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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 14, 1896)
£ IT WAS IINKXI’KOTKI). A STORY VOH ST. VAT.KNTINK'B DAY. HKN nay dear Aunt Maud died — she died the very Hum mer I graduated 1 was really too heart broken to care what became of ine. Mill), 1 had to be disposed of In some way, so It waa de cided that I go to live with my broth er Richard. I had always lived with my aunt, had known no other mother, therefore her death was the greatest blow possible to me. And ibis brother Richard 1 knew only allghtly, and that when I waa a mere child. If I had been In a ■tala of mind to care about anything, I should have hated the Idea of going very muck. Aa It waa, I went without a murmur. I took the journey alone, almost clear across the continent, and subsequently, after many ups and servant-girl go early ; and sat, neglect ing even to light the lamps, before a big oak fire In the sitting-room "think ing up" one of Dick's cases, It was a murder case, that had a great deal of circumstantial evidence leading In va rious directions. I soon became deeply absorbed; so deeply that I presently went to sleep at It, and In a dream saw our poor man tried, convicted and actually sentenced to tie banged, and waa myself possess ed of a frantic desire to attend the hanging In person, my nou-appearance being wholly due to the fact that I could not find my shoes, being separated from them for some unexplainable reason. I woke up suddenly, frightened to And myself enveloped In darkness, re lieved only by an uncanny red glow from the fast-dying coals upon the heartn. Everything was so still. Not the smallest sound except the ticking of a little clock In my darkened bedroom, and the clicking of the dying coals. I was possessed of a strange, sink ing fear. I was afraid to move, afraid to turn my bead to left or right lest I see something terrifying lurking In the gloomy corners. I was cold, too, and trembling. The room was chilled; I fancied It must be Just before dawn. My fear Increased rather than dimin ished as the moments dragged by. 1 could hear my heart beating. I soon became enthralled by terror. I had a kind of Instinctive animal fear of Im pending danger. I thought of the money. It wa* locked up In the cabinet at my right hand, not two yards away. I found myaelf listening painfully, tor turouHly. My throat seemed swollen. I swallowed In gulps. I endeavored to rally my courage, to persuade myself that I had awakened from a nightmare, and waa nervous; that there was nothing to fear, and that I was making a baby of myaelf. All to no purpose. Something waa go ing to happen; something was happen ing at that moment which would bring me hurt. I could not throw off the notion. Just then it began to rain a regular down fall, as If the bottom had suddenly fallen out of the clouds. I had never known It to rain so heavily. A perfect deluge, and every drop seemed to pene trate my soul. I did not move. I lay back In my cushioned chair helpless, and felt that I could not have raised my hand to my face If my life were the forfeit. Such pouring! I found myself listening behind the rain—be hind all the pattering noise -listening for another sound. 1 bad a grotesque Idea that the elements and this some thing that was coming to me, were col leagued together, the one to screen the approach of the other. I was listening with every fiber of t \ t . \ . seiice. Hood heavens! I thought of Menry, our office man. He brought the note an open note. It was he who caused the delay which prevented my depositing the money. It was aa dear aa day. I rose rigidly to my feet, In a twinkling my mind was acutely active, and a thousand ways of escape surged through my brain In a moment, I unlocked tbe cabinet and grasped the large pocket book which contained the notes, and thrust It Into my liosom. To what purpose I did not know. I re treated Into (he dense darkness of my own bedroom, where I stood uncertain and shivering. The windows were too high from tbe ground to admit of my jumping there from without Incurring the risk of a broken limb; besides, there was no time. At the first sound of my putting up the sash. I would be detected and overpowered. I heard a heavy tread along the hall. An Idea flashed into my head like tbe Incision of a blade. I clutched the money la my bosom and stepped Into the empty fireplace. In another moment I was scrambling up tbe sooty chimney with the agility of a RECEIVED A TEI-BORAM. down*, arrived at Dick's town, a queer lit tic village In South Carolina. Dick la a moderately young bachelor. He la an attorney-at-law, and haa a very lair practice Indeed. Anterior to my advent, be had lived by himself In a pratty cottage on the prettleBt .treat, and waa rather a central