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' s I I. 20 THE ONAIIA DAILY 13FE : SUNDAY MAY 81 , e89 , , ; , X 1'Y - : ' . , , . ' ' r ti Ir s . ; c x , 1 ? Y , . , . r - ' "f- ' + .x , - .x , . . 1 ; , . " ' . - , p . . 1 = I 1,1 .1 41cl } , I iCY } ? car rx , rN . kx } Ze tkk , s r . ? c > r { t l 1 : t ; . OneFare - 1 1 C. k : Fk . . . I , . $21,800 O ? It cI ' ' _ - f xX Roun kX3 ; _ ! 4 _ . 1 t a , r s Round Trlp ' all of the t ' ' - East of the x : 1 I > ilissouri Missouri : y-t' _ , RLver fiver. x c Y7 ; ' l l , at1 : 3 Ytifv 1O:111213 _ l ' : X > ' _ Mt 1. . Tuesday , Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday , r , . . ; , . . . June 9 Juf1e 1 ® June 11 J > Ul > ffle 12 Jane 13 . . , -1 r f ' " , " . " " " , " tn ' "OMAIL * DAY. "SOUTH OMAHA" DAY "COUNCIL BLUFFS" DAY ' ' f I 2:09 : Pace 2 ,19 Trot 2,15 Pr.ICe 2l2 Trot ) 2:12 : Pace , ' ; j : t k it 2:2 : Trot , 2:23 : Pace 2.3 : Ttot , 2:19 : Pace ) ' 2:2 : 5 Trot , 3:00 : Pace 3-Yr-Old T' Pace - ' ' * ' 1 ; > : f i ,1" kxk , , xlJ x ; X11 yX sIXY , , , , eI , e a + t i : e it Detective. ter A TRUE STORY OF TIE SOUTIIERN , IIOUFAIV ; REGION . ° ( Copyright , 1616 , by the Author. ) hinder a huge cliff of Ilmestono al the btse of a short , bluff spur which springs , nl- most at right angles , out of Pigeon moun- taln , near the Georgia an Tennessee dividing viding line , was the homo of Amos 'Tolby ' , a man who trapped in winter and cultivated a small , broken bit of farm land in summer. it was a lonely cabin where living was scant enough , but It held a happy family , albeit Mrs. Tolby seas an Invalid , quito unable to walk , Nash Tolby and his twin s slater Phebo were the only living children , and they hnd never known how sickness or distress feels. They had grown to be 16 years old , wlthoutl any knowledge of schools or books , n pair of careless , contented , half- wild beings as much alike as a boy and a girl could be. They worked together in the field and In the house. Phebe was as strong as Nash. She could plow and hoc and build worm - r , T ! 4 c . t , I , I't ' t. . ' t I . I 1 II1 I I t II I II t , 6 I I II ' t ; ' - " : : ' r % ' ' / ' t / 9 F "YOU ms' HIDE TILLS YEIt " fence and sh p wood. On the other hand Nash was 'just flB clover as alto at milking , cooking , vvgs iIng dishes , scouring the floor and making up the beds. In a way they were great aingcre. Of course they had no 1lnowlcdgo of music , and their songs wcro crude varlatlons of old lento ballads caught from their father and mother , but their volce9 wcro ngttyrally strong , rich and sweet , and they sang without self-consciousness or restraint , as birds do , Often in the little 1t1Dsido corn fields , when hoeing side by side , they kept ( ltnu to some plaintive melody with their strokes , the hoe blade ringing ] tecniy on the stones lying thick In the yol to + v clay soil. IEtt FATTIER AND MOTHER. Mr. , Tolby , unable to Asia from her bed ar hj cbalr w Ibout help , w al yet uncom ' , I. plaintng. and tried to be as little trouble as pos3ible to her husband and children , sehc watched over her and ministered to her ten , deny and lovingly , Mr. Tolby had , however , Otto grave defect in his character ; strong drink fasetnate'tl him , and although ho really struggled hard against the temptntlon he frequently gave way and became Intoxicated , returning home In a maudlin condition utter a visit to the Illicit stillhouso which was hidden in a deep gorge on the other'slde of the spur , a few milts dlstant from the Tolby cabin , Tha ; bad trait of her husband's was a source of much secret grief to the poor , helpless wife ; but the children , scarcely comprehending - prehending the nature of drunkenness and the shame o1 It , thought little of it , until one day when a strange man , a lean , narrow shomldernd , longegged % , pale-eyed fellow , cane to the ltoueo and enld that Mr. Tolby bad sent him there from the etlll-houso to deliver a package. "Yer pcp won't he home till termorrer or nex' day , " said the man to Nash , when handIng - Ing the heavy Ilttle bundle to iihrrr ; "hut you jes' hide this yet , an' hide it good , w'her' nobody kin possibly mid 1. An' yer pap say 'at ye mustn't open it , or do a tieing to it , but jes' hide it quick an' safe , " It was in May ; the evening was warm , although - though the sun was down , and the man was per , p ring as if he had been runnng ! hard and long , "GI' me a gourd er w arter , quick , " he panted , Phebo ran and fetched