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( USTrR COUNTY RfPU UCAN
By D. M , AMSBERRY ,
DnOKEN DOW , . . NEBRASKA.
Th Positive Ltte ,
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Dr , L. H , Gulick. wriling about the
best wny to keep In health In the
Word's ) Work. 6&70 : "Tho real heart
, of the problcm ill psycbol9glcl11 , We
.ns just boglnnlng to underst.nnd the
part that good thinking bolds in goo.1
'hcl11th. ' Our thoughts are just as real
. , a part ot us are ollr bodle. . " 11111n
who perslsta in thinking unheallhy
, thoughts can no more Itcep sound and
'healthy ' in body thun n man who violates -
lates all the physical laws of his na-
ture. A man's menta1 attltudo is
, -fundamental. It is n well.known tact
, f that tbo numoor at deaths in an army
,
r 'defcated and on the retreat Is cnor-
' mously greater than In an army upon.
, a victorious march. The mental attlo'
j I udo of defeat. of discouragement , low
, era the rcnlstlng power of the InJI-
! I : VIdual. It predlsposos him to dlBc se.
" The whole tone o ! bls B'stem Is let
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' oWD. The aggressive. the positive ,
I 't Illie confident state of mind Is the ono
: that wins out over obstacles. The
man who keeps on the defensive all
I \he time , dreading danger. fighting
Ilf , , against bad Influences. avoiding dia-
I aaoo. not only wastcs an enormous
, \'j \ "mount of energy. but also lessons bls
own chances , It Is not tbo defensive
but the aggressive attltudo that pro- . .
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tecta.a man. The normal way. the
mclent way. Is to turn ono's thoughts
'to sometblng wortlt while. to fill the
ml.nd with healthy thoughts. ' 1'hls Is
sound psychology. You can't drag a
thing out of the mind : but it1w1l1 go
elf it Clf It ytU put Bomcthln1 ; clse in
t.s place. A determined purBuit of
oed thoughts. of healthy thoughts. Is
We only meanB of getting rid of th ,
other kind. "
I Dr1tlsh Mtneral StAUStiCB.
The total production of coal h.
Great Dritaln In 1905 amounted to
286.128.936 gross tons. as compared
'With 232,428,272 tons in 1904. an in.
-creaso of 3,700,664 tons. Of the pro-
'ductlon In 1905 236.111,160 tons were
obtained under the coal mines n.ct and
111.786 tons tram quarries , The production -
duction In 1905 was the largest in the
Istory of the United KJngdom. In
11905 Great Drltaln also produced 14.-
ri90,1S1 tons of ir ) D are. against 13-
" 174,282 tons In 1904. an Increase of
, s16.449 tons. Ot the total prodnctlon
'in ' 1905 7,860,969 tons were mined un.
: cler the cOlli mlne.s act , 1.768,307 tons'
under the meta111forous mines act.
and 4.961.465 tons from Quarries. 'l'he
\production \ In 1905 WI1J : rcnter tbun
4n any year slnco 1885. when 16U7. .
18Z tons wore mined. The maximum'
'Production ' of iron ore was reached
JD 1883. when the output amounted to
18,031.957 tons. All the sUltisUcS '
given above are official and are takoD
mm the Dritlsh Diue Dook. I
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"Inherited "
MeIDDries.
I In an English magazln Is n story
of what the wrltor cnUs "Inherited
memories. " told by the owner ot the
! "Jins of an old Roman fortress In
'England. A clergyman came to seethe
/the / ruins and claimed to have distinct -
tinct recollection of living tboro , In
; fome prIestly office ( evidently It "ran I
n his tnmlly" ) . in Roman tlmcs. He' '
jIlBkod to Bee an old tower that bad. .
