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THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER
V. W. HANDKUH, l'ubllMinr.
NEMAHA, - NKHKASKA.
I MUST GET HOME.
I must Bet home. I lmvo wandered lonff
In tliln wilderness ho drear,
And many times lmvo I lout my way
In the drcnry iiIkIU and tlio Rimless dny,
Ami my heart Iiiih quaked with fear.
Fierce Btorms have driven me farther bnck,
Where mountains were bleak and hare,
And oft when my foothold I would miss,
Have I fallen Into mime deep abyss,
And I almost perished there.
I must get home. Too long lmvo I llTed
On food that has caused distress;
Hitter the fruits that unripe would fnll
And the murky water would turn to Ball,
Causing untold wretchedness.
And when a rnmltie wnit In tlm land
And the hot winds scorched the ground,
1 ntc the shucks that were tirown and dry,
And often from thirst 1 would almost die.
Krc a cooIiib dtnuBht 1 found.
I must Ket home. In u vision fnlr
I behold It far nway;
The sky above It for nyo Is brlBht
And there comes no cloud or shadow of
night,
For thern 'tis a brlBht, glad day.
A fruit tree Brows by the portals wide,
I have longed for It oft and sore,
And when I cat from that goodly tree
And drink from the. fountain that Hows so
free,
I'll hunger and thirst no more.
1 must get homo. At the Bntc I sen
My father and mother dear.
They have waited Ioiik for their truant hoy,
And I know their faces will beam with Joy
When they sco mo drawing near.
Two sisters, two brothers now are there,
And weary and sick I roam,
Hut O how t;lnd will our meeting bo
AVlien snfo from my Journey they welcome
me.
I must, O I must net home.
George Clay Moyd. In Hanncr of Gold.
By Will N. Harbtrj.
Copyrlcht, 1900, by A. N. Kellocc Newspaper Co.
CHAPTHR XII. Continued.
When she hnd left the room, n
Btrnnge, glorious light in Iter young
fact;, lie begun again to walk the iloor.
lie was tingling in every vein. His
licnrt had begun to bent excitedly, lie
tried to think of .Jeanne, the awful
disease which wiib eating Rlunche's
life nway, but he could only feel the
pressure of bis ward's hands, the
warmth of her breath on bis face, the
depth of her great, trustful eyes.
"Great God! what can this metin?"
lie exclaimed.
lie continued to wnlk back nnd forth
across the room for half 1111 hour, then
he stopped suddenly nnd rung.
James obeyed the summons.
"Where is M r. Tnlley?" he nsked.
"In the study, nt work, sir." .lames
fmlutcd In military fashion.
"That is nil." The major went to
the study, where lie found bis private
Hcerotury nt worlc nt n typewriter.
"Tnlley," be begun, "you wanted to
sec mo yesterday, I believe 7"
"I did, major. 1 believe the n mount
you were keeping for me is exactly
$5,000?"
"You .nre right, Tnlley; that Is the
amount, nnd, as I told you, you can
get it at nny time you wish. All you
have to do is to draw the cheek. I
will sign it."
"I hnve it reacty now," said the young
man, handing Goddard a slip of pa
per. "I hope you are not thinking of leav
ing me?" said the major, as lie signed
the check.
(1 "N,ot thnt, but 1 nm flntly disobeying
your injunctions, major. You have
tried to keep, me out of speculation,
but the temptation is too strong to re
sist. This cheek covers nil my savings,
una yet I nm going to put every cent of
it into G. N. & W. railway stock."
"Oh, you can't be so foolhardy, Tnl
ley!" "I nm fortunately on the inside ns
to the future outcome of the stock,"
declared the young man. "I have u
young friend, Hubert Johnson, the sou
of the Wall street Johnson. You know
him by reputation. Well, this friend
of mlnu happened to overhear a con
versation in bis father's olllce which
let him on to an important secret. His
father and other big speculators have
formed a syndicate to depress this
utock, It has been going down like
lightning for the lnsx two months.
It has reached its lowest notch. They
. nre certainly buying all they can Iny
their hands on. 1 know I cannot be
running any risk. I am in a sure deal.
I tell you this because I hope that you
will take a bund. I had rather see you
make money than anyone, major, for
you have been the best friend I hnve
ever had."
"T shall not invest," nnswered God
dard; "but 1 wish you luck, Tnlley. 1
hope it will make you rich."
"Thank you major." The secretary
put tlie cheek into his pocket.
"I have an. important, commission
for you, Tnlley." The major cleared
his throat, sat down nt his desk,
turned in his revolving chnir and
crossed his legs. A slight color had
risen in his face. Tnlley had never
. seen him look so handsome.
