Nebraska Newspapers

    TEE SIOUX JSSmL
I. J. VimiOirS, Proprietor
HARBISON,
NEBRASKA
Eietieaeate lath Baleketaf.
View Oct li There was much
excitement and surprise in the reichitag
when Count Taafe, president of the in
terior, Announced that be desired to
Submit a bill for the extension of the
franchise, lie declared that the gov
ernment itself had resolved to take the
Initiative in the matter, as they were
convinced that it was -impossible to,
further delay the measures for fran
else reform. The bill introduced by
the government aims at enabling- any-'
one properly fulfilling his duties a
citizen to vote at all elections. The
premier concluded by advising the
house to discuss the bill at the earliest
date.
In view of the prevailng agitation,
Count Taafe's action is considered a
sry clever more and one calculated to
ut the ground from under the feet of
the agitators. The proposals contained
In the bill produced a profound impres
sion. The socialists are not satisfied
with the measure because it does not
touch the existing group 'system of
election, with four classes of constit-'
uencies. On the other side it is argued
that the proposed reforms only apply
to the middle classes, whose votes will
be swamped by the increased socialist
vote. It is not at all certain that the
bill will be passed, but its introduction
is regarded as most important as the'
opening of aa era of parliamentary re
form. Minister Steinbach, referring to the
financial situation in the reichstag,
said the Austrian securities which
were flowing back consisted chiefly of
Silver rentes. Foreign countries were
now frightened at the very name of
silver. Therefore Austria adhered to
the view existing in connection with
that metal. The finance minister pre
dicted that in the course of a few years
Austria would possess the whole
amount of gold she required, while the
United States would be passing
through an unprecedented crisis
Austria, he added, was free from diffi
culties, and the currency must not be
restricted or inflated. America, he said,
showed to what inflation led.
The minister of war presented a bill
to reorganize and increase the land
wehr, remarking that the growth of the;
army estimates would continue owing
to political conditions which were not
likely to alter.
Murdered and Bobbed.
San Antonio, Tex., Oct 12. Marcus
Koenigheim, one of the oldest, wealth
iest and most highly respected Jewish
citizens of San Antonio, was murdered
and robbed some time Tuesday night,
his dead body being found, with a bul
let through tiie bead, lying in the haU
of his residence.
A deep mystery surrounds the crime.
In the lower hall of the residence
was a large safe, in which was a large
stock of money and jewelry, amount
ing in value to fully 925,000. The safe
was refled of all money, jewelry and
valuables except a gold pair of'
bracelets, an heirloom of the family..
It is supposed that Koenlgiieim heard
the burglars and made some move to
Investigate, when he met with his
death.
Serlon. Trouble.
Macon, Mo, ' Oct. 12. James E.
Jones, chairman of the miners commit
tee at Bevier said that the miners then
intended to win their fight against the'
operators for an increase from 50 to CO
ceuts a ton, the winter rate for mining
coal, if it takes them all winter to do it
iTue miners have issued an address re
questing all miners and working
men to remain away from Be
viernd pay no attention to any ad
vertisement for new men to take their
places. It is evident that the operators
will import new men to take old mhv
era' places. This will cause bad feel
ing between the old miners and the
operators, who have been on good
terms for several years. If the import
ed men attempt to bring any arms
there will be serious trouble. There is
no strike at Aardmore, this county.
England' Great Strike to End.
London, Oct. 12. The Warwick col-'
Jier owners have accepted the sugges
tion of the mayors of Leeds, Sheffield,
Bradford, Nottingham and Barnsley,
regarding the settlement of the miners'
strike, and the indication? are that
(England's great strike is about to end.
(Negotiations with that end in view are
pow progressing. The time fixed for
the resumption of work is six weeks
bancs, but . will possibly be sooner.
The coal mine owners' association of
X)erby declined the overtures and the
ideadlock existing between them and
strikers is still maintained.
A Brutal Murder.
' TcsKAiioxA, 1. T., Oct. 12. Word,
(Was received from a point forty miles
wsst; of the brutal murder of threai
, jChoctaws, Governor Jones says the
MB belonged to his faction and the
Biding was the result of the late politt-,
ad trouble. Farther trouble is looked
DtttlMui Better.
