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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 6 May 1897, p. 7

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+A fréim her n Ahs 3&%: $ atome Ts yat Â¥heir p emger at wanld m« ther, her beautiful black hair turned hacgkâ€"like thatâ€"in a tour, her arms as hn&ged as Vonus‘, her point lace tall.t:s tr@im her milhk white lhonld:‘sr:. fakÂ¥ing from hair and ears and fingere m::ming in a fire circle about het te neck, the diamondsâ€"magnifiâ€" $ etomes, worth scores of negroes. %! how the daughters would stare ;at Â¥heir plates and how the sars would emger at each other as the general weanld meet her midway the room, l her to her seat at table and kiss th« There is her portrait, painted at the 4ime of her marriage. Look at it The |gneul went to Paris, a long journey in those days, to buy those diamond: whe wears, and the corbeille. Squuctimes, even when there was nc wahe to dine at home but the family, dimple an her shoulder before he left ‘:d say, too, ‘twas a pretty sights to gas her with her little son. A maid go ing to help her dress one morning heard #o much laughter and such baby shrieks thas she first peeped in af the door. _ , No one knew certainly who her peoâ€" ple were. Skho said they were Spanish, and her own appearauce supported her «@assertion. *z than she was. The goneral was well along in years whou she married him, but that was ber affair. There bangs bis portrait, painted by Copley. Look t it. You co not believe ko was 60 wher A&t was painted? But they say he was He was more handscme and fasciâ€" mating ct C0 than his sons were at 30. The second wife was richâ€"very rich. Bhe brought the greatest quantity of m‘d and silver plate into the family, marked with an Arabic cipher, tc Which she added the Chevaher crestâ€"s terrapinâ€"and the motto, ‘*Not to the 4 yeu wonld have sworn q’p pot martied at all hey say, too, ‘twas a p Of courso the general‘s will was at the botteri of the affair, but the Eve bebind these fig leaves was his second ROBELKRT THE DEVIL, They could rot call her a stepmother, ‘hey say she loved him passionately sat often, when she thought they e alone and he would pass her chair, would turn her head npon her lagy rjans and hold out a beautiful hand. way guacial s cururea were ress Chevalier would sail into the ing room, that peafowl‘s tail of i embroidered velvet spread behind i kneel beside her and kiss bes mate ur and lovely throat upâ€" wonld have sworn him 25, and Tiger love bers, 1 knowâ€" Fair friend and subug fom Come love, come lpfi Into her waves 1 go, Darc her undertow} Bud out of sight, | _ Deep in her caverns low, Lurks her reward of woe. Reckless 1 grow. Anu for the hour I*ll be Hers, with my soul in tee, While her winds blow. 1 am no longer free. Hark how she shouts in gleed Sirens suni so. Now is a aundy leo Pasâ€"ionate lovers we, Bhur ing in ghost!s gih@#® hn~ for the see Ballowed and foam bedigt Wunton is shoâ€" Hesving her busom Wicked and fu‘l of Calling for we. Mueulit, wll bisc« amd wiite, TKE WITCHING 35 lio, for the fight! 1 of might, The speech went abroad like a blot of ink in a tumbler of water. Robert nev: er forgave her. ‘There was no proof thai but engpicion imbittered his life td Rbepi pi so" Bf phvre, and is The Chevalier place was vey valua ble. A8d to that the mistreas‘ money and Mqtt ;«3.., afi&:anm why nwx achelor and y a map who could not marry loeked longingly who coun}ld not marry loeked longingly ung l;er bowflanlu{fioe. M 5 n eog er FtF waiking. Jw Eflwbt{en! 7 hey veuy About a year after the general‘s death the boy came home from a visit to his eldest brother, Robert, wholived in the cit,‘; He had been at home Ilor a day, perhaps, when he was taken ill. _ _ His illness pussled the country phy gician, and acity colleague was sent for. But the boy died. His mother, looking at his dead body, spoke out her thouét: ‘‘He has been poisoned. His brother has