it from the spring near the doorway. The man drank with loud gulps and then hurried oft Jnto a' wood behind the house , where the great cliff rose like the corner of u fnrtresa , "I reckon at I'd better do o pap told fez- mo to , " remarked , Nash , still clutching , the emill , but very keavy , package , "lilt inns' be lead , " ! to added , "hit feel uo solid an' heavy , " "Yes , hide hi quick an' Food , " raid Phebe , who was lrembpng , she know not why. All of this had taken place go the outside of the cabin. Mrs. Tolby , who was nap , plug within , knew nothing of it. Kash acted promptly , lie dug a hole in the ground , close to the cabin's foundation , with a grubbing hoe and. therein buried the package , snwothiug the earth over it very carefully , fly this tuna ILW'asdark , and , much to the surprise of Phebo and Nash , Mr , Tolby , a P'tlo later , came home. Ile was quito Intoxicated - toxicated and Iu an , excellent good humor , , Ito wanted to dance , he said , and made tlrt buy and girl slag for him while ho shutfLd awkwardiy on the lopao , rough floor of the rustle parch in front of tlto cabin. Na'h ' tried to loll his father about having hid the package aceonhing to orders , but the man only laughed copulouely and said : "Yesh , ycsh , good , by , rat's it ; eing nuzzer sung. ' NASII'g'MJSGIVINGS. . That night , after all had become still in the cabin , and whflo no sound broke the silence Save the storlorious breathing of Mr Tolby , Nash found ldmself lying awake with an unnatural feeling' oppressing him. - how ho could not gUt rid of a certain tingle of mystery Left In him by the lean man's behavior , and ho tell the strange weight of that ooiid little laekago still pressing on hla mtgera. Why had hie fattier sent the man with it ? Wllero road his tether got it ? What was It ? lie remembered now with vivid clearness how the jean looked how lie was sweatlug how lie'pauted , how tie his- toned and glaresi. Why all this excitement , haste and worry ? A cold , creepy feeling caitd upon Nash , and too shivered , warm as It war , The odd part of this seemtngly inexpli cable mood of Noah's was that a trivial dot feet in rho left boot of thin lean stranger kept constantly dancing before his vision , no analtor tvbother by closed Ms oyea pr opened them. This heel had been worn aslant and rudely mended with a piece of solo leather which projected at one place in a sharp angle , ARRESTED. Next morning at the peep of tiny the tam- hly bestirred thmselves as usual. Mr. Tolby had slept off his intoxication , and as was his habit , felt deeply aehanred of hlhnselt Ito did not john fn the frugal breakfast , but put the harness on his little mule and was on the point of going to plow in the cornfield - field when four mounted men , heavily armed , dashed up the narrow road , and coming - ing near him leveled'thelr pistols. "Put up yet' ? tan's , " commanded the leader , whom Mr. Tolby recognized as the sheriff of the county. "An' no toolin' , neither , " added a lean , pale eyed , villainous looking man by the elnorilf's side , Mr. Tolby , turning white as a ghost , did as they said , lie flung up both hands and held them high , stinking convulsively , Nash heard the voices and ran out of the cabin to see what wad going on , and at the first glance his eyes tell upon the lean man who had brought the mysterious package , "Put up yer han's like yer daddy's a doln' , " the fellow anarled , covering Nash with a pistol. Of course Nash was terribly excited , In his confusion ho stood stupidly gazing , his mouth gaping and his eyes dilated "Up wl' them liter' han's , er 1'll blow a hole In yen" the man insisted. By thia time Phebo had come torah , and strange to say she was not apparently trig"htened. With that coolness and that swiftness of comprehension so often evinced by women end girls under clrcutn- atancea which break up the nerves of the strongest anon , she axed. her gaze on tbs cadaverous looking tvillaln at the sheriff's side. "What you doin' irel'e ? " she exclaimed in a steady , contemptuous voice , 'Got sonic- thin' else at ye wants me an' Nash ter bury ter ye ? " Then tanning to her brother she added : "Don't beiskeered of 'in Nash ; he's too big a cowanl to shoot anybody , " "We don't want a obit of ycr jaw , " mid 'tho sheriff , "so.myayoung lady , ye It u abet yer mouth an' keep it whet , " The tong and short f 1t was that Mr. Tol- by seas hustled off to jail ; but not before iho package was dilly dug up by