THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER XV. XV. BANDKKS, Publisher. NEMAHA, NEBItASKA. QEOQRAPHICAl. ROMANCE. Toung Phil Adelphln fell In lovo With pietty Mary Land, Ho schemed nml thought till almost 111., How ho might win liar hand. "I'd bettor bo nbout It now, Soon ns I Knn.i" snid ho, "Or else my rival, Louis Vlllo, May get ahead of Mo." lie went at onco to boo hl MIhs., An ardent call to l'a. Ab ho at)ro:ichcd ho Haw her no Sho In a hatntnock La. Bald he: "Come, tnlto a walk." Said sho: "All right, but wait a mlto Till my New Jersey 1 can get, It may turn cool to-night." They had not wandered very far When Phil,, with might and Maine, Began to urgo her to accopt Him an her loving swain. "I'm not religiously inclined, Nor do I go to Mass.," Eald he. "Hut Hiiro iih trutli Ih truth, Thero Ih no other hiHH For whom I caro a Ten. cent piece. Not even Ida llo, "Whoso father owns the biggest farm ThlH Hldo of Buffalo." "Alanl" Hald she. "What Hhnll I say? I never learned to Wash., Nor clean tho house, nor Mo. tho lawn, Nor even cook a hoiuihIi. Tho China I'd be suro to break, Tho Turkey I should burn, And Greece I'd spill, or some mishap Occur nt every turn; And all tho things I'd try to cook From daylight until dark Would bo so tough you'd think that they Had coino out of tho Ark." rhll. laughed a laugh most blltho and On., Pacific Wan. hla mood, And said: ".Vou nro Superior To all girls over wooed. Come a New Haven lot us seek, Where We may dwell for ayo In ppaco aniL,Concord nil our lives, ForcvirMindm day.' " Sho uavo'coiyrent, and thoy woro wed, For ,a Now Port sot sail, Whcro.ithcy.'arrlvod, when safely they Hnd weathered every galo. Tho JoyWlffi" great In that most blest Of all United Stntes, Tho stato of matrimony. Who Could find Hiich loving mates? Ralph Howott Dumont. In What-to-Eat. Th. KIDNAPPED MILLIONAIRES A Tale of Wall Street and the Tropics 4 A. By FREDERICK U. ADAMS O Copyright, 1M1, 1 v I.othrop Publishing Company. All rlifhu reiorvtd. CIIAPTEU X. CONTINUKD. "Noouw thut I think on it," he sold, 'yer friend Mister Hestor was or mighty line singer. Ho lister sing er song crbout an olo geezer that hnd er wooden leg and wiih always hard up for terbnecer. I don't rightly re member the words, but they wa thrlllin,' nnd Mister Hestor uster sing em nnd dance at ther smno time, lie was singen em one time in N'Orle'ins, an' ho fell out. through ther passage way an' went kerplunk inter the MIh- bIrhIp. Haw, haw, haw, hut I thought I would dio -ft-laughin.' Ho didn't care n gash ding. Ho swum round er while nnd then we pulled him out. Mighty lively feller; that Hestor. .Ho just didn't core nothin' at all cr bout money. When we was a loadln' the lumber for that air house of liis'n, ho would Ktan' arnound crbaout ther Hchooner nnd ruiso Cain with ther dock wallopers, nnd ho gin each one on 'em ten dollars apiece tcr clrink his good health. They didn't Show up ergaln fer er week. Uster hire nil ther niggers ter sing an' dance fer him, an' thar war so many of them cavoorting nlong tho levee, that it looked like a nigger minstrel convention. Mister Hcstor woijld sit on tho bridge of the 'Shark' and throw money at 'em. ne sent one nigger over to a place with a $20 bill to get broke, bo ho could hev more coins ter throw, an' the blnmcd dnrkey never did conw back. Mister Hestor thought that a big joke. Mighty easy man ter get nlong with, that Mister Hestor. Hut ho was pe culiar mighty peculiar." The drowsy Hender wuh aroused, and bidding Cnpt. Parker good night they retired. In Bpitc of tho 'fact that they had slept all day, it was six o'clock tho following morning be fore they tumbled out of their bunks and appeared on deck. The sky was overcast and the wind had whipped Into tho southeast and wan blowing linlf a gale. Capt. Parker was roaring orders to tho Bailors, who weru clawing nt tho canvas and hnlf reef ing tho sails. Tho big topsails had vanished. The foam-capped waves dashed spitefully against the port side of the schooner, and scattered spray across tho piles of lumber. There was tho feel of rain In the air. To the north, the Kmoko of n liner ras just discernible through tho thickening mists "Nasty weather," said Mr. Seymour the captain approached. "It's going to blow cats and dogs," 4Mid that gentleman. Ha was a good weather prophet. CIYAPTElt XI. SPRINGING THE TRAP. Walter B. Hestor explained the de tails of I lie proposed newspaper