THE NORTE PLAITE SEMI-WEEKLY TEIBOM: JEIDif EYMIMJ, MAT 1, 1896.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Senate Passes the Indian EHI.
W A .SHTXGTOSApril 24. Several miner
uixis Ters passed, ac toe opening- or
the senate yesterday-, including- the
ME authorizing a bridge across the 2Bs
sonrl at Booneville, 2La. Several amend
ments "were made, most important be
ing the insertion, of the item of L60Qr
000 for the payment of the Cherokee
outlet fend, -which had "been struck out
fcy the committee. The Trmian appro
priation. Mil as thes amended vms then,
passed.
Hev. Dioi Case Is the Hook. t
Washington, April 24. The house,
on motion of "Mr. Taflbert, nnammottsly
adopted aresolntion calling- on the secre
tary of state for information relative to
the arrest and imprisonment in Cuba of
Eev. Diaz.
Discuss FIcklerr Pension Bill.
Washington, April 25. Although
yesterday Tras private MEL day under the
rules, the house decided to proceed, -with
the Udder pension MO, and the -whole
day -was consumed in the discussion of
that measure1. The debate was devoid
of interest. The feature was the opposi
tion of Sir. Connolly to the section of
the Mil which granted pensions to Con
federate soldiers who deserted and
joined the Union ranks- 90 days before
Lee's surrender. Other speakers were
Messrs. Andrews, Burton and Over
street, all in favor of the MIL The
house nonconcurred in the senate
amendments to the Indian Mil and
agreed to a conference.
Pickler Pension Bill Passed.
Washington, April 29. The ht use
yesterday passed the Pickler general
pension ME by a vote of 187 to 5-L The
Republicans and Populists voted solidly
in favor of the measure and the Demo
crate, with six exceptionsolidly against
it. The section to which the bulk of
the opposition was directed provides
that veterans otherwise entitled to pen
sions shall not be disqualified on ac
count of prior service in the Confeder
ate army, provided they joined the
Union forces 90 days before LeeTs sur
render. The bankruptcy bE was then
taken up under a special order provid
ing for a Tote Saturday at 4 p. m.
OMAHA EXPOSITION BILL.
lTTT -a l ii
Supporters of the Pleasure In the House
on the Xookout For an Opening.
Washington, April 23. The Omaha
exposition bill is being carefully watched
these days by representatives from four
states, Nebraska, Iowa, "Wyoming and
South Dakota, and should the occasion
present itself next Monday there wiEhe
an effort made to pass the ME. 2?a
speeches, but just vote. Speaker Heed
has not decided to give time to the ME,
but inclines to the idea that on suspenr
sion day he might recognize some one
long enough to put the bill on passage.
There will be an effort made to pass the
MS. in time to have a certain amount of
money inserted in the urgent deficiency
ME, to be made available for preEmir
nary work on the government bufldr
ings. Congressman Hercer will have
charge of the ME, but AEr. Dofliver of
Iowa, as chairman of the subcommittee
on ways and means, wfll direct the fight
on the floor if such should develop.
Union Pacific Xnad Patent?.
Washington, April 26. Senator Al
len, frcm the committee on public lands
and buildings, reported favorably a ron
current resolution of Senator "Warren,
directing the secretary of the interior
to rescind his-order to the conrmfesioner
of the general land office, suspending
work on the Union Pacific land lists
now on file, embracing lands along the
main Ene in. western Nebraska, north
ern Colorado, "Wyoming and Utah, and
ordering work to be resumed, and p-t-ents
to be issued to the Union Pacific
without delay. The amendment is pro
vided that no patents shall issue for any
lands which have nut been sold by the
Union Pacific prior to the passage of the
resolutions.
Senator Blackburn's Statement.
Washington, April 28. .Senator.
Blackburn dictated'the foEowing state
ment for publication: "My attention is
being daily called to statements made
in the newspapers aE oyer the country
pf compromises between the gold stand
ard advocates and those who think with
me in Kentucky. JSo compromise or
adjustment has ever been offered from
the gold men to me. I surely have
never suggested one to them. I sin
eerelyhope that the Democratic con
Teniion in Kentucky will send a delega
tion to Chicago pledged to restore silver
at the ratio of 15 to 1. This is far more
Important than any personal ambition
of my own."
Walter Dygert Released.
WASHiNtfrON, April 25. Consul Gens
era! "Williams, at Havana, has wired the
state departmens that "Walter Dygert,
the Ulinoig young man confined in
prison in Cuba, has been released by q
der of Captain General "Wevler.
Agrienltcral Bill Becomes a law.
Washington, April 27. The 10 days
aBowed the president far consideration
of the agricultural appropriation ME
has expired and the ME becomes a law
without his approvaL
Treasury Hoses Gold.
Washington April 29. Thetrcasury
lost 163,600 in gold coin and 25400 in
bars, making the gold reserve stand
$125,549,502.
Kequisltion For "Wolf BorratySwindler.
Pehhe, April 28. A requisition has
been granted on the request of the gov
ernor of Iowa for Thomas B. Teller,
who is wanted in "Woodbury county on
a charge of obtaining moneyunderfalse
pretenses, he being one of an organized
gang who was MEing wcives in this
state, where the bounty is only $1.05,
jind taking the scalps to Iowa, where
they secured a bounty of 5 on each
seals.
t -.
Denied, by Schistic.
XOTXiy, April 29. Lord Put: raven
denies that Mr. H. McCalment is noTf
the sole owner of Talfcvrie TTT. t
Sir Sentenced to Swing-.