poisoned er forgave her. Lhere was no proof thal the cg‘ud had been foully dealt with, and the immobility of her attitude "I will not tell you to leave my house,‘* she said in a voice both sweet and frozen, ‘‘or remind you of the home you have always had here. Yot now have homes of yoar own aud must live in them, ag J shall live in mine. As loug as you are in my house yor must conduct 1ves as your father‘s children shouEA Â¥our quargels anc . cruel speeches t his memogry." I They took flight like so many black | birds, but the pgt.nt was so na | tured they fle ck at?utew and | every now m: then the boy was per mitted to visip them. He went witk ; ficket- #all of gold and xetu(na a to ; 1 bankrapt. e gave, and they took, | with both | And she called the eldest son Cain and Robert the Devil to His dying day. The stepchildren were furiously an gry. One would bavre thought them or the verge of starvation. "Wait 11 years‘‘ they cried. ‘"Wait until that precious brat is of age? And his mother, with everything in ber bands and re sponsible to no one?t It is not to be en Aund so on, worse and worse. The misttc=s lookeg from one to ar gther. The will stated that she should hold the old Chevalier xhcc for her son H gbe survived bim, it should be hers ab solutely, to leave as she pleased, There sbould be zo division of Â¥;P erty until the last «on was of age. exn came bequests to relatives and servants, and that was all They all came to hear the reading of bis willâ€"the women shromded in crape, with red eyes and pnoses. ‘Khe mistrcs sat in the gown the genggal had loted her the most in, and everybody stared at it and at her beautiful grief stricken face. his children. . He had given M to his sous and hldtlp:mt business. _ He always gave martinge portious to bis daughters. $ The mistress was but 30, )unhn: of the yourgest stepdaughter, and sat in the drawing room when the wil} wus read with such a look om her face that uobody but a Guelgh would have Cured tocry. ‘The boy sat by her, the very print and copy of Rig father, & his little aqujline nose, his bright eyes, und his father‘s own trick of hold> ing up bis chin and fi. his spinge when he desired to see ly. He grew up strong like his ftather and seautuful like his mother, a veritable mfant de l‘ amour, h‘“ he was 10 and the general was T0 the Sne, handâ€" some old gentleman died snddenly. \lln. t* Now, the geperal had been good io warerioe Coqunty Chronicle, Th»rsday, May 6 1897â€"Page 7 â€" But each one, as he entered, Jooked banghtily and inquiringly at the othâ€" ers. At midday Qlae large and ponderons memnle t M prst € 0 ad ;:i'uyxpaq‘. in the private ogoa y & the city street and tdu'mrbed over him. ‘*No casy matter, either, ‘‘ he concluded, "for the old mummy case was damâ€" nably heavy. Find it again, if you can." an Ios TeJ Inmerig The men and women crowded a the _table.,’nqueuin' °§na &4 g m other, the women ‘shovia m;' thelg crape velle to mee better. | (| _ By unight came Niobe‘s sonâ€"who, mipdful of his life interest, felt ashamed of his cousin‘s poor revenveâ€"dug up the coffin and replaced it, dripping. in the vault. A slave of his let slip the thing to @ fellow belonging to Robert. _ _ Again the vanlt was opened, the cas ket :an drag outq.by slaves, and in the flare of pine kuots was delivered to the marshâ€"this time in a spot where ge galt tides rose daily and flooged the Ace. Thither went, in his rage, the son of Robert the Devil. By his direction the mistreas‘ coffin was dragged out, wrapped in the pall and sunk in the edge of the marsh, with not a stone to co it reverence. _ Then the avenger of di ntmen and family dilbcn’:: met m%‘p h: The vault was in the churchyard of old King William, Seaforth, facing the salt marsh and fiauked by the riceflield& The mistrcss‘ gold and silver plate, diamonds and other jewels were locked up in a bavk in the city, to be disposed of, in acccrdarce with sealed instraucâ€" tions locked up with