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Happy Greeting to All ! Davis, the Hardware Man, Has just received the Nicest Assortment of Lamps to be found in the west. Also a nice line of silver-plated Tea and Coffee Pots and Tea-kettles; something new, combining beauty and durability. We handle the cook and heating, for either soft or hard coal, which -will be sold regardless of cost for the next three weeks. Re member we cany a full line of Hardware, Stoves and Tinware and would be pleased to have you call and see us. A. L. DAVIS, - - - CASH STOitE. Repairing Promptly Executed. U. P. TIME TABLE. GOING EAST. No.S-Atlantic Express Deptl230 a. m. No. &-Chiuco Express 630 . M. jro.-FnntMail 8 50 a.m. No. 2-Liraited " 10:05 a. M . No. 2S-Freiht " 7-J0 a. K. No.lS-Freight ' 6:00 r. K. No. 22 Freight " 4:05 A. M. aOlXO WEST MOUNTAIN TIJUE. No. 7 Pacific Express Dept 4:10a. K No. 5 Denver Express v.... " 1030 P. No. 1 Limited " 10:00 p. X No.21-FiiKht " 430 P. M No. 23-FreUht " silO A. X N. B. OLDS. Agent. QRIMES & WILCOX, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, XOHTH PLATTE, - - NEBRASKA. Office over North Platte National Bank. A. H. CHURCH, LAWYER, JTOKTH PLATTE, - - - NEBRASKA. Office: Binman Block, Spruce Street. D R. N. F. DONALDSON, Assistant Surgeon Union Pacific Railway and Member of Pension Board, 3JOKTH PLATTE. - - - JJEBRA8KA. Office over StrelU's Drn Store. TTAL EVES, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, XORT1I PLATTE, ... NEBRASKA Office: Neville's Block. Diseases of Women and Children a Specialty. NORTH PLATTE Marble Works. Manufacturer of and Dealer in Monuments, Headstones, Curbing, Building Stone, And all kinds of Monumental and Cemetery Work. Careful attention given to lettering of every description. Jobbing done on short-notice. Orders solicited and esti mates freely given. R. D. THOMSON, .Ajrclxitect. Contractor and Builder. 127 Sixth St. Cor. of Vine, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. $50 REWARD. By virtue of the laws of the State of Nebraska I hereby offer a reward of Fiftr Dollar for the capture and conviction of any person charged with horse stealing in Juincoin county. D.A.BAKER. Sheriff. GEO. NAUMAN'S SIXTH STREET HEAT MARKET. Meats at wholesale and re tail. Fish and Game in season. Sausage at all times. Cash paid for Hides. E. B. WARNER. Funeral Director. AND EMBALMER. Eheumatism, Nervous Dis eases and Asthma CANNOT BE CURED without the aid of ELECTRICITY. We do not soli the apparatus, but rent. CURE GUARANTEED. Send for further information to P. A. LEONARD &CO.v Madison, Wis. FARMS FOR SALE! Pour of Lincoln County's Best Farms, Each containing 160 acres. Well adapted for farming and stock rais ing; nine miles from railroad sta tion. One .farm contains a fine young orchard, and is well im proved, ror further particulars address BOX 45, NORTH PLATTE, NEB. PANTS TO ORDER $3 to $9. SUITS TO ORDER $15 to $30. Call at Evans' Book Store and see samples of goods. CM. NEWTON, A6T. 160 acres of land in section 18, town ship 13, range, 27, four miles northeaBt of Maxwell, in Lincoln county, Nebraska; 90 acreB good farm land, 12 acres of which is broke; the remaiuder good grazing land. Pawnee creek, a live stream, runs through the land. Frame house, two stables and other outbuild ings, good well, an irrigation ditch and a small creek near house. Also breaking plow, stirring plow, riding cultivator and single cultivator, cooking stove and cooking utensils. Price $800 for the land and implements. Call on or ad dress, Napoleox St. Marie, 463 Maxwell, Neb. CENTRAL MARKET F. M. HECK, Prop. DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF Fresh, Salted and Smoked MEATS; Hams, Bacon, Fresh Sausage, Poul try, Eggs, Etc. Cash Paid for Hides and Furs. Your patronage is respectfully so licited and we will aim to please you at all times. full line of first-class funeral supplies always in stock. NORTH PLATTE, - NEBBR8KA. Telegraph orders promptly attended to. I. A. 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This Supple, sacat, containing SIX PAGES OF READING MATTER and TWO FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS, Is alone worth the price charged for the paper. THE INTER OCEAN IS PUBLISHED. IN CHICAGO, the sews and commer cial center ef all west ef the Allegheny Mountains, and is better adapted to the seeds ef the pceple ef that section than any paper farther East. It ia ia accord with the people ef the West both ia Politics aad Uteratare. "'...