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    THE MRIH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.- TUESDAY ETMEfG, APBIL, U 1896.
CHAPTER TI.
rcvz itcndeed thousand pocnds in gold.
Tha litrle red bearded vaan bad gosc,
tlffgnalag the doer noisily behind him.
Shelf mopped his largo trhits faco Trith a
Ecented pocket handkerchief ''Do yen
think," he-said nervously, "do yon thick
we zasj trust him?"
"To begin -with, c've got to know,
whether -we like it crrot. lie's nothing to
gain by playing traitor."
"Bat Tvould ho betray ns in case of suc
cess?" "Perhsps," said CazabeL "he won't
ha7e the chance. Other hands on that
steamer will have to sharo the secret in
whole or in part. Perhaps they -won't all
of them come thronghic alive. If yon. re
member that we are plotting deliberate
piracy on the high seas, yon will recognize
that there is precedent for a considerable
percentage of casual ties."
The city man shndt'eretL Through the
double windows came the sullen rear of a
Xiondcn street, and in imagination he
seemed to distinguish the howl of the
crowd jrr-ed in execration against him.
Sis eye fell upon a paper on the desk.
It was the formal notice from her bankers
that his wife's account was heavily over
drawn, fie lifted the paper and tore r5
with his teeth, then smote the table so that
geysers Cew from the ink wells. But his
passion found no outlet in wards, fie
spoke in his platform voice and said noth
ing about the prime compelling force.
'We will not talk of these unpleasant
details, if you please, 3dx. Carabel. I my
heart is weak, I think, and they turn me
sick. Bu aC whatever cost, we must go
through with the affair. It is necessary
that I make a heavy coup within the next
month, or the consequences may be disas
trous." f'ilarmaduse Si vers Ez Shelf will go
down?' Quite so. ' I also am at the end of
my cash balance, so tha? money seems to
be the impelling power for each of us.
And, after all, I suppose it's natural. Out
pf fiction men don't gamble with their
pecks for the sheer amusement of the
ihing, Thev either do it for the love of
place, cr the Ioyo of woman, or fhe love
of gold, and of the three the last Is the
best prize to wur, because with it yon can
buy the ethers. But come, now, wake up,
sir, and Jet's ge$ on with the business,
I'm po$ so sweet on this pity atmosphere
of yours that. I care. tQ spend another
morning down here if. it can be avoidtrd
Haw are you going to raise the speoie?"
"I'll proceed about it at once," said
Shelf, pressing another of the button:; on
his desk. " You may as well witness ev
ery Etep of the process."
In answer to the bell Fairfax came into
the roam, nodded rather stiffly to Cambel
and turned to Shelf with an expectant
"Yes, sir."
In terse businesslike phrase his princi
pal touched 'upon the silver crisis in
America and the gold famine in the
southern states. Then he expfeised the
5ternat'view of his projected enterprise!
-Tbe Port Edes," he said, is in "the Hr
eulaneum dock, returned on our hands
today. Wire Liverpool at once assing for
freights to Norfolk, Ta.; Pensacofa, ITa.;
Mobile, Ala., or 2vaw Orleans as lowest
rates. 2sew Orleans is her final port, and
offer that at 15 per cent less. Captain
Owen Kettle will be in comaani and he
sails in four days from now.
When you have deputed your clerks to
do this, go yourself to the bank and ncgo
iate for half o million in gold to he, deliv
ered on bcaru'ihe Port EdSs in dock. Taft
Insurance policy on the "money will be de
posited with the bank to secure them in
full for the loan itself, and for their other
charges the credit of the housa wiy sasfly
suffice. That clear?"
'Perfectly," said Fairfax, "but Isboold
like to remind you of one thing -wharf
thefts at 2ew Orleans are notorious, and
you'll have to pay heavily to insure against
them."
"I know, more heavily than for risks
across the ocean and the run of the river.
Underwriters are justly nervous about
those all nation thieves. But in this in
stance I propose to save myself that fee
and insure in a different way. Air. Cam
bel is going out on the Port Edcs express
ly as my representative, and I fancy tnat
fee and the captain together will be capable
" - z 2 c i: 71T
pi seeing to safe, aelivery. The ship:s ar: '
T t rtT 1 1 - . 3' I T "
rival will be reported by telegraph from
he pass at Mississippi mouth, and my
New Orleans agent can calculate her ap
pearance alongside tha levee to a quarter
pf an hour. He will meet bar with ver
hides and a strong escort of depusy
sheriffs as she bring3 in to her berth
and take the specie boxes o3 by the first
gangway which is put ashore, and carry
them straight to a bonk. Does this strike
you as a sound course?"
"Yes," said Fairfax thoughtfully: l I
see no undue risks. By the way, as the
Port Edes is merely a cargo tramp and
doesn't hold a certificate for passengers;
I'm afraid the board of trade' wouldn't let
Mr. Cambel travel by her simply as the
firm's representative. But that could be
Casily overcome."
"ph," said CambeL 1 111 sicm on ar
ticles in the usual way as one of the ship's
company as fourth mate, say. or doctor!
with salary of a shilling foz the. run.
tfsn't the first time that pleasing fiction
has been palmed upon a shipping master.
It doesn't deceive any one, yoa know, be
cause the rate of wages gives one away
BE tae putset, qqt tae gauntry's mutton,
headed paternal shipping laws are obeyed,
and ED everybody's pleased."
