DOCTOR
McGREW
(0 year eld.)
OMm ever
, IIS M. 14th fc
THE MOM Mt'CCKMrVL
SPECIALIST
h Ik IimImdi of all Imu of DIa?AK
AND imOKDKKS Or" MKN.
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lAlflwUwCLC enily. Tb moat natural
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discovered IT NOW KEUl'IKICH BUT A
FEW DAYS tocure Vsrtcocele. without cut
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disease on the sktu or face. A cure that U
permanent for life.
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If tAMItdO we',, urn ok manhuod
from Excesses or I'.iirly Vices. Night Irfwxea,
Stricture. Hydrocele. Disease of the Bladder
and Kidneys. Nervous Debility OoDorrtiua.
Gleet.
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SUMMER TOURS
via the
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turn until October 31st, to all the sum
mfcl resorts of Canada and the East.
The Continental Limited
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6t. Louis at 9 a. in., which was so pop
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will run on same schedule time this
season.
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COUNTRY PUBLISHERS COMP'V
OMAHA. Vol. 3-No.4l -1900
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Ymi can not afford to ite without
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(your iiOM irni uwvt. nw uv
Sheep from Vitiemyet, hcratche and
Mange, fCeepycur Caiitc free from
PIim, and Poultry frcm Cholera, Roupc,
l-Scaly Iec. If your dealer doe not
it tnnii ? ceniii fur a nation.
UKECHENICA1C0. 1 9 1 3 CRANO AV.
Umnmnm City Mo.
What's what about the
The Very Strange History
Laborer, Living
Something over two years ago. Mr.,
C. iiartusek, a worklngmun employed
,pn the construction gang of the Ar
mour Packing comptny of South
Omaha, was at work in the basement
or nne or tneir trrw tmimim i
dergolng construction. A workman
overhead allowed a large beam to fall
111 such a way as to strike Mr. Car
lusek across the back and hips while
be was In a stooping position. He was
immediately taken to the hospital and
placed under the care of the very best
aX'tors. In time he recovered so that
he could hobble about with the aid of
crutches, and the physicians insisted
that he must undergo an operation lo
rnablA him to walk without his crutch
es, but the operation performed made
him much worse. For the past two
years he has stood on the street corners
iif Omaha and South Omaha and begged
work grinding knives and scissors lo
make a miserable living. A friend met
him one duy and told him to go lo
Prof, Kharus, the Magnetic Osteopath.
He came to the Institution In oiiwhu,
and was examined. As he was unable
to pay for treatment he was placed In
the clinical department, where he re
ceived treatment free by two of the
students of the Kharas Hchool, but un
der the direction of one of the teach-
, ers In ethe Institution. A photograph
was taken on the day he first came to
the Institution, for as soon as Prof
Kharas examined him he knew a cure
could be made, and wished to place
photographic proof of his work on
, record. He had never, since being hurt
been able to straighten his left leg a
ringle lnch attriouMi a grrni -7
force was used by the hospital surgeons
o straighten It. At the Kharas Instl
lutlon, after live days' treatment by
combined Magnetic Healing and Osteo
pathy, he. was able fo walk with a
cane, straightening his leg with per
fect ease, The second photo was taksn
July the Uth.'-In four days more hk
was discharged from the Intlrmary per-fi-tlv
cured, and he is sound and well
today, anil la hard at work at manual
labor, earning a good living for himself
and those who depend on him. A Mr.
Bartusek la a foreigner he cannot read
or write the Kngllsh language, but If
any man or woman will Investigate this
case or similar projfs submitted by
" Prof. Kharas of the grand and good
work he is doing for maimed, crippled
and afflicted humanity, the result of
the Investigation will always be In fa
vor of the new science of Magnetic Os
teopathy, as It has been named by the
originator, Prof. Thco. Kharas.
Prof. Kharus never turna a patient
t-nm hi. institution in Omaha
becauae the pa .ent has no money, ir
he I a poor man he can get treatment
free. l:ils rule, however, does not ap
y to branch offices. The usual rales
for treatment at headquarter and at
branch offices In low and Nebraska
are $6 a week for one treatment a day
or tit k for ,wo tr'm,n" dar
The very worst cares of paralysis, rheu
matlsm, female trouble, tumors, atom
ell, liver and kidney troubles arc cur
able by this new method In from one
to three weeks.
