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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 11, 1903)
ff .mrfJB'j'J. ,. !3aL jr-ui.'W .atitiNOCIifcww --fc.. . w 4 7 lr-f,-"nw)Mvrvwi-or.r.fKai THAT GIRL of Axlkir c '.U a Ci't'i Tnlffpit A Dfilnc lu Act of ConereM In the OCiee of the UbriitUn ot CHAPTER XIV. Continued. "He i my lather, and they will not let me In there, yot ho can see lilin. ' , The n ir?e laid her hand caressing ly cm t!' r.lrl's arm. ; "01 murse." nlu Raid, In a matter ot l.iet tone. "Remember. Dolores. It Is j tars -.litre ho has scon your lath it. And do yon know, as soon as ho Is better we aro going ,l) laKt' n,m over to i In- town no you can nurse him to jour heart's content? There arc prcirv hmifccs In the town, and your tunic Intends buying one and lurtilshlm; It lor you. There's a line blacksmith's shop with n good busi ness for your lather, and he Is to have a housekeeper and everything cont rol table while you are In New York with us. "Your uncle will be ready In a mo ment, and he does not like to wait; you needn't chungo your dress, and Van wear my wrap and bonnet. I)orn will fix everything when you get there. 'Hero Is her note: you have not yet read It. Shall I read it for you while ou get read?" She stooped and picked up the note whoro 1 hnd fallen, talking continu ally, glUng the girl no tlmu to reply hnd blio so wished. . "Dora writes such a pretty hand: they say those who draw well write well, and Dora makes charming sketchc Hoto Is your note: It reads like her, only one misses her pretty xolce." .Mrs. Mien spoke rapidly, but with jiot. a truce of excitement; more as though she would give the girl no time to think She unfolded the soft gray shawl, and laid it over a chair, then she opened the note with uo break in i li conversation, and read aloud: ; "My Dear New Cousin: Nurse Al 'leu has told you I have come to claim ou. or lather have come part way Xa claim you. They will not allow me to go out to-day, so father has prom ised me solemnly thut ho will bring you with him to mo. Nurse Allen will 'take good caro of him, and bring him 'fa us by and by, and wo can go over to see him when the weather Is dry. Give him my love. I hopo ho is better, and will go to see him soon. Come to me nt once; I wish you, Dolores John son, and can wait no longer. "DORA." CHAPTER XV. Dolores' Reply. Dolores listened quietly, with no ign of impatlenco or Interest; she Mood erect and silent, her eyes rest ing calmly on Mrs. Allen's face. The beflroom door opened, and her ' undo came out, accompanied by young Green nnd Dr. Dunwlddle. He no ticed the wraps made ready, and s point cheerily: "Well my dear, are you ready? My Kill will be watching for us ch. Green? And If you are ready we will so at once." i Mrs. Allen advanced and began put ting tho wraps around the girl, but Dolores stepped back to avoid her, giving her a slow glanco as of re pronch. then she turned away from the others toward the physician who was talking earnestly to young Green at tho farther window, f Thero was no trace of agitation In the young girl's face or manner as she "You can tell me if you wJII." r tossed tho room to the two nt the Mitall south window. , "Dr. Dunwlddle," she snld, gravely. Her eyes were searching IiIh for the truth; she never glanced at his com panion. "Dr. Dunwlddle." she con tinued, slowly and distinctly, "you can tell me II' you will. There Is no ren t,on why 1 should not know the truth: is ho not my father? Have I not a light to know? Do you think this Is fair or Just? All the other women of the settlement care for the men whon (hero Is need, there Is no reason why I should not do the samo if there is need, and there must be, else why are these strangers here, nnd why Is he kept so tilet? I do not undoistand It, and I cannot unices you will tell me. And hero Is my uncle here waiting to take me nway from my father, to leave him to be taken care of by strangers. I do not know my undo; no doubt he wishes us woll, but he is n stranger to me. Dora doos not know," she lin gered over tho name "how could sho know, or I am sure sho would not wish mo to go; sho could not wish to go; she would not do It herself you know 1ih would not do It herself. Do you woiwriiMiiiiwi JOHNSONS Vr l! in tlir Ye.ir 11 b Sltrn A Smith. Coticies, at V.ttilutoii. I I think I do not know something nils my father more than ou have said?" The bedroom door opesed noiseless ly, and Dr. drey came out. As ho stepped Into the room, closing the door behind him, Dr. Dituwidtlle motioned for him to t.'turn, but lie shook his head oinphntlcallj "lie's like a log. Hal: the trump of the iirrhangel alone could nrottse him. I've stuck to him day and night llko an obedient puppet; now I wnnt a change: what's all this going on out here? Whnl alls you people?" Dr. Dunwlddle trowned. and hid voice was almost sltatp as ho nn swered: "There Is nothing going on hero to Interest you, Tom. and Mr. Johnson must not be left alone one moment. If you are tired, I will tuko your placo until- " "Until It's over," the other Inter rupted. "Lord knows I wish It wore well over: It's a dinted bad piece of business, anyhow, and I wish I were out of.lt." lie wns stoppeil by a gesture from Dr. Dunwlddle. Young Green also turned on him with flashing eyes. Dolores seemed turning Into stone; her face was whitening, and her eyes dilating; her voice sounded strnnge even to herself as she laid her hand on tho doctor's arm as he was passing her. "You will not go until you hnve an swered me. Dr. Dunwlddle?" It wus moro a command than a query: her eyes were full on him, and he paused Instinctively. Her undo spoko Impatiently: llko all men. he disliked scenes: this girl seemed capable of getting one up at nlmost any moment "My dear Dolores." he said, "Dora Is waiting ror us. Why do you bother the doctors?" They know much bet ter than we do what Is best to be done. Come, like u good girl, let us go; we are only hindering the others." "Why should I hinder them?" she asked, gravely. "Thoy are strangers here; he Is my father." "Yes. or course." he said, brusquely. "Of course. .Dolores. We all know that, but thoy -know much better than we do what Is best to be done Dora Is waiting for you It Is better In every way for us to go." Sho stood erect and slender among them, her print gown falling around her to her feet, her face catching the shadows or the storm upon it. "Did I not say," tho voice wns al most -solemti In ita gravo earnestness, "that I will not leave him ever whllo he lives not tor any one?" None of them spoke for a moment; not ono of them was capable of de ceiving her as she stood so gravo and quiet waiting his reply. Thut she had a tight to know, a better right than they, could not be denied. Sho had spoken the truth; she was a woman capable or enduring much, of suffering much: she was not a child to be put off with evaslvo replies. Dr. Grey stood at the bedroom door; he hnd not moved since the girl spoke; sho Impressed him as sho Impressed the others. Young Green looked trou bled; he started as though he would go to Dolores, nnd checked himself. Even Dr. Dunwlddle wus somewhat disquieted; he looked beyond the girl otu of the opposite window. They waited for him to speak; tho girl knewho would tell her; the oth erb were sure he would do what was best. As his gaze left tho window and he tinned to Dolores, he caught tho look on young Green's face. His own cleared Instantly: he was hlmsoir again, gravo, practical, a thorough phy sician and gentleman. "My dear Miss Johnson," he said he was grave, courteous; her eyes did not leave his race searching, steady eyes "when your father foil fully twenty feet It wah ho struck tho ledgo with great force; had he dropped It might scarcely have hurt him, though It Is evident that tho ledge below Is rocky and the bushes scrub by nnd sharp; as it was, he lost his balance and slipped down suddenly with a force I wonder did not kill him outright. "As it is. he broke both legs nnd an arm, besides internal Injuries which cannot be determined upon nt once." Sho watched hint stendlly; Instinc tively she know lie had not told her all. Her lips were white, and set in a straight lino. Mts. Allen crossed over and touched her hand, but she paid no heed to her; she wns waiting to know tho worst. "You know how he was brought home," continued Dr. Dunwlddle. "You wore tho one who round him; to you ho owes his life you rind Charlie. His tight leg was broken below the knee; wo set that and hlu arm yesterday, but his left leg" His volco wns steady and grave. Mrs. Allen's race was blanching; how the girl would tuko It sho did not know; she was used to many affecting scenes, but this was totally different. "His left leg la brokon In two places, Miss Johnson. Wo did not wish to tell you till the worst was over, but it Is best you should know. Your father tetnalned so long In thut position In tho night dampness, In his exhausted state, that we dared do nothing yes- tor-lay. Wo wished to snvo this limb If It were possible; It would bo worse than folly to attempt It; it Is best that It should go. Thou, with careful nurs ing, we may bring him around all right." tylll Dolores did