W r I 4 THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER V. V. 8ANUi;it, I'ublUlier. NEMAHA, NEBRASKA. AT EVENTIDE. The tired breezes nro tucked to rest In the oloud-bid far away, 1'lie vvavtw nre pies-aed to the placid breast Of the gleaming, dreaming bay; The shore line swims In n hazy boat. Asleep In the sea nndslty, And the mullled beat whore the btoal'.crs meet la u soft, sweet lullaby. 4 The pine-clad hill husn crimson crown Of glittering stinsjt glows, The roofs pf brown In the distant town Are bathed In a blush of rose: The radiant ripples ahlno and ahlft In shimmering sin'"'.'' of gold, The se.v.vtcds lift and drowse and drift, And the Jellies 111 1 and fold. The great sun sinks, and the gray fog heaps Ilia clonk on the silent sea, The nlglu-wlr.d crcipa where the ocean Hleeps, And the wavelets wake In glee; Across the bay like n silver star Thero twinkles the harbor light, And faint and far from the outer bar The sea-birds call "Good night." Joo Lincoln. In L. A. V. Bulletin. y-z? M THECARUTWERSf N Oojiyriplit.irJ 'y VMl1 A. N. Ilu Hokb Nentpaticr Co. mwmwmw synopsis: Mlnard Iler.drlckH, great dotectlvo, Juat returned lror.i Uoaton, II nd .i awaiting him nn uimlgned typewritten letter directing him to apartments In 1'alncc hotel, where ho will llnd romaliiHof .Mr. Weldon Caruth ers currently icported for pn&t two weeks to be out of town. Detective seems to con nect letter with attempt inudo on Ills own llfo some time provloun. (.Joe.s with friend, Dr. Lampkln, to Investigate. Upon senrch of Cnruthcr.s' apartments remains of cre mated body nnd Jeweled hand of victim are found In n vase. Hand boars markn of Inger nails manicured to sharp point.-). Lampkln icealls reports of a row between Carutbers nnd Arthur CJIolow, both sultorn for hand of Dorothy Huntington, who Is heiress to several millions should alio mar ry Carutbers. unconditionally In case of Carutbers' death. Lnto that night Hen dricks and Lanipklti call nt home of Miss Huntington. Dorothy nhovvs detective type written letter, which was an Invitation for herself nnd aunt to occupy with Count Iliinllnnl, Italian nobleman, hln box at horse chr , ns ho was called out of town by pressing btislnera. She recalls Glelow had expressed before murder Intense ba rred for Carutbers nnd believes him guilty, yet decides to help him, nnd with her aunt goes to his studio. Glelow has fled. His servant, Henri, tells of overhearing con fession to Uantlnnl. Henri thought bin master Insane. Hendricks, concealed In room, hears nil this. Hendricks goes to consult Kola, an Hast Indian Interested in occult researches who had helped him in much previa.'" U'.-r-cl-lvo work, anil located in an o! i colonial mansion among tlio pal isades. Dr. Lampkln l.i summonc il by Hen dricks, who has been shot. Diillct Is re moved and ditectivc wariud not to leave his room. Hendricks calls for a crimatory employe, who confirms the suj position that ashes loiinil were those of human body. .Miss Huntington receives letter from Gle low in his own bandw.itlng, postmarked at Charleston, S3. C, telling of bis crime and tllght. Noted gz-aphologlst examines handwriting of this letter and savs It is genuine. During u call on Sergt. Denham detective of police department, Hendricks comes Into possession of cuff with words written in blood over Glelow's name to effect that he was Innocent, starving nnd conllned. Going to Glelow's studio, Hen ri identities cuff as bis master.'s. Henri tells of strange Influence Liantlnnl had over Glelow, Hendiicks comes to conclu sion LnntlnnI was the muiderer, and through hypnotism made Glelow confess both In person to Henri and by letters lo others. CHAI'TKIl XIV. At half after seven o'clock that even ing1 Dr. Lampkin was waiting for Hen dricks at the hitter's cilice. Piompt'y at the time set by the detective he hur ried into the room out of breath. At a lance it was plain to Lumpkin that l.e had met with no success. "It's uo good," said Hendricks, film ing1. "1 can't get the slightest hint n to his whereabouts. They say he lias left the city, and there it ends." "What are you going1 to do next?" questioned Lampkin. "This ease is fret ting tin life out