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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 9, 1906)
fill CHILDREN'S CHILDREN. 0 mothers, lonely In your house to-day, From whence the voice of glad young life hns flown, .Where Joy once relgued, sits silence cold niul gray, The children now have dear homes of their own. Thnt this might come to us one day wo know, For always, ere the Croat had kissed the flowers, The full fledged birdllngs from the homo nest flew; But, h, the autumn seemed so far from oural And not for us the hope the fond hlrds share, That brings them hastening over hill and plain To build and rear anew with teiid'rcst care; For never may we build and rear again. But would we keep our dear ones, though wo mlght7 Nay mother hearts, not self love do we know; When once they prove their strong young wings in flight, We hide our tears, and, smiling, bid them go. Some daj perhaps, when little fingers twlno In clinging trustfulness about our own, And eyes so strangely like to yours and mlno Look up with loving glances wo have known, kWlth Joy we'll clasp the precious thing and say This Is reward for all our loss and pain; This Is God'B plan, that haply thus wo may, Through children's children, build and roar again. Helen Marquis. The Summer rr-) 0 the Boy, the Girl seemed as Jr far above him as the stars he watched so often at night, lying out under the trues, listening to the leaves rustling over his head and breathing the cool fragrance that comes out of the grass and woods at night, lie dreamed dreams, too, and someway, though' he told himself It was useless, the Girl was always In tliose dreams. Ho had not spoken to the Girl then. lie was but a helper about the hotel, working for his board and very small wages, so It was pre posterous for him to even think of her. The Boy was sore and sensitive and smarting under the sudden change of fortune that had befallen him. All of his life ho had sunuosed that his fath er was rich, and then, suddenly he was summoned home from college to bo told that his father was dead. "Worry killed him," his mother sob bod. Later It was "revealed that the worry was over money affairs. The final settlement of the estate showed there was but little left, scarcely enough to keep the Boy's mother and sister in comfort, and he was too proud to deprive them by taking his share. "You needn't bother about me," he said, confidently. "I'll soon get some thing to do." 1 it was In the early spring his fathe; had died, and the "something to do" did not come at once. Its comim, seemed, In the Boy's impatience, to be 'so long delayed that his courage and confidence began to waver and lie fan cied himself the least of the earth. Ills horizon brightened when ho was promised a good position in the fall, out he had the summer to live through, 3 ml, being a big healthy Boy, with a arge amount of college-bred muscle to nourish, lie found It needful to eat. lis mother begged him to stay with aer through the summer, but this he re rused. "Motherkins," he said, "con sider the extent of my appetite and be wise. I'll eat at some one else's ex pense." lie found a place at a summer bote! 'hero his brawn and size proved use id, as part of Ids work was to care r the baggage. His humble position d not trouble him greatly until the Irl came. When he saw her he real cd he was wearing a porter's cap and ' irforming a porter's duties. lie knew ic Girl had only one trunk, for he id taken it to her room himself and ion had made a hurried escape fol iar she should offer to tip him. lie ad accepted tips now and then, at rst for the fun of the thing, and later because he found the money conven ent to have, but in this case It was different. Probably the Girl was not very rich, as she brought but one trunk, uit at all events she was a guest at lie hotel and he a hired servant. It ;vas not this alone that .seemed to jlaeo her miles above him. There was .omethlug about her that made him ieel as If she were a queen from ionic lovely realm ho had never seen ml could never hope to enter. As for the Girl, to the careless ob server, she was Just a dainty, pretty foung woman with charming manners :hat put one in a good humor with the world and with one's self. She had a lilt in her voice that made the Boy think of the birds singing in the early morning, and when she walked, it was to him as if she were floating on nir. The day when she lifted him Into Paradise with one of her sunny smiles und a cheery "Good morning" marked an epoch in the summer. Without being obtrusive, i tried to be near when she passed, so that she might give him a greeting and a chance to see the blue of her eyes and the color the sun and fresh air were painting her cheeks. She was pale who'll she cam",, now she was taking on warm Entertainer. tints and a bloom like a rose. The Boy watched and adored her from afar and wished thnsoiiiothlng dangerous might happen, and so give him an opportunity to rush In and save her from peril. Perhaps she would faint and It would be neces sary for him to carry her. The Boy nearly fainted hlnuelf at the thought of taking tlio Girl In his arms. Ho dreamed the3o dreams, lying out under the trees at night with the swaying waltz inulae, with all Its sad ness and sweet