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ICOETH PLATTE, - - - NKBKA8KA.
Office over North PUtU National Bank.
State of Nebraska, Lincoln County, ta. In County
Conrt, Dec 1st, 1893.
It betas snzsetod to the Jndce of said conrt
that one Albert Marsh, an inhabitant of said
county, departed his life on or about the 28th day
of November, 1893; and there being on file in said
conrt, deposited by said deceased in his lifetime,
an instrument purporting to be the last will and
lestiment of said deceased, in which Frank E.
Bnllard is named as Executor, it is
Ordered, that December 23d. 1893. at 1 o'clock
p. m., is assigned for hearing thereof, when all
persons interested may appear at a County court
to be then held in and for said county", and show
caasef any, why said Instrument should not be
admitted to probate as the last will and testiment
of said deceased and that notice of such bearing be
given to all persons interested therein by publish
ing a copy of this order in The Noxtr Piattx
Txibcxe newgpaper.sarintMl in said county, for
three successive weeks prior to said day of hearing.
JAMES M. Ml)
43S County Judge.
H. CHURCH,
LAWYER,
NORTH PLATTE, - - - NEBBABKA.
Office: Hlnman Block, Spruce Street
D
.R. X. F. DONALDSON,
Assistant Surgeon Union Pscino Railway
and Member of Pension Board,
NORTH PLATTE, ; NEBRASKA.
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yM. EVES, M. D.,
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By virtue of. the laws of the State of Nebraska
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capture and conviction of any person charged
with horse stealing in Lincoln county.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
ORDER OF HEARING.
Statx or Xzbkasxa, aa
LlKCOLS COUSTT, ) .
At a County' Court, held at the County Court
Koom, In and for said County, Dec. 5th, 1693.
Present, James M. nay, uouniy Jnage.
In the matter of the estate of John I. McAllister
deceased. On reading and filing the petition of
Lucy McAllister-praying that administration of
said estate may be granted to Samuol C. Wills as
administrator.
Ordered, That December 23d, 1693, at 1 o'clock
p. m., is assigned for hearing said petition, when
all persons Interested in said matter may appear
at a County Conrt to be held in and for said
County, and show cause why the prayer of peti
tioner should not be granted; and that notice of
the pendeney of said petition and the hearing
thereof, be given to all persons Interested in said
matter, by publishing a copy of this order in the
N'okth Plattb Tkbbkx. a weekly newspaper
'printed in said County, for three. successive) weeks,
prior to earn aaj or ncanng.
JAMES M. BAY,
483 . County Judge.
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Importing an Ancestor
By DAN DE QUILLE.
Copyright, lag, by American Press Associa
tion. CHAPTER V.
AOAET W AMERICA GREAT WORK IN THE
PASONAGESSIT CEMETERY MY FATHER
IK THE PRESENCE OF TBB ASHES OF HIS
ANCESTORS.
On my arrival in New York with my
prizes I purchased magnificent caskets
for both Sir Archibald and Lady Elea
nor, telegraphing my father what I was
about, and that the caskets were to.be
supposed to come from England.
As may well be imagined, there was a
grand social upheaval in Pasonagessit
when my father made known the con
tents of my London letter and an
nounced that I was about to sail from
England in charge of the remains of his
great-grandfather and,great-grandmoth-er,
Sir Archibald and Lady Eleanor
Johnson. Nothing else was talked of
in the village. At first a few venerable
dames called to talk over the great fam
ily event with my mother. Then the
Bradfords began to call, and soon there
was a grand rush of both young and old.
Pasonagessit precipitated itself upon the
Johnson mansion.
All this time my father was busy. He
had found what he had long needed an
occupation and was in his element. He
at once bought a large plat of ground in
the Pasonagessit cemetery and an
nounced that he intended to remove to
it the remains of his father, mother,
grandfather, grandmother and all his
ancestors, whose tombs were scattered
through New Englaud-in several distant
and neglected graveyards. He became
so interested and so thoroughly in ear
nest in this work that he almost convinced
himself that the remains about to ar
rive from England were really those of
his great-grandfather and great-grandmother.
