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DEMOCRATIC NORTHWEST. NAPLOEUN O. JULY 12, 194. .--V n " ' , f"f X f SAttED THE SEAS 38 YEARS. One of His Experiences. For thlrty-elfiht years Cnpt. Loud followed fhe sea, roost of that time as master of a Tea sel, and upon retiring from tbe water wan ap pointed by tbe Secretary of tbe United Btatea Treasury to superintend tbe seal fisheries In Alaska, which position beheld live years. lie relates one experience as follows! "For several years I bad been troubled with general nervousness and pain in the region of my heart. My greatest affliction was eleepiesaness; It was almost hn possible at any lime to outain rest ana Bleep, Having seen Dr. Miles' remedies advertised I began using Nervine. After taking a small quantity the benefit received was so great that 1 was posi tively alarmed, thinking the remedy con tained opiates which would finally be Injuri ous to me; but on being assured by the drug' Cist that It was perfectly harmless, I contin ued It together with the Heart Cure. Today I can conscientiously say that Dr. allies' Be toratlve Nervine and New Heart Cure did more for me than any thing I hud ever taken. I had been treated by eminent physicians in New York and San Francisco without ben efit. I owe my present good health to the judicious use of these most valuable remedies, and heartily recommend them to all afflicted as I was." Cupt. A, P. Loud, Hampden, Me. Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine and New Cure are sold by alldrugglsttion a posltlveguaran- tee, or by Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart. Ind., on receipt of price, II per bottle, or six bottles for fa, express prepaid. They are tree from all oplatais and dangerous drugs. , Sold by all d'iigglat. THE DAY OP WORSHIP. 'Time for Holding Services toy tte Several Churches. aVANOBLICAL.-Churoh 1C:5U a. m.,7 p. m tiuuday -iohool It a. m., Prayer Meeting Wednesday, 7 p. m. Bar, attain Pas tor. tiBtfrERIAN.-ChnrchlO:30 a. m.,T p.m. fluuday School 11 m., Prayer Meeting, Thursday, 7 p.m. Bsv. M L. DoHiUBY, Pas- T. AUGbSTINE.-MaeaS a. m,,Hlgh Mum 10 a. m., Voapem.1p.in. Biv.M.Pdbtz, Pastor. UBTH0DI8T. -Church 10:SO a.m., 7p. m., Bab. uath 4chool9;la. m., Young People's Meet ing 9:00 p.m., Epwortb-League Heeling, Wednesday, 7 p.m., Prayer Meeting Thursday, 7 p. m. Kit. I, N. Kalb, Pastor. PAUL'S LUTEIBRAN.-Ohnrch l:S0p. m,, (or 10 a. m.,saauoonnoed previous Sunday) Sun day Schools a.m. ltsv. W. L.Fiinu,Paator. JOHNS LTTTHBBAN. In Freedom Twp., Church 10 a.m. Rav. W.L. PisHnn, Pastor., MANUAL'S LUTHERAN. Chnrch 3:80 p. m. rlnnday SohoollO a. m. Kav. L. Dahhomn Pastor. ST. PAUL'S ' LTJTHEBAN. Napoleon Twp. ChurohlO a.m. Hiv.L.Dammosh, Pastor. 0 SITED BRBTIIRKN. South Napoleon ;ohureh every weos,10;80 a.m. and In the evenlrgat T :.. Prayer meeting Thursday 7 p. m Rav. I. D, Isuli, Pastor. U SITED BRETHREN McClnre sehnrch 1 1) a m., every otheriundsy, beginning.! annery!8, 1891. Rttahaiheohool 0:80 a. m. Prayer meeting T utradaya,7 p.m Ksv.Johm Buiu.Hi Pas- tor. COUNTY RECORD COU.YT OPFIOEBS. Common Pleas Judge. ... ,.H J. II. Sheets Clerk ,.L. C. Brown Probate Judge J. V. Onff. Proaroutlnir Attorney P. Rnnan Sheriff K. E. Decker Auditor i. H.Resh Treasurer.. - 1. C.Oroll Keoor.ler J. W, Hanns 8 urveyor W. O. H udaon Coroner -..J. S. Haly I D. T. Burr C otnmlaalonera A. J, Sayiere I Levi King ..U. E. Stuckman Chrlat Dlttmer H.WUtlnghauaen I W. M. Ward School E xamiuers Y .r Mrs. Hue Welstead 1 P.O.Schwab Janitor , August Hlraelaud CORPORATION OFFICERS. Mayor.... D.Meekkon Olerk C. K. Keynolds Treasurer O. Hlggloa Marehal - T. J. Barns Street Oommtaaioner - Fred Market 1 B.U. Biizer Cemetery Trustees y L. V. Botaou Cnaa. a. uimey L L. Orwlg William Hamae KicbaidW.Oahlll John Vooke Theodrre Lndwig jas. VY. Hauna ,'J, V. Cuff George Hildred Theodore Ludwlg ........Chaa. E. Reynold Council men School Board u.V,.'"..Chai. Ever' tw tn rl MO J MM..",. nan . urviw .A. B.H.Meerke" K. W.Oahll' Exam JUSTICES OF THE PEACE OF HENRY CO BABTLOW tOWKSBIP. Joseph Fiah.Jr. ....Dap bier KufosHlll " PAHASOUS township W. O. Johnson... ......... MoOlure John Love " riATBOCX TOWHSHIV. H.J. KeatCT ............ . . ItorUa JounF Oarren " rBXBDOJl TOWNSHIP. Henry Gohrett Nacokaoo Charles Xarnell.... " HABBlaOM TOWNSHIP H. B. Hall. .Naposaon LIBXHTV TOWNSHIP. Cewls A. Belltian Liberty Center J. A. Coleman " MABIOH TOWNSHIP. t. 9. Dunbar ...rTamler P.P. Spangler .....New Bavaria HONBOS TOWNSHIP. . H,0roman........ Xapoleoo Frank Foster Mallnta APOCION TOWNSHIP. . D.Prlntis Wapoteon Geo. W. Flak Napoleon PLSASAMT TOWNSHIP. Q.W. Flaher .....rTokjate . F. Kinstle New Bavaria Solomon Zarbaugh ,..Uolgate KIOHFIILD TOWNSUIP. C. L. Fast Weat Hope Dow Breta, P.O .....McOlurc SIDOeVIIAl TOWNSHIP. Jacob Wolf Bidgevllle Oomers W. B. Tubba Tnbbtvllle WASHIHOTON TOWNSHIP. D. Tonnkman Colton C. H. Hancheit. Texas TOWNSHIP CLERKS. Towashlp. Bartlow...... DamaseaSu... Flatrook....... Freedom Harrlou.... Liberty... Marlon.. Monroe...... Napoleon...... Pleasant..... BldgeviHe.,... BIchBoId Washington. Clerk. ....O.B. Stsffora,... R. . Cronlger -....... D. G. Durbln.. ... .Henry Eggers.., ...I.M. Cllok , ,.B. Pennook ....G. F. Hayes... ....L.M. Grove ,..J. B.Dittenhaver , Poetofltoa. .....Deahlor ...McClure ...Florida .Naooleos -.....Napoleon ..Liberty Center ,. Hamler .......Napolon .Napoleon ..Holgate i.RldgeTllleCor ...Weet Hope Colton Wm. mcnaoit ...F.A.Howe . ...H.D. Baker... ..Wm.Weirien-,. T.F. Anthony, Ex-Postmaster of Promise C y, Iowa, says: ''I bought one bot tle of 'Mystio Cure' for Rbenmatism and ' two doses of it did me more good tbsn all the medicine I eret took." Bold by D. i. Humphrey, Druggist, Napoleon. dot 1G 93 8m "ou are w&rking In the best of canses, ne said. Lct us know all alxrat the lady. I know I am trespassing on your valuable time, Mr. Belfry, and I simply want to show yon that I do not mean to overlook the fact that time ia money. " "Oh, don't mention it, Mr. Maxey. I shouldn't think of charging yon any thing for my little trouble, only I would like to feel sure that you are on the right side and that all is confidential between us." . "Rest assured of all this, Mr. Bel fry." The my landlord s glance rested ab stractedly on the bank note on the table. He seemed to have entirely forgotten its presence. "The word of a gentleman ought to be enough for me, Mr. Maxey, and I will conceal nothing. Within the last three weeks a certain mysterious female has rung at my bell at least four times. She always comes in the night pretty late, alono and with a dowdy shawl on and a good, thick veil over her face. But don't think I'm an idjot, Mr. Maxey. After being in the lodging house busi ness for 10 years I am used to shy-canery a little. She's no servant girl, for people like her can't pick up the ways of serv ant girls so very easy, and they only mince the matter when they try to pnll the wool over the eyes cf so old a bird as Belfry." The sly landlord chuckled and con tinued: "First two times she acted nervous and only came to the door and seemed to be covering up her real voice. The noxt two times she was uervousor, but she came in. The lust time she got a little scored nt her own boldness and left a letter to be delivered to this man Dye immediately on his return, to save her self the trouble of calling again, she said." "A sealed letter?" "Oh, ho, of course, of course, Mr. Maxey. Don't think she would tell Bel fry any of her business. Oh, no! She Was mighty particular about that, but she brought me this envelope all sealed and directed in as pTetty a little hand, as nice as yon pleuse. " "I suppose," began Maxey hesitat ingly, "I suppose it would be scarcely lustiflable for us to open that letter?" The landlord responded promptly: "Oh, no, certainly not. And besides it it wouldn't do you any good. I think in fact, I I kinder guess what's in that letter. " "Guess? How? I don't understand you." The sly landlord winked so profusely that he actually succeeded in stimulat ing Maxey's limited knowledge of hu man depravity into a comprehension of the situation. "Oh, I see. You mean you have al ready opened the letter. " "The lotter is just as good as ever it was," returned Mr. Belfry evasively. "It is sealed np as good as before, but a man keeping a humble lodging house can't afford to countenance any under handedness, you know. I like to know the nature of any mail I'm carrying. Belfry is cautious, or he's nothing." Maxey smothered his secret contempt and smiled. "Well," he questioned, "and what did the letter say?" "The letter said, " replied Mr. Belfry, marking off the words on the tips of the fingers of a not superlatively clean hand, "the letter said: 'Leander Dye Come to me in the evening at 