Harrison press-journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1899-1905, June 30, 1904, Image 4
THE SIN CAME After lone days of rain and gloomy weather The tun rime out again; the roof of gray Scattered and tied, and vanished quite vri;; Sua, sky and earth made merry all together. In the green troves tbe birds trilled forth together. Song-sparrow, thrush, aad robin tang amain; My heart sang, too. "The aun rame out again After long day of rain and gloomy weather." Ltpplncotf ni r 4 -5 mm C.-.0 HE famous Crampton diamond jH threw back the light from lu many facet, and strange, bril liant colors shot from its depths, it was the finest stone I had ever seen In my life. I was particularly pleased wi:h my design for the setting. No other hand had toix-bed it, and I felt that the frame, so to speak, win worthy of tie oUture. The ring, now that it was finished, was fit even to adorn the hand of Gwendolen Forrest, tie beauty ami heiress of the season. But I did no: envy young Mr. Crampton his fiance.?; In my own .Nell I had a girl as good and as pretty as aiiy In the land. I was atsmt to take the ring to Mr. Nugent when Neil herself ian In, Sin was my employer's daughter, and his private bouse was upstairs over ths large showroom In Clifford street. It was against all custom for Nell to come down to my workshop, for her father disapproved of our engagement. But to-day she bad not been aide to resist the temptation of having a pee; at the Crampton diamond. Just as she bad slipped it on her fin ger and was dancing about, twisting her hand that the marvelous stone might catch the light, the door opened and Mr; Nugent entered. I prepared to defend Nell from a harsh reprimand, but none came. Her father appeared oddly preoccupied, merely took the ring from her, examined it earnestly, and, snapping the lid of the case down, upon it, placed it In bis pocket and walked away. Next day I was sitting at work when I aaw a hansom drive up, and Mr. C'rampton jump 'out. He came hastily Into the showroom, which adjoined the one where I was sitting, and where Mr. Nugent was. "Scoundrel T' I heard him say, and could scarcely lelieve my ears. "You thought to fool me easily by a false tone, but I am as good a Judge of Jewels as you are. You are a thief, sir! What have you done with the diamond I Intrusted to you " Mr. Nugent answered In a lower rolce. What be said could not have made any great impression upon Mr. Cramp ton, however, for he Impatient ly Interrupted, and at last an ominous threat concerning the ' police' reached my ears. I sat still. I understood well that Mr. Crampton had deliberately ac cused my employer of trying to palm ff upon him an Imitation diamond, ret I knew that I hud set tbe true tone and delivered it to Mr. Nugent nly yesterday. My employer himself wag a skilled orkman, though not a good designer, .nd In tbe time that had elapsed be teen my banding him the ring and bis transferring It to the owner he could have removed the stone and re placed W by another. But for such a oold trick to succeed the imitation must be magnificently made, and the original diamond must have been care fully measured. I had never known that Mr. Nugent kept any false gems about the place, vnd besides, was It likely that a man In his position would care to run o terrible a risk? Still, I could not help remembering how haggard and Irrita ble be bad been of late, and tbe keen Interest that he took In the stock ex change Intelligence. As I thus speculated on the astound ing accusation Mr. Nugent himself opened the door of the workroom. He looked keenly t me, as If wondering If it would be safe to tnit me. "Did yon hear anything of what passed in tbe next room?" be ques tioned. I admitted that I had. "Of course, I shall be triumphantly acquitted," be announced, clearing his throat huskily as be spoke. 'Still, Mr. Crampton can make things dis agreeable. And, look here. Wade, I baren't always been aa friendly to you aa I might, but I can trust you. You'll be an important witneas. Do what yon can for me, for tbe girl's at he." , The words sou tided strange, but I aaa given bo time to answer, for at feet moment Mr. Crampton returned wick two Scotland Yard men. 11 em OIT AGAIN. n Sill.