He immediately gave orders for the
disinterment and removal to Pasonages
sit of the remains of his father, mother
and other ancestors whose graves were
in New England, a work he would never
have thought of had it not been for his
having first undertaken the great enter
prise of bringing over from England his
great-grandparents. '
The event was naturally pleasing to the
pride of my mother and sisters. There
fore when they saw my father wholly
absorbed in the new undertaking and
sparing neither pains nor expense in car
rying out his plans their enthusiasm be
came almost boundless. Nearly every
day they wepe out to where he was en
gaged in superintending the work of lay
ing outhis burial lot. The county survey
or was employed, and the sites of all the
proposed tombs were traced and perma
nently marked. Rev. Nantucket Sperm,
Captain Shrimp and all the church offi
cers were led out to the churchyard
and solemnly consulted. 1
In explaining his plans my father was
in his glory. Here would be the tombs
of Sir Archibald and Lady Eleanor; ad
joining would be those of my great
grandfather nud great-grandmother, and
so on down. Indeed, from quite an ac
cidental beginning, my family were in
the thick of what might be termed a
grand sepulchral boom. Others, too,
caught the infection, and there was a
general overhauling of tombs and bright
ening up of the Pasonagessit graveyard.
Boon it had been so beautified that all in
the village were proud of it.
When my father was informed of my
arrival in New York, ho at once dropped
all his work and joined me. Never be
fore had I seen the old gentleman so
thoroughly in earnest and so filled to
saturation with any hobby or undertak
ing. When I took him to the undertaker's
and showed him the splendid and costly
caskets in which reposed the remains of
Sir Archibald and Lady Eleanor, he was
much affected. I then pointed out the
family arms on the coffin plates and ex
hibited to him a number of the silver
gilt buttons of my great-great-grandfather.
To mv astonishment, while I was glib
ly running on about these tilings, the
old gentleman suddenly broke down.
Leaning his nead upon my shoulder, he
said, "I can't help it, my son!'' and he
cobbed aloud.
This exhibition 01 feeling on the part
of my good father brought tears to my
eyes, and we wept together.
The undertaker, who of course knew
how very ancient the remains were, was
quite surprised at such an outburst of
grief. Addressing my father, he said:
"My dear sir, your excellent relative de
parted for the better laud a very long
time ago. You could not have had the
pleasure of a personal acquaintance with
him."
"I cannot help but weep," said my fa
ther. "He was, you must know, sir, my
great-grandfather one to whom I am
"I cannothelp buttcecp," said my father.
indebted for my very existence. Can I
stand in the presence of his remains, sir,
and not be moved? No, sir; I owe to his
ashes the tribute of a few tears."
The undertaker gave my father up as
being one of the inconsolables. As the
man of coffins moved away my father
turned his tearful eyes upon me and said :
"Sam, who knows but by some strange
chance you have hit upon my real great
grandfather and great-grandmother?
Archibald and Eleanor, Sam both old
family names. I have often and often
heard my father say that Iub father came
from Norfolk, England, and Thetford
Thetford sounds familiar. I feel, Sam,
that God guided you on your mission!
I feel, my son, that I am standing in the
presence of the bones and ashes of my
ancestors!"
To hear my father talk in this manner
was very affecting, and we both left the
rooms of the undertaker with red and
tear dimmed eyes.
CHAPTER VL
WALTER JEPSON.
While we were still standing in the
street in front of the undertaker's mop
ping our eyes preparatory to returning to
our hotel, a very seedy and dilapidated
old man oame sidling up to us. Address
ing my father, the seedy individual said:
"My dear sir, one whose heart is sof
tened by grief should be capable of feel
ing some slight degree of pity for a man
who has great cause for grief, but whose
woes and misfortunes have long since
dried up his fountain of tears. One feels
that one may make bold toappeai'toa
fellow sufferer in this cold and cruel
world for a trifle in relief of -pressing
necessities wnen ne sees mat toe person
he addresses is still capable of shedding
tears. Sir, I pray God that your grief
be not jof a nature so profound that no
room is to be found in your heart for
the sorrows and afflictions of others.
Sir, you see before you an unhappy f el
low creature who is actually starving
for want of food!"
