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cape girardeau weekly argus youvm — *" ' ■■■■■■—^— i * i f ay october fsvo - • > v • jt m 1 « 7 cr-i ■song for thinkers i . takn the spade o perseverapee - ' 1 hit tlieut-m of proeregi wide j i kt«-rjr roticn root of faction hurry ttut and c»nt aside • . | bvwy htuliburn w«f«-d of krr*r . i ev^ry need 4hat fcbrts hie toil . , » i tares wl»o*e ytry nwth in terror • , | uig them ut wtiale'er the m1 ■i give the stream of education ' - " ' bro»iier-haiuiei bolder force 1 i hurl ihe stone of persecution ' u ' i>t " ■out where'er they block its course '' • • berk for htrenirth in belf-exertiuii ' work and still have f*itu to wait " * •' cruse toe crooked jraie to fortune . — makt the road to hoi.or straight men are mmi fo tke futnre i -... 0 j j . as they work ru axm win , either harve»l of advancement or fhe proonct or their sin '■! ' 1 follow on true cultivation ' ' ly '' widen education's plan ' ' •' •''• ■' from the majeaty of nature '••••• «' ' * teach the majesty of man ' •, ■h ' i ii (~. take.the bp«de of perseverance .' u <■' . x tiie field-of progress widej i v ~ bvery bar t>u true instruction « .< casry oui and cast aside i • a -* t - feed the plant wb..ne fruit is wisdom cleau»e irom crime ihe cumuinu ud so'that fnin the throne of tieuveu jt ui»y bear the klance of god 1 j u^jpabdonkd i — kneel down and sob for pardon by his bed clasp the mill puls»l hand you spurned twir death ervww with majesty his fallen hrad aud met • voiceless eluu.ue.u<.e in clay ! weep heavy tear above the calm eclipse of eyes thai so inexoraul k«sp ■~ , with penitential kisses touch the lips merciless iu implacable repose - * •• some devil made yon stubborn till the last ten-fold your anguish would nol wake bun now ''• ilin heavenly part that conid foißlve is past • to heaveu see what white stillness girds big brow not to have sought him a briefthour before ' - the end ai murmur not of cruel fate he might have ptiruoued woo fur evermore i ' i , is silent and your devil mocks -, too late ! edgar fawcelt,,m ijalasy who owned the jewels or the heiress of the sandal-wood chest -■;» by.mtb vi m b,,;yictoit.;y author of " the ; bead s letter too -'• trxif figure ■■eighty red ■•'■- -■room « il/aum guinea "' ■' ■;|'^ tf/io tftfs ite t/ie ''- f °:.'. raftsman's daughter etc.1 >■':■i part • i.—treasure troye ■• ■• ■. •! ' . ■,| 111 1 ' " v chapter i ■-' •'" • ; the finding op thk treaptjre i on a t fresh summer morning be fore breakiaet hour at the couctrj bouso-where be was visiting a young mani put outin a small row-boat x>n to the.bqsqm pf''nfc\v'"york'bay,just then rippling and dimpling at the ro py 4ouch of dawn ' '■•."■". : vfn -' oliver grey was an artist by pro feßeion a fine-looking person—twen ty five perhaps—with darki,*'restless eyen a forehead and swarthy pk^n^at this moment his mood was one of"fierce disconlentf being"an art?stt,lie iyas poor—being poor/he could riot have what he wanted what!h9,,|dpaired most.on earth was the heart atid hand of camilla cath erwood eieter ofl his friend george catberwood at whose father's house be was staying having been invited to spend a portion of,,tbe j gammer,at the poplars to take his ease.and sketch the-.beautiful scenery of-tbe bny if e h^d accepted this hospitali ty—^even a-bile be/elt humiliated by it not'^b6 moch to escape bis garret as to bask in the dangerous joy of camilla's presence.?-;'this morning he came out to sketch but be bnlv drea med of her until half wild at thoughts of his own povorty urged by this discontented mood ho fell to rowing vigorously for re lief soon finding himself close in to the high ehores of a certain island and near a fami'iar • spot to which george and himself frequently came in the face of the rocky bluff there was an ocean cave a very small c^ve,'which the fishermen and other common people ignominously dubbed ( a hole if may have been larger once j but at this time it was filled nearly to the mouth with deep sea sand in high water it was covered entirely by the waves but at low tide at small boat could push its way in y and aa^it afforded a cool shelter from the summer sun the two friends often cast anchor there for an hour or so while they ate their luncheon or sketched tho opposite hills - ltbe tide then at its extreme ebb left the farther end of the sand cav ctn quite baro~and dry the first time that the visitor had ever found it bo he was thinking of r^n ning his beat aground and getting out although there beemed to be no thing mor interesting than , clam sliolls strewn about when suddenly something fparkled in^the level sun rays ' his eyes were drawn to the glimmeridg poidt . what was it he looked again more earnestly it was the end of a brass-bound woe jen - chest protruding rom tbo band thd glittering of a brass nail bad , i drawn bis attention to tbo object ;. » the color rushed into oliver grey's j moody face he thought of captain ; icid of nhipwreoked merchantmen \ and the arabian nights all in one j flash of his vivid imagination r then he langhed at himself push ing his nutshill of a f klff cloee ( to the buried cbest and leaping ligbtij out at leastl^wilj seew.b at.it ib,,the dirty garments of rome poor.sailor's kitv i suppose ~-^-—— -«/,-~~ ~ with his oar be went to t work to dig away ihe e'andv it was'hnrd work ; and the perepiratjon soon stood jon his forehead bub he had brooghfc to light enough of the quaint foreign looking box to , show that it was,no common pailor's chest ...'