Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-11-26

'.AuguSt q, 1900. Sss gro'si"g r"P'diy"
Aud the next
s.Augusi ., 1901. .yis eon,iau' to DO reiir
And tho next
"Angus, y, 1909. Frs ssth her again r.
And the next -
"Ausud o, Is03. &es brsoauisy ronan"
And the neEt--
..Auyu~t o, 1904. Y,ar el1d IS thirteen y
And the next--
+. 'tiususrs, 1905. S..iowiitr @o~,V ,V.rr'
And the newt ..t ... |a
"Auau,t %. 1900. She's rrnny SAarmi"y r
Aud the last year II is--
"Auynst o, 1907. NY re,oqrd V oi hand y
Aud what shall we get To-day
The physiclan looked up and nxcd his though.-
ful gaze uli,n the bcrcav9d husband and wife.
"How did those messages come to you T. he
dems nded.
#" Invariably by post" replied NJ. Prcble.
" Usually To the house, but sometimes 10 tho Of.
lcrr r'
I" And you have never seen their author :"
Never u
" The last of them Is dated, I see; year ago
to-day r.
ayes, yes" faltcrcd the banker, +" and the
time has come for aunther message. This is the
9th of August, 1868 y
" ace" said DR.. Hutton. "And this Is the
secret ~ YOUR terrible excitcnentl You are
expecting to receive to-day another Of these
strange messages T.
There was a brief silence. Mrs. Preblc's
hand lutlcred in its task, snd her face grew very
pale. The banker brrathcd gaspingly. The
physician regarded them both In fritn lily sym.
pathv.
awe shalt hear of her again IN. day." said Mr..
PEBBLE aud What vii; the message be Z"
Tho mother averlcd hor face. llsr brave
heart faltcrcd us that On, siion echoed in her
soul.
The writer orthpse letters Is uuquc stinnably
tho ablnc,or or your ohildr' said DR.. Hutton.
Have van any suspicion AS 10 his identity 7"
nN,t the slightest" said Mr. Prcble. ave
- ~ puA.'s" , Wv, Wv ~ - 80 '' ''"''
ou. W. W. oa"""' t"sss WI ~ uy
N, S1'n s' Wv ""e 'e y"u
u" encnl u ~ "ean PcoP'y WIN "n"Il '
l'u y, n.e nv I''"ny eIur.y S.,''k wa" "Is
p,SaV VI wu o ,, - is"t I','.,, Y. e"E ra., II,
% ,"v'e u" w" "utH !"u sue" " 'nu M hHH' ~ va"
hAtad You No one against whnm you we're
S'nGu uP'' s "'''S"'y M '"o ""'u' you PoAS''
"'T TrhgS,"t LgEeIt .hoo, ri, ,,,a II. h,d .,t.s
lhe o'mNsr Sho"k ms hoau. ne ha" AsAcu
h'ms'n All tnoSe 9'osupns t.peate.,y'
hNr M snen encHlt' u'olH. no anS"e'eu
WI" sh'vI'l! ~ ~. t'no" ,,t a., "hu m'nusL ,rs
Nv" US '.s ", Ikus'Sp ,"o . 49,,
.utn'ne 10 nte. nve ~" u" rTe.a'u ,.,. su".
wm m,gh, DC 'e'e"R'u' enouR" W "eso'a"
y"ur nun. uy
No. sa'u we .a. q, WAS n'@'''0u eH'v'
""'gn mn was NY n.s' "ns. %. ,,....a
III. dnn,,t Ynn no e"r,c. sms Of % Sss;e~
an enemy " ,ns wor,n ana We, you nave an % en-,
W ,,'''ls, We, -. % :" ...,,I h.,,.J,
- w"rAl"R ou' "s.inS' WV I.nI """e. ". :
hn' w" ""sv ~, NV '"e S's"'S" susP's'ou 10 W
""',,' ~ ay 70 s.,;h,,.,n A. ,t
". "S snEI EI,, y, n,n",u a'v ~, i,.,h,.
" Nr I hn .h',J had ~ .,on.brn,h.r who m,sht
My nuso'nu nv arr-","sne, ,'s WIN nnku'
ssvs eeSn c"pAo'e o. '"'s '"'amy-o"' ne Is
aen" a,, ~, o.,
mo "n"uwInug 70 wv. i"MS' ~
.",.".s, ~ w.
