CHAPTER X Vlli.-roottnaed.
For herself cranny allowed and the
affectionate young heart went straight
o it to beron" the si ot lor the words
that, sorry as she was. she would have
been still more sorry had Cecil s love
8i t ended differently.
Here eraldiue's lip bejran toijuiver.
Yv to this point her face had been set
as in a vise. "I felt as if everyone
were against me yesterday," she mur
mured, "even you, deaf. You vou
said so lit'le. and - and you seemed bo
grieved lor him "
"I was grieved, and I am grieved;
but.'' said the old lady, almost fiercely,
'I consider Cecil is a lool all the same.
He ought to have seen and known lonr
ago -any man with an ounceof percep
tion would that you did not care a
button for him. He might have seen
that there was another ''
'What.' Vou. too?'' And with a
great cry, out it ail came, and every
thing was explained.
"ll vou had only said so before!"
An i poor granny feit a- if she coul 1
never for Jive herself, an I criel also,
and wij e i her eyes to ring the bell,
and give or- era, an- sen i nit -ssatres.
and then sat down to her desk to write
notes an . frame excuses without a sec
ond's hesitation.
We can let it apiear among our
e!ves that it was this to sinly affair.''
iiotn -be smartly, "and the world
must think what it pleases. 'ay, it
will very likely hardly th:nk of ui at
all; we shall jut be missed lor a day.
ac 1 no ruore. and we shall enov the
eclat o' retiring early, as the best peo
p'e always do retire early fro u every
thing;, it is not worth whiie to drink
the i up of pleasure to trie dregs."
And m she gave it out generally.
'.My granddaughter and I have hail
ni.Higl) ' she said. "1 am getting to
le uu old woman, and cannot s;and as
much a I once could'' "1 cannot
svtand
two re e -ted proposals in one
day.''
ttO WP i
nntv h
die mentally spec lied "and
are o:l to rest anil recruit. A'e
i'pe. ll all is well, to stay longer
aroth.
r vi-ar.
i n end of the week everything
bad U
en ad listed, the bill.- paid, the
light iirface of the rtxwis ilisiiiantcd
mm most of the servants sent on in
trout.
Geraldine was out- making a round of
''t.'ood-bye' v;.-its. as she and her
jirandrnother were themselves to tie
;f on the followingiiay. hen a visitor
was announced to Mr-,. i l.'.inplell. a- to
whose coming nothing was said to any
Ikj.Iv ei.e at the time.
lie had evidently known when to
call, however, and bed lic-n expected,
although there was with it all a cer
tain appi chens! vene.- in his ring of
the imr Iwii. and s cult hi ties in his
step uj n ; j,e stair h.cu lietokeued a
tread upon enchanted -lo ind.
"V o are .like a one' said his hoot
ers ha-Uiy.
He in ..r nin-ed -om inaudible reply.
"My gran daughter oa.s gone out
prcenl.-d the sp.-ak.-r. "and will not
rel.iru 'or an hour or two. She has a
n rarer of things to do. and people to
bee. as we leae town to morrow. '
He bowed in ili.-ncc.
J th nk." continued the old lady,
very kindly "1 thaik thai, we need not
stand on any great e.-remo iv with
each other, Mr i r-der k Bellenden.
You would not hai'e o::i'-; here i! you
bad not vvisuid me to l i.laiu si okon
bbail 1. then, tell vie: at once ai I
know and what I think" r will
you - r"' and she looked in uii iug v.
But it wascerta.ii he would not. tie
bad been too much exasperated h rt
and confounded at the lirst, too much
cant down su; se jiietitly. to have rallied
without the aid now ' brown out; and,
as it was, he remained speechless,
merely t rning on her a dumb, ap
tiealing eye, which seemed to implore
omlort and hojie.
i'erish pride. Mrs. Campbell had
meant to be proud enough and digni
(te I enough to have a stained the
honor of all the general ons defunct of
her grandchild's ancestors: but what
could the benevolent old creature do
against a handsome gallant who had
long ago su ijugatcd herself as well as
Ceraldine after the proper, respect
able, grandmotherly fashion, and who
now hung upon her lips, thought what
she thought, saw what she saw. felt
what she felt' J
Pour granny had never len so set- :
tip in her life. Bellenden had not an
idea nor an opinion apart from hers
and she was encouraged to tell what
she had seen, whis- er what she had ,
suspected, and sugtrest what shod Id j
next bo done, with nothing but the ;
most eager acquiescence on his part.