- Pleas remember that the price ef The Weekly later Oceaa IS ONLY ONE -; DOLLAR PSR YSAR. Address ;;T THE INTER OCEAN, Chicago. CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE. nnng no shot for rear of hitting one another, bnt with pistol in one hand and the long, deadly knife in the other close at once upon the defenders, leap over their barriers and overwhelm them in the dark interior. In three minntes the signal would bo given. He himself would lead the dash of the party within the corral. Pasqnal won shrewd enough to know that where there was only one doorway instead of two there would be better chance of dodging the bullets. But keen eyes and ears and wits were there alert. Feeny and Harvey well knew that this was but the lull before the storm. "Lay low, boys, and be ready. Shoot the first man that shows," was the last caution old Plummer heard before the bursting of tho tempest. All on a sudden a wild cry went np in the corral. All on- a sudden from north and south the assailants dashed forward with answering yell. In an instant the dark apertures flashed their lightning, and rifle and revolver shots rang on the still night air. Harvey's Henry barked like a Gatling Feeny's old Springfield banged like a six pound er. Two of the assailants on the south aide went down in the dust, face fore most, the "others 6werved, broke and scurried for shelter. Pasqual Morales, leading his men close under the north wall, made a nantherlike spring for the crest of the uarley parapet and was saved from iostant death when he fell by being dragged feet foremost, with a Colt's 44 tearing through his thigh. In vain Moreno's squad fired shot aft er shot through the wooden door. Their bullets buried themselves deep in the improvised traverse, but let no drop of blood, while two return shots scattered the attack with the splinters from the heavy panels. Pleading, raging, mad dened, Morales learned that the dash had failed and that two of his most daring men, the two Americanos who had rid den forward to personate prospectors and who had led the rush in the south ern front, were knocked out of the fight And then it was that the inhuman brute gave tho order to resort to Indian methods, and even old Moreno, begged and prayed and blasphemed, all to no purpose. Furious at their repulse, the band were ready to obey their leader's maddest wish. The word was, "Burn them out." Ned Harvey, crouching behind his barley bags, felt his blood turn to ice water in his veins when, with exultant yells and taunts, the. cor ral suddenly lighted up with a broad red glare. The match had been applied to the big haystack close to the brush covered shed, close tothe"leanto," tin--der which 60 much inflammable rub bish was stored. It could be a question of only a few moments; then they, too, would be a mass of flames, spreading rapidly westward. The stout adobe wall separating the ranch, proper from the Bhcds would protect tho occupants from direct contact with the flame, but what could save the roof? Stretching from wall to wall were the dry, resin ous pine logs that formed the basis of the bulky structure. Over these the lighter boards of pine and over all, thickly piled, dry as bone and inflam mable as tinder, heap on heap of brush. Once this was fairly ablaze the hapless occupants of the rooms beneath might as well be under the grating of some huge furnace. High in air shot the leaping flames. Far and wide over the desert spread the lurid glare. Screaming with terror, the women of Moreno's household were al ready dragging into the corral their few treasures and rushing back for such raiment as they could save. -Far over at the corral gate, where the bullets of the besieged could not find them, Pas qual Morales and his exulting band were gathered, the chief lying upon his serape, with bloody bandages about his leg, his followers dancing about him in frantic glee, all keeping carefully out of range of the black doorways, yet three or four crack shots lay flat in the sands, their rifles covering the now glar ing fronts of tho threatened rancho, ready to shoot down, Indianlike, the wretched garrison when driven out. It was at this juncture that from somewhere in the middle room, behind Moreno's heavy door, a voice was heard : "Hand out the safe. Hand out your money now, and we'll leave you in peace. Everyman of us will ride away, and you can come out as soon as we are gone. Answer, for you have no time to lose." "Answer him, you!" shouted Feeny to Mr. Da wee. "Send a shot through and hit him if you can." But before tho clerk could, drop the fan' with which he was striving to re vive his fainting chief, the young fel low from Harvey's party, he who was stationed at the north door and had been so fortunate as to shoot Morales himself, now suddenly sprang from his covert, and placing the muzzle of his Henry rifle close to the door deliberately popped three shots in quick succession through the splintering woodwork, and in the confusion and dismay which re sulted was able to leap nimbly into his corner again before the answering shots could come. "Take that for your answer I" shout ed Feeny again, "you black hearted, black bellied thafe, and take this, too, bad scran to ye! Every dollar of that money's in greenbacks that'll burn as aisy as tissue, and if you want it come and get it now. 