of ine. 1 never felt j much concern over anything in my life." Hendricks' brows ran together and, without making a reply, he went into the adjoining room and Lampkin heard him ring the telephone. There was u pause; then he heard the oiee of the detective calmly asking for the con nection. Thou tensely: "Is that Miss Huntington '."' Pause of a moment. Then Hendricks' voice: "Hut. you ought not to sit up there like that. I want to say that Dr. Lump kin and 1 are going out into the coun try, and that you need not expect to hear from me again to-night." Another pause, then the voice of the detective broke the silence: "Yes, really, I can tell you nothing to-night. 1 am sorry to say that so far 1 have been unsuccessful, but while there is life, jou know, there is hope." Then there was silence for a moment nnd Hendricks rang olV. When -he en tered the room he was white if the face, nnd'liis fat handsr-tlie hands wltich hnd Oghtcucd nbout the throats and wrist if a hundred criminals were, trem- w By W HARBEII W . .3 "OIil 1111111,"' he tnid, "1 Linn' her full to the floor just now. I heard her mint J faercam and run to her." Hendricks sat down nnd leaned on his desk. There was something in his eyes tint Lamp kin hnd never seen in the eyes of any htimtut being. "Doctor," Hendricks added, "if 1 do run across that dirty scamp, I I am afraid I never can wait for Justice to take Its course. I am satisfied that he Is not only Glelow's abductor, but that he is the man who has tried twice to do me tip in such a cowardly fashion." Then Hendricks shook himseH, as If ashamed of his outburst, and leaned back in the light of the green-shaded lamp. ' "I heard you telephone .Miss Hunt ington that you and 1 were going out into the country," said Lampkin. "Was that only a pretext 7" "No, I am going out to have a talk with Kola, and as yon said you'd like to sec his big rambling den, I want to take you along for company." "Nothing could please me more." "I have ordered a carriage to meet us at the One Hundiod nnd Twenty-fifth street elevated station. Come on, I'm ready." As the carriage, after having passed through a rather dense wood lor about half n mile, drew up at. the old brick mansion with its three nnd a half stories and massive fluted columns reaching from the ground to the rather Hut roof, Lampkin remarked: "Rather an isolated place. No bad place for the gang of robbers of which you spoke." "It just, suits Kola, as I said once be fore," answered Hendricks. "Py the time his hoodwinked customers get here they arc prepared for anything im aginative." Tolling -the drive to wait for them at the door they alighted. There was but one light in sight and that was a dis mal red one which could be seen through the old-far hioned side lights of the big door on the stone veranda. There was no bell on the door, but sim ply a quaint old knocker. "I wish," observed Hendricks. "that it were day instead of night. You can form no idea of the picturesque rugged ues.s of the scenery. You sec we came by the old road through the woods, bill just, behind the house there is n new drive. At this point it has been cut J through solid stone, and there is a oh IT. within 100 foot of us, over a hundred feet in height. In blasting Hi" stone away, it was thought that the old man sion became unsafe, especially as it is believed that there arc caverns under the hill." Hendricks mounted the stops and used the knocker vigoiously. The clatter had scarcely died out when the tones of a bell r.r, soft and mellow as cathedral chimes in the distance came from the house. "Kola knows my rap nnd the bell is a signal to his attendant to admit mo," said Jlond ricks. "If I make no mistake 3 on are going to be repaid for your ride out. here. In p?ychic torn-foolery and mysticism you -ire a schoolboy com pared to Kola. He imbibed it at the dusky breast of s-. eastern mother, line" his ory life is steeped in it." The door was opened by an Indian in the costume of his country. Ho placed his finger on his lip to indicate thai, they wore to remain silent, and then gave a salaam that brought his turban almost into contact with the lloor. "I want to see your master," whis pered Hendricks, handing him liiscard. Again the man bowed silently, closed the great door, and loft them in the spacious hall. With many and profuse draperies, Kola had hung the walls and ceiling so that Hie effect was distinctly oriental. The ornaments, scrolls, paint ings and statues were all eastern, but what struck Lumpkin most forcibly, perhaps because It was so ill suited to its environment, was a dragon of carved walnut, which stood at the foot of the wide curving stairway. "That belong.