. ''. '," * 1 jt was of strips of.eoraa costly cti ental woods in dark1 and light very solid and heavy x banded!together so as to be almost covered with its brass fastenings in'half an'-hour he had uncovered the whole lid the box proved to be aboat four feet long by two wide and two deep ; .'„ .: at first he deppaired of opening the chest without further implements for the bard wood was well preserved and the clasps scarcely rusted jt had evidently been buried in dry sand ;* not exposed tq the action'of water or even moisture to e ny great extent with the blad of a stout knife which the artist carried with him for use of various kinds on hjs little expedi tions be succeeded after a few niiri ; otes in pushing back the simple,'6ld fashioned lock which sprang out of | its place'with a_cliek then/for ka 1 moment oliver hesitated i-'aj iw i j.as soon as be could command bini | selt ho cautiously but eagerly raised ! the-iid s 1 i-1 "'■". ""•' w "■':}''•' i ' what did ho find ?■' : ; '"' i \ a corpse-^-'which looked as if it might have beed placed there yester d»y,,so perfect was its preservations jammed down into this impromptu 1 coffin so much too short for'ft."-it ; was that of a rioble end handsome \ man nptmany years older than bjnv belf whose jet black hair fell down in long ringlets about the velvet col ■far and raffled.shirt froni firess i was that of 18q0,tor be/ore when i rjch gentlemeh yet indulged in yb.fvet ; and thread-lace in ; tho , fprchead i was a deep wound as of a hatchet [ and there were bloodelains o^er the garment who could the murdered stranger-be - — ■-- —— - ah ! while he asked himself the question—while he gazed with lips apart and concentrated looks of in terest a.'nd mread-^-a ch'^rt^e crept r theieroate of.iho-cbest jhe graji^h hud deepenedoverjthe face the features euuk iell the yellow lace rufiles the silken vesimeots fad ed out of color out of,^hape—melt ed away the lineaments disfolved as if they had been but a dreach cf his feverish fancy j and aa his hand which grasped the edge of the box shook with nervous surprise this slight impulse aiding the action of the atmosphere completed the . rain the corpse and its clothing dropped to the bottom cf the chest little more than a handful of dry dust '' . „ , oliver grey gazed blankly at ehe blankness ■' " * "■" a skull—a handful of bones — some i ashes '••' ' never in his life had anything oc curred which gave him so strange and dreadful a sensation as when be paw that vivid figure moulder into hotb ingness before him lie felt almost guilty to think he bad raised the lid , and thus destroyed this semblance of the man who had been he now wish ed that his friend - george had been with him to have seen what he eaw and to corroborate by further testi mony the strange story be should have to tell he almost expected that the tale would be ridiculed as one of his many ardent dreams j yet here was the chest they could not gainsay t that and there were the bones and the dim outline t)f the fig , ure the skull with its ghastly frac ture telling its mute story of crime ,„ what was that ,„_. „ , 1 "•' ometbidg glowed and glimmered like a coal at the bottom of the chest again the poor artist's pulse drum med in his ears while every atom of blood in his body seemed rushing to and fro in the wildest coofusion . after a little hesitation be reached down with his broad haded pallete knife and gingerly and daintily with thrills of reluctance running through his eagerness fished up the burniog coat and blew from it the ashes oi the dead the coal was a large mby it wat without setting but had been cut anc polished fcy a jeweler f ' ( it was as rec as fire and as lucid as punshino 01 ivertrqbbed it with hii handkerchief ■opened his almost empty puree arid dropped the jewel'within for f«afe ! keeping tben^tie examined f the hest farther there were more gems glimmering and quivering like live things amid that human dust * • h wa^not long until ' tbo voting man forgotto be too particular } the pallette-knife was no longer swift aod certain enough rlth bis'trembling fingers he , pushed i.about tbe poor bones finding plenty of treasure now;'and there right under where the heart mw ha^e been a small gold locket t v[\i somejhing of awe atid reverence overcoming tho greed which had taken . possession'of hip beopened the case ... }'~,»«. jj f a woman's likenepfl young and sweet eroiled out upon him as bright ly asif it had not lain'.in'that dark prison house for fifty yean f tears came into olive r's eharp eyes as he met the laugting glance of ihe'soft blue eyes shining beneath the rippfes of y*l-l<?,^'j?*ira j bn ibose tears soon dr e(*..sa be exultation , of his new possessions j;;i i';c j i ■.'