The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-09-20
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NTY OHIO, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER. go 1854.


loved, but Who has gone abroad, I am
told; and TO that one of my relations
who will erect tombstone, l be-
| queath---sa'
'Hark Will your" cried one " be
quiet. Go on-yes, yes OF you
wretch, where's your feelings Go tc
Really, ladies', and gentlemen" said
I, /" this ismost indecorous.
'tI bequasn continued Mr.. Shaw,
f" ssInaaa fSs sGdng and forgiveness"
Affe Affe"6fss "6fSsss. s2len. folded up the Will,
and put itin his pocket, saying
wish y5u all good morning, ladies
and gentlemen. / sold the few clothes
and otheranatters he died possessed Of,
! and paid for the funeral, and his debts
being myself minus one shilling and
four pence, which I hope you will some
of you pay.
It is quite impossible by any words to
fairly depict to the reader the appear
ance of Mr.. Jordan's relations at this
moment. IF the fabled Gorgon's head
had suddenly appeared, and transformed
them alto stone, they could not have
looked more completely paralysed and
panic-stsieken. ag z.,,a4--
A tomb -stonel -
Z" A tombstone" said Mr.. Shaw
a small one would not cost much
You could put on it suitable inscrip-
ton. Here lies" ss
&C Lies here-neyer, mind,n said the
brother. /" Never mind. 10, that's
all, is it,
e You are humbug, said the mas
culine woman to Mr.. Shaw, and so
was old stupid Jordan
"Ge to the deuce, all of you," shout
| ed another " A tombstone, indeed
Mr. Shaw was wiping his spectacles.
Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to
90, kstuf, stuff; bother. A tomb
stone indeed. I shan't stay another mo-
ment An old thief I wish tomb
stone had been down his throat. Come
on. It's a do."s7 - 10 -aSa~s=. 7--ts
b. /" But, ladies and gentlemen !! 49,.
They were quite deaf to the remon-
strances of Mr.. Shaw, and in few mo-
merits the chambers were quite clear,
with the exceptions of Mrs. Mary Gran
than, who. was. sobhing bitterly She
then rose and looked, ,atme hesitatingly.
Then she looked at Mr.. Shaw, and she
seemed to be struggling to say some
thing She placed her hand in her bos-
ON, and drew forth ring tiedto black
ribbon, aud then with a eonyulsiYe effort
she spoke: @ u s.ss .zfs,.;
8 This--this ring--it is my only Valu-
able possession. It was given to me
thirty years ago by him who now is no
more, my cousin John, who loved me. I
hsye clung to it In pain and sorrow, IN
q sosSltE sd distress. I have never
ps thai IF 9th it. I seemed to be not
VI Eor .separated from him while I had
1T > n my heart. But now, great dis
tress forces me-to--to part with it.
.Eill-will neither of you, gentlemen,
buy it OF me? I shrink from its going
into the hands of utter strangers,
Humph," !" said Mr.. Shaw. /" There
are couple of sovereigns for it."
"a She took the money, and then, after
one long, lingering look, and feryent
kiss at the ring, she laid it on the table
and tottered from the place I was
about to follow her, but Mr.. Shaw held
me back -.-- ~ Sees
l1O103 uOAQ AG SetIu
You re brute, sir said I. "Take
your hands off of me; 1 will buy the
ring Of you and give it back to her It
breaks her heart to part with it, 1 see
g L siian't part with it, y he said "you
are very hasty man, DOCTOR
l was very angry, and bounced out of
the Office. looked eagerly about for
Mrs Grantham, but could not see her.
I walked hurriedly across the square,
and as chance would have it, went In
the same direction she did My first
impulse was to speak to her, and my
second thought was to. follow her, and
see where she went She crossed HoI- |
born, and traversed some of the long
streets that head in the New Road, |
where she arrived at last, and finally |
paused at q mason yard.
Ieould have shed tears at that mo-
ment, for now felt why she had parted |
with her cherished ring. She Stayed |
about a quarter of TN hour at the stone
and then she came out and
walked slowly away. I did not follow
her further, but went into the mason's
yard, and said to him
Did that lady give you an order =? +"
Why, yes, sir, such one as it was.
She has got me to do stone for two
pounds, and she's paid me- I'm to meet
her at the church yard at Barnes, to-
morros morning at 10 o'clock, with it,
ndspat 1t up. Tt s only to have on it
.he name of e John James Jordan, u
md under that, /" God bless him., - Tss
L-zzalked AWAY with a sort of mist
lbout my eyes, and it was an hour be-
ore I recovered my composure.. "I
viii meet her," thought I, s' at the
5rayesof her last love, and [ will be a
riend to her if she has never another in
he world. She shall have her ring
gain, if force it from the lawyer. She
hall have it, I'll go and get it now at
meet 'Te @c 81 sf.,s
suppose 1 looked in very tolerable
'assion when / got back to Mr.. Shaw's
ham6ers, for he got behind a table
Then he saw me, and said -,.,....
=" Come, come, no violence"
!" Hark you, sir, y said I; " you have
ot the ring. There IS the money. Give
! to me directly, sir. Mrs. Grantham,
DOR thing, is going tomorrow morning,
t ten o'clock, to place a stone at the I
rave of Mr. Jordan, and 1 intend to be
here, and give her her ring II
+" o, very well. Bother the ring-1 !
o MT want it. It amt worth half the :
honey. 1 gave for it. There it is do ,
It bother me-"
I took up the ring, and then put down
xo sovereigns, and casting upon him a