Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-08-14

worth more than t1ye--s
ETs ouA;,sd it as ne spoke, and taking
/ : sfar15 i1IsTFuEne1ts tried the drmness
sfTt Is good old Mexican gold. L
might have cost twenty dollars. An
/ what! a star of dimonos in it4n he
Exclaimed, as in working about with q
/ point of steel he discovered cavity,
fsTygslve diamonds Of the pWr5st Waterg
This Is indeed valnable.f Let me see
| they are worth at least fye hundred
doIiars. What to asB so little! No
nc, she could not either for she would
met let ib 70 for so SMALL SUM, or ask
for. near its value. suspect she was
| ignorant Of the cavity which detected
] only by accident. Shs has stolen IT, anu
never viii return for ft."
sab, ah, AbrahRnn Broehards thou
/ hast made good ezeningas work Of II, 2
he said e4ultiDEig to himself.
Then looking around among MS shop
BOYS to see If he was observed he care
| fully, vet with a cheerful All, locked the
/ clasp up in his private drawer and TAX
| ing out the key placed it IN his pocket
BE bad hardly done 50 Wnent 99lon el
/ McHenry r6-entered and without
speaking OF even loelzing at hiHl, he
cast lafsseyes upoa the show case for the
/ olasn, which he recoliecteds after going
out, the young girl had lain down but
/ did not take up aaaspg ana so ne turned
z
I b5siIy ei5g gagged IN rss lac1u8 the watch
gs IN fssfF doe skin coverings, and pre-
serving silence and ignofaness At
length Col. MeHenrg spoke
teftaat Young pc rsOn laid her clasp on
| this case, sir, which neglected to take
up. 1t is q pity Il should be lost, she
valEed it so highlyg n7a
''The clasp Oh. no, I have not seen
/ 1t, sir. She took it up again.
- q Did you see her12 sr -
~ fsYes, Oh, yes i had my eyes upon
/ her, and she said at the same tim you q
never see your ten dollars .,f or the clasp
1 again" t4-t s.HQ
7The QentTemar eyed him steadily for
| a n1Oment, aRd then giancing around
/ the show case again. as If in search OF
] it, he Quilted the stoTeI
! Several days had elapssds and Colon
| eI Mcaenry mad quite EofgoGt5h tAe
circumstances we have narrated, when,
Eas he was Dassing 1eisurely along the
/ street, he felt his sleeve suddenly pull
I al 11T sou3e one he heard running be-
/ hind him and looking afound he be-
/ held. with a cheek glowing with the
[ pursuit, the girl he had seen at the goia-
smiths stores ),
| sG0b. sir. / am so happy Co have found
/ Won 5'she said, at ones addressing MN
"a he stopped and with pleasure listen
| ed 70 her. 'sT was at length able TO get
| nv bay,ar1d by other work have earned
enough to repay Yen the ten qoIlaEs L you y .Ss1
| so kindly caves You don't know the
good YOU did-=the suffering you relleV-
| ed-the evil you timely avefted. dere
: ssSsly. nv ssooa girl, I dosnob want it.
| I made you d present Of ~ at the time,
land did not eZpecs you " 2 aFsbtlLLA IL - L. I
Ian1 however, lad to find that you nave
/ the disp osition to do so, and that 1 was
not deceived In my estimation OF YOU
ssYon uaust take il, said she, with IN
! Qenuous earnestness. II shoulo DC u1s-
| fressed to be longer under pecunlary
ubligationa 70 an entire stranger. sa .sSs Bs,
i siFIes that. i would beEery glad to nave
NV clasp If YOU please srf -
aDid yea not take it up from. the case
| zvI,eY.e won laid it down 2'' he asked VIII
/ Surprise and. Justly directed suspicion,
ssfTo. Sir, Indeed, sir, / hope it is not
lost. 1t is of countless value 90 me. y
was given to me by---bY1
ssBY sweetheart" added he, srnil-
& ~ He is noB-dead, sir" she added
1with Overlooking eyes IL, - -,
+. ,ftYou do we'll to value H. 1 o1o :
take it up.s Are you sure that y : IN left I
there ?'' -..-4f $50. + s-7 70
i II e.. var, hoping you would take i
and; ;;keeptt nntiI paid you the mon
s.tzeli my child, fha4e not got it, ,bul
Believe the R,oIdsaaiti1h has. Let ms 60 K
hlIn.'s sss w
On their arrival at the shop, Mr.. Bro
lehard denied eyer having seen it s1Elcl
! she went out, and that ne saw Haer raGi
it with her and place ib in her bosom a
lshe left theshop. The y3ung lady turneC
pale, and was ihconceiYabIy distress
ftt3oTne with me. 1 will find the clasI
! for you, - said Col. McHenry, offering
his arm and leaving the goldsmith 2
u L.
