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VT. IV. 8ANDKKS, l'ulilltlier.
NEMAHA, -
NEHRASKA.
SEPARATED.
"VVlint maltcrH the river wlilcli wlniln be
tween? Tt Is cfiny to speak ncroHBl" nho cried.
But JiIh r.tiBwer rniiu tliroiiKli the sunny
pceno:
"It Ih better fnr to Itrpp llo by Blue
In there nomrlit to whiter 'twist yoti nnd
rnc'' . .. ii.
And tbu river wltlcnn towards the seal
Tlicy net mc n-ilronmlriK thoso words they
hokP , .
A-dreainltu; of hearts which uro mindercu
Hy nn nmrry word or a UiourIiUcbb Joke,
Or by nilflty BomelltliiK that nonu can
know.
Only henceforth two tro ever npnrt.
Too far for the touching of heart wltn
heart.
And the one cries vnlnly. but nil unheard,
For the other Is stricken deaf and duiiii.
And thoy both faro on, In tho hope de
ferred ,.,
Of a meeting day that enn ncarcelj
come: , , , .,
Of the other'u heart, each has lout tne
"And tho river widens towards tho sea."
And each soul rocs ycarnlnR apart to cry:
"O, my cherished friend of tho vanished
days, , ,
Wo have lost each othcr-and scarco know
And only this bitter-sweet comfort stayr,,
That despite tho mlsta which have rolled
between , ,
That our lovo Is what It has over been!
Then we strain our eyes to tbe ocean vast
(What does It keep at us niruicr muuw
vi,r Mm wiriest ilvcr Is merited at lost
Win
And tlio parted strands can no moro dl-
i.l.ln
Ierchanco as wo sail for Its unknown
shore
Wo Bhall hall tho dip of a friendly oar,
And lo, conies tho vanished friend to our
side: , ,
"I am here tho samo as I used to be
Tho river will nuver more divide,
It has lost Itself In Death's mighty sea;
We have left behind all tho doubt and fret
But lovo that waa fulthful Is with us
yot."
Isabella F. Mayo, In London Argosy.
THE MANAGER'S DOUBLE.
The grentoKl Btroltc of luck which
ever befell mc in the course of my
eventful, uiul in some respects not un
briltlruit, curecr, wiih my uxtrnordinnry
reaenibltince in face anil figure to Mr.
'.cnson, manager of the Tin ford branch
of the London and Tinford bank.
JTinfordjns everybody known, is one of
the largest manufacturing1 towns inhe
JiidluntlB, and the brunch of the London
nntl Tinford bank LlilU'iii'ii-Pi10
of thoTargest branch banks in theking
tloin. I therefore went down to huve
n look at it, and see what could be done
in my way oj business.
Y 'Traveling down In this .Midland train,
1 looked about me at my fellow-passengers.
All of them, except myself, were
reading, and so I had ample opportuni
ty for the study of human physiogno
my, a study in which 1 particularly de
light. Most of the faces in that car
riage were unintwesting and common
place, but there was one which riveted
my gnr.e and made me well-nigh leap
from my seat in amazement. The face
wns the image of. my own.
In this world we are told that each
man has somewhere his double. Mine
sat opposite to me now in the Midland
railway carriage. Taking a paper from
my pocket, 1 at once began to read and
shade my face from my opposite neigh
bor's view, for it is a rule in our pro
fession to keep other people from know
ing what we happen to know ourselves,
mid, though I did not at the moment
guess that the resemblance of this man
to myself was going to turn out of tre
mendous service to me, yet my habits
of care and prudence made me take the
course I have indicated and protect my
visage from his gaze.
Afteromu little time he made a re
mark to the man seated beside him.
I then discovered that his voice was
ulso like mine, but this did not surprise
me much, for persons with similar
countenances in nine cases out of ten
have similar voices.
The man to whom he spoke appeared
to be in his confidence, for they talked
in low, anxious tones together. Pres
ently I heard the word "bank" men
tioned, and 1 pricked up my ears. They
were talking about tho very bank to
which 1 myself was bound the branch
of the London and Tinford, at Tinford.