- to the house," ex plained Hendricks in a whisper. "It is a genuine curiosity. The carving !, ex cellent. One would thuikitof Japanese origin, but if you will notice, itisof the same material as the balustrade, and that must have been made in this coun try." Just then the attendant glided from between two heavy silken curtains, and with another salaam, invited them to pass before him. Doing so, they found themselves in Kola's big reception-room. Here their vision was given a rare treat. The lessee of the old ruin had removed the two floors above the one on which they stood, giving a becoming altitude to the walls, which were gracefully draped with long (lowing hangings of different blending cloths. The ceiling was disguised by a filmy mass of white material, as gauzy a. cobwebs, behind which shone rod and yellow lights, like .signal fires in a mist. Lampkin almost uttered an exclama tion of dejight, but the impressive manner-of the attendant and Hendricks' unwonted silence cheeked the impulse. The servant gave them seats with their backs to the door through which they had entered, and then he stood still in the center of the room, his head bowed, hia turban'held 'n fiont of him. After a moment the mellow-toned bell, which they had heard before, nnd which was suspended somewhere among the lights overhead, struck three I times slowly. Then a white light blazed un and Kola was seen in a hitherto dark .ikuvo. He wore Ills graj gown nnd i .sc-fl'ting cowl, and was scon to ho pacing back and forth. Without seem ing conscious of their presence so near him, he picked up an unllglited electric bulb and turned the button. Then holding the light in his right hand, he approached a black tripod over which lay a red cloth. He lifted the cloth, and a big polished crystal sphere was ox posed to view. It was nbout ton inches In diameter and as clear as a diamond. Reflecting the dull, sensuous lights over head, and the bright rays of the electric bulb, it was certainly a marvelous sight. Still Koln seemed unconscious of their proximity. From the walls near hiili the smoke of incense began to rise, a rosy" light pervaded the room, and soft, seductive music was hoard somewhere above. Kola held the electric bulb over the crystal and began to gii7c into its depths, uttering in sing-song tones words of a strange tongue. Lampkin heard the detective take a deep, impatient breath, and then his voice jarred harshly through the room. "Oh, 1 say, Kola!" he remonstrated. "I en me out here the other day and had to sit and watch you go through this sort of thing till 1 was obliged to Ioae. l-'or the sake of" Kola turned furiously, his features working wildly. Holding up his hand, ho said: "You must be patient, Mr. Hendricks. You are as ignorant as an infant of the importance of what 1 am doing. You laugh at what you don't umlcrutnml, but you don't know all that there is to be known. Jlight this minute I inn rending for you, and seeing what your untutored eyes will never see. I know you w ere coming. 1 saw it here," touch ing the crystal. "1 know what you don't know about the case you are working on. If your eye were only trained you could see it now in the crys tal." "Pardon me," said Hendricks, "that is what I come to nee you about. I am about to the end of my resources, and something must be dune." "Wait!" Kola turned to the crystal. The music changed to a weird air Ilk'. a Chinese funeral chant. After a pause of several minutes he looked up. "The other night I was reading the crystal. 