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THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER
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YT. W. SANOKItS, FablUher.
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NEMAHA, NEBRASKA
A SONG OF HOME.
I've wandered north and south;
In many lands I've been,
But one small spot alono
Am I contented In.
And there the rosea bloom,
And thcro the ilulsles nod
For home, my humble home, f
I thank the gracious Qod.
The glory of the enst,
The splendor of the west,
The pomp of prince nnd king, '
Aro but a hollow Jest.
Give mo the sunny stream,
The green and fragrant sod
For home, my happy home,
I thank the kindly God.
The rain upon the roof.
Tho robin In his tree,
And simple fare and health,
And peace and liberty
What greater boon to ask,
Had I a Merlin's rod?
For home, my pleasant homo,
I thank the gentle God.
Moreover, at my side,
When singing, full of cheer,
Tho blessed wife of youth
With deepest love I hear,
I fancy more and more
My paths are angel trod!
For home, my Joyful home,
I thank the living God.
Chicago News.
muiiiiXiUimiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiimiUiirV.
CLEW BY
Or, An Interrupted Current.
BY HOWARD M. YOST. 5:
fnn.'rlcM iPfi 1v.! W. Mnnlnrntt C.n. 5
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CHAPTER II.
It was something like coming home,
after all, nlbcit to a house almost void
of furniture and peopled only with
remembrances of loved forms long since
gone. At any rate, it was the only home
I could really call my own.
There were two rooms, the spare
bedroom and the parlor adjoining, on
the first floor, which still retained the
furniture. Everything about these
rooms, though faded and somewhat
worn, was in good order, and I com
plimented Mrs. Snyder on the care she
had taken.
Sarah had thrown up the windows,
nnd the soft evening air came into the
rooms. 4
Although the place had not been
allowed to go to ruin, there was about
it that indescribable quality which is
attached to long-deserted houses. We
all felt it more or less. Sarah and Mrs.
Snyder spoke in whispers; Jnke stepped
about on tiptoe, as though fearful that
the heavy tread of his cowhide boots
would bring back the spirits of the
departed; while to mj'self there was a
pathos about the old house which had
not known an inhabitant for so long.
It seemed like some human being de
serted by its own flesh and blood.
While I was passing from bureau
to wardrobe, from center-table to mantel-piece,
taking mental notes of all the
old-fashioned china and bric-a-brac
which adorned those plnces still, and
which in my young days had been for
bidden my boyish fingers, Sarah and
Mrs. Snyder made up the bed, taking the
bedding from a huge cedar chest which
stood on one side of the room.
Sprigs of spruce nnd hemlock had
been placed in the chest from time to
time, and when the cover was lifted
the pungent odor filled the room.
All through the preparations I no
ticed that Sarah and Mrs. Snyder were
engaged in earnest conversation.
The old widow was especially vehe
ment, and Sarah would frequently
shake her head and give forth exclam
ations indicative either of wonder or of
disapprobation. My old nurse also fa
vored me with many glances which
seemed to have much of solicitude in
them. .
When everything had been done to
make me comfortable for the night,
Sarah turned to me, and spoke low.
with a touch of fear in her toues,
"Come, Nel, you go back home with
us," she said. "Don't stay here all alone
in dis grade big house. I am afrait
to haf you. Come back with us," she
reiterated, appealingly.
"No, indeed," I replied, decidedly. "I
would not miss sleeping amid the grate
ful odor of spruce for anything. I'll
be over to your house for breakfast,
Mrs. Snyder," turning toward the old
widow. "You understand I am to take
any meals at your house, do you not?"
"Yes. Jlat ish all fixed. Mr. Son
tag, your lawyer, told me. Hud you
better go back mit Sarah," the old
woman replied.
"And why so? What's to hinder my
staying here in my own house?" I
asked. "Have you cooked up a scheme,
Sarah, with Mrs. Snyder, to force me to
go back Avith you?" I asked of my old
nurse. "Never fear, you'll sue enough
of me. I'll come over to your house
often."
The two women exchanged glnnces,
and seemed to be reluctant to proceed.
Finally Sarah spoke in awe-stricken
tones, first looking around with a
frightened expression.
"Doros something funny aboud de
house, Nel."
"Humph! I don't see anything funny
tit nil," I replied. "There is more sad
ness to me-"
"Dor's awful strange things haf been
seen and heard," Sarah continued, with
deep seriousness. Old Jake's face fell
at his wife's words, and lie moved near
er to her.
"Who'hns seen and heard strange
things, and what are they?" I asked,
lightly, for I am not superstitious, and
not easily frightened by two old
women's imaginations.
