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THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER
XV. XV. 8ANOKUS, l'abllilirr.
27BMAHA, NERRASKA.
MAN THAT MAKES US LAUGH.
Tho morbid man who veara n faco
Long as u mule's his beaatly brother
Who lets one cliHHug frown five plnco
Hut only to present another;
Who nlwaya la content to gropo
Along the path of care nml bother
And discontent, can never hopo
To win tho good will of tho Father.
Qod hns no use for solemn chafT,
Uut loves tho man that makes us laugh.
"The nunshlne of a merry smile,
The music born of rippling laughter,
Are sent by heaven to bcgullo
Tho tcdlou3 march to the hereafter,
Their rays will pierce the darkest clouds
And light them with n silver lining,
Dispel the gloom that oft enshrouds
Tho dreary lives of tho repining.
Fun's golden cup Is sweet to quaff
Cod loves the man that mnkes ua laugh.
AVe were not placed upon tho earth
To grovel In the dust of sorrow;
To-day should nlways ring with mirth
Without n thought of the to-morrow,
And heaven has sent us cheery men
To start and lead tho merry chorus,
To plorco with volco and pointed pen
Tho earthly clouds that gather o'er us;
To stab tho gloom with humor's gafT
Ood loves the man that makes us laugh.
We stronger grow upon our feet
When foes of clinging caro engago us
If In our dally walk wo meet
A man with amllo that Is contagious.
Ills face lights up the darkened soul
As sun rays pierce tho veil of sadness,
Adds sweetness to tho bitter bowl
And makes tho hcnrtstrlnga thrill with
gladneas;
Shows us tho grain hid In the chaff
Ood loves tho man that makes us laugh.
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CHAPTER 111. CoxTiNur.n.
He had put nil the things back into
the basket, when he noticed for tho
first time the awful white look on Ron
ald's face.
"Whv, what's the matter',?" he nslccd.
"Did it hurt you?"
Ronnld was slowly rubbing n bleed
ing bruise on the baek of his hand, but
he seemed not to be thinking of it.
"lie drove ngainst me on purpose," he
said, the words seeming to come from
far down in his throat "deliberately
"on -purpose, I toll you!"
"Do you reckon so, lion?"
"I know it!"
David gazed at him steadily for a
moment, then he remarked:
"To tell you the truth, Ron, T thought
so mysc'f. You see, 1 was behind; he
'kept the bosses .squar in the road till
he passed me, an' then 1 seed 'im pull
like all possessed on the left rein. Rut
"why don't you come on? You know it's
late an' the old man fusses when we are
late."
Still our hero Etood rubbing his hand
and staring in front of him. When he
finally spoke, his voice quivered and
sounded unnatural.
"I shall never rest till I have resent
ed it," he said, as if communing with
himself. "I could not live and take that
off any man alive."
"Oh, come oil'," said his companion,
"you don't really mean you will take
'im to taw about it."
"I certainly mean nothing else."
David laughed, "lle'n you is differ
ent in seeh things, I!on. Now ef a fe!
'ler o' my own sort gets on the baek
-o' my neck an' pulls hair to blow his
nose on, 1 politely invite Mm down to
sec which has the most grit, mo or
bim, an' ef a man who ain't my equal
a buck nigger for instance dares to
give mo any o' his lip, I jest knock "m
down an' wash my ban's, but law me!
I hain't no han' to pick dilllculties
with the big rich. I never knowed no
body to do it that didn't, come uut at
the little end o' the horn with their
clothes drug off. A feller like that
squint-eyed dude will jest set up in
court un' look tired when he swcirs
out a case agin you fur assault an'
battery, an' all the good lawyers in
town will huddle round him like u
passlc o' ants round a dead doodle
bug. The court will hnve obliged to
appoint -some new beginner to defend
you an' thar you are the laughin'
stock o' the whole layout. No, I'll
take n lot off' a one o' that sort 'fore
I'll git up a scrap with 'm."
They were moving on now, and Ron
ald made no comment on what his
brother was saying. The fire of his
angry heart still burned in his eyes and
his chin was quivering helplessly. Thnt
night he sat only for a moment nt the
supper table, and then, unnoticed by
the others, he went up to his little room
under the sloping roof and lighted his
lamp. Four or five new magazines lay
unopened on his table, but he did not
look nt them.
About ten o'clock, when the house
wa still, Dave crept up the rickety
fctnirs softly, so as not to disturb his
father, who was a light sleeper, and
was about to turn into his own room
when he bethought himself of Ronald,
whose floor was slightly ajar.
