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THE NEBMSKAADVERTISER
W. AV. SANIMCKS, I'ublUlior.
NEMAHA, " r I NEBRASKA,
DISTRUST.
It Ik not the mountain, It Is not the land;
. And li l not thr dorp, wide ieu;
And not tin itretrh of tho deeort Band
Can ipepiirHte you nnd mo,
Sweetheart,
Can rijiarato you and mc.
Iltthflg may claj' nnd tighten and hold,
And heart bo pressed to heart,
Vol only shadows the arms enfold,
If flouln Jinve Krown apart,
Bwtjepiuart,
If souls havo Krown apart.
Nor yet the. j;allnp of raclnp horse
Can innko the ulHtanue wide,
And not the steam of electric forco
Can luinlnh uk sldo from etdo,
Hiveethciitt,
Can banish us side from side.
But tho cruel thouRht, the harsh distrust,
Tho word that hiteth nof,
Each from each apart could thrust
Bo far we could meot no more,
Sweetheart,
In this world never more.
Blanche Novln, In N. Y. Independent.
My Strangest Case
BY GUY BOOTHBY.
Author of "Dr. Klkoln," "The Beautiful
White Devil," "Pharos, The
Ujcyptlnn," Utc.
ICoiiyrlghlocl. I'M, bj WrJ, Lock A Co.
CHAPTER X. Continued.
"1 Hhiill bo griituful to you ull my
life for tho service you have rendered
we," 1 replied. "Uut how did you mnn
ugo to gain admittance to this house?"
"It wuh quite cusy; the birds had
flown," he answered. "Huh tho sus
picion not struck you that they were
going to clear out and leave you there
to starve?"
"Tho brutes," 1 answered. "Uut I'll
bo even vvith their leader yet. And now
Jet us get away from here us quickly as
possible. Have you any idea where our
Jn.'U has gone?"
To Naples," Lepallard replied. "I
tli. guiscd myself as a pompous old
bourgeois and I was behind him when
lie asked for his ticket and distinctly
heard what ho said."
"Then 1 slinll go after him at once,"
3 replied. "He will in all probability
lie off his guard, lie will imagine mo to
lie still locked up in this room, you
see."
"And I shall accompany you, if you
will permit me," said Lcglosse.
"Hut why?" I asked in surprise.
'Vhut have you got to do with him?
.You have no case against him, and
j on cannot spare tho time to do it
blmply out of kindness to mc."
"It's not kindness, it's business, my
friend," he replied. "You may not be
lieve It, but 1 huve n warrant for your
wau'H arrest."
"On what charge?"
"On a charge of being concerned In
u big embezzlement in Cochin China,"
Iio answered. "We laid the other two
xnen by tho heels at tho time, but the
Englishman, who was the prime mover
in it, we havo never been able to lay
our hands upon. I felt certain that
lay when I met him in Amsterdam
Hint 1 had seen him somewhere be
fore. Ever since then I have been puz
v.llng my brains to discover where it
was, and why It was so familiar to
inc. A photograph was eventually sent
us of tho Englishman by tho colonial
authorities, but in that photograph
he, tho person 1 suspect, wears a
beard and a heavy mustache, it is tho
Mime man, however, and the descrip
tion, , even to the mark upon the face,
exactly tallies with Hayle. Now J
think 1 can help you to obtain a rather
unique revenge upon tho man, that
is to say, if you want it. From what
3'ou havo so far told me, I understand
that you havo no evidence against him
Mrong enough to justify tho issue of
a. wnrrnnt. Well, 1 havo that evidence,
nnd between ub you may be sure we'll
bring him back to Paris."
This was delightful hearing after all
wo had been through lately; at an,
rato 1 greeted tho prospect of Le
glosso's cooperation with acclamation.
It would bo hard if between us we
could not find Hayle and bring him to
tho justice he so richly deserved.
"Now, let us get out of this," 1 Bald.
. "I must obtain something to eat if
I perish in thu attempt. 1 am nigh
starving. A basin of soup, a roll and
n cup of colYcu are all thut 1 havo had
to-day."
"You shall dine at once," he an
swered, "and here. There is au excel
lent little restaurant further down
tho street, and one of my men shall
go there and tell them to bring you
up u meal. After that you shall go
homo and change your costume, and
then we will urrnngo what shall be
done about tho traveling."
This programme- was carried out to
tho letter. We made a good meal, at
least 1 knew that 1 did, and when it
was cnten, a cab was procured, and in
company with Lcglosse I mild good-by
to tho house in which I had spent po
short a time, yet in which I had been
so miserable.
