 7

THE SONG THE KETTLE SINGS. Sweet are the songs by Hirers sung As they the old, old story tell, And sweet the croon the bees among The clover blooms and asphodel. And glad the notes the skylarks trill, . At dawn upon their buoyant wings. But dearer, softer, better still The low, sweet song the kettle sings. ° Sow strangely come to us again The pleasant scenes of other days, The happy golden moments when We went our simple childish ways: "When all life’s Journey lay before And gayly beckoned us with smiles: Ere we had left our father's door To go the many weary miles. t There by the broad, deep fireplace sit The aged ones with silvered hair: Across each face the Sashes fiit And faded cheeks grow flushed and fair: And strangely mingle smile and tear As memory In fondness brings The old. old days, the while they hear The low, sweot song the kettle sings. The embers throw their ruddy gleam On childish figures blithe and free That watch the changing glow, and dream Of wondrous things that are to be. The future one glad chime of bells— Of golden bells, hope ever rings, And through their music strangely wells The fow, sweet song the kettle sings. O, all the Joys my heart has known And all the hopes of those to be Within the kettle's gentle tone On gracious wings are borne to me. And gladness which my care beguiles, Comes bubbling up from youthful springs; And whispers from the peaceful isles Are in the song the kettle sings. Would you become a youth again Back in that dear old home once more? Trade all the wisdom sorry men May have for childhood’s happy lore? O, would you feel the morning dew Of.rest upon life’s tired wings? Then dream with me and listen to The low, sweet song the kettle sings. -Nixon Waterman, in Youth’s Companion.

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{Copyrighted, 1831, by S. S. Morton, and pub- , lished by special arrangement.] CHAPTER XII.—CoXTINTrEIx “I intend, dpt of all, Mrs, Maynard,” he began, with something in his tone that was as decisive and aggressive as the clash of cold steel, notwithstanding his studied suavity, “thoroughly to sift our ease in its present state, examine it at every point, and thus arrive at some satisfactory conclusion as to how we should stand in the event of any very searching investigation on the part of our opponents. To this end 1 shall be obliged to question you somewhat exhaustively, with your kind permission; and you will favor me very greatly if you will reply to all my questions as fully and directly as possible.” Mrs. Maynard, having given a languid assent to these words, North took up his note-book daintily with the tips of his fingers, adding in an explanatory way: V-^. “I may possibly—indeed, I shall certainly — ask you questions on some points on which you may consider that ^ I have already been fully informed; but in such cases I must ask you to remember that my questions, although seemingly superfluous, have a distinct { purpose, and I shall, of course, expect yon to answer me precisely as you would if I were in total ignorance of all the facts. In short, we will assume for present purposes that J am in total ignorance of all the facts. It is the way we lawyers examine our own witnesses in court, and it will be a valuable preparation for you, by the way,” he added, significantly, “if you should be called upon to testify in this case. I have some euriosity to see how you would stand a rigid cross-examination, Mrs. Maynard. I really think I shall have to test you. a little!” “Very well, Mr. North, I am ready for the experiment, if you have any

doubt of my competency as a witness, said Mrs. Maynard, evidently forcing herself to the flippant speech. “Oh, it is not that I have any doubt, Mrs. Maynard, but I wish to have my impressions on the point confirmed,” interposed North, hastily, intending in a rather vague way to be highly complimentary, but making a failure of the laudable attempt by reason of its anibiguity. “We will assume, then, that I have a general idea of the facts to which you are prepared to testify. I now elicit them from you by my questions, which, while they may entirely ignore many points that you consider essential, will bring out what I know to be material and relevant.” “There!” he added to himself as he mentally reviewed these last w'ords, “I believe I have now laid the foundation for any questions whatever that I may be compelled to ask. However, I’ll just make it a little broader while I am afxrat it.” Then, while Mrs. Maynard seemed to be silently considering his last words, he resumed aloud: • “You will observe, Mrs. Maynard, that I am prepared to take notes of all that you tell me. The fact is,” and his countenance assumed a perplexed, harassed expression for the moment, “I have so much care and anxiety and business responsibility on my mind that I find it difficult, yes, almost impossible, to keep the various threads from becoming seriously entangled. I have no written record of even the most important facts in the case, and in consequence of being so pressed by other cares I find myself becoming slightly confused in regard to this affair, unable clearly to draw the line between what I actually know of the facts and what I have myself merely conjectured. How, if you will please state the simple facts as I refer you to them by my questions T will carefully note them down and I shall then have a much clearer idea of our true post tion. ” His persistent holding to the point seemed to rouse Mrs. Maynard from her state of passive acquiescence; her answer came now in clear decisive tones in which was suggested a slight impatience of these tedious preliminaries. “I am aware, Mr. North, that,with.so many other and no doubt greater interests to absorb your attention, you canmoi be expected to remember all the de

