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t "V , ,1 I p ' RU kr THE'NEBRASKA ADVERTISER ii.ni i. --.-.. W. W. BANDRH8, Publisher. NEMAHA, - ' - NEBRASKA. THOSE WHO CAN'T KEEP UP. It 1b human natures mebbo to be borno 'long with the crowd, And when they shout and hollo, to liollp 'Just as loud; Hut there's u MKht o' tlennura llko a (IrmiKht from nectar's cup, In Just n-lolUrln' bnck uIohk with thoa who can't Uceji up. Ono needn't think the only men God over lnndo nro those Who weur the llnvnt linen and tho latest cut In clothes I Ibid patriotism, honor and fidelity to truth tho man whoso outward bearing often Is the most uncouth. In In tho weather-beaten cottage wherd tho tnvi'8 most touch tho door, Whoso fhlnglca uro quite hidden with tho iiiohb that's gathered o'or, There Is still tho old-time ultur, whero duly morn und night Tho Inmutea bow and ask the I,ord to (,'Uldo their tcim aright. Tho gentlest words aro spoken when tho heart 1b sad with woe, , And the rarest wisdom emanates from thoso whoso steps arc slow, And thoso whoso eyes aro blind to sights that glisten for a day Bee glories far transcendent that can never fado awuy. Bo I llko to loiter hack a bit; tho crowd may Riirgo along. Perhaps for sonic lt'n pleasant thus to Joatlo with the throng; Hut I find my life grows richer, even drink ing sorrow's cup, "With the weary and unfortunate who can not nulto keep up) Adclbert K Caldwell, In Ladles' World, Now1 York. My Strangest Case BY GUY BOOTHBY. Aathor of "Dr. Klkola," "Tho Beautiful White Devil," "Pharos, Tho Etryptlnn," Etc. V S lOupjrlgUtoil,lWl, by Ward, Lock & Co. t CHAPTER XI. It was in the curly aft or noon fol lowing our leaving Purls that we reached Nnplea. Hut thia time, in spite of our endeavors to prevent it, Miss Kitwuter was quite tired out. She certainly pretended not to be, but it was dillleult, if not impossible, for her to conceal the fact. Immediately on arrival we conveyed her to the best hotel, of the proprietor of which Le glosBc had already made inquiries, in order to ilnd out whether or not Hayle had taken up his abode there. It was with relief that wo discov ered that no person answering at all to his description was located there. That done, we commenced our seareli for ho man we wanted. Wo decided to first try the olllccs of the various steamers plying across the Mediter ranean to Port Said. Considerably to our amazement, however, we hap pened to be successful at the first cast. A man signing himself ns Henry Gil ford had applied for a first-class pass ago to Colombo, with the intention of changing at that port into another steamer for Hong-Kong. "What was he like?" I inquired of the cleric; "nnd did nnythlng strike you as peculiar about him or his ap pearance?" "Well, there wns one thing," he said. "And at the time I must say I thought it funny. When I asked him his name he began 'Gideon,' nnd then suddenly corrected himself and said: 'Henry GifTord.' I remember wonder ing whether he was using a false name or not. He booked his passnge at the last moment, and seemed in a great hurry to get aboard being afraid he .would miss the boat." I questioned him as to the man's gen eral appearance, and when 1 hnd learned all he had to tell us, I was per fectly satisfied in my own mind that Haylo was tho man who had gone aboard. "He didn't loso much time." snlil L. gloBse. "Mark my words, he'll leave tho steamer at Port Said, and will either come back on his own tracks, or go up tho Palestine coast to Jaffa, and thenco back to Europe. What do you think is the best thing to be done?" "See tho agent of the company here and get him to telegraph to Port 8aid," I answered, "lloth to tjieir agent there and the captain of tho steamer. If tho captain telegrnphs back that Clifford Is our man, wo must ,wire to tho police authorities author izing them to detain him pending our arrival. There is a bit of risk at tached to it, but if wo want to catch him we must not think of that." We accordingly interviewed the agent and placed tho case before him. iVe told him who we were, and Le glosse cacplnined to him that he held a warrant for tho arrest of one Gid eon Hnyle, an individual whom he had every reason to believe was endeavor ing to escape under the assumed name of Henry Gifford. The clerk was next called in, and gave his evidence, and these matters having been settled, the telegrams were dispatched to both the captain and the