.THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER
Or. XV. 8ANDKRS, FnblUher.
NEMAHA. NEBRASKA.
LOVE AND DEATH.
Two, from the Heights of Quiet,
Come, one day, to men;
Two, Love and Death, come hither,
Come once, and not again.
1 turned, looked every whither,
Nothing could I sec:
But as tho High God llveth,
One came from Him to me.
She camo with touch and odor
Of a summer breath:
Came as shall como tho other.
The second angel, Death.
Swiftly my soul unfolded,
Fiasiicd, and roached aw do:
It drank tho pouring glory
or Jleaven's summertldo.
I reckon not the seasons.
Tho years that fall and flow:
-Ifo filled her cup and spilled It,
xiiat nour long, long ago.
sSInce, none has met mo seeking
up and down tho ways:
..ove comes no more forever
In all tho coming days;
And, surely, ho shall find mo,
Whether I rest or roam,
'The other kindly angel 1
Come to tako me homo.
-Harper's Magazine.
ICopyrlcht, 1S98, by S. S. McCljire.)
CHAPTER XVH.
CONCLUSION.
Finding it. impossible to keep awake
"in this position, lie arose and paced
slowly up and down in front of the hut,
as lici had been accustomed to do on
shipboard.
lie did not see a dark form which
drew nearer each time his back was
"turned.
Closer and closer it crept until it
reached a tree at 1he end of his route.
'The next, time he turned his back to it
ho was seized by the throat from be-
liind with a grip which completely shut
oil his breath while a stern: whisper
sounded in his ear: '
"Make a sound and I'll kill you like a
dog!"
Obed ltider made no attempt tostrug
glei after the first involuntary start of
surprise. The cold rim of steel pressed
against his ear was too strong nn argu
ment in addition, to the viselike grip on
hij windpipe.
The latter was loosened when, he
ceased struggling' and the voice whis
pered: "Come with me quietly, or it'll be the
worse for you!"
The speaker pushed him along o few
yards uwtil he reached a spot wher b"
could readily distinguish the outlines
of several men under a tree. As they
;approached the group, hiscaptor said:
"Here he is. Now, what shall we do
with him?"
It was Tarbox who stood behind the
I .prisoner, and he added:
r "One of you take away hiswenpons."
1 win kjtuu ajM.iny iv uiu iiiuu ui ilia
old enemy, and to his delight found
two loaded revolvers in his belt, which
he secured, giving one. to Taylor.
Avery had Inkeni the one from his
daughter, nnd Tom found that the car
tridges in the weapon just secured lif
ted the empty revolver he had found in
the hut.
To slip three' of thorn into it was the
vork of a moment. Then our friends
ound they had four weapons ready for
iise, and determined to lose no time in
recovering their golden treasure.
Let's surround the hut," said Tom,
7cageriy, "and call them out. They'll
surrender when they lind they have no
Wiow with us."
But Avery advised caution. "They're
desperate men," he said, "and they will
light when, cornered. We don t want
tiny bloodshed over this affair if we can
help it. When daylight comes they
may be glad to give us the gold to save
,their .skins, but if we surprise them in
rthe dark somebody is likely to tret
killed."
"See here," said Tarbox, suddenly,
till gripping Rider's collar with his
sinewy hand, "why can't this rascal
help us? Send him back, nnd let. him
et. hold of the guns in the hut and
bring them out. If he tries any croolc-
d business I'll put a bullet through him
amyself at the first sign."
1 "You hear?" said Taylor. "Now be
5ff, and remember we are six to your
three. We already have the horses
Mtafe, and if you serve us well you shall
7450 free, although you ought to be. hung
Ifpr what you have done." Go back and
fjjet all the weapons you can out of tho
h'ut. Hurry up!"
"But Dowers will snoot me in a min-
ptc if he wakes," whispered lllder, fenr-
Ifully.
Plf'Shoot him first, then," was the
prompt response. "I'll shoot you if you
:act the least bit suspicious. z,o more
know. Start!"
i.'he muzzle of a revolver poked
urtly into the small of his back left
the wretched man no alternative and
he stole away toward the hut, wherehls
two confederates -were sleeping, his
heart beating so loudly that it seemed
to him it must arouse them the instant
he reached the threshold. He dared not
pause, however, and as he picked his
way along through the trees lie began
to realize that the way of the trans
gressor is. sometimes not so rosy as it
is painted.
