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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-11-02

daughter awaited the father, who had
sacrificed life from high paternal love.
The ambulance reached the Guard
Tent. The unfortunate, doomed man,
/ his form wasted and features thin and
cadaverous, but slightly tinged with hec-
tic glow, was lifted from the cot on which
he lay and borne by the detail of guards
TO the ambulance, and gently laid upon
one Of its seats. as a part seat themselves
upon the other At the word of com
mand they slowly moved to the sound Of
untitled drum to point near the stake
They lift him out and conduct him TO
the stake, TO which he is firmly bound
upon his knees, as he is held in position
by two of them; his ewes are bandaged,
that he may not carry the impress Of his
exeeutioners into the next world All
tl.is speedily accomplished, the guard
wheel aside. A moment of awful silence
then comes forth the command:
Make ready-take ain-fire
simultaneously the report of twelve
muskets roll forth upon the hitherto
Silly air, and Invertebrates among the
forest and hill.
Horror, While blood in streams
spdrt from different wounds. no vital
part is touched, and life, the soul-still
fingers in the attenuated body.
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the twelve wheel aside and give place TO
the reserve man.
4 A solitary echo but alas in the hur-
~ of the moment he had selected the
wrong musket-one loaded With blank
cartridge
He was sternly ordered to reload sped
lily and quickly Dispatch and steadi-
hess was nov a mercifaI deed of charity
Again the report of the musket
sounds forth, and the soul of --- had
joined that of his daughter in the spirit
land, where wars are unknown and no
military executions demanded.
scarcely had the reverberation of the
last gun ceased its rolling amid the troub-
led air. when along the winding highway
horseman was seen rapidly approach
ing. The thanking sides of his painting
steed proclaimed the haste be had made,
but alas now vainly made No stopping
for question-for too well he knew all
the Surroundings proclaimed He pass
ed on to the headquarters of the General
and handed him the dispatch containing
the now useless order of pardon. No
word was spoken-each knew that 50 far
as the reprieved man was concerned he
was now beyond the need of pardon from
any earthly power.
Two hours after, his wife, happy in
the pardon she bore, and wholly uncon-
scious of the awful scene just enacted,
came into camp. The shock was too
much for her The repulsion, from pure,
unalloyd joy and hope and happiness to
the vivid bla :kness of hopeless despair
was too great and too sudden. Reason
was unthroned, and she instantly became
raving maniac. Her agonized SHREK
was only such rs one as can issue from a
soul in which all hope is lost, and the en-
shrouded darkness of bitter and hopeless
despair has overwhelmed the whole be-
ing and each and every faculty of the
mind A few weeks after the lifeless
body of the poor woman was found upon
the grave of the little daughter. Daugh-
wife-mother-were reunit-
ed forever
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-11-02
After Diphtheria.

Diphtheria is terrible disease, requir-
ing the greatest medical skill to effect a
complete cure. Even when its power Is
broken, it elings to the patient with great
persistency, and often leaves the system
poisoned and prostrated Just here
Hoods SarsaparilIa does vast amount
Of good, expelling impurities from the
blood. giving it richness and vitality while
it renovates and strengthens the system
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-11-02
A Sharp Daughter of Albion.

The Englishman on his travels is the
standing butt Of the witty Parisian, but
the Engiishwoman at least seems to be
quite match for the average Frenchman-
\ lady Of interesting appearance called
the other morning on ieweler in Paris.
and after purchasing bracelet presented
u el0 note in payment, from which she
received change amounting To nearly g
and went away The French though
they may despise things English, have
liking for English bank notes, especially
when they have not had To pay ior them
ut the current rate of exchange. 20 the
jeweler gayly stepped around 10 his bank
er to get his two hundred and fifty and
odd francs And when he arrived the
banker pointed out that the note WAS
not Il forgery, not even a draft on the
Bank of England, but an order dated
nearly fifty years back and signed by one
F. Duck, on an institution styled the
Bank of Engraving, which entitled the
holder to some pictures. 1t is difficult
not to admire the daring eoolness Of the
woman who eould try such successful
experiment in a big city, though one may
share in the horror of the French papers
and reiterate their warning toshop-keep-
ers TO be ON their guard against this
daughter of AIbion-S JIDses's Gd-stts
-o-
A miss of tender years whom We viii
c.Ill . Tiger came out of her bedroom Of
recent morning with the button-h0ok
in her hand, and stepping up to her faith
er, who was reading the morning paper
in his favorite corner, said to him: "Papa,
will You please button up my shoes?
:. What in the world said be, do you
want me to button your shoes for, Tiger p
Because" said Tiger, = I'm getting old,
and | want some man TO wait on me-
Her father was so much surprised at the
infant bellies answer that he concealed
his smiles by bending over her shoes
You see, be had once made love TO that
little girl;- rrs0rner - fo;-,y5eh R,fli,fiys
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-11-02

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e safest and most efficient cure /
ave any knowledge Of
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