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December 30, 1897 V NOT 1 1 Kit uppll' Cltllt, I'll? qunri ml Mr, Mossier Doorlug, Jl s w 11 n a around In his swivel cliiilr.iitnl looUnd itt tho lilt ot punts hoard tha elWk hand ed to bhn. 'The fourth, thin inorniuir," h$ commpiittMl. Nhow lnr In, Hob," Jjwb altomut hr Into the roomy,!oni ortahlo aMm tt tho firm Nwlin k Dtwlntf, lawyers, NI10 Jookod timidly at Mr. Di-orlnjf, Mr, Jhterlntf' lookod critically at hr. Kho fcinv u portly old irt'iitlomKii, with fi'sh coiiipli'klon, snowwhlto hnir, hliu-k oluihMM, and mjnUllly iiBunirl hands. Ilastiwa itlr, (flrlbli f 1100, a youthful form, dtunurely trownod In moks-hlna cloth, urtri ghivml hand whluh tlfifhtly hold tho morning pitpur, in whloh his adrerilswnont for 11 tonoftniplior and typewriter hud up paiirmi, "flood morning, Mw,-iili," consult lrtf tho rard ho held, "Ulovor, Will you tttku a mat?" "I nitno In answur to your advor tlsiwuHit," dim began. fitnyen, l'rolHlyl" It ,wa a pet word of bis nraulsojy, "What sporlsnea Iniv you hud, Mrs. Glover?" "I workitd threw your for tlio firm of fiowndfiit &, Wlnthrop. 1 loft thum a yr ago to ho marrlnd." "You hftvs ft lettur from thorn, I presume," ri'jfiirdioif Imr with in cifiiHcd attention. 'ycS they ollVrod 1110 01111 at tho tlmo 1 left, I hardly know why knot It, for until a wuk ago I did not think I should over present It f have personal reformism, also." ''j'beso are satisfactory," an nouneod Mr. Daerlnjr. "Now, ptoasa give ma a prm-tlcu-l Illustration of your tiklll, Permit mo to dlctato a lottttr." Mm, Glover took tho puperand pun ell he sstendud, removed her gloves, and rapidly ttWui the png with htor oiflyphht. This pittftt sho earrhtd ovor to a cnnveniout typewrltor, and a minute or two later brought him hack hi letter noatly printed, Ho glatnsed over It, "Precisely. Consider yourself en gaged, Mrs, Glover. Tha salary In fifteen dollar a week," Promptly at half-punt eight, on tho following morning, Mri, Glover ap peared, Day after day sho came, never late; always kind, ready, polite, r.spable and . retiring, hummer merged In fall, fall In winter, winter incited into spring, and iitill khu eame, and wit gmitls and uncomplaining, under any pressure of work, and in very kind of weather. The member and subordinates of tho llrm of Deer lng &, Ihwriug folly appreciated her admirable qualities, hut none of Giern knew more of her real life and history when klm had becu there alimmt a year than they had known when ttliecame, Indeed, m mneh iiMfldmin lnnl th flut in her dlfteretiou that they apoke quite freuly iu her primi'iicc of caaea they would have eoiumalud from an ordinary employee. Ami do it happened that one day, tho hoy brought Into tho private room of Deerlug A. Dcering the iiamu of a man who waited without, "Admit him!" viimmaudud l!nnja tnin lleering, who wan the extreme phyalral oppoeite nf IiIn eouHin lloa titer, being amall, Nlender, jiaio, and inaelated. Mr, Glover, heard tho uame of the visitor, and, visibly agitated, iintho. "You will pardon mj, Mr. Ueerlng, If I take my work Into the next room?" "No, nol" he replied kindly, but ob- lately; "Not at all, V on oball be no tail! 