THE ffOEEH PL1TTE SMI-WEEKLY TRIBUM: TOESDiX EYEIIKG, APBIL. 2S, 1896.
M EtDlEBfflS
Bj 0. J. (JUTCOZEEE EESE.
Cfepyrigat 2S55, isj the Author.
2 i .; C02STEJUED-
At last he climaxed these by the only
"Vituperation which, no American ran listen
to nnmrred, and the man on tho coach
roof dropped his indolence like a flash and
was an him before he conti, resist. The
aggressor was lusty, and ne shook the
steersman as a- big dog: shakes a rat, Trith
ponderous wrenches, and because the sloop
.carried a strong weather helm when the
tiller was let go she ran np into the wind,
with her canvas slatting wildlv.
"You Enakemaathed little skunk, you'd
say that to me, wonid yon? I thought I
learned yon once how far yon might go
You've nad one eye gonc?d for this game
less'n a month hack, and if you fling yonr
twisted stuttering tongue at me any more,
by gam, I II pocket the other. "
The Macks on tho fore deck chuckled
and spluUered, bat the big man hove an
Iron Boekes at them, with the curt cam
mand, AQcit that yehawin!" which they
did with a yell sod a sudden veiling of
ivory. Then with an indolent sprawling
of arras and legs he gained his basking
pface again on tha top of the cabin roof,
and once more the steersman got the sloop
under command.
The next three boards were mode in si-
iance, save ior the creating: o the gear
when she went about, and then the one
eyed man broke oat again.
"ioe ro sere it wasn't a government
co-G-o-at, Hank?"
'Government be sagaredl She wasn't
the right build to stars-wish. Besides, if
governmeat knew this channel at all, yon
bet itd be said sa in all the pepprs. And
she did know it, ox she wouldn't have
gene bnzzing post at six knots without a
leadsman, eeiBS to me some one's split,
and she s som darned hsntisher come to
cut oet our game for themselves."
Yeu tire me. Plume bunting's illegal
by these bub-beb b!e?sed bird laws, and
sos selling- whisky to lajuns. As it is,
we've troohfe enough to sneak in and out
of the 'Glades in this sus-sus-sns-s-s-lip of
a sieop. so how in hades d'you expect
they'd do it in a 1,000 ton' Here the.
maa's infirmity blocked his speech for a
full minute. He snarled out, Oh, I've
no use for a blank putty head Itka you."
Hank laughed and pat tobacco into his
raoetk. Ge it." he said. "Go it, right
cksse to the end if you like, but bring up
short of that, or I'll gouge you, sere's
death."
The sseessroes grinned a spasm of f ary.
He longed asch so use again the unpar
donable phrase, but he ferebose. He felt
thas his friend would be as gscd as his
word. So he ceased from speech altogeth
er, and a negro on the ioredeck enlivened
the silence with the Jordan hymn, giving
fuH value te every possible shake and
turn.
A porpoise surged past them making
Jar the ayen after a day's fresh water
Ashing, and once or twice an alligator'
eyebrows and snout showed like knoes of
blackwood Seating up against the cur
rent, for this was territory where the skin
hunter's rise had not scared them alto
gether into night work. The sloop's pace
up stream was small, and it was not till
just hafora nightfall that she rounded a
sape whers high black pines stood up like
soldiers on parade around the water's edgs
and saw the steamer. She was grounded
on a sandbank athwart the stream and
lay with a two foot list away from tho
current. Not tin til they were close aboard
of hex cocjd those on the sloop see the gohl
lettering- on her coaster.
"B-b-both lifeboats gene. Say, thatra
rum!"
"Port Edes of London," Hank read.
'JPort Edes? I seem to know that name.
Hullo, Nuttl What's wromx now? Yoti
look as though I'd said your rich uncle
had gese dead. "
Tha mm pyed mans face was life np with
an" randy joy. Ilon't yoc nw?' he
Stuttered out. f "The bki was in all the
papers. That steamboat was bringing out
50,600 in sovereigns. Her port was New
Orleans, and she's got here. By gum, I
suppose they think they're going to steal
it afi by themselves."
"Wh's they?" inquired the ether.
I gnss we shall know that soon," re
turned the one eyed man grimly. "Hi,
you niggers there forward! I s'pose yea
got razors hid somewhere in yer pants?" .
'"Say." drawled his -friend, "you'd
mebbe better go slow, Billy Xatt. That
steamer does look asleep, but if ysu start
making yourself ugly too soon somebody
may wake up and pull off guns at us."
"Shoot or no shoot, T' retorted the man
at the tiller, '"I'm going to have some of
their plunder before a dozen boors are
over, or else be a deader. I've never had
a chance like this in all my life before,
and I'll never geg-geg-ges another. ' '
You bet not." agreed theather. NorH
L. That's why I'll stand in with you over
this deal down to the last chip. X reckon,"
he added in a lower voice, "wo can count
well on the niggers too. They're not ex
actly a camp meeting crowd. They're
toughs that a racket like thisll suit as
natral as chicken stealing."
CHAPTER XIV.
HBECT.TS rS LOKBOK.
How awfully ghastly!" said Amy Shr
ets. "Yes," said Fairfax. -Those an
archist people ought to be shot down like
dangerous wild beasts whenever they open
their mouths. Think of it! Not only a
fine ship but 500. 600 in specie blotted out
of existence by this murderous bomb. Is
will come Searfnily heavy on some of the
underwriters. These will ha a black pay
day at Lloyds' whea they settle up over
this. You never saw such excitement as
there is In tho city. Papers wsrs seHfng at
half a crown apiece,"
"And is it certain that poor Mr. Cam
feel is drowned?"