Jrinally, she wound up with a proph
ecy that all would come right yet: and,
thereupon, the dilstiondent and de-1
jected figure who had ere -i so humbly
and cautlo-'sly In, vanished into thin
air, while in Its place sat upright a
broad lorm, with square shoulders, and I
' oourageous and undaunted air. pre
pared for anything, and thirsting to
display his valor. i
'But, mind, my dear Sir Freaerick, j
4o, pray, mind this," urged his coun
sellor at parting, "do, pray, be careful.
Is'ot a word, not a single word of this j
interview to Geraldine. I know my
child. She Is hot and sensitive. She ;
has the hasty bit od of her race. Did i
ha but once suspect you bad been '
with me, she would take fire at once,
sand who knows whether we should I
aver succeed in allaying' it a second I
time? ne must not know must osver
know -at least, I man until until
voa choose your own time for tellinjr
Mr. Of course; but It most not is, must
suit be vet.
''Mr dear Mrs, Campbell, you may
arwatmc. And now." amid Bellenden,
wist mmm asnatlM. "horn shall I ever
t'kaM roa lor the service you have sho cast sirnTul (lance at the blaz
tvm MMr Bad It not been for jm. ; lag logs, thinking of the warmth aad
L tea, should lt-fa Mt-I was oa raa&cnt of the south.
Caratatf- waVMlirad, Iaa Ire ia aewdad, oartalal," b
y-ji r note-and. onre gouts, Bhould I
eer have learned 'fce truth- I trem
ble to think of it. I sho Id never, of
myself, have spoken again. No man
io'jl-1. who had been Udd what l had.
nd how as l to snppo-e there ould
be an explanation' lVcause, you i-ee,
she was always so truthful '
She u the most iruth'ul child in
the world." cried granny, intet ru ting
him "but l think no woman liv ng but
would ha- e excused her that one little
he."
"Nor man. either," said Bellenden.
In spirits 'o laugh. lie has but to
own it was one. to be forgiven every
thing." "We shall meet. then, ere very
longV said the old lady, giving him
her hand.
"Within a few days, I trust."
'And - at Inchmarew'r"
"At Incbmarew. '
Granny said that evening that she
had ready bad a pleasant day, and was
not in the least latigi.-d nor would
she go so early to bed alleging that
she liked the iool eventide to sit and
think in and. accordingly, she lad her
chair brought o.it and placed in the
, bah ony, although the china pots and
! daisies were gone, and theie she sat
' silent and smiling, a little to the won
, der of some one else, who was in any
j th.ng but a smiling mood.
All through the Dreceding week
, the temperature in t.eraldine's veins
: had leen steadily going down: every
morning she had arisen cooler and
calmer, and more and more ready to be
persuaded and reasoned witU. had
there been anybody at hand to reason
and persuade.
I But the prudent grandmother had
seen all and held her tongue.
I Sue had forcast a swi.t repentance:
b it she had also prophesied a return
o'. the tantrnnm were the repenlan e
forced on apace, and not allowed to
work its own end: and, therefore, al
though it had been uu i as.-thing to
do, she t ad put a curb not only on her
speech. I ut on her action-t, and, had
by word and act carried out the will of
her yo ing tyrant.
I'erhfcps Geraldine had almost hoped
to le re i onstrated w.tli, an l K-rhaiM,
bail she been so, she might have given
way. but granny, with a chu k.e, had
gone on with her pre pa i ations.
The child needed a le.-sov and to
give her her head at this crisis and
let her hang I erieif on rerownrope
as it were, was incontestably the bent
thing to be done: and therefore, al
though the "ixior dear" really sacri
ficed s-lf.and could riot but heaves sigh
as she looked round uxn the still at
tractive s ene the busy parks and
streets, and cards upon her plate and
mantlepiece while in the background
she had but a rue'Ui vision of Incb
marew Castle, cold and solitary, and
with the covers only just whipped of
in the etute-roo , s still she held
i rave -, to the to!.- she had lai I (lowu
for he-s'l.: and tlieunh thing she had
dene u, s to crop i ciiem.oll the f rti-,e
line v.-inch had arret en his departure,
and bm. u bt hi in to hers.de at the
hi st i n i enient oMmrt n ty.
.Now she ould aiiord to sit and -mile
on her bub iihj .