. All this was uttered so rapidly that
my father could only stand open mouthed
and listen to the ena.
Finding that my father did not at ones
reply, the shabby individual went on an
other tack. "Sir." cried he, "I honor
your grief, which is doubtless deep, as
you come from the receptacle ox tne
dead, and I would not thus intrude upon
it wore it not that my necessities compel
what my reason deplores.
"Ah, you may well say, sir, that my
grief is deep, and that I have cause for
the tears which you perceive me shedr"
said my father, gazing lugubriously upon
the seedy party. "You may well make
that remark, sir, for I have but now
come from the solemn contemplation of
the coffined remains of dearly beloved
ancestors. My great-grandfather and
great-grandmother, sir, lie prone in their
mortal dust in the roon? before which
we stand," and the old gentleman ap
plied his handkerchief to his eyes and
shook convnlsivelv.
For some moments the shabby man
was so taken aback that he was unable
to utter a single word, but at last he
gasped, "Do I understand you to say,
sir, that the deceased parties whose loss
you mourn are your great-grandfather
and. great-grandmother '
"Even so, sir," said my father. "My
respected progenitors."
"Is it long since they ceased to exist?'
ventured the shabby man.
"That, my dear sir, depends upon the
manner in which we view such events,"
said my father. "Viewed as an incident
in the life of the universe and the great
scheme of the Creator, the breath 'has
but now left their bodies, but consid
ered as we mortals estimate time they
nave oeen aeaa about luu years."
The old mendicant stood gazing at my
father in speechless astonishment. Evi
dently he believed himself in the pres
ence of an insane person. The old fellow
was regularly beaten: duinfounded
But be very quickly regained his look of
alertness when my father thrust his hand
into- his trousers pocket and said, "I be
lieve you remarked awhile ago, sir, that
you stood in need of some sort of refreshment?'
"I did, my dear and sadly afflicted
friend," eagerly cried the old man, "and
indeed I am really much in need of food."
I laid my hand upon my father's arm
as a hint to him to keep hia money in
his pocket. I had TMuli& ' old
man the moment hlRBtlK)ugh
he had no reason tomemw'Uwving
ever before seen me. I had often seen
the man both in California and Nevada.
His name was Walter Jepson. He had
landed in California in the early days as
a regularly ordained Episcopalian min
ister, but in the exciting times he went
into the mines to dig gold, and in a little
while became a "black sheep."
For a long time he flourished as a
"high toned.sport," but love of drink at
last dragged him down into the ranks of
the chronic bummers. When I had staid
my father's hand, I turned to the old
fellow and said sharply, "Jepson, how
loner have you been on this drunk?"'
"This drunk!" cried Jepson, opening
hb eyes widely in surprise at being ad
dressed by name. "Why, sir, I have not
drunk enough in the last week to steady
my nerves. That's what's the matter
now my only trouble."
"I guess you're tell'ina.tlie truth," said
I. "You don't find it so "eafejeto get your
regular 'booze' here as .you did in Nerii-
aa ana uaiiiornia.
"Ah! Then yon are from the Pacific
coast? Yon know me?'
"Yes, very well by reputation."
"That settles it then, for I'm sure you
don't know much of me that's good.
"No, nor much that is very bad. The
worst is your throwing yourself away
through love of liquor."
"Thank yon, sir. Those are the kind
est words I have heard in many a long
day, from which you may imagine tho
style of compliments generally bestowed
upon mo."
"Now, Jepson, tell me truly and as a
Pacific coaster, do you -want money for
liquor or for food?"
"Both. First I need a big stiff drink
and then a good square meal. I am
really more in need of food than are
thousands who beg for it, yet I have need
of stimulant, for I am nervous almost
to the point of prostBlon? though of
course much of this is dub to want of
proper food."
"Yon havo had a severe lesson here in
New York, it would seem?'
"The worst I've ever had anywhire."
"Do you think you could manage to
brace up for a time if put in tho way of
being comfortable and becoming respect
able once more?"
"Give me the chance!"
"Well, you shall have it, Mr. Jepson."