"I shall never know how to repay
you for yoilr liin'dness," 1 said to my
compuiiiou us1 we 'drove down the
street. "Had it not been for you and
your men I should now be starving In
that wretched place. I'll certainly for
give Uaylo. if ho is ever successful
enough to take mc in again by one of
his rascally tricks."
"You must not let him do Hint," re
turned tlio Frenchman, slinking his
head. "Our reputations are at stake."
When I reached my own npartmcuts
the concierge was much relieved to see
inc. She had been told that I was
dead, perhaps murdered, and Le
glosse's visit to find mc hnd not helped
to reassure her. A packet of letters
and telegrams were handed to mc,
which 1 carried up to my room to read
them while I wns changing my attire.
Never before had I been so glad to get
out of u dress suit.
I had just finished my toilette and
was In the act of commencing the pack
ing of the bag 1 intended taking with
me, when there wus a lap at the door.
I opened It, to find the concierge
ther.
"There is n lady in the parlor to sec
monsieur," she Bald. "She has a muid
with her."
"A lady to sec mc?" I asked, In
credulously. "Who on earth can she
be?"
The concierge shook her hend. In
my own mind 1 had arrived at the con
clusion that it wns Mile. Uenumarals,
and that Hayle had sent her to dis
cover, if possible, whether I hnd es
caped from my confinement or not.
On finding out that I had, sho would
telegraph to him, and once more he
would be placed on his guard. At first
I felt nlmost Inclined not to see her,
but on second thought I snw the folly
of this proceeding. I accordingly en
tered the room where tho lady was
awaiting me. The light was not very
good, but it was sunTcient for mc to
sec two figures standing by the win
dow. "To whom am I indebted for the
honor of this visit, mademoiselles?" I
began.
"Don't you know me, Mr. Fairfax?"
tho taller of them answered. "You
forget your friends very quickly."
"Miss Kitwatcr.?" I cried, "what does
this mean?"
"It is a long story," she answered,
"but I feel sure that you will havo
time to hear it now. I am in terrible
trouble."
"I am Indeed sorry to hear that," I
answered, and then glnnccd at her
mnld as If to inquire whether it were
safe to speak before her. She inter
preted the look correctly and nodded
her bend.
"Yes, Mr. Fairfax," she said, "you
can say what you please before Nelly."
"Then nm I right in interpreting
your trouble as being connected with
your uncle?" I asked.
"Yes, that is it," she answered. "You
have guessed correctly. Do you know
that he and Mr. Codd have disap
peared?" "Disappeared?" I repeated. "Have
.you any Idea where they have disap
peared to?"
"No, but I can hazard a. very shrewd
guess," she replied. "I believe they
have crossed to l'nrls in search of
Mr. Hayle. Since last Sunday my
uncle has been more depressed than
ever, while the paroxysms of rage, to
which ho is so subject, have been even
more frequent thnn ever. If tho truth
must be told, I fenr his troubles have
turned his brain, for ho talks to him
self in such a queer way, and asks
every few minutes if I havo received
news from you, so that I cannot help
thinking his mind is not what it should
be. You must understand thnt on
Saturday last, thinking it might pos
sibly'bc required for the ease, 1 drew
a large sum of money from the bank;
more than 100, in fact. I securely
locked It tip In my writing table, and
thought no one knew anything about
It. Yesterday my uncle and Mr. Codd
went for a walk, and did not return,
though I watched for iliem several
hours. Whilo I was thus waiting J
opened the drawer in the writing
table to procure something I wanted,
nnd discovered that the money was
missing. Only one construction could
be placed upon it, Mr. Fairfax. They
had wearied of their inactive life, and
had sot oil in search of Hayle."
"They are aware of his address In
Paris, are they not?"
"Yes, my uncle repeated it from
morning until night," she answered.
"In point of fact he did little else.
Oh! It is terrifying me beyond meas
ure to think what may happen should
they meet."
"You need not fear that," I replied.
"Hayle has tired of Paris and has
bolted again. Very probably to a place
where they cannot hope to find him."
I believe she said "God bo thanked'
under her breath, but 1 am not quite
certain upon that point. I did not tell
her of tho trick Hayle had so lately
played upon myself, if the telling
were necessary it would be able to
come later on.
"May I nsk what brought you to
Paris, Miss Kltwnter?" 1 Inquired, aft
er a pause.
"My great fear," she answered. "1
wired to you from Charing Cross to
say that 1 was coming, Did you not
receive my message?"
1 reniumber the fact that, not
having time- to open them all before 1
was called away, 1 had put sonio of
the telegrams ohi one side. As ill luck
would have It Miss Kitwater's must
have been nmongst these. 1 explained
that 1 had been uway from the house
all day, and only that moment returned.