"I am at your service, major."
"Wlint if I were to tell you 1 nm
going to get married, Tnlley?"
The secretary stared, The currlngc
of his typewriting machine, with
which he was toying, fell with a sharp
click.
"Arc you In earnest, MnJ. Goddnrd?"
"Quite in enrnest, Tnlley. I have
decided to marry my ward."
"Miss Jtrlscoc?" exclaimed Tnlley,
IiIb fnco suddenly falling.
"Yes, Miss Hrlseoc. And we hnve de
cided, under existing circumstances,
that we will have the affair take place
in as quiet a manner as possible. I
want you to drive over to Rev. Air.
Strothers nt once and see If we mny
come to his bouse to-morrow morn
ing. If he consents, then I want you
to attend to nny other nrningements
without delay."
The private secretary had turned
quite pule. His eyes were expanded
and fixed in n helpless stare on tho
face of his employer.
"Hnvo you thought over this well,
mnjor?" he blurted out, suddenly.
"Why do you ask thnt?" asked
Goddard, suspiciously.
"Pardon me," stammered Tnlley, "I
only thought" but It was not clear to
Tnlley what he thought.
"I do not understand your your
question, Tnlley," insisted the mujor.
"You know Miss Uriscoc is young,"
nnswered the secretary, "and and she
has been so upset over your recent
bereavement that I wns afraid that,
through sympathy and vast interest
in you ns her father's friend and her
benefactor, she might "
"I see," broke in the major; "you
think she may hastily take a step that
might be regretted later, but you need
not be ufrnid, Tnlley. The truth is,
lllnuehe and I once thought of mar
rying before I met Mrs. Goddiird. I
think you need have no fears on that
score."
"I did not know of thnt," said the
private secretary, his face still set and
white. "I beg your pardon. J shall
carry out your instructions. 1 hope
you can overlook my remark just
now."
"F.nsliy," said the major, "for it
shows your interest in me and Blanche
Is more than skin deep."
When the major had left the room
the young man lowered his head to
bis desk, lie heard the major ring
and order the horse and cart.
"God have mercy on me! What have
I been allowing myself to think
nbout?" ho muttered. "I might have
known there was something behind
thnt awful suffering of hers. T ought
to have seen that she loved him!"
CHAPTER XIII.
During that night n light snow be
gan to fall, and as the bridal part 3'
left the next morning to be driven to
the house of Rev. Mr. Strothers n thin
white enrpet lay on the earth and line
feathery flukes continued to fnll.
The servants had been apprised of
the astonishing event and they gath
erd at tho windows which look out
upon the drive.
"A very sensible thing for 'em to
do," suit! .mines. "She is the sort of
mistress I want to work for. 1 should
have left the other if she hadn't gone
to the bottom of tho Atlantic. I
haven't lived with the aristocracy for
ten years without knowing n sample
when I see it. The good Lord has
been kind to the major."
"1 wish she had waited awhile, just
for the looks o' the thing," said Katie,
Hhinche's favorite maid. "Then she
could have had a swell wedding, plen
ty of presents, and "
"And give you all her old clothes,"
sneered James, who was too fat to
make use of the major's discarded
apparel.
"1 get everything I want nnywny,"
wns Katie's defense. "It is only be
cause I think she deserves all that any
rich young lady has that I object to
this kind of a marriage; but if she is
only happy, i won't complain."
These gossiping hirelings were at the
windows when the returning carriage
appeared in sight nn hour later. The
bride's beautiful face was Hushed by
tho contact with the wind, and she
had never looked so happy or moved
with so much grace. Tnlley and Miss
Dean had very serious faces as they
came up the veranda side by side.
"Well, it is all over," said the major
to his bride when they were alone In
the luxurious company chnmber, where
a red lire glowed, lie had never been
such 11 mystery to himself ns now. He
felt as If he were drunken with de
licious memories of their old court
ship. "Yes, 1 am your wife at Inst," she
said, with a smile. "I am your wife,
nnd I nm going to make you happy. I
feel It away down in my heart."
"You feel it," he repeated, ns If In a
dream, and be helped her to take o)V
her cloak. He felt her warm breath
on his face. He laid the cloak aside,
then drew her into his arms nnd kissed
her. "And so do I, dear girl. And so
do I."
At that strange moment Jeanne
Goddard and all her evil plans seemed
as much removed from his life as If
she had never entered it. It was as If
the old life had come back to him
the life in which his love had for its
object 11 creature so pure and unde
nted that it lifted him up and opened
his eyes to spiritual possibilities.
