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CHAPTER III. (Continued.)
Only George docs not tell Barbara
of (i grim Bhndow thnt haunts him
night and day n shadow so grim and
black even hie love for Barbara cannot
make him forget It, a trouble bo dark
he dare not face his mother's gentle
eyes a trouble he locks In his own
heart, while day by day the end comes
nearer. Even If he told Barbara sho
would not understand. Racing debts
and promissory notes would be Greek
nnd Latin to her. But by degrees
George becomes graver and quieter;
his sunny smile Is forced sometimes,
and his light-hearted gaiety seems to
have deserted him. And then Mrs.
Bouverlc falls 111 so ill that any
shock or worry might be fatal and
George sits and looks at her with a
lump In his throat and wet eyes. And
now his heart Is breaking with his
own troubles, a sea of debt Is engulf
ing him. In a month u bill for one
hundred pounds falls due, and he has
nothing to meet It with, his own al
lowance anticipated long ago, and tho
mother who might have helped him
lying too III to care now.
"No incitement," the doctors say.
"The least shock would prove fatal."
No wonder George Bouverlc looks
miserable, nnd his face has a drawn,
gray look. Dishonor Is an ugly word,
and that Is what It will mean. Tho
man who had helped him Into tho
mess will not help him out of it. Ho
has left the country, and George has
to bear it nil alone.
How to get n hundred pounds? That
is the problem that haunts George
Uouverle with n sick agony of uneasi
ness that will not bo quieted. It Is
nlwnya there the certainty of ruin
and the shame of It Is horrible.
Money, borrowed to pay his racing
tlebts. It seemed so easy at the time,
and three months seemed such a long
way off. He would be sure to have a
run of luck nnd be nble to pay. But
the man who had lent him his name
has gone, nnd George has no means of
procuring a hundred pounds. With a
sinking heart, he remembers with a
blush that scorches his cheek that his
mother's income is very slender. She
had given nearly nil to him, saying,
in her sweet, lovable way:
"What can an old woman like me
want? A young man must have pocket
money."
"If she had only been harder on me
when I was a little chap," groans
George now, realizing too lute that his
own way has not been a good way
Even Barbara cannot comfort him
now.
The winter has worn Itself away nnd
March has come March that has more
of the shy witching of April than the
usual boisterous month thnt proverbi
ally enters as a Hon.
Still no answer from Tasmania.
Does Mr. Savllle also mean to Ignore
the engagement? It were hard to say,
but It looks like it.
Mrs. Uouverle slowly creeps back
from the borders of tho shadow land,
nnd George keeps hi? misery to him
self, while the day of reckoning draws
nearer nnd nenrer.
Today tho lovers have met. Uar
bara has ridden over on her bicycle to
nsk for Mrs. Uouverle, and Georgo
walks with hor down the avenue. Bar
bara cannot fall to notice his dejected
manner, the look of trouble that
blots the sunshine from his face.
They stand together In the sunshine
and the light falls on their young
faces, nnd out across the lawn tho
sunbeams touch the daffodils.
Barbara looks at them with a smile.
"I nlways think of Wordsworth's
lines," she says, and quotes them
softly:
"Tho waves beside them danced; but
they
Outdid tho sparkling waves In glee.
A poet could not but be gay
In Buch a Jocund company.
I gazed nnd gazed, but little thought
What wealth the show to mo had
brought."
George only sighs.
She slips her hand into his as ho
wheels her bicycle beside her.
"Poor Georgo, it must havo been
such an anxious time for you; but
your mother Is better, really better,
now."
"Yes," ho says, moodlly.looklng with
unseeing eyes at tho nodding, dancing
daffodils, and drawing another long
sigh. Then his eyes rest on her fnce,
with a sudden agony of regret sho can
not fathom.
"Barbara, my darling, I nm not
worthy of you!" ho exclalms.In a voice
that speaks of desperation.
She lifts sweet, smiling eyes.
"You must not say that, ueorge;
but, dear, why do you look so un
happy?" "I can't help It!" he bursts out.
"Barbara, I am a most unlucky fel
low. Dear, it would bo better for you
If you never saw mo again."