Tear o.d so:il! he found fault with
noth'ng not even withthi. ruin on the
Argyl siiltv hill tops, a.ttio -gh it fe.l
in w..,'. rvim! on t he tn-.-t evening ot
their return to th-ir High land home.
i.-isittt-tl a w:ii tin otil.ook from nor
bed- oeu ii ui'jdoA, w i re she stKd
awhile U ga,.e j on the dreary mists
hanging overheai, and the leaden
waste of waters iwtieat h - she s arcely
seemed to notice it. ( ne previous in
quiry had satisfied her; she had learned
that the summer ljut was running,
the I oat which ton hed every even
ing at their pier, and that had U en
enough.
i )n t he other hand, ixsir little Ger
aldine was miserable down to the very
tips of h r lingers, an I -hi ered and
shuddered, and prod-s-ed herself aii
ectly penitent for bringing hergrand
mother back m S;c h an evil hour she
had almost said to such un evil place.
I n- hciitre w had ne r Is' ore Seemed
desolate and dreary, fho could not
have belle. e it had she 1 cell told,
that she co dd ever have looked
upon the loved home of her hildhoixi
with such an ungracious eye. The
very hit. ants saw that hub was unre
sponsive ami out of spirits and fancied
she had grown fine and -cornful.
Tl:is miserab1
miseiable rain,"
she ico .nea. mv .
. y. how de-
plorao e, it a 1 looks And yet 1 never
found it L'lootny and deplorable liefore
I laught at Aunt. Charlotte when she
warned me that it wo .Id be so. i for
got to tell you. dear, how indignant
Aunt Charlotte was with me for run
ning away whi n 1 went to say my
'Good-bye to her. She said i need not
have ina.de myself tine sy: that none
of them would ever have troubled me
and that at least the unfortunate af
fair might have been allowed to die
out of itself, f got away as soon as I
codd. and left mylove for Kthel and
Alicia. They will not come here this
autumn that is one thing. Oh. it Is
someth ng to feel 1 havodone with the
Kavmonds and Aunt Maria, and all of
them for the present; that 1
can breathe freely, and not be in ago
nies lest 1 sho Id meet them at every
turning of a street: but still but '
still " and she drew a long, weary,
despairing breath.
iow the curious thing was, that in
exact proportion as the grandchild's
spirits -ank did those of ti e grand
mother rise.
She prattled and gossiped, inquired
about this and th..t, spread about the
little novelties for the rooms which
she had ac uired in London: arranged
a succession of autumn hotiso-parties,
consisting of the different new ac
quaintances with whom it was desir
able to keep up friendly intercourse,
and who said they should presently be
in the nortii, and altogether seemed
to have no sympathy with, nor to
make any allowance for Geraldine '
depression.
"You teem very merry to-nlgbt,
grandmamma."! When the "poor
dear" was entitled "grandmsma'' she
knew what it meant. I You seemed
quite rejoiced to be here, in this auil
place, on this melancholy evening,"
pursueo me speaker ireuuuy. i
sure I am very e;iad tou like It It la
a good thing that aay one can be mer-
mWitArimmnm "Kmh flMt mmA
i nr." shuederin. ''Even fires!
serve! granny no hlt aba-hel. "A
nre always looks neer.ui, and my
leeling i to havjs one whenever yois
can Pear it."
'At least it seui!"- to have made you
cheerful: 1 cannot suy that it ha- hail
the same ettect on mo, replied toe
despondent young lady. I never tell
less cheer' ul in tny life."
"You want a co mpanion, my dear,"
slyly.
"Humph"'
'Miss Corunna would come, I dare
say.'
"i ih. pray do not a-k her, granny,
prav don't." in treat a.ariu. "J feel as
it i couid not bear Miss I or nna. nor
any one els..- ust now. 1 love Miss
Corunna - but I don t want her. indeed
I don't: I only want to be let alone. I
shall lie all right soon. By to-moi row,
i dare sav. Dear." with a swift re
turn to k'ftitle tenderness, " dear, 1 am
very sel: sh. Try to forgive me. You
: know 1 am unhappy; but 1 ought not
let you suffer lor it, dear, good, kind
granny that you ar ,' and the even ng
i ended in each o; tier's arms.
j "By to-morrow, indeed! " whispered
! granny to herself, tears and laughter
! struggling with each other in her
boMini. 'By to-morrow, my sweet
Geraldine? Ves. indeed. I tan well
believe there will be another face by
to-morrow ''
For she knew by this time that all
was right, and that the magician who
was to trans orm clou 1 and mist, de
jection and g oom into sunshine and
g adnet-s. was already t his post, and
only awaiting that morrow's uawn to
begin i, is delightful task.