'It tln.liam tara foti. kut 4 I'HK I'kHI (X,l ' ! oar nmiriniiiiii, I lit ItM owite fallwd . ui I that l li H Ut VMM iHitm kit Mikhud o rl r. Me ilml pW aftla, whoa the l.r ih, m4 Twi Itiel Well, In It I hff a UU"i k Mt''hl " riitgtiiti her, ab turn I hurrt Ity h, r wm. Mia Wnt if tl, iiMlli Wovt'iH hrr tNitk ta ttit two i -AMfutlr U I U ), IW4a.lt' rtime4 IViHiHiH'it Kmutrf ft Ha H'." bached (he other, 'the moA hi' bio U heiftitir, td Uaarkvd UU a niirrlUa purely raual iat It idaid oa m ilet SriUx-r ji l nr tutu. U K ttcd, Vajr l"tU Vtttir la Hhtdiwy CarVKatM ), I d. I lalaJi kftew Itiat. tjneeri tiM, lwtV4 Vata tneadi at tataai A itiUl fUowt t)4tt fai lit vaaii aoiitas I al iU. a p He uaed to hay the woman he married ahould be better, and nobler, and weeter than all . other women. Finally he met her, He married her. It waa after that a year after that, that there came the tragedy," "Thtf tragedy?" BJWVll, that may be too intense a word to use, At all event, tho de licious domektle lifts of which he had dreamed, and which wan just then be ing fully realized, wiwall at onco bro ken up, Hl wife had left him. He would not eell out hi pretty homo, built and furulfthmi for the woman he loved. No he put a care-taker in charge of the bonne, He had aome reaaon to auppoau that hla wife had gone out to Iowa, where ahe had relatlven, He began a aoarcli for her. ' Mho had frlenda In Han Frunolxeo and" New York, He him aearched both e.itleM, but haa done it all a quietly an poa alble, ao atrongly did ho dread noto riety. Ill aeareh waa all in vain." , "Why did hla wife leave him?" "Oh, they had a quarrel--the moat abaurd and childlttli thing linagliiablu. Hhe went to the tnalinea with a woman of whom he dlaapproynd. Hhe roaented hla ad vice in tho mutter, and declared ahe would choose her own frlenda, and that, purhapa, a they could not agree on aueh a simple mat ter, they could not agree at all, and had better part. One word led to another and- " "It ended as you have told me," "It Isn't ended yet, Deerlng. That la why I'm here, tolling yon all this rlgamarolo about my friend. Ills long endeavor, anxiety, failure, men tal distress, have brought on a heavy and probably fatal Mlckncss, Holies at his own hoiiia sueli a desolate home, Doorlngl sick unto death. There Is no one to wult on him savo that sttip' old caro-taker. Where can 1 find the nurse you had when you were o ill a year and a half ago? You said she was eMIclent, I would Jlku to engage her for poor Jhidley," "I cannot tell you Just where to find her, I'm going home In halfnn hour, however, and I'll have my wife aoud her word, Hhe will be sure to know, Leave me the address, will you?" Hardly had the door closed behind JSrandt Andrews when Mrs, Glover sprang to her feet, darted across tho room, anil confronted astonished Mr, J leering, white-faced and tearful eyed, "You must get some one to take my place soon, nowl Never mind that other nurse. I must go to tend Dud ley J'arkhum. I'leaso please, let 1110 go as soon as you can!" Iksiiicr Deerlng had just entered. The cousins regarded her in annuo- me nt, 'Oh, you don't understand!'' she cried, " am his wife, I must go to him!" Ilosuier Deerlng had not hoard a word of the story that was told to Jtenjamin Deerlng, but her Morrow, her tears, her piteous entreaty were quite enough for him. 