Pike County Democrat, Volume 24, Number 39, Petersburg, Pike County, 9 February 1894 — Page 3

:j 1 --^-■- A LESSON FROM THE BIRDS. “Areaot two sparrows sold for a farthing?" Last sight afar I heard a bluebird singing. The south irind woke and brought the brooklet's flow, ■ And near our gate, its tale of summer bringing, Leaned a first violet by a bank of snow. “‘Who, on the hillside, in wise lessons blended The tale of nature with His Wayside talk. The sparrow’s value which His Father tended. The lilies bending on the fragile stalk. ‘‘Hast thou less faith than nature's tender nurslings. Who raise their faces to the spring's first breath? Read then the story of these tender firstlings, x- Nor fear the conflict of thy life or death.” —E. C ’Goodwin, in N. Y. Observer. {Copyright, 1893, by J. B. Lippincott & Co., sad published by special arrangement.] VII.—Continued. Then Bonelli could hear sounds of altercation in the room, and Mr. Doyle's voice, very angry, and the strange gentleman came out, and one of the men who’d been waiting sa,id he had a cab, if that would answer, and be’d fetch it right off, and by the time he got back it was raining hard again, and he took his cab in under the shed whore the carriage had been, and a couple of soldiers from the barracks then came in, wet and cold, and begged for a drink, and Bonelli knew one of them, called Dawson, and trusted him, as he often had done before. When Dawson heard Lieut. Doyle's drunken voice he said there’d be trouble getting him home, and he’d better fetch Mrs. Doyle, and while he was gone Lascelles came out, excited, and threw down a twentydollar bill and ordered more Krug and some brandy, and there was still loud talk, and when Bonelli carried in the bottles Dojdo was sitting back in a chair, held down by the other officer, who was laughing at him, but, nevertheless, had a knife in hand—a long, sharp, two-edgejteiftknife—and Doyle was calling him, names, and was very drunk, and soon after they all went out into the rear court, and Doyle made more noise, and the cab drove away around the corner, gbing down the levee through the pouring rain, one man on the box with the driver. That - was the last ho saw. Then Mrs. Doyle came in mad, and demanded her husband, and they found him reeling X stooped, and would have plucked the tender firstling And borne it home, a trophy of the year. When to my breast as from the gentle nursling 1 Came a low voice in words distinctly clear. For I o’er worldly losses sore was grieving, And Hope and Faith had wandered from my side, So that I walked in shadows, half believing There was no God, no Heaven, no glorified. It was the story hi birds homeward flying. Of flowers which toil not, nor their garments spin: A sweet calm voice Upon the soft wind sighing, Saying: “O man, hast thou forgotten Him, “And still the bluebird, through the dork clouds steering, Calls from afar, though wild the tempest blow, .And the fair violet. Its carol hearing. Smiles and awakens, fearing not the snow.

aoout me uotk court, stearin”- uuu muttering, and Dawson and she took him off between them. This must hare been before eleven o'clock; and that was absolutely all he knew. Then Mr. Allerton had told his story again, without throwing the faintest light on the proceedings, and the hack8 driver was found, and frhnkly and fully told his: that Lascelles and another gentleman hired him about eight o’clock to drive them down to the former’s place, which they said was several squares above the barracks. He said that he would have -to charge them eight dollars such a night anywhere below the old cotton-press, where the pavement ended. But then they had delayed starting nearly an hour, and took another gentleman with them,and that when driven by the storm to shelter at the Pelican saloon, three squares below where the pavement ended, and he asked for hia money, saying he dare go no farther in the darkness and the flood, the Frenchman wouldn’t pay, because he hadn’t taken them all the way. He pqinted out that he had to bring another gentleman and had to wait a’ long time, and demanded his eight dollars. The other gentleman, whom he found to be one of the officers at the barracks, slipped a bill into his hand and said it was all he had left, and if it wasn’t enough he’d pay him the next time he came to town. But the others were very angry, and called him an Irish thief, and then the big soldier in uniform said he wouldn’t have a man abused because he was Irish, and Lieut, Waring, as he understood the name of this other officer to' be, told him, the witness, to slip out and say no more, that he’d fix it all right, and that was the last he saw of the party, but he heard loud words and the sound of a scuffle as he drove away. And *Mme. d’Hervilly chad given her testimony, which, translated, was to this effect: She had known the deceased these twenty years. He had been in the employ of her lamented husband, who died of the fever in ’55, and monsieur had succeeded to the business, and made money, and owned property in town, besides the old family residence on the levee below. He was wedded to Emilie only a little while before the war, and lived at home all through, but business languished then, they had to contribute much, and his younger brother, M. Philippe, had cost him a great deal. Philippe was an officer in the zouaves raised in 1861 among the French Creoles, and marched with them to Columbus, and was wounded and came home to be nursed, and Emilie took care of him for weeks and months, and then he went back to the war ami fought bravely, and was shot again and brought home, and this time M. Lace lies did pot want to have him