Strange coincidence, 1 thought.
At lcng,th the train drew up at our
destination, and the two passengers in
whom 1 was interested alighted. I did
the same. Calling a porter, 1 asked him
if he knew who my "double" was.
"Yes, slr,M he replied, "that gent's the
manager of the branch of the Lunuou
bank in this 'ere town. Why, you're
wonderful like Mm yourself, sir."
I waited for no further comments,
but, slipping sixpence into the man's
willing hand, I hurried off. For a plan
of campaign was beginning to dawn
in my bruin, and I wanted to discuss
it with Ted Marsden, my oldest pal
und oiie of the cutest men in our ranks.
Ted was waiting for me at the lodg
ing he had taken iu a uuiall street near
the river.
"Halloa, mate," ho cried when I en
tered; "what's up? Vou look happy."
"JIappy!" 1 echoed. "Look here, Ted,
3'vo just hit upon what may turn out
the most splendid bit. of luck wu'u
ever chanced upon, old pal." And
then I told him ua briefly as possible
of my meeting in the train with the
manager of the bank who was as like
to me as one penny to another.
Tor a moment he seemed astonished
and then said slowly. "Well, supposing
there 1b this wonderful likeness be
tween you and him, how is it going to
help us?"
"Ted," I said, "you are a fool."
He moved uneasily.
"Chuck that," lie cried, "and come to
business. It's one thing to tell me
I'm a fool and another to show mo how
this resemblance is going to bring us
business."
"i'ou're not ns cute as 1 thought you,
hid," I remarked. "Don't you see my
drift? What should you say If 1 told
you that one of these fine mornings 1
meant to take the manager's place iu
the bank parlor and to piny the very
deuce with the bank's transactions?"
He still looked at mo dubiously.
"I can't see," he said, pursing his
lips, "what good you can do at that
game. You're as ignorant of the
bank's business as. a kid."
"Just so," 1 replied, "but 1 don't in
tend to be always in that condition.
.Vow, listen to my plan. I want you to
make frli-uds in your quiet wny with
one or two of the subordinate lmnkolli
eials. Kind out when they are sending
a largo consignment of htilli.'m some
where. Then I shall make my move.
L bhall take the manager's place, ask
ior the delivery note of the stuff, tell
the clerk that I have been instructed
from headquarters to have it forwarded
to another destination and finally give
him n place w will arrange between
ourselves as the address to which the
bullion Is to go."
lie began to look more cheerful.
"Not a bad idea," he said, sulkily;
"but It will take a lot of doing."
"Untlier," 1 replied, "and you and I
are the men to do It. Now, there's an
other thing to be spoken of. In order
that I may take the manager's place,
that gentleman hlnibelf will have to lie
gotten out of the way temporarily, for
it would never do to have him cropping
up and spoiling the game. So I propose
we wire to town for old Jim Levctt, und
fri.l lift.. In l,rl,f l.ni'ti n fiMllnlft nf liitt
lads with him. Lcvett and the boya
will waylay the manager on his way
home ope night, drug him, and bring
him to the house, which, I believe, will
be perfectly safe, as old Dennett (the
landlord) is a pal of ours. llesides,
we can give him a share of the swag,
and so count on his cooperation. How
does all this strike you?"
"It's all right," he admitted, gloom
ily, lie was never known to be enthus
lulc hi jhe whole eourse of his bril
liant caieer.
"1 think it is all right," I replied.
"And now the first thing for me to do
is to call on the manager and get nn in
sight into his little peculiarities and
ways of conducting business, so that I
can deputize for the old boy when the
time comes."
"YourlI have to make up a bit," he
growled, "if you're on that game. It
won't do for the Johnnie to twig the
likeness."
"Leao that to mc, my son," I re
turned gayly. "1 hae in my bag half a
dozendisguises.anyoneof which will do
the trick."
"All right," he replied, "and now 1
reckon I'll be off and see what 1 can
pick up about the bank. It's close on
four o'clock. The fellows'll be leaving
now, and perhaps I can make a start
with one of them."