llgure, and waa quite the most eligible young man about town. He was not spoiled, though. I found him to be a very dear old fellow, and determined In my heart to ba to him auch a faithful co operator and aatlafactory housekeeper, that be would never need or desire any other. We got on famously together, so fa mousfy that In all probability the last chapter would have found us still there, he a grizzled old bachelor, I a grizzled old maid, bad uot something occurred which brought about a change. It all grew out of what happened one St, Valentine's eve. On thla day, memorable above other iaya, Just about an hour after dinner Dick received a telegram to go up that evening to A-, a city llfty mile# away, to meet au Important client. He lid not have time to com* home, for the train waa then in sight, but he scribbled me the following note, which 1 did not get uutll nearly night, be cause the office boy neglected to bring It ualll that time. 1:10 p. m Dear Ctrl Have to leave on neat train to meet a man In A I'roba hi) won't get home until to morrow ’tOOtl Spend the night with the An' •'lent (a dear old lad) friend of mine,] Be sure to put that money In the haul t» tore (t closes at 4 Han't fall Ult'K. It w«a such n bore to lock up at that tale hour and gw out for the night It hnd been such a gloomy afternoon, aa<i huiked Ilk* It would rain Utugcthei | did not feel Ilka It. I waa not afraid * bough I bad sever stayed alone at •tgbl tn a bouse And the money several thousand dollars collected for i twni surely I wuis not at f pu' money tn (he bank that cloned at A ould not very well carry It with me u the Ancient * end I certainly could no1 leave N I bed never beard of aay bo’gtartee It tbe village, ae I made up my uitnd ,bai I nee Id stay at borne that algbl a# tabe tbe riefc. If Iber* were eay, be. aom H wae treebleeeeve t* do ot bar w Is# I «ld eel want any t«e ** I let tb< HELD MV HEAD ACROSS HIS KNKK8. finished chimney sweep, and I kept scrambling until I had made a strong hold (or myself. What went on down helow I did not know. In the cessation of the rain I could hear the heavy tread passing to and fro In a search. I knew, for that money. But I, from my lofty vantage ground, could only thank heaven again and again for such a blessed deliver ance, I wus so benumbed with cold and fright that I think I lost couMclousness, and would probably have tumbled down I the chimney hut that I was so rigid and I ho walled in I could not. The next thing 1 remember was open j lug my eyes and seeing the square of wan light above me. Then realizing | all, my strength gave way, and I fell i heavily striking my head against some thing which left nte senseless for hours. When I came to myself, 1 was In the arms of a young utuii whom I hud never seen before. He sal iipuu the Moor, and held my head across Ills kuces, while he wiped the blood from my cut fore head with a pocket handkerchief, which every now nnd then he would squcexe out In a bssln of water at his elbow. 1 don't suppose there was ever a mure terrified young man upon this earth of oars Imagine an Inoffensive young mail turning up In a towu where an In timate friend lived, cotulug lu on the i very trnln that lakes his lutlmsts friend out Imagine the Intimate friend cordially Inviting the newcumsr to his house, telling httu that there was mi iMidy In It. but that be could put up i there, make himself lord and master. ] find plenty to eat by foraging around, j «nd get a good bed. Then to make loo I Iking complete, give bun the wrong key# by wlihb to 1st himself In I mas me ibis newcomer booming gboul towu | unlit II e'cliM b. then striking out for | hla friend's abode, overtaken by lbs j rnln. at last to arrive ai his Intended abiding pis e to discover tie has the , along hays, ohlch u*,es*l»*ted his : > limbing into the house Ilk* a burglar, Imagine blm piling into the hist bed be | < tuies la. very soon sinking off into (he j untroubled slumber ef ib< Innocent gl i bear!, le be awakened ni I be peep of I dev by a something tumbling down ' lb* sbimney, Not a hobgoblin I bat aero better but a young women be spsaterod and grimy, but still n young OKTTINU IN I.IKK A It! HOI.AM my ImxI> 4r««n taut Malcbiug tut what? I 414 hot know 8«m<-thing Uaynnd, Iwhiu.l »k- rain I’ban I kaar.l i It A aound dlaltml from Ilia rain patter V auu.td emanating from our Ullla drawing room a aeraptng, draw 1 lag annnd It tau** (rum tha (rant port Urn I knew aonteun* a na tolling thiough tha Venetian blind* Inin the hnnaa ti> Inlntaat doubt tanlahad I art. whan I nnmialahnMy haard tha I blind* iraggad t«a*k and th* await rraah i u It wna pttabad up Mouauna a a* •atarlng lb* hen**' I hi* paraaa. wka mi ‘ an*, hnaw of at) btuthnr a ah woman, and one probably more dead than alive. Imagine It