"Well, 1'il be dunged," he cried, look
ing into the lighted room, and finding
his brother up, "shorely, you hain't
still frcttln' over that business. 1
wouldn't let a little thing like that
bother me n minute."
"I was just going to bed," said Ron
ald, looking up. "I run going now.
Don't worry abottt me."
Dave laughed significantly, and
pointed to a revolver which, like a paper-weight,
rested on u pile of loose
papers.
"I'll bet that pup has got Its stom
neh ful for the first time senec you
bought it five yeer ago. Whew!" The
speaker whistled in low surprise ns he
noticed another revolver protruding
from a newspaper on the table. "Ain't
thnt my thirty-eight caliber?"
Ronald avoided his glance.
"I got it in your room just now."
Dave stood perfectly still for a mo
ment, n great look of wonder on his
face, and then he snt down on the side
of his brother's bed. lie had washed
his feet nt the tub in the yard and they
were wet, still only half cleaned and
red-looking.
"So you arc ronlly goln' to call Mm
out?" he said, under his breath.
Ronald looked him directly in the
eyes.
"God known there is nothing else
for me to do, Dave. I have tried to see
sonic other way, but I can't."
"Well, you'll need somebody with
you, an' I'm yore man."
"I'd rather not have anyone, thank
you, Dave, lie and I can fight just as
well alone. I'd rather die than take ad
vantage of him. I only want to satis
fy myself to get rid of the memory
that he has"
"I know how you feel, an' I don't
blame you. When will you see Mm?"
"In the morning."
"Well, go to bed an' get some sleep;
you may need a steady aim; he may be
a good shot; them army chaps general
ly is."
CHAPTER IV.
The next morning the two brothers
met as they were leaving their rooms.
David caught Ronald by the arm and
turned his face towards the little glass
less window at the head of the stairs.
"Own up," he said, with a smile, "you
didn't git a wink o' sleep last night."
"I confess it," was the answer. "I
didn't know what was the matter with
me."
"Rut I do." David touched his brow
signifienntty; "it was hot blood in the
brain. I know how you felt. You jest
rolled an' tumbled. 1 heerd you git
up an' look out o' the window to sec
ef it was gittin' daylight five times ef
you did once. Sly Lord, I couldn't rest
for two nights 'fore I whipped Hudd
Meyer fur reportin' me fur sellin' that
quart to the Calhoun boys, but you bet
after I made his face Ioc like a huckle
berry custard 1 slept the sleep of the
righteous. Two o' my friends had to
perjure the'rse'ves to keep me out o'
the chain-gang, an' I was tryin' to wash
out ihe'r sin with his blood; efthe'r
conscience ain't clear it ain't because
thar wasn't enough o' the iluid fur
laundry purposes, fer he bled like a
stuck pig. 1 reckon," Dave broke off
suddenly as they began to descend the
stairs, "that breakfast is about ready,
I heerd the old man eussin' about thai
beiii too much ham fried?'
After breakfast our hero left the
housunnd'took the-road leadingtowards
Carnleigh. Tie wore his best suit of
clothes, which fitted him perfectly.
In each of the pockets of his dark sack
coat there was a revolver; he had
shaved himself by the first rays of the
sun and wore a becoming necktie; his
boots shone with fresh blacking, and
he had on a stylish straw hat.
As he left the house Mary Lou and
Ann Josephine, having shirked the
dishwashing, stood arm in arm on the
porch. Their shoes were unlaced, their
dresses soiled and torn, their hair dis
heveled. "He walks mighty biggity," observed
Mary Lou; "I reckon he is makln'
tracks fur town to see about belli' ex
amined fur the law. Who do you reck
on would hire Mm to speak fur 'em?"
"Thar's no tellin' the luck of a lousy
calf," opined Ann Josephine. "Ron
nin't nobody's fool; a body couldn't
read as many papers an' magazines an'
study law as hard as he does without
l'arnin' something."
"He'll take keer o' number one any
ways," commented Mary Lou. "1 heerd
pa. say t'other day that Ron refused
to market his cotton when everybody
in the county was turnin' loose o' theirs
last fall an' that he held onto it tell it
riz an' he put n cool two hundred dol-
lars profit in the bank; an' another
thing, he never goes in debt over head
an' ycers like pa an' Dave does; he's the
only farmer round heer that pays cash
fur labor an' that's one reason he gits
to much out o' his hands. Niggers don't
want to work fur orders on the store
at two prices when the cash planked
down will git so much better bargains."