'tumbled ' down. snylng there was in
o an days n socket In the top of It
'Wherein the defenders planted n mast
and hnuled to the top a basket pro-
'teeted with leatber. In which were
archers who tram the top could pick ,
. ptf leaders of besieging foes. "Then , "
! mold the owner. "we made diligent
lIenrch and found the stone socket 110
'described. ' a thing none of us had over
seen , " This i8 not romanco. but Is
told 8 a fact which the writer wnnts
people to bellove. It the new government -
ment In England hl18 not yet fiUed the
offtce of fool.klller it must be that the
'ncumbent Is open to graft.
PoUtene B.
ChIJdren arc the renl humorists
They never rack tholr bralus to sa ,
Bomethlng tunny. Here Is a small
boy's ingenuous "composition" on po-
Utcncss : "Nevor oat Quickly. or you
might got bones in your throat. 1.17
father knows of n boy who got killed
lOver his Sunday dinner. The greedy
'boy was picking a rabblt's head in a
hurry. and BwaUowed ono jaw of It ,
and my fnthor Bays ho was choked to
death there and then. Do very polite
pver your meals. then. especially
'When it'8 rabbits. Since my tather
, told mo that , I have alwa's felt rather
Queer over a rabbit dinner. I doa't
, talk much. and don't ask tor Rny
more. " A definition that won a little
girl pralso , deBplte its strangeness ,
, was "Turt. Blr. Is grass and clean dirt
I8tuck together by God. "
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Two prize 11shtera huvo"'received ta ,
ltal Injuries in the ring within the past
8ix months , The old claim that prlu
11zhtlng isn't as dangerous as toot-
'b&11 may have to be modified If the
i2rhters ; do not oxerclse greater care.
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Count Doni docs not seem to be any
.more of a success 118 a pol1t1clan than
. 1a a husband.
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rmJr the graduates , v1l1 begin ronJ
JUo.
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MUTINEERS TAKE SVEABORG
FORT AFTER FIERCE BA TTLE
R ssian Stronghold in the Baltic Captured by
Rebels-Hundreds Killed and
Wounded.
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Helslngfors.-Sveaborg Is enUre. .
I ) ' In the hands o [ the mutlnl.ers !
who now have In their possl.sslon
every Idnd o [ armnnwnt.
Horrible scenes occurrcrl during
Tuestla ) ' night when the florce fighting
was contlnu d. 'rho heavleHt artillery
was used dUl'lng the conllict betwl.en !
the mutineers and the government
troops.
An aUlhorltative estimate of the
1lllet ! anl1 wounl1ed cannot be ob.
talned , but the cnsualty list on both
sidell must be heavy , for the fighting
WIlR waged with desperation.
'l'here are various rUlllors to he
heard regarding the fate of the oI cerll I
who were at Sveabol'g and In the
8lmtlutden ! bal'racltB , According to
one rumor almost all the omcers , and
nccOl'dlng to another. almost all the
junior olllcers sided with the mu.
tlneers.
'rho marines at Slwludden are sahl
to have convened an elective court.
martial which condemned several of.
ficers to In stunt execution. .
Cause of the Outbreak. :
The cause of the mutiny Is reported
to have been the death of a soldier
In the battalions of sapllers and min.
ers. His comrades clalmel1 that the
death was duo to Ill-treatment. 'rhey
rose and were jolnel1 by the artillery.
Dlen. Together tlwy outnumbered the
lo'al infantry troops who supported
t elr omcors.
The Infantry Cram the Skatudden
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ONE OF THE FORTS HELD BY MUTINEERS. I
barraclts. which stands on the e'ea
rront In Helslngfors , were hl1meltlately
ordered out. ' 1'wo torpedo vessels lyIng -
Ing at al1chorago off the cllj' thereUIJon
: > pened with their l'a1)ld.firlng g\1ns
against the lJarraclw , shooting over the
healls of the 11001110 gathered \1)1on ) the
sea front and canslng a tremendous
panic. 'rhe greatest excItment pre-
'valled. but the socialistic worlmen
nnd the Hed Guard of Jlelslngtors
were nil highly elated over the ollt- .
break. They thr atened to tal\O ad. .
vantage ot the situation and Iroclalm 1
! l gQneral strll\O for the IJIII'IJOSO of t ) . . '
Ing up the railroads , At the latest
relol't ) the fortress at Sveabol'g Is
: : on1)lletel ) ) ' In the hands at the mutln.
eers.
eers.A
A further cause of the revolt Is
Cjnld to be In the fact that Tuesday
the annlvOl'sal' ' of .
was a mining ( lis.
aster. caused by reclless omcers. In '
which a dozen men lost their lives. 'I
Conspire to Take Forts. !
