The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899, April 02, 1891, Image 4
THE lALMAISOS EMERALD. "You "Eh f iaid Uncle Venalbe. want to get marrie 1 T "Ifyoudont mind, sir," said Ver, Imam, drooping ber pretty head, while a bloah lie the liuing of a pink sea shell crept over ber face. "Bat what nonsense that is 7 aaid Mr. Yeaable, abutting his cabinet drawersleaiiins back in his chair and looking it Verbena with eye like gim tot. "Who is the young man V "Please. t:ule, It's Fritz," whispered Verbena, half inclined to run away and hide-herself. -Frit:!? roared Mr. Tenable. "That farmer fellow ?" 'He's a farmer," admitted Verbena, ' bat be owns his own farm, air, and hia mfltacr ii Terr anxious for me to came there, because" "Ok. tcan imagine thatr aaid Mr VenaWe, with a sneer. "You, a Yen able, talking about marrying a farmer! You, the heiress of Malmaiaon emerald! You that might take any place in soci ety that you wish when once the value of the gem is known, to talk of allying yourself to a clodhopper like that, who doesn't know an opal from a moon stone." Verbeha burst into tears. ' He isn't a clodhopper,'' said she 'And 1 wish there wasn't any such thing atthe Malmaison emerald." .Mr. Venable transfixed hts luece through his spectacles with a glare that might hare paralysed ber. "Sftonee,. miss!- said be; "do you know it is on the reputation of the Malmai aon emerald that the Venables will go down to fame? The Empress Jose phine" ' "I dont care for the Empre.8 Jose phine," 'said Verbena, who, having drawn the sword, was now minded to east the scabbard away. "And I'm not particular about fame, and I don't sup pose I shall be a Venable forever" "This sort of talk won't do, Ver bena," said the old gentleman, solemn ly. "Where would society be if every on refused to bear the responsibilities and shoulder the cares of his station ? You are not merely my niece. Verbena. You are the representative the last surviv ing representative the Venables. To yon in my will is left the guardian ship of the emerald" T lick ot bearing of it," vehem ently protested Verbena. "And," went on Mr. Venable, "I de sire yon Vgive up all idea of marry frig this young man. It's entirely out of the question entirely. , "Bat what is this about th Malmai sou emerald r asked Fritz Ekon. be, in a bewildered wa, when ho found Ver bena crying by the sitting room win dow a few hours later. Her blue eyes sparkled through their veil of tears. ,, -Ton don't moan," said she, "that you have never heard of the famous Malmaisou emerald V ; "That's toy meaning exactly," ad mitted Frits, "Do consider in my be half that I've only been here a year, and have much still to team." "Well,, listen," said Verbena, half crying, half angrr. "It's a famous un set gem." "Oh.lt to, Is it?" "And it used to belong to the Em- Joeephlne." Did it, indeed?" "And she. wore ft in those days at MalnuuWV "Hence the name, eh?" "I suppose so. And Queen Hortense gave it to some one who told it to eosaebody abe, and it was finally given to one of the Venables who was a sur geon in the English army by a dying officer out In Illndoostan, to whom he had been able to tender kind offices, andsoit has come down to ua. It real ly is a wonderful stone." I should suppose to," politely in crednton. "They say," went on Verbena, "that was iwcte kept K in the little iron safe tot into the guest chamber wall, whoever slept there used to dream of a beautiful, and faced lady, who waited up and down in a marble terrace under the trees and wrong her hands. That bene, of course. -Of eonrse," still more mereduioasly. my ancle declares that the in the stone is always dim and tarbtf wha the anniversary of the sow tody's dosttcoeaea around," fnr tharatM Verbena. . Y,thntl exceedingly probabte," aiiU isrsMr. v "Uyneh baa MsnsstoyfctageeV' said Ver kesM,wia asifB, "and I wish to good he'd (2 U. Bat ho wont And .watt is worse, ho want sm to marry a hatsi l, pshM RUe oil man in row Tat who, next to UasssSf, li the xtyjtow ia Hew Tort, and jU awcTa r" to a dead st Vcs-awet aer CI C -Stto arsisitoal g& cat- , i