' P.sta fWd 1. TVinnt TarrilnanA
v CsLaasips rallied and Is pronounced
i f y physicians to bo not longer la
CJ3iata danger of death.
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Bath Scoote.
Waszxxotox. Oct. 11. When the
sonata met Mr. Harris, democrat, of
Tennessss, had read resolutions of the
Memphis Cotton exchange and the
Matfiphls Merchants exchange is
tafor of speedy action on the rapes
bin.
Mr. Harris said the resolution
criticised in terms more or less severe
his colleague, Mr. Bate, and himself,
and charged dereliction of duty on
their part to their constituents in op-'
posing repeal. With great deference
to the opinions of the exchanges, he
had the vanity to believe be knew his
duty to his constituents as well, and
possibly better than they did. He be-
lieved that if the who' of the people
of that state were appealed to they'
might possibly repudiate the aathority
of the exchanges to represent them up
on the subject. With the utmost re
spect and with no feeling of resent
ment, he begged to inform those ex
shangeethat the threat contained in
their resolutions had no terror for him.
Failure to follow his own honest con
fictions was to forfeit sell-respect, and
the maintenance of self-respect wu
vastly more Important to him than any
office within the gift of any or all of
the people within the universe.
The resolution heretofore offered by
Mr. Wolcott directing the committee
on finance to report a bill embodying
the bimetallic declaration contained in
the Voorbees substitute for the Wilson
repeal bill was taken up and Mr,
Wolcott addressed the senate in favor
of its adoption. The peculiar charac
teristic of the debate on the repeal bill
was that every speaker had announced
himself a friend of silver and a bime
tallism "A bye-and-bye metallist,"
laid Mr. Wolcott amid laughter.
Mr. Wolcott said that within the last
few days the worst apprehensions of
the friends of silver as to the position
of the executive bad been reached. The
president while congress was in ex
traordinary session convoked by his
proclamation, informed the country
that he was astonished at the opposi
tion of the senate to the measure which
Is advocated in bis message.
"Such an utterance is intrusive and
tffensive," said Mr. Wolcott, "and is
anfitiing the relations which should
exist betweeu the legislative and the
ixecutlve department of the govern
ment And it deserves the protest and
rebuke of every man who values the
peipetuity of republican intimations."
Soiplcioua Care.
New York. Oct. 11.-Dr. Jenkins
risited and impeded the steamship
Russia yesterday. No further cases
of Illness have occurred since Saturday,
da Aue, seriously ill, was removed to
Swineburn Island. Chns. Stubb, who
aas almost recovered, was also removed
10 Swineburn Island. The woman Aue
lied this morning. The only state
ment which Dr. Jenkins would make
was that the circumstances were sus
picious. The steerage passengers will
be detained on Hoffman Island for at
least five days. The saloon and second
sabin passengers will be detained on
board the vessel. The bacteriological
sxamlnation has not yet been complet
ed. r Investigate the Opening or the Strip.
Washtnotow, Oct 11. The comities
n public lands considered the Hudson
resolution calling for an Investigation
of the methods of toe opening of the
Cherokee strip. Assistant Attorney
General HaU of the interior depart
ment, requested to be heard on the sub
ject of a change in the order of open
ing the strip. He will be heard
Wednesday. Mr. Lacey, republican, of
Iowa, moved that the resolution lean
ing for an investigation be reported
favorably. The republicans favored
the motion and the democrats seemed
opposed, on the ground that specific
acts had not been furnished to warrant
an investigation. It is expected the di
vision will be on party lines.
A Bllek ThleC
. Chicago, Oct. 11. Requisition pa
pers have been signed for Stonewall J.
De France, alias Cameron Elliott, the
Minneapolis forger, and detectives
have gone to Detroit to bring back the
prisoner to Chicago. Attorney Jacob
Newman says he will prosecute De
France to the end. The man is said to
bo the slickest thief that has operated
In the west for years. The Detroit
polios have evidence in their possesion
proving that De France's operations in
other cities will amount to over $100,
000. Chief of Police Starkweather
of Detroit is not anxious to part with
his prisoner but he has concluded that
Chicago has the best case against the
man for be has ignored all other de
nands and agreed to surrender him to
Chicago authorities.