"Mrs. Snyder haf seen lights at night,
and cfen in de daytime haf heard noises,
strange noises of talking," replied my
old nurse.
"Well, they will have to tie very bright
lights and very loud noises to awaken
me to-night, for I intend to sleep like a
stone," I said, laughingly. "The
strangest thing of all to me is my com
ing here for the first time since my
grandfather's body was borne from tho
parlor to be placed in the grave."
Old .lake gave a sudden start which
attracted my attention to him. 1 saw
him gaze through the open doorway in
to the parlor in very evident terror, and
heard him exclaim, in low, awed tones:
"Gottinlllmmel!"
I could not restrain a smile at the
sight of the tall, strong man overcome
by childish fears, and was about to up
braid him for his foolishness. Hut I re
membered the vein of superstition
which runs through the lives of the
Pennsylvania farmers, and so said noth
ing. "Come baelc with us," again pleaded
Sarah.
"No. If there is anything out of the
ordinary about my house, 1 am all the
more determined to remain and find out
what it is," 1 said, decisively. Then I
added, more softly, for I did not wisli
to wound the kind heart of 1113' old nurse
I knew her fear for me grew out of
her love and solicitude for my welfare
"I can take care of myself under any
circumstances. I am not a child now,
Sarah."
"Den let Jake stay with you until
j'ou find out," Sarah persisted.
"Veil, bud de oats, Sarah; ve god to
finish de oats to-morrow," hastily ex
claimed Mr. llunsieker, in remon
strance. "Now come, how foolish this is! What
could be the matter with the house?
Nothing hurtful, that is certain. I'll
lie all right. Don't worry, and I'll ride
over in the morning and tell you how
soundly I slept."
"Der's no candle here. I go ged von
and pring id ofer," Mrs. Snyder said.
rsot necessary for to-night. 1 am
going to bed early, and will not need it.
To-morrow we'll see about lamps, for
sometimes I like to read late. See how
bright the moon is going to be. It shines
right into the bedroom, and will give
me plenty of light to go to bed by."
I finally succeeded in getting rid of
them. Old Jake was eager and anxious
to be oil, but Sarah hung back, reluctant
to leave me to the lonely terrors which
her superstitious mind had conjured up.
It was only after I had given my prom
ise to come immediately to her house
in the event of any danger to.nie spring
ing up, that she consented to leave,
reeling profoundly gratified that my
coming here had revealed to me such
absolute trust and love as inspired my
old nurse, I placed my arm about her
waist while going to the door, and then
parted from her with a kiss on her
wrinkled old check.
After the sound of the wagon wheels
had died away in the distance, I disrobed
and prepared for bed. The moonlight
was so enticing, however, that I sat
down on a chair by the window and for
a few minutes gave nvysolf up to remin
iscent thought.
Hut before I no on with my experi
ences in the old house, I must tell about
the bank robbery of which I was sus
pected. Up to a year before, J had been em
ployed in a large savings institution in
Philadelphia. My advancement with
this concern had been slow but steady,
and after ten yiAuS of earnest work I
finally attained the position of senior
paying teller. Under my immediate
charge was tho vault, in which the cash
and all securities held by tho bank were
kept. This vault was, of course, guard
ed by a time lock. Thclbank opened for
business at ten o'clock, but the book
keepers began their work a half hour
earlier. There was a separate vault for
the books of the concern, which was not
furnished with a time lock, and all the
bookkeepers knew the combination of
this vault.
The bank was noted for its conserva
tive business methods, and tho great
cautiousness with which its funds were
guarded. It was thc.estublished rule
that the timepiece of tho money vault
should not be set to open until half
past nine, at which time the bookkeep
ers and most of the employes were at
work. In short, so careful were the
officials that under no circumstances
was it allowable to leave the combina
tion lock unguarded by the clockwork,
unless some responsible employe was
present.
One afternoon I set the clockwork
mechanism to throw the ibolt at half
past eight, an hour before the usual
time, as I intended to get to work the
next morning at that time. The semi
annual examination of tho books and
securities by the trustees was to take
place, and I wished to have the moneys
under my charge in order.
When I left the bank that afternoon
I found a telegram awaiting me at my
'lodging place:
"Come out to Fuirlawn this evening.
Wu entertain a small party. I want
you." Thus the dispatch ran, and it was
signed by a name very dear to me Flor
ence Morley.
