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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 1900)
Lord Rentiers Soldier Boy. The youngest son of the late Lord Russell sailed for South Africa early in the year as a lieutenant in the Royal artillery. The occasion was marked by one of those Intimate touches ot family affection which ex cite universal sympathy. As the great troopship swung slowly from her mooring the lord chief Justice, stand ing on the quay, failed to descry his son among the crowd of faces that lined the bullmarks. At last he gave a shrill whistle, using his Angers in a manner well known to schoolboys, and the evidently fambiliar eall quick ly brought young Russell to the side of the ship to wave farewell: The touch of nature evoked a hearty cheer from all who witnessed it. •falrt Vatot Boehr* Party. At a Bath beach progressive euchre party the women wore white shirt waists and black skirts, the men white duck trousers and shirt waists of rain bow nues No one was admitted in other than shirt wast attre. - Diana's Dltflgarad Lag. During the thunderstorm in Phila delphia a few evenings ago lightning struck a marble state of Diana at an entrance to Fairmount park. Imme diately afterward the left leg of the statute turned brown., Next morning all the coloring had disappeared ex cept one large spot, which has so far resisted persistent scrubbing and the application of powerful acids. Boer Girl at Cbeataaqa*. A typical Boer young woman of the [ wealthier class is a student at Chau tauqua, N. T: She is Miss ’Carrie Rousseau, of Kenilworth, a suburb of Cape Colony, and is the daughter of a cousin of President Steyn, of the Orange Free State, and a grandniece of General Botha. She and her mother left South Africa at the outbreak of the war and have been traveling in this country since. * It is a noteworthy fact that fa the state of Utah there is not one Irish Mormon. OMAHA AND ST. LOUIS It R. CO. HALF RATES. ST. LOUIS, Sept. 80th,' Oct. 1st, 2nd, 3rd. 4th and Sth. 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"He le considered very handsome," Joyce called mischievously After Reg gie's retreating figure; but whether he beard her waa doubtful, and her own frank, $lain face looked very grave, as she picked up her wools. “Madame la a clever woman,” ahe ar gued to heraelf. “Henri la under her thumb—that la, he alwaya aeema to be afraid of her, and Mollle la inex perienced and impetuoua. It la little more than a fortnight aiace ahe re turned. Can Reggie mind already— Reggie, who doea not care for girls?” But personal experience. In connec tion with the naval lieutenant to whom she was engaged, called loudly that a fortnight might make or mar a life, and she could not disguise from herself that Reggie had shown more interest.in beautiful Mollle L’Estrange than he had ever exhibited for any woman—save his mother and heraelf —before. A fresh, matter-of-fact girl, of three and-twenty, Joyce, though fond of Mollle, was Inclined to look upon her as a child, and,did not give her credit for half the sense and observation she possessed. For Mollle had learned a great deal in that past fortnlnght, though Reg gie had not always been her teacher. She knew that the good country people round, who had been her . parents’ friendB, while' wishful to be pleasant to herself, looked askance at Madame Dubois, whose great object in .life was to get into the charmed circle of their acquaintance. With this end she would drag the reluctant girl to any social gathering where she might meet them, and endeavor to force herself upon them until poor Mollie was bit terly ashamed of her; while her smothered exultation when Mrs. An struther did violence to her feelings by a stiff call showed Mollle more than words would have done how the resi dents of Chalfont House were regard ed in Reverton. Kate was a great trial to her sister; she was delicate, nervous and excit able to a degree; and, as her aunt never checked her, she was almost un bearable. All Mollle’s efforts at friend ship she regarded with suspicion, as made to the heiress of Chalfont, and she ilew into a rage if her sister tried to reason with her, or attempted to take the part of the unfortunate daily governess who for a couple of hours each morning endeavored to teach her. Mollle was very forbearing with her, trying never to forget that she was the baby whom she had seen in her mother’s arms. But she was firm also, declining to be driven about, or stand any rudeness; and Kate, finding her tempers disregarded, her imperi ous airs laughed at, began to treat her sister with sullen respect. Mcllie was thinking of Kate after Reggie had left her at the gate, and she walked briskly up the graveled path, swinging her empty basket. She had promised some flowers for the church on Sunday, and wanted them &1bo for wreaths for her parents’ graves. Should Bhe take them boldly from Chalfont, and incur her sister’s wrath, or should she order them else where? It seemed a shame that her mpther’s wreath should not be from the place she loved so