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About The American. (Omaha, Nebraska) 1891-1899 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1898)
THIS AMERICAN, V ( 11 H I) . . . , f . I. U i , Lt.h I, . f !., it tfitl. J lull .i . . . f . l .. .1 U w . . 14.1 i Si.l. I . L . i I. l I. k U itiil J Ik (it . t I ft , n no ' "' , . i ' ..... .t.-. . i . . i i i r .... i it , v ' t I I I' ll )tUn? tlHH.Itll rtlij Mli'l 1 . V .! ..'. I ! 1 .1 . .f I . 1 1:1.. 1 ' . . . . 1 1 i ,. 1 I 1 ,.1 tl t It 1 1 1. Itul HIIIII . . . HI tl'l ' Wlt'C. if t t f u 1 t'l I -til It M !., i,h Utr f I urn diUai f. I t- It I' ' " "" ' I'" n1u'l H k 1 n 4 1 . f l. t life And II.mi 4 mkp . . . 11 . . . .1.1 ...1 1.1 r.ii. f.uiiiil n 1 1 11 1 U,l lii-lii 1 iinnuf, nriii' hi i" . en I Mill m!. 1 1 'i'. I.tI i 'i in II. Intnxtn -I iin.litr .Ir,) ,1 11-.' p t t tillir 'iti" M.r bad 1't dtr-ply 1iitb.d1 ,t 1 t . m tuMi i t ninit Jh-h Hi ...... I . . 1 . 1; ,. .1, ., n Iv AitCrU, W t. . if tl. in I 1 til H ...la, inl.iid.d; iHi'l !. Inl Ml .M-i,.f :... l.,., ..f.n.p., m.1 .!.. ..I 1... .lult ,,f ,!,. l,l. in trUtng with b-.t I hu l l- m mil .nl..pt M.r- M ... 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J,r" , 1.1 ..... t.t..A..A it.U in tl.o cfrlaintv that cl.e J.a.l l( u all" I" K" U"0 U"'i"' umvwn ............ . - infaii.v miclit lo tin- v'i w .f M.ine ni the m r- - .' if r-ii il.f ! HKl l.n II 'Hirl li.'i lf "" i..!i . h.i i li w!. il I ..4 ..I li .l.i. i .H.n 1. r ll.it r J..-.I l .. .! til. ........ -ii. , 1 1 i 1 ( I U ill il- ) j 1 1... '.. u iv , n ..;. It... .. . 1 ,m , N. ' - ii.t w 1 1 i.it 11 ! il.n l i'i k 1 ! .. 1 1 rnr I'MII. liio l ihiiU.l, .-ii.l 1.1 rtv li mi.iw 1 iUf . nJtPK tliroupli this torril-lfi trial, nn-1 n.iicral frnu Agrioc.lu tlio love frlio felt for Mm. "w Jiow formiilalile to thi unfortunate Leinp were those Mens of rMh-ule ami ulinme, whii li -he he. lieve.l v.dul.1 nttach to the .linn.very of her mini passion. After linving remaine1 for some time ahnorbe.l in thoiiKht, Mother Hunch rone, ami advanced slowly towards the desk. "My only recompense," said she, as she pre pared the materials for writing, "will he to en trust the muto witness of my pains with this new prief. I shall at least have kept the promise that I made to myself. Believing, from the bottom of my soul, that this girl is able to make Agrieola happy, I told him so with the utmost sincer'ty. One day, a long time hence, when I ahull read over these pages, I shall perhaps find in that a compensation for all that I now suffer." 80 saying, she drew the box from the pigeon hole. Not finding her manucript, she uttered a cry of surprise; but what was her alarm, when she perceived a letter to her address in the plaee of the journal! She became deadly pule; her knees trembled; she almost fainted away. Hut her increasing terror gave her n fictitious energy, and she had the strength to break the seal. A bank-note for five hundred francs fell from the letter on the table, and Mother Hunch read as follows: " Madkmoisrm.k, '1 here is something so orig inal and amusing in reading in your memoirs the story of your love for Ajrricola, thnt it ii im possible to resist the pleasure of acquainting him with the extent of it, of which he is doubtless ignorant, but to which be cannot fail to dhow himself sensible. Advantage will be taken to forward it to a multitude of other persons who might, perhaps, otherwise- ba unfortunately de prived of the amusing contents of your diary. Rhould copies and extracts not be sufficient, we will have it printed, as one cannot too much diffuse such things. Home will weep others will laugh what appears superb to one set of people, will seem ridiculous to another; such is life but your journal will surely make n great sensation. "As you are capable of wishing to avoid your triumph, and as you were only covered with rags when you were received out of charity into this house, where you wish to figure as the great lady, which does not