the of- fleets and found to be a leather bag of all- vet' money' wrapped lnLa piece of an old army blanket and well tied up with a string , "Wc may want you two folks , " said the 1t ! ! I ' Il r / I \ n I r 1 1 ' 7 L , : w , . .b , ' lrti r r . h 't hk s- dti1i'G i J 'zw { ; l . . ' .1 4t . , > a. If t dl ) jj 1 d h LOOK AT THAT PATCH ONTER TILE IIEEI , 0' TIIAT VILLAIN'S BOOT , sheriff to Nash and 1'hebo , just before riling - ing away ; "so ye'd , better not try to rum PIIERm8 WIT , When left to thcrosolvee , the twins looked disconsolately at each other , vaguely aware that a deep-laid plat had been used against their father and them. Phebe almost imme diately began to consider a way out , Her nimble wits workcdt.in a fashion that would have done credit to a trained detective , "Vu kin prove 'at he dd , cpmo hero yin terday , " she said , ! 'hero's his track in thin ash pile , That proves it. don't it ? " "That's so , " asseatad Naeh , slowly coming - ing to a comprehension of what the testi- ? pony might be worth , lbo stooped and ex- amin,1 the track every' carefully , "Thltta his boots , hero's lhd patch I saw on his heel ; Without another word Phebe fetched a wash tub and turned ° it bottom up over the footprint , "That'll keep it fresh , " oho curtly remarked - marked , "Let's hunt tor more of 'emll Noah presently caught the mull meaning of Phebo'u work , and helped her withh all hiLL aright. They food a dozen of the track'k , ' marked with that peculiar patch and coy ered thorn all with such things no would pro tect them from rain or other destructive forces , CAUGHT. That afternoon the sheriff and the lear man , where name was Aaron Insley , re turned to the Tolby cabin , "Well , hero svp air egin' , " remarked Ills Icy , pith facetious intonation , and rolling hilt pale eyna. "You two 'II hey ter ge ter jail , " said the matter-of-fact sheriff to Phebe and Nash , "here's the warrant for ye. " lie showed ate oiilcial paper , "Afore wo start , Mr. Sheriff , " said Phehe , wltlt cool dignity , "I'll jes' tell ye some- " ' thin" Then she began to give the facts of what had happened on the day when the pack. age wait burled , "No use goin' over that ; ' the aheriff oh- jcctcd shortly , "Risley here hey told me what sort of a tale ycr pap had fixed up. I don't , keer obouthiecrin' of it agin . " "Bnt'you yes' come hero an' look at thle here track , " Phebe Insisted , She went and lifted the tub. 'rho foot-print was perfect. "Look ; at that patch onto the heel o' that vlllyad's boot" she added , pointing with her finger at Aaron Rlsley's left foot , The man's haggard face flushed red , then went as pale as its yellow tan would permit - mit , 'Tain't none o' my tracks ; I htain't ' been bore , " Ilia blurted forth , . Tlno sheriff gazed gharply at Rlaley's boot heel , "They's 'leven morn o' tiJem same tracks a'goln' clean up the bill in tltu woods ; ' said Naeh , "We've got 'eui all ktvered. 'It's a lea ; ' growled line man , The sheriff looked up keenly at Idm. As ho did so itieley tried to draw a pistol , but was too slow. 'l'Iio nervy officers had him covered with a heavy revolver. A curious slate of facts crone out In the trial of ltisley for murdering and robhhng a lonely old miser two years before , Indeed at lust Rlsley confessed that after killing tire matt and getting posseseion of his bag of hoarded silver Ito was afraid to use any of the coin , but. hid it and kept it. hid for two years. A rowurit of $100 hind been offered for the arrest of the murderer. Insley brooded over his deed in secret until almost crazed , and Ilnally the wild scheme of fastening the crinro on someone else and thereby gutting the reward came into hls mind , 'rite coin in tint bag amounted to but little more than a hundred dollars. There would be about as much gulp in the areward as in keeping the hag. It was while talking with Mr. Tolby at the still house that day , in company with two or three other winieky-bihibere , that Ills- Icy suddenly determined upon his desperate - ate scheme , " SVhtle Tolby's drunk , " Ire tltougllt , "I'11 g4 get the bag , take it to bile house and bury it near there , Tim reet'll ho easy. " So lie slipped asvny train iho still house , leaving Tolby there , When Ito had taken the money from its hiding piace and was on his way over to Tolby s ho suddenly felt a great fear. lie imagined that some one was foilowhtg hi0 , Every little uoiso 1n the woods startled him , lie walked and faster , and finally