2?BX gyrm, Ark., April 28. Lucky
Davis, Lams Davis, Bufus Beck, 1L
Suly, S-ttti Sampton. and Ed Wiikey,
alias Dsns, were sentenced in the fed
eral court to be hanged on "Wednesday,
July 1, far crimes against women com-r
mitted in the Tnrfora territory. Lucky
Paris is a negro-, Wiikey is wMte, and
the others are Tndians.
tc Aiaaaa the Next Jlpostelie Delegate
St. Lotas, April 25. The apostolic
delegate, CTnTrnal SatoEL wfll be suc-
feeaedijt th ccmntrr by 3xr. Avar-
ue WMt to Mexico.
TI PLIDiiS.
Bj 0. J. GUTQiZEEB EH5L
Copyright 1S33, hy the Author-J
i" CONTINUED. -
TueeiiriiSdngs cf the eyeless man in the
cabin had given way to grcans, and then
there came the sound of bumps and
scratching as though he were blundering
madly about to find something, and then
the pattering of naked feet as he groped
his way up the lead covered steps -of the
compnn ion way. So intently did they follow
this one man's movements that it seemed
to them as though all other sounds were
hushed, even to the never ceasing hum of
the insects.
With awe the listeners held their breath
far what might come next. But they had
not long to wait. There burst out a wild
tirade of hate and blasphemy, which ended
in a shrieking cry of despair and a heavy
plunging splash, and once mere the dis
tant noises of the night closed down upon
them.
"Jiutt," suid Captain Kettle, Ms dead,
and I'm almost sorry. I believe I could
have liked that man. He'd grit in him,
had Nutt, and he wauldnt take cheek from
a living sod. Your other boss also is
dead killed by 2s utt. So you're my nig
gers now and will be till I've done with
you."
"Whor dyou mean?" one of the cap
fives asked, with a whine.
You'll have to do what niggers were
sent in the world for, and that's work.
Your fool of a government says you aren't
slaves now, and so I won't treat you as
such that is, you'll be paid. But I shall
get my money's worth out of yon first."
"I guess this is a free country. You
can't make us work unless we choose."
"I've had that said before to me, ' ' Ket
tle rejoined grimly, by better men than
you white men and they changed their
minds when I cot to handling- them.
You'll see later. But for now you've got
to stay here, and if you get out, and I find
you rambling, youH be shot like crows.
Yctt quite understand?"
He shut the messroorn deer and locked
it and once more went to the main cabin.
The tall man lay exactly as he had fallen,
and from underneath his neck five trickots
of rati spread out across the slapped tabler
cloth like the fingers of a monstrous hand.
The lamplight fell also upon other smear-
ines of red where 2ntt had groped his way
round the paneling. Kettle leaned up
against the rail of the sideboard and wiped
his face with a napkin. Perspiration had
loosened, the coal dost, and the skin came
pat white with only here and there a
smndge of tha old grime.
-Seppoeing," ho said to himself, "we
were robbed now, and there was a trial,
who's to provo I didn't put the pork knife
in that man? O Lord, what a hat it's
getting!"
CHAPTER SVL
SUBJECTS FOG 3IATIIDIQNY.
ATisa KMdare gave a shrug cf her shoul
ders. Yes,M she said, 'I suppose it is a
difrerant me. I've got my hair done up
and longer skirts and all the rest of it. In
fact, like the young parson in the book,
I've growed. But I don't Eee that you've
altered much, except that you've jusc a
tiny-nry bit crowsfooty about the eyes.
You haven't even grown a mustache, as I
always wanted you to do."
Ldn"E know I was going to meet you.
or might have spared my razor."1
(tl wish you'd known, then. But fancy
your turning up here of all places! It is
an extremely sxnnU world. There's no
doubt about that. Well, Pat, as we've
each said at least 29 times apiece how
surprised we are to gee one another, sup
pose ycu come out onto the piazza and tea
mo things. We shall have a crowd round
us if wo stay here in the hall much
longer."
ify dear child, what things?" asked
Caiabel, IaogMag. "I've been- chattering
history to yoa ever since I turned up at
the bote! "
The girl seated herself in a cool cane
rocker sad picked up a palm leaf fan.
--Hundreds of things. To begin with,
what are people wearing in town just
now?"
"In London? Oh, frock-coats rather
longer than ever and narraw stripe troa
sersand toppers with just twopenny worth
of cerl in taera, not more."
"Bet I mean the woman."
"Fifteen yards to the skirt, and they're
beginning to drape them. The fashionable
deformity at present is elephantiasis of
tho bkeps I mean gigot sleeves. They
start at the ears and go down to the elbows;
some of them farther."
'Ah,' said .Mies Kildare thoughtfully,
trT used to have good firms. Net guite as
nice as Mabol'Sj though. But IuttBrly I
haven't been in places wfaeraevening dress
was usad. By the way, do yon dance
still?" j
'"Kaon on it as ever. "
'-What'-s te waltz lifee nqw2"
'"Capo ring: an hot bricks. Hoops more
exercise to the furleag-. People kill them
selves at it imteh sooner."
'-Reverse?"
"In the north of England, where they
all dance well, they're like the Americans
and go each way alternately. In London
and the south, whero roost of thutn waltz
vilely, reversing is aeeWaqsa."
I suppose, " said iliss Kildare, with her
eyes nieditiitively following a bronze green
hunuaiog bird which was darting about a
trumpet vine on tha pfasa posts, -I sup
pose we shall have a hop here tonight. I
shan't reverse, and whan my partners ask
why I shall tell them it'sj the latest thing.
One always likss to bo as English as pos
sible. Tell me something else that it's
tony to do?"
"Bead nasty novels written by women
you wouldn't sit In the same rcom with
and then gush about them afterward.
That'sa very fashionable amusement with
the up to date young women."
'Ugh, Pat, don't be a pig. Besides,
that wouldn't suit my style a bit."
Bat why want to change, Elsie? Don't
yoa appreciate yourself as you are at pres
ent? I'm sure other people would."
"That's blarney."
No," said Cambel Judicially, I think
it's ordinary fact."
