Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, May 24, 1900, Image 6
1 if VI ' ' ' i A STORY OF THE * ' BOER CAMPAIGN / ON THE. . . , c IN VE ifk k f f > i f Dy H. 0. Mackenzie ' & " - -CHAPTER " ' 'Ami toMo'/VH ' . / ! ) | lObhlild * No. that ; 1 could nevei ; do1' cried Bluebell. She turned and. looUeil straight Into hto "If thai \VHH what yon winhud to ti\e \ , Mi' . MwirJLV lp'dme , tell yofi tiHttrmc yon need..11 v MO more. As long uj | > i.v fatliei N In N.nv'keLso . ' I will iiljiv wllh him. I am not In the /i-ail. / itj/aid. / V/lty > ; ! tou.U.l : t Ivo'ntau ' auc-es- nuily be a coward'1 - ' 11 "A cowaVif1' No ! No oiie unld Uc- nifie you of being that ! " cried Mooro. Ho turned , hit , horse's head toward liei'4 , fie clou" that lie wan able to lay typ luind on' iiois Hlui lpll ) started tiid instantly withdrew her hand. l\Jooro WMIII ( in in n JoA'or time : "B'tt ' you aie one of Iho.ii ; women lo nuvw yihtyin from dangoi or hurt iiifu would ' ' k'i'vo up their lives nincbell. listen to nit\ I am going oiil of Hie eonntiy. and have only li'ien n tilting bore until lphould , dnrf ( o n ih you to accompany nits. Your father . , irnclou-i you should conaent. " 4 > Khe wis s'l'ill ' uiu'inil'eliendliig. | "You may l.-ave Ihc country , " she anfiweied coldly. "Yim aie not of , ' ; I am. I have been brought up In Il/Mtid I love it. Am 1 going to run Htwiy because \vo aie rfolntj tt'bc"'lu- ) ' ' vatli'd by the Buorn from the Trann- vjiat ? 'Ho you IhiiiU ( hiivo so tllUU confidence In our llrllitm relations , uf > Unit'.Bcsitlc.a / ' , . .v.'hc'ro nh'oitld 1 so ' ? I have lift I'elalloiin in Hie world , ho'i'ar an .1 , knoli'ut , ' my father. " "Yon will tiof iindeifitand me , " said Mooic. His luo.v began to darken , Imt Hluoboll did not notice that. "Miss LoiiliOT-Hlui'hell , ( love you with all my soul ! 1 wish you to be my wife. " 1C the lopje ; they v/ere ascending Ir'ad fliiddealy been cleft Hhiimler , and swnl- kiwod up rider and horse before her oyen , BluobPll could not have been nlorc nslonlslicd. 'Bluebell ' looked at the man for a mlnutf , to see if ho v/oio really In Ciunc.-tt ; I lieu , a- , once more ho tried to lny his hand on hem , tihe fehook it oil nnd cltew htr hoivio aside. "Mr. Moore , you have taken mo by * surprise. 1 never for a moment dreamt of nuch a ! .llu ) . AVhy , you've only Keen me twu 'or three tlmru ! Bui thougirw'e' ' had kliovVii eJth ( Jtliei1'for lifetime H would be-all the aami ; . Thu'rik you' , Air the 'honnr'yoii1'ha'v6 ( done me , but II Is ( | iilte out < o the ] ( lUivUion. 1 do not love you , au'd.cjimld neverJ J > e your wile , " < , < > It was as well ahe did not see Iho expression of Ids face now. Ho did noUspoalc for.a fovv niluuluH. Perhaps ho wan trying ( o coniinor himself. " t will not lake ( hat as my answer , MiR.i lA'sllo , " he unlit at last , In the BHIUC tone MS befon1. "I have apoken too suddenly ; yon were'not'prepared' for it. 1 will wait until you have seen your father , until ho has spoken to yon. Perhaps your answer then will ho different. " ; 'Vre ' canribt bo dffOront ! " 'the girl re- tortecj. "What could my father say to change my feelings ? You may as well tnho your nnhwer now , Mr. Moorf ; and please don't , think it is bccunc : ( I did not CKpcot whiit you have Just said th it I have made nueh an answer. I tn very sorry.lY'l have hurt your feel- IIIKH. but I can't help If. Now I am going lo put RifVe'r 'to a gallop ; wo nre getting near home. " ' Hhe put the words J.uUL action , and the , next moment/ the "galant ! little veldt pony was Hying over the level lilaiii , the girl keeping her tseat llko , to the manner born , her slight "ore'ct.iir \ \ reins'hold with , thi | negligent yet firm baud of a'thoiough horsewoman. It was a pretty siglu lo reo horse laud rider lit up by tho' roil Maze oC'fiuiihet. thVgiiTK whole llgiiri Kluiply outlined In the crimson light , tier ruddy hair touched with the gold of fhe < settng | mm. < i ' . .Mooro followed. .There was a look on hta face thai would hav. given UliiohoU , a thrill of imlaflnltc fear and vague- foreboding hail she-fwm If. ( ) Ht- { / ilf. ( ' ) Xw3 , moved , as-it .he weremnt'ter' ' - ' ' \'t6ihlniftelf ; bu.t ml articulate KOiinil came Jioin them/ > ; ! ' 'niaeboll did - nol'puuse until they \vera close to the avouuo cf liluc gmu rtml nettle ; thc-n .she lialfAft.oitUnv1 'head lo