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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (May 26, 1905)
mm, THE Y R. D. BLACKMORE Author of "LORN A D 00 NO," "ALICB LORR A I N B," ETC., ETC. CriAI'Tnn XIV. (Continued) "No, Missy; but I daresay, n thundcr n beak, as luive sent mu to prison; and low 1 liuvo got you In prison, too. No toinlii' out, wl'out paying of your fine, ny dear." The Kcntnp laid hold of poor 9raco's trembling Imnd, mid drew her nwnrds him; while she tried vainly to ihrlek, for her voice had forsaken her hen bodily down went the rabbit innn, Idled by 11 most Inconsiderate blow. Ho 'Iroppcd fio Hliddenly that he fetched poor Brace to her knees, by IiIb violent grasp if her; and when he let go, hIio could lot set up for a moment, becauso her lead went round. Then two strong hands vcre put Into hern; and Hhe arose and laced a young gentleman. In her eonfiiHlon, and sense of vile in Utility, she did the natural thing. She itnggerod away to a tree, and spread oth hands before her eyes, and burst !orth sobbing, us If her heart would jroak. Instead of approaching to com fort her, the young man applied himself irst to revenge. lie espied on the path the stick of the prostrate rabbit man, tnd laid hold of it. Then striving to keep lis conscience clear, and by no means lit a man on the ground, he seized the oor dealer in fur by the neck and prop' ?ed him well up in a saplin fork. IfaV' big him thus well situated for penal op (rations, he proceeded to exhaust the THE SCAMP LAID HOLD 01' POO AND DItEW IIEIt utility of tho stick, by breaking it over its owner's back. The calm wood echoed -with the sound of wooden thumps, and tho young buds trembled at tho activity of a stick. "Mercy!" cried the rabbit man. "You dc gooln' outside of tho bargain, sir!" "Oh, don't oh, ploane don't!" Grace exclaimed, running forth from her rotlro uiNit "I dare say ho did not know any bettor. Poor fellow, ho lias had qulto enough. Oh, stop, do stop, for my suko." "For nothing else in the world would I stop," said tho youth, who was breathless with hitting bo hard, and still looking yearningly at the stick, now splintered by ho much cxerclso; "but If you beg him off, ho. gets off, of courtio khuogh ho has not had half enough of It. You vile black rascal, will you over look at n young lady in your life again?" "Oh, no, sir oh, no, slrl" cried tho rabbit man, rubbing himself all over, "Do 'oo let me whisper a word to you." "It I see your filthy sneaking faco two seconds mora, I'll take a now stick to you. and a much tougher ono. Out of .my sight with your carrion 1" Black Gcorgo, with nmazemont nnd 'fury, gazed at the storn and threaten ing countenance. Then, scomg tne el bow beginning to lift, ho hobbled, as fast as bis bruises allowed, to his bundle of skins In tho brushwood, Then wltu whimper and snivel ho passed tho brokon staff, uow thrown nt him, and witk ex nggeratod limps dopartod. "Seo if I don't show this to your gov crnor," ho muttered, as ho turned back - and scowled, when out of sight nud hear ing; "I never wore took in so over n Job In all my life nfore, wcro 11 Ono bull for aJildlng liko that!" ho grumbled, as ho uullhd out a sovereign, and looked nt it. "Flvo bull would hnrdl7 cover It Why, tho young covo can't a' boon told nort about It A scurvy Joke a very 'scurvy joko. I aiu't got a bono In me as don't ache!" Leaving him thus to pursuo his de nature, vounc Christopher Sharp, witn crnt self-content at tho good luck of tbi expUW4. tyftWed toward Qraae, who .. , i i , , , ,- 1 - i i CARRIER wits trembling and blushing; and he trem bled and blushed in his turn nt hur. "I am bo sorry I hnvo frightened you," ho said in the most submissive way; "I have done you moro harm than good, I fear. I hope you will not despise me for It." "Dcsplso you! Can I ever thank you? But I am not (It to do anything now. I think I had better go home, If you please. I urn not likely to be annoyed again. And there is a good man in a field, half way." "To bo sure, you know best," tho young man answered, cooling Into dlsap polutment. "Still, I may follow at distance, mayn't I? The weather looks quite as if it would be dark. And at this time of year, scarcely