A gigantic military consiliracy aim.
Ing at the simultaneous capt\ll'o of
Russia's thl'eo gl'eat sea fortresses ,
Cronstadt , Sehastolol ) and Svea org ,
arranged by the Hevolutlonary : 'lItH.
tar ) ' league , was Ilrematuroly sprung
hero Monday night by an attempt to
arl'etlt memhers or II coml1llny or
SUIllerS who had mutinied on account
of the death of ono of their com.
raUl's , alleged to have been due to III
treatment.
'l'he entire garl'lson of the fortress
at. SveabOl'g ! Iamell ollt Instantly In
l'O\'olt. All the a1'tlllel' 'nwn and snp-
Ilel'S gal'l'lsonlng the Illace wore In.
volved. Only fOlll. con1l1anles of In.
fantl''lI1el1 1'oll1alned IOj'al. 'l'he mu.
tlneers selze\1 \ fOI't ) ' machlno guns and
practically all the quick-lirers 111111
light artillery In the fortress. bnt
oven with this uld they were unalJlo
to hold the main fort against the lo'al
Infantry. 'rhe fighting continued all
night. The heaviest tiring was heard
from 10 o'clockIonday evonlng until
ono Tuesday morning ,
Red Guard on Duty.
"Tho Hell Guard , " whoso leaders
were cognizant of the plot. dispatched
an eXllCdlUon b ) ' a slleclal train , as
3oon all the revolt brole out. to cut
the rnlll'Oad traclt Ollhlhlo or the city
In order to IJ1'event the arl'lval o [ the
reenforcements , A genol'Dl sh'lIto was
declared ' 1'uesday dftel'noon IItHl was
obo 'ed by the wOl'lnnen ot all the
factOl'les ,
Lead by Former Captain.
Callt. Kocl. an ex.olllcor of the army
amI II socialist. who was lender or the
November strllws. stoPllCd the St. Pe.
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tel'sbmg eXlu'ess 'ruosda ) morning. lIe
Bad Fire In Buffalo.
Duffalo. N. Y.-1'ho plant of the
l\IontgoUlOl'y Bros , & Co , Illan ,
ing.mlll and box lactory , on Court
street. was partially destroyell b ) ' fll'
early Tuesday. callslng a loss estl ,
mated at $170.000. ' 1'ho Plerco Auto.
mobllo comlan ) ) ' occuilled the tOl :
nool' . where they mallufactmed the
wooden ! I'ameK for their cm's , 'rho
estlmato tholl' loss at $100,000. I.lout. .
George Storm and Fh'oman Geol'g
Harnett were slightly Injlll'ed. Fred
O' rlen. night wutl1an. ! \ . Is missing ,
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was supported by revolutlonlsta. Ioch .
waa jeered by the Rlhloakl "ned
Guard" numhorlng 85 men. At ten
o'clock the entire purty went to KI-
Ida station and wel'o bl'l.aldng ! UII the
track. thus culling off the aIJlIroaeh of
Intended reenforcemontll reported to
be coming from WlIlIamstl'and and
Vlhorg ,
Fight Under Red Flag.