-'Is It really, though? I am glad. You
know, I've thought lately my presentstock
in trade wouldn't pass muster outside
"Florida. I can handle a boat in any
weather, and ride anything that's called a
horse, and dance decently in American
fashion, but I can't do anything- else, ex
cept perhaps talk, If that counts." "
Cam hie laughed. You are refreshing, 'T
he said. "But why this inventory of
stock?"
Because, Pat, Pm wondering how I
shall gat on in England. I'm going there
this fall. I'm two and twenty, you know,
and I can do as I like, and living in the
back Macks is beginning to palL"
"Going there by yourself?"
"2?b, I'm net quite so independent as
that. The Van Liews, tte people I'ro; stay
ing with here, spend the winter in Lon
don, and they're going to take me with
them."
"And afterward you come back again
to the States"
iliss Kildare again watched the bronze
green humming bird. "Quiea sabe?" he
said. "I may be induced to stay."
''What! You'ra going-to get married!"
"Why not, if I have an, invitation?
Twenty-two's getting on."
"AIu" said Cambel and. get to racking I
M& chair.
"Yes?"
"I didn't say anything-."
"You said AIi,r Patrick, and that
meant you. thought a lot besides."
'-Quite right, I did. It had never quite
struck me- tHI then that you: were- a com
pletely grownup young woman: now and
might any day see s san to go into per-
manest partnersfeiB with. It's, a bit of a
Jar I nseaa It corses cddTy to one at first
to thing of you. as married, Elsie."
"Shco 5h Patj'get up and drive that
humming bird away. He won't go for
me, greedy little beast, and if he stays any
longer 1 tnow heTI overeat hrmlf
Well, yctTd better brace yourself up for a
blow, because married I mean to be Eome
day. Who knows but what you'll beat
me in the race?"
"I?"
"Why not2 When Duvernay died, Ma
bel became a widow."
"That said CambeL "is tho usual se
quence of events."
"You know she never wanted to marry
Mm."
'"So I was led to understand some five
years back. Yet marry him she did never
theless, and that after due publication of
banns. I might remark, Elsie, that that
humming bird you were interested m is
still gorging himself out of those red flow
ers just on the other side of you."
"Some crsatures never know when to
stop. Xow, I do," said Jliss Kildare.
"That's the bell for dinner. I must gn
and tidy myself.'
ileanwhilea certain Mr. Kent-Williams,
a young gentleman- of England who was
throwing, poker dice at the bar with two
friends far anteprandial cocktails, was
IooLing at the subject from a different
coign of view. He was a young gentleman
who had not made a conspicuous success
of himself in England and' had been de
ported to Elorida with a view to extract
ing a fortune from orange growing. As
on reaching the spot he found this was
difficult of achievement, he wisely did not
worry his brain with any vain attempts,
but was content with living in inexpen
sive retirement for nineteen-twentieths of
each quartur and blossoming out during
the remaining days in riotous living on
the allowasco which reached him from
home. And with him were two others
who had ieen softly nurtured and who
were also taking their quarterly nip at
semicivilization.
' IteH you," said Mr. Kent-Williams,
"she's a clinking fine specimen, that Kil
dare girl, and, by Jove! I ought to be a
Judge!" any ona is now here. Look three
sevens, first shot! Good! Ill keep these
and see if I can't rattle cut another.
Shell go to England and marry a duke as
sure as fits, don't you know. I wonder if
Cambel will hitch onto the other sister.
Looks like it, his coming here after the
Duvernay beast turned up his tees. I never
could stand Duvernay. Xot a varsity
man, don't you know, and hadn't been
anywhere to schooL Simply a nit of
money and thought he could swagger on
that. By Jove! two bullets. That makes
me a full house, and 1 11 stand on it. Col
lar the box, Willie, dear boy, and beat me
if you can."
"No,': said Willie, scooping the dice
into the leather box and thoughtfully stir
ring them before ho emptied onto the
pewter counter. T don't think ar Du
vernay to; anybody. I didn't know him
here, but I ar don't recollect meeting
him at tha club or anywhere before we
came ont by gedl look there! Fours, first
shot! Of course the Kildares arc all right
as far as family goes. But they're poor as
regards the ar almighty dollar. If it
wasn't far that, byged! I wouldn't mind
going in for the fair Elsie myself. Wob
inscn, eld chappie, take the box and agi
tate. Yon won't bcaS my four ladies."
"I wish," said Kent-Williams medita
tively, "I knew what Cambel was going
to do. Mabel Duvernay's a charming
woman, and she's got at least 5Q0 a year.
I don't want to make a fool at myself if
Camhel's stUl in the running. And, by
Jove! I know she's ps fond of him as ever.
That beasttDuvernay used to twit her with
it when he was in an extra vile temper."
"Go slow," advised Robinson, "and
hang back for bets. Here. I can't improve
on two pairs, so you and I "throw again.
Here's the bar. By the way, why not ask
Cambel yourself? You knew him well
enough at Cam bridge, and you aren't shy."
"I'm not shy, dear boy, and I used to
know Patrick Cambel well before I came
out. He's a devilish genial fellow so long ;
as you rub him the right way, but I
shouldn't like to cross question him too
much about Mrs. Duvernay. You see, don't
you know, he was most infernally struck
on the lady before she was married, and
he's one of those fellows with a long mem
ory who-don't forzet. Saw, I. dear boy,
have been in love with heaps of women in
ihy time, and they with me, but when
they gave mo tho chuck, or I got tired of
them, I didn't break my blessed heart, or
play the- goat, or do anything of that kind.
I simply went an to the next caravan,
which is a devilish comfortable amusement-
Eut eld Pat isn't built that way.