anybody knows. There seem to bo tramps al most everywhere, But I am sure I do not wish to press myself. I can go on with the business that brought me hero. I am searching for the truo old wind llower." "Oh, nre you?" vald Grace; "how ex ceedingly lucky 1 I cun show you exact ly whero to find it; if only you could manage to come to-morrow." "To-morrow? Let me see to-morrow! Yes, I believe I have no ongagements. Hut will you not bo afraid I mean after that blackguard's behavior to-day? Not, of course, that ho should bo thought It GRACE'S TItEMBLING HANDS, TOWARDS HIM. of twice but still oh, I never can cx- press myself." "I understand every word you would nay, tho young lady answered decisive y; and I never moan to wander so far again. Still, when I know that you are botanizing; or rather, I mean when a gentleman is near but I also can nover UAim-an mncii. xvu uuvcr must COino ui.p i. mean buuu-ijjc uui i icei mat i. t r..i. t . . i you ought to bo careful because that ad man may Ho In wait for you." That evening Grace made one more trial to procure a little comfont In her own affairs. In tho dark low nnrlor of tho cottage, where sho had lived for tho last thrco mouths, with only Miss Patch and a deaf old woman for company and comfort, she sat by tho lire and stitched hard, to abide her opportunity. At tho corner of the table sat the good Mies Patch, with her spectacles on. and oeca- slonally nodding over her favorlto author, JW.CIUC1. This tall and very clear-minded ladr was by an In-and-out kind of way related ft, other; and the Squire once had gone far as to call her his "sister." Still t, to his mind, was a piece of flattery so that of his ever-abiding execration of hol father the well-known Captain Patch, Uaptaln l'atch was the man who mar- rioa ino iaai oquiro uglander's second wife, that Is to say, our good Saulro' v iu wfimuuer set tlement; and sterling friends of his de clared him much too cheap at tho monov. uut uio ugianoers took qulto the con trary View, and hated hla name whiio ho drew thoir cash. Yet the captain pro ceeded to have a large family, of whom thia Hannah Patch was tho eld'eat "Oh, Auuty," said Grate, "when shall I hear from my father?" "Young girls must submit to those whoso duty it is to g-ulde them. Tho principle, or want of principle, incul cated now by bad education, can lead to nothing olsotbut ruki and disgrace. How dtffermt all was when I tfas young! My (jilUui; qori mUlUd faXtun-. wall know tin a brave flerenflcf or Til country, would never have dreamed tf allowing us to b inquisitive as to his whereabouts. Bin nil things nre subverted now; filial duty i a thing unknown." "Oh, but Aunty, of courso wo never pretend to be half as good as yon were. Still I don't think that you can con clude that I do not love-my dear father, because I am not one bit afraid of him." "Don't cry, child. It is foolish and weak. All things are ordered for our good." "Then crying must be ordered for our good, or we should be ablo to help It, ma'am. But you can't call It 'crying,' when I do Just what I do. It is such u long and lonely time; and I never have been away moro than a week at a time from my darling father, until now; and now It is fifteen weeks and five days sinco I saw him! Oh, It is dreadful to think cf It.'' "Very well, my dear, It may be fifty weoks, or fifty years, if the Lord so wills. Self-command Is one of the very first les Hons that all human beings must learn." "Yes, I know all that. And I do com mand myself to the very utmost. You know that you prnlsod me qulto praised mo yesterday; which Is n rare thing for you to do. What did yon Bay then 7 Please not to retract, and spoil the whol beauty of your good word." "No, my dear child, you need not bo afraid. Whenever you deserve praise, you shall have It. You saw an old sack with the namo of 'Beckley' on it, and although you were silly enough to set to and kiss It, ns if It were your father you positively did not shed ono tear!" "For which I deserve a gold medal n least. I should like to have It for my counterpano; but you sent It away mosl ruthlessly. Now I want to know, Aunty, how It come to be here miles, leagues, longitudes, nwny from darling Beckley? Miss Patch