not mow-, sho wished to understand It thoroughly, as yet tho truth wns hut slowly dawning upon her. "1 thought that you wcro not capa ble of hearing the truth; 1 belloved j ott were like many women; I see how mistaken I was; your friend here," with n movement of his hand nnd a hair sntllo townrd young Green, "tried to impress upon mo thnt you word braver than other women, but I would not be convinced. I know now that you are brave brao enough for this and worse." She understood. The truth was up on her In all tho blackness of dark ness. Thero hnd been little lovo bet tween her and her father, but ho wni the only one In tho wot Id t her, and now "Then he will die you think?" She naked it calmly, except that her lips were whiter than usual ami slirr, so that the words came uneven? ly. "I think tltnt-.lio may die. Mis Johnson, but wo will hopo lor tho best." "You will let mo nurse hint?" bit asked. Her faco was lifted to his, ami thete was not n quiver of n muscle, not the trembling of the white lids fringed with tho silken lashes over tho steady, searching eyes. i "You Hhall nurse him." Dr. Dnuwia 'Don't go In yet, Dolores." die replied, gravely, a tlash or wonder) Ing admiration In his black eyos mee Ing hers In that comprhenslvu glance, thnt showed to him tho dopth of thl woman's soul, tho marvelous strcugin of her seir-command. Ah, Indeed i should nurse him. As ho turned awny townrd the m room she started to follow him, but Mrs. Allen lnld her hand upon hcj shoulder, and young Green crossed quickly to her side, his face sortenctj strangely. "Don't go in yet, Dolores not jus yet!" he said. entreatlnRly. bending hhj fair head on a level with hers, tho kindly light deepening In his eyes aa they met the hair-dazed look In hers, raised to his face. "You shall go na soon as it is best. I will let you go there now." Her eyes searched his face, largo and dark- and benutlful eyes they were; sho scaicely recognized him for, tho moment. "Why should I not go?" sho asked, grnvely. "1 am to nurso him; Dr. Duuwldillo has promised thnt. 1 shall. Is he not my father?" Uut his hand was upon her arm strong and warm and tender, and she obeyed him silently. Her uncle loft soon after, and Mrs. Alien sent a note to Dora explaining tho strnnge scene. Dolores said no word. Sho scarcely heard what was going on mound her; when her undo stooped to kiss her l'orehend and promised that Dora should como to her as soon as It were possible sho looked through nnd through htm; she- heard his words, but they mado no lm-i presslon upon her: her thoughts were In tho quiet room beyond the closcdj door. (To be continued.) NO CAKE FOR HER. Youngster Thought He Had a Griev ance Against His Mother. ( The lato Mrs. James G. Dlalne used) to rclato charmingly tho unconscious witticisms or her sons' and daughters' childhood. Sho once said: "When James, his father's nanioi sake, waa a little chap, ho discussed for n long time one day the subject' of wedding cakes. Ho mado mo tell him all about wedding cakes how they aro made, how thoy aro cut, and, how pieces of them nro sent to tho frlendB of bridea and grooms. This last custom ho was especially pleased with. Ho thought a piece of wedding cake mado a delightful girt. "Then ho pondered for a moment. Ho frowned. Ho said. " 'Hut, mumma, I shan't send you any of my wedding cako when I get married.' '"Why not, my dear?' I asked. " 'Because,' ho said, 'you didn't send mo nny or yours.'" Not Much Use for a Trunk. Gen. Joseph W. Congdon, the presi dent of tho American Silk Associa tion, was traveling some tlmo at;o in Georgia, Ho saya that in a lictlo Georgia town he ono day heard twi colored lads conversing. "I'ao gwlno No'th," said the first. "Das so?" said tho second. "Yep. l'se got a trunk to tako wlvi me, too." "A (runk? What am a trunk for?" "W'y to toto yuh clo's in." "An' go naked?" Traveling Christians, It la stated that "Tho Gideons" ar growing at tho rate of 130 members a' month. MOVNT VESUVIUS, f Tr ks., -.. 1. "!rf" . . E$MfcMB)siwi)trffflMwAiKjMBAJfltP Mount Vesuvius, which is hurling Immense musses of lava and ashes from a newly opened lissure, spread- SLANDER OVER THE WIRE. If Folks Listen, Is That "the Presence and Hearing of Others." A new point Is rnlscd by a suit tiled In tho cltc.ult court of Macon. Mo. 