She looks half frightened, but her
hand creeps closer into his palm.
"Thcro isn't any fresh troublo, is
thero?" she asks, noting all at onco the
haggard look In his face.
Then he tells her suddenly and
abruptly, nlmost roughly, making tho
worst of It almost In his self-reproach
nnd misery, sparing himself nothing,
pouring It all out In a whirlwind of de
spair. "Now you know tho sort of man you
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with sudden flerconoss. "A gambler,
nnd n gambler who cannot meet his
engagements! No Bouverlc ever dis
graced himself like that before. You
had better say good-by to me, Bar
bara. Your aunt was right I am not
fit match for you!"
Barbara's cheeks arc pale enough
now.
Georgo lenns the bicycle ngnlnst n
tree, and leads her across the grans to
a wood, where the green moss grows
In feathery tufts like sofa pillows, and
where here and there the celandine Is
lifting its sparkling, sprlng-llkc face,
the birds filling the air with song. All
the world appears full of hopo and
promise; hope seems everywhere but
in the heart of George Uouverle.
Barbara's eyes arc slowly filling
with tears, but what Is that In wom
an's love that makes her then moro
tender to the erring nnd moro lenient
to the failures, s ready to forgive?
She and Georgo nave seated them
selves on n fallen tree, and hIic Is tho
comforter. His hand is held to her
bosom, her face, full of love and pity,
Is upturned, with the tears quivering
on her Inslies.
"I feel as If I could shoot myself!"
Georgo cries passionately. "Sweet
heart, I have only brought sorrow on
you."
Barbara looks nt him bravely.
"George, when I promised to mnrry
you, it was to be for better, for worse.
It Is the same as if we were married
now. I nm glad you have told me
your trouble. It Is very drendful; 1
hardly understand what It means; but,
my dearest, I will help you to bear
It."
How sweet are her words, how earn
est the pure and lovely fuce!
Geoige only groan".
Barbara does not know of the mlro
of difficulties that so nearly submerge
him.
He turns his haggard gaze on her.
"Nothing can help mo, unless I get a
hundred pounds; nnd whnt I feel most
is what this will mean to my poor
mother."
He might havo thought of this bo
fore, but Barbara does not say so; on
ly leans her cheek against his shoul
der, and looks away at tho golden sea
of daffodils that flutter so gaily In tho
March sunshine.
"I would rather release you," Georgo
snyB huskily, "I shall have to go
abroad or somewhere."
"I will go with you," Uarbara says,
in a sweet, unsteady voice. "You
cannot give me up, George, for I won't
be given up unless you do not caro for
me any longer."
"I must love you till I die!" cries
poor George, love and remorse mnking
him well-nigh despernte.
But even Barbara cannot rnlso his
spirits. Nothing can lift tho gloom
from his face. A trouble llko this takes
the life out of a man. Tho girl puts
her arm about his neck and draws
his grave, unhappy face down to hers.
"George, after this you will never
bet on those horrid horses again?
Onco this trouble passes away and It
will pass, dear you will be brave. I
think, George Oh, I don't know
how to say It! But do you remember
tho preacher In the square? Ho said
God will help people to resist tempta
tion even in the little things of every
day life."
"That Is rubbish!" George returns,
answering her caress. "My old mother
talks that sort of nonsense. I don't
believe she buys a new bonnet with
out asking for guidance as to tho
color of tho ribbon." Ho laughs a
mirthless laugh. "It stands to reason,
darling. I don't look on a mess llko
mine as what mother calls a chasten
ing of tho Lord. I have brought It all
on myself, worse' luck! nnd I don't
expect n miracle to get mo out of tho
hold. My Barbara, my own love,
you've lost your henrt to a worthless
sort of chap. Even Sebastian Savllle
but, no! I would hang myself If you
were his wife!"
Tho misery seems darkening every
moment. That awful promissory note,
given to pay that wretched racing
debt, is ever In his mind. Not even
Barbara's love can help him now!
Ho stands up, a tall, splendid figure,
In tweed knickerbockers; so goodly to
look upon, so wretched nnd unhappy,
as his haggard face shows.
