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Cll.l"l'gn -CoulInllel1. ( . )
j. He WlIlIu'li ! HI rlllilIy , , Ihllt Hhl' 111111
lame llllelllty In lel'lIll1 1111 with hlUl ,
'the 111IJI' ( ! 1114 II ( ' frl'llll'ully ) tllrnctl f'olll ,
one stn't't lute lIuothl'r. 'I'hc ) ' hntl ol1e
1mudl \ grl'nll'r IIIHlllnl'e Ihnll she IlIIuj ; '
, Iml , Itl'uuld II' , , whell hI' . hlUIIIII'd ub.
rUlltly III frllut nf II ROlllewhllt HllIlclu1I
Lulll1ll1J : , It tllel ulIl III thl' lellHl l'eHCI11'
LIe wllllt HIli ! 111111 Illctlll'ctl tu hl'rlil'lf II ! !
the \\'ell II IK of II 1'11I' It 1111 IlItl ) ' , ) 'et ,
thougll HIit. 1111,1 , " 011I1. ' IIIIH I..ln/s / , Hhe I'C'
malned hlll'ut. i
"Thill I the 1Ioll I' , " HIIII , hCI' cUlHllIl'torj I
and UKcl'IlIlIug till' IItl'lI1 ! , Ill' rlllllll"llIt tue I
door.
It WOII slleel1lly olllned by u mllll WhOKl' .
dress occordL-d IlI ! IIltl ! ! with till' st'le of
that woru by the l'urltllnK. IIH tlw 1410\ " ,
enly IIppcnrallce ot th ! ! hlllltl1l1 aud UII'
laudlly ftlrnl"hp,1 1I1'"rllJl'utleI'n
through on Ollen door , were III lIulOIl !
with their dolly hnblt' ! .
"Ia It YOII , Corkle' ( " Imld the fIIlln. "I
didn't I'XIId- "
lIere hili worlb werl' Clltlihurt by a 1 J : '
nl cant look trom him to whum tJll' ) ' Wl're
acMressed.
"I ca1led , " snld Corlde , "I , . hili IIlre It
the widow glllllton Is ut hUlllc. Go nnd
ten some oue to let her kuow thnt Home.
body Is hl're who wishes to Me her very
particularly. "
Thl' man vunlshed , uul1 Cude ! tllrned
to 1Ieneth.
"Oollle In anll rest yourter ! , " sRld he ,
"till the lully III rluly to lice you. "
lIe entered un adjolnlug n1 > nrtlUcnl ,
and she 11l'lUwr SR w hllll nor nny other
persoo , though shl' cuulll 11I0r volccs tOl'
a numhcr or mluutes. lle the II " "llle hll ;
appearance.
"I've IHen thc lall ) " & wllltlllg 1111lIu , "
nlll hc , " 111111 hel' mistress 'beud ! ! word
that sl1l' , Hllull nllt leave her r00111 IInder
an hOIll : fl'OIll nuIY , unll relillests ) 'OU to
lenll Ilcr t1w h'Ul'r ) 'ou ul'e the ucarer
ot. "
"Oan I He ! ! the ludY'1I hnnll 111111d : " she
aaketl.
"C'I.tlllnl ' ; " und oleulng , a uoor
throuj1I which Willi S l'n u stnh'cuse , he
canel1 , "Clclly-Olclly I"
A. ill'I call1l ! 110wn stolrs nllll btooU In
the doorway.
"lland the billet to hr , IIml she will
glvc It to her mistress. "
'l'he Jewess HHI\.udvune\'dn rew steps ,
and theu stolllHd Irresolute. g'el'ythlllg
apPcllrell so llifferent trom whut Khe hud
.upposed thllt her mind mlllIIVe ! her.
"I'erhI1IIS , " Hald Corklc , "yoll would
pn'tl'r tu wilit un bour or two , tin ilie
lady lea\'cs h\r .room ; nlthough , " udded
be , "she hi su unwell I shouldn't wooder
Jt she dhlh't leilve It tor tile dny. "
"I d n't think " e will ue aule to , "
eald Olcll , . "I will give her the leUt'r ,
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which , I IIUlIIlOlle , will be the same UII It
70U ga\'e It to her yourselt. "
"Tuke It , " said Aseneth , Ilnndlug It to I
ber , "l1nl1 mllY you find /lerllent's l tlog
in It , It ) 'ou hllve IIOStll'ssed YOllrsl'lt ot
1t wrongtully. "
It was ulrendylote In the morulng , and
with this thought , Inlerwoven with u I
'Tague I\llprehl.'l1Slun ot Impending evll ,
she lett lIle houfl , with the nrdllous tl1sk
betore hl.r ot finding her WilY bl1ck , ,
t through whut oppearel1 to her the per'
tect ml1ze ottreets l1ull durk 011 l'i ,
when' , ! ; uluel1 by Corkle , she hl1ll rCCllt.
ly pass'ed.
NeVi und theu she lookl'd wlllttull ,
rouul1 on every ! llde tor ! ludl Il1nUUlllrk :
as she hall the foresight to Bet down h
her miul1 while tollowlng her Ilerfil1lou :
conductor , uut she coull1 see nothllli
which loolted familiar. She uvoll1ed In
QuirIng UII' WI1) ' , for IIhe sllrl10k trou
again encountering IIcoffli nnd jl'crJl. Now
howev r ; ' tearing thl1t instelld ot ap
proachlng , uhe WI\S wl1nderluJ ; turthe
trom honll , sM cunclUllel1 to lIek th
desired IntormnUou ot ilie tirllt Ill'rliOI
whose appl'arance pleus ! il her.
