JE DAILY iffiRAlb : PLAlTSMOufrl, NElhU&kA, fftlDAY, FfififtnAfty 1, 1$80. t ! .rtrteofnov ,rairl; arms ur sorrow mnpbe,v i. vaue alarms. X1 Tl. Tl. A liti. To b. And no. Inched "Aoolher babl" Ar.,;'., r litr!e waif to tend, Aiioilicr littl hfll.tu) ht ranker. To l-:.-l. U fiMtJ. to fold, to fend I- IK'll I'VITV tvi-oni nml iln. 1-1 iiiaKuorii finxioua, rnalfo one sad. An. I fi-.-ir.'i.l f.,r t-ach morrow maybe, V. it.'i In-art li.ilr Morrow fid, half glad. I iii'M'.niHl. "Another ljubyl" An I Ci.-ii I t!ie,!iK,t how near, how dear. - ciiiinrvn liod had h-ih us, I . ill t It y iimile imr homo of cheer. uit-ir iii-s-ceo rti.l conteut us ee laid a w ay . IV llllirlit or m.ivlw. ii I ..-Lit-, n.r.il.l mlic, would burn, would break. Ai.-I iio.v - AlK.tinT tmliyl A!.. :. I t!:ini;;!it: aill no I mild J (x'iire uihi pli'ttsuro, l ' ii.::i;: do.vii kU.tf.1 the head f l.iy l:i.-t. w.-vsr, weakest tre-asur. ir cttild f my hfv and love, Vr you uif, tvhuteVryou may be. ii t!n- ChrUt ubove. bun for Another baby!" Kate M. Clearjr. Flu ST XKJIIT L DAKOTA. .Mi-1 lio-.v i!-ir nv if I A.jrie tti-r A V. I I . w . . miles farther on, - I u now homesick in dead earnest, and resolved, on learning that a mixed train would start out at 6 o'clock in tho evening, to push on with It, rather than stop over till the next week. I hoped 1 might get conveyance to tho claim, or au all events procure lodgings at C . So never heeding tho storm, I hurried at the appointed time into tho single old iwr-nger car ut tho rear of the long tru and was soon moving out into the dim, white country. There was but one other passenger, a dark, doubtful look ing half breed, who watched me so per sistently , though furtively, that before wo had proceeded many miles I would have given much if I had remained be hind. It wa a great relief to mo when the conductor came in and engaged the at tention of the fellow, as he occasionally uiu, wiui inquiries about the lilack mm, from which it seemed he had just come in. I'ierre and the fort across the river were the starting points to the hills for the freighters with their lone "ii fro I tiiuiik luuie teams or six ami eight span, and big loaded wagons coupled together like cars, i ne presence of doubtful charac ters in tho vicinity was then not a thing unusual. I confidently expected that we would get to our point of destination within three hours after starting, but so slow was our progress on account of a heavy train and slipery track that not more than two-thirds of tho journey had been accomplished in that time. The storm had come on again, and the wind blew a gale, and drove tho frozen hail in thick clouds across the dreary country, Night had shut down early, making what was before an anxious situ ation almost intolerable. My odious fellow traveler had even moved to a nearer neat, and although mv I - o J L.s probably three miles away by STOCi- mav have done him injustice. ;!- it i; ranging aiiout the pastures I w umiKfiuuo ueignuor. vit;i tlMt ScikI Winters laying out fox l . i:." I .iintliv. "I declare there's ji j'ioiv ! pi iidt ix eto bo out in that bov i ... - V.'o wt ie sitting about the open fire !! " f our old home "Down East,',one Li.i t. riii .Sal unlay evening in March. Wf w.-rc awaiting with ome impatience til-- ."j-p.-arain-f of my younger brother lav;:, iviio had an hour before gone to tho ut'm-i; a lialf mile away, for the J:.:ul. 1 iiiji't mv where tho child can bet" in-' !i r said at last, trvinir to tilck un a her knitting by tho waning firo- hi ,f I li.M. t J i : i : t:i ;t cliiiniiunk! Winn he knows, too, this is his f 't'." i 's i:i-'it to write, and we are all so ; i!.i.:!-i to )n:ir from him," added Emily. l; "s a j Tirutn-r i-ii! There lie is nowf" shouted lii:k' lil;. as a series of whoops and cried woi i!iy id' a b;i;il of Chilcat Indians cane j.