I The next morning Geraldine was
missing at noontide.
"Gone o f to the urnside. ma am. to
her old place beneath the wa'erfall
where she used to fish," eheerfu.ly ex
plained the white-headed domestic,
who read in this a return to a hui pier
1 mood than had characleri ed the even
ing before. "She did not take her
' roil, nor yet ask for iii.nald: ti t she s
there all the same, for 1 e'tor here
saw her cross the road, and away u
through the birken wood.''
"i think,'' said the la ly -hortly after,
when repeating this to a third per-on
who hail walked up from the "i e ry
Inn." where he had managed 1o en
dure the niL'ht though it had not been
an agreeable one. 1 think. S r Fred
erick, you know the place. It is mi-iii-
1 where near that waterfall thai we hear
now." for thev were standing out ne
the hou-e a- she sjike "of cu
' i an send some one to show you
.ci
' '
wav, but lie was oil ul not ere i,e t
j couid repudiate the idea.
: .Nothing cou'd ha e been better.
Geraldine in tier own enchanted H"1
, of lern and heather, in tbesot where
in he had first beheld her, the s-ot
whereujion he hai won his tirst tri
urn hs. Could he have wished lor
ls-t;er omen now -
And there she was!
lie i id not all her, as hedrevv near.
She was- standing on tip- selfsame
ledge o: slippery ro- k whereon he had
startled her that afternoon three years
ago. and standing so Dear the edge
that ho curst not risk startling her
ag i i n
lie was a'mo.-t afraid to mo e. or to
! real he and it seemed aaes ere she
tin ned and slowly and sorrowful 1 as
it seemed, moved with downcast eyes
toward him
,vt len. th she was close by his side
on the conlines of the long, rank,
dripping gra-s. and then one wo d
' rang out I .old and m roag : -
' dine.'"
Geraldine did no H-Teii .i nor faint.
: nor .'all this time. She only stood
i (juite still, while t ho color sl-.vvly leit
; her i heck, her blue ej.es dilated, and
1 her lips lei! apart.
Who was this.' Whosiokev What
: did he here'
1 Was he - was she --were they Udh -:
where were they, and what did it all
j meun.
1 She Hwayed gently forwards, and
on e again lound herself clasped in the
same strong arms that had he:d her in
i the eli same spot be lore.
Hut- the resemblance went no
; further.
1 -1 shall not let you go this time.''
whispered a voice in her ear. "I have
' yon ast: and, Geraldine, I will know,
f Will know the - tru' h at last. Yon
lie. I tome in London oh. my iiarl'ug.
my darling, yo.i '. id: 1 know it,. 1 am
sure ol it, a id how there there,
; den't weep so biferly o;-, if you will,
let me kis.- away the tears. Gcruldi.ic,
j 1 love you. and 1 must love ou
i whether you will or not lie genero is
j and forgive, and let us )th le happy,
j Jvav, don't bide your face" but bo
I found the way to it presently,
j She could not struggle with him -I
roji't1 not cl.o ise but hearken U blhi
j could not but lie happy in h r i age.
And Bellenden knew hi- L'round by
j this tin e. and was very sure that half
j nu as res would bo productive of only
hal content.
Before he left that damp and de
lightful but sadly rheumatic M)ot. he
had obtained all he wanted, the fa.ir
hand that lay in his had Is en prom
ised .him, the heart pressed to his own
had Wen allowed to tie his already.
And ha hail obtained loigi.eue-s lor
all the past.
And the only word- a' out the
only word that had tieen droped out
! on the othersidij had found vent in a
I murmur eo soft that is had I fen al
most inaudible. "Stil1, vou 1 now, I do
think that you shouldn't-shouldn t -shouldn't
- have (juite fjulie treated
me as if I had been a mere child."
'?o. I shouldn't," acknowledged
the happy lover, ready to a knowledge
anything. "Shall 1 Promise 1 shall
never do so any more?"
THE hSD.
Mrs. Gladstone in I'olitlca.
Who shall say that the influence of
a woman is not a factor in politics? I
have the best possible reason for know
ing that Mrs. Gladstone and Mrs.
