Nebraska Newspapers

    12 Tina OMAHA DAILV SATURDAY , DEOEMJJIDII M , is 5.
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MISTRESS OF HERSELF.
From the I'lill.ulclplila Pros * .
The lowering clouds had begun lo empty
themielve * with a dreary drlzle by the time
the train reached Temple , and Anna was . o
glad to got out that i-he did not mind the
dampness. Uotli tlie conductor nnd the porter
nerc busy wllh the num > rous parcels of a party
of } oung girls wliose gav chatter lud made
tlicm 'jultc conspicuous during tlie Journey ,
KO Anna had lo make two trips to the wall
ing room before she got her own baggage off.
She put her telescope In \ncant fat in the
corner by a window , while she went back for
i j her bag and lunch box. On her return she
put the telescope on the floor nnd . nnk down
Into the \.icint seat dejectedly.
The Journny had not been a ple.isani one.
It had secfnoii to Anna that the deid In el
of the Texas plains depressed lier. The
sky touched the earth at too close a horizon
today , the dull gray abo\o molting Into the
dull gray below , leaving no vistas. The
clumps of mesqulte and scrub oak lost their
green In the general dullness ami the wheop
in the pastures huddled together , cold and
*
shl\cring. Tlie whole aspect was gloomy.
The chill of the east wind crept Into the
badly-warmed and 111-vcntllatcd coach , and H
had lt n In valt < for Anna to button her well
worn cloak up close about her tliro.1t ; her
feet anil limbs were cold , though her face
i was feverishly hot.
The whole thing had set her head aching ,
i nnd she pressed It agilnrt the celled pane
f now , looking out across ths wet plalrs hope-
I I IcsMy. Now nnd tren the door of t'lc wiit-
$ Ing room opened as a newcomer entered ,
*
and tha tharp gusts of wind that came In
1 ' from the drear outside made her shiver.
i I Within , In one corner'of the spacious rocm ,
j 5 two boyn wcie dealing cut plug tobacco ,
| , ham sandwiches and coffee .it in old oil-
i * cloth-cohered lunch counter. Poor , Ill-fed
I I wcmcn , with dirty children nnd crjlng
i f bablee , Iniilillfil about the stove , making fro-
j ' quent trips to the leaky water tank with
| , Its rusty tin cup. Cowboys , with hlgli-
f hecloil boots and clinking spurs , walked rett-
< ' lossly about the room or Ftcod and steamed
I ' their damp clothes before the fire. A Mexi
can tninale vender , who occupied the sat
next Anna's , fit dczlng wltb his arms folded
over his rmoklng basket.
The commingled odors of the damp shucks ,
; grca y meat and steamed meil was sicken
ing but the girl felt almost too tired to
move , and ther > Bcemed small clunco cf
her .gc lng another seat. A thin-chested ,
! watery-eyed youth , with a soiled ban
dage coveting half of hfs cankere-l mouth ,
, ' vis eracWng pecans between his knuckles
jj and flipping the hulls Into the sawdiibt box
1 | cuspidor across the aisle. Anna felt a
i S twinge of pain every time a nut cracked , and
| 1 now. and then unconsciously pressed her
. ) $ fingers nervously against h5r throbbing
* tcinplec. Out'ldo the cars were- switching
* back an.l forth , clanging nnd whistling , nnd
* porters were tossing and tumbling trunks
f" noltlly on the soggy platform.
i Life seemed to Anna utterly and altogether
desolatr ; and she closed her eyes by and byte
to shut cut the hideous sordid details of
the scene around her. There are moments ,
rare enough to most of us , thank God , when
* we seem to lese the competing link which
u binds us In the chain of pulsing , breathing
J humanity , and leave us stranded upon an
t U'land whenc3 we may see only the Intricate
h mechanism of life's hideous r allty. Sush
* a moment had como to Anna Klnloch , an 1
A when her closed lids turned her gazt Ink -
k , wa'rd tears trickled beneath her thin lids
? . helplessly.
, l It EC mcd to her that though hrr llfo had
belli one succession of battles she had never
"
> knqwn many victories after all" , and all of
them had left her soma dead to bury , but It
did not make lur defeat any easier now
to , , reflect that It was far from being the
I only one she had eVer cxperlencsd. It did
not' help her to know that there had b en
extenuating clrcumbtancoa In her favor. She
hall only taken the school on a venture ,
niul the cdils had been against her from the
'
rta'rt. She had be n too quiet , too reserved.
too cultured. In fact , for poor hard-featured ,
, narrow-minded settlers whose children she
j had trUd to teach In the llttlo bare Texas
town that made scare ? a blot en the spread-
I Ing prairies.