"I have only nbout a fortnight," ho
says, as together they walk back to
where Barbara left her bicycle. "After
that, oh, my darling, what am I to
do?"
Barbara's heart echoes the cry. Her'
face Is as sad as his as sho wheels
away in tho sunlight; and Georgo,
thrusting his hands In his pockets nnd
sinking his head on his chest, walks
slowly back to tho house.
CHAPTER IV.
Mr. Savlllo'B answer lias come. It
Is not in tho lenst what Uarbara ex
pected. It is n very short letter, and
out of It falls a cheque for two hun
dred pounds. And there Is nothing
nbout her engagement at all, except ft
casual allusion to tho danger of flirta
tions that can end in nothing. And
Barbara is to como out to Tasmania at
once, by tho next steamer that sails
after she receives tho letter. Tho two
hundred pounds is to purchase an out-
fit and defray the oxprnsoa of the voy
age. Mrs. Savllle nlso receives a letter,
which Is possibly moro lengthy, nnd
mny contain more Information than
the communication to Barbara, in
which her father only says he Is lonely
nnd wants her to mnnago his house
hold for him.
Mrs. Savlllo looks keenly at her
niece ns she sees hor reading tho let
ter, while the color forsakes her face.
And Scbnstlon watches Barbara, too.
"Father wants me to go out to him,"
Barbara says, lifting her groat, trou
bled eyes. In her heart sho knows
that this command 13 only to scparato
her from George.
Mrs. Savllle folds up her own letter.
"Yes, so your father Bays. He thlnkB
you aro old enough now to be nt tho
head of his house; but we will miss
you, dear. And 1 see he expects you
to start at once. He mentions tho
steamer that some friends of his nro
going out by. Every thing will bo
dreadfully hurried. We must go to
London In a day or so and get your
things."
Barbara sits white nnd miserable.
To lenvc George, that Is her ono
thought to put thousands of miles be
tween them! Tho thought Is intoler
able; but not till breakfast is over,
and Sebastian, with another Incompre
hensible look, has lounged out of tho
room, docs Barbnra speak. Then sho
looks nt her aunt.
"Aunt Julia, does fnther say nothing
nbout George? You know wo nro en
gaged." Mrs. Savllle smiles rather provok
ingly. "I do not think your father has nny
objection to your considering yourself
engaged. He hardly mentions the sub
ject. Barbara's color rises. She Is to bo
treated as a child, then, who has set
ItH heart on possessing tho moon, and
every one knows It is nonsense!
"I will go out to father ua ho
wishes," she says, proudly, "but when
I am of ago I will marry Georgo Uou
verle; so there will only be n year to
wait, and then nobody can make any
objection.
"I was not nwaro that any ono had
objected," Mrs. Savlllo returns. "I
havo not tried to prevent your engag
ing yourself to nny one.
Barbnra's lip quivers. This tacit
ignoring of her engagement is hard to
bear.
Mrs. Savllle, who has no sympathy
with her, proceeds to discuss Bar
bara's clothes.
"You will want somo gowns," Bho
snys. "I am sure I do not know what
kind of things you will want. I bo
lleve it is n nlco climate; but I fancy
some one told mo there is always east
wind, and that Is so trying.
But Barbara can take no Interest in
her clothes.
"I havo plenty of things. I Bhnll
only get a deck chair," Bhe says, al
most crossly, for thlo banishment to
tho other side of tho world Is very
hard to endure. Besides, her nerves
nro on tho rack on account of Georgo
Uouvcrlo's troubles.
"Your father has Bent you a check
for your expenses," Mrs. Savlllo Bays
presently. And Uarbara says "Yes,"
und no more.
Mrs. Savlllo gathers up her letters
and rises from tho tabic.
"I must go and tell Mason to com
mence packing. Really, It Is hardly
fair to make you start at a minute's
notice; but tho steamer your father
names sails In n few days, and wo
have to meet theso people who aro to
take care of you."
Uarbara bursts Into tears. Sho la
stung to a pitch of excitement, nnd can
only realize tho ono nwful fact sho
must say good-by to Georgo and leavo
him In his trouble.
"My dear, there Is nothing to cry
for," Mrs. Savlllo Bays, crossing tho
room In her trailing gnrments, and
leaving It as Sebastian enters.
