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I'V! lit THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER V. W. HANMKltS, I'lilillalinr. NEMAHA, "I NEIHIASKA. YEARS AGO A BOY'S PLAINT. "J reckon yearn mid year iiro To bo a boy wan Inilly fun; Ton JuhI was born, and then you'd prow And keep on Krowlruc till you'd done. Yon went to school awlillo, J know, But moHtly you'd Juot urow ami f;row. The iiIoh and things tlicy uned to tnakol (I've, often heard my father toll) 'Th" pies and dumplliiKH and the cako, The cooktoH, tarts and Jam lis well I Of courHc, corn-bread they'd also bake, Hut moHtly II wait pics and cako. I You went In Bwlmmlntf every day In HUtnmer-tlmo al any rate. Tlio other boyH would come to play; You had n Kim; you'd count anil Hkato. omo work thoro was of course but nay It moHtly was Just play and play. "TwaH nuttltiK-tlmo tho , whole year through, And Kourth July would Inst a week; Old Santa Claun was really true, And drove IiIh reindeers like a streak. Of course, tlicce wore tho chores to do Hut who would caro with Santa true? .And then tho pcoplo who were Krown, They iravo n boy a llttlo rent; A fellow then was let alone, And went to bud whon he thought bent. Sometimes your falher'd seold, I own, Hut hic-Htly you were lut alom, 'Twould been moro fun I really know (A mothor'H club In my ma's forte) If I'd been born somo years ano. (My pa ho reads my school report!) Some things, of course, wore- pretty alow Hut I'd 'a' chanced It years agol Ilayden Carruth, In Woman' Homo Companion. IT. ITTftrVAPPPn I MILLIONAIRES ATalo of Wall Street and the Tropics - Dv FREDERICK U. ADAMS q ,.- ,.o Copyright, 1MI, by I,otlirop l'libilrhlni; Company. All lights ivkt'rvvd. chapter xvirr. MR. PI5NCE DISCOVJSUS GOLD. Witli intich iliilleully Mr. Simon Pence scaled the huiIitH overlook ing tho ibny, mid, aided by Vincent, .finally readied tlio top. lie cant one lingering look behind, and fallowed IiIh young and sturdy companion Into "tho half-jungle which lay before thiMii. They found it possible, by following tho elilTfl along the ocean, to make fairly rapid progress. Their Jiuirch was hindered by frequent gorges, but they proceeded laborious ly but steadily in a southern direc tion. Shortly after noon they ate their luncheon. They rested on a ledge fronting tho sea. Two miles to the fioutli a huge crag reached out into the bluo water, and beyond no land was visible. They decided to make an -attempt to climb tho promontory, believing that It would afford a view of tho south shore, and perhaps u general survey of tho island. The brush thickened. They slowly forced their way through a thicket; Mr. fence in advance. Suddenly he gave a cry of terror, and fell over Vincent in his wild retreat. Before them stood a monster tho grotesque figure of a human being, with outstretched arms, hideous faeu ami protruding teeth. At a glance Vincent recognized it as a stone im age, and shouted reassuringly to tho fleeing explorer. In the open space before them wore tho massive ruins ofv temples and palaces; the tomb of a city which had nourished and decayed long before the dawn of recorded history. On mound and terrace were crumbling relics of n former grandeur. The ruins covered many acres, and lay back from tho cliffs a dlstaiico not exceeding 100 yards. There were Iracos of ancient fountains, with figures half-buried In the mud and .slime of what once were pleas ing pools. In tho center of the ruined city was a pyrjimltlaJ mound, surmount ed by tlio wreck of what once must have been an imposing structure. Vincent climbed up this mound and gaxed with awe on the grewsomc figures which were scattered in odd postures around the stone fioor of the temple. In one corner the fioor bad caved in and revealed a subter ranean vault or chamber of un known extent. Vincent lowered lilm-i-elf to the fioor below. At first it was o dark ho could not survey his sur roundings, but his eyes became nc cuntomod to tho gloom. lie stuinbled over the uneven surface and oiiliricd n passageway lending to the left. Mr.' Pence called to him from over head, and Vincent answered; his voice sounding sepulchral as it echoed through the corridors. A fallen stone block half closed tho opening into a amaller room. Vin cent lit a match and entered. The walla were covered with a growth of fungus, but his eyct. were riveted to a 'Collection of carved figures of varbAift size which lined three sides of. tile wall They pildontly were Images or idols, and were ugly enough to have f oared the worshippers into any con fession or