Again there was n profound silence.
"Our child il seventeen years old now" AT
length murmnred Mira. preble. her voice tr,m.
bling +" She is on the Threshold of wonanbood
30 doubt, during III these wears, sho has vearnrd
fur us, wherever she may be, as VIC have yeaTncd
for her 70
But where Is she 2" asked the phrSicisn-
aud now his voice was broken by his deep sym-
pathy with the agunized parents, Where can
abe be 9'
"uearen only knows" anawered The nother
Perhaps in San Francisco-perhaps in some
rude hut In the interior, with some obscure farm
or, aud under name that Is not hers think
her abiuctnr would have carried her to snme
lonely region of the interior, among the valleys
ang mountains. Yet never ses q young girI
in the streets without turning 10 look Al her. I
never hear 0irllsh voice without NaIsnine oa .
gerly, half t,ncying that il may pn,ys The voice
or my lost Jessie r.
oh, plying heaven ~ sighed Or. Hutton
dashing a tiood Of tears from his ewes. aWiIi
this long agony never be ovrvI"
awe hspo 40. and even b.li.ve an. I" .n.ver,d
Ms. pr.ble witb The Rrmns.s of An nnT.l,.r;nr
trust in God's mercy. Tho l.Et meaaave wa
reeeirod fnm our enemy seems b point 10 some
kind Of a change"
True" Nssented DR.. Hutton, looking Mt the
wv
II saws that h,s 'rsward ia al hand.' ls means
cithrr ma, n. in,.nas n, mary yn,, J.n~L,as
or o, ,Is, %s ;",s"Is :" d.n,amI S"' "Sun",sr aug w.,
hnnpinp her hack = or hn,h " ~
"Wr Shall soon knn,, said Mr.. p,chI. w;,h
forced c,In,ness, To-day wa shall bavs an.
other message, no doubt. What will Il be :"
The b,uk,,r tnrnrd r,stl,.slv y an b,s .oT, .nd
his face grew even nol,r. '"N
Whlteyer 4, h 10, n oore % ha r,,rr,or,d
- An,ihing r,r IA, h,rn, h.,,.s ,h.,, ~. ,.',,i
.u.nsnss i.st a come y, vs." ''' ""'"
Hs iThi, imna,isn, word, h,A r-..,ni,,,., !.
crisis, a sL,p Mas heard ON the waIk n rhis n,n.
rsrt sna rInr a. ~. rr,,,, H. S.i,asS ~ INV
mem" nshsr S"p ,'ns ~ uS '' Sr. I"I ,h Io,'ImsS
A servant s,nn entered bearing a is,,sr' Shi.h
he extended m Mr. prsbir. Sayine
Urhs hs,r,r h h, ,ho b.IlS
With an eager eass- ,he hankey gi.r..A =, an.
eriptinn vf 1hr n,issirs ~ Wv
II i ir,r AZ. - he f,l,er.d
u. tore tha snv, ,lons o,'Sr, -
/, cnn, .ins,l Mn ~ nsn.r os u,.,, k.
sh.ns Snd snnasr.nr, nnn ~Li., y,
Sir,,Is linz +, an s,SsIIS ,."n LsI ~
wr;,ing ,yhish Ls ktnL.s svhn;hI,'I n'hv-
wifc and ,hs nhy sicisn N''
This Inns wsSss ciicw,,
Argns, lsNS a. T,..y..Um
A shocs or rond,r ,nJ b,r,,r 'h,sa A.. A..
simuItancously. ''''' '''''A '"' '''V' w
:. Wli LII !, c.i.d A. pill. 4. "a
fac, and Slsr,av SiiJly' sran'S s'.'""S W ''s
IA en,ainv 6,r, - cricI III. pa. l.
.A.ins. "S'' Ns'
{" Ia seeUs 40 (" satd M U,,,on h,s .,.. .i.
vertmg Ia IN. mrssasr .Il, Viii ~. .r., y,
six o,sl'ct al 80 T. -; siu. n. "0'V ~
Even as he spuke. the eiock am ihs n.n,ol-
piso, eon,ms,,e.d s,r,kins IA. sn,.,i,,,..S t',-
- - III NiI' ~ '"S'1'" nsN.y "S's'sPs esoonded