- wiMii 'fir:; I ployer was given Into custody and taken to the police station to le cbarged, the detectives remaining to search the premises. Mr. Nugeyt being a widower, with only one child, tbe management of the business practically devolved on me. and as the detectives ransacked the place they put many quig'iou to me as to where the stones were kept. The safes were all pointed out to them, but they seemed disappointed wl'h their operations. Ijite In the evening they came to me in the workroom, and, holdiiig out the ring that I had made for "'".Mr. Crampton, one of them said: "This is your work, we understand Is that the stone yo usct?" I glanced at It. but I only replied: "I don't call myself an expert In pre cious stones, and ail I can say Is th.it this one precisely resembles In si.e. shape and a pi tea ranee the one given me to set" While this statement was suj erflclal. ly true, that one g!au'e had been enough to show me that 1 was not looking at the Crampton diamond. The detectives left, saying that I would have to tell all I knew In the witness box, and then. Just as I was about to lock up the place for the night, Nell came In. It was the first time she bad let me see her since her father had been taken away. The face which I had thought the sweetest on earth whs marble white, and there were dark shadows under her lashes. "There's something I must say to you," she panted, "something I've been wild to say all day lest it should lie too late, but I dared not let any one suspect. A month ago father confid ed to me that be had lost a great deal of money, and he showed me bow to open a secret drawer In bis Chippen dale bureau. "If ever anything bap pens to me," he said, "don't lose a mo ment, but look Into this drawer; throw away everything that you will find In the left-band partition, and keep what may be in the right' " Together we ransacked the old bureau, and at length Nell touched tin siiring which openi?d the secret drawer. I drew In my breath sharply, for the light of the candle which I held struck out a gleam from a pile of ex quisitely made false stones which lay In a partition on the left band, while on the right was the Crampton dia mond. Involuntarily I betrayed the dread ful nature of tbe discovery by an ex clamation, for, left to herself, Nell would not have understood. But she was quick to comprehend, and. realiz ing the worst, she swayed, staggering backward. "My poor father!" Bbe moaned, as I held ber. "He is mined forever and I, tool The daughter of a con victed thief is no fit wife for an hon est man!" "My darling! You are a wife for a king, and as for your father, I swear to you that I will save him yet." "You? You cannot"' "I tell you that I can and will." For even as I spoke an Idea flashed Into my head which startled me by Its audacity. In a moment I had thought out every detail. I made up the stones, Crampton dla mond and all, Into a packet,-carefully closing the secret drawer, and, con triving to get away without being seen, went straight to my brother's house l;i Kent, managing to avoid the service of a subpoena. Thus I was not present at the police court proceedings, which would have meant ruin for my plan. Mr. Nugent was committed for trial, and meanwhile I staid in the country, working each night In my locked room with the tools I bad brought with me until the gray dawn filtered under my closed shutters. When I saw my old employer In the dock at tbe trial I was shocked at tbe ghastly change which bad come over him. The evidence at first went steadily against him. It was proved that be had lost money heavily on the stock exchange. Mr. Crampton swore that tbe atone In the ring delivered him by Mr. Nugent'a own band was not bis diamond. On expert testified that not only was tbe stone be now taw not the Crampton diamond. It was not a genuine jewel at all, but a marvelous imitation. Another was not so poci tive. He looked at tbe gem through bis glass, turning it this way and that. declaring that In all his experience be had never seen a false stone so clev eriy executed as this. Ir.de- d. he was not prepared to swear that it was false. This was the first ray of doubt which had been thrown by tbe evl dene upon Mr. Nugent's guilt; and then I went Into tbe box. I was cool now, for tbe game I bad determined on had cost me many a qualm of con science. But I bad no Intention of cheating Mr. Crampton. swearing falsely or tarnishing my personal honor. Tbe prellminiry question of the prosecuting counsel brought out the fact that I had designed the ring's setting and bad done ail tbe work upou it "What sort of stone was it your employer gave you to set?" was the next question. "An extremely valuable white dia mond," I replied. 