"I felt," she said, ignoring my ex
cuses, "that I must come to you and
tell you nil that has transpired. Also
that I might implore you to keep the
men apart at any cost."
"Wo can easily find out' whether
they have arrived in Paris, and also
whether they have been to Haylc's
npartments," I suid. "That would
certainly be one of the places which
they would try first."
While 1 was speaking there wns the
sound of a step in the corridor outside,
nnd tho next moment Lcglosse entered
tho room. He wns In tho highest tpir
Its, ns he always was when ho wus
ubout to undertake a new piece of
work. Seeing that I had visitors he
came to a sudden standstill.
"A thousand pardons," he Bald in
French. "I hnd no idea that you were
engaged. I will wait outside."
"Don't do anything of the kind," I
returned in the same language. "Come
in, and let me introduce you to Miss
Kltwuter, who has just arrived from
England."
"Miss Kitwatcr?" he repeated, in
some surprise. "Surely I understood
you to say that your client, the gen
tlemnn who had lost his sight through
Haylc's treachery, was M. Kitwatcr?"
"That Is quite right, and this lady
is his niece," I returned. "Sho has
brought mo extraordinary intelli
gence. Her uncle nnd his companion
have suddenly disappeared from the
little village of Surrey, where they
huve been staying some time with her.
It is her belief that they have come
to Paris in search of Hayle. There
would havo been trouble had they
met, but, fortunately for them, and
for Hayle, he has given them the slip
once more. It would be possible for
you to iind out whether they arrived
by tho morning trnln, and also wheth
er they have made inquiries at llaylo's
apartments, would It not?"
"Quite possible," he answered. "It
shall be done at once. I will let you
know in less than an hour what I have
discovered."
I thanked him, whereupon he bowed
to Miss Kitwatcr, and then disap
peared. "M. Leglosse Is nlso In pursuit of
Hayle," 1 explained. "Ho holds u war
runt for his arrest on a charge of
embezzlement in Cochin China. For
thnt reason we are following him to
Naples to-morrow morning."
"To Naples. Has the wretched man
gone there?"
"So we have been led to believe,"
1 nnswered.
"Theu do you think my uncle will
find it out and follow him?" she asked,
wringing her hands. "Oh it is ull too
terrible. What shall I do?"
"Well, if I might be allowed to be
like David Copperfleld's Mr. Dick, I
should be practical, and sny, 'dine.'
I suppose you have hud nothing to cut
since you left England?"
She gave u little wan smile.
"We have not had very much, cer
tainly," she answered. "Poor Nelly,
you must be nearly starving."
I he maul, however, protested that
she wns not; but was not to be de-
"WE'VE BEEN DONE AGAIN," I
CRIED, BRINGING MY FIST DOWN
WITH A THUMP UPON THE TABLE.
nicd. Bidding them remain where they
were, I went downstairs nnd inter
viewed my faithful friend, the con
cierge. With her 1 arranged that Miss
Kitwater and her maid should be pw
vided with rooms in the house for that
night, and having done so went on to
tho nearest restaurant. In something
less than ten minutes all was settled,
and in under 20 they were sented at
their meal. At first the girl would not
sit down with her mistress, but, with
her usunl thoughtfulness, Miss Klt
wuter ordered her to do so.
"And now, Mr. Fairfax," she suid,
when she hnd finished, "we must dis
cover the hotel where we can stny tho
night. At present we know of no
plnce In which to lay our heads."
"You need not trouble about thnt,"
I said, "I havo already nrrnnged that
you shall have rooms In this house If
you euro to occupy them. Tho old
lady to whom It belongs is u particular
friend of mine, nnd will certainly do
her best to make you comfortable. I
presume that It wus your bag I saw in
tho concierge's ofllce, when 1 wns there
just now?"
"We left It there," she nnswered,
and then gavo me my reward by ndd
ing: "It is very kind of you, Mr. Fuir
fax, to have taken so much trouble. 1
cannot thank you sufficiently."
X. "
"You must not thank mc at all," I
replied. "In helping you I nm only
doing my duty to my client."
I hnd scarcely said the words before
I regrqtted them. It was a foolish
speech, nnd a churlish one ns well. Sho
pretended not to notice it, however,
but bndo her maid go down to tho
concierge's ofllce, and tnke the bag to
the room that had been allotted to
her. The girl disappeared, and when
she had gone Miss Kitwatcr turned to
me.