'Tis you that's got no time to lose. Come and get it, I say, for be tho soul of St. Patrick you'll never havo anothec chance. Just as sure as yo let that fire reach this ranch and harm thoso young 1 eddies old Har vey's daughters that never did ye a harm in the world every dollar in the safe goes whack into the fire, and sorra a sliinplaster will you havo for all your pains. Ain't that so, paymaster? Shure the government ought to be mighty glad of the chance of saving all those prom ises to pay." "Bravo, Feeny!" shouted young Har vey from the adjoining room. "We're not smoked out yet, by a good deal," he added in lower tones. ' ' But if the worst comes to the worst we can make a rush for the barley stack in the corral. Lie still, Ruth, little sister. It won't be any time now before the soldiers will come galloping to us." And, hiding her terror stricken face in her sister's breast, the girl obeyed. Out at the corral gate meantime a vehement council was being held. Fee ny's bold defiance and threat had pro duced their effect His voice had rung out above the roar of the flames, and what Morales could not hear was promptly reported by thoso who had crawled up nearer to the bar and could understand every word. Even hampered by the care of their helpless women, the defenso was undismayed. The little gar rison was fighting with magnificent hope and courage. Beyond the wounding of one of their number, no impression apparently had been made, whereas the bandits had a sorry loss to contemplate. Ramon hot dead, Pasqual crippled and the two "gringos," the daring, enterpris ing leaders of the attack, painfully wounded, one probably mortally so. And now, with the flames lighting up the whole valley between the Picacho and the Christobal, with cavalry known I to be out in several squads within easy march, some of the men were already mill a i v.ew weakening. They bad had enouck It and were quite ready to slink away; but Pasqual was a raging lion. 't4 venge for the death of his brothers wratn over nis own crippled coadii fury at the failure of the sennit hatred on general principles of all est means and honest men, all prom ea nun to order ana enforce a of the attack, all served to madden blnn to such a degree that even burning bis adversaries to death seemed simply a case 01 serving tnem right What cared he that two of the besieged were fair. young girls non combatants? They were George Harvey's daughters, aad that in itself was enough to bring balm to his soul and well nigh cause him to forget his physical ills. One or two of the band strove to point out that the faintest indignity of fered to tho sisters would array not only all Arizona, but all Mexico against them. Like dogs they would be hunt ed to their holes and no quarter be giv en. Returning hitherto with their spoils, Chihuahua or Sonora bad wel comed them with open, arms, but what outlaw could find refuge on Mexican soil who had dared to wrong the chil dren of George Harvey and Inez Rom ero? It was even as they were point ing this out to Pasqual and urging that he consent to be lifted into the ambu lance and driven away southward be fore tho return of tho cavalry that Mo reno himself appeared. Slipping out of his western window, dropping to the ground and making a complete circuit of the corral, he suddenly joined in the excited conference. What ho said was in Spanish, or that pan-Arizona patois that there passes current for such, and was a wild, fervid appeal. They had ruined him him and his. no was unmasKeu, uetrayeu, tor now his connection with tho band was estab lished beyond all question. Now he was known and would soon be branded as an outlaw. His home was being 'de stroyed before his eyes not that that amounted to much now that he could no longer occupy it his wife and child must flee at once for Sonora, and he go with them, but recompense for his loss he must have. Never again could he venture into Arizona. Ho would be known far and wide as the betrayer of his benefactor's children, though he called God and all the saints in the opamsn calendar to witness ne never dreamed of their being involved in this plot. Tho paymaster's funds, not the lives of any of the paymaster's men, were what he had sought to take, and now there lay tho dollars almost within their grasp, but unless captured at once would be gone forever. "I know that pig of a sergeant! May the names of hell envelop him for all eternity !". he cried. "He will not scru ple to do as he says. He will cast ev ery package into the seething furnace. Mira! Look! The shed is now all ablaze! In one minute the roof of the rancho will burst into flamo ! Thero is not an instant to lose! I adjure you, let tho daughters of Harvey, the son, the men, come out at once. Swear to them safety, honor, protection. Let them go their way now, now! Then you will havo to deal with only two or three, and tho treasure is ours. Look you, Sanchez. Pedro, Jose, down with that shed next tho rancho! Hurl it, drag it down so that its fire cannot reach the brush beyond; then we can parley; we can win their ear. They will be but too glad to be spared to go on their way unharmed. Yonder are their mules across tho corral. Hitch them in at once. Save the others for tho ambn lanco and the buckboard here and for our noble chief. Is it not so, captain? Am I not right?" Approving murmurs followed his fiery words. So long as the lankees held to gether there was little likelihood of the outlaws gaining the ground except by burning out, and that now meant