Not long atter IIhe calUe to thb COlJ
clUlllon she saw a ) 'ollnl : 1111111 coulln
tOWl1rds her , whoh ! ! aIr ulll1l1l'eJl ! ! showe
that hili rUllk waM thl1t ot a geutlcmoI
She tl'lt certain thl1t he wua oue ot the : !
whose goodlles ot heort I1nu trill' noblllt
mal1e him uuove treating with l'untulU < <
ly e..ell ! > lIe ot , her dcsilised rilL" ' .
"Cun you , " Buld 81H' , "tell III ! ! tht' WU I
to thl' IIholl ot Jeduthull , th ( , , Jew' : "
"You are IIU rcllt II IIlstllllce frolU It ,
he replied , "thllt It will ue tlllllclIll 1
direct ) 'ou. "
lIer hel1rt suuk wlthlll hl'r WIIl'II 1
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told her Uillt , tor lihu WUII tuillt III :
wear ' .
"What CUll I do ? " said she.
"You wou't be uCruhl to trllst 11I1' f ,
a sulue ? "
Hhl' loolted at him liS It she douhl ,
\\1lether she helml him nrlght.
i "Will ) 'OU Ilerlnlt me to lIlde 'OU
\ Bl1ld he , notlciug her look ot bcwlllli
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, "Y Oll 8urely cllnnot nll'an to IIlIow I ,
thl' wa ) ' ) 'ourselt't"
" ' \'hy nol'/ "
"It wOllltl h ! ! IItoollllll ; too low. "
"Xot II whit. l' hud It In my miu
\JlfOfl ! 1 nH't you , tt ! cllII at the J e\1 \
shell ) 'OU mentlonl'u , uuu , perhulIs , 801
of those uelollglllj ; to otherll who II
llear br , behn'en this "nd nljht. I 111
os well go IIOW UJ ! later lu the dl1 ' . Kl' '
Dear b ) ' , or you ml1Y lOllI' sight oC nl ! ! . '
At IUllt , wllcn tIley entered the strl
, wherl IIhl' Ih'l'd , though lined on ell
all1e with hulldhlIi ! thl1t were 0111 II
IIllblghtl ) ' , she could scnrcl'ly lIullllrelllt I
err ot jO ) ' , lIer conductor ohuost WI [
dered at the delight dClllcted In her COI
, tenouce on reaching 1\ IllaceVht're
I around wore nn air ot so much , , 'reteb ,
I ness and gloom. When rhc1 reached 1
I door ot the shop , Aseneth stood with ,
. ' 1 t till her coul1uctor hOll entered.
" 1 was IItrald that soml' evll hlld
taJlen ) 'ou , " 8I11d the Je\v , liS , on rals
1 his eycs , he wnw hl.'r IItandlllg nellr
thrt'lihold.
" 1'hn , there hils not , lbanks arc d
thllJ stra J'tr , " she repllL-d. And paM
, througll Ule IIhop , she opl'lIed a "gor I
t'utercll , AD nl1jolulnJ Ullartmellt.
t "I ha"e c ih'I1 , " DIII the 1011ug IU
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nil /0011 1111 Hill' II/III / ( ' 10111'11 11. . . , 11001' he'
hlnll her , ' 'It ! re11lleHt thl' tn vur of l'xum'
IlIhln / gc'ln which \ ' hn VI' 111'1'11 told III ill
'Clllr IIfIHIII'HSrJII ! , "
"I 1111I IwL n dl'nh'r In JI'III : , 1111 ) ' 011 will
rl'nlllly "pr < < : plve If } 'IIII IUIII ; rUIIIIl1 ) 'IIU , "
sl1lll till' .JlW , ( > \'ulllv'ly , nlld , III Hilite of
hhlllll'lf , IIIlIulfl'stln 11111111' IIlnrlll.
"Yt ) 'OU 11IIrchnHl'II nn IIJlI'1 the other
Ivlmlllg. "
' 1'11't'w / / rpnlnhll'll IIlIl'nl.
' ' 'I'OU neulI't Ill' nfrnlll thnt J shnll
IIIn I" , IIS ( ' of lilY kliowlellJ1' of this tl'llnll'
111'1 Ion to IlIjlll'e you , I lIIerel ) ' wlllh to
Ratlsty nlYIH.it thnt It III thl' I1l1l11e which
I oncl' wns the OWIH'r of. "
"YolI , 1111'11 , ore the olle who fOllnd It ,
wlwn It Willi lot ! by Aul , lilY grlllltllluugh ,
tCI' ? "
" 'l'hl' olle I refer to I lirnt flnw nt Iln.
gartI's , tl1l' gold/lmlth. 1 SUbI'lIl1cIIUy !
Ilurchusld It ot hllll ut 1\ high 1Il'lce. All
r wish to II/lcertaln III , IC till' ollnl seut
here torlnle hy Gilbert It'nlklnlld be the
some , or Ollly one that l'csemhlclI it. I
wish YOIl to ullIll'rlltulIlI , however , that
ill ( 'lthcr cnsc , It lit not Iny Intention to
deprh'e ) ' 01J ot It. It It shollllln't IIroV ! !
to he thut \ ' 11l1d ot IllIgurll , I have no
rljht tf ) It , while It I find It to be w
Slime , I wfuld IIOOllel' grlnll It hnl'uth my
tl''t 1I111n retnln whnt would ever be hute'
tul to my f l ht. "
"I would wllllnJly : jrant your rellUl'st
wer ( ' it In my IIOWerj hilt only a tew
mlnnte. ' ! htore you came , It wnll I1ll1cov ,
ercl1 thut the seltlng had sustalnCll some
injur1 , I1nel it was sent to one ot our
Ileolll ! ! to he fl'lIalred. When It Is re-
turnl'll , you clln sce It. "
"When will ilia t he 1"
' ' 'SollIe tllIIe during the I1ny. At whnt
hOllr , I nm unnble to tell. "
" ' 1'hn 1 wllllll'fer cOllllng till e\'enln . "
III' turnl-d to go , when the .Jew agnln
nccolltl'd hllll.