■~ when certain that the chest jhad yielded the last of its jewels be empl tied them into his handkerchief and itried to compute k their value ithe horror of his ifirst impressions gave way to triumph •*>' i°-»i s the'treasure vas bi owri by fight of discovery there was no clua.,to the.nama of their long-perished own en he would.ikeop tbe gems/aod he would eay nothing^eve'n to george of his adventure \'!: v ™""* • " i ihinking thus he again looked at the miniature j rd this time-obseiv ed a name formed by 1 a setting of brilliants around tbe'iqside of the case in german text—etheldaj { f<x '. ),, an old-fa&bioned jsngljtth parod k)liver did r not re fleet that the poor cousin of ga{i)illa,'dependent 6n her uncle calberwoodj'b'ore the name unusual as ft wasl f '; v»"c "•' •' burying ibe strange coffiri again in tho ehifqngeand be rowed back to the little landing at the foot of the uwrv in front of tho ! poplars;''his heart burning with inten'soa'^eaau're at his unexpected good fortune a a group of three/awaited him'-as r he sprang out upon tne beach—his friend george with bis feister and1 cousin..t ■■f'ahet an eagef'glarice'at mi'ssrath erwood the artist parted a'lo'ok of surprise at tfie y6nng'[giri ( jn whi'tf just,behind her..,lt^.only^then occqr red to him that miss aeoleigh's name wa.9fflheldal-s ' r i t >■br ;'->.■.» he put away the singular''feeling which'arose at ihis.coincidence^and at breakfast'was the life of the party all that day he was gay r rbrilliant vivacious not eveaihe appearance of mr."ly ttorvcamilla's most fayor ite suitor-7-a fop of the first water rich aristocratic and ' egotisticaf who drove out from the city in the morning and idled away the long bright summer day at tbe poplars could disconcert him he had des pised the dandy and now ho felt that he might yet hope to rival him camilla as proud as she was co quettish knew very well that her brother's artist-friend worshiped her with'a passion before which l&a lan guid admiration of her other admirer was like a star to the sun ; and that day 6he flirted with both most cun ningly j but for once oliver was be yond her comprehension she could neither mortify nor depress him he was even good-natured to mr lytton his ; dark eyes glittered with the consciousness of secret pow er r <^'( v * '■-' 5 «• "> y ' and yet ho was f troubled with a certain fear _ all day it had been'growing upon him that there was ' a resemblance between the eibelda of tbq.minia ture and tbe lividg ethelda who moved before him golden-haired and blue-eyed the quiet almost sad com panion of her haughty and ' brilliant f . ■' .• » i i >■it , i ~ cousin , . . 1 > »• . o ft • t , (~;■' i i , at dinner tbat evening he suddenly asked mr catberwood * if etheldf was a i family name r in answer h wai told llie following brief story ? 1 ' u chapier n '•: ' ' ' the tragedy oe robert catherwood ethelda is a name which bo ap pears here and there io our family said mr catherwood reflectively al lowiiig his coffee to cool in ita trans lucent cup we are of english te scent you know mr gray ou | ethel's grandmother was name eth&lda-p-poor udyl.-hcr's was sad & terrible fate ( > -, • > - • ob tell me about her alraoe , gafped oliver i it wag always believed 4baf sbe1 ( was taken captive by*pirafes.t-,p ,„. , ' abl^murmuredf oliver htshack eyes enlarging 7*o i 1"1 '. t '" ld y°n ever dear of any thing more pitiful !/'"',' j ' i ever?'was hfs earnest yepponse and he was pc^pale jßat'^camilla would have fanned at bitn b*nly she conld never hear ( the story of h,er great-aunt's fate without tears com ing o her own eyes ' r i e wa b bo^7°j n an oeaatiful and bo happy!'^murmured vhe narra tor with'avtnuch'sy'mpatiiy as if'he had been personally acquainted with her 1 it came'ab'ouvin thiswise there/were two catberwoods broth ers one of whom conducted themer cantile bouse in london tbe other in bpmbaj f some reverses overtak ing the london branch and some po litical events occurring jal the same time induced ihe elder brother in england to fell out,'and emigrate to america,'where he established a prosperous bueineps and wrqte'^to his brother in indfa to'dispose of his interests there^'if poskible and join him in the kew worfd indian fchmate did not agree wkh r liobert caiherv^ood who had jntended tvre tui nto bis fiaiive land until fhv re*l ceryed thia.letter when be chanced his mind concluded to go to america a r>>i /' l vl * i i i>i sft where t appeared probable that he could still further enwge"bi v 4tiancf eome.fortune by trading . with 130m ,'. - ul i.^'.i y iii.'!'f?.i '. limit bay at this tirae^be was about thir ty yeu'rs olage sndi)adlj?een v mar riedonl a rcoiip!e ef years,loirfair english girl^yoangj lovely and good who to juxlgo from-his letters hud made him lha happiest of men she wasboaiewhafei homesick in and quite,willirg to exchange sanr bay for ne\i lyork.mjj^s oiaa t^jla b hib bi'othop the present epeakeva grandfather)wroteto itobert tapat as large a sura of ready money a he could commando into agems,,which > could be procoredfi tdfoadvaniagemn india id would be easily rpeopvevt ibla.intoiunds on bia arrival:in thib country where alaßtajoriluxary waß growing as the rwealth of tho icities increased which bad created a large demand for fine jewels 11 jtcij tbe v6yageb;ol<thobe>day were tedious,-1 and not withoofc extraneous perilsi added to'those'otf avigattoni pirates were not unknown especially • iat.be-indian seas but this was only another inducement for robert to get his wealth into the smallest^poesible compass.