CA I CZZX It pvtet c- : '- groat i v -t::."jA:; waist with Ms arm. T he only way in which we can guard against this com plication of ills is" "Yea, Fritz r "To set married while Mr. VeneraW is gone." "Oh, Frit! I wonlden't dare openly d fy him like that. Hah l-t vet go d to me," fluttered Verbena. "Ill be good to you, too, my dar ling." "Xonsense, Frrz! You're spoiling my hair. Do stop, Fritz!" protested the girL "Then promise me, A'erbena," "Xo, 111 promise nothing.' e At the lapidaries' convention there was a ttormy session that year. Ilerr Heidebrrun was there, a stuffy, dried up eld man, of great age and stil great arrogance, who had apparently Cvime out of his spider eeb in Vienna for the sole purpose of discomfiting all he antiquaries of the western conti nent. ' "De Malmaison emeralt!" said Herr Heidelgrun. "Dat ish a mistak i. Vat you call one big lie. It occupies an your time to chase deee lie and den nail him down. 1 haf the Malmaison emeralt in mine collection' How can that be." said Mr. Venable choking with rage, while Mr. Twistle ton stood by reaay to espouse his friend's cause, ''when here it is the very stone itself ?" He opened the velvet casket which contained the drop of green fire. It blinked at the circle of eager faces above it like a baleful eye. Ilerr Ueid elgrun laughed a shrill cackle of derision. "Dat de Malmaison wreralt?" said he. "O how easy are some folks hood winked! A ferry good imitation. I grant. 0, yes, J can tell yon all about him. Hut de genuine Malmoison eme ralt it was sell main 1850, at Vienna, by one Capr. Giles Venable" "Verbena's father," thought Mr. Venable, with a start and a sinking ef the heart.) , "For ile gracious Empress Augusta, who was den nuking de collection for a necklace which should outshine all the courts of Europe. I pay Capt. Ven eble 3,000 florins for him, and I engage my best workmen to make him an imi tation Malmaison emeralt which shall deceive re very jeweler himself. I t'inkl make my fortune, but lam wrong. De captain be pockets his florins and be tides away! De gracious empress she change ber mind. She get iredof emeralts, and she finks she will haf pearls. But I know derewill some day be market for de Malmaison emeralt. I keep him; I haf him yet Here bo is, and here is ' ze letter from Capt. Giles Venable which proves his genuineness. Eh? Are you to be sat isfy?" And the green blaze of the real gem put the artificial imitation to shame at once. Mr. Venable cam . home without waiting for the adjournment of the lapidaries' convention. Ho did not bring Mr. Twistleton with him. "A man who couldn't even tell a bogus stone from a real one," sputtered Venable, "and calls himself a judge of gems! Verbena, come here.'' Verbena came accordingly, with the teapot in one hand and a pan of hot graham muffins, fresh from the oven, in the other. "I've got something to tell you," said Mr. Venable. ; "Yes, uuclsy" murmured Verbena, her little heart giving - an ominous throb under the cluster of roses she wore. "The Malmaison emerald is a hum bug!" said Mr; Venable distinctly. "On, under "And Caleb Twistleton Is a charlatan and an adventurer." And he proceed ed to impart to his niece the whole revelation of Herr Heldetgrun. "Your father, my dear." said be, "has wrecked the family fortune and broken my heart Hneforth I win give up the study of geouC II donate my eoUec tion, such as it to, to the MiddtovUle museum. Itsaay serve as a nucleus for something greater in time. And 111 devote myself to roses. They can't imitate flowers! And, Verbena" Yos, undo." "You may marry young Elcombe, if you choose. ''After this, Twtottotcn doeent deserve a wife." "Thank you, undo," said Verbena, demurely. True Flag. Astonished Jtothr-uWaat this? Yon say you hat accepted Mr. Biimparse, and yet yoqhav Urn ha called too were unhappy." Daughter "I was unhappy h didst Warn Ctosbsmd toy Proxy law say fiwbwnd to mj attotdthwawa and to lAfSmr taa(Ua.)ic: las itoaLrwto- ZtmtitamUim I earn Ca wtltoie saost satsc KXto tr-Xschal)o trlttttf j to be envied. IfJsrs. Margaret were single I'd enter the lists