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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1881)
L -- ,. u '.'A r. THE NEW NORTHWEST THURSDAY1, ' AUOUST 25, 1881 i.L I HOW' CHERRYHOUGHT OFlIT. , :-T -' She ,'waa"- thinking; 4 lrrfentl7-hi little i brown-eyed, browu-halred I teacher, that he scarcely noticed the group of girl on the step un til,' a they moved aside to let her pass, she caught fragment of (thelr nveratlon. i "Melted lead J lots of fun run Into such queer shapes, you know, and tell what hi occupation 1a cm I n y tn lu L ' : 44Oh,i apple-paring ire tetter ! Thejr almost tell the name," Interrupted anotlier, -Throw 'env oter your shoulder artd they'll fall on the floor all curled up, and make the Initial as-plain a can be. Why 1 aw-. Hush !" ' . -rThe last word wn due to her own near ap proach, and she walked on, smiling faintly at the idea of consulting the oracle to decide her future nt boHIa th mM.Hnn t hat vH lir.- : 8he had promised rather wearily, when John A t. I 1 I . 1 I 4 !... tk.t ad auiilM think of It. Hhe might have thought with, rosy blushes and swift, glad heart-throbs If it had hap pened in a different way if he had come as a Stranger 10 meiivnie, aim mere imu utni in iu- mance'of a .first meeting, the sweet -surprise ; of acquaintanceship growing gradually warmer and dearer, until there came:theiudden knowledge .l...U 11. !. 1,1 ... .t, wapLIV VtiBl. iiiuuhii tun w me wmi r work' sake,' they were each to each, as - In God's sight, one."- XT' """' For Cherry acknowledge! to herself she "did Jlke John, of course." That was the trouble there was so much of course about It. Why, she had known him ever since she could remember. Thv hid built mud oven and hunted winter- green together, and he. bad whittled horrid wood en dolls for her with his first ackknifer-Andnow he had asked her to be hi wife asked her In just one of their familiar, commonplace chats by the little back gate. without yen-in glamour 01 moonllrrht over them. ghe was keeping Her promise most morougmy. Aunt llarhara heirs! her to beiiin Its fulfillment at the breakfast table. - "Heard some one come home with you last Ulght, Charity. Was it John Alston ?" 4Ye'm." said Cherry, meditatively. Most folks thin kyou two are keenIngconi twnv Most folks certainly thoughtcorrectly la.st Dlghu" ' . ; ' ' r .y ;. ,4Vou ain't dumb when you don't want to be. tt . It.. .. I. .. t .. .....1 1 ....,1, I Vl'sruy. I uu khuw uiiiinii otck c-uuugii, all. 1 nn( llut-kara wrilli a. aacralmi niul nl fioP nothing." - . "JJo'm, It' for company generally," answered Cherry, serenely. , r-h-- 'Yes: and you've learned pretty well how many It takes to make company. , Well, I don't know but you might do worse.'. i . Cherry's worn kid boot began to tap uneasily on the carpet under the table. ' .- To be sure he' not as rich as some, but no more are you," continued Aunt Barbara, consid ering the ,mtter In Its uro4 vu con..-' You'd have to begin plain, but that wouldn't hurt you vmi'i'a liii Ik iuunmnu fi.lka. YMt 4niill MaV mlr ' m rag carpet of evenings tM(ween this and Christ mas: anl. unbleachetl muslin nas come uown three cent a " "Aunt Itarbara r' 'Inter prised Cherry. ' Well, what" rioV?". demanded Aunt Barbara, with an liijiiretalr. "I don't know as it ;harlt but began gathering up her aciuKjUJ-'trat, amw snow-t pped juks and beautiful any great cru you." , "My whhHife has been nothing but rag carpet and utibMii'hed uiualln. I'd like a chaiiKe!" burst foflh Y Cherry,, atormlly. .."And there's po use inplannlnir what never will come." 1 "Mear me, what a flare up t ' Many better folks ih yon, haven't fared us well all their lives, tvllo mes" That was true enouirh. but Cherry was In no mood to hear it Just then. Itesldes, she couldn't endure her full name; It always made her "feel like an orphairasy lum,'. she said ; and she mads no answer, but lMgan gathering up, her school books and papers In silence. Our llmughts are Very llku "our Uxlles lu this, that if they start oil on a wrong train, In the morning they are scarcely llkelv to have arrived at a proper destination bv . r - x . . ar night. Cherry's wandered, to the ends of the earth that day. Shftknew what John's pronation or a "lllle borne" meant a quiet weddinglu that quiet little Tillage, the settling gravely in some plain little uouse, and then a monotonous round of nomeiy rare and duties, year after year. Jor a: lifetime. Just the TAsr canet and unbleachod inuslia