'l. S. Farmer of Hart, treasurer of the Luuday nnd Zlon Telephone company, 'demandH of 11. K. Jenkins, a stockhold er, $7,500 damages for slandering ,hlm over the wire. He expecta to make his cuse on tho testimony of a number of patrons along tho line who had their telephone receivers down to bear what was going on. This is tho language the treasurer accuses Jenkins or addressing to him 'over tho wire: "You have squandered $300 or $100 or the company's money, nnd 1 will .make you account for It at the next meeting or 1 will go arter your bonds- men." He took pnlna to write the message (down. Tho petitioner snyu the Ian guage was slanderous In that it Jcharged him in tho hearing or many of the patrons or tho line with embe. jj'.llng or stealing the runds of the tele phono company. Under the law or slander the offen- alvo languugo must be used "In the presence nnd hearing or others." In ,thls case It can only bo chnrged that 'It was "In tho hearing of others," as 'thoso who heard It were admittedly iiot present. Knrmer's lawyers will contend thnt the effect was the same. Lumber Supply Decreasing. Katlmates by conservative lumber men show that thu days or lumbering in tho upper peninsula or Michigan will soon bo past. Deroro live years have passed thero will be practically no timber lert Btntidlng In Haraga, Houghton and Koweenaw counties largo enough to make a log. Menoral noo county, which about ten yours ago waa tho largest lumber producing dis trict in tho world, has lost Its rnnk and now produces scarcely a tenth of Its former amount. Tho mills which wero located thorc have been moved NEW ALASKA ,- Tho new forest rcservo Is in the So ward peninsula, nnd covers 0,000 aquaro miles In the region of tho waters that flow Into Norton bay and Golovln Sound. Tho valleys of these rlvera ure heavily covered with spruce. The boundaries of tho tract are des cribed aa follows: Beginning at tho "most easterly portion of tho shore line of Norton bay, thence duo eaat twenty flvo miles; thunco duo west to the point due north of the most westerly point on the shore line of Oolovln sound; thenco duo south to the most westerly point on the ahoie of Goln- jl25 ' Hi4 ;-v I i Hui --'M VCf vo ..'Wj ?v ex :.fl$L Ji' n t tin,' SSL JjmTfruH r. , V ers.SLfShwL 8;'n ft fj&KtlfK HILLS WHICH IS AGAIN HURLING LAVA AND ASHES OVER Ing terror among the Inhabitants of tho surrounding country, Is tho snnio old Vesuvius which burled the famous elites or l'otnpoll and Hercitlanemn nt tho beginning or tho Christian era. and which has caused untold destruc tion on more than jkty occnslona since that time. The mountain waa a vlueclad, foliage-decked hill, whoso extinct crater waa a beautiful luko, until Aug. '2 1, 70 A. D., when almost without warning tho top was blown off In a manner .sltnllnr to the occur rence at Mount Poloo, and tho wealthy Itoinnu cltlca of Pompeii nnd Hercitlnneum were burled In a mans of ashes. Tho latter city waa lert 100 reel beneath tho sitrrace, and la atlll almost unknown to tho archneologlsta, "WVd to 1-oulslnna nnd Wnshlngton. llaraga boa timber enough to keep its row mills running for a few years .more, but llko all tho other parts of tho Btato where lumbering ItaB boon carried on Us end la near. Uvery season makes tho timber trncta of Houghton county smaller. Virtue In Fresh Air. While th Weather la dry nnd warm every innu, woman and child should make It his or her business to keep lu tho open air aa much as possible, so aa to derive every benefit rrom tho ozone nnd sunshine. Kresh air is pro phylactic. It wnrda off dlneaae and kills bacteria. No person who leada an outdoor life will ever din from con sumption. On the other hand, hun dreds of consumptives have lived for yeans by keeping eonllnunllly in tho open, even aleeplng on cots placod In tents or on plazzaa. Albany (r. r.j Argtia. Wlrelest Plays Queer Prank. Mrs. Langtry saw Slg. Marconi tor tho first time the other evening and the Incident caused her to tell her own peculiar experience with wireless telegraphy. "I had dined with a friend the night before I left lindon," sho said, "and when wo passed a vessel 1 telegraphed by the new method, 'The ocenn does not part us.' "Ten days later I had a telegram buck from my friend with a request to explain what It meant. It read: The ocean has no pants on.' " Queer Effects of Lightning. At Commune Du Pont, France, last week, thirty persons wero shooting at a target, the shots being Indicated by nu electric wire, when all were Btruck by lightning and remained senseless some time, though nobody was killed. An examination showed that nearly all had a distinct, photograph of a row of cnnlages Just behind the target grounds. Seentlsts say similar ef fects have been produced before. FOREST RESERVE vln sound; thence in a general eastern direction, rollowlng tho northern shore line or Golovln Bound, Norton sound and Norton hay to the