Meanwhile the subject of these re
marks was walking swiftly down to
wards Carnleigh. The great house was
now in full view, and that part of the
grounds through whieli a flower-bordered
walk led in sinuous curves from
the veranda down the grassy blope
where there were a spring, a hummer
house and rustic seats. The spot wns
only a few hundred ynrds from the
mnin road, where, in a corner of the
colonel's zigzag rail fence, Ronald
paused uud waited, hoping that by
some chance Cnpt. Winkle would stroll
in thnt direction ns Ronald in passing
had once or twice seen him do.
He had not. Ions to wait. He snw
Winkle In fatigue uniform come out
on the veranda and receive a cigar from
n man-servant. A few minutes after
wards, under a banner of blue smoke,
the young olllccr took one or two turns
on the lawn among the fiower beds,
and then, as If obeying Ronald's fierce
deBlrc, conveyed to him telcpathically,
he turned into the walk leading down
to the spring. He moved easily, with a
lazy, swinging stride, ruthlessly cut
ting nt the nearest fiowers with a cane
which ho poised on his shoulder like
n sword or swung in front of him ns If
fencing.
No sooner had Ronnld seen the di
rection he was taking than he vaulted
over the fence and made his way
through the dewy grass and weeds Into
the wood which intervened between
him and the spring.
He came upon Winkle ns thnt worthy
stood on the ilnt stones' round the
spring. The officer wore his eye
glasses, nml had his cigar between his
Hups. The grass muflled Ronald's
steps, and as u Inkle wns look
ing towards the house as If expect
ing some one, he did not notice our
hero's presence till he stood beside him.
"Ah!" ejuculatcd Winkle, as he
turned, and then through his glasses he
eyed Ronald coldly from head to foot.
"Ah!" he repeated, and then he took a
puff nt his cigar and blew the smoke
towards the house ns he looked again
up the walk. One familiar with the
tricks of Winkle's sallow face might
have found a hint of uneasiness there
as Ronald caught his eye and held It
steadily for n second.
"There Is a matter that you and 1
must settle, sir," said our hero, calmly.
For a moment Winkle gazed nlmost
deflantlj' at the speaker, then his glance
wavered just a little.
"A matter that you and I must set
tle?" he echoed, with a faint sneer,
"and what is that, my good fellow?"
"You deliberately drove your horses
against me last night in the road and I
have come to demand satisfaction."
MMic officer sent another glnnee up the
walk townrds the house; it was ns if he
were hoping some one would arrive to
prevent what seemed Inevitable. He
did not like the expression of the face
before him; lie dreaded the awful
threatening tranquillity of it.
IIu removed his cigar from his lips
and held it In his fingers, that quivered
nervously.
"I don't wnnt to have trouble with
you," he said.
"Then you should not have driven
over me," answered Ronald, "for noth-
"THERE 18 A MATTER THAT YOU
AND I MUST SETTLE, S1U."
ing under high heaven can avert the
consequences of that cowardly act."
"I 1 am not a good drier, Mr. Fen
shaw 1 believe that is yoilr name, sir.
Just ns 1 passed your brother my hand
slipped, and"
"Vou are a deliberate liar!" Ronald
interrupted him.
Winkle started, paled a little and
made a half threatening gesture with
his right hand, but as he gazed into
our hero's eyes his arm sank slowly
down to his side and he made a lame
pretense of trying to restrain his an
ger. "You must not use insulting words to
me," he said.
Ronald smiled. "You would not be
eo Inartistic as to deny that you lied,
Winkle, but the fact that you tacitly
admit you are a liar does not satisfy
inc. I tell you we have trot to settle
this matter right here ami now."
"I don't know what you mean," Win
kle found lilmsclf saying. "I do not
want nny trouble with you. I've wild
that the the thing was lira accident,
and"
"And I have said that it was not an
accident, and that I will fight you or
have the satisfaction of knowing you
are a coward. If you arc a coward I
would not soil my hands with you."
Winkle was very white now; his ci
gar fell from his lips and he caught it
agninst his breast. "I am unarmed,
and" (he looked Ronald over again)
"you art physically stronger than I
am."
Thereupon Honald drew the two re
volvers from his pockets and held them
out. "I thought that pistols would be
fair," he said. "You may take your
choice; they are practically the same.
This is a quiet place; w can have it
over in n few minutes. I have thought
out a plnn that will be perfectly fair
to both of us. The plantation bell will
1 A v$z " h
ring In a few moments; we can get
ready and at Its first stroke ue may
turn and fire till the , revolvers are
empty or one of us Js down."
Winkle stared fixedly.
"Why, thnt would be deliberate mur
der," he gasped, shrinking bnck n step
or two from tho extended revolvers.
"It would not bo any more murder
than death In nny duel would be, Cnpt.
Winkle. It you do not fight I Hhall
know that you lire a coward, sir."