"I'm afraid praGticaHy so. The two
lifeboats were picked np next morning
and their crews taken Into ilobile. When
they came to count heads, It was found
that the captain, Cambel and one of the
engine room hands were missing. In tho
hurry of the escape they seem to have got
into neither lifeboat. The tflpgmm says
that no other boat would have lived a
minute in the sea that was running at the
time, even if one had been lowered, and
the mate, who writes, dees not think that
thfc ytols even attempted, because the Port
Edes snyt before they had driven out of
sight. We hr"f a private cablegram at the
uflice before I left, and that o!d how oth
pr steamers crossing: that part of the gulf
had been on the lookout, but up to then
net even so much as a scrap of wreckage
had been sighted. So I fear it is past a
doubt that she sank like a stone in deep
waiter and took those poor "fellows down
.wiih'her.,:
"It Is horribly sad, especially when one
. jemembers what I heard this morning.
"Hamilton, the girl 3fr. Cambel went wild
gbout six years; ago, s pnt in .Florida, this
minute and free. IJuveinay, fhe man she
married, died six months ago of malarial
fever. Yon knew, 5Ir. Carafe! was en
gaged to her just after he left Cambridge
and wen as an attache ami was desperr
r iely fond of her, as I imagined he could
be, and when her people forced her Into
marrying 2ie ether fellow he-thze7 up rrr
pest and wandered into all tho most out
of the way corners of the earth to try to
fargnt things, "What makes me so inter-
is thic Ire just found out that she
was j Hiss .Mabel EUdare befara she was
married, and when I was a child I used
to know her sister Elsie very well indeed.
In fact, I believe we were same sort of
cousins, and for half a year we had" the
same governess together and were as inti
mate as two children could be. Then her
sister married Mr. Duvernay, who had a
colonial appointment, and Elsie went with
them abroad, and we dropped completely
out of touch with one another. Strange,
isn't it, that I should hear of her again
the same day that brines news of poor
Mr. Cambel 's death?"
"It's a Email world this," Eaid Fairfax
Eententionsly, "and coincidences are tho
ccmmSiest things in it. I suppose in a
novel the pair of them ought to have come
together and forgiven the past and mar
ried and settled down in a villa residence,
with ivy and clematis attachment, and
lived happily ever afterward- Unfortu
nately real life is balder and far less romantic"
"You Eeem out of spirits," said hia
fiancee, linking- her fingers over his arm.
"I suppose I am. To begin with, this
Pert Edes business isn't calculated to en
liven one, and then on the top of that I've
had another taste of your blessed guard
ian's business methods which have near
ly sickened me oat of the office altogether.
You know about this Brothers Steamship
company which he is trying to float?
Well, we had a preliminary meeting' to
day quite 1,000 people, and all, compara
tively speaking, poor. They were far the
most part the gang he preaches to on Sun
day, with a sprinkling of skippers out ow
work and other seafaring' folk who had
saved a srifie of money.
-Shelf commenced the business with
prayer, which is right enough at its proper
time, but struck me as being particular
ly out of piece there. The audience, how
ever, groaned approval, and their confi
dence in the man seemed to be strengthen
ed. He followed this up with a clever
speech about the praHts to be made out of
the modem sea carrying trade and enlarg
ed upon the notorious fac that the losses'
of the business largely arose from the lack
of interest on the part of shipmasters and
other officers. This last, he said, would
be entirely removed in the Brothers
Steamship company, because by the arti
cles of association no man would hold a
responsible position an any one of their
vessels who was not an actual shareholder
of the company. And then he pointed out
that there was an S per cent dividend
-4tuZ is it certain that poor 3Lr. Cambel
is drowne&P'
guaranteed on prsTerencc- stock and a -certain
15 per cent or IS per cent on the or
dinary and woo ml np with another dase
of cane The company, he said, would
not be alone content with earning income
for its bondholders. It would have as its
equal object the spreading of the gospel
and the civilization of England to the ut
termost pare f the globe.
" " Then the meeting cheered and amend
ed and wrote out an application for 10,
000 5 shares then and there in the room on
forms which were handset round, and when
it dispersed Mr. Theodore Shelf and I
drove beck to th o3ees.
""Look tee,' I said to him, 'you've
pat roe down cn the directorate of this
thing, with a salary of 1,800 a year. I
want to resign.
'What on earth for?'
" Oh, shall wc say I haven't suiSclent
money loose to take up enough shares?'
" "But,' h sesSd quickly. you needn't
take up any. Yotx ran draw yoer first
Quarter's salary and pa; that-back to the
company's bankers on your first calL
That will qualify you.
" 'i'a,' 1 sold, iJm not going to do
that. I'm going to be mired up with this
new company in no degree whatever.
Flatly, I don't believe in She thing one
bit. It's a notorious feet that freights are
sq lew just now that thousands of tons of
shipping are laid np because it caa't bo
run at a pecflt, and if ysa pot mors in
commission freights win tumble dawn
Kill lower. '
You speak from yeur ignorance,' he
Eaid. 'I should remind yse that I am by
far an aider ian and have a irroeh deeper J
experience. The business of Mannaduke i
xuvers s saeit is a nstag monument 01
what asy humble talents can accomplish
and yoo. will ace day see for ycarself the
newer company cn as equal footing. Did
yoe not notic what enthusiastic confi
dence in its prosperity those humble
frieatfc of mine showed this afternoon?''
" 4 A fat lot they know sboet the ship
ping bsicess, ' said L la the meod you
worked tficm np to they'd hare believed
in as advcrtiriiae stockbroker's
if only there were a eert et the
circular
head of
she page:'
Sbaif pulled the cheek siring,
and his
braakam stopped against tke curb. 'Mr.
Fairfax.' said he, 'yotrr attitude pains me.
Let us pore here for the time, aad let 115
both pray that when next wo meet you
may be is a sore Christian rainriV where
upon ocs I stepped and came along here
so Park Isse. Amy, deer, I don't like the
look of things at all. The other business
the Oceanic Steam Transport company.
as it is called ofilcicHj is by no means
in a hcalMiy condition, end remembering
thas it seams to ma that starting this new
company is something very .nearly ap
pronching a swindle I believe that Theo
dore Shelf, knowing that he is in low wa
ter, is getting desperate."
