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CHAPTER VIII.
ARLY in the morn
ing after Miss
Hetherlngton'a vis
it, Marjorie pre
pared to set out for
the Castle. She
would gladly have
made some excuse
to stay at home,
but Mr. Lorraine
would not hear of
it, and at his earn
est request she consented.
"She is your best friend," said the
•minister, “and you must not offend
her.”
“Very well, I will go," answered
Marjorie; "but I shall come home early
in the afternoon. She’ll never ask me
to stay all night? If she does, I can’t
do it!”
“Why not, Marjorie?"
“The Castle's eerie enough at day-'
time, but at night it’s dreadful, and
Miss Hetherington creeps about like
a ghost. I’d sooner sleep out in the
kirkyard.”
At a quarter before nine she started,
for she had three miles to walk, and
she wished to linger on the road,
which lay through pleasant country
pastures and among green lanes. The
morning was bright and clear, thougli
there were clouds to seaward which
spoke of coming rain. Passing up
through the village, the way she had
come the previous day, she saw young
Sutherland standing at tHc gate of the
weaver’s cottage.
“Good-morning, Marjorie. Where
are you going to so early?”
“Up to Miss Hetherington's at the
Castle,” she replied.
.“Are you going to walk?”
“Yes."
“Then may I come with you a piece
of the road?”
“Not today, Johnnie,” she said,
nervously. “I’m late, and must hurry
on.”
The young man sighed, hut did not
press his request. Troubled and vexed
at the meeting, Marjorie walked quick
ly away.
one iouowea me townwara ruga way
till she came to the cross-roads where
she had alighted from the wagonette.
Close to the cross-road there was a
stile, and she was about to step over,
when she heard a voice behind her.
['•Turning quickly she saw to her as
■tonishment the French teacher from
'Dumfries.
He was clad in a dark walkiug-suit,
with broad-brimmed, wide-awake hat,
and was smoking a cigar. He looked
at her smilingly,- and raised his hat.
She thought he had never looked so
handsome, as he stood there in the
sunshine, with his pale face smiling
and his bright black eyes fixed eagerly
upon her.
“Monsieur Caussidiere!” she cried in
astonishment.
“Yes, it is I!” he replied in his sad,
musical voice. “I have walked from
the town, and was going down to see
you.”
“To see me!” she echoed.
“Yes, mademoiselle, and the good
man your guardian. You have spoken
of him so often that I longed to make
his acquaintance, and, having two idle
days before me, 1 came here, as you
behold.”
Marjorie did not know what to say
or do, the encounter was so unexpected.
She stood trembling and blushing in
such obvious embarrassment that the
Frenchman came to her relief.
“Do not let me detain you, if you
have an appointment. Or stay! per
haps you will permit me to walk a
little way In your company?”
And before she quite understood
what was taking place, he had lightly
leaped the stile and was handing her
over with great politeness. They
strolled along the foot-path side by
side. Suddenly Marjorie paused. ‘
"1 am going up to the Castle,” she
said, “and I shall not be back till the
afternoon. Do not let me take you out
of your way.”
The Frenchman smiled and shrugged
his shoulders.
“Oh! one way is to me as good us
another,” he exclaimed.
“But you said you wished to see Mr.
Lorraine?”
“Precisely; but I prefer your com
pany., my child.”
“He is at home now, and will be so
glad of some one to talk to.”
“I see you want to get rid of me,
little one,” said Caussidiere, paternally.
"If I go will you promise to return
soon? Remember, I shall not depart
until you do return.”
“Yes, I will promise,” answered Mar
jorie. “I—I would rather you did not
come any further."
“And wherefore, my child? Is n.y
company so disagreeable?"
“No, monsieur; but the folk in this
place are aye talking, and if they saw
me walking with a strange gentleman
it would be all over the parish before
night, and then Miss Hetherington
would hear of it, and I should get no
peace.”
And as she spoke she looked round
nervously, as if dreading an eye-wit
ness.
“Miss Hetherington! Pray, who is
she?”
“Tfce lady I am going to see. She
lias eyes everywhere—nothing happens
tat she kens.”
"But surely there is nothing to con
cenl.” persisted the Frenchman. "It
is very natural that, having met you,
I should offer to escort you.”