-t'i. Ilv i'i ari r. ,f.t in. MiMTit the door burst open, and in iiiiii! led tardy Jack, hat less, bfx-Ath-L i i' U it volley of snowballs whizzing ail'. r him. sent with vengeful aim by the ! ntuls 'f la'icli ei.. luring companions who:i .lack had antagonizeth Mother, whil'1 j'lili.'lv chiding him, hasteiuid to i Jri. ate i si ::i from beneath tho round f ::!.! whii'ii, in his hoadlonjj flight, he J. id t!j: 1 1 uku hiiiihe'If, with its load of Mp'is. lotuisujid work baskets of niond- 1 I t i )i -rothv Ir.l.U. i:i!'i!i"i-:; in tllfSU (;h. that ro:i'j;li. l laiTsa! Turn him out airain. hiai tret his desserts!" unred gat hering up the uudting snow- 3 0U?" said Dorothy, in where's the letter, my son?" Nl-:ed, anxiously, not much heed- indignant exclamations. all right," and Jack thrust t'l hands deep into one t :'lrr another. ::;t tli 1.1 tcr was not forthcominc. :.n I a fiv.-li out biiiot of indignation be- ;a:i 1 tiesreini ujkjii his head. ""i'u as ia my cap. There's some big !i...!-:4 iri my tockets!" he exclaimed, linl'uih'. -Oli," there! And he's lost his cap!" eriv-l I'puIv. -Ui Li t 1 tell F.I":;iU l-:': tl'ii!l:t. .h:i k i.::i t the door, and I hastily !; ht. J tii- lantern and followed him. i'.rv.i iy (he gate his cap was found w.Viv.a rnoivUdl had knocked it off, a : i .. ! fi. cling about in tho soft snow, v. !:i' !. I.r.il fallen that day, tho letter w;..; :'iii:d. ciiuujJed and wet from the t ia.::; i i many sturdy feet. In our t;! ..i . i.lnebs at recovering the precious rii- ivi-. Jack's ollenses wero for the ji. , i ri:tteii. lv lather, whoso eastern bushiess had ; a di ciini.-ig for the last few years, had ;.i::e t; the far west some weeks previ- a -ly. in itiwt of a tract of land on which l.i M-iiio our l;i family, hoping not only L.) ia .j.ro.v his fortunes, but to find em j !;. ia r.t for the two boys who were r..-.v ai.lv. to ilo tiomething to help meet la . Tainiiv es;enses. and was shivering as much with fright as cold, when tho conductor again came in anu announced that we would soon be atC . , "Are you expecting friends to meet you, miss?" he said to me. I explained the situation to hi"4 hope fully, but ho put on a rather doubtful expression. "But 8'pos'n your father ain't there what then?" he asked with some concern in his tones. "Why, I suppose, in that case, I shall have to get lodgings, as ft is too late to get a conveyance," I replied, as calmly as I could. "Why, miss, there's only one house, an' that's more'n half a inilo off an 'taint likely you'd want to go to that," ho added, in an undertone, "notlun' but. a pack o' half breeds living in it, and queer at that. If 'twarn't so fur to mv place two miles. I reckon I'd ask v to go along, but it's too tough out, blow in' a regelar blizzard." "liut, Burely, I can stay rn the station the waiting room?" I faltered, "Why, miss!" he exclaimed, after re garding mo a moment, in wonder at my ignorance, J suppose, "That's what I'm hauluig this lumber for, to build a new one. The old one wont up in a blaze day 'fore yest'd'y, Twarn't nothin but a shanty, anyway," he added, picking up his lantern, and going out hurriedly at an imperative whistle from the engine. My feelings at this announcement can bo imagined. Upon coming to a stop on tho siding, and finding no one to meet me, I ga ve way, for the lirst time since leaving home, to tears. Just then a rough hand a, 1 1 m 0 toucueu my snouiaer, ana my ouens:.ve car mate growled into my ear: "Where you go? Big storm. Como 'Jong. I taJce care you." I shook off his hand with a shudder of terror, but mustered sufficient courage to decline Ids attentions most emphati cally, whereupon he went off Into thp 1 crawled along the uii.le of the car to he stove and grafted the iron lire ioker, .hough 1 hud, I confess, little luith in my .1!:.... . 