"I don't kaow about the last," replied
the girl thoughtfully; "bet. as far being
in low water, therelthlnkyon are wrong.
Every week iere they seem to spend mare
rcsncy than they did the week before.
Sirs. Shelf was nt a picture sale yesterday
and bought two aid masters at 4.CG0
guineas apiece, and' it isn't likely she'd
throw aw27 that sora on what is absolute
ly and entirely a luxury unless moneywere
pretty plentiful with her."
"It can't go on as this pace," Enid Fair
fax. "I knew what the Emits c the busi
ness are, and I am certain It can't stand
the drain which aH this gorgeotsness mustj
entail. Last year the profits w ere almost
nil, and. yet did ilrs. Shelf retrench at
all? Nat a hit. She goes in far more and
more display every week she lives. This
pace must faring about 3 wreck, and if the
Oceania Steam Transport company rces
down it is an absolute certainty that this
new Bruthers company willl he swarrrscd
j with it."
j "And then?"
most part old, win nd that the savings
of a lifetime have vanished into nothing
ness before their eyes. Itis an awful thing
even tathink.sach.it suspicion against n
man, hut the idea, is growing upon meT
and Ihecdare Shelf saw what I thonadit
when he shewed me out of his brougham
this afternoon-"
"Then what." askri the girl in a. fccr
ri fieri whisper, "will yen do?"
".Nothing. What can X do? To breathe
a word of it aloud would he a libel, and
if I did not get sent to jail they would
pack me aS. to Harwell as a malicious
madman. Shelrs name is as good as a
banknote in tho city this day, and for ev
erybody's sake I trust I hare wronged
him foully, and that it may always con
tinue so- But, Amy, dear, I have a heavy
foreboding- on me that in less than half a
year's time there will be a mob of wretch
ed people shooting themselves or going to
the workhouse because he has ruined
them, and they haven't the pluck cr the
thews left to commence life afresh."
CHAPTER XV.
THE FLTTilE HTSTEES EiKH
The one eyed man, Billy Nutt, and his
mend ana partner, whose name was ap
parently Hank, without further attach
ment, made a livelihood by transgressing-
the laws of the United Stares and supply
ing-a strong- uemand. Tjimtss of society
wished for egret plumes and other feathers
for external adornment, and the Seminole
of the Everglades desired com whisky for
his stomach's sake, and white game regu
lations 2erbade collection of the first, In
dians2 ptntectiah acts vetoed lawful dis
tribution of the second. And far the trans
gressor therewere distinct and heavy pen
alties.
But, to bcin with, States' law does not
carry vey far In the Everglades of Flor
ida, whi-ih is the home of outlaws, and in
the second place Mr. Kutt andfriend were
both " wanted" on several counts already,
among which unjustiSable homicide
ranked high, so that they were men en
tirely reckless and inclined to look upon
poaching and Illicit whisky peddling to
tho aboriginal as the mildest of mild pec
cadilloes. Moreover, as in furtherance of
their busing they were extremely well
armed and apt to shoot first and reflect
afterward when annoyed, they were not
persons to be argued with by any of the
more gentle methods.
The three men on the steamer were in
Zo way prepared to receive these dubious
risitors were, in fact, completely obliv
ious of their approach, being still chained
in the deadest slumber. The sun had
drooped below tho tree tops, and already
the night noises of the forest were begin
ning tae rattle at crickets ana tcuas in
the trees, the grunting of the bullfrogs in
the swamp, the dry rustle of the jar flies
and the warm hum of the never sleeping
mosquito. In the- darker tree aisles there
cofiimeuced the brief light snappingsaS
fireflies,- and in tho binek shadowed water
of the bayous were other phosphorescent
clows, like these, only coming from the
eyes of some prowling- alligator.
The sloop ran down her jib topsail, and
as the iren hanks, screamed along- the stay
a negro trotted nimbly out along the flat
bowsprit top to sec lira the sail in Its
kets. The wind was dropping with the
sun, and because the current raced man-
fairy dawn tho bight where the stranded
steamer was lying- the sloop made but a
fathom or so to the good by every board
across the river. The cue eyed man danced
a barefoot tattoo of fury on the floor beards
of the cockpit at this slowness, and his
loose limbed partner, who still sprawled
on the cabin roof, chuckled with easy
amusement. But the breeze held long
enough for their purpose. They ran up
above the steamer, and the stream ground
their planking arm Inst the rust streaked
iron. A pair of davit falls hung down,
with the blacks weed covered in with wa
ter, and overhauling one of these they
mede it fast round the bitts. Then,
swarmins up the other fall, the whole
five of them gained the bridge deck above.
Instinctively when once their feet were
on the warm gray planks each man, black
and white, handled his weapon ready to
fight any an1, as might be demanded of
him, bat no one appeared to seek explana
tion of their presencei and from staring
about them they took to stariac at one
another rather feolishly. If one has been
pxpecting a brisk game of murder, and
one meats with empty silence, it rataer
spoils the sequence of ideas.
Ccme to think of it," said Hank in an
oppressive whisper, if .there'd bees an
anchor watch, they'd have hBed us before
we got this far. I bet the old man's asleep
In the charthouse. 'Twouldn't be a bad
idea to bottle him."
He pattered across the deck, right hand
inside his shirt besom, pistol gripped in
that, and peered in through tho open door.