'ruesday morning a detachment ot
clvlllall revolutlonal'les seized the ma.
rlno bllrl'acks on SltUttuddon Island.
holRted the reU ! lag and were joined
by all the marines ,
Nine cruisers. torpedo boatn and
' ' 1 ' In the harbor
dcstro'OI's 'lllg opened
tire on the harrucl s , 'l'hls flro was
nnswel'ed trom the third story win.
dews of the barrack ! ! with machlno
guns and rilles ,
'I'ho torpedo lJOats and destroyers ,
which were 1)'lng close to the shoro.
wore subjected to such a hot tire from
the barrnclcs that tholr crews were
driven below docks , They finally
steamed out and joined In the bom.
bal'dmont with the crulsors ,
This sea attack was In co.operatlon
with attacks b ) ' Cossaclm antl Infan.
try tram the land side. which began
at nine o'clock In the morning and
continued through the whole day.
Flnall ) ' , towards ovenlng , the tiring
ceased and the authorltlcs announced
that the bal'l'acks had been captured.
At one o'clock In the afternoon the
Cossacks cleared Ule square In trent
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or the palace Caclng Sveaborg and
then drove the IHlbllc from the entire
water front for the lJUfllOse of pre.
vlJnllng the sending of assistance
from the elt ) ' to Sveaborg.
Humors are In circulation that UIO
entlro fortl'ess has flitlon Into the
hands of the Insurgents , but they : ack
conllrmatlon.
S\'eaborg Is a strongl ) ' fortified town
of Ruuslun Finland. sltuatCll on Seven
Islands. In the gnlf or Finland , Imme-
dlately southeast of Helslngfors. The
Islands , which are connected by pan.
'toons. form the Rite at a fortress
which defends the harbor of lIelslng.
fOl's and consists of numerous military
worls and batteries and a m11ltary
arsenal. Sveaborg ahiC has an excel.
lent harbor.
Outbreak Also at Skatudden.
An outhrealt also occurred at Slm-
tudden. ' 1'he omcel's there were made
Ilrlsoncl's and the soldiers elected lead.
ers , One omcer was Idlled , The Hus-
Rlan tOl"llCdo destroyer Finn Is born-
hardlng the barmcks and tllo mu.
tlnem's.
The Island or Slmtudden lies close
to the city of lIelslngfol's , with which
It Is connectOll bj' a short bridge , It
Is a half a mile long and about
a quarter of a mile wide , and Is given
over entirely to the fortl'ess , The ov-
el'llmont rallwa ) ' from St. Petersblll'g
encircles the clt ) ' and tormlnates upon
Slmtuddqn Island , 'rho Slmtu\den ( \
fOl'tre.lS ! Is ahout three miles from
Sveahol'g.
600 Killed or 'Woundcd.
London-A dlsllatch to a news
llgoncy from lIelslngfors , Finland.
sa's that a portion of the garrl.
son or Sveabol'g , I lnlnnd. mutinied
Mondu ) ' night and that a long and 0.
sangulnar ) ' sll'ugglo took place between -
tween the mutineers and the lo 'al
h'OOIS. In which the former are said
to have been vlctorlou8 , 'I'ho mutineers -
tineers , It Is added , are now In pos-
801slon o [ the fortress.
A latel' dlslll1tch from Helslngfors
8a'S that fierce fIghting continues at
S\'oahorg. UII to mldduy over 600 men
ha\'o been 1,111ed or wounded , War-
shills are now bombarding the fort-
I'OSS , ,
Strike Proclaimed In Finland. I
Sloclholm. Ang. I.-The socialistic ,
worl\lnen of Finland a1'O reported to
ha0 proclaimed a general stl'l1\O ,
Czar's Palace heported Aflame.
Parls.'I'hoIatln : lu'lnts a dls.
IJatcll tl'om Odessa , which 61\'S
It 11'1 ' 1'Ollorted trom 1.I\'adla that the
czur's IJl\laco there Is In flames , The
f1l'o Is said to ho the wOl'lt at revolu-
tionists.
Fire In Malting Plant.
l\l11wauleo.-I"lro ' 1'uesda ) ' damaged
the Illanl ot the Borcllol't Multlng
COI1l11l\n ) ' . 'rwont.fifth avenue and
I South Plm'co street. to an ox tent es.
tlmated at $ :10.000 : , about oquall ) ' dl.