When he reached the door he could
plainly hear the deep snoring of both
men, and, mustering nil his courage, he
stepped lightly inside.
In order to reach the rifles in the cor
ner he was forced to step over the body
of Turner, and it seemed to the mate
that he lived an hour in the few sec
onds, so employed.
His hand trembled so that it was. with
the utmost difficulty he managed to se
cure the three weapons noiselessly, but
fortune favored him. With bated
brcn th he stole out of the hut with them
in his arms, and when he reached the
edge of the clearing he was met by
Tarbox, who said, grimly:
"Good! You make a capital bur
glar! Now, how many revolvers have
they got in there?"
"They've got two nplece," replied Ri
der, "but you might ns well shoot me
as to n sic me to try to get them oil the
men. Bowers Bleeps with one eye open
and he "
The rest of the sentence was lost by
a startling interruption.
While he was speaking he had unwit
tingly raised his voice above a whisper
and nroused the very man of whom he
was speaking, nnd who now stood in the
doorway saying:
"What, the , Uldcr! Who's that
you're talking to?"
Even as he spoke the moon's edge ap
peared over the tops of the. trees be
hind the hut and n bright shaft of light
illuminated the spot with startling
distinctness.
At the sound of his voice the entire
party sprang from the dark t-hadows,
and Tarbox shouted, as he leveled his
revolver:
"Surrender peaceably and: we will
only take our own! If you show fight
we'll shoot. We are two to your one!"
"Treachery!" snarled Bowers, as he
jerked his revolver from his belt with
lightning speed and. fired pointblank at
Bidcr.
The bullet sped true to the mark and
with a groan the unfortunate man sank
to the ground, grasping his side con
vulsively. Tarbox fired almost at the same in
stant, his bullet striking Bowers' hand
andsending the weapon spinning to the
ground.
Although the wound must havecaused
him exquisite pain, the desperado drew
his remaining weapon instantly with
his left hand and at the moment Tur
ner appeared and coolly took his place
at his side.
"There's too many of 'em," he said,
after a comprehensive glance about
him. "We'd better light out!"
Bowers' reply was to scndi a bullet
within half an inch of Tom's head, but
it was his last shot, for the second
mate, who had stolen behind the hut,
suddenly .sprang at him with a heavy
club and stretched him senseless on
the ground.
When Turner, found himself alone
and looking into the muzzles of so
many weapons, he dropped his own,
held his hands up above his head and
said quietly:
"Don't shoot, pards! I gives in!"
"Tie him up!" ordered Tarbox.
It was soon done, nnd while Tom way
assuring his sweetheart that he had
not been injured one of the other men
started a fire. Obed ltider was evidently
mortally wounded, and all that could
be done was to make him as comfort
able as possible, lie was gently lifted
and carried inside the hut, while Bow
ers was secured as soon as he recov
ered consciousness.
The mate had been shot through the
lungs, and after examining his wound
Taylor shook his head and said bluntly:
"1 might as well tell you the truth.
You are a dying man."
ltider did not dispute him. Perhaps
wirti the approach of death sonic warn
ing came to him, for he said in feeble
tones:
"Die! Yes, T feel that I've made my
last voyage. Call Scott here."
Tom came at once, and as he knelt by
the dying man and gazed into his. pale
face, upon which the shadow of death
was already beginning to settle, he for
got his long cherished vengeance and
said softly:
"I'm here, Rider. T can guess what
you want to say. It's all right now.
Don't fret over what you've done to
me. It doesn't matter. Can I do any
thing to make you any easier? Have
you any message to sendtoyourfolks?"
"Tell 'em anything but the truth,"
said the dying man. "They mustn't
know what a bad end I came to. I must
tell you something while I can. it's
about your father."
".My father!"
Tom drew closer to Rider nnd ex
claimed: "Quick! What do you mean?"
"Get me some brandy," whispered
the other. "I'm getting faint."
Tom darted oil", nnd soon returned
with the stimulant which they had pro
vided in ense of sickness. He adminis
tered a small portion to the mate, who
revived at once and said:
"Don't interrupt me. I must be
quick. This wound is burning 111c up.
Your father got the Alaska fever and
left his ship at 'Frisco. He gave me
all the money that belonged to the
owners to tako to them. I gambled it
away. To hide my crime 1 said he
ran away with it. I saw htm in
Dyea "
"What!"