tails of this case as well as I do, particularly if you hare not reduced them to memoranda; and even I forget now whether I have informed you on certain points. Ask me any question that you may consider* necessary, and 1 will answer to the best of my ability.” “Thank yon, Mrs. Maynard,”' said North, with an air of extreme satisfaction; and the harassed expression disappeared from his face as he mentally congratulated himself that he had laid his foundation securely and very broad, indeed. “Thus much by way of preamble; and now to business!” He dexterously slipped Mrs. Jane Dunkirk’s letter from its envelope as he spoke, and proceeded to unfold it “Oh, to be sure, that letter'—I had forgotten it! You have read it, I presume, Mr. North?” inquired Mrs. Maynard, with a faint degree of interest in her manner; then as North, without replying, glanced up at her with an air of reproof, lifting his eyebrows inquiringly, she at once checked herself.

“I perceivet,” she said, submissively, “I am not to ask any questions at all; that is your prerogative. Very well; I will try to remetnber this hereafter.” “No, no, Mrs. Maynard, you shall share all my prerogatives!” cried North, in-another ingenuous outburst of gal-lantry;-then a faint color crept suspiciously over the fairness of cheek and brow as he continued in a more business-like tone: “At least, I will answer the question that you have already asked. I have read this letter, and 1 intend to make it the starting point for all my questions this morning. I wish, you see, to analyze it very much as lit would be analyzed in court if we should submit it for any purpose whatever, and to ascertain just what construction it will best bear. First of all, then, we will consider the date; since, to be of any practical use to us, the letter must be proven to have been written while that genuine will in your favor was in existence. The one, you know, corroborates the other. This letter hints at what the will fulfills; and we must construe it according to that intent. What we wish to establish by it is the intention of-" Mrs. Dunkirk toward yourself. All of this, you understand, would be of no advantage to up if Annie Dupont should be discovered; but if she is not brought forward within a reasonable time, we may assume that it will fairly make our case. Now, this date, no doubt, is accurate. ' Do you recollect when you received, the letter?” “Oh! very distinctly. We had returned from Europe the previous week, and I had written her immediately upon our arrival in X-.” “Yes. Now I will read aloud her reply. The first sentence is immaterial, i Next: ‘lam sorry to hear of your difficulties, but I am in no pbsition to ad

, I ■» * GLANCING UP IN SURPRISE. vise you.’ If you recollect, what was the nature of those difficulties, Mrs. Maynard? Were they not, as I infer from the context, of a peculiar — I mean—” “Not entirely, but principally,” interposed Mrs. Maynard, with a reflective air, “connected with money matters;” North slowly read on: “ ‘Mr. Maynard used his discretion in the matter, and his right to do so no one can dispute. That yon are disappointed is, of course, natural; but why you should feel so despondent in regard to your own future I cannot understand.’ To what, if I may inquire, do these two sentences refer?” “Why, to Mr. Maynard’s will.” “Ah—to Mr. Maynard’s will*” repeated North, absently, while he was thinking: “What about the major's will? I must try to ascertain.” “I told her about it in my letter,” resumed Mrs. Maynard, “and, I believe, complained rather bitterly of it as un

just to me and not at all what 1 had a right to expect.” “Had you then discovered for the first time that he had made this will?” “Oh, no! I knew his intention in regard to the matter long before this. Mr. Maynard told me plainly what he intended to do, and I was present when the will was drawn. There i&is no secret made of it, I assure you. The major was only too anxious for me to know what had. been determined upon, that he might triumph in my discomfiture!” Her dark eyes flashed as she spoke, and a tiny spot of scarlet glowed in her cheeks; but her tones did not vary for an instant from their cool sweetness nor her manner from its gracious repose. “Danger, signals—the domestic skeleton at h*ad!” thought North, ruefully; nevertheless he did not swerve one degree from his perilous investigations. “It may not, be considered important, or directly hbdrtpfy'bh iur case,” he observed in MghediVnfveway as he glanced up at Nil's. Maynard over his notes, “still, if the inquiry were carried on in court, I apprehend that all these collateral questions would be raised, and it may be as well for me to be thoroughly informed on this point Will you please state briefly what were the conditions of that will? 1 will note them down as you proceed.” “The document itself was very brief and to the point With the exception of a certai n income to be paid annually to me so long as I remained a widow and continued to reside under this roof —two distinctly tyrannical conditions which must be complied with, both and severally, otherwise so far as Mr. May

