Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1870-12-28

Certainly, my man, replied he who
was addressed as Mr. Jeremy; three of
them, if you like er.-
Then, handing the bank-note for five
dollars, and also, folded and sealed pa
per, he added:
Here-I shall give you five; but you
must promise to take this letter to some
! one of the newspaper offices, and hand
it to the local editor; but don't under
any circumstances tell them from whom
you received it. VIII you take the five
and do this, or must I give the three to
some other messengerT
! 'Oh, III take the letter, Of course
But'-with another grim-'dO you think
the'n print it :?
Mr.. Jeremy betrayed little surprise
! at the mans manner, but answered,
with pleasant smile: -......
] Il guess so, Items are scarce
/ Softly whistling a popular air, Mr..
Jeremy stepped aboard the Empire, -
Rhe baggage man looked after him ad
4 miringly, and muttering to himself
! YOU'RE sharp 'uD. 1t don't make no
difference to you whether Cass or Tay-
lOr's elected, so you gets the petticOats
on your side, [ know he jumped on
/ his wagon, and drove away, well con-
! BCuL Will LIS dlN6EAOOL , tdllAukos
The steamers bell rang out the last
note of warning engine slid away with
ia cat-like tread, the pOnderOus wheels
shook s.off the flashing spray, and the
good steamer Empire freighted with
! inanimate value and pulsing life, bear
! ing the buOyant of youthful years and
! pleasurable intent, and the uneasy i'm
aginings of unscrupulous and plotting
/ guilt, moved out on the bosom of the
lake, ,-
! The afternoon of the succeeding day
/ was far advanced. The westering sun
pierced his level Iances through the veil
/ of grimy smoke that along the busy riv
Ter, and far out across the green bosom
Of the lake their golden points where
dimmed and blunted against the purple
east. The elatter, rather than roar,
1 which was the business price of the
Chicago of that day, was dying into
quiet, and over vast regions where one
/ now hears the rumble of the heFse-cars
and the many toned voice of traffic, the
air trembled only to the faint bell-note
4 from grazing kline, or their mellOwed
lowing, as they lazily wandered home
ward .,...
The steamer Baltic from Buffalo di-
rect, 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 gradual
1 ly away. A gentleman of thirty to
thirty-fve years stepped briskly ashore,
! leading by the hand little boy of not
more than five years. Both were well
but plainly clad, indicating middle,
bsocial rank; and the face of the gentle
man wore that expression of pleasurable
anticipation, not, indeed, entirely un-
mixed with apprehension, which one
always has upon return home after
long absence. .-r.
+ We'll soon be home now, Harry, my
hoy, and shouldn't wonder if mamma
half chokes you with kisses
'Oh, I'm so glad to come home = re-
turned the boy, Pm tired of boats and
water. And we've got such lots Of nice
things for mamma, too, havnlt we p
Yes, yes, pet; and only think how
! lonesome mamma must have been all
these weeks without her little boy G
He caught the little fellow up in his
arms, and moved onward at a more
rapid pace. Along Lake street he greet
ed two or three acquaintRnces with a
brief nod to each; while they, unnOted
by him, looked after him with troubled
| eyes and a compassionate shake of the
head.
Treading his way rapidly and conf
IDENTIFY, he turned up Clark street, pass
ed under the shadow Of the Court House
| to lie Sale, and up that street to point
not many hundred feet away from the
spot where the great new buildings Of
| the Young Mems Christian Association
have recently been burned. Here he
turned off diagODally, and crossing some
vacant. lots, approached low white cot
| tage. He saw as he came up, that the
blinds were closed, and the house IOoded
deserted and silent But it was not
hot day, he said to himself, and behind
the closed blinds must be the futtering
curtains and cool shade of pleasant
home, fBeside,' he thought, she is not
expecting me; am more than week
ahead of time
He stepped on the little stOOp, and
| turned the knob, but the door was lock-
1 ed. Bidding the boy wait for him there,
he went to the rear door. That, too, was
closed and locked. s .I
He returned to the front with surprise,
and anxiety, and the shadow Of gather
ing fear written on his face. But he
pi9cked up heart again when he came
back to the front, and his little boy ask
ed:
Papa, where is mamma? Why don't
we go imp .I
| Mamma did not expect US to-day he
replied, with dreary cheeofulness, and
she has gone out to see some neighbOrs,
or shopping, maybe. But she'll be lack
presently, and Well sit down on the
steps here, and wait for her.
But he rang the bell loudly, and lis
tened intently as its echoes sounded
through the deserted rooms, before he
sat down, and tried. with a troubled
heart, to think where his wife could be.
Presently the clicking of his gate-lateh
reused him from his Unquiet thought,
and he looked up with an eager smile
But it was neighbOr, who advanced
gravely, and replied to his hurried ques-
tions only by wringing his hand and
holding out to him copy OF a morning
paper, folded down to an indicated para
graph. He took it eagerly, and the
neighbor, walking quickly away, lean
ed on the gate. Let US look over his
shoulder as he reads:
ELOPENENT.-Last evening, soon af-
ter the departure of one of our magnlh-
cent Lake Steamers, it is transpired that
the wife of a quiet, wsIi-knOwn citizen
had taken passage for Buffalo and the
East, in guilty company with a young
man who has cOntFived to attack the
admiration of our business men by the
boldness and success of his commercial
operations, quite as much as that OF
! their daughters and wives by his per-
sonal graces.
| The runaway seems to have been con-
Quoted in the most deliberate manner
The gentleman, within few days, has
olOsed'up all his outstanding business, an
nouncing his purpose to remove from
the city; and the lady, up to within
few hours of her departure, having con-
tinued the apparent course of her life
with the utmost sang .fTOid, making en-
gagements with friends and neighbors
for days still in the future, and ostenta-
tiously bowling the absence Of her hus-
band, whom pressing business called to
New York several weeks ago. On the
whole, we have rarely heard OF case
exhibiting cooler depravity. The par
ties names we suppress, for obvious rea-
sons.
Later-Since the above was in type,
we have learned that Mr.. B-rn-s is ac-
companied in New York by his only
child, a bright little boy of five years or
thereabOuts. Mr.. J-re-y has therefore
secured his frail inamOrata free from any
membranes of that nature.
His face grew white and rigid, at, first
rapidly, and marvellous deliberatiOp, he
read the damning paragraph, and he
clutched the paper till the letters there:
on left their impression in the dark mOis-
ture that stood on his head. Upon his
lap wearied with the long summer after
noon, his boy had fallen quietly asleep.
BY and by the paper dropped from his
, relaxing fingers, and lifting his child in