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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1900)
$ $ * ROD Gieverdaie's ' fldveotore , 4Slv : DV S < * * JnrclJV , lloplclilf * . T ? ite CopytlBhleJ. ISOB bjr Ilobcrt nonn r's Son- < . y fc viv. ? ? ? * ? * CHAPTER -Continued. ( . ) As neb , dressed in his picturesque Spanish rostumc , ntood on the dock , ho thought ho had never HCCII HO many villainous-looking men. They v/ould propel the large flat boats to the schooner's aide , make them fast and Jump aboard. Then the Made boat men and the crew of the "Ulnck Cat" would bo busy for a tlmo In trans ferring from the hul.l of the schooner to the boats the packages and cases and casks of the contraband cargo. Captain Torrevo was hero , there and everywhere , giving loud commands In h language that Rob did not under stand , and which would scarcely bo un derstood by any one whoso tongue was limited to the precise language of < uiy ono country. Captain Torrevo passed Rob ssvcral times without paying him any atten tion. What was Rob's great surprise , then , when the captain of the "Black Cat" suddenly turned on him with a frightful oath and struck him with a rope's end. "Will you do nothing ? " roared Cap tain Torrevo , In what appeared a most frightful rage. "Will you stand there , and mo trying to get unloaded ? Got to work there , or I'll kick you Into the wr.ter ! " Rob wag thunderstruck and terribly frightened. . "I'll do anything ! " ho cried. "Don't strike mo ! Tell mo what you want mete to do ! " "Get Into that boat. Do your share of the work ! Help carry the stuff to this cave ! " AB Rob , without trying to soften the terrific wrath of his seemingly cruel master , turned to obey , ho saw , standIng - Ing on the shore , a large , black horse. Upon this horse was seated u man of apparently fifty-five years of age. This 9 ffVff TfWW Iff WWFW W W W W | man's fnco that ho scorned to make the others gentle by comparison. "Hurry up , there ! " ho shouted In English , nourishing his whip. "Wo are being watched every day now. There may bn soldiers here any minute. Oct the stuff ashore In a hurry. " The men strained harder , anil soon the Hat nose of the boat was shoved up on the sand. The men leaped out , each one giving a quick look at the master , as If expecting every moment n cut with the heavy whip. "Hey , Torrovo , who Is this ? " ho shouted , pointing to Rob. "That fool of a nephew of mine , " shouted back the captain of the "Black Cat. " "Ho la no good , but he would make a trip with me. Whip him , If ho Is lazy. " Rob remembered what Torrevo had suld about his appearance as the nephew of the captain of "El Gate Negro , " and wondered If he , as Rob Clcvordale , had any more to fear than ho was getting as Torrcvo'n nephew. It seemed to bo the object of Torrevo to make him oiit as stupid and worthless as possible , and to give the English man the Impression that he hated his nephew. The men on the boat now began to pick tip their burdens , and poor Rob , not one-fifth as strong as ono of these felluwH , did the same. Ho unfortunate ly picked up a package that was too heavy for him , and staggered with It right before the tall , Satanic Individ ual , whom nil so palpably feared. In an Instant there was a swish , and the Englishman's whip came down on Rob's shoulders. "Get on with you ! " he said. "If you can't do bettor than that , what good arc you ? " Rob , not knowing but nn answer would bring him another blow , shut 1 v "GET ON WITH YOU ! " man was tall , and had a heavy beard. He was dressed In a well-fitting riding suit , with high boots. There was a look of masterful cruelty about him that made Rob shiver. Rob noticed that the blacks , and the crew of the "Black Cat" as well , shot glances of fear toward the calm and ipowurful-looklng man on horseback. Poor Rob did not know what to do first. All around him were groaning and chattering blacks , and the cruel , sharp words of Torrovo were ringing in his cars. "Take It ! Take It ! " said ono of the laborers to him , holding out a pack age. Rob tried to take It from the fellow and put It with others , as ho saw the men around him doing , but It was too heavy. He lot It fall , and there was the sound of breaking glass. Immediately the captain of the "Black , Cat" lot out a shrill yell of rage , and 'leaped into the boat. Ho gave Rob u vcut across the shoulders and oven on his face with the rope's end ho carried. Rob cried out with pain , but Torrovo 'cursed ' and struck him again. ' - "Cub ! Good for nothing ! " ho screamed , seemingly bealde himself with rage. "Will you break the cap tain's bottles ? Take that for your clumsiness. " The schooner was near enough to 'shore for the man on horseback to hear 'and see what was going on. Ho turned a calm , Impassive fnco toward