'iif. ... . . . . J auiiity to wuia 11 uecesduijy 111 self de ft nse. Twice the mkcreant out.-ide the door ipjicari d. from the souiuU, to throw his A't-ight a;:amtt it. and tht 11 with a mut -red curse m hastily off through the .now Kising from the floor. I K'ercd out and aw ins dark lorni mow oil in the dirce .ion he had gone on our urrivul ut the tation. It at once came lo my mind thai he had gone uway to procure an ax or a oar wuii winch to force the door. 1 he instinct to fly instantly took full osscHsioii of me. The fire poker I still held in my hand. Catching up the con ductor s lantern though why I scarcely can tell I rushed to the other door of the car, unlocked it and sprang down 1 ho steps. The snow was fully a foot deep. Hut I started to run in the direc tion I had heard the conductor and hrakemeu go away. The moon was again obscured. It was squally, and tho snow flakes filled the air, but I could see far out on the prairie some dark object which I thought might be a house. I ran on toward it, exert ing myself to the utmost in my dread of pursuit. Tho dark object proved to be much nearer than I had thought it. f reached it after a few minutes, and to my disap pointment found it to be only an old freight wagon. I drew up in the shelter of it and looked back toward the cars. I could barely make them out. but I could hear sounds which indicated that my ersecutor was trying to break in the door. "My tracks in tho snow w ill betray my course," I thought, and yet I again started and ran on as fast as I could for some time. I was young and healthy, and wy At last I Stopped. OUt of bronfh nnrl looked all about me, vaguely hoping that I was near the conductor's house. But only a white expanse of snowy prairie "I""-"" uui arounu me. i could not now see the carB or the freight wagon. Anxiety lest I should get lost on the prairie and perish in the snow next filled my mind. I went on, trying to keep to ouuigiii, course, .me accounts which I had read pf persons, getting lost and freezmg to death on the western plains recurred to my mmd, and filled me with the gravest apprehension. By this time my ooots anu nose were wet through. my leet wero numb w ith cold, and I was uecouiing very ureq. men suddenly some large object loomed up before me. Going forward a jew steps, i saw tnat I was close upon a I WH 1 I ....... A 1 At.. . . uut son. me orar email rro rtnv Mtura and recognized me. "Why, you poor child!" be cried out. "what brought ye here?" In as few words oa possible I ac quainted 1dm with my nocturnal pere grinations. "Wal, wal!" ho exclaimed, "mv wife was right, as idie 'most alius is. bo yo know, that woman wanted me to go back and get ye, last night, arter I got home, and she routed mo out at 4 o'clock this mornin' to start. Kothin else would satisfy. She's a New England woman, too, my wife is I She's up, and u-gittin' breakfast for ye. So come along with mo as quick's yo can, she'll be right glad to see ye, and it's only a little ways." I went home with the conductor, and found a kind and true friend in his ex cellent wire. I came quite near being ill, and felt badly all that day. If I had oeen anything of a heroine, I suppose J should have "had a brain fever, and lain at the point of death for manv ilv " But 1 was able to ero home with father on Monday, and if ever a daughter was glad to see her father, I was the one! limes and things have changed at Since that Illirht. Whom I iran. dered aluton thesnowv prairie there is k"v " i.oi.ibimci,iujo village, ana i am itumg wnuoi in a nno school house, not a hundred vardn frnm IKa pi ace 111 J e KIWIU IIIO Old dig out In wincn i toon rerure on that ronfni ni'l;t. Catharine ti. Blaisdell in Vf.iK' vswujauuuu. The motto, "What h Home without a Mother," exihts in manj happy homes in this city, but the ellect of what is home without the Local Newspaper is sadly realized in many of these "happy homes" in Plattsmouth. THE BEETKAXB The Sum of European Families. Professor Mulhall eives the following n . . . o ugurea us to me average number of chil dren to a marriage in the chief countriM of Europe: Ireland. 