: "Ided botw..I. _ II _ g _ and contents ,
I Killed by Lightning.
I 8111'lngllold , O-1.uthor I.ortnl1 , a
; fa1'1I101' . engaged In threshing oats. was
, stl'uck by IIghtulng and Instantly
t ' kIlled during the Ilrogress of II tor.
'rlno'I'alll and '
I electl'lc storm , CI'do
, Xalltlors was knocled senseless ,
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THE COWARD
By FRANCIS A , STOUTENBURCH.
Clay entered his library , closed the
door and locked it. TIlCn. with energetic -
getic tread ho made his way to his
desk. From ono of the pigeon holes
bo toolt a revolvor. It was n big ,
wIcked l oltlng un-44 caliber.
Capt. Clay , retired. was man who
always believed himself to bo a coWard -
ard at beart : but In a cablnot In his
library there was a' medal which bad
been awarded him for valor in the
field : there was also a letter from
President McKinley promoting and
commondlng ) llm tor conspicuous brav-
ery. And on the wall was a sword.
given him by his OWI1 company. with
an Inscription on the blade testifying
to his courage. selt.sacrlfico and loy-
alty.
alty.Clay examined the revolver caro.
fully. It was properly loaded and
ready to do the deadly work it might
bo called upon to do ,
OIa ) ' sanlt back In Iln arm chair. the
weapon In his hand.
In the last stnges of consumption ; .
racked by pain : grieving over the lOBS
of his ) 'oung wtre , who had died but n .
few months previously ; harassed by
a poverty that ho was too proud to
1I1alO known. ho had sought the seclu.
slon of his pet room surcease of sor-
row. an end to all the responslb11ltles
of life , "
"I was always a coward. " he mut.
teredo as he shudderlngly looked down
at tile revolver. "Yet somehow I did
my work. When I charged the Span.
Jsh breastworks at Palmas at tllO head
of my men I was in mortal fear of 11
wound of some Idnd. I WIlS the first
man inside the onomy's works. Men
near me were cut down by machets.
bayonetCll or shot. I was untouched.
My men never Itnew my fear ; np-vor
noticed my white face. In the heat
'of the combat the ) . took no lleed of
all this ; but they cheered mo after
the fight was won.
"Then , again. that fight near the
river. when I carried Sergt. Peters on
my back after he was wounded-car-
rIed him through 11 deadly fire , back
in our 11nes-ah. hll-that's ! where I
won the presldent's letter ; but I was
in agony lest some Mauser should send
Its bullet through me , Dut somehow
I did my work.
" " again at
"And now-he glanced
the weapon In his hand-"It may hurt
me. " 110 mused , with something of I
1J0yish petulance , "Oh ! I cannot bear :
the pain. In case It does not kl11 instantly - !
stantly ; the crashing through my tis-I
sues and bones ; and oven though It
kill me , therc111 be a momentary. a
\horrIble \ agon . .
"A coward I am. and always was ;
: ret somehow I did my worl , . "
Racked b > a fit of coughing , be noticed -
ticed that blood had como on his
handkerchief again.
Something prompted him to take the
sword of honor from Its place on the
wall and put It by his sldo ; to gaze
once moro upon the medal and to
take the presldcnt's letter and spread
It acrss his knees.
" 'fheso wl11 make me n brave man. "
ho said ,
But these acts failed to summon up
the courage that ho sought.
He looked again at his revolver and
shuddered. Throwing open its
breech. he hastily emptied It at Its
contents ; then picking up the poker
with a sharp blow he smashed the
weapon and threw Its shattered remnants -
nants into the dead embers of the
hearth ,
"Now I am a coward ! " he exclaimed
bitterly. "Somehow betore this I al.
ways did m ) " work. "
Then It was that the bright , 110pe-
ful faces of his two young sons-ono
of 101 and one at 12-who were near
at hand at play with other boys. came
up before him. and their voices seemed
to say : "No. no , 'ou are a brave man
and no coward. "
A smile passed over his wan faco.