the destruction of tho very money they were after, tho utter loss of tho fortune that, divided even among so many, would enable them to livo like princes in Her mosillo or beyond. They would be he roes, conquerors. But if that were lost after all their plotting, planning, labor and crime, there was absolutely no rec ompense. Even through the brain cloud ing fury of his revenge Pasqual Morales saw the sound sense of Moreno's plea. He made no effort to check the men who ran to do his bidding and were even now with lariats and stalwart arms dragging the props from under the shed and letting its western end come pat tering down. Within the eastern room the dense smoke was already finding its way. The sound of falling beams and timber only conveyed to the occupants the idea that already the shed was in embers and that any instant tho roof over their heads would burst into a tor rent of fire. Ned Harvey's brave spirit was taxed to the utmost. Unless relief could come, and come at once, nothing remained for him but death, nothing for those fair sisters but a fate far worse. At one instant he was on tho point of urging the paymaster to comply with tho outlaw's demand, pledging himself and his father's fortune to make good to flio government every cent so sacrificed. His father could pay it four times over and would rather sink his last cent than that the faiutest harm should como to those beloved children, but the next moment Feeny's splendid defiance had so thrilled him that he could not framo the words ho thought to speak, and yet hero was awful peril close at hand. What right had he to further jeopardize the life, the honor of these, his father's fondest treasures? If it were only himself, he would stay and fight it out to the bitter end. But if the robbers could now be content with the money alone and pledge safe guard for tho property, was it not his duty, would it not be his father's man-' date were he there, to buy the safe and contents from tho agent of tho general government and pay the ransom levied? But he little dreamed of the fury of revenge and hatred burning in the soul of Pasqual Morales. He littlo fath omed tho treachery and cunning of the outlawed scoundrel. Even as he was revolving these thoughts in his mind, ever and again listening with new hope for the sound of rallying trumpet, the beat of rescuing hoofs, there resound ed through the night the sonorous and ringing voice that so short a time be fore had called for tho surrender of the safe. "Edward Harvey, we pledge safe conduct for you, your sisters and your party. Here is your wagon ready, your team hitched in. Throw your arms out 'of the door. Come forth as you please. Put the senoritas in the wagon. Look neither to the right nor left, but drive away, and God bo with you. We have no quarrel wi a you and yours. We war only with these soldiers who have killed our chief." Put yourself in his place. Death for him, perhaps for them dishonor any waywas all they could look for if no rescue came. Was it not bis duty to his patents, to his sisters, even to God, to accept these terms to withdraw his little force? Why should he be peril ing such precious lives and names in the defense of a government official who had been bo wreckless as to part with his guard and put himself and his funds in such a predicament? From the oth er room, in which the major now lay, feebly moaning, no word of. remon strance came. Even in their extremity, then, the soldiers of the government would not unre that he stay and en counter further peril in their defense, nna ol the drnraed troopers was begin- niajr to retrain some atom of sense, and sitting up was miserably asking what hwi aaimened. what was the matter Go and douse water over your d 9 worthless head, Mullan," he heard the sergeant say. So Feeny was evidently alert as ever and must have heard the nronosition from without. At his feet, Saddled close to the floor where the thick smoke was least distressing, Fan- avefand Ruth still clung to one another, K the latter trembling at the sound of the quickly, -eagerly, raised her head to lis- ten. For a moment no reply was xnaae. Then came the impatient query: "Har- Tey do you hear? You have no time to lose. Ton have but a minute in which to answer." "Major," he burst forth at last in an agony' of doubt, "you hear what they gay, yon see how I am fixed. If I were here alone, you would never need to ask my services I'd fight with you to the bitter end but think of my father, my mother, if anything befall my sisters. Can nothing be done?" From the lips of the stricken paymas ter there came only a groan in reply. "I fear he cannot hold out long, Mr. Harvey." muttered the clerk. "Idoubt if he heard or understood you. ' ' "Well, why not let. them have the safe if they'll guarantee that that is all they want ? How much have you there ? r feel sure my father would make it KOodV' -nrt nr nnn ir. TrM.o. " " Well, if it was only 25 cents, Mr. Ned Harvey, all I've got to say is devil a wan of them would they get so long asl could load a shot or pull a trigger. Go you, if you will. Take the leddies by all means