1 A lltthJ over a year ago this wirk
Vaa practically unknown, Just then be
ing Introduced by Prof. Kharas. To
day he has In his different ImUltutloo
working forte of over Ihlrtf of his
araduttta who are doing grand good
war 11"""
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liiiMi?!iIiiiiSiil
fSaiSl":l:-3sjlHtlfI
'ihHMiiUiiyiiWisI
toilssIfflllliHjifls?lji
W mil i m jfei i
MlEif if lITlTsstflillll
RES all Kidney
Disease, Hack
ache, etc. At drug-
f1u, or by mall,
I. Free book, ad-
Kidneycura.
iu. tw. - t-'gr
Woe. etc., of ' Dr. B, J. Kay, Saratoga, N. Y.
KIMBALL BROS., MFGS.
10(11 9th 8t. COL'NCIl IILl r r-8, IA.
I I Ti i I Till i iTTlllll ill Mill 1 1 11
"KHARAS SYSTEM"
11 -Cl
Known Chronic Disease Without the Use of
Drugs in Any Form dr the Surgeon's Knife.
of the Life of Mr. Cason
at 26th and L Streets,
for humanity, and are earning splendid
salaries for themselves. It takes three
months lo graduate In the Kharas
School, but all graduates are em
ployed. Kharas will not accept as a
able reputation and character, and he
offers employment to all he accepts as
students. This Is positively guaranteed,
and there Is a vast fortune behind any
offer Prof. Khuras makes. Those who
choKe to investigate this matter a few
months ago ate now reaping rich re
wards, while those who were blind be
cause they did not want to see are still
turning their backs on the greatest
blessing mankind-has ever known and
are calling It a "fruud," without know-
- July 7th.
July
Ing whereof they apeak.
The following branch offices are now
under the Kharaa management of
Omaha:
Missouri Valley, hi.. Prof. Aldrlch.
Mgr.
Jefferson, la Dr. Webster, Mgr.
Atlantic. Ia Prof. T. J. Ruddy. Mgr.
Harlan, la.. Miss Marlon Thompson,
Mgr. '
Fremont, Neb., Prof. T. A. F.dwards.
Mgr.
Fremont. Neb., Mrs. Lela Edwards,
Matron. ,
trd, Neb., Prof. It. Lee Humon, Mgr.
(rrd. Neb,, Mrs. Addle llamon, Mat
ron, Hastings, Neb., Prof, L, J. Oallen
tlne, Mgr.
Aurora, Neh., Prof. A.'Olllet. Mgr.
Aurora, Neh., Mrs. L. Olllet, Matron.
Offices will likely be established dur
ing the next three or four months at
the following point In Nebraska: bin
coin, tlrand Island, Ponca, Huperlor,
Kearney, Chadron, Beatrice, Nebraska
City. .
SOUTH OMAHA MAHKtf HtPOhf.
Live Stock Report furnished by th
Flato Commission company of South
Omaha, Neb:
There has been no material change In
the condition of the fat cattle trade
sines last wee. There have been very
few choice corn-fed steers on the mar
ket and those sold at fully last week's
prices. The bulk of the offerings have
been half fat and common quality stuff
which buyers were forced to take or
go without anything at all In the steer
line. The consequence has been that
the half fat stuff has been selling a
mil. A 1 A taut u-oalf
nine B""""'"""""
There have been but few good range .
steers uiiorru, i'uL f ounc ;
killing purposes, and they have not i
been In such active competition witn
the native steers as Is usual at this
season of the years.
Receipts of cows and heifers have
been pretty liberal, but the market
has been holding up In excellent shape.
Last Saturday the market was 10 to 15
cents lower than the week before, but
this week there has been no change at
all to speak of, good cows and heifers
selling strong and others fully steady.
The paBt week has seen a steady de
cline In the price of stockers and
feeders, and they are now 30 to 50 cents
lower than at the beginning of last
week. The market the past few days
has been In anything but a satisfac
tory condition and prices have gone off
10 to 20 cents In the last two days. It
takes choice stock now to bring $4.00,
and the big end of the stuff Is selling
away below that.
Receipts of hogs have been liberal
the past week and prices have been In
a very demoralized condition. There
has been a constant decline since last
Saturday, and prices are now. 17i cents
lower than last Monday and cents
lower than a week ago. The good
heavy hogs are coming Into demand .
again and are selling at Just about in:
same figures as the good light hogs,
and we do not think It will be very long
before the choice hogs will all sell in
the earns notch.
HAVE YOU A GOOD WINDMILL?
