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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.
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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.
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