myself "Margaret has a younger- sister, Maj. every whist as good modesty forbids, but truth to the narrative command She is coming here to visit next week,' shily returned my friend. ' "1 shall be glad to know ber If she ir at all like.' with more interest than b6 was wont to show. ' "I doubt it You will be as abrupt and as impenetrable as ever, though Margaret would like to see you.' "'Did she say so? Did Margaret say that ? In. rod: ice me and see.' "Well we were introdced and found we had not a few similar tastes. When 1 saw it was growing Into something more than friendship on bis part I tried t o prevent it but in vain. His will was stronger than mine. His was a deep, quiet, but all-pervading love There was no getting away from it And when he sked me to grant him the oue thine he needed to really make a home, 1 did not refuse. But the joke of it all is, 1 am not at all like my sis ter, nor did my friend say "like, but as .good."' AVERY'S START IN LIFE. A Miner's Queer Bequest. The other day we met on Kearney street an old time Washoe acquaint ance called Jem Briggs, whose usually well worn miner's appearance was on this occasion replaced by a gorgeous display of velvet vest, check pants, red scarf and ponderous watch chain, while his honest and simple face shone above these evidences of prosperity with the placid contentment of a full harvest moon. "He'lo, Jem," we said; "glad to see you looking so prosperous. Must hare struck it rich recently." '-So I have," said Jem, and then as his tanned face saddened a little be continued, "but 1 had a mighty tough loss, though. My partner, Ned Bimber you remember Ned has gone up the shaft" "Dead,ebr "Yes; I'll tell you how it was. You see Ned and I had a quarrel about two years ago. Dont matter now what it a all about Mebbe Xed was wrong, and mebbe I was, but all the same neither of us would back down coupl'er fools, you'll say, and so wo were, and the upshot was that we part ed, and agreed never to speak to each other again." "And didn't yon ?" "Xo, sir; more shame for us, as we bad been panto, thick and thin, for fif teen years together. Well, about six months after that Xed got a good gravel claim up on the Feather, where they've been turning the river bed, and he struck it rich cleaned up nigh on to 8250,000 in ten months." "And how were you getting on V" "Oh! clean broke. Working up at Gold Hill for 3 a day. Well I was kinder sneak in' glad to learn of Ned's luck, for all we were oats; but the next thing I beard was that he'd been killed by the bank caving in on him. Ho lived just long enough to make his will. Well, the lawyers wrote as how Xed was worth just about f 820,000, and the will gave 95,000 apiece to each of three distant cousins of hla'n they bad all come out from the east when they heard of Ned's find and the same amount to m mind you, just as though we hadn't quarreled. But Ned alters waa a 'centric sort of cuss, and the will provided that none of us should get ta money II we attended the funeral. Ho didn't want anybody at the funeral but just the undertaker. The will said he bad 'lived lonely, and be wanted to be buried lonely.' Them's just tha words, uid I felt they were intended forme, sure. The disposition of the rest of the estate about $800,000 was provided for in another codicil, to be opened the day after the funeral, but all supposed it was donated ton charitable object, for Ned hadn't any un eepun ine cousins. "Of course you stayed away from the funeral T "That's just the point Somehow I felt so miaerable and downhearted you see Xed was the onliest partner I aver bad that I determined to go and see mm seat aown en bis last cage any way, money or no money, and I did." "And the cousins r "Noa of 'em went Fact is they were so disgusted at the 'divvy' that toy ciearsd out aown to Trlsco to see about breaking the will So I was the only mourner at the funeral. My friends all thought I was fit for the erT bouse, to throw away the 6,000 ua mat weu, ijost eould't help it It turned out, though, to be the best toad I am struck." "How was thatr "Why th next day