r.yss, floating through the hotel, windows, and the soft, lazy swish of tlie waves sliding upon the .beach and' out to sea again, working havoc with his emotional nature. For the Boy was very young, you know, and very much In love. Thy Girl was "the life of the house," so it was said. She attracted people to her, and she had a way of taking everyone Into her circle. It was she who was always planning pleasant things for others. It was she who discovered and pointed out the good points of the unattractive, timid girls, and It was she who put bashful youths at their ease. Through her efforts she brought the guests of the hotel THK OM)- OLD STOItV. together lis one large family, and the Boy, looking on. applauded her tact and unselfishness and adored her the more. The Boy was never sure how It hap pened, but gradually it came about that tl.ey talked to each other when they met, and when they were over the Boy would go away and call him self assorted names because lie had not said the thing he meant to say. The truth of It was, the Girl was al most as much interested in the Boy as lie was In her. The proprietor of the hotel had told her his story and she admired lilin for the determina tion lie showed to earn Ills living by taking the best that offered until there was something better. She ad mired htm for other things, too, an.l with reason. He was a good-looking, woll-niunuyred young fellow, and his liking for, her was unmistakable, though ho never tried to bridge the distance winch ho fancied lay between tl.om. The Boy seldom mingled with the employes of the house, so he knew nothing of the hotel gossip, and ho resented angrily the giggling insinu ations of two of tlw maids, who, in some way unknown to him, had dls covered ills heart's secret. "How dare they!" he fumed, and then, being a Boy given to reasoning, he decided Unit it was ho who "was presumptuous for daring to love the Girl. Tlio Boy hoped for nothing, so far as the Girl was concerned. It might be, some time, ho should be in a post tlon to marry, but long bofory that time came someone else would have won her. Her kind were not to be found otery day. It might be she was .ilieudy engaged! The Boy's iff ww m heart stood still at tlio thought, but then, after nil, what concern was It of his slnco ho had nothing to hopo for; since ho was not oven hoping? Still, his thoughts were of the Girl when ho lay down to stoop at night,' and they rose with him in tho morn tug. Sometimes It requires an upheaval of tho regular course of things to bring about a climax. Tho Boy might have gone on hopelessly loving the Girl for ever at least that was what ho fully expected had not Madame Fate chosen to be kind and assisted him to make other arrangements. The summer had worn away to the last of the yellow August days when grapes T.-ere turning dark and peaches mellowing. It was Just at sundown of ono of thesy days that the Girl came out of tho hotel with ono of the admiring youths that followed In her train. The Boy contemptuously called him "a cub," and he grew wrathful when ho saw they were starting for a sail. There was a high wind going and it gave no sign of sinking with tho sun. "What do you think of tho weath er?" tlio Girl asked, In passing. Tlio Boy put up a critical eye to the sky and shook his head omin ously. "Looks squally," ho answered. Ha had to bite his lips and clench IiIh hands to keep himself from telling tho Girl she should not go. The Girl hesitated a moment and looked at him wistfully. The Hoy re membering who and what he was, held himself in check and stood silent. The Girl lingered a moment and then, with a smile and a nod, went on her way. The Boy groaned inwardly when he saw them leave tho wharf in a boat with the Girl at the rudder and thy Cub managing the sail. "Oh, the darn fool, not to have a sailor along," the Boy growled, re senting the chances tho Cub was tak ing with the loveliest girl in tlio world. riw wind, fitful and veering, had stirred up a choppy sea. The Boy saw the boat was erratic in its course, and, unmindful of his duties, lu went down to tho wharf to be on watch in case of danger. lie thought he had not moved his eyys from the boat, at least it was not for more than a sec ond when a gust of wind tore at his cap and ho put up his hand to catch it, but when-ho looked again, ho saw tho craft lying over on Its side with its sail trailing on the waves I Iky a broken whig. The Cub was clinging to the boat with one hand and reach ing out tho other to the Girl. She hud been filing out into the sea, and ham pered by her skirts, was Hading till II culty lu getting back to the boat. She was a good swimmer and much at home in tho water, so there was no real danger, but the Boy was In an agony of fear. He had taken thy pro caution to have a skiff, with its 'oars ready. When he saw tho disaster he leaped Into it. and. tearing it from its moorings, went cutting through the water, cleaving thy waves with long, steady strokes of the oars. The Girl was clinging to the boat by the time lie reached her, and knowing that safety was assured, she was moved to mirth by his grimly anxious facy. "It's rather damp here," she said. "I'm glad you've coaio." The Boy could not smile; tlio danger was too lately passed for him to make