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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 25, 1898)
OUATTA "nATT.V TIP IS ? PTttDAV. VO VTVM HP/I ? Qfi. ISOS. ME RESCUE OF URSULA MEIOS. And How a Church Window Helped on a Love Affair Last Thanks-Is giving , y FRANCES A , SCHNEIDER. i. i Mlas Flint , who had made and marred more matches than any one In tbo village , if I was quite right when she remarked on thn very first Sunday ho preached In Alynton that Itcv , William Vane took an unusual Interest In Ursula Mclg3 , "and , mark my words , " this ustutc person concluded , oracu larly , "he means matrimony , " Ursula's father , Mr. Sam Melgs , owned the high stock farm just outside of Alynton. Ho was a silent , kindly man who Interested hlnuolt exclusively In his daughter and hta farm and let the affairs of the village se verely alone. As for the church , he seldom troubled It , though ho desired his daughter to go , because her dead mother had wished it. From the first he took a kindly Interest In the young clergyman , who was a man after his own heart , ho Bald , nnd knew a well-bred horse or a good cow when ho saw cither , "or a pretty girl when he sees her , " supplemented Miss Flint with a know ing snltf , when this comment on the new clergyman's astuteness was repeated to her. And Ursula was a pretty girl ; no one could gainsay that. Perhaps It was her two years' training at Miss Smith's fashionable boarding school at Boynton that had given her the air of ease and good breeding that would have made her attractive anywhere , but were particularly noticeable as forming I VANE ASKED GKAVKLY HUT WITH THR GHOST OP A SMILE WHETHH It UIISULAU WOULD NOT LIKE TO nE HELPED DOWN. a strong contrast to her surroundings and contemporaries In Alynton. Miss Smith would have said so , doubtless. She was an independent , self-reliant young creature , thU Ursula , and chafed against restraint In any form , absolutely refusing to belong to the church societies In which St. Luke's abounded. She preferred to perform her llttlo charities alone and unaided by the Useful Gifts for Worthy Ones society , and as for the sewing circle , she had withdrawn from It when she found Us members Intent \ upon red flannel shirts for Indian babies , when the Hedge children In the hollow did not have enough clothing to keep them warm. And so It came about that many of the members of St. Luke's pronounced her headstrong nnd flighty. Dut In splto of all this , tho' pastor of St. Luko's continued to fall deeper and deeper In love with thla "most unsuitable person. " "And that chit of a girl of 19 , " ild Miss Flint , "Is playing with him , I'm sure , Just aa If he wcro an ordinary man In- Btcad of a clergyman ; thougn , to be sine , he hasn't air the ways of a r.ilnlstcr of tbe gospelor ho wouldn't have knocked down Tom Bailey when ho tried to steal his watch on the Plate , In direct opposition to scripture teaching. " Now Ursula may have been coquetting with the minister , otter tbo manner of her kind , but deep In her heart was a grow ing regard for him , again ? : which she struggled manfully or raaldcntuliy lest It shoufJ one day lead her , against what flic. considered her better judgment , Into the thrall of those societies for which she chor- lahed eo profound an objection. November was unusually cold .irrl rr.w that year and St. Luke's church , o'.vln ; ; to n de fective flue , which baffled the sk-11 of tbe village tinsmith to repair , was so damp and chilly that many of the congregation at tributed their rheumatism for years afx > rte to these November Sunday mornings In church. On the Sunday morning before Thanksgiving It was colder than over and the young clcigyman's teeth chattered us he announced that , owing to an unfortunate defay In repairing the defective Hue , It bad been decided to bold tbo Thauksgiug ! serv ice at the little old chapel In tbo village , where tbe congregation of St. LUKC'S bad been wont to meet In years sor.o by , and which was now used aa a Sundiy school room. He hoped all would be prcvmt and involuntarily as he bad done a dozen times that morning ghnccd doun at the Mdg ' pew. It was empty. If any one had asked Ursula why she tayed at home from church that morning he would doubtless have replied that It was on account of the cold ; nnd because he thought her father needed her company. But In reality her defection from duty was cauied toy a foolish speech of MUs Flint's , who had asked -when she "might espect * n Invitation , " and whether the "parsonage was to be newly papered and furnished , " allusions which , to an Impartial observer , would bavo sounded harmless and Imper sonal enough , but which aroused in Ursula indignation nd contempt ; so much so that ahe vowed secretly that there shruld be no more "Idle gossip" ab-ut herself and Mr. Vane and