►■-ilrideed/it was still told in the famijyj that.i.jariies,»--the!fielder brother advised him'.to^conceal jthe gem about bia personal-ty stitching them iota bis clothing so that in case ef accident should they escape with i their lives,_were iyfrom a shipwreck ed.vessel or wbat*notj*"their fortune would be rosciied also •" i c - it was never certain whether robert thus converted his fundsj but it was taken for granted that he did lie wrote a cheerful letter announc ing that he bad engaged passage on a certain merchant's vessel to sail at such a'date along with hia wife and baby-girl '-" , these were the last immediate ri dings they eve received from him — my grandfather—l have oftejij-heard him tell mr calherwood—."waited and watched for-the expected'ship until he grew worn and sick with wait ing and watchmg/t u iis-:i ir t * full two years after the loss of the vessel one wild-'and stormy wjn ter higtitj'lhe-'old brass knocker'oq the door ofmy'grafidfather's1 city house-^tno coeyone i still occupy mr grey although we have a bell t tne ddor"now—thundered forth a siici cession of impertous raps whlch aroused all its ifimit'es jlt was^hjid night and the'tamily and servants had long retired except the master of tho dwelling who chanced to be stilf sitting np in his library looking'over his piivate papers * v''l f a c n p startled by tho sudden knocking and with a presentiment thrilling him that some revelation impor tance awaited him he hurried to the door it took him'two minutes to draw back the iron bar placed before it at night and to withdraw abe bolts and during t that lt,ime he hcar4 a light foot run down the steps,and \ away from he house.vqn fir^)ook ing opt he b&w nothing a gc'eat rash of wind and tain^ewept past him and he made a movement to close the1 door before he perceived a little crea ture in ihe doorway wrapped in a , yvarra cloak from tbe hood of which the bright little anxious face peeped i . x _- - —— ~* ~^~ r*_r ._ jont 4 afcahe^bew pp a ietjer;!afovet oil her.cbubby-band tw ifl tlmal j j . ( lb there 30 om with you ff , wo , i b bp faa9 pone.'way,'.lipped fboo fcbju § yu toy jstbw qid u jnwtoq.i i surprised beyond word^bedrewa the child jjn from the rain aod carried be lnjhi wi to jhe library fptf 4 bhe c lfl x iio^have been pver o tb-e j yeara übere he.bcld.hec h 19 kf^y&le be jlo^.open the mja , taw hs^>riu«/ft»4 b ai hill baa ! i fiv/v 1 6 9 bjh?wh gives yoi thi pa t l er ib w4h daughter rtf rc^eri > and.^tbelda t catberwood cw ho ! per jtaken_c«»ptiv by^pirateß^omethin over two years ago n her father vrm jlle b/.«««fteff bolding hitnrup pve^yer nonth,^or not acki«owfc edging ihe^tmth ab 9 at his moneys he did no^^aye.nearly eo much «* we exprcted n her mother died ntrw broken bflßf^—l suppose;~^x mopib f after i pompcl p d her;to marry me j the captain vof ijbe pirat vessel li w > as uv er7 i fo of her,^nd rajght hawj become a^ptte^man i^shp bad llv«fd^l ilowev^r.^ibavf e peiiier j here..nor fbere^l^ook a ; pirate oatb lo ber on perflyingptf that j woold^irig / jts uncl james catfaei jt^h^him^wuhjt teques^of iu'j mq^h d that,bejwoujd wopt.it o.ixt ca f?»^.*.i:^i»vilwi f.terpuunyml k 9 v 4 deal f k*ep.ray prorair eto))rfaj>jrfttfs'ji pmk wjeaeredtol jttn^s/.bmd^to'd askigod to f9'g[ya me.ifil w>uhujl hope you*ji be ja^kin4 t^tbe^utt^jot 6s bobo ith irtas.|b€fo viu rfß crnet hard ftwj me l>.giy jber jip.o-^he'ea great jpp'vwith al tbe.bbip-rbot here gde gopd;by p ji'^tfq hullqnetet jßpa^^bq ga.i>t 7 : 9rt(a9 dj iv't iaidi 01 i--ij-the littlegijfl grew^wpj great peb houm>;oilquit a r foj-tunejcame>tfl hjef frbw!i bomba yp b ihgjni^n vbp.m h married con t«*.^ae<ft.fof.]ueraju unfortai nate ajec\i]^iqrw wtt qurj^lhel is^h^^l idap^btifr 4 j kbofcb her parents are do^j d*ad as you k'no\9.^<jou odi t 9fl:i ot ' • oliver'pushed back hf randt r made bis escape into the t^ihghv^til 1 oi doors 0 x mighty 1 btrug^le*'tfcasgo ing oa irl his'mind.^^o ojo lo i iwben he..teturhtßdld'tbeifrawin^-l rppm alone at\bd;pianb t <> white camilla was^tbe'centreb v flattering grobp'.bras he encbantefecl 1 the soft sad eyee of the orphan tie 1 felcjike a thief i abruptly he1 turned from them bnche coulct'doi banish conviclionio v/eaa j"jj>ja l'lii baa t f9t there was a vision eve*;;before ehiv eyes floating in thtf air resting tbo cs^peti coming tetween him and the face of 1 the womanfhe loveda everywhere be turjiecthe saw dhras's bound jchesfc and t&er'yellow corpso of a noble-looking man with a crnel wound on the high . forehead and black ringlets creeping down about the throatj and while he gazed,"fasci nated touched ■> ana fihrinkibg iho vivid appreciation uorned gray and meltedjike a vapor and'dissolved in to a handful of ashes and as iffa'ded outa voice echoed holi6ttly frohitha chest i f*r>"ji iw iip.d t-..jd gin to the orphan girl etkelda hat'whichlbelongsto her r •' •"* • l i .. the continuation of this story will be.found in hhe i^ew 4 york"»weekly 1 for this mjeez-/no.-60 now re rady and for baldly all nev^s agentß ask for tho 2fd.*containfngthe becbnd part of 1 mm victor's f greal - btory whoiowriedj theajjewels or,"tw heiress of the sandal-wood chest remember j tfee ne^^york weekly containing.^he-iflwrid part oi mrs fictor*s etory is naw'teadyl f n ■> d 3 • •*! kui?n 5 a a ut^j s i'^iqe^j to yiably sußs^rißeftl.-^on'e year single copy ffy.-f.otlc copies,l(s2 50 each eigh copies 20 sending 20.f0r a club of,eight alt seyit at one time will be entitled to a copy-free getters up of clubs can afterward add eingle"copies at 2 50 each h 077 iif/nw iuc j':h k d baidb c fipeeimen copies sent jrqe.fi n^4 -, c all letters must be directed to . / h -. •' al street & smith office 55 fulton st;^'b6/'4896 k»'y 1 n qo r t r , j j ** .""