1 The children who had l > 3en brave enough
1 to come to school to her pat and stared at
her-over tlielr ilesks , their eyes big with
fear and wonder : tlie women , poor hard-
worked , weary things , cinie to their doors
to look after her as she passed , and the men
stopped their teams and forgot to lift their
hats when they saw her wandering alone
about the prnlrles with her flower press or
her stone hammer In her hand. It only
made the memory of nil tlito harder now
to" rellect that she might have met the chil
dren's awe-struck , helpless gaze half way
nnd batlsded It. That she could have gone
to the little bare houses sometimes and sat
with the tired women and held tlielr babies ,
maybe , nnd talked with them about their
\\ork _ , which was all they knew , poor things ;
that she might have spoken a word or two
now and then to the m n to sOiow them she
was neither dazed nor daft.
These were the things she might have done
nnd had not. Instead , she found herself
driven more and more upon herself here ,
nnd when mid-term came the burden had
gronn too great and flic had shifted It. She
had told the few children who wcro left
i ' staring nt her that they might pack up their
books and go home , and the poor things
had been too scared to ask why. There was
nothing cite to do but to lock up tha school
houpj , and gUe the key to the old blnck-
Bmlth next dcor , from whom she had ob
tained It In September.
"This here place ain't ilttln * fur you , -Miss. "
lie hud said to her that first day , nnd he only
repeated It with a little look If pity when she
told him goodby. Ho wan tlie nearest ap
preach to a friend she had made during her
stay. Old .Mrs. Caddy , with whom she
hoarded , had shut her llpg clew when Anna
told her shs was going away. The $5 which
the girl paid her weekly was almost all that
lay between the old woman nnd utanatlon ,
but deep down In her heart the poor thing
felt n tense of relief.
"Mlfis Klnloch's ways ain't our ways , " sh *
had told the neighbors when they came first
to gobnlp with her nt the back door about
her boarder , nnd that vas as much as she
had over learned of the quiet woman who oc
cupied her best room and whom she seldom
ua\v except at meals.
Anna thought of all this now , nnd though
her defeat had not ben very much of n one ,
It pained her , nevertheless. At 30 women
begin to f.'cl a llttlo loosening of the tension ,
bometlmcs to lo > fslth In themselves , and
Anna wondered If there wore not at1 many
mistakes behind her as there seemed to be
dangers nhfad. She looked back upon her
years of struggle and called them wasted.
She had ttrlvtn to force her llttlo stream of
life Into broader currents than It was made
for , only to see Itu waters trlcklu and fall
where the rocks wcro rough or the banks
wcr3 steep. It wa that comprehension of her
Impotence biforo that had sickened liur nnd
driven her to Texas for a hraco up. Hut the
current was too feeble to run over so broad a
bed and uho had made no effort. Perhaps It
< 1I < 1 mil matter after all , She was alone In
the wet Id , and ono failure could not count for
much In the whole universe , she thought.
The tears Hill trickled down her cheeks ,
but she had ceased to btart when the boy
cracked his pecan ? or when the door opened.
The man with tamales got up and went out.
A train had como In , and passengers were
crowding off and on. The stools around the
lunch counter wcro filled with people , and
the two 1)0 ) j a were busy filling plate * and
rattling cups. Anna opened her lunch box
listlessly , and was not surprised to find Mrs ,
Caddy liad put up only enough for one meal.
"She owed me to much and no more , " bald
the girl to herself , with a little Kard imlle.
She eet tlie box down on top of her tels-
gcopo and went over to the counter for a
cup cf coffee. When she held out her hand
to receive It a man on the stool just bslde
her gave an order , Anna turned sharply ,
facing him and letting the cup fall heavily
upon the counter , whence It rolled noisily
to the floor.
"Look what you're about , won't you ? "
tald the boy sharply ,
"LooTf what you are about , youngster , "
said Jle : juan. springing to his feet and lean
ing over the counter. The boy winced aud
picked up the cup sulkily ,
"Can I assist you , inadamo ? " the man con
tinued , turning to Anni and llltlug bis bat.
' 'Don't > ou know me , Hohert Dscrlng ? "
ihc ask d.
"Why , It'i Annn Anna Klnloch Mill ? "
ho ? il'l ' pl'asintly. hoi ling out his hand.
She frit with a sudden thrill what a big ,
strong hnntl It was that she put hers Into and
was not surprised a moment later to find
herself following Deerlng to a neat llttlo
cloth couTcd table by a window In the cor
ner , lie had the same masterful way that
she knew so well In the old < 1n > - < s olid It
pleased her now ns much as It had displeased
her then , so she sat down at his bidding and
waited for him to servo her.
"It's nicer here , " he said , pouring her a
cup of coffee from the steaming pot which the
boy brought at ills direction.
"Hut you don't know how glad I am to see
you , Miss Anna , " he went on , filling his own
cup and cutting n wedge fiom his sandwich.
"It seems quite like old times , dccsn't It ?
And I don't bcllevo > ouo changed one bit. "
"Neither ha\o you , " she said , looking at
him steadily for a moment before the spoke
"Oh , never mind me , please , " he said
hastily , almost nervous under her steady
ga/e. " \Vc shall not mention my gray hairs ,
for Ins'nnco , and 1 shall promts : not to reproach
preach jou for the pirt jou played In their
production I'm glad to ; ec you for all that
nnd I only wish " he began looking through
Hi ? window toward the sleeper that stood on
the track without.