that Autit llarbara had beirun to enumerate In her dU tresslngly practical way the way that often imide Cherry relwlliously remark to herself that she dil not Wlleve she should ever want to see laralis Itself If once Aunt Harbarn had described It to her. What other life did Cherry expect? Hhe could not have answered l onlv-there arose briffht dreams of far-otr lands ui graml ol4 mountains under the irlw of forelirn skies : davs of wander- lnjc amid riri' old nttloUniM auiUuaryriouaacuin ture, and glorious night filled with music, .the, tinkling of the fountain and the odors or flower unknown. There was one narrow door of iiosslhillty open ing from Cherry's life toward these "kingdoms of the world and the glory of them" a door to which Miss rossiiuy'H hand, yellow, withered and Km terinjr with diamond, held the key, . Mis Fossil br. or at least her house and grounds, were the pride of (Hcnvllle. 8 tiff, stately, and bristling. with ostentatious costliness, they were compla cently pointed out to every new comer. Aud Mlsi tosnllby had met and talked with Cherry, and, attracted by the bright young face, had graciously Inflmatiul that. alia. liaul HAnuitliitua lluuivlit Hm1 she would like a companion, and bow would Cherry like to live with her, and travel with her? . That last was" the charm, for Miss Fossllby vis ited mountain or lake or full every year, and sometimes Rirareu even . io mose ouier giory- Bhould she try to make the dreams come' true! John loved her. and Miss Kossllby would only . Vli 11 mini iiy i null i.i ini r.mviivw viiiuuii-niM- pirwii u. w uux hire her, to put It plslidy ; but then? And to IbeTfnrugfyTTlTitTloeTai Dials little home and the Alhambra by moonlight Jostled each other oddly In the dingy old school room that dav: ' aspciwer now eouiu one anow wiiav n uiu iaA.1 tn iiiph invsainns and thev had trrown a trifle monotonous, how "a band of fierce barbary-ann came ttown Llrora the ortu;'.'. ana a mue ww . . ..i. L.lr Mlhul u-ll. (Ii. neaueu gin, wnn ner raouiii iinruire'i apple she was surreitltIouly munching, remarket ii.i,.. i i.ur KwkMnt.iM4Ml to eon tain IMtt's cele brated-speech "If I-worry 'roerlcan Simon En glishman I'd never laden my arms-neyer !" - The straggling lines oi ngures on me umjry blackboard looked like some intricate puzzle 'to Cherry's eyes thst day, and the !old,'Ioek above her desk ticked "Well? well?" with a marked and querulous interrogation, that was aggravating. Hhe was glad when the slow hand crept round to the' hour or release; and wjien jiie darkening room had lost Its noisy-occupant, and the Jat whom, had died awav from the school-yard, he donnel her wrapping with a sigh of relief and liurriel lino ine open air. - it was inn iiurmiK atmosphere. A . t-old gray , mist enfolded her at onee: dark cloudshung low. wnn Jio nini oi a sun .behind them, and up from, the river swept archill, fitful wind, whispering and conipiaioingjiKe, an uneasy conscience. . ! ' .-. lly-and-by the general gloom found vent In a nt of weeping. Itaindroim feu slowly at first and then in a rapid elting shower that aroused Cherry from her dreaming, and compelled her to quicken her lagging step Into the ungraceful little trot that women can running, i p me street a blacksmith's shop stood invitingly openr with Its fiery glowing heat showing warmly with in l and there sHe sought shelter, dropping upon-f a rude seat to rest. , ' , i "Kh? Is It vou. Mis Cherry ?" smlled theold man at the anvil, as the head of the small water proof figure emerged far enough. from Its hood to become recognizable. - "(Jot caught, didn't you?" "A usual, I nele at ; out or one place i belong to and not able to reach the other," said Cherry despondeutly, inclined to class all circumstance nder one head, and give them a general label. " You seem to nt In right well wnere you are, " Id the old man. with a kindly. glance at the pret ty-flushed -Jace, A'We mostly belong where we happen to oe, i take iw;.a . - "No oh, no I" protested " Clierry, vigorously. "I'm sure we do not. I have heard, it said that nearly all the trouble and unrest of the world is because we are all out of our own right places, and arecrampingand stret' hlngfa TU somebody else's. I believe It, too." n ' "Think we are all. shook down liere like the piece of a dissected map, eh, andXTrovidence can't put u together straigni 7 'inai-a peculiar. now !" commented Uncle. Nat, wlthxan odd twtokle-trr htreyeWellr if lm iri some other man's