- ) l •* i f a graveyard inscriptaon in kenne k bunk,~lle.r reads lia head is level now if it never waa before cj pd r iuj jftoidj'n laofcnib a^cofeniporary thinks it sad lha ' memphis witfisidcio 3ogik has not enterprise enough to start a whole ? b^°»g^to q ry vt , at i^,oh i sophie sparkle,,jofijhe kew yorfc . mail says ttat the persons who ppend . the most money at sara toga l are the old men with young wives .' v i thecape;girardeau.argus ' „ published evert thursday by rf/flfl h abllriroltfj prop'or *\ m 11 communications most be addressed jo *" 0 - — t rates of auvjsetising _ „,., per square firht nßtrj»»i^*.s oq notices ii , ( h inseruon 60 er-colnmn one year 3d 00 f^jumn one year . v^..^j*o 00 ai,etiulic»i*r»cttlmay be mac tor irfegjil jj proportionate rates tll m f cawroate for oity office 1 mi■mfpg»^tflfwlwllwllp ll!mllbim'b^p*'w'gßa general insurance agent n b corner of main and.jlarmbny s ..«' capb^irarbbau mo represents the of america st louu mo , special 11 f.jtim^an r w i lnsurauco co st lorn tf ifire'n marinef united states ins co balti * ltd—fire and marine state kire lusnrance f't'utr cleveland ohio . . • *\ •-' \ d zitt5i received policies issued and l-osses r tztij p«m at thu office •'•■■• >"^ cirhiania-v ifwinsiifcance co.tiy jr nob 293 and 295 . •' • i kewtork t niofnt ot..insurance now in force • k l igel agent w*y ilojllxilll—^girardeatt^ko f^lbrijn & ivers insurance lgemt lome>«insurance.:oorlnrii oapital 1,687,(501 r ri j cpiojijerciaijns t:\£ouisl '« capitaii t5200,009.00 m*j w*l *' ■• '•' '"' ' ' ■''' •' '■■"•-. " h7b tre prepared to take flbeflr marinb risks vl**xamount au^.towalcecontractmaßlxß rolioirs,and give the parties with whom we make m*co«traots*u.«r»turnpfenuum ■•■■■<>< y --«•;' inrttni'»«....i«<.i 1 g ! ti,bk.u.k&ivbrs fcieonoi!;,'hasssoi«;l;v 1 ,. house & sign painter blazing grainins and \ t paper vt hjtigirig.ddiie to order can d found at the st charles hotel cape qirardeau,.af o ( . i . auij myers & reyi^olds,t painter i crainers main street opposite the st charles hotel _ mq nvt , iyi vyill attend to all orderain their v une either in city or.country reference may im»rf*^ii citiz-nx of the city generally for whom they have done work l jjru e^erai3^dctbombier main street capk girardeau mo dt^pietetf^^txhitoiirtce t jtb j>eo w pte of this and surroyndink vicinity that he n opened aabove,ijpar'urt lifitiirt sr*j-,'f • gofldf pqusehojlx f uj^^ltt^li.e troperty of any ouier description to hlspose of are wited tit prtfv'e liim h cahi a-s lie will bw enabled to tmllif on the same in the-*hortest possible time cj^lttltfcir^a e*fry tja f ffv j p l4 lty & yj iu oi t m.r hirmony betweeu maii»«iid spjinißh ktroeti ~- ► c^io tc'apk 1 . tliesnbscijibers thankful ror past favors respect r ifiofotm th,«rtr p»trwusj ftirtd''tho public rfmeeahy t they are constantly addinß new horses cwiiaßes mbungie to their already'w(*ll stocked stabres and '• traveline public can a)witjr s rely on being nccom mited wit-fr riding horses wt btikkies ou an reasona '•* t««n m can be had elsewhere . „ oat & om-ttsha »• a tiriweksteiw wajchis clicks jewelry iher jvdre fancy goods guitars j tst eiiutes vitn.ms c i . _^ main st capk iikarukau mo cloek kepsiring done n t-hortticno 0 cll r ruadj if satihiactioß is not given c>3-ly atoijst eierwirth mahtaacttj^ter x»d dealejt i!f cigars poking & chewing tobacco bsuff pip£s anp-siiokers articles so is^ilaia straej opposite st charles ilotel jhiif.'ii ■■■..■»., -. ■■■. ■■■-— a yeager ll w tr«et two doorg above garaghty,gale & co.'s / cafh gikardbau uo , ~ .' * ' wrole»alb jikb retail diater ijt stoves tin^ware 1 ... r and f coai oil i^amipgi i'*1 ! - and manufacturer ot cofper &. sheet ironware,1 guttering dn4"fip6uting ' jpt tnat^rial r and stock of every y ** is as goo4 as there is in the market and at **■the obea p ebt ' come and examine je6-<y f kw>stermansr jt^/adibs'-and gents mnmingrgpods r/.f/tl 1 1"*11 albums fcc t r » * *'■» e * hernia an<l harmony in poit offloe ji c pb irardkau mo " ' ' apl c p^m--'diempsey,-r ■v a balbk ih fikb plain asd faxct ' tes 0 ar stores;.;;.-j i l""'«iphivtll|>ric i>tld for conntryprorl«oi u o^v-sj artiol tr his line always n jii"dentist i i j office at his jte*id&nce,%rlybpani*h-*tn etwoentherii!s'ani tffivpenrtence formerly ocennud lau *■»* ** fty dr stockton * . • vpw dga\;r-g!~s ~_* t <" h b it am nnw op r sj^$ww rsl rßtine «* reduced priprft atlrt will in«eft f!^^^f artificial trkth at s%i3^£?i^*?^d^w u)w a figurk a the''*liyn * titywof work kj*p**^*tes*i?c*n t>e-«btti wved last satisfaction cnaran t&m^p^&zj teed in all race in , - s^g^.fcb-jay prices us well as work . c . t j raanshlp citw travis surgeoit mechanical dentist officb on marmou street over whiteiaw t u*t rett's store capk uikakdkact mo x^/hole for partial • setsjs-sp&ss t ¥■of-artimciai treth insert4jw2pp*fc ed inthemosi skillful manner and of durable materim special attention paid1 to filling aud preserving natural teeth and the treatment of dis eased gums , ulhlb ~ alex ross attorney at law „-^ , •"» w and ". register in bankruptcy for third congressional district mo office soposite rtie pi>«t offlce main street . r - - capk girardkau mo " blanks in bankruptcy approved by the it s.-district court always on hand i ■■'.'.'.' ■: feblb i r r jloos liodck '•■at law offtck on main street over coffman'b store -.