them, a year after the reading ¢f the will When Robert‘s son was told these thinge. he turned white and then green â€"a livid, unpleasant shade. â€" son. By her desire the coffins “5‘ on one shelf, touching each other, and covâ€" ered with a velvet pall, on which she herself had laboriously embroidered the Chevalier ccat of arms, with its signifâ€" cant crest aud motto. wy faithfu?! and devoted attendant CHB im or Lucilisa, Chevaliee I leave the plage and certuin sume of money at inâ€" terest, hercin more fully described and Therefore was she a legal heir,. A gasp of horror ram round the room. The Cbevalier place} The Chevalier place, his patrimony, left to sluves! Aud God knew to whom the gold, the silver and the diamonds were left. The sealed instrections with them would undonbtedly reveal further determination on the part of the dead woman to insult and rob the family. This Lucilln Chevalier was none othâ€" er than the mulatto slave woman whose papers of freedom, together with those of her Jaughtcrs and sons, had be@k declared tefore the will was opened. ipg relatives of the testator should atâ€" tempt to set asice the conditions of the will in any way, on any s, the eutire property, | real m should go to the dead woman‘s phyâ€" sician. Botween this man and the Chevâ€" wliets there bad always been feud and i faver. Je . Mistress Chevalicr‘s coffin had been placed in the family vault, between those of ber busband and their little Nicke‘s son received a life interest of wany thcesand dollars, and there were a few lkgzcies bere and there among the poorcst Guelpbâ€"Chevalier trikbe > 1is parted foetipaly : Brt that was unot all. If the survivâ€" et the marsh keep its t N 3 d tive qualities. The system of preparâ€" ing a acparate cure for each disease "It is my intention to make this eatablisnment in Loudon a reating place for all American touriate, where {Q'l- papers v‘l?l L« on file from every State and county in the United States, and where a full line af American publies tions can always be found. I alse in: tead to have a rerh ry and news bureas 8!‘ 6:0 convenionce of Ameriâ€" cans. Of course this service and canâ€" veriience free,and I want all Americans to fe«! perfectly at home, mklu%\m of ttq; rumm{ou whenever they have an :‘: e or a pain or desire any inforâ€" matica. afessor Munyon carries with hi t&;n-t :'%'9! OI his countrymep. W feon fhfoat and lobor‘ wil} be crawn vereal gratitude. A Preacher‘s Story Like Other Mortels he fell Vietim to Dissaseâ€"Dr. Agnow‘s Certerrhal Powder was the Agent whiek reâ€" stored him to Health and he fl%' Allows bis Name to be Used in Telâ€" ling it that others may be Bepefited ap to the common seuse of ail in: telligent communities, ana enabica peoâ€" ple to docter themsclves sucorasfally aad care themselves at the leaat possiâ€" ule ex pense. "I shall give London the largeat and beat e%uippod wmedica! ijastitugion in the world. I shall take there a dubliâ€" cate of all my improved medical :rpli- ances as well as a complete stook af my remediq«, and shall offer them to the public on the same generous terms that are gu‘en:cd oar public ," home. Lo. ous druge to alfâ€"ct a oure. 0 ©1 am giad :o see," siid Professor lnn’on. "hat ph--ich‘l of different schools are bec niâ€"ug wore lit>r«l and leas bigot d in their ideag,and 1 believe that in a tow yeace my systeim of dos toring will be generally »dopted by all M of w-dwin'. The enermons sales of my remedies last year,amountâ€" in to nearly tea _ milhon vjn‘-. shows their popularity and oura The steamer New Yok, of the American Line, Wodureday c«rmed among its passengers Profesor J. M. Musyon and a staff of bis physicia s When questioned as to his i~wutions Rrofessur Muoyoe s.id: *‘Ye, is is wae I have determimed to incroduce wy remedies iuto all foreigh countries, The fact is I have had so many uders MUNYON OF®R FOR EUROPE Propeses to Establish Medical insité+â€" twtions in Lendon, Paris and 1s