'Io you swear that you set the gen nine stone ana aeiivered tne ring when finished to the prisoner V" "I do." "I(f you consider It possible thai stone might have been taken out and an Imitation one substituted?" "Certainly: But I could tell whetb er tbe ring had been tampered with since It left my bands." "Take this, then, examine It, and Inform the court If that Is the stone you set." Tbe ring was banded to me, and a hush fell upon the court. The kind of lull which denotes that a vital point In a case has been reached. I put my hand In my waistcoat jiock et for my Jewelers glass, and the sharpest eye could not have seen that I also drew forth a new ring, made In the secret hours of the night (in exact counterpart of the other, save that It contained the real Crampton diamond. I pretended to examine the Imltatlo.i with great care, while all eyes were fixed uion me. At length I returned the glass to my pocket, and with it the ring with the false stone. I could hear my own heart lentiitg; but, hand ing to the court usher the new ring, 1 said firmly. In reply to the snappish "Well?" of the prosecuting counsel: "I swear unhesitatingly that the set ting of this ring has not been tam pered with, and that this Is the gen uine diamond which was given me to set." A rustle went round the court; the doubting exert pricked up his ears; the prosecuting counsel, with Mr. Crampton and the treasury solicitor, were whispering over the ring. "Your honor." said the counsel, "I ask permission to recall the extort." I stepped out of the box and tbe expert atepied In. Tbe new ring was put Into his band, a friendly tay of sunshine lighting up tbe Jewel. "This is remarkable," be said at last. "It Is tbe first time I have ever made a mistake. This stone Is gen uine. I cannot doubt it" And so the prisouer was free. But when tbe verdict of "Not guilty" was pronounced a faint groan echoed it and a dead man was taken from tbe dock. A spasm of tbe heart bad proved fatal. Six months later Nell and I were married. On our honeymoon we were walking in a lane near Ilfracombc, when we came face to fare with Mr. Crampton, who was stopping with his bride in a neighboring country bouse. "Ah, Mr. Wade'" be exclaimed, "I haven't seen you since that mysterious case of mine. Io you know, I have ulways since thought of you as a very clever man?" "Thank you," I said quietly. "Will you allow me to present you to my wife the only daughter of the late Mr. Nugent?" Mr. Crampton raised his bat, looked keenly at pretty Nell, shook bands with us both and murmured: "Ah, I understand:" Chicago Trib une. How A. R Frost Cat Coupons. A certain Philadelphia art club has a custom of creating a great deal of fun at the expense of new niernliera to test their mettle and good-fellowship. This, as may be Imagined, Is excellent fun for the assemblage nt large, but Is often very trying to the lone target of It all. Shortly before tbe election of A. B. Frost, the illus trator of farm scenes, it was reported that he possessed considerable wealth. At the first club dinner after Mr. Frost's name had been added to tbtf roll, the members were primed to de rive amusement from bis debut "Hello, Frost," called one when the new member appeared in the dining room, "I hear you are doing nothing but cutting coupons now." "Yes," answered tbe artist, quickly, "and I am using the same scissors 1 used to trim my euffi with." Success Making Hure of It, The colored Janitor of tbe flat next door approached the grocer and band ed him a paper containing some wulic powder. "Hay, boss," he asked, "what you fink dat Is? Jest' taste It an' tell me yo' 'pinion." "Well, Jake, I should say that wai soda." "Dat's Jest what I say," replied tbi janitor, triumphantly. "I say dat'i soda, but my ol' woman, sbe 'low It't rnt-plr.en; she any she knows 'tis. Jes taste It again, boas, fo' to mek sure." Don't expect your frlenda to bo stuck on your Jokes If they are pointless. OLD- FAVORITES IHIIIIMt4HlttHIIIMII A Doubling Heart. Where are the (wallows fled? Fro if n and ifsd. 'enhance upon sume bleak and stormy shore. O. doubting heart! Fir over purple seas. They wait, in sunny esse. The balmy tithern breete. To bring them to their northern le-ine once mure. Why ruut the flowers die? Prisoned they lie 'n the cold tomb, heedless of tens .ir min. , doubting heart: They only sleep below The soft white ermine snow. While winter winds shall blow. To breathe and smile upon you s-on again. The san Las hij iu rays These many daj; A ill dreary hours never leave the rarili! U. doubtiiie heart: The storm) clouds on IiikIi Veil the Mine sunny sky, Th.it som (for spring is nighi 'hail wake the fcuninier into g'-M.