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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1891)
WHAT'S YER NAMEf Ten me, lassie, what's yer name? Gin I meet folks ganging hamo. They'll ask me If I sow ye: They'll see the Rmlles I cauua hide) Bin' Pre met the morn Id's pride What will I say they ca' yef It me be, lr. that's my name. Ye can turn yer face too home. An' tiao thanks for yer speerin'j It's my aln, sir. If ye please. Bought wT falther's pood bawbet I dlnna Uko yer jeerin'. Lassie, t hae Ion's an' kine, I'D mak" ye n leddy fine. In state ye'U aye be carried; ' . To'U hae servants at yer ca Ye'U hae silks and satins braw- What sae yo too bo married? Yer a f ule, sir. for yer pains. Keep yer kino an' silken trains. Sic ne'er made guld hearts better; Eomo day suno may name I'll gie In exchange for one as free Syne I'D bo tiae moil's debtor, William Lylo In Detroit Free Press. MYSTERY OF THE VALLEY. About ten years ago business com pelled mo to make frequent journeys from Lausanno to Sentier, in tho valley of Lake J mix. At first this mountain trip, which had to bo made in an ordinary diligence, peemed to mo extremely tedious. Then, little by little, 1 became familiar with tho mountain ways that I traversed as in a dream, and at last I camo to lovo them. I loved tho austcro melancholy of the somber horizons, tho murmuring woods of lir, the pastures of long, thin grass, among which tho hardy yellow gentians grew, the isolated and silent chalets, and. above all, tho lake, that mysterious lake which received many streams and had no visiblo outlet, but emptied tho surplus of its dark and slug gish water into subterranean channels. I also acquired an airection for the in habitants of the region, who called their valley the valley, as if there were no other in the world. They were a sturdy race of mountaineers, peasants and work men, most of them being engaged in the manufacture of watches. They were descendants of a number of families of French refugees, had old fashioned man ners, were intelligent, lalwrious, saving, fairly well educated, scrupulously hon est and devotedly pious. I took the diligence at the station of Komainmotiers about 4 o'clock in tho afternoon, and by night it had conveyed mo to Sentier, stopping at supper time at tho principal inn of tho village of Pont. There, after having partaken of a plato of soup. 1 was served with one of those delicate trout which aro the specialty of tho place, and with a bit of excellent "vaclierin," tho savory cheese of tho country. The host saluted me, drank a small glass of white wine with me, and at my departure gave mo his hand with a cordial "au revoir." Every time I stopped at this inn I saw in one corner of the room, seated at a table with u glass of absinthe before him, a gaunt old man, with a 6allow complex ion. IIo was negligently dressed and was smoking his pipe and contemplating his glass: ho was continually absorbed, apparently, in a drunken reverie or in memories of days long past. Tho inn keeper, whom I finally questioned in re gard to his strange guest, said: "That is M. Arnaud, who was the syn dic of Pont in 18.13, tho year of tho crime." Tho horn of the1 diligence summoned mo before I had time to inquire concern ing the details of this crime, which was called tho crime, just us they spoke of tho valley. On my next visit to this region, on stopping at Pont one cold, clear night in October, 1 was informed that it would bo necessary to remain at tho place several hours in order to repair tho diligence to which sonio accident had happened. I was the only passenger, and tho inn kee)cr having gone to look after tho diligence, 1 found myself the only occu pant of the room, excepting that strange old man, who sat there smoking beforo his half empty glass. Curious to know more of this strange character I took a 6eat at tho table next to his. I helped myself to a glass of vermouth while waiting for my supper, and opening a newspaper which lay near by I began to glanco at it. lie soon seemed to have tho same curi osity in regard to me that I had concern ing him. Slowly ho raised his largo head, which had "been nodding; his eyes, which were usually half closed, wcro opened sulliciently to fix their glanco on mo; his lips moved as if he wished to speak, and lie coughed. Then with a trembling hand ho took his glass, roso with an effort and came to my table, at which ho seated himself opposite me. I laid down my paper and addressed somo words to him, which ho did not seem to hear. lie had resumed his accustomed attitude; his eyes were half closed, his head drooped, and I almost believed that ho was spellbound to eternal 6ilence. Uia presence became embarrassing