Claim mo Ground for Be elver.
Dknveb, Colo., Oct. 11. The Union
PadAo Railway company attorneys
have filed a reply in the United States
port to the application of John Evans
for the appointment of a receiver, de
nying there is any ground for such an
appolntmsnt.
Xxeeuted for HI Crlaaoa.
KcAlxstkr, I. T., Oct 11. Thomas
Fonatka, a Creek Indian, who killed
Btmon Tally last year, was shot accord
ing to law at Wellington Friday. Ha
was seated on his coffin and Light
Horsemen Johnson and Edwards did
the shooting. Both ballets pierced the
k near -us neark xh oooaaa
s Mesa, twa other Creak
rn "taaiwho war to have boas a
ri--ca atadethair eaeera feo
U(JiaM(9r1tUt7,
NEBKASKA NEWS.
The Sidney Telegraph has reached
manhood's estate 21 years old.
Charity L Gaga, one of the olds
residents of Xelson, died of heart fail
ace, aged 74 year.
A train load of fat cattle, 330 heal
was shipped from Rushville to tbt
lastern markets.
Tt is becoming popular in several
countries of the stats to elect female
luperintendents of schools.
The old settler' picnic, advertised to
ome off at Valentine this month bar
been postponed till spring.
Bev. Mr. Warner of St James has
been called to the pastorate of the
Presbyterian church at Oak dale.
Two masked robbers held ap the
lepot agent at Gordon and escaped
triumphantly with two sacks of U.S.
naiL
George Colbnrn, a well known resi
tent of the vicinity of Harvard and a
eading member of the Modern Wood
men, is dead.
Eleven Indians irom the Santee
igency, eight girls and three boys, have
ust been taken to the Genoa Indian
chool as pupils.
Judge Haywood of Nebraska City
ias presented a horse to the Southern
ilethodist church in order to give the
sastor a chance to "ride his circuit"
i'rofessor Burkett of Seward was a
ilassmate of Judge Harrison's in the
National normal school of Ohio twenty
rears ago. His coat is off to help elect
lim.
The home of Hev. G. W. Head, three
niles from Rushville, is in ashes. The
amily bare had time to escape with
heir Uvea. It was the work of an in
eadlary. As the result of a runaway team,
tVilliam Bishop, a Jefferson county,
armer is laid up with alegbroken in
liree places. The doctors hope to save
he limb.
It has been discovered that the man
ho threw the bomb that wrecked
Mouglas' store at North Platte intended
o murder the proprietor. Officers are
ii his track.
Over 1,200 people were present at the
wenty-fifth anniversary of the organ-
.ationofSt John's Lutheran church,
f Auburn, and four ministers attended
,nd delevered addresses.
w H. Bowman has returned to
"ullerton with his famous pacer,
uitonlan. and his pockets fairly bulg-
with the victorious "eagle" of five1
itrd-fought contests.
II. A. Brainarnof the Milford Neb-
iskantook his world's fair vacation
unting ducks in Nance county. He,
,-ports his father-in-law's crop of corn
,-om 180 acres at 5,400 bushels.
A barn belonging to V. M. Street of
ebraska City was destroyed by fire.
;ie wind was blowing a gale at the,
t. we and the prompt work by firemen
lone prevented a serious conflagration.;
John Hayes of Weeping Water has,
produced some of the finest corn ever,
drown in the state. Sample ears;
measured ever twelve inches in length
ind weighed from a pound and a quarter,
o a pound and a half each. The cony
ivas not planted until June.
Aaron Leldigh father of Represents
.ive, George Leidigh, of Nebraska City
lied last week, aged 73. The deceased,
uffered a paralytic stroke a few weeks
, go and never rallied. He was an old
ettler and highly respected, being
rominent in Grand Army and Odd"
'ellow circles.
A man takes desperate chances in
joing inside the court house these days.;
iV'e made a trip up there today and
ound the candidates as thick as flies
iround a molasses barrel. Four of
hem had a man from Borkeaux con
iered in the hall and he was holding.
ut mantully trying to listen to id
our of them talking at once.-Cbad-con
Citizen.