agent. Some four days we knew must cer tainly elapse before we could receive a reply, aud that time wab devoted to searching the city for Kitwatcr and Codd. That, they hnd not booked pas sages in the same boat in which Hayle had sailed, we soon settled to our satisfaction. In that case we knew that they must be domiciled in Na ples somewhere. In the intervals be tween our search Lcglossc aud I used our best endeavors to make Miss Kit water enjoy her stay. Wc took her to Pompeii, climbed Vesuvius together, visited Capri, Ischia, the great mu seum, the king's palace, and dined to gether every evening. I had not been acquainted with the girl much more than a fortnight, and yet I felt as if I had known her all my life, and the greater my experience of her was, tho better I liked her. As for Lcglossc, he outdid himself in his devotion. He made the most extraordinary toilets in her honor, nnd on one occasion went even so far ns to inform me that, if ail Englishwomen wore llko this particular specimen, he would say good-by to his beloved Paris, and cross tho channel never to return again. At last the eventful day arrived, and from nine till twelve we called're pcatedly at the oilicc for the telegram that was to mean so much to us. It was not, however, until the afternoon was well advanced that a message was received. 1 could have taken my stick to the agent for tho slowness with which he opened the envelope. The clerk was called In, tho code trans lated, and thomessnge presently trans cribed. "This, gentlemen," he said at last, pointing to the telegram, "is from our agent in Port Said, and is as fol lows: "Gilford, small man, gray hair, and wears spectacles. No scar on face, cannot find first-class passenger with one. Fear you have been deceived." "Confound the fellow," I cried, "he's done us again. What's worse, we've wasted four precious days waiting for this messngc. What shall wo do now?" "Look for him elsewhere," said Lc glossc. "If he didn't go by that boat, he might have IeftTfhy another." Wo thanked the agent for his cour tesy, and wero about to leave the of fice when another telegram wns hand ed in. We waited to see whether it was from the captain, and presently found that we were not destined to be disappointed. Once more the agent consulted his code, transcribed the message, and rend it to us. "Have interviewed Gifford, threat ened him with tho police for using passage booked by another person. He confesses having been induced by stranger such as you describe to ac cept passage Colombo. How shall I act?" "We've been done ngain," I cried, bringing my fist down witli a thump upon the table. "It's only .another proof of Ilayle's cleverness. The in genious rnscal books his passage here, knowing very well that it will be one of the first places at which we shall make inquiries, lets fall a 'Gideon,' and then transfers his ticket to some body else. 1 suppose he didn't bargain for my getting out of that house in time to follow him, and to telegraph to Port Said. Now that wc are certain that he did not go that way, we must try and find out in what direction he did proceed." "And also what has become of the blind man and his companion," said Leglosse. "They may be hot upon his trail, nnd if wo can only discover them, and keep an eye on them, we may find out all we want to know. Rut It is likely to prove a dillleult task." We tried tho various shipping ofilces, without success. We called at every hotel, important or otherwise, ques tioned the city police, who assured us they had seen nothing of the men we described, and finally were com pelled to own ourselves thoroughly well beaten. Lcglosse's face was the picture of despair, nnd I fear mine was not much better. Wo Inserted adver tisements in the papers, but with no more luck than before. From the mo ment the trio had entered Naples, they seemed to have vanished entirely. Then one evening a ragged urchin called at the hotel and asked to see us. in repiy to our questions, he in formed us that he had seen two Eng lishmen only the day before, such as the police were inquiring for; ono of them was blind, the other dumb. In deed, he was sure of this, for tho rea son that ho had carried their bag for them down to the harbor whence the Palermo boat hailed. Wo pricked up our ears on hearing this. If his story was correct, and Kitwatcr and Codd had lsited Sicily, then without a doubt Hayle must have gone there too. Rut we