Harry I)rew have exerted themselves
to the utmost to get the aged Premier
to relinquish office, and that while at
lUarritz their efforts were vigorously
renewed. This fact gives added collor
to the announcement of the J'all Mall
Gazette. Not that Mr. Gladstone is a
man to be dictated to by his family, or
even influenced, but feminine persis
tency can ever overcome a man of Mr.
Gladstone's force of character. If
these ladles were at liberty to express
themselves, it would be in grateful
terms to the editor of the rail Mali
Gazette for his plucky pronouncement,
which ww likely to brl& about the
consummation they so Mvoutiy da
sired, and If than was a V. C. In
)cmalleanth7 wovid kr to (Its It
to hlsa. TVs (imtirwmn,
NEBRASKA CUN(J IlK&i
DOINGS IN
BOTH SENATE AND
HOUSE.
fcatarriaf.
r-FNATE The Lincoln charter was
not disposed of today, and therefore it
is considered dead, owing to a lack of
t.me in which to pueli it through iioth
houses.
McKesson'g bill authorizing the board
of public lands and buildings to buy ISO
acres of land for the use of the jieniten
tiary wag indefinitely postponed by a
vote of 23 yeas and 7 nays.
iu etly a li-ely debate occurred over
a majority report of the soldiers' home
committee on house roll No. EM, signed
by Caldwell, Klack, Akera and Cross,
recommending that the bill be indefi
n.tely postjioiieii. Graham of the same
committee brought in a report recom
mending that the bill be placed on gen
eral file.
The majority report was defeated by
the following vote :
Yeas Ayers, Illaek, Caldwell, Craw
ford, Lehr, McKesson, Smith Sprecher,
Stewart 9,
Nays Ilauer, Bresider, Campbell,
Crane, Graham, Hahn, Hitchcock,
Jeftres, Michel!, MeKeeby, I'oe, Kath
bun, Saunders, Sloan, Tefft. Watson,
Wright 17.
The senate adjourned until Monday,
2 p. ui.
Hoi si House roll No. 642, the
governor's oleomargarine bill, was read
a third time and passed. Yeas, til, nays
10. Iurmi: the passa -e of the bill a
number of explantionof votes was made
and they showed that there was a good
deal of smouldering feeling underneath
t' e bill, but it successfully ran the
gauntlet.
House roll No fi'J, by Hums of Dodge,
to provide for township organization
with seven supervisors was read a third
time and paseil.
Hcnse roll No. 3:!', by Kicke.ts of
I oug!as,ahieiidini.' the marriage law ol
the state by strikiiiL' out of the law the
I robibiliou that a w bite and a jmtsou
inversion one-fourth or more negro
loud cannot marry, was read a third
tune and passed by
a vote of 0-4 yeas,
and li nays.
Tiie iiouse adjourned until 2
Monday.
ui.
M onil mv.
Si kaie The snace recommitted the
banking ait, passed the anti-bucket
shop bill, the salary appropriation", m
Mt l permitting electors to t 4 j or
I against all constituti-n -1 '-'
j with one stroke f.f the .
I measures. The water r:
bill wan sent to the g
gov ernor's veto message o..
I lowing the gecretary oi st.ite t
constitutional auiendineht,-in one i.ew
paper in each i-ouniv was made the
SrfM-iai order for Wednesday, 2 p. in.
' Hoi f I ii tie lioi.se yesterday tin
govcrnnr's veto of the ( hiutha lire and
- jsil !- bill whs the ten rai topic of in
terest. After i" 'b-oo-etio-i tlc hou-e
I ks- -.1 the biii re, i ul.ng the i-treet rail-
1 way bid oi two m-.,i ago, known a.fi
renate lile No. -Id, and ia-ped 1-evi tnl
bills of minor inij ortance. 'ib rty-six
a'.si-ntees so restricted that businets
! early adjournment was taken.
j. in addition to the cohKlttutional
' amendments the gncinor has signeil
the follow ing bill".
Senate lile No. 171!, by Watson, legal
izing acts of citu s organized under chap
ter 8, laws of 1HW1.
Senate file No. H, by Watson, ex
tending the time ii which "ailroads
must eipiip cars w it b automatic brakes
and couplers to Jaiinaiy 1, IM's,.
Henate (lie No. r,s, by ilahn, to pro.