to me. I began to feel uncomfortable, and that I might become more at my easo beforo this man, who seemed to tako no notico of me, I again took up my newspaper, when ho suddenly stretched out toward mo his heavy bony hand, laid it upon my arm, through which I could feel a ner vous tremor run, and said: "i)o you not know tho history of tho crime?" I was astonished, and signified my ig norance by shaking my head. Ilo at once resumed in a hollow voice: "Ah, well! I will tell it you." And, without relaxing his hold on my arm, which, for a moment, his strong grasp pained, he began to speak in tho measured uccents ot tho people of that region, his faco wearing a fixed expres sion, which never for a moment changed: "It was in 18'T," ho said. "I was then the syndic of Pont. Ono morning old Moylari, tho forest guard, came to sum mon me. lie was greatly agitated. IIo said: 'Ilavo you not heard, M. Arnaud? Old Mathurin has been assassinated; his body has Imjcii found lying in tho road near Lien. Corno and see.' " My strango companion paused for a moment and then said: "Do you not know who Slathurin was? IIo was a French eddler. IIo often camo to the valley selling pens, paper, lxxjketbooks, etc. IIo had been kuown liero for years. "IIo had not an enemy in tho world. Ho was a good, honost fellow, a Protest ant like- ourselves. IIo told stories to tho children and explained tho Hiblo to thorn. Only the day Iwfoiv ho was killed I had brought somo play things from him for mv littlo girl. " "Well. I went with old Mcylan. All the Kplo tho wholo villas wero on tho rood. And iir old Jlatliurin wo found him lying riffid in duh and whlta. Why, ho wn as whito as tho snow. If 1 stall Id Jivo a liundrod yours 1 could nvar forg tK it. Why, ovon now 1 1 can seo him us plainly us I ueo you, with Ids old wrinkled face and gray locks. And he looked so peaceful nat urally, for his soul was in heaven. At Meylan's suggestion 1 put my hand on his breast to learn if his heart" still beat, but it did not. lie was dead, lie had Bix stab wounds here, here, here, here, hero and here." IIo indicated on his own breast the C laces where the murdered man had ccn stabbed; his forehead was beaded with jK-rspiration and his words seemed to stick in his throat. For a few mo ments he remained silent, apparently contemplating the corpse of old Mathurin photographed on his memory. Then, re suming his story, he said: "Tho governor of the provlnco asked me who committed the crime, but I did not know. How could I? How was any one to know? There had never been an assassination in this part of the country. Nothing had been taken from Mathurin. He must have I wen killed for revenge, as Meylan said. But who had thus wreaked his vengeance nnd for what? Kvery one in the village loved joor old Mathurin, who came here twice n year like a bird that brings good hick. All legan to search for the murderer tho gendarmes, the judges, all the peoplo of the village but it was useless. And the senrf'i was continued for a long time, although nothing was discovered. Nothing ever will bo discovered nothing! No, it will never be known who killed joor old Ma thurin!" As he said this his voice was gradually lowered, and was finally lost in sobs. A moment afterward, relaxing his irrasi), he took his hand from my arm, and his heaving chest sent forth great sighs. At last he carried his irlass to his lips, took Knvnrnl sm-nllmvs of nbsiiitlio. rose from Ins chair and returned to ins corner, where he resumed his former mvsterious manner. Looking at him, I asked my self if I had been dreaming, if this extra ordinary being were a reality and had been sitting face to face with mo, his hand upon my arm. and speaking to me. The servant came to tell tne that my supper was served at another table. I did not have much appetite. However. I mado an nttempt to eat my boup. When the innkeeper returned 1 called him to me nnd said: "Tell me what vou know nlout this 6trange man who has just related to me the story of Mathurin's assassination." My host smiled calmly as he replied: "Ah, he has told you that story. 