"Oh , don't , Robert , please , " ehe inter
rupted him eagerly. The people at the
lunch counter had bosun to dippers ? , and
the two had the waiting room almost to
theitibclves. "Don't reptoich tro ; 1 cannot
boar It. Vou do not know how I have suf
fered , jou do not know how Kind I am to
sco you It teems Ilk- one tnoro chance of
life left to me. I love you " her words
wcro coming rapidly , and though he looked
up sharply she did not stop. " 1 love you ,
Robert Deerlng , 1 love you. 1 lovrd you
long ago , nnil 1 strove against It. I thought
It warf strength that made me. I know now
It wnj weakness. , 1 am stronger now , strong
enough to tell jou that 1 win not honest
ullli vr.i hi thrpn nld ilnvs. Mint I WAR un-
true to myself , and the falsehood has dark
ened all my life. I have been walking In the
fhadow. "
She would hove kept on , her gray eyes-
kindled , and her cheaks flushed , but Deer
lng hnd linen to his feet. He thought as
ho looked down Into her upturned face that
the I.ad never been so beautiful ns phe was
then. . Ho held his watch open In his pilm ,
and without upan the platform the con
ductor hallooed , "All aboard I"
Anna heaid the watch-ticks like the
thumping of great heart-beats. From be
tween her tense lids she saw the gray hairs
rlso and fall on Decrlng's temples ; shs heard
his quick breath stirring lile > moustache.
From the window of the Pullman , which
was beginning slowly to move , a woman
In a gray suit poked out her shapely head
crownei with Its smooth , fair braids. Deer
lng llft.d his hat and smiled back at her.
"That Is my wife , Anna , " he said gently.
For a moment ho held the girl's hand In
his , and In another he had stepped upon the
rear end of the rec3dlng train and was gone
out of her life fore\er. Anna saw him like
ons in a dream , but the hoarse shrUk of
the departing whistle roused her.
In one momnt she had broken down the
reserve of years , and the overflow of p nt-up
passion left her stunned as by a blow. She
stood dazed and helpless , leaning against
the table wh'rc D3erlng had Isft her , Etarlng
out through the open doorway. A man who
liai been walking back and forth on the plat-
Term came In by and by and blood quite close
to lur , his cap In his hand , before she
seemed aware of his presence.
"Can I get y&ur bagga'ge checked , or any
thing , Miss ? " he said politely. "B'llevo you
snld you was goln' north , an' your train
will pass in a few minut s now. " .
Anna winced as she looked at him. He
was the brakcman on the local train which
had brought her In that morning. She re
membered him by a pleasant little way he
tiad of wrinkling lily nose when he sinllul.
"If you will put my things back on your
rain , please , I shall be glad. I am going
jack with jou this afternoon. " The words
se'med to have come from her without her
own volition almost , but the .sound ol them
strengthened hr.
"That's right , " said the man soothingly ,
trying not to show the surpribo which he
felt. "Better not turn loose once you've
put your hands to the plow. Some of 'em
was sayln' to me this mornln' they didn't
know what they'd do 'bout a school now you'd
left. They said you certainly mad ; the chil
dren learn , whatever else you did. " It was
faint praise enough , but Anna grasped 'It
eagorly.
"Do you really think I can succeed It I try
again ? " she asked simply.
"I know you can , " he said with a man's
decisiveness. "Now , If I's In your place , "
ho went on kindly , "I'd go to the ladles'
room there and rest up a bit. There ain't
many 'commodatlons , but It's bJtter'n out
here. "
Slu followed him across the room grate
fully. "I tell you , " he mid , as he held the
door open for her , " 'spose you let me fetch
a pitcher of hot water from the lunch stand
over thsre. It'll do you the most good In the
world. My wife says hot water beats all the
patent medicines goln' . What do you say ? "
"Oh , thank you so much ; you are very
kind , " and there were tears In Anna's eyes
as aha spoko. They wera tears of repentance
this time and they EOftened her.
The steaming water upon her face and the
back of her neck refreshed her beyond meas
ure , and by the time she had recoiled her
heavy hair she felt like a new person. The
clouds had drlve.ii on westward and by the
time the brakcman came for her baggage
the sky was beautifully clear. The great
prairies fairly gleamed and the trees glis
tened with the sunlight on their wet leaves.
The whole vast plain was ono realm of
beauty , as boundless as hope , as full of happy
possibilities. Anna opened her window to
drink In the draughts of pure ozone and felt
the rich blood of a new life , quicken within
her. Her way lay clear before-her , fair ns
the sky and limitless as the horizon. The
friendly brakeman'was on hand to help hir
off when the train " ' '
stopped , "I'm goln' to
sen' my llttlp girl to school to you , " he said.
It was quite dark when Anna got to Mrs.
