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,.
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