THE MEBBASKA ADVERTISER
TV. W. HANUKItS 1'nblliher.
NKMAIIA, NBKHASKA.
HOME WITH HER.
Homo to lior, when day Ih dono,
Homo to tlio wlfo yoti lovo;
Homo from tlio whir, wklo world,
Bwlft iih tlio homing dove.
Tlicro wns never a drenm ho swofft,
Tlicro wjib never a hoo no hrlsiit,
Ab tlio dream nnd tlio hope to 1)0
With her In tho candlellBlit.
Homo with her when toll In o'er.
Homo from care and strife.
Homo from the wide, wldo world,
Homo with your lovlntf wlfo.
Thoro wnH nover a kingdom hrond,
Tlicro wan never an IhIo at hp.i,
Ono-half ho happy, half no fair,
Ah my IiiRlcHldo to mo.
Homo to her nt BCt of min,
Homo to the eycH of her,
Homo to her Htnllo and her voice,
Far from tho thorns that wore.
Thero won never a crown of kinRS,
Tlicro wan never a wreath of hays,
I.lko tho touch of her hand, her lips,
Tho word of her honcHt praise.
Homo to her, and homo to her
Unto tho eml of llfo;
Homo to her, and homo to her.
Homo to my loving wife.
Let Glory caper on IiIb stood
And Fnmo her starry trumpet hlow;
I shall not hoed them ns they pass;
Homo with her In tho eandloBlow.
Chicago Itocord.
An Army Wife
BY CAPTAIN CHARLES KING.
SVWWNAW
Copyrighted, 1896, by F. Tennyson NcclyJ
SYNOPSIS.
Chapter I. Fannie Mcl.ane, i yotinu
widow, Is Invited to visit tho Oraftons
at Fort RrdRWlok. Her sister tries to dls
suado her, as Kandolph Merrlnm (whom
sho had Jilted for old McLano) and his hrldo
are stationed there.
Chapter II. Fnnnto McT.nno's wedding
ennsns family feelliiB. A few months later
fihe, whllu traveling with her husband,
meets Merrlam, on his wedding trip.
Chapter III. Soino tlmo previous to this
Merrlam had gono on a government sur
vey, fallen 111, and had hern nursed hy Mrs.
Tremalno and daughter Florence. A hasty
noto from Mrs. Mcl.ano's stepson takes
liltn to tho plains.
Chapter IV. Young McT.nne dictates to
Merrlam, a dying message, which Is sent
to Parry (a young Chicago lawyer and
ltrothcr-ln-law of Mrs. McLane). Reply
causes Merrlam to swoon. Ho is taken to
tho Trcmalno's: calls for Florence.
Chapter V. Engagement of Florence
Tremnlno to Merrlam Is announced; wed
ding shortly follows.
Chapter VI. Mr. McTano Is mysterious
ly shot In San Francisco. Merrlam Is
greatly excited when ho reads account In
impcrs. Whllo still In mourning Mrs. Mc
I..ano preparos to visit Fort Sedgwick.
Chapter VII. Mrs. McLano arrives at
tho fort. Merrlam Is ntartled at tho news,
nnd ho and his wlfo ahscnt themselves
from the formal hop that evening.
Chapter VIII. Mr. and Mrs. Merrlam
jNiy their respects to tho widow on an
owning "when sho would ho suro to have
xroany other callers. When tho call Is
returned Merrlam Is away, and his wife
pleads Illnesn as excuse for not scolng
her. Mrs. McLano receives telegram: "Ar
rested, Chicago. Your undo stricken par
alysis, You will ho summoned. Secure
papers, otherwise loso everything. C. M."
Sho faints nnd Is revived with dllllculty.
Chapter IX. Mrs. McLano desires to sco
Merrlam. Grafton perauades him to go,
hut tho widow postponos tho meeting till
next noon.
Chapter X. Florenco learns Merrlam
has been to sco Mrs. McLane, and In a
storm of passion will not allow him
to explain. Shortly after Merrlam Is In
tercepted hy Fnnnlo McLano as ho Is pass
ing through Grafton's yard. Florenco wit
nesses the meeting, -which sho supposes
lias been prearranged, and swoons.