?73 farm !? comriiote without a wind
nower m l. 11 pumps water, sawr
wood, grinds ted, chops fodder and
works gladly and freely every day In
the year. In this connection we call at
tention to the advertisement in an
other column of The Aermotor Co.,
Chicago, 111. We heartily endorse and
recommend this great concern and ad
vise our readers to correspond with
them for catalogue and full particulars
Why not doctor yourself? "fJonova'
Tablets are guaranteed bv Kldd Drug Co.,
Klgln, III., to cure all diseases Inflamma
tions, ulcerations of the urinary system,
organs, bladder, etc., or send free medi
cine until cured if guaranteed lot falls.
An Internal remedy with Injection com
bined; the only one in America. Price. 3
or 2 for $f, sent per mail. Retail and
wholesale of Myers &r Dillon Drug Co.,
Omaha; M. A. Dillon, South Omaha; Da
vis Drug Co., Council Bluffs; Rlggs Phar
macy. Lincoln; H. 8. Baiter, Sioux City.
C'omplele line of rubber goods; ask for
what you want.
of
Which Cures Every
Bartusek, A Bohemian
South Omaha.
Offices to be established In Iowa;
Sioux City, Des Moines, Boone, Daven
port, Council Bluffs, Burlington, Port
Dodge, Waterloo, Cedar Itapids, Mus
catine, Dubuque, Keokuk.
And at other good points as rapidly
as good men and good women can o
found who will take the regular course
of Instruction and graduate from the
Kharas School In Omaha, and then take
the management of one" of these insti
tutions on a large salary. No branch
schools. The treatment at the branch
ofllces Is Just the same as at head
quarters, except no treatment is given
free, as It Is given In the clinics of the
school at Omaha for the benefit of the
students. Students never see or treat
12th.
July 10th.-
patient who pay for their treatment
but those who do not pay are alwayi
treated by the students under the dl
rectlon of one of the teachers. Post
lively . no Instructions given by an
branch manuger or matron. Oraduatet
of other reputable schools of Osteo
pathy or Magnetic Healing are accred
ited a small amount of time and tultlor
on account of work taken elsewhere
but as there Is no other school teach
ing the combined methods as taught b)
the "Kharaa System" you cannot gel
employment without taking the Khurai
course
The management In Omaha take)
Ijeimure In sejidlng llteruture or an
swering questions. Ex-teachers, preach
erst, honost lawylera (?) and otheri
fairly well educated, or any young mar
or woman who wants to enter a lucra
live life profession on a sound bnsli
wherein he or she will not nave to un
dergo, a "starvation p"!""." fn
filed to correspond with Prof. Then
Kharaa, The Original Magnetic Osteo
path, 1615-17 Chicago St., Omaha, Neb.
&e Botdn8Li j
5 r Cwtlnei
3 By HALL CAINC. tT
SYNOPSIS
Rachel Jorgenson was tne only daugh
ter of the governor of Iceland. She f'.'ll
In love with and married an Idler, Bte-
pht-) Grry Her father ha(J oLher hopMf
IO n(,r an(1 tn nis anger ne oisownea ner.
Then orry deserted her and ran away tc
ry aenertea her una ran away to
Kea. Of thiH union, however, a child was
born, find Kachol called him Jason. Ste
phen Orry was heard from In the Isle of
Man. where he wan again married and
another son was born. Jtachel died a
broken-hearted woman, but told Jason of
his father's acts. Jason swore to kill
him and If not him, then his son. In the
meantime Orry had deserted h'.s ship and
souKht refuge in the Isle of Man, and
wan sheltered by the governor of the
Inland. Adam Falrbrother. Orry went
from bad to worse, and marled a dlsso
iue, and their child, called Michael Sun
lockn, war born. The woman died and
Orry Rave their child to Adam Fair
brother, who adopted him, and he be
came the playmate of the governor's only
daughter, (ireeba. Time passed and the
Kovernor and his wife became estranged,
their five sons staying with their mother
on account of their Jealousy of Sunlocks,
who hud become a favorite with the gov
ernor. Finally Stephen Orry confesses
his misdeeds to Sunlocks. who promised
to go to Iceland to find Rachel If possi
ble and care for her, and If she was
dead to find her son and treat him as
a brother. He bid good-bye to his sweet
heHrt, flreeha, and started on his journey.
Meantime Jason had started on his
journey of vengeance and his ship was
wrecked -on the Isle of Man. He saved
the life of his fnther nnknowlnirlv. Orrv
". on nis ueatn ueu was recog-
CHAPTER X.
THE END OF ORRY.