“In France, maybe, but not here in
Annandaie. Down here, monsieur,
when two folk are seen out walking in
the fields together, all the world be
lieves them to be courting.”
She had Bpoken without reflection,
and her face now grew crimson as she
met her companion's eyes and realized
the significance of her own words.
“I see,” cried 'the Frechman, laugh
ing. “They would* take me for your
lover.”
Marjorie did. not reply, but turned
her face away and began to walk on
rapidly. But the Frenchman kept by
her side.
“Ah, my child,” he continued, “I am
more fit to be your father than your
lover. I am not so frivolous and vain
as to presume to think of one so young
and pretty. You must not mind me!
I am your teacher, your friend—that is
all!”
She was touched by the tone in
which he spoke, but after a moment's
hesitation she paused again, and looked
him full in the face.
“What you say is quite true, mon
sieur,” she said; “but, oh! do not fol
low me any further. See, that is the
Castle, and who knows but Miss Heth
erington herself is watching us from
the tower?”
She pointed across the fields toward
a dark belt of woodland, over which
two old-fashioned towers were indeed
visible, about a mile and a half away.
“Well, I will do as you desire, my
child,” answered Caussidiere, after a
moment’s hesitation; “I will go and
make the acquaintance of your guard
ian. Au revoir!”
He took her hand, lifted it to-his lips,
and kissed it; then, with an air of re
spectful gallantry, he swept off his hat
and bowed. She could not help smil
ing; he looked so fantastic to her sim
ple sight, and yet so handsome!
She walked on thoughtfully. At the
next stile she turned and looked back.
He was still stationary in the pathway,
gazing after her; but the moment she
looked back he kissed his hand.
Marjorie turned again and walked
on, with no little fluttering of the
heart.
When she reached the Castle, an
elderly man-servant led her Into the
lobby, a dark and dreary passage hung
with oil paintinga and antique maps
and prints; thence Into a large apart
ment, divided by an open folding-door
into two portions.
■ Here he left hey to announce her ar
rival to his mistress.
Presently the room door opened, and
the mistress of the house appeared.
She was 'ressed in an old-fashioned
robe of stiff black silk, and wore a cap,
like that of a widow, over her snow
white hair. She came dn leaning on
her cruteh, and nodded grimly to her
guest.
“Sit ye doon,” she said, pointing to a
seat, and herself dropping into an arm
chair before the fire. Then, drawing
out a man’s gold hunting-watch and
opening It, she continued: “Twenty
five minutes after ten. You're late in
coming, Marjorie Annan. I doubt you
were lingering on the way."
CHAPTER IX.
S she spoke, and
closed her watch
sharply. Miss Heth
ington fixed her
black eyes keenly
on Marjorie, who,
remembering her
recent encounter
with Caussidlere,
flushed and trem
bled. A curious
RlTlilp PTPW li non
the stern woman’s bloodless face as
she continued:
“Ay, ay, you were lingering, and may
be you had pleasant company. Who
was yon you parted with out there
among the green fields?”
Marjorie started in consternation.
Her fears, then, were right, and it was
useless to conceal anything from Miss
Hetherington, who was like a witch,
and had eyes and ears everywhere.
“Oh, Miss Hetherington,” she ex
claimed, "did you see us together?”
“I was up on the tower with my spy
ing-glass, and I saw far awa’ a lassie,
that looked like Marjorie Annan, and
a lad I took at first for Johnnie Suther
land, till he began booing and kissing
bis hand, and then I saw it could na be
Johnnie.”
Marjorie now perceived that all con
cealment was useless, and at once told
her hostess of the meeting with her
French teacher. She did not think it
expedient, however, to describe with
exactness the Frenchman's conversa
tion; but even as it was, Miss Hether
ington’s brow darkened, and her eyes
Sashed with a light like that of anger.
“Braw doings!” she muttered. "Draw
loings for young growing las3ie o’ sev
rnteen! Your French teacher, aay you?
What’s his name, Marjorie?”
“Monsieur Caussldiere.”
“And what’s the man doing down
iere instead of teaching his classes in
the town?”
“Indeed, I can’t tell,” returned Mar
lorie. “I met him quite by accident on
ny way to see you.”-,
“Humph! What lik«Ja_he? Is he
r'oung?”