"God bless yu! I'll not deceive you,
sir. On my honor as a Pacific coaster,
if I find that I've got to go to the dogs
again I'll tell you so, thank you for your
kind effort on my behalf and bid you
goodby."
"Well, that is fair enough."
All this time my father was eying me
inquisitively, but ignoring the interro
gation points in his eyes I turned to J ep
son, gave him the name of our hotel and
told him to follow us thither.
"But they will not admit -me there,"
said Jepson.
"I'll be,in the office when you arrive
apd will make that all right."
"Thank you, sir," said Jepson.
As we walked to the hotel I unfolded
to my father a project that had entered
my head at the moment of Jepson's un
expected appearance. Giving my father
a sketch of the fallen minister's career, 1
proposed that we get him straightened
up, dress him properly and have him de
liver a grand funeral oration upon the
occasion of our depositing our titled an
cestors in the Pasonagessit cemetery.
I informed my father that such a dis
course would be necessary, as in it would
be fully explained why the remains were
brought to this country; also the unto
ward circumstances which had occa
sioned the long delay in their removal.
Besides, Mr. Jepson could say many
things which modesty would forbid our
saying for ourselves.
"But, my dear boy," cried my father,
looking alarmed, "you surely will not
inform this man that the remains wf
have were I would say that in speak
ing of our ancestors you will nptrdivulge
those little family secrets which jure only
known to ourselves to you and mef
"Of course not," said L "He will enter
upon his work with all the more enthu
siasm and carry it through all the more
feelingly and effectively by not knowing
those little immaterial details which be
long exclusively to certain well meaning
and discreet members of our family, and
in regard to which it is wholly superflu
ous to inform the great disinterested
outside world."
"Spoken like an oracle, Sam!"
I then told my father ;that as soon as
Jepson was over his nervousness (would
permit him to read and make notes of the
full genealogical records of our family; i
also would give him general djrections
"Jepion, how long have you been on thit
arunJcf"
in regard to'other parfs of his discourse
and then let him work it up at his lei
sure.
CHAPTER VH.
WALTER JEPSON REHABILITATED.
When Walter Jepson arrived at the
hotel, we took him to our rooms and out
lined to him the work we expected him
to undertake. Ho was delighted with
the proposal. That those who were to
appear as central figures in his discourse
had been persons of rank and title gave
him great satisfaction, as it seemed to
him that the circumstance would at
once lift him out of the "slough of
despond" and elevate him to a decent
position among his kind. He looked
upon the "noble remains," as he respect
fully called the bones and ashes of our
ancestors, as a great windfall a perfect
godsend to him. He said it seemed to
be "what he had all his life been waiting
for."
The opportunity at last so unexpect
edly presented to pull himself up to his
former level of respectability appeared
tp give him far more pleasure than did
my father's assurance that he would re
ceive $500 in case of his work being per
formed m a satisfactory manner...
After the matter of the funeral oration
had been sufficiently discussed I took
Jepson in charge and sallied forth with
him. My father was left bohmd to study
the genealogical record of the Johnson
family, an occupation in which he was
.capable of becoming so deeply absorbed
as to become utterly oblivious of all
other earthly things. He handled the
huge parchment with more reverential
care than he would have bestowed upon
the most sacred relic in the Holy City.
My first care was to take Jepson to a
good restaurant and give him a mea
such as he had probably not eaten in five
years. After he had eaten his fill he de
olared that he felt so well he was glad
had refused him the "one drink", for
which he had at first asked.
Next I took him to a secondhand
clothinsr store and risreed him out in a
full suit of ministerial cut and color that
was almost as .good as new; also pro
cured for him a good supply of linen and
underwear to be sent to an address he
would presently leave at the store.
This done, I marched my man to a bar
ber shop and had a clean sweep made o:
the Bhaggy beard that covered his face
also caused his hair to be cut in the latest
fashion. This done, ho was given a bath
a regular scrubbing arrayed in his
clerical suit and again placed in the bar
ber's chair for a final polishing.
When all was done. Jepson became a
ins, benevolent looking old gentleman.
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I introduced him to my father as Jtev.
Mr. Jtawson.
He was so completely transformed thai
he solemnly assured me that he utterly
failed to recognize himself as he was re
flected in a mirror.