Gnddy's , and she found the old woman taking
her solitary supper In the little kitchen. She
hustled about , startled nnd disturbed by the
girl's biidden appearance.
"You ain't met with no accldwit ? " she
asked sharply.
"No , " said Anna , "I changed my mind
about going , that Is all , and I've come back
to stay this time If you will let me , please ,
MrtGaddy. . " '
"That'll as you're a mlnter , " said the old
woman ungraciously. "Your room's as you
left It. Wetter go In there till I can cook
you up something flttln' to eat. "
"I should ho so glad If you would Just let
me sit here and share you biipper , please ,
Mrs , Gaddy , " Anna said , taking off her hat
and cloak , She found a pinto and knife and
fork on the shelf , and fat down on tha other
sldo of the deal tnblo without waiting for
the old woman to answer. Mrs. Gaddy had
a vague suspicion that the girl was daft , anil
scarce ate n mortcl for wonderment.
When the meal was over , Anna turned up
her sleeves nnd poured the water from the
Etojinlnt ; kettle Into the dish pan. "Yen
must let me wash the dishes for you this
evening , Mrs. Qaddy , If you don't mind , "
she tali ] , "You ee , I am beginning life
CUT again , and It will remind me of when
I was a little1 child and mother iiivd to tuck
up my tlcves nnd stand mo up In a chair
beslilo her while she wached the dishes.
Now nnd then elie would give mn a llttlo
piece from the scalding water to wipe , and it
ploised mo to think I was helping her , "
"Ycur mother dead ? " atked Mn. Gaddy ,
"Yes , " wld Anna softly. "I am all alone
In the world. "
" \Vliy didn't you tell mo before , honey ,
why didn't you ? " And the old woman put
her arm about the girl's shculdert and looked
at her with tears in her dim eyes. "Seem
like I'd 'a knowcd better how to 'a treated
you If you'd n-told me , "
Shu uit down by and by and got out her
knitting , watching Anna eagerly as uht < went
back and forth with the dishes. She was
thinking of her own little girl , a sllimpeaked
puny thing nho died when she waD no higher
than the table. She told Anna about her
after a while , dwelling on the meager rcmln-
isct'HCM that made up all that.ua left of
her now. "Somehow you put m ? In ' 'mind
of her when you's talkln' 'bout lielpln' you
' rn t my little
B l mnuRht ' been to me when I eo you
ltlln' 'roun' so pyenrt. "
It hnd not been Iprd to find the way to
one heart , Annn thought , ns she went to
sleep In her old bed ttint night.
She sttrprlfd the blacksmith by nn early
cnll for the key next morning , and had the
p heel mm swept nnd n fire burning long
b'fore It WAS time to ring the first bell.
Most of the poor llttlo scared clilldrm whenever
never understood why they had been tent
homo the day before were nn hand when
school cpencd , and before the week was
out the desks were full ,
" \Vc vc got a new teacher , " they snld ,
nnd Anna emlleil gratefully Into their happy
faces.
"You arc getlln' on bolter , miss , fur nil
the place ain't flttln" fur you , " said the
blacksmith.
"I was not fit for the place before , " Anna
mid. _
A b.MUil.l.Vi ; TAM3.
How n HclutHc Turned Informer nml
Iout lllH SUIIK.
"Years ago , " said an old secret service
man to a Washington Post reporter , "I was
In business In New York. Men at my trade
as a detective hear nil sorts' of stories : come
of them long after the knowledge will do any
good. Nocrthcless , now and then thcso
yarn * ) form curious bits of history Ndt
long ago a gentleman from th3 inside was
telling me n bit of the unwritten history of
the New York customs house. What he re-
lattd took place over twenty years ago In
fact , not long after the war. He was ex
plaining how money wan made Inside the
customs lines ,
" 'A friend of mine , ' said that gentleman ,
'was ono of the Inspectors in the New- York
office. Ilia business was to go aboard boats ,
ransack the trunks of passengers and over
haul the effects of Immigrants. In other
words , h3 was to look out for smugglers.
This was In 1S69.
" 'One day his chief came to him and said :
'You meet such and imch a ship when she
comes In. She h at the narrows now. Toke
with you one of the women of our office , be
cause jou will have to search a German
girl who Is aboard the boat. This girl will
be with her father , whose name Is Schmidt
and who comes fiom Hremen. He has noth
ing on him or about him tliat is wrong , but
the girl has a whole handful of diamonds
donp up In her back hair. You have the In-
spsctresa who Is with you search the girl ,
and have her finally find the diamonds In her
chignon. Don't bungle the Job , nor go
straight to the diamonds ai If you knew
where they were. I want the discovery to
come along in a regular way , and nothing
done to Indicate that we have had any
pointer as to the folks and their diamonds. "
" 'There was no time , ' continued my
friend , 'to ask any questions as to how my
chief know the whereabouts of this plant
of diamonds' . I took the woman inspector ,
as he directed me , and we went aboard the
boat and quickly found our passengers fiom
Bremen. This Schmidt had been further de
scribed to me by my chief as having only
ono eye , so he was easy to pick out. I
searched tha old man In a careful way and
the woman with me took the girl Into a
stateroom , and , after fooling away ten min
utes In a pretended search , finally discovered
the diamonds In her waterfall , as the peculiar
coiffure of that day was vermcd.