<•• " 4 caph gikardeau mo 7 t^till practice in.'all the'"circuit » ' courts of all th counties of southeast mis souri and the supreme and federal courts of the 1 j-jticwiloams attoraey.at la w , - i 1 i ii ...'«, 1 ', \• i •■.'« lll.l'j -. . n i l.t office st."ch«rl'ev hotel,'£aps'''glßaßdka ) -'>',! 1 fp ti 4rc 1 in vi •-> v:nji :■< ij whi f)raotic"el all.the-cnrfrts o*ro«thea»t mis^oni ■o"spe«ial attontion giwii tp the baying and sel ■ing oif reol estate payment of taxes tc »• -^ ■•• j '," ~■- : li..browi u a t.t or n;b y a t j h af /"*• ..'.,' cape ftißaßtonau mo .'.; . will practice in aij the.courts of ( the second div trict.i particular attention wi.ube given to real ka tate and'j?robat,e~'litif:atlon a-bhare o(-,husineht solicited office over wm.,.jiader's saloon on levee jb drxnis ] / ";'„„. t \ r tbobikt 57wii^oit r attorneys at law •'' capk mo v ■,-;■jl will attend with promptness and fidelity to all businessconflded to thetrcare in cape gi ranieaa and'ad'.ioini.ngpquiitish , nov2l jamks mcwilliafts i ' ' thos p gilrqy i jujge of c x c p , y , , att'y it law uicwilma ms & '«! j ko v - • cape--€riraptleauy mo -- - ftfhcp—tn argus buildinr.'main street ' yttili«-f»+h*tm prwmpmytn ellin ftawtftrtntmrrxinn v •> intns*titfl.»*,^oiweyaii(siiy i)a>'irrs taxes snitcpl tectinß renuvtec those having renl f:st»te to se:l al find it;to thf^rirtfa-asuogivftia i'oall je22 >/ v v w w w ; : —. . , v . cape gtrardeaij mo , tttttlx'ipmctlce in the sevwraboourtsjof th tenth w//judicial circuit uf.jrto and ia tjje counties o stoddard butler and p^einis'eot in the 15th circuit •« give particular attention to cases n b^jnkjikptct having'pro*ide«l him«l<l with ainhn""l;ii#st forms in nsft * s3"all nnsinesrs pmtjip+lyattendpd tn " . ~ jt;^"the ohimix aupructlueniade a sp^u^lity ol'flck—under the bank cp themis st octlfly jb^singgs^^cayrfs 1 ' c arkojlii ; 1 '*, generaf dpaler in airsitidsof , . main street oncdoor above prescott hoi^e i i papb gtoardriau mo , keep constantly on band a full assortment in his line bureaus bedsteads safes cribs ! c *.«., at prices as low us the lowest call and see ! . jcj"tuuxino io all its branches fxocutpd jyh . bosert stukuivakt ■■■' • corner main and themis streets buys and sells . • ' • . - foreign and domestic exchange discounts approved negotiable paper lends money on available collaterals dejffs in gov't securities and com receives deposits subject to check at sight makes collections on all acces sible points and in all respects does a legitimate genkral banking business . my:6-ly "'!.,>.' wm moore y j \ lrf *'.•• « f ! - staple and ancy u groceries,i'-!1 i clothing boots and seoes northeast corner of main n4 ittdepefnf*nen-btreets , , , i ~ ■' capb girabukau mo sko fe kimmel m larrt rxti.kr 1 ' c*p ghrarde»u mo { < lite of m ett.l..pk't co kolilleli &, i^mt.ij /' tfholesale & retail grocer / a , f ' and general # ' lf forwarding & com'n merch'ts , j)efee/j t ct2 j fj \ r^apk fijbardbar >*• . '■' ■iv fi i iy ■j 1 a tiehi^b ajvi & brother ( j3ftour*-comiaission 2 „ forwarding j?2ei*cliaiit t • i x s^*l.w j^j b»twte'nith*tniii and harmonys vx capb girauvkavrmo ~ , . keep conbunf!y ko hand ttio vari ous brands tt the well-reputed jacksmi milii flonr^bflth**"rierrr^lo oaj>,f fancy family floor which took the premium at the louisiana tate fair in 1868 jaction mill xxx family whilewa ter^^l^'-t also cork mv+al and jtyb fiour ol the best quality in order to accommodate retail cns tomers^wo shall keep t all times vlokwof the varlour br*nd nnmeiu ir>so and 26 pound-pappf bimi«,.4>rder for nr ntimbrr of birrel nolicueil and fllu>4 prompt y atth hiirte«l notni ' ■»•) ~ t ,-, tfi
Object Description
Title | Cape Girardeau Weekly Argus, 1870-10-06 |
Masthead | Cape Girardeau Argus Vol. 8 No. 18 |
Date | 1870-10-06 |
Subject | Cape Girardeau (Mo.) -- Newspapers |
Description | An archive of a politically independent weekly newspaper in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, that supported the Union cause during the Civil War. |
Publisher | W. M. Hamilton |
Type |
Newspapers |
Format | Image/Tiff |
Source | Bound volumes |
Language | English |
Coverage | Missouri -- Cape Girardeau County -- Cape Girardeau |
Rights | Public domain |
LCCN | 071.7896 C17 |
Date Digital | 8/23/2010 2:28:40 PM |
County |
Cape Girardeau County (Mo.) |
Contributing Institution |
Southeast Missouri State University |
Copy Request | Contact Kent Library Special Collections and Archives at One University Plaza, MS 4600, Southeast Missouri State University Cape Girardeau, MO 63701. Telephone: (573) 651-2245 Fax: (573) 651-2666 Email: semoarchives@semo.edu |
Description
Title | Cape Girardeau Weekly Argus, 1870-10-06 |
Masthead | Cape Girardeau Argus Vol. 8 No. 18 |
Date | 1870-10-06 |
Subject | Cape Girardeau (Mo.) -- Newspapers |
Description | An archive of a politically independent weekly newspaper in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, that supported the Union cause during the Civil War. |
Publisher | W. M. Hamilton |
Type | Newspaper |
Format | Image/Tiff |
Source | Bound volumes |
Language | eng |
Coverage | United States; Missouri; Cape Girardeau County; Cape Girardeau; |
Rights | Public domain |
Page | 1 |
Sequence | 1 |
LCCN | 071.7896 C17 |
Full Text |