1 knew he would tell it to you some time. IIo tells it to everylxnly. He can think of nothing eUe. He is not happy, poor old man." "But why does he remember with such distinctness a crime, which most of tho people of the village have long since for gotten?" "Ah! IIo was tho syndic when the crime was committed. It was he who first touched the corpse after its discov ery. It was he who lonnally announced tho murder to the authorities and or dered an inquest; and he took an active part with the police in searching for tho assassin. All this affected his mind. At first no change in him was noticed, ex. cept that he seemed to be a littlo nerv ous. Peoplesaid, 'Ah. the poor syndic: ho is troubled over this affair.' Then, when tho inquest svas finished, he sent in his re signation as syndic, saying that ho was not worth v to "hold the office, sinco he allowed people to be assassinated just , as if ho were to blame for Mathurin's murder, lo show their confidence m him, the people wished to send him to tho grand council. He declined to go. He was the wealthiest land owner in this part of the countoy, and was held in great esteem by all. Soon afterward he lost his wife and also bis son, who died of a cold caught on the frontier during the war. Then he took to drink, and would repeat to people over and over again the story of Mathurin's murder. People began to shun him, and at last ho talked with no one except strangers, to whom ho recounted the history of the crime. Yes, he is certainly demented, and absinthe has helped to unsettle his mind. He no longer busies himself with anything: his uffairs are in disorder, his property is mortgaged, and in a few j'ears ho will become a chargo on the commune." In my dealings with the inhabitants of tho valley I had found them to bo very conscientious people, and could under stand how their sensitive minds might bo tortured by scruples and doubts. How ever, the case of the old syndic faeemcd extraordinary to me. 1 believed that I had found in' it ono of those strango cases of mental derangement resulting from the exaggeration of one faculty, or from dwelling upon ono idea, to which tho psychologists were beginning to give a great deal of attention, and I mado up my mind that 1 would follow it moro closely. As soon as I had finished my supper I approached the old man, who had just been served with another glass of absinthe. "Is the place where tho murder was committed far from this village?" 1 asked. Ho raised his eyelids, looked at mo a moment, and then rising, said: "Come, and 1 will show you tho spot." Wo left the inn together. Silenco reigned throughout the village. The houses, the roofs with their chim neys, the trees and the massive old church weroall distinctly outlined in tho whito moonlight. In tho keen, frosty air 1 could hear the fallen leaves crackle under our feet; while tho boughs of tho evergreen lir trees repeated their mono tocous plaint. Tho waters of tho lake, a largo part of which was visiblo in tho moonlight, driven by the wind in waves uixjii the pebbles of tho shore, com plained liko the firs. Along tho road Arnaud's shadow advnnced be6tdo mine. IIo walked with u heavy step, his back slightly licnt, his head lowered and his nrnis swinging. He said nothing. By degrees, us wo went on over tho road, whick took us some distanco from tho lake, ho seemed to walk with moro diffi culty. Although his faco was ctill im mobile and his step was slow, his breath ing was heavy, and at last ho proceeded only with great effort. At a turn in tho road where threo trees formed a sort of a triangle lie paused, drew a long breath, and with a quick, almost automatic ges ture of tho right arm, said: "This is tho spot." Thcro was nothing sinister about tho place. 1 wanted to ask tho old man sovcral questions. Contrary to my expectation, his first emotion having been overcomo, lie talked moro freely than at tho inn, as if. having been obliged to mako a great effort, ho had succeeded through that ef fort in putting somo lucidity into his ideas. "Tho corpso was there," ho said, "at tho foot of that fir tree, etrctclu d out in that direction tho extended nrms nl iuot forming n crosa, tho left le-jslightly curved. There was not much blood. Tho ground was dump, and wo wurs ablo to trace tho sttps ot tho assassin. Ho woro targe shoes, with heavy nails. After tho murder he went toward the lake bv that little path which crosses the Held, per haps because he wanted to wash his hands. He retui ned and took 100 steps toward Lien, ui , irently to throw peoplo oH his track: t.. :i he went to Ponu At the edge of the village his traces were lost at six paces from my house. The knife was never found. Nothing was missed from Mathurin's effects: he had 100 francs in his oeket. Could you conceive of anything so mysterious? Up to the present time the uitirderer has not lecn discovered; that's certain. The af fair happened so long ago nearly every one has torgotten it. But 11 have not forgotten it!" As ho uttered these last words in n broken voice, his face still expression less, his eyes fixed on the fatal spot, tho problem "which had nlready presented itself to nut was brought to my mind more clearly than ever. How, "I asked myself, could a sensible man one whom the citizens, not only the ignorant peas ants, but the intelligent and educated people, intrusted with their interests lie cause they considered him the most capable and honest man among them how could such a man be driven almost to monomania by the murder of n ped dler? The continual contemplation of some dark, problem might, of course, cause such mental aberration. On tho oilier hand, the peaceful life of those mountaineers was too simple and too lieahhy to bring on mental troubles which" result from the overwork, ambi tion, intemperance and excesses incident to life in the capitals. 