all If you aao, for that la what happened to the mla gntded young man. who held me acroea hla knee* and wiped the blood from my broken forehead on that meuorabla St. Valentine's morning. Imagine It. aud tell me If men through atupldlty don't cauae half of all the trouble In the werld. We ex plained It all to each other aa beat wa could, for I waa really III, and quit# ready to go off Into anothar awoon. When the aet vant girl came he went for the doctor, and Mary got me to bed, HU k came at noon, and waa horrified at what had happened. Hut the doctor find pronounced me more frightened than hurt; an t really, but (or the dread rui cold I hud caught, and triy wounaeu forehead, It did not amount to any thing, and noon became a tremendous joke. And It turned out that this friend of Dick's, whose arijiialnlunce I made In such an unconventional fashion, was the very client whose money I de f ended. And It also came shout that that—, he that j that we have we have grown to know each other very well; and Dick Dick la to look out for an other co-operator before next fall; be ausc well, for reasons best known to myself, 1SSUI6L Winds that roam, with a homeless sound, Coder a sky all leaden gray. I« « on runnel, and snow on ground; Leafless branches that bleakly sway In winter days, for hearts that plna, Mast thou no balm, Halnt Valentine! Where are the crickets' castanets, Where are the sougshlrds’ melodic floods? Where now slumber the violet, Where hide the pussy willow buds?— , Whisper within this ear of mine Such secrets, kind Saint Valenttnel , Alas! the saint (ball never Mil The mystery of all these things; Yet round one bis name weaves a spell, Charming as waft of elfln wings. Whence lads and lassies may divine The presence of Saint Valentine, Kind Is he, yes, but old, they say, With hair and heard like yonder anow. I'erhaps young folks would feel dismay, Were he to them bis face to show. When they, with wax or glided twine. Deal nilsalvee marked "Saint Valen tine!" Hush! through the frosty atmosphere What steals lo earth? A radiant boy! Whose eyes do look so sweetly queer They make one blush yet All with Joy Ha, ha! Come quaff, In sparkling wine, Good health to rare Saint Valentine! The first Valentine. My sister Sue has seven now. And Antoinette ha* nine; I wonder If the next will be My own dear valentine? I've watched the postman most all day, And now It’s nearly eight; 1 go to bed at seven; this once Mamma said I might watt. He's coming ’round the corner now; Oh, dear! he’s going past! No, no! he’s coming In to bring My valentine at last. I know It must be mlue this time; It Is! It’s ’dressed to me— "Miss Dorothea Helen Brown,” As plain as It can be. It's Just as pretty as a pink. With angel boys with wings, And rosy wreaths and ribbon knots, And hearts and other things. • \SIt MIVRt.Y UOI.II LA'.’f ON TtIK Koaa.M Ami |«tv«l> *»I4 U • “» «•»* "4*«. Vml r»l'» In lilt*. II '*M| l*tv«, I U**# but ibM. Thl faithful vtlrallM " M» •latai* *04 that »*l*n..u#a W*H«I f«>r IHU* ■ >•»*, W hu.« 4!•«••* 414 Ml r*««b !*•»» Wb« •«•» than b«ir m II.,I | 4a« I ««N lb»» h*»*» i #»* t l»*i • half •« «Im a* a»u»». Ilua §1*4 I am l a* *14 a«*«§h fa h«>* a talaaOaal I.IRCOI.R AH A unorRR I CI.F.RH Ills Sense u( < hl«slr> n ml l.o*» ol I'al ‘ OenlliiK. The precise (Into of the opening of Denton on ill's store Is not known. W# only know llmt on July R, I Kit. the county conimlssloners ’court of Hangu inou county granted Offut a license to retnll merchandise nt New Hiilem; for which he pit id $5, a fen which sup- , posed him to hnve ll.isst worth of ( good* In stock. When the oxen nnd | their drivers returned with the goods, I the store wiis opened In u littlu log I house on Hie Drink of the hill, nlliiost over the river. The frontier store tilled u uiihpie I place. I’sunlly It was a general store, ami oil Its shelles were found most of the articles needed In n community of pioneers, Hut to Is* a place for the sale of dry good* and groceries was not It* only function, II was a kind of i .*..,1 ei .,ImI .,ni>ton If u a M ' the common meeting place of tho | for mem, tin* happy refuge of tho vll ; Inge lounger*. No Miihjeel was on j known there. The hohltlle* of the | place were «><|milly ,it home In (Hiking j politics, religion or aport Mtorlc* wore , told. Joke* were cracked nml laughed ol. mikI tlx1 new* contained In the Int eai netvapoper iliullng It* way Into the wlldcrne** wtta discussed. Much n ■tore wua ihut of I ten ton offnli. I>l» coin could hardly have chosen aur roiiudliiga more favorable to the hlgli eat ilevelopuielll of the art of atory telling ,11ml he had not been there long before Ida reputation for drollery wo* | catnhllahed. A mu 11 eiime Into the atore one day, who uacd profane language lu the preaetiee of