well; and yet she could not bear that anything for her should be wrangled over. There used to be a great clump of narcissi growing almost wild in a shady corner beside some laurels at the far side of the house. If Mr. Bar lowe’s vandal hand had spared them, she might surely have some from there; and, Intent on finding out, she never paused until she suddenly found herself nearly opposite the window of that fatal study where her stepfather had met his death by an unknown! hand nearly twelve months previously. Since her return she had carefully avoided this spot; it had a nameless terror, yet fascination for her. Mrs Barlowe’s name was rarely mentioned In the house; no servant would go past the study door alone after dark. It was not only madame's hard and mean rule that caused rarely a week to paas without some of them leaving—they frightened each other; tales of things seen and heard were rife among them, and It must be owned that Mollie was not proof against the general whisper ing, the unspoken fear, that seemed to ] hang over the place, especially after ] dark. sue was nan inclined to turn back now, even though the sun was shining and a whole colony of rooks cawing noisily in the tall trees further on. Round this very path the assassin must have stolen that bitter March night after he had done the deed, leaving the window wide open; and-. Why, the window was open now! Voices fell upon her ears. No one ever en tered that room but Madame Dubois, though it was unlocked. Who could it be? * Taking an impetuous step forward, her eyes fell on madame herself.stand Ing erect with one hand on the table, her face haggard and white, her thin lips drawn away from her strong white teeth, her dark eyes gleaming under * their heavy brow* with a strange wild gleam; while her voice.harsh and high, came clearly towards Mollie. “Are there no other apartments in the house but that you must come here —here—here?” she screamed. ‘‘Why do you torture me like this? Have I not enough to bear for you? Ah, me! How many mothers would have done as much?” “Calm yourself, mother,” cried a thin, reedy voice. “I had merely a fancy to view the chamber where my so tender-hearted relative shuffled off this mortal coil last Easter Sunday. Where Is the barm?” “No, no, my beloved!” she answered, in a gasping voice, evidently struggling £ard to recover her self-command: “but coming in suddenly and seeing a man—so near the time-” And she clasped her hands as a visible tremor shook her from head to foot. "Every one was out; I wanted amus ing,” he said. ‘‘How dusty the place is. Why not use the room?” “Impossible!” panted she. “How can you expect it, Henri—you, who saw -1 have it cleaned sometimes, but no one will do it alone, nor will they come near it until after Sunday." “My uncle seems as much loved in death as in life.” And there was a fine sneer in the young man’s voice. “Now, why did you send for me in such .a hurry, mother? I was having a good time in Paris—music, pretty girls!— and then you. insist that I must return to this dull hole. ’Tis absolutely cruel!” - "You have no thought for your own interests. You are incorrigible!” she cried angrily. “I told you the reason plainly enough; and *you spend so much money, the sooner you fall in with my intentions the better for you; then your future is assured." “So you have dragged me. away from a thousand engagements and pleasures just for this!” Mollie heard him ex plain grumblingly. “What is she?” “Oh, Henri, my adored!” cried Ma dame Dubois, her voice vibrating with intense feeling, her eyes fixed with deep, passionate love on the other un seen occupant of the room; “I feel that at this time I must have you with me—■ that I must see you—to feel that my sacrifices have not been in vain—that through them you are prosperous. Is it nothing to you to be with your mother?” What reply ihe son made !Mollie did not hear, for, recovering from her as tonishment, she stole quietly away, thankful that madame’s keen glance had not fallen upon her. That Mon sieur Henri Dubois had arrived before he was expected—that he had come, not because he loved his home and wished to make her acquaintance, as madame had repeatedly declared, but because she had sent him an impera tive summons—was clear; but why had she done so? Nor could Mollie, having seen the mother’s hard face, softened and beautiful with feeling, doubt that this invisible son, with the thin, sneering voice, was the passion of her life, the being for whom she would go through fire and water. CHAPTER IV. It was with conflicting feelings that Mollie brushed out her sunny hair be fore luncheon, staring absently the while Into the glass with a perplexed frown. They were strange people, these Du bois, and she uneasily felt that she could not fathom them. Henri's cynical tone she considered unfeeling, for Leonard Barlowe had been his uncle after .all; while madame never showed the least respect for her dead brother, though any allusion to him would visibly upset her self-con trol. And Mollie shrewdly guessed that the extravagant affection