Left alone I went to my bag and pro
ceeded to make up. 1 may say without
vanity that 1 have sonic ability in this
branch of the actor's profession, and
very soon 1 had transformed myself
from a dark complexioned young citi
zen of H5 into a venerable looking citi
zen of, say, 70 years or more. So com
plete was the disguise that Ted, coming
iu two hours later, started.
"Ileg pardon, sir," he cried; "what
can 1 do for you?"
"In the queen's name I arrest you,
Edward Mavsden," I cried, assuming the
manner of a detective.
lie turned very white. Evidently hj
thought his time had come at last.
Seeing his distress, 1 threw off the
wig and othr disguises, and cried:
"Hack up, old man; the queen doesy't
wuni you just yet."
He tried to laugh, but 1 could see that
1?! was trembling like a leaf. Hut it
gratified me to think how completely
my "make-up had imposed on him, for
now 1 had nothing to fear when I made
my call on the manager.
"Well, what luck?" 1 asked my mate
when he had recovered from the shock
I had given him.
"Not much, but something to go on
with," he made reply. "I watched one
or two of the bank ehnps go into the lit
tle bar opposite the bank, and of course
1 followed them in. One of them
seemed a soft sort of fellow, and I at
once made up to him by asking if he
could tell me what had won the Chester
cup. He told mo at once, and as In
scorned to be a bit of m sport I got talk
ingon race matters, asking him for tips
and so on. He appeared flattered by my
reliance on what he said and we had
arlous whiskies together. 1 didn't
breathe a word to him about the bank,
of course. That'll come later. Now, 1
hae arranged to meet him nt the bill
iard saloon to-night, where by filling
him with whisky and getting on the
right side of him I may, perhaps, b
able to get hold of bonietlilng worth
knowing."
"A ery good start, indeed," I coni
mented. "I couldn't havo done the
thing better myt-elf."
He grinned, but said nothing. After
a pause lie said:
"What's your next move, governor?"
"My next move," said I, "will be made
to-morrow morning, when 1 shall call
upon the manager in the disguise in
which you now see me. And now we
had better wire to old Lcvett to get in
readiness to come down and help us."
Tho telegram was accordingly writ
ten out and dispelled. An hour later
the reply reached us as follows:
"Leaving for Tinford ilrst thing to
morrow. Lcvett."
At 11 o'clock next morning I was
ushered into Mr. Henson's room in the
bank. He rose courteously to greet mi".
"Hood morning, sir," he said, briskly.
"What can I have the pleasure of doing
for you?"
I at once confided to him some Jm
aglnnry details of an account which I
wished to op"ii with the hank. I for
get now what I said, for I was intent
all the time on watching him closely,
mi as to be able to imitate any little
peculiarities of expression or manner
lie possessed when the timecamu.
1 noticed that he wore in Ids coat an
orchid.
I made n mental nolo that T, too,
would decorate myself iu this fashion.
Then, again, he appeared somewhat
deaf, and had a manner of putting Ids
hand on his ear when listening to you.
Tills, too, 1 carefully noted f5r repro
duction. In the course of our interview he
rang several times for the young innn
who appeared to be his confidential
clerk. This man's name was Mostyn.
Fearing that with so many details tore
member I might forget so slight a thing
as a name I made a note of .Mr. Mostyn's
on my shirt cuff.
At length 1 had got together a nice
little collection of data, and I according
ly took my leave. The interview had
been a great,success and I had got all
thiil I wanted.
A week passed without my trusty
mnte eliciting anything of value from
the sportive youth whose acquaintance
lie had made. Hut at the end of that
time he came to mc and said:
"Governor, I reckon it's about time
for us to make our haul. I've learned
from young Barrett that the bank will
be sending $100,000 worth of bullion to
Walker's, of Edinburgh, the day after
to-morrow."
'Then there is not a moment to be
lost," I replied. "Go at once to Edin
burgh and take an ofllce there in the
commercial part of the town. Call
yourself Morrison, Jenkins & Co., and
wire mc your address. I'll have the
bullion consigned there. The moment
you get it leave the place and get across
the Atlantic by one of the vessels sail
ing from Glasgow. I'll join you in the
old crib in New York. You under
tand?;' "Right you are," he said, promptly.