if you think it safer, but before I'd trust the wan sister I ever had God rest her soul to the prom ise of anv such blacktruard party as this. I'd bury my knife in her throat." An awful stillness followed Feeny's words. For an instant there was no sound but quick beating hearts, the mutterincs and complainings of poor Mullan. staireerinjr about in search of his carbine, the quickened breath and low moaning of poor old Plummer. Then again came the loud hail from without : "Once more, Ned Harvey, will you come out and be saved or stay there and roast? Surrender now and you're all right; but, by the God of heaven, if you refuse it's the last chance for you or those you were fool enough to bring here. Think for your sisters, man. There's no hope for one of you if you .delay another minute." And then it was a woman's voice, tremulous but clear. "Ned, wasn't it to save us that Major Plummer sent his men? Wasn't it for our sake he gave up all his escort?" "It was, Fan, yes at least he thought so." "And now you would desert him, would you? Leavo him to be murdered by these robbers, the worst gang we ever had or heard of? I say you shall not. I for one will not go into their hands. Ruth cannot go without me. Stay and fight it out, Ned, or you're not your father's son." "Fan! Fan! you're a trump! God bless your brave heart!" cried Harvey. "It seemed cowardly to go, yet the re. sponsibility was more than I 'could bear." "May the saints in heaven smile on your purty face for all eternity!" mut. tered Feeny.'ih a rapture of delight. "TheYoungleddy is right, Mr. Har vey though it wasn't for me to say it. Shure you can't trust thoso scoundrels. They'd stab ye in the back, sir, and rob you of your pretty sisters and drag them away before your dying eyes. That man Pasqual is a devil, sir, nothing less. Shure we'll fight till rescue comes, for come it will. I tell you the boys are spurring toward us, h 11 to split, from every side now, and we'll whale these scoundrels yet." Then from without came the final hail: "What answer, Harvey? Now or never." "Go to h 11, you son of an ape and worse Jthan a greaser!" yelled Feeny. "If you' had a dhrop of Irish blood in yer veins, ye'd never ask the ques tion. Now, if you think you can take this money, here's your chance. No Harvey ever went back on his friends." Even brain muddled Mullan felt a maudlin impulse to cheer at Feeny's enthusiastic answer. Even poor old Plummer gave a half stifled cry. Pos sibly he dreamed that rescue was at hand, but there was little time for re joicing, springing bacK wnence no came, the unseen emissary was heard shouting some order to his fellows. The next instant the rifles began their crack ing on both sides, and tho bullets, with furious spat, drove deep into the adobe or whizzed through the gunnysacks into the barley. The unseen foe was once more investing them on every sido and not a shot could be wasted in re turn. Once more the furious crackle and roar of tho flames wero heard close at hand, and then the smoke grew thicker, the heat increased, and poor Ned Har vey, his eyes smarting, knelt, steadfast, at his post and prayed prayed for the coming of rescue, for the return of tho loved father, all the gallant troop at his back and then, even as though in an swer "to his prayer, there came a sudden lull in the fight. "Something's coming!" shouted Fee ny excitedly. ' ' They see or hear some body sure. Look, Mr. Harvey, ain't that two of their fellows Ecndding away westward out there?" Surely enough. In the glare of the burning sheds the besieged caught a glimpse of two of the gang bending low in their saddles 100 yards away and scudding like hounds over toward tho open plain. "Is it rescue? Are our peoplo com ing?" was the query that rose to every lip. "God grant it!" Heavens, how hearts were beating! How ears were straining underneath that now blazing roof! Louder, fiercer roared the flames. Furious became the Mr ffi-K- vy,' m 1 . vr ft The tcrgtant sprang from his lair just at a tall trooper shot into sight. snapping of sun baked branch and twig. Stifling and thick the smoke. "Quick! Come here lor a oreatn or air," called Harvey tobis sisters. "It's safe for a moment at least." And in stantly, they joined him at the doorway, Mil clinging close to the floor. Listen! Hoofs! The tnunder of gal loping Seeds! A distant cheer! A sol dierly voice, in hoarse command: "Steady, steady there! Keep togeth er, men!" "God be praised!" screamed Feeny in ecstacy. "Look up, major, look np, air. We're all safe now. Here come the boys. Hurroo!" And mad. with relief and delight the sergeant sprang from his lair just as a tall trooper in the Union blue shot into sight in the full glare of the flames, Bprang from his foaming steed, waving his hat and yelling: "All right! All safe, lads! Here we are!" Down went Harvey's rifle as he leaped out into the blessed air to greet the coming host. Down went Feeny's car bine as, with outstretched hand, he sprang to rrasp his comrade trooper s With rush and thunder of hoofs a band of horsemen came tearing up to the spot just as Feeny reached their leader