she heaped on Kate was but on the surface. Evidently madame had sent for her son, and there was a “she" in the case —did they mean Kate? Already Mollie had not a very high Idea of their probity, and wondered how much power they had over the child’s fortune. But she did not think of herself at the moment, except to be glad that she was no relation of theirs. And then her thoughts drifted off to Reggie, and there was a smile on her face as she flung open the door, nearly running over Kate, who was advancing conse quentially down the corridor, a huge box of distinctly Parisian bonbons in her arms. “I shall not give you one because you would not take me to get moss," she said, with solemn spitefulness, as she displayed them. “You should have gone with pleas ure had you asked nicely," returned Mollie, unruffled. “But I will not take you anywhere when you are unpleas ant." And before the irate mistress of the house could And anything bitter enough for her poor little tongue to utter, the elder girl had passed her, and, descending the stairs, entered the dining room, where Madame Dubois and her son were standing by the fire. There they stood, these aliens and strangers, giving themselves all the airs of proprietorship in the house that ought to have been quite as much her’s as Kate’s. Standing, too, right under the painting of her father In full uniform that hung over the mantel piece. It would have been removed long ago but that It had coat some hundreds of pounds, and, Mr. Barlowe secretly thought, added distinction to the room. A hot wave of indignation and wounded pride swept over Mollie. What business had these people at Chalfont using everything as their own, while she herself was but a gues(; and it was a very frigid and haughty bow that she gave in the direction of Monsieur Henri Dubois when his moth er introduced him. "What am I to call you?'* exclaimed mad&me playfully. “Is it to be cous ins?" “Certainly not, madame,” she broke in quickly, with a polite smile. “I am a L'Estrange, and the only relation I have In my father’s house Is my half sister Kate.” And her tone clearly implied that no other would be al lowed. The elder woman’s face darkened visibly; but before she could speak Henri said, with a graceful, sweeping bow: “Mademoiselle Is cruel; but I trust In time to win and deserve her friend ship.” With some murmured words of as sent Mollie sank Into her seat, and dur ing luncheon took as complete a sur vey of the young man as the fact that he was covertly trying to do the same thing of her would allow. Small,slight, dapper, with sharp, well-cut features, a sallow complexion, and quick, black eyes, he was indeed a contrast to the young officer who already held a large place in her heart. A thorough Frenchman was Henri Dubois, both in thought and appear ance, though bis English was very good; and as he sat at the foot of the table caressing his small, black mus tache and endeavoring to make himself agreeable, Mollie privately came to the conclusion that she disliked and dis trusted him only a little less than Bhe did his mother, and that might only be because she did not know him so well. Indeed his high voice and cynical air contrasted badly with Reggie An struther’s hearty tones and easy, well bred manner,, though it was plain that his mother thought him perfect, and rarely took her eyes from his face. “Where have you been this morning, Mollie?” she demanded at length, when there came a break in the conversa tion. “She has been for a country walk with Mr. Anstruther. I saw her,” broke in Kate’s little voice, maliciously “And she would not take me.” Did a swift glance of meaning pass between mother and son? Mollie could not be quite sure, for this unprovoked attack was disconcerting enough to make her blush furiously. It was very annoying, and madame’s eyes were turned upon her crimson visage with unmerciful scrutiny. “Kate knows why I would not take her,” she said, breaking the pause with a somewhat haughty ring in her young voice. “But this Mr. Anstruther-” began madame coldly. “I met him when I was going to gather moss, and he accompanied me” —rather defiantly. Madame's lips went into the thin line that gave such a very unpleasant expression to her face, and Mollie con tinued her luncheon with but a hazy notion of what was on her plate, and a vague, uncomfortable presentiment that picking moss in the bright sun shine with „ Reggie for a companion would not be allowed to occur again. Two or three times already, when her opinion had not agreed with madame’s, she had been obliged to yield, and as the Beene of the fragrant earthly moss, the flickering light through the bud ding branches in the shady lane, and' Reggie’s laughing brown face rose be fore her, so also did a feeling of her own helplessness in Madame Dubois’ strong, shapely hands. (To be Continued.) Taxpayer* gqaeand bjr Austria. The taxpayers of Galicia have many grievances against the Austrian gov ernment, says Michael Henry Dzie wicki In the Chicago Record. 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