; tect Mongol an pbeasiwits.
I Serine file No. 170, by Crow, legaliz
ing eonvevance of real estate in the ci'y
of I'ai, bury, made by county coniinis-n-iin
rs, without a vote ol the peop e.
t-enate lile No. 4L', by Watson, that no
one slull practice law unless he has
been admitted U the bar by the su
preme court.
r-enate file No. H12, by Stewart, for
the investment of comity and township
sinking fund mom ys in feed and seed
lor drouth sufferers.
Turii.t.
Senate Conaway's house roll No.
110, reducing the expense of registra
tion in cities having 7,000 inhabitants,
was read the third time and passed.
House roll No. 550, by Davis, pres
rnbini a form of ballot whereby an
elector may vote for or against all con
stitutional ameniliuetiU to be submitted
in 1897 by making one cross with the
pen, was passed by a strict party vote,
the seven populists voting against it.
Hahn's bill lightening the penalty lor
gambling and keeping a gambling house
senaus file No. 23-1, was passed by a vote
of 24 to 6, Crawford and Sprecher being
the only populist voting for it. 1 he bill
changes the penalty for gambling from
fine and imprisonment in the peniten
tiary to a fine not exceeding 111 for the
first offence and 2U0 and imprisonment
in the county jail not more than sixty
days, or both for the second offense.
The bill slso grants immunity from
punishment to the complainaut who
sues to recover maney lost in gambling.
A fine of tHOO and jail sentence may be
imposed on the keeper of a gambling
house.
Hoiihk The house bill No. 36, de
signing the goldenrod as the floral em
blem of Nebraska, was passed.
House roll 607, a bill for the purchaw
of the property owned by the prison
coo tractor, and repealing the prison con
tract, was read a third time and passed
Teas 11. nayt 2,
House roll No. 280 by Bee of Furnas,
rovidiaf t penalty for miliars who
do not soaiply with the law requiring
topsrtr to bo assessed at its seen rains,
read a third time and passed ; yeas M,
ays 1
Kimam sail Ha. ASS. asisodliis: the law
saiaHse-aaUsatioa f siiili
Jlu r lu.i ,.;, pi, U.. e j. . iv
1-s, picv id.ng ior the ottne, appoint
uient, duties and salaries of a plumb
ing inspector sn 1 assistant in citits ol
the metropolitan tias?, was read ibe
third time and passed yeas 57, nay 5.
House roll No. oM by Hurus ol
Ikslge, amending the law relating to officer-
ut tomnshipe under townships or
ganization, was read a third time and
passed yeas f 9, navs 1.
House roll No. -io7 by Wait, regulat
ing the creation 1 1 village boards of
hmlt ii, was read the third tune aud
passe 1 Yeas u6, nya none.
MeilrUjr.
Sesati:: The Omaha tire and police
bid assed over the guvenii-r veto.
Crowds oeured lu.o the senate beiore
Chief Clerk tied leg tame in and an
nounced the aci ion i f the house. Tht
gallery and lobby were packed with
spectators eager fur (he next rtep.
The bill was pis 'd over the veto by a
vote of 23 t V, where.il only twenty
votes were necessary. Black and Wat
son were the only repuolie.ans who
stood for eu"tainirg the governor. The
yeas and nays were:
Yeas Akers, iiressler, Caldwell,
CraLe, Cross, Graham, llahn, Hitch
cock, Holbrook. I-ehr, Lindsay, Mighell,
McK.-eby, McKesson, Noyes, li pe,
Rathbun, Saunders, Sloan, Smith, Stue
fer, Tt-fTl, Wright 23.
Nays Black, Bauer, Campbell, Craw
frd. Dale, Jeffrea, Sprecher, Stewart,
Watson 9.
Cheering was not so loud as In the
house. Very fair order prevailed
through the vote, but occasionally an
enthusiastic spectator outside the tail
ing would give v. nt to a war whoop.
W heu the result was announced ;eople
left the chain tier and many ran down
the corridor shouting. f
K. Iiosewa'.er kept out of sight while
the vote was being taken in the house.
He was extremely nervous and wan
dered aimlessly about in the corridor,
moving to and fro neiir the entrance to
the senate.
Hm ut: Yesterday afternoon in the
house witm-ssvd the most interesting,
exciting and dramatic event of the ses
sion. The occasion was the passage of
house roll No. 13'., the Omaha lire and
poliee bill, over the governor's veto.