16 Livingston street Come for your own interests and fail to come at your peril. I have some money for you. The sister. ' That was the only signature. What do you think of that?" Maxey was silent "As for me, "went on the sly land lord, "all these circumstances look queer." "What did Mr. Dye leave in his room?" "He left two trunks locked and noth ing in them but old clothes, one of them women's and the other men's. There, warn't much finery. His rent ain't up for over two months, you understand. " ' "I understand. What sort of a looking man is Mr. Dye?" "Belfry's notion of it iB that he's some very badly run down parson. Bel fry may be wrong, but that's the way he sizes up L. Dye. He might have been enjoying himself too much and the con gregation got down on him. It's my ex perience, Mr. Maxey, after years in the lodging house line, that most of the re verses of this world can be traced, more or less direct, to shy-canery. If a man's down and you go hunting around in his records for the reason of it, 40 to 1 you'll run against a piece of shy some where, and bigger rather than littler, generally, too. That's Belfry's ulti matum." The sly landlord might have moralized for half an hour if the impatient Maxey had not interrupted him: "I understand all about that. But what I am after now is Mr. Dye. Can you tell me the exact date of his coming and his disappearance?" . Mr. Belfry referred to a greasy pocket diary. "He came on Dec. 7, Mr. Maxey, and he went on Dec. 0." Maxey's hair rose at once, but he con trolled hiniBelf and went on: "Very well, Mr. Belfry. I now have a proposition to make to you one that may prove exceedingly profitable to yourself. , If you will by hook or crook gentle means if possible, forcible means if necessary bring that Mr. Dye to my rooms the day he sets foot within this house again, or failing to do that keep him a prisoner until I can be sent for if you can do this, I will reward you most liberally. Meantime I shall probably see you again very soon. " Maxey, having transacted his business, arose to go. The landlord's eye rested abstractedly on the $10 bill lying on the table, but again he did not seem to see tt . .r 7.7 --vv vr.:-- "Belfrv is ahvavs triad to acoommo- Chlldren Cryfor Pitcher's Castoria. date a gentleman, " be said: "l'want do pay for what I da I'll see that the rascal is kept for you or brought to you lor tbe sake or helping a gentleman in trouble. It will be all right, sir. Trust Belfry. If he ever seta his foot in this house again, you will know it, if you are at home, within 80 minutes." "And be sure," cautioned Maxey, "that he sees me before he reads that letter. " Tbe sly landlord chuckled and deliv ered himself of a comprehensive wink. "I'm not an idjot," he murmured, "whatever I am, and I'm somewhat used to shy, Mr. Maxey shy for short, you understand. " "By the way," suggested Maxey, turning almost on the doorstep as a thought occurred to him, "of course you don't know who lives at 18 Livingston street?" "Oh, don't I, though? I may mention that Belfry looked that up at once. She's a widow, and she's very rich and very stingy. Her name is Forsythe. " There was a ringing in the artist's ears as he went out into the lighted street again. All the way back to Bal lavoine place four little words of the sly landlord were sounding in his mind: "Her name is Forsythe. " Was it possible that this was the lady whom Lamar was to marry? CHAPTER VHL A NEW LEASE OF LIFE. They made an armchair of themselves by interlocking their hands and arms, Maxey and Dr. Lamar, to carry her np the long flights of stairs to her new home, this palo, shy girl whom the care fully driven carriage had just brought to the door of the house at the end of the quiet street. How different from the ominous roll of the departing ambulance was the com ing of this jaunty carriage I When Miss Maxey had listened to the first from the parlor window, high above the street, her sympathetic heart felt as if a chill breath from the icy river had touched it. Now she waited nt the top of the stairs with a rose in her hair. Modern science had alone made this ar rival possible. For the second time with in the short period of a few weeks brain surgery had won another brilliant vic tory. But there was that about this seo ond and more recent miracle which not even Lamar himself could expin. That tho result hr.d exceeded