trust to Mr. Palmer .1. Morton on Monday, April !H, as has been nar rated. He awaited word from tho great financier willi some impatience, and was delighted, tho following Fri day, to receive a note from Mr. Mor ton, stating that lie would be glad to see him at four o'clock that after noon. Hestor was them punctually. "I have briefly explained your prijeot to AndrtiB Carmody, .John M. Rockwell, Simon Pence and R. .7. Kent," said Mr. Morton, without any preliminary conversation. "Mr. Kent has agreed to broach the sub ject to Mr. Haven. I find that none of us have pressing engagements for next Monday afternoon after bank ing hours. They expressed a willing ness to listen to your plans at that time, if such wlVi Milt your conven ience." Hestor was cool as ice. He thought a moment, calmly consulted a memo randum book, and stated that he had only an unimportant engagement which readily could be postponed. "We will meet at this ofllce, then," said Mr. Morton as he rose to signify that the Interview was at an end. "I have a suggestion to make," said Hestor. "You never have been on board my new yacht. All last season she was in commission in In dian and Asiatic waters. The 'Shark' returned to the United States about a month ago and lias been thoroughly overhauled and is in line condition. Vou and the gentlemen you have named with tlo possible exception of Mr. I'enee are famous water dogs. I should be glad to welcome you on the 'Shark,' and promise you a good dinner, after which we can discuss matters nt leisure. 1 will dock her at the Bat tery, and it is but a few steps from here to the pier." "Bather too curly in tho season for yachting, is it not?" said Mr. Morton, but his face lit up at the thought. He was a famous yachts man. "It is fine and warm to-day, but it may be disagreeable Monday." "If it, is had weather we can meet at your ofllce. If it is fine wo will go on the yacht," suggested llcstof. "If the weather Is favorable I se i no reason why we should not accept your invitation," said Mr. Morton. "Wo will wait and see. I will let you know by two o'clock Monday afternoon if wo decide to go on your yacht. Good day." On Friday Hestor received a tele phone message from Sidney Ham mond announcing his return from Chicago. Hestor at once addressed him the following letter: My Dear Sidney: I havo accomplished great things since you havo been away. I should like to see you and talk them over with you at once, but have matters of much Importance on hand which will take up every tnlnuto of my tlmo until Monday evening. I presume that you will find plenty of work awaiting your return. I havo arranged to give a dinner to several ncntlemon on board tho "Shark" on Monday ovonlng. Among them will be Mr. Palmer J. Mor ton, Mr. Carmody, Mr. Itockwcll and others. You must bo ono of tho party. I nm going to surprlso you. Tho "Shark" will bo docked near tho Huttcry at four o'clock. Join tho party at tho boat. Do not fall to accopt this Invitation, ns wo shnll discuss matters which will renulro your advlco. Notify mo by message at onco of your accept ance of this Invitation. Will see you In tho meanwhile If I can spare the time. For reasons suillclently obvious, you will kindly light a cigar with this note and maintain your habitual secrecy as a friend and a lawyer. I remain, dear Sidney, Sincerely yours, WALTER B. HESTOR. To this letter Hestor received a reply accepting 'the invitation and congratulating him on the evident prospects of the "trust," nnd ex pressing a lively curihslty as to itn subject and object. The Monday selected by Mr. Palmer J. Morton for a conference between his business associates and tho repre sentative of the New York Becord was a perfect day, ns has been stated in this history. Mr. Hestor was not surprised when the financier called him on the telephone and informed him that the invitation for a trip and a dinner on the "Shark" was ac cepted. Mr. Morton said that ho had notified Messrs. Kent, Pence nud Haven to meet at his ofllce at about four o'clock, and that he would es cort them through Battery park to the pier, the location of which was perfectly familiar to Mr. Morton. Mr. Hestor replied that he would arrange with Mr. Rockwell and Mr. Carmody to meet either at Mr. Mor ton's ofllce or to proceed directly to tho yacht. This terminated the con versation over the telephone. Hestor then called Mr. Itockwcll on tho telephone. That gentle man stated