A fellow giving his name of Jamet
Wilson says the Kearney Hub, was,
aken to the poor fsrm last week who;
s apparently nearly rone with con
tumptlon. He says he ran away from
tome two years ago and went to sea.1
About a year ago he took a severe
joid form exposure and hard usage
ind it run into consumption. His
.'oiks, when last heard from were
ivlng in Ogden and he is trying to get
them. He ran out of money soma
lime ago and since then has been coming
west as fast as bis health and clrcum-,
itarus would permit. He wants to
iee his folks again before he dies.
The Swanton Record says that Mrs,
a. Patchln's pony, Bird, died on
October 8 at the age of thlrty-flve
ems. When a girl Mrs. Patchin
worked out by the weak for the money
e-ltb which toe pony wu bought, and
Ul the family was greatly attached to
ler. She was what might be called
in old settler, having been brought to
Nebraska in 1868. She had been on
tvery f arn in Swan Creek precinct eight
lifferent times, seven times when Mr.
Pacbln was assessor and once when he
as census enumerator. For the past
two years sha has not dona any work,
rat has bean cared for as an old
favorite.
Soma years ago John and Anna
Smith of Nebraska City joined hands
lad circled to the left around the
lymeolal altar, swearing to love,
shertsh and remain steadfast to the
outer and. That event baa arrived, the
Mania having found that the only point
apon which their hearts boat in unison
to a astir for a legal separation.
Xi Woaeaa'sRsUef sorps of Beam
rvsrt Mate tare a notation In
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CHAPTER VIL-Coatlnued.
The letters were not read. They
were too sacred eren for the ear of a
friend as true and devoted as Charles
Manning.
The college life experienced by
Louis was often tfte subject of con
versation g and Charles ua deeply
Interested iu the studies in which
Louis had engaged, and was
delighted when listening to any
thing pertaining to either the text
books or the college life. He wax fas
cinated with the essay Louis had read
at his graduation. Time and time
again Louis had recited it at Charles'
request.
Various questions were discussed and
Charles was constantly seeking infor
mation upon any subject with which
Louis was familiar.
That Charles Manning was keen,
bright, intelligent, and intently apt,
was apparent to all who were intimate
wlth.him. He possessed a remarkable
memory, and he stored his mind with
every event Louis had recounted. Not
Satisfied with relying upon his memory
he kept a diary, and at night all the
conversations and incidents of the day
were recorded. Nothing was over
looked. So the time came when Charles
knew as much of the lives of Louis and
Mary as they did themselves.
CHAPTER VIII.
SHIPWRECKED.
"A little more hree.e to-day,'" said
Capt. Bodfish, one morning after the
vessel had been becalmed for nearly a
week. "The air gives signs of a com
ing storm, and when it does come may
the good Lord keep and preserve u.
Even as the captain spoke a trace of
a dark cloud was dimly visible away to
the west. To the captain's experienced
eye the tufts of unoarded wool, so slow
ly moving along in the direction of the
vessel, so near the blue sky and yet so
close to the 'green ocean, meant that
the oalm had ended and that a storm
was beginning.
The rapidly given orders of the cap
tain were quickly obeyed and the gal
lant crew made the pi'eirui-ations possi
ble for the good ship to receive the
gale and ride through it. The winds
came as though they had used the days
of calm to gather force from all the
Ocean and all the sky, and in their
madness they seemed to see on all the
broad expanse of surging waves but one
frail ship to wrestle with, and that ono
they wrecked as if it had been made of
paper and manned by little children.
Every mast and every spar, and e very
stitch of canvas, and every soul on
board, save five, wore swept into the
sea. The life boats were torn to pieces
as though made of cloth.
When the storm ceased and the sun
appeared, all that was left of the Lucky
Star was a hull, dismantled, dismasted,
rudderless, and water soaked. The
captain and the two clerks, Louis and
Charles, had lashed themselves to a
capstan which protruded a few inches
above the shattered deck, and when
the storm was over they were still
lashed there and still living.