Fairfax laughed and went in to the outer
offices, and Patrick Cambel turned to the
shipowner with a couple cf questions.
"To begin with," ho said, "why did you
offer freight to Norfolk and Pensacola and
ilobile and those places? If you call in
there, the natural thing would be to get
the specie ashore and express it by rail
read direct to Xew Orleans. If you miss
that chance and start carrying it round by
sea, the thing looks fishy as once. Now,
fishinessisan aspect which we can't afford
in the very least degree. The swindle wilt
pill up quite enough sensation limits mcsj
honest and straightforward dress, ' 1
fMy dear Mr. Cambel, please give me
credit for a. little mare finesse. I see the
objection to intermediate ports as much as
you do, but I merely mentioned them to
Fairfax as a blind. To begin with, it is a
hundred to one chance against our getting
any cargo consigned to them at this sea
son of the year at all, even if weoSered to
curry it gratis. In the second place, if it
was offered I could easily get out cf it in
SO ways. Afterward, when the deplorable
accident takps place, an inquiry into this
will help to draw off attention from your
Fieri dian peninsula. Any one inclined to
jijr.H TTT -instantly be told that wo werd
IquBjEy ready to put the specie ashore on
theYrginia coast if q'ur 0ther cargq had
Jed pf these,' What do yon think of tha,
owf"
Beg your pardon. That's clear sighted
eacugh.asd should work correctly. Bat
X jaaey st othec objection is better
ioosdai. "What in the nameof plague did j
yos-tgoacd eeanomiae overiosgrance for?
VI 3t.2 . .1 or 1 r. '
111 in uugsa ucstun miucia m.tr: u
afepvp to the stzHsgroam cf tho bank!"
"To save 500. If you area going
the middle of the -Mrimrt rnlf. wha:
is
the use of wasting
further?"
money by
insuring
"Firs hundred pounds in a deal cf
500,0001 A mere straw in a cartload!"
"That, my dear Mr. Cambel, is busi
ness. As I often assure my young friends
commencing life, if one takes cara cf the
pennies, the pounds take cars of them
selves, it is by looking after what yon
are pleased to consider trivial sums liko
these that the firm of ilarmadnke Bivers
& Shelf has risen to its present eminence."
"Oh, wind!" retorted CambeL ' Don's
teH me."
"Sir!" exclaimed Shelf.
"Well, if you will have it, the eminenca
appears to be uncommon tottery, and be
cause of your infernal meanness you're
doing your best to bring it over. It's just:
triSes like this- that te!L Consider
what'Il happen after the catastrophe.
There'll be an inquiry that'll lay every
thing bare down to tho very bed plates.
Do you think they won't jump on this
point at once? The stuff's fully insured
up to Xsw Orleans. It isn't insured on
the levee and in tho streets where tha
thefts are notorious. Doesn't this drop an
Instantaneous hint that it was never in
tended to get so far?"
"Xo," said Shelf sourly. "T don's see
that it does."
"Then," retorted Cambel, ' I differ
from you entirely, and as I'm to be the
active agent in this affair and have to tnTrp
the first and gravest physical ri;V I do not
choose to have my retreat unnecessarily
hampered. I must insist upon your re
calling Fairfax for additional instructions.
That extra insurance has got to bo paid."
"Then pay it yourself."
"Thai's outside the bargain. Working
expenses are yoar contribution to the part
nership. And besides, for another thing,
I couldn't plank down that money if I
wished. I haven't it in the world."
-AIr. Cambel, I believe you. Will you
extend the same courtesy to me when I
tell yoo thac if I were to attempt -raising
over such a trivial sum as 50Q today it
would precipitate tae into bankruptcy tct
morrow,"
"Whew! Are you nipped as badlvas
an that."
"I have n remorseless drr.f on me
Which drinks up the proflta of this bnsi
pess liice a great sponge. Is is a doraestio
drain, aad I cannot resist it."
"Tee poor devil," said Cambel, with
the first scrap of sympathy he had yet
shewn to his partner. "I believe I under
stand, and it tones down your dingy col
or. You aren't quite all black. I believe
by yocr own painting you're among a
moderate sort of gray. And if I've been
beastly rude and hard with you, because
I've considered you a scapy scoundrel
playing entirely for your own hand, I'll
apologize to yoc That isn't in the least
polite, but I think it's plain, and perhaps,
we shall get on together better now! Bus
aipqs this bankruptcy. It'll bo rather a
mess if you go EJeasb before our Florida
opera ti oti realizes its profits. It will
thicken the inquiry down to a very un
pleasant keenness."
"I think I shall keep on my feet, 3Ir.
CarabcjL I trust, I pray," I shall, and, more
over, 1 thank yoa for what you have said.
I do confess that your manner of speech
has wounded ia much at times."
"Oh, as to that." returned Cambel, "J
say spode' when I jaean it, and ildon's
are tq ix religion w;th"' theft when I'm
talking with a eeconspiratoz. Hut I fancy
we understand one another mure comforSr
ably now, and I'll leave yoq tu make the
rest of the aTTangsxpents, 'h.ere in London.
5his afternoon I'll pick up Kettle and run
down to Liverpool and get things in hand
there. They'll require care, Tq begin,
with, there's n tsitable armament to be
Smuggled on board without advertisement.