it a jest, lie forgot his stern reso Iittions in ids excitement of fear. "Oh, my darling," he whispered to the Girl when lie lifted her Into tho boat and felt her in his arms. Her head rested against his shoulder for the fraction of a i-ecoud longer than it was necessary, and It seemed to the Boy as If It rested there like a caress. "I'm most disgracefully wet," she quaveiyd, through chattering teeth. The Cub helped himself into the skiff and sat in a huddle, shivering and crestfallen, feeling tho disgrace the Boy's condemning manner implied. Tlio Boy took then safely to shore, and catching the (J III by one of her arms, hurried her to tlio hotel with out speaking "along the way. Tho Girl glanced up at his fsoluto face, and Its expression made her feel vaguely happy In spite of l.er dripping gar ments. It was as if ho had suddenly become a man with a man's right to take for his own the woman he want ed to love and oheri-di. "I should like to see you a few mo ments tills evening, If I may," ho said to the Girl at part in-,'. She smiled her com-'lit. "There must be an understanding between us; I must know one way or another," lie told himself. Tlio weather was as kindly as fate to the Boy and Girl .that owning. The wind had blown Itself away, and the big, August moon was hung in a cloudless sky. It was a night of still, warm airs and soft shadows. Tho Boy waited for the Girl at tlio edge of tho wood where ho had so often looked up at the heavens, powdered with millions of stars, and dreamed dreams he thought then there was no hope of fulfilling. It was Strang--' how the Girl knew exactly where to find the Boy. Sho came directly to him across the hotel lawn, stretching silvery and luminous under tho moonlit sky. Ho stopped back Into tho shadows to watch tho Girl coming and to enjoy her little moment of hesitancy and doubt when sho reached tho edge of the wood and did not find him there thnt is if ho could endure tho delny. She looked so fair and lovely in her whi to gown, moving through tlio brightness of the night, that his heart leaped ahead and drew his feet to meet her. He went to her with his arms hold out, and tho Girl, reading his great love In his face, sped to their shelter. The Boy could not speak for a mo ment, and when he did it was to whlsi.yr, brokenly, "I'm only a porter now, but Pll havo a good position In the fall, and oh sweetheart, I love you!" . And the Girl answered roguishly, like an echo: "I'm only tho summer entertainer. I get paid for being pleasant, 1 haven't anything to do in the fall, and oh, sweetheart, I love you." Maybe you have known yourself the exquisite happiness that came to the Boy and Girl that moonlit night ns they stood at tho edge of tho wood and told each other the old, old story which has conic down through tlio ages and has never lost its wonder. Toledo Blade. CHEAP FARES IN ENGLAND. Hxetir.tlnit Hole Oblulnnble Al most Any Time In Any l'lnee. United States Consul Mabln of Not tingham reports that the multiplicity of special excursion and week-end rates makes it possible to travel al most anywhere In England at almost any time, for a fraction of the regu lar fare. These low rates usually ap ply to only tho third class, but some times are extended to the first, when one may travel first-class at less than ordinary third-class fare that is, for less than 12 cents a mile In a compart ment nearly equal to the American Pullman or parlor car. The regular fare, from Nottingham to Skegness, a seaside resort seventy-three miles dis tant, Is ?'J.:V7 first class and ?1.r0 third, one way. Uound-trlp week-end (from Friday to Tuesday) tickets cost $1.1)1 first class and $1.21 third, or 1 l- cents sumlle first class. Every week one or more speclnl at ti actions in Loudon give occasion to offer low excursion rates, and, In ad dition, every Saturday round-trip re duced rates are given on one-half day up to six-day tickets. Tlio regular third-class fare from Nottingham to London, VS miles, is $2,-li). Tlio spe cial round-trip fares are $1,015 for half a day and $:i.'IO for eight days. Only the half-day tickets are limited to spe cial excursion trains. The others are good on ordinary trains. Most local people who can arrange to retiirn within the time limit go to London on these tickets. As would naturally be expected, people who do not intend to return often buy day or half-day tick ets, because they are cheaper than the regular one-way fare, and sell or give away the return coupon in London, but in suite of tills the railways evi dently find advantage in continuing nieh rates. Similar reduced fares are constant ly being given to both near-by sta tions and distant points on tlio Islands, and for the round trip are less or little more, depending on limit ol ticket, than the regular faro one way. In short, if the traveler can suit his con venience to the particular days of the week when reduced rates are given, and to tho trains, of which there Is often a choice of several, lie need never pay more than half the schedule passenger tariff on English railways. tier Dowry, When Mrs. Simpson laid down the paper she had been reading she looked thoughtfully at her husband for some moments before she spoke. From across tlio cold UUio hall came the sound of Arabella's