"1 was at ilrst nfraid you would not
consent bo soon uftt.r after her
death," ho Raid.
"I felt that it was my right to have
you now," said Illanche, frankly.
"She told me how she had deliberately
beguiled you from mc when she dis
covered that you loved me. The night
before she sailed she confessed she
had resorted to every trick and arti
fice within her power to make you
cast mc aside."
"She told you that?" the major ex
claimed. "Yes, nnd not only thnt, but she said
she bad some sort of presentiment
that she was going to die abroad, nnd
said if anything did happen to her
she hoped I would marry you. Oh,
I've tried to regret her death to feel
sorry for her at being taken nwny in
the midst of such sins, but I cannot.
She even toid me oh, I can't tell you
what else she said. It mnkes me til
most hate her memory."
"Please go on," said the mujor.
"She confessed thnt she was un
huppy with you that she wanted to
get nway from you that she married
you simply for your money."
"I suspected that," said the m,ajor,
dreamily.
It seemed so wonderful to him thnt
he could now calmly contemplate
Jeanne's shnllow faithlessness with
out the Jiangs such thoughts had al
ways caused him. Wns it because he
really loved his ward and that he had
never loved Jeanne that his passion
for her had been only n bnse infatua
tion which had already taken wings?
He could not answer these ques
tions; he could only wonder nt the
strnnge exultation which was swell
ing In his brenst the boundless en
thusinsin over the thought that he
was loved by the beautiful young
erenture before him. He lost sight of
the wrong he had done her. She had
only a short while to live that time,
he told himself, should constitute his
life and hers; beyond thnt brief pe
riod he could not reckon.
"You hnve suffered?" he heard him
self murmuring.
"Ever since thnt awful day when
you introduced me to her in the drawing-room.
1 hud never dreamed that
God intended you for anyone but me.
You hnd been my whole life, nnd
even afterwards, when 1 saw the hold
she had on you, I could not keep from
suffering. The pnin, the loss wns
with me night and day. 1 hnted her;
1 despised myself. I planned a thou
sand times to leave, but I could not
tear myself away, because I saw your
soul In danger. 1 saw her day by day
leading you downward instead of up
ward, as 1 had dreamt of doing. 1
knew how charitable you hud been be
fore your marriage how many poor
people you had helped, nnd I saw her
drawing you away from such im
pulses by her sharp, henrtless ridicule."
"And now that she is no longer
no longer here?" Goddard could not
pronounce the word which lay on his
tongue like 11 weight.
"Now tnat she is out of our way I
shall pray God to help me exercise a
better influence over you."
"You hnve always done that," he
said. "Do with me as you will. I am
HIS SAT STAKING AT THE WORDS FOR
SEVERAL MINUTES.
n very bad man, Illanche; a very wick
ed man. If you knew mc ns I am you
would despise me for my wickedness,
ns you despised her for hers."
"You never had 11 fault till she crossed
your path, dear guardian, and nothing
you have done since is going to count."
She spoke lightly, nnd smiled as she
laid her head on his shoulder.
The next day was Sunday, and as
Miss Dean had gone home, they drove
alone to the village, about two miles
distant, to attend church. Illanche
hud never looked so well. The crisp
iiir brought the blood Into her cheeks
and blew her hair into a froth of gold
about her eyes and brow.
"Perhaps we ought not to drive so
far," he snid, solicitously, as they were
entering the carriage. "Do you think
Dr. Fleming would approve of It?"
"He said outdoor exercise was what
I needed most," answered Rlanehe.
"Don't worry about me; the medicine
he prescribed is making mo strong
again. Did you notice the breakfast
1 ate? 1 was ashamed of my appe
tite." Ho was silent a moment ns they
drove ulong, then he gravely said:
"I want you to go to a good phy
sician to-morrow and nsk his advice.
It has been some time since you saw
Dr. Fleming."
"Oh, dou't begin that," said ninnche,
ifeiysfe
pretending to pout. "J nm getting along
beautifully."
"Hut I I want you must sec n doe
tor," he stammered. "I shall feel bet
ter now to know that everything Is be
ing done that should be done for you."
"You talk as if I were going to die,"
said the girl. "Why, I've just begun
to live."
For n moment he looked confused.
He could not reveal his real fears, and
yet he was now deeply troubled about
her condition.
"Of course, it Isn't anything serious,"
he said; "but still to please mc you
will let me send for Dr. Frnlich."