had no desire to allow our selves to bo taken In ngnln. It might be another of Hayle'fc tricks, and for this reason we questioned the boy more closely, lie adhered, however, to his storj without a variation. His description of the men was perfect in every respout, and he assured us most emphaticnlly that he knew nothing of any individual with such a scar upon his face as Hayle possessed. At last we became convinced that Ills story was genuine, and wo rewarded the boy accordingly. After he had ,disap peared we informed Miss Kitwater of the discovery we had made. "You will follow them to Palermo?" "Assuredly, mademoiselle,' Le glosse replied. "I have my duty (o perform." "Then 1 must go with you," she an swered. "If ho Is on the Island the chase must be drawing to a close, nnd I must be present to protect him, if possible, against himself." Accordingly next morning, for the steamer for that day had long since sailed, we set out for tho kingdom of Sicily, that gem among islands as Goethe terms it. It was the first time Miss Kitwater hnd seen the southern const, and for this reason I made her promise that she would rise early next morning in order that she might witness our npproach to the far famed island. This sho did, and side by side wc watched the vessel draw closer to tho land. Awny to the west lay the island of Ustica, its outline sharply defined in the clear morning air. "How beautiful it all is!" she. said, "and to think that we arc sailing such lovely seas upon such an errnnd." "You must try not to think about it," I snid. " 'Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.' Let us hope that it will nil come right in tho end. If only Lcglossc can get hold of Hayle first, your uncle cannot possibly do him any harm, however much dis posed he may be that way. Retwecn us wo ought to be nblo to manage that." Shortly after breakfast we obtained our first glimpse of Sicily. It was a scene never to be forgotten. The blue seas, the towering mountains rising apparently out of it, madcup a pic ture that was lovely beyond com pare. Presently we steamed into the hnrbor, and made our way to the Dogann, where our luggage was exam ined. Here we commenced our in quiries concerning Kitwater and Codd, and hnd the satisfaction of learning, on undoubted authority, that the story the boy had told us was cor rect. Such terrible infirmities as theirs could -scarcely fail to attract notice, and more than one of the offi cials remembered seeing and commis erating them. On leaving the Dogann, they had traveled to the city by cab, so we were Informed. "The man who drove them is otit side now," said one of them. "Perhaps the senor would care to question him." I replied that I t,h"ould like very much to do so, and we accordingly went out into the street togelher. It appeared that the cabman remem bered his fares perfectly, the more bo by reason of the fnct that tho blind man had sworn at him for not using greater speed in reaching the city. He had driven them to some furnished lodgings kept by his cousin, he said, and was proceeding to recommend them to us, when 1 cut him short by informing him that we had already de cided upon a hotel. Wc thereupon en tered the vehicle, he mounted the box, nnd wc set olf. From the moment that we had set foot ashore Miss Kitwater had been growing more and more nervous. When it was taken into'con siderntion that before uighTfall some very unpleasant things might hap pen, I do not think this fact is to be wondered at. I pitieu her from the bottom of my heart, and wns prepared to do all that lay in my power to help her. It was a strange change for her, from the quiet little village of Bishop stowe, to tho pursuit of a criminal across Europe to an island in the Med iterranean. "And when it is over?" was the ques tion I asked myself on numerous oc casions. "What is going to happen then? I suppose I bhall bid her good by, she will thnnk me for the trouble I have taken, and then cur acquaint ance will be at an entl." After that it had become my habit to heave a prodigious sigh, and to wonder whether she could be induced to But somehow I never got; much fur ther with my speculations. Was it like ly she would ever think twice of mo? She was invariably kindly and thoughtful; she deferred to me on everything, and seemed to think my opinions aud actions must of neces sity be right. Apart, from that 1 felt certain I had made no other impres sion upon