nurd's wealth was concerned, I should be left penniless—with the exception of this conditionally granted income, in consideration of which my right of dower was set aside, all of Mr. Maynard's large fortune was willed to his relatives. Think of it, Mr. North, such a sweeping disregard of my rights!” The undercurrent of indignation rippled the calm surface now just for an instant as these words were warmly uttered. , “Preposterous!* declared North, as he made a few brief dashes in his notebook while in his mind a very trivial question kept repeating itself: “Why does she sometimes call him ‘Mr. Maynard’ and sometimes ‘the major?’ ” “And this, you see,” continued Mrs. Maynard, a delicate satire in her tones, “was the sympathy that Mrs. Dunkirk offered me: ‘Mr. Maynard used his own discretion in • the matter, and his right to do so no one can dispute.’ It was not entirely his own discretion, as I very well know.” " “Ah! then there was undue influence exerted to induce him to make this will?” inquired North, quickly; thinking, with the unconscious professional instinct that no legal point, however slight or extraneous, ever eluded: “If that were proven, his will can easily be set aside, when the time comes. I wonder if this has never occurred to her?” “Remember, I have no proof of this, Mr. North,” Mrs. Maynard said, slowly, as if answering his very thoughts. “Nevertheless, I am convinced that he was influenced to my disadvantage. However, this is a digression. My unhappy differences with Mr. Maynard are not at present under discussion, I believe.” North experienced a peculiar sensation as he listened to this direct allusion to the tragedy of Mrs. Maynard’s domestic life; but he smiled as composedly as if her last remark had been the merest commonplace, and proceeded with his inquiries. ‘‘Mrs. Dunkirk’s .letter, then, so far as I have cited it, refers tb this will, of which you had written her, and to your comments on it?”

“Yes; that is all.” “And now,” continued North, ‘.Ve come to this terrible arraignment, on a charge to which many of us, I fear, would have to plead guilty: ‘You were always over fond of money.’ Can it be possible, Sirs. Maynard, that anything ever occurred in the course of your long acquaintance with Mrs. Dunkirk that would justify her in suspecting you of being the least particle mercenary in your disposition?” Mrs. Maynard glancing up in surprise and encountering an extremely qunvzieal expression in the keen gray eyes that were regarding her so intently hesitated for an instant, evidently unable to perceive the drift of North’s inquiry. Then she said, speaking slowly as if still speculating on. his motives: “1 cannot say, Mr. North, that I ever consciously did anything to warrant Mrs. Dunkirk in forming such a conclusion. She was rather given to hasty judgments, and she clung to her opinions with great tenacity. She knew, of course, that 1 looked upon wealth as one of the good things of this lire, which I should be glad to possess. Is not that a natural and proper wish?” “Oh, entirely so! I myself sympathize with it very profoundly, as you are doubtless aware. But did you ever give Mrs. Dunkirk any reason to suppose that you wished, hoped or expected to be made her heir?” “Would not such a wish, hope or expectation be perfectly natural in view of the fact that she had actually made her will in my favor?—ah!” she added quickly as North’s eyebrows were again raised, “I forgot the prerogatives, just for the moment. Well, then, yes, Mr. North; she knew that I had some such expectation. She herself intimated to me several times that she might make nje her heir.” "llow far back does your personal acquaintance' with Mrs. Dunkirk extend, Mrs. Maynard?5’ inquired North abruptly. The answer came slowly after an in stant’s silence. “To the day of poor, dear mamma’s funeral, when Mrs. Dunkirk came, in answer to mamma’s last request, to take me to her home.” “Previous to that day you had never met Mrs. Dunkirk?”

'.Never. “But she was an intimate friend of your mother’s?” "So far as I have ever been able to learn, their acquaintance, though of many years’ standing, had never been intimate at all.” There was a perplexed expression on North's face as he pondered this answer in silence for a few moments with his eyes bent upon his note-book. Then he said slo.wly, raising his glance to Mrs. Maynard’s face: ‘ “And yet, during her last illness, your mother wrote to Mrs. Dunkirk—a comparative stranger, as we must infer that she was—requesting her to take you into her home and extend to you, so long as you should need it, a guardian’s care and protection; a request which was made so urgently that Mrs. Has this never seemed strange to yon, Mrs. Maynard?” It was evident that the strangeness of the fact had now occurred to North for the first time; it was equally evident that Mrs. Maynard had long since ceased to speculate upon the matter, as something which she was unable to explain. “There has always teen a little mystery shrouding that circumstance, Mr. North,” she said, with a faint smile. “Dear mamma herself recognized the fact that, in her choice of a guardian for her daughter, she had made a demand upon Mrs. Dunkirk’s kindness which her slight acquaintance with that lady would scarcely justify; but in her letter to Mrs. Dunkirk, written just before her death, she said that I would explain that actios satisfactorily. When Mrs. Dunkirk referred, the matter to me, I was utterly unable to account for the fact that I had been consigned to the care of a perfect stranger, whose name, even,, 1 had scarcely heard before.” lere is only one possible inference to be drawn from the Mi circumstances, Dunkirk was loathe

