The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-01-24

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you pay me?'
oh no. Challcs-Mr. Oliver will sci
tie with you the moment he returns.
"Ycs-but it's no use mincing matter,
my dear. I'd be glad to wait. But are yo
sure he will come back? The sea is treach
crous, and they say sailors are alSo--a wifi
in every port. There, now, don't take on
Haven't you relations, or somebody VIII
will help your
"My father, III go to my father" saic
poor Janet. HE will forgive me, now,"
She left the house as weary child nigh
have done, longing for that good old breas
that used to be her shelter. Far out O
town that homestead stood and its door
were locked and its windows barred agains
| her. a strange servant came at her sum
mons, She had anticipated that, and writ
ten few lines begging that her father woulc
see her. They were returned to her, anc
on the envelope was written:
Il have no longer a daughter. She i
dead to me-
Janet Oliver went back to the city board
ing house, and there that night babe was
born to hel-a waling thing that struggled
for life and won it at last; and Janet, hold,
ing it to her breast, felt that fragment ot
her Charlie : lite lay there, and cluug to il
as drowning men will cling to the trailest
floating. But for those little hands, those
strange innnc Mt eyes, that precious moth
ing the embryo soul, Charlie divers wife
would have let go Of life and foated away
upon the sea Of death that night. Her
babe kept her alive.
And now her watch, her rings, and her
little jrw' led kecpsakes began to go; and
by-and by her costIicr clothes, the white flrs
she had wrapped herself in when she elored
that night with Charlie. Cue by one every
hood and large shawl.
At last came the climax. She stood with
her ably before the landlady, who said firm
ly though not unkind'y-
Mrs. Oliver, am sorry for you, but
you have father and he must keep you, us
| cant.
Janet 10 k her child and went out into
the nidwn;er afternoon. She had no hope
of her fathers pity, but she said
We can die, my child and !, within
sight Of the cd house; and perhaps he may
forgive me when h secs me dead" "
Then another hope entered her soul; she
would wrap the child up carefully, the little
one might hive, he would have mercy on that
for its innocence.
Poor gi,!. She had no money for n stace
fare. She plodled on throuoh tbc cold strnpt
an | ou- upnn the weary ro1l for hours: and
it grew dirk and darker: eight was r,pr
from tbe city clocks nine. fen and only
then, by the clear frosty moonlight, she saw
the roof OF her father homestead, with the
elms abo,t il as leancss as they had been
VII, Il she Ind H.; from il with Charlie Oh
yeg.
She had maturcd her plans, and dragged
h " weary SIPS uD the porth. Tpon it
thos deem windows nprncd to the floor
I. G sh. would lie down, and in the morn
ing ,ley would find her dead. ALI noor
child. | dare not tell y hat she done, it was
50 wicked, hut .he was very miserable, At
the bottom of her pncket law a bottle which
was lahled '!audanun.
At last she stood before those windows,
and one of them was opcn-wile opcn on a
night in midwin;cr.
God had cIcned It for her, So she said
And She knew not the strange truth OF her
words.
oh! my home" she walled softly. ooh!
my father! | will 90 in. will he in my
little bed, will die there. and my babe will
live, and all good angels help her to he a
better child to her father than | have
been"
So she crcpt in on tip toe. unfastening her
shoes and leaving them without, that She
might make no noise.
She gained her little room. Bv the moor
light she saw that it was lust as Ehe had left
it and must have been carefully kept from
change. The sleeping babe was laid upon
the soft pillow, aud then she thought of her
garments in the bureau drawers. Were
they there vet? 1t would be more seenlv
to die in clean, fresh white robes than in
those travel stained clothes which she wore.
So she peeped in and found the white raj
ment. She put it on. then knelt down to
prav-to pray with vial of poison in her
white hand and with mad suicide in her
heart.
As she knclt she faced the door, and as
her eyes glanced thither, she saw a light
flashing up and down the wall. and heard n
footstcp. Could it be her father? She
crept to the door and looked. Along the
massage came man servant, bearinp n Lpht
coming very stealtbilv, with a strange look
in his face-the strange man servant who
had turned her from the door by her father's
orders months before, and whose face had
haunted her ever since. Bnt where was he
going? and what was he going TO do2
she watched him with a heart suddenly
stilled in beating, and saw him enter her
fathers chamber.
Then she made haste to follow him as
fast as her trembling limbs could carry ber
Not too soon, She saw as she CGdpd in, m
omen safe. a riHed chest, paneTs and GoId
upon the floor, and the servant bendine over
her struggling father
She uttered a shrek, and spranp for
wards, In'prisop, afterwards the william said
he fancied her snirit. and the sipbt hn.
numbed his arm. He started and bolf arose
and with this opportunitv the stronr and
old man recovered himself end
turning on him. had him down in an in
stant