"Not very young.”
"Weel favored?'*
"Yes, and very clever.*' i
"Worse and >worae.” said Miss Heth
erington. "Now, Marjorie, listen to.
me!”
“Yes, Miss Hetherington.”
“Look me in the face while you an
swer. Do you think this French scoun
drel—he is a scoundrel, 'tak' it for
granted—has come down here in pur
suit o' his pupil? Dlnna be feared to
answer. Is he fond o' you. Marjorie?”
“I—I think he likes me.”
“Has he said as muckle?”
“Yes, Miss Hetherington,” answered
Marjorie, who was incapable of a false
hood.
“And you? What think ye of him?”
“I like him very much, Miss Hether
ington. He has been very kind and pa
tient with me.”
“But do you love him?—tell me that;•'
or is it Johnnie Sutherland that has
won your silly heart? Out with it.
Marjorie Annan. Frank confession’s
good for the soul, and I’m your friend.”
Marjorie blushed, but kept her frank
blue eyes fixed on her questioner’s face.
“I don’t love anybody, Miss Hether
ington—not in the way you mean.”
“Are you sure o’-that?” •
“Quite sure.”
“Then you're a wise lassie,” cried the
lady, rising to her feet. “Men are kittle
cattle, and safer at a dlstancel lxjok
at that picture,” she continued, sud
denly pointing to a portrait over the
mantelpiece. “You ken who is it?”
“Yes; your brother, Mr. Hugh.”
“Hugh Hetherington, God rest his
soul! and the best brother woman ever
had. Folk thought that he was bad,
and he had my father’s temper; but he
guarded his sister like a watch-dog;
and I wish you had a brother to guard
you half as week Look underneath my
een, on my right cheek! You see that
mark? I shall carry it to my grave.
Hugh gave it to me when I was a young
lass. He struck me in the face wl’ his
fist, because he thought I was hiding
something from him, and coorting wl'
one I needna name.”
The lady’s face grew full of a wild,
fierce light as she spoke, and she
laughed strangely to herself. Marjorio
gazed at her in dread.
"It was a He, but Hugh was right,
he loved his sister. He kenned what
men were, he knew their black hearts.
They’re a' bad, or mostly a’. Tak’
warning, Marjorie Annan, and hearken
to me! Let nae man come to you in
secret wi’ words o’ love; hide naething
from them that care for you—from Mr.
Lorraine or from me. Trust the auld
heads, Marjorie; they ken what is right.,
God has made you bonny; may He keep
you pure and happy till the end!”
Her tone was changed to one of deep
earnestness, even of pathos. She
walked up and down the room in agi
tation, pausing now and again, and
leaning upon her crutch.
“No that I would hae you lead a lone
ly life!” she exclaimed after a pause.
, “Look at me! I'm no that old in years,
but I’m gray, gray wi’ loneliness and
trouble. I might hae had one to care
for me; I might hae had bairns; but
it waB na to be. I'm a rich woman, but
I hae neither kith nor kin. Lord for*
bid you should ever be the same! But
when you marry—and marry you will
some day—you must choose a true
man—ay, true and honest, whether he
be rich or poor; and if you canna
choose, let the auld folk that care for
you, and that ken the world choose for
you. Trust their een, no your aln!
Never deceive them; keep nae secrets
from them. Mind that, Marjorie An
nan!”
(to be continued.)
The Most Beautiful Foot. I
The most beautiful foot is the slender
one. The stylish girl recognizes this
fact. Her shoes are always large
enough to avoid cramping the foot, and
yet they are snug and wonderfully neat
and delicate. That is the reason why
some girls can dance all night without
rest, while others have to retire early
from a brilliant ball, leaving their
hearts behind—in case they do not1
dance and suffer so much with their j
feet as to preclude the possibility of
real enjoyment. If a girl wears aj
proper shoe, when the foot is bare, and j
she stands upon it in the privacy of
her bedroom, it will be as pretty and
delicate as a baby’s. The instep would
be high, the heel delicately formed, the
skin as white as alabaster, with pos
sibly blue veins showing through. The
general form of the foot will be slen
der, the toes tapering parallel, and
separated by about the thickness of a
sheet of paper, and adorned with pink
tinted nails. A girl who has such feet
as these—and there are many who
have them—well may take pride and
pleasure in contemplating them.