Tom stnrcdi at him as If Inclined to
think his mind was wandering but the
mate went on:
"He's rich. He's struck gold some
where, and was going home to find you.
He was wild when 1 told him you was
dead and started off for 'Frisco to sec
you was buried In good shape. That's
all, and it's enough, too."
As he uttered the last words he fell
back exhausted. Tom tried to give him
more of the fiery liquor, but lie could
not swallow It. His lips moved feebly
and his eyes were turned on Tom in
mute appeal.
"I forgive you! God knows I do!"
whispered the young man huskily, nnd
a Hash of joy on the dying man's face
told him that he was heard and under
stood. Then a single long-drawn breath
followed, and with it Obed Hider's
earthly career ended.
There was no desire for sleep In the
little party that night. By the light
of the camp fire a grave was dug and
the body of the unfortunate sailor
plnccd beyond tho reach of any wild
animals, and by tho time this was done
the dawn was near.
Avery dressed Bowers' fingers to the
best of his ability, the latter grinding
his teeth with pain and, rage as he
realized how he had been outwitted the
second time.
Ills partner, however, took the whole
matter as coolly as if he had not been
caught in any act that might costhlni
his life. He spoke but once, und that
was to ask one of his captors to ac
commodate him with a chew of to
bacco. "Wouldn't trouble yer, only ycr've
tied my hands," he explained.
When it wns fairly light a council
was held to determine what disposition
should be made of the prisoners. This
proved u somewhat difficult mutter. To
take them to Dyea involved, a vexatious
delay, for there were no horses forthem
to ride, and to turn two such desperate
men loose seemed a dangerous thing
to do. Moreover, they would starve
without provisions.
After talking the matter over some
time without arriving at any conclu
sion. Taylor exclaimed, impatiently:
"They ought to be hung, but I don't
want the job! We'd better give them
grub enough for a week or two and
turn them loose. We can't be bothered
with them!"
His advice was agreed to by the rest
and the little outfit wns at once pre
pared. When they were ready to start
he walked up to the two desperadoes
and said:
"There's your grub. Take it and. light
out. 1 shall give a full description of
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no couM plainly bear tho deep onorlnc of both.
you to the authorities at Dyea and sec
that it is sent to Dawson. Somebody is
tiiirc to hang joa both before long."
As he spoke he cut their bonds and
then mounted his horse.
Half, an hour later our friends were
well on their way, while the unfiled rob
bers were trudging tediously along to
ward Fort Selkirk in moody silence.
Their plots had failed, and here wc
must leave them to their fate.
It was a happy party that rode into
Dyea five days later. The capitalist was
eager to clohe his advantageous bar
gain, and the business was soon trans
acted. Taylor received a draft for $100,
000 on responsible San Francisco par
tics, and when the bags of gold dust had
been safely deposited on board the
steamer all care was at an end.
It was the first night out from Dyea
that Tom Scott found Avery alone on
the deck, and in a few manly words de
clared his love for Clara, asking her
father's permission to marry her.
"What does she say?" asked the old
miner, soberly.
Tom blushed like a schoolgirl and re
plied: "I haven't asked her yet."
"Then do it, my lad. She's been the
boss this long time. Strikes me you're
pretty sure wlint she'll say to ask me
first, you rascal."
But Tom was already gone, and wc
cannot follow him. Sulllcc it to sny
that the other men saw but little of
him for the rest of the voyage.
At Seattle the party decided to re
main a day in order to procure more
suitable clothing. They went ntonce
to a hotel and registered, antl half an.
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a stranger accosted Tom,
"Mr. Thomas Scott, I believe?"
Tom admitted his Identity, and
the
man continued:
"I have been hired by Cnpt. Scott,
your father, to find you. lie is at the
l'alacc hotel In San Francisco, wnltlng
for news of you. Will you wire to him,
or shall I do it?"
For a moment Tom was- too aston
ished to speak; then he bolted for the
telegraph office.
Three days later there was a joyful
reunion of father and son, and all mis
understandings were explained. The
gold was found to lie worth nenrly
$140,000, nnd nfter a division had been
made tho friends separated. Within n
week Clara Avery became Mrs. Thomas
Scott, the two parents being present at
the ceremony.