The place w&3 tenanted by no living thing
larger than flies and -cockroaches. He
drew baek half scared by the eeriness of
it, and then beckoning- his mates headed
them down"thi companion ladder, tread
ing like a ?tage conspirator. ' At the foot,
two doors opened; "one into the alleyway,
which was empty, the other Into the main
cabin, on the floor of which Kettle Lad
been deposited by the donkeyman. But in
the culminating; spasm of his cramp the
little captain had rolled away out of sight
under the taSIe, and so to all appearance
this place was deserted also,
Tho men peered about them and ran
aft, poking their noses in pantry and gal
lery and engine room. Coming- bock
through the alleyway, they searched the
two mate's rooms and found them empty,
I and going cut on the iron foredeck found
the forecastle deserted also. Then they
1 gathered round that gaping rent where
the farehatch had been in curious wonder,
examining the crumpled plates which
were yellow with new rust and pointing
out to one another the twisted stanchions
and splintered debris below. And ajthis
they were engaged when the sun took its
final dive beneath the water3 of the Mex
ican gulf to westward, and the tropical
Sarkness snapped dawn upon them like
the shut tins of a box.
"Hank," said the one eyed man, "this
gets me. What m hades have they been
doing to this blame steamboat, aid fur why
have they fing-eug-one off and left her?"
"Euclid's ou5 cf my lice," EId TTrm
erasniarly
-"Oh, yon blank headl" retorted
his friend, "th th-ink."
"You tire me. If they aren't here, taoy
aren't. P'raps thoy've gone off and toted
the bccdla to a cache. P'raps it's left here
aboard, and if It is I guess we EiaU find it
when we want it. VThsz I'm on for naw's
grab. I hain't had a Christian meal for
three months, thanks to this new sheriff
bustling after us, and I'm about sick of
mullet and sweet potatccs. But, please
our buck, we'll raid their starerconn here
and fix np n regular hotel supper for to
night. Thafs me. Now came along, fel
lers." The negroes chuckled and crowed, ca
pering like children, and wens off with
the tall man toward the galley, and Xntfe,
after an ineffectual attempt to speak,
which threw Mm into a paroxysm of f uryr
presently followed them.
The feast was sui generis. They found
grease, baking powder andflcur nrtri rnadft
doughnuts, they hotted three tins cf Juli
enne soup, they baked a greattmass a? salt
park an a bedding- of white beans, they
made a stew of preserved potatoes, Au5-
traiian mutton and pate do fbfe grn- and
as a chef d'eeuvra one of the ncgrcestnmed
cut soma crisp three cornered tartleta
stuffed with strawberry jam. Then Kant,
with- a lamp in one hand, a cylinder ct
plates in the other and a whole armory ai
knives and forks brisSling from his pock
etsr pattered off to the main cabin to lay
the table.
At the denrway he stopped, gaping,, and.
because the instinct of the much hunted
made his right hand slip round to a cer
tain back pockEt the plates went to tho
ground with ar crash. In the? swivel cfrrrfr
at the head of the table was Huddled a.
Bia& a MtwnTl mzn. with a cold cigar bit
tea, tjgitfc befcweea his teeth, cm
grimy -sllli coal dust ThaTTnnT: exwJunTt
nave sworn wnetner -xne snore pea&ed
beard wkich rested cn his. chest was black
cr-red crprussian blue.
"Oh, don't you trouble to be polite,"
said the man in the chair. "-I'm mighty
glad to see anyeng who ran talk or use a
pair of hands." Here he lifted his nose
and snuffed the air like ahaund. "Is that
supper you're cooking?"
-I reckon."
"Found anything- to wash it down
with?"
"There were a dozen bottles- of beer,
but we wanted those between whiles, and
I guess they're drunk.1''
"There should have been rzare, hut I
suppose my lousy steward has necked
them. However, this is & hur night, and
this is the first time -I've seen you and
your mates, and so I guess champagnell
be good enough for us. There's & case in
that end room ready a-purpose for this
sort cf celebration day. Perhaps you'll
fetch it our." Tm weak stflL"
Hank obeyed, wondering, and laid the
table and brought on the viands, in which
ho was assisted by Xutt- and the black?.
Then Captain Kettle spoke again.
"Qh, look here, friends, I'm not going:
to sit at table with niggers. I take it thi3
isn't a blessed missionary meeting."
It seemed as though there would be a
row. One cf the blaaks stated his inten
tion cf "takin no sass from thai po' white
trash,1 and another openly drew a rrr
and made suggestive motions with it
through the air.
"Of course," said Eetfle, "if ttou two
gentlemen have chuckyd your color and
care to feed with those iirwaments, you
do it. Only Irm a wiifce mn and have
my pride."
'That's right," said ICott "Picnicking
and the schooner's different. But this is a
regular hotel dinner, with napkins and a
tablecloth, and I guess anything colored
nd spoil the tone.
s-s-scrtmes, you
mosey.
"I done cooked rncsir this yer cmb,"
vrliined he of the razor, '"art I'ze gwinajt
eat ray helly load."
"Well, cotter what you want to eat tUl
yen bn-s-s-s"
"Yes, but -wrhar'H "vre go2"
2futt looked at Captain Eettlc. The
little mart in tho swivel chair gave his Af
rican guests tail leave to so to a niaca
considerably hotter than the ensiaa hold.
snggesting: the raessroam as an after
thought and alternative. Whither thev
betook themselves, grumbling; and then
the three whites commenced their'mcal.
Kettle un wired & chnmpagne battle with
a fork and poured ant titeelang tumblers
af dancing froth.
''Wine!" said Hank. "Oh, 07 Jemi
'Gag-geg-gos ny ice?" queried tho cno
eyed man.
Ice is off," replied the capcain.
"Things have been that hot this trip it
gave np and melted."
"Yoc seem to get your manners on Ice,
Mr. Billy Xntt," said his friend. 'Jtow I .
see a regular natal meal in irons of me,
and I'm going to make a pig cf myself
and be jolly well thankful. I hain't any
use for your high toned sort of canaoser
ing. See here, stuff your silly mouth and
quit grumbling, right now. Dy'e hear?" !