1 saw a big hotel. A man was i . i "utt'f J& " VJ (V KOLA TURNED FURIOUSLY murdered; his body was shipped of' somewhere in a trunk; its ashes wore re turned by express, nnd placed in an urn together with a severed hand. The jo nng man, who had murdered his rival, went to his rooms his studio; there he remained a week and then he lied south? yes, it was south. I went into a trance and my astral bodj1 mj1 spirit followed him. I saw him aboard a ship, hound for Liverpool. 1 was near hint on dock one dark night, and saw him hurl himself into the water. He is dead." "Hot! Hubbish!" exclaimed Hen dricks. "You hau been reading the newspapers, Kola." The face of the Indian darkened; it was terrible to behold. Turning olTthe electric light, and coloring up the crys tal as if to protect it from the profane gaze of an unbeliever, he strode from the alcove and stood before Ilondriek"-. When next he spoke his voice was liuskj", tremulous, almost threatening. "You doubt it?" lie said, his accent for the first time showing a slight for eign touch. "I do, inj' boy, most thorough.j1, and I really did think jou would have more respect for uw than to make such ab surd statements to my face." Kola twist i his long hands together in the folds of his gown "As to the irjstal," he began, "it i- of Inestimable alue. It was cut from the most perfectly translucent rock crystal on eaiih, and it took a man'. lifetiine to po isli it. T inherited it. It is reverenced bj the ancient Society of llosicrutiuns and the Society of the H luniinati. You, whose mind is schooled to know onlj the signification of fallen straws and o.iips of material events, can know nothing of what is revealed to a life-long student of the occult." "I was art ridiculing the powers of your glass globe," said Hendricks, blendinga sneer and a smile; "but when you said you uad gone out of your bodj and roamed all round oer sea and land, well, you Know that is a little to. much." Kola's face darkened again. 1'or a moment he bent oer the back of one of the cai ved chair.. "Hendricks," he began with tight Up-.. "You are a sensible man In mo: things L4sfS L 14 and 1 want ji ur gnrd opinion. Now, I am' willing fi.r you to put me to nny sort of test you or Dr. Lampkin maj suggest to proe the titith of my claims." "Oh, I haven't time just now for that sort of thing," niiMvered Hendricks. "L came out here to have a talk with you about " "I know that vcv well," broke in the adept, "but It does not suit me to dis cuss anything v!ih you till you ac knowledge that I can do everything 1 claim. After you are eoniinecd, and you will be, mj dear sir, then you will value the information I gave you just now, and it may moan much to you. It will not take five minutes for the tost 1 propose." "Well, what is it?" asked Hendricks, who had noted Dr. Lumpkin's look of Intense interest in Kola's remarks. "It is this," said Kola, impressively. "I will give jou the opportunity to name any article at uity distance from us that jou wish. Then I will recline on that. couch Uioro, iind after lv min utes has passed, 1 will allow Dr. Lump kin to examine my body to see if It is not absolutely t the very lowest pos sible stage of itallty. As a signal, to show when the spirit has loft my body, I will cause the bell morhoad to strike once. Then, within five minutes from that time, I will bring to you hero what cer article jou have decided on." "You can do that?" exclaimed Lump kin, impiilsielj "Try me," answered the Indian. "Think of anything, Mr. Hendricks in j import.ant paper in jour olllee or book or article in your house." Kola was bunding towards Hendricks and gazing fixedly iuto his eyes. Lamp kin, who was a member of thu Psyehical IJosoareh sne'ety of London, was taken almost out of himself by the Indian's earnest uos3 and his novel proposition. Hendricks laughed. "llring me my Pubic." he said lightly. "It is a beautiful book bound In gold and pearls, which was presented to me by a good old bishop for whom 1 once did a favor." "The Idea of your having a Hible," jested Kola, his eyes falling to the lloor. "Now, quick! think of something any thing in yourotiieeor Or. Lumpkin's." Hendricks glanced at the doctor with a smite which seemed to say: "I have him there; watch me make hjin squirm out ,f hia own proposition." "The Uible or nothing," ho said to Kola. "(Jot into your