looked n little stern ngalu at this. She perceived that her duty was to tell somo stories, In a case of this kind, wherein tho end Justified tho means so paramount!. Still every new story which she Uad to tell seemed to make her moro cross than the one before; whether from accumulated adverse Bcoro, or from the increased chances of detec tion. "Sacks arrive and Backs depnrt," sh answered, laying down an over-true dog ma, "according to tho decrees of Provi dence. Ever since the time of Joseph, sacks have had their special mission, O ir limited intelligence cannot follow tho mundane pilgrimage of sacks." No, Aunty, of course, they get stolen so! But this particular sack I saw had on It the namo of a good honest man, ono of the very best men in Beckley, Zacehary Cripps, the Carrier, nis name did bring things to my mind so all the parcels and good nice things that he carries as if they were made of glass; and tho way my father looks over the hedge to watch for his cart at the turn of the lane; and his pretty Bister Etty sitting up as If she didn't wunt to be looked at; and old Dobbin Bplnshing along, plod, plod; and our Mary setting her cap at him vainly; and the way he goes rubbing his boots, as if he would have every one of the nails out; and then dearest father calling out, 'Hav you brought us nor Majesty's nevi crown, Cripps?' and Cripps, putting uj his hand like that, and grinning ns I it was a grand idea oh, Aunty, shall 1 ever see it all again?' "Well, Grace, you will lose very Httl if you don't Unhappily you always ex' hibit, both in word and action, something so I will not uso at all a harsh word for It something so sadly unsolemn." "What can I do, Aunt? It really it not my fault I try for five minutes to gether to be solemn. And then ther comet something or other how can tell how? that proves too much for me. My father used to love to Bee me laugh, He said it was quite the proper thing to do. And he was bo funny that withouf putting anything into anybody's head he set them all off laughing. Aunty, yoi yould have been amused to hear him Quito in the quiet time, almost in thi evening, I have known my father mak such beautiful Jokes, without thinking ol them, that I often longed for the old horn lauthorn, to see all the people laughing. tc, vmi would lmnrh. up Auntr it vnu onlv heard him." "Tim lnuirhtor of fnnln In tim m-nob unff 0f thorns. Grace, you are nothing hf vflrv crrpnn ennno. TT,An n tr,. J 1 -- " imt, would afford me better hopes. But knock at the wall wltu tho poker, mj dear, that Margery Daw may come In V prayers. (To 1 continued.) A Blinplo Device. By making a hole through a piece o paper or a card with a pin, moving th Pm a fow times rouml hole to ly " a smoocu cage, noiaing uie pin lion cloao to tho eye, and looting at printed or other matter held at the normal iwnrllni? dlstailM thotv in nArfnof 1fl. ndtlon. and any one who reoulres te use glaasses to read can with thlJ vlco red anything. When a pix lulft la i,el(i ootn evca nt thp 4 , i f . . timo' t4lope ls, ft great -PfovcineiK ovor one, with perfect binocular ef- foct The field of view is much small or than that seen when gkiBses an nn1. There 1b less litrht -nd iw macnlflcatlou. The lmnortniLce and Foolish Investment. Wlfi John, we'll never be able U Bave a cent if you don't quit being M extravagant Husband Why, my dear, I'm not al all extravagant. Wife Yea, you aro. 'Jfocre'a tha accident poMcy you bought nearly i year ago, and you haven't even umI It once; If that Isn't extravagance, dit know what is. Rven la u gun that kicta utW harder U TOPICS OF THE TIMES. A CHOICE 8ELECTION OF INTER- E8TINQ ITEMS. Cotmtieutn nnd Criticisms Uasctl Upon tho nppnlnn of the Day-lIIatorl cat and News Not. Hungary knows exactly how Norway feels about It. Also, ho who flghta and runR nwny may live to be courtmnrtloled another day. A contemporary says "rattan chalra have been made for hundreds of years." How old la Bat Ann? The Director of the Mint say a 1,508,- 562,508 cents have been coined. And yet you have to wait for change "Properly done," Buys a Pennsylva nia profcsBor, "gambling Is not a diH- slpatlon." No. Properly done, it Is a profession. Emperor William Bays thut ho vow ed