cape girardeau weekly argus youvm — *" ' ■■■■■■—^— i * i f ay october fsvo - • > v • jt m 1 « 7 cr-i ■song for thinkers i . takn the spade o perseverapee - ' 1 hit tlieut-m of proeregi wide j i kt«-rjr roticn root of faction hurry ttut and c»nt aside • . | bvwy htuliburn w«f«-d of krr*r . i ev^ry need 4hat fcbrts hie toil . , » i tares wl»o*e ytry nwth in terror • , | uig them ut wtiale'er the m1 ■i give the stream of education ' - " ' bro»iier-haiuiei bolder force 1 i hurl ihe stone of persecution ' u ' i>t " ■out where'er they block its course '' • • berk for htrenirth in belf-exertiuii ' work and still have f*itu to wait " * •' cruse toe crooked jraie to fortune . — makt the road to hoi.or straight men are mmi fo tke futnre i -... 0 j j . as they work ru axm win , either harve»l of advancement or fhe proonct or their sin '■! ' 1 follow on true cultivation ' ' ly '' widen education's plan ' ' •' •''• ■' from the majeaty of nature '••••• «' ' * teach the majesty of man ' •, ■h ' i ii (~. take.the bp«de of perseverance .' u <■' . x tiie field-of progress widej i v ~ bvery bar t>u true instruction « .< casry oui and cast aside i • a -* t - feed the plant wb..ne fruit is wisdom cleau»e irom crime ihe cumuinu ud so'that fnin the throne of tieuveu jt ui»y bear the klance of god 1 j u^jpabdonkd i — kneel down and sob for pardon by his bed clasp the mill puls»l hand you spurned twir death ervww with majesty his fallen hrad aud met • voiceless eluu.ue.u<.e in clay ! weep heavy tear above the calm eclipse of eyes thai so inexoraul k«sp ■~ , with penitential kisses touch the lips merciless iu implacable repose - * •• some devil made yon stubborn till the last ten-fold your anguish would nol wake bun now ''• ilin heavenly part that conid foißlve is past • to heaveu see what white stillness girds big brow not to have sought him a briefthour before ' - the end ai murmur not of cruel fate he might have ptiruoued woo fur evermore i ' i , is silent and your devil mocks -, too late ! edgar fawcelt,,m ijalasy who owned the jewels or the heiress of the sandal-wood chest -■;» by.mtb vi m b,,;yictoit.;y author of " the ; bead s letter too -'• trxif figure ■■eighty red ■•'■- -■room « il/aum guinea "' ■' ■;|'^ tf/io tftfs ite t/ie ''- f °:.'. raftsman's daughter etc.1 >■':■i part • i.—treasure troye ■• ■• ■. •! ' . ■,| 111 1 ' " v chapter i ■-' •'" • ; the finding op thk treaptjre i on a t fresh summer morning be fore breakiaet hour at the couctrj bouso-where be was visiting a young mani put outin a small row-boat x>n to the.bqsqm pf''nfc\v'"york'bay,just then rippling and dimpling at the ro py 4ouch of dawn ' '■•."■". : vfn -' oliver grey was an artist by pro feßeion a fine-looking person—twen ty five perhaps—with darki,*'restless eyen a forehead and swarthy pk^n^at this moment his mood was one of"fierce disconlentf being"an art?stt,lie iyas poor—being poor/he could riot have what he wanted what!h9,,|dpaired most.on earth was the heart atid hand of camilla cath erwood eieter ofl his friend george catberwood at whose father's house be was staying having been invited to spend a portion of,,tbe j gammer,at the poplars to take his ease.and sketch the-.beautiful scenery of-tbe bny if e h^d accepted this hospitali ty—^even a-bile be/elt humiliated by it not'^b6 moch to escape bis garret as to bask in the dangerous joy of camilla's presence.?-;'this morning he came out to sketch but be bnlv drea med of her until half wild at thoughts of his own povorty urged by this discontented mood ho fell to rowing vigorously for re lief soon finding himself close in to the high ehores of a certain island and near a fami'iar • spot to which george and himself frequently came in the face of the rocky bluff there was an ocean cave a very small c^ve,'which the fishermen and other common people ignominously dubbed ( a hole if may have been larger once j but at this time it was filled nearly to the mouth with deep sea sand in high water it was covered entirely by the waves but at low tide at small boat could push its way in y and aa^it afforded a cool shelter from the summer sun the two friends often cast anchor there for an hour or so while they ate their luncheon or sketched tho opposite hills - ltbe tide then at its extreme ebb left the farther end of the sand cav ctn quite baro~and dry the first time that the visitor had ever found it bo he was thinking of r^n ning his beat aground and getting out although there beemed to be no thing mor interesting than , clam sliolls strewn about when suddenly something fparkled in^the level sun rays ' his eyes were drawn to the glimmeridg poidt . what was it he looked again more earnestly it was the end of a brass-bound woe jen - chest protruding rom tbo band thd glittering of a brass nail bad , i drawn bis attention to tbo object ;. » the color rushed into oliver grey's j moody face he thought of captain ; icid of nhipwreoked merchantmen \ and the arabian nights all in one j flash of his vivid imagination r then he langhed at himself push ing his nutshill of a f klff cloee ( to the buried cbest and leaping ligbtij out at leastl^wilj seew.b at.it ib,,the dirty garments of rome poor.sailor's kitv i suppose ~-^-—— -«/,-~~ ~ with his oar be went to t work to dig away ihe e'andv it was'hnrd work ; and the perepiratjon soon stood jon his forehead bub he had brooghfc to light enough of the quaint foreign looking box to , show that it was,no common pailor's chest ...'