Rtiy. "Are" you uinilng up , Mr. Majre- , ' . "It you have no objection. Mi3 } Lts- lig. . " he auMveicd in his t > ual tones Uluebell made no uispunse , atiU a few ' ' Kpcoiulh bib'ugh't them t < Hth .fuor of I liehoi'se. . > ' ' " ' ' ' I The gaunt figure of Miss Elisabeth appeared at the entranco. In ought thither by the iiouml of hors 3' hoofrt. l r thin' . hlgh-ohet'k-bonod faro was grey with anxious fear. Vrhauk ( ! tid , yon'rn hufo home , my liairn ! " she exclaimed , using the fa * inlll.ir Scotch word , as tiho was apt to do In ipojiientu of ust'lloiucnt. , "I Ve not been ajilo tp d < ) a .stioka of ' for ovQr-.mxjety artout you. I'lmy wiy Ilia Hoe-in 'havo eiteivd ( the coijn- try. " "f didn't M > ti them , anyway , anntlo : nnd I've turned up nil safe and sound , yon see , " ha hi the girl with a Uttlo oftgh , as she laid an affectionate arm Wfnd ) | Mlns I3U/.abeth'fl scraggy Bhottl- iJ rn. ' "Hero , Sam" to the 7ailu boy yi'h'o appeared from th stables "tako till * liorscR. boy. " 'V'Yan , rnisslo , " answeieil the Xnlu , Allowing , hlf > ; teeth * lua grin. He- was telligent looking specimen of his with u frank and pleasant oxon - on his brown vlange. As Ulno- her aunt disappeared , Mouru dlsniouiitcd , bill somehow IIH ! foot cuiight avskwardlv In the stlirnp. and' ' he fell. AM he rostu. he H.IW a broad' ' .min on the face of Sum. Ills rage , long at the .smoldering point , burnt forth , and , lifting his riding whip , he' shuck Hie boy st'U'tdy aeioHH the face with II. "Take that , you black nigger ! " he mild , with nil oath , "and leavn not to' hiiigh til your betters' ! " A great weal rose on the boy's brown fare , as he uttered an Involuntary ex clamation. It reached HlneboU'H ears , and she ran out quickly. . A glance at Uio two revealPil everything , and she tinned on Moore white with scorn nnd anger. "Von struck my boy ? Mow dared yon. coward ? " she cried , her voice full of ilnging scorn hud indignation. "And yon dared to say to mo what yon did a few minutes ago ! [ f I were my father , I would uovor let you crius Now Kelao again ! Don't touch the boy again ! I dare you ! " She turned from him with lnc\- presalblo contempt , and walked with Sam to the suable : ; . ( eiald Moore looked after her , an ugly line of augur along his lips. " ' Dared ? ' " he repeated to himself. "Von shall pay for t'lhi jet , my lady ! Oh , yon shall pity for it with your very heart blood ! " He smiled a smile thai had .some thing Uoiidish lu it. Moore remained to supper. It was rather a gloomy meal. Mr. Leslie looked dowiuHst , perhaps sulky. Miss rciizahoth was agitated and anxious. Only Mooic talked and Jested rather moio than usual. As for lilnehell , idio never oncn looked at or spoke to him. She went to her own room after sup per and did not know when Moore left. About nine o'clock Mlsa Eliza beth knocked at her door. "Your father wants lo speak to yon downstairs , Uluebell. " "Now for It , " thought the girl. She opened the door. "Well , auntie , I'll go down. I suppose Mr. Moot a is away ? " "Yes , " said Miss Elian belli. "I won der why he comes so much to New Kolso , Uluebell ? I don't like him , las sie. " "Nor I , " Uluebcllanswerod ; "but he'a a millionaire , auntie , and that goes a long way with some.Vell , I'll go down anyhow , and see what dad haste to any. " ' " ' . CHAPTER IV. Adam Leslie wna standing by the fireplace when Uluebell entered , a heavy frown on his forehead , his face looking dark and determined , nine- bell did not like this mood in her fa ther ; but she had Inherited her fa ther's determination , and was unite ready to oppose her will to his. "Take a seat , Uluebell , " he said in a tone of hoarseness in his volec. . She did so , and ho went on : "Mr. Moore ban been speaking about you to me. " , 'Indoed , " said the girl coldly.