He's ana of those fools who would get
gone on a woman and keep her in mind
for years and years -afterward,. Mighty
dreary sort of game to my way of think
ingby fave! four kings! If you beat
hose, dear boy. may I live pn sweet pota
toes and mullet all the rest of my life."
"Oh, Lordrr said Bcbinsanj ' 500 a
year SaOO-rronc could pig along with
that very comfortably in lots of places.
Wlialf unlucky brutes some of us are! Oht
curse it! Just my form, two pairs again.
We- won't prolong the agony. My shout
What'Il you fellows have?"
They drank their cocktails and went
Into the vast bare dining hall where a
shining negro waiter supplied each with a
tumble? of iced tea and two dozen oval
dishes of comestibles,
"Cambel seems tMck enough with the
Kildare girl," Kent-Wmiams observed.
"But of course he knew her when she was
a kid, and they'd haveheapstotalk about.
What do yoa think, Willie?'1
"How should I know, dear chappie?
I'm not one of those thought reading fel
lows. But perhaps she's ar telling him
about her sister. Girls always try and
run a fellow for their sisters if they can't
get the fellow ar for themselves."
"Here waiter,"" shouted Robinson,
"what did you bring sweet potatoes far?
Nobody ordered them. Take the d d
things away and vary them" The wait
er grinned and vanished with the rUqfyy-,
and Robinson set to savagely tearing at a
tough beefsteak with a silver bladed
knife "Money's run out," he grum
bled, "and back we go tomorrow to live
like wild beasts in a palmetto shuck on
that accursed food and nothing else. I be
lieve that foul grinning niggnr knew and
brought those sweet spuds here just to in
sult us. I've a great mind to "break his
beastly neck." '
"What'-s the use of getting hat over it
this" weather?" said Kent-Williams. "If
yon did break the niggers neck, it would
hot add to your income, and that's the
pnly occupation I know worth iivingfar."
"And therefore yoa want to marry Mrs.
Duversay."
"Or anyone else with a modicum of
dollars. I'm not prejudiced. Believe me,
dear boy, I could pour out a whole wealth
pi affection en sweet Mabel or- sweet Kitty
or sweet anybody else who was able to
supjKjrt me in moderate comfort. At pres
ent my talents a?e thrown away during
nineteen-twentieths of the year, because
nature never intended mo to shine: as a no
ble savages Consequently, dear boy, I'm
jeady to throw myself away on anv one."
"Oh. I like tirvtr'saidBobinsanT "Yoa
might have married a girl here last win
ter." "The traveling English person without
the aiteies? Yes, dear boy, I did. think
about it. Bat I caroo to the conclusion
tfat she was tee old to reform, jokL don't
ywt kawr e rseBy eeaidn't sts&dEv-
any amount cf income Ct course f was
a sacrifice-, and the poor girl was very let
down, but I think shell get aver it in
tune. They all do."
"Probably she has done," said Robin
sort grimly. -From what he said, her
-Lactic was quite resignea to your lass- be-
iam he lets here."
"My prospective father-in-law was air-
did. He couldn't appreciate a gentleman.
2 aw, Mabel's papa is in a better land,
and, by Jove! that's a great pcirnr in her
favor. I never could stand paternal ad
vice."
''You seem to be making pretty sure of
getting the lady.
"Pm not at all sure, but 1 want to find
out how the land lies. And. by Jove.
clever than gilt! I know howta da it! Ill
go to Cambel after dinner and tell him
Pm going to call on Mrs. Duvernay to
morrow and offer to take him down there
In my dugout, r shall soon see waat his
game is. If he's after her still, he'll loo
jealous and trust me for seeing, and if he
isn't, why, it's a walk aver."
"All the same " remarked his other
friend, "I don't think I'd ar bet very
long odds an you, aid chappie. There's
nothing certain in tins life, and widows
ire apt ar to keep a fellow dangling till
5 fellow gets tired. Finished? Then let's
go to the bar and throw for liqueurs.
Mine's creme de men the."
CHAPTER XVn.
AX POrST STT2 AS7IAS".
flTaw the great ramblma wooden hotel
in which Miss Elsie Kildare was staying
under care of her friends, the van Liews,
though- on the end of a telegraph wire and
within easy day's steam" of a railroad, was
not particularly far in crows' fiight from
that uncharted river where the Port Edes
lay stranded on a sand bar. The hateL in
fact, backed upon the Everglades and
faced the blue crisning waters of the Mex
ican gulf. At one side of it was a planta
tion of sisal hemp, and beyond that thickets
of sawgrass, and beyond again cypress
trees and cabbage palms sprouting from
an undergrowth which was bound into an
impenetrable cheval de frlse with wait-a-bit
thorn. At the other side were newly
planted umbrella trees, two decrepit orange
bushes without fruit, 20 luxuriant clumps
of elephants' ears, and then straggles of
palmetto scrub, right down to the soft
white hanks of gulf sand. Beyond was
clear blue water with a rickety wooden
wharf straddling a mile out into it like
some uncouth sray legged centiped. And
beneath the water dented, rusty food cans
grew intimate with the coral polyp.
In winter time Paint Sebastian was a
resting place for nabobs of the north, end
a congregation spot far those delightful
American women who leave a convenient
husband at work elsewhere on the dollar
mill. But in the warmer month these
worthy people did their pleasure living at
the scabeaches of the north or the hotels
of the Allsghanies, and the resthaose at
Point Sebastian locked and covered most
of its glories. The Floridian who stays in
Florida all summer does so usually be
cause of a tightness in the exchequer, and
for the few of him who came to dissipate
a small hut hardly scraped up hoard in a
spell of semicivilizatian a tenth of the
available rooms made ample ladgingplace.