Propeller Replaced at Sea.
While in the mid-Atlantic on a re
cent trip the steamship Victor!* of Sun
derland lost the tail of her shaft and
with it the propeller. Her engines
were thus, of course, rendered useless.
But those on board were equal to the
emergency. They depressed the bow I
and elevated the stern by shifting'
weights so as to enable a spare shaft
and screw to be fitted at sea, and aft- I
er the delay necessary for so heavy a!
Job to be accomplished under such dif- j
ficult conditions, she resumed her voy
age and made her port in safety.
Whliky or Snake.
A man who was bitten by a rattle
snake drank a quart of whisky as a 1
remedy. He died soon afterwards, and
the coroner's jury brought in this ver
iict:' “The deceased came to his death
dither from the snake or the whisky,
the jury being uncertain which, and
the local physician being absent at the
tuneral of one of his patients.” |
When tea was first Introduced la
England, in the seventeenth century, s
It cost 66 shillings a pound. <
(.
STATE SCHOOL FUND.
MUCH OF IT GOES INTO STATE
WARRANTS.
8t»t« Troniurcr Nwerrt Talk* or IIU
Method of Handling the Money—About
■1.000 Invented Dally — Warrant*
Draw S Per Gent lutereit—The Ho.pl
1*1 *®r the 1 otane—Number of Pa
tients. <
Inveitlny the School Pond*.
Inquiry was made at the office of
the state treasurer today, says a Lin
coln dispatch, as to the disposition
that is being made of the permanent
school fund this year. Mr. Msserve I
said that when he took charge of the j
office 93,333,751.35 in securities of this
fund were turned over to him, and |
that since January a small proportion
of these had been paid off. During the
year he has invested about $175,000 of
the cash fund in general fund war
rants, $41,000 having been invested in
September. There was cash of the
permanent school fund to the amount
of $309,000 on hand in the treasury I
October 1, and since then the invest-I
ments run about $1,000 per day. The
warrants are about at par and draw
5 per cent interest. Upon being reg
istered after the purchase the follow
ing is stamped on the back of each
warrant. “This warrant belongs to.
the permanent school fund of the state
of Nebraska and is not negotiable.”
• HOSPITAL FOB T1IE INSANE.
The superintendent of the hospital
for the insane at Lincoln has filed his
monthly report with the governor, in
which be sets out that the new barn is
completed and occupied, and that the
addition to the sewing room for in
firmary and manufacturing purposes
is already enclosed and wttl soon be
completed. The work on the new
cold storage and ice houso is well
under way, the work on the new im
provements and repairs being done by
the regular hospital force and patients.
The report shows that there are 180
patients in the institution, of whom
183 ore males and 178 females. During
the month past there have been four
deaths, seven discharged and nine
paroled.
Bad Man With a Gun.
Franklin dispatch: A man named
F. C. Smith, who has been living in
Colorado, near Fort Morgan, for the
past two years, working for Frank
Baker, reached here this morning.
He got off the train with a jng of
whisky which he had been drinking.
His baggage consisted of a roll of bed
ding which he opened and took out a
Winchester rifle. He loaded the same
and was very careless with the gun.
He started south with his outfit on
foot. He has a wife and two small
children living about eighteen miles
south of here in Kansas. In about 30
minutes he returned with just the gun
and went down in the railroad yards,
finding a man unloading lumber he
ordered him out of the car, up to the
depot under cover of the gun and
made him demand the money in the
depot while he stood in the waiting
room door. What little change was
on hand was soon in a pile on the
counter. At this point he became
frightened and left without the money.
He ran down the track until he met a
farmer named Kingsley. He pulled
the gun on him and ordered him to
stop and turn around. The farmer
whipped up the team and came very
near getting killed for so doing. Smith
shot at him and the bullet whistled by
his head. By this time the marshal
had reached the depot and a posse was
formed armed with guns. They sur
rounded a cornfield where Smith had
gone. In about an hour he surren
dered, was taken before a justice and
bound over to district court.
Will Not Withdraw the Claim.