'Go, of course,! my dear," he said. "We're not rushed with work at pres ent. We'll hold your place two weeks for you. f.et us hear from you." "Oh, how good you are," tho sweet, quivering Hps managed to say. Tho next minute she donned her hat and coat, ran down the stairs, not being willing to wait for the elevator, and took a ear which would bring hor near bur forsaken homo. Kverythlng therein was exactly 11a she had loft it. Cleanliness and order there were throughout the room, but nowhere warmth, or fragrance, or the inde scribable eo.lnoss which pervades an ideal home. Its lonelinuss was unut terably pathetic. When Dudley Turkman's familiar friend, llraudt Andrews, let himself in with a latch key, an hour latnr, he paused In tho hull, fueling oddly pu&y.led. "I smell lilacs," h said. "Who'a been bringing lilacs here? And a fire in tho grate cheerful that, to be sine! And that voice like velvet It never Is old Mrs, Collumdon'a!" When he went into the sluk room a slim little figure rose from beside the bed, and came forward to meet him. "He is delirious. He does not know me. Of course you remember me, Mr. Andrews?" "You are Dudley's wife, I believe?" "Yes." The following day she sent a note of resignation to the firm of Deerlng & Deerlng. Hut she did not go down ' town until after the fever had broken upon the twenty llrl day. That night site was sitting Waldo her hualoind, as she had sat, taking but brief time fur ret, through many wrary nii; lit and days. Suddenly he glanced around with an expreaaUm of lutUlgeu, Hhe drew buck. The Invalid Rxed Ida e) en m his friend, who Udtt eagerly d,wa upon hi in IVi yu know, lliandt, I re been having the qtiorrv.t hUu lusliona. I thought that Vers was here, ttaitiug ut tt., mtr-iuj me, I, very weakly, U'imi .i liipy that I h.uilly isre fi Die uul, hed reality of tut life ssiii " ,ti sitfliftlt'd ttit) itrrvt.u lit On Wife In ho ktW'ttt. I l,nr patinut 1'iHild War wo shut'W jt ) rt, taut vteu mi uf jy, IUU, a f w ! Uu r, Wm m led ilMiina htm w In 11 be awi-au, ii w unk a kt l am. ilsrliit 1 ' !. wt, 1, , ' I im th f n tlr utl Urn tim ' " I n," hi luuiltiiiivd, 'VI4 I'll fvxtte an litsuuv" Unxh; she k t, and Wu I H, ' sat a aiii ' il l, ' t fca hh Uy 'rsna i,i , iitvMwv mH r, ttl ih'ti iu4. 4 m-mI 'Mtii hii(. isa in rt k l.iH eiMi'l.itvia a btt. r iia4l'Mrr tiatw ts ai.'f m. lutwf ( 5l "TO It I -mm T was a beautiful Hunday morning in the early part of June. The sweet breath of rosea and honeysuckle laded the fresh, country air. Negroes In wagons, buggies, carta, on lnule baek, horseback and afoot were wending their way to church. For weeks a big "revival" had been In progress at Wilson's stand, ami this bright Hunday morning was to witness the crowning act. Ilrothor I'uttybono Peters, in all his duaky dignity, would bury thirty con verts beneath tho baptismal wave of a neighboring dam. Oh, for tho happy contentment of tho negro. With his coarse, everyday garments he lays aalda every perplexing care and dons with his gaudy Hunday at tire a mind at ease with all the world. No fears of a threatened drought; no reflection of grassy cotton disturb tho serenity of his soul during tho sermon. No guilty pangs of con science about tho chicken which dis appeared from "Mars John's" hen houso Friday night and attended preaching in a lunch basket the next day. Aunt Dinah Drawn was a shining light at Wilson's stand. No one could sing louder, shout longer, or groan more intensely, Her voioo exoltl the admiration of the brethren and the envy of the sisters, Now it happened on this occasion that Aunt Dinah wa sick and could not attend tho moeting. If there was one thing, however, upon which she prided herself more than upon her own faithful attendance