ran. When he Pastier the cabin ho was out of breath , sweating at every pore and all mn strung , Indeed so excited and distressed was ho that he scarcely know what he was 'to- big , and as we have seen lie behaved more like a maniac than Ilko a sane neon , I Rlsloy was condemned to be hanged , bid ha died of brain trouble ht pr/son / , sad i had title story of Phebe Talby's dolectlvu work from the sheriff himself. One great good came of it. Mr , Tolby never again went to the still house and is today u sober and happy roan , I have not given his true name , but I saw hint only two years ago , MAURICE THOMPSON , liAVlr ) LINCOI.1'S i.IFH , Ifosv an Orderly Rescued the Prest- denl trout un Ilxcitoil horse , In March , 1604 the Veteran Army of the James was encamped at "Camp Grant" near Georgetown , a abort distance out from Washington - ington , D , C , General 11. F , Duller was In command , ) gtder whose guidance the army wan to operate against Rlchtmond from north of the James , This maguificeat army of 40,000 urea was , upon , aday eat apart foi the purpose , reviewed'btho president am 'hlu staff in perr'an , No grander array hat been cacti at Washington , or one of which greater results were confidently expected Tito dignitaries of the nation were present embracing the cabinet and a vast throng of noted personages. The army in line waited the formal arrival of the distinguished chieftain , and became impatient for the opportunity to give en- thusiar'tic expression of Its great loyalty and appreciation , The moment came ; and mounted upon one of General Buller'a great war homes , appeared the then "idol" of the liberty loving loyal word , Ileeide him was General Butler , on another fine steed , both animals in perfect condition from their long wlnier rest In bountiful stables. Tune artillery thundered its national salute ; the bands rent thin air with their most inspiring - spiring moles ; the 'man eouhl not he restrained - strained tvltlr dignity , and their volecs In orison proclaimed not only a deep appreciation - tion of thin steno , but also ardent love for their supreme leader , Abraham Lincoln , There Ito sat upon that wonderful horse whoso every tendon and muscle wan in full play , Imagine it you can the epectacio , The president dressed as so often described in the "Prince Albert" made for the "other fellow , " filling only on the tops of the shoulders ; with trousers and boots to cor- reepond , do latter ao loose and wrinkled from service , as to scarcely slay on. Ills stove pipe tint coovered the most unkempt hai that ever graced a sacred head. Thus we see him , when thin pent up Ilrct within that horse , under the wild e thiu3l- aem , drove him onward , and onward , ! aster and faster up the front of that admiring army. The president was now exerting nil the strength he possessed to conlro ; hiss hying steed. General huller sought to ride up and lend aid , but to no purpose. Ills lug sorrel was no match for the black charger ; the attempt seemed to madden the president's horea , On he canto Increasing his speed until he seemed to be flying. Tim lint gone , s treamed In the wlnd , as In death ; Ills square toed , nvrlnkhed boots , stood out in the slyalned stirrups , while his in their vain long lank urine sere convulsed effort to control iho beast , in breathless stillness we watched the threatened catastrophic the whole army but o v seemed powerless surely the p h d losoP h Y of ti m president w thwarting the instinct of lire horse ; tint able to check lily speed , whichs would soar carry him into Georgetown and through tke bridge could divert his course b did strength ho el one re l hoii and across this plain cog away chown Hark ! that m Y all rho eyes eyesd were fide In a van Instant forth OL had urged here Lomee ithero. ors in vain , but our . A ed a ill up the exlrem rear , witnessed the disaster rho futile efforts of lire oilicers near the scene. ' ' ss'I.It rowels - Lying flat upon his ho'eh's main , els deeply Pianled in hla flanks , he spread up that bewlldefed line like a rocket of warning , On , on lie went. Away across the plain almost bcyoud our vision he swept Ic his course' to the sldo of the president. In an instant ho was oh his feet , bad caught the Ineor'Iglblo stallion by the hits and die mad ride was over ; ' ! lid president tcscned. Lincoln , by fhb help' of the orderly , rntticr fell that dismounted ' the ground where he lay exhausted until s can lage swae snarl to his relief. r' I was at the lump tpld + and now front an irdisllnct recellectlon believe , that Mrs , Kale Chase Sprague gave .hw Pleco in a carriage to the president , before whom the army passed in review , the rjding the charger , I heard General Butler say In after time that his negro hostler was at fault In the matter , "Cutfy , " It seems , Mail during the winter been looking up and running "snap" races with that horse without thin general's knowledge , So when tire general sought to ride with him It was the signal for more speed. 