The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-12-31
TERMS, 81 90 PER YEAR.


/ rather than roar, which was the busi-
Ness voice Of the Chicago Of that day,
( Was dying into quiet, and over vast
regions where one now hears the rum
bie Of the hOrse-cars aud the many
toned voice OF traffic, the air trem-
bled only to the faint bell-note from
grazing kline, or their meIlOwed low
/ ing, as they lazily wandered home
I ward.
! The steamer Baltic, from Buffalo
direct, had Just arrived. The hustle
of landing was almost over, and the
knot of idlers which such an event at
that day always drew, was melting
/ gradually away. a gentleman Of
thirty 10 thirty-fiye years stepped
! briskly ashore, leading by the hand q
little boy Of not more than five years.
Both were well but plainly clad, indi-
eating a middle social rank, and the
4 face of the gentleman wore that eX-
preston Of pleasurable anticipation,
not, indeed, unmiXed with apprehen-
sion, which one feels upon return
home after a long absence.
"We'll soon be home now, Harry,
my boy, and / shouldn't wonder if
mamma half chOkes you with kisses" q"
80, Pm so glad to come home, re-
turned the boy. 'I'm tired of boats
and water. And we've got such lots
OF nice thinks for mamma, too,
haven't we2p
"Yes, yes, pet; and only think how
! lonesome mamma must have been all
these weeks without her little boy"
He caught the little fellow up in his
arms, and moved onward at a more
rapid pace. Along Lake street he
greeted two or three aequaintanees
with brief nod TO each; while they,
unnOted by him, looked after him
with troubled eyes and a compassion
ate shake Of the head.
Treading his way rapidly and con-
fidently, he turned up Clark street,
he passed under the shadow of the
| Court House To LaSalle, and up that
street To a point not many hundred
feet distant from the spot where the
great new buildings of the Young
Mems Christian Association have re-
Gently been burned. Here lac turned
off diagOnally, and crossing some va
cant lots, approached low white
cottage. He saw as he came up that
the blinds were closed, and the house
looked deserted and silent. But it
was hot hot day, lac said 10 himself,
and behind the closed blinds must be
the fiuttering curtains and cool shade
of pleasant home. 'sBeSides," he
thought, "she is not expecting me.
/ am more than a week ahead of
time"
He stepped on the little stOop and
turned the knob, but the door was
locked. Bidding the boy wait for him
there, he went to the rear door. That
too was closed and locked. ....
He returned to the front with sur
prise and anxiety, and the shadow of
gathering fear written OH his face.
But he plucked up heart again when
he came back to the front, and his
little boy asked:
"Papa, where is mamma? Why
don't we go inT'
mamma did not expect us to-day"
he replied, with a dreary ycheerfulness,
1and she has gone out TO see some
neighbOrs, or shopping, maybe. But
she'll be back presently, and we'll sit
down on the steps here, and wait for
her."
But he rang the bell loudly, and lis
tened intently as its echoes sounded
sat down, and tried, with a troubled
heart, to think where his wife could
be. Presently the clicking of his gate
latch reused him from his unquiet
thought, and he looked up with eager
smile. But it was a neighbOr, who
advanced gravely, and replied 10 his
hurried questions only by wringing
his hand and holding out to him
copy of a morning newspaper, folded
down 10 an indicated paragraph. He
took it eagerly, and the neighbOr,
walking quickly away, leaned on the
gate. Let ms look over his shoulder
as he reads:
ELOPEMENT.-I4as evening, soon
after the departure of one of our mag
nificent Lake steamers, il is transpir-
ed that the wife of quiet, well-known
citizen had taken passage for Buffalo
and the East, i'm guilty company with
a young man, who has cODtrived to
attract the admiration of eur business
men by the holiness and success of his
commercial operations, quite as much
as that of their daughters and wives
by his personal graces.
The runaway seems to have been
conducted in the most deliberate man
ner. The gentleman, within a few
days, has closed up all his Outstand-
ing business, announcing his purpose
TO remove from the city; and the
lady, up to within a few hours of her
departure, having continued the APP
parent course of her life with the ut
most sang .frOid, making engagements
with friends and neighbOrs for days
still in the future, and OstentatiOusly
bewailing the absence of her huscand,
WHOM pressing business ealled'tO New
York several weeks ago. On the
whole, we have rarely heard of case
exhibiting a cooler depraVity. The
parties names we suppress, for OBJ
viOus reasons.
LdtcT-Since the above was in type,
we have learned that MIR. B-rn-s is ac-
cOmpanied in New York by his only
child, bright little boy of five years
or thereabOuts. Mr.. J-re-y has there
fore secured his frail inamOrata free
from any membranes of that ma
ture.
His face grew white and rigid, as,
first rapidly, then with marvellous de- |
liberation, he read the damning para |
graph, and he clutchcd the paper till
the letters thereon left their impress
sion on the dark moisture that stood
on his head. Upon his lap, wearied
with the long summer afternoon, his |
boy had fallen quietly asleep. BY and
by the paper dropped from his relax !
ing fingers, and lifting his child in |
his arms, he turned his steps once |
more 10 the rear of his deserted house. |
One or two vigorous pushes forced |
Sol |
lot in the anticipated joy and bright
ness of happy home, not with the
glad smiles and warm kisses of q |
beaming wife and mother, but in 81 |
lence and the bitterness of desertiOn, |
with heart-sickness and sense of ut |
ter loneliness past expression, trOd !
agan the lonely rooms. Let us imi- |
tate the example of the pitying neigh |
bOr, and leave him with his grief.
TWenty-fOur hours after, looking al |
most as If tWenty-four years had left |
her traces OH his kindly features, he
called on Mr.. Gage, the neighbOr who |
brought him the paper on the preced- |
ing evening, asking him if he could |
give him an hour. Mr.. Gage entered |
the house, expecting To be asked for |
all his knowledge with respect to the |
of Mrs. Barnes, and |
felt a vague sense of relief mingled |
with surprise, when Mr.. Barnes, with |
a gravity deep and settled, but COM
posed, entered at once upon quite diff |
ferent matters; and throughout their
whole conference there was no allu- |
sion made to the erring wife.
~ am about TO leave the city, Mr.. |
Gage, for period which may extend
over several years, and wish To leave
this property i'm such shape that it
may be cared for properly, and ulti-
mately returned to me, or 10 my boy.
l do not wish to sell, because my faith
in the future of Chicago is strong
and if anything should happen To me,
L want Harry TO profit by the growth
of this place TO this end, / have
drawn up a lease at a merely nominal
rent, Of the whole property (which,
you are aware, includes three lots, TO
run absolutely ten years, and termi-
nable after that period, 10y giving six
notice to the lessee. This
paper needs only my signature and
the filing in the name of the lessee to
complete il. IfyOu will examine it,
you will find it in due form. VIII