that ahe would take the first steps toward this end by remaining at homo from' fhurch. With this momentous resolution still qulto frcah In her mind It Is no wonder that Ursula felt misgivings as to the pro priety of attending Thanksgiving sen-Ice , especially as Mr. Melgs had cordially In- vlted the young clergyman to dinner on that day and she would be obliged to walls homo with him. What a mountain the gos sips would make out of this poor little molehill ! On the other hand , It seemed very wicked Indeed to let o mere personal feeling Etand In the way of a "religious duty. " Finally she decided that It was nobody's business and that It would bo a good op portunity to show the minister and every body else that she wag perfectly Indifferent to him. Inconsistent llttlo Ursula ! And yet those far older and more experienced have some times been actuated by the same feelings that prompted her when eho donned her broken window. "Hetty , " the culled to the old woman , "wait here and don't be afraid. I'm going to jump out and go after the key of the church , " II. The Thanksgiving service was over In the little meeting house and Hev. Mr. Vane walked up the road toward the Melgs farm. It was enowlng fast , but he h.iJ forgotten to open Mi umbrella or button his overcoat and trudged on with his browa knit In deep thought. "It shnll be settled today , " bo said halt aloud nnd nmltlng the ground hard with the end of his umbrella , "one way or the other It shall be settled. What can have kept her away today ? She told me once she could never remember missing a Thanksgiving service. Ursula Ursula I never liked the ' name till I met her , and now " He hart got to the top of the bill , and to bis left St. Luke's church rose In the midst of Its big church yard. Ho half paused and looked affectionately at It. Suddenly a shrill cry of ! "Help ! help ! " made him stop outright and : listen ; again It was repeated. "Coming ! " ho responded and dashed through the church i yard gato. As ho turned the corner of the i church a strange sight met his eyes. A bare-headed girl , suspended by the skirt of her long ulster , hung from the vestry window , her feet dangling half a yard from long cloth ulster , pinned her big black hat on her 'bright ' hair and sallied forth to church that wintry Thanksgiving morning. November roses bloomed In her cheeks as she 'walked Into the churchyard from the quiet road which she had traversed from the farm. She was quite early , but old Betty White was there before her , seated In one of the ifree scats near the door. While Ursula knelt In her own pew the half-blind old sexton , Ezra Cobb , came out of the vestry room , carrying something In his band ; ho parsed down the aisle and out of the church , shutting the door behind him and making a great rattling with the lock as he went. After this there was a lone space of absolute quiet. How strange that nobody camel Ursula looked at her watch ; It was 11 o'clock , and service usually began at 10. She sat quiet a few minutes longer and then looked un easily at the old woman In the free seats. She w'as very still and her blurred , patient eyes stared fixedly before her. Presently Ursula rose with a little shiver and went down the aisle. "Dotty , " she said , "what do you think can be the matter with Mr. Vane and all the people ? " "I couldn't say , miss. It's time they was here , ain't It ? " "Yes. Perhaps It was decided not to have service today ou account of the cold or perhaps " "I didn't hear nothlnk about It ; I wnrn't hero a-Sunday. I was that bad with rheu matic : ; but I come today , thlnkln' I'd like to give thanks for mo blessings. " The girl looked down nt tbo wizened , feeble old woman with a wistful pity In hct > bright eyes. "Your blessings , Betsy ? " she repeated , and laid a soft gloved hand upon the withered bare one. "I think , " said Ursula , after a long si lence , "that they must be having service In the Sunday school room ; perhaps they thought It was too cold here. Suppose wo walk down and try to get In therav In tlmo for some of It. " She walked down to the door and tried to open It. It was locked on tbo outside. With a little discomforted laugh eho turned to * the old woman. "We are locked In ! What shall we do ? " "Dced'ri 1 can't say , miss. We'll have to wait till somebody comes , " replied Betty rather stolidly. "But who Is to come ? Ezra Is not likely to bo back ; and we might call and knock on the door till doomsday , and no one could hear us. " Nevertheless , with an anxious face , oho turned again to the big door and began to pound upon It with might and main , and when her hands were tired nnd aore she turned her back and kicked It with her heels. Presently she observed that the watery sunlight that had shone through the church windows had faded quite away and that the wind had