at church, it was the strict way in which she was training up hor only son, Humbo. Deep down In her heart sho secretly hoped that Ham bo would some day succeed JSrothur I'elurs at Wilson's. With natural pride she sat on the doorstep and watched her young hopeful start to church, It must be admitted (with deep humiliation) that Hambo, in spite of his religious training and godly ox ample, in the form of Aunt Dinah, was brimful of original sin, and no sooner was ho out of sight than ho left the road and startod on a run across the cotton Held toward Hock creek. Here ho was joined by another boy, and together they trudged along the banks of tho stream. "Where's do bait, Dick?" asked Hambo. "Dey's in my britches pocket," was the reply. Dick cut two long canea, fastened lines and hooks on them, and handed one to the delighted Humbo. "Now, look here, Hambo, you'se got on yo' Hunday clothes; what yer gwlnter toll yer mammy ease yer gits cm dirty?" asked Dick. "I gwine tell her Hister Vlney wus so overcome wld de sperit dat she faints diyinl nway In do pool, nn I jumped in fur to fotch her out," an swered the Inventive Hambo. In the pleasure of catching an occa sional minnow, Aunt Dinah's preaching and Hunday clothes were alike for gotten. Tho day was warm and the water Invitingly eooL For some renvoi the fish did not seem Inclined to bite, and Dick grow tired loumrmg on a fallen tree watching hU cork 1 lain mo tionless on the surfaco of the water. 1 m 1 Ui HrM ,I4.1 ivfvsWiGjr 4 W !! al Hf wr kt Is, "Wa muss h, tt-Munt.! v( imv, Hal If f t M-l I ir liual4M. ar Wa la Ara.UavH, wU- ts H th Wat prvtavtr' mm 'SMti 1 ASWIV,& - ir a-m-r. c ' ' ft; 8 on, lonntr! oit, loiirnl Al length hi tutrk went utt.li-r, and he jerked with su h fure th.it he nol only at a aarpriwd Dtllm eisw Hh flylug up the hill, but fountf Ud his line la a grtN-t lit hiU stmre hi head. He Grk ibi tua t-aiie III dla guat sud alid inli tin tiir tt d U.U tn dia fin C u ilvi kill' wtiul raaa Kii'k'rd I a ginum la tiit f.adui' is id vitt and .li in da wiiW'r.-' MmUi iisl. li.i t .i W aiildahtajf a U hi I auvtl the .hw.uimii mM Mi loaf v W ritlt loOtm his Una day paau kh t kit l-tsi-k knees ke m a Ul hi. tlig ft larval ai,.by im obi tlatMp ar lH Wnk, i,s was va littualy airi,4vKin w,u Ufld tvk wtiN i amulHh )l f o MwUi ! kiH taittti'e krdloa tr lha t miiii iM,if mi a!. Ha at Is lwt i tha mid U f Ike yieek aa I lu4. "l.UHMi ,ki! Idsa'aia l 4 1 0 I,nfdjt tl lotjf 1 1 akr t (Uhlii M Mn' i madr f y. U Iihi'ri Im 4l i' tUak al4 k air as it i)ll to smell sulphur and looked In every direction for bis satanio majesty to appear upon tho scene horns, tail, pitchfork and all. Seeing no one he ventured to ask: "What de matter, nigger? What's got yer? I don't see nufllnl" "Dafs hit!" yelled the miserable Sambo. " 'Coso you don't see nuHln, 'coso hit's do debble, an' he's got mo by the toe. Don't you see me a sinkin'? Llm'me loosel Lim'mo loose!" ' Dick would have taken to his heels at onco, leaving poor Hambo to his fate, had not an idea suddenly oc curred to hi m. "Golly! Nigger, do debble don't lib in water, knse It would put his fire all out. Pull out by dat aa pi In' dar. I'll bet my ole hat you'se cotch er whnlln big cooter." Acting upon this suggestion, Hambo pulled out, continuing to yell; u "Lemma loose!" Feeling himself fairly caught by tho king of the lower world, Humbo was not a little surprised to land, us Dick