I would willingly have gone to the
antipodes to please tho lovely young
woman, and my disappointment was
keen when 1 thought of the time lock
having been set to open at half-past
eight tho following morning. For Fair
lawn was a country seat of Mr. Mor
ley's, about .10 miles distant, and 1
should not be able to return until near
ly ten o'clock in the morning, and the
combination lock would be unprotected
a full hour before the arrival of any
of the employes. It was highly im
probable that any thief expert enough
to open the combination would attempt
the lock, even if it were known that the
time meehnnlsm had run down. The
risk would be very slight, and I was
tempted to take It. Put, knowing, even
though no consequences should be tho
result, that by doing so I would break
a very stringent rule, I resisted the
temptation, and in no very good humor
started for a telegraph office for tho
purpose, of sending a dispatch to Miss
Morley stating my inability to accept
her invitation.
On 1113' way I met an associate in the
bank, named Horace Jackson. He was
one of tho bookkeepers, a man about
10 years old, and a quiet, reserved fel
low. He never mingled In any dispute
or controversy among the clerks, was 11
competent accountant, and lived a se
cluded life outside of the bank. Ho
was a bachelor, and did not seem to
have any special friends. It was cer
tain he never chummed or cronied with
any of his associates in the bank.
"Mr. Jackson, will you do mo a fa
vor?" I asked, as he paused in his walk.
"Most willingly, Mr. Conway. You
have but to state it," he answered, af
fably. I stated the circumstances concern
ing the lock. "It is possible that I will
be unable to be on hand at half-past
eight," I added.
"And you wish me to be nt the bank
in your place?" he said.
"Yes, if it would not inconvenience
you."
"Not at all. I will be there, so the
rule will be complied with. Oil, stay a
"Como out to Fnlrluwn tlim ovonlntf."
moment. There is an old nunt of mine
over in Camden who is ill, and I might
possibly be summoned to her bedside."
"Well, then, let it go. I'll stay at
home, and go to the bank, as I intended,
myself," I said, feeling quite disap
pointed. , "Put if I say I will be at the bank
you mny depend on me, Mr. Conway,
sick aunt or not," Jackson went on.
He really seemed so willing to do me
the favor that I could only reply:
"Thank you very much. I'll depend on
you. It will bo doing me a great favor
ii deed. I'll reciprocate some day."
"Not another word, Mr. Conway, on
tho subject. Co and enjoy yourself."
'J hen he regarded me with a smile as he
continued: "I suppose it is Miss Mor
ley that you intend to visit. Now, J
am just on my way to see her father
at his office."
"Oh, you are acquainted with the
Morleys, then?" 1 remarked, somewhat
coldly, for I did not relish his bringing
Florence Morley's name into the con
versation. "Only slightly acquainted. I am in
terested in a few business enturcs
with Mr. Morlcj'. My acquaintance ex
tends no further," Jackson said.
1 returned to my lodgings light-hearted
and happy at the prospect of again
seeing tho sweet irl whom 1 had loved
and worshiped for some time in secret.
So then Horace Jackson was ac
quainted with Mr. Morley. 1 could not
but feel a greater respect for Jackson.
For Mr. Morley was one of the most in
fluential and highly-thoughl-of men in
Philadelphia, and, besides, was one of
tho trustees of the bank. Jackson had
never boasted of his relations with
such an Influential man; indeed, T had
never even heard him mention tho fact
before this.
I had felt all aIon that it would be
presumptuous for me ro aspire to be
Florence Morley's husband. Put this
evening she was so gracious, ho sweet
and lovable, that it was impossible for
inu' to resist tho impulse to tell her of
1113' love. To my intense happiness I
discovered that my humble self was by
no means an object of IndilTorenee to
her.
Mr. Morley was of a digtiillcd, com
manding presence, and rather ovcawed
me. It would be no easy matter to ask
his consent to marry his (laughter.
Florence was his only child, and till the
purposes of the father's life seemed to
center in his motherless daughter. Still
I knew I must approach him some day,
and there was comfort in tho fact that
ho had always met me in a kindly, if
dignified and reserved, manner. He
had never given me any cause to think
that my attentions to his (laughter
were obnoxious to him; but then those
attentions had been extended out of
friendship only. How he would be af
fected by tho knowledge that I was,
from this evening, tho accepted lover of
his daughter, I could .not surmise. I
could only hope that Florence's Influ
ence, which I was well aware was pow
erful with her father, might prevail.
The dear girl's heart was mine nt any
rate, for she had told 1110 so, and 1 be
lieved her words.
After the evening's enjoyment I with
drew to the hotel near the depot, where
1 passed the rest of tho night in happy
anticipations of the future.