His guests ate, and Kettle made small
talk for them, at the same time playing a !
good knife and fork himself. The food '
seemed to straighten his back and knock
the limpness out of Mm, but Mr. 2uts
and his friend were Iappins their chain- :
pagne too industriously to see anysigniS- i
cance in the change.
The meal crept steadily through, its
courses, and the empty bottles grew on the
cabin floor. No one get drunk. Captain
Kettle's own libations were sparing, and 1
the others had each a high coefficient of
absorption. Still all were exhilarated and
ripe for miscMef or merriment, as mlghs
befall.
"Say, cap,' said the long man as ha
dallied with his last strawberry tartlet.
isn't it so that van've rot this fine stesm- f
boat of years, aHasted with sovereigns?"
"Its se," said Kettle, "or something
very like that." ,
"Your own?"
'Ob, Lord, no. Jost freight consigned
to New Orleans and brought here by that
blowup I was telling you about. I sup
pose that yea gentlemen!! have no objec
tion to bearing a hand aboard o' me now
yon are nerez 1 m a bit snort manned,
and it'd he a pity to fes freight like that
rust, for want, of fingering."
Hank grinned at his vis-a-vis. and then
turned to the little skipper in the swivel
ebair. No. " he said, fc I don't see there's
anything wrong with that, but I'm afraid
if we chipped in we eouldn't sign on 63
far as Noo Osfeans."
"New Orleans be ptjgnradl" cried Cap
tain Kettle. Haven't I spoke plain
aBQBgh already 5 Don't yon understand
all this racket's a blessed swindles The
steamer's going to have the name plate oa
her engine altered, and the label cn htm
etern changed, and a different patters
painted on her smokestacks, and a coat c4
gray clapped on her outside. And then
then, when she's so bedeviled her own
builder wouldn't know Lerv we'll run he?
round to seme South. American part where
the least number of questions will cs
asked and eell her far what she'll fetch.
Bet only the steamer, mark you. 1 reckon
she's carried tho freight far enough.
That'll be struck, cat of her here. "
"Yon bet,"- said 2utt, robbing his
hands. " W'j'Ii ccrrai the dollars for yon
right hero till you earns hack. You. shall
ha?e our nigsess to s-s-stoke for von it
you can get 'cm and can manage 'era.
Bus they're fair toughs. Perhaps roe'd
W-w-weaken when yoncaie te irnqw 'em
Td handle, ,s xatorted Kettle, "a crew
of old Nick's firamen raw out of the pla
If I was put to it. Don '4 yon make any
error. I've kept my- end up with the worst
crowds a man ever pot to sea with. "Bv
Tame;," he went cn, with a. blow at the
table, "ley James, I'd handle you, Mr.
Nutt, if yea were sizsed cn board a' me
till yon couldn't call yoar soul yonr own "
iood w-w-which?" snarled Nutt, ris
ing in his chair.
Sis, yoc swine," said his partner.
"and he quiet- Yea tire me. What are
yoc riKn" the gentleman for last when
we were setting- so nico and friendly with.
Mm?"
" xou lurnine alonei
"I'll sraash your uglv little faca in if-
yoa don't keep Is shut."
The one eyed man triea la leiort. but
Ms Infirmity gagged him, and a spasm of
"wild fnry'bit Intu, nil his muscles.
HM friend waved a derisive finger.
There's an image for you, cap. Look
at the creature, from like a Chinese pot
dog. Look as him and don. laugh. And,
say, juse Teach me another bottle of that
winej it will be sa good thanks, sirce. I
wouldn't care if I died drinking this.
Here's our blessed health- Good old cap!
You stick to me, and I'll stick, to you, and
If Mr. Billy Nuts can't swallow Ms tan
trums and join us two gentlemen like an
other gentleman, by Jemima, weir give
Mm what he's got fa? his share and set
adrift in an empty bottle. You hear me,
HfflyNutt?"
"You spnp-ln tiering fool! Yen booser
drunken putty head!"
'Tra not drunk," xetarted Hank, "but
Pm merry. Have a sup yourself, and then !
perhaps, youll bs better company," with j
wMch advice a liberal heel tap of cham- J
pagne sploshed in Nutt's face. i
The man sprang" to his feet, glowing like
j iuu. iouaweu. was campierea oe-
i fare a watch could rick twice. For once
the gilt of speech did not desert Turn. The
fatal words bounced glibly eff his tongue,
and Hank's vengeful hands shot oat. In
an instaaS the -cair were Hrrrrrilmff- trv-
! gether, and a scooping, thumb did its h-r-i
rid work. Then tearing himself irmv.
I eyeless, ja Iesger man ran scrcarcimr
emu op
B LACrZTZLSS DURHAM TOBACCO COMPANY. -
TO Ml
mm puma jrsm my. samp is
fierce for z limited time, sm orier
to-day. Years very tndy,
LACKWELL'S DURHAM
TOBACCO COMPANY.
MHMMfr If yon hare, zsy ittficaity is pr3csricyor
S3f. cat oat this actios and send It witb
jtwht order to ycr wit otesaie dealer.
bUhaly into the sidejcard at the other sit
His fricwl pitched forward and felt.
of the cabin. His friend pitched stiffly
forward and fell face downward among
the dishes lying there without so ranch as
a quiver. Ho was stnne dead. With the
black handled knife that carved their bak
ing of pork Nate had stabbed him from
the shoulder down through his heart.
"That saves ray cartridges," said Cap
tain Kettle and took his cocked revaiver
from whore it lodged between his knee
and the under side of the table.
