, 1875-10-18

/ GHAELfa
wan isnrn in l35U. fio uAs mora sst,ifoua hal
IL ~. ina'rtg wer. and /" as Htaador. Asll l!a
father t'ad nula h7l'o of him than of any uf lilo
rent ri his chil!ircn. Aster Charles hsl left the
Agricultural College. lis father talked nyes n
good many plans for pntstng him IN bu.incse,
m bnt mono os them pleased hin. huel' thugs nj
mills vero talked ovor. While Capt. Ward was ln
Washington, AIish Ward wrot> to Atm, augge estInR
that Charles be put Ia bank, whore be would
men. Mlsa Ward then NV fiov Dsltisjn aud
1 got hin ntacu. Capt. Ward canie homo int
~ artanKeAcnla were completed, foallng that
ale would not induce Charles to take thu place.
Capt. Ward oforod 10 board him. do his wash
lug sud mendlnR. he 10 nay all hls own other ex-
pcnReH; II ChAros would roMain In tho bank
eteadIly for year, lie vonid give him hs prontY
for year from tho bank. At tho end OF tbs
year he was given 1900 in addition 70 llls aal-
ary. and to good deal Of nonoy i,:s futhcr ha,
pn'd out for him. Fho Captain satd the et.B:W
wag speut Ia uopAensc. II was gone m about
three weeks; tho Captain hnpol ii nrst tbst
T. naa Konq bs so too
that ho lldnt know that hiA boys would oyor
| want anything but = faat horse, q paper Kite.
mud lin to furnish tho money. IIo aftcrwarls
so.t Charles to tho n;ack Swamp tn Toledo,
sa"lng It "as place whore H young man could
n'ake III independent fortune. llo sati it was
| tho finest lot Of timber,tt land II. ohio
TINT there Was small mill there and other
property, aud that ho bad furnished hin, monay
enough 70 carry on tlle business. lie didn't
Charge him hnything for tIe stnmpago. After
tue black swamp experiment the Captain Batd
he lad oramPcd hmaclf in trying 10 mako bust
besa. .nlcn o. hlB boys; aud said too. with great
sorrow, foel'ne very badly indeed, TINT Charley
had proved total failure. Charles catno back ii,
lb7I. After tho return of tho buyH, The Captain
aa'u 10 had to giyo up tho hoya thoIe waB no
WY to 40 now 6u: 70 faaton ltv'ng upon thonl.
Ao said this repeatedly. lie had said also that
10 "as afraid Chailes was going tnsauo that
Charlas had told hiu1 that be was afraid ho was
going like lItnry. Charles went to consult Dr.
ls'own gu Tho subject. and his father went With
him they talked about going to Kalamazoo
to get Dr. Van DChcn's o, iuion; they didu'k
know but that wAa tic season fur Ills noeloct Of
Gusl''ess taA1 N tug Black Swamp and his chasing
spoken Of Charles Black Swamp experience Oh
having cost linn about $l600u0.
1fESNr
If tho cltlest Of the living children. ami haa boon
a llttio insane since he was 15 yeAss old. iIe ias
had many lucid intervals, aud now appears per-
fectly lucid !or q week at a stretch lie hss not
boen narre3. afias Ward knows VI boy reared
~ Mrs. Doning, at vluton, Ohio. 1t has been
In tnia city and nt Capt. Wards house.
lAo wtsneaR was xskc4 Whit tho general
opinion WAS In Capt. Wnld'n fAmrIv ~ to thu ia
rantago at tbis child. The contostatlts objected.
ana ana Tug ola question arose about tho w'tnesp
animation. Iho judge eloscl tl.v discussion by
Stating TINT he should rua out Ill Of aits Deni-
lng's teht1nony, aud Mr, uuehen then said lie
would make no further examination upou tic
subject that had been opened, The tendency Of
Mrs. DatninR's testimony had bosn to chareo |
Capt. ward With tue par entags Of tue cltld,
Elizabeth ~ kiud, good girl hut weak In
mind and under guardianship. Miss Ward hoard
Caps. Ward EXPRESS solno doubts us 10 the pR-
tetulty Of
FNEDERiCR
both before aud after tho child's birth: In |
founded hLs doutts upun tho testimony uI soma |
PARSONS aoout his house. Fred died about ,4tee
tehrB ago. His father WIS atrcc.od as a,ly oEllet
father would be By sucn tloath. Lie lad awayB
been klnd to the buy, as be to ali the rent OF
the fhMl,y. uo Aau been the most LOVING, atfec- |
tionato Neutrality-suspicious. like tlotiug !
mother thau father. Tie cauac OF l'rcd's death !
WIS dohc Of laudanum. Io did tot co1um1t !
'nlcide. H.a fntler did not know that he vas ID !
Iao habit u tak,ug laudauun, but she did. |
5spt Ward offered Fred elO.OUu iu the steamer
Du II he wodl not drink for year. She had |
It ard Capt. Ward say that lo had gtyon Milton
t'oo acres Of land at Lud'ngtou to induce him
o stick TO bis bue,nesa. Sue had heard Capt. |
"eTd esy that 1t whs hls idea that whau splr,ts
olt this body they epterul tito other world u
hey wero iu this, mud that there wero ah ,llany
lars IL the other world NJ IN this; plso, that. il
NY ono trusted his business to the guidance Of |
pirlts, they would 10 ,ulued f,nauclally,