smithy I'll try and turn out good honest workTor him; and I hope he won't be too jjatd with my tenants If he's running any great estate of mine. Maybe It's Miss Fossiiby that's In my shoes! I mhrht sit in her carriage a bit and see w lietherj Laeeniajiatu ralr-?Twa left here th is af- ternoon to have a wheel njced,- ana I spo mey haven't come for it on account of the-rain. We don't have such finery often." - Cherry, half vexed at ul rweptlon of her theory, glanced at the corner towanl which he pointel. Unusual finery. Indeed, with It rich velvet and silver niod till ngsi was that luxurious' (carriage. Hlie walked over and examined it more closely; and presentlyr when some men from thehack of the shop came forward to talk with Uncle part ' Nat, she entered It partly to bc'secure from ob servation ami undisturbed in. her thoughts, partly also with a half-aflkuowledged -desire tosee- it it would "seem natMral"no her. What a sen-e of wealth and comfort there was IhThe very nestling down among the cushions. I . , ' . Hhe pillowed her head on the velvet, and looked at the blackened walls of the old shop, lit up by the lire gleam here and there the glowing nir- '61 r.- "I. don't -know as It waj K'e"" J)?!?. anUbVle.r "r, T. . gr ,V 16 b"pranulng whaVs iH-st f0f Itiactw TCd-hottroir.Tind the-sparkir rtynirfw 1 the anvil like spray from some fountain of fit ronr sorav from some fountain or nre. The place looked like some dark! cavern In that half light, and the two or three ngures, wm oare brawny arms and grimy faces, grew shadowy and weird as-'theV moved to and fro. The gray day light must be fading fast, but she could not go;. the rain was still failing steadily, aad even while she wished for its cessation its sound lulled her Into pleasant fancies. v - . With her vpm HxiiI On the flerv Ixil of the fur nace there came visions f far-olV-volcanot'S and Jn kes gtcamj ng I n: lurkf light,, Then, I n st range ! i U. with the Old World sunlight iiiniu tliein. The hammering of 1 he sledges grew faint and loW so low ami distant that she could hear the muio from the grahd old cathedral organs. After tha she became,, a very Wandering Jew, travel! f across dreHry diserts, and through valleys likethe ornrden or ricn: over connnenis ana ocenps, on and still on for lifetimes.- The fairest see old. and her eager feet, weary, but theY Had no tsiwer to Pause. At last prison walls sfitit her In. and stayed her wanderings for a whHe. It would 1 hdt a Utile time she knew; they would legln kgalii with her ndease, and eveii now the, bolt and oars were sliding. With the sound of owning doors Cherry started up and looked around hetAr tried to look, for site was In darkness. Hhe felt'cuutiousty for the stone wall of her cell, and touched only velvet, Hlowly she comprehended. yrlie was still In. Ml tVtssil- bv's carriage: leinnt have fallen asleep there. No one had' kuowu It, ami thy had gone away juuLh-ftbcr-Iukmi In.lha .blscVsiiiith'a shop for the bight. r1l,ow late was lt?; .It had seemed a long time In her dreaailng: . Mut had It been all a dream? for there came again the sound of an onetiimr door. ' , .Could anyone ,'be coming for her?' Uncle Nat iiad surely not known where she was, 'or he would not have left her: and Aunt' llarbara would think of her a having sought shelter from the ralh-lu the "house of some friend. .-Hut the sound of footsteps near the door was unmistakable, and she heard voice lu whispered consultation. Then the steps drtw cautiously nearer and paused orsiue me rarriage, . ' . "This I It," alllrmcil an unfamiliar voice. Mslcfsiire." was aOsweml In a low tone. 1 There was a moment's pause, then a match wa struck, named up for an lustaut, and wa quickly extinguished. Tiy It brief light Cherrv caught only a glimpse .of several head; she discovered no one clearly. Jlut tho stranger were apparently satisfied that ihry-hat found the oMii-t of their search. Tliere was) srmuttered "all right1 lliu oarriiM i!aI tnrnml routiil. "Hteady uow ! make no nelse I" waa whispered forward out of the shop and into the road. ' Another momentary .pause occufred, as f some of the Mrtr had mne back to close the door. 