belief. They routed on a stone shelf formed by the top of a moHnlo wainscoting which project ed from the walls. Vincent picked up one of the smaller images and started baric to examine It more carefully In the daylight. It seemed remarkably heavy, but lie imagined it to be bronze or copper, tarnished by the rust of ages. Vincent found Mr. Pence looking down into thvc hole, but mnklug no movq to quit terra firina. "See what 1 have found," 6aid! y i te3Srr TIIKY W13UK ENOUGH, idol to Mr. Vincent, handing Pence. "What a ,singularly ugly thing," remarked the capitalist as lie han dled it gingerly. "It's awful heavy. What's it made of?" Vincent pulled himself out of the hole and brushed tho mold from his clothes. Mr. Pence looked intently at the image, lie "hefted" it judi ciously. It was of n rusty brown color, but smooth and well pre served. "Jienmrkably heavy!" said Mr. Pence. Ills eyes glittered and lib was much excited. "Let me tnke your knife," he said. Vincent produced a knife and opened tlio big blade. Mr. Pence dug hlto the fiat nose of the ldolr Ho gave the knife a circular motion, and on the end of the blade lay a shining yellow chip. " "Gold!" he shouted. "Gold! Solid gold! Solid gold, and it weighs moro than ten pounds!'' Tho face of the millionaire was a study. For a moment it shone with tho splendor of the gold shaving which rested in the palm of his hand. At that instant he was oblivious to his surroundings. He clenched tho image tightly nnd regarded it witjh a rapt expression such as a mother lavishes on her babe. Suddenly his attitude changed. He recovered him self with a start. Ills face darkened. He glared at Vincent and drew back from him as in aversion. "Where did you find this?" he nl most. shrieked, in a voice harsh and trembling with excitement. "Back in there," said Vincent, wav ing his hand away from the mouth of the cavern "There's lots of them back there." "Tnke me there! Take me there!" lie dropped his voice almost to a whisper. He glanced n round ns if expecting somo ono mjght see or hear him. "They belong" to us," ho said, lay ing his hand affectionately on Vin cent's shoulder"; "To us; do you un-v derstand, to us. We found them you and T. They nre ours, Vincent, all ours. We will divide them be tween us two just you and I. Help mo down there. Let me see them. Arv you sure there is a lot of them? Perhaps they are not lH.ce this one. Bigger, did you say? Which way is it? How awful dark It is! Take, hold of no hand!" Before the magic of the touch of gold the natural cowardice of the el derly millionaire disappeared. Twice he fell and bruised his hands, but he did not care. They came to the vault. Vincent went In first and lit a match. Mr. Pence gave an exclamation of delight. He rushed to one of the images, lifted itt ran his fingers lovingly over the sur face aiul laughed with joy. The ma toll burned out and tho room was dark as midnight. "Light another, quick!" shouted Simon Pence. "I'll tell you what you do," he exclaimed, as the match lightened up the gloom. "I will stand outside and you hand them to me, and I will carry them where wo1 can sec them." Vincent did as he was told. He started at ono end of the shelf nnd felt his way around, and handed the images to the outstretched hands of Mr. Pence, who carried them along the corridor and placed them in a corner of the outer room. It took an hour or more to do this, at tho end of which tlnieVincent de clared that alk figures were re moved. Mr. Pence began testing the linages. As ho dug into each idol and found It gold his joy knew no bounds. Vincent also was de lighted, lie owned a half Interest In more property than he ever had hoped to obtain, unless by chance somo of his cherished plans should find a finaneer. Ihflh forgot tho iliglit of time. They counted the idols and images and found there were 03. They then attempted to UOLY tho estimate the weight of their treas ures. They calculated the smnllest one at ton pounds and the others ranged all the way up to one esti mated at not less than 70 pounds. As nearly as they could judge, aft er carefully estimating tin weight of cacli linage, the total was about 1,57.1 pounds. . "How much Is gold worth a pound?" asked Vincent, as he held an idol out at arm's length. He re membered that he could "hold out" a weight of 30 pounds, nnd this one required all of his muscular effort. "Gold js worth about $22 1 a pound," said Mr. Pence. "That Is based on the amount of gold in coins. This looks like pure gold to me. It is awful soft. Don't rub that image like that; you will wear it out. What time Is it?" 