risen and was howling dismally outside. It won while noting these distress. Ing circumstances that a sudden thought struck her and she left off pounding on the door and went Into the vestry room. Drag ging a bench to the one large window she got upon It , clambered up on the wide sill and with difficulty raised the heavy sash , made doubly unmanageable because of a the ground. Her hair was covered with snow and a big black hat with many plumes lay on the ground below her. "Why what ! Ursula ! Miss Melgs ! " ex. claimed the young man hurrying towarc her. "My ulster was caught by the sash as 1 was jumping out'of the vestry window , ' said Ursula , blushing violently , but trying to speak Indifferently , and as If this was tbo most natural mode of egress from the church. "Jumping out of the " "Tho vestry room window , " with Impatient emphasis. "How else should I get out when there was no other way ? " Without attempting to solve the question Vane asked gravely but with the ghost of a smile whether Ursula would not like to bo helped down. "Not If you find me BO very amusing- , " replied the girl , with what would have been a haughty toss of the head , had she been standing on her foot , but which in her present position , resolved Itself Into a queer llttlo bob. "You'd better leave me to hang here till some one else comes , or till I d-dlo of c-cold ; but at least go and let p-pcor old Betty o-out , " she concluded , tragically. "Betty , too ! the plot thickens. " Vane was tugging Impotently at the Imprisoned ulster. "Yes ; let her o-out and leave me to " And without further warning Ursula burst Into tears. "It was so dreadful In the church , " she Bobbed. And I've been hangIng - Ing here , calling for h-help , 0 , ever so long ! " And all the itlmo Vane tugged at the ul ster and made mental comments which had better not be repeated as suggesting them selves to a minister about the obstinacy of the cloth , or the window , or whatever It was that prevented him from releasing Ur sula. "If you'd lift mo up , " said Ursula , at last , blushing deeply , "I could unfasten the ulster and slip my arms out of the sleeves. " "Of course ! Why didn't I think of that ? " Vane put his arms about her nd lifted her , so as to relieve the strain upon the ulster buttons. Then It was all easy enough and Ursula creep's from the garment as a butterfly creeps out of Its crysllls , and left It hanging from the window. "Thank you , " she said , plaintively. "What would have become of me If you hadn't come ? " "It may have been merely extreme grati tude that made her blush and glance away shyly as she spoke , but her look must have suggested something more to Vane , * for be caught her hand and asked , eagerly : "And what Is to become of me , now I am here ? " "I I don't know , " with a shy little laugh ; "I I could tell you better , perhaps , If I had my ulster. " "Ursula , we'll have it out now , ulster erne no ulster , I can't wait. I Jove you , dear. Will you marry me ? " Ursula gasped. " 0 , but but the sewing circle and the Society for the Promotion of Piety Among the Children and 1I the others ! How could I ever Join them ? And huw could you marry any one who didn't ? And every one says I'd make you a most unsuitable * The minister laughed. And 1 think he must quickly have solved theae vexed prob lems to Ursula's nnd his own satlsf.u-tlo'i for , after liberating old Betty from t < church , tbo two walked away together arm In arm and half an hour after , In thu farm * house parlor , Mr. Melgs was saying : "Blew you , my dear , dear children. Thin l.i one of the happiest Thanksgiving days of niy life. " Tim ij.vitnnsT LOCOMOTIVE. Lotlntlinn on AVIicoln , llullt for the CnriieKlc Coiiipnnj- . A leviathan on wheels has Just been In troduced on the system operated In connec tion with the various works of the Car- negle Steel company. The locomotive Is tbo largest and heaviest In the world , powerful enough , If It were put to tlio test , to n.iul more than the entire cargo of a great freight steamer. It was built by thu 1'ittsburg uo- coniotlve works on an order from the Union Itnllroad company of Plttsburg. It Is not only larger and h'.avler aa a whole than any locomotive picvI'Misfy built , relates the New York Tribune , but e.