The train which took me back to tho
city was 11 few minutes late, and when I
arrived at the bank it lacked but ten
minutes of opening time.
Had 1 been late, cither the president
or tho treasurer would have had to be
called upon to open the vault, and it is
doubtful if either of them remem
bered the combination. The bond teller
and tho head receiving teller shared
with me tho knowledge of the combina
tion, but, as those two gentlemen were
away on their vacation; at this time, I
was the only one besides the officials
who could unlock the vault.
Tho heavy outside doors were soon
opened, and, summoning the porter to
help me carry out the cash for the
day's business, I entered the vault.
There were eight compartments in
side, the doors of which were provided
with combination locks.
One compartment was used for tho
reserve currency, another for tho re
serve gold, and these two compartments
remained locked for long periods. The
remaining spaces were used for the
storage of various securities, United
States bonds, mortgages for loans on
real estate, state and municipal bonds,
and for the gold, silver and currency
required in the dally transactions. This
cash was carried out in traj's and placed
in the tills in the banking-room every
morning.
While unlocking tho compartment, I
noticed with surprise that the lock of
the reserve currency compartment, just
atone side, was on the last figure of the
combination, as though it had been al
ready unlocked.
1 grasped the iron handle, and the
door swung open. I started back when
T looked in. What had come over me!
I rubbed my eyes and looked again.
The place was empty; nothing to be
seen but the two shelves and the painted
steel back and sides. Of tho $100,000,
the amount of the reserve, not one dol
lar remained.
to nn roNTiKunu.
THAT FOLDING BED.
It In .Still nn Object of Suspicion
to
.Many Iloti-I Visitors.
"I'm sorry, sir," said the polite young
uptown hotel clerk to thegrum-looking
guest, "but 1 haven't another room in
the house to-night. Jf you could use
tills till morning I'll fix you up right for
to-morrow." Put tho 111111100111011-1, per
suasivly delivered, failed to work, and
the grum-looking man went away.
When ho had got over the threshold
the suave clerk smiled a pensho smile
and said: "You can't do anything with
these fellows. It beats the world how
a man will let his prejudices drive him
out into the uiglit to seek inferior ac
commodations. And yet this man
looked like he knew better, too."
"What was it dissatisfied hint?"
"Nothing in the world except that in
the only room he'd hae there was a
folding bed. You see we are crowded
now and there are but feu vacair
apartments. Ho is a crank on the sub
jeet of folding beds because in modern
times two 01 three human beings huvo
been caught in them, when they folded
up inopportunely, and had their lives
crushed out. 1 pleaded with him that
no such disaster could happen to him
here, for nowadays folding beds are
made with patent catches that abso
lutely prevent them from manslaugh
ter. No matter how sorely a bud such
ns we have should yearn to close up on
its slumbering victim these catches for
bid. 1 told him all this, but it had no
effect."
"Aro most people imbued with this
prejudice?"
"Yes; I think a majority of tho trav
eling public has that feeling and 1 do
not believe the time will ever come
when tho folding bed will gain tho full
confidence of the American people.
Washington Post.
filu; Hum Xo Chance.
Mrs. Tuponny Why don't you leave
your husband if ho neglects you so?
Mrs. Manhattan He doesn't give me
a chance. He's out seven nights a week
himself. Town Topics.
Doctor (to female patient) "You
have a slight touch of fever; your
tongue has a thick coat " Patient (ex
citedly) "Oh, doctor, do tell mo how
it fits." Fact uud Fiction.
AN AFFLICTED MOTHER.
From the Times, Paw Paw, III.
A resident of this town who lias lost two
children during the past six years by vio
lent deaths lias been utterly prostrated by
the shock, and seriously sick as a result of
it. One child (aged i)) was killed by a cy
clone in '1)0 while at school; another, throe
years later was run over by a Hurlington 11.
It. train. That griefs and misfortunes niny
so prey on the iiunil as to lead to serious phy
sical disorders lias been well demonstrated
in this case. As a result of them, her health
was shattered and she lias been a constant
HiitTcrer since 1800. Her principal trouhlo
has been neuralgia of tiie stomach which
was very painful, and exhibited all tho
symptoms of ordinary neuralgia, nervous
ness and indigestion. Physicians did iter no
good whatever. She was discouraged nnd
abandoned all hope of getting well. Finally,
however, a certain well known pill was
recommended (Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for
Palo People.)