I could plainly see that the very bar
bers were astonished at tho transforma
tion their handiwork had materially con
tributed to produce, thongh undoubted
ly they witnessed many striking changes
of the outward man among their many
queer customers.
Presently the proprietor of the shop
edged up to me. He could no longer re
strain his consuming curiosity. Point
ing toward Jepson with his chin as ha
wiped his hands on a towel, he asked,
"Has your old friend been on a mission
amonc the Indians?'
"Yes, sir," said I. "He has long been
among the Pahranagnts, at the head
waters of the r Amargoso tho "bitter
river." Ho has but recently escaped
from some years of close captivity, in
which he was held by old Twosocks,
chief of the Chaweneraws."
Good God!" cried the barber, "and
to this establishment belongs the credit
of having restored him to the decencies
of civilization!"
My next care was to secure board and
lodging for Jepson in some quiet place.
I was glad to see that he was everywhere
at once taken to be a minister. Curiously
enough, as soon as he had donned the
ministerial garb he also put on what was
probably his old time ministerial manner.
When I had arranged for all else, I
told him I would provide for his obtain
ing at a convement drug store any ton
ics he might for a time feel the want of.
"No, said Jepson, "nothing of the
kind., They would at once set me down
a minister who was so weak as to be
the victim of an unfortunate habit.
They would well understand the use of
the drugs. While I wear this garb no
one shall ever have cause to suspect me
of a fondness for drink."
Good for you, Jepson !" cried L "Ido
believe that you are determined not to
disgrace the cloth you wear."
"No, sir. If I feel that I must go back
to my old miserable life, I shall take off
these clothes and come and bid you goodby."
In the evening I took Jepson to the ho
tel and introduced him to my father as
Rev. Mr. Rawson of 'New Jersey. The
two old gentlemen were soon engaged in
conversation, while I pretended to read
the evening paper.
My father soon launched forth upon
what had become his hobby. He pro
duced the genealogical record and ex
plained the bringing over of the remains
of our ancestors, Sir Archibald and Lady
Eleanor. The psuedo Rev. Rawson
seemed much interested in everything
and had much to say in praiseof my fa
ther's generous plans and dutiful actions
and intentions.'
Finally the reverend gentleman arose
and took his leave. Almost as soon as
he left the room my father cried: "Sam,
I'm sorry we did not meet this Mr. Raw
son before making our arrangement with
that vagabond Jepson. Mr. Rawson is
the very man to have made the oration
which we contemplate. He entered in
to the scope and. spirit of the thing at
once. Already ha has a much better un
derstanding of the matter than that fel
low Jepson. Then he is a man who
makes a noble and a godly appearance.
Every word he utters seems to have in
it the flavor of sanctity. I fear our Jep
son is a sad dog, and that he will remain
so despite all our efforts to get him out
of the mire and make him presentable."
When my father thus ended, I as
tounded him with a succession of roars
of laughter. As soon as I could com
mand my tongue I said: "My dear fa
ther, congratulate me upon my sagacity
and the success of my efforts! Under the
name of Rawson you have been talking
with Jepson for the last two hours, not
the old Jepion, but the new Jepson that
I have constructed from the ragged rem
nants of the man we picked up on the
street a few hours ago the Jepson we
shall hereafter know."
My father declared that the rehabilita
tion of Jepson constituted the most re
markable transformation he had ever
seen or heard of. After I had given him
my report of Jepson's conduct and reso
lutions my father was ready to swear by
him. He said he would have Jepson
hypnotized in order to keep him in his
sew and approved shape. This he actu
ally did the very next day, Jopaon.freely
assenting to the operation.
My father afterward told me with a
cunning chuckle that he had given .the
hypnotizer $3 extra and instructed him
to "give it to Jepson good and strong on
the drinking business, and also to hit
him heavy an his bump of religion and
bring him squarely back into the fold of
God."
Jepson was not lazy. He set to work
at once on the genealogy and in two
days had made all the notes he required.
Arranging credits for Jepson at certain
places, we then left New York for Pas
onage53it. The caskets containing the
ashes of our ancestors and the tomb
stones were to remain at the undertak
er's until sent for.