"Purdon nil' , " snltl he , "hut I would
tnln know the nllmc ot one who disduilled
not , It J rlJhU ' IIntlerlltoud the lUcunlng
ot hl'l' words , to RCrl'ell her , my tnithtul
Sl'r\'unt' from the rulll'lll'lIlI ot those who
se\'m to furget t1111t 0111' dSlllsl'd IleOIlI ! !
nre within the IlUle oC hUlllllnlty. "
"My nn1l1e Is Clnrenc ! ! Hul'il'igh. "
"One thnt I shl1'n't forgc'l , Fuvurs
sillk , Ieell Into th ! ! henrtll of theRe who
al' ! ! little US ( ' to lIll'lII. "
"Showing your lIervontthe wny thither ,
ns I . . . . .Ished to come myself , f cnre'ly ili.-
servelt the nome at a tAvor , " relllh'd Hnr.
leigh , as he turnel1 to h'avl. .
\ AJi the dllY wore away , Alice begAIl to
think It was somewhnt IIlngull1r thut she
heurd nothlog trom Mrs. 11111111too. As-
cl1eth , mcunwhlle , wns IIIntense. 'Vhl11
the j01 ot finding hl'rlll'lt sntc at hOllle
had thu ! ! to 8uhslde , the mlllltlvings she
blld telt us to whether the note sbe had
bCtu entrusted with hall tl1l1en Into Ule
right hand ! ! , revlnd with rl'doubled torce ,
'I'he hours sllllpell a way , till 1I1ght set lu ,
Alice , by hls time , uegan to he 110 serl'
oUllly UUOIIS ) ' thot wheu Aselleth eutrel1 ,
bearLug their eVl.nlug 1I\'ul , Ahl hlltulretJ
It . .he ! ll1ve the hlllet lulo frs. gl1lstoo'
ewe haud.
"I uld nut , " IIhe relllll'tl ; nnd she thCIJ
gUU true I1QCount ot 1111 Ulat hl1\peue \
to her , aud expl'ell d her tearll that 81u
hud hel'n d celved by the man who will
, so much ftPlll1rCllt kluuncss otTert ! } tu cou
. duct her tl ) the place where she deliln'
to go.
" 'l'lll're cl1n be uo 110uht tbat he de
ce1\'ed lOU , " III1ld Alice , "Ufl Is showu b
the de.lHU'llltion ) 'ou glre ot the houlle "
end the IIOIlJe ) 'UU su. , . , there. "
lIer anxiety WIIS now excltl'd on a dlt
tereutllceount. 'I'be coutents ot the not' '
II IIddrCJIscd to Mrs. Elliston sllOwed whr' '
she had tound retugl' , nOli It , as she tear
ed , It hl1d tl1l1l'D into the hl1l1ds ot one 0
the meu who had been eUlploled by E'uIJj
e lend , It would be likely to bring trouul
u und dl1uger to the e who IUIlI so killdl
uetrlenl1l'd her , all well as to hel'setl.
CHAP'N.m XVI.
Arter HUllper , Ule Jew retul'ued to th
Sboll , where his uoy , M lzar , hl1d remalne
durlug hili uMellce. Wheu he rl'calle
tll mluu thut Cillreuce Hurlelgh hll
IIromlsed to cullin the COUl'lIe ot th eVN
lug to look lit the opnl , he reU1'mberc
) ' that It hud not ) . ( , t been rturued. U
tlwrl'forl' , lIent 1iZIlI' to IIrocure It.
tI It wus S o'clock when the hu ) ' rturn !
io with It , ) 'et lInrh'lgb huu not made h
IIllpellrnllee , 'I'he Jew wnll Imllatlent I
lIe his Ill'lu1 , tor he hud conchllhod lu h
111 own mind thut he would mllke a COil
dallt ot him rellltive to whut hud lll'tu
ell Alice thl' Ilrl'\'IUug evening , UIIII th
or tll're WUh reason to tl'UI' n note thllt III
hlld Sl'nt curly In the morun to h
I'd h.It'llIls had tu\1NI \ lutu IIntl'lelldl ) ' hlln
111\11 woultl Ilro\'e the mellllS ot bl'tra11
' , " to 111\1\1111111 \ her plllcl' oC refu e ,
.r' 'J'he mlunh'fI , uue ufh'r till' ntlll'r , el' ( '
slowl ) ' II WII ) ' . without urlu ing hlll1 t
lIl' Jew lUost desln'd tu IWI' , Another 111
hour hllll IIIIRSl'tI , 1111tl It wns U O'rlOl
the tlllle 111' Will ! IlI'cnslllllWtl tll puss
hllur with Abl. \ \ 'ho'l'lItured to (1111) ( ' t
Id hlll'll nnd sing tll him IIOUII' or those st
" rln auu Imbllme son s rl'eordcd lu' t
Ine Olu 'I'estnml'nt.ow , utler hultlul : II
i\'e burring the door , he rel1\lIlucd II tew 11\
0) ' uti'S , 1IOIIIug thllt lIllI'h'lgb might :
'ep come.
, " lIzur , " IIIIItI tile JI'W , "rululn hi
'ct bul ! IIn hour lonlr. It IIny OU1' kn (
lei' lit the door , Inquire who III t111'rl . It I
nd 1I1lswer should be Clllrence lIurlelh : , :
II m1t hhn. 11011 theo call Ill ! ! . "
) u. "And It It shouldn't ue the gentlen :
IIn' b1 that nnnle ? "
nil "Let the donr rlmulu ! IIsteDed , end (
ed0 \ ( ' . "
the Only a tew wlnutes dler he WIIS gl
out some one knocked lit the door , Ibllr r
and went towards It to hlliulre who \
u. . . . . there. Betore he ad 1I1U1' to do so ,
Ing knock WUII rt'llellted lender then at fi
the I1nd Willi Inlluedi. . ely ! lucceed\d uy a '
lent Blrurgle. Soon ( 'ame 1wild I
to Illl'rein ! : cry. Then thl're was a 601
Iln ot \ ' lce , IIJ" thouch earul'st , and at
nad 'same Uwe a dull noise , ftuch u mIght
.madt by drllgginr a hen7 we1ht.
