The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1845-02-19
HARRISON COUNTY, OHIO, FEBRUARY 10, 1916

shone around them. Long would the infatuated
youth gaze on thememento ofhis crime, but Their,
was but little penitence in his looks, and not on,
thought Of sorrow for the grief The loss of it mus
have given the fair original, for enclosed in th,
back was a braid of light hair slightly s~ilveret
with grey, and beneath was engraved, "lrom
fond mother to her daughter, on her sixteenth
birthday"
Bradley had carefully avoided every prin
which he thought would be likely to contain tbs
intelligence of the robbery, and as no commune
cation passed between himself and the perpetra,
tors on this subject, he was consequently igno,
rant OF the amount distracted, or of the names
of the sufferers.
1t was a cold winter morning, when Mr.. Ar.
cher suddenly entered his counting house and
ordered it TO be Immediately closed. On Hen
RVS flor so we must call him) looking-up, he per
ceived his friends countenance clothed with
grief, and the fresh Grape upon his hat told thai
death had been busy with his house. Bidding
Henry, who was domesticated in his family, &C.
company him home, he informed him he had iust
received letters announcing the death of an only
and we'll beloved brother and added, he was
hourly expecting the arrival of an orphan niece
now committed TO his charge. His companion
asked no questions, for fear of stirring the foun.
tain Of grief afresh. On entering the drawing
room at night he was presented to Miss Archer,
but what was his surprise and CONSERVATION on
lifting his eyes TO her face. to see the fair sleep
er before him! The face was paler than the
miniatures, and wore a more chastened and
somewhat older expression, for sorrow had in.
deed visited her. Both parents had slept lheiI
lI,ef elaoo circo che sl1roh1ro1 m ,I,oo,.,1
in his presence. Stammering forth some faint
apologies, Bradley left the room and the house,
and who may say what wild visions thronged his
restless couch that night!
Months glided away, and Mr.. Archer beheld.
with slight misgivings, the growing intimacy be-
tween his niece and Henry. Not that he would
willingly have given her to his protege, could
the cloudy mystery that hung over the young
man have been cleared to his satisfaction. But
during the three years Henry had been with
him, he had never received a letter or commu-
~nication, Of any kind, from friend or foe. For a
young man to stand so utterly alone, "looked
strange" TO say the least of it.
Entering the room one evening, where Miss
Archer and Henry were sitting, her uncle, in a
light and laughing tone, said,
"How is this, Emily? Young Dalton has been
making serious complaints concerning the obdu.
racy of heart of an ungrateful niece of mine.
What has he done to provoke her displeasure
'and why won't she wed?"
"Nay, dear uncle, you know my heart and
hand have long been pledged to the restorer Of
my miniature"
Sand so my Emily stands pledged to a name
less robber! Would she like it TO reach his ear
through the walls of a prison?"
Most sincerely do | hope he is free, for he
must be a gentle ~rufian, and having stolen
naught but my picture, | can't find it i'll my heart
TO be very angry; the compliment, dear uncle,
only think of the compliment"
Gay, but the compliment paid to your father
was a little more costly, was it mott"
"With that | have nothing to do" replied En-
lily, blushing; shut | would willingly forgive the
robber, would he restore my mothers git,' and
the tears sprang TO her eyes, at the mention Of
her loss. Mr.. Archer saw her emotion, and said
no more. But Bradley, how did he hear the Sc
cret? How often was he tempted, as he heard
the beautiful and enthusiastic girl plead for him
50 eloquently, and regret the loss of what was
so dear TO her, to thlow himself on her mercy
and confess all, but happily he restrained his
emotion, and soon after left the apartment.
Snow, gentlemen, while you are discussing
your hot rolls and coffee, | will read this delight
full retailer of news and scandal" exclaimed
Miss Archer, on seating herself at the breakfast
table, the morning succeeding the conversation
already detailed. "Here is latest foreign news,'
'home affairs" "politics'' and "poetry;' p which
will you have? All! let me see, here is a mys-
ferrous affair:
"The Governor of Louisiana offers five hun
dred dollars reward to any person or persons,
who will intimate any knowledge of the resi-
dence of one Bradley Spencer, or satisfactorily
prove that the said Bradley is living. He having
left New Orleans about three years since, in
co mpany with a party of gamblers, and not hav-
ing since been heard Of, il is feared by his
friends, that he has fallen a victim TO the mach
lnatioTs ofthe said men, as through a confession
lately made by one of the party, who was stab
bed in an ARRAY, Spencer will be restored his
property, of which he was most nefariously de-
privcd. Should this meet his eye, he is earnest
" requested to return and take possession Of the
same"
As Emily read this paragraph in a clear dis
tinct voice, Mr.. Archer fastened his eye on the
Young man who sat at his table. No power on
earth could have controlled Bradley's emotions,
and after the reader paused, Mr.. Archer arose,
and taking his hand, said,
"Be candid, Henry; whatever faults you have
been guilty Of, these last three years have expa
tiated-"
"You know not the half of my rash acts,''
passionately interrupted the young man; "you
would both loathe and spurn me, were | TO tell
all; but will perform one just act. Miss Ar
cher" taking the miniature from his bosom,
''here is the deity that has preserved me from
sin, and before you stands the-robber I"
Both Mr.. Archer and Emily were mute with
surprise and amazement at this confession but
when they eagerly questioned him, and learned
what he had to offer in extenuation, il is needless