Stilt there was a summer reason of Eorts
at Paint Sebastian, which was merry
enough In is way. Most nights on tho
parquet of the hall a cheery score danced
under the glare of electric lights to the
lilt of Teuton fiddles, end in the cool
gloom of tho piazzas outside, it strait
ened means did prevent the actual draft
ing' of roarriago contracts,, even penury
undisguised could enjoy tho daHyings of
the week's flirtation. Me. js.ent-Williams
and his tribe wero entertaining fellows
enough to meet for a limited time, and
maidens, come into tho hotel for an an
nual outing, basked in the odor af their
pretty sayings andfrankly prepared them
selves far nothing beyond temporary
amusement.
Patrick Cambel met at least five men
there he knew, which shows the great ad
vantage of being a university man, be
cause since at Oxford and. Cambridge they
most successfully refrain from teaching
anything that is of commercial use to
any one except a parson, or a doctor, or a
schoolmaster, it naturally follows that
many men from those seats at learning
fall to make a living at home and drift
across the seas.
He did not make tho smallest secret
about "his advent. As the newspapers had
told them already, he, had been on the un-;
Iucfcy Port Eaes. when she came to grief,
but had managed to get ashore by a mar
velous streak of lnck pud found himself
at a spot where less than, a year ago he
had been wandering about an a Eh eating
expedition. Thence ho had made his way
in a dugout, bought from a Seminole, to
the hotel on Point Sebastian. "Valla tout.
There was nothing surprising about it.
He had had several opportunities far
drowning before that, but nana of them
had ever come off. ski ha supposed that
the Parens, marked him out to live. And
what would they have? His shoux.
At that period Mr. Patrick Cambel was
feeling extremely pleased with himself.
He hated tha work at winch ha had been
engaged, as any man must hate being
mixed with a swindle, be it greater small.
And the end seemed near; the end, con
joined to full success.
He bad had a struggle for ft because
once more Captain Kettle hadfelfc inclined
to fight for his own hand rather than do
all things for mere employers who only
paid him a paid salary. It was when Cam
bel woke from that dead sleep on the
wheel grating of the upper bridge and
came down to learn of the tragedy of the
plume hunters, which had taken placo
during his unconsciausnogs, that he got
the first hint of this. The little captain
received him with cold stiffness, was
wooden when asked for any suggestion
and snarled when Cambel inquired what
ailed him. It was the donkeyman who
put the difficulty into words.
"And, captain, now." said he, "how
much might yez be getting out of all this
for yersclf?"
"Five hundred pounds."
"Begor, it's a mighty lot of money and
little enough too. 1 wish I'd'ilTmescIf an
more. I'd like a house ashore, an a wife,
an an ass cart that I might dhrive her out
In Hke a gentleman besides ether things."
"Qh, stop that! Don't tell me what a
man might do if he'd his pick of the
money in this ship. I can figure that out
for myself without suggestions from any
blasted Irishman. "
"Ah, now, captain, dear, don't be cross
wid me, because I was going on tQsay that
in case of trouble, in case there was, weH
say, a thrilling argument. I'd be on your
side. Mr. CambeL yer a gentleman, an
I like ye well, but the captain here's
me officer, an well, sor, a boy must look
after himself sometimes, specially when,
there's a chance like this ready to his. fin
gers. Twcn't come again in a lifetime." '
"Probably not," said CambeL He lay
back in his chair, with linked fingers be
hind his head. "Look here, Kettle, If you
Want to shoot me, pull out your gun and
get it over. Then you and Sullivan can
run the cargo whero you please and share
it how yoa Eke. But that'a the only way
you'll make me consent to your taking
what's beyond your due. Shelf trusted
me, and. by Jove, I'm going to act fairly
by Shelf If he wero a ten times bigger thief
than I know him to be already. Xow,
then, jump quick Icfs have it over."
They wero in the chartrcom. Captain
Kettle puckered his head for a minute's
thought and then, getting up, shut and
locked the starboard dour. He took that
key and tho key also of the oilier door
rchlch gave upon tho head cf thy compan
eanway and handed them both to CambeL
l-N cw, rrr" said hi, "yes leek me and
tha donkeyman in hers and gu arril do--as
79K.2ifee. Bat I a&nm. ywt te Sslca. jobs:
i d gold samewrierc out af this shin.
because as sure as It's there when I next
ccsw out of this room so sure do I go and.
loot It. Tnat'2 my tranS tfcere. bans above
the place where it's stowed, and I've sat
on top of these sovereigns like a hen every
Watch below 1 ve had this voyage and
heard 'cm chinkle and wondered what
they'd hatch out into. You perhaps un
derstand wnat I mean?"
Cambel nodded.
"Then take the rfnTt from me, sir, and
cart your boxes away to hell as quick as
you can. Poor men like me shouldn't
have big temptations. It isn't healthy
for their neighbors. .No, by God. Here-,
get out of this, Mr. CambeL or I shall bo
doing you a violence yet, and mind you
Jock the door. Donkeyman, you hound,
there-s whisky In that bottom locker.
Take the clean glass yourself and give
ma the dirty one.
Cambel read the little man's mind to a
comma and bowed gravely without speak
ing. Then ho did as he was bidden with
tho door and tho key and went below
began the herculean task cf bringing up
the iron bound specie boxes one by ona
out at tho cabin where they had ridden
from the Mersey dock. He placed them in
the port quarter boat, which he had low
ered from its davits flush with tho bridgo
deck ran. and when she was loaded ho
put the boat Into the river. He rowed her
far up stream, past bights and bayous, till
he found a narrow canal leading off the
main river through mangrove clumps,
and held on up that till tho boas reached
a great round vat of black water, walled
all round with solemn cypress trees and
roofed to darkness by their fringing
branches.
One by one tho boxes were raised an the
gunwale and launched with a sullen
plunge, and it seemed an age before the
foul smelling bubbles came up to tell that
they had sounded bottom. And then, away
back far another load. And then far a
third. The inky covering closed over aH,
and not so much as a splinter from one of
the boxes floated on tho surface.