long ago to do his best to keep the world xwace. How men's reputations do belle their vows. Violet leaves are said to be a specific for the euro of cancer. Are wo to Journey to health Instead of to heaven on "flowery beds of caso?" President Roosevelt says "rich men are to be pitied." Theoretically, yes; but, practically, no. It would bo an unnecessary waeto of pity. In one week 82,803 immigrants have (oon landed in this country. It is easy to know the quantity, but our problem ties In determining the quality of these Arrivals. A No. 8 or 12 slipper also is n good euro for "attacks of high school senti- mont." It should be applied at home while tho young patient Is in u semi recumbent position. A Pennsylvania town of 0,000 inhab itants has just erected Its first church, though It has been in existence for 130 years. Evidently It has had no occa sion to pray for its Mayors nnd Alder men in public. Wlven a man comes home very late at night he never knows whether there s no money in his pockots the next morning because of that or because his wife was smart enough to know he wouldn't mention the subject There is nothing new in the trick of padding the government payrolls. 1'ears ago a man who had been given a lucrative clorkshln in Washlncton wrote homo to a friend: "This is the best job I ever had. I haven't a tiling to do. nnd hnvo flcvon men to heln me io it" Mrs. Chadwlck has been sentenced to serve ton years in the penitentiary. A Now York spendthrift who once gave a $1,000 dinner at Sherry's has gone to work for $11 a week. In Philadelphia a millionaire has been put in Jail for cheating other people, and Hi a TTnltiwl Rfnfnu RrutA a rmf It ana. slon. Why should the worthy be hope- lees? Kaiser Wllhelm, who garo to Har vard University the contents of the Germanic Museum, has added another gift as proof of his interest in Ameri can life and education. Tho new gift consists of all the maps, modols, charts ind books which exhibited the social sthics of Germany nt the St. Louis Ex- position. The debt of America to Gr- amn scholarship increases as the years fo on, nnd these material gifts from the Kaiser symbolize tho gifts of the spint with wnicn the German unlversi- ties have so long and abundantly en dowed America. Those who want to seo Niagara falls In their primitive beauty and grandeur must not delay tho visit long. Com mercialism, that spirit that has invad ed every field of endeavorand is chang ing the character of our civilization, is the cause of it Already tho hydraulic plants in operation at tho falls, when In full head, divert 48,000 cubic feet of water a second from tho river above the falls, carrying It through the flumes to tho drops, whero it runs the turbine wheels that produco the power. This amount of water is 20 per cont of the wholo volume. But when nil of the works nre completed and In opera tion that have been uuthorlzed thorc will bo 07,400 cubic foot of water n second diverted, which is 41 per cent of tho wholo volume. So hero, in light, bo to speak, ls a diminution of two-fifths of the volume of water that has hitherto gone ovor the fall; in other words, there will bo But threo- fifths ns much Niagara fulls as thcro has been. The death of tho author o "Ten rhouBand Leagues Under tho Sea" :rZ h-7X' JT ninntoonth centurv. Rnm In -T.il.. Vnn,A wan n.f t.l. i 0 ... .AUtAj. enth year at the time of hla deafh. .nri i, i, .-,,,rT- ULi works have baen tn.l.tli ,u tne European languages, and not ii .1 i . . m. Lvw 9l uivhi uuTo uffgmr&a. kn adar&t- al form. Popular as M. verno nan been nil over the world, tho forty im mortals have novor granted him that dearest hope of every French autlior membership in tho academy. His merit as a story teller was admitted and literary quality was not wanting, but the fastidious demands of the ex clusive few relegated him outside tho charmed circle. M. Venus should havo made a fortune from his books, for their popularity since 1800 has been wide and continuous. Unwisely, in 1804, he sold himself to his publish ers for $4,000 a year, agroolng to fur nish them two volumes annually. Tho two volumes havo appeared regularly until two years ago, and M. Verno bT received his yearly wages, but he mfl&t