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MCOOK - - - NEBRASKA
ae
MARCH
OF THE
WHITE
GUARD
SIR GILBERT PARKER
Copyright 1902 oy R F Fonno Co
CHAPTER X Continued
Jaspar Hume looked steadily into the
eyes of the man who had wronged
him Remember Varre you begin
the world again I am going now By
the memory of old days good by and
he held out his hand Varre Lepage
took it and rose tremblingly to his
feet and said You are a good man
Taspar Hume Good by
The Sub factor turned at the door
If it will please you tell your wife
that I saved you Some one will tell
her perhaps I would rather at least
it would be more natural if you did
it He passed out into the heat of
sunshine that streamed into the room
and fell across the figure of Varre Le
page who sat and said dreamily And
begin the world again
Before Jaspar Hume mounted al
most immediately after to join the
White Guard now ready for the jour
ney back Jacques sprang upon him
and pushed his nose against his mas
ters heart And once again and for
the last time that we shall hear it
Jaspar Hume said Its all right
Jacques
And then they started for the north
again As they were doing so a
shadow fell across the sunlight that
streamed upon Varre Lepage He
looked up There was a startled cry
of joy an answering exclamation of
love and Rose Lepage was locked in
her husbands arms
A few moments after and the sweet
faced woman said Who was the man
who rode away to the north as I came
up Varre He reminded me of some
one but I cant think who it is
That was the leader of the White
Guard the man who saved me my
wife He paused a moment and then
solemnly said That man was Jaspar
Hume
The wife rose to her feet with a
spring He saved you He saved
you Jaspar Hume oh Varre
He saved me Rose
Her eyes were wet And he would
not stay and let me thank him poor
fellow poor Jaspar Hume Has he
then been up here these ten years
He face was flushed and pain was
struggling witlfHlie joy she felt in see
ing her husband again
Yes he has been up here all that
time
He has not succeeded in life
Varre and her thoughts went back
to the days when blind and ill Jaspar
Hume went away for healths sake
and she remembered how sorry then
she felt for him and how grieved she
was that when he came back strong
and well he did not come near her
or her husband and offered no con
gratulations She had not deliberately
wronged him She did not know he
wished her to be his wife She knew
he cared for her but so did Varre Le
page A promise had been given to
neither when Jaspar Hume went
away and after that she grew to love
the successful kind mannered genius
who became her husband Even in
this happiness of hers sitting once
again at her husbands feet she
thought with a tender and glowing
kindness of the man who had cared
for her eleven years ago and who had
but now saved her husband
He has not succeeded in life she
repeated softly
Looking down at her his brow
burning with a white heat Varre Le
page said He- is a great man my
wife
- I am sure he is a good man she
added
Perhaps Varre Lepage had borrowed
some strength from Jaspar Hume for
he said almost sternly He is a great
man
His wife looked up half startled at
the tone and said Yes dear he is a
good man and a great man
The sunlight still came in through
the open door The Saskatchewan
flowed swiftly between its verdant
banks an eagle went floating away to
the west robins made vocal a soli
tary tree a few yards away troopers
moved back and forward across the
square and a hen and her chickens
came fluttering to the threshold The
wife looked at the yellow brood draw
ing close to their mother and her
eyes grew wistful She thought of
their one baby asleep in an English
grave But thinking of the words of
the captain of the White Guard Varre
Lepage said We will begin the world
again my wife
She smiled and rose to kiss his fore
head as the hen and chickens has
tened away from the door and a clear
bugle call sounded in the square
Yes dear she said ws will begin
the world again
CHAPTER XI
Eleven years have gone since that
scene was enacted at Edmonton and
the curtain rises for the last act of
that drama of life which is connected
with the brief history of the White
Guard
A great gathering is dispersing from
a hall in Piccadilly It has been drawn
together to do honor to a man who
has achieved a triumph in engineering
science As he steps from the plat
form to go he is greeted by a fusilade
of cheers He bows calmly and kind
ly He is a man of vigorous yet re
served aspect he has a rare individ
uality He receives with a quiet cor
diality the personal congratulations of
his friends He remains for some time
in conversation with a royal Duke