\cccds all others In many of Its eescnL'al details. The weight on the drivers Is 203,000 pounds. The t Mexican Central double-boiler locomo- Ivcs have 200,000 pounds on two separate Irivlng wheel bases , and the tank locomo tives of the St. Clalr tunnel have 195,000 pounds on ten driving wheels. The twelve- wheel locomotives of the Great Northern railroad have a total weight of 212,700 pounds , of which only 172,000 pounds are on the driving wheels" " . The cylinders of the new locomotive arc 23x32 , as compared with " 2"fx31 Inches for the Great North ern , and Us total boiler-heating surface Is 3,322 square feet , as compared with 3,230 on the Great Northern. It not onfy has greater weight on Its drivers , but exceeds also In cylinder power nnd In the steam- producing capacity of its boiler the aoat powerful locomotives ever construtc1. An Indication of itho power of the locomo tive Js furnUhed by the character of tha work demanded of It About four miles of the line upon which It Is operated baa a grade of seventy fcot a mile- , and on one stretch of about 2,000 feet , up across the main line of the Pennsylvania railroad and reaching to the foot of a seven-foot hill , has a grade of 2.1 per cent The trains of many cars are loaded down with Iron , coke and mill and furnace products and aggregate many tons to a car. Tbo locomo- tlvo Is now in dally use and Is said to bo highly satisfactory , not only In tbo work accomplished , but in the economy of fuel and water required. The New York Ceutral railroad recently accomplished what was considered a re markable feat , In the hauling of a train of 80,000 bushels of grain a distance of 140 miles with a single mogul locomotive , bar ing a weight of 123,000 pounds on Its drivers. It Is estimated that 'the ' new locomotive on such a track as the New York Central from Sjracuso to Albany could haul a. paying load of 135,000 bushels of grain , or a net weight of 3,373 tons. In the Plttsburg locomotive particular , at tention has been given to the enormous strains thrown upon the cylinder castings at the front end. They are of unusual thick ness and depth. The frames are four and one- half inches wide and are cut from rolled steel slabs made by tbo Carnegie Steel com pany. They weigh In the finished state 17- 160 pounds a pair. At .the front end a steel plate one and three-eighths Inches thick ex tends across the frames and heavy bolts , passing through tbo top frame bars In front and behind , form additional transverse ties. The longitudinal strains usually transmit ted < to ithe cylinders throughout the frames are largely reduced by the use of a casting extending from the bumber-beara well up to the saddle and securely bolted to the top and bottom front frames. One Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Yes , " eald the heavy set man with tha thick neck and the blue black chin , "tho old days were the best. The old ncters , the old plays , the old | nccnery , the old audiences. Yes , 1 believe with the poet that old things are the beet. " "Not OCRS , " said the watery-eyed come dian In his high , shrill voice. And a shudder ran around the rcom. M1MU MWHAH-OKP .HTOHIK8. The Mo rut of Which In Hint While Jinny J -nr OIT lint FIMV Slick. "I once swore off smoking , " says tlsj club man In the Mobile Register. "That was when I was young and did not know myself. I swore off with a friend , and the penalty was a suit of clothes to coat $ SO. The con dition was that we were- not to smoke In town. When traveling or hunting or fish ing out of town , In facto would be al lowed to smoke. Tbo scheme worked well for some time ; then I began to want to smoke. I battled with desire for several weeks , each day of the period becoming ' ft harder trial than the preceding. At last , I when the longing became too great , I went i to sec my partner In misery to tell him that we had better call the contract off , as I could not stand It. lie was not nt home. IIo had gene out of town a week before nnd would bo absent another week. Then I broke down. The thought of Hieikity of the second part smoking himself blue In the face while- suffered was unbearable. So , with the fine of $ SO staring mo In the face , I bought a cigar and smoked It. It was worth JSO , I thought. But I did not die for a lamb only ; I smoked a vast quan tify of cigars before ho came home. Then I went to him and told him to go order the suit , that I had broken the contract. Ho smiled quietly , as If to himself , and then Eald : 'All right , old fellow ; but do not bo disturbed nbout the suit. 1 kept the contract Just three days. ' " Another man sJlld : "There were two men 1 In this town who swore oft , the breaker of the contract to pay the other for a $10 hat. Finally one of them weakened , sayIng - Ing to himself ho did not mind giving $10 , _ " FRENCH OOWN OP SILK AND WOOL FROM HARPER'S BAZAR Bolero and Eton jackets In various modifications , as a part of tbo costume , are in equally good style as the long coats among the French models. A llttfo Jacket , the shortest possible under the arm , Is of novelty silk and wool cloth In olive green nnd brown. The broad revere , making a sharp point at the bust , are trimmed with three black velvet cords and small buttons of velvet. The high collar , open to the throat In front to produce a continuation of the fullfront of the waist , has the same llttlo buttons as a decoration. The Jacket