the boat. "It's tlmt good-for-nothing nephew 'of mine , Senor Captain , " sang out Tor- Irevo. "Ho would go on a voyage with me , and what good Is he , except to Btr.il and llo and break things ? I'll break him I Come , toke this and see if you can break it ! " Rob tremblingly took the package from the dark hands that held It out to him , nnd succeeded In getting It in place without a mishap. In this way , with much roaring and cursing by Torrevo , the boat was load ed , and then started toward the shore. The tall man on the horse now got down on the ground , and stodd with a heavy whip in his hand and a ma levolent expression on his face. This , man was pyldently an Englishman 01 nn American. . Rob had thought the dark , nvil , ' ' .faces on th'o "Black C&f dreadful to look at , but there was something so utterly cruel in thh Ills teeth hard and took up a smaller package. With this , which ho could lust carry , ho fell Into lino. There was now a steady line of men jolng from the shore , whore two boats were unloading , over a ridge some few lundrcd feet off , up to which there was a constant rise. They disappeared over this ridge , and Rob wondered where they took the contraband goods. But ho was soon to find out. As part ) f the endless procession , with dark , shining bodies , before him , and others coming after him , ho walked up the slope , and at the summit of the ridge found that there was a steep descent on the other side. And down this there was a swampy plapc , toward which thu men went. They did not go Into the swamp , however. Turning ono side , they continued till they reached a spot where the side of the hill was almost straight. Hero there was a small open ing , almost hidden by a growth of trees and bushes. These were being held aside by men while the burden car riers went Into the opening. To ac complish this they were compelled to put the burden they carried on the ground , roll or push It In , nnd then got down on their knees and crawl In themselves. Rob did Just as ho had l seen the others do , and when he again stood upright ho found himself In a great cave , almost totally dark , with the men moving like spectres of dark ness here and there. After n few min i- utes ho managed to see a little , and then found that the cave ho was In was only ono of a series of vaulted caverns , leading back from the ridge toward 1 , and perhaps under , the water of the bay. There was a constant'slopo down ward , nnd Rob Judged that the bottom tom o.f the cave was at least fifty feet below tu > rver bed. From ono of the caverns men now came with to/ohes , and Rob saw that this strange place : was a vast storehouse of smuggled goods. Bales of tobacco lined ono rock room. Bales of silk and cloth filled another. Hero there were casks of brandy and , in another place a.quan- tlty pf liquor In bottles. There was wealth represented there stolen wealth-r-for , even if the smugglers had bought the goods honestly , they were stealing it into the country , which was in Itself dishonest. And If they would do this , no doubt they would steal It. and Rob did not doubt that the crow of the ' 'Black Cat" wore pirates as well as smugglers. CHAPTER VI. I/o / felt a thrill of apprehension as lie saw the black shadows cast by Iho blazing torches nnd heard the grumb ling tones of the moving men In that growsomo place. Oh ! What hiding places there wore among these piles of bales or In those black recesses of rock , whore ho could hear the con stant trickling of water from above ! Shivering , ho wont the -whole length of the place , deposited his burden , nnd followed the line of spectres out again. What glad sigh of rollcf escaped him as he breathed once more the fresh air outside. But there was no time to stop to enjoy It. The procession moved on , nnd Rob , with trembling limbs nnd perspiring brow , went back for another load. The boats had brought some casks from the schooner by this time , and these were to be taken Into the cave. It was hard work , and when Rob .aw Torrovo standing on shore by the side of the Englishman , his heart gave a bound of fear. What was the mystery of the hatred felt by these men toward himself ? Ho could not understand It. But It seemed certain that they wore bent on his destruction ; or , perhaps , he was to bo henceforth a slave. Per haps all these dark fellows were slaves. Rob did not know whether there were any slaves In South America now , but these men were slaves In reality , even If they were not such In name. And what would bo his own fate ? Again ho fell to work with th ? others , but could not resist sending a look of appeal Into the eyes of Tor revo. The captain of the "Black Cat" saw this , and saw also that at the same time the tall Englishman was looking at the boy. "Curse you ! " shouted Torrevo. "I will kill