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F M KIMMELL Publisher
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NEBRASKA
MARCH
OF THE
WHITE
GUARD
By
SIR GILBERT PARKER
Copyright 150C oy It K Fenao Co
CHAPTER I
Ask Mr Hume to come here for
a moment Gosse said Field the
chief factor as he turned from the
frosty window of his office at Fort
Providence one of the Hudson Bay
companys posts The servant or
more properly Orderly Sergeant
GoBse late of the Scots Guards de
parted on his errand glancing curi
ously at his masters face as he did
bo The chief factor as he turned
round unclasped his hands from be
hlnd him took a few steps forward
then standing still in the center of
the room read carefully through a
letter which he had held in the
fingers of his right hand for the last
ten minutes as he scanned the wastes
of snow that stretched away beyond
Great Slave lake to the Arctic circle
and the Barren Grounds He medi
tated a moment went back to the
window looked out again shook his
head negatively and with a sigh
walked over to the huge fireplace
He stood thoughtfully considering the
floor until the door opened and Sub
factor Jaspar Hume entered The fac
tor looked up and said
Hume Ive something here thats
been worrying me a bit This letter
came in the monthly hatch this
morning It is from a woman The
company sends another commending
the cause of the woman and urging us
to do all that Is possible to meet her
wishes It seems that her husband is
a civil engineer of considerable fame
He had a commission to explore the
Copper Mine region and a portion of
the Barren Grounds He was to he
gone six months He has been gone
3 year He left Fort Good Hope
skirted Great Bear Lake and reached
the Copper Mine river Then he sent
back all of the Indians who accom
panied him but two they bearing the
message that he would make the
Great Fish river and come down by
Great Slave lake to Fort Providence
That was nine months ago He has
not come here nor to any other of
the forts nor has any word been re
ceived from him His wife backed
by the H B C urges that a relief
party be sent to look for him They
and she forget that this is the Arctic
region and that the task is a well
nigh hopeless one He ought to have
been here six months ago Now how
can we do anything Our fort is
small and there is always dauger of
trouble with the Indians We cant
force men to join a relief party like
this and who will volunteer Who
would lead such a party and who will
make up the party to be led
The brown face of Jaspar Hume
was not mobile It changed in ex
pression but seldom it preserved a
steady and satisfying character of in
telligence and force The eyes how
ever were of an inquiring debating
kind that moved from one thing to
another as if to get a sense of balance
before opinion or judgment was ex
pressed The face had remained im
passive but the eyes had kindled a
little as the factor talked To the
factors despairing question there was
not an immediate reply The eyes
were debating But they suddenly
steadied and Jaspar Hume said sen
tentlously A relief party should
go
Yes yes but who is to lead
them
Again the eyes debated
Read her letter said the factor
handing him it
Jaspar Hume took It and mechan
ically scanned it
The factor had moved toward the
table for his pipe or he would have
seen the other start and his nostrils
slightly quiver as his eyes grew con
scious of what they were looking at
TUrning quickly Jaspar Hume walked
toward the window as if for more
light and withhis back to his su
perior he read the letter Then he
turned and saidt I think this thing
should be done
The factor shrugged his shoulders
slightly Well as to that I think so
too but thinking and doing are two
dfferent things Hume
Will you leave the matter in my
hands until the morning
Yes of course and glad to do so
You are the only man who can ar
range the affair if it is to be done at
all But I tell you as you know
that everything will depend upon a
leader even if you secure the men
So you had better keep the let
ter for to night It may help you to
get the men together A womans
handwriting will do more than a
mans word any time
Jasper Humes eyes had been look
ing at the Factor but they were
studying something else His face
seemed not quite so fresh as it was a
few minutes before
I will see you at ten oclock to
morrow morning Mr Field he said
quietly Will you let Gosse come
to mp In an hour
Certainly Good night
Jasper Hume let himself out He
wallrtd across a small square to a
log house and opened the door which
created and shrieked with the frost
A dog sprang upon him as he did so
and rubbed its head against his
breast He touched the head as If
it had been that of a child and said
Lie down Jacques
It did so but it watched him as
he doffed his dog skin cap and buf