when the main will was opened w found that it really gar the entire balance of the dean up to whichever of usfour disobeyed the condition for the ti,000 bequests. Ho msMl easneinfor thswbotoluD jaatUka a knit. And do you know Maura Minn's iron I shall alters bW ItoTOthat Ksd put np the whole job a purpose 'cans ha knowed I'd be tharr-flaa Frandsoo Examiner. " m- . . '"1 V nawonsbl church) -"lata a took u that straus S Making my fortune at mining bad been the waking dream of my not very happy boyhood in which I had been kept busy in my father's store, by terms attending school and working out my matkomatira at odd hours until l was able to enter college, where I took the engineering course, much to urn sur prise of my father and his wire, wno in consequence gsve me but slight help; but I persevered, and by a lord strugclewon my degree, and immedi ately started nest. While yet on the outward bound 'rain, near the treat Rockies, there was a delay caused by the wreck of a freight train, and I, fresh from the lecture room of a master mind in the science of engineering, was able to make some suggestions which proved of practical value, and attracted the attentkon or one of the solid looking passengers who was also traveling west I found he he was interested in my history, and I soou told him who and What I was, and what I hoped to accomp) ish, first hop iugto secure employment as civil en gineer in some railway company, and then strike for the mine. I found I was talking to a practical civil engineer, who had been in tlie em ploy of the Union Pacific nBlwayJwhen it was being built, and be related anec dote after anecdote of the early days as the train rattled over toe boundless plains. On the limbs of a certain tree he bad seen a victim of Judge Lynch swinging in the breeze. There he had witnessed a railroad construction gang, consist ing of three hundred men, imprison a contractor in a railroad tie pen and keep him in the hot sun, on bread and water, until he had signed their pay checks. Parks Fort was celebrated as the scene ot the Parks massacre; the three Parks brothers found dead in their "dugout," while a dead Indian pony and pools of gore on the grouisd out side showed how dearly they h.d sold their lives.. As we satin the smoking car that evening Mr. Thompson told me many a (ale of camp life, and finished his sketches by a thrilling tale of how he made his fortune. "I had," he said, "done very well at my profession as civil engineer, and after some years took to minjngto make a speedy fortune. I worked hard only to find that I had planted all my savingr, some fifteen thousand dollar i, in wild cat mines and barren prospect hole. About this time I received my little inheritance and was made guar dian to my young sister. Her small fond, two thousand dollars, Unvested In small tenement houses carefully se cured to herself, and I, having an op portunity to bny a cattle ranch at about half its value, entered upon the cattle man's business and tried to forget that fortunes are sometime nudu ni min. ing, fearing lest l be tempted and lose u,rnm with 'ou-ui lt 'm all I had again. I "However, I found I was considered I to be quite an authority on milling i matters and engineering, report with its usual accuracy, investing me with an imaginary fortune made at those pursuits, and I was often consulted by amateurs and looked up to as an authority upon those topics. "One day Frank Colton. who had oeen my first Instrument man in en gineering days, but was now a miner. came to me with a bit of xe, which he banded to me with the question, 'What " you uink or that, Ma. Thompson Y "It is the flbeat bit of one I have teen A came to Colorado," I replied. who eouusiasnt. 