When thg tumult was over, atjd all
lives appeared to be saved, and noth
ing seemed lost save the two vessels
the schooner and the yawl, which still
rose arid, fe!! on the Carick end the
Iork reef of the head-and the people
separated, and the three old net weav
ers straggled back to their home, the
crew of the Peverll went off with the
Falrbrothers to Lague. Great prepar
ations were already afoot there, for
Asher had sent on a message "ahead of
them, and the maids were bustling
about, the fire was Rekindled In the
kitchen, and the kettle was singing
merrily. And first there was a mouth
ful of grog,' steaming hot, for every
drenched and dripping seaman, with a
taste of toast to sweeten it. Then there
was getting all the men into a change
of dry clothes in order that they might
wait for a bite of supper, and until
beds were shuflled about and shake
downs fetched out. And high was the
sport and great the laughter at the
queer shifts the house was put to that
it might find clean rigging for so many,
on even so Bhort a cruise. When the
six Falrbrothers had lent all the change
they, had of. breeches and shirts, the
maids had to fish out from their trunks
a few petticoats and some gowns, for
the, sailors still unfurnished. But the
full kit was furnished out at length
and when the ship's company mustered
down In the kitchen from the rooms
above, all In their nutley colors and
queer mixture of garments, with their
grizzled faces wiped dry, but their hair
still wet and lank and glistening, no
one could have guessed, from the loud
laughter wherewith they looked each
other over, that only an hour before
Death Itself had so nearly tricked them.
Like noisy children let out of Bchool
they all were, now that they were snug
ly housed; for a seagoing man, however
he may be kicked about the tea, Is
not to De Oownnearteo oil land. - Ami ii
two or three of the company continued
t complain of their misfortunes, their
growllngs but lent zest to the merri
ment of the rest. So that they laughed
loud "when old Davy, cutting a most
ridiculous fiire In a llnsey-wolsey pet
ticoat and linen bodice that would not
meet over his hairy chest, bega nto
grumble that he had followed the se:i
forty years and never been wracked
before, as If that were the best of all
reasons why he should not come by
such rough harm now, and a base ad
vantage taken of him by Providence In
his old age.
And louder still they laughed at the
skipper hlmxrlf when, at ill sorely trou
bled by his ill luck, he wanted to know
what all their thanking Clod was for.
since his good, ship lay a rotten hulk
on a cruel reef; and If It was so very
good of Providence to let them off thai
roi-k. It would have been better far not
to let them on lo it. And loudest of
all they laughed, and laughed again,
when an Irish sailor told them, with all
his wealth of brogue, of a prayer that
he had overheard old Davy pray while
they hung helpless on the rock, thl. ik
ing never to escape from it. "Oh. Ird
only save my life this once, and IT
smuggle no more." the Manxman had
cried; "and It's not for myself, hut ould
Betty I ax It, for Thou knowest she
ten years dead In Maughold churchyard
with twenty j-olls of good Scotch cloth
atop of her. But I had nowkhere e'sc
to put It, and, good Lord, only remem
ber the last day, and save my life til'
I dig It up from off of her cnest, for
she never was a powerful woman."
And the danger being over, neither
Davy nor the skipper took It 111 thai
the men should make sport of their
groaning, for they laughed with the
rest, and together they waked A most
reckless uproar.
All this -while, though Mrs. Fair
brother had not left her bedroom, the
girls' feet had been Jigging merrily
over the white holy-stoned floor to get
some supper bread, and Oreeba, having
tapped Jason on the shoulder, had car
ried him off quietly to the door of the
parlor, and pushed him In there while
she ran to get' a light, for the room
was dark. It was also pool, with crocks
of milk standing for cream, and basins
of eggs' aind bn.sket of , neW-malf
cheese. And when she returned with
the candle In one hand, shaded by the
' luminous finger of the other, ann It
bright light o her comely face, she
would have loaded him with every
goodlhnlg the house contained col
lared head, and beef, and blnjeen and
Manx Jough, and the back of the day's
pudding. Nothing he would have, how
ever, save one thing, and that made
great sport between them : for It was
an egg, and he ate it raw, shell In
cluded, crunching it like an apple. At
that sight she made pretence to shud
der. And then she laughed like a bell,
saying he was a wild man Indeed, and
she had thought so when she first set
eyes on him on the shore, and already
she was more than halt afraid of him.
Then they laughed again, she very
silly, he Very bashfully, and while her
bright eyes shone upon him she told
him how like he was, now that she saw
him in the light, to some one else she
knew of. He asked her who It was,
and she answered warily, with some
thing bfetween a smile and a blush, that
it was one who had left the island
that very night.