had predicted, a largo Ilocky creek cooter. Dick was do lighted. "What did I tolo you, nigger? Whoop! He's or whale! You done cotch do Unest cooter in dis crick, Hambo," Hut Hambo refused to bo comforted, Ho could not seo it in that light. "I ain't kotch him he kotch mo, 0 Lordyl" Dick suddenly grow serious. "Dat am a fac', Hambo; ho Is kotch you, and ho won't turn you go till hit tliundrcs, nutlmr," Visions of dragging the cooter home ami of Aunt Dinah's righteous Indignation arose before tho unhappy victim, and ho walled louder than ever, He rolled his eyes skyward in tho vain hope of finding a single cloud, but nothing but n clear expanse of blue greeted his gaze. No prospect of thunder, and the cooter clinging with a death grip to his great toe. Dick experienced a sudden Inspiration. "Humbo, l's gwino fool dat cooter, I'agwlno roll dls little rock down ober dat big one, and cose ho gwino think hit thunder, and lot you go see?" Dick rolled and ro-rollod the rock, but the cooter hud more intelligence than they credited him with, and re fused to bo deceived, "Humbo," said Dick, with an air of depression, "w'y can't wo dono cut dat cooler's head oil?" Hambo was willing. Any tiling to feel tho sweets of lib erty onco more. With trembling hands and a dull Harlow knife, Dick begun the decapi tation. Hambo' kicks and his own fears lest tho cooler transfer its clutch to one of his lingers, made it a slow ami dangerous operation, and had the knife been sharp hambo's leg would have In all probability "lot go" In stead of the cooter. When tho body at last tumbled back into tho creek Dick gave a shout of triumph. Hut in this caao, as in all others, the way of tha transgres sor was hard. The ghastly head still held its clutch upon Hambo's too a If it was tho one offending member. The boys were thoroughly convinced that nothing short of a thunder storm, perhaps a cyclone, could persuade it to let go, Sambo resumed his cries and onco more vowod never to go fishing on Sunday. Dick thought he saw a way ont of tho difllculty at last, "Sambo, I know dat too Is got to go. Hits do only way. Jes say do word, an' I'll whack her off same as I done dat cooter. Hit won't hurt no more'n yo' mammy's beatln' when sho see dat head hangin' on dar, an you II still hub 'nun toes lef fur to weor yo' shoes on Sunday." Sambo would have consented to sac rifice his toe as a means of escape had not the head at this moment turned looao of its own accord, Without an Instant's delay both boys fled from the scene of adventure. Sambo gave his mother a full (if Imaginary) account of the big meet ing, and when he exclaimed In his sleep, "f.emme looao. Mr. Dsbble!" lie was thoroughly convinced of his call to the ministry. Tha Nurd Kak The most northerly of paper U said to Im the "Nurd Hap," publlahed weekly In Hammerfeat Norway, by IVter Johanuesen, who lives and work in a little turf-roofed houae. The "Nurd Kaii" Is regularly printed from new received by a ship which touches at Hammerfeat but om In eight days, Sometime the latest nw arrive on the day of publica tion for tha former batch, and then Him Intent" d.M'a not itl Into the "Nurd Kap" till It ha ben known fourteen day or mure la the grt Wurlil la the a.iutim.i,l. lr II IM. tear Wildes U'U in die, ea-l.-Ullt iu Go uw uf J,'!f , i Mill thai of an ixtiiit.'