-i! mirth. Fnir hope is dead, and light is quenched in night, Vhat sound can break the silence -ii .le spair? I, doubting heart: Thy sky is overcast. Yet stars shsll rise at hist. Brighter for darkness pst, Aud aiivelx' silver voices stir the sir. Adelaide Ann Proctor. Old Ironside. Vy, tear her faltered eii-iKii down! I-ong hiis it waved nti hiifh. And many nu eye has dam-ed to see That banner in the sky; ijeiieiith it rung tbe battle shout A nil burst the cnunon's roar "he meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more! Her deck, once red with heroes' blood Where knelt the vanquished foe, tVhen winds were hurrying o'er the Hood And waves were white below, So more shall feel the victor's tread. Or know the conquered knee file harpies of (he shore shsll pluck I he eagle of the seal ). better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave; Her thunders shuol; the mighty deep. And there should be her grave; Sail to the uisst her holy flag. Set every threadbare sail, Vnd cive her to the god of storms The lightning and the gale! -O. W. Holmes. PRIMEVAL LAKE AND FORE8T. They Are in Macon County, Misnourl Indian Romance. "The chain of the lakes" is a 2') re tract of land and water In south west Macon County, that to day is us icrfect a representative of the primor dial world as anything the most silvery-ben rdiHl old pioneer could tell you about of bis day. As far as a living man can say no woodman's ax ever gleamed In the dense forest solitudes ordering the lakes, and the fuueral- yed "hooting" owl Is the only thing that seems to show any particular en thusiasm because there Is sucb a place. A short disbi nee to the east, on a ort of tableland, can be found many K'.one arrow heads, used by the Foxes and Sacs in the early part of tbe nine teenth century In the last Indian fight In this section of Missouri. It wa bore In the nature of a murder than U battle, Iwvause the Sacs largely out numbered the Foxes, whom they had waylaid for the purpose of robbery, a the well-authenticated story goes. Tb.; Foxes were a peaceable tribe and wit.; friends of the government. Iu Mj2 for some Important si-rvl-e they were bald about $1.",J In gold. The Foxe livere In the northern part of the State. three intrepid braves were selected to ;o to St. Louis after the coin. Tbe Sacs learned of it Of ceurse the mes sengers were not looking for a fight, but when all their cunning was out witted and they found themselves sur rounded by their rival clansmen near the "chain of lakes" they placed the gold in an old tree and died fighting for it Years after, when the Indians left the State, an old Sac warrior told a Fox who had befriended him that the facs Lad burled the greater part of ihe gold near the Cluirlton fishtrap, as a ford close to the chain of lakes was called. He gave them a sort of dia gram, but refused to go back to the estate and assist In the (.card). Sf verul 1'ox tribesmen visited the scene of the massacre, anil spent several days dig ging around trees and prying up rocks, but it is the belief of the people In tin vicinity that no gold was found. The Foxes refused to discuss the object of J heir visit, or the result of It. Small lioys have emulated Tom Sawyer's xertlons, but have not been rewarded by his luck. The lakes cover over 200 acres. Around them are tall walnut, hickory, onk and cottonwood trees. Close to the Water's edge are cypress and weeping willow. An alleged road circles around find across the peninsulas, harbors and stum uses formed by tbe xlgzag charac ter of tbe lakes, and If you try to fol low It without a compass you will Wke about as much progress on your Journey as you would on a merry go round. Hob Jackson, tbe negro cook at tbe Chariton clubhouse, blames his kinky head to his frequent association with this road through the chain of lakes. The lakes are shallow, and springing from them are large fields of wild rW, a dainty diet for tbe epicurean palate of myriads of fowl. In tbe vernacular of the natives these birds are mlW red besds, wod.len hulls, pin tail, mat lards and teals. All of them sre tit t grace the banquet board of kings, and are not despised by the hermit bunkers whose winter provender b been corn bread sud hacon. OUR INTEREST IN KOREA. How BnmMof Kitbtr HuMia or Jab Would KSctt Aaaerira. As Americans, we naturaily ask bow the success of either side would affect cur interests in the peulnsuls and iu the whole far East. Japan stands for the "ojien door" everywhere, for w-r- fe-t freedom of religion, for the opca- ing up of the agricultural, mineral sud industrial resource of the Ksictern world. Not one plank in her platform uiggests a policy that would iiiind cl to Auierh su enterprise lu any of Its many forms. Americans have not done very much iu Korea as yet, hut this war means more than Korea; it means Manchuria and all northern China. Tbe Russian minister In S-ou! re ceutly told a Journalist that the Kus slans did not see why Aim-rlcaus ebould le playing Japan's giuiie. im e she Is a commercial rival. II'' attinicl that Americans woii'd Is welcomed anywhere in Manchuria by the lius shins t.