He passed swiftly out through the pan
try door and was just in time for what he
expected. The negroes, alarmed by Nutt's
shrieks, were- rushing from the messraon
to see what" had gone wrong. He charged,
and drove them furiously back. They
turned and ran before him, tumbling over
one another in their, scared haste, and
then lie took np his place in the dcorway,
threatening them with steady weapon and
crispy decisive tongnc,
1 Quick," he cried, "quick,, you scum,
unload yourselves. Pitch overboard your
knives and razors and whatever you've
got, orr by James, if a man of you stop ta
think, I'll blew his brains tfrrongh the
porthole."
The negroes obeyed him in sullen,
frightened silence and stood with elbows
np facing him as he covered them. Kettle
watched the three with steady eye, but his
ear was eocked down the passage drinking
in every rustle which came from the place
he iad left..
to be continued .J
Plain and Decorated,!
Will be sold in sets or by
the piece. The finest line
of goods CTer shown la the
city.
"We haye also in stock seven!
different patterns in
English s China.
These goods are in 100
piece sets, and range in price
from 11 to 15.
An inspection of these
goods is respectfully incited.
V. YonGoetz,
Grocer.
Ottenstein Block.
HUMPHREYS'
vnsiauHrsPEcrics
TcSrsss, Q&lMrSh&z, Sep,
ASD JOULXET.
58 0 Paze Book ox Treats nt af ABisals
aad Chart Sew free.
ciTBcPeTersCsseestiaM.IaSaanztiaa.
A. A. t sjpia si JXeaissisis, 3CiIk: I"crer.
E-B. traiRS, Lsbcbcm, Kkesaxtiw
CC. Bistesayer, Nasal Disckarxea.
D.D. Bets er Grahs, Warn.
E- Consk, Hex-rss, PbcibmIs.
F. F-Calic ar- Griyea, Bellyaciic-
G. Ci. HiscxTxixsre, Hesrrkases.
H-H. CriaajryaHd KJdnrr Siseues,
ErstiTB Biseasss, lun.
Sinsle Eottle (over 55 doeesj, . gQ
Stahle Caae trith Speejflcs
Veterinary Cere 0 n. aad TtiriiratrH-. ?T-tt
Jar- Yeterirr Care . 1Q
&04 6Traiefetn r rt rfaii mrm ad fa aaj
apatxKRCttatrcia. .OL, 1112211
m
S0KSBULZS3C ft ft
Soul by ZTa)ta,vr ytpit,i oo. rrgglgt at pocz.
!
1
DURHAM, H. C
Dczx Sir:
Yog arc catitied to receive
FREE frost your wholesale deafer,
WHITE STAR SOAP witk ail
BlaekwelTs Genuine
Durham Smoking
Tol)ftCCO yo fey. (tee tar
of socp Free wftk each jtnmi,
wfeether 16 oz., 8 oz., 4 oz. r
2 oz., packages.
We have sofiSetf every wfeeie
sfe dealer tat the IMfted States
tiat we wiM suppiythamyntk seep
t give yo FREE- Ocar gaed
satpiy of GENUINE DURHAM at
ocet ami smsist cm getting yar
Oae fear oiSoap FREE with
U. P. TIME CARD.
Tating effect Jaaoary 5th. ISXi.
EAST BOUND Eastern Tnne.
Ne. .Past ilatt Departs 0:00 a m
Noi-fAtlaatic Express " Il:C0p ra
NojS, Freight - 7M a m
WEST BOUND Western Time.
No. I. Limited .Deports 3:Sp ra
04.3. Fast Mail - iisnm
No. IT, Freight isttpn
Xe23, Freight. - 7:50 am
N. B. OLDS, Agent.
JTTOKZTETS-AT-LAWt
NORTH PLATTE, - - NEBRASKA.
OEce over N. P. Ntl. Bank.
tj C. PATTERSON,
AiiOR n e v-prr-i?OAz:r
OEce First National Bank Bfclg-.,
NORTH PLATTE. NEB.
pLCOX HALlLIGAN,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAWr
rfORTH PLATTE, - - - NJ
Office orer North Platta National RmV,
jg E. NORTHEUP,
DENTIST,
Room No. 6, Oitecstein Bnading
NORTH PLATTE, NEB.
,R- N. F. DONAIOOSON,
Asqfrtan t Sorgvon Union PacJic
and Slember of Pension Board,
N03TH PIATXE, - NEBEASSA.
Otace over Streitz's Drng- Stare.
Jos. Hershey,
BEALEB TS
IfricfllW : ImplemeDts
OF ALL
KINDS,
Farm and
Spring- Wagons,
Buggies, Soad Carts,
Wind Hills, Pumps, Barb
Wire, Etc.
Locust Street, between Fifth, and Sixth
SMOKERS
5
In search, of a good cigar
-will always find itatj.
F. Sdrmalzrfed's. Trv
J
them and judge.
NORTH PLATTE
MARBLE : WORKS,
W, C. RITNER,
ilanTrat and Dealer in
IMGOTMENTS,: HEADSTONES,
Curbing, Building Stone,
And aff kinds ef ITanuniental and Cemetery werJc,
GEO. NAUMAN'S
SIXTH STREET
MEAT MARKET.
Meats at wholesale and re
tail. Fish and Game in
season. Sausage at all
times. Cash paid for Hides.
Claude weingmd,
DEALER TX
Coal Oil Gasoline,
Crude Petroleum and
Coal Gas Tar.
Leave orders at Newton's Store
MECCA COHfOUND
So crcar are its Kffiffng Powers
p and ?aa Reewg PuapcrticH at
rjrt seesi tspabte beta, a San-Pnan-
. ivmhou ill I . ' i rtZ. KICU
witk alt fcrrrffnm. Far Boras siane
u often. Mrertit tsurcKlhr to. i',iid.
hzSW- hfn .ttw A K tn h. irt
for hcaiiit ail kinds of sores its mer-
ni evir-v home aad nt rfehnp. Pre-
cu J3tss. i3Ta. iote try tie rrjc f
SEoXcL Tzry Uk-. IF- Hxel3C
Legal Notices.