"Mr. Fairfax," she suid, "I huve an
other fuvor to ask you. I nssure you
it concerns me vitully. I want to know
if you will let me go with you to
Naples. In order that I might not bo
in your way, we might travel in dif
ferent compartments; but go I must.
I nm so frightened about my uncle.
If I follow him to Naples, It Is just
possible I might bo nblo to dlssundo
him from pursuing Hayle. If ho were
to kill mo for preventing them, I
would not let them meet. Believe mo
when I suy that I nm terribly anxious
about him. Besides "
Here she paused for u moment, as if
she did not quite know how to con
tinue what she had to say to me.
"As I have suid, you nnd M. 1
mean tho French gcntlemnn could
travel in your own wny. All that I
want to bo assured of is thut I muy
bo in Naples nnd at hand should any
thing happen."
"If you really wish it, I do not seo
why you should not go?"Ircplled med
itntlvely. "Uut if you desire my enn
dld opinion, I must suy thnt I think
you would be fur better off nt home.
Still, if you desire to come, it's not
for mo to gainsay your wishes. We
will arrange therefore that, unless
you decide to the contrary in the meun
timc, you accompany us by the 8:50
trnln to-morrow morning."
"I thank you," she said.
A few moments Inter Lcglosse re
turned with the information that it
wns ns we suspected. Kltwuter and
Codd had arrived In Paris that morn
ing, and hnd visited Haylc's lodgings
only to find him gone.
"Whnt is more important still,"
he continued, "they huve mnnnged to
learn that Hayle hnd gone to Naples,
and they will probably leave by the
2:50 train to-morrow morning for
thut city. It is ns well, perhaps, that
we arrange to travel by the next."
"Cournge, courage, Miss Kitwatcr,"
I suid, seeing that she was trembling.
"Try not to be frightened. There is
nothing to fear." Then turning to
Leglosse, I added: "Miss Kitwater has
decided to nccompnnyustoNnples. As
a mutter of fnct, my position in the
enso litis undergone u chnnge since I
last snw you."
He looked from one to the other of
us ns if in nstonishment.
"Whnt do you menn?" he nsked.
"Hitherto," I replied, "I huve been
acting against Hayle, with the inten
tion of securing him, in order that my
clients might have u most importnnt
meeting with him. For the future,
however, my endeuvors will bo used
in tho contrnry direction. They must
never meet!"
"Then the best wny to bring ubout
what you desire is to nssist me," re
turned Leglosse. "Let me once get
my hands upon him in the mime of
Frnnce, nnd they will never meet."
"Uut we huve to cntch him before wo
do thnt," I suid.
"Never fenr, we will do it," ho nn
swered, confidently, nnd thntTsecmed
to settle it.
Next morning nt 8:50 we left Purls
for Naples.
To Bo Continued.
BREAKING IT GENTLY.
An Iown Hotel Clerk "Who lit Entitled
to the Klmt Prize for TIioiikM-
ftilncna.
"Chicngo is on the top limb, of
course," said tho drummer who wna
just returning from u trip, snys an ex
change of that city, "but they havo n
graceful way of doing things farther
west.
"1 was staying nt a hotel In nn Iowu
town n few nights ngo when a bellboy
woke mc out of my first sleep to hnnd
mc in the card of a man I had never
heard of nnd to nsk me to come down
to the ofllce nt once.
" 'Tell him I'm in bed,' I replied.
" 'Yes, sah, but he wants to see you
mighty bad.'
" 'Then he mny take it out in wnnt
ing. I'll see him in tho morning.'
" 'Uut ho can't wnit,' persisted tho
boy.
" 'Then he enn move on.'
" 'But he 'dun won't, nnd do night
clerk snys you'd better come down.
Needn't bo in no grent hurry, snh, but
come down when you is nil rendy and
bring your grip nlong.'
"I saw thut something wns up," con
tinued tho drummer, "nnd I got out of
bed nnd dressed myself. I begnn to
smell smoke ns I dressed, but the ele
vator was running, nnd there wns no
excitement.
"The night clerk wns putting tho
books nnd vnlunbles In the big sufe,
nnd as I walked up to the counter ho
smilingly snid:
" 'Sorry to disturb you. Mr. Blnnk,
nnd I didn't until tho lust minute, but
ns a matter of fact the hotel is on fire
nnd hns got to go. Nothing to puy,
thank you, nnd may I kindly nsk you
to step outdoors before tho celling
comes down on your head?"'
CHILDREN FROM CUBA.
Hlnvnn Thlnlv-Uliid Wnlfn Worn Holng
Til It on to Uiiliriirnlfi tn Il Tiuteht
thu llmlillilHt ItnllKliin.