who takes his arm and with him
passes into the street The Duke is a
member of this great mans club and
offers him a seat in his brougham
Amid the cheers of the people they
drive away together Inside the club
there are fresh congratulations and
it is proposed to arrange an im
promptu dinner at which the Duke
will preside But with modesty and
honest thanks the great man declines
He pleads an engagement He had
pleaded this engagement the day be
fore to a well known society After
his health is proposed he makes his
adieus and leaving the club walks
away toward a West end square In
one of its streets he pauses and en
ters a building called Providence
Chambers His servant hands him a
cablegram He passes to his library
and standing before the fire opens it
It reads My wife and I send con
gratulations to the great man
Jaspar Hume stands for a moment
looking at the fire and then says sim
ply I wish my poor old Jacques were
here He then sits down and writes
this letter
My Dear Friends Your cable
gram has made me glad The day is
over My last idea was more success
ful than I even dared to hope and the
Carscallen he made the sign of the
cross that hed come back from Saint
Gabrielle and thats next to the Book
with a Papist If he3 alive hell
come
Perhaps he will Carscallen And
Cloud-in-the-Sky
Hes still there and comes in and
smokes with Jeff Hyde and me as he
used to do with you sir but he
doesnt obey our orders as he did
those of the Captain of the White
Guard He said to me when I left
You see Strong back tell him Cloud-in-the-Sky
good Indian he never for
get How
Jaspar Hume raised his glass with
smiling and thoughtful eyes To
Cloud-in-the-Sky and all who never
forget he said
THE END
HOURS FOR SLEEP AND DREAMS
General Method of Living Declared
to Be Wrong
There certainly is good reason to
suspect that our entire general meth
od of living so far as differentiation
of waking and sleeping hours is con
cerned is wrong but it does not
seem as yet to have occurred to the
learned men to make the simple ex
periments requisite to the acquire
ment of exact knowledge says the
North American Review Any one
of course can do it to his own satis
faction but the individual result of
an unscientific test would be far from
conclusive An effort by any of our
own societies to determine whether
there may not be in this simple revo
lution of hours a panacea for Ameri
can nerves would seem to be in order
We would not of course anticipate
any immediate effect whatever the re
sult of such experimentation because
human nature is obstinate and long
He Saved You He Saved You Jaspar Hume Oh Varre
world has been kind I went down to
see your boy Jaspar at Clifton last
week It was the 13th his birthday
you know ten years old and a clever
strong minded little fellow He is
quite contented As he is my god
child I again claimed the right of put
ting a thousand dollars to his credit in
the bank I have to speak of dollars
to you people living in Canada which
I have done on his every birthday
When he is twenty one he will have
twenty one thousand dollars quite
enough for a start in life We get
along well together and I think he
will develop a fine faculty for science
In the summer as I said I will bring
him over to you There is nothing
more to say to night except that I am
as always
Your faithful friend
JASPAR HUME
A moment after the letter was fin
ished the servant entered and an
nounced Mr Late Carscallen With
a smile and hearty greeting the great
man and this member of the White
Guard meet It was to entertain his
old Arctic comrade that Jaspar Hume
had declined to be entertained by so
sciety or club A little while after
seated at the table the ex-Sub-factor
said You found your brother well
Carscallen
The jaws moved slowly as of old
Ay that and a grand minister Cap
tain
He wanted you to stay in Scotland
I suppose
Ay that but theres no place for
me like Fort Providence
Try this pheasant And you are
Sub factor now Carscallen
Theres two of us Sub factors
Jeff Hyde and myself Mr Field is
old and cant do much work and
N
trade is heavy now
Yes I hear from the Factor now
and then And Gaspe Toujours
He went away three years ago
but he said hed come back He never
did though Jeff Hyde believes he
witt He says to me a hundred times
evenings by the fireside are notorious
ly agreeable One effect generally
considered highly desirable we sus
pect would be certain Almost sure
ly such sleep would be less dreamful
and consequently according to both
the learned men and experience more
restful physically and more recupera
tive mentally But here again prac
tice will encounter the serious obsta
cle of disinclination Dreaming either
by day or by night is one of the great