(-d;iy. but that If Mukd-n iiltd the other ports were peiie I it would allow the Influx of i thousand Japan ese, ami tmuMe would le inevitable. If this Is sri. how does it hnpjM n thiit American firms in Port Arthur. I'alny Vladivostok and other IJu-sian centers' tind it absolutely ue .s-ary to carry in their buslU'-Hs through Itu-s an auen's'.' The local tnunager of tbe linn must n under Kiissian (onttol, or he can do li business. An Indei-endeiit America:! firm In Vladivostok r seuiy found that it must close Its doors. It would not come under Kusshin Jul Isdlct on. and It sn found that w hen Its goods from America arrived they were kept In tlx1 cutoms wan-house from four to sl months before the authorities would release them. In one respect the Americans would become more obnoxious to the lius slans than the Japanese. The Ameri can merchant is alnais pu-hlng for :i leading phice; he develops a large pol icy and seeks to become a commercial and financial jsiwer iu whatever com munity he may be placed. On Ihe oth cr hand, the Japanese almost alwa push for the small retail trade. A In n dred of thorn handle the same amount of goods that a single American or F.nglish firm handle. Ccntuiy. Itegarding Misquotations. One of tbe rules that even young writers and readers should bear In mind Is this: "Verify your quotations And, If possible, go to the original source rather than to rely on other an thorlty. The reason for the rule Is easy to e. I'sually a quotation le eomes popular because It Is worth w hile, and to misquote Is often to lose the value of the words. Thus people often say, "A little knowledge Is a dan gerous thing." Put that Is not true. All knowledge Is worth having, even a little. They mean "half-know le Ige.' or incorrect knowledge, which Is not really knowledge at all! What Pope wrote was: "A little learning Is a dan gerous thing;" and what he meant was that a little learning makes one pie sumptuous, while thorough learning gives humility an Idea likewise set forth In the saying that wisdom begin with the feeling that one is Ignorant So, verify your quotations for fear jou may put Into currency a counter feit note. At the same time it Is to be remem bered thut some few quotations have been Improved by changes lu trod need by those who have nils pioted. These impovemciits are rare, however, and it is safest to retain the old forms where there Is auy doubt. Another usual misquotation beside") that mentioned is "The quality of mercy Is not strained; It faMeth as the gentle dew from heaven which you may correct for yourself, arid then may inquire whether It Is likely that the popular change is an Improvement, when the nature of dew is understood. St. Nicholas. lyeft-Handrd Murus. To Judge Moros by Indexible ocei dental standards of motives and morals Is to lose at once the key to the situa tlon. The very structure of their lan guage differentiates them from our selves. Verbs are in the passive voice The man who was slashed and killed provoked the trouble. The under dog In the fight Is always the aggressor. Tbe thief is not blamed for "finding" things lying about nt loose ends; the man who lost the property ' the real criminal Ijesides, he Is a fool. If 1-e were a sensible mun be would hava exorcised vigilance against the ap proach of the thief. Moros reverse ev erything. I.Ike all orientals, they veil orate the past and their folklore, mytln and legends alsiund In tales not unlike those of the Arabian Nights entertain ment. They turn to tbe left of the road, ex tend the left band uuturally In. greet ing, nd tbe scribe write from right tu left, turning the paper sldewlse, as any left-handed man would do. A witty officer explained that tin preference for the left was due to the desire lo keep tbe right hand free In tbe event a stranger should need some thing done to bltn. The "explanation" may uot be far from the truth. Jour nal of Military Service Institution. When a woman agrees to become a stepmother to a man's children, duet sbe enter Uie marriage rotation wltfc New Year's resolutions? The t .a tu boo bat been known to grow so fee In twenty four hours. Alaska has paid for its cost to Lb Xivernment twenty times over. There are over ten million people la taly wbo cannot read or write. Fiery square mile of sea is eaiiuiat d