5.80; Russia, 4.83; opain, 4.B5; Italy, 4.54; Scotland, 4.48; HOiiana, Bweden, 4.12; Germany 4. iu; jigiand, 4.08; Austria. 4.04: Bel gium, 4.U4; Switzerland, 8.04; Hungary, 3.70; Denmark, 3.61; France, 8.03. Mew ork Telegram. C. F. SMITH. The Boss Tailor Maia St.. Over Merges' Shoe Store. lias tne best and most mmninf. of samples, both foreign and domestic uoiens mat ever came west of Missouri river. Jfote the-e prices: Business suits li um f io to 135, dress su ts. 2S i Puw 9o, f o, fo.oo and u award. t?Will guaranteed a fit. Ia 6teadily finding its way into these homes, and it always comes to stay. It makes the family circle more cheerful and keeps its readers "up to the times" in all matters of importance at home and abroad. During the Year 1889 Every available means will be used to mate the columns of The Hekald a perfect storehouse from which you can obtain all in- formation, and will keep up its record as being the beet Advertising J. H. EMMONS, M. D. HOMCEOPATHIC Physician I Surgeon Offloe over Wescott' AT 15 felt sure, for I must have walked at Pfl COS DefV COITl DflH ( 10.1 Meiiura fr all purposes. least, iwo miles. i I The house was a small one, and all wus oarK anu sun about jt. J approached tho door and knocked several' times. At length a crruif voice called out. Wr.r I . . M 1 1 . . . .... ' " wjw anu wnai a ye want ine tone or voice rather than the vvordssent a thrill of horror through me ai.coii, iur ii, was uie voice pr my dreaded leuow passenger, the half breedl For a uivjiuv-iii i was scupeneq with astonish ment and dismay. Then it flashed to my mind that in my wanderings over the prairie i had lost my way, and came iuuuu io mo nouse or tneso disreputable people! In a paroxysm of affright I ran around tho corner of tho house and then away from it. off jnto the enow and darkness. Glancing back I naw the glimmer of a light at tho house and heard tho door open. I threw myself prostrate in the snow, lest I should bo discovered, It L.1' trW'" run daily by wav of Omaha nt vvLui cvj w jt-t up anu gQ on. : S PER WEEK ReMUence in Dr. &hndrZV" LJISI' 2 to s and 7 to : p. WU,C nOUr, 9 to 11 w leiepnone at both Office and. Iietdence 0, 4k M. uOINfl wnr No. 1.-5:10 a m No,3. -6 :40p, m. NO. 5. 6 :47 a. m No. 7.-7 :30 p. m. No. 9.-6:17 p. in. TimelTable. OOINO KAST. No.2. 4 :33 p. m. No. 4. 10 :30 a. in. No. 6.-7 :13 p, m. No, io,-.a vfcfa. m This paper is within the reach of all, and will be delivered to any ad dress in the city or sent by mail. ! I I. i' l:..d Lit us behind to wait his sum . :i::d this Utter, which had been f. !:.:: rl.v lust, proclauued lus success in t- tiiii.i.r ;i tract of land such as he v. i !:ol in :. sheltered valley in central l';:!.i:t.i. wi;!i abundance of grass and v.: ti r. it u:i.; situiited in a township rot l i. ii in the market, and the only v.:iv t; !vi;ro it was to squat" on it ;.:!.! ! l the claim down" till it was l!i;v:i tN"n ivir tet tiers. Nc. v. i -i t;:!n';i:ig tho depth of snow or? tho ut the lime und not a foot of lii;::l i : i.v..rir than I'ierre, thirty miles v'i-i::;;.. ;i t.;-iiiii); of some sort must be .-v- i; vl i .vn !ut us. So at Iierro he I:;: I .. ..".:; .-x-A Iuinler for a small house. i;.. i n. i.-.i:::iu, and sent it by rail to a t: :i v.-:;:-i:i .vix miles of his land. i;.-:.:.i L!;uvt.l.l the snow away on a r !.v.: :1 ; ivt. r.nd with the help pf ari.--.'.. r .-ij'.i.-ittcr" and his wife, living in a J : - ;:i r. i:ii!o away, he had got his J; ; . ami now would ono of the .ii : . c :.io oat end keep it, while ho .. rl.v.1 i::ade further preparations i- r :!r.- i.v. i-ti.