countrymep. we KXA 8t 40 .J with mpvumuul,- aile Ohallyâ€"Docter, what ; think am é’mofifi 'tt:qw%:t” :M of Pr. !man Tt abhore a “3‘::“ ad with h6 m a uB in his 5yA hc':m: taw .u'a?nh shrinking little woms ’n: abeel m nk v&m »%- An e not aopen : her mouth. â€" , ® â€" Slowly sank, in the westâ€"byâ€"nerthâ€" weat, the a:&bm and incayo WB _ And still the teotb ed &l drawn, for the reason explained in the gecond paragraph, . ‘*Doctor, what is the d tween (mmu;‘mwu an ’” ‘I make no on w 4 ‘t mogmntuu nad as & man wi ‘I think I heard you say you never cha iadflh th a. ~m&-:u'm d aaar gresping the strap more firmily. ‘Aud yet, l:::?h' P‘m the boy, ‘I am very sure that when you were a bay {9\ d‘d mat favor carporal punishâ€" men ooo h pobanit i sn at ere he e re the boy was daown upen the horizan. Heâ€"‘Porhaps she thinks the means jww Warderâ€"‘Yee, sir. ‘E‘s used to the | eape trom death about haction. ‘E was a bicyole thiel‘ :v‘:u??.d wia m ‘Wait a minute father.‘ s )3 liy ho in grue d 35 The boy, for is was he, struggled up One day our from his ‘nhcr\ knee, while a ::x & husg motionless in the paternal vesnlt wes marvellous behiod his counter: ‘The man who trusts is out.* Sheâ€"‘She is doing her beak to fasci nate that widqwer. Of couree he has ‘How did the eurprize perty go of : last sighe ! ‘Double quick : ‘The surprised people thought were burglars and turoed the hose on them. | +Well now you are back you cthl. us how much it coste to g0 to Encroge.‘ | *All you‘ve gos and all you can borrow | wheu you get over there.‘ | No man wante to be a woman looger than it would take to show his ‘b' that he can improve on her methodas. If you wish to find out the weak points in the character of any ou_ol; your female friends you shoald praise whem to your wife. | your husband ‘tam‘t meet his creditore wants to, especially.‘ Prigqn Inspectorâ€"‘That man over ere seomea positively to enjoy the A Philadelphia grocer has this sign _anhh'mbwmimlou %‘,:‘:E;. Iq‘: Eue uy norts| BP c k ar d scene. The old man wl m en i Bs atot mm Ef.".‘:‘& whay &\ yith s sulle E,? spoke w_im{ot comfart and of hope, spoke words of comfart and of hope, o scon ht ind K ?"”m.m: Cl on dobe, 908 reh hat JPL, , . e n y dn , s ecach Josiae Moore, Ont.. dm&nn’\%nfl“ O Hastings County. can of wor Cartul bealth and vigor for bis age _ rs" he sage. "I fwel as young as ¢v6t i emnanet mome a Tok 10 Bd with ininetion," be Thitew J. S. ROOS â€" Sole Agent â€" Waterloo North Hestings® Qidest Inhabitent Hal®e STiLL N HIS PRIME, Pb smooth surfaced, with | SIATER SHOF PoUusH| He Got Better. He won‘t use it, because its "shine" lasts too long, and seems too simple. *Pays him better to use a 5 wax poreâ€"filler, and polish gw ta ta r his be WWWW’&W‘M W taite ot hn phrsiont pote ‘This in to certify that wife | been :t\\fl"«et trom mméq:ivm“ o @ dmu: ::d'tm innwmh?: w out benefy I aumw two bottles s hi mrard ons Warkt Thim @ than from all thaM and all than h.a all fl:: dovto? â€" 'nfid‘:léf: dcridly ty the rnopiiices ol thi »aited ,',%%mm Bondy interrupted him yer han‘, dacter, | Â¥e se Aasr en te, n Piod JN&I\Oâ€"WJ‘L‘E :M Mre. ones has got the you again. Hor Easter bonnet is a much finer "one than youre | _ _ _ _ * _ The Wileâ€"Well her‘s ino‘s paid. for, and never will be, whilp mine is _ The Bruteâ€"Great Scott! Then Jones has got the beat of me. Good Womanâ€"Bad Heart When Cuuld the Life of a Loved one be more Uncertain then when Attacked hy Heart Disease 1â€"if you have a Hint of it Have Dr. Agnew‘s Cure for the Hears Always at Hand, it is the only Remedy which can reâ€" lieve you in 30 Minutes and Cure you Permanently, They Were About Bven up a previous polish, Paid by the week, instead of by the pair, he‘d shine the actual leather, hard and Knew What It Wase eapoit bv_l_w‘lt te of over i# what physicn} ®. MB k ob N NICI jijs stafabie, %‘vi‘u mwvicg erable withâ€" 'fl hn:t:u ‘a 0% fit from | +4

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