reached him and went down 10 eann, stunned, senseless from a crashing blow, even as Ned Harvey, his legs jerked from under him by the sudden clip of a rawhide lariat, was dragged at racinsr speed out over tne plain, bumping over 6tick and stone, tearing through cactus, screaming with rage and pain, until finally, battered into oblivion, the last sound that fell upon his ear was the shriek of agony from his sisters' lips, telling him they were struggling in the rude grasp of reckless and infuriated men. to be coktimtsd. Importing an Ancestor By DAN DE QUILLE. Copyright, 1SD3, by American Press Associa tion.) CHAPTER X. VICTORIOUS AT LAST "A BEE" IX MY FA THER'S "BONNET." No sooner were our ancestors safely deposited in their respective vaults than my father inclosed his burial lot with a fine iron fence and set up a num ber of huge stone vases to contain hang ing vines. To these he from time to time added such other ornaments and Improvements as were suggested by Rev. Nantucket Sperm, Captain Shrimp and others. These works occupied his days, and his nights were given to the study of the genealogy. Rev. Walter Mowbray created so favor able an impression that he was invited to become the pastor of a church in the neighboring village of Weenipsit. As he had now become reimbued with the spirit of the true and earnest Christian soldier and teacher, he felt it his duty to make a full and humble confession to the bishop in authority and beg to be rein stated. In this my father and I lent our assistance, and the story of Jepson was made known to only a few discreet persons. In his preaching he is said to be doing good work. The pictures he draws in his warnings to young men are so realistic that his hearers wonder how the good old man is able to so faithfully portray the many evils of this wicked world, of none of which he can possibly have had any personal experience. My father's example caused many iron railings and handsome monuments to be erected by his neighbors, and the Pason agessit cemetery is not only the pride of the village, but also is the model for all the neighboring villages, in nearly overy one of which the work of improvement is in progress. Rev. Nantucket Sperm is always loud in his praise of my father for his inauguration of the good work which is now being carried on with so much pious enthusiasm. But that which gave my father the greatest pleasure was the following inci dent, which he was never tired of relat ing: One day as he was coming in from the cemetery he was stopped by a wom an apparently about 90 years of age, who, cane in hand, stood before her cot tage. "Mr. Johnson," said the venera ble dame, "I want tew thank you. I've been a-holdin back for years all I knew heow jist to keep from bein stuck deown out there among the weeds and briers, but now I'm willin tew go whenever the Lord calls. The homes of the dead of the village are neowas bright as the homes of its living, and changin from one to thlf other don't seem dreadful like it used tew. I've always been tidy in my home among the livin, and I'd like to be tidy in my home among the dead." It is my father's delight to accompany my sisters when they go forth to strew fresh flowers on the tombs of our ances tors. On such occasions he favors them with long extracts from the genealogy. He never tires of discoursing of the ca reer of the Johnsons of England, and in speaking of the trials and tribulations of Sir Archibald his face is at one moment flushed with righteous wrath, and at the next he becomes pathetic, and tears roll down his cheeks. He has now not only fully adopted our imported ancestors, but has also so fondly Itudied their his tory that he has come to firmly believe them of his own flesh and blood. I was made aware of this the day after our grand funeral ceremonies when I said to my father, "So ends the grim mest, most protracted and elaborate practical joke ever perpetrated on the soil of New England." "Joke, sir!" sternly cried my father, staring at me as though he thought me losing my wits. "Do you call that which has been wrought by the hand of Provi dence a joke? Let me never again hear you speak in that light manner of what the Lord has brought about. I am as certain as that I livo that Sir Archibald Johnson was my great-grandfather. The proofs are so many and so strong that I cannot doubt them. Not a man in Amer ica doubts them. My son, what has been done may have been commenced in a spirit less serious than was befitting a work of such great gravity and impor tance, but all the time unknown to us God was guiding us aright. By his hand you were led to the tombs of our ances tors, and in all we have since done we have had his aid. Thus has our work been mado to prosper and bring forth good fruit. "How you can doubt that those whose remains we have so dutifully honored are our ancestors I cannot conceive, es pecially In the face of all the proofs you have Drougnt nome rrom tne mother country. In the Bible we read that the patriarchs of old experienced certain in ternal physical commotions termed 'yearning of the bowels' when brought into the presence