est luxuries It is not of course a
physical necessity since Ave all know
many persons who never dream at
all and yet continue to be exasperat
ingly healthful But observation teach
es us that such persons invariably are
most uninteresting They may and
often do possess in a notable degree
sweetness of disposition but they are
so devoid or imagination as to be out
of touch with the fantasies of exist
ence
Congratulations
Male Friend My heartiest congrat
ulations Fraulein Meier I read in
the paper the announcement of your
betrothal to Inspector Mueller
Fraulein That wasnt I but an
other Fraulein Meier
Friend Oh Im sorry but between
ourselves you can be glad that you
didnt get such a fool as Mueller
Figaro
It Might Work
I dont see much hope said the
prisoners counsel
Oh I dunno replied the prisoner
Im a member of a labor union you
know
Well
Well I thought mebbe we might
get the jury to go out on a sympa
thetic strike Philadelphia Press
More Practical
Whats the difference between tal
ent and genius
Talent makes money oftener than
genius does Detroit Free Press
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NOT CONCERNED
Sir asked the pale faced side
whiskered man of the heavy set chubby-cheeked
man who was smoking a
long black cigar and reading a sport
jig paper would you permit your boy
o smoke cigarettes when he grows
up
Thats a question youll have to de
cide for yourself replied the heavy
set man I dont know how you would
look at it you see Its you and your
boy for that
I did not refer to myself in the
question sir What I meant to in
quire was whether you intended to
permit your own boy to smoke
Ive never given it a minutes
thought
What never pondered upon the
effect upon the constitution to say
nothing of the morals of your son to
allow him to smoke the deadly
things
Never a thought no sir
And will you allow him to drink
I have never thought about it
Oh can such things be can such
tilings be Allowing your child to
grow up in the midst of temptation
and never speaking a fatherly word
to
Look here colonel You mean
well I guess but maybe youd better
let me tell you that Im a bachelor of
30 years standing since the last girl
threw me over and I havent any
The man of the pale face and side
whiskers was making a dissolving
view of himself Judge
TRUE TO NATURE
Stubb Scribes has written a moon
shine novel In one chapter the still
is discovered by a flash of lightning
Penn Is it very realistic
Stubb I should say so Even the
lightning is jagged Chicago Daily
fJews
Vengeance
First Clubman Why did you black
ball Goodman You dont even know
him
Second Clubman No I never
Bpoke to him in my life but I hate
him and his whole family They live
in the flat below us and they have
corned beef and cabbage three days
a week N Y Weekly
The Senators Idea
Senator what is you idea of this
so called high finance
That replied Senator Badger is
i part of the business that I seldom
calk about but I will say confidential
y that I think its all right We who
serve the people need the highest
anance we can get Milwaukee Sen
inel
AT A FANCY DRESS BALL
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Miss Brickstone No Lord Bangle
ey I cannot marry you Im so much
pelow you in station
Lord B Oh Wosy dont say that
tthy oh why wasnt I born lower in
ife Now if Id only been born a
shoeblack oh no no No offense
flash it all Exit Miss B Punch
Further Away
Bill Does your wife go to New
York to do her shopping
jill oh yes she thinks she makes
her money go further
So she does a few miles further
Yonkers Statesman
Business Judgment
Are you the proprietor of this
store asked the young man with
the sample case
I am said the druggist Is there
anything
Have you any clerks besides thai
young man behind the counter
No sir
Then I cant do business with you
I am introducing a preparation guar
anteed to make thin people plump
But you are too skinny here to handle
it Sorry Good day Chicago
Tribune
GE sraoins
Explained
Say paw what is the difference be
tween quarter back and full back
Quarter back my son replied tho
parent whose entrance Into the house
from the lodge the night before had
been at a very early hour is when
the man behind the counter shoves
back a quarter of the change coming
to you and you place it in your pocket
without looking at it Milwaukeo
Sentinel
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IN GOOD SPIRITS
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He I understand tho man that
Carrye is engaged to is going to the
dogs
She That doesnt make much dif
ference I reckon Carrye is awfully
fond of animals Cincinnati Enquirer
A parish minister met some time
ago a prominent member of his con