New York, Nov. 3. Eleven children,
whoso average nge is ten yours, ar
rived to-day from Santiago, Cuba, en
route to Point Loinn, Cnl., to join tho
Universal Brotherhood. The immi
gration officials of this port huvo
been asked to hold these children ns
possible objectionable aliens, for spe
cinl inquiry. The children nre In
charge of Dr. Gertrude Van Pelt, who
intended to accompany them to Point
Loinn, where Mrs. Katharine A. Ting
ley, high priestess of the Universul
Brotherhood, nnd known ns the "pur
ple mother," Is suid to huve estab
lished a temple for teaching chil
dren the Buddhist religion. The littlo
immigrants were nil thinly clad nnd
felt the cold northern air keenly.
Their cose has come tinder the es
pecial attention of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children,
which will ascertain for whnt pur
pose the children were brought to
the United Stutcs.
VoMAN WITH AN AX. -
At 1'ort ailigon. I. T., Aim. Knimii Wolib
Hmimliud n OniiiblliiR Dun unri Took
Her HiiHtmml Hume.
Muskogee, I. T., Nov. 3. With un
nx in her hnnd Mrs. Emma Welsh
climbed to the roof of a blucksmith
shop and from thnt to a second story
window of a gambling house in Fort
Gibson. After smashing the window
she got inside, where her husband
wus found. The infurinted womnn
used her ux quick nnd hard nnd be
fore tho occupants of the room .could
get out of the doors and windows
she hud demolished most of the fur
niture in the room. When she hnd
finished she took her husband nnd
went home. She says he has been
frequenting the plnce nnd losing his
money nnd thnt she appealed to the
oificcrs in vnin.
Hurncd Mini nt tliu Ktuko.
Snrdls, Miss., Nov. 3. An un
known negro wns burned nt the stake
at Darling, Miss., for tho murder of
E. O. .lackson nnd n mill owner named
Hoselle at Darling, Miss. The ne
gro was burned by a mob of 4,000
persons, both white nnd black. Just
lief ore the lighting of the funeral
pyre the negro confessed thnt he hud
committed the double murder with
the nssistnnce of two white men.
The motive was robbery. The money,
the negro stated, was divided nmong
the three.
I.mlroni'H Committing Outnicon.
Manila, Nov. 3. A portion of a
gang of lndrones which has been op
erating on the island of Bilirun
crossed over to the island of Leyte
nnd entered u small town near Cari
guru. Here they captured and be
headed the president e of tlio towr
murdered his wife, whom thej
slashed with bolos, and abducted the
prcsidente's children". The motive oi
this crime is said to have been the
prcsidente's friendliness with thf
Americans.
Diinnmi'it for n I.oilgn Initiation.
Grand Itapids, Mich., Nov. 3. A cir
cuit court jury brought in u verdict
of .$2,300 for Mrs. Mary J. Lewis
ngainst the Modern Woodmen oi
America. Mrs. Lewis sued for $50,
000 damages for injuries alleged to
huve been received by her husband,
since deceased, while being initiated
into the Coopersville camp of the
order last winter. As a result oi
these injuries, it is alleged, necrosis
set in, which cnused death.
Monthly C'lrculiitlcm Statement.
Washington, Nov. 3. The monthly
circulation statement issued by tin
comptroller of the currency shows
that nt tho close of business Octobei
31 the total circulation in national
banks wns $380,170,331, an increase
for the year of $20,504,051 and an
increase for the month of $13,482,738
I'n I til In Wnit Point UiihIiiiImiii
London, Nov. 2. Gen. Leonarc
Wood, who inspected the best Gen
man military school two months ngo
has been visiting the chief Uritisr
nursery of the art of war. His faltt
in the superiority of West Point lr
nil mutters relating to tho education
of army officers Is, however, un
shaken. A I'rototxlor Huh ArlMtin.
Tangier, Morocco, Nov. 2. It Is re
ported thut the sultan's brother will
leave the capital with 2,000 troops
to quell a local uprising thnt hui
broken out near Tesa, three days
march east of Fez, where a pretendei
has arisen, clniming the throne ns tin
sultan's elder brother.
Ouriniiny nt tlio Worlil'H Fnlr.
Berlin, Nov. 2. The bundosruth hnt
decided that Germany should bo ade
quately represented at the St. Louis
exposition in 1001 and a commission
er will be appointed soon.
Thu I'nhlln Unlit.
Washington, Nov. 3. Tho monthly
htutement of the public debt shows
that at the close of business Octobei
31 thu debt, less cash in tho treus
uryK amounted to $958,507,721.
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