When we came to take leave of Jepson,
he announced to us that with the changed
course he had taken in life he had de
cided to change his name. He said his
mother's maiden name was Mowbray and
that his full name was Walter Mowbray
Jepson. He wished to drop the Jepson,
which he had carried through so many
years of disgrace and miser. He begged,
us never again to address him by his old
name of Jepson, unless we fonnd him
drunk. Henceforward he desired to be
known only as Walter Mowbray.
To this we readily assented, and from
that hour it was "down Jepson and up
Mowbray." His landlady never heard the
name of Jepson. To her and all the new
acquaintances ho made in New York he
was "Rev. Mr. Mowbray," the "rever
end" being an addition made by the public.
CHAPTER VIII.
AGAIN AT PASONAOESSIT PEACE AND GOOD
WILL PREVAIL.
I was received with open arms by ev
erybody on my arrival at Pasonagessit
not alone by members of my own fami
ly, not of course by tho Bradford of
all the Bradfords and a few others of
that special brand of Bradfords, but I
found life there very different from what
it was on my departure for England.
My father's house now seemed to be
headquarters for nearly all the young
people of the town. My sisters were "in
the swim," and of course I very natural
ly dropped in with them.
I was glad to be able to meet Prudence
in our family mansion. Our secret had
been well kept. My sisters did not in
the least suspect how matters stood be
tween their brother and the "Mayflower
of the Mayflowers." Not a soul was in
the secret except our true bluo Captain
Shrimp, and to be tho sole repository of
such a secret made him the happiest of
mortals. Besides, he did not much like
old Amariah Bradford and "jist nater-
ally hated" Standish. He had faithfully
conveyed to Prudence all tho letters I
had written, both from England and
New York, and began to feel almost like
a father to the dear little Puritan maiden,
Prudence was a close and shrewd stu
dent of her austere father's whims and
moods. She advised a continuance of our
secrecy, as a premature avowal of our
engagement would probably arouse her
father's wrath. We therefore concluded
to bide our time to quietly wait and
watch the effect of the ceremony of the
entombing in the Pasonagessit cctnetery
of my titled ancestors. Whenever I
spoke of these ancestors to Prudence, I
was able to detect in her eyes jnst the
faintest bit of a merry twinkle and that
twinkle continues to the present day
with the addition of a roeuish smile.
The plainest hint she has ever given me
in regard to the business was one day
after my mother and sisters had been
displajing and explaining their ancient
jewels. On that occasion, as soon as we
were done, she said, "Oh, Sam, I feel
guilty, too, for I suspected all the time,
yet said nothing."
"You suspected what, my dear?'
"Oh, Sam, only think that I am at the
bottom of it all; that it was all on my
account," and her eyes told what she
would not permit her tongue to utter.
But I must not anticipate. As soon as
we returned to Pasonagessit my father
was again at work at what now seemed
the one great business of his life. He at
once had our genealogical tree placed in
a massive oaken frame. "Heart of oak,
Sam, my boy!" cried he as he suspended
it upon the wall. Next he began the
planting of evergreens on his lot in the
cemetery, erecting brick walls in places
and sparing neither pains nor cost.
He was now well up in the genealogy,
and I am firmly of the opinion that from
poring over it he had come to oeueve
every word of it. It was beautiful to
hear him entertain Rev. Nantucket
Sperm and Captain Shrimp with long
historical sketches extending back as far
as the year 870, when old Geoff roi John
ston single handed slew half a score of
Danes.
My mother, sister Eleanor and all my
other sisters were in raptures at the
sight of the ancient jewels which I
brought home, and which I distributed
as impartially as possible. They were
never tired of the story of their faithful
preservation for so long a time by the'
old barrister and his descendants, heirs
and assignees, for I continually remem
bered new circumstances and wonder
fully improved upon my original sketch.
Not an article but had been stolen or
ost to be miraculously recovered in
some way; even from the fishes of the
ssa and the birds of the air, not to speak
of dishonest servants and regular out
and out burglars.