Chuptor XI. Mrs. McLano begs Merrlam
for papers glvon him hy her stepson, but
which ho tells her wore nil forwarded to
Tarry. Merrlam Is seriously wounded In
light with greasers.
Chapter XII. Florence, In her deep dis
appointment, leaves her homo In tho night
for her father's at tho cantonment.
Chapter XIII. Three personal telegrnph
messages como for Merrlam from Tarry,
letter Is notified of Mcrrlam's mishap
miles from post. A dispatch from her law
yer on his way to tho fort, together with
account of serious Injuries to Merrlam,
causes Mrs. McLano to faint.
CHAPTER XIV. Continuki).
Col. Huston nnd others all the ofil
ccrs, upmost felt bound to come to the
house between stables and retreat, just
to see how Handy was getting on, but
the answer was the same to one and nil.
No one wns to be admitted, for the doe
tor -was "trying to get him to Bleep."
And surely enough, bathed, re
freshed, his arm set nnd dressed, Handy
soon found himself stowed nwny in u
soft, white bed, but oh, so weak and
drowsy after all the labor of the chase
nnd the long, long day of racking pain.
They were to bring Florence to him
now, his wife, his darling, impatiently
waiting for the summons, us he thought
her, at Mrs. Ihiyne's, and he was
ntrctching out his arms to her ids one
available arm, rather, and fondly mur
muring her name, when the weary eye
lids closed and, numb and impotent, lie
drifted nwny into deep, deep slumber.
"There," said the doctor, tit lust,
"he'll do now."
"Aye," murmured Grafton, "but what
will the waking bo if there's no Flor
ence hero to-morrow?"
That was an anxious night at Sedg
wick. Mcrrinm slept like the dead, and
twice the young doctor feared It might
bo necessary to rouse him, thinking
that perhaps lie had sent t hat tiny shot
of his hypodermic yrlng"e witli too
heavy u charge. Hut so long au Handy
wan Ignorant of his wife's mad esca
pade he would have slept through sheer
tx!iauHlon opd weariness, and Ills phy
niuiau need not have troubled himself.
Twice Grafton tiptoed in, and the hos
pital attendant arose nt his coming and
reported that the patient had not
Atirrcd.
Over nt Grafton's quarters, however,
they had to deal witli a less tractable
creature. Fanny McLane had roused
from her swoon and was nervously, ex
citably, irritably wide awake, de
manding actually to be allowed to see
Mr. Merrlam. Even Annette was sent
out of the room and Mrs. Grafton hurt
her friend and guest to herself, and her
tears and prayers, her reproaches and
Imprecations fell on hardened ears.
.Mrs. Grafton was adamant.
"It Is mad folly to talk of such a
thing, Fanny," she replied to every as
r.ault. "Mr. Merrlam is far too serious
ly injured to see anybody, much less
you, who would Importune him for your
own selllsh purposes. Capt. Grafton
says the doctor hns forbidden him to
everybody, ahd he knows. In the morn
ing Capt. Grafton will see him for you,
if the doctor will permit."
Whereat the widow only stormed the
more and declared, with hysteric tears,
that they were keeping her away from
Handy Merrinm out of spite and hatred
just at the most critical time. "He'll
die, he'll die," she cried, "and carry my
one safeguard with him to the gravel"
Sorely puzzled, Mrs. Grafton had to
leave her once in awhile (or a few min
utes at a time to consult her husband,
who could frequently be heard moving
about the parlor or going quickly in
and out of the house. It was plain that
Grafton was troubled about something
besides Handy, and nt 11 o'clock the ex
planation came.
Up to sundown Florence Mrs. Mer
rlam had not been seen or heard of nt
Jose's ranch.