We shook hands and he was off.
On the following evening as Mr. Ben
son was on his way home from the the
ater he was seized, drugged and bound,
and conveyed to our roost. In this man
ner the coast was left clear for me to
play my part.
Next morning I turned up at the bank
ns the manager of the institution. In
the faultless frock coatl wore an orchid,
and a seal, the couutcrpurtof that worn
by .Mr. Benson, dangled from my watch
chain. Artistically 1113- dress and get-up
were beyond reproach.
At the same time I must confess that
I felt a sort of tremor ns I entered the
little room and sat down. Suppose
something should go wrong in the
course of the day? So many tilings
might occur to give me nway. And then
there dawned on me the thought that
immediately I had dispatched my busi
ness I might leave the bank on a pre
text of illness. Of course. Why had 1
not thought of this before?
I rang the bell. The olllce messenger
entered. "Send Mostyn here," I said,
watching him closely to see if he detect
ed anything strange in his "boss."
"Yes, sir," he said, and left the room.
Mostyn entered. He gave me a re
spectful "good morning," and then
awa'ted my instructions.
"Mostyn." I said, hastily, "I'm feeling
rather unwell this morning, and shall
get home when I've signed anything
urgent. There's nothing special, is
there?"
"No, sir, except that consignment for
Walker & Co."
"Oh. yes, of course," I answered.
"Bring me the delivery note. By the
way, Mostyn, I've had instructions that
the bullion is not to go to Walker's, but
to Morrison, Jenkins & Co."
"All right, sir," he nnswered, care
lessly. He went out to bring the delivery
npte for signature. And then a feeling
of horror shivered through me, for 1
remembered that 1 had been idiot
enough to overlook entirely the fact
that I had never sevn Benson's signa
ture. Here was a nice mess to be in.
Kut in a moment I saw my way out
of the trouble. Hinging the bell I told
tho messenger to bring the current let
tt r book. Here I found scores of Ben
son's autographs, ami with a little prac
tice 1 contrived to arrive at a fairly
good imitation of it.
Mostyn brought the note and asked
mi; how lie should It II It iu.
"To MorrlHon, Jenkins it Co., 2S
Queen street, Kdinturgh," I replied,
without hesitation, leading from u tel-
- jegtain 1 held ia my Laud.
He rapidly entered the address given
and gave me the slip for signature. I
signed it boldly, and returned It to him.
"There's nothing else of importance,
sir," he said; "the other things I can
attend to."
"Very good," 1 replied. "Then I'll
be off at once." And five minutes later
I was on the way to the station, bound
for Liverpool, and t'henee to New York
by the first ship leaving hat port.
Everything turned out splendidly.
Tin. bullion was duly forwarded to Mor
rison, Jenkins & Co., who promptly de
camped with it to New York, as ar
ranged. There we divided the swag and
went our several ways.
Mr. Hensou was found on the door
stop of his own bank one morning in
an unconscious Ktnto. On recovering
he told the reporters that, a week previ
ously, he had been set upon by two
men, gagged, and taken to a vile den,
w here he had been kept prisoner. Then
lie had again been drugged, and awoke
to find himself beside the bank door.
He could give no reason for the outrage.
When, however, he heard of the miss
ing bullion, it is possible he began to
u? through the business, but in nil
probability he will never know how ail-
miraiiiy ins place was niieil on one
eventful morning by the man who had
the good fortune to be the bank man
ager's double. Tit-Hits.
ALTERNATIVE
OF THE DUEL.
There
Was No Kkciiih) In Former Tliuu
Kxrept Tlvrnugli Dishonor.
Among archaic things in this country
we have conic at last, happily, to class
"the duello," as it was once proud to be
called. "The field ot honor," "the code
of honor," "the satisfaction usual
among gentlemen," and other such
phrases, have become practically ob
solete; and whereas formerly St would
lime been a very astonishing thing if
a gentleman failed to send his "friend"
with a challenge to any other gentle
man who had insulted him, the astonish
ing tiling now would be for such a chal
lenge to he sent under airy circum
stances although t ny-wv be said, in
holies! truth, tlifit the duel itself (couJ
sidered apart from its code) was much
less objectionable than nre many of the
modes of violence that have succeeded
it. So much may be conceded, without
in any degree lessening the just con
demuatjon of dueling us a relic of 11
barbarous chivalry.