One poor girl was arrested at the very
altar with one of the bracelets on her
arm. JAy sisters always pitied that poor
creature. She was a servant in the bar
rister's family. To the last, with tears
and heart breaking wailings she declared
that she only took the'jewel for the oc-,
casion and intended to return it to its
case immediately after the ceremony.
But, poor thing, to Botany Bay she went,
her mean spirited hnsbanddesertangher
at the altar and leaving: Her to nsrrats.
These jewels became my father's pride
and delight. He toon came to have full
faith in their genuineness and in the
truthfulness of the legends connected
with them. He seemed to have quits
forgotten that on my return from Lon-
"Hcart of oak, Sam, my boyP'
don I had given him the bills for the
manufacture of every article, all in
square staring pounds, shillings and
pence. Doubtless he had destroyed the
bills and adopted my stories.
It may be asked by you mentally
whether I did not in all this business
feel some compunctions of conscience. I
can truthfully say that I felt nothing of
the kind. In all I had done I had not
wronged or In any way injured a single
living soul. On the contrary, wherever
I had gone and in all I had done Iliad
made people happy. In Pasonagessit I
had found all going wrong socially, and
instead of setting to work with a butch
er's cleaver of reform and getting my
self heartily cursed for my pains I gen
tly, gently ministered to all the whims
and prejudices I found in my path, when
all rofie up and called me blessed. In a
peaceful and congenial way I had been
able to bring about a greater harvest of
happiness than any fierce reformer with
brandished cleaver could even have pro
posed or dreamed of.
The genealogy and pretended ancient
jewels were mere harmless toys, the
making of which doubtless placed food
in many hungry mouths. And besides
these toys gave to several hearts daily
and hourly a vast deal of happiness
which they would never have known
had I not caused tho pretty baubles to
have an existence. Aa for my exploit
hi what might, by some puritanical
sticklers for the purest and best methods
of rendering the human race unhappy,
be termed "body snatching," I do not
feel that the freak of digging up and
bringing over the sea some neglected
and forgotten bones, to give them new
sepulchers and fresh honors in a younger
land, under brighter skies, harmed so
much as a fly. On the contrary, out of
this freak grew all the good that was ac
complished at Pasonagessit and in every
other place to which I came while in
process of working up my plan for hu
manizing out of the way of wholesome
and hearty happiness the whims and
prejudices that upreared themselves in
my path.
Were it possible to find their tombs I
would be ready to set out tomorrow and
transport to Pasonagessit or some other
spot in our country the bones of our
first parents, old Adam and Eve, could
I thereby render happy a sufficient per
cent of the human family to justify the
trip.
Before me I now every day saw the
good fruits of my work. My father had
in a remarkably short time gathered in
and deposited with the Pasonagessit un
dertaker the remains of my great-grandfather,
Walter Johnson, put down in
our genealogy as being the only son of
Sir Archibald; those of my great-grandmother,
Mary Johnson, and also those
of Samuel and Martha Johnson, my
grandfather and grandmother, all of
which had been placed in fine and cost
ly caskets provided with silver plates
properly inscribed.
Having secured these, 1 thought my
father would rest satisfied. But not bo.
He had set his heart upon obtaining the
remains of Lady Arbella or Arabella
Johnson from Salem, where they were
interred in 1630, only 10 years after the
landing of the pilgrims on "Forefathers'
rock." Accompanied by the Pasona
gessit undertaker, and having with him
the great parchment genealogical record
as authority, he went to Salem and actu
ally returned in triumph with the ashes
and tombstone of "Lady Arbella, daugh
ter of Thomas, fourteenth earl of Lin
coln, wife of Isaac Johnson," as was in
scribed upon the silver plate' which he
affixed to the beautiful casket contain
ing the noble ashes. This being an ex
ploit of my father's own conception and
execution it gave him great satisfaction.
My father's next whim wa3 to brick
up all the graves he had caused to be
dug and turn them into cement lined
vaults. He kept a small army of men
at work m the cemetery.
TO BE CONTINUED.
INDIAN RELICS UNEARTHED.
J
Aaaoae Tbem a Bledal of the First Metha-
dlst Chapel Ia America.