'Ctor&stUTerouctal low" ii InciCulMe'reif' think In nil t .1 ul .if nil. T mh m Ilnn.,1 -T ... . .. .kM., ,. ,L,a m a a k a a a aaaa a I la. . a a . I m a leaning ner head upon ner nana, wnue a noy id a ragged Jacket recounted listlessly, as if he were caught a gleam of stars, Hke feared to rilse her head for any further observations lest she. should T be discovered, as, frightened and bewildered she tried to comprehend her situation. It, was a par ticularly unpleasant one. The carriage had evi dently been stolen, and she was being borne away In It, she knew not wnnner or oy wuum. persons, aware of It unwonted presence In Uncle Nat's shop, and coveting its sflver' trappings per haps, bad seized the opiiortunity to steal It, never dreaming that it had an occupaut. If they should find her there - ' v . . ' t 'berry shuddered at the thought of lt.. those who -could commit such a crime-would scarcely hesitate to conceal (tat the cost of one frail life wholly at thelr'mercy.-How. utterly In their jKjwer she was she realized more fully a the car riage rolled on again Mis Fossiiby' luxurious carriage but it could scarcely have seemel,niQre terrible had It been a hangman's cart bearing ner to certain execution. Hhe leaned forward wilh-a thought of calling for help; but who would hear hef except those, whom she most dreaded ? ' Then came a wild impulse to spring, irom me, moving vehicle and attempt to escape ; but that alio was abandoned as futile, and she sank back to await the Issue in trembling suspense.' ' It mlurht be miles before they reached their destination, but, If nothing betrayed her presence before, daylight must surely reveal ii. jiow un,. ii mey it or Jolin poor John l How.iie would wonder and 'eart. Would, he ever know? she wondered. Hhe hlf foTgot herself In a strange pity for him. that "little home" she had spoken of only last night could never le now. fAnd she could.haye made Itl such a bright little nook. Life was very sweet even the AldJiomely work and ways that she viewed so scornfully that day.; and if Iters were to end now so fearfully the gilt and glamour It had missed mattered little, but the truth and Jove it might have held were' priceless; ; . 4r. It seemed an Interminable time that passed In that strange journeying before there came another halt, and a slight sound of taking down bar and unfastening a gate. Theiu by the uneven motion, she could tell that the wheel had passed from the beaten road to the rougher ground; and af last they stood still. It had come now the supreme moment. There was a breath of prayer, a wild longing to look into John' eyes once more, and then she collected all force of mind and body to door bear a she might. Again she heard a whispered colloquy, a low, triumphant laugh, and then all noise .died away. The carriage door remained closed, butadidi light shone upon her, and she saw that she was oppo- Kit"the"vrlndowTf a-hntm? areurtainexl witttlow.- across which shado ws flitted a of person moving within. A sudden hope; arose Jin Cherry' heart. It was possible that her captor had all entered the house, and there might be a chance for escape. Hhe could scarcely Increase her peril by the at- temptr-and. liu rjtledljCWMl-ai Ienttysjfes'pTa ng toi the ground. o..one was near ner, aim sue new with such speed-as only desperation could lend back In the direction from which .she fancied she. had come1. A(. she f cached the gateway and passed out upon the road, another figure unex pectelly. confronted her, and she drew back in breathless terror. - -"1 lei loa!" exclaimed a startled but cheery voice.. wfth that wont she threw herself into hi arms. ; . '"Oh, John I John !" ' "Why, Cherry I did I frighten you so? I only walking up street In a worul hurry, with no. thought of meeting anybody, least of all yoo, un til I nearly ran over you. Have you lee spend ing the evening with Mrs. Murray 7" ."Mrs. Murray?" Cherry looked lnck at. the house she had left, and It outlines-i slowly grew familiar. It certainly wa the parsonage. "Oh', I don't know ! I thought It muitbe some dreadful rnl!.-1 i l.awii. al.iT.i,, anilMiiirtf ruill.i tn ii n l.ir.i.l she crlel, hysterically; .And. John, listening to her story, grew as bewildered as she. "I ehogid have though no one would Ik? so In sane as to steal that carriage wlrli a hope of sell ing it; ami to select Key. Mr. Murray's as a place 1q Wstow their hottiy " " ' He paused, then laughed a a sudden light burst upon hlny ( - ' "'r "Cherrv, ill All-Halloween !" All-Halhiween Aud .the' village boys always 'celebrated4he occasion by stealing gates, carrying otLsigii,- and - working all manner of - mischief. Cherry understooit it all at once They had doubt Lc lesiMMtusidere! it a magnltlcent Joke to leave Miss FtiHsIIbyg carriage