And there are tl nefarious preparations to
be aside. Piracy on the high seas is not
a thing to be undertaken lightly nowa
days. 2scr is murder!"
"Oh, my God!'' cried Shelf. -'Don't
speak of these horrors."
-I speak of them," replied Cambel
grimly, ' " because it is right that you
should understand what will probably Be
dons, x uon t intend to redden- my Sheers
Jf it can be ayaidedbut'os I put my. neck
In jeopardy, failure pr no failure. I natn
1 " -i i j - 1" 1 1 .
rally don't intend to hesitateat any action
, which will bring unqualified success.
"Only understand f ally, Mr. Theodora
Shelf, that piracy you aro alrcadj an aq
j jiye sharer in, and if fheru's niurdar done
. to boot you will be as guilty us tha worst,
even though yoa sit here in yoar snug
: London offices while other rougher men
are handling pistol and knife in the gulf
or in a Florida mangrove swamp."
CHAPTER TH.
THE SESDOrx.
The Port Edcs. had gained tba name of
an Tin icky ship. She had slain three men
in her building, she had crushed another
to death the day she left the slips, and
though only three years in the water she
had already maimed enough hands from
various crows to make her a full comple
ment. Some vessels are this wsj. From
so explainable cause there seems to be a
diabolical fatality about them.
It is not to be supposed that sailormen
rush to join a craft of this sinister reputar
tion. They may be asses in the bulk, bat
hey are paly asses in part.
in ay always
try for the best berths first. But because
there are not enough of these to go round,
and because, thanks to tha Daga and the
Dutchman, there are not sufficient berths
of any sort whatever to snnnlv all asnir-
1 ants, it is always possible to m?vn any ves
, sel which a board of trade official will pass
j through a dock gates.
Just as no man is ever successful in
anything without due course, so per con
tra few sailormen are down on their luck
except through some peculiar trait cf in
capacity, so that on your unpopular ship,
be she tramp steamer or eke weeping wind
jammer, you do not get much pick pf a
crew. Ydn have o put up with what cthr
er people have left, "and it does not take
you long to learn that your beauties have
. not been rejected for their excellencies;
' It was this way an the Part Edes. Far
ward and aft, engine hold audi pantry,
each man on board, of her had his pirate
1 sea failing. Betweear them they lacked
wakefulness, eyesight; oVrision, strength
. of fist, strength of language, seamanship
and common sobriety. Among the deck-
hands there ware virulent sea lawyers; in
I the stoke holds there were ames damnees
wanted by several governments. The en
gineers were skillful in gaining the small
est passible knottage per ton cf cnalr the
mates were all slipshod navigators, un-
trustworthy even ta correct a compass and
, useless to drive a truculent cravf.
j Over all was Owen Kettle, master sar-
l iner, and whatever his failings might be
ana tne index of them tailed out they
did not show prominently at the head of
such a ship's company. Xiika all men in
the merchant marine, ho had been bred in
the roughest, school,, but unlike his suc
cessful brethren he had. not graduated
j later an to the smooth things af a wed
Banned paseeafe: liner. FecHsaahs
2sed -rrr.f TrrT za -y
peazss with inli
Tsnftj d tin Hp of Aiz teeth, a ixaicn
TstisSJe in ceo jackal pocket and a Istial
wenpen in the ether.
fie was nn excellent seaman end navi
gator, & aaa capable of going an entire
voyage without taking off his clothes err
enjoying one watch of regular sleep. Tak
ing into account thesa cjialincaticos i;
may be understood that whila in command
at sea he credited himself with tho pow
ers of a czar and was entirely unscrupu
lous in gaining ends which expediency cr
his owners laid down far him, and though
not physically powerful he had the pluck
cf a dog and an unholy reputation far
mnTkr-mnn -fhip. Far the handling of such
a menagerie cf all nation scoundreldom
and incapacity as bunked in the steamship
Pert fides no better man thT Owen Ket
tle breathed in either hemisphere.
The crew signed their -rrmTfrs on the ar
ticles at the shipping nflfTro in the Sailors
home and went grumbling to get rid of
their advances. Later most of them turned
up on the steamer, some with their
worldly goods done up in dunnage sacks,
which look to the uninitiated like pillow
slips, seme apparently possessing noth
ing bnt-the squalid raiment they stood up
in. There was not one of them dressed
like a sailor, according to the conventional
idea. Yet most of them had made their
bread upon the seas since early boyhood,
which shows what conventional ideas are
sometimes worth. They were most of
them oldish men and looked even older
than their years.
The engineers came on board early, for
the most part in scrubbr blue serae and
Idea. Yet most of tharn had Tn.-r5 thpf-
Eour black temper They grumbled at the
messrcom in broad Glaswegian, prophesied
evil (in advance) about the capacities cf
the messroam steward and the ship's cook,
dumped their belongings into their vari
ous rooms and changed to apparel more
suitable for tail twisting in the unclean
regions below. Then they went on duty,
quarreled with the donkeyman who was
making steam for the winches and pro
ceeded to split up their crew of firemen
and trimmers into watches and apportion
them to furnace doors and bunkers.