falo coat He looked around the
room slowly once as if he wished to
fix it clearly and deeply in his mind
Then he sat down and held near the
firelight the letter the factor had
given him His features grew set
and stern as he read it Once he
paused In the reading and looked
into the fire drawing his breath
sharply between his teeth Then
he read it to the end without a sign
A pause and he said So this is
how the lines meet again Varre
Lepage He read the last sen
tence of the letter aloud
In the hope that you may soon clve
me good news of my husband I am with
all respect Sincerely yours
ROSE LEPAGE
Again he repeated With all re
spect sincerely yours Rose Lepage
The dog Jacques looked up Per
haps It detected something unusual
in the voice It rose came over
and laid its head on its masters
knee Jasper Humes hand fell
gently on the head and he said to
the fire Rose Lepage you can
write to Factor Field what you dare
not write to your husband if you
knew You might say to him then
With all love but not With all re
spect
He folded the letter and put it in
his pocket Then he took the dogs
head between his hands and said
Listen Jacques and I will tell you
a story The dog blinked and
BiiSMba
many days but had never heard
him talk so much at time as he had
done this last ten minutes JaBpar
Hume was generally a silent man
decisive even to severity careless
carriers and shirking under offlcers
thought Yet none could complain
that he was unjust He was simply
straightforward and he had no sym
pathy with those who were not the
same He had carried a drunken
Indian on his back for miles and
from a certain death by frost Ho
had for want of a more convenient
punishment promptly knocked down
Jeff Hyde the sometime bully of the
Fort for appropriating a bundle of
furs belonging to a French half
breed Gaspe Toujours But he
nursed Jeff Hyde through an attack
of pneumonia insisting at the same
time that Gaspe Toujours should
help him The result of it all was
that Jeff Hyde and Gaspe Toujours
became constant allies They both
formulated their oaths by Jaspar
Hume The Indian Cloud-in-the
Sky though by word never thanking
his rescuer could not be induced to
leave the Fort except on some mis
sion with which Jaspar Hume was
connected He preferred living an
undignified an un Indian life and
earning his food and shelter by
coarsely laboring with his hands
He came at least twice a week to
Jasper Humes log house and sit
ting down silent and cross legged
before the fire watched the Sub
factor working at his drawings and
calculations Sitting so for perhaps
an hour or more and smoking all the
time he would rise and with a grunt
which was answered by a kindly nod
would pass out as silently as he came
And now as Jasper Hume stood
looking at his Idea Cloud-in-the-Sky
entered let his blanket fall by
the hearthstone and sat down upon
it If Jasper Hume saw him or
heard him he at least gave no sign
at first He said in a low tone to
With His Back to His Superior He Read the Letter
pushed its nose against its masters
arm
Ten years ago two young men
who had studied and graduated to
gether at the same college were
struggling together in their profes
sion as civil engineers One was
Varre Lepage and the other was
Jaspar Hume The one was bril
liant and persuasive the other was
persistent and studious Varre Le
page could have succeeded in any
profession Jaspar Hume had only
heart and mind for one Only for
one Jacques you understand He
lived in it he loved it he saw great
things to be achieved in It He had
got an idea He worked at it night
and day he thought it out he de
veloped it he perfected it he was
ready to give it to the world But
he was seized with illness became
blind and was ordered to a warm
climate for a year He left his idea
his invention behind him his com
plete idea While he was gone his
bosom frend stole his perfected idea
yes stole his perfected idea and
sold it for twenty thousand dollars
He was called a genius a great in
ventor And then he married her
You dont know her Jacques You
never saw pretty Rose Varcoe who
liking two men chose the one who
was handsome and brilliant and
whom the world called a genius
Why didnt Jaspar Hume expose
him Jacques Proof is not always
easy and then he had to think of
her One has to think of a woman in
such a case Jacques Even a dog
can see that
He was silent for a moment and
then he said Come Jacques You
will keep secret what I show you
He went to a large box in the
corner unlocked it and took out a
model made of brass and copper and
smooth but unpolished wood
After ten years of banishment
Jacques he has worked out another
idea yju see It should be worth
ten times the other and the world
called the other the work of a genius
dog
Then he became silent the animal
watching him the while It had