'Where did you get r rom tn Mascot mine. L own the noi and thiols a sample of what I nave struck.' "If there is mora of the. sameaiineral and enough ef It, you are-in for a fort une. I wish you luck my boy, aaid I. "Yes, but I need money to go on with. Corn out and see, what i.v. like in the bed.' "Tn next morning Frank- amf i mounted a couple of bronchos and sett forth. Sorawsixor svn miles from "rnw. turned off abruptly to the. luuowea a nim short gulch across a narrow 1 ittu M up a narrow wtadiaa-..... ai . . ww sjjuu tlTtmr -wwi iuw caatn. "Here is my cabin, an :. . mine,' said Frank. .TT " . li . ..... " winu- a BOM in tha mw.j t . . . - Bums I " ,ew nt 'But i , -re some grub bsfet m m Wei-1 ...I ,'r,w further. interior of k. Mki . . yand forbidding J? hlofhuan: ?'nT,lm to u wan zrzrr 4 H yoursslf to not biscuit Ua dishes uj. rZzrT" "nedon 'Aft-dinnerwawrZ0- . MM a (frank. Fat trimmed black, audamal -wath.li7f ay. The a4..7- " toan-1 wt had been ran and ennnorted by a : winze. From the bottom of the shaft a uiift bad been carried som twenty feet to la south. Here some flu or had oeen expowd. Having thoroughly explored all the workinp we tarn to the surface, -1 his old fashioned whim can hardly aervc your p i -pose, Frank.' aaid I: Tci Deed a steam holster for that depth of shaft and quality of ore, I should think.' -Yes. sir; that is where the trouble lie. If I bad steam to depend on I'd ask no odds of a Gould, for that min Us sure bonanza; but it coats all it's worth right ber to hoist that ore with o whim.' "It vu loo late for me to think of returning tbst night so we spent to few hours of dsylight in looking for mining timber, water, and then at the prospect generally. Supper fare was a repetition of dinner fare, as was the breakfast next morning. Certain golden dream were floating before my mental vision, for I knew of parties who would take bold of the en terprise if the outlook for a rich find was favorable. Frank Colton conf.ded his exact position to me en our way back, lie lias to sell within Uie next two weeks or lose his mine as he had taken a lease on the property fur tSJXO. His cred itors were extremely anxious to secure tlte mine, so Frank would accept any terms that would satisfy this claim and leave him a share in the mine. I talked the matter over with Judge Stirman, and old friend, the railway superin tendent, and he proposed that w should together buy the mine. 1 was to raise my share of the money on my real estate. In three months' time the judge would buy up my notes, and would sign an agreement to give me my paper back for my interest in the mine in case I wished to close out dur ing the year. "In ordi r to raise the sum I needed I put a mortgage on my sister's property now much increased in value, and on my ranch, feeling secure in doing so, I was assured of being released by the judge in case of tight times. Y7e put in steam hoisting works and built a wagon road. The Mascot barely paid expenses. One day we would strike rich ore to blast through barreti rock tomorrow. Time was pass ing. "Judge .Stirman was plunging into many speculations and was reported to be soaking a mint of money, but times were ever tight with us. One day he ent tor me. "How d'ye do Thompson. Smc one ranat go into the field, as I want to run a line through Muggins Gulch to Kvmero, in the San Luis county. We want to freight out the coal and ore of that region, and so does the Aspen and Midland. Now, we must be in a head of them, and must have som one who wilt succeed. I am authorized to make ill select your party and go right to where we are prepared to push the Mascot just the same as if you were on the ground, and you can hold your shares intact and have the pay of construction engineer to the new lines. Can you ao?" in three hours if I can pick out my own surveying party, and hare the pay guaraateoa 10 mem uiai will secure them,' said I. "'Agreed. Quick work to beat an other line and to secure the right of way is the measure to win, Mr. Thomp son.' "Here was luck. I could redeem my property and that of my sister, which wonkl be in a bad way should I not live, and still keep my shares In the Mascot mine, 1 gladly took the field; and hard as I worked 1 w6n, and in securing the right of way for the I). & It O. attracted the attention of many oi uie syjcanowers or tue railroad. "As my year was nearly up, and the snares would hare to go on the mar e 10 save my own and my sister's property, you msy