" 'Of course we took possession of the
diamonds and put the old German and his
daughter under arrest. It was a sore blow
and they walled and wept and beat their
bosoms mightily.
" 'As we always did at that time , we
contented oursshes with confiscating the dia
monds. Of course I made a bluff. I told
ths old man and his daughter they were
undr arrest , but that I would let them gofer
for the night. The next day they must
nturn at 10 o'clock to the customs ofilce ,
when we would t'nd them to the penitentiary
foi anywhere from tin to twenty years.
" 'This last , as I say , was only a bluff ,
howe\er , and the people never came back ,
as * we bad every reason to suppose would be.
the case. We had no tlms to try criminals
and usually contented ourselves with con
fiscating the goods which they attempted to
ymuggle , and , ns these wore generally very
vSluabl : , It was punishment enough.
" 'When I found my chief I told him 7
had the diamonds all safe enough , and had
given the old German and his daughter such
a scare that none of us need expect to see
either of them again. Then 1 asked him how-
he knew so accurately about the diamonds.
" 'My ch'ef told me that his Information
came from the son-in-law of the old man.
It seems that the old German had two
daughters. The elder ono was married and
already In Uils country , living i'n ' Now York
City. The younger girl , when she and her
father got ready to como over , wrote the
other how they had turned all the property
Into diamonds , which could be bought at a
low figure In Europe , and on account of the
tariff sold for double the money here , and
how she proposed to conceal them In her
hair In order to smuggle them , ushore. Nat
urally the elder sister told her husband , ami
It was he who informed my chief. What
was his object ? Why , the Infernal rascal
expected to get 45 per cent of the proceeds
of the confiscated property when sold , being
the amount which In that day went to the
Informer.
" 'I couldn't for the llfo of me see where
my chief and myself and the other boys in
the cuotom house were going to get any part
of ths proce-eda of these diamonds. They
were , of course , reported to the office as con
fiscated , and their sale would duly take
ylace : but with the reptile sc'n-ln-law get
ting 15 per cent as Informer , and Uncle Sam
the other 55 per cant as confiscator , I
couldn't see where we'd get In. But my
chief , who was a very Intelligent man , bade
mo bo of good cheer. Ho had a plan which
he was confident would work.
" 'At ono of the sales which the custom
house periodically holds the old German's
diamonds were duly hawked off. Wo had
never seen either him or his daughter since
I turned them loose on the wharf , although
wo knew from the son-in-law that they were
at. his house In Now York , very much over
come with their loss and the fear of being
punished ns btnugglers , a fear which hs very
much fed , by the way , telling them awful
ptorleo of what happened to people who were
caught trying to beat the custom house.
The diamonds , when sold. If I remembsr
correctly , were taken by Tiffany and brought
between $9,000 and $10,000. The share due
the Informer was over J4.000.
" 'The amount due to the government was
turned over and shortly following the faith
less son-in-law came skulking Vji to get his
share of the money.
" 'Certainly , 'replied my chief. "You're
the Informer and the money Is yours. There
Is bomethlng over $4,000 coming to you. But
I propose to have witnesses when It Is paid
o\er. I will pay It to you any time when
you bring yo.ir wife and her Bister and yrur
father-in-law with you to sen It done. I In
tend that they shall witness the transaction
and learn Just exactly what sort of a cur
you are. "
"Tho son-in-law informer crept away and
never returned. He couldn't face the condi
tions which made his obtaining the money
possible. It was not lost , however ; you may
" ; > e sure It went to good people , who know
liow to use It. "
TilIIV T.U.IC SHOP.
; Coiillilrnot'H About \iidilil ) '
"Talk about newspaper enterprise , " paid
ho young man with soiled cuffs and a brier-
wood pipe , to the Boston Transcript , "did I
over tell you about the big thing wo did on
he Startler a year or two ago ? No ? Well ,
t was a great ilrhe and well worth the
elling.
"Thoro hadn't been a murder for throe
days , and not ono of the mysterious disap
pearances amounted to a hull of beans ,
We'd got to have a sensation , but what It
was going to be wao more than any of us
could .
guess. i
"Tom Skipper , our local man , was so much
concerned about the matter that he actually
offered to commit suicide to help the paper
out , but old Cutter , ono of the desk editors. ,
happened to think just In time that if Skip
per suicided there would bo nobody left to
write the thing up in Skipper's Inimitable
style.
"Then somebody miggested that Instead of
killing himself Skipper should kill some
other fellow , but that wouldn't be much bet
ter , for Skipper would bo locked up beyond
the reach of tilu fclysore ; so the whole busi
ness was dropped. But something mutt be
done.
