The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-04-04

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stream OF meaningless w0da issuing
from hla mouth, his wlde eyebails glal'
| ing, and, Rirangeat phenomenon, with
tho patch Of Whiiened hair Rurmnuniing
his rolling head and Che moiety Of oil
yered muaInohe
Carroll drew neaf hla friend with sell
Tepf0achlng eompaaal1n aud professional
soliotude, lieyerlln aid not know him,
put Tayed mora than ever, hia inooher'
ENJOY Increased, hia eyes stretched 10
| their utmost limits aa with horror,
Bessie q fair haired divinity, who had
been wiping perfectly dry eyes upon q
dainty embroidered handkerchief In q
weeping WlupW Rrutnap ~ rna unrHenen
window, and who, Ia her close black
dress and little ohildlah sllppera, looked
tho picture Of sympathetic Innocence, adj
vaneed toward Carroll and asked him
with deep concern II they couldn't do
anything 10 relieve tho poor fellow,
"BeRsIe,' said Carroll, cycling her
aternly, "thia 10 your dolng"
Bessie cast wleSedly reproaohful
glance upon Amelia and Then said
Rweetlyi "llalf OF u la.-not ALI | do not
dlsolalm my share IN tho mischief, but 1
am sure you viii forgive me when you
800 how very, very sorry ! ami" and ahe
wiped away more imaginary teara twill
You notf'
Carroll al once rot 10 work 10 bring
neYerlin around, for days, never leaving
him while he Iayed and tossed, nor
when, after tho fever having 6ubalded
tho reaction and weakness enHued,
ahatlng that oNtfom0 tenderneRs, no
toward u dependent little child which
had characterized his entire guardian
chip, Boyerlln appeared 10 accept Car,
rolls presence aa quito a matter OF
course, asked no questions, sought no
eXplanatlona-and Just how much he re'
memborcd OF that horrible experience, or
whether II had loft a complete blank In
his memory was q doubt not 20 DO apeed-
lly decided, Il was u subject never
alluded 10 In tho 6llghteHt way, and
fortunately tho outaido world know
nothing Of tho transaction, BeRale and
Amelia both standing In such dread Of
the provincial press as 10 have procluded
any tattling on their part Long after
ward, when thoroughly oonyaleacent,
Deyorlln related hia experience 10 Car
roll as a sort OF professional secret, and
u was mover subsequently broaohed DO,
tween them, Carroll, ON hla part, Ia
tended 10 DO Just aR frank and toeXplaln
tho gltlIah exploit 20 llH friend, ln order
10 obyla'e any lurking impression OF tho
supernatural, but Beahlc'n entreatlea
withheld him, and l0vcrlln 10 this day
believes a. firmly In that solitary gh0atly
experience Of hla 90 lle dooa In hia creed
"Ono thing II certain, Walter" ro-
marked tho aly Bessie some months
nfteiward 10 her new and much ena-
morcd spouse, "ther0 Ia nothing like
u good scare 10 cure Hciallcal you
won't find that In your dlgpensa.
tories or your fonnularloa, but II IA q
good thing 70 remembers for, although
o negative homeopathic principle mot
'0lmilla almillbua olrantur, but ono owl
curca Onothor1 and therefore not ollgl.
bic for those who are strictly codel htill
II N an excellent thing for tho allopathic
ones 10 bear In mindl Mr. Bcyorlln has
mover had tho hlighto5t twlngo blnccn
10 W almost Too severe FOR ordinary
mortala, " observed Walter over tho top
Of hll newspaper, laughing slightly
And l00y furthermore gho cOntln.
uod, "that tho whole fiasco turns out,
after oil, 10 have quito a allyor llnlngp
You see, II u hadn't been for Just that
Identical occaGlon (which brought Into
play oil OF our latent poWora), you novor
would have discovered tho truo virtues
and worth Of her who ia at present your
loving wlfcln
ooh, yes, would, Bessie dear" no
replied indulgontly, "PrOplnquity n n
powerful agent, you know, aud | never
could have withotood those bowltohing
littlo caps nt breakfast during your fort |
night with Amoliai am too susceptible
TO fomlnin0 daintlnoaa entirely. Nor
can l ooo protty clippers wandering about
my house without tho impulse 10 do
them certain reverence"
Tho nlippora mover would have done
10, said Bessie, rcileotivCly, "nor even
tho capsl | think 10 was, Perhaps, Wal.
ter dear that despite all my irivollty |
and loollahnem, down under the froth OF |
vanity and fOGhlon, you had discovered |
something resembling heart, and that |
10 was tittod and framed and do8lgnOd |
only for YOU ~ II not eoY
"Hou hnv0 hit tho nail right on tho |
head, darlingi aud really from tho pros
ent point Of Wow, no grcA harm has
been done since, II Amelia accepts Bower.
lin aho viii havo ample opportunity for
although j doubt wore no
aware Of her implication In his personal
whether no would really
proposes 10 has such y horror Of that
"oh, don't you suppose, sho qucricd,
'thut Bho will over, In o moment OF ex-
lrcmo confidence, confess II allj booauso
ON afraid " aho docs not | shall bo
forced toi II win bo impossible 20 keep
iuCh n secret my whole lifo longp
"Let 40 wait until thoy are safely mar-
'iod,' no replied with practical good
lcnso, "Then wo may blab to our
hearts content,
These statements are, in oiIoct, the
acts IN tho oaso (all others aro fraud
llont), and II necessary 10 eubsantiatO
HON tho narrator, Walter Carroll, NJ.
D., 10 ready TO mako his affidavit, signed
ealod, sworn 10, before any notary pub
io IN good and regular standing in the
United States,
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ABlg Consolldatlon Favorable.
NEw YoRi,, Maroh 9s. Tho directors
[ tho G, 9. q. a. ]. met Qt the Grand
jpntral depot to-day and Voted In favor
( consolidating with tho Cincinnati
Indianapolis, ~ Louis and Chicago rail.
VI. Il ~ 1