has a pointed back and neck to repeat harmoniously the lines on the skirt , which Is a new seven-gored model of tabae brown cloth whoso width at the foot Is four yards. Three velvet cords form a slmplo trimming for the bottom , as well as for the edge of the circular peplum over-dress , which Is attached to thp skirt In yoke effect on the sides and back and has a point each sldo of the front , with the side rounded away and sloping downward towards the back , lengthening In another deep point behind to the hem of the petticoat. The yoke is hooked Invisibly at the back , and the tiny belt of velvet is held In place by a square buckle of brilliants. Very odd Is the "tullpo" sleeve , one of the latest Paris models. This sleeve Is made In two sections , separated slightly along the outsldo of the arm , disclosing an under- sleeve. The top of the sleeve within afso appears In a puff effect from which the outer top rolls back. These divisions overlap at the wrist and fall over the hands In points. Such a sleeve admits of many pleasing combinations in color , fabric and trimming. The proper cut of 'this gown can bo obtained only from the cut paper patterns , pub lished by Harper's Bazar , where the gown appears. Quantity of Material Plain goods , fifty-two Inches wide , flvo yards ; novelty goods , forty-two Inches wide , three and one-half yards. for a smoke. While he meditated over the matter , however , ho thought of a scheme to save himself on the hat. He went to the hatter's and bought a $10 hat and had It charged to the other fellow. Then ho called on the other fellow , and , pointing to the hat , said : 'See that hat , old boy ? It Is one I have just had charged to you on that swear-off contract. ' The other fellow cried out : 'How the dickens did you find out I had been smoking ? ' 'Never mind , ' Bald the other. 'A little bird told me. ' " "Well , I swore off , " said another clubman , "and to make the matter memorable I handed a dozen fine Havana cigars to a friend , telling him to smoke them , as I had sworn off. I was like the man who found the first day pretty bad , the second horrible , and the third day no trouble at all , because he began again to smoke. About the third day my resolution died out , and then I thought of the fine Ilavanns. I met my friend. 'Where are those twelve cigars I loaned you ? ' I asked 'Here , ' he said ; 'I knew you would want them again.1 And he took one for deposit charges. I smoked the rest. " , "I swore off once , " said another clubman , ' , "and It was just as easy as anything you ever heard of. I did It by logic. I found I was smoking one cigar after another nnd never getting enough , so I said to myself that If I had to deprive myself ut some tlmo I might as well begin with the first asMth the steenth cigar. Thus I convinced myself I would have no greater difficulty than In refusing the steenth cigar , and such proved to be tbo case. I had not the slightest long ing for tobacco after I had made up my mind that I had quit. I kept a box of cigars on the mantel , for I said I might want to smoke , and I did not Intend to treat myself as one In whom I had no con fidence. "Now mark what happened. About a month after I had stopped smoking I began to have periodical Indigestion , followed by cramps , which caino on at a certain hour of tbo evening of each day and grow woreo and worse until they were quite serious. I tried all kinds of diet , and oven starved myself , but without relief. At last , on tbo night of a strikers' ball , I was actually unable to go out , although I had made a , , A c You Run Down , Exhausted ? TRY SIR MORELL MACKENZiE , The Eminent Physician. I bavo much pleasure In stating that I have used the Vln Marlanl for many years. I consider It a valuable stimulant , particu larly serviceable. MOIIELL MACKENZIE , M. D. Paris 41 Boulevard Haussmann ; London S3 Mortimer St. ; Montreal 2S-30 HospltatSt JOBBERS AKO MANUFACTURERS OP OMAHA. 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If there is vegetation around tha pond at the edge of It. shrubbery or trees or branches dipping In the water , such vege tation Is likely to supply some aid , for aa the Ice settles It cracks and breaks about the sUlko of this vegetation and thus leavea places where air can get In , Sometimes In small sluggish bodies ot water such aa park ponds , holes are cut In tbo Ice to give the flabcs beneath air. Mini. Chicago Post : "Yes.1' bo said with a sigh and a solemn bhalie of his head , "I have given up trying to qollect that little bill from Dllklns. You see , he Is a pretty big. huiky fellow and ho used to throw my collectors out. " "Then why didn't you employ a woman collector ? He couldn't do that to a woman. " "That's what I tbpugbt , 10 I got one an4 eent her around , but she never came back. " "Why not ? " "Ho married her. " x J