her. "Now, mon ami," said Leglosse, when we had installed ourselves at our hotel, "I think it would be better that you should efface yourself for a time. None of the men we are after know me, but Hayle and Codd would both recognize you at once. Let me go into the town and make a few inquir ies, nnd if they are satisfactory we shall know how to act. Do your best to amuse mademoiselle, and I will hasten back to you as soon as I have anything to tell." - Upon my consenting to this arrange ment he set off, leaving me free to de vote myself to the amusement of Miss Kitwater. As soon as she joined mo we made our way into the gnrden of the hotel, and seating ourselves on a comfortable bench spent the remain der of the morning basking in the sun shine, and watching the exquisite panorama that was spread out before us. "I wonder what they are doing in Rishopstowe now?" I irnid, nnd a mo ment later wished I had held my tongue. "Poor little Rishopstowe," my com panion nnswered. "How thankful 1 shall be to get safely bnck to it! don't think 1 shall over want to travel ngain." "Ah! you cannot fell," I replied. "You are seeing the world just now under very unfavorable auspices. Some day, perhaps, you will follow the same route under conditions ns happy as these arc tho reverse." I think she must have guessed to what I referred, for her face flushed a little, and she hastily diverted the conversation into another channel, by drawing my attention to a picturesque sniling-bontwhichat that moment waa entering the harbor. I tried to en tice her back to the subject later, bill she would plainly have none of it. (Only once did she refer to it, and that was when Wc were making our way back to the hotel to lunch. I stated my fear lest she should find all this run ning about from place to place tiring for her. "You need not be afraid of that," she answered. "I am very strong, nnd nm not easily tired. Besides, you have been so good und kind, Mr. Fnlrfax, and havo done so much to insure my comfort, that, if only out of gratitudo to you, I could not very well he fa tigued. I think you know how grateful I am to you, do you not?" As she said this sho looked up at me with her beautiful, trusting eyes, and so overwhelmed me that it was as much ns I could do to keep back the words that rose to the tip of my tongue. I answered her to tho effect that I had only done my best to pro mote her comfort, and was about to say something further, when Le glosse made his appearance before us. There wns a look of great satisfaction upon his fnce. "I think I know now all that there is to know," he said. "If mademoiselle will excuse me, I will tell it. M. Hayle arrived here some five days ago, and hns taken possession of a charming villa some ten miles from the city. It is situated on the const and the agent declares it to be unique. How long ho intends to occupy it, ho, the ngent, could not say, but ho has paid a high rent for it in advance, which appears to have given unlimited satisfaction. The other two men are still prowling about the city in search of him, but so far they have not been successful in their endeavors." "Could I not go to my uncle?" Miss Kitwater inquired. "It might be pos sible for me to persuade him to leave the island without seeing this wretch ed man." "I fear it would be useless," I an swered. "And you would only cnuso yourself unnecessary pain. No! what wo must do is to communicate with the Palermo police; Leglosse can show them his warrant, and then we must endeavor to get Hayle under lock and key, and then out of the island, with out waste of time. That is the best course,1 believe me." "If all goes well, I shall make tho arrest to-night," said Leglosse, and then added: "I must get back to Paris as soon ns possible." That afternoon he went out once more, this time to interview the police authorities. At five o'clock ho re turned in a state of great excitement. "The other two have discovered Ilayle's whereabouts," he said, when we were alone together. "And they have set off in pursuit. They have been gone more than an hour, and, un less we start at once, we shall be too late to take him before they run him to earth." "Good heavens! Are you quite sure of this?" "As sure ns I can be of nnything,"he nnswered. "I have been to their house." "Do not sny anything about this to Miss Kitwater," I said hurriedly. "We must make the best excuse we can to account for our absence." 