trance and bring mo my JJible from home. I want to road a chapter on mj1 way back. You can't mistake it. I.t is bound in I'ussian leather and has old and pearl trim mings." For a moment Kola stood as if un decided; thou he went to the lounge and threw himself on it. "You will hae to toll mo whore it is." he said. "I confess that I know little more when out of mj bodj1 about inn1 terial things than I do now. People, like that fleeing artist, sometimes draw me to them mngi,etienllj but auj1 in animate thing is dilTorent. Where Is the book?" Hendricks laughed. "It is on the center table in the li brary, directly under the chandelier; jou can't miss it." "Thanks," said the Indian. "Now, Dr. Lampkin, when jou hear the bell strike, make an examination of my body. Then when the bell strikes. fio minutes later, sit quiet and and Mr. Hendricks shall have his proof." "If you do what you propose," said Hendricks, s.tiil tauntiiiglj1, "you will make a convert of me, but mind, Kola, I don't want any explanations about un favorable conditions preventing'1 the performance, or anything of that kind. It won't go down." Kola made no nnswer. The music overhead had ceased. The clouds of in cense had risen and hovered about the red and yellow lights above. The In dian's breast heaved, as he took a deep breath, and then he In.v still. (Jradually he gievv paler and paler, fill he looked like a corpse. His features and limbs were rigid. Hendricks up to this mo ment had been smiling at the. 'ibsurdity of Kola's proposal, hut the earnestness depicted on Dr. Lampkin's face finally influenced him, and lie grew strangely quiet. In about five minutes the bell over head struck. There was a fragmentary wave of soft music, and It died away i" the distance. Ito in: CO.N'TIKUIWJ.J .Su;i!,v mill Detiiaiiil. Publisher (lood-moriiing. 'Mrs. Do Writer! (Had to sec you looking so well. Your husband Is busy Us usual, 1 presume .' Author's wife Ye, he is writing an al her work; but I don't know the title. He snjs it is a collection of hints to help fools endure eieli other. Publisher Ah! When it is done 1 should much like the privilege of ex amining it. There 1$ a great demand jiiit now for society books. . Y. Weekly. On (be tleaoli. Female Voice from the Watc -Oh, just look, girls! 1 can float alone .lack Haidup (to himself) Ltif'ky girl! I can't even negotiate a touch. Town Topics. Mm Million' of 'I'll on;; lit. "Look out. Maude. He is said to be a mind reader." "Oh! 1 shall be very careful to think only in French." Detroit Journal. MANILA SCHOOLS. Tim Acting 1'ronldent of llin l'liltlppln CoiiiiuImiIoii Wrltu Conciirnliig tlin Hjotrin of IMiit'iitlon In tlm City. Washington, Aug. 150. Tlio state de partment lias made public a letter from iMr. Charles Dcnby, acting president of thu Philippine commission. It is dated Manila, .luly 1, and says: We have tlio honor to Inclose tho copy of n rtictilur Issued by the provost mnrxluil gonornl tuovldlnK for thnnpunlnit of tha public schools In tills nlty. It will bo seen Unit tho teaching of tho Kiiitllsh lnngunKO Is compulsory Un Icr tho .Spanish government n small fco wnn charged for tuition, but now It Is to be entirely free. Tho question of vvliothcr books shall bo furnished fico of cost Is being consilium! by tho military authorities. It it prolmblo Unit p-ircnta who arc able to pay for books wilt bo charged therefor Hxlcmlcd observations required to do so, but tlio lHior will not bo charged therefor. ltcgulnr attuuihinvu nt some school of till children between thu ages of 0 am! Ili yenrs In compulsory and tho police of each dlntrlct uro required to enforce uttcmliinco nnd report de linquents. It is provided that one lnur'-s In struction per iluv shall bo duvolod to tho Knit llsli ItuiKUiiKO Tlicso holidays are recognized: January 1, circumcision: .lanuary 0, Unco hints' day; February 2, purlllcutloui Washing ton's birthday; Thursday am! Friday In holy week; Am-enslon day on Mnv It; Assumption day, August IIS; Labor ilny, September I, All Saints, November 1; TliunloiKlvluvr days St. Andrew's day, LnpurtMim, Conception ami Christmas day, There aro 10 seool district, In cluding a noiuial school. Tho