Burke, who bad voted no, changed
his vote to aye and the battle was won.
Howard anil Barry loth made frantic
clt' -rts to secure rtvoguition but the
sneaker said "Sixty-two votes in the
allisn.ative and twemy iou- in the m ga
1 louse roil No. 139 liecoiueR a law
' 1 e i ov. rnor's veto notw itliHtanding."
1 he long eiippres.-ed excitement then
'r,ke forth, cheers went up from all
over the house, waste baskets sailed in
the air, while Cooley of Cass led the
bouse in singing "(ilory, Glory, Halle
iujuli." i
The rep blicans who voted w ith the
(opulists ayainst passing the bill ov. r
the veto were Bee, Chace, Chapman,
Crauib, Hiilier, .Nb ehriiian, Orton, lied
dy, Sisson and Wail.
John -on of Nemaha, populist, voted
v. Hi; the republicans to pass the bid
over the veto.
Those voting to pass the bill over the
vet, were Allen, Astihy, Bacon, Berber,
Beck, Benedict, Bernard, Brady, Brook
man, Brownell, Burch. Burke, linr; s of
I lodge. Burns of Lancaster, Cain, Camp
Udi, Carlson, Cole, Conaway, Cooley,
Ciow, Davits, Kiy, Grillith, Hairgrove,
Harkson, Harris, Harrison, llarte,
II inds, Jenness. Johnson of D nigla-,
Johnson of Nemaha, Jones, Judd, Kaup
ljimljorn, Maltison, McKailden, .Mc
N tit, Merrick, M eye's, Miles, Muuger,
Perkins, l'oblinan, Kichards-m, Kicketts
Kobinsoii, liouse, .shicKadant.. Shook,
Ss-ncer, Sutton of Dmiglas, Sutton of
Pawnee. Tiinme. Thorn s, Wilder, .ink
of Johnson, Speaker Kichardson. lotal
1-2. 1
Those voting nay wcie: Bur y. Bee,.
Brokaw, Casjs-r, Clmce, 1,'hapinaii,
Cramb, DeHj s-y, rntz, jonr, (mtiirie,
Haller, Hoist, Howard, H.ill,Mc i.-ker.
Moclirman, Urton, l!emington,Kots-rt-
soi), lii.-iidy, i;ouiieutni-r, r-cott, rvisson,
.-milli, hoiicr aii, Suter, 'au llotisen,
Wat, Wart. Total JM.
Abwnt: Delaucy, Havlik, Hig.'ins,
MrBrile, Kbodes, Spackman, Weber,
.ink of .sheriii'tn.
1 I. an. lay.
Sknatk: The senate yesterday had
warm exchange of words over tin re
peal of the depository law. A number
of bills passed, but the appropriation
bills are not yet ready f ir house con
currence in amendment. A night
session will probably be held to advance
work ready for closing.
House roll No. 3o5, by Kobiuson. to
appropriate matriculation fees of the
state normal school for the use of the
library of that school, was read the
third time and passed.
Late in the afternoon the iinmegra-
tiou bill was read the third time and
passed by a vote ol 22 year to 10 nays.
Hoi sk: In the house yesterday the
state normal school bill for a school at
Swtia, Greeley county, was killed. The
bill making county commissioners elect
ed by counties instead ot ilistncts was
killed and the bill known as the pool
selling bill, amending gambling law and
tH-.nHltie w as also killed. The house is
ready for conference on appropriation
bill.
Senate amendments to house roll No
60, the cigarette bill, were reported by
the conference committee as concurred
In with the except on of tin one increas
ing the fine. The report of the com
mittee was adopted.
Under bill!) on third reading sensta
file No. 8, by Watson, amending the
time when exceptions can be taken in
civil cases by reducing the time to forty
dsys from the adjournment of th Court,
was read a third tims snd passed. Yeas
70. nays 1.
On third reading and senate flls No.
70, by Sloan, lecaasiDg sets ol courts in
tha law of daoadants aad repeal log the
law, was read a third time aad passed.
senate us no. i, vr urn, w leganas
I Irramkar rsaords and to meal the law
?rWsh IH wsresaads, was rsasl
in
r. flrA f
The Bcl irt 1- fe.
Not till life's heat is rinded.