She supplied herself with n quantity of
them and had not tnkcu them two weeks
wben she noticed a marked improvement in
A Constant Snfcrrr.
her condition. She continued taking tha
pills until Hcveu or eight boxes hnd been
consumed and she considered herself entirely
cured. She can now eat all kinds of food,
which is something she has not been able to
do for years. She is not troubled in the
least with nervousness as alio was during tha
time of her stomach troubles.
She is now well and all because of Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People 0
complete cure lias been made.
If any one would like to hear more of
tho details of her suffering and relief gained
by the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for
Pale People they may be obtained probably,
by writing the lady direct. She is one of
our well known residents, Mrs. Ellen A.
Odcrkirk, Paw Paw, HI.
IJvcii Ui.
Dining the summer of 1800 a handsomi
New England woman paid a visit to one ol
the North sidu society queens of Wichita
In due time a swell lawn party wni
given by the hostess at her home, to
make the visitors acquainted with lici
western friends. Among those invited
was Will Heatty. He was presented to
tho eastern lady, and it happened to he hii
good fortune a little later in the evening to
have her on his arm promenading over tin
velvety lawn. In the course of the con
versation Miss Plank asked Mr. Peatty what
business lie followed, and ho replied: "I'm
a commercial traveler." The visitor, tios'
sibly in a moment of mental aberration,
made this remark: "In the cast commercial
travelers do not go in tho best society."
Peforo the last word iiad hardly left net
lips Mr. Peatty replied: "They don't here,
cither." Conversation was carried on aftci
that in entirely different channels. WichiU
Eagle. i
HE HAS BECOME WEALTHY.
Uu 11 Splendid Knrin, I.otn or Mtoclc,
nnd I'nyn Hut I.lttle Tiixcn.
Dominion City, Manitoba,
January 17th, 1808.
At the request of the Immigration De
partment of the Canadian Government,
give the fob
lowing in
formation: I immigra
ted to Mani
toba in Octo
ber, 1802,
from L u
vernc, Koch
County,
Minn., mid took laud in Dominion City,Man
itoba, where I now reside. I have been very
successful in Manitoba, and have more than
doubled my capital since I went to Can
ada. I took about $'J.500 worth of wheat,
200 bushels of flax and GOO bushels of oats:
I do mixed farming. 1 milk as much as ten
cows. Dairying and stock raising lias paid
me well; 1 have on tho farm now -M head of
cattle and IB head of horses, and sold during
tho past year (1897), SIM worth of fat cattle
1 have good buildings and a comfortable
house and good stable. My children hav
had better school advantages in Manitoba
than they had in Minnesota. The district
schools are very thorough and good. My
son, now 10 years of age, is teaching tha
public school in our district, and receives a
salary of $120 per year. All my children
have done well at school. 1 have $1,700 in
surance on my buildings and 011 the farm. I
also own my personal warehouse and ship
all my grain through it to the railway sta
tion at Dominion City. It is free of debt.
I have no prejudice against the Stale of
Minnesota, as 1 made a living and a little
more while in the state, but would not take
a farm as a gift in Minnesota and leave
Manitoba. The taxation in Minnesota was
too great. 1 paid taxes nn my stock and
chattels. No such taxes have ever been ex
acted in Manitoba from me, and my land
taxes are about one-half or lofcs than it was
in Minnesota, i am delighted with my new
home, and expect in a few years to be in
circumstances that will cnahle me to tak
life easy. Yours very truly,
S. G. MAYNKS.
P. S. Any person that may take exception
to tho foregoing letter will kindly investi
gate, for I can back every word it contains.
I am not an Immigration Agent, nor tho
agent of any corporation, but simplv a
farmer. S. G. MAYNKS.
Witness, C. W. SPKERS.
The above letter was written at the ra
ciest of C. W. Spoors in the State of Min
nesota, where T am at present with my wif,,
I'isitinu mv friends in mv nlil limno. Tt ?n
my intention to do what 1 can to have them
remove to Canada, where I have done .o
well.
Having called upon Mr. Davies, of Ft.
Paul, Minn., I was received with every cour
tesy and pot some valuable information uu
well as literature poi tabling to West e 11
Canada. SAMUEL G. MAYNES.
AVomlurN of HelcniM.
Lady Do you take instantaneous photo
graphs? Photographer Yes, madam; T can phol-v
Rruph a humming bird on the wing, or n
swallow in its flight.
"I want my baby's picture taken."
"Yes, madam. Get tho little fellow reaity,
find I will prepare the chloroform." N. Y.
Weekly.
Piso's Cure for Consumption in an A No,
1 Asthma medicine. W. 11. Williams, Aiv
tioch, III., April 11, 1S91.
, A man can never thrive who lias a waste
tul wife.
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