'Vincent had no watch; neither had Mr. Pence, but they thought it was about thi-ce o'clock in the afternoon. "We must be going back at once," said Vincent. "What are we going to do with those things? We can't carry them with us. Let's each take two of the smaller ones and start along. Wc can get help to-morrow and carry the rest of them to the bungalow. In tho meanwhile wc will put them back In that vault." "What, arc you talking about, man?" exclaimed Simon, Pence. "Go and leave this gold here? Never! Never, sir, never! Go away and leave $350,000 in gold unguard ed? I cannot think of it. You go back to camp and get help. I will remain." ."Who Is going io find it or steal it?" demanded Vincent. "The chances are that no one has been here before in a thousand years. If they had been, the gold would not be here. It is as safe as in a vault in New York: Come nlong, Mr. Pence. How dark it is getting! What is that moaning sound? Wc must go back. It is going to storm." "I will never leave this gold here!" Bald Mr. Pence. "It is not safe. You go back and I will remain. I am not afraid. 1 will stay all night if necessary. Come back in tho morning nnd bring help and food." "That is foolish, Mr. Pence," said Vincent. He had climbed out of the cavern and stood facing the sea. "Come, on," he said. "There is go ing to be an awful storm. It looks like a hurricane. Come on; you must not remain here." "Go back, and let me alone," said Mr. Pence. "I will never, never leave hero alive with this gold un guarded. I have a gun. I am not afraid. Go on back to the camp Tell them the gold is ours all ours. If I stay hero and take care of it, I ought to have more than half of it. Go ahead) before the storm breaks!" It was useless to argue with him. Vincent bade him good-bye nnd started on a run for Morton's Bay. He had not gone a quarter of a mile before the storm struck the is land. The first blast swept him from his feet. A falling tree half burled him in its branches, and his face was scratched and bleeding. A few rods away was a gully. Strug-' gling to his feet he ran and crawled in that direction. He remembered reaching the vtilgc of the gully. There was a crash and a roar; Vin cent saw a ilash of light and lost consciousness. How long this lasted he did not know. He awoke with the rain beating on his face. There was a dull pain in his head. The rage of the storm was demoniacal. Crawling along the ground, guided by the incessant Hashes of light ning, he reached tho shelter of a rock, which he .shared with nn igu ana and a huge, rock python, whose shiny scales glistened in the flame from the heavens. The two reptiles cuddled up to the explorer. The big snake ran his fiat head between Vincent's coat and his back, and lay motionless. The lizard was more nervous, nnd ran back and forth along the nar row ledge, but lay most of the timo with his crested back resting against Vincent's right arm. "I was not afraid of them," Vin cent explained later. "The storm was so much more frightful than they that I did not mind them. I knew thnt both of them were harm less, though that snnko was big enough to swallow a deer or a man. But ho was as scared at the storm as T was, and I tell you any com pany was welcome that night. I went asleep finally, and when I woke up the storm was over and the snake and lizard were gone." Simon Pence was entitling out of his dungeon when tho storm swept in from the sea. Be heard the roar and dropped back in time to miss, a palm tree, torn up by the roots and hurled over his hend. An Instant Inter ono of the huge monoliths fell from its pedestnl and crashed through the fioor to the south of where ho stood. Ho ran back and forth shouting nnd waving his hands in 'terror. Prom a hundred crevices tho rain poured in streams upon tho fioor. At first it ran down the black corridor, but as tho storm Increased It began to rise. Inch by inch it rose. The millionaire splashed through tho muddy fiood and took refuge on n slab of stone which had fallen from the floor above, Here he remained all night, the waters steadily creeping toward him until at last it seemed to find an outlet to the west and remained station ary. The idols nnd Images in tho far corner were half burled In dc-, bris and water. The larger ono lifted its head above the fiood, and his wicked eyes gleamed in their sockets in the flashes of lightning. Blue flames of electric! iy ran along the walls of the cavern; balls of firo and tongues of phosphorescent flame glowed in its depths. Above tho roar and turmoil of the