of those to whom they were united by ties of consanguinity. Formerly I could not understand the pnenomenon, but now I never approach the tomb of Sir Archibald that I do not experience similar internal sensations in the region of the diaphragm, which I ac cept as a sign given me from one now in the other world." My father, being thus curt and decided with me, his own son and fellow con spirator, convinced me that had any stranger dared to even so much as hint a suspicion that our imported ancestors were not all we claimed the old gentle man would have belabored the doubter with his cane. As I had no desire to detract from the family enjoyment, I ever thereafter kept whatever light thoughts I may have hai to myself. Indeed it was to me always a great pleasare to observe my sister tleanor strewing fresh flowers with pi- i ous care npon the tomb of Lady Elea nor, her grcat'great'grandmotber by Importation. If there wero any who were previous ly inclined to stand aloof from our fam ily, .tho discourse of Rev. Walter Mow bray brought them into tho fold of our friends. Still old Amariah Bradford was by no means disposed to at once ad mit that I was worthy of alliance mat rimonially with a family of the "truest. bluest New England blood." Charity Bradford, the-wife of old Am ariah, was in full sympathy with her daughter and through her mother Pru dence was able to learn something of the state of her father's mind. She informed me that after he had listened attentively to the discourse of Rev. Mr. Mowbray her father had said in a conversation with her mother that, though a member of my family had landed at Salem in 1880, still it was 10 years later than the pilgrims, and, besides, arriving in an or dinary trading vessel was very different from coming over m the Mayflower. However, as Lady Arbella Johnson seemed to havo been of a very respecta ble Puritan family, her not coming to the country 10 years earlier might be overlooked. As her husband s name was Isaac, he was inclined to the belief that they were a genuinely God fearing pair. As for titles, they were all mere worldly vanities. Ho therefore pretended to care nothing at all for Sir Archibald and Lady Eleanor. He said they were prob ably persecutors of the righteous. Soon after this was reported to me I one day by chance found the Bradford of all the Bradfords at the cemetery contemplat ing with much satisfaction the tombs of Sir Archibald. Lady Eleanor and Lady Arbella. I remained aloof, being con tent with tho knowledge that the leaven was working. Upon consultation with Prudence we arrived at the conclusion that I might now safely "speak to her father." In a long time he had said nothing about Standish Bradford and had winked at my escorting Prudence to and from the "gatherings" of the young folks. When I boarded "the Bradford" in his den, he gave his consent to my mak ing Prudence Mrs. Johnson, but almost in tho same breath plainly gavo me to understand that through Lady Arbella and her husband Isaac, as the earliest representatives of the Johnson family in New England, we need never expect to rank with the true blue Bradfords. As for Sir Archibald and Lady Eleanor, he said he looked npon them as mere van ities not to be taken into consideration for a moment in a country where titles are unknown and despised. Captaim Shrimp was delighted when the seal of secrecy was removed from his tongue and he was at liberty to speak openly of tho important part he had played during the courtship. My father was taken completely by surprise. He had been so absorbed in the "grave" affairs to which he had long devoted his time that he had never thought of such a thing as my taking a wife in Pasona- gessit. He did not go out to the ceme tery for a week, but gave his whole time to the genealogical tree, making many measurements for the new branches that must soon be added. My sisters were "not at all surprised." They "had had their eyes open." On the occasion or my weddine 1 sur prised Prudence with a number of ar ticles of jewelry I had caused to be made in London. On a bracelet I had a beau tifully engraved representation of the Mayflower and the landing of the pil grims, men otner articles were aaornea with tne inaynower of old England (tne hawthorn blossom), and the blossom of the trailing arbutus, the mayflower of New England, composed of suitable precious stones. I think tho placing of the mayflower In some shape on every article of jewel ry that I gave Prudence had its effect upon the Bradford of all the Bradfords, as he wanned to me wonderfully after the wcddinjr. One day when he had been particularly good I gave him one of the silver gilt buttons taken from the S-ave of my great-great-grandfather, e said it was "a thing of vanity," yet his eyes sparkled as ne toot it. My iathei as time passes, devotes him self more nnd more to his genealogical records and almost daily regales some one with the exploits of old Geoffroi at the sacking of Thetfort by the Danes. Of late he has developed some new symp A GIRL'S GRATITUDE. r SeTetlaa a Mother Ia Frlsea Is aVawarded at Lait A bright eyed, rosy cheeked