guess how closes shave I ran for my all, as I never could have redeemed the property bad tha mine railed. But site did not fail, and i soia out a cool hundred thousand worth of shares, cash down, and am still a stockholder." I drew a deep breath when Mr Thompson finished his story, and sunk y pride or hesitation, and Ix.Mir asked if there was any place, however baanbV, for a green collage lad like my self. "Giv me a chance. Mr. Thnmn.. Let sao prove myself" aaid i ,. humbly. Well my boy, I don't mind taiiin. you that that was a cute, and torn a new aad Beat trick you diatlaH snaking that turn around that smash apvestetshy. And If you hav mind to ohm , with a toCarboodato I might ft rut IL. a " r m "Woi rang at w pot atom and found. Ym,u f'" flrnlni tbr; and ;w worn your man watt, nod 4 ss well as I am sure you can do . rlU soon llnd an adrna. J. .wl n ..j i. . . t " " f.amn.u. ar uldins? naw iim. out of new mines mi eaal bad all tha Un IwanttogsXd-arof iHatgin. rtni wait, a. Iwaa to traraL TTumka. Mr. - t . toothankful to toaZ'' wbsr. Iaea.rtfw.c.Cr. ' -swai MtMkfc raaJt Nertaa I.. i a t ...... ' n. u. U. . setter I wrote n i Avery, whoa I m ' Colo, that afiemo. I bad to purchsat equipped myself (as bat, bin flsnne ahM mattar. The next camp at willow our uata tinder a bkaJ by th sidaof acieaD Th chant Jj flrst, but it alway, A teat ta so warm wbsjiJ oU yJ diet of pork and haM.1 eanaedcorn saj-.- oi Diuung ut logs Oseiw' mw udn tor mufiotok wa i navw was a rush u and I was sent for aoa tue coosuncxion gang found myself in a knowledge, skill and and direct two hundred lt was three weeks be!.- lieved, and then to my pJ Thompson himself, seen sine th day of B Carbondale, rode into cnJ lug my band heartily, nit, How is that loggia. A very r How does this piece i do, Mr. Thompson ? t. said I "Ay, they do tell roe man's that you are tlie of this line. Thanks, Mr. Thump! you. What better fortune leas, almost beardless, did than to be made engine J tlie D. and B, G. rmlwij son's Creek canyon, at w and be able to take itcd son's pet, the -Mascot sj Gorton in Indepandent Vhc of Pussy's IV The long hairs on tins are organs of toucli. ?i ached to a bed of fins j? the skin, and each of tto ia strt n or-f awl savll I flaA suW The slightest contact of with any surrounding felt most distinctly ly tot though tbe hairs thei sensible. They stand og of the lion as well as on i point to point tbey are width of the animal's magme, therefore, i it through a covert of wood lect nignt we snail ai cms of these long hairs. Tbey indicate to hitiM nicest feeling any obstadif present Uself to the mi body; they prevent u i boughs and leaves which i t . LI. tl.. J warning iu nia prej u wh too close to a bush, sod fit t .1 1.1. tL. . - 1 J juucuoii wiui ih sun cua feet and tbe fur upon vba thecuurs never cominj with the ground they eui move toward his victim n ness even greater tau a snake, which creeps ataf and is not perceived until s( around its prey. Is this design -.South Bcstea Nd College Societies IsVi Tbe college fratemitieiH getber for life in lies tin broken. 1 think you siSM to know of our belong to tas, iwidstii later year tak great ing to keep up the the old spirit. Assort ters of graduate member nit lea are maintained n city by fifteen of the of the clubs are In a dition. Alpha Delta W bouse near Columbia Manhattan chapter of tto up a summer camp at called Camp Manhattan Tbeta II fraternity bail sort at lake Chautsqus Un. The D.K.E. order!! graduate club in tlie I' this dtr. with a fine cli excel tent restaurant Several of the clubs to house, but rent ausrten rood manr nDers derw w 0 m asaociations printed Is kniiw of Tha Palm. Omega; the Chi Phi Deity Knappi Kpslion n the Itelta Upsilon first rollece fraternity 1 furled to the wiod wsi rJ top of tbe Aster Hou" j hava of the Theta Dettl J black, white and blue, M Urn naari ail tb (rsW! adopted flags showing Vow York Star. Mra. BUnkor-''! b aibwakfromJW 3 go arousd at once, sns Uiaed aay oCIrof. K Mr. Kiakr-"H I seat bias in ta TOfcWyoubseiJ -V. hmt h told aw , ec tse rauv prvy- YTtsUr. V'.r