"What was that ? " ho asked. "Is
an'one In the room ? "
lIe heard a faint sigh ; that sarno
faint , lIllIIY IIttlo sigh that had como
from his wife as she died In his arms
but a few months provlous ,
Ills wasted right hand was lIrtell
from the desk whel'con It rested hy
fingers InvIslblo but supremely ten.
der. A kiss. I11l1sl\'o , sweet and hear.
Ing In Itself a message of angelic
gratltudo and apllroval was presscd
upon It.
Ho leaned forward In his chair.
The blood gushed rorth from mouth
and nostrils and tl'lll1ed in a crimson
stream across the letter from the mur- .
dcred president \\1llch ; Iny In his lap , i
No bullet caused It. It was the last
hemorrhage. It was copious ; It wal'
merciful ; and It took hlmY. . IIer-
ald.
Directing Electric Waves.
According to a descl'1ptlon at his experiments -
periments given b ) . : 'Ilr. Marconi. the
confining of the electric wav s used In
wireless telegraIhy to certain prede.
termlned directions Is a problem ad.
mittlng of an cas ) " . it not a complete.
solution. A simple method Is to sub.
stltute tor the usual , 'ertleal antenna
emplo'ed u.s radiator or a'bsorber of
tllO waves , a straight horizontal con.
ductor. placed'at a comparatively smaU
elevation abo\'e the surraco of the
ground or the water. Experlcnce
shows that the radiation reaches CI
maximum In the vertical plallo of this
horizontal wire , and grnduall ) ' dlel'
out on each side of It. Slml1arl ) ' at
the receiving station the maximum
effect of the waves Is felt In the vertl.
al Illane of the horizontal absorbing
conductor. To attune the transmit.
tlng and receiving apparatus. their
conductors arc Ilolnted 11 the Game I .
direction.
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A FROST AND A THAW.
DY ELL OTT W ALKEn. ' i.1
I Dorcas Co po ran Into the pantry
with her bony hand pressed hard over
her mouth.
"Tho end Is comin' . " sbo muttered
behind the tightly closed fingers. "I
limply cnn't endure him any longer. "
. Under the scanty gray hair. brushed
roercUcssly back Crom the anxious
brow , her cyes. strained. fixed and
bopolesB. presently roved with 11 slow
lospalr trom the yellow-painted ceU-
Ing to the clean. worn dressor. where
atood the IIhining ! tins In readiness for
tbo morning's mlllt. Dropping her
\and. Dorcas gazed at them queerly.
"Forty > 'ears I'vo filled pans right
kore. Ohlhat ; ain't I done right
ere ? Stood and worlted. and thought.
, .nd planned. laughed c:1d cried. hnppy
\nd mls'rablo. summer and winter.
rain and shine. Lord ! Lordi Lord ! "
She clasped her forehead. groaning
blUerly. with no tears. unconsciously
counting the well-used household Implements -
plements hanging ne.ntly on their
nails. and the array of canisters and
small spice-boxes on the shelf. "To
drop dead would bo a mercy. " she
whispered. "If I dared- "
PIcking up a Iteen-edged bread knife.
the woman patted the sharp point
with a finger. sm11lng grImly whl1e
she poked her corset ribs.
"If I had a beart. 'twould bo about
here. I s'poso. Pshaw ! That's no
way , If you get to thlnltln' of thatI I .
Nol Whllo the fit's on mo I'll tell.
him. JU t as I am. I'll go out to the
barn and tell him I'm goln' . From his
actions lately. ho ought to be wl11ln'
enough. My soul ! when did It all
start. nnd what for ? It's JIlto a wall
of ico. beglnnln' with 0. drop and
grow In' . growln' . tlU we'ro froze apart
as wi do as the poles. He Imows it. I
know it. It's beyond ever me1t1n' .
Nothln' to do but ono thing. "
Across the yard , unmindful of the
dew stiB soaking the uncut grass and
the tact of her low heel-trodden slip-
pers. Mrs. Cope marched stolidly.
bl1nd to the early sunshlno. deaf to
her favorlto robins. intent only upon
Ithe words burning In her brain.