One of the trailers, Hufferty by name,
declared that Mignon's tracks turned
suddenly to the northward and led away
from the ranch and into the maze of
foothills to the right of the cantonment
trail. At sundown they had reached
Jose's, still hoping against hope that
she would be there, but no sign of her
had been seen, and, borrowing a fresh
horse, HalTerty started back to Sedg
wick at the gallop to carry the news. He
met the doctor with Mrs. Ilayne only
n short distance from Jose's, and they
went on to the ranch hoping for better
tidings, but bade him ride for Sedg
wick with all speed. Unfferty could
ride week in and week out if the horse
could stand it, and Jose's broncho was
a used-up quadruped by the time they
reached the Santa. Clara. There .he
turned him into a ranchman's eornsl
and borrowed another, never stopping
to say "by your leave, sir." This was
on the queen's service in Hafferty's
mind, nnd no man's property was sacred
when "Mis-s Florence's" life was in
volved.' Huxton was up and aboutwhen
the courier came, and in ten minutes
had readied the olliee and sent for
Grafton. What he wished to know was,
had she any reason whatever for turn
ing away from the beaten track and
taking to the unknown regions ofT the
road and far to the northwest of the
settlements? Grafton knew of none.
There was indeed grave reason why she
should not.
For fiO miles northward the Santa
Clara twined and twisted through a
fairly fertile va'.icy, once the herding
ground of the Navajos, now wild and al
most unsettled. Americans and Mexi
cans both had tried it as a stock range,
but American cuttle and American
horses demanded a better quality of
grass and more of it than would serve
the stomach of the Indian pony. Treaty
obligations sent the Navajos farther
into the mountains to the northwest
' beyond the Mescalero but there were
restless roamers who were constantly
olV the. reservation, sometimes on puss
but oftener on mischief, and on the pre
text of trading they came recklessly as
far as the settlement, and then some
body's horses were sure to be. missing,
spirited away into the foothills, whither
it was almost useless to follow. The
Navajos said the Mexicans were the
thieves, the Mexicans declared them to
be the Navajos, and when both parties
were caught and accused, with prompt
unanimity both announced that
Apaches must again be raiding, and the
name of Apache covered a multitude
of sins. Time was when Victorio and
Nana led the cavalry some glorious
chases into the Mescalero, but both
those redoubtables had met their fate,
and agency otlleials across the Arizona
line were ready to swear that none of
their once intractable followers ever
thought of quitting corn or melon
planting for the forbidden, toys of the
raid and the warpath. All the same the
foothills and the valley far to the north
west of the settlements were full of
mystery and danger the roaming
ground of the horsethlef and the rene
gade, and Merrlam's men, just in from
their long chase, pointed out how the
Mexican ruillans, though starting
originally toward the southwest, had
in long wide circuit gradually worked
their way northward, as though making
for this very region. The leader of the
gang that shot Hrady and Corcoran was
a fellow by the name or Uainnii Vnldez,
and there was no deviltry too steep for
him. The news, therefore, that Flor
ence Merriam had not reached Jose's,
but that her trail was lost Home where
among the buttes and bowlders four
miles to the eastward of that frontier
refuge, struck dismay to the hearts of
hor friends at Sedgwick. Tim tiding
wnit from lip to Up, from jinueu to
llouiMf, like wildfire, and by midnight
an entire troop had ridden fortli with
their ever ready three days' rations,
and with Capt. George Grafton in com
mand, and their orders were not to re
turn without Mrs. Merrlam or definite
news of her.
Mrs. Grafton let her liusbaud go only
with deep reluctance, lie was very nec
essary to her now. She felt the need of
his support in the management of her
truculent patient. She had to leave the
latter while assisting him in his busy
preparations, and she was surprised
and rejoiced to sec that on her return
to her Fanny had become far more calm
and resigned. The ladles in many
households were still tip nnd flitting
about the post, tearfully, forebodingly
discussing the situation, and several of
them had dropped in to speak a word
with Mrs. Grafton Whlttnkcr and
Minturn being ever on the alert to es
cort such parties and so it was long
after one indeed, it was nearly two
o'clock when at last, after a final peep
nt her now placidly sleeping guest nnd
leaving Annette curled up on the sofa
by her mistress' bedside, Mrs. Grafton
finally sought her own pillow nnd slept
long into the sunshine of the following
day.