dmra at the house; he said it coat too much to get the doctors down there; so he came under Madame's roof, and site was very fond of the boy, and Emilio would come sometimes and play and sing1 f or him. When the war was over M. Lascelles gave him money to go to Mexico with Maximilian, and when the French were recalled many deserted anti, came over to New Orleans, and M . L&scelles was making very little money now, and had Gold his town property, and he borrowed money of her to help, as he said, Philippe again, who cama to. visit him, and he ra: often worried byi Philippe’s letters be gging for money. Seven thousand dollars now he owed her, and only last week had asked for more. Phii;.pj : was in Key West to buy an interest in some cigar business. M. Lascclles said if he could raise three thousand to reach Philippe this week they would all make money, but Emilio begged her not to, she was afraid it would all go, and on the very day before he was found dead he came to see her in the afternoon on Rampart street, and Emilie had told her of Mr. Woring's kindness to her and to Nin Nin, and how she never could have got up after being dragged into tho mud by that drunken cabman, “and she begged me to explain the matter to her husband, who was a little vexed with her because of Mr. Waring.” But he spoke only about the monfjy, and did not reply about Mr. Waring, except that he would see him and make proper acknowledgment of his civility. He seemed to think only of the money, and said Philippe had written again and must have help, and he was angry at Emilio because she would not urge with him, and Eipilie wept, and he went away in anger, saying he had business to detain him in town until morning, when he would expect her to be ready to return with him. M fceh of thistestimony was evoked by pointed queries of the officials, who seemed somewhat familiar with Lascellcs’ business and family affairs, and who then declared that they must j question tho stricken widow. Harsh I and unfeeling as this may have seemed, there, were probably reasons which ] atoned for it. She came in on the arm ; of the old family physician, -looking j like a drooping flower, with little Nin j Nin clinging to her hand. She was so j shocked and stunned that she could j barely answer the questions put to her j with all courtesy and gentleness of | manner. No, she had never heard of j any quarrel between M. Lascelles and j his younger brother. Yes, Philippe { had been nursed by her through his I

mistrev would remain to town ow i night i thcr than attempt to come down. He bad slept soundly, as negroes will, despite the gale ami the rear of --'le r?»in that drowned all other noise, ft was late the nest morning when t t mother called him. The old mammy was frightened to see the front gte open, the deep water in the streets and the muddy footprints on the veranda. She called Alphonse, who ; found that his master must have come in duri g the night, after-' all, for the lamp r as taken from the hall table, the library door was closed and locked, so was the front cioor, also barred within, wh5eh i$ had not been when l.e went to led. He tapped at the lib ; ary, got no answer, so tiptoed to his Piasters bedroom; it was empty and. uj: disturbed. Neither hacl madarnc nor 1 Je. Kin Kin been to their rooms. Then he was troubled, and then the soldeirs came and called him out inb the rain- They could tell the rest. Cram’s story is already told, and he could dd nothing. The officials tried to drr v the batteryman out as to the relations existing between Lieut. Waring and madame, but got badly “blufi id.” Cram said he had never seen anything in the faintest degree worthy of comment. Had he heard anything? Yes, but nothing worthy of cor lideration, much less of repeti-. tion. Had he not loaned Mr. Waring his team and carriage to drive’ madame to town that morning? No. How did he gi: t it then? Took it! Was Mir. Waring in the habit of helping himself o the property of his brother officers? Yes, whenever he felt like it, for t hey never objected. The legal official thought such spirit of camaraderie in the light artillery must make life at the barracks something almost poetic, to which Cram responded: -‘0h, at times absolutely idyllic.** And the tilt ended with the civil functionary ruffled, and this Was bqd for the battery. <fgam never had any policy whatsoever. Lie it. Doyle was the next witness summoned, and a mores God-forsalron-1 oolong fellow never sat in a shell jack t Still in arrest, physically, at the l ock of old Braxton, and similarly ham ered, intellectually, at the will of bold John Barleycorn, Mr. Doyle cam! before the civil authorities only upon formal subpeena served at post headquarters. The post surgeon had straightened him up during the day, but *as utterly perplexed at his condi- | tion Mrs. Doyle's appearance in the j neighborhood some weeks before had j beer the signal for a series of sprees