Small fear of any one raiding- that cache.
Cambel thought, and two days later, with.
a clear mind, he was cabling "Right!" to
Theodore Shelf from the Western Union
Telegraph company's office in the hotel
hall at Point Sebastian.
Now, modern science enables us to cry a
message by wiro round half the earth at
breakfast time and have an answer re
turned to us befoni the gong sounds far
luncheon, and it was in anticipation of a
quick exchange of news Eke this that
Cambel had come to the nearest outpost
of civilization-
He had hidden his JS50O,00Q of gold, re-
eased the two men in thochartroom, with
instructions that when they felt inclined
or sufficiently recovered fur work they
should, with the negroes, help set about
transforming the steamer's appearance,
and afterward had made hi3 way, partly
overland by on Indian's path he knew of,
partly in dugout through lagoon and bay
ou, to Point Sebastian..
He got a return message, it is true, but
not before noon on tho foEowing day. It
saidr "Take no steps. Am writing," and
seemed to hint at a change of plan.
TO BE eaXTErHED.3
Dr. Sawyer Dear Sir: I can say -with, pleasure
thai I have been usin-yonr metlicine, and wiiiree
ommend it to all suffering ladies. 3Irs. W. W-
Weataershfte, .ltyra?ta Ga. Sold by F Hlngler
MECCA COMPOUND
So prcat are its Heaiinc Powers
ami Paia Rci.erjnc T ronerties a ts
'g!f5& susi Preparation that can be used
witii alt frccdoni. Fer Boras ateoe
it is often -Kerch, its weight ki Gold,
(fives have beea saved hy isttsei and
for healing: all kinds of sores ies mer
it exceeds all expectations. Ptwapc
nse is most effective and it AotM be
in every home and trarfcshop. Pr
pared by the Foster 3U Col. Coun
cil Bluffy Irca. Said Ly die trade.
Sold by Sfrtrextas.
NORTH PLATTE
MARBLE : WORKS,
W. C. RITNER,
3Iaa.Tr of and Dealer in
MONUMENTS, : HEADSTONES,
Curbing, Building Stoner
And allkinda c4 3Xcm oaieatal and Cemetery -wori,
Claude Weingand,
dkat.fr tsr
Goal Oil3 Gasoline,
Crude Petroleum and
Coal Gas Tar.
Leave orders at Newton's Store
A Cure for Plies,
We can assure ail who saifer with In
ternal Piles that in. Hemorrhoitline we
have a primitive care. The trrcstraent is
onlike any thin;; heretofore nsetl ami its
application, so perfect that every vts
tipj ni t he disease, in eradicated, "tu iii
rrhHiie is a harmless cwntposnl. ixr
be vlxiI icr an eve ointment, yvE poc . r
es sach. healing luower tliai"Vben a -?ifi"d
to the difTOFeti rarts, it at one re
lieves ami 2 cure ifi the sure resif t of it?
oontinned ne. AH vrl-osuncmcith pifc"
saSer fmm. (Ysiisttpatkm. abn rn;T Krr.
crrhoKiue enre loth. Price i i 50. (
Sale by irntq. ;sns. v. ill Te seet in c
the factory tn rtvripc rf price -rr ! i
TnE-FnTHir 3r.ix'r"p CJkCohh?! f ir?"
Igttu for testimonial: sznl informs
Sld. "fcvy.
HUMPHREYS'
Nothing baa ever been produced to
equal or comcare -with. 2c2&p32T3'
"Witch Easel Oil as a cuEATrvsand
HEALDfG application. It ias been
vised 40 years and ahrays affords relief
and always gives satisfaction.
It Cures Piles corHEsioaaHoms, External
or Internal, Blind or Bleeding Itciing-and
Burning; Cracks or Fissures and rlstnlas.
"RgJlff fTTTmriT-rfr-TTTT-. crr t fn
It Cores "BozsSy. Scalds and DIceratibnaad
Com 1 nctTon from. Burns. Relief fnrtf-
Ifc Ceres Toss; Cat and Lacerated
Wounds and Bruises.
It Cares Eons, Hot Tumors, Ulcers, Old
Sores, Itching- Ernpticics, Scurfy or ctH
Head. It is InaEhls.
It Cures Inttiaiced or Caked- Bszjlsjs
and Sore tipples. It is rnvalrrahlev
It Cares Salt Sheum, Tetters, Scarry
Ernptians, Chapped Hands, Fever Blisters,
Sore lips cr Nostrils, Corns nd
Sore and Chafed Feet, Stfags of Tn-r,
Three Sens, z$cT 50c and $ixcl
WITtl 1AZEL ill
- "Knocks Out
1 WV
PLUG
The Large Piece and High
Grade of "Battle Axft has injured
the sale of other brands of higher
prices and smaller pieces. Don't
allow the dealer to impose on you
by saying they are "just as good
as "Battle Axf for he is anxious
to work off his unsalable stock
U. P. TIME. CARD.
Tafrfng effect January 5th, IS05.
EAST BOUND Eastern Time.
No. Z, Fast Mail. -Departs 0:80 a m
No. 4. Atlantic Express 110 nx
No. 2S, Freight - s0am
WEST BOUND Western Time.
No. 1. Limited, .Departs 3:t6 p m
No. 2. Fast ilaH - 11:25 pm
No. 17. Freight io p m
No. 23, Freight ... - 750 am
N. B. OLDS, Agent.
FRENCH .fcBATiDWINy
i:
ATTORITETS-AT-LAW,
NORTH PLATTE, - - 2TEBRASEA.
Office over 2T. P. Ntl. Bank.
p C. PATTERSON,
jrVi lOHNEY-KT-LJCn:.
Office First National Bank Bldgu
NORTH PLATTE. NEB.
w
T7ILCOX & HALLIGAN,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAWy
rTOSTH PLATTE, - NEBEASKA.