Then an idea was born in the officer's
nlmost. benumbed brain.
"I cannot fight a a man In your po
sition In In life," he said. "Surely you
know what Is considered proper."
Ronald's face grew purple with sup
pressed rage.
"Do you mean to tell ino that you
may drive a carriage over a man in a
public road and then resort to such a
petty subterfuge to get nround the con
sequences? Capt. Winkle, 1 would
strike you in the face If I' could keep
from feeling that I was striking a
baby."
Winkle gave a furtive glance towards
the house. He looked slightly relieved
up If he thought by the tneit confession
of cownrdlce he was going to escape a
duel, which ho feared quite as much
as death itself.
"You may think what you please of
inc," he said, "but 1 am not willing to
fight a duel with you of course, con
sidering all the circumstances."
"I sec your plan, Winkle, "said Ron
ald. "You hnve Insulted me In the pres
ence of others, nml If you avert trouble
with me, you leave the witnesses under
the Impression that 1 yielded to the
Indignity without a murmur. That, I
see, I must bear; but 1 assure you, in
your refusal to fight me, you have re
lieved my mind, for no coward can In
sult me.'"
Winkle began to breathe more free
ly; he even allowed a defiant smile to
play about Ills lips as he took-a match
from his pocket and relighted hifcelgnr.
"As you please," he said, with a slight
suggestion of a sneer. "I cannot fight
you."
"Hut T am not through with you,"
Ronald burst out, flaming up again.
"You are an olllccr in the pay of my
country." lie had taken a penknife
from his pocket when he restored the
revolvers to their places, and he now
deliberately grasped Winkle's coat and
cut off the top button.
"What are you doing?" gasped the
officer, pulling back.
Taking a firmer grasp on the lapel,
Honald jerked the captain baek to
where he had stood. "Stand still!" lift
thundered. "You are unlit to wear the
uniform of nny country. You'd mnke
a gallant soldier in time of need, would
n't you?"
Without another word Winkle stood
still and allowed Ronnld to sever from
his coat his buttons and shoulder straps.
"Now good morning, captain," was
tliw" parting injunction, "If you ever
dare to drive over me again, I shall sim
ply strangle you."
As If afraid another word might fur
ther enrage IiIh antagonist, Winkle re
treated towards the house, taking long,
swift strides.
Ronald stood for a moment watching
the walk towards the house, then still
holding thu buttons and shoulder
straps In his hands, he sank on a rus
tic seat near the spring. His passion
had already spent Itself, and a strange
revulsion of feeling came over him.
He had drawn baek his hand to
throw the buttons and shoulder-straps
into the high grass, when he heard a
clear, ringing voice behind him.
"Don't throw them away," and Eve
lyn Uasbrooke, her big whltu apron
filled willi niniden-hair ferns and wild
flowers, emerged from behind a thick
hedge.
To He Continued.
MnkliiK IMIIIiird Hull.
If requires skilled labor to turn out
a billinrd ball. One-half of it is first
turned, an Instrument of the finest
steel being used for the work. Then
tho half-turned ball Is hung up in a
net and in allowed to remain there
for nearly a year to dry. Next the
second half is turned, and then comes
the polishing. Whiting and water
and a good deal of rubbing arc re
quisite, for this. It is necessary in
the end that the ball shall, to tho
veriest fraction of a grain, lie of a
certain weight. Chicago 'rimes-Herald.
Slit; Knew,
Rishop Whipple, of Minnesota, sayn
that when he was abroad he did a
great deal of parish work in Rome.
After holding a service- in the Eng
lish church outside- the walls, he over
heard one Englishwoman say to an
other: "Who waH the bishop who preached
to-day?"
"Tho bishop of Mimosa," she replied
"He comes from South Afrlcu, you
know." Youth's Companion.
Tin- Wit Mr. llci'dirr Kept In.
In the early days of Mr. Reechcr'i
career, when wit was unknown in the
pulpit, some of the deacons of his
church asked him if he didn't think
such frequent outbursts of humor
were calculated to diminish his useful
ness. He listened patiently, and when
they finished ho said: "Rruthrcn, 11
you only knew how many funvij
things I keep in, you wouldn't com
plain about thu few I let) out."
Ladlei.' Home Journal.
BRYAN MAKES A STATEMENT.
Tim Dnfftntmt Cnnttlilntn fnr I tin fremi
ti mmy Snjrn I tin Matttittniln of tlin Un
publican Victory Vin it Hurprlno.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 0. W. .7. Bryan
last night .gave out a .statement con
cerning the election. He says: "Tho
result was n surprise to me nnd thu
magnitude of the republican victory
was a surprise to our opponents ntt
well as to those who voted our ticket.
