The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-04-01

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that desire it., said he, seriously, "for
am careless fellow, and amcontent witt
what the sea gives to me but | have a ron
in Cumberland, who will now be about sew
en- years of age. His mother is dead, foI
my forsaking her broke the poor things
heart. and hurried her to the grave. My
son, believe, is now the inmate of a
WorkhOuse. It is better that be should re-
main there, than be trained to the gallows
by bis father. Yet / should wish to see him
provided for, and your wife's ransom shall
be his inheritance. Give me your bond.
and when you again see this dagger, be
ready to fulfil it."
As ne spoke, be exhibited a small poin-
lard, which he carried concealed beneath bis
coat. conceived that bis brain was affect
ed, and merely to humor him I agreed to
his strange derand
His words gave birth to wild thoughts,
and with an anxious heart fastened to re-
turn to England. My employer received
me as though had not been absent a week
"You have done WE'LL" be said II am
satisfied with your undertaking. You did
not this time meet with pirates, nor captive
damsels to rescue." | besitated to reply
and I mentioned that | had met and spoken
with the pirate commander at Genoa.
"He glanced at me sharply for moment
and added-"Merehants should not con.
verse with robbers "
He sat thoughtful for the space Of an
hour, and then requested me to accompany
him into his private Office. When there,
he said
"You inform me that you have again
seen Belford, the pirate, and that you have
spoken with him. What said he to you ?
Tell me all-conceal nothing"
again hestated, and sought to evade
the subject But he added, more decisive
ly-" "Speak on, hide nothing, fear nothing"
did tell him all, and be sat and heard
me unmoved.
When I concluded, he took my hand and
said: "It is well you have spoken honestly.
Listen to me. Charlotte is indeed my 1augh-
ter. Time has not diminished your affec-
ton for each other, which | was afraid was
to romantic in its origin to endure. | have
put your attachment to each other to severe
trials; let it now triumph. Follow me, j"
he added, "and | will conduct you to her I"
| was blind with happiness, and almost
believed that what l heard was out dream
the fond whispering of an excited brain.
I will not describe to you my interviewwith
Charlotte; / could not; words could not.
1t was an hour Of breathless, Of measureless
ioy. She was more beautiful than ever, and
love and joy beamed from her eyes.
Our wedding day came, her father placed
her hands in mine, and blessed US. We
we're leaving the church. when person in
the porch, whose figure was raped up in a
cloak, approached me, and revealing the
point of dagger, whispered: Remember
your bond y
1t was Belford, the daring pirate. / kept
faith with him, and be received the money.
will not detain you longer with my Tri
ais and Yriumphs. One Of the first acts Of
my Charlotte was to purchase the estate
which isG boeR .orr from my and
she preSuted IL 70 him as his daughters
gift. On retiring from business, ] came to
reside on it, and built on il this house,
which has sheltered you from the storm.
And your name" said the listener, ''is
Mr.. Melvin 7"
"It is" replied the host.
''Then startle not, continued the stran-
ger, "when you bear that mine is Belford
am the sou of the pirate. My father died
not as he lived. When upon his deathbed
he sent for me, aud on leaving me his
treasure, which was considerable, be com
manded me to repay you the thousand
pounds which be so strangely exacted from
you. From the day on which he received
it, he abandoned his desperate course, and
through honest dealings became rich. |
have brought you your money, with interest
up to the present time"
So saying, the stranger placed pocket
book in the hands Of bis entertainer, and
hastily excIaiming Farewell" hurried
from the house, and was no more heard Of.
SCIENTIFIC AND MECHANICAL
A DISTINGUISHED German professor re
emily announced the following:
IF drop of human blood was placed
under a microscope, capable Of magnifying
it twenty millions Of times,it would show
all kinds Of animals that ever existed or
now exists on the earth. In the blood Of
healthy person the animals are quiet, in
that of sick person they fight.
From this he draws the conclusion that
man has within him the elements from which
the universe was created.
He further says that if dead cat was
flung into pond of water and left to de-
compose, the drors Of water would snow,
when under the microscope, all the animals
belonging to the cat species.
OVER hundred years ago, at meeting
Of the Mathematical Association at Liver
pool. member said he could read para
graph Of newspaper at ten yards dis
tance by the light Of a farthing candle This
being on all sides doubted, a wager was
laid, when the member took a concave
wooden dish and covered It with pieces Of
looking-glass, which be fastened to the dish
with putty Having thus made a reflector
he placed it behind the farthing candle,
and then taking his position ten yards from
the light, be read aloud to the whole as
sembly and won the wager amid the great
est applause. Among those who witnessed
this experiment was Capt. Hutchinson, the
Master of the Docks. who afterwar9 made
a practical application of the principle it IL
lustrated BY inventing refecting light
houses. 1t has frequently occurred that
discoveries made by scientific men have
been regarded as merely curious until they
were made useful by less learned but more
practical people.
PHOsrHATE OF LnNE-Phospbate of
lime is the natural exciting agent in the
functions of nutritious, it induces the albG-
minoid matter to assume the cellular shape,