storm, Mr. Pence could hear wa'illng cries as of some soul in torment. It vas prob ably his imagination, but there were sounds as if giants were struggling on the shattered floors above his head. Through the long night Mr, Pence remained in this cavern and heard tlie storm lashing above his head. No sleep came to his eyelids. When day came and tho last rumble of the thunder died away in the north, he was so cramped he could hardly move, lie succeeded in wading through the water, and after much effort crawled out into' the open air bringing one of the idols with him. In the warmth of the sun hi:i clothes soon dried. He sat down beneath a tree where he could watch the opening of the cave. He closed his eyes for a moment and fell asleep. When Vincent awoke and found himself alive and not much injured, except for a contusion on the back of his head, he hunted for the idols and soon foil ml them. He was just starting to return to the ruined city when ho heard a shout to the north, and the next instant the report of a gun. Vincent shouted in return, and in a few miriptcs saw Sidney Hammond nnd Palmer J. Morton coming towards him. Briefly he ex plained what had happened, and tho three set forth for the temple where Mr. Pence was guarding tho treas irc. The indignation of Sidney and Mr. Morton was tempered by a fear that the millionaire had not sur vived the fate which his avarice had tempted. They soon reached the temple. At first they did not observe Mr. Pence. Vincent had crawled down into the cavern and announced that no one was there before Sidney, discovered tho slumbering gunrdian under a calabash tree. It was a pathetic figure which these three men approached. His hat had fallen to the ground, nnd the matted gray hair half covered tho eyes of the sleeping financier. One hand was firmly clutched to the idol. In the relaxed fingers of tho other hand was a stout club. The linen clothes were bedraggled in mud and slime. The right foot was in a pool of wa ter. Were it not for the slight but regular heaving o"f tho soiled shirt bosom they would have thought him dead. Mr. Morton pushed the idol with his foot. The hand of the sleeper instinctively tightened its grip. Ho awoke with a start, and with sur prising agility sprang to his feet "Back! back!" he shouted. "You shall not have it! I will die first!" Ho brandished the club defiantly and swung a blow at Mr. Morton, who stepped back, and narrowly evaded it. "Wake up, Mr. Pence," said Sidney Hnnuuond. "You are all right! Come out of your trance; it is time to go home." Simon Pence blinked his eyes, ran his hand over his forehead nnd came to his senses. lie throw himself into Sidney's arms and gave way to his emotions. When he recovered there was no difficulty in persuading him to go back to tho bungalow. In fact, he was eager to go. The ex periences of the night had overmas tered his rapacity. Each of the four carried one. of tho images, and an hour later were on the raft and soon after all the members of the Social Island Colony once more were be neath the voof of tho bungalow. After u meal they repaired to their rooms and enjoyed several hours of refreshing sleep. It was late in tho afternoon before tho castaways re covered from tho effects of the hur ricane. To Do Continued. Two StorlcH by u I'rcuclicr. Bev. Dr. Parkin, in his nddress be fore the Ministerial union at Withcr spoon hall one Monday, told two good stories. The first was of a young min ister in the coal regions who had an impediment in his speech. He tried many remedies without avail, till at last, after saving a goodly proportion of his salary by denying himself the comforts of life, he came to Philadel phia to be cured, because he had heard there wero so many "speak easies" here. The other was a min ister whoso education in business matters had been sadly neglected. Ho had a sninjl charge also, and eked out a living by writing for tho papers. One day he received a check for $15, made payable to his order. He took it to the local bank, and, handing it In, was told to indorse it. He hesi tated a moment, and then, taking up tlie precious document, wrote on the back: "I heartily indorse this check." Philadelphia; Telegraph, GREATEST LIVE STOCK SHOW. Chlof Coliurn Imuc KuIpm That Will Got ctii tlio Inhibitor nt tlio I.otiliiliitl.1 1'urchiifio Exposition. Tho moro important rules which will govorn tho exhibit of live stock at St. Louis in 1001, as formulated by Chief P. D. Coburn and confirmed by the managers and board of directors, read as follows: All prizes in tho department of