Awakening with a start at the sound
of stirring music on t lie pnrade, she
found that it was after eight and guard
mounting was in full blast. Summon
ing a servant, her first question wns for
news of Mrs. Merriam, for servants al
ways know the garrison news before
their masters. Not a word had been re
ceived. Presently she tiptoed to Fan
ny's room, softly turned the knob, nnd
noiselessly entered. There lay her guest
still plunged in deep slumber, but An
nette had disappeared, gone, probably,
to the kitchen for coffee. Far over at
the east, where the railway crossed the
barren mesa, a locomotive whistlcbroke
the silence of the desert with long, ex
ultant blast. The blockade then wns
broken. The first train was coming in
from Cimarron. Dressing with greater
haste than usual, she ordered breakfast
served, and then went out on the piazza
and looked up the row toward the Mer
rinms'. The doctor was just coming
out of the gate, and Whittoker, who had
spent the night there on watch fill
thought of rivalry forgotten was
standing on the top step, apparently
detaining the physician with some ques
tion. Eager for news of Hnndy, Mrs.
Grafton threw her husband's cavalry
cape over her shoulders nnd tripped
briskly up the gravel walk. "Still sleep
ing," said the doctor, "and how is your
patient?"
"Also sleeping," said Mrs. Grafton.
"I don't see how people can sleep so
1 tola him his wife wns Bono."
soundly nt such times," wherent the
doctor looked conscious but said noth
ing. All that morning people strained their
eyes nnd rubbed their binoculars and
searched the distant foothills to the
northwest, hoping for the coming of
couriers with news; but not until after
noon were they rewarded. Then, cov
ered with sweat and dust, a corporal of
Grafton's troop rode in. Dr. Gould nnd
Mrs. Ilayne were still at Jose's, though
they feared they could be of no use
there, fornotasignof Florence hnd been
found. Grafton had sent couriers on to
the Catamount with the tidings of her
peril, and his men, in wide dispersed
order, were scouring the foothills long
days' marches away. Full half an hour
the Indies grouped at Huxton's, listen
ing to the soldiers' description of their
search, and then were strolling home
ward when, over toward the west end of
the cavalry line, arose the sound of com
motion nnd distress.
An instant later, as the doctor,
glancing, turned to hasten thither, a
woman dressed In deepest blnck came
reeling forth from the Merriams' door
way and plunging wildly down the
steps. Kveryone knew her at a glance
it was Fanny McLane, who stood there
now swaying at the gate as though
gasping for breath, while calling inar
ticulately for aid. It was but a few sec
onds before the doctor reached her.
Tlieysawhimaecost her briefly, then go
springing past her up. the steps and
Into the house. A moment more and
Mrs. Grafton, with other women,
reached her.
"What is the matter? What has hap
pened, Fanny? Why are you here?"
And cowering, sobbing, shivering, she
made answer:
"Oh. stop him! stive him! He'll kill
himself. I told him his wife was
gone."
Too late. Out to the stable the doe
tor chased, for bed uud room were de
serted. There, wildly gesticulating and
x)lntlug to the open mota, was Hop
Ling. "He inakee my saddle he iniihee
lido he nllt'e gonol" he walled, point
ing to where, far In tlio west, a pulTof
dust cloud was swiftly vanishing down
I Into the valley of the Santa Clurn.
CHAPTEH XV.
Just about noon, when the hospital
attendant was away at dinner, the doc
tor at Uuxton's and Whittakcr getting
n nap after his night of vigil, only Hop
Ling was on duty over Handy. "He'll
probably sleep until Intc in the after
noon," the doctor said, when he looked
in nt 11, and so perhaps he might have
done. Grafton, before starting, had
taken the responsibility of removing
Florence's ominous looking missive and
placing it with other letters on the
mantel in the little parlor. He could
not feel justified In hiding it cntlrclj-.
He felt that when Merriam woke the
truth would have to be told him, and
perhaps Florence's own words might
best explain her flight. At all events
Dr. Leavltt had promised to be on
hand to sec thnt the news was not too
abruptly broken, and Lcavitt counted
on 11 long sleep and upon subsequent
drowsiness nnd languor ns the result of
his treatment. No one had dreamed of
the possibility of such rude awakening
as came. No woman in her right senses
would have ventured on the mad
brnlncd, desperate measure resorted to
by Mrs. McLane. What she hoped to
learn, what she expected to gain, what
papers or information she still believed
him to possess, who can say? The pow
er of reasoning, driven from her by the
stupefying drug that of late had over
mastered its weak and willing victim,
seemed to have utterly gone leaving in
its place only something ofrtho craft
and cunning that possess 0 insane.
