Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-21
BOUND SADLY HOME.

leathern strap, suspending from his shoulder his box of knavish wares, af- fected military air and countenanced ! his lies and deceptions.
 The face was not repulsive even now. Some distinction appertained 10 the heavy mustache, and the hollow be meath the high cheek bone, the crows feet around the eyes. the tanned, weather beaten ruddiness of his complexion, might have betokened honorable service in poisonous swamps or under burning skies. instead of shifty, footsore wander ings with alternate hours of want and wickedness.
 He dragged himself 10 the dusty grass beneath the Five Ashes" at the four crossroads. He was faint. for the l.ill had tried him, and sat ponting with his back against a tree. Then he opened his box and began rolling infallible pills be tween his filthy finger and thumb. Their composition was a secret, but doubtless they did some people a lot of good.
 For 20 years his heart had never sof- tened with sentiment, his soul never quicllencd with an aspiration. and now his wandering eve. resting on q finger post across the road. mechanically read: Upton. Leigh. Sutton-DarCv."
 All So familiar once. and the last his hirthplace,
 A strange impulse, absolutely unres.- sonablc, for recognition might still bo dangerous, took possession of him. An irresistible desire Ia see the place again. even though 1t Were by stealth at night. From the bouGhs above his head came the '.mnk, pink uf d chaftinch. and through the filth and fog of q quarter of ac,ntury of evil. iudistinct in the fumes of drink and suuthvrrd ill it's own futil- fly, glCamrd d rcmini>ccncc clear and harp as the birds note:
 An old farmhouse matched and stone built. with mulhon-d windows. In the garden tall pear tree. with yellow buds ElIstcning in the early spring, and be, meath youth with a gun preping Ia get shot Then man in brccchr> and hose, elderly, but hale. drawling half humor- ou>ly: :"Why, Jack, my bwoy! Thy shots do hct of mere buds than all tine Chaf- fingers.
 The old people mus, l.. .;,mr now for Jack was the youngest and the favurltc five and thirty wears a-u.
 Mutterin@ against hs own folly. he lung on his box and limFcl along tine sutton road.
 M evening ilr entered % tlv | ups. an inn on the outskirts of sutton. Every thing w;;> a- fnrmrrly-thr same bench and stools Tn, Samc oak settle bv the hearth. Two lHhnrvrs playing at shovel , board called each other familiar names. and tho siu->un- of their voices brought T hack the Iu~;.
 r What parish may Uni, be. rlra~c:' he | a~kel
 
 A large villa-,:' |, % Hidden zo tcrr'hl, large. .Small:'
 'Tidd,7l D., wonderful -mall.
 satisfied with the >uhtvrfugr uf these questions, he. ~ai down and continued eagerly:
 Any o' tine name "f Craddock hv, . here now"
 Craddor,,. rl,:" -rinn,-d Al'~. What lu>t gay. Ahr.:"
 ''Noo fear" said Abe. He he,itatcd. But the longing |, know uycrcamr his judgment hke th, "ravin- of d Vice.
 And thc farm at the foot of the hill '' Who lives thrrc:'
 MT. Craddorl,. h,. surr. Warmer Wiluam.
 !, When 1 came this way bvforr. some hody-peoplc called Sandford"-
 "Ha! ha." laughed Abs. Then yuU be a woldish bird not hatchri last sum incr Why. the old man have a-bin dea, these 2O year. An thc maid marie, ' Warmer William. an he took on the farm But wears avore she thought to a-marrie, one Jack. But he took to hose racen 50 tes said, an signed somebody's nam an boltcd. Never didden hear no nor u' he But you be old file What dos gay, Ab-:~
 Moo fear" said Abe. John Craddock nervously ros, strengthened his back and fell into hi familiar batter.
 Yes I'm an old soldier. wounded il the trenrh,.> before Scvastop0l an, starved at Cawnponr. and when Il spil my blood and ruined fine constitution in the service ut mN native land the gave me my disCharS" and threw m upon the world without a penny. But happily, among the prisoners taken b ,hc British forces in that memorable wa was the private physician 10 the Rane u ot Jhauei. Scrin@ me writhing wit lhcumatism-tow which, gentlemen, 1 wa then d uartvr-hi~ feeling heart confide : to me. under an oath of secrecy. the iI tStlulahlc blessing pI a never iallln remedy. These pills. gentlemen, take in time are d reliable cure. If you hay ever se,.n crooked legs. stiff arms or back as bowed as a reaping hook. take couple of these pills-four and twenty i each box The price k twul-nce, and guarantec if kept dry. the contents wi never deteriurate Thank you. gentle men. wish you g",d evening"
 His -hbneSs had heeu >ucCt-S~ful; bu ill at ease, he shut1ir,i on |" the al house with lhr pear Ir,r. A silv' maned colt was reaching over the l,a' dock rail. the image of the ruan Inal they used tu call Ruhc. All was qui and prosperous and in tine garden l,at
 stood the familiar figure He slunk in
 the shadow of the ChurChyard wall. \
 it was only Dick. grown into the Su
 stantial staidness of his fathers place. all He went to the low thatched hou cJ standing all askew. with the stalls aI of the wagon shed where he and Dorotl 'or used to meet He would sleep that nigl Ne in one of the wagons. It was scarce re, dusk. but the life came hack quite clea IF" ly. Work was over. and nobody wou
 come. so he went in and climbed mp o,
 of sight.
 He heard light step and peeped ov l.. the tailboard. There stood the b,
 Sanford of years ago, with buddiI
 womanhood beneath the opau neck
 Ask to sec the new samples of orders dance. invitatioDs. tickets. etc, just reeei EtsdAs .hs DEaYtHAr office.