havo envied Kipling with his ouo and sixpence a word or Conan Doylo work ing at the rato of two and eTxpenc a word, or our own Richard Harding Davis coining, aB is said, 40 cents a word. None the less, Jules Verne must have had great Joy in bin work. HiD lively imagination was a vorltabI kingdom without bounds, nnd it musfc havo afforded him Immonso delight His romances arc clean and may bo put into the hands of boys and girls with safety. Wild as some of them seem, there is in tnem a cioso resem blance to truth, and not n fow of them nre anticipations of marvels that havo actunlly taken place in tho last fifteen years. Other writers in his own lino are now superseding Jules Verne and with marked success. This, however, does not lessen tho credit duo him. Ho creatdd what is now known .as "scien tific and geographical romance," and the world Is broader, richer and hap pier for this addition to Its literature. A Chicago concern promised persons who patronized it 150 per cent divi dends annually on thoir investments. Certain Philadelphia concerns wero less niggardly. They nroinisod their customers 43 per cent a month. Tho books on which these baits worn struck werograbhooks andevtsry point of them protruded. No wise fish would havo nibbled at them. But tho horoan suck er Is not a wise fish. A lame and beau tiful bnit is irresistible n.l ho eagerly gulps It dow. Tho Ohlejuro and Phil adelphia fishermen wre successful. Money flowed to thorn from every part of the country. Ths Chicago operators arc helioved to havo got away with hundreds of thousands of dollars and the "Storey Cotton Company," "Prov ident Investment Company," and affil iated concerns In Philadelphia with millions. Periods of prosperity are tho times when the got-rlch-qulck schemer garners his harvest in periods of ad versity a large class of people distrust all financial institutions. Let a breath of suspicion bo blown upon -tho oldest aud most substantial savings bafl-JJaud they run to t at onco to get tueir money out When prosperous condi tions return they become credulous re garding the solvency and good faith of men they never heard of before. Ono of the chief needs of the small Invest ors of the United States is Incredulity. When men send circulars with fairy tales of GOO, or 150, or 50 per cent per annum the small Investor had better nut his money In tho savings bank. It, pays only 2 or 3 per cent; but It Is bcM ter to be sure of 2 per cent and one's principal than to luiurlato on 150 pen cent dividends for two or three weeks and then lose both dividend and prin cipal. The Binall Investor should know that men who really think they have oj sure and safe way to make 50, or 100, or 200 per cent a year will not bother ijin)i They g0 mon with largoj capital. If largo capitalists regard fa- yorably a scheme which promises ex- traordlnary profits tho small investor wm not KOt a chance at it; and If largo capitalists, with their extensive cxpe- rienco n financial matters, do not think a scheme Is safe tho small in vestor had better let It alone. Tli Ink tho Cznr One-Knrod. Tho uneducated peasants in tho Chereon province of Russia havo an extraordinary belief that tho czar has only ono ear. They aro confirmed lnr thou bollof by pictures and photo graphs of the czar showing a Bldo faco view, and naturally exhibiting only one ear. Thoy nccount for tho absenco of tho other in tho following manner: Some time ago a deputation frera their province waited upon tho czar ond in tho counw of tho meeting tho czar Is said to havo stated that all Russian land would bo divided equally i among tho peasant of tho various dis tricts. To Oils one of tho deputation boldly anld: j "Aa suro aa you can not seo jove own ears you will not divide tho lftnrt" & The czar's reply to thl was "S? cut nff Ann rt Vila flu rw.f.. nrlhlntl ho placed upon the table, romnrkin sb lie did so: "As surely as I now seo my ear I ' will divide tho land." ' To this day the Ohoreon peasants &rm that he- has only one cor, a,ld Unl CZUr visits tHom In per. I .n ovtff tau.... i- AA 1 i 1 -1 l'"" W UilMIl UV OPTIl"! T "D f correct nunaDor thla extraordinary bo- I UeI bt en. If th p!rnB n Ho-hi- fh tt . -j- I frUJ tak our ot ltfrtlf. j