No sooner was Mrs. Grafton out of the
way, than, rousing suddenly, Fanny
had summoned Annette, had hnstened
through her toilet, and, barely sipping
the coffee tendered her, had thrown a
light wrap over her head and shoulders
and flitted out of the house, out past
the stable at the rear, and, to the amaze
of the sentry on No. S, had scurried
away along the fence, had easily located
the Merriams' gate, the number on
which corresponded with that of their
quarters, and in another moment had
let herself through the kitchen and
dining-room and into the little pnrlor.
There for a few moments she seemed
to have paused and reconnoitered.
Of what followed only Handy and
Hop Ling were witnesses. The latter
was never able to explain it, if indeed
he ever could understand the situation,
and as for Handy, it was long before he
could be induced to speak of it at all.
The time came when he had to, how
ever, and it can be told now.
TO HE CONTINUED.
Humility of (icnltis.
The eminent scholar and church his
torian, Dr. Philip Scliaff, used to say
of himself, "E have not genius. I am
simply u hard worker, and what I am
I owe to God and to constant applica
tion, keeping my wits about me." This
notable humility recalls the remark of
I mi isaac iewton mat, 1110 oniy genius
he hail was the ability to keep a prob
lem before his mind until he saw
through it. A Scotch clergyninn said:
"Sir Isaac Newton is as weel acquainted
with the stars as if he had been born
and brocht up aiming them." Hut the
great philosopher was much more
modest in his solf-nppraisement. "I
seem," he wrote, "to have been only like
a boy playing on the seashore, and di
verting myself in now or then finding
a smoother pebble or n prettier shell
than ordinary, whilst tho great ocean
of truth lay all undiscovered before mc."
Our renders will not overlook the ictus
of that modest, remark-. Sir Tsaac was
always wandering on the. seashore, and
always intent on finding pebbles nnd
shells. "Ho that seeketh findcth."
Youth's Companion.
AnnwcrtMl.
There is a little Piety Hill girl who is
devout in her religious observances,
and opens each day's eumpaign of her
busy young life with the Lord's prayer.
The other morning, after repeating
"give us this day our daily bread," she
hesitated for a moment, ns if in doubt,
and then departed from the text to say:
"An', O Lord, it's jus' 'venicnt as not,
we pray Thee to make it gingerbread,"
concluding in regular form.
That her faith might not be shaken,
she had a good deal more gingerbread
that day than was good for her, but she
received a very imperative warning
that the prayer must be repeated as it
had been taught her, for the Lord did
not think it right that little girls should
have too much sweets. Since thnt site
lias been going into her closet to pray
and the mother is haunted with a fear
that her little oiuS is growing skep
tical. Detroit Free Press.
DlllllMlIt Of ACCCHN.
"She is very frigid in her manner,"
remarked Willie Wishington.
"Perhaps," was tho reply; "but she
has a heart of gold."
"So I have been informed. Hut I am
tired of trying to cross a conversational
Chiikat pass in order to reach it."
Washington Stan
CulilinKO ! Havana.
llowso I'm suffering from cabbage
heart.
Cumso What caused It?
llowso Just finished smoking the
box of cigars my wife gave me Christ
mas. llrnoltlyu Life.
Mnkliiur 11 Niii'M.
PotU I notice llrush Is making qulta
a inline for hlmiielf.
Dohbs In Unit so?
l'otts Yen; he's going to put It over
lib iwlut. tiliop when he geti It finished
n; Y. World. . ,
THINNER MATERIALS.
LlKht Starr for ttowiin Will lie Btecli
Worn In n Short
Time.
Huff and drab are rather old-fashioned
shades which are liked thif
spring. Tlicro Is no possible light
shade of tan or gray that is not fash
ionable for cashmeres, cloths and silks,
nnd all the pale colors are grayed deli
cately and used in cashmere with
charming results. Even the light blues
and pinks and greens seem hardly
strange, built into cloth visiting gowns
with the delicate fade tone the dyers
have east over them.