his mo; t daring hopes he had acknowledged, at least to Maxey. To rescue from the grave a trem bling paralytic victim, who realizes full well his doom, and himself gives the word which authorizes the dangerous operation as his last fearful chance, is great indeed, but to pour a flood of fullest, freest light into the darkness worse than death that enshrouds an in tellect ia something so far greater that it rises at once out of the region of human achievement into that unfathomed realm of nature's mysteries where the wisest are as children. No. Lamar was too scientific a man to believe this triumph all his own, too honest to claim it as his own, but nevertheless the world would count it his. Henceforth he would be great among his fellows. The victim of the cliff-road was still in a very sensitive and precarious state. Her memory of even recent events might fail her at times in the most alarming manner, bnt her pulse was normal, her appetite good, and every day would show a change for the better every day away from the hospital, surrounded by sympathetic faces, kind voices and the quiet of a home. So they all believed. So had the carriage come. This was scarcely the same being who once before had been carried by these four strong arms from the street to the artist's rooms. That form had been sub missive and leaden. This shrank in maiden modesty from undue contact. That face had been distorted with the hideous nightmare of perpetual fear. This glowed with all the sweet, shy, womanly emotions that rise in the breast of a young girl whom necessity compels to cling in this bold fashion to strangers of the other sox. She obeyed their in structions to put her arms about their necks with a trembling reluctance that was too spontaneous to be counterfeit. I know not what philosophic Dr. Lamar thought, but to Julian Maxey the trem ulous touch of that almost transparent little hand was a vague revelation of the possibility of a joy to come greater than any he had ever known. , , t It was toilsome, climbing the long flights of stairs in this slow, steady fash ion, but it seemed to Maxey in his pres ent ecstatic frame of mind, with a bur den such as this to carry, he would willingly have kept on mounting for ver. As for the palpitating burden her self, she was troubled with more senti ments than one. This removal, her des tination, her nqw friends, were so many mysteries to her. Tho truth had purpose ly been kept from her for a specific rea son, and she had been informed only that she was- to be taken to a more se cluded place than the hospital, where Bhe would be surrounded by brighter in fluences and would get well the quicker. Notwithstanding her weakness and her trepidation at finding herself in the arms of the strange men, she was seen to glance with an expression of interest and curiosity upon the house and the entrance into which she was being tak en. In spite of Dr. Lamar's assurance to the contrary, Maxey hoped that she would recognize the place and its in mates without a word to aid her. This was the object of his silence to her. It partook of the nature of an experiment. Miss Maxey, waiting for them in the corridor, hold the door open for them to pass in. The girl looked at her in a mute, questioning manner, without a shadow of recognition, that thoroughly disappointed the artist's sister. The doctor's Btrong tones were the first to break the silence. v I 'These are your new friends, Miss Dye. Here your home is to be as long as von carp to siaka it From the tima vou Children Cryfor Pitcher's Castoria, exprntsea a desire not to be taken back to your father they nol ved to bring you here." "They are very good to mo," said a faint votoe. "But do they know that I am a poor girl without money to pay tnem lor tneir care? "They know everything that is neces sary." Miss Maxey bad drawn a great chair in front of the fire and had made it doubly easy with pillows. The comfort able back t'hamlxT was in a state of or der and neatness wonderful to behold. Everything was in readiness for tbe re turn of the patient They placed her in the chair, and Maxey sighed as the cling ing hand left its warm nestling place on his neck. Then they all stood back from her, and she looked about, first at the strange faces of the artist and his sister and then at the various objects which went to make up the character of the room. Her