you yet ! " Ho struck him fiercely , and poor Rob , feeling now certain that the friendship Torrevo had shown on board the schopner was assumed , fell to work with a heart that was like a lump of load in his bosom. Ho helped roll a heavy keg to the opening , and was almost run down by It as It sped downward from the top of the ridge. A great , ugly fellow , half Indian and half negro , caught him in a powerful grasp and swung him out of the way to safety. "Oh , thank you ! " gasped poor Rob. "Uh ! No t'ank ! " said the black fel low , with a hideous grin. "Me no want to sec kill. Capltang Elvln him kill soon 'miff. " "Captain Elvln ! la that the man's name ? " "Ho ! Yes. Him Capltang 'Elvln. Him great man. Him chief all do gangs. Him kill you. " "Why does he want to kill me ? " asked Rob. "Urn ! Me not know. Look out , dat all. " Again Rob went Into the dark cav erns , doing his best toward his share of the work. But It was nn astonish ing fact that as soon ns they were out of sight over the ridge , no one cared whether he did any work or not. In fact , In the work of placing the casks , barrels and kegs , he was decidedly In the way of the experienced men , and they shoved him aside. While doing nothing he looked around the caverns , but was sure to follow the men of his gang out when they returned for another load. Four or five trips he made Into the caverns In tlils way , winning nothing but blows and kicks and curses from Torrevo , no matter how hard he worked. ( To bo continued. ) the Honors Up. It was at President Hndley's re ception that the following bit of con versation was overheard : Dr. Dwlght , turning to a prominent young alumnus of Yale , after greeting him with "Hel lo , classmate , " said something about his own very recent return from the country , adding afterward : "By the way , I owe ono of the New Haven- newspapers a grudge. It printed nn Horn about me some time ago to this effect : 'Ex-President Theodore Dwlght has Just returned from his summer home at Norfolk. ' Now , my name is Timothy , and my summer home Is at Lltchfleld. " "Well , that Is one of the things , at all events that can bo verv easily rectified , doctor , " said the alum nus pleasantly. "Yes , " replied the doctor , with a droll smile , "they might say. and I think It would bo satlsfnc- tory to me , that 'Prof. Alfred Hadley lias just been elected president of ail Institution at Waterbury. ' " New Haven Register. A Qnnkor Wedding. The Elic City ( Kan. ) Enterprise de scribes a Quaker wedding which took place In that city the other day. The bridal couple came Into the meeting house nnd took their seats all alone on the rostrum , while 200 people sat silently on the benches. After a long wait , during which not a sound was uttered , the groom arose and taking the brldo by the hand , said : "Friends , in the presence of God nnd before this assembly I take Marlette Stevens to bo my wife , promising with divine assist ance to be unto her a faithful husband until death shall separate us. " Then the brldo In llko manner promised to bo to him a loving and faithful w'fe ' , nnd the ceremony" over. Not Dm Flrxt Tlmo. Mrs. Qlllliin Now , Mrs. Wyckoff , wo really must say good-by. Dear , while you put your overcoat on , I want to toil Mrs. Wyckoff a secret. Mr. Gillian All rJ > ; ht I'll Just gb and get my hair cut and meet you at the corner. PICTOEAL CONTRASTS DIFFERENTCONDITIONS UNDER TWO ADMINISTRATIONS. ) lkui/ Heoncn of 1'orerlniul Hufferlnc tllvn I'lnco to ( Iriitlfylntj lt prciriitu- llou of tlio Splendid 1'roiperty Visible on ICrcrjr Ifnnd. This week's American Economist resents two illustrations which ; > roach a sermon and tell a story of ecullar Interest and significance. The Irst , a photographic reproduction of a cone of actual occurrence , brings Into 'low a condition which existed In Jan- lary , 1894 , less than a year after the naugurntlon of Grover Cleveland as resident of the United States. The ad ministration of President Cleveland vns distinctly committed to the policy f free trade , and from the moment ho result of the presidential election f November , 1892 , became known , the ountry began to feel the stress and trlngency of the changed industrial and economic outlook. A year and a quarter later , the period at which the cene portrayed In the first picture ccurred , the wage earners of the Unlt- d States were brought face to face with the disastrous consequences In volved in the triumph of free trade. Out of work , out o. ' money , their wives nd children suffering for lack of food ind clothing , e& urly thronged the laces where relief was dispensed. One among these nmuarous places was the Mew York Herald building , corner of Broadway and Ann street , where free lothlng was handed out to the needy , t was a charity which honored the generous