It was "the code" which really gave
the duel its specially malefic character.
As long as this inexorable law prevailed,
every gentleman was under bonds of
honor to resent to the death any im
peachment, however slight, of his truth,
honesty or courage. A few exemp
tions were allowed, It is true, but, on the
whole, not to recognize the code, when
occasion arose under it, was to DC
banned as a coward. Beversing the
maxim nf the civil code, the duello mag
nified trifles to wrongs that could be
expiated only in blood. It was not al
lowed to treat such things witl indif
ference or contempt, and any attempt
to pursue that course toward an equal
in social, political or professional life,
if it did not at once conclude the matter
fatally against the person undertaking
it, only shifted the mortal initiative to
the other party. There was no alterna
tive where it was so sternly commanded
to fight or' be dishonored. Even men
like Clay had to obey the despotic rule,
and beneath it such men as Hamilton
had to fall. Lippincott's.
Ho AViih Apprehensive.
" 'Sense me, sab," hr, said, as he ap
proached one of the attache of the
Smithsonian Institution, "but I wants
tor ax yob suinfln'."
"What's the matter?" was tho In
quiry. "Are you looking for something
to eat.'."'
"N'ndeed. I ain't hungry. I wants
sei'ntifie infohmation. I wants ter
know 'bout dose hyah X rays dat dey's
takin' de phortygrafs wif. l)ey done
toll me (ley kin take picters right fro
vor; dat when dey gose after ye wif one
or deni, yer skin an' yer clo's ain' nu
'toction 't all."
"That's what they claim."
"An' ef I dun lied chicken fob dinner,
1 s'pose dey could jes fro me down an'
take a pietur ob de chicken."
"I believe this theory is something
like that."
"Da's what T thought. Da's whut I
thought. But yere'B whut 1 done come
tor ax yer. Does yer b'lieve dat dey
could get er good miff likeness ob de
ohickin ter inuble de ownah ter ree
o'nize Mm?" Washington Star.
Klin Wiih Hying to Know,
Tins following dialogue occurred in
church at the morning service between
a little girl and her mother. The rector
had just read: "Ou these two som
muudmcuts hang all the Jaw and the
prophotsS."
"Mamma, mamma," said Eflie in u
loud whisper, "how many "
"Sh!" said the mother.
"But, mamma, just one question!"
"Well, softly," answered the mother,
seeing the question must come.
"How many prophets are there?"
"I don't know."
"Can't you guess?"
"No. Now keep quiet!"
"Were there three?'
"Oil, yes! Sli."
"Ten?"
"Yes. Don't ask another question."
"Twenty?" asked Eflie, her eyes dilat
ing. Chicago XOWB.
Itecognied probity is the surest of
ull oaths. Mine. Necksr.
Voluntary Confennlon.
It becomes evident from a story,
which is said to have originated in
western New York, that thero am
widely varying ideas in existence as to
what constitutes voluntary testimony
on any subject. "Did I understand
you to say that this boy voluntarily
confessed his sharo in the mischief
done to the schoolhouse?" asked tho
judge, addressing tho determined
looking female parent of a small and
dirty boy who was charged with hav
ing been concerned in a recent raid
upon an unpopular schoolmaster.
"Yes, sir, he did," the woman respond
ed. "I just had to persuade him a lit
tle, and then he told the whole thing,
voluntarily." "How did you persuade
him?" queried tho judge. "Well, first
I iravo hlrn a good licking," said tho
firm parent, "and then I put him right
to bod without any supper, and I took
all his clothes a wny, and told him he'd
stay in bed till he told 1110 what he'd
done, if 'twas tho rest of his days, and
I should lick him again in tho morn
ing. And in less than half an hour,
sir, ho told mo tho whole story, volun
tarily!" Youth's Companion.
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s,