Two deck hands had tied themselves
to one of the ponderous anchors which
hung over the ship's side, and they,
too, were saved five souls in all five
human beings on a wreck,- and, as far
as they knew, without food or water,
or even hope of rescue from a grave
the sea; and, in fact, with nothing but
life left them. What was that worth?
On being released, after the storm
had somewhat abated, the men coun
seled together as to what was best to
be done. It was evident that the hull
would go to pieces should there come
another storm or should the wind con
tinue blowing for any great length of
time as it was blowing then.
Even while tho conversation was go
ing on, the ship swayed to and fro as if
making a desperate effort to keep its
place on the water. -
Suddenly it broke apart and all that
was left of the ship went down beneath
the waves, except a portion of its prow,
to which the shipwrecked band clung
aa their last hope of rescue.
When tho hull parted, boxes, bar
rels, packages of various sorts, and
pieces of the wreck, came to the sur
face, and, as they floated by, the men
boldly risked their lives to secure some
of the debris. Providence helped
them, and before nightfall ' they had
stored on their frail craft two barrels
of water, a tiorce of rioe and a cask of
brandy. The prow they were on was
a compartment by itself, and again,
providentially, the severed end was
not stove in or damaged, and to all ap
pearances, was water tight and might
float until a storm should wreck it.
There was no fire nor any way to
provide one. The den, soaked in
water, was their food
iiiu wierwh
used sparingly.
The bi-andy was dealt
out as medicine.
I' or days and nights
the craft floated
One day they sighted land, and when
they were closo enough they saw rocks
Upon which thoir strange craft must
surely drift for they had no means of
controlling it and they would be lost
within sight of land.
Instead, however, of floating directly
apon the rocks, as was expected, there
came a wind from beyond the ciirTs
and' surged the crnft along the
shore and away from the rocks,
until rounding a point, tho cliffs
abruptly endud, and then the bioe.e
Iron U" wvm univv tun uei wii(iro
mmd boas hod It where the wate- was
' fcstafew feet deep.
Tha littlA ha.ru? aa resetted. They
were rescued from the dangers of the
deep, but who among them knew but
there might be greater perils to en
counter on the land than they had es
caped from on the sea. Thanking God
for their deliverance from death by
drowning, they again consulted as to
their future movements. Around them
they saw evidences of a region being
inhabited, but whether by civilised
people or savages, by friends or foes,
was a subject of the gravest apprehen
sion. The following morning they set about
on a tour inland.
Before starting on their uncertain
journey they gathered withes, which
they broke from slender trees and
bushes, and twisting them into a
rope made fast their boat to
a trunk of an old tree. They took with
them what was left ol the cask of
brandy, and a supply of wine which
they carried in a basket made of leaves,
and most gleefully they turned their
backs upon the ocean.
Their progress was slow because they
were weak, and their limbs, from long
inaction, refused to do the work ex
pected of them. Before nightfall they
not only became satisfied that they
were in'the neighborhood of a habita
tion, but thev observed various evi
dences of civilization.
Trees cut smooth and clean, as with
a sharp instrument, were lying on the
ground. A trail was struck during the
afternoon, and this was fresh, and made
by camels, and that the camels were
being led was evident from the tops
of bushes being eaten off only near the
trail.
In the morning, alter a night's sleep
on the ground, the little band resumed
their march. Hardly were they under
way when a human being appeared in
their path, with outstretched arms,
disputed their right to advance. Soon
other natives came to their compan
ion's assistance, and a conference was
held by t he semi-dusky inhabitant of
the new-found land.
One of their number stepped a few
feet in front of the group and moticned
the castaways to approach.
The meeting was a friendly one,
evinced by the natives falling on the
grounu, and bowing their heads in the
dust.
After the story of the shipwreck had
boon told by signs, the leader, in very
bad, broken English, gave the nsw
comers to understand that youder, seme
miles distant, was a large village to
which they would be welcome. The
Americans were at once mounted on
camels, and the caravan moved a jite
I rapidly towards the designated village,
reacning mere in me eariy anei noon.
Truly a strange and narvelous com
bination of fortunate circumstances.