A representative .of depositors of ex
State Treasurer Bartley's bank at At
kinson, recently visited the state house
to try to induce Attorney-General
Smythe to withdraw a claim which the
state has presented to the receiver of
that bank. Bartley had #55,000 on de
posit in the bank in his own name
after it became known that he was in
default to the state as treasurer and
the banking board closed the bank.
The attorney-general filed a claim for
the full amount of the money deposi
ted in Bartley’s name. A claim was
filed with the district court, but its
validity has not been determined.
After the bank was closed depositors
alleged that it was not insolvent but
was closed by tile banking board solely
for the purpose of getting hold o'f
Bartley’s money. Depositors say there
is enough money in the bank to pay
them in full if the state will not force
its claim. They think the state ought
not to be made a preferred creditor, at
any rate, and thus shut them out of a
chance to get anything. They sent an
attorney to consult with the state au
thorities, but Attorney-General Smythe
has refused to withdraw the claim.
Knights of Pythias Statistics.
4t the session of the grand lodge of
the Knights of Pythias at Lincoln,
Will H. Love, grand keeper of the rec
ords and seals, submitted a report,
statistical and financial. There are
now 155 lodges in the state, one less
than last year. Three lodges were or
ganized during the year, and four sur
rendered their charters. The total
membership in the state on June 30,
1897, was 5,778. Subordinate lodges
had a balance on hand of 815,886 on
June 30, and owned property valued at
869,896; total cash on hand and in
vested, 885,783. The financial state
ment of the grand lodge shows receipts
during the year, amounting to 85,633.
The total expenses were 85,837. Cash
on hand Oct. 1, 1897, was 81,633. The
board of trustees estimate that the ex
peuses for the coining year will
amount to 37,773.
A 914,000 Package Missing.
Chicago dispatch! Somewhere between
Omaha and Denver a package contain
ing 814.000 has been lost. The money
•vas sent by registered package by a
bank in Chicago to a financial institu
tion in the west. Inspector James E.
Stnart of the postoftice department and
his men have been hard at work on the
case several days, but their endeavors
can trace the money westward from
Chicago only as far as Omaha. At that
point all records of the small fortune
are lost. * The authorities refuse to
give either the name of the bank send
ing the money or the one to which the
package is consigned.
UNREASONABLE RATES.
Ac CampUih* riM With the State Board
or Tmniportutlon.
F; L. Felta. state senator from Keith
county, has died complaint with the
board of transportation charging ex
press and telegraph companies with
collecting Unreasonable rates on local
business. The complaints are against
the Western Union Telegraph compa
ny and the I'ostal Telegraph and
Cable oompany, and against th-s Adams
Express company, the United .States
Express company, the Pacific Express
company and the American Express
company. It is alleged that local ex
press and telegraph rates arc 33 1-3 per
cent too high.
The complaint against telegraph
companies contains the following alle
gations:
“That the complainant herein is a
farmer and stock raiser and a resident
of Keith county.
“That the defendants above named'
am organized for the purpose of and
are engaged in the business of trans
mitting, collecting and distributing
dispatches by telegraph in the state of
Nebraska; that said companies own,
control or operate lines of telegraph
ii» said state, and are engaged In tne
business of transmitting, collecting
and distributing dispatches by tele
graph between points in the state of
Nebraska and that their linea are
located in part within the state of
Nebraska, and as such companies or
ganised for the purposes aforesaid,
they are subject to the provisions of
the act to regulate, charges by tele
graph companies,
, “That the above named defendant
telegraph companies are demanding,
charging and receiving unjust, un
reasonable and extortionate rates for
the. transmission of, distribution and
delivery of telegraphic dispatches
within the state of Nebraska to the
amount of 33?i per cent.upon the busi
ness transacted by each of said com
panies within said state.
“That the amount of business trans
acted and conducted by these defend
ants and each of them in the state of
Nebraska is such that an unusual, un
reasonable, large and excessive profit
is received upon the investment of
each- of said companies.
"wnereiore, your petitioner prays
that the defendents, the Western
Union telegraph company and the
Postal and Cable company may be re
quired to answer the charges herein
and that after due hearing and Investi
gation, an order may be made requir
ing defendants and each of them to
make the aforesaid reduction of 33 X
per cent in all business done by said
companies within this state and for
such other further and different order
as your honorable board may deem
necessary in the premises.”