The htadloiiK rush slow.d to
pace,
And every purblind pitsiion
s a"'
that b
ruled
(inr niiiser years, a' lat
Spurs us in vain, and. weary "f ti'" rs''
W'e cure nu more win) !
wh
wins
Ah! not till all the best of life seems p
The best of life beginn.
To toil for milv fame.
HandclnppiiiKS and the fickle gust.
praise, .
For pla.-e or kivvit or pold to K1'''
name
AIh.vp the grave wln-n o
All paths will brinx us. were to lone our
days, .
We, on wlu.se ears youth's passing t-
has lolled,
la blowing bubbles, i-vpii a children flu.
Forgetting we grow '"Id-
But the world widens when
finch hoi of triviul gain that ruled in
lien
Broken amoiiK "iir i Iuli!lni i")".
fur thn
We w in to self roiitpd!
And tnnil ourselves in tiianli'""!.
there rise
I'fK.u us from the vast and wiriun
height
Those Hearer tho.iglits that arc uino in.
Sold
What stnrn nro to the night.
The Spectator.
Vou Can Never Tt-ll.
You
rim never l. ll vv hen vim a
W'.,rd -
Like an arrow shot from a bow-
By nn ur.-lier blind it cruel or kinu.
Just where it will clianee to go.
It uiiiy pierce th" breast of your nearest
friend.
Tipped with lis p.ii.m or bnliii:
To a si ranger's heart in life great mart
ll may carry its pain or Us culm.
You run never tell when ym do an nei
Just what I he remilt will !;
But with every died you are sowinit a
seed.
Though its harvest you may rot .
Kn.-h kindly net i nn n.-.,rn droppi-d
In Ood's proilnetive s,,il;
Though you may not kicvr, yet the tri
shall grow
And shelter the brows that toil,
Yon
can never
tell what Jour thoughts
will do
In bringing .vou hale or love:
For thoughts ar- things, and their airy
wings
Are swifter than carrier ilores.
They follow the luv of the miivern
Kiu-h thing must .-n ate M kind,
And they scel o'er tin- triok to bring
you bark
Whatever went out from your mind.
- Kiln Wheeler Willi, i. in MuiiHej'a.
A Ihuhc-lor Maid.
Owe there lived a ba. . ..r maiden.
Years and years ag'i l';t
And her mind vviili irulli was laden
But her In art w as eld as snow.
I'or she thought with g.d old I'laio,
She could live it kmc,
So she suiih-d on many a suitor,
But her heart win hard as skilic,
fame a baehelor man a suing
For her friendship true.
This, alas! was her nn.h.iitL',
As it might have h. . n with you!
I'or her friendship Mill he su,-d her,
iSueh a sinij.'.e thiiu'li
Till before sh." kll.-iv. !,e lV.x.eif her -
Wooed her Willi n friendship rtng!
Now, alt hough she's f.md ut I'liito,
Ib-r cold bean's grown warm,
And her theories of living
Have Imbibed a wondrous charm.
For she sav: "l'is hmnnn nature.
Spile of I'hllo s pen:
Men were made for loving women.
Women made f..r loving meii."
--Kate Field's Washington.
TriijOvir borrow Lightly.
Trip over sorrow lightly.
It cannot be f..r l ng;
The cloud w ill soon be lifted.
And earth bri nk forth in
Trip over sorrow lightly,
Iji't not its presein'i. cast
A shadow uu the h arthtouc.
Forget the gloomy past.
Trip over sorrow lightly,
For joy is hovering nigh;
And blessings wait to r.H-ompernie
Your heart for every sigh.
Trip ovpr sorrow lightly.
Ye weary le nrtN oppressed;
To-morriiw bring the sunlight.
To-morrow tranquil ret.
F.inuia Hodges, In Knnsa vjit, Ktar.
In Siirlnu,
Dear heart, I waited many wpary yi-ar,
In distant doubt, afar off hngmnir '
lingering;
And once was (hers
tears,
dream of f,B
rtiei oner R irne, ana OIK a
i ,i ., .
ong t
sing.
But now, with glad gray yes, again job
brine -
When night, are Ioiir and th rlra
grown old,
Bcarcs with one smile may peer thron.
winter cold
Rweet un remembered blossoms of las
spring,
-rail Mall Candle.
To-Dsjr,
Woo thy Ists whil. May is bM,
Winter vows arc colder:
Uavs thy kiss wbra Hps are sear
To-morrow yon are older. '
TWak. If efaer the throeUe stag.