iadlea. I,ltn oln naked him to atop; hut the maa persisted, a wear ing Hint nobody ahoulil prevent Ida Haying what lie wanted to. The wo men gone .the man began fo almae f.lneoin ao hotly that the hitler Dim lly •aid. coolly; "Well, If you tnuat he whipped, I aitppoae I might aa well whip you aa any other man," and, go Ing out doom with the fellow, he threw him on the ground and rubbed arnartweed lu Ida rye* until be I tel lowd for mercy. New Haleru'* aenae of chivalry waa touched, and cut hit*! aarn over Lincoln Irureaaed HI* honcaty excited no lea* admlra , tlon. Two Incident* acctn to have par- ; tlcularly Imjtreaaed the community. Having diaeovered, on one occasion, that he had taken it M cent* too much from a customer, he walked three 1 mile* that evening after Id* atore waa j closed, to return the money. Again. 1 tie weighed out half a pound of ten. aa 1 he *uplumed. It waa night, and thla I waa the laat thing he did before eloa ; lug up. On entering lu the morning, he diaeovered a four ounce weight on ; the aeylea. He aaw hi* mlalake. and | dual rig up ahop. hurried off to deliver . the remainder of the lea. Mef'lure'a Magar.ine. xoiaKi.Ksa MArHiMica Uearlnga of Hanbldi' aupplaiiOe* Metal abaftltiK , Every day aeea an lncreaae In the uae of modern raw hide gearing* tie cause of their many excellent advant age*. A striking lllualratlon of their operation la afforded at the plant of 1 the American Hook company In New York. In tlielr new building on Wuah Ington Hfjuare, all tin* preaaea, fold Ing machine*, euttera, etc,, are op crated each by a separate electric mo tor. The speed of iln< preaaea la adapted to different kind* of work by ehanging the pinion* In the motor abaft*, wbleh engage with Hie ojaTUt , ing gear of the prcaa, the motor being , adjustable lu poaltlon to an extent i sufficient to eompeiiaate for the differ cnee In diameter. On machine* where no other gear • Ing la employed there I* no noiae be yield a aoft purr, while on the preaaea and other machine* where metal gear* , are lined lu contact the contrast be- i tween the nolac of the ordinary and the smooth, <|ulet running of the raw : hide gear I* ao decided a* to Impress one very forcibly with the advantage which a pres* (Itted with raw-hide plnlona throughout would posse**. Uawhlde aa a material for geara ha* j been through the experimental atugc j and lta practicability and durability j la an established fact. Hy coinpre* all,11 ami elimination, In the pria-ea* by ; which the pinions referred to are man 1 llfaetured, the dlaea of which the gear blank I* matle up are rendered more like horn than leather In tlielr com noaitiou. retaining, however, a tough I lies* which allow* i hem to hem! double without cracking. They run without . lubrication, and In the plant referred 1 to above ahow no deterioration after '■ neveral month* of uae. Their extern I xlve uae In at reel railway work la a aulftelcut demouairatlon of their dura bllli.v. There are many direction* In which their uae can be extended to advantage. Power. Kaiiulmnu Hulaa. Hy far the um*, Interenllhg rtiina on the roast wen* thoae we found near the entrance to Nnchevaek bay. It waa evident, from their appearance. ! that tliey had never been vlalled hy dew*cratmg atrangere. ami even the native* dl*c la lined all knowledge of them I pon a uarrow atrip of beach at the foot of a pre< IpItotiM ravine, culling the creat of the mountain . bit* which oveilmug the aca. half burled III alilu gli * amf weighted with a coveting or heavy turf anil lima*, are the well pi exerted remain* of what waa uuce l he i evidence of a poptilotl* Irlltc I lie main end am e hail l**en formed liV veiling Hit'll end the h'Wer jaw h<me* iif a w hale Thla led Into a Install p.i ■«**•' way'. fr»m vvtilch *mall i er one brain lied ai irregular Inletv ala and which terminated at the varhmai family apartment* or hahltat ana \V halea’ IhiKch eutervd large') into (lie cooattm tlou »f lie vv hole, no tilt er mitlerlal having Iteeu vitusl (nr anp |M<rt» .Nat him k la far l*')>>ttd the imriheru tree IImil ef the eoa*l ami lhe»e were tlovibih-* 'he test aitleMl I ni, h fur HioIh i« w hb h t twdd lie pro i i|i,,,| fur live put|to*t the vertebrae of whale* had I wen u*.*! a* attn.i# and tor «arietta other purientea, the frame work of kavirfc* ami hum*'lira »kln IhnM« a*d aiedgea were if l«*ne ami lo.ru, the weapon* amt Imph-mrul* one of ahm# lame in>rn and Ivory MnM||j| of lh***e were preaeOI la have j rtlled a aMp ,1ml m»t * w rap of Im« to oiher meial co«M *» fmm nutlu* Nervous People wonder wliy their nerve* aro so weak j why they get tired »o easily, why they do not sleep naturally i why they have frequent head ache*. ludlgeiitloii ittul Nervous Dyspepsia. 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