suit your shape for more reasons than one, we enclose in the present five hundred fracs to pay for your day-book, arid prevent your being without resources, in case you should be modest enough to shrink from the congratula tions which await you, certain to overwhelm you by tomorrow, for, at this hour, your journal is already in circulation. "One of your bretheni, "A Ural Moth eh Hunch," The vulgar, mocking and insolent tone of this letter, which was purposely written in the char acter of a jealous lackey, dissatisfied with the admission of the unfortunate creature into the house, had been calculated with infernal skill, and was sure to produce the effect intended. "Oh, good heaven !" were the only words the unfortunate girl could pronounce, in her stupor and alarm. Now, if we remember in what passionate terms she had expressed her love for her adopted brother, if wo recall many passages of this manu script, in which she revealed the painful wounds often inflicted on her by Agrieola without know ing it, and if we consider how great was her ter ror of ridicule, we shall understand her mad des pair on reading this infamous letter. Mother Bunch did not think for a moment of all the noble words and touching narratives contained in her journal. The one horrible idea which weighed down the troubled spirit of the unfor tunate creature, was, that on the morrow Agri cola, Mdllc. do Cardoville, and an insolent and mocking crowd, would bo informed of this ridi culous love, which would, she imagined, crush her with shame and confusion. This new blow was so stunning, that the recipient staggered a moment beneath the unexpected shock. For tli imit 1 nl IWi it ti U-HiIk, iimi. imtili-it I'jr tor llie niil fiil. ot TliK Ami AN. . fiilum! of "TIip J KUHHitft-ni hrr," lHlt iiiiiiiiilHf lln1 lor of tlio life, IrUl", Ii ! lUtlun, wiuriihli, rie., el ft Hi.tinKrfti.lior. Tli NmiIi lit "'0 Mi;', U t'li'Kftnlly bound In cloth, printed from knhI, i lmn Ijf w un liltfli fr In nt lxMik-mH-r. We hftvu I'M ol tlitm. (let ymir oritur In rrly. It.'tfu'ar prlou of ui:h ft ixsilc ordinarily, tl 'i'i. You gel It lor nothing If )ou huy flvo itiuli'. Don't nd Lftinm of ft larger denomination than 'I ci nt. Ilciiicmber that bruising th ww- petit' hoad is afcr than pinching hit tall. (live Homo use of our politician! and Rite will toon control our f (mm ment. I'linllf Notice. The Northwestern Lino Daylight SfN clal now leaven the U. I'. Depot at 6:40 A. M , arrive at Chicago 8:45 tame evening. No chance In the other train. Overland Limited 4 4.1 p. M., and the Omaba-Chleaco Special at (1.).' a M., vrrlvei at Chicago 7:4."i and 1:.T) renpuctlvely, next morning. The motit advanced Vrotlbnled Hlejiiem, Dlnem and Free Parlor Chair can of coiirne -What also would the "NOItTII' WKSTKKN " havi? MO I Karnara t Knowledge kills many ppal myth, no matter how old they may be. iilgotry la the mirror of credulity, True rollglon la out of place la a muni houae. UNTIL the aufply I ex haunted, we will tend to each tubucrlber tending u the names of Ore of hl friend, aceom panlud by 2.'c, for five namplo cople of Tub Ambuican, one volume of "The Stenographer," a hook containing the tory of the life, trial, tribulation, courtship, etc., of a atenographer. The book has 22'l page, I elegantly bound In cloth, printed from good, clean type on a high grade of book-paper. We have 7.7) of them. Oet your order In early, lingular price of uch a book In, ordinarily, 11.25. You get It for nothing If you buy five rople. Don't send tamp of a larger denomination than 2 cent. Home find ulander a belter weapon than a bowlu knife. BUGLE PEALS! OH Sonus ( Warning Tor the American People. lunik m ml t 1 1 1 ,rA a. i iir,rsiMu;u. Mt la A rilliiii i ('.it f )it n'liiU, 1 'j. 1 ally in Iln! I. tin I II I' JmIi 1 ilint. !! r ilium' fill llli ! " ll'l.'