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wounds. She was fond of Philippe. I but not so fond as was her husband. M. Lascellcs would do anything for Philippe, deny himself anything al-1 most. Asked if M. Lascellcs had not given some reason for his objection to Philippe’s being nursed at his house when he came home the second time, she was embarrassed and distressed. She said Philippe was an impulsive boy, fancied himself in love with his i brother's wife, and Armand saw something of this, and at last upbraided him, but very gently. There was no quarrel at all. Was there anyone whom M. Lascelles had been angered with on her account? She knew of none, but | blushed, and blushed painfully. Dad j the deceased not recently objected to the attentions paid her by other gentlemen? There was a murmur of reproach among the hearers, but madame answered unflinchingly, though with painful blushes and^tears. M. Lascellcs had said nothing of disapproval until very recently; an contraire, he had much liked Mr. Waring. He was the only one of Ike officers at the barracks whom he-had ever invited to the house, and he talked with him a great deal; had never, even to her, spoken of a quarrel* with him, because Mr. Waring had been so polite to her; until within a week* or two; then—yes, he certainly had. Of her husband’s business affairs, his papers, etc., she knew little. He always had certain moneys, though not large sunns, with all his papers, in the drawers of his cabinet, and that they should be in so disturbed a state was not unusnal. They were all in order, closed and locked, when he started for town the morning of that fatal day, but he often left them oppn and in disorder, only then locking nis library door. When she left for town two hours after him, the library door was open, also the side-window. She could throw no light on the tragedy. She had no idea who the stranger could be- She had not seen Philippe for nearly a year, and believed him to be at Key West. Alphonse, the colored boy, was so terrified by the tragedy and by his detention under the same roof with the murdered man that his evidence was only dragged from him. Nobody suspected the poor fellow of complicity ill the crime, yet he seemed to consider himself as on triaL He swore he had entered the library only once during the afternoon or evening, and that was to close the shutters when the storm broke. He left a lamp burning low in the hall, according to custom, Idbiouph he felt rare Ids master and

on the Irishman’s part that had on two occasions so prostrated him that Dr. Potts, an acting1 assistant surgeon, hat been called in to prescribe for hie: and, thanks to the vigorous constitution of his patient, had pulled hie out in a few hours. But this time “Pi :1s the Less” had found Doyle in a sta d bordering on ten*or, even when ass red that the quantity of his potatioi 3 had not warranted an approach to tremens. The post surgeon had bee a called in too, and “Pills the Pith less; ” as he was termed, thanks to his uni Bing prescription of quinine and blu mass in the shape and size of buckshot, having no previous acquaintance, in Doyle, with these attacks, poo ii-poohed the case, administered bro aides and admonition in due propor ion, and went off about more ,hnpor ant business. Dr. Potts, however, sto< d by his big patient, wondering wh t should cause him to start in such ter or at every step upon the stair wi lout, and striving to bring sleep to eye that had not closed the livelong xugvit nor all the balmy, beautiful day. One i he asked if Doyle wished him to sen l for his wife, and was startled at the vehemency of the reply: “For Got’s sake, no!” and, shuddering, Do; le had hidden his lace and turned aw y. Potts got him to eat something tov irds noon, and Doyle begged for mo e drink, but was refused. He was sol :r, yet shattered, when Mr. Drake sue lenly appeared just about stablecal and bade him repair at once to the pre .ence of the commanding officer. Th n Potts had to give him a drink, or he vould never have got there. With the aid of a servant he was dressed, am , accompanied by the doctor, rea ched the office. Braxton looked hir; over coldly. ‘ Mr. Doyle,” said he, “the civil auth( ritics have jnade requisition for—” Bu he had got no further when Doyle*, sta jgered, and but for the doctor’s he] p might have fallen. 4 For God’s sake, colonel, it isn’t tart i! Sure I know nothing of it at all at ,11, sir. Indade, indade, I was blind dt unk, colonel. Sure they’d swear a me i’s life away, sir, just because he% we ; the one—he was tlie one that—” * Be silent, sir! You are not accused, th: 11 know of. It is :as a witness you art needed. Is he in condition to testii: ^.doctor?” ‘ He is well enough, sir, to tell what he snows, but he claims to know nothin' .” And this, too, Doyle eagerly secoi ed, hut was sent along in the ambit once, with the doctor to keep him o« of mischief, and a nartin? shot to