The three mates, the boatswain and the
carpenter were also on hoard hetimes.
moss of them large headed with recent li
bations and feeling cantankerous accord
ingly. There was a small general cargo
being shipped far Xew Orleans, and it
gave these worthy officers ease to find oc
casional acid fault with the stevedore's
crew or the crane men on the wharf, but
far the most part they shuSed about the
decks in easy slippers,, attending to the
various ship duties in massive sneering
silen rp,
Patrick Cambel came into the ehart
room on the bridge deck, closing the door
behind him. k,A cheery, amiable crowd
you've collected," he said,
"Aren't they?" replied Captain Kettle
from a Eofa locker. "They're just a terror
of a crew. You wait till we get to sea, and
they start cn mischief. ITy mate's a cur.
fie wouldn't stand up to a Chinaman.
And the rest of the after guard is much
of a pattern, picked that way on purpose
Oh, I tell you, 2di. Cambel, that I stand
alone, and I shall have my hands fulL But
let 'cm start, the-brutes! I'll haze th- n.
It isn't a new sort of tea party tM -Frith
me."
" You're going into it with yonx eyes
open anyway.1
"Oh, donrt yoa make any error," said
Kettle. "I knowmy job. And if I warn
you it's because you'll see things for
yourself and perhaps join in at them. I
don't go and tell everybody, .Not much.
(They think ashore I:ve got a real soft
thing on this time. Why, do you know,
Air. CambeV he added, with a thin, sour
grin, "my old woman wanted to coma w Sh
me for the trip? She said it was so It jg
since she's had a whiff cf outside air that
now I'd such a tidy steamboat under mo
she couldn't miss the chance. Yes, ad
she said she'd bring one of the kids with
"To any man of yon tcho values life I
offer a solemn, tcmrniivj."
her that wanted to be a sailer, like, his
daddy. I tell yon shawas thai took oa
the Idea she'd' hear no refusal, and I had
to write a letter to owners an get them
to wire back a 'No' she could read for
herself. It'd look well set to music, that
tale, wouldn't it? Sort of jumpy music,
you know, with a yo-heave humbug chorus
to it, same as all sailer;'' "pngs that you
pearja the halls.''
Cambel shrugged his shoulders. What
can you expect at" the price?" he asked.
"This isn't a 12 a month berth, and
you've thrashed across Atlantic in a worse
ship for less."
''Don't yon mistake me," retorted Ket
tle. "I'm working for full value received,
and there's many an old safjar'd like to
be in my shoes if he only knew. I'm not
grumbling at tha berth, only when a
man's on a racket of this kind it's a bit
hard on him to have a wife and kids he's
fool enough to be fond of. It's an ugly
amusement lying to them like a play ac
tor when you know it's ten chances to
one you'll ever see English mud again.
That's the way it cuts, though I suppose
you'll think it all a sailor's-grumble. Per
haps yen aren't a married man?"
"5b, I!m nut. -"
"But you'v get people who cara for
yquPt " " ' '' "
Cambel gave the ghost of a Em2a end
then laughed. "No," he said, (1 cant
even boast of that Acquaintances are
mine in thousands, but friends veD, all
friendship has its breaking strain. Pm a
bit like that comfortable contemptible per
son, the miller of the Dee. I believe I aid
care far somebody once, and she made as
think she cared for me. Probably she
lisd, because under persuasion she went
off with sncthcr man. Bah, though, what
decs it matter? Kettle, we'ra talking rank
sentiment, and. that's an unprofitable em
ployment for men engaged on a piece of
delicate business. And here's, a'gentie
man enme to tell iae that thz. consignment
cT specie, is just cammoncing tq arrive,
5?aw, captain, xhastmTU be in iron hound
hocus, and ya and I have gas to weigh
each cne separately and check the invoice.
Then we've tc net as our own stevedores
and stew half of it in tho cabin next my
room and half of it across the alleyway
naxt tha mate's."
"Why divido it"
"Because the weight is big; acd.it would
give your steamer a heavy iter, t starboard."
t0h, as to that, never mind. We can
easily bring her up again with a trimming
tank. And I shouldn't feel comfortable if
any cf the stuff was in that room next the
mate's. You see, Sir. Cambel, any one on
board can go down that alleyway. In
fact, It's the only road from end to end of
the ship unless you go up over the bridge
deck. And I'd not guarantee but what
the bait would make some of them beau
ties try and tamper with tho- doer.- It's
big enough to smudge the honesty of an
l- t r . .
ix ne only pnrmrT a
month. I OT7 the room next yours hr iron
walls and opens only into the -Inner cabin.
There's a good lock on it already, and if I
make the carpenter bend cn four more
you H have a strongroom the Tfcrpfc- of
England might boast about."
"That sounds sensible," commented the
envoy from the bank.
"Very well," said Cambel, "I believe it
is the best plan. Now, if yon pleasewe'H
cabin, and if youv sir, will instruct your
o rs i.. JU bUG ilUUIt
men to bring in the boxes one by one ITU i
satisfy myself that they agree with the
tally, and Captain Kettle shall bnHd them
up in the stateroom before us both. It's a
very responsible job we have upon us, and
the more counter checkings and precau- j
tions we can put into it the better for our
J several reputations.'
1 It was a resnonrftilfi -fnh nh ptiwAit
is specie to the tune of 500,000 British
sovereigns shipped from a -Liverpool dock,
and because gold boxes are made in a con
ventional pattern the shipment was spot
ted, and crowds gathered to stars at the
cased in wealth.