point of beginning. Tho reservation Is about 12.ri miles loug lu tho general direction east and west along tho seacoast, and from forty to nlxty miles wide north nnd south. The purpose of tho reservation la to prevent persons from obtaining con trol of tho timber under tho Alaska homeHteud commutation bill re cently passed. This ordor will give the minora tho free use of thu timber for hilning purposes, it ADJACENT COUNTRY whllo Pompeii remained n mystery tinder Iweuty-ilvo feet of dobiia until n century ago. lu the year 472 tlui erupt Ion win so great that, ashes fell lu the streets ot Constantinople, hun dreds or miles away. In 16HS thu attm mit was forced up 413 feet In two days, and had reached n clrcumfor once of 8,000 feet In tho Biimo time. In MM all the cities tit tho foot of th mountain wero enveloped In boiling water, followed by vast outpourings oC lava. A rock 108 feet In clroumrcr onco anil seventeen feet high waa thrown Into tho air In a tcrrlbto ex plosion thnt occurred In 1770. In 18G5 n series of explosions occurred, nnd at Intervals uver alnco these uphuav nls lmvo been repented. WM'SN'SW SHARP STICKS ALONG TRAIL. How Philippine Head Hunters Retard an Enemy's Advance. Cnpt. C. E. Nathorst, chief of con dtabulary lu Lopnnto-nontoc, In a ro port to tho War department tetla tho methods of wnrfnro practiced by tho Philippine bond hunters. Capt. Nathorst headed an expedition In search or live Igorotto criminals. Tho way led through denso foresta, and aa they a; preached Harllg they encountered thousands or sharpened bamboo atleka, which the savages had stuck In tho ground at an angle of 45 degrees. Tho sticks wero the. thick est where tho traila wore dowrt hill. They wero bidden In tho thick grass, and tho fret and legs of tho officers wero badly lacerated, Tho head httntera fled and tho town was burned, while tho savages throw spears at the soldiers, but without re sult. Cnpt. Nathorst got his llttlo force out with much difficulty, for tho nntlves studded nil tho traila with more of tho sharpened sticks. Odd Fallows' Memorial. The sovereign grand lodgo or Odd Fellows nt Its aevcnty-olghth annual meeting in Ilaltlmoru will conalder a proposition to erect In that city a $1,000,000 memorial building. Wash ington lodgo No. 1, of Baltimore, which waa founded in April, 1819, and la the mother lodgo of the country, originated the project last year. Thotnaa Wlldey, ono ot tho flvo ori ginal founders, la burled In Baltimore. The order now baa 1,300,000 membora nnd a contribution of $1 each would raise the required sum and moro, but tho llnltlmoie members fenr compe tition from western cities which would llko to havo tho proposed tem ple built within their borders. Important Discoveries Made. S. J. Marah has renched Nomo after a two years' exploration trip through a hitherto unexplored wllderncsji south of tho Arctic ocean between Colvllle Klvor nnd the International boundary. For 128 days Marsh heard no human voice except his own. During tho last eighteen dayB ho lived on a flour'dlet and reached fort Yukon considerably emaciated. Gen. FunBton carried him to Nome on the transport Jeff Davis. Marsh mapped flvo lillhorto unknown rlveia and secured much valuable data. The country nlong tho Arctic ocean wns round unmlnerallzed. ' Fur ther south, toward the Koyukuk coun try, he prospected a highly mineralized zone. Worthy Labor Leader. W. J. Griggs, president of tho street railway men's union of Rich mond, Va has the unique distinction or being almost the only labor leader lu the country who has Impoverished himself through tho work In which, he waa engaged. When tho strike oil street car men began In Richmond several yenra ago Mr. Grlgga owned; several lots and a restaurant. Uo sol everything he had and gave most olj the monoy to tho noody men. , He la one of, thu few members or the, union; who have not applied to thu street railway company ror reinstatement; since the strike was declared ott. X $100 Bill Washed to Pul. Michael McCarthy ot Brooklyn li" bewailing the lous ot $100 which hj had left In tho pocket of at8oUel shirt. He was afraid to leave the bill In the bank nnd put it In thojpockel or his linen uhln, ' There It remained until ho givo tho. shirt out to bo washed. Ho had for gotten all about the bill and It wa not until he wanted another clean shirt that no remembered it. He fumbled in the pocket for the bill, hut nil ho could find, wan u few ' torn pieces and blurred. :es of paper well Ironed ou j? ed. ' rjJ r S rr ' -swy V&dtf -- -ttt-tiWajcaMriitrriitetjaagstti ' -, --"d ftttaA-r- '"Ann t . '' -ent i Um