The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-09-03
PURSUED BY CRANKS.
A PRO OINTMENT PtlLADeLPtllkN CHAR
CD WITH WlTcHcRAFT.
The Pecuiiaritiea Of n Famlly-Thrss Of
It's Members Develop an Extraordinary
Attachment for Edwin \. stuart.
"Oh You Naughty Man"

boy entered tho DoOk store OF Lenfy ~ 70,
In listless sort Of way and handed mos.
Iage 10 the proprietor, Edwin \, Stuart.
THIS gentleman IL the president Of the Re-
publican lnvnoibles and receives a great
many kilograms daily from political and
business sources Tho approach Of the
school season may have inspired tho hope
that largo order for books from an out OF
town board had arrived. At any rato, he
opened tho telegram casually as ho con-
verSed with friend, A glance at the con-
tents Of the message gave him an electric
shock II was signed by the chief Of police
Of Lebanon, Pa, and laconlcally saidi
1--WE have the man who stole your twenty
thousand dollarsn
As this was the ilrst intmation Mr. Stuart
had that he was the victim Of so large rob
berry his face naturally exhibited some con-
Sternation llo delayed all explanations
while he wrote return inquiryi
"What do you meant What's his namo ~
Then no excused himself aud proceeded
ITO make recordn down Chestnut street
toward his bank and his safe deposit vault,
To bis intense qualification no found that his
funds and securities were intact
On the way back 30 his desk no grow
calmer as he remembered former clerk,
whom no had discharged, and recalled tho
remarkably strange statemontl that tho
young man had been wont 10 make prior 10
bis departure. He was quito prepared, there.
fore, for tho answer that reached him In an-
other hour II was less anonlc and cGmo
"collect" II said;
"Tho mans namO Ii Frank Nutter, He Il
evidently wrong In tho head, He says ho
has great affection for you and loves you as
brother, but couldn't help taking the mon
ey. He thinks you have entirely too much
for your own use, Ho is n tall, slim spare
follow, Of about thirty yoars-mayby thirty
two, Talks well, appears fairly educated,
but persists that ho stole your money -"
At this point Mr. Stuart hurried tho boy
back TO the Western Union Office TO stop tho
dispatch. II began TO look as II tho police
regarded him as newspaper proprietor
and were sending him column Of 'spocial.n
His clerk had brought In parcel OF opened
lnttors for Mr. Stuart TO look over, and tho
fret sentence Of the uppormost piece Of cor
rospondenco caught his eye, Gould II DO
that an arca of low mental barometer had
developed about Lebanon Pa
This letter bore that address, aud after
tho usual courtesIos OF greeting continued;
~ am tho most wonderful man In tho
world. have never been appreciated. You
know how | have always admired your
genial ways am about TO enter tho law.
have completed my studies AT Norristown
and am here doing Soma final hOa1work bo-
fore apply for admission 10 tho bar, / did
not take any books when loft your employ,
though have an extensive library. Hero
followed long list Of his books and from
whom purchasedl mood a few standard
works TO complete my law library and hope
you will send mo Tapping on MandamuS'
and Ram on facts These will do for
starter You know worship tho ground
you walk on. b. FRANKLIN NUrTER"
At first Mr. Stuart was exceeding wroth.
Thon no saw the humor In tho situation and
explained TO his friends what II all meant
This young man, Nuttor, hat como into his
service In December last from David Nc
Kny's, but developed an Objectionable
amount OF affection for his employer. Ho
was always chanting his praises aud over
burdening him with attention. In Short ho
was "6red jut" and told mover 10 como
about the store,
He did come, however, and tho assistance
ci Drs Ludlow and Woltort was invoked.
They examined young Nuttsr critically, and
signed a certificate OF commitment on which
DO was sent to tho asylum Tor tho insane at
Norristown. There he remained until few
days ago, when some OF his relatives oh.
tanned his release on tho promise OF attend
ing 10 his case, His first att after rogaining
his liberty, was 10 hie him 10 Lebanon, whore
ho conndcntially told everybody ho met that
he had stolen mere trle OF S2O, 0O0 from
his friend Stuart and was going 10 shake
upn the town. Ho was soon In the powerful
grip OF the law, as tho kilograms indicated,
and Mr. Stuart had reason 10 hope that
Statomont Of the facts would prevent any
further annoyance But ho was mistaken.
The divers bottles that he opened 10 molify
tho risibilties OF his friends wore all broken
for nothing, The situation became moro
grave, moro overwhelmingly funny than ID
had previously boon. For almost twenty
four hours nobody had asked tho genial
president Of the Republican invincibles
about his robbery, and ho had reasonable
grounds for believing that the distomper
which had attacked his associates had
laughed itsof out, Alasl for tho vanity Of
human hopes.
A tall, raw bonod man was observed
studying tho bookseller through the glass
partition that enclosed his private office
Finally, when he had concluded his scrutiny,
ho turned the door knob and entered.
~ now 500 how II is,n was his remark,
half soliloquizing.
"What is II you sect" demanded tho pro-
priotor, looking up savagoly. Hc began to
suspect that this was some new Job his
friends had invented.
~ observe that you possess all tho mos
meric power OF a Carpenter or Keller"
continued the clerically appearing man.
He grew more grave as he contnuodi my
poor brothers. mind has sucoumbod 10 tho
overpowering inGuonco--.n That was on
far as no got
President Stuart stands six feet aud weighs
1856 pounds, Ho rose quickly and fairly
shriekod:
"Do you belong TO tho Nuttcr tamilyr
~ do" There was cyclone and Doiso
like the hurrying of two heavy bodies
toward tho door. Ono Of tho passengers
landed In tho middle Of tho sidewalk before
ho stopped, and he was not Mr., stuart This
gentleman returned 10 his post, conscious OF
o good act, and congratulated himself on
tho completion OF q vory disagreeable busi-
moss. A portentous calm followed for
almost twenty -four hours,
As Mr.. Stuart admitted ho ought TO have
expected another squall II came from tho
most unlocked for quarter An explanation
In necessary of tho surroundings, In order TO
understand the situation Mr. Stuart's
private Office has largo stained glass win
dow, on which, in various suitable colors, IL
portrayed tho figure Of Dandy Dnmot, the
antlquary created by Sir Walter Scott's pen,
standing upon ladder reading book A
bit Of white glass envelopes tho face In q
halo of sheen when the sun IL in tho zenith.
He was there when lady of uncertain ago
called She might be q poetess, mission
ary or Sunday school teacher. The latter
belief outweigbed all doubts, and she wa,