As staring dumbly is dry work, splf ap
pointed orators among the crowd natural
ly distribute gratis their own private
opinions upon the situation, and, accord
ing to their luck or eloquence, these at
tracted larger or smaller audiences. No
one took them very seriously, and they,
iur uie mass part, crcatcu tne suoject in a
jocular vein. It was not till Captain Ket
tle and tha jJersey pilot had gone into the
upper bridge and the mate on the fore -deck
had cast off the first bow fast that a
self appointed prophet arose who spoke of
the gold shipment in another key.
He was a wild, unkempt, kaockkneed
man, who first attracted attention by tying
a crimson handkerchief to an umbrella and
brandishing it above his head. Being on
the face of him a creature who never if he
could avoid it put his hand to honest la
bor, he naturally addressed the crowd at
large as "fellow workers."' These things
awoke a slight humorous interest, and be
cause the man had tha gift of glib and
striking speech tho crowd continued to
listen after the first pricking up of their
ears.
The man's discourse need not be repott
ed in detail. He was an anarchist, red,
rampant and ruthless, and by means of
arguments, same warped, some fnir
enough, he pointed out to his hearers that
the mission of tho Port Edes was another
knife thrust of capital into the ribs of la
bor. The statement met with a verv
mired reception, but the anarchist silenced
both the jeers and the applause with a be
seeching wave of his hand and followed
along the curb of the wharf the steamer
which was commencing to float toward
the deck gates. He spoke to these on
board hernow rather than to his more im
mediate following, and unclean faces
stared at him from over the line of bul
warks. "To any man of ycu who values life,"
he cried, "I offer a poleinn warning. That
ship is doomed. She will sink in mid-
peean, blown opart by our petards, and
her 111 gotten cargo will be hurled out of
capital's reach forever. Those who are
misguided enough to be her guardians
will be blasted into space. Listen, vou
men of her crew. Jump on the pier head
yonder as sue passes into the basin and
take the consequences. The brutal laws
of this country will hurl yoa into prison,
Dai oetter a season oragging out a mar
tyr's sentence than death as an enemy to
tae worKew1 cause.
As this point the strong right hand of
the law descended on to the speaker's el
bow, and then, because he attempted to
resist, the willing right knee of the law
jerked up suddenly into the small of that
anarchist s back, after which he was
hauled ignommiously to a police station,
and the place of his speaking knew him
no mare.
Bat the fellow's throats had net been
without their res alt. Every hand on the
Port Edes-" deck had heard them distinct
ly, and disquiet arose under the belts of
nine out of ten. The mates grew nervous
and the men inattentive, and from the
bridge Captain Kettle's voice and whistle
kept ringing out with biting clearness.
As it was, ouly one man attempted tq put
the warning into practical tdlecsL He was
a miserable half clad wretch, a 00a trim
mer by rating, already repentant of the
Epell of physical toil whioh he had signed
on for.
Passing through the lock gates into the
basin, the steamer's port quarter swung
gently toward tho wall. A sailor in readi
ness dropped from above and ran aft with
i the lanyard of a cork fender. The trim
!. . . . . .
j mer jumpea on tne DuiwarKs, and one
mignt nave tnougr.t tnat he was going to
bear a hand an unnecessary hand. The
sailer did so and cursed him for his ofS-
ciocsness. The donkeyman, howevar-
who was oiling the afterwincht had other
ideas on the subject, and stood by for a
rush; hence, when that trimmer was get
ting himself ready for a spring back on
the quayhead, the donkeyman s long legs
took him rapidly across the red iron decks,
and when the trimmer was already in
midair the donkeyman s huge paw det
scended upon the slack pi hi$ black
breeches and dfew. him hack as though he
possessed the weight of a feather pillow,
whereat the crowd at the pierhead yelleq
with delightful laughter, and the dingy
steamer made her wa? sioiidly on to tne
muddy waters of "the Mersey ebb, which
bubbled against the lip of the walls be
yond. "Curse you," snarled the trimmer,
4what's that for?"
"Because we're short manned in the
stokehold already, me son, and if there's
a hand goes it's meself that'll have to
stand watch and watch in his place. Hav
in got you, I shall be a jintleman now and
slape in me bed as night all the way to
"New Orleans. See that?"
"This mucky old tramp Ti be blowed up
lures a earn, and I shall be killed."
"Well, bless mel" retorted the dcaikey
man, '-who'd miss you if you were killed?
Always, snppasin you weren't wanted for
eor furnaces. Here, get up, yon half baked
scum of the workhouse, and tumble be
low. Thank your tara the eld man
hasn't seen yon from the bridge, but don't
give me any more of your lip, or I'll rapars
you to hint and the chief to boat. Now.
mosey I"
The coal trimmer blew his nose on his
.gray neck handkerchief and shambled off
below, muttering. The donkeyman re
turned to his winch, unbent the chain
and sent it down into the adjacent hold.
Then he returned to the poop deckhouse,
where he lived with the carpenter and
boatswain, and ofTered to ce? --those wor
thies, who had just come in "for dinner,
f hat Captain Kettle' snot same one- oq
board before the Port Edes tied up against
New Orleans levee.
"He's a just holy terror, cur old man,"
observed the donkeyman cheerfully. "I
ailed with him once before, and he un
bent a quartermaster's front teeth with
the bridge telescope before we'd been three
days out. Tvlth the smudgy crowd we've
got here now it's a pound to a brick they
start him movinc even sooner than that.