-n of mother and the rest ci l.::.:ily i:i llio autumn? ;,h don't all speak at once!" rri ! ' ::j v. e sat regarding mother l.i r: i ..i.i'Hitiiiv, L ihy can't go, that's certain," i;v:!:' r r. marked reflectively. "Iler s.. lie .1 wua't close this two months to CVUi" ittor P'.-nJ Em, interrupted Jack, --.,;;. ( .;:. i i.oia a claim uown u sue c-.-.t v- j e t he r fxt on it." i'i i afraid Lmily hasn't exrierience cr.i-'.i.jh lu undertake the long journey a.-.:: -. i:v.i.n kss tne nardmpsor pioneer li.. ." tii J iiiot!:cr. "j.'u. yoii wiil have to go, Kathy. You n o t Ov.au: nioal ainl can help your father i.ialio him comfortablo." I: v. a ihiully ta cided tliat I should go r t to f. tin r in his new home in tho i e.-t. and two weeks from that li:.)v; fou:nl n-eon my way thither. 'tho jo'.:ri.ey was "a tedious one, and i-.-.a.-iy liu::ie.ici thoughts and longings for t!;J t!tar ones left behind would cor.v. i : -pite tny efforts to bonisb them, us tae tram tjH-d swutiy on over the vi Jo 1 rvatlth of country between Maine tnd l)ak.t.i. Vet everything had been fuvora'.lo. and I lgan to congtulate myt4.1l' ;n my shrewdness and L:ity as a travel, r, when, by a blunder, I missed tho lst connection at Pierre. Vo laake it wor.o yet it had been 5tori:iiri; all day, and it was now Satur day tlU : ::oiu Tliere was no other pas: soii.tr tn.iii for tho day. I expected that f-U;er would bo waiting for ino m darkness muttering, and I was left to my r . . . i ,1" " inguieQcu inougnts. What would become of me! It was now about 10 o'clock, and the storm still raged. C)earjy there was nothing to bo done but stay where I was till morning on tho lonely prairie. The reajly kind hearted conductor came in again, and rekindled the fire in the stove. 'I don't 6eo but you'll have to set it out here till mornin," he remarked, not without a touch of anxiety in' his voice. "There don't seem to be nothin else. I'll leavo ye my lantern, thouo-h vnu'd better blow it out, I reckon, after I go away, so the light needn't draw anyboly round. But I'll leave ye these matchei," he continued, 'in case ye want to light it. and I'll lock both doors of the car, but I'Jl leave the key here inside. I'm sorry, miss, it's so fur to my place, he added, after a final inspection of the tre and a look at two or three of the win dows. "You can come pretty soon arter I go out, and lock the car door." Vith that he bade me good njght, and set off on his long tramp in the storm with his two sons, who were tho train hands. Their work allowed them to be at nome only over Sundays, and they wero tired and hungry, I presume. As soon as their steps had died awav I fell into a panic. In epite of the stoim and darkness, and the long distance, I regretted that J had pot braved it alla;ad gone with them. Running out, I shouted wildly after them. But tho storm boro my voice in an other direction, and after waiting vairJy for an answering halloo, I returned to tho car, blew out tho light, locked the door, and huddled into a far corner, where for a lone time I sat. ouite durnh m ieritr. How tho moments dragged! The storm began to lull By 11 o'clock the moon was showing fitfully through the broken clouds. But the ghostly white ness of tho wide, lonely pountry vas even worso than the wild UDroar of th storm- The cracking of the car. tho falling of a bit of coal in the rusty little stove, the ticking of my watch and aiy own turbulent heart throbs were almost painfully loud. My sensitive ear caught the slightest auui.ua, uim presently i aetecteq steal thy footsteps outside. My jiearf stopped beating for a moment, j. grew dizzy and faint, but retained sufficient sense to slide down off the seat to the floor, w here I crouched, praying silently for the pro. tection of him who has promised t i bo our defense. A slight rocking of the car now be came perceptible, and