JS0TICE JOS PFBUCAHOSL
U. S. land Office, North PJatte. 2t"efc,
April 24, 1SSL f
Notice is hereby piTen that lie fsUwriBffnaiaed
pettier tos Sled, entice at his intentfen tasxaSt
I final proof in support of hi alaim amX EiaEsM
proof wirt be taace oeiore xae iaswr anoje
ceiver at North. Kaila, 2Teb, an Slay 9thl2B,
Tic
EKXEST J". BAKES,
trho mule Homestead Entry Ne. BTiS for-fee
lots 4, S 5 asd Section 6. Tewsgitip Iff N
Range- "W. He- names the feHeain Tritaegses
to prove- hia coctiosoc? resilience irgoa aad oaMr
ration of ssusl load, tk Wfiey Harttews. Oscsr
It. JIatthews. Eiiiitucs P- Baisr- zzxl Jasea f.0e-
selmnrr, all cf Biciens.Neb.
2Tt .JOHN F. iiLSitiN, Begisiec.
XOTICE FOR FliCLKLVTIOiS"
Xa3I tea i3r Notth Pr-trrx. "Szsl
April I
NoUceLj hereby siTert that the 5eHiTiBir-nacietI
settler has flIeJ notice of her teleiitiaa So- mnirt
flnal pnxif la support of ker wtafTrr. asd that said.
proof -nt be made before the Kelster arai Be-cei-rer
at North Plitte. Nebraska-, as Xay
27 th. 1SS6, Tic lEarert S. Jurgensoa. wider si
No. Ia-SSI. 2arthe Nertheest narter sectiaa
3L fcjwBshrplfrN kxhs 2S W. She sanies tho
foiBTwirxir witnesses te prwve- her caatmiinmj rea-
i!ea e npoa and oaUiTarieii ef. soM laruf, vfc
Easma Hansen. Peter Hrse.LeC Sueea oat
Garse Schmiti. jr.. aK of Carti.-. N ebrajfm.
338 JOHN F. HIN3IAN, Bsster.
OBDES OF HEARING.
Tnr SrAxKar Nebsassa,
Xrscojur CeBjrrr.
At a catmtr cesrt. heM at tbe
mmct
ro5in.in and fur- said cseaty. AprS iSth, .
Present James Ji. Kay, Csastj Jwtse.
la the matter f the estate a Xseaf C.
Faraifh. deceased.
On reading aad 2loc taepatw L iMtsaSL
F Ftrrciih prayic that adratetrauii said
extate may be srranted t her as adofefctratoc
Ordered. Ttat May M. Km,uleedE,fcS-
fe aasttTPed rsr heariaff said petitm, -xhtta ait
persons interested la scid natter appear- at a
enssty eeaxt to b held la and UmzM mentor,
and shxrx cant'e why th prayer af petteteaerahMld
net bejzranted; and that notice of tile seadeacrrf
said petition and heariagUiereQrjbesiTeniteattfer
sans interested in said matter bypunHBhfBg-a cour
af this order in Tkz. Tuibsse. a Bewspaper
printed la said casBty, for three stisre -cvtitej
prisr to said dsy ef heaiiwr.
NOTICE OF SALE UNBEK CHArTFRT
MORTGAGE.
N&tkre k herebv triTea that be -fidcemf 3.
chattel niortgae dated o the 3th day at
Octofeer. KS4. aod dalT aied is tbe taatx of
tie cosaty clerk of Linrda county- Nebras
ka, on the 8th day of Asgaet. tS9S as eae
ested far W. 1L Mtesonr to the North PlaMe
Natinal Bonk to secare- tfre va.Ymmmt.at tte
sera at 32120. and. apoa wMek there k maw
daethe siuae jffit-t7: eiaK feantegfeettR
sade ia the payateat of saM sec. aaA ao
salt or other prceedtezB at law hartt:eeK
ktstitated to recover saM tfelK or aagr part
thereof, therefore I will seS tac -gcagezij
thereia described, tec.:
O&e gray mare.
Oae gray horse.
Oae rami wasoa.
Oae set farmharaes
At phMc aoctkm at the oiraer of3kfk
aad Sprace streets, tke City ai Nfrtk
Ptaxte- la Laoifet cosbct. Nehcriry, ox. tfee
M day of Iay. fcti. at i o ciock pc ai S&M
day.
MELTON BQQLSETLK. 8beeJecv
Nortk Platte Natfoazl Besfev
North Pfcsetfe N(A.
Dated April ITtix. KSd.
APPLICATION FOS OSBCSSaS" PSrSXHOT.
Notice is herskj-srtve that W. C ue 3c
Ca. d upon the 2t ttey at .KzSK M&U &rfr
petitien -with the awamtjoinHers nfTimmTiT Tim
ty. Nehrasha. ra pecaait to $eC stale. atitilMiiuu
asd viftett )(mhts Uk- winiWriiinl. bonM,
ehemleal and gaanmonlul jKiijwwa nnf. ! ifii'
vtttan sC Sstheriasd, Nsocaekn, foe ae jwar.
It there- be bo srstegt or re&Mreetraset died
nrithiatnro wee&3 rmn tnte dM. Micail
mav he granted.
W. C. BXACjvKOKS t Ok, Aypfcnufc.-.
Bated Apctt Hit, Ki5.