IRIl , boy s\QQIl u.lwollt wtupefled with terrl/r ,
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tIle 80unl18 werl' hcnrl1 110 l11ure.
NoUllng at nil thl1l 111111 reuclwd the lie'
cllllh-d nllnrtl11c/lt , where the Jew IInd
Alice Rnl IIl1tetlng to Ahl , who , . , 'nll Illny-
hI ! ; au the hllrp 0 feW low , Rtweet IItralns.
'Vhcn , lIH'refore , tIll' IIIUK/lI\'e door WII8
sulldenly IIWUIIKJuck / , nnd 1I1.nr burst
lutu the room , IllIh. nUll trembllug , their
flrRt thuuKhl WIII : thl1t I'ulkllllld , had dls.
I.overcd UI1' relrl'lI t uf A Ucc , lIud expected -
ed thllt th ! ! l'ullll1l1:1 : In hlH 1'I111110yvere
l'rl'lIlIhlK ' dU l'ly oU till' huy'footsteps. .
" 0 , IUY lIIutltl'r , " l.xdl1ll11ed lIznr ,
" 1'01111' ' 1lIll'kly und lice wl1l1t hnll huppen-
\tl. "
" 'l'hl'y hl1 vell't come tor her , then ? "
sl1111 A hi , lIolutll1 tn Alice.
"No , 1111 , " I'clllletl lIzllrj "but rm
ufrnlli thnl the g"lItll'ml1n I murdl'rell. "
" ' \ 'hntI'IIt1eml1u / ? " IUlllllrel1 Ahl. But
MI1.nr did uut 1war ht'r < < lueIlUon , tor , as
Rhe siloke , lie c1ollel1 the door , aud tol'
lowl'd hili I11nHtel' to the shop.
'l'hey 1I0W 1I1111'nl'd ot the door , nnl1
1IIIIIIng thut all wllhout was silent , tIle
.h'w cnutlouHly opened It. A thick , hea\'y
mbt wnll fulling , and the eye could not
lIellltl'llte the jluom.
"Bring II light , MI1.nr , " silid the Jew ,
"thl1t we IIII1Y fiN' It any O'H' deud or
WOIJlldltI / 1)'lng uenr. "
Helllthut / the bor hellitah d , Aselleth
Louk 1111 n IUII1II IInd fltepp1rlj ; out nt the
dour , hllt ) It In slIeh a milliner as to ren'
der vlslbl ! ! whlltOvl'r object might chance
to be lIear. 'l'he iUHIIIUlltlll mist hlld ren'
llercd the JrlJU1l1i sott allu ) 'ieldlng , alld
footprillts of llifferent RlzeJlrollped / to.
lthl'r III II contused , IrreJlllar mllnller ,
were the ollly vl'stlge ot whllt mhht have
bceu n 1II0rtui Rtrug le.
All she was nbout to enter , she thought
RIll ! hClird'olces at no grellt dlstnnce.
1lfltl'nlug , IIhl' tound thllt thy were rap'
Idly clrn wlllg nellrer. In her haste to en.
ter , her fL'd lillllllt.-d , and ahe tell across
the threshold. Uy the Ume she had rlscn
thos ( ' sIll' hud henrd coming were close
at hRnd. She had entered nnd succeeded
In closlug UI ! ! door , when It was torclbly
thruRt open Dlld three men rushed Into
the room. Doc ot them Aselll'th at onel'
recoJlllzd 1111 her treacherous guide. .
"Ah , my dellcate lIIy.taee , ) 'OU have.
tOUIIU your way home I" sllid he , al1dresll-
InJ : her. ' ' 'rIll' young Puritan , I SUSPl'ct ,
luum't been here yet to let the bird out
.t the cage. H 1I0t , we w111 SI1 ve him
the trouble. "
"H , " salll tilt ! Jew , "as I judge by your
. . . . .ords , you arc hI' who conductl'd mr ser-
vnnt to a different place trom where she
wlRhell to KO , I advise you to be content
with the mlschlt you have dOlle , IInl1 not
to Rcek Curlher to alllloy hl'r or others. "
"When your nil vice \yunted I will
Rcek for It , " l'ellllell . Cork Ie. "Dou't ) 'ou
HUY ao , Skellum / "
"Ay , ny , " wna the IInswer , "and It the
0111 extortioner wOllllln't hlH'e his crazy
old housl' pulll'd down about Ills cars , he
had uett r lose no time In showing us
where he has hlu the little Purltlln ot
the rUIIRet clouk. Be quick , and take
your choice , " saiu he , turuluto / the Jew.
"I shllllnot IIld you In compllsslng your
Inltlultou1l lIurpuse. "
'hl' Ill'xt moment an exclamlltion ot joy
burRt trom the IIl1s or AJleneth , tor close
behind n strunel' ! she beheld Clureuce
lIarlelgh.
"May the God ot our tathers be prals'
edl" said the Jew , tl'rvl'nUY ; "who has
sent UII del1verunce when we were welf
nigh ready to despl1lr. "
"Don't be tOI > certain ot thnt , " Sftid
Corklc. ' ' ' .rhe iron..hllndll'd broadsword
may huvl. IlS much vh'tne III It as the
jwlhllted rapier. "
"H you w111 tell me the mellnlng ot
whllt l' Iie , " said the struuer ! , addressing
Corle ) , "lIl'rhl1ps the matter mllJ' be set.
til'd without ha\'ln ! ; recourse to either ot
the weaponR you hllve nllmed. "
, "It you wlU mnke It appellr 1.17 what
I" right 11 > U eateehlse me , " hI ) answered , "I
I way possibly saLlRt" your curiosity. "
"I IJunnot SI1Y thl1t I have I1ny rhht ,
\'xept whl1t belongi : to commol1 human.