the door knob was slowly turned! A moment Later a rfnrk face was pressed close against ono of the wmciow joules that of my odious fellow passenger! Ilcpressing with difficulty my impulse te cry out, 1 crouched still lower a-ad re mained tilent. listeninor intentlv nnrl could now hear inufiled; footsteps pioy ing around the car to (ho other dof.r, That knob whs tried pko, at first softlv, then with sudden force and noise, as'if me sneaung wretch was both disap pointed and angry. How far I went, or how lnntr T ued walking, I cannot say, but After g long tune another dark pbject came into view upon the white expanse about me. I approached it tremblingly. My feet were by this time quite numb, and my senses very dull. It proved to be a small mound Jik$ hovel, such as are cae4 ''dig outs" or "dug puts.," Plod dim? D1V wav mil nrl if T AimI Ua door, which stood ajar, and entered. The vuxw ten ue a tomb damp, cold and dark. All at onco it occurred to me to "V" "ni wnjen ail tms tune I had earned, although I had left the puer n jno 6now long before. Ah, how cheery and good the blessed light was! I found a stone fireplace and an old bunk of boards containimr. a straw bed. " Haying set down my lantern, I broke the crumbling old boards, br, pieces, and. with them pnd the straw, kindled a fire in the nreplace. When it was well ablaze I sat down before it, took off my sodden boots, and warmed my poor numb feet. ' There was enough of the pld rubbish to keep a nro burnmg Jn. (he fireplace for an hour pr more. It was now past 4 o clock in the morning, and a ghAmi of daylight was coming in about the door. 'New hope came to me now, and not Ion" sifter I heard voices, as if persons were passmg. Peeping out canliouriv r.t firs. I taw two men who had gonea little past the hovel, which I pcrceiynl ft-a titftated on a road. 3iy ieiirt fave a jjreat l!uob for ;oy as I reco-iii:-.ed in one of the men iL .. hc'r-rt'1 comliti tor ,f the train. inilhng ojK?n the door 1 tailed t him as if he had Uen my vldv an.l Lett incnd. und never hall I iorgt t the kok of Uitoiiirl-.inent on his faee. : nd tu.t .. dally 3(cept Sunday. No ib u f t at?Hto p0ao Jimctlon at.30a m No. 19 fctub from Pacific Jiiuctlon at iiam Lumber Yard. THE OLD RELIABLE. E 1. WATBRIUH I SON WbolenaU nd Retail Dealer la 8 Wee lilf Mii p LUMBER ShJngles, Lath, Sash. Doors4Blinds. Can supply every demand of the trade aii ana get terms. Fourth street In Rear of Opera House. Is the Best County Newspaper in old Cass, and this has been well proven to us hj the many new names added to our list during 1888. Special merits for the Weekly, are all the county news, six columns of good Republican Editorial, News Accounts of all import ant political or business events, one-half page each week containing a choice piece ot Vocal or Instrumental Music, choice selections of Advertising in it brings profitable Miscellaneous Reading Matter. returns. K. DRESSLER, Tbe 5th t. Iterc bant Tailoi Keepi a Full Line of Foreign i Domestic Goods. Consult Your Interest by Glvlnal Him a Cal SHERWOOQ BLOCKI fcl.ttS.Xtt.C-.tll. FURNITURE EMPORIUM! Parlor, Dining Room and Kitchen F IT ft H I T TU IS Our Job Department i Is equal to anj-, and does work to the satisfaction of patron from all over the county, and receives orders by mail from, a distance, which are promptly filled. We have facilities for doing all kinds of work, from the plain calling card to colored work, books and blanks. Work neatly and promptly executed. Large stock kept on hand. Legal blanks for sale. HE OWNS HI3 OWN BUILDING, PAYS INTO And therefore can sell you goods for less Money than auy other dealer in the city. HE ALSO HAS A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT Of1 U&Vn&fi FURNISHED FOR ALL FUNERALS. COR. HAIR AND SIXTH STREETS. Mill Mi Office Cor. Vine and 5th, op Telephone 38. 1