"Finally our literary editor got an Idea.
Of course It was of no use to him ; couldn't
use Ideas in his department , you know. So
ho gave It to the city editor. The idea was
a novel one , as might have been expected
from a man who spends * the half of his time
reviewing the pages of fictional literature ,
Gents' Furnishings EXTRAORDINARY BARGAINS Ladies' Hosiery
AT THE CLOSING OUT SALE OP THE Underwear Dept.
Gouts' TTnlattHtloroil Children's Heavy
Bicycle Hose
Shirts S.P.
All sizes , heavy tibbed good * .
. . Morse's " "if uunllt } CLOS 15c
Size * II. 13 , 17. 17U Mor c'i ING OUT I'HU'H. 1'AIU. . . .
piicc rc. cl.osnsa OUT
'
Only a few days more to got such unparallod bargains , the Ladies' Heavy
store will bo close for good , Christmas Eve. Wo have clone Past Blaclt Hose
the most torrlblo price cutting over known in the dry goods All sizes , double liec1' ! anil
50o Uulatmclarocl Shirts business. Everything must bo turned into cash. Come early toes , while foot , Mor's
in order to got first choice oi these snap bargains. I'lUCU price 23c. ONLY CLOSING , PA IK OUT IQc
Itclnforccd back nnil front ,
sold evcrywhoio nt ( ac. 16th and FarnamSls '
CLOSING OUT 1'iueu , Ladies' Gray
C\ '
13AC1I I tJ Morse's Old stand , Wool Ribbed Vests
All sizes , wnim nnd durable.
Safe , Fixtures , Showcases , etc , , for sale. Itreitlnr < 5c g ods CLOSING
OUT piuci : . IACH
Heavy Natural
Gray "Underwear Jewelry Dept. Corset Dept. Ladies' Camel's Extra Hair Vests Fine
2,000 Stick Pins Duplex , Wnrncr'H , Health , and pants , excellent quality ,
Shirts nnd draw or ? , nil sbrs. Ttlcoin nnd Mridnme Fov's all sizes , Morjp'R price $200.
Morse's price 40c. CLOSING Aborted style" , In ' silver nmj Corsets , good sizes , Inhlto ( "LOSINO OUT 1'UICC , 1.29
OUT rmcn , UACH . gilt designs. Morfo'n lOc nnd ' nnd crny , Jl and J1.23 good . I3ACI1 .
ibc goods , chioicn ONIA' . . . CLOSING OUT SA1.K ONI.V ?
LadioV Extra Fiuo
Gold Filled Arinorslde , S. 1\ Morse's
Rings
White Australia Special nnd Dr. Unit's Hoaltli Camel's Hair Vests
! ! Warranted 15 yearn , assorted CLOSING OUT SAUJ ONLY
Wool TJndorwoar Btvl's , Morse's price $1.00 to and pants , all sizes , very line ,
CHO1CI3 ONLY . P. D. Corsets soft , warm goods. Morvp's
All sizes phlrts nnil drawers. No . 218 nnd 07 , In white , price 37140. CLOSING OUT
Gold Sot Rinps 1'IUCi : , UACH
Klesnnt line Rood1 ! . .Morse's grny nnd blnck. Morse's
price 11.60. CLOSING OUT O - Fine stone setting" , Mon > e'u price 00. CLOSING OUT
mien , UACH . vow price Jl.OO. CHOIC13 ONLY . SALK ONLY Ladies' Extra Fine
Black Silk Hose
Took Neckwear Hoth plain nnd dropstltch.
Morsp'p price MM ) to $5TO.
CLOSING OUT 1'UICi : ,
LOAKS and SUIT CI1OIC13 , ONLY
Light nml dark colors , hand-
tome styles , nil slk ! KOO.IS.
Morse's price 75c. CLOSING
OUT 1'RICU 35C ; 3 roll. . . .
Notion Dept.
Morse's SI Soarfi Mors-o's Closing
WILL BE CHEAP SATURDAY- price , out price.
Tecks nnil four-ln-hands. Tooth Brushes . So Ic
CLOSING OUT I'HICn.
EACH . . I'lns , 2 papers for . 3c lo
The last few days we have made a big Lndle vncn ' . Collars nnd lOc Cuffs nnd 15o Ic
Asst. Hairpins In boxes , Co 2c
hole in the stock but have still a com Curling Irons . lOc 2c
Glove Dept. plete line of jackets , capes and suits on Countess Cnblnct Ilnlr- Be 2c
1'utz Pomndc v .30
Ladies' Genuine hand that we offer at special reductions. Jet Koods Black . I'lnt , \ > cl lOo , 3c
French Kid Gloves Sewliifr Mnchlno Oil.