The complaint against express com
panies is substantially the same. Date
of hearing in the case has not been
fixed by the board.
While Riding the Brakebeams. , 1
A most peculiar accident happened to
C. F. Farlee. a cowboy of Schuyler,who
was stealing a ride underneath a Un
ion Pacific freight car. He was riding
along on the truss rod below a fruit
car attached to an eastbound fast
freight train contented to think he
was traveling free of charge and al
most as rapidly as any passenger train
couldcarry him. As the train approach
ed Sidney he had to move his position
somewhat in order to rest one of his
lower limbs, which was getting stiff
from the cramped position it was
forced to occupy. In moving his re
volver slipped out of his hip pocket
and as it struek the ground it dls-.
charged the ball straight toward Farlee.
He couldn't dodge and the ball struck
his left breast, glanced' upward and
entered his left shoulder. Although
suffering great pain he hung to the
truss until the first stop was reached.
He theii fell off and was taken care of
by the train crew. Ills condition was
found to be critical, and he was imme
diately sent to Julesburg, where he
received medical attention.
Wyoming and the Exposition.
Senator Francis E. Warren, speaking
of his state in relation to the Trans
Mississippi exposition, said that the
lack of a state appropriation for the
exposition did not express any.indiffer
ence of the people in its regard. “It
was simply q matter of finances,” said
Senator Warren. “The people felt
that they really could afford nothing
at all. I think that the hard times
have been felt in Wyoming and the
mountain states more severely than
almost everywhere else. It is only
now that the renewed energy is felt
progressing from the east. I have
spent part of the summer on my ranch
and among stockmen and I have ob
served the attitude of Wyoming bus
iness men. So I can say with some
authority that theirs is no passive in
terest and it will be shown in a sub
stantial way when the time comes.”.
Nebraskan in Trouble Abroad.
Chicago dispatch: A. H. Saare, son
of a wealthy dairyman of Newman
(•rove, Neb., was £ prisoner today,
charged with obtaining money under
false pretences. L. B. Kilbonrn, a
merchant, said Haare borrowed 95,
saying he represented his father and
the latter would make the sum good.
Saare, sr., repudiated his son by tele
graphy and declared he acted without
his authority. The prisoner was held
to the grand jury.
Knox County Take* tha Lead.
Commissioner J. V. Wolfe returned
from a trip to Knox county, whither
tie went to offer school lands for lease
in that county. The commissioner
offered' in Knox county 8,726 acres,
ind leased 8,346. He says that this
proportion gives the banner to Knox
county for the best leasing he has hrd
in any county of the state. The boun
ties received amounted to 9036.80.
Three Times and Out.
The Pierce postoffice was broken
into and the safe blown open. The
burglars secured about 9200 in cash
md about $300 in stamps. This is the
third time the safe has been cracked
by burglars, but tile first time they
secured nothing for their trouble.
Owing to there being no national banks
in the town. Postmaster Brande has
been obliged to put the money in his
sld safe, which is only fireproof. He
las expected that the safe would bo
blown open ever since he took possess*
ion in September.
PAID FOB HIS CBIME.
MORGAN FINALLY GOBS TO
THE GALLOWS.
•*t» IT* *» Bendy to Depart, bat tTttera
No Word R<|udln| Hie OnUt—Mother
the Murdered Girl Front—Tho
Scaffold* Work Dona lo a Perfect
Meaner. ,=
Paid the Bxtreme Paoelty.
Omaha dispatch: George W. Morgan,
tho murderer of 11-year-old Ida Gas
kill on the 3d , of November, 1895,
in a dilapidated and unoccupied
house at 1807 Half Howard street,
today paid the penalty of hia
crime, lie met his end in the full hope
of future spiritual well-being and with
out having uttered a syllable to indi
cate guilt or innocence, at least so far
as his utterances on Hie scaffold are
concerned.
The report of the death watch says
that the condemned man passed the
night in a composed slumber that left
him much refreshed to meet the dawn
of bis lost day of life. He awoke at 6
a', to., when Father Peters, the vener
able Catholic priest who has served sa
spiritual adviser, called and held d
conversation of considerable length v
with him. His conversation with the
priest left Morgan in excellent spirits
aud he arose and dressed himself in a
new black suit that had been provided
for the function of the day. He wore
a frock coat with a turn-down collar
and black how tie. After having com
pleted his toilet, With care, he ate the
breakfast that was brought him, com
prising eggs, oysters, coffee and bread,
and appeared to be refreshed thereby.