Office over JTortir Platta National VrY,
E
E. NORTHE.UP,
DENTIST.
Room No. 6, Oitensteia Building.
iS'OETH PLATTE, NEB.
D
R. IS. P. DONALDSON,
Assistant Surgeon Union BacJic Rp
and Member of Pension. Board,
SOUTH PLATTE, - NEBRASKA.
Office over Streitz's Dreg- Store.
SMOKEBS
a
In search of a good cigar
will always find it at J.
F. Scnmalzried's- Trv
them and jnde.
Legal iNotices.
notice foe ftbucation. I
XT. S. Land Office, North Pkifce. 5eb., )
April 2a. K-SK. f
Notice fa hereby given that the foHe-wicx; named
settler has riled notice of his intention to make
final proof in support of his chitm and that said
proof will be made before the Register and He
cehrer at Sorth Platte, Xeb, on 3Iay Slh. SM,
Tin
EE3TEST J. BATTER,
who made Homestead Entry JTo. KTIK for the
lots 4, 5, tl and 7, Section fi. Township 1ft N
Bange 1 W. He names the following irisa esses
to prove his continuous residence- npon ntt anli
Taiion of saiil land, tizr VlfXej Matthew?. Oscar
yu Hatthewa. BSlings P. Baker and Jasen K. Cas
elTnan, alt of Diekeof . Sett.
JOHy F. HL53IA5". Eegisier.
NOTICE FOE PUBLICATIOS-Iosp-
OmrrK it Soicth Pijltts. zb. i
April SDth. 1SGIL
Settee is hereby giren that the foSowiag-oamed
settler haa filed notice of her intention: to make
final proof in support of her claim, and that said
proof 'siH be mule- before the Begister nntf Re
ceiver at Sorts Platte, Sebraska, on 3fay
27th, ISP, Tiz: llarea S. Jorgentc widow of
Batnn.-f Jorgensen, who- made Homestead Entry
No. 153X, for the Sortheast (txartor of section
20, township 16 S rane- 23 W. She aameslihe
foliswing witnesses to prove her contiBoans resi
dence npon ami enltrrarion. of. said land, viz:
Basmos Hansen. Peter Holm. Lais C Hansen, aed
George Schmid. jr. aH af Curtis. Nebraska.
32ft JOHN F. HIS HAN, Begister.
X0T1CE FOR PCBLICATIOA.
Land Office at Norta. Platte. Neb.,
Apni 27lh. Mm. f
Notice is hereby giren that WHKain Stembreek
baa filed notice- of intention to make final proof ae
fore Register anil yift-fi-vor- -it hia nfno. rti
PlatteNeb., an Friday, the 3th day af Jane. KD8, tm 1
timber cnltareappHcatioa No. forthe north
west quarter of section. No. 32. ia township No. K
range-No 22. He names as witnessed: Edward
Tailor, Jasper Hmnpfcery. Charles Record aed
GeonreBennBer,att of PoTton. Neh.
31-6 JOHN F. HINjIAN. Begfeter.
ORDER OF HEARING.
Tbe St Ate of Xeilwex,
Lrscorc CotrsTr. 1 33
At a county court, held at the encaty eonxt
room, in and fpr said county. April 13th, 1SS6".
Prent James 3L Eay. Coimty Jndge.
In the matter of the estate af ilocdecal C
Pnmish, deceased.
On reading and filing: the petition of AfeigaS
E. FamL-h praying; thas administration of M
estate may be granted to her as administrator
Ordered, That Hay 2d, Iiat lovelock, p. m
fa assigned for hearing- said petition, when all
persons interested in said matter may appear at a
county court to be held La and for said county,
and show cause-why theprayerof petatenershould
not hegranted; and that notice of the pendency at
?o ns interested in said matter by publish! eg- a copy
of this order in Thz Tinmnrx. a legal newspaper
printed in sa&t county, for three- succeiive weeks
prior to said day of hearings
AH Otters."
553
f NOTICE OF at.k UNDEB rTTATrm,
I Notice is berebv frea that bv rfertE of a
chattel mortgage dated oo Die ttk tianrnf
October. Krasd ttair kiti intkeoMceaf
the coeaty clerk of IaseolK caostr. Nefecas
ka. oa the Sth day of August. 1E8&. and exe
cuted by W. JL Bhenor t the North Platte
Natkmal 3aak to secure tae payBteat of the
soraof fffff -M, and vp&a which there i wmr
doe the saxa ot $K.: defasjt having tees
Bade te the payraesc oi soML stem, anil ao
sett or ether proeeetttegs at law havtegfeees
iastiteied to "recover saM defec or anv -pazt
taereaf. therefore I will sfE,he property
thereat described, tbu
One gray mare.
One gray horse.
One larm wasoa.
One set farm i
At THlhSc aactkiK at. the earner of Sivfr
and. Sprsee streets, te the Or f North.
Platte, te LtBcoia gwwnty. NMKaafca. w the
24 day f Hay. fcM. acSarcJee&rpkiQ. of aid.
day.
XELTQST BOOUTFLK. Becefcrer.
Nacth. Plane NatieaaiB&ak.
Nartk Pktfifct. Nete.
Bated. April nth. fcSd.
APPXICATHKf tm 189GSHTS PES3CET.
Notice is oerehy grrea tiiat "5V. C. Steokeiare &
Cb. did upon the Stddayof A ?ril. J iar
petition trito. the aamrnfeioaer ot Lfeaofe aooa
ty. Nebra.-ikiu fra periatt to lt huiK. itih tannin
and vinaufi Hneors Scr etiiiaai, meaaaeiKl,
wheTnlmt and saararaeBteil pecpased onJhVtethe-vilt-ure
af Satherioad, Nebraska, arB&7ac.