proprietor of the Herald and which went far toward mitigating the sufferings of the poor in that uever- to-bo-forgotten free trade winter of 893-1894. The charity was the wor- hler on the part of the Herald , be cause of the element of reparation cn- oring into it. Come wo now to the second picture , which appears In the New York Her ald of Dec. G , 1899. Three years and a month have elapsed since the ver dict of the people at the presidential election ( of November , 1896 , was raado known in favor of a protective tariff , nstead of the dismal scenes of poverty seeking the dole of free soup and free lothlng , we have a picture of Uncle Sam , his features expressing supreme gratification , standing by the side of a chimney in whoso dense mass of escap ing smoke are seen , the outlines of the word "PROSPERITY , " wh'llo a huge placard announces the fact that Daring : Uio pnst week the wages of .00,700 operatives In l > 'nll Itlver , Lowell nnd New Hertford IIHTQ been advanced 10 per cent. The New York Herald was for many years a strenuous advocate of free trade for the United States. It is not so strenuous now. Otherwise it would hardly have furnished the second pic ture of a pair which toll so vividly and so convincingly the story of contrastIng - Ing conditions under two administra tions. BARGAIN COUNTER THEORY. Our Product ) ! Nut Sold Abroad for I.can Tliun at Home. One of the arguments most generally urged against the protective tariff sys tem by its opponents is that American products are frequently sold to foreign consumers for less than they arc soli at home. The same objection might ba urged against the bargain counter sales of the American merchant , lie has a surplus and cannot afford to hold it over until the next season , to be put up in competition with new arid fresh goods , even of the same manufacture The bargain day sales of the mer chant do not affect thu salaries of his employes , they arc of sonic benefit to those who buy , and although they may not add to the prollt side of the mer chant's account , they at least save him from loss. The manufacturer cannot exactly es timate the quantity of goods he can sell during the season , but he knows ho must have enough , and ho further more feels that ho is in duty boimd.to furnish his employes full employment , and therefore lets his mills go full time. If ho has a surplus and can dis pose of It at cost In a foreign country it saves him from loss , helps the pur chaser to the extent of reduction in price , and above all , enables him to give his labor full employment. Is there anything wrong in the FREE TRADE MEANT FREE CLOTHING. Result of the Now York Herald's Tea chlng The Distribution of Free Clothing - f ing in the Herald's Ann Street Building , January 19 , 1891. transaction ? The thinking man will say no. The fact of the matter is , however , that American products are never sold n foreign markets for less than they nro at home. That they are sold , however , at less ; ) rice than the foreign manufacturer can produce them for , Is nn acknowl edged fact. This is the mibfortunc of the foreigner. The superiority of our skilled labor nnd improved labor saving machinery enables us to do this , and we do it. Can any one find fault with us for doing so ? St. Louis Star. FREE TRADE BOSH. The Assertion Tlmt President McKln- ley Lcuii * Toward CobdenUm. The Now York Times seems to be taxing its resources to save the Demo cratic party. It sees that Mr. Bryan and all that he stands for on silver , trusts and expansion can only make that party less popular with the people. It has finally hit upop a scheme , by which the party can be reinstated and the country saved from untold disaster , namely , by abandoning Its position on silver , trusts and the Philippines , nnd standing for the simple Issue of tariff destruction. Let the party declare for putting all trust products on the free list nnd make "a determined assault upon the 52 per cent DIngley tarlir" and its popularity with the people Is assured. It takes the recent remarks by President McKInlsy and Postmas ter-General Charles Emery Smith , favoring foreign commerce , as certain evidence that the administration Is rapidly getting In line for free trade , and warns the Democratic party that If It does not hurry up Ami got upon this anti-tariff platform the Republicans will be ahead of it , and then Its chances of success will be gone for another generation. Mr. Bryan may lack political insight in adhering to the IG-to-l proposition , but In his wild est moments he has never exhibited such mental chaos as id revealed in the notion that President . McKIuley and his postmaster-general h'ave turned their backs on protection , and that free trade would be a popular issue for 1900. Such a notion can only be entertained on the assumption