gregation publican by trade who
while engaged in the cellar of his shop
a day or two previously had accident
ally become immersed in a barrel of
liquor wherefrom owing to his ex
treme corpulence he was rescued with
difficulty and commenced to condole
with him on his unfortunate experi
ence
You must have felt very uncomfort
able indeed in such a painful situa
tion observed the cleric
Och no was the cheery reply
I wis in the verra best o speerits
Tit Bits
AU CONTRAIRE
Are you afraid Ill bust it pop
Er no Im afraid you wont
Topeka Journal
Her Remedy
He I understand you have been at
tending an ambulance class Can you
tell me what is the best thing to do for
a broken heart
She Oh yes Bind up the broken
portion with a gold band bathe in
orange blossom water and apply
plenty of raw rice Guaranteed to be
well in a month Tit Bits
His Stories
Yeast Who is your wifes favorite
author
Crimsonbeak I am She says I
make up some of the most wonderful
stories she ever heard Yonkers
Statesman
Merely a Suggestion
He bashfully May I eh kiss
your hand Miss Dolly
She Oh I suppose so But it
would be so much easier for me to
remove my veil than my glove Chi
cago Daily News
Stupid
Mrs Hihorse always uses a lorg
nette
But she cant see through anything
then Detroit Free Press
A Lusus Naturae
What astonishes you so my son
Why theres a man that looks a lit
tle like the ones I see in the clothing
ads Judge
Competent
So you believe yourself capable
said the editor of satisfactorily fill
ing our vacancy for a dramatic critic
What are your qualifications
Well responded the peevish call
er in a harsh voice Ive tried to
be an actor and failed Ive written
400 dramas which nobody will accept
as a gift and my inherited fortune
has been lost in disastrous attempts
to make myself a theatrical man
ager
The job is your criled the editor
with a sob of joy Judge
THE PROGRESS OF THE CANA
DIAN WEST
Nearly 200000 of an Increase in Cana
das Immigration in 1906
Tho progress of a new country can
not be better ascertained than by not
ing the increase of railroad mileage In
its transportation system- and judged
by this standard tho Canadian West
leads all the countries in the world
during the current year Thirty years
ago there was not one hundred miles
of railroad west of the Great Lakes
and very little prospect of a trans
continental route for many years to
come but by the end of 1885 tho
Canadian Pacific Railway was within
measurable distance of completion
and last year twenty years later
over GOOO miles of railroad traversed
tho provinces of Manitoba Sas
katchewan and Alberta
In the past year the work of rail
road construction has been vigorously
prosecuted and by the end of 1906
some 5000 miles of completed railroad
nas been added making a total of
fully 11000 miles in the three great
grain producing provinces of Canada
Such an Increase in the transportation
facilities of the country is bound to
make good times not only In the dis
tricts where the railroads are being
built but throughout the entire west
Allowing 20000 a mile for construc
tion the sum of 100000000 will bo
put in circulation and this in itself
should cause good times to prevail in
a land where work is plentiful wages
are high and the cost of living is mod
erate
But the building of new railroads
through Western Canada means a
greater benefit to the country than
merely the money put in circulation
by the cost of construction Addition
al railway building means the opening
of new agricultural districts and an
additional area under crops a largely
increased output of grain to foreign
markets with consequent financial re
turns the erection of elevators and
the growth of villages towns and cit
ies and everything else that makes
for the progress of national life and
the opening up of additional thousands
of free homesteads so extensively ad
vertised by the Canadian government
agent whose address appears else
where
It was stated on the floor of the
Canadian Parliament recently by a
prominent representative that ten
years from now would see the bulk of
the population of Canada residing
west of the Great Lakes and if the
work of railway building during the
present year is any criterion tho
prophecy made by the Canadian states
man may be easily fulfilled inside of
the time stated During the present
year no less than 1S90G4 persons have
found homes in the Canadian west
of whom 57790 were Americans who
have seen the great possibilities of
this new West and have decided to
cast in their lot with it Certainly
our neighbor north of the 49th parallel
is making a great record and deserves
the success that appears to be coming
its way
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