sssT do hope Isshan find ii, sir" sh,
i said, as they walk along. 1T was Rob
4 ert7s last gift 1t was given him in Gu
ba by a rich lady whose life he haC
saved from the water. He was q sailor
/ sir, and had little to leave me, but hil
it is lost, Esball never forgive nlysel
for offering to pledge it. But, sir -oul
extremity was very great"
j Col. sMcHenEy stopped at a justice
4 Office, and briefly and clearly made iii
complaint, and ina few minutes "a NJ
Broehard was brought into the presencs
of the magistrate. f Ht y3 -o5
I He appearedto be in great trepidatioL
and was pale as ashes; for he had beer
suddenly taken. without warning from
behind his counter, leaving his shop in
4 charge of his atonished assistants. Col
sworn, deposed that they last saw the
clasp on the show case, where eacf
4 went out and left it the former further
/ deposed that he had not gone three
1 steps from the door before he returned
and found it missing, and no one was
k1n the Vicinity. bat the defendant.
j The goldsmith was then called up to
be sworn as to his knowledge of The
facts. He approached the stand where
/ the magistrate held the Bible, laid his
| hands upon it with q pereeptible tremol
of his body; but love of money was
stronger than the fear of law, and he
took the oath It appeared as if he
would sink through the floor when he
took it, but the momentit it WIS done he
recovered his audaeity. At this mo-
ment an officer who, at the suggest Jon
of Col. McHenry, had been privately
| despatched by the justice with a search
warrant to the shop OF the goldsmith,
EneW ente4ed and placed somethlng IN
/ the haagistFatess hand, ALTER briefly
/ whispering to him. -F
did you ever see this gold ornament
before f'' a ed the magistrate, HoltiiDg
| up the clasp before the young Iady's
eyes. sH5E saa E-atIs 7fau5asz sf
"Oh, it is my clasp p!-ir is any clasp y
she cried, springing for yard.
4 tYes-ltsis the same, 'fhswered the
EC0ionel. a4 rs.f
And did youaeyer see it tbeforet1 de-
i maudpd the Justice stern1y, holding il
| in the direction of the goldsmith, who
had seen it at first, and was appalled,
/ with fear and CONSERVATION, Instead
| ofreplying, he uttered wild hysteri-
/ cal laugh, and fell his-aength in con yul-
i sions on the floor.
He was q few week after wards AIKEN
lfrom his prison and tried for perjury /
INIT his reasons fJrsOok bins and he is
now an innafes .,f TFile mad house. Thus
avarice and parsinlony aud indifference
| to the suffering Of the poor, is punished
lin this lite The acts of this selfish man
viii shew 70 all how acquistiveness, ii
wrongly " dressed, is. fatal to its posses
sor.
COL Mcaenry proved to be bache-
loF. though little turned Of thirty, his
/ heart was keenly alive to all the finer
Asensibihties of our nature He could
feel for the down-trodden poor, and
sympathize with the unfortunate. To
this truth none could more attest than
The young friend of the golden clasp
FLOR ere two moons had Waned,
she rejoiced in the euphonic title Of
/ Mrs. Col. McHenry, surrounded with
Il all the appearance of wealth. that 8
gratsfal heart could enjoy, or even
wishs Her poor, afflicted mother was
we'll provided, for when she recovered