voice and that of the young man she was soon to marry. "We haven't got a sign of a dowry for Arabella, pa," said Mrs, Simpson, at last. "What's that?" asked Mr. Simpson, suddenly roused from ills perusal of tlio weekly paper. "A dowry Is tilings parents give a daughter when she's married, like heirlooms and money and lino linen," said Mrs. Simpson, Impatiently. "Von know that, but you've forgotten. Ara bella hasn't ono thing but the clothes she's made herself. Will wouldn't ex pect us to give her money, and as they're going to live with his folks, she doesn't need tlio linen, but I wish to mercy we'd got some heirlooms for her!" "Well, why haven't we?" demanded Arabella's father, stoutly. "What's the reason she can't have Grand fa I her Brlekett's old powder-horn and flint lock and the old eoonskln cup. She's all the child we've got. and I sha'n't ever uso 'em aga.'n. There's his old knife, too. I've got ' mo a new one that cuts full as well. I guess wo can fit her out; an' If she wants more, lot her have the old lielluses." You will notice a cigar smell about num. a man who can't afford muiy than a plpo NOVEL LIFE PRESERVER. Clinlr "Which Can he Unlekly Con- vcHctl Info it Hnfl. It Is claimed that oceau liners do not carry sulllclent boats and rafts to accommodate the large number of passengers and sailors in case of a wreck at sea. In all probability tho number of boats is limited on account of tlie small amount of space available If such Is the case, ocean liners, as well as other pasaengcr steamers should be equipped with chairs of tho type shown In tho Illustration. Tills clinlr, which servos all the functions of such an article, can in a moment's notice .bo quickly converted Into a llfft preserver for use upon the water, tho chair taking the form of a raft. It In so constructed that It can l.e locked In the position of either a chair or a life preserver. The back of this chair Is made similar to an ordinary chair, with the exception of a cork cushion covered with canvas Instead of a hair r-bMiio AS A LI Kit l'UKSKUVKU. cushion. The bottom frame of tho chair has an opening lu the center, uu auxiliary bottom having a cork cush ion attached, fitting Into position when the device Is used as a clinlr. The chair Is pivoted In such a ma niter that when the catches are disengaged the whole spreads out, with a cork cushion at, each end, which gives buoy ancy to the raft the form It then as sumes when It Is thrown lu tho water. The auxiliary bottom being folded to the bottom of the raft, the opening re mains In the center, enabling a person to sit on the edges with the legs pass ed through the opening. Under nor mal conditions the chair can be used on deck as a steamer chair and in the cabin. TOW DY ELECTHIC LAUNCH. Proposal to Fll Cuaxllitr Vc.mmcH Willi Mmnll I'inwr Dim In. A proposition has been made to pro vide coasting schooners with electric launches for towing In a calm. It Is declared that since many of our largo coasting schooners are fitted with power apparatus for hoisting cargos, sails and for pumping, and frequently are supplied with dynamos for lighting the vessel, tills power might be still further utilized by applying It to ono or two suitable launches, which could bo used for towing the vessel in calm weather anil for shifting her berth in small harbors. Having plenty of pow er at hand, tho launch could easily bo hoisted out, the motor c.mnoetod by means of an insulated cable and tho vessel towed at three or four knots. At four knots an hour lu a dead calm a vessel would make ninety-six miles per day, and in tills way the cost of the equipment would soon be made up In towage fees and lu the saving of time. w the launch were equipped with batteries it would bo of considerable service to the vessel when she lay iu a harbor. For this purpose the battery equipment need not be large. It would probably be well to have the motor as large as the electrical equipment of tho vessel would stand for, since when towing It would draw Its power direct ly from the dynamo the small buttery equipment would not limit its output. The outlay roqujred for this launch should not be large and it would bo quickly repaid. Even if tlio vessel were able to make only two knots, in the course of a day nearly fifty miles would he coverod and she would prob ably be carried beyond the calm. New York Evening Post. Kxphimtt'mi of I2:e Trouble. An Irishman Just lauded, having to lie at work at a certain hour every morning and never sucvcrllng lu wak ing up In time, was told to get an alarm clock. Ho had never seen or heard of such an article,' but, never theless, went to a cloc!:maker and bought one, having the eloekniakor ex plain how It worked. He took it home ami set It t the time ho wanted to get up, but the following morning the clock did u t go off, and ho overslept again. Being curious to know why It did not go off, as ho was told it woiild, he took oat the. back, and out dropped a dead cockroach. On seeing it he exclaimed: "No. wonder thu thing wouldn't wor'.;. Tlio engineer is dead! . A man may 'i'.i wlwn u girl agree. tJ marry lilm that ..her Judg ment ' f men is gwd, hut lu uocidcH later when sir..' ukiM nbUi t: t tlr.-tf i I'ghloi' l;i ti e diiv.htr's 1 tr af- f.i thut b t. i I j c w ate i