scon him working at his model for
the dog It is finished Jacques it
is ready for the world
Then he put it back locked the
bpx and turned toward Cloud-in-the-Sky
and the fireplace The Indian
grunted the other nodded with the
debating look again dominant in his
eyes The Indian met the look with
stoic calm There was something
in Jasper Humes habitual reticence
and decisiveness in action which ap
pealed more to Cloud-in-the-Sky than
any freedom of speech could possibly
have done
Jasper Hume sat down handed
the Indian a pipe and tobacco and
with arms folded watched the fire
For half an hour they sat so white
man Indian and dog Then Jaspar
Hume rose went to a cupboard took
out some sealing wax and matches
and in a moment melted wax was
dropping upon the lock of the box
containing his Idea He had just fin
ished this as Sergeant Gosse knocked
at the door and immediately after
entered the room
Gosse said the sub factor find
Jeff Hyde Gaspe Toujours and Lata
Carsallen and bring them here
Sergeant Gosse immediately depart
ed upon this errand Jaspar Hume
then turned to Cloud-in-the-Sky and
said Cloud-in-the-Sky I want you to
go a long journey hereaway to the
Barren Grounds Have twelve dogs
ready by nine oclock to morrow morn
ing
Cloud-in-the-Sky shook his head
thoughtfully and then after a pause
said Strong back go too Strong
back was his name for Jaspar Hume
But the other either did nor or would
not hear The Indian however ap
peared satisfied for he smoked harder
afterward and grunted to himself
many times A few moments passed
and then Sergeant Gosse entered fol
lowed by Jeff Hyde Gaspe Toujours
and Late Carscallen Late Carscallen
haur got his name Late from having
been called The Late Mr Carscal
len by the Chief Factor because of
his slowness Slow as he was however
the stout Scotsman had more than
once proved himself sound and true
according to Jaspar Humes ideas
TO BE CONTINUED
FOR THE fiOME MAKER
1
Right Way to Live Comfortably on
Limited Income
The increased cost of living all over
this country especially in the largo
cities has not been accompanied by a
similar rise in the income for most
wage earners and the already busy
housemother finds additional responsi
bility in contriving to make ends
meet
How to live comfortably lay by a
little against the day of need and at
the same time live honestly in the
sight of all men to ones own con
science is a problem that it takes
brains to solve In the majority of
homes praise be the husband is
still by the laws of nature therefore
divine appointment wage earner but
upon the woman rests the equal 01
greater responsibility of making the
best possible use of the funds handed
over to her for disbursement With
the same amount of money to draw
upon one woman who is a good man
ager may evolve a comfortable homey
home for her family while another
without taking proper thought for her
part of the housekeeping proposition
has everything running at sixes and
sevens
In managing well on a limited in
come there are several donts
worth memorizing
Dont go in debt never spend a dol
lar until you have it in hand
Dont waste it is the little leaks
that count more than the big outlays
Dont pattern your living after some
one whose income is twice yours
They dont pay your bills
Dont be afraid of what the neigh
bors will say Be sure you are right
then go ahead
Dont lose sight of the true propor
tion of things Good food values there
must be ditto warm clothing com
fortable bedding tools to work with
but never mind the silks and satins
that oft put out the kitchen fire nor
indulge in ruffles when wanting a
skirt
Dont think if you are a young
housekeeper that you must begin
where your mother left off
Dont shirk When industry goes
out of the door poverty comes in at
the window
CARE IN BOILING RICE
Things to Remember if You Would
Get the Best Results
Never set rice to cook in cold water
or you will hve a thick mushy dish
most unpleasant to the sight and
equally so to the taste
Always use boiling water Boil rap
idly from the time you cover the pot
until you take it off Constant motion
of water allowing each grain to swell
to three times its size prevents stick
ing together
Do not stir from the moment it be
gins to boil for it will be noticed that
when first rice is put into the water
the water will cease boiling until the
rice is heated Stir occasionally dur
ing this period to keep from sinking
to the bottom and burning but do not
touch with a spoon fork or anything
once it has commenced boiling
Follow implicitly the directions
about setting in oven and allowing
rice to sweat as the old Creoles
say
You will then have a dish that is
not only very beautiful and tempting
to the sight but most delectable to
the taste
Plants in Living Room
In the living room the air is gen
erally very dry because we keep it