that he hnd an ap pointment to meet Mr. Carmody at Ids olfico at three o'clock, and said that if Mr. Hestor would call for them al about four o'clock they would be pleased to accompany him. This was agreed to. At this hour the Hestor carriage, with the old family coachman on the box, Btood in front of tho Carmody building, and n few minutes later tho three gentlemen were on their way to the boat. They found that Mi. Morton nnd his party had anived, as had Mr. Sidney Ham mond, who was acquainted with tho members of the group of capitalists. "Mr. Hammond is my attorney an well as my friend," said Mr. Hestor, "and he may be able to throw light on any legal complications that may arise during our conversation." "J have not had an opportunity to discuss tills matter at any length with Mr. Hestor," snid Sidney Ham mond, with perfect truth, "but I hope his plans may "prove so perfect that from tills time on the services of my profession will not be needed." The moment Mr. Hestor arrived and found his invited guests present he gave the signal to Capt. Waters. The lines were east off and the boat headed out past Governor's island and down the bny. "Jt Is a slinme to talk business on a day like tills," said Mr. Morton, ns the group stood on the bridge while the yacht swept past the giant Statue of Liberty. "Wo shall talk no business until after dinner," said Hestor. "When eer you gentlemen arc ready 1 shall be pleased to show you the 'Shark.' Cnpt. Waters and I are very proud of her." "You have a fine boat," snid Mr. Morton, ns the party repaired to the aft deck-house and engaged the serieos of the grinning and dex terous "Bob." "How fast Is she?" "In an einergonoj' we can drive her 23 knots an hour," said Mr. Hes tor. Ho looked at n guage. '"We are now running about eighteen knots, but I told Cnpt. Waters we were in no hurry. She runs very smooth at 18 knots. Don't you think so?" "Smooth ns a watch," said Mr. Kent. "You have a fine crew, Mr. Hestor. They seem to be under ex cellent discipline. You must intro duce us to Capt. Waters. He ap pears to be tho ideal ofa marine officer." "You shall meet him," replied Hes tor with a queer sort ofjsmile. "He is tho best captain that ever paced a bridge. Capt. Waters, has been in the employ of our family 'for thirty years. He served with my father in the Asiatic trade, and tho mail of tho world is ns familiar to him as is your office furniture to you. He is accustomed to obey orders, nnd to have them obeyed. He asks no ques tions and will answer none, once he has obtained his orders. Did you notice anything peculiar about the crew?" "You seem to have them under the discipline of the United States navy," said Mr. Pence. "I started to go on the bridge while yon. gentle men were looking at the crews' quar ters, and one of the men placed him self squarely in my way and stopped me. He was polite, bit decisive. He said it was against orders." "Every man on this boat, except Capt. Waters." explained Hestor, "is an ex-member of the United States or British nnvy. They would not be content except under naval discipline. They are schooled to it. They re gard Capt. Wafers, their commander, as the greatest man on earth. They respect me only because Capt. Wa ters has informed them that I am the owner. Hut if Copt. Waters told them to put me in irons they would not hesitate for a moment to do it. If he gave the word they would cheerfully sail up tho Thames and bombard the Houses of Parliament." Mr. Pence glanced nervously at a stalwart marine who paced slowly and regularly back and forth on the! after deck. "Bob," exclaimed Mr. Hestor, "go and ask the steward when dinner will bo ready. Sidney, there, looks ns if ho could eat a bird and not know it." "I will confess that I am hungry," said Mr. Hammond. "This sea air is a great appetizer." "You need not worry, Sidney, there will be plenty," Mr. Hestor replied. "Wo have provisions on board to Inst for two months if necessary." Again ho smiled in a queer sort of way, and astounded the company bj suddenly retiring to the corner of the saloon, where he performed with much ngility a song and dance to the words: "Thero was an old geezer and ho had a wooden tlog; Ho had no tobacco, no tobacco could ho beg; Another old geezer was as cunning as a fox, And ho always had tobaccp In his old tobacco box. (Clog.) Yea, ho always had tobacco In his old tobacco box." Hestor terminated his song with a wild "break down" which was hard ly completed before Bob returned with word that dinner was ready. "That is an accomplishment I did not know you possessed," snid Mr. Itockwcll with an air of mingled amusement and disgust. "I certainly am a mad wng," said Mr. Hestor, who seemed strangely exhilarated. Sidney gave him a re proving look', and received a non committal grin in response. It was growing dusk ns the eight men seated themselves in the cozy dining-room of the "Shnrk." The dinner ended, and coffee was followed by cigars. Mr. Morton looked nt his watch. "It Ih half post eight o'clock," he sold, in some surprise. "You must get back before eleven o'clock," ho added, addressing Mr. Hestor, "That will give us plenty of thna to discuss tlto matter which is the real object of this most enjoyable trip. yiiicH way are we headed now?" Mr. Morton looked over his should er to the starboard. The lights of Seabright twinkled faintly over some 12 miles of waters. "Wo arc headed about for Spnin, I should say," said Hestor with an uneasy laugh. "I must be home before 11 o'clock," declared Mr. I'enee. "My folks will be worried to death." Mr. Penco seemed much annoyed and disturbed. "That is later than I had calculated to remain out," said Mr. Carmody. "You will have to. give us that 23 knots an hour in order to gf't us back in time." ' Capt. Waters stood in the door way, his form showing clear against the moonlit sky. "You are not going home to-night, gentlemen," said Hestor, with studied deliberation. "I have decided to en- V J V V) . 1 t 11 'I - "YOU ARE NOT GOING IIOJtG TO NIGHT, GENTLEMEN." SAID HESTOR. ' joy your company for an indefinite period, You are to take a well earned vacation at the expense and under tho management of your hum ble servant, the owner of the ocean going steam yacht, the 'Shark.' " "What mad jest is this, Walter!" exclaimed Sidney Hammond, as ho advanced in a half-threatening man ner towards Hestor. Capt. Waters also stepped forward. Mr. Morton and his associates were speechless in amazement. "Put the boat about at once, and do not mar by your ill timed jokes, an occasion which has been so thoroughly enjoyed by nil your guests." Hammond's eyes flashed in anger. "This is no merry jest or joke," said Hestor, who ' though slightly pale, was cool and collected. "We ure not going back to New York to night nor for many duys to come. I have determined to ascertain whether or not the universe will continue to run without the aid of you gentle men, and have adopted this pleasant method of making the test. Of course there are bound t6 be some trifling annoyances and some worry occasioned, but with your aid these can be reduced to a minimum." With the exception of Mr. Kent, the guests hnd urisen from their chairs. Their faces were a study for an artist. Mr. Rockwell was in a rage, and nervously grasped a heavy decanter, as If to use it us a weapon. "If you are in earnest, this is an outrage for which you shall suffer," he shouted in a voice hoarse with passion. He dropped the decanter in Ills excitement and it smashed in fragments on the floor. "If you are sane, this is a crime. If it is a joke, it is nn intolerable outrage. If you are crazy, you should be taken care of by your friends. I nm sure," he continued, lowering his voice and speaking with more calmness, "that Capt. Waters and his crew will pay no attention to your orders. Surely he will not detain gentlemen of our standing against our will." Mr. Kent arose deliberately and paced up and down the dining-room, smoking his cigar with the air of a spectator who wos but slightly inter ested in the matter at issue. Mr. I'enee wns in an agony of terror. "This is awful!" he groaned. "Spenk to him, Mr. Carmody. Speak to the euptain!" To Bo Continued. StliiKJ" anil Xur' ow-Mlmled. Her husband's brother had through his own efforts become very rich. "Now," he snid "I will do some thing for her and the children. I am under no obligations to them, but they are poor and I feel that it will be no more than right for mc to help them." Therefore he bought a comfortable home for them and gave her the deed. Then he took her to the fur niture stores nnd they secured cur pets, beds, chairs and other things that were necessary to make them comfortable and he paid for them, after which he went about his own affairs rejoicing. She sat in her new home, with her hands clasped in her lap and a sad look on her face. "What is