Ity. "
"A virtue I sbouldn't object to prnc'
I tlclng , It It wen' not olmost always sure
. to empty the purse Intead ! ot tilling It. "
"It goll1l J1 arguments lIre what arE
needed to persullde rou , hen' are a hand.
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tul ot theIu ; " IInd tuklng some brol1d gold
pll.'ces trom hlJ ! 1I0eket , he held them III
! luch a manner that their amount could
be relll1l1y estlmntl'll.
'Sul1denly a shriek was hl1rll trom th (
adjoining allartment , 11011 ulmost at
single bound IInrlulgh reacbed the door
' . IIe was In t > ellson to obtuln a glimpse 0 :
n young girl , pursued by the rnllinnly Ma'
at the mOlUl'nt she ! ! ntercd the pn51111g1
e h'lId to the closet.
( To be contluucll. )
110 I > 1l11l't Uilio Down tbo lUll.
At the top of a ver ) steep hili II
Yorlullire n cyclist dismounted the oth
er day und addressl.'I1un old fellow whl
WIlS 1.Irc\klu ! ; stoucs 1.1) ' Uw roadsille.
"Cun YOII tell me whm'l ! John X
lI\'e8 : "
"John X. , " rellelltl.'I1 the old fe1low
"Dou't I.uow him. "
u "Dou't YOII ? " was the rejolndCl
Is "Why , I thollght e\'eryhol1y round her
t wouhl 1"10\1' John. lIe's u young rei
IR low uhollt my OWllllglJ , and lI\'es In thl
: t lllstrict sOlllewhere. lie's a cyclist , IIn
lit II clc\'cr Olle , too. Wh ) ' , he's rlul1c
h 1I0Wll this hl1fCOI'C8 \ ; of times. "
! !
er "Oh , 'e hclun'e , " relUl'lIcl1 the 01
ds mllll. "III thal cmc 'Oll mlht ; nud 'It
II ! : lit the 1.Iollolll 0' the hl1Uwro. \ . "
"Whllt'/ Are lI11're sOllie houses lhl1rl
pt theu'/ / "
: "Xo , " WI\8 the gl'lm rosllOuse. . .
k 'OUfCS. ; Xohhllt 11. cen\'tery. "
: ,
1111 'I'lli'll till ! l''cllst IIIl1lerstoOll lUll ! 1 :
he dl'l'hlcll to wl111. 1I0wlI thnl h1l1.
Ir- " ' ( Wlh t.ho II\\rellcl ! .
h
lu S , r. . l'owm'lJ' story I1t the 1I(1l11
nu
Rex BnrHso'hllllu dluuer the In wy ,
In-
'et tried the cllse 1'01' Ule complnlnl\ll
She surd u mhhllc.n ell Jcullcmllll fl
l'r hl'lnch ! of llrllmiw. ! , lIe ml1l'rlcdnnoth
Ick girl. 'l'ho jury rotlrod , lIud the defcu
the unt UIRO wOlIl his WII'rho Jury r
d' turued , the dofmllluut did uot. 'r ]
jury fOUlIl1 for the 1I11lluUtI In $81
Illn dn1l1nes. !
The In w'er met the mhNlo.ngl. < ge
' . 1\11
Umlluu 11 tew minutes luter In t :
me lollby of 1\11 IlIljllcent hotel.
ese "Squire , " Ruhl the l\ltter , "how ( ]
'os the jury decide ? "
the "Agulnst you , " W S thQ answer ,
rllt , "I d\ln't \ think they would do tha
do-d sald the hldle-t1ged gonUemll11 WI
n "Wbat'q tIl0 '
1n y. duwngesf'
' 'That I1In't so bad I" he ex oIat mt
b 011 bolnl told. "Squire , thwe's tl
:
l'lte much dUferonce behreeu t1le t ,
t.lU " "emeul"-Boilon nacOl'd.
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FUNNY FUSION MANAGEMENT.
CORRESPONDENT VISITS HASTINGS AND
PRESENTS FIGURES.
BUTTER " 8M ELLS TO HEAVEN. "
PURCIIASH OP EXTRA V AOANT AMOUNT OP SUPPLIES JUST nmORE
THE REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS CAME INTO POWER
T\VO , YEARS AOO.
llustilt , Setlt. 24.
When the voters of the s nto r ad
the (1111 record of' fllslou managmente
of the Htate Institutions they w11l con.
elude that further eXIICIllIlonts In that
direction arc uneless. And wheu the
fllslonlst8 now 1'lInnlng for ollleo nt.
t"mpt to shirk the responslhlllty of
what their predecesBorB llld , It IB III < ely
that their Bharo In the whole buslneBs
will ho lIolnted out aB tollows :
Mr. 'I'homllson , lhe candldato for
govornol' , was national committeeman
then unll dlreetClI the party move'
ments , C. Q. DeI rance , now a canlU ,
dl1to tor auditor , waB chlet bookkeeper
In the state treasurer's olnce , was chlet
compl1er ot campaign matter and was
stata chairman 1"or the pOP llsts. E.
A. 011bert was lIeutenunt/o\'ernor /
then and wants It again. John Pow.
ers and James Brennan were employ.
een In'state Institutions. J. H. Droady
had just finished running tor Can.
gress and ether olnces. Lyman , the
candidate tor treasurer , was selllng
steers Ilnd other sturt to the Hastings
Institution. They wore each ot them
a part ot the Btate admlnlst1'llUon , tlmy
all had knowledge ot the wretched mls.
management , and they all approved the
tuslon pertormances.