Choice tailor inado Suits , inailo In the latest fashion , wide skirts , best quality . Go * ' 3o
All sizes , all colors and
similes , Including black , lined throughout reuulnr value $10.00 and $12.00. Saturday's price § 0.1)5. ) Che" ebroiiBh's Vnsellno ,
Morse's price $1.75. CLOSING i f\f\ per bottle , . tic 3c
OUT 1'uict : , PAin i-w A hotter lot of Suits , made with two-button box coats , regular value
Swansdown Fnce Powder lOc , Sc
$15.00 and § 18.00 , Satnrilay's price , $10.05.
Ulchter , Ilnr-
10-Key -
Umbrellas Jackets and Capes , odds and ends , but all new and late styles , worth monica . Ida 4. 8c
fioin $10.00 to $15.00 , Saturday's price $7.39. liatley's retroleum Jelly ,
All kinds ladles' and gents' goods. 2 ounce bottles . Co , So ,
OUR ENTIRE LINE OF WRAPPERS REDUCED nnlley's Petroleum Jelly
, I ounce bottles . lOo Cc
Morse's J1.7C goods , CHOICEi -t\
ONIA' Hi * $1.0S Outing Flannel Wi uppers , OSc. Lnce KdeltiB1 , G-yard
.
pieces 15o ; Co
$ li.l > 5 Ontlns Flannel Wrappers , $1.5 : ! '
Morse's 13.00 goods , CHOICE O f\\ Penr's Unscented Soap ,
ONLY O.UU . < : t.OO Eiderdown Wrappers , $2.05. per cake . < . 15c Ctf
$4.00 Eiderdown Wrappers , $2.H5. Pnd Letter Pnper , 100
sheets . ICc , 7c
Wo have a full stock of Fur Garments , from the lowest to highest in
Pockctbook , assorted
price. Styles . "Oc 7o
Wood b.ick Hnlr
Handkerchiefs. llrushEs . 15c 7o
. '
Boy's Clothing Odd Two-Piece Suits
Cuticle Soap , per rake. . 2Jc 7c
and Reefers , Morse's price , Flno Whisk Hrooms . 15c Sc
Morse's lOc Handkerchiefs , Department. J300 to JO.OO. TAKE YOUH
CLOSING OUT P1UCD , CHOICE F6R . Tooth Hrushes. French
KACH Oc
Only a couple of hundred Odd Suits
left : they won't stay Ions nt these Two -Piece Suits- IJoxes EnvElopei nnd
Morse's 35c'Swiss .embroider prices ; come after them quick. Heavy Paper , 21 ench . 23o lOc
ed Handkerchiefs. CLOSING ' Waists Double Sent nnd Double Triple extract Perfumes ,
Boy's
OUT PRICE , EACH Knee Pants , Morse's prlco Italley's , Klubs btoppcr
Sizes , 2 > A to 6 years ; every $500. blze1 to 15 jcars. ffl bottle . 15c lOo
thing left Is put Into this TAKE YOUR CHOICE FOR M
Morse's 45o Sllklcttc lot. Morse sold them for Tetlow's GoHKinior Face
Initial Handkerchiefs. CLOS 7&C to $2.00 , TAK13 YOUH 1Or- Powder . 2oc He
ING OUT 1'IUCK , UACH. . . . CHOICE FOR IJ * Boy's Overcoats Trilby Uoquct extract. . . . 25 18c
Boy's Extra Jackets SnnKlangue'K 2-oz. , KlaBS
' Heavy Good" , Morso's prlco stopper bottle Perfume COc 25c
Morse's 75c pure silk Initial Size 2V4 to 7 yeai1 * , Storoe's
Handkerchiefs , CLOSING prices , J200 to $1.00. TAKE J800 cn6icE all blzes , TAKE YOUH Pocketbooks , a
OUT PRICE. EACH YOUll CHOICE FOR FOR styles , up to . 1.00 25c
It was to print a few chapters of the bible
under a pcaro head and lots of crosj lines.
"Well , sir , wo did It , and there- never prob
ably was such an excitement among our read
ers. It was brand-new to nlneteen-twen-
tleths of them , and the way they besieged
the office for copies and the way they bragged
about theStartler's enterprise was a caution ,
I can tell you. Why , sir , we sold more than
3.000,000 copies of that day's Issue , and , oven
then , we were wholly unable to meet the de
mand. "
"Not so bad , " said the young man with the
moth-oaten mustache , "but nothing to the
little stroke of enterprise we did awhile ago
on the Snark. Just as you had done , so wo ,
too , hnd tried everything we could think offer
for a sensation and everybody was at ids
wit's ends. Nobody could suggest anything
that was worth trying.
"It began lo look blue at the Snark office.
It was the first time , you know , that we had
ever been strapped for an Idea. We began
to think we'd have to suspend publication , for
It was useless to think of Issuing a Snark
with no sensation in It.
"Luckily , however , our office boy came for
ward with n tip. Wo get most of our sugges
tions from our office boy , you know. What
do you suppose his Idea was ? You'd never
guess in a thousand years. It was simply
this , that we issue a number of the Snark
with not so much as a Binglo Ho In It ,
"Well , sir , the thing was done ; It was
wearisome work , but It was done , The paper
was printed , but It didn't take at first ; our
readers couldn't understand It. But after a
while a few of them got onto it and then the
news spread. Well , sir , to make a long story
short , we sold 17,000,000 copies of that paper.