- "Yea. ' Ho aska for you as Ills wife , land I have given him hlfianswer. . , " "Indeed ! " said Ulnoboll again , "t ' ( rtippoue you didn't think , then , that I 'liad n say In the matter , dad ? " ' ' ' "A say In It ? " retorted her father , 'breaking suddenly Into n fn'ry. "What say could you have but'tluit you wdiild do as I wanted ? You shall marry for- ! ald Moore this day week'r/ind ! be safe ly put of the country beforc the ti'On- ' Ule begins. The man Is'a millionaire , .rolling . in money ! Yon will go'to , ISnglaild , where mone/y / Is Ublo to' do | a'nythng | , 'and be Int'foillfced into the Highest society In the land , whtre you 'lnve ' | a better right tliaVmtiny'tlia'l uYe Uiorc. If all had their rights I shohld | iii Laird of Tliilaverstoek , as .Von know. ; Yon will weni'V diamond thij-a , and drive In > onr carrjnge'and bo pre sented to her Majesty. What -'more Should a girl want ? " . * / ' ' ' ' ' ' l'h \ ' - 'lilir'O'l' Up nnd guue oitt the next moment , llko a luclfcr mutch , and his tone now was that of one who summons all the persuasion and argument he ls > master of to bring ijiuut u desire he i > previously unx- ' loib'for yet tries to coifeeal. " ' ' " "And leave you and Aunt Kllsiobeth ; H Nqw KelsiO , to bo attacked ii'rhaps by the Boers ? " said the girl Indignant ly. , "No , indeed , dad , 1 shall dij no an h thing , Ho yon think U'tj ' things you biieak of are any ten'lptuflon , to ni".1 wha't can a girl Illco me , w'ho has been brought up among buffaloes ( and ostriches , with all the freedom of n\a \ veldt and the mountains about her , catv fm a glided eag > In an Eng lish city , oven svlth a diamond tiara and a carriage ? Rut , at any rate , oven if tlnu were a temptation , 1 wouldn't J marry Mr. Moore , not for anything he could give. 1'don't like him , jior tniH < him. " > , : "lnt ) I U-ll you yon shall marry him. girlYon ! must ! " exclaimed het-f fa ther again furiously. . . He started from his position and faced her , his face almost purple with paMon and ox- eltemont , his veins standing out like knotted cords , hiss lips unsteady. "Theie's no choice In' ' Ihe matter you've got to do It ! I have sworn , to Moore you will bo his wlfo this day wcok. and you shall ! " ' ' "You had no right to promise Mich it thing ! " rotorlod the girl Indignant- ly. Bluebell Leslie wan no milU-iuul- water , weak-willed girl , to bo bullied Into iiueh a course by her father or any one eUo. She bad been brought up In too hardy and Independent a life for that. "I shall not marry him , father , that IH certnln. You don't nerd to try to in go me. You arc my father , and 1 owe you affection and obedience , but not in such a mutter UH that of selling myself to a man I dcspl. o and dis trust. Yes. Dial is what I do. I didn't think why you brought him to New Kclso. If you had seen him strike Sam lodaj But there , what Is the use of iipcaklng ? ' idle added nulckly. "I have given yon my nmwcr ; , dad , as I gave H to Mr. Moore himself to day. Did IIP not tell you ? " Instead of answering directly , her father strode to her Hide , seized her arm and. holding It in such a grasp of Iron that It almost wrung a cry from her llp.s. wlibmcied ( u her car * "You'll have to many him. op sro your father ruined and disgraced ! Bluebell , I tell you I'm In Gerald Moore's power. At any moment be can sell me up , take every stick I've got. and turn us out on the veldt homeless - less and penniless. " Uluebell turned her facn toward him. It hud grown very pale , and her eyes glowed. Words of Adalr itothes kept ringing In her cars. "Uewuio of that man , he Is dangerous ! " "You mean , " she wild , slowly. In a changed volcr. all the girlish dellame and bilghtnc'is gone out of It , "that yon are In that man's power. " "I I've been foolish lately , Blue bell. I confess it. I've been speculat ing and lost. I got Into Moore's power up at Murits'burg. There's worse tlmn I've told you. Mooie holds a bill-a bill that would disgrace me forever , would" his voice sank "put me in prison. " Uluebell gave a low cry , shrinking fiom her father's touch , and covead hfi face with her hands. "It was-I was not quite accountable foi It , " said Mr. Leslie In a bourse whls- piT. "I i had been taking too miuh. But it's done , Bluebell , and can't be undone. , You must save me. On the day that you marry him Gerald Moore will give that paper over into my hands to bo destroyed. Bluebell's hands dropped from her face and she looked up at him. "So , to save you from the consequences quences of your crime , " she said slow ly , "you would make me give myself up to this unsci uinilouB vil- lian a vllllun even according to your own showing ! You will be saved , but what of me ? I am to be sacrlllced to a life worse than death , life with a man 1 fear and des pise and dishonor , who yes , I am sure of It docs not love me. but wishes for some purpobc to got me , as well as yon , into his clutches. Did It