glance wandered to the win dows, with the fine prospect far away and the ice clad river underneath, to the piano, the pictures, the bookcases, even to the little white bed in tbe alcove room, the curtains of which had been purposely drawn back that she might see it Maxey could not conceal his disap pointment It was the glance of the stranger. But there was another senti ment in the artist's mind, even stranger than this. In the anxious days when the face which now looked np from the pil lows in the easy chair lay on the bed in the alcove room Maxey had often watched it with an insufferable feeling of regret and pity at his heart The deli cate outline of the oval face and the classic features, despite the unnatural expression which distorted the counte nance and robbed it of its chief charm. had whispered a sorrowful story of a lost radiance that would have dazzled the eyes of the beholder. And now, as the artist saw this face again, lit up with the light of reason and changing with the varying thoughts, deadly pale and hollow though it was, he realized, with the unerring instinct of a student of the pleasing in nature, that the reality was even stranger than he had pictured ft, and he said to himself: "She will be beautiful. " There was a deeply troubled look in the dork eyes, as they finished the momen tary survey of the apartment and came back to rest on Miss Maxey's face. The pale lips murmured something which Bounded to her hearers like, "I do not understand." At any rate, Dr. Lamar took it upon himself to say again:' "These are your friends, Miss Maxey and her brother, who took care of you in your illness. You are to stay here with them as long as you like, to make your home with them, if you will, until you, are well, strong and able to go where you desire. " "Charity?" whispered the voice, a slight color coming into tho face. Dr. Lamar understood the delicate shrinking of a sensitive nature and feared that it might have a tendency to retard her con valescence. The unscrupulous man lied: "Not in the least. Your father has se cured them to tako charge of you during his absence. He was obliged to go away." "He is not my father," she returned in a clearer voice. The sound of that voice mado Maxey's heart beat faster. The accents and intonation were a reve lation. They could have been the prod uct alone of refinement and education.' A joyou3 thought seemed to arise sud denly in the poor girl's mind, a thought that made her eyes glisten and her breath com e quick. She looked eagerly first into Maxey's face and then into the face of his sister. Something seemed to tremble on her lips, but she forbore to utter it The artist, who had been watching her every movement, started forward. "Say that you know us; that yon rec ognize this place; that you remember to have been here before!" The rising color suddenly faded from the pale face, and to the astonishment of everybody she said: "You are my brother and you my sis ter! You have brought me home!" Maxey's heart sank. Was her mind wandering? Her eager glance encounter- 'you are my brother and you mystster!" 3d their blank and amazed looks, and the trembling joy faded at once from her face. . . Ellen spoke up quickly: ' ' "Let.it be so, dear Annette. We will be brother and sister to yon henceforth. ' ' "Then you are not really so? No, no. I should have known better." "And you don't recognize the room at all?" Maxey said in a tone of regret The dark eyes looked about in increas ing perplexity. She said at last falter ingly: "I cannot say, but in my forgotten childhood, which I have tried so hard to remember" "I don't mean that," interrupted Maxey. "I mean since you have been sick." The dark eyes turned toward him in wild amazement "Was I not taken to the hospital?" "You were brought here. You were placed in that little bed there. My sister attended you, and so you remained for weeks. Now, don't you remember it just in a faint, vague way, I mean?" re turned Maxey. The dark hairmoved on the pillow as the head shook. "It is all strange to me," she said. "I must have been very sick. " Dr. Lamar looked triumphantly at Maxey, who was evidently disappointed. "I can remember faces faintly, coin ing and going, as in a dream." "Bemiuiscences of the hospital after the operation," commented Dr. Lamar in an undertone. Maxey sighed. "I must give it up, " he said. "You were right " The physician did not reply. ' His at tention was taken by' the patient A Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. frny p.rnur was creeping into aer lace. Her eyes closed wearily. "No more of this," he said authorita tively. "This conversation has keen too much for her. Get her to bed. Miss Max. "Bat we have found out nothing; " ex postulated the artist "It ii already two weeks, and you have allowed nobody to question her. Meanwhile we do not know how imperative for the end of justice it is that we should have this crime explained. " Lamar looked at the artist in stern silence for a moment, and then with, a udden movement seized him, as if he bad been an unruly schoolboy, by his ear and led him from the room. When they were in the back parlor, he released him and said with a sternness that was not at all assumed: "Do yon want to undo all that has been done? The girl remains here only upon condition that you obey her phy sician's orders. Those orders are that you shall absolutely refrain from question ing her or even hinting of the past in any way until you have my permission. I will tell you plainly, it may be for weeks." "So long!" said Maxey in consterna tion. "You know I would be the last to do anything which would tend to her injury. But it does seem a shame, by Jove; it does seem a shame!" He began to pace the floor with his hands behind his back. "I have my suspicions, " he contin ued, "If you knew them, you would be as impatient as I am." "I doubt it "returned Lamar, "bnt by and by yon will tell them to me, and wo shall see. Before that, however, I want to settle your mind on one point Mrs. Forsythe does not know and never heard of this man Dye. It was utterly ridieulous, of course, that she should, but to satisfy you I have asked her. " "But it is she who lives at 16 Living ston street " "And it is also her servants who live there!" exclaimed Lamar impatiently. Any reference to his intended bride always had a depressing effect upon the physician. He folded his hands behind him, turned his back on Maxey and looked gloomily out of the window at the river. The artist approached him and laid a friendly hand on his arm. "Old fellow, I have offended you." "Nothing of the sort,." returned La mar. "You did simply right How tould you know that the suspicion of the lodging house keeper in Flood street was preposterous? You never saw her. " Maxey was well aware of that If there was any matter oa earth in which he felt he was not in his friend's confi dence, it was this matter of his engage ment with the Widow Forsythe, and yet his esteem and regard for the man were too great to permit him to neglect an opportunity, such as this, to counsel him. "Eustace, he began hesitatingly, "I wish I could feel that you wouldn't think that I was presuming on your friendship. " Lamar' turned toward him, puzzled and wondering. "Why, what is all this, Julian?" "It is my extravagant imagination, I suppose, but I can't get over the impres sion that your approaching marriage is; not well, that you do- not look upon it you ought" Lamar turned his head away very quickly. "Mrs. Forsythe is a lady, " he said in a low voice. "She i3 very handsome. She is a very talented woman. She has a fortune, am I have been called at thousand times a 'lucky dog!' " All this is much, Eustace, but ds you really love her?" Lamar made an impatient gesture: "Yon don't expect me- to talk senti ment, I hope?" Maxey sighed. "That's the trouble I was afraid of. You arc too. much wrapped up in your science, and you imagine you don't be lieve in these things. But I tell you, Lamar, they are just as real and essen tial as anything elso in our lives-'" Lamar attempted to force a tone of jocularity. "When did you experience your last great passage, Maxey?" "You know I never had ones But I believe in, it I know it, because I have seen it " "Oh, indeed!" Lamar's words were dry and short, but somehow he looked much more distressed than indifferent Maxey went on earnestly: "Eustace, it has been your province oa many im portant occasions to give me advice, and you must acknowledge that in however bad grace I accepted it I generally acted on it I can't expect you to tako mine, but I am none the less going to advise you. If you marry Mrs. Forsythe for her money, you will regret it all the. days of your life. " Lamar turned upon him almost an grily, "Who