rrtherminlster's yard. "And isn't it nearly morning, John ?" i"It 1 onlv nine o'clock T I was lust cointr home from theblnee." . "Oil !" said Clierry; with a long breath, and a tone that said unutterable things. . ' "Clierry,' said -John," a they "pause! at Aunt Barbara's gate, "this is the night to try fortunes with hot lead or " : "Ugh ! I thought I wa about to try mine with cold steel," lnterjosed (?herry, shudilering. . "Hut Cherry " : "Yes.vl know It come out all right, JohifrTt formed the Initials J.. A. a plainly ns possiblerUJ sue aotieu, snyiy. , k.., John Jnformeti Uncle Nat of the whereaisiut of the missing carriage, and the next day Miss Fossiiby called upon C'herry In that same resplen dent equipage. r "The blacksmith informed me, that you first learnei stowed greatly "And aliout that other matter we talked of one day I have quite decided that I should like you for a companion." "Thank you', said Cherry, demurely; "burr have accepted that situation with another person, hia'am." ' ' ;-. ' --' Mis Fossiiby' upllfteil ev'ebrow seemed to ask who else lu . the sphere of Cherry' knowledge 1 could otfer such a position, but her Him were too pome to pui ine quesiion. "Weil," said' Aunt llarbara, as the carriage rolled away, "J gues we'd better build a fire iu the back yard aud make soap to-morrowrienty of soap is a good thing for a young housekeeper to begin with." Uwherejmy stolen property had leen le-J iur nvi: II I f I dFd not quite understand TwwVbuf IlahiT 1 " " r obligel to you," she said, graciously. .; "r Boston I declared by Max Htrakoech the most profitable town for theaters In 'this country, be cause the women there come to the play In water proofs and plain woolen dresses, and,' a they have not put their money into silks or carriage,. can afford to buy theater tickets once a week the vear y round. - Ia IxuUville, on the cootrary,-where J I fashionable audiences always appear "iu full dress paint and war reamer," they go to the theater out once a.ear. wa S B. sTi f am tut mwm releawd-wwyfowwffittw tlary on a. pardon forged by himself, which he sent to his wife for presentation to the, warden. THE DEADLY LINDEN. A Ht. Jx)ui physlclafr says that the linden tree I dangerou to health, being like the deadly opaa tree of the Fst. The St. Louis doctor bas been 7 making Investigations, and he say's: Just in the Hpring. when the san win alnt u w i t . r - . - w rise, j wounueu my tree in several h spm m.i - carefully collected the exuding gum, - I found in '' i. ' it a new aim singular alkaloid, to w hich we gave ' the name of "lindoline," and which fully justified my fears. It 1 a most deadly nolso'n wimiihin akin to the curare or wooraiV poison of Houth 1. Africa. A very 'small Inoculation Upon the skin of a cat, made with a needle simply dipiied in the uiiuuiuie, Kiueu ine amniai in eighteen seconds. - ; It act a a nerve excitant of great power, and harM u a real value in the materia mrdlva a an antidote' to morphine poisoning aud other case of that kind; but it must be greatly diluted in order to do anything of this, kind, as it 1 intensely viru lent. 1 nm quite sure that 'a pin scratch touched with lindoline would kilt a man In a eounie of minutes. Of course, like all poison of thia kind, - it i not oue-tenth as effective in the stomach as 1 when inoculated ; still it is, of course, deadly." ' 1 ' 1 Sa i, "FASirroNABi.K lluoowu."-. A supper and con- . cert were giveu during commencement week at ' the Illinois Mate University, at iBIoomington Waltz music was played, and the young couples " danced to it. On the following Sunday the Itev. J. W. Webb preached In the Methodist Church of the place on the slnrulnes of round dancing, as he had observed it on that occasion. He charac terized It as "wicked, fashionable hugging." and". said : VAfter 2 o'clock at night, 1 saw parties,- male and female, under one shawl, promenadinir . i . . i i 7 . ; . " ine i reeis lucaeu iu eacu oiuer arm ana going Into alley." : The dancers could have borne all but thl remark with equanimity, but as" to it they publish the retort that the preacher spoke In . a "ioui, raise, anu uncnrisiian manner." ' It Is stated TTrIx)ndon that two ofLord field's manuscript novels were purchased lueen. The man who had an elephant bn hi bad them amputated. Lowell Litut Don't Judge of a man's character by the urn- lrella he carries. , it may not Ue hi. ! ' " The New . York. 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