never strike yon as being rather a cowardly thing to do , dad ? " There was a strange bitterness in her voice a bitterness thai hud never been heard in Bluebell Leslie's blilhe , clear young voice In all her life before. The wretched man felt H and winced ; but the next moment he seised her arm again. "I am your father , and I have a right to demand this of you ! " he exclaimed hoarsely. "Will you see your father dragged to ptlaon and your aunt and yourself turned out on the veldt , ruin ed and disgraced , to be shot by the Boers , or to die of starvation ? Answer me that ! " 1 "I ultimo I answer you now. Let mo go to my room , " said Bluebell in a low voice. " 1 beg your pardon , dad , for having spuKon to you as I did just now. I ( mould not have done it. But I do not think anything would Jn&tlfy me in marrying him. " Bcfoie he could stop her she had slipped from the room and gone up to her own. Miss Elizabeth had been waiting for her , and now came 'to ' the door. . ( Tp lie Continued. ) A Fran If Ailvorllsor , The advertising 'man ' was telling about queer breaks made by his fel- Jowmon , and he remarked : "Phila delphia merchants are mighty candid advertisers. 1'vo always known that fact , but I never saw it so strikingly Illustrated as I did in the Philadelphia papers Tuesday. I picked up one of the leading papers there and read over Hie bargains the big stores had to offer , and in the middle of one ad vert Iboment , under the head of hats , I found this'What , do , you get when you buy a ? l hat at other stores ? Stuck. Same here. ? : ! . . " 0. ' Of course , I thought it was a bionk. but I got the other papers and 1 found the same thing in every one of them , .lust sup pose a New Yorker was as frank as that in his aiUcrtlsing announcements , wouldn't ho do a trade , though ? " Now York Sun. .lark llnil A gaunt , muscular woman of fierce meln entered a city hall in a I'tah county scat and asked the county clerk to find out If one .lack Peters was mar ried. Search developed the name of John Peters , for whose marriage a li cense had been loaned two years be fore. "I thought so. " said the wom an. "Married 'Line Waters , didn't ho ? ' "Tho marriage license Is b-sned for a niairiage with Miss Eliza Waters. " "Yep. Well. I'm 'Llze. I thought IV ought to come in and tell you that Jack Peters has escaped. " San l-'ran- clsco Wave. Idiom for Nurli Work , "New York theatrical agents are { .couring . foreign markets for new dra matic attractions. 1'hoy are ? Well they would better stay at home am scour some of the plays they have al ready secured. " Puck. A woman who Is too near sighted to nei when the buttons are off her bus hand's macintosh can often read migh ty fine print bargain advertisements. JOHN M TMURSTON SETpuwr.ii. . CLAYTON At M7 / % ' -s&vs W = . - 1 MATTHEW S Q JAY j [ HENRY c PAYNE ' ' MARK HANNA WINFIELDT DURBIN .REPUBLICAN PARTY. HISTORY OF ORGANIZATION UNDER VARIOUS NAMES. The ( 'oineoiltUc ) of 1776 , HID r > dernl- MH of 1700 and the Whig * Weru the 1'reilcce-iiorH of the 1're-iont 1 urly lt Many Nittluintl Convention * . It should not bo interred , however , that that was the beginning of the Ropubljean party. The leinago of It may be easily traced back to the be ginning of the republic. The Con servatives In the continental emigre * ? were the founders of the principle. ! which-even today find more or less ex pression In Republican platforms. Later the Conservatives were known as 'Federalists' and rallied around. the leadership of Alexander Hamilton at the time that the same Anti-Federal ists flocked to the leadership of Thomas JolYerson. Inasmuch as Presi dent Washington recognised the Fed eralists by making Hamilton his secretary of the treasury ( then the most important cabinet otliue ) , Re publicans claim that he was their first president. And if Washington was the first Republican president , Adam < must bo adjudged the second , for he was the rt'cogui/.ed candidate 01 the Federalists. In those eaily days nomination- ALEXANDER HAMILTON , the presidency were made in congres sional caucuses. ? T , ! ! , the congress men chosen two years prior to the presidential election nominated the presidential candidates , separating Into party caucuses for that purpose. That method not being popular , however , ' strenuous efforts were from time to time made by the electorate to have It superseded by a system