By this time the clatter of dishes
mingled with the laughter and marry
voices that came from the other side
of the hall, and the two went back to
the kitchen.
Asher Falrbrother, who had been doz
ing like a sheep dog in the Ingle, was
then rising to his feet, and saying, "And
now for supper; and let It be country
fashion, glris, - at tlils early hour Cf
the morning."
Country fashion Indeed It was, with
the long oak table scrubbed white like
a butcher's board, and three pyramids
of potatoes, biled In the Jackets, tossed
out at its head and foot and middle,
three huge blocks of salt, each with its
wooden spoon, laid down at the same
spaces, and a plate with a boiled her
ring and a basip. of last night's milk
before every guest. And the seamen
shambled Into their places, any man
anywhere, all growling or laughing, or
both; and the maids flipped about very
lightly, rueing nothing, amid so many
fresh men's faces, on the strange
chance that had fetched them out ot
their beds for work at double tides.
And seeing the two coming back to
gether from the parlor, the banter of
the seamen took another turn, leaving
old Davy for young Jason, who was
reminded of the klBS he had earned on
the beach, and asked If ever before a
sailor lad had got the like from a lady
without look or longing. Such was the
flow of their banter until Greeba, being
abashed, and too hard set to control
the rich color that mounted to her
cheeks, fled laughing from, the room to
hide her confusion.
- But no rudeness was intended by tne,J
rude sea dogs, and no offence wan
taken; for in that first hour after they
had all been face to face with death,
the barrier of manners stood for noth
ing to master or man or mistress or
maid.
But when the raugh Jest seemed to
have gone far enough, and Jason, who
had laughed at first, had begun to hang
his head sitting Just, where Stephen
Orry had sat when, long years before,
he took refuge in tnat house t'rom vi
four blue-jackets who were In pursuit
of him Old Davy Kerrulsh got up and
pulled his grizzled forelock, and shout
ed to him above the tumult of the rest:
"Never mind the loblolly boys, lad,"
"It's just jealous they are, being so
long out of practice; and there's one
thing you can say, andway, and that's
this the first thing you did on setting
foot In the Isle of Man was to save the
life of a Manxman."
"Then here's-to his right good heaJth,''
cried Asher Falrbrother, with his mourn
In a basin of milk: and In that brave
liquor, with three times three and the
thud and thung of twenty hard fists on
the table, the rough toast wan called
round.
And in the midst of It, when Greeo,
having conquered her maiden shame,
had crept bm'k to the kitchen, and rMa.
Falrbrother, aroused at length Jby tne
lightsome hubbub, had come down to
put an end to it, the door of the porch
opened, and crazy old Chaise A'Kllley
stood . upon the threshold, very pule,
panting for breath, and with a gh.istly
light In his sunken eyes, and cried "He's
dying. Where's the young man thai
fetched him ashore? He's crying for
him, and I'm rfj fetch him along with
we straight away." '
Jason rose Instantly. "I'll go," he said,
and he snatched up a cap.
"And I'll go with you," suld Gieeba,
and she caught up a shawl.
Not a word more waB said, and at the
next Instant, before the others had re
covered from their surprise, or the
laughter and shouting were yet quite
gone from their lips, the door had closed
again and the three were gone.
ChalBe, In his eagerness to be back,
strode on some paces ahead In the dark
ness, and Jason and Greeba walked to
gether. "Who la It?" said Janon. "Do you
know?"
"No," said Greeba. "Chnlse!" she
cried, but the old man, with hln face
down, trudged along as one who heard
nothing. She gripped up to him, and
Jason walking I behind heard the sound
of muttered words between them, but
caught nothing of what passed. Drop
ping back to Jason's side, the rlrl said;
"It's a man whom nob dy holds of much
account, poor soul."
"What fk he?" said Jason. .
"A smuggler, people say, r perhaps
worse. His wife hhn been long years
dead, and he ha llv;d alone ever alnce,
hunned by moat folk, and by hi owl
son among other. It was hi ion wh
sailed to Iceland tonight."
"Iceland? Did you say Iceland?"
"Yes, Iceland. It I your country,
la It not? But he hadn't lived with hi
father since he wa a child. He waa
brought up by my own dear father. It
was he who seemed to be o like t
you."
Jason stopped suddenly In the dark
lane.
"What's the name?" he asked hoara
"The son's name? MlchaeK"
"Michael what?"
"Michael Sunlocks."
Jason drew a long breath, and strode
on without a word more. Very soon
they were outside the little house l
Port-y-VuIlln.