(To bo Continued.)
Origin of VUltlng Card.
"The use of visiting cards dates back
to quite an antiquity," explains Mrs.
Van Koert Schuyler, in tho Ladles'
Homo Journal. "Formorly tho porter
at tho lodge or door of great houses
kept a visitors' book, In which he
scrawled his Idea of the names of thoso
who called upon tho master and his
family, and to whoso Inspection it was
submitted from time to time. Ono fino
gentleman, n scion of the nobility from
tho Faubourg St. Germain, was
shocked to find that his porter kept
so poor a register of tho nnmes of
those who had called upon him. The
names, badly written with spluttering
pen and pale or muddy Ink, suggested
to him tho idea of writing his own
name upon slips of paper or bits of
cardboard In advance of calling upon
his neighbors, lest his namo should
faro as badly at tho hands of their
porters. This custom soon became
generally established."
Flno Harcmtn.
Four or five drummers, after their
day'B work was over and their din
ners stored away, wero talking about
tho various cities of the United States
which they had visited In tho course
of their business experience. New
York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Bos
ton wero left in tho list of tho unde
cided when a New York man appealed
to a veteran who had been reading a
newspaper during tho discussion. "You
know tho country pretty well, I guess,
major?" said tho Now Yorker. "Fairly,
I should say," was the reply. "I'vo
been traveling over it for thirty
years." "Well, what would you say
was the be fit town In tho United
StatesT" "Chicago," responded tho
major, pttimptly. "Aw," expostulated
the New Yorker, "wo don't mean mor
ally," whereupon tho major hostonod
to apologize. Washington Star.
IS READNO YIELD
Krugcr Said to Have Made DiV
rcct PJca for Peace,
A TELEGRAM TO LORD SALISBURY
Contents Kepi ft Secret, Hut Sentiment
llnmlilo Aimuer I Already Knonn
Nothing I. rim Thnn I'nroudltlon-
t Surrender Other Norn.
A London, Mny 21 dispatch snys:
Displayed in the most conspicuous
btylo In the Dally Express In tho domi
nant news of the morning;
"Y have the best of reasons for
stating that in the Inst twenty-four
hours a telegram hits been received nt
the foreign office, addressed privately
to the prime minister, from President
Krugcr, proposing terms of jk'Ucc.
"The exact terms of the ini'SMigo can
not be stated, but we believe. It Is
couched In an exceedingly humble
(train."
It Is Inconceivable, of course, that
Lord Salisbury can huvo sent any re
ply except the one tlmt stands ready
on the lip of every Briton uncondi
tional surrender.
HE KILLED CHILDREN
Negro OimrreU With III AVI.'o
unit
Murder Two l.lttlu Duel.
Frenzied by u jealous quarrel with
his wife, Calvin Klmblern, colored, for
merly a corporal In company M, Twon-ty-llftli
Culled Slates Infantry, at
Pueblo, Colo., shot his wife twice nnd
then deliberately put a revolver to the
bends fourteen-year-old Ethel Straus
sen and eleven-year-old Jessie, M.
Sknggs an 1 fired, hilling the latter
girl Instantly, tho other girl living for
home hours. Tho couple went em
ployed at the Fries orphans' home, of
which the dead children were luuiatcs.
Searching parties nro out, and if found
Kimblcrn will be lynched.
YOUNG COIL GAINS LIBERTY
Bonn to bo Itelcuaed From tho Nelirnnlia
I'enltentlury.
George Coil, a young man recently
convicted of the murder of Tom Ryan
on the range in Dawes county, and
tnkcu to the penitentiary at Lincoln,
has been given the privilege of his lib
erty upon a 810,000 bond by the su
preme court until that body can pass
upon the question of rehearing. The
bond was signed by a number of influ
ential stockmen of Dawes county in
the sum of S.'tO.OOO, nnd was promptly
approved.
Wu I'laln M tinier.
The Inquest held over the body of
Alois Stnudcnmnycr, who was found
dead ten miles east of Ilnrrlbon, Neb.,
disclosed the fact that be was mur
dered and literally shot full of holes.