contain some rjr).as,0iO fish. Tbe great bulk of chalk Is composed if eight different species of tiny bells. The wings of Ihe bouse fly vibrate 25 times a e-ond; those of the honey tee 41. All tbe cork used In tbe world In t 'ear weighs a little over one thou and tons. To form a ralnlow the sun must not h- more than forty -two degrees stove Le horizon. A rifle bullet Is traveling at its rretet speed uot as It leaves the l)tir.j:le, but at alxuit teu feet lu frout if the mui'..le. It is often said that there are sev nty thousand known criminals 'n Loudon. The whole records of Sj-oI-and Yard do not contiilii In all to liany names, and many of these have Veil dead for years. It is t-s'lmated that the Kskimo jsip ihttion of Alaska. Labrador and jrts-nliind has declined from thirty hoiis,i ml to lifteen thousand ill twenty fears, owing to the thinning out of tea I. Is-ar mid walrus. Statistics have been competed re iiifly which state that the average ife of an F.ligUstl express locoinofve s twenty-five years, of a local pas- (ciiger engine twenty five years, of a 'teight locomotive twenty-six years nut of a switching engine twenty- leeli years. The total mileage of an pre-s passenger engine w as fix. d at 'nun seven hundred thousand to oii3 iillllon miles, and for each of the other lasses of engini . s a mil.tige of tive Kindred thousand to eight hundred Ihoii-and. There Is a group of Islands to tho south of New Zealand called the Sis ters, or Seven Sisters, which are ro. tinted to be subjected to a practically -onst.int rainfall. The same may be ald of the islands tuid mainland of Vlorra del Fm-go, save for the differ tnce that the rain often takes the form of sleet and snow. On a line rtmiiing round the world frotfi four to eight r nine degree, there are patches over which rain seldom ceases to full. 'IhU Is called the "zone of constant pro clpitatlou," but at the same tuna there are several localities along w I h It with very little rainfall. OUR AMERICAN HUSBAND. Home Olmeroations as to His Alleges Characteristics by a Londoner. All American young man does not. as u rule, look forward to murrlag nor prepare for It by saving any cott slder.ible portion of his ante nuptial Income. When he marries it Is us ally on short notice and because e has fallen very desperately in lora with some one and cannot find it UJ is heart to wait until cold caution d clures the venture advisable. Evea when an engagement Is a long out he usually squander so mu'h on giftt and entertainment for his fiancee that there is only a very moderate amount to begin housekeeping on. Thus be fore bis marriage the young American of Ihe middle class begins to give evi dence of what Is to bo his chief na tional characteristic as a huslmnd bls unfailing, unselfish and almost iiu provident generosity. The middle class husband in Amer ica rarely Interferes with the affairs of the household. lie hardly knows the cost of staple articles of food. A a rule he does not make his wife a regular allowance cither for household or personal expenses, but gives her as much as he can spare freely, but with a lack of system that Is uot con- luclve to the best outlay of their In come. Tbe young American husband U a 1st. very indulgent to his wife's fondue of fine clothes. lie would far rutho; have an extravagant wife than a dow dy one, ami although he grumbles ii caslonally ut a millinery bill, in real- Sly he glories In the resplendent ap pearance of his wife in her fine fcatli ;ers. The American husband Is rara who does uot concede his w ife's righi to expend a much larger sum with her dressmaker than he docs with his tailor. Indeed, he often leaves his tall er altogether and cheerfully repairs to llhe rendy innde clothing house In order 4hnt bis wife may have more money for extravagant finery. London Tele graph. Acquiring a Specimen. Mrs. Franklin had nlwuvs spoken her mind, nnd she Inteded to do It 81 bug as the gift of speech was snared jier. Her children and grandchildren iuiew her habit, and found It not al ways cheering. 'I'd like to have you tell me what Induced Illth to fall in love with that foung man I saw last night lor tlx U-st time," said the old lady to om lif her daughters. "I think she was attracted to him dt first because he's such an athlctld fellow and such a splendid swimmer,' Ihe mother of Kdltb ventured feebly, lifter a moment's casting alsmt In her blind for a satisfactory answer. "Humph:" snorted Mrs. Franklin. "Which does she propose to keen hlir after she's married him n gymiuislmu or an aquarium V If adversity docs not crush a mat prosperity will not spoil him.