'Ills true incident may be unworthy of notice , but I , with thousands more , will re' member It throughout our lives as an ox- cit'ng and trying eplspde in a ilfe fraught whit more dignified trials , but with few more perilous , ' ' ' ' ' ' ' I'ItA'I'I'Li Ui' ' 'I'IIE YOUNGSTIItS , Y ' The Capitol \Vatthinglon tells a pretty' story about Mrs. Cleveland , a little girl and ; a doll Mrs. Cleveland gave a name to the doll which was not disclosed , and the girl who guessed correctly was to get the doll , Mrs. Clevelaml named the doll "Columbia , ' and after almost every little g rl In iho city had tried to giewe its name , and the envelope - velope containing the guesses was about to be sealed np because not one had guessed correctly , little Margaret Lathrop , who lives at Concord , Ma.s ht the hone that used to belong to Hawthorne , treat to the bazaar and guessed the correct name ; and of course she has the doll Mrs. Cleveland asked I ± Margaret afterward how she happened to guces that the doll's name was Coiurnbla , and she said : "Mra , Cleveland , I thought Columbia was tlto flume you ought to give the deli , " _ y "Now , " said the teacher of the Infant department - partment "can any Iittlo boy tell me about the manna upon which the chi Idren of Israel % fed so long in the wlldertcos ? " The silence was broken by the little visiting - ing Boston boy , "The higher criticism ; he said , reflectively , "on this point refuses us an adequate exeges's , There is little doubt however , that the so-called manna posseraed t all iho altributt,3 of the Vicia tuba of Lo- ' guntinosae of weelcrn Ada-that is to say , of the cvmmton beans. " r Jimmy-i was walking in the woods when fj all at once I came on iho biggest kind of a rattleanake. Pa-lluw do you know It was a rattlesnake , s Jitney ? Jlmniy-By tlm , way my teeth rattled as ' soon as I saw hhn , + The little girl rvho was vislting at a neigh- bor's house had gone out to look at the i horses , t ' 'hero's ono of them , " she said , 'lhat coughs anti hangs hlu mead , and line , watery even , just elm way papa's porno did last sum- 1 ' " ao' What did your papa do for his hbrao ? " ) asked the owner of the atdntala " ! Lo sold hir , " A CgNU1hISION , Youth's Compunioo. "If i w'as a teeow's : mothei' , 1'd never never see A single thing that fellow did ' That wasn't meunt for me "Pd let him stay out after dark ; I never wouhl any 'No , ' Because that etlrs a fellowup , . And spoils his tempoaoh ; ' "I'd say , 'Play 11rat unit study next ; , And , 'Do not go to bed , 1 No ? natter what o'clock it Is , Until your story's rent ] , ' r "I would not know he'd been kept in. Or nslc the reason svhy' , I'd ' be quite blind to iii : such things , Or kind of pasa thou by , n "I'd give hhn pndditg , plea and jam , it And mtrrnnlado and csire- h ut would not even mention hrcoil- y And all the nuts he'd take , "Olt , were I a fellow's mother- A certain one's I knov- Vouldn't ho have the slickest time ! e You'd better believe Its sot I "But-It I was thst fellow's another , i I wonder it I would no halt that felow's : another does For him ? Or be-so good ? + " 1 wonder It I 'ii mend his clothes Without a rlnFlu scowl ? t Anti only say , Gently , dear boy , ' At ltla most horrid howl ? "I wonder / when he was sick I'd ' be so awful kind ? And never breathe , 'I told you aol' Or , 'lteb' , you didn't mindl "But only sit and bathe bile head In such a peaceful way. With something sort or sweet and cool , For maybe halt a day ? "Yea-now that I think it over , It'd a moat lucky 6o i That I'm not that fellow's molherl P'or the fellow's sake , you knowi" - - . . _ - - . Young mothars dread the summer month. on account of the great mortality among chill- then , caused by bowel troubles. Perfect safety may be assured those who keep oa , band DeWitt' . Colic and Cholera cure , and r administer it promptly , For cramp. , bilious colic , dysentery sad diarrhoea , It affords tg .tat relief ,