Since they are anxious to get back
In , It Is well to call their attention to ,
and fix upon them the responsibility
tor the senslltlonal and scandalous
grabs which were executed at Hnst-
Ings during the last two years ot the
tuslon reign. . .
The sUllerlntcndent ot the Hastings
asylum , Ilctlng under the orders and
approval ot the sta.to omc ! . Is and the
other parts ot the tllslon machinery.
made tierce and trantlc onslaughts on
the appropriation tor toad and cloth.
lng , and atter the olectlon of 1900 had
marked the end of the tuslon manage.
ment , the onslaughts became more
fierce nnd moro trantlc. The transactions -
actions betw en el ctlon day and the
first ot Janua.ry nfe ulmoBt Incredible ,
and would be beyond bellet were they
not malters ot actual record. One does
not bla.mo thom for the several nt.
lempts that were made to conceal or
obBcuro lhe records ot scandalous pur.
chases.
Possibly the most ol1y ot n11 the
schemes was the purchaBe of butter
trom a tavorlto dealer In Adams
county , and the record ot monthly sup-
plleB w11l term an Interesting chapter :
Aprl1 , 1899 , 133 Ibs . . . . . . . . . . 16 62
Muy , 558. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 75
June , 1066 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 81
July , 1120 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 78
August. 452 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 88
Noyomber , 80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 00
Jnnunry , 1900. 106.1. . . . . . . . . . . 180 87
February , 720. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1RO 90
Iarch , 925 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 98
April , 1427 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 88
May , 2663 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429 47
June , 2607 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 08
July , 1031 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 80
August , 1225 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 75
September , 706 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 80
Octobe 1701 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 98
Right here election came In , and
they had only two months for operations
betore the republicans took charge.
So they Improved lho tlmo and lct an.
othel' butter man In on the deal. This
Is the way they went drtl.'r the buller
money :
Nov. 14 , 638 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 102 08
21 , 168 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 20
22 , 187 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 05
23 , 9J2 : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 139 80
26 , 231 . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . 34 65
28 , 494 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 10
30 , 186 . . . . . . . . , . . , . . . . . . 27 90
Dec. 5 , 223 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 45
6. 991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 65
10 , 556 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 40
12,971 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 73
17 , & 09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7635
19 , % 527 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379 12
26 , 572 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 80
26,1787 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268 13
31 , 335 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 25
31 , 2570 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 50
This mad II. tota.l of 13,877 pounds
ot butter bought In November and De.
I cember at a cost ot $2,067.16. They
. knew that It was a fraud on the taxI -
: I payers. They knew that thoUfmnds
Ilnd thousl\nds ot pOllnds of the BtUt [
would rot before it could be used. ' 1'he
. .
c1Uxlety W S to spend t.\o ' money where
It would "do the trost good" before
the republicans took chllrge. In spite
of the lar e amount of butter on
hand they hurried Ilnd bought 289
pounds on the 5th ot Jllnuary and
H21 pounds on the 9th. By that time
the scandal IInd tbe hutter both hegan
to "smellto benycn , " and the new stllte
officials put a stop to furthcr buller tran-
n .nctions.
On cxamining the stubs of hullcr hooks
kept hy 0\\1' populi : < t friends we find , dur-
ing the 1110nths of Octoher and No111 ,
n her , HlOO , there was only enough bnllcr
bon ht for the imtitution to s\\pply the
.
iml11ediate dcmatll1 , the 111I10\\.t pur ,
chased not cxccelling 3,000 po\\ulls pel
1I10nth. After elcction in 'DOO howc\'er ,
the purchases hccllme lI1uch he\\'ier ,
From early in Dccemher. lUOO , to Jann ,
ary UUI , 1901 , n periml of le s than fi\'c
wceks , UICV hoht IIbout 1:1,000 : pO\\lIl1f
of huller for 1I10st of which they pait !
C fiftcen ccnta per pound , hut for SlJmt
twenty-two cents per pO\UIl1. 'Ve undcr ,
r
stlll1l1 frol11 the enUel1\an who was thel
I. - at the institutiou , and wlu
c > r lived in tIe cit ) . , that he was huyiug al
cr thnt time , good country hutter frol11 the
d. grocery stores in HIIStillgs at twel\'e IlIIt
' 0- 1\ half cents per pound , for bis fllU1il
11C use.
00 Wben Ule institution changed hnnd
Fob. ht , 1001 , there was nearly 10O
pounds of huller on hnnd , nellrly all 0
.
: n. which hnll been purchasell nfter Dec. 1st
110 1000. lror A 6hort time immediately fol
10winF the cbl\nge , the ' were able to us' '
Ild this buller , probably , OOO pound ! ! , hu
by tbat time it " .15 in such COl1llitiOI
they were cOlup llell to go into th
market and buy for the use of the insti
"
1 , tution , al1ll this with three 81111 a hnlf 0
lS' fOllr ton. of hutter in the Institution.
Upou an order from the board of pulJ
c1 , lIc lands and buildiu&I , GOOO , pouu s a
lat this spoiled buttu was disposed of to th
IYO h : b t bigdn. whi h b llPCJlcd to1e t.h
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. , .
Hustings Produce Co. , for eight allll onc-
tenth cents er pound , deliycrecl at their
pllllO of 1)\\8111ess. What thc ) ' filially did
with it no one can tell , hut the lI1anagcr
of the HlIstlnlts Prod\'ce Co. experienced
considernble difficulty ill disposing of it
to eabterll bUller refineries. It WIlS ill
the ori inal packages , the weights were
\ry clORcl ) ' watched and in the vastl11a
jorlty of cascs it wns fouud that the
, < tckagcs hlld heen billed to the institu-
on at their gross weigbt , hut little if
any delluction having been made for
boxcs , barrels , and other butter containers -
ers , which brought about an additional
loss to. the state of nbout ten pCI' ccnt.