Wo tried It again the next week , but the
folks wouldn't buy. They said once would defer
for a sensation , a novelty , but for a regular
thing they preferred the Snark's regular vin
tage. " _
IMIISOMCHM.
I'arlHlniiH AVIio Support Tl
Iiy ColiiK to Jull for ( Mlici-N.
The French are a practical people. For
ma'ny years it has been the custom for the
more explosive Parisian editors to keep a
"ghost" round tlie corner.
Generally the "ghost" Is sipping absinthe
at the nearest cafe. But ho Is the titular
editor. And when the paper falls foul of the
authorities and the editor has to go to Jail , it
is lrae "ghost" round tlie corner that goes.
The scheme' Is convenient. Justice Is satis
fied and the paper cames out ns usual ,
There Is an establlshdi : bureau In the Hue
Drouot , with a register and a tariff , for the
supply of "doubles" for wealthy citizens
w ho are averse to hard labor. It does a very
thriving business and does not limit UH re
sources to catering tiiltly for the require
ments of newspaper men. And gay young
sparks who fall foul of the police can , by u
llttlo Judicious "squaring , " send round to the
bureau far a substitute who for $1.25 a day ,
payable in advance , will take his place In
prison and do the allotted time meted out for
venial offensei.
For hlg.ier grades of punishment the tarlf
Is a llttlo more and usually comprises at
extra sum of $10 for a new t > uit of clotheb
upon release from Jail.
FRIDAY AM * TIIIKTEUV.
Modi Have I'lnjcd Important 1'iirtN
In IIiiyi\nrtI'N C.INI * .
In fixing the date of the execution , says
th Minneapolis Tribune , Governor Clough
Interfered with fate to an alarming extent.
The public can hardly realize this until It Is
presented with a brief review of dates In
the most celebrated case.
In the natural course of events Hayward
would have been hanged on Friday , Decem
ber 13. This would have been doubly gam-
bler's luck , and Hayward was superstitious.
At almost the last moment David B. Hill
came to Minneapolis , and there was a quick
response to his Idea of changing the Friday
superstition by altering all dates for hanging
from Friday to other days. Governor
Clough consented and fixed the date on
Wednesday , the llth. Thl was really the
first change in a .queer chapter , and would
not have taken place but for Mr. Hill.
It might bo argued that thcie are thirteen
letters In "Harry T. Hayward , " In "Cath
erine Qlng , " "December third , " and any
number of other combinations , but to come
down to actual facts , the following presents
Itself as matters of record In the history of
the county and courts.
It was on Friday , December 7 , that Bllxt
was arrested.
Thursday , December 13 , the Indictment was
returned and filed with the clerk.
Thursday , December 13 , was the date set
for the municipal court hearing , by an en
tirely different Judge.
Tht ) testimony for the defense opened In the
trial on Friday.
Friday , Marcli 8 , the Jury returned a ver
dict of guilty.
The argument for a new trial was heard
April 13.
The time for an appeal expired Friday ,
June 19.
July 13 ths order staying the- execution was
filed by the governor.
September 13 the return of the appeal was
completed and sent to the supreme court.
Had not Governor Clough been won over by
a now Idea the hanging would have taken
place Friday , December 13 ,
M of llnill < * .
A descendant of th ? famous poet , Dante- ,
Count Dante Serego Allghlerl , the mayor of
Venice , died recently at Ills villa , Gargag-
nano , near Verona. Ills family descends
from the author of "La Dlvlna Comedla" on
the female sideonly. . The last male descend
ant of Dante , Pl tro dl Dante , died In the
year 1547 , Ills daughter was niarrlod to a
Count Serego of Verona , and ho obtained the
right to add his family name to that of his
wife. The family of ScMgo-Allghlerl Is very
numerous and wealthy , and most uf Its mcni-
beru live In the province of Ventzla.
Raymond Jeweler
Partial list uf articles for ladles In sterling silver , or mounted with
sll\or.
Card CUKCH Hulr DrusliCH
Dead Necklaces Cwnbs Hair I'ln lioxca
Holt Uuckleu Chutfialno Hags Hulr I'lna
lion lion lioxcu Chatelaines Hair I'ln Tru > s
Don lion Hpoonti Cloth HnuheH , Hut I'lna
Bbnnet J'liiH Cologne liottleJ Ink Stands
liook Mnrks Kmerleu. Jewel Tray3
Jlrucrlets Flunks l ccketu.
Jlroochc-a Floka Doxes L rpnettes
Cuff ButtoiiB Gartei-s Munlcure Artlcloa
Cundle Shades Clove Colognes Memoranilum liooka
Cundlo Smiffera Glove Hooka Mirrors
C. S. Raymond.
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