Thero were eleven wounds on the body
produced by live shots from n 45-oall-brc
rille or revolver.
There is no tangible clue as to tho
murderer, though every effort possible
has been made by the authorities to
ferret the matter out. The dead man
had two or three personal enemies and
It is not improbable thnt one of these
may be the guilty one, as there could
be no other motive for the murder.
Mj-ntcrlom Tnigmly In Mcinphl, Tenn
At an early hour last Saturday
morning tho dead bodies of Henry
Rciehmanu of Memphis and Mrs. Lily
RadnUin, wife of n newspaper man of
Forest City, Ark., were found in the
women's apartments on Jefferson ave
nue, Memphis, Tenn. Reiehmann had
been shot three times, while the wom
an's body received ono bullet. The
affair is shrowded in mystery. No
weapon was found about tho premises
nnd it is believed to be a case of mur
der. Smith Ntlcks to Maglnnli.
Governor Smith readied Helena,
Mont., Saturday and affixed his signa
ture U. the commission of Major Martin
Maginnls, who leave for Washington
and present it to tho sennte. Concern
ing the appointment Governor Smith
said:
"If the senate adopts the committee
resolution and decides that Clark was
never legally elected and had nothing
resign, then my appointment of Major
Maginnls may not be recognized."
Murilerou Aiiault by Trninni.
Two negro tramps made a murder
ous assault on Leslie Ferguson, the
night man nt the Hastings, Neb., gas
works. While lie wus shoveling coal
one of them struck him on the head
with borne heavy instrument, but
failed to I' nock him down. Ho turned
on them with his scoop, and after a
lively fight for a minute or two they
ran.
Granite Strike nt nu Knri.
The granite btrlke inaugurated at
Wcstcrley, R. I., In March for an
eight-hour day nt 83.00, has been set
tled and the granite plants will reopen
employing all hands. Eight hours is
to constitute a day's work, with 35
cents per hour minimum wages for
competent men.
Feur of Iluboulo l'lugue.
Assistant Surgeon A. S. Lloyd of the
United States Marine hospital at Chi
cago has been ordered to San Francis
co to assist in the work of preventing
the spread of tho bubonic plague if It
should break out. Assistant Surgeon
Araessn of Detroit has left for Hono
lulu on a similar mission.
Golf In Lincoln.
A golf club has been organized in
Lincoln, grounds have been secured,
and an expert will be on hand to lay
the grounds out and teach the club
bow to play.
MAKES A FULL CONFESSION
NoriTeEliin Murderer Till of Crime
Allium! Itm t'rliu Hurl,
A dispatch received at Stockholm.
Sweden, from Kskllstavln, says that
Philip Nordlund, who was arrested
there, has now fully confessed that he
deliberately planned the crime ho com
mitted tin board the stenmcr Prlns
Karl when he murdered seven men and,
wounded live others, a woman and a
boy, after which he escaped In a boat
at Kopitig.
He says he deliberately planned the
crimes and bought the revolvers with
the express Intention of robbing an
other steamer at Orobro, after killing
those on board, but be changed lils
mind nnd boarded the Prlns Karl.
The prisoner said that he regretted,
not having recognized the policemen
who arrested him, us otherwise he
would have shot them, lie also ex
pressed regret at the fact that be had
not'klllcd every one on board the Prliis
Karl, emphatically fouled he was In
sane, and asserted he committed the,
murders In order to avenge himself on
mankind.
AGUINALDO IS ALIVE
laiuri l'roiUnintloii UreliiR l'llliliion to
Keep up the Wnrfnre.
A proclamation purporting to have
been issued by Agulnnldo, dated May
4, from Plllllo Island, one, of tho Phil
ippine group, east of Luzon, is circulat
ing In Manila. It says the commission
appointed by President McKluley wus'
appointed without the authorization
of congress and that, hence, It cannot!
treat officially. It urges the Filipinos
not to surrender thei- arms at the
instigation of the commission and on
promises which congress may not ratify
and also urges the Filipinos to en
thusiastically welcome the commission
when It arrives in the town and prov
inces, asking boldly for the form of
government they most desire, as the
Americans permit freedom of speech.