then,' observed North, with a thought ful air, as he looked inquiringly at Mn Maynard. “Mrs. Kingsbury was prevented in some way from communicating to you the explanation that the intended to give before her death." “That is the conclusion at which both Mrs. Dunkirk and I arrived,” answered Mrs. Maynard, “and, accepting it, Mrs. Dunkirk carried out mamma’s wishes with an evident feeling that they imposed upon her a sacred obligation. I have always thought that the very mystery attending our first meeting gave her a special interest in me, to which was due the great kindness with which she discharged her duty as my guardian.” “No doubt of it,” returned North ■with a smile. “A touch of mystery is always a great sharpener of one’s interest. But now, right here let me bring up another point. Yon say that Mrs. Dunkirk ‘intimated’ to you her intention of making you her heir; did she, i then, not show you that will?” “Oh, no! She was not even aware that I knew of its existence. She did not speak about it to me with any definite- j ness; she merely hinted at what she ! might do, very much as she does in this letter. Your memory is strangely at fault, Mr.- North, if you have forgotten this punt. It was Jenner who told me about the will.” “Ah! Then you never saw the will?” “Never.” “You know nothing about it of your own linowledge—nothing except what Jenner told you?” “That is all; but really, Mr. North, it is sufficient. I have no reason to believe that Jenner misrepresented the affair to me.” “Oh, probably not; but I’m after facts, now—not theories, if you please!” And, smoothing down the edges of this rejoinder with his most irresistible smile, North went on with his investigation, following up eagerly a new clew which had thus unexpectedly fallen into his hands. “Now, that first will, of which, as you say, Jenner toldtyou, was substantially the same as this later one which ■has just been exploded in New York”— he tossed Mrs. Dunkirk’s letter down on the table with an impetuous air as if his interest in it had suddenly ceased for the time—“the latter was a faithful copy of the former.” He put this in the form of a positive assertion, but it ..was in reality a question, the answer to which he awaited with the greatest interest. |TO BE CONTINUED.]

--y— DISPOSING OF THE DEAD. Burial lm Destined to Give Place to Cremation. “The twentieth century is destined to witness a complete revolution in the manner of disposing of the dead,” said a well-known physician to a GlobeDemocrat reporter. “Burial is destined to give place to cremation. We will be driven to it in sheer self-defense. The increase in population, and a better understanding of the science of sanitation and its importance, will leave no place for the disease-breeding cemetery. America is destined to lead in the great reform, as she has in so many others. While the modern cremation movement started in Italy, the number of crematories in the United States far exceeds that in the former or any other country. i Fourteen are already in successful operation here,: all having been built durim the past six sears. “Cremation societies are being organized in nearly all of the large and many of the smaller American cities. Everybody recognizes the wisdom of incineration; still individual sensitiveness to any change in the burial custom, and an inherited belief that the body should ‘fester in its shroud’ rather than bo burned to a handful of clean ashes in a furnace, forms the greatest obstacle in the pathway pf the reform. In the early days of the new movement the religious organizations formed a strong opposition to it, but this has given way except in Germany, where church and state make common cause against it. i The state church openly prohibits the exercise of religious rites by a clergyman at incinerations. In the United States some of the most enthusiastic cremationists are devout church people.”

AESTHETICS IN FORMER TIMES Parisians Years Ago Listened to Shad; Dramas. Bat Loathed the Handkerchief. “We flatter ourselves that we artj ] much more sesthetic than were ou’r an- j eestors, but that is a mistake,” said atParisian, sojourning' at the Southern, remarks the St. Lonis Globe-Democrat. “Many words now employed in polite conversation would have been regarded as extremely shocking a century ago. On the other hand our ancestors frequently employed terms in social converse that would make a fish monger of the present time blush with shame. Imagine the presentation of some of the old French or English dramas at Madison square without being first expurgated and fumigated! On the other hand, had an actor dared to exhibit a handkerchief on the stage he would have stood a good show of being mobbed. Not until the time of Empress Josephine did the handkerchief appear in public. Before the beautif ul empress set the fashion a young lady would as soon have thought of mentioning her nether garment in public as her handkerchief. I am not quite sure that Josephine added anything to the culture of society by giving the ‘nose rag* the publicity it now enjoys. After all, ‘culture’ consists chiefly in getting used to a thing.” About the Bam bow. In many countries the rainbow it spoken of as being a great bent pump oi siphon tube, drawing water from the earth by mechanical means. In parts o! Russia, In the Don country, and also is Moscow and vicinity, it is known by a name which is equivalent to “the bent water pipe.” The Geography Claes. “Now, Jack,” said the teacher, “whan is H ong-Kong?” “I don’t know, sir. It was in ChkM last time I heard," said Jack.—Harper * Young People. „

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