At a little after 9 a. in. Father Peters
returned to his cell and remained with
the prisoner until he was bereft of
life.
At 10 o’clock Mrs. Gaskell, mother
of the little girl whose murder was
responsible for the awful event Im
pending, presented herself at the door
of the jail, accompanied by two ladiea
and requested to witness the execu
tion. (She was admitted and it la
claimed she was a witness of the hang
ing, viewing it from a window of the .
jail building.
The death warant having been read
to Morgan he was taken to the gallows
and from the structure made the fol
lowing speech:
-uenuemen ana iitaiei: as i see
the faces before me I recognize many
of them as those of true friends. On*
standing right in front of me is Mr.
Doyles, who has been a true friend in*
deed. And also Mr. McDonald, Mr.
Grebe and Mr. Patrick, as brave a cap
tain as ever led a band of soldiers and
stood at the front on the field of battle.
We all know that the time will come
for every one of us to die. Perhaps
before the snn goes down tonight will
have come the time for some of those
before me now. It has been told us that
there are mansions in the skies and
we cannot enter these mansions except
through the door of death. God has
said we have got to die before we can
enjoy His home. Twelve months ago
the sun shone on many a home of
cheerful and happy hearts which are
now clouded by death. Each mast
have his turn. This is mine, bnt per
haps before tomorrow some now before
me may be called who may not be as
well prepared to go as I am.
“I was always raised a protestant
and for most of the time 1 lea a sinless
life, but many times I was of the be
lief that I did not belong to the right
church. It was said ‘Thou art Peter
and on this rock will I build My
Church,’ and it was said that‘The
gates of hell shall not prevail against
us.’ What more proof ao we want that
the Catholic church is the true ehureh?
- “How many young hearts will be
saddened by this occasion, but it is too
late now to go back. There stands a
man, W. &. Patrick, who has stood in
sults and opprobrium for defending
me. He lias been told that I was a
guilty man and it was asked of hims
‘Are you really going to try to clear
him?* Men have cried up at my* win
dow ther«i ‘How do you like it?' and I
answered, ‘I can stand it as well as*
you can.’ I recollect that the
Hon. Mr. Haze came to me aqi asked
me for a confession and I told him that
I had said all that I was going to say.
My time has come.”
In making this speech Morgan had
stepped from the trap to the front. At
the conclusion officers laid hold on
him and directed his steps back on the
trap. He folded his arms, the black
cap was slipped over his head, his
arms and legs were strapped, the
priests meanwhile murmuring their
offices nntll they were interrupted by
a snapping sound as the trap sprang
and a hissing of the rope as the body
shot downward.
xnc scanoia oau aone its woric per
fectly. There was not a qtjlrer of a
limb nor movement of a muscle. < The
crowd surged forward to get a closer
view of the swaying body. In ten
minutes the physicians pronounced
him dead. The body was cut down
and turned over to Undertaker Tag
gert. Before his death Morgan had
bequeathed bis remains to Father Pe
ters. No relative of the dead man ap
peared to be present. It is said that
he has two brothers, one in Ohio and
one living at Champaign, 111, Both of
them refused to contribute of their
means to aid him in bis defense. He
had a wife and a 9-year-old son living
with a brother at Champaign. No
letter has come to him from his wife
since his arrest.
There are reports that Morgan made
a confession, but there is no confirma
tion of this. Private conversations
would indicate that he was guilty, bnt
he never made any complete acknowl
edgment to this effect.
There were only four creameries
whose butter exhibit at the state fair
scored higher in quality than the Oak
land creamery.
Engineer and Fireman KlUed.
The special train going west side
tracked at Dunning for a train going
east. The train being long was cut
and the engine and a few cars put on ""
the north switch. The brakeman left
the south switch open, and the special
sheep train going east collided with
the empties on the south track, crush
ing three sheep cars and six of the
empty cars, killing engineer Easton
and fatally injuring brakeman Skiles.
Quite a, number of farmers around
Syracuse have begun gathering corn,
and report the yield from twenty-five
to forty bushels per acre.