The proclamation closes with asking
the Filipinos to still strive, for liberty
and Independence and again warns the
commission against deception.
Student filed In i Heap.
What might have proved a serious
accident happened at Weeping Water.
Arrangements had been made to nave
the pictures of the scholars taken and
for that purpose n tier of seats hud
been arranged near the school house.
About one hundred had taken their
places on the scats when one of the
braces sunk Into the soft earth and the
whole thing gave way and came down
with a crash piling scholars and seats
In n confused mass on the ground.
Miss Kttn Fowler, one of the grad
uates, bad one ankle badly sprained,
but no bones were broken, and with
this exception no one was hurt.
Itupld Hpreud of Cholera.
A special dispatch from Hyderabad,
uotlnir tho rapid spread of cholera,
says: "In one division no fewer than
forty-live famine camps have been at
tacked by the pestilence. The most
virulent type Is nt Gujerat, where
many thousands have perished. In the
(lodhra camp alone there have been
thousands of victims. An appalling
lots of life seems inevitable."
lliirue Hound Over.
C. E. Barnes was bound over to the
district court in the sum of S'-'OO at
Fremont, Neb., charged with obtain
ing money under false pretenses.
Barnes1 alleged game was far from bad
while it lasted. Last March he eon
trncted to furnish 100,000 bushels of
corn to the Omaha Klevator company
and was advanced 8M). He didn't de
liver the goods.
liny Smothered In a Cave.
Sldnev Phillips, an eleveu-year-old
boy, was smothered in n cave at Sid
ney, Neb. He and a companion had
dug a hole in a sand brink and while
he was in the cave alone the earth
gave wuy and covered him with nearly
four feet of dirt. Aid was hastily sum
moned and the dirt removed, but when
the body wns found life was extinct.
Filipino Ambuih Scout.
Five hundred insurgents, half of
whom were armed with rifles, ambush
ed eighty hcouts of the Fortieth volun
teer infantry in the hills near Quasan,
in the northern part of Mlndanano.
The Americaus routed the natives kill
ing forty-one.
The Amerlcnns casualties were two
killed and three wounded.
Sheriff After Mnier.
Sheriff Mount of Tazewell county,
Illinois, has gone to Salt Lake City,
Utah, to get Sam Moscr, the man who,
nt Tremont, 111., killed his wife and
three children. Moser tried to kill
himself at Salt Lake City, but failed.
He then confessed who he was and tho
authorities bent word to tho sheriff at
Tremont.
Fatal Fight.
W. M. Constant was shot and mor
tally wounded nt Chicago by Harry
Crawford of Rt. Louis In ft fight over a
woman, who claims to bo Constant's
wife, Sho is said to be a St. Louis
woman. Constant's father Is snid to be
a wealthy livery stable owner at
Springfield, 111.
Ktrlke Settled.
At a meeting of the electric workers'
union at Omaha, Neb., tho strike on
tho Thompson-Houston Electric com
pany wns declared off", tho troublo
having been settled and tho men re
turning to work for 82.00 per day of
nine hours. The building trades coun
cil was requested to place tho corpora
tion on the fair list.
It is reported from Clnrksvillo,'l. TM
that threo persons died there after
drinking a decoction supposed to bo
Jamaica ginger. Dr. Huffakcr 1b re
norted as among the dead.
TOWN HOLDS OUT
Mafcking Not Yet in (lie Hands
of the Doers,
TOWM MADE THE (ENTER OF INTEREST
Whole Wur Drnina Switched to lie
Uarrlanu IleKlecem I'ull Into
Trnp Colonel linden-I'o well
Ahle to Kxeeutn Coup.
Op
England still walls with Intense and
almost breathless Interest for the ncwsi
of the relief of Mafcking. A crowd)
remarknble for the number of men ini
evening dress and Including many la
dles, lingered around the war office'
even after midnight, hoping for homel
announcement. Only reluctantly did'
the people disperse when tho lobbies
of the wnr office were Dually cleared
with the word that nothing had been!
received.