1 tried to do this, but she saw through my endeavor. "You are going to arrest him, I can sec," she said. "Poor unhappy man! Rut there, I would rather that should happen than that he nnd my uncle should meet. Go, Mr. Fairfnx, aud I pray God you may be successful." To Do Continued. Doctor' "Wlfc'H Advmitngrc. "Papa," said a Hyde Park preach er's little daughter tho other day, "when I grow up I'm never going to marry either a minister or a doctor that gives people medicine." "Why, dear?" ho asked. "Don't you like preachers and doctors? You know, preachers and doctors ought to be tho most useful men there are, Doctors try to save peo ple in this world, nnd prenchers do their best to save them in the next. Isn't that pretty good business?" "Yes," replied little Caroline, "but Dr. Pelletlcrs wife was hero calling on mamma to-day, nnd they got to talking about things, and Mrs. Pol Ictler said when sho was sick it was always just terrible to think of taking any of her husband's medicine. And then mamma snid: 'O, but you're an awfully great deal more lucky than if you wero a preacher's wife. You havo only to re fuse to take thq medicine when you're sick, but 7i preacher preaches every Sunday.' " Chicago Record Herald. A DniiEcr Sliriinl. "I'm sorry, but 1 shal have to in sist that your bond with tho guar antee company be doubled." "I I what is the matter, sir?" "Well, it has just come to my knowledge that your neighbors out in Subnrbnnville call you 'Honest John.'" N. Y. Press. It Mnrte- a Difference. A man of literary aspirations who hai" his way yet to make in the world wrote a poem, which at submitted to his wifr be fore sending it out for publication. Why, Henry," sh said oa looking it over, "you have raada 'hundred' rhyie with on ward.' " "That's all richt ' he replied; "Tcnnyion did it." "Yea," rejoined hia wife, ''Tennyson could do auck a thins, but yon can't, Henry." Chicago Chronicle. ALMOST A MIRACLE. Case No. 49,073. Mrs.' M. Istcd of 1207 Strand Street, Galveston, Tex., who is proprietor of a boarding house at that address, numbering among her boarders a dozen medical, students, says: "I caught cold dur ing the flood of Soptcmbor, 1900, and. It settled in my kidneys. Despite tho fact that I tried all kinda of medicine and wns under tho enro of physicians, the excruciating twlngc3 and dull' aching across tho small of ray back, refused to leave, and trouble with tho kidney secretions began to set in. From then, ordinary Anglo-Saxon-fails to descrlbo tho annoyance and suffering I endured. Tho fearful pain through my body, Iosb of appe tite, loss of sleep, consequent loss of energy, nnd, finally, an indication of completo dissolution compelled me, from sheer agony and pain to either lie on tho floor and scream, or forced me into spasms. On such occasions my husband called in a physician, whoso morphine treatment relioveil me temporarily. I grew weaker and' thinner, nnd so run down physically that nothing was left but skin and' bone. All my friends, acquaintances, and neighbors knew about my criti cal condition, and on one occasion I was reported dead and they camo to seo my corpse. At last tho doc tors attending mo held n consulta tion and agreed that if I did not un t'ergo an operation I could not livo. Preparations wero made, n room se lected at tho city hospital, and they even went so far as to have the car riage brought to the door to carry mo there. I don't know why, but something told mo not to go, und I absolutely refused. Now I want tho render to grasp every word of the following: A friend of ours, a Mr. McGaund, knowing that my kidneys were tho real cause of tho entire trouble, brought n box of Doan's Kidney Pills to tho house, and re quested mo to give them a trial. I had taken so much medicine that I was more than discouraged, and had little, if any,' faith in any prepara tion. However, I renspned if they did not do mo good they could nob possibly make mo worse, so I be gan tho treatment. After the third dose, I felt something dart across mo like a flash of lightning, and from that moment I began to improve. The pain in my back and kidneys positively disappeared, tho kidney secretions became frco and natural. At present I rest and sleep well, my nppetite is good, my weight has in creased from 118 to 155 pounds, and1 my flesh is firm nnd solid. My friends actually marvel at tho change in my appearance. 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