The wedding trip was to New Eng
land, which Tom declared should be his
home for the rest of his days-, although
he had found riches elsewhere.
"And what else did you find?" pouts
his bride.
Header, how would you have
swered her?
THK END.
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LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.
lloniantto llc-trotlinlft of Onrnbaldl
niul lIlNitinrck to Their I.lfo
Pitrtnt'rM.
One Is alwitys afrnid that when n
man falls suddenly love he may fall
out of It equally quick, but among cele
brated men of the century who have
fallen in love at first sight and married
happily are Garibaldi und Bismarck.
In Garibaldi's autobiography tho
story of his love Is told. He relates
how, feeling the need of some one who
would love him, and believing women
to be "the. most perfect beings," ho
determined to seek a wife for himself.
He wns then nacinir the deck of the
Itannricn, and he chanced to look upon
the houses of the Barm, a little hill
at the entrance of the Laguna of St.
Catherine, in Brazil. With tho aid or
n glass which he carried he saw u
young girl, and he ordered the men to
put him ashore. On landing he tried
to find the house which he had seen
from the ship, but failed, and, meeting
an acquaintance, he accepted an invita
tion to take colTee at his house.
"On entering the house," says Gari
baldi, "the first person on whom my
gaze fell was the one who had caused
my coming ashore, it wns Anita, tho
mother of my children. Wo both re
mained in an ecstatic silence, gazing at
each other like two persons who do
not. meet for the first time nnd who
seek in each other's lineaments sonic
thing which shall revive remembrance.
At last 1 saluted her and 1 said: 'You
must, be mine.' 1 spoke but little Por
tuguese, and E said theso audacious
words in Italian. However, I seemed
to haw some magnetic power In my in
solence. I had tied 11 knot which death
only could break."
IJismarek's courtship was equally
brief. Bismarck met and lost his heart
to Fraulein von Puttkainmer at a wed
ding, and thereupon wrote to her par
ents and boldly demanded her. As at
this time he wus a wild youth, whose
pranks were the talk of the country,
it is not surprising that the young
lady's father should say: "It was as
if some one had struck me on the head
with a heavy ax." However, Bis
marck's love being evidently returned,
the lady's parents invited liini to visit
them that they might know something
more about him than report told them.
At the time of his arrival the parents
were ready to greet their guest with
proper solemnity, and their daughter
stood by with downcait eyes. Bis
marck rode up and, hastily alighting,
threw his arms around his sweetheart's
neck and kissed her before anyone had
time to protest. The result was a for
mal betrothal. The "iron chancellor"
was fond of telling Uiin tale, and he
generally added to it the remark: "It
is she who made me what T am." Chi-cago-Tinics-llerald.
Km 111 the Ci'iiuHili'.
We often give another strength
leaning upon him.
by
Confidence is born of ignorance, but
it becomes the father of knowledge.
To be learned is to have a full reser
voir; to be wise is to have an unfailing
spring.
Friendship is too often only an ele
vation where men stand to see better, In
order to be able to hurt you more.
Be a disappointment in love ever so
great the fact remains that there are
other things to think about somel lines.
Some men see all things as individ
uals, others see tilings only in groups,
while he with the really great mind separates-
such an individual as he wishes
to study and makes all else background.
The power to do this Is genius. Penny
Magazine.
A IMciiMiiiit Tli I UK-.
"Wall, yes," replied a prominent citi
zen of Arkansaw to the query of a pros
pective land purchaser, "we have con
siderable ague ycre. It hain't tho
plcasantest thing jn the world, mebbe,
but It has its advantages. When yo'
have a chill yore shakin' amuses the
baby, an' it saves a right smart sum, in
the cou'so of a year, in the cost of rattle
boxes." Harper's Bazar.
Nine tailor may succeed in making
a mun a pauper. Chicago Daily New.
hour later
saying:
THE ARMY CANTEEN.
Ailjt. Clen. Corliln Imiia atntitmnnt nit
the Vexnd Question, Vnclnrlttjt It 1'ro-
mottt Holirlnty Among Troopi,
Washington, Sept, 1. Adjt. Gen.
Corbln hn.i written a letter to Sena
tor Sewell, of New Jersey, a member
of tho senate military committee, on
tho post exchange or army canteen.