young lady was waiting for Governor Mat thews when he reached the executive office the other morning, and as he en tered she extended her hand. The governor recognized her as the daugh ter of Mrs. Martin of Dubois county, who was pardoned out of the female reformatory the day before, and in an swer to her excited inquiry if it was true that he had pardoned her mother he replied, "Yes, and you may take the pardon and deliver it to her." The announcement was followed by visible emotion, and it was some mo ments before the daughter could con trol her feelings sufficiently to thank him, bnt looking rather than speaking her gratitude 6he took the pardon, and a few moments later her mother was re leased after eight years' confinement. "That Is one of the most peculiar cases that I ever met, " said the govern or as his visitor left tho room. "Mrs. Martin was convicted and sentenced for life for infanticide. She had been de serted by her friends and had three small children depending upon her for support. These she supported by bend ing over the washtub, and when a fourth child was born dead she was ar rested and charged with its murder. There was. in fact, no evidence to sup port the charge" except what could be explained away or accounted for by natural causes, but she was given a life sentence. "Several j'cars ago her daughter came hero and secured work as a domestic in order to be near the mother, and she has called to see me several times in the effort to secure the pardon. It was she who left a moment ago, and I am more than gratified over an act which I be lieve is one of justico to the mother and which rewards the devotion of the daughter." Indianapolis Cor. Cincin nati Enquirer. Tfyomlnc Elk In England. An interesting attempt is being made to acclimatize the Wyoming elk in this country. Sir Peter Walker acquired 20 head while on a tour in the United States, and the animals have arrived safely, after a journey of 2,600 miles across America and tho voyage from New York. They have now been de posited in Sir Peter's park at Osmaston. London Tit-Bits. A Charitable ratrnshop. At the Thanksgiving servico in Trin ity church a collection was taken for the establishment of a pawnshop to be run in connection with the newly estab lished Trinity House in the south end. The place will be run as any pawnshop, except that the rato of interest charged will be only 4 per cent. Dr. Donald says ho is assured of the success of the Venture. Boston Transcript. The artesian well on tho property of A. S. & W. H. Mastennan, Notre Damo street, has refused to work since tha earthquake of last month. It is 800 feet deep, and it is thought that some of the pipe has become disjointed and choked with earth. An effort is being made to find out the real trouble. Up to the shaking up it had been an excel lent well. Montreal Dispatch in To ronto Globe. Claude weingand, DEALER IN Coal Oil, Gasoline, Crude Petroleum and Coal Gas Tar. Leave orders at Evans' Book Store. Hershey & Co. DEALKICS IS Agricultural : Implcincols OF ALL KINDS, Farm and Spring Wagons, Buggies, Eoad Carts, Wind Mills, Pumps, Barb Wire, Etc. Locust Street, betweon Fifth and Sixth surprised Prudence with a number of articles or jciceiry. toms. In all seriousness he one day said to me: "Sam. my dear boy, I am out of place here. Indeed we are all out of place. We should be in England. I am really and truly Sir James Archibald Johnson and your mother Lady Jane Johnson. I ought to take our genealog ical record, go back to the mother coun try and claim my rights there. That would place us all in our proper posi tion." Privately he sneers at the descend ants of the pilgrim fathers as "persons of no blood," and publicly (in Pasonages sit) he scorns all who are not able to prove their descent from the pilgrim fa thers as "persons without ancestors." In carrying through to an efficacious conclusion our scheme for curing the Pasonagessit people of their ailment, it is very evident that my father has ab sorbed a very malignant type of the very disorder we sought to eradicate. So I find that in all good works we must ex pect Eome drawnacks. Absolute perfec tion is t almost unattainable, even in the most pure, noble and praiseworthy un dertakings in which we can embark. THE END. James Stanley a Widow. Another of the strange stories for which the English chancery court is re markable is astonishing everybody to day. The Widow Cullener had a life interest in her husband's estate, ter minating on her remarriage. It is al leged that she married a certain James Stanley in 1853. The answer is that the widow is Stanley. She has lived as a man for tho past 28 years and carried on business as a plumber. She went through a marriage ceremony in 1866 with another woman named Newland, and they lived as man and wife till 1885. The case is still on trial. Lon don Cor. New York Sun. Doeaa't Know His Own 3Iother. George OHunter of Oakland has lost his memory completely. He is alive and well, but can recall nothing of his past lite. He does not remember his wife or his mother. 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