' " 1'11 bo cool and calm. " she ept
'sayIng , mumbling her lower I1p. " 1'11
say. 'Beecher. what's the use ? It
thero's any comfort left on earth tor
either of us we'l1 never find it togeth-
er. ' And he'll say-weJl-not much. I II I
igUes : ! , Why no need or luggln' thi3 I
lmlto out here. " she added. surprlsed-
Ily. "I thought I put it ( .own. "
The g-eat barn door stuck and
croaked dismally as Dorcas squeezed
'through ' , pushing an aperture 5uffi-
clently wide to allow Ingress for her
narrow figure. "He's In here some-
where. " she saId to herself , with an
added Irritation at the del a ) ' . as she
peered about , "The cows ain't ant
yet. What's that ladder doln' there ?
Wbat's- "
A low. dreadful cry burst from her.
Then she went up the ladder Hlte a
mad creature. b nt over a beam and
slashed with the bread Imlfo.
Doecher Cope feJl heav11y In a heap ,
Half sliding. half dropping. his wife
descended with per110us nglllty. flew
to him. taro the noose from his necl\ .
rolled him over and sanlt to her l nees.
Mr. Cope was very much alive , nlbelt
somewhnt purple and greatly shamo-
raced and dismayed. His rope had not
been properly a , . usted. Having tied
his feet and hands with strong twine.
ho was undergoing a slow and painful -
ful process or strangulation. with no
power to expedlto matters. when his
'Jetter half had appeared on the scene.
Gasping a few times. he cleared his
hroat for speech ,
"DorcaD Cope. don't ou never let
? n ! Cut them strings Ilnd 111 get up. "
"Promise mo you'll never try this
ng'in ! It not , I'll leave you tied.
Beecher COIle. I'll call in the nelch-
bors-I'l1- "
"Tho Lord hearln' me. I'vo had
enough. Dorcas. "
Her face was like 11. white flint : lS
Bhe snipped the bonds. helped him
stagger stIffiy to his feet. and took his
rm ,
"Come right In the house. Deecher. "
she saili. quietly.
/tern-featured : old man wailed
pubmlsslve.y by her side. Ho had not
trembled at the pro&pect ot death , but
now ho shuddered , leaning against the
woman with his head lowered.
"You druv 1I1e to it. " ho grunted ag-
greHslvoly.
"How ? "
"I clunno how. I can't tell ; but : rou
did. For ten ycarR you've been drlvIn'
mo to It , Dorcas-I couldn't stand It
another day. "
"Humph ! " Mrs. Cope's throaty exclamation -
clamation wall harlily distinct.
'l'hey reached the Itltchen. The half-
prepared brealfast was on the range.
"Set down. " l'ald the woman.
strangely. "Drink this cup of hot tea.
Throat hurt you ? "
"N-o-no. not much. Kind of
cbokY "
Ho gulped the beverage and beld
out his cup tor more. Dorcas sat and
sipped hers.
"Now then , " she said.
Cope strulhtened ! up. "Dorcas. " ho
began , haklly. "havo I evp. . scolded
you. or be'n mean ( r o\'erbearln' ?
Haven't I got ) 'OU what was necessary -
sary ? Could you call me cranly ?
Ain't I 0. gooll husband-tako mo 1111
round ? Forty years this month wo'vo
lived together. Our children have
growed up and gone. I've worled
hard. FoUts call me II lard man. I've
had to bo In tradln' and getUn' along.
Can you say I'vo be'n hard all you 1"
"No. " ber volco simply l egatlve.
"Haven't I be'n a satlsractory wlfe7
What can you say against me ? "
' ' 'Nothln' . ' ' COIIO spoke wearll ) ' .
. "That Is-no-really nathln' . "
"Then whr. . do ) 'OU mean by s ) 'ln'
I druv you to-to 1\1 111 n' yourself ?