"Not that I mindmyself. Sea's dull enough
as a general thing, and x
like to see a bit i
of life throwing about, and at that' game
little Bed Kettle's good as a Yankee skip
per any day."
areae field Was Appreciated.
-Lne man was m many ways mare. re
marks hie than, bis work. Yet same af
Ms wrexk was very gocd. All Bis verse
has the quality of being eminently
readable, and senna cf It is admirably
good poetry, charminrr in spirit and
fancy and finished in style. His para
phrases or -d orace, gocd as they are,
have probably too much of the prairie
air in them to become classics, but same
af his poetry about children, as "Little
Eoy Bine" and " Wynken, BIynken and
3icd, must go into any book of the
poetry of chil&hcod which includes all
that is best. dcuhfc Euqene Field I
spent a vast amount of time and energy
and talent in writing what was not
worth while, hut that was tart of his
daily task and brought its necessary rec
ompense. He was a remarkable man and
qju some remarsame trunss and 20c a
great deal out of life. It is a satisfaction
to think that his reward was not all de
ferred until he had gone to his rest.
Scxi oner's.
The Dear Old lady's 31istalce.
Old Mr. and Mrs. Shnman from Bryan
went to town, and in going to the' note!
for dinner saw a crowd around -the jus
tice court. The old couple, with pardon
able curiosity, inquired the cause Gf the
gatnenng. Jney were unarmed that a
t - rr r -
man was on trial far beating bis wife.
Edging their way through the bystand
ers to get a look at the prisoner, the old
lady whispered to her husband:
What a murderous looking creature
the prisoner is! I'd be afraid to getnear
him."
"Hush '"warned her husband. "That
isn't the prisoner; he hasn't "been
brought in yet."
"It isn't? Who is it, then"
"It's the judge '"Atlanta Gonstitn-
tion.
This world is like a mint. We are no
sooner tast into the fire, taken out a gain,
nntnTtiPTPrt srn-m-noi otim -mnrta
but presently we are changed. Decker i
and Webster.
There is not a more familiar fig ure
on the streets of Atlanta than the mnn
whose picture is here shown. Every
body lenows him by sight and it will be
remembered that years ago he began
to wear oa his upper lip, lust under
his nose, a small piece of court plas- J
ter, not larger than a silver half dime;
tins plaster he has worn constantly,
though it gradually increased in size,
as every DOGy Knows, until it was as
large as a silver dollar. This man is
M. iu .Nicholson, who resides at the
corner of Anderson and Curran Sts.
It was thirty years ago, that he first
noticed a tiny scale, like a piece of
wheat bran, on his lip. He at first j
thought it only a fever blister, but it j
was not long before his cheeks became j
diseased and painful to the touch, anr
ne soon reanzea. tnat ne nad. thp-h a
victim, to that most dreadful disease
Cancer. It rapidly increased in size
and seventy, and remembering that !
his father had cancer when he died,
and that his uncle also lost his life by
this terrible disease, which destroyed
his tongue, throat and lert eve, Mr.
Nicholson became thoro nghly alarmed,
and realized that his condition was
more than serious.
M. IL XICHOLSON.
Giving- up entirely his business, lie
went to Cincinnati and remained for
several months under treatment of a
celebrated specialist. He was after
wards treated ia Elmira, !New York,
where the cancer was twice removed,
but he declares that death was prefer
able to uch treatment It returned,
fcawever, and the disease seemed to be
of a most virulent type; the doctors af
forded absolutely no relief, the cancer
spreading- all the time, eating- out en
i.i t 11 i 1 . - 1 f
fct;iy tac pjurtition. in tae nose, as wen
aa the upper lip and gums.
aome months asro, he says, I be-
gzn to use S. S. S., thonirh I admit with.
little faith, that it could cure me, but to
my surprise, a few bottles afforded
some relief. Thus encouraired. I de
termined to give the medicine a thor-
ougn trial, and it was not long- before.
the progress of the disease seamed
checked. I continued; tfee medicine,
and reniarkable as it may seem, I am
Cured and ieel like I have" new life. I
can. talk more distinctly, for the flesh
has begun to grow back around my
teeth, where It has been literally eaten
away. S. S. S. is the most wonderful
remedy in the world, and as my condi
tion is pretty g-enerally known, every
body will agree that the cure is indeed
a most remarkable one. SL S. S. has
given me a new hold on life, and I
shall certainly sing- its praises the re
mainder of my days."
lhe above is but one of many re
markable cures being- daily -mnrif- bv
is. is. iancer is becoming- ajtarcSL
ingly prevalent, and manifests Itself
m-aiiuu a. vrzcwy qi xoxms, tnat any
sore br'scb, it matters'not how small,
which does not readHv heal nn and
disappear, may. well be regarded with
suspicion. "We will gladly send to any
address, full accounts of several other
cures fully as remarkable as this one.
For real blood troubleo. S. S. S. has
no equal. It wipes out completely the
most obstinate cases of blood.
which other remedies do not seem to
touch- S. S- S. gets at the? root of the
disease, and forces it out permanent."