It Is Impossible to analyze the re
turns until they nro more complete,
but speaking generally, wo seem to
have gained in the large cities and to
have lost, in thu smaller cities and in
the country."
Continuing, ho siiyn: "Tho pros
perity argument was probably tho
most potent one used by tho repub
licans. They compared present con
ditions with the panic times of '!); to"
'00 and thin argument had weight
with' those who did not stop to con
sider the reasons for the change. Tho
appeal 'stand by tho president whilo
thu war Is on' had a great deal of In
flucnco iiuiong those who did not re
alize that a war against a doctrine of
self-government in the Philippines
must react upon us In this country.
We made an honest fight upon an
honest platform and, having done our
duty as we saw It, we have nothing
to regret."
Mr. Rryan said he has no other plans
at present than to remain at homo
until he had recovered from tho
fatigue of campaigning. Hu denied
tho report that he would remove from
Nebraska and make TexnB his home.
CONGRATULATE McKINLEY.
Prlnnillf CxblfiRrniiK from l'mattlnnt J.ou
bnt, of Km inn-, nml from tlin Philip
pine Communion nt M mil In.
Washington, Nov. 9. Among tho
congratulatory telegrams received by
the president are the following:
Paris, Nov. 7. I boR you to accept my
most sincere coiiKralulatlonH on your
election to tho sunn-mo ofllco that .you
have llllcd with such lustre and durltuc
which tho bonds of friendship between our
two countries, have, to my reat lo
llBht, been drawn still closer. Emllo Lou
bot. Manila. Nov. 8. Hlncero coiiRrntuliv
tloiiH. Tho most Important step trt
brlnRlnit peaco and protiperlty to these Is
lands has boon talton. Commission.
llrytut Cttncriitulntr l'mnldxnr AIiiKlnlejr,
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 0. William J.
Rryun sent the following- telegram to
President MeKlnley at noon U'hurs
day: "Hon. William McKinley, pres
ident of thu United States: At the
close of another presidential cam
paign, It Is my lot to cnngratulatQ
you upon a second victory."
DEWEY COLLECTION'REMOVED
Ilnll of Amnrloiin HUtory In tlin NitMnnal
AtuKnutii nt WiMliliiBton IjOhou tho At-
inlrut'H Attrnctlvo (llfto.
Washington, Nov. 9. Admiral Doiv
cy has removed IiIh collection of gifts
which has occupied thu most prom
inent place In the Hall of American
History in the national museum, to
his home in Rhode Island uvenuo.
Tho collection has unstinted very largo
proportions, representing" thousands
of dollars in money value, and is nl
most daily added to by some admirer
of tho great sailor. It was placed in
the museum for the double purpono
of sharing Its beauty with tho publia
uud as a compliment to tho donors,
many of whom were children, or rep
resented the hospitality of our great
cities, as well as from the admiral's
private friends.
ALLEGED MAIL ABUSES.
l'lmtinititnr Onnnnil Smith Will Urgn C
icrfiN to AIiiiIUIi (,'iirtuln l'rlvlliiwKNT-
ArcorilfMl Nrrmnil-Cliinw Mull. I&7
Washington, Nov. 9, I'ostmitiV-
Oeneral Charles Kmory Smith, In ,
forthcoming nnnuttl report, will aga
call the attention of congress to tl
abuses of tho- second-class mail ma
ter privileges and will renew In vlgori
oiis language his former reconimendtt-?
tlon lookiiiL' to the abolition of thesa'
abuses. Another fenture of the ro-
port will bo the review of the growth
of the rural free delivery system In
all parts of tho United States and
tho postmaster general will take
strong grounds In favor of its general
extension.
Stojrn Urgm ISurctiar to Contlnno Wr.
Pretoria, Nov. 9. Surrendered
burghers assert that Mr. Steyn, after
it council of war with Gen. Jlotha ami
Gen. Dclnrcy, addressed tho burghers
with great passion, urging them to
continue the war. He told them thnt
ho was going south and hoped to re
turn with 5,000 men, assuring them
that ho knew that Germany had de
livered an ultimatum to Great Britain
demanding the retrocession of the re
public. To Nuppren Filipino .Tuntn.
Washington, Nov. 9. Great Rrltain
will be requested by the government
to suppress the Filipino junta nt Hong
Kong. MMie administration has had
this in contemplation for some time,
nnd now that no political obstaclo
presents itself, the action is to bo
taken without delny. M'lic Hong Koiifj
junta has furnished the Filipinos witlt
arms and ammunition for weeks.
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