Ono thing seems clear. The towni
till holds out. Were It otherwise tliO
noer wires laid to the camps of tho
bolcagucrs would have finished the
news. i
Skeleton messages from Lorcnro
Marques, bused upon Information that
leaked out at the Pretoria war office,
hIiow that the lloer stunners Saturday
fell Into a trnp. Colonel Baden-Pow
ell permitted them to seize, ono fortj
and he then surrounded and overborci
them before the largo forces near atl
hand prccelved tho strategy, it was
thus that Sard Kloff , President Krug
er's grandson, and part of his com
mando were taken and llfty Boers
killed.
Tho Canndlnn artillery contingent
of tho Rhodcsion force Is now reported
to have reached lluluwayo Mny 2.
The distance from lluluwayo to Mafc-
king is -ilK) miles. As the railway
was open all the way to Pitsnni, twenty-eight
miles from Mafcking, where
Colonel Plumer Is, the Canadians may
yet tuiie part In the relief.
General French, scouting northward
found the Boers In strong force nt
Rhconster's spruit, thirty nillos from
Kroanstad. Generals Botlia, I)clary,
and Olivier, with artillery, wero hold
ing tho position.
DESERTED BY HER HUSBAND
Omaha Woman Trie to Kill Ilenelf
and Child.
Mrs. Mary 'Crimes, living at 804H
South Thirteenth street, Omaha, Neb.,i
with her mother, attempted to commit
suicide by taking poison. When the
physiciun arrived tho delirious votnan
had her three-year-old child In her
lap trying to strangle It. Mrs. Crimes'
husband deserted her a year ago. Ill
ness and poverty are said to be tho
causes of the rash act. She may sur
vive, i
MUilnir Girl U Found.
Juno Welsh, a nine-year-old daugh
ter of E. Welsh, living one-half milo
west of Mil ford, was found ft short
distance beyond Ploasantdnlc, seven
miles nway. Wednesduy evening about
r o'clock she was seen playing on the
school grounds. About 0 o'clock her
patents became alarmed at her absence.
A search was instituted for her. The
tire bell was rung at 12 o'clock and the
whole town joined in tho work of find
ing the child. It is said the cause of
her leaving home was fear of punish
ment by her parents for some miscon
duct at school.
Ituui Avriiy From Itobhen. '
While tho through east-bound pass
.snger on the Texas & Pacific railway
was taking water at Glade creek, near
Longview, Tex,, an attempt wns mado
to rob the train by two men. Fireman
Dobbs was covered by pistol in the
hands of a man who ordered him to
get off the engine. Engineer Jaquish,
taking in the situation, opened wide
the throttle and dropped to the floor.
Neither of the robbers were able to
catch up with the train, but the fire
man caught the last car and all reached
St. Louis in safety.
Farmer Killed In a It una way.
John Reel, a highly respected and
leading farmer of Perry Precinct, Red
Willow county, wns killed in a runa
way accident on his farm, his neck be
ing broken. No one' saw the accident,
bo particulars are lacking. The re
mains were shipped to Grafton for
burial at that place, It being his former
home. '
I.etf Fearfully Mangled.
Plcnny Pickett, who lives Bouth of
Wilcox, Neb., got ono of his legs en
tangled In a rond grader which ho was
oreratlng a few days ago, horribly
mangling it. Dr. Lundbcrg of Hold
lege nttended him and though tho
tendons which support tho ankle were
torn, thinks he will recover the use of
the limb.
Woman lladly Injured.
Mrs. W. N. Cratty of Driftwood pre
etnet, Hitchcock countj, was severely
injured in a runaway on her way home
from McCook. She sustained a com
pound fracture of her right leg above
the ankle, the bones protruding
through the flesh, bhe was taken to
McCook for treatment.
Woman Kill Ilenelf.
Mrs. Phoebe A. Posson, a sister of
Congressman Albert J. Hopkins, shot
and killed herself nt her home in Ma
ple Park, Elgin, 111. Mrs. Posson had
been in ill health for some time, and
of late had been despondent over the
dcath'of her husband.
Guilty of Manslaughter.
A dispatch from Vienna, Illinois,
says that M L. Burnett nnd 0. M.
Karris, charged with tho murder of
John Maupin, August 10, 1800, were
found guilty of manslaughter and
fccnteuccd to ten years- ,
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