recognition by thu American nuthorlttci of thu Spanish lollulnus feast days Is hullcatlvo of thu tolerance which Is belli); displayed to wards tho natives of tlio Philippines. It Is tho desire of the nlmlulstrntlou that there should hu as little violence done to thu customs of Urn Filipinos as Is consistent with tlio Amurlcnti constitution, and thu recognition of their re ligious festivals as holidays Is Indicative Unit tho president's commission Is proceeding In this spirit. Such liberality cannot fall to win tho friendship of that part of tlio tmtlvo popu lation and It Is by far thu larger p.irt-vvhich has not been actively enlisted In thu rebellion. UNLUCKY ARGONAUTS. Tlio Striitlii'oiui Ui'nciii'h .'IU Kiirvlvor of tlio IMiiiiiiitiiii Itoulo I'ltliililo Condition of tlm .Mini. Wrangle. Alaska, via Seattle, Wash., Aug. HO. Tito Stickcen river steamer Strathcona arrived hcru with !1'J sur vivors of the Kdmoittou route. Many wcro suffering from scurvy and frocti limbs, several wens on crutches and alL were broken down physical ly and llniinoiullj'. Most of them were with out money and, in accordance with in structions reccntlj received from Washington, thos'o In need will bo cared for and transported to Seattle nt once. The steamer Strathcona will make another trip to Olonora shortly to bring down the lit) or more strag glers that aro being brought in by tho Hudson Hay coinpanj'. Most of thosu left on thu trail arc sick or vvouiidod and aro being brought in on stretchers with medical attendance. TruopH hull for .Manila. Seattle, Wash., Aug. 'J(l. Scvjm hun dred and fifteen troopers nnd tfi olHcera of thu Third cavalrj, under tho com mand of Maj. Henry Wessyls, ' .Ir., sailed for Manila yesterday afternoon, on the transport St. Paul. They will reach Manila soon after October I, stopping en route at Dutch harbor, Alaska, Kobe and Nagasaki, Japan, where the men will disembark. Seventy men of the Third cavalrj are left hero under the command of Limits. John son and Chiltj'. They will follow in a few days with the remaining horses of the regiment on the transport Victoria. .11 ii J. WimxInoii Out or Oftlm. 121 Itcno, Ok-., Aug. lid. As a result of a long Continued fight A. fi. Wood sou, major of tlio Ninth cavalr.r (col ored) and acting Indian agent of tho Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians at Darlington, resigned Wudiiesduy. Maj. Woodson lias huld thu agency for noar lj' six j'ears, which have been one long campaign against sensations, scandals and charges, financial, moral, social and tyrannous, of all which the Indian department has long been weary, but tho war department could not uo moved. A XcKro Ilt'Klment IMny Ilu Koriiieil. Washington, Aug. li(J. It is not im probable that the president will call for one regiment of colored volunteers1 to bo selected from all sections of tlm Country. If such a decision is reached tho ollicers above the grade of second lieutenant will certainlj' be white. With oulj'onu regiment of colored men called for, a high standard could bo maintained and, uo doubt, an excellent regiment in every respect could be ob tained. To I'HlablUli .Mormon Colonli'H. In Moxlcu. Austin, Tex., Aug. Uli. Louis 17. Ma son, of .Salt Lake City, was hero on his waj' from Mexico, where he claims to have obtained a concession for the es tablishment of two largo .Mormon colo nics in the Naas river valley, stato of Durango. He expects to locate not less than 'JO, 000 Mormon colonists-' at the places selected. Thirty Un on Itri'nil nml Wiitiir. Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 'id. A novel, verdict was rendered heroin a negro va grancy case by u jury. It was proven that the negro Was a vagrant and thu jury assessed his punishment at impris onment for llOdayson bread and water. This drastic method will be pursued to clear Littlo Rock of negroes. A Way to Sol mi tlio Kuril I'-oblt)tii. Colunibia, t!a., 'Aug. '.!). In a speech, to a farmers' institute at Lancaster .Senator Tillman said lie had been re cently asked iu North Carolina what lie thought was the solution of tlio racy war problem and he hud .replied: "The i-hotguir." He had not changed his opinion. . ' m ti-Eiaica