tit such a high temperature that mois
Jture is burned out of it Plants will
not do well m a dry air Those who
love plants and desire to grow them
will therefore try to counteract the
evil effect of dry air by taking steps
to impart a necessary degree of mois
ture to it They will shower their
plants They will keep water evap
orating constantly on stove or regis
tetr Plants like fresh air and fail
to flourish in rooms where the proper
proportion of oxygen is not found
The plant owner will arrange for ven
tilation and the admission of as much
pure air as her pets need By work
ing all along this line she will have
her efforts crowned with success
while those who do not study their
plants and their needs and try to
make unfavorable conditions favora
ble will fail with them From the
Winter Window Garden in the Home
Magazine
Preserved Grapes
Grapes are too seedy as well as rich
in juices to be preserved excepting
in the form of jam either plain or
spiced To prepare the grapes for
these forms of preserving pick from
the stems wash and press the pulp
out of the skins Put skins in one
preserving kettle and the pulp in an
other together with any juice that has
run from the grapes Let them cock
15 or 20 minutes stirring often strain
the pulp through a puree sieve to re
move the seeds Add the cooked skins
to the strained pulp then measure
To every pint of the fruit allow a
pound of sugar Cook until quite
thick stirring often Turn into small
jars or glasses and seal
Laundry Bag Is Handy
Bachelor girls who run about much
will have to thank a fastidious bach
elor for inventing a traveling laundry
bag which spares them the disagree
able necessity of packing soiled linen
in their trunks The new device is a
bag of brown canvas somewhat like
a mail bag It fastens with a patent
brass lock and has initials painted on
it in trunk style It goes empty but it
returns from the week end or other
visit with the linen which is ready to
go to the laundress
LIKE A FAIRY TALE
The Story of Postum Cereal In Words
and Pictures
The growth of the Postum Cereal
Co Is like a fairy tale but it is true
every word of it
The Door Unbolted is the title of
a charming little booklet just issued
by the Company which tells and il
lustrates the story of this remark
able growth It takes the reader from
the little white barn in which the
business was started Jan 1 1S95
through the palatial offices and great
factory buildings of the White City
that comprise Postumville Battle
Creek Mich
The little white barn so carefully
preserved is a most interesting build
ing for it represents the humble be
ginning of one of tho countrys great
est manufacturing enterprises of to
day an enterprise that has grown
from this little barn to a whole city
of factory buildings within but little
more than ten years
No less interesting Is the quaint of
ficial home of the Postum Cereal Co
The general office building of Mr Post
and his associates is a reproduction of
tho Shakespeare house at Stratford-on-Avon
and upon the house and its
furnishings has been expended vast
sums of money until the rooms are
more like the drawing rooms of the
mansions of our multi millionaires
than like offices
That Mr Post has believed thor
oughly in tho Idea -of giving to his
employes attractive and healthful
work rooms is proven not only by the
general office building of the Company
and its furnishings but by his fac
tories as well and of all of these
things this beautiful little booklet tells
the interesting story It will be sent
to anyone on request
HIS TROUBLE WAS INTERNAL
Indian Chief Had Peculiar Ideas About
Hydrophobia
Mayor Stoy of Atlantic City was
describing the cosmopolitan throngs
that visit his famous and gay resort
Every nationality comes here he
said Greeks Turks Hindoos Chi
nese Moors they all come
I was talking the other day to one
of the physicians of the Pasteur In
stitute the hospital you know for
the prevention and cure of hydropho
bia The Pasteur Institute reminded
me of Atlantic City its visitors seemed
to be of such a diversified character
The physician told me about an In
dian chief who had come to him for
treatment last year
My name said the chief is War
Eagle Please take me in hand I
fear I am getting hydrophobia
Have you been bitten the physic
ian asked by a mad dog
Not exactly bitten War Eagle
answered but I have the gravest sus
picions about a black poodle that was
served to me in a ragout last Friday
afternoon
TEN YEARS OF PAIN
Unable to Do Even Housework Be
cause of Kidney Troubles
Mrs Margaret Emmerich of Clinton
street Napoleon O says For fif
teen years I was a
great sufferer from
kidney troubles My
back pained me ter
ribly Every turn
or move caused
Y jfiM f Pains My eyesight
was poor dark
spots appeared be
fore me and I had dizzy spells For