' 1'0 oue who is inexpcrienced in this line
of worlc it miiht scem that this amount
of buller could huve been carcl1 for in
the cold storage , but this is lIol tbe case ,
purticularly so where it is delivered in
bad condition , and no effort had been
made to keep it.
This bullcr was delivered to the institution -
tution in sugar barrels , salt barrels ,
wooden shoe boxes , and in fact most any
wooden contuiner that woul hold
buller.
Sucb a wholcsale , vicious nnd foolish
waste of public money probably never
occurred before in nny state institution ,
yet it is certain that the fusionists now
running for office nl1 approvcd of it , and
the natural inference IS that they would
repeat the dose if they could again get
control of the Hastillgs institutioll.
Tbe butler transaction , however , was
only a part of the rab game. On December -
cember 27th , 1000 , Jllst before the republicans -
licans were to take charge of the state
departments , a bill wns made out b } '
W. J. Ifalk , a llastin s merchant , for
f8,75O,5O worth of clothing just sold to
the asylum. Here are the items contained -
tained in this grab :
252 dozen . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ .
ltj4 dozen suits \tI1IJ.erwcar. . 9 H.00
GG5 wool suits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,2.15,00
441 jeans suits. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,32.1.00
218 paIrs pants. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.1.00
16 dozen caps. . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.00
O dOlr.n overalls. . . . . . . . . . 3GO.OO
315 dozell shirts. . . . . . . . . . . . l,8HO.00
300 uck coats. . . . . . . . . . . . . .J50.00
dozen gloves . . . . . . . . . . . 15,00
15 dozen mittells. . . . . . . . . . 45,00
Ii dozen suspcnders. . . . . . . 6.00
2 dozen mittens. . . . . . . . . . 0.00
f8,750,50
Assuming there were no wool suits on
hnnd Dcc. 1st , 11)00 , it is foun they
bou"ht during the month of Dcccmber ,
1900 , 440 wool suits at $5 per suit , and
. durin/ / { the month of December , 1900 ,
and Janu ry , 1001 , requisitions on file
sho1\ ' they isued 105 of these suils to the
wards , nn on I cbruary 1st , 1001 , ( the
day when the institution changed hands ,
and the day invoice was taken ) there
were 285 wool suits on hand , making 1\
total of uits on hand and suits issued of
300. This sho\vs a shortage of 50 suits ,
to be accouuted for.
They also bourht of the saltie partl'
Nov. 20th , 1000 , 180 men's shirts at 00
cents each ; Dec. 11th , 1900,2400 men's
shirt ! ! at 50 cenb each j and Dee. 28th ,
l\JOO \ , 1200 men's shirts at 50 cents each ,
making a total of shirts bought , during
a period of fi\'e weeks , of 3780.
These two particular items are referred
to hecause thcy rcpresent the grentest
irregularities in line of purchase , so far
as we are able to dctermme from the records -
cords of the Institution. The goods were
all of an inferior quality , as was proven ,
by two disintercsted merchants in the city
01 Hastl11 s , and se\'eral merchants in
J4incoln , offercd to uplicate the suits for
$2.75 and the shirts for 30 cents eacb.
This bill was 1111 made out by one
favoritc , and was in addition to the
large amounts ulready spent for cloUling ,
The bill shows date December 27 , 1900 ,
and was duly certificd to and approved
by the asylum officials who were actin
with or for tbe fusion board of purcha6c
and supplies at the state hOllse. It ap'
pl'ars , however , that the retiring stale
officials were ash limed of the transaction ,
an did not want it to come to the sur.
face while the legislnture was in session ,
They must have instructed the contrac ,
tor to heM his bill. At any rate it WII !
not prcsented for payment until July 31
1001 , seven monthll after the republicnt
state officials had entered upon theil
duties. The fusjonists would have
promptly paid the bill , h , d they had the
opportun l ) ' , but the prcscnt state official !
were more careful. 'I'hey were aSlound
c , not ouly at the size of the bill , but a
the brnzen effrontery of the fusion joh
hoMers who hall saddled this uselcs
deht upon the in litution just before go
in out of office.
An in\'estigation was made , and th ,
proof of dclivcry heing very meagre , th ,
state houd rejecled the claim. Thel
came affida\'it' ! from the contractor , IInl
from the fusion olTice-holders as to th
delh'cry of the goods. Thcse affillI\
Wl're sworn to hefore Notary I'ubli
James Crowley of Hastings in AUj.'llst
mul the hoard finally al1owt'd i , b3S ,
of the bill on Sept , lI , 1001 , and rejectc
'the halance. There WIIS no proot th
1111 of the goods had rcached the inslitr
tion. The contractor sucd for the ba :
I ance of his bill , and the matter is now i
court. The case is another one of th
: unforhUlllte nud ecpensive legacil's of n
unhusinesslike and scmi.iusauc fusio
1 adminiitration.
I Money was spent in peculiar ways fc
; other things besides butter nml shodd
dothing , The following document is 0
l file at the state house :
"ORIGINAl. .
"pmUIJ1' TO PURCIIASE-
PITAL FOR TIlU CHRONIC
INSANH.
"Hostings , Neb" Oct. 26 , HJoo.
"To the lIoar of lurchase nn SUI
plies-Permission is requested of tl1
IIoar of Purchase and Supplies for tl1
purchase of the following named artich
for the use of tbis institution , tbe san1
bcing' nbsolutely needed at once , and t11
- same not beinJ. : upon tbe estimllte (
r contract for supplies. To be paid frol
Board and Clotbing Fund.
- "J. T , STEm..n ,
f "Superintendent.
e " 60 coffin8 , K. D. at f ! . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' 2
e " 6Q , rial rQbts I\ ' , 1 u" ' . . . . . . . .a. " (
-
I "Approved h ) ' the DOliI'd of purchaSi
nd Supplies , Oeloher 29 , 1000.