.'e I'l ii'- " 'lit 1111 (lie ('ll it (1 11 'I M is! I HiiM.t if I be Ii.,;1m l f 1 m t iki 1. ,u t - hi, n 11 I Hie ' t Mi 1 o nl nw fill It iiu'v" Mi lit. li we li e 'I In .t M 1 .iiil ilu I e a 1 I .il I'M. im!I fr I hi b 'feu- o of AlI.elH ilii i III, 1 libli un I Aim in ill inliluli li nHin-l the ..il I " J. . A IUMt. Pa-ior l, sU. An' ll.ii-l t'lnii.'li, t lili if', III. If )nu t.t I l.'lli. .l'inHm ii 11. 1 t now j.mr I.ivki n( llm I.IHIp II. .1 H, lim.l lliiiiw , If ni miUliwnim.inii llll filled spirit, bit) and rrml llif' mi'iim. I rlrn, 2' fii.i. Ad lr,'s : Tim Ami'rlean vantu, jealous of the tillertionnti' ih fiMciir.' shown hrr by Mdllc do ('rhivilli itnd Ihi thought l.ll. d i.or with despair. Those punst so puiu fully confidential, which die would not have ven tured to impart to the mol tender and indulgent mother, beeiiiiHe, written an it were with her heart's blood, they painted with too cruel a lidel ity the thousand secret wounds of her soul those pajres wi re to serve, perhaps served even now, for the jest and laughing-stock of the lackeys of the mansion. ' The money which accompanied this letter, and the inulting way in which it was offered, rather tended to confirm her suspicions. It was intend ed that the fear of misery should not be the oh stacle of her leaving the house. The workgirl's resolution was soon taken, with that calm and firm resignation which was familiar to her. She rose, with lomewhat bright and haggard eyes, but without a tear in them. Since the day before, (die had wept too much. With a trembling, icy hand, she wrote on a paper, which she left by the side of the bank note: "May Mdlle. de Car doville he blessed for all that she has dono for me, and forgive me for having left her house, where I can remain no longer." Having written this, Mother Hunch threw into the ire the infamous letter, which seemed to burn her hands. Then, taking a last look at her chamber, furnished so comfortably, she shudder ed involuntary as she thought of the misery that awaited her a misery more frightful than that of which she had already been the victim, for Agricola's mother had departed with fa briel, and the unfortunate! girl could no longer, as formerly, be consoled in her distress by the almost maternal affection of Dagobert's wife. Io live alone quite ulonc with the thought that her fatal passion for Agrieola was laughed at by everybody, perhaps even by himself such were the future prospect! of the hunchback. Ihis future terrified her a dark desire crossed her mind she shuddered, and an expression of bit ter joy contracted her features. Hesolvcd to go, she made some steps towards the door, when, in passing before the fireplace, she saw her own image in the glass, pale us death, arid clothed in black; then it strnek her, that she wore a dress which did not belong to her, and he remembered a passage in the letter, which alluded to the rags she had on before she entered that house. "True!" said she, with a heart-breaking smile, im she looked at her black garments; "they would call me a thief," And, taking her candle, she entered the little brcssing-room, and put on again the poor, old cloths, which she had preserved as u sort of pious remembrance of her misfortunes. Only at this instant did her tears flow abundantly. She wept not in sorrow at resuming the garb of misery, but in gratitude; for all the comforts around her, to which she was about to hid an eternal adieu, recalled to her mind at every step the delicacy and goodness of Mdlle. do Cardoville; therefore, yielding to an almost involuntary impulse, after she had put on her poor cloths, sho fell on her knees in the middle of the room, and, addressing herself in thought to Mdlle. de Cardoville', she exclaimed, in a voice broken by convulsive sobs: "Adieu t oh, for ever, adieu! You that deigoed to call me friend and sister!" Suddenly, she rose in alarm; she heard steps in the corridor, which led from the garden to one of tho doors of her apartment, the other d or opening into the parlor. It was Florine, who Cuius! too lute) was bringing back the manuscript. 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