1 bus I quickly argued witli m vseir wlulo 1 Arnaud stood 1 1 teiy rooted to tlio spot, as inougn bj emiouiiu uy nw memories, i 1 looked at linn again, ills laco was still expressionless, but the sweat rolled down his cheeks, and in Ins look tliero was something terribly tragic. Then n hor rible suspicion, which perhaps had al ready been outlined in my mind, sud denly presented itself to me, and iu i btinctivcly without reflection 1 ex claimed: But, vou wretch, it was you who killed him!" Arnaud turned toward mo, his eyes wide open, his form almost erect. A little foam came to his lips. He clinched his fists and came toward me, and then, as I retreated, he threw himself upon the ground, exclaiming in a hoarso voice: "Ah! do not denounce mo! Do not de nounce me!" He dragged himself along tho ground. At last his features underwent a change and his convulsed face, contorted mouth, dilated nostrils and enormous eyes showed his terror. Something of the fear that possessed him was communi cated to me, and at the same timo 1 felt great pity (or him. What crime deserved this long period of torture? What pun ishment could compare with it? Gesticu lating wildly, he rejieated his prayer in a husky voice: "Do not denounce me! Do not de nounce me!" "Do not fear," I said, "I am neither judge nor informer; I will keep your secret. But why did you" Ho divined my thoughtand interrupted me, exclaiming: "No! No! No! I can say no more! That will never bo known! Never!" Then risine; from tho irround with all the agility of a young man, he took llight toward the village, Durinjr the following winter I did not have occasion to revisit the valley, but in the spring I again went to Sentier. On stopping at the inn tit Pont I no ticed that tho corner of the room where old Arnaud used to sit drinking absinthe was vacant. 1 asked tho inn keeper what had become of him. "Ah, the poor man!" he replied. "It is a sad story. You know I told you that ho was a littlo crazy. Well, it was found that he had lost his wits alto gether, lie finally persuaded himself that it was he who hail killed old Mathu rin, and he denounced himself as the murderer. It became necessary to put him in an insane asylum." "But," 1 said, after a slight hesitation, "what if he were not insane? What if ho really were the murderer?" My host regarded mo with an air of stupefaction. "Hon murderer!" ho exclaimed. "How can you imagine that ho would commit such it crime? Ho did not havo an en emy nnd was the most upright man in the" place!" This perfect confidence had tho effect of shaking my conviction. I kept old Arnaud's confession to myself, and I havo never made up my mind whether lie was an assassin stricken with remorso or the victim of monomania. Trans lated by A. K. Haven, from tho French of Fdouard Bod, for New York Press. Mastodons In Alaska. That the mastodon was once common in Alaska is certain from the great num ber of their skeletons, found in tho marshes and clay banks of tho Yukon and northern plains; but that this hugo pachyderm still exists tliero in tho liv ing stato has never been deemed likely, or even conjectured, till recently. This conjecture rests on reports byway of tho Stick Indians on tho Whito river, a tributary of tho Yukon. Tho account is that whilo hunting on a wooded bottom, a few miles from this river, two Indians camo upon a trail, consisting of enormous tracks fully two feet across, and deeply imprinted in the moss nnd earth, strewn along near which wcro broken branches of tho trees. Following cautiously on theso signs, they at length heard tho noiso of tho creature feeding, and presently espied a prodigious unimal, as large, tlioy assert, as a white man's house meaning tho trader's one story btore. Its teeth, they declared, wero as long as a man's leg, and curved outward, while its ears wero likened to a seal skin Ui size. In color it was represented to bo dark brown. It leaned against u dead tree stub, and scratched its sido, and its body seemed to bo covered with patches of coarse brown hair. Terrified at tho sight of such enormous game, the two hunters promptly retieated. 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