S. S. S. is guaranteed purely; vece$i
ble, and is a positive ancl "popinaneut
cure for Scrofula. v Ecz frr n rf-r
, OI....aa
Rlood."
wuj. v illiutuig LKXJK5 Will. DC
free to anr address. Swift
mailed
Specific Co.,
taGa.
ffls
z
Slackwzlls
3 oz.,
LAOKWELL'S DURHAM
TOBACCO COMPANY,
M I i Ii ywc fern. ay difflority ia prcriz rear
saep, cat est tils aetics ami sead it witk
yoar order to jrcar wholesale dealer.
U. P. TfME CARD.
Taxing effect Janeary 3th. JS53.
EAST BOUND Eastern Time.
No. FastMan Departs 9:00a m
Ne. 4. Atlantic Express " Il:C0p m
N. 28, Freight. - 7:CQ 1 nx
WEST BOUND Western Time.
N. I, limited. Departs 3:85 p m
T. Z, Fast ilafl. 11x5 pra
Na. IT. Freight - liSOpia
N. 23, Freight - 750 a m
X. B. OED5, Agent.
pRENCH & BALDWIN,
ATTORXETS-AT-LAW,
NORTH PLATTE, - - XI
OSce over N. P. Ntl. Bank.
it a PATTERSON,
OSce First 27ational Bank Bfdg-
NORTH PLATTE. NEB.
TLCOX & HALLIGAN,
AITORITETS-AT-LAW,
wORTH PLATTE, - 3TEBKASKA.
Offlce ever Nerta Platte Taiiessl "PnV.
E.
B. NORTHRUP,
DENTIST,
Room No. 6, Ottenstein Building,
NORTH PIiATTE, NEB.
rjR. N. P. DONAIJSON,
Assistant Surgeon Ualon PacJlc
and 3esxber of Pension Board,
VOBIH PLATTE, - XZBBASEA.
Office sver Streliz'a Drag- Store.
Legal Notices.
PEQBATE NOTICE.
In the matter of the Estate af cna Ei.h
deceased.
Ia the CooBty Coart of Lincetn Cairarr- N.
brasia, March 23th, IcStj.
otiee ia hezebr '.iT-jc. that the ereditars af M
deceased will meet the Administrator ef
tate, belere the Cauatr Jadge of Lincaln County
Vesrasfca, at th Casntj Caurt Baost, in sair
County, on the 31st day of July, 1366, en the 31s
day ef August, 12)6, and oa the 1st day of October
1356, at 1 o'clock p. si. each day, for the purrxw
of presenting their claims fer examination, tdjesf
meat and allowance. St months are oIIbwmI fn
creditors tn present their cleisu. aad one year for
the administrator to settle said Ertaie. from the
3fcs day of Hareh, ls06. This notice wMI be pub
lished in The Tszbuxe. a newspaper printed in
said Couaty, fer four weefa successiThr. n and
after March 31st, iSlH.
NOTICJEyOR PUBLICATION".
U. S. Land Office, North Plaxte, Nea,
Mareh iLlffi. C
Notiee is hereby rfven that the foQowin?i!nd
settler has filed settee of heriatentioa to raaie
anal proof ia support of her claim, and that aW
pcoofvillbe madebefore the Begister and Ee-eei-fer
at North Platte. Nebratu. on Anril lsth.
IfcW- zz Bizaheth Graie. widow ef Alexander
Cracie. who made Homestead Entrv No. K aES for
the east half of the B&rthwest n carter and thi vrt
half at the aartheost quarter Section 28, Township
c wna, xLange ji wesz. sne names tne Zouowias
witeesres to prore her continuous rasadenee mmn
aad ealtivatioc of said land, DaTid E. Baier,
Joseph H. Baker. James ijoatagne and George E.
Jahaston, ef Norii Ple. Neb.
9 JOHN r. HLNMAN. Be-ister.
notice foe rrsucATiox.
Land Office at North Platte. Xb
March 9th. 1K f
Noiioe is hereby riven that the feUnwin7jrtrm)
settler has filed notice of hU Intention to make
final proof ia support af his claim, and that mid
preof wiH be made before the Register and Re
ceiver at North Platte, Nebraska, on April Kth.
KSM, vtsi
WILLIAM ML PORTTER.
who made Homestead Entry No. 13013 for the
east half ef the aortheast quarter, lofcil aad 2, ec
tfen S, township M. rare 3A. names the fet-
lowiBg- wiaesses to Bove his eonricnoBct rf-
dence apen and ouitivation of saM land, vizi Luke
Ceoaeally, William L. Browsneld, JoehBa C- Hal-
HKswersa ana iieaaerson Hoatesworth, all of
Wallace, Neb.
20-8 JOHN P. HTSMAN Tiaf,-
notice for pcbucation.
. S. Land Office, North Platte, Neb, T
A aril 2a, 1S9 t
Notice ig hereby given that the foUowim?
settler has filed notiee of his jatentioa t mVn
Saai proof ia sBpport of Ids claim and that said
proof will he made before the Besister and Re
ceiver at North Platte, Neb., oa May 9th, 1SS6,
viz;
ERNEST J. BAITER.
who made Homestead Entry No. 15716 for the
lots 4, 5, i and T. Sectkm. 5. Tewssbin W N.
Baoge 32 "W. He Homes the foBowiag- wttaea-
to prove his continuous residence upon aad ealti
vattoa of said mad, viz: Wiley Matbors. 0cax
M. Mathews, Biffing P. Baker aad 3ia B. Cos-
seiaaB, an oc inckeee.Nea.
- JOHN P. HTNifANl -Ri7iiT
APPUCAJXICkN TOR LIQUOR LICENEE.