told you that, Maxey?" The artist replied a little stiffly: ' "Nobody. I inferred it from what you said. You do not love her. Don't marry her.". - ' . . - "Love her? No. But, what is more to the point, I esteem and respect her. That is enough. Maxey, this is not ah. agree able subject to me. Don't let us refer to it again. My mother has set her heart on this match, and even if I were con vinced of its unadvisabiKty I could not honorably retreat now. If there was a time when I had a little romantic feel ing for Mrs. Forsythe, and if time and better acquaintance with her have en abled me to overcome it, why, that is my affair. If I was weak enough or fool ish enough to take a hasty, impulsive step in an all important matter a step which I have since had reason to re gret that is my affair too. If I have said to you that which I have told and shall tell to no other person upon earth, it is beeause I know you too well to be lieve that you would betray my confi dence. Julian, you will not mention that I have said this much to you to a living soul not even to" He stopped and averted his glance and went on again: "Not even to your near est and dearest mend. Now, let us change the subject " Maxey looked at his friend regretful ly. Lamar coughed and drummed on the piano. ' "Well, " said the physician at length, 'you were saying that you had your suspicions. Whom do you suspect?" "I suspect that man Dye. Isn't it somewhat -remarkable that he disap peared from the house in Flood street the very same day that this crime was committed on the cliff road?" "It is worth noting at least What do the police think?" "I have not employed the police at all in this matter. I do not propose to as long as it is possible to get along with-out.thein,"- ,,, 1'nat is very foofish of you. Suppose this man Dye tlumlA return" "I have fixed that with the landlord. I shall know it in half an hour. " "Good!" exclaimed Lamar. "But I am afraid he won't," "So am I," said Maxey. Lamar look ed out of the window at the vast white sheet of ice beneath; which the tide flow ed on unseen. After little he turned again, put his hand on hie friend's shoul der and said gravely: "Maxey, we must caase the newspa pers to lie for us. Wwiust give it out that the girl is dead; that the operation killed her. If there is anything in this beyond a vulgar wayside robbery, we must put the rascals off their guard by making them feel at their ease. " - "Eustace, what are yoa thinking of? Your reputation" ' 'My reputation!" interrupted Lamar, rith a momentary bitterness. "Well," he went on in a mora guarded tone, "that will take care of itself. My part in this matter will be known we.l enough when the time comes. I am not dependent on tho newspapers. However, I am not sure that my idea is not a wild one. Can this be done?" "Yes. I think so. The manager of The Herald is a friend of mine. He will print it, and everybody will copy it '" "The sootier you see him, then, the better." "I will see him at once, " said Maxey. COHTCNtTED.' ' JOS. SHAFF, TO old reliable, with Itae largsst and best atock of HAND -MADE WAGONS, Spring Wagons,6Qggies and Carriages of my own make, aver offered to the people of Uenrr county, made of the best selected stock and snperlor workmanship In every department. lam also prepared to do all kinds of repalrliig. If von want a good wagon, bngtry or carriage, come and nee me. Satlafaction ffuarantoad. C. F. BEABD, Foundry and Machine Works. Manufacturer of and dealer In Steam Engines, Shafting, Pulleys and boxing Bnss Roods, Iron pipe and fittings. Job work a speciaityw. NAPOLEON, OHIO. -Kannfaotni eraof Doors, Sash and Blinds, Moldings, Window and Door Frames, Scroll Sawing & Turning, of fact -all wood work to complete a building-. Also dealers in Lumber, Ls.th, Shingles, Lime, Uement, Planter and Plastering Hair, Lamp Salt for aaltlng vmk auu nunn, Bio. o uv, constantly on hand BUILDING STONE, andallaljeaof . Foundation Block Stone. Thiesen,Hildred&Co. ESTABLISHED i860 A A A A A X. A. A A C. E. REYMLDS, LAND AND NAPULEON, OHIO. Money to Loan. In sums of f 1,000 andi upwards on five years time. A ho, lire, life and accidental 1 nsuranoe. AQloaam promptly ajasted. No loss ever eontestod In t His agency. Office over Geo. Hahn'a clothing store, opposite Oonrt Honse. NAPOLEOX, OHIO.. UAAAAJLl.AA .A.AAW.M NAPOLEON Brewing Go. EEEWFRS 01" MGERBEER. FAMILIES