The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1877-03-01


will bring strong men to the gallows
and she shuddercd, turning white 9
ashes.
81 tried to brave it out. This is a.
exceptional case / said. i am ger
tlenan. grandmother, and drink can
not lead me to murder II is a BEAST,
habit, own, but itneei never becom
habitual A glass now and then vii
hurt no one.
.'She put shaking hand upon tn
papers, and said: 4 have heard tina
argument from this man whose tria
you have just read, who gave up OF
the gallows life which might hav'
been noble and useful. because in hi
youth he would not give up the occa
sional glass of good fellowship and SO
liability.
"tYou knew him"' | cried, aston.
ished.
"'i knew him well. | have pleaded
/! with him as have with you and
here. TO my horror, she knelt at my
| feet ito entreat him 10 leave untouch-
| ed aud untasted the fatal glass that
| leads to crime. Oh, Cyrus. do not
| read this story with careless heart. do
not turn from my prayers and tears.
II raised her up tenderlv and held
her i'm nv arms.
You take my state last night too
much al heart / said. | shall never
become irunkard. and really. dear
erandms, il is not very iiattering TO
suppose | shall become a murderer, to
die by hanging aud laughed aloud
in my pride Of strength.
81 must tell him / must tell him.
my grandmother moaned. I've kept
ii from him all these years, but Unjust
tell him now. Cyrus, she said, ris-
ing to her full height and looking
down on me from where | sat, you
say you are in no danger OF this mans
fate. You are a gentleman. He was
from one of the best families in the
county, -tHb8ai diI a htdu u " Sttttil
and refinement. You are young He
was not yet thirty. say 70 you, stop
now, Make vow, and keep II, that
you will never again touch liquor; for
| tell you that this man who gave up
his life 10 expiate his crime was my
son and your fathert
Ny father gasped, feeling As If
the hangman's rope was already at |
my throat.
- Frederick Carroll was your own
father. You must have learned your
name to-day, but the lawyer merciful
ly promised to tell you no more. |
tell you because see you lowering on
the verge Of n preeipics over which
your father was hurled by the demon
drink tell you Frederick Carroll, |
that If with your fathers wealth and
name YOU inherit his careless disre-
gard OF the dangers Of the path on
which you have taken your first step.
50 also viii YOU inherit the fate that
gave him q murderer's grave, killed
his young wife, and drove hi, widow
cd mother and only child TO seek
home in distant city, and hide their
shame under Il false name.
Cyrus paused tor long time after he
quoted his grandmother passionate
appeal, and lay very quiet. bu. in
wardly resolving that the painful sac
rifice that he was making for my sake
should not be made in vain.
II took up my burden, Will, from
that hour-the curse that will carry
to my grave, that no deed Of mine can
ever efiace. am the son OF i murder
or who was hanged on the gallows for
his crime. can never tell you what
| have suffered carrying this secret
ever hidden in my heart.
The sharpest pang OF all was when
/ saw Grace Dyer. Yon remember
her, will?"
| nodded assent. Only too well |
remembered that episode in the life of |
my friend. Grace Dyer, one Of those |
gentle, beautiful girls who seem to be |
too pure ana good for the struggles Of |
this life. had been one of a party OF |
young girls from a popular seminary
who sat for fancy picture of 1.-The
MUSES., to commemorate their gradu-
alton. had noticed from the first
how ~ rus would iinger longer over
this fair face than he did over any 9TH
er of the lovely faces surrounding it,
She had been chosen to represent
Euterpc, and fyru----i think uncon-
sciously her the most pronii-
nent figure of the group. ~ she was
certainly the most beautiful. In the
white dress, the classic arrangement
of her rich hair, the pure oval contour
of the face, the large uplifted eyes, the
very spirit of music seemed to breathe.
But alas, rs Cyrus painted he also
reproduced upon his own heart this
glowing picture in untading colors. |
knew his love | read il in every
look he gave the beautiful girl. saw
it in the unwearied toll to make the
lovely face perfect on the canvass, lin
gering over it, retouching and perfect
ing 1t after all the others of the group
were completed.
| And fancied, too, that the gentle
girl would lac no unwilling listner to
the suit OF the handsome and wealthy
young artist. | had seen Ter soft ewes
droop when Cyrus spoke, anda bright
flush spring to the pure round cheek
had noted how her whole face had
irradiated when Cyrus talked to them
all on subjects he hoped would draw
expression TO their faces, apt to he stiff
and set during his task.
In those days / wandered why Cy
rus starved his own heart, kept aloo
from that companionship ! was sur,
was precious to him; why he refused
Mr.. Dyer's gracious invitation to visi
him after Grace left school; why, tn,
haiaSo. .aSh VI Ill, III ItiWse1 10 uu
plicate the picture for the father. o.
even to reproduce the figure of E.uterp,
alone.
| understood why Cyrus paused ~
he spoke the dear name, and waited
silently till he spoke again.
II loved her, VIII, how dearly car
not tell you; and because ] loved he