In the wilds of an unknown conti
nent, this shipwrecked crew find a race
of beings, who, while tbey are not sav
age, are not civilized, but are superior
in intelligence, in manners ana cus
toms to the Indian or African. The
little raiment that clothes them is of
European make, indicating that they
are in communication with European
merchants and European civilization.
It is ascertained that some leagues
distant is a river, that a trading point
has been established there, and once
a year a ship from a distant foreign
land comes there and exchanges it's
wares for the goods the nativeshavo to
sell. There are a number of villages
tributary to this trading station, (ind
while the inhabitants spend their time
chiefly in indolence and idleness, they
all manage to accumulate something
to trade for the merchandize the ship
brings.
The Americans embraced the first
opportunity to join a caravan on its way
to this trading port. Beaching there
they find a large village whose inhabi
tants have nothing to do but receive
the articles brought by the caravans
to trade for the ship's goods.
CHAPTER IX.
ANOTHER MYSTERY.
The Americans made themselves
quite useful to the natives while wait
ing the arrival of the ship. They
planned a system of water supply, by
which water was brought into the vil
lage from a lake beyond the cliff. The
water for ages had been brought in
rude buckets, but the inhabitants
joined in with zest to dig the trenches,
remove the pulp from the logs that
were to be used as water pipes, and in
an intelligent manner earned out the
plans which Captain Bodflsh designed.
Louis and Charles were not as in
separable as formerly, While by no
means unfriendly, they were less in
each other's company. Louis spent
much of his time with the natives, and
with one or more of them would make
long journeys into the edges of the
jungle. Tho natives took a greater
liking to him than to either of the
others. He alone was shown where
the diamonds weretO be found, and,
under a pledge of secrecy as to the lo
cality, was permitted to search for
them. He secured many valuable ones,
which he intended, at the proper time,
to divide with his ooknpanlons. Charles
interested himself in'the herbs and roots
the natives were gathering. Making
constant injuires as to the use and
power and effeot of those that were
considered the most valuable.
He watched the natives dive in the
deep water for the sponge, and he be
came familiar with the process of clean
ing and curing them for the market
He was ever on the alert to learn some
thing that he might turn to advantage
afterwards. He often helped the na
tives distil the herbs and prepare the
drugs for packing.
W.. WM flu. Am, in U.M
eiintue natives, though thlsknowl
edge was more a matter of signs than
of words. In the great wilderness and
waste, and among those strange peo
ple, as on tho Lucky Star, Charles
Manning was an apt scholar, quick to
grasp the thing that engaged his at
tention, and whatever he learned or
sought to learn, wss to aid him la oar
rytng out the chief object of his life.
But who beside himself knew aught
of what that object and purpose was?
i ne nme was near at nana wnen the
j expected vessel might haava
savslnslffht.
Tho Americans were full of ales over
i no Americans war
the promised event
j When the rejokoiag was at Its height,
i anu avy wore
(xmgratulaUag each
prospect of ono agala
kindred aod trisaoat
nthor over the
1 joining their
their dear old homes, Louis was take
sick.
With each passing hoar km grew
worse.
Of all the knowledge of
its cure possessed by the natives the
young man had the benefit Charles
was bjr his side constantly, and oialaed
the privilege o? taking sole care of his
friend, and be nursed and watched over
him with all the tenderness of a sister
or a mother.
One . more attendant almost forco
herself on the sick youth. She was
young maiden, a brunette of wooderous
beauty. She claimed to be the great
physician's daughter, and from her
father she had learned the cure of dis
eases peculiar to the climate and the
people, and she knew the uses of the
herbs that grew on the hills id e
She had a complete knowledge of the
effects on the system of the various
poisonous roots which the natives
gathered for the market
She knew the antidote to each, and
whereto find it, and how to administer
it in case of peril.
What interest, if any, more than a
womanly affection for one in distress,
this maiden may have had in Louis wss
known onlv to herself, and possibly to
Louis himself. Be that as it may.thalad
continued to grow worse. The herbs
that were so marvelous in their cures
failed to bring relief.
The ship came iu.
Louis was bolstered up in his cot,
and through the open door saw the
ship at anchor only a few rods distant.