Nun's veilings and bareges arc to be
worn largely, these sometimes striped
or figured with silk threads, and they
will have bows and belts of tucked taf
feta. Taffeta dress skirts are covered
with apparently haud-embroldcrcdsilk
polka-dots, and trlnnned with rows ol
baby velvet ribbon. The silk, is as soft
as a foulard and is sometimes built in
three tier effect very prettily, the scc
tions shaped en fourure, as the French'
say, so that they 'lit closely and scanti
ly, the lower one trailing like an up
turned vase.
Many women in midsummer will be
smartly togged In black cotton stuffs,,
in black ducks, black piques, black
linen and the like. The black is of
perfect tone, and is trimmed with white
English embroideries or with plain
white linen tucked in n lattice and ap
plied with black lace motifs. Black
muslins will be trimmed with garlands
or bow-knots of white Chnntilly lace,
and a layer of thin white gauze will be
hung between the top and its thin
black silk foundation a charmingly
delicate gray effect being the result.
Mixed black and white lace gowns arc
also smart for summer wear.
Tho fashion of using several layers
of muslins or tulle is to be carried out
to n great extent this summer, in many
cases giving a mother of pearl effect
where pale rose, pale blue and ivory are
hung over each other, delicate lace and
knots of black velvet ribbon trimming
them.
Silk muslin frocks will be pretty
thickly shirred, perhaps down the cen
ter of the apron front, so that the folds
encircle the figure, nnd lire gathered
up under ehoux on each side of the
milled back breadth, the rallies cover
ing the petticoat below the overskirt ef
fect. This is delicious when thin
black muslin is used over a rose muslin
foundation. Kqually effective is a lay
er of thin black between n pink muslin
and its pink satin foundation, and black
Chant illy lace serves for trimming.
Hoston Herald.
"MADAM" RUSH'S FETES.
At Whleli PoncockN Were Itnnted la
Their TliniiiiKf Served on
Solid Gold I'lute.
What the Vanderbilt and the Hradley
Martin balls have been in recent times,
to the whole country ascrowningeventK.
of social splendor, so were the Hush
balls in the early fifties. In the dining
room of her Philadelphia mansion JJ50
guests would sit down at a time on cush
ioned seats of blue damask, the tables
shining with rare china and solid gold
plate, while rows of servants, wearing
blue ribbons, kept guard at the doors.
The skill of the cleverest caterers in the
country was taxed to provide novelties,
for the table. Nothing pleased the
hostess on one of these occasions more
that the surprise of her guests at be
holding peacocks that had been care
fully roasted with all their magnificent
plumage. The colored lamps in the gar
den and the gentle glow of (i,000 wax
candles in the ballroom shed light upon
the scene. Hut SO young men with the
qualifieations of good beaux, and danc
ing well; SO pretty girls without money,,
but respectable, well dressed, lively mid
charming these, according to the hos
tess, "were always indispensable," and
next to them the best music that could
be hnd, and the finest s'upper in the.
world. William Perrine, in Ladies
Home Journal.
True Thrift.
Hicks appreciated the slrrewd as well.
as the humorous sayings of the Cornish
countryfolk. Tftere dwelt not far from
his abode a dairywoman and her hus
band who had begun life in a very small
way with one cow, and who, by industry
and thrift, had acquired quite a num
ber, "how is it," said Ilieks to her
one day, "that you have got on so well,.
Mrs. 1 ?" "Well, you see, Air.
Hicks," she replied, "most people bo
alius thinking of what they do want;
but 1 and iny old man, we be alius think
ing of what we can do without." Corn
hill .Magazine.
The Aiiierlenii in Cuhn,
Having eaten a breakfast the visitor
goes about the affairs of the day. Jl
generally starts in with 11 good Ameri
can rush, sweats for two hours, gets ex
hausted and irritated, and lauds in a
hammock or at the American club be
fore one o'clock. And if there Is anyone
to listen to him he gives It as his best
judgment that anyone who would live in
Culm or even allow hiniM'lf to be hem
is a blamed fool, mid that the Island
iiii't fit for a Hiialto paMuro.--N, Y.
Times.
ISIoiid How through bomw of very
young children iilmont iih frutily 11V
through tliu-villus.
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