the trouble?" her neigh bor asked. "I was thinking of the selfishness nnd meanness of some people," she sorrowfully replied. "Think of all the money he has. Yet he is too stingy, too nnrrow-minded even te give ub a piano." Chicago Becord Herald -- ... TRIALS OF "WEATHER MAN.' Rot Supposed to Know AnytbiiiK Hat That Which Suit the Dear People. The "weather clerk" of the comic press is a, much abused person. If he does not turn out u good day for all holidays he has more enemies than nny other man living. Tho real w.outh er clerk, who works in Uncle Sam's bureaus, has his troubles, too, which are hardly less amusing than those of his fictitious brother. The Milwau kee Free Press tells some of the ex periences of a "weather man." One day a woman rung him up from a small town to ask what tho weather would be the next morning. "I think it will snow, madam." "Dear me!" said the woman. "I have made arrangements to go to Chicago." "Sorry," replied the weather man, "but it's going to snow, just tho to me." "But I've got to go to Chicago,"' said the woman. "Yes, ma'am." "And you ure quite sure it's going to snow?" "Yes. ma'am." "The man next door to me says he doesn't believe it will." "He may be right, but I don't think so." "Whnt do you think nbout it hon estly now?" I can't go to Chicago 'if it's going to snow." "Well, madam, 1 think it's going to snow. However, we can't be certuiiii of anything, of course." "You can't?" "Certainly not." "Then you really don't know ony thing about, it. That's what I thought. T don't believe you know nny more nbout it than my old one eyed torn cat. I shull have to report, you to Washington." Another experience of the samo sort enmc to this observer of tho clouds nnd the winds. A woman rang him up on the telephone to ask what the weather w.-is in a neighboring town. He looked at the map. "It's raining there," he said. "Burning!" cried the woman in hor rified tones. "Are you sure?" "Yes, ma'am." "Dear me! Isn't that provoking? I' sent, my white silk dress to mj moth, er, who lives there, and she wns to wash it and dry it out in the field, where the soot wouldn't get at it. If it's raining she couldn't dry to-day,, of course." "Not very well." said the weather man. "Maybe it won't be raining to morrow." "But I have to have the dress for to-morrow. She wns to ship it buck to me to-night." TWO OF A KIND. Doth of Thwe Men Are Determined to SUrlc to Tlielr Giiiim tO tllC IillHt. He was long, lank and dejected look ing, and he stood in front of a cobbler shop on Gratiot uvenue for five min utes before entering. When he did walk in there vuis no confidence in his bearing, relates the Detroit Free Press. "Thirteen years ago," he began, as. the cobbler looked up at him, "I called here to say that I was in the fly-screen business." "Dot vhufc so," wns tho reply. "I asked you if I could arrange to screen jour door and window, and I went, on to explnin the comfort, con venience and economy of fly-screens,, but you buid nix." "Yov, 1 said nix." "While you admitted that fly-screens-kept the flies out, you also contended that they kept them in." "Dot vhas so." "I made no sale, but I came again the next year. It was still nix. It was so the third year the fourth the fifth. It has been so for 13 years. I have never missed you, but it has al ways been nix." "Yaw,-it vhas nix." "And now I come ngain," continued the man; "I come with the same old' screens 'o tell you the same old story about the same old flies. Is it any use?" "It vhas not." "Your answer still is nix?" "Nix no not any." "Well," said fly-screens, as he drew himself up and heaved a long sigh, 'T expected it1 and am not disappointed.. I couldn't pass, however, without look ing ill. 1 shall never do so. You aro here to stay so am 1. The months will pas- the years go by decade follow dec ade, but every yenr for the next half century 1 shall make my appeurunce and offer my lly-screens." "Und he vhas always nix," snid the cobbler, with a grim smile. "He vhas nix mit me for one hoonered years, und den my brudder-in-law takes der shop.. If he likes to buy some ily-pcrecns und keep der flies in he vhas some idiots und you make a sale und take it. out ia. cement patches for your shoes." In UrHpcriitlori. Fan So she's engaged to Mr. Pollc I wonder.how heVuime to propose? Nun I don't believe he did come to do it, but she was determined not to let aim go until he did. Cleveland Leader,. "WJtt 1 1 .4