Chaise was there before tbem, and he
stood with the door ajar.
"WJilst!" the old man whispered.
"He's ebbing fast. He's going out with"
the tide. Listen!"
They crept In on tiptoe, but there
was small need for quiet. The place
was a scene of direful uproar and most.
gruesome spectacle. It was all but a
thronged of people as It had been nine
teen year before, on the day of Liza
Kllley's wedding. On the table, the
form, the three-legged stool, and la
the chimney corner, they sat together
cheek-by-Jowl, with eyes full of awe,
most of them silent or speaking low
behind their hands. On the bed the in
jured man lay and tossed in a strong
delirium. The wet clothes wherein he
had passed through the sea had been
torn oft, his body wrapped In a gray
blanket, and the wound on his head
bandaged in a cloth. His lips were dls-
coioreo, nis cneess were wnue, u
his hair was damp with trie sweat that
ran in big drops to his face and neck.
At his feet Nary Crowe stood, holding a
hoiii cup of brandy, and by his hear!
knelt Kane Wade, the Methodist, pray
ing in a loud voice.
"God bring him to Thy repentance,"
cried Kane Wade; "restore him to the .
Joy of Thy salvation. The pains ot
hell have gotten hold of him. Hark
how the devil is tearing him. He i
like to the man with the unclean spirit,
who had hi dwelling among the
tombs. The devil Is gotten into him.
But out wi' thee, Satan, and no more
two words about it! Thanks be unt
God, we can wreBtle with thee in pray- ,v
er. Gloom at us, Satan, but never will'
we rise from our knees until God hath
given us victory over thee, lest our
brother fall into thl Jaw of hell, and
our own souls be not free from blood
guiltiness." In this strain he prayed, shouting at
the f ul Ipltch of the vast bellows of
his lungs, and loudest of all when the
delirium ofvthe sick man was strongest
until his voice failed him from sheer
exhaustion, and then his Hps still mar. ,
ed, and he mumbled hoarsely beneath
his breath. V
floor and looked on in his great stature
over the heads of the people about
him, while Greeba, with quiet grace
and gentle manners, thinned the little
hut of some of the many with whom
the dense air smoked and reekei.
After that she lifted the poor restless,
tumbling wet head from its hard pillom
and puftj to rest on her own soft arm,
with her cool palm to the throbblnj
brow, and then she damped the lip
with the brandy from Nary Crowe
cup. This she ' did, and more thaa
this, seeming to cast away from her ia
a moment all her lightness, her play-
and in the hour of need to find suck
tender offices come to her, as to aM
true women, like another sense.
And presently the delirium abateO.
the weary head lay still, the bleared
eyes opened, the discolored lips parted
and the dying man tried to speak. But
before ever a word could come, the
change was seen by Kane Wade, whe
cried, "Thank God, he has found peace.
Thank the Lord, who. has given ut
the victory. Patan Is driven out of
him. Mercy there is for the vilest of
sinners." And on top of that ivii4
shout old Chaise struck up, without
warning, and In the craziest speech,
that ever came from human throat, a
rugged hymn of triumph, wherein all
the lines were, one line and. all th
notes were one not, but telling hour
the Lord was king over death and hell
and all the devils.
Again and again he sang a verse of
it. going faster and raster ana tasier
at every repetition, and the other Join
ed him, struggling to keep pace with
him: and all but Greeba, who tried by
vain motions to stop tho tumult, an
Jason, who looked down at the strange
scene with eyes full of wonder. At
last the mad chorus of praise came to
an end, and the sick man said, casting
his weak eyes Into the faces about
him, "Has he come?"
He Js here," whispered Creeeba, an4
she motioned to .Jason.
(To bs continued.)
HIS ONE CONUNDRUM.
The old captain of the little steamer.
Maid of the Mist, which usedto carry
passfengera right up Into the spray ot
the falling , waters beneath Niagara,
says the Mall and Express, had Just
one conundrum, and like a collece pro
fessor, he used it on every new class.
The pilot always led up to It In the
same way. He would move his bans)
along the woodwork, of the pilot-house,
as If examining It, and remark:
"Stranger, do you know what thl
little boat Is made o?"
An odd question, the stranger would
say to himself, but be would reply.
"Why, of pine and oak, Isn't UT"
"No. sir."
Then would come a round ot guesse. .
generally winding up with the acknowl
edgment of Ignorance. And the old pi
lot' eyes would twinkle a he replied '
"Why, she's Maid ot the Mist, lrr