Mattar oi apaWwnHuu af William Landca f
: IJiWrI4eease.
ooee is heresy erven thai WiHiam T,t-,
dkl spoa the 7h day of April. D file his
apptieatfon to the City CiCBcil of North Platte.
uacotneeosty, Sebraska. for license tn H r.i.
Splritnaos and Viueu-i lifjeors os Spruce street.
First ward, in the city of Nortfe Platte. Lincoln
county. Nebraska, from the 1st day of May. ISSS
totaelstaayefMay.lfiar. T' '
If tixsre be no ebjeeitec remonstrance orprotest
filed withia two weeto from April Mth. A. 1 T-iirL
thesaidlie-ewbe graated.
WILLIAM LANBGRAT. Applicant.
APPLICATION FOR LIQUOR LICENSE.
Matter af Aoslicaden ef Gbt a rtnn
Liquor License. "
Notice is hereby civen thai Sm- v -,n aia
nrvn thi Ttli Jat nf i rit -rv it i 7
pUcattea ta the City Consi of North Platte. Lia-
Spiritacqs aad Vinous Liquors on Prout steet,
First wsixO. is the dry of North Pi.-r.t TJn.in
counts, Nebraska, from the 1st day af May, X&E6.
to the fat day of Hay, 2837.
u mere Be aooojection. remonstrance erprotest
filed withia two weeks from Aaril H.th a ti wvr
tha said license will he granted.
GUT A LAXNG, Appficant.
APPLICATION POH LIOTJOK UCENKEL
Matter eAsTlication of Gertier i Wait
for Liquor License.
oce ia hereby civen that Gertier A- Wa"i-w t i
did upon the 7lh day of April, A. D. JjOa, ale their
appUcationto the City Conncfl of North Platte.
Linen tn couaty. ebra;ka. ar IIcoqm- to- e& Malt.
Spiritunus aad Tiaoas Liquor on East Side Spruce
street. Block MS. ia tha crty of North Piatt T in
cola eounty, Nhraaka, from the 1st day of May
lS0d.tataistdzaf May,ES7.
I there se no obgttction. remonstrance or-protest
aisd withto two week from Apr Mth, A. IK 1S96.
the said Hgeege will be granted.
GEBXLEE St WAL.TEMATH, Applicants.
Tax . Nosra PiAxrc TxrstrsK newnpaper wis.
pnWiah the above notices for two weeks at the ex
peasd of the applitantij. The city of North. "Plait,
ia net feh charzed therewith.
C T SCEAHXANN. Cits Gark.
ornec F
DURHAM TOSACCO COMPANY.
DURHAM. N-w
Dear Slrt
Yew are cstkfetf to receive
WHITE STAR SOAP witk afl
the
Biackweli's Genuine
Durham Smoking1
Tobacco y bmy. Oae fear
of soa? Free wrtk eack oes4,
whether 16 c., S ez., 4 oz., or
We have Ratified every whole
sale deafer is tfee Uaftetf States
tkat we wM smpfiy tkem witk sea?
to give ywe FREE- Order xjood
supply 9t GETS' U4NE DURHAM at
oace, sad msift om gettiacj yr
sep. OsefeorecSeapFREEwitk
cack peBd yta taty. Seap is
fcrel for a Hfwtad tlave, a orier
to-day. Yoars very trafy,
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION".
Land Offlce at Xartfc. Platte. 3Teb 1
March 9th. 1SSS. f
Netlce is hereby giTen that WDKam iL Porter has
a!ed notice af ta lection to inaie- 5s gl preof hefer
Eesister and Eeceiver at his office la North. Platta.
Xetx, on Wednesday, the 15th day ef April. J5S6, eu
timber caitare application Xe. 1U58, for the south
cast quarter of section Ka. 6. in to-xn-ship Ne. &
north, raajjeNo. 54 wt Hsnasw asurttnesseai
Lake CoaneaHy, Wiiiiam L. Brmrsneld, Joshes C
Hollrogyrorth and Henderson HoIUngswazth, all
of Wallace, 2Teb.
20-5 JOHN F. HETiTAS-, Eegisteti
Plain and Decorated,
Will be sold in sets or by
the piece. The finest line
o goods eer shown in the
city.
We have also in stock seven
different patterns in
English ? China.
These goods are in 100-
piece sets, and range in price
from 11 to $15.
An inspection of these
goods is respectfully invited.
V. YonGoetz.
Grocer.
Ottenstein Block.
SMOKERS
In search, of a good, cigar
will always find it at J.
F. Sdnnalzried's- Try
them and judge.
Claude weingand;
,DEAEERWIN1
Coal Oil, Gasoline
Crude Petroleum smd
Coal Gas Tar.
Leave orders at cvrians Stiace
Jos. Hershey.
DEALEB LN
1
OF AXL KINDS.
Farm and Spring Wagons;
Buggies, Road Carts,
"Wind Mills, Pumps, Barb
Wire, Etc.
Locust Ssreet, between Fifth and S&rth
NORTH PLATTE
MARBLE :.W0MfS,
W. C. RITNE'R,
MaaTr ef and Dealer in
MOffUMMTS, : HEADSTCSfES,
Curbing, Building Stone, -
B. 1 TI '
Mmi ulllDE
kicolte
.tad all
afc Cemetery -xast.