"No, 1 don't know him, and I don't
like to make new acquaintances. Re
sides, Dr. Fleming Is coming to New
York in about ten days. I promised
faithfully to sec him when he re
turned." "How do you know he Is coming?"
asked the major, In surprise,
"I had a note from him yesterday.
He cxplntncd that he wns coming to
New York earlier than he expected,
owing to n sudden change in his plans.
I will go to sec him, if you insist on it,
but 1 know he will tell me I have
taken enough of his tonics."
"Well, Hint will do," said Goddnrd,
reluctantly. He thought of the crim
son pictures in the medical book he
hnd consulted, nnd his heart sank.
After all, his new-found happiness was
only to end In her death, and then
Goddard's meditations about Rlancho
always stopped there. He had shut
his real wife out of his thoughts as
men who are striving for better
things shut out the memory of past
evil deeds and associations.
That night when the house wns still
nnd he found himself nlone in his study
he forced himself to the task of com
municating with Jeanne. And as I can
In no better way reveal the workings
of his heart, 1 shall reproduce the let
ter word for word.
In beginning it he wrote "Dear
Jeanne," but there he stopped abrupt
ly, and snt staring nt the words for
several minutes, then he tore the sheet
into small bits and let them filter
through his fingers. His letter began
simply as follows:
"Well, I have nt last done your bidding.
I wns n madman. I confess that the very
(lames of hell hnd scorched my brain. I
hnve committed nn unspeakable crime
against tho purest, loveliest erenture that
God ever gave life to. You will bo sur
prised pel mps to Hnd that I have changed
so quickly, and renlly I have changed com
pletely. The scales have fallen from my
sight. I feel like a man who has been hyp
notized and wakes to find he has murdered
his best friend. I despise myself ns no
mortal ever despised himself before. I
now know that my passion for you wns
tho blindest, most Insane Infatuation that
ever dragged the soul of a man from nn
atmosphere of hope down Into the tnlre of
hellish despondency. I now know thnt my
love for my ward wns the only puro lovo
I have ever experienced. Yes, I loved her
when I met you, and I lovo her now with
ull the tortured soul within me. I have
wronged her as no man ever wronged a
pure, unsuspecting woman, but as her llfo
will bo of such short duration, If I can
prevent It she shall never know of tho
stnln I have put upon her fair name. While
she lives I shull lavish all tho tenderness
of my boul on her, praying to God thnt I
may In that wuy atone a little a very little
for my crime ngalnst her. She married
mo to comfort me In my loneliness: I mar
ried her nt the bidding of an Intriguer
of tho most unpardonable type. I would
confess nil nt this moment but for the fear
that the shock would kill her. How could
I tell her that you are alive, and that I am
not her legal husband?
"I would not write to you now, but for
the fact that It Is due you to know tho
stand I havo taken, and that we must now
thoroughly understand each other in re
gard to Blanche's fortune. As God Is my
Judge I do not want her money, and as
God Is my judge you shall never lay your
covetous hands upon It. I shall at onco
tnke precautions to see thnt. at her death,
tho money shnll go to her blood relatives.
As to you, I shall never willingly sco you
again, nor write you nnother lino from
this duy forth. 1 see my duty nnd I shall
do It. Any letter you write mo will be re
turned to you unopened. Do your worst.
If you wish to publish to the world thnt
you and 1 have pluyed on Its credulity, do
so, 1 shnll then confess to the part 1 took
In your scheme. As much as 1 now hato
you, I would not let you bear all the blame.
I am as guilty us you because I nm a man.
1 herewith enclose 11 draft payable to Mrs.
Nolan; It Is nil the money I can send you
now. I urn about to enter Into a specula
tion In railway stock and If It turns out
well I shull send you more money. You
lire my wife and 1 shnll provide for you
as well as my own menus will allow, but
of Blunche's money you nor I shall ever
have ono penny. 1 shall try to get means
out of my own resources to keep you
quiet ut least as long us Blanche lives, but
you need not look to me for lurge remit
tances. I am not exactly under your
thumb; your threats of expasuro will
not frighten me. I nm desperate. I want
Blanche to know what I nm. I cannot face
her pure eyes and know that I urn as
vile as tho deepest dyed convict. Tho
sooner you make the whole thing known
the better 1 shull be pleused.
"ROWLAND GODDARD."
Mrs.Nolnnwns standing in thedoorof
the little gray brick cottage when the
postman hnuded this communication
to her. Recognizing the hnndwriting
she took it unopened to Mrs. Goddard,
who was restlessly walking in the
little, high-walled garden in the rear
of the house.