ARTJCLBS OF UfCORPORA'QaN' fiP THB
SBBSafSA IHSMftATJON VAX AS
SCCIATHt" Kimw an mea br tbee weeBtB: That wl
O. G. Sraitb. ef BsSalo cmbCt. W. L. Porfc.
E. F. Seefeersex. 2osat& B. McSoraM ad 1.
A. Fort, of Llncm contT. 2. X. 5tjrle ao4i
A. Daegherrw. f Ketti Camty. sad B.
MeLerHOfi- o CbeTeane cxmntj. aO fl tbe
state of Nebraska! winie Tinmn are r-v.it-scrifeed
beretn. do nerebv jomodataaareelrw,
toget&er Utr the purptwe of betee taoorpor
aced ander eke laws f toe state t Setraaka.
and adopt the foiV?wtg Articeaio lcrpor
atkxt: AKtHxaL TbeiBe of the tacaacatitm
aball be Tke Xehcaska Zrrait ws&r A
the fecsteess of tik? cacyorattnt masB Te m
the city of Xortn Piattc te tke caaatr tt
Liacafe. state of XebcaaAa.
Art. IH. Tbe general aatsre at the basl
aeas to ke traasacted ot saM conoratio
afcaS be tke boidtoe of exkiteitiem. ef tae
ogrkroltaral products of Xebraalcz. rxLd
sader irrfzatuw. and of otker ezMUtira
and display incident to a general agn -nt-tarolfdzr.
It saail e competent for -a:d
corporatkm. to acquire, lease, own. iicprv.
seH. coarer or erc han la ai. bafidir;,; and
otker real estate in the state of Nehrx-i.
for sack purposes, ana totrawact urh otaer
twstaeat as will adTaace tke trrisrati" n an4
agricultural iaterests of tke state of NV
kraska. Art. IV. TkecaBStalsceek of tke corpora
tioc sfeall be twestr tkoeimi doHax. ii v . led
into s bares ot e dollars eack: escb &are
of wkick shall ke fatty poM aa before t W
tiiae of its jsace. aa be nrevtr non
assessakie. Tke certificates of sc!c aavll
traasierrame oy eodorseBeat and :
tioa tfiereot on the bwoks of the I
Ast. v. Tke aid corporarin
raenee besinesH on tke srst day of-a&ir- A.
D. aad shall terminate on the ftnt iay
of May. A. D. KS xsatam sooser feaminatea
by a rote of the holders of a majority f the
capital atoci.
Art. VL Tke said cocpocattoK shall a.tt
eoatract any isdebtedBeiM or BakfBti tr ex
ceed one teach of its capital Steele, and n
debt exceedise oae hoadred doitan shall iie
contracted witkettt a vote of tke board tf
nKLEagers apprortas tkereof.
Art. H The aCairs of tarn corperattoB
shall be coadacted ar aboard of ae or mr
maaasers. neha shall'be stockkoMer. Ka. h
of -B-hoBi sfaaB hold oOee for oae year, amk
eatil his sacceseor kafi be etectea xad take
his seat at the board. Ther shaO etoct a
Preskieat. Yi ce-Preddeat. 'Secretary aaA
Treaserer. and shall aapotBt sack mmarta
tendertts aad aeents. and adopt sack sale,
regslatioas aad by-laws as tker ton tune
to ttee raay deem necessarr for the tran.--acrJea.
of the bunie f tbk oorperakc
The Board of Xanasers for tke year -me-ateaciaf
oa the ttrst day of Fehraaxy. A a
1SS6. aad eadlng on the arst day ef February,
A. D. K-OT. shall beW. L Park. S. F. See
berger. L A Fort aad Jaaies B. Xclhaaxkl if
Lincoia ceaarr. X. A Daaherty aad X. ML
Searle. of Keith coaotr. . in T i laiai aT
Cheyeaae cooatT. aad O. G. Ssitkw iw"Hwir i bi
cacnty. Xebraafca.
Art. TUL The aaaaal ateettae; af tme
stockhoider haH be keM oa the asgt IhMf
day in Jaaearv of each aad erexV year.
Special meetiagg ef tke ateckkoMecs'akealae
caHed by tke President opon aa order af tke
Board ot Hasaeers. Notice ef -nrb sandal
meetiass shall be given in writing fe
registered stockhelder by maM eadacaa ai
an envelope and addret&ed to kte ac kk
registered reside ace with tke paaasae- pre
paid. At every election aad apea every vate
taken at tke meeting- of tke tHsekkeWerv.
eack sball be entitled t an saaj miniyii i oe
aas -rtaires of -tock.
Ast. EX. latheofilceef tkeocetarT aaa
be kept a register of the stockholders, "wan- h
sball arrays be- open to the lamcTtoa of the
stsckhoiders. on which shall be entered tae
names of the stockhoides w&k their rei
denceand the asBaber of share held t
them respectivery.
ASX.X. The seal of the corperatioa -bAl
be drralar In f 3 aad keartag the wr-i-.
-T&e Nebrastei. Irrieation Fair A.-oc?au.r. .
North Platte. Xekriefca.'
In witness wneraef we have herennto -tu -scribed
oar names Oris SMidav of Janoarv
A.B.16ML
XATT2SW A. DAUGKEST
J. R. yicSXXXJuUX
L A rfMCH.
W. jL. park.
K. F. SBKSHBOJBB.
A
Care for Piles,
YTq can aegarre all -who suffer wkk In
ternal Piles tfattt in Hemocrhoiite'
U&we a jxsaitivfe cure. The tzeg4HiaTit
BsSke any tbiatr beretofore vsed aaalfts
Sjapcatien so perfect that every -es-tKbet
tJs&3sesse x eratikxled. 'Hem
OTritOMitne is a harmk Kamgtxmd. atn
be ttfd ior an eye- oiBtaent, yet -pciA.
es saeh bearing pwrer that -arfcen -piied
to tke diieas! ?art it at or.'t r -liews
ami z. care is the sere rnU r, i
coatrarwet Bse. All so.fr er : - s
s&r frim Omstfpation r'r.-o c-: H' x-
orrhoWiine r ? r . ,jt j r
?tt.h 19 TV-r. ITLli c - - - .
gilr. 5,y
t tfti fbt-t-orr t--".tv. f price. Peti so
Te! F:"fcK
-Is ?r. r u Lrrziatiotx.
Sold Tax
3.