Charlis Z. Fritzineer, a German
farmer who resides in Benton county,
43 miles south of Sedalia, Mo., while
digging a drainage ditch on his farm
last month unearthed, nt a distance of
three feet from the surface, a medal or
token of Wesley chapel and parsonage,
John street, New York, the first Meth
odist building in America. Mr. Frit-
zincer took it to Sedalia to find out
something about it and ascertain its
value. The token is made of lead and
antimony, is 2 inches in diameter and
the thickness of a Bland dollar.
On the obverse side is an embossed
likeness of John Wesley, around which
are the inscriptions, "Founder of Meth
odism" and "The World. Is My Par
ish." On the reverse side is an em
bossed picture of Wesley chapel, show
ing the ancient place of worship and
tho adjoining parsonage. The inscrip
tions are "Wesley Chapel and Parson
age" and "Dedicated by Philip Em
bury, Oct. 80, 1768." It is possible'
that it was given by a missionary to an
Indian, for the spot where it was found
is where the Osages and Kickapoos had
their last great battle. In running the
ditch where the token was unearthed
Mr. Fritzinger found a number of ar
rows, arrowheads, battle axes, toma
hawks and other weapons used by the
Osage Indians. Chicago Herald.
master was in tne same v
dicament so they decided to make the
government rurnisn ehougn ct&m wita
which life could be mads worth living.
They couldn't tap the tills of the office,
because the receipts were too low, ni-!,
ther could they steal stamps, because
they were allowed too few. It was final
ly decided that the money order system
was the best thing to tackle in order to
get funds, and accordingly the postmas
ter issued 31 orders for, $100 each to his
friend, payable at a neighboring office.
The friend had them cashed,- and for a
few weeks both lived high.
Now the question arose how to cover
their tracks. The wits of the two crim
inals were put to work, and it was set
tled that they should buy tho star route
In that section, subsidize tho mail mes
senger and have a "hold up," after
which the postmaster would bo able to
say that tho money in payment of the
orders was taken from the mailbag.
The programme was carried out. The
messenger was held up and came to
town telling of his loss, and the post
master swore that he had placed the
money for the payment of tho orders in
the mailbag.
Tho postoffice department became sus
picious and sent a special agent down
there, which resulted in the capture of
the postmaster and hie accomplice. The
messenger was also locked up. Wash
ington Star.
Ib a Hurry to Get on taa Beaelu
Ambrose and Duffle were once law
partners in Omaha and separated be
cause of a quarrel. DuJe defeated
Ambrose for thobarnominationfor dis
trict judge, to fill a vacancy, in Sep
tember, and" in October, although a
Democrat, was appointed by Governor
Crounso to the place until the election
of the judge.. Ambrose was nominated
by the Republicans and elected. A fort
night ago Monday night the official
count was completed, and ho at once
qualified. The next morning he ap
peared at the courthouse and demanded
Duffle's seat. Duffie was surprised, but
relinquished it. This act deranged all
court matters, necessitated a new jury,
and the rebeginning of 20 cases, which
could have been settled by Saturday
night. Chicago Times.
Monte Crlsto Castle.
The castle and park of Monte Cristo
are advertised for sale at a judiciary
auction in the Palais de Justice of
Paris. The castle was built by the
elder Alexandre Dumas in the village
of Port Marly, along the road to St.
Germain, and named after his famous
novel. There is in the park a minia
ture Chateau d'lf, in the middle of a
little pond, and recalling to mind the
Mediterranean prison in which lived
Edmond Dantes, the hero of the novel,
who became Comte do Monte Cristo.
The legal advertisement states that the
whole domain will bo offered at auc
tion upon a first bid of $30,000. Paris
Correspondent.
The Potato Burst.
A bursting not emery wheel, boiler
or dynamito bomb, but a plain and or
dinarily ambitious potato may cost a
Camden (N. J.) woman her sight. Pota
toes were baked for supper, and in the
attempt to take them from tho oven one
blew up, burning her eye so severely
that the chances are it will becomo
blind. The kitchen was powdered with
bits of the flying potato, which went to
pieces with a vengeance. To bake po
tatoes, however; may still be regarded
as a fairly eafe operation in these days
respondent. '
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