STJPMjIED WITH EQTTLED BEER! Of Superior ExoelleoeandQnaIii; . Pour Grand Excursions to Denrer . Lies tnan une c are. Seeond and third weeltsol June, thltd week of July and second week of Aognst. Speaial days or eacn week. Tne Toieao, ds. ijuuw City E. . will leeae low rate tickets to Denver, Col., and return. Ample limits and privileges. O. C. JENKINS, Q. P. A.,Toledo,0. N. B. Colorado tourist tickets are bow on sale, return limit Oct. Slat. td Caveats, and Trade-M arks obtained, and all Pat- .... k...in.u MwlurtMl for UnnrtlTI f f H i Ou orHceiaOPFoaiTiO.S.PATtNTOrinct and we can secure patent la less tun than those reroute i.vm .... , ' Send model, drawing or photo., wita deserlp-' tlon. We advise, if patentable or not, free of charge. Our fee not due till patent is secured. A pamphlct, "How to Obtain Patents," with cost of same in the U.S. and foreign countries sent free. Address, C.A.SNOW&CO. aa.a.k Baru lwr-W Uf ilUlllflTaM. D . C. vrr. r-iar.. ' which can be obtained, printed.abont as oheep as vou can purchase them not printed ol the re tail trad. Get 'f --T-ifhrY 'TWTiriffltMii i Hafl III 111 II PHYSICIANS. . DR. J. S. DALY Physician and Sargeoa, RaPOLBOX, OHIO. WILL attend to eallsiatowB.aadaaunsrT.Or to over risk Co'sraorytore. HARRISON & SON, Physicians and Surgeons. 0 rn'JBoverStarftlUhfey'tdmv tuort, H lpvsvuaf v. .A. E. fl. MAERKEB rhyasloian and Hur geoo, nj-iPOLKOS, OHIO. OTR1 la Lelsta's Drag Store, aeeonddoorSoatBofdaur A Co'aBuk. D&. GEO. R. TEEPLE, oaoasABT uaoDATa om Ontario Veterinary College, Toronto, Canada, TEBATBall diseases of horses and Battle . Of Use la Sear A Bslsley's drug store. DR EARL II. KOLBE, oswmaTosxDUATBor vaa On t via .Veterinary College, Toronto, Can T BEATS all diseases of horses end eattle. Office In 8anr A Balaley's drug store ; also In hi north Parry street livery stsbie. ATTORNEYS. MARTIN KNUPP, Attorney at Law, NiPOLEOa.OHIO. QTfIC No.,7ooke'aSlock,-Jecondr lo K. W.CAHUX. jAHtDoNOVA. CAHILL & DONOVAN, Attorneys at Law, APOLSON, OHIO, " jTFfCE on ground Boor one door East' of ' Oooyer'a hardware store, Washington street.. F. M. RUMMELL ATTORNEY AT LAW, NAPOLEON, OHIO. "VFFICB on Washington street over Nordei A Brans' Dry Goods Store. Jt7STiaii.TTi.iB. KiuP.lnia TYLER & TYLER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, T ILK S BLOCK. WAPOT.Fnw n Money to Loan in sums of $.500 and Upward. P. D. PRINTIS, Attorney at Law, NAPOLEON, OHIO. MONEY TO LOAN. OPFICE on Perry Street, over William Speng ler's Grocery Store. THOS. A. CNWAY, Attorney at Law, NAPOLEON, OHIO, Collections promptly attended to. Office, room Sand a Vocke block. . ,F FREASE Attorney at JLav, 0 fllce In Frease block, opposite oonrt honse, tfapoleon, Ohio. JUSTICES. J. P. DUNBAR, JUSTICE OP THE, PEACE And Pension Agent, Marlon township, Henry county, Ohio. Post otUce address Hamler. JOSEPH WEIBLE, Notary Public and Insur ance Agent, FLORIDA, HUNRY COUNTY, OHIO. DEBDS.tfortgageaandContractedrawn. Ag't fortneoidand reliable Phoenix Ine.Oo.,o Ear tford.and alio agentforthe PeopIe'aMntnai Benefit Association, of Weatervllle, Ohio.'.!! buainesapromptly attended to. J. F. KINSTLE, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE NEW BAVABIA, OHIO. Collections a Specialty. MISCELLANEOUS. L. R. HUSTON, TONSOEIAL ARTIST ! Shop opposite Beimr's boot and shoe store, Jerry street. Napoleon, Ohio. Soocial atten tion to country trade. mcU2-'93-tf GEO. W. VALENTINEs Fashionable Barber and Hair Dresse", ; . ROOM Sonth aide ot Washington St, next doortoScrtbner'aHaidware Store, NAPOLEON, OHIO. PHILIP WEBB, Fashionable Barberand Hair Dresser. "kPPOSITEBItaerblook, Perry8t. .'Napoleon c atruuaicBsuiieiieu.uu Kuuuwora. a uarancesa GEO. F. CURDES, Confectioner and Baker, Ksepseonstantlyonhandfresh baker; goodaand nnecoofeotlonerj Joe e ream, by thedishoi quantity. . BovkeryEattof EngineHanse. W. Gr. COOVER, as usual, on the track with a full line of Cook Stoves Ranges Coal and Wood Heaters, everything in the shape of a stove. Also, Paints, Oils, Varnishes and Glass. Hoofing and Spouting done on short notice. Call on him before buying. Look for the big padlock or W. G. COOVER. JNO. DIEMER. Proprietor of 1 Keeps ooneianuy on hand the choicest beef, pork veal.mntton, hams and shoulders, salt pork, corn ed beef, etc. Farmers having fat cattle, hogs, iheep.hideeandpelteforiale should give him a call. , ,