ten years I could not do housework
and for two years did not get out of
the house The kidney secretions
were irregular and doctors were not
helping me Doans Kidney Pills
brought me quick relief and finally
cured me They saved my life
Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box
Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y
Lord Rothschilds Tart Reply
Lord Rothschild who is taking a
prominent part in the commission
which is considering as to the best
territory for Jewish colonization is
the wealthiest member of the wealth
iest and most famous banking house
In the world His monetary and social
Influence suggest the monarch rather
than the financier There is a story
that Jay Gould once called upon him
on business Lord Rothschild sent out
word that he was loo busy to see the
caller Mr Gould not accustomed to
being denied audience by anyone sent
back rather a tart repetition of his re
quest After an interval the attendant
returned with this reply from Lord
Rothschild Tell Mr Gould that Eu
rope is not for sale
The extraordinary popularity of fine
white goods this summer makes the
choice of Starch a matter of great im
portance Defiance Starch being free
from all injurious chemicals is the
only one which is safe to use on fine
fabrics Its great strength as a stiff
ener makes half the usual quantity of
Starch necessary with the result of
perfect finish equal to that when the
goods were new
Mix Soap With Dough
From a communication read to the
Association of Belgian Chemists it
seems that continental bakers are in
the habit of mixing soap with their
dough to make their bread and pastry
nice and light The quantity of soap
varies greatly In fancy articles lirte
waffles and fritters it is much larger
than in bread
The man who sits down and waits
fo something to turn up will get his
reward sooner or later His toes will
turn uy
wire is a balloon
a
A man without
without an anchor
Lewis Slnirlo Binder
not so good x
pay 10c for cigars
orletvis Factors Peoria HI
of himself doesnt
a mansopinIon
netesdy increase tho circumference
of his headgear
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
cannot reach tho d Is-
b7 local applications m they
Mml or Imperfect
tate is innamed you have a rumbling
perfect hearing and when It I entirely closed Uear
S8 la the resultand unle o Inflammation can bo
taken out and thU tubb restored to W normal condi
tion hearing will bo destroyed forecr nlna casts
out of ten aro caused by Catarrh which is nothing
but an inflamed condition of tho mucous
Wo will clvo One Hundred Dollars for any case i or
Deifness caused by catarrh that cannot he curea
by Halls Catarrh Cure Smid for circulars free
KJ CHENEY CO Toledo O-
Sold by Drncslsts 73c
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Officers of New York Police
New York city has one captain or
20 members of tne
sergeant for every
police force
GAIMHMJi POUNDS
Persistent Anaemia Cured by Dr-
Williams Pink Pills After Other
Remedies Had Failed
When I began taking Dr Williams
Pink Pills says Mrs Nathaniel Field
of Sfc Albans Somerset county Maine
I was the palest most bloodless person
you could imagine My tongue and
gums wero colorless and my fingers aud
ears were like wax I had two doctors
aud they pronounced my trouble anomifru
I had spells of vomiting could not eat
in fact did not dare to I had such dis
tress after eating My stomach was filled
with ga3 which caused me nwf ul agouy
The backache I suffered was at times
almost unbearable and the least exertion
made my heart beat so fast that I could
hardly breathe Bnfc the worst of all way
the splitting neuralgia headache which
never lef tine for seven weeks About this
time I had had several numb spells My
limbs would bo cold and without any
feeling and the most deathly sensations
would come over me
Nothing hadhclpcd meuiitil I began
taking Dr Williams Pink Pills in fact
I had grown worse every day After I
had taken the pills a short time I could
see that they were benefiting me and
one morning I awoke entirely free from
pain Tho distress after eating disap
peared and iu three weeks I conld eat
anything I wanted and suffer no incon
venience I also slept soundly I have
taken several boxes of the pills and luive
gained iu weight from 120 to 154 pounds
and am perfectly well now
Dr Williams Pink Pills cure anaemia
because they actually mako new blood
For rheumatism iudigestiou nervous--headaches
and many forms of weakness
they are recommended even if ordinary
medicines have failed They are sold by
all druggists or will be sent postpaid on
receipt of price 50 cents per box sis
boxes for 250 by tho Dr Williams
Medicine Company Schenectady N Y
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any other agency as
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