the effect that when the coroner was through with him the post commander would take held again, so the colonel depressed more than the cocktail stimulated, and, as luck wa^Jd hare it, almost the first person to meet him inside the gloomy inclosure was his wife, .and her few whispered woi’ds only added to his misery. The water still lay in pools a bout the premises, and the police had allowed certain of his neighbors to stream in and stare at the white walls and shaded windows, but only a favored few penetrated the hallway and rooms where the investigation was being held. Doyle shook like one with the palsy as he ascended the little' flight of steps and passed into the ojpen doorway, still accompanied by “Little Pills.” People looked at him with marked curiosity. He was questioned^ requestioned, cross-questidned, but th<i result was only a hopeless tangle. Hd really added nothing to the testimony of the hack driver and Bonelli. In abject remorse and misery he begged them to understand he was drunk when he joined the party, got drunker, dimly remembered there was a quarrel, but he had no cause to quarrel with anyone—and that was ail* he never knew how he got home. He covered his face in his shaking hands at last, and seemed on the verge of a fit of crying. But then came sensation. | TO BE rOXTIXCED.] V; WANTED IT BRIEF. The Muriate Ceremony of a Young Mew York; Newspaper Man. A New York Presbyterian minister has given a curious account of his first marriage ceremony. The groom, a friend of the minister, was a young newspaper man. On the afternoon of the wedding day he called upon the clergyman, *T suppose it does not make any difference to yon what form yon use?” the young man said. “Not the slightest,” answered the clergy* man. “Well,” said the prospective bridegroom, “I have looked over a number of services, and have picked out the Dutch Reformed because it is the shortest. But even that is much too long. You preachers can’t be expected to know anything about boiling things down. I have brought you a Dutch Reformed prayerbook, and you will see that I have knocked out all that I think is unnecessary.” “With that,” saj’s the minister, “he left me, and I .opened the book at the marriage service. It was a network of black lines. That young man, so used to cutting copy, had actually edited the marriage service, and had knocked out, as he expressed it, at least twothirds of it. “It Shocked me at first to see a prayerbook so mutilated, but in the evening I followed copy like a faithful compositor, and the whole ceremony did not take more than three minutes. He was delighted, but the bride had a little bone to pick with me. “She had had a hand in the editing, I imagine, for in the promise to ‘love, honor and obey,’ the word obey had been marked out. But in the excite

ment of the moment 1 left it in. “Doyou know,” the clergyman continued, “that young man taught me a lesson about using gorgeous lithographed marriage certificates. I bought the handsomest one I could find and carried it with me, 'filled out and ready. When 1 handed it to him he looked at it and smiled. “ ‘Nonsense,’ said he, ‘do you think I’m an art store?* .and he tore a blank leaf 'from a book on the parlor table and wrote upon it these word* with his stylograph: “ ‘This certifies that at Flushing, L. I., on Tuesday, the ISth day of March, 1872, Ignited John Smith and Abigail Jones in the bonds of matrimony.’ “I signed it, and the deed was done.” —N. Y. Sun._ A WICKED DOG. It Would Hot Acknowledge Its master When Sober. , An enemy to the cause of teetotalism has arisen in Ohio in the shape of a dog. For years, according to the Buffalo Express, Henry Taylor, a farmer, has lived on a farm just north of the village of Van "Wert. Henry was a good and upright citizen, but he would get boiling drunk whenever he went to town. He has a dog, and this dog, with the members of his household, always expected him to come home with a pronounced load. The dog met him at the gate and guided his uncertain footsteps to the house after each trip to town. One <^ay Henry went to town, and while there experienced a change of heart. He decided not to get drunk, took the pledge and started for homo in a state of painful sobriety. His dog was at the galtetomeet him. Henry walked in straight as a string. Tno . dog, expecting a man with a wobbly gait and a thick voice, did not recognize him and jumped upon him, biting him severely several times and otherwise maltreating him after the manner of dogs. Thereupon Henry swore an oath that he would never again return from town without a load, and he hat kept the vow. It is clearly the duty of Murphy or Col. Bain to bring that dog into the fold. A Strange Operation. A little boy whose father never uses a razor was much amazed and interests ed on the morning after his arrival at his uncle’s house to see that gentleman shaving. ' ‘ ; “Why, Uncle Fred!” be exclaimed, after watching the operation for a few moments.. “I don’t see what makes you wa»h your face with that little broom* and wipe it off with a knife. Paps doesn’t!”—Youth’s Companion. Her Hope Realized. Pugilist’s Mother—And how did Jack come out? Pugilist’s Father—He won the battle, of course. - ^ Pugilist’s M o ther—There! I always knew Jack was born to be an actor.— Puck. • Tram believe ’hat women have ns Sonia

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