that would more fully conform with the ideas of popular sovereignty. Then state legislatures began , each on its .own account , to make presi dential nominations , but holding their action subordinate to final selection at Washington. The Whigs or Federalists held a na tional convention in 1S'J ! ! In Philadel phia and nominated William Henry Harrison and John Tyler. This was the first convention of the party based on the system that now obtains. The Federal parly was now wholly known as the Whig party. The next Whig convention met in Ualtimoie and nominated Henry Clay and Theodore Frellnghuysen. Each party adopted a platform , the Whigs declaring for a well-regulated currency and a tar'ilf for revenue , with incidental protec tion. This was the first year of na tional platforms. In 1S47 the whlgd met in national convention In Philadelphia June 9 and nominated Zachary Taylor and Mlllard Flllmore. No platform was adopted , but in a brief address to the whigs of the country was quoted Gen. Taylor's alleged utterance that had he voted in ISlu his vote would have been for Gen. Harrison which , It was contended , was evidence enough that he was a trustworthy whig. In ISS'J the whlgs held their convention In Philadelphia and nominated Winlleld Scott and William A. Graham of North Carolina , or , as Daniel Webster read those names , "Fuss 'n feathers anil tar. " The year JS3G brought In new J = sucs nnd , on one side , new men. It was the year of the know-nothing manifesta tion , when a sectet political society threatened to destroy both the old pai- tles and to change the foundation prin ciples of the republic. The republican' party made by a union of the free soil party and the northern portion of the whlgs held their national convention that year in Philadelphia and nomi nated John C. Freemont and William A Dayton. The main plank in their platform was in opposition to the ex trusion of slavery. The republicans held their 1SGO con vention In Chicago. It nominated Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal H.im- lin. Its platform was In the main a declaration In favor of restricting slaver > to the states where It then ex isted. and by way of emphasis" It rp-v embodied the declaration ol Independ ence. George. Ashmun of Mas&achu- , setts wus permanent chairman of the convention. Horace Greeley had boon r'jled out of the New York delegation , but ho appeared In the convention as a delegate fiom Oregon. " \ In 18H ( the republicans held thnlr" convention in Philadelphia" 'norhi-4 nated Abraham Lincoln and. Andrew la 1SG3. at Chicago , Gen. U. S. Grant was nominated for president and Schnyler Colfax for vice president. The convention was held in the Exposition building on the lake front. Gen. Jo seph R. llawley was permanent chair man. man.For For the second term Gen. Grant was nominated at Philadelphia , In 1872 , and Henry Wilson was nominated for vice president on the same ticket. Thomas Settle of North Carolina was the pre siding officer. The liberal republicans , all republicans who were opposeil to Grant , held a convention In Cincinnati and nominated Horace Greeley and B. Gratx Blown , The democrats held their convention in Baltimore and in dorsed the nomination of Greeley and Brown. But some democrats were dis satisfied , and the straight-outs , as they called themselves , held ii convention ! n Louisville , Ky. , and nominated Charles O'Connor and John Qnlncy Adams. The republican convention held In 1S7C was at Cincinnati , and nominated Rutherfoid B. Hayes and William A. Wheeler of New York. Edward McPherson - Pherson of New York was presiding officer. ' In 1SSO James A. Garflold was nomi nated at Chicago for president and Chester A. Arthur for vice president. I and both became president. Senator / * " Hoar was permanent chairman. , In 1SS4. at Chicago , James G. Blaine and John A. Logan were nominated respectively for president and vic president. John B. Henderson was the presiding officer. In 1SSS the republicans nominated In SENATOR CIIAt'NG'EY M. DKP13W. Chicago Benjamin Harrlsoy and Levl P. Morton. M M. ttstce ofGalifornia presided. In 1S92 lepubllcanV'field their convention in Minneapolis and nomi nated Hcnjamln Harrison and White- vlaw Rqld. William McKinley presldeil. "Tho labt lepnbllcan nutlonul ( jonvou- tlon.lS'Jii ) way held in St. Louis , and nomlniHed'WiUktui McKinley and Oar- let A. Ilo'jut.