He silys that the sale of spiritous
liquors by the canteen is absolutely
prohibited; that only beer and light
wines are sold; that tho canteen wai
established and is maintained In the
Interests of temperance and the bet
terment of discipline with most sat
isfactory results; thnt the exchange
is a co-operative store and supplies nr
sold ut cost, for tho benefit of officer
und men, and that tho canteen Ih n
department of tho exchange consti
tuting an enlisted men's club nnd
rooms are furnished with reading
matter and games, but no gambling;
Is allowed; and that the percentage)
of desertions has been reduced slnco
tho Introduction of the canteen. Ho
also ways that tho anxiety of temper
ance people outside the service about
the canteen is unwarranted.
GEN. OLIVIER'S CAPTURE.
Bight UunnimtotTn Voluntatis Takii tha
lloor Mrnnrut, Ills Tlirnn Mnna nnd
a Otlinrx rrUoiuim,
London, Sept. 1. A Queenstown dis
patch dated yesterday describes the
dramatic capture of Gen. Olivier dur
ing the Boer attack on Wlnburg.
Klght Queenstown volunteers sorticd
from tho town and took up a position
in a donga through which the road
passed and behind the Boer position.
As tho Boers retired through tho
donga In single file they were stuck
up one by one nnd put under ehurgo
of a couple of men, out of sight, until
the colonials had captured 28, includ
ing Gen. Olivier and his three sons.
As Si00 Doers were following behind
in fairly close order the colonials then
began hard volley firing, with the re
sult that they killed six Hoers and
frightened off the others, who had no
idea of the actual number in the
donga.
WILL STUMP FOR BRYAN.
ItUhop Turner, (Iriuit mill Durrlnk, of tha
Africiin iMotlioiltnt (Miimili, Iluvit llulted
Mr. AIcKlnltiy Outrlclit.
Chicago, Sept. 1. Bishop Henry W.
Turner, of the African M. E. church,
with the possible exception of Booker
T. Washington, the most enfiiieiitinl
negro in the United States, litis bolted
McKinley outright and will take tho
stump for Mr. Bryan. With Bishop
Turner go Bishop Grant and Bishop
Derrick. They will take a tent with
them anil stump the states of Kansas,
Minnesota, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio,
West Virginia and Illinois.
Clrmilnr to I'rHHlivlnrlniM 1111 Orni-d.
Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 1. The com
mittee 011 creed revision appointed 'it
the last, meeting of the Presbyterian
general assembly has Issued a circu
lar to the presbyteries of the church
to ascertain the general feeling la
regard to the proposed revision of
the creed and requesting the presby
teries to consider und answer certain
questions propounded.
I'HtrlntlNMi to l!n Tiiticlit.
Chicago, Sept. 1. With assets nnd
pledges amounting to upward of .$500,
000, the Sons of Veterans are making
active preparations to begin work
on a national college, which Is to bo
dedicated to the G. A. It. and in com
memoration of the men and women
of civil war times. The location haH
not been decided upon.
1'ournd llin llii,r Into I Im (liittnr.
Cincinnati, Sept. 1. Mrs. John
Stanton, of Home City, president of
the W. C. T. IT. of that village, was
arrested for interfering with the liq
uor traffic. She is alleged to have
intercepted a small boy returning
from a saloon with beer for his em
ployer, Harry Gradel, a druggist. The
beer was poured into the gutter.
TnivHrd S.OOII Mllr to Do It.
Itockford, 111., Sept. 1. Frank Ail
ing, a wealthy ranchman of Tacouut,
Wash., publicly horsewhipped his
brother-in-law, Philip Danky, of this
city, at the iSelson hotel. "I came
2,000 miles to do this very thing,"
said AllingH, as ho put on his coat,
"and I did it because ho slandered
my aged mother, who lives with him."
Truln Could Not Il Controlled.
Detroit, Midi., Sept. 1. Two Wa
bash locomotives and three freight
cars of a fast freight train plunged
through an open draw bridge into tho
Itougu river at Del Bay. The engine
crews had remarkably narrow escapes
and no one was injured. The heavy
train approached the bridge too rapid
ly to be controlled.
Ilrjriui to Hpenk to I)rummm.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 1. Mr. Bryan
announced yesterday afternoon that
lie would deliver a speech in opposition
Men's association at St. Louis on the
15th of September. He will prepare
the speech In advance and will make
a careful presentation of his opposi
tion to combinations In restraint of
trade.
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