The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-04-01
AJarhet i'm Real Life.

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Japhet I'm Real Life.
Young man of fair imaginative powers
and aorne experience IN novel.Wr't'ne
wanted In the West, where plot is awaiting
his appearance that, In both romance anu
intrinsic consistency, is worth dozen OF
Mics Rrsddon,s. In village which we VIII
oil, perkinsyil,c. Ohio, there lived, about
decade AFRO. man named Corder. he was
sir,iet amiablc citizen, and was generally
respected. II was his custom TO drop 10 oc-
casicna,lv at the house Of ne'ghhor, one
Smith. to discuss the quality oil mug OF c''
der or smoke pipe OF peace; ana MIS-:
smith "a was natursl and proper. played
Iinhe IN her husband and his guest One
dav Il was rumored in that community
That Cordcr had made some untor.
tunate pecuniary investments and ruined
himself and to escape dishonor had left the
Mace during the previous night for parts
1,sknown. 1t was noticed that among the
horde Of sympathZing ncighbors Wha
fleckcd TO Mrs. Corder's door TO learn the
..full particulars" and protfer advice and
assistance Mir. Smith did not appear, and
u,on inquiry it was discovered that his aD'
sence was due 10 o domestic affection SINH
lar to that which had befallen the Cordcr
family. In other words, Mrs. Smith had
mysteriously disappeared the evening be-
fore. The fact that the two Perkinsvilhans
had Quilted their homes simultaneously was
,r.a!dcd ny charitable minority Of the vii
layers as " coincidence" The uncha!lta-
be majority, however, gave it another name.
Mr.. Smith remained in the ncighborhood
As long as he could endure the social isolation
which followed his disaster; but when it be-
came positively unbearable he packed up his
few bits Of personal property, sold bis house
fol what be could get, and departed in search
OF more eoDgenial cline. Some years AFTER
wards, citizen of PeIkinsvllle, who was
travelling 10 California on business, Glanced
TO visit town where murder bad just been
committed, and, oHt Of curiosity, attended
the coroncr's irquest. The corpse was mu'
t;lated beyond recognition, but the clothing
was marked, and, to the travellers horror, ne
id ntltied the dead man as bis former neigh
Dor, Cordcr. The startling intelligence be
sent TO PeIkiGSville with all haste; the de-
YOU, people there thanked their stars that
the world was rid Of a dangerous character,
AID the pail Of silence was thenceforth
thrown over the sins ard shortcomings OF
ore wh"had passed beyond the reach of hu-
uln justice.
lime passed on. The children whom Cor
der left behind him grew to be young men
and women. One of them, son, who, de-.
spite the disgrace brought upon the family
by their reclcant father, still cherished the
la!teI's memory with reverence and fond.
ness worthy OF better Object, received in
formation month or two since which led
him to believe that Corder, Sr., was alive,
and bad taken up bis residence in Missouri.
Thi;her he journcyed, and found in one Of
the leading citizens Of a tlouriShing town
and the judge of the county court man
- only bearing a marvellous resemblance
Il his long-lost parent, but TO whom lie was
attracted by a subtle Influence which could
J.. nothing less than the tilial instinct. TO
NIKE ASSURANCE doubly sure young Corder
,l.H!ned in some nay view OF the Judges
r.ked foot, on which ae discovered 4 scar OF
urcomnor shape. which was one OF tie most
Ci~:.nct associations connected in his meme
r. with The father Of his boyhood. He fol-
10 cd up the Investigations With the energy
If "A detective. He learned that the Judge
~. come 10 Missouri from California, ana
lS,i uni lci>ani rIlnOrS were ail0at about
i N there which his present neighbors re-
carG,G a. mere idle tat;lc. Traced TO their
tuNutain-hCad, these stories formed connect
ed caain, which ran substantially in this
WISE: That in days gone by the Judge came
[, California from an interior State rs an I'D.
y"nlurer, accompanied by wife who was
nol his own ; that The happiness Of the fugi-
lves was married by the unexpected appear
al c.! OF one who had legal right 10 come
between them, ard that the Judge decoyed
this third person into lonely wood, slew
him changed clothes with the corpse first
n.uilatiDg il beyond recognition and fed to
another region, where The partner Of his
gail, sickeled aud died. None of these de-
triI- were, however, susceptible of actual
pro, f. and the Judges ncXceptionable repu-
tgion in his Missouri home gave the lie to all
annoying gossip.
Ills stoly. covering decade, now agitates
the minds OF the worthy inhabitants of Per-
Eirsvilic and its neiahborho0d. Young
ColCcr has made repeated overtures 10 the
Judge. urging him to throw eff the mask he
la, worn 80 long, coufcsS with contrition
those faults which are of minor culpaOility
in The eye Of the law, and return to the
b, sem Of hi, family, where he will cnc0un.
ter Lo'hirg but forgiveness and good will.
illl> tar all these efforts bavc fMied. The
Jud-e obsiiua,cy refuses TO acknowledge his
il NV With the sinful Colder, and at last
nc-,i,!,,> was undecided between prosecuting
b.. petitioner for Islander or causing his ar
1tst and detention a. a dangerous lunallc.