" } . V. Wolfe Secretary. "
Th" " 11 which came in for thlR requlsl ,
I 01 the coUllng fund was duly pre.
ton
sented to the repuhlcan state ofcal fOI
approval. I wns as follo"s :
"Dr. To 11 Rced Undcrtaking Co.
"Dec. , 10 G genl' burinl
robes , : . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l
"Dec , 2 , 19 ( coffins , . . . . .240"
This was nn iem of clothing that
suspicous , coming in just when
i did , nnd the republcan offiCials inves-
tigated. The following Icler explains
the whole business :
"Hastings , Neb. , Fcb. 1 IDO. Hon.
Chns. Wcston , State Auditor , Lincoln ,
Neb.
"
Dear Sir-I have ollr letlerof the 11h. ,
Also lhe voucher ) the 1. Recd Under.
taking Co. , returned for investigation.
In looking tbe matcr up we find that
thcre is 01 band at this time 58 coffins
nnd 72 burial robes , ns shOWl by our invoice -
voice of Peh , 1 There seems to have
been a dozen burial robes on hand wheu
this bill was bought
"I trust this record wi be cntirely
satisfnclory to > 'on. Should ) 'ou neell
additional kindly let U9
: ny 1fornation
know.
know.Your
Your very trul , ,
, W. B. Ker Supernteldent.
So it seems that these gruesome art.
of clo were " r
hil 10t "lbsolutey
ices
leeded ut once , " but . . . . .ere bouKht simply
to use up 13 10rc of the clothing fund
bcfore the republicans took charge. The
whole fusion machine approvcd of this
sort of business.
There wcre lalY othr pcculiar pur-
dlaBcs at tbe expense of the cothing fund.
Late in 1\0 they boughl G loads of
sheled cor at el,1G.49 , and 0 steers lt
$2L23. : Part of the steers were bought
from J. N. Lyman , the present candidate
for state treasurer on the fusion ticket.
Dcfore the republcan superintendent
took char e the steers had eaten the cor
und then most of them evaporated.
Hastings is just a sample of how the
stnte institutions were operated br the
fuslonists. The same starting condltionG
were found nt other places , and the present -
ent group of fusion candidatcs , beng
either in office or in acive control of the
machine at the time , were respollsible for
these conditions. It would be a strnge
move for the people to vote them back
and the state
into office bring bnck upon
I anothcr epoch of rancid buter , " K. D. "
coffins , gents' bural r. 'es , lythiclll
.clothing , disl\ppearing rc steers , and
ethcreal sheled COr.
The differcnce between a fusion and a
administration of the affairs of
republcn
Nebrska secms to be about the same as
the diference betwecn a deficiency nnd a
surplus. One means n lack of business
methods while the other means good business -
iness methods. One means waste and
the other means economy.
'Vhen Nehrska s < nds six republicn
congressmen to 'Vashington to sustain
the polcy of the McKinley.Roosevelt
i administrtion , she will have properly
shown her apprccation of the splendid
I prosperty tbat bas been enjoyed since
McKinley er began , dating from the
lattcr part of 1896.
The management of the state insttu-
tons hy the fusionist theJour years that
they were in ofce , was I disgrace to the
fair name of Nebraska. Not only wera
the inmlltes improperly fe nnd cared for , ,
but the cheap stuff furishcd them to eat -
and wear was purchase at fabulous
prices , amounting practcaly to a steal.
The ofcials were fed on the best that
money could buy. I's different now.
The inmlltes and officals have the same
I bi of fare , " and witb the economical
management of the past two years neary
every instituton wi have a surplus instead -
stead of a defciency at the end of the
two years.
I is reported that Johu Powers , candidate -
, date for state auditor on the fusion tcket ,
; has found holes in his fences in Howard
county , where the democrats are said t
have heen trading him for votes for
Thompson. Mr. Power is the only rep
resentative of the old-fashioned
ppulism
on the state tcket and it wi not be surprising -
prising if the returs from the electon
reveal lhat he is too ol-fashioned to
ptease the democrats. This bas been one
of the greatest faults of the fusion
scheme. The candid ales of one party
can never be certain that they wi have
the support of the voters of tbe otber.-
No.folk News.
111 'VUe 'Val a Purcbaur.
He tound him down at WhltehaU
crossing gazing at a locomotve that
waB standing steamed up ready tor
makln IB departure trom the ciy
trlend who had
when a notced him
pl\'oteu there { or some tme Btepped up
and remarlced : "Say , Di , why do you
Btand staring at that steam engine al
the tme ? " "Wel , Jim , " he repled ,
" ' the first thing that .
"I's Ive atruck .
slnco I came up here that my wlfo
hasn't asltcd me to buy-Monroe ! Ad.
vertser.
" 'onln Sutral8 In Ornlun
A woman sutTrage amendment Is to
be submited to the voters ot Orelon
In June next anl1 an aSBoclaton ot
women has b en organized to OppOSO
I. These women say In their protelt
Ir that only a smal percentage ot the
y women In the Btale . desire the balot .
1 as Is provel1 by their neglect to UBS It
In f chool electons. and that , theretore ,
) _ It should not be forced on the others ,
with IB attendant prl\'leges ot sUln ,
on jurie anl1 running tor omce.
> Speech and Uandl.
Ie
Ie A professor who hus made a study 01
: s chidren says he has dlsconred wh ,
Ie the majority of the pecple are rlght-
Ie handed. Infants use both handB
unt
Ir they begin to apcak. The motor Bpeeoh
n tunclon contro18 the right sldo of th J. '
body , and the frst right-handed mo-
" tonl are expressive molonl , tendln :
10 to help ou 'poch. . .speeoh .
! Kow.
does - .
r rght-haldenu8.
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