If there be bo pretest ar recatBaBa& Sfisd
within tw creeks fross. HAi date. t& saMpeimlC
maT be granted.
W. C. 2LACKXOKZ. t Ca Ajipllnpte.
Date.1 April 23i. WHL
ASTSCLES OF INCOSFO8A'10B7 OT THE
NEBRASKA ISKCTiOST AS- '
SOCLAnON.
Kmt afi Bem toy tbeae preeasx: Tfcat
OlC.SBKk. of BaSato cooatj. W. I IPasrfc.
E. F. Seeaexser. Jobkh B. "Hi TIimi iM amA X.
A. Part, of LAcota caastr. E. 3C Saarte and
It. A. DaagfeertT. of Keith Caaatr. am& a.
McLexaas. ot Caeyenae coaacjr. aJI af ttae
state af Nebratet. waase aaaaes aae aait
Hcrflietl hereto, do-aexeaa aeaecfcHBaatmtfcuiu
together far tae atsryoee ot aetar taeasiar
ated aader tae law of tae stase ot Taraafca.
and adopt tltefoOowtag ArticJt of Imcmrpm
atiee.: AtrrtcT.K L Taeaase of th-e cocaonxtiaa:
aball be Tae Neacaaka. Irrieaxiaa Fseir As
sociatHHi. Affr. EL The principal place of tsassacliaa;
tae aesisess of th-e corporaGkm idtaB Be ax
taectty of North Platte, ia. tbe ctmmXy af
Uacaea. state of Nebraska.
AST. LTL Tfee geaeral aatsxe of ta aas4
ness so Be traasacted av said corperaxiaa
skall se the hoMn of exhibttioaB af tae
agricaltaral prodacts of Nebraska. mHnwl
nader irriradoo. and of other 1 rhfaillaai
asddfeplavsiBCMleat to a geaerai aaramfr
tBxalfair. It shall be enarpeteat for saM
corpo ratios to acqHtre. lease, ova laaamae.
sett, convey or exrhaBge lands. faaJMiugg. a
other real estate in the state af Jebraia.
for aech purposes, aad totraaaact aach other
hmisess as wjQ advaace the hrrhjatfoa zbA
agricBltHral ia teres ts of the state of Ne
arasfca. Abt.IT. The capital stock af the coraara
thmshall be twenty thaaaaad doBarg. dtvWed.
Into scares of ttredoOacs each: -"reft Krre
of which shall he faHy paid as hefore the
thae of its jsuance. aaa be toceaer aam
aaeessabte. The certihtcates of stack ahaftke
traasferrahie hr enamrsemeat nuf 1 ni'iaili 11
tkm thereof ob the boohs of the Coaapajaz.
Axr. V. The said corporatkta nhaJI cae
laeace aostoes on the hrt dar of 3fer. A.
D. lejti. aad sbaa terminate 00 the feac tisxx
of Maj. A. S. maV aalese sxer tefaxhaataA
by a vete of the hoWers of a majority of the
capital stock.
akx. VL The said corporatfas. shalK aat
caatract an? iadeatedaese or haaflftj- aa-eac-ceedoneteath
of it- capital stocfe. aa a
debt exceeding oae hAas&ed da&ics shalt he
contracted wlthoat a rote of the hoard af
managers approving- thereof.
abt. vii. xne an airs ot ebjb car
snail he conducted by a hoard af Hae
managers, wao shall ae 9tocJchoidX3. Kach
of whoia shaH hold ofitce for oae year, isad
sntH hK sacceor saafi he eiecttsd and ta&e
h seat at the hoard. They shall a
President. VLce-Pres4det. Secretary aad
Treasarer. aad shaft appofax ark svaesda
teadenta and aaent. aad adapt aach nhas.
regnlatiOBB aad by-laws as they froaa thK
to time may deem" secesaxy for the traaa
actioa of the boshtteaa of this corporatioaL
The Board of Haaneers for the year com
raenctng on the arst day ut Pearaary, A. Bl
R9n. aa-i ending oa the first day of Febraary .
A. B. shall teW. L Part E. T. Se
berer. L A. Fort aad James R JfeBoasld. uf
; Liacola csoatT. M. a. Daoaerty aad . X.
Searle. of rveith county. JL Mcljgrnon. of
Cheyeaae county, aad O. k Sith. af Bafiala
comity. Nebrasha.
Aaz. VTIL The aRaaai aeetiae of t&s
tackhaider? snail he held on the hxhi laes
i dav in Janeary of each sad evex-r
Special meetinr of the atackholdera sfeaJiae
called by the President apoa as order of the
Beard ot Managert. Notice of aach special
meetines shall be strea is -prritinc to each
registered stockholder hr mail eackwed la
as envelope aad addrewed to hdax at kk
registered reside ace with the pascaax pre
paid. At erery eiection and apoa. eTery -wte
rapn at the meeting- of the stockholders.
each shall be entitled to aa maay h(l as he
saa sea;p at aeoc&.
Asm IX- lathe office of the secretary shall
he kept a regfeter of the stockhoMeza, whack
shall always be open to the iasaectaa af
stockholders, oa which, shall he eaeexed the
names ef the ' atoekaolder wtt. rhehr resl
dence ami the soaxher of shares heM hr
them reayjectiver.
Art. X. The seal af the oocpacatfaa; 3hoH
he circular in form aad hearhar the wasdav
-The Nebraska. Irrknttkw Fair Asaaciattee.
North Platte. Nehcaska."
Inwitaess whereof we have hereaatft safr
acrftedoar names thin Sth, day of Jaasary.
ILAl'T tiKW" A DAUGHS2TY.
X B. 3TcDONALa
H iL SEAELE.
L A. FQ2X 4
W L-PAHSL
aG.S3G.TH.
E.F.SEEI