His heart was now beating strong and
fast. The blood filled his veins almost
to bursting. The thought of seeing
his mother and the other loved one so
dear to his heart, possessed all bis
feelings, was the full measure of all his
hopes, and filled to the brim his cup of
happiness.
For the moment, he forgot he was
sick. Forgot that there might be (ar
less distance between him and his God
than between him and his betrothed.
The ship had sailed from a port in
Holland and the captain cheerfully
consented to take the Americans oS
board, and, if opportunity offered, to
transfer them to a ship bound for an
American port.
The ship physician at once went
ashore and visited the sick youth, that
he might minister to his needs, and
heln convev him on board the vessel.
I He found Ixmis sinking rapidly and
i unconscious. The reaction had set in
and he had not the vitality to resist it.
I The physician attempted to rally
; him with stimulant but that proved
j unsuccessful, and when the last boat
' was preparing to make the trip to
! the ship the doctor pronounced
Louis Patterson dead. Living when
! all hope was gone and only
I sea and sky and the remnant
of a dismasted bark to leave on. Dead
when hope had returned and a ship,
with sails and masts and rudder, and
men to man it, was ready to take him
to his home!
It was then ('apt. Bodflsh rose to his
full statue of a noble manhood, and
knowing what he had to contend with,
j and looking the doctor, wno still had
i hold of Henry's hand, square in the eye
I said:
I "Doctor, as God lives, that body
must go on toat snip."
ine doctor comprehended tne (UU
meaning of that command; It was
made by one used to having his orders
obeyed. The captain turned his head
and gazed devoutly upon the beautiful
face of the lad who seemed to be calmly
sleeping. The physician was in deep
study and evidently a great conflict
wss going on in his mind. Charles,
kneeling by the side of the cot, had
bowed his head, as though overcome
by anguish. Several natives who had
been intimate with Louis, stood (n the
background, 'eager witnesses of the sad
scene.
The doctor, letting go the dead boy's
hand, and returning Capt. Bodflsh 's
f aze, at last replied in almost xtnlntel
iglble English:
"Sire, that can never be."
Capt. Bodfish knew too well what that
meant. He had made too many ocean
voyages and understood too well the
superstition of sailors as regards a dead
body on ship board to make any futher
appeal. Helpless and powerless he was
compelled to submit.
Hastily the arrangements were made
for the burial of poor Louis' body by
the natives. Several of the more in
telligent among them imposed oaths
upon themselves that they would give
the dead a Christian burial and mark
the spot with a fitting memorial stone.
Then came the speedy preparations
for the departure of the captain,
Charles, and the two men. Tears trick
led down the face of the honest, kind
hearted captain as he took a last look
at his young friend, while Charles
could find only sobs to tell the extent
of his sorrow.
TO BE CONTINUED.
The Bell.Rlna-er'a liaat Peal.
A Vienna journal' relates tho
rather singular circumstance under
which a bell-ringer of one of the city
churches met with his death whilst
engaged In his customary avocatlona
Recently the tolllng-bell testified
to the fact that a funeral was about
to take place. The knell sounded
with its wonted solemnity during a
certain time, but Just as tho proces
sion of mourners was approaching
the sacred edifice, the bell, Instead
of uttering Its sounds with the decor
ous precision the circumstances ex
acted, emitted a fantastic and irreg
ular peal, entirely oat of keeping
with the occasion. .
Little by little, the sounds de
creased both In rapidity and vigor,
and ultimately after a few, so to say,
convulsive vibrations, the bell was
silent altogether.
A man was despatched to the bell
rioger to find the cause of this ap-
parently eccentric conduct, who, upon
reaching the spot laarnt the clue
to the enigma, The ball rope, whlctr
towards iu and was knotted Into sun
dry loops to facilitate the ringing,
had caught the unfortunate man by
tha neck, and carriad him some dis
tance from tha ground.
His struggles to free himself bad
occasioned tha Irregular pealing and
pasmodlc vibration, and presumably,
waen the ball bad elapsed Into
sllsnoe, tha poor ringer, who had
rung his own death-knell, had oaaaad
to breaths.
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