llvo stdclc of tlio Louisiano Purchase ex position will be awarded by Individu al judges or tho "one-Judgo system,' nnd by comparison. These Judges will "' bo chosen for their especial qualifi cations and their intlmalo knowledge of tho characteristics and qualities that mako valuable tho breeds upoir which they will give judgment and their awards will ho final. Judges aro instructed to award In each instance only prizes of such grado as tho merits of tho Individual animals fully Justify. Absenco of competition will not bo accepted In any instance as justification for awarding high-class prizes to animalB of medium or in ferior quality. Only such animals na have been awarded first prizes in their respective classes will ho cliglblo to champion ship awards, and the championships will in each instance bo awarded by tho judgo who awarded tin? breed's class prizes. No animal deomed unworthy shall bo awarded a prize, nor shall a prlz be withheld merely because of lack ol competition; but where thoro art fewer entries In a section than prlzei offered tho Judge shall In his discre tion award a 'prize or prizes of such grade as tho merit of tho animals maj warrant. Entries on prescribed forms for tin several divisions must bo filed with' the chief of the department of live stock as follows: Horses, asses and mules, by July 1G, 1901; cattle, July 30; sheep, August 20; swine, August 20; poultry, pigeons, pot stock and dogs, September 10. In divisions for horses, cattle, sheep and swine, exhibitors will he restricted to the entry of nol moro than two animals In each sec tion or ring. The dates for exhibition of llvo stock In the several divisions will bo a3 follows: Horses, asses and mules, Monday, August 22, to Saturday, Sep tember, 3, 11904, Inclusive. Cattle, Monday, September 12, to Saturday, September 24, inclusive. Poultry and dogs, Monday, October 24, to Saturday, November 5; inclusive. Tho ages of cattle, shop and hogs will bo reckoned from date of birth to the first day of September, 1904. The ages of horses and foals, except draft breeds, will bo reckoned from January 1, and in case of draft breeds tho ages shall be determined from data of birth. All foals except In draft breeds will be considered as ono year old on tho first of January succeeding birth. Amplo facilities will be provided for tho distribution of feed and water throughout tho grounds. Forage, grain and bedding of good quality will bo available to exhibitors at rea sonable prices at warehouses con enlcntly located within tho grounds. Exhibitors, if they desire, may bring to the exposition with their stock a supply of forage and grain. There will be a grand parade of horses and cattle through tho exposi tion grounds as follows: Horses, Tuesday, Aug. 23, and Thursday, September 1, 1904. Cattle. Tuesday, September 13, and Thursday, September 22, 1901. On the day following tho close of tho awards to each breed or class of horses and cattlo all the prize-winners in tno respective classes win no pa taded together in tho pavilion and through the streets of the quarters oc cupied by the department of live stock. Provision will be made for the ac commodation of the various national live stock breeders' associations de siring to sell at auction animals of tho breed tho rospectlvo associations represent, no salo to exceed in num ber 100 animals of any ono breed, such animals to bo selected by their breed associations from those entered for prizes. Tho auction sales of animals of any given breed will bo made with in the period in which such breed Is on exhibition, In a suitable building adjoining tho llvo stock amphitheater, conveniently arranged for the purpose, and will bo under tho auspices of tho breed association, who will bo respon sible for all matters in connection therewith. Tho necessity for uniform and un questioned awards will forcibly sug gest the advantago of having condi tions governing tho award of special prizes conform to the exposition classi fication. Such prizes will then, much to tho advantage of all, follow tho regular awards made by tho official Judges. Tho donors of special prizes aro for the reasons mentioned request ed to mako their offerings corresp&nd as nearly as possible to tho official classification, whether such offerings are greater or smaller than thoso by the exposition. For use of the prqss and In tho final report, of tho exposition all exhibitors aro urged to furnish to tho chief of L tho department, at the time of entry. two unmounted cabinet size photo graphs of each animal entered. f i h A i V i k