that the American nation Is composed of sev enty-five millions of people "mostly fools. " Besides this deliverance Mr. Bryan's talk really sounds llko states manship. Gunton's Magazine , Deccmf ber , 1899. No TnrlfT Tinkering. Representative Payne of Now York , chairman of the house committee on ways and means , is certain that the present congress will do no tariff tin kering. "The Fifty-sixth congress has Important work on its hands , " said ho in a recent interview. "Thero will bo no tariff legislation during the present session. The condition of the country is today thoroughly prosperous and will continue so unless ill-advised and radical legislation affecting the busi- COOD NEWS. , * * - * * S3 * L * "A V ' S "DURING THE PAST THE 56,700 OPERATIVES , LOWEUL NEW BEDFORD BEEN ADVANCED PEK CENT. --New York Herald , Dec. 6 , 1899. ness and financial interest of the na tion is enacted during the next few years. "The country demands and should have a settled and assured policy in re spect to those questions. The Dlngloy law as a revenue producer has more than satisfied those responsible for its enactment , and has proved gratifying to the people of the country gener ally. "It has furnished ample revenue to carry on the government from the mo ment the sugar and wool schedules be gan to operate. I am convinced'that the happy results it has produced will be permanent. " Representative Payne Is right. The Dingley law has proved so satisfactory and in all ways beneficial to the coun try that the people have no desire to InterruptIts operations for some time to come. Protection nnd the Gold Reserve. The treasury statement for October 13 shows that the gold reserve in the treasury stands at ? 257,74G,90G. The Democratic " " "endless chain" seems powerless to draw the gold out of the treasury during a Republican admin istration. When wo had free trade , or tariff reform , the Democratic adminis tration sold over ? 2C2,000,000 in Inter est bearing bonds to obtain gold with which to maintain the gold reserve and to pay current expenses of the govern- ment. There has been no drain on the gold iu the treasury since the Repub licans were placed in charge of it , be cause the people have full confidence in the financial ability of the Republic an party. If the Democratic party was placed in power tomorrow our un paralleled prosperity would vanish , out- gold reserve v/ould melt away like snow in August , and before six months had passed the "endless chain" would bo doing business at the old stand , bonds would be sold to pay expenses and maintain the gold reserve , busi ness Mould be paralyzed and before n year had passed the country would be swept by a panic , and labor would be thrown out of employment. Bentou (111. ( ) Republican. Historic Phrases A la Atkliin.in. From the Mobile Register : If the fashion prevails of bewailing our na tion's effort to maintain the dignity of Its Hag in the face of the enemy , we will have to revise the saying of those who -once were national heroes and ask our children to study them in the fol lowing shape : Give up the ship. Caw- rence. Be sure you are right , then apologize for It. Davy Crockett. We have met the enemy , and ours are theirs. Oliver Hazard Perry. Walt un til you ECO the whites of their eyes , boyo ; then run. Andrew Jackson. Don't hold the fort ; I'm running. W. T. Sherman. Damn the torpedoes ; take a sneak. David Glasgow Farra- gut. I propose to get out of this line ] If , lt takes all summer. U. S. Grant. A There stands Jackson like a stone wall , but he is a fool to do It. Gen. Lee. When you are ready , Grldley , you may skedaddle. Dewey. Ilolnc Very Well. The offer of the treasury department to redeem $25,000,000 worth of govern ment bonds is an unmistakable indi cation of the flourishing condition o ( our national finances. The lack of readiness shown by the holders of bonds to take advantage of the offer of the secretary of the treasury is an equally reliable Indication of the very satisfactory condition of commercial affairs throughout the country. The Dlngly law seems to bo doing pretty well , both by the government and by the people generally. Ob , the Sadneis of Proiperllyl " "Everything seems to be lost for the time being In the whirl of money-mak ing the pursuit of money. " John R. McLean , in Cincinnati Enquirer. This Is the pathetic way in which the candidate defeated on a platform of calamity and discontent describes general prosperity. The situation , as Mr. McLean de scribes it , may seem sordid , but it is all right. Now York Sun. atnnli Jloro Vniornhlr. No other word than triumph does Justice to the results of the Dingloy law. No matter where the test is apL piled its workings are far more favorable - able than any tariff ever devisedby n Demoi ratio congress. St. Louis Globe- Democrat.