. II' ver thrv iiiu-iiM hla It ft hand an I into on ilia rtitfcl. whilo ht rtt I orii4'Miitd with a I'hsm l.riv Ul of a.di I gold, ix hWh a horlhtM'- .kt 1 l ih IU iii ,d, jelluiv sa l Idea tit f grt aii, kil l hi geaeiat ap I 4riUiV iu4U hiiH l'H of lh Wl lttd uuaa M keen ml lh tv ta ut .u..i t uiti I aiia tt Mi-4 thi d.tk i f t.tt.'U Xari, lba "MUaa Mtdgt, Ih tula f Wtarf the amalUal Wihu4M ihi esrttk k fU ISUMHs f4tt, a 4ttv af ll l Um Mita arl I yw ! I a, U km fit Iwhe ktk aa t a 'e aait U IHaa aia iad, , l abka ta lt M ara kl lM Wvtanitll ska la Matatkaky prl lr aad a-M(dh4 sla Naf ililfrl Ua4a lavaUjf. The Farmer's Exchange 231 NORTH TENTH STREET. LINCOLN, Will Have on Sale This week: 1 SO lb sock best Pancake Flour $ .75 1 sack best Half Patent 1.20 1 suck good Kreud Flour 1.10 1 sack finest Utah Patent (nothing better) 1.1)0 4 cans Hugur Corn,. .25 8 cans best touoitos. .. .25 3 cons best Pie Peaches... , ,25 ZOlbsgoodHugar.... 1.00 ' 10 lbs good Coffee 1.00 1 IbltuttloAx Tobacco 20 1 lb If. H, Tobacco .40 10 lbs hand picked Henri ..,.,.. 25 1 gillon Sugar Drip Syrup .25 1 bucket M " " 45 10 lbs ltuckwheftt Flour for , , 25 H lbs pure " " 25 1 barrel Winesap or Jeuaton Apples... , 1.75 All OoodN Im ii at :il North Tnnlh Htroot J. XW. IX-A-IXTIjimr, Agont. ateaWAMaaJBSafeasaCaB aaflaaaaa I 'I K.IM!BA.IjIj BROS Wholesale and lietail Dealers. MftRBLe, QRftNITe and sLftTe for building and cemetery work. t Several hundred finished Monuments of modern design always on hand. SAVE MIDDLE MAN'S PROFIT AND DEAL DIRECT Write for cuts and prices. A personal call preferred. Address, MBjBMaj fSJSHSl BHSBB SlBBk HSI SJ arZJIS---,T iT 1 LBBOS., Cor. 15th and O St., LINCOLN, NEB. Found The best place to trade jf The best grades of Coal always on hand J J Our Majestic Coal is good; our White Ash will suit you B'ttffi5.1?! Phone 335 WXim Union Fuel Co., 1016 0 St. til .-U 17 NEBRASKA HAY CO., wholesale Hay, Grain and Mill Feeds, Bale-Ties 14th and Nicholas Sts,. OMAHA, NEB 8 irj L Jl 1 KKl181 5!i Ft '$$2 -tr DeLOACH VariaMerrictloaM f eed Saw Mills. Ml Shlmile Mills and Planers. lnqi.ies and Boilers. Corn. Feed and flour Mills, Cane Mills, Water Wheels, Bolinq Presses, Corn Shclfers ana re a miners, -iv Shoftinq, Pulleys W and Mill Gearing. li) vVf DcLOACH MILL MFG. COMPANY, Atlanta, Ga., U. S. A. W v 163 Whlslos St., Nw York City. Ill S. Ilta St., SU louls. Mo. y.'fir Rrntff n prhts. SAW Rf PAIRING SPtCUtTY. tARCt CAIAlOOtl IRlt. TEACHERS WANTED ! ' UNION TKACHKKS' AOKNC1KM OF AMKttlOA. KET, L. . II ASS, D. D Msasar. ntuiiara, PsH ToHisto, Tss.. Nt Orleans, !. Nt York, K. Y., Waabltas, D. C, Mss Fra two, t'si,, I'nlcMu. UU toal, Ma., aid lsiaf, Culorailo, Thr sr tknoassils otlKwIllost ta ba SHxl dqrina tha i.hnol larm, raaifS t, rlsatloa, d.aS, !, Wa had o M t (Ml hhhIm darlna tha pant aaa, lliil.l iMlllllaa lr plaataa M,hrrt la ' art ul tha U, a, aad l'auila, aa or H ft mat ul Isimh ahn raiiiar4 twlura HaaiwardDualUuaa. Oaa I rialataa la I otOoM, Adilrawi all ailiralluu M ftlta burn, I' a. ANDY CATHARTIC CUntCOMSTIPATIOH Of Xriaais.lAi m.m .At J?l All ss so Arr-"r,1,'l7 rr druggists aBSOLUTELT GDiBlHTEED ZZy,ZVTJJ?J2& V., ataaaa MMfM, 14. sttMMU St SI Ml ll..lku, IIihIIh.,I 1UKKIIH f IMALE TONIC A hnm to Vfjttxa. tS4itl, M MUr lmtd vuiinf .Ma M4aa ft n,)ua lHii,a t uit a atl ttaS a4 tiaamataa livi4Sai4 IS uflla H I'.m lHf mm,), iM if4- 1. TURKISH TANSY nd rCNNYROYAl nus ' , W m aw hi NH.i. MAMa'S HSMSI4V, Uiium ,m ssrasta saa aMla U tr aJf tsi PATRONIZE QUA PATHGHS !