. ''. '," * 1 jt was of strips of.eoraa costly cti ental woods in dark1 and light very solid and heavy x banded!together so as to be almost covered with its brass fastenings in'half an'-hour he had uncovered the whole lid the box proved to be aboat four feet long by two wide and two deep ; .'„ .: at first he deppaired of opening the chest without further implements for the bard wood was well preserved and the clasps scarcely rusted jt had evidently been buried in dry sand ;* not exposed tq the action'of water or even moisture to e ny great extent with the blad of a stout knife which the artist carried with him for use of various kinds on hjs little expedi tions be succeeded after a few niiri ; otes in pushing back the simple,'6ld fashioned lock which sprang out of | its place'with a_cliek then/for ka 1 moment oliver hesitated i-'aj iw i j.as soon as be could command bini | selt ho cautiously but eagerly raised ! the-iid s 1 i-1 "'■". ""•' w "■':}''•' i ' what did ho find ?■' : ; '"' i \ a corpse-^-'which looked as if it might have beed placed there yester d»y,,so perfect was its preservations jammed down into this impromptu 1 coffin so much too short for'ft."-it ; was that of a rioble end handsome \ man nptmany years older than bjnv belf whose jet black hair fell down in long ringlets about the velvet col ■far and raffled.shirt froni firess i was that of 18q0,tor be/ore when i rjch gentlemeh yet indulged in yb.fvet ; and thread-lace in ; tho , fprchead i was a deep wound as of a hatchet [ and there were bloodelains o^er the garment who could the murdered stranger-be - — ■-- —— - ah ! while he asked himself the question—while he gazed with lips apart and concentrated looks of in terest a.'nd mread-^-a ch'^rt^e crept r theieroate of.iho-cbest jhe graji^h hud deepenedoverjthe face the features euuk iell the yellow lace rufiles the silken vesimeots fad ed out of color out of,^hape—melt ed away the lineaments disfolved as if they had been but a dreach cf his feverish fancy j and aa his hand which grasped the edge of the box shook with nervous surprise this slight impulse aiding the action of the atmosphere completed the . rain the corpse and its clothing dropped to the bottom cf the chest little more than a handful of dry dust '' . „ , oliver grey gazed blankly at ehe blankness ■' " * "■" a skull—a handful of bones — some i ashes '••' ' never in his life had anything oc curred which gave him so strange and dreadful a sensation as when be paw that vivid figure moulder into hotb ingness before him lie felt almost guilty to think he bad raised the lid , and thus destroyed this semblance of the man who had been he now wish ed that his friend - george had been with him to have seen what he eaw and to corroborate by further testi mony the strange story be should have to tell he almost expected that the tale would be ridiculed as one of his many ardent dreams j yet here was the chest they could not gainsay t that and there were the bones and the dim outline t)f the fig , ure the skull with its ghastly frac ture telling its mute story of crime ,„ what was that ,„_. „ , 1 "•' ometbidg glowed and glimmered like a coal at the bottom of the chest again the poor artist's pulse drum med in his ears while every atom of blood in his body seemed rushing to and fro in the wildest coofusion . after a little hesitation be reached down with his broad haded pallete knife and gingerly and daintily with thrills of reluctance running through his eagerness fished up the burniog coat and blew from it the ashes oi the dead the coal was a large mby it wat without setting but had been cut anc polished fcy a jeweler f ' ( it was as rec as fire and as lucid as punshino 01 ivertrqbbed it with hii handkerchief ■opened his almost empty puree arid dropped the jewel'within for f«afe ! keeping tben^tie examined f the hest farther there were more gems glimmering and quivering like live things amid that human dust * • h wa^not long until ' tbo voting man forgotto be too particular } the pallette-knife was no longer swift aod certain enough rlth bis'trembling fingers he , pushed i.about tbe poor bones finding plenty of treasure now;'and there right under where the heart mw ha^e been a small gold locket t v[\i somejhing of awe atid reverence overcoming tho greed which had taken . possession'of hip beopened the case ... }'~,»«. jj f a woman's likenepfl young and sweet eroiled out upon him as bright ly asif it had not lain'.in'that dark prison house for fifty yean f tears came into olive r's eharp eyes as he met the laugting glance of ihe'soft blue eyes shining beneath the rippfes of y*l-l,^'j?*ira j bn ibose tears soon dr e(*..sa be exultation , of his new possessions j;;i i';c j i ■.'■~ when certain that the chest jhad yielded the last of its jewels be empl tied them into his handkerchief and itried to compute k their value ithe horror of his ifirst impressions gave way to triumph •*>' i°-»i s the'treasure vas bi owri by fight of discovery there was no clua.,to the.nama of their long-perished own en he would.ikeop tbe gems/aod he would eay nothing^eve'n to george of his adventure \'!: v ™""* • " i ihinking thus he again looked at the miniature j rd this time-obseiv ed a name formed by 1 a setting of brilliants around tbe'iqside of the case in german text—etheldaj { f |
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