"Ah," she exclaimed, "he has writ
ten!" "Yes, it is from him," said the an
gular woman, nppronching slowly.
Mrs. Goddnrd tore open the envelope.
She hnd hnrdly rend a dozen lines be
fore she uttered a little scream, and
then, with quivering hunds and ex
panding eyes, she continued to read.
To Bo Continued.
1II Own Fault.
Hodd Hung it all! Do you suppose
I'll ever make a good golf player?
Todd (pityingly) Never, old man.
i'ou think too much of your family
and your business. Uurper'u Bazar.
HINT FOR DAIRYMEN.
Hnvr to ainke n Itnrrel Churn Thnt'
"Will IIo All the Hatter-Making
an (lie Avcrnjjo Farm,
An improvised barrel churn mny bo
made in a simple wny, ns illustrated:
Make the piece (a) from'n -piece of old
wagon tire five inches long. On each
end weld n block nut one-half inch
thick nnd ya inches squnre. Make a.
one-hnlf-inch round hole through ono
end and n squnre hole the size of tho
churn nxlc through the other end.
The piece b Is mndc of nn old piece of
buggy tiro seven inches long; on ono
end weld a crank pin seven-sixteenths,
inch in diameter and long enough to
extend through one end of n to re
ceive the key. On the opposite end a.
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a.
MAKING A BARRKL CHURN.
piece is welded nnd shaped so as to
make n fork, ns illustrated. The fork
should be 3 inches lo;ig and 1 inch
wide. Two braces, shaped as at c,
made of buggy tire m-d put on tho
churn frame with screws, will make
tho churn more rigid. A lever is made
of hard wood 1 inch thiol: by J yz inches,
wide nnd 3yf feet loiife'. Holt lower
end to base of churn frme. Remove
crnnk from churn nnd jiut the piece
(a) in its place, attach b to, a by put
ting the crank pin through the round
hole in a and fasten by spring key.
Slip lever into fork (b) and insert n
board thnt will fit loosely through
both fork nnd lever. The hole in lever
should be the same height ns churn
axle. Put on the braces and you lmvo
nn improved barrel churn. C. F.
Spicer, in Fnrm and Home.
MACADAMIZED ROADS.
New York Stnte Farmer CIiiIiiin Thnt
They Cnn lie Unlit nt 11 Very
Moderate Exiicuhc.
The road question seems to be
quite, n problem to solve, nnd the
trouble nppenrs to be the enormous
expense of some of the ronds recent
ly built under the supervision of the
state engineer, at the great cost of
$7,000 to $8,000 per mile, when a good
macadamized road can be built much
cheaper.
To build a macadamized road you
must do away with nil unnecessary
expense, viz., do no excavating, em
ploy no engineer, nor is it necessary
to use 11 steam roller. As for exca
vating, it is unnecessary, for there
are very few roads in tho country
but n rise of a foot would be a great
benefit. As for the engineer, any
hnndy man that could grade 11 flower
bed can spread broken stone on a
road a foot thick, 14, 10 or 18 feet
wide, and make it six inches higher
in the center. As for the steam roll
er, the weight of the stones will pack,
themselves, and I fully believe, from
experience, that steam rolling is 0
useless expense.
Commence to build a rond nt the
end where you get the material.
First spread on six inches of coarse
broken stone (commonly called
spalls) or cobble stones, making the
surface six inches higher in the cen
ter; then put on six inches broken
stone, nbout smnll enough to pass
through n two-Inch ring; then cover
over the surfnee with about two
inches of gravel or cinders. I would
ndvise to finish road, making ns you
go along. Have half the teams draw
ing spalls and the other half broken
stone, nlso laying rails across tho
road on one side and changing to tho
other side every other day. I esti
mate the cost per mile for a road 14
feet wide, $1,848; 16 feet, $2,112; 18
feet, $2,370. Dominic Mnrkey, in
Country Gentleman.
PRACTICAL DAIRY DOTS.
Dreed is well enough, but it will,
take feed to show what there is in
the breed.
In the dairy generally large yields,
per animal means a less cost in mak
ing them.
Concentrate your efforts on a small
area, thus economizing material and
stock, as well as labor.
The all-the-year-round cow Is the
pnying cow, nnd the renl dairy cow
teiKl in that direction.
The function of milk-giving is
mnternity nnd the mother needs
shelter, wnrmth nnd comfort.
Th chief advantages of the crenm
cry system are cheapness of product
from the snving of labor.
Rutter will come much quicken
sometimes than others, due generally
to a difference in temperature; use a
good thermometer. Rr,rai World.
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