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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1907)
A SUCCESSFUL LIAR. Wilson was out of health and out of spirits, and a physician advised him to go away. "When he asked where, the physician wared his nana, meaning anywhere. So Wilson went into tue or chard region of the southwest country, riding an easy going horse that he night loll along the way and breathe the icent of the apple bloom. Inquiry brought him to a restful place among the hills, a small, home like tavern, an ancient house, moss covered on the north side. Here he sat down to rest and it was restful the soft air, the mysterious wooes, and a great spring of white water that burst with passion from under a rock. This was all charming enough, but to one of Wilson's sensitiveness the people were annoying. The fewness of strangers rendered the natives inquisi tive, and immediately upon the arrival of a visitor they at once set about to discover his business and the source of his income. Had this been dono with bluntness it would not have been so annoying to Wilson. He detested insinuation. Shortly after his arrival be was sit ting in the "best room," in the pres ence of several local men, who hem med and hawed at him, and glanced at one another. Presently a tall, gaunt fellow, with beard streaked with sun light and shadow, looked up and said: "Don't reckon it's much use to ask If you are a stranger in these here parts?" "Not much," replied Wilson.. "Mout have come from a putty good iistance?" "Yes." "Well, about how fur?" "Bee that hill off yonder?" "Yes; it's plain enough." "Well, I came from further than that" A silence fell, and the men smoked their tobacco and spat into the great fireplace, and after a time another one, holding the Importance of a reserve force, spoke up: "I take It that you aiat a farmer?' "Whatever you feel like taking Help yourself," said Wilson, and the reserve forte cleared his throat. But he knew the duties of his position, and was not ready to retire. "Of course," he said, "It :s necessary or, leastwise, we think so for a saan to hare some sort of business. Doa't you think so?" "Either that or he ought to be a pretty skillful thief," said Wilson. "Yes; that's what we think. And you have some sort of business, eh?" "YeB; .a very flourishing business." "May I ask what it is?" "Certainly, I am am traveling for a factory that makes cork legs and arms." They smoked on, and glanced at one aaother, and Wilson, looking round, saw a girl standing near the door. He had caught sight of her once before, as she swept like, a vision from the dairy across the yard. She did not shrink a he looked at her now; her brown tree met his, and he felt that his starv ing nerves were feasting as he gazed upon her. "I reckon you have come hare to take orders," said the reserve force. "Yes, that's my business." The men filed out, leaving Wilaon with the girl, who still stood near the doer; and when they were gone she same forward timidly, but with a weep, and stood at his elbow. "My father lives over on the hill," he said, and then halted to gaze into his eyes. He owns this place, but lets mother and meVun It, becaune Tie can't get about very well, and don't want to he In anybody's way. He lost a leg In the army, and I want you to have nun one made and brought up here." She was so earnest that Wilson had not the heart to tell her that he was a liar, that he had never seen a cork leg, so he replied: "YeB, I will go over and see him with you." They went over, and talked with the Id fellow, and while they were there p stumped the owner of an orchan1 whose fruit brought a good income aad said that he wanted a leg; and bo fere long a man named Hicks ordered a right arm for himself and a left arm for his brother. A regiment from his community had led one of thr most desperate charges upon Bullc during the South African war, and had returned those who returned at all ta a crippled condition. Wilson had now gone too ru? to re treat. The girl got Into a cart with him, and drove him Into another eighborhood, where he took orders for six legs aad four arms; and then trove down the valley and took more .And he found nn interest in the ork. Sometimes his conscience would w reproach him, but the sweetness of the girl s face and the brightness of her eyes made him forget his perfidy; and so the time grew, like the mellowing of an apple, and at last he found that he must return to the great wilderness called a city. He bid her good-bye, at night, the moon in her eyes, and he kissed her, and, without a word, hast ened away, with a sweet sadness In his heart. Tho weeks passed, and he sat in an ofiice a miserable employment, ob tained for him by influential friends and his hands were at work; but his mind waB'in Devon, and tiown In his heart he Baw a girl with Hie moon in her eyes. But he could not return to tho hills he had deceived tnose simple people. Was there no way to put him self right? Ho sprang out of his chair. Why couldn't he execute those orders? There must be a cork-leg factory some where in the city He would investi gate. He found a place quite a large establishment and told the manager whnt he had done. He had the orders with him. A libenvl commission was allowed him, and o litter was sent with him to try on the arms and legs. The girl's father stepped proudly down to the little inn, and a fellow who had Just tried on an arm swore, In his delight, that he could throw stones. And again Wilson and the girl stood in the moonlight, and her Hps, mur muring sweetness, were turned up ward. He thought of the weary hours in his office and the dullness of life without her. she inspired him with rest; she was the spirit of the wooded hills. "And will you be gone so long this time?" she innocently asked. And with all her innocence and frankness -she sometimes touched him gently with embarrassment. "Not if 1 knew I could sell any more of my goods about here," he replied; and she sighed softly. "Uncle Matt has begun work at a sawmill in Newton Abbott," she said, and he murmured "yes" to relieve the growing embarrassment, wondering what Uncle Matt had to do with his early return. She sighed again and con tinued: "Uncle Matt isn't a careful man, and a sawmill is a dangerous place to work, and after a while a short while knowing him as well as I do, he might need an arm. Don't you think you might come up and see. That was enough, and the smiling moon veiled her face for a moment with a floating fleece. This all took place more than severe al years ago. Wilson is now one of the principal owners of the establish ment, and he told me the other day that he wbb just about to leave home for a time, to establish a cork leg fac tory In South Africa. O. It., in Illus trated Bits. Easy Work. Kind Old Man Hero is a quarter if .hat will holp you any. But why don't you learn a trade? Begger Say, boss, dis In do beat rade I know of. Senator Tillman probably earns noro money every year on the lecture ilatform than any other American who lalks to the public for pay. From an uthorltatlvo source the statement omes that the South Carolinian's net iroceeds thus far this year from tho fcture tour are $25,000. Senator Till 'nn is paid from $250 to $500 a lecture id he Is constantly in demand. It is easy to go to the top if you can et la th elevator. MAYOR OF SUNBURY Says Pe-ru-na is a Med icine. Hon. C. C. Brooks, Mayor of Sun bury, Ohio, also Attorney for Farm ers' Bank and Sunbury Building and Lonn Co., writes: "I have the utmost confidence In tho virtue of Peruna. It is n great modi cine. I have used it and I have known many of my friends who have obtained beneficial results from its use. I can not praise Peruna too highly." There are a host of petty aliments which are the direct result of the weather. This Is more true of the excessive heat of summer and the intenso cold of winter, but is partly true of ull seasons of the year. Whether it be a cold or a cough, ca tarrh of the head or bowel complaint, whether tho liver be affected or be kidneys, the cause is very liable to be the same. o The weather slightly deranges tho mucous membranes of the organs aud the result is some functional disease. Peruna has become a standby in thousands of homes for minor aliments of this sort. Ask Your Druggist for Free Peruna Almnnac for 1907. One Place Without Divorces. 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