Didn't you thlnlt of me-a good. for-
. . - " - . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . .d. . .
4B' ' ' '
bearln' wire-to shoulder such a curse . tf.
1111 my days. and you dyln' for noth- . \
lu' ? "
"You'd be'n well left and pro ;
vlded for. " said Capo doggedly. "Follts ' .
' ' 'Insanlty. . '
would say 'twas temp'rary
I'm shook up some. but I aln't crazy.
I meant it. Llvln' don't seem Quito so .
bad as it did. " He gave a grim smile , '
adding. " 'Twasn't the way to go. but ' . . ,
' '
) 'ou'd have be'n batter orr. Dorca& .
Can you say you wouldn't ? " 'i
"You ain't explalnin' tbls , " cried hln :
wlfo with sudtlen excltoment. "Tho .
Idea of la.in' the fault onto met What , ' \
Is It ? You'll tell me. Deeeher Cope. ' . -
I'm endurln' . but this Is past ondurln' . . . ;
Something you've got In your head .
ag'ln me. and I'll Imow it. What hnvo , . . . .
1 done ? "
"You've rroze me ! " exclaimed her ' . ' I
husband loudly. "I dunne how to toll
It. but that's It. ' .
"And ) 'ou'vo froze me. " returned
Dorcas. her sallow cheeks flaming.
"It's your 9wn doing. I'll tell yon this
-I wont to the barn to say that I.
meant to lcave ) 'ou-that I'd rather. . . . . / . -
I . /1-
llvo in a refrigerator than go on with
never a loolt nor word to show I was I '
anything to you nowadays-no mora
than a cow. Froze you. Indeed ! I'vo
been stlttened up and frost-bitten till
I haven't cven a warm tear left to'
shed for a sick baby ! "
The old couple gazed at each other.
I
OUd ticked the w02den clock on t o
I
,
"FOR GOOD AND ALL ? "
old cloth-covered mantel. One min-
ute. two mInutes. Then the husband !
spOKe slowly.
" " 'as > .ou thinl\ln' of a separation ,
Dorcas ? "
"It had come to that pass with me , '
Deecber. "
"For good and all ? " ' , . . "
"Yes. sir. " _ J' o , .
Cope's feet shlfled forward and he . ,1J. . - A
hitched his chair nearor.
' ' 'l\lost ten years ngo. " ho said. sol-
emnly. "I smashed my thumb mendln'
a tenco. and I come to YO\1 to have It
done up , You .dono It aU rIG'ht andl
Idnd enough. but there was somethln'
In the way your tace 1001\Cd and your
fashion ot turn In' away. dlsgusted- >
111e , that hurt my feelln's dreadful.
'Twas as it you hated to touch 'me. OJ" " j
have me touch you. and It bit Into me. \
ThlnlI. : . 'If I've got too old tor com- . I
. ,
fortin' and being tussed ovor. so be (
It. ' All day. I l\Op' feel1n' In my : Jock- J
ets to see what I'd lost. but things was "
all there. What I'd lost wasn't In my' '
clothes , And I tried to cuss away the
feelln' . but It wouldn't leave me. t.
hated to go In to meals-somehow-If
"I rec'lect that morn In' . " rojoIned' .
tbo woman absently.Iy nerves was :
r
all on edge 'with neuralgia. Was that
the day ) 'ou set read In' your paper-
after supper. and I come up to put.
my arm around 'ou. mean In' to gl\"e1
you a Itlss. and ) 'ou turned your headl' '
awa ) ' qulclt and shrlnked from me ? It
made my beart stop beatln' . I was so .
surprlse and mad. Says I.to . myself , <
'Tho next l\lss comes tram him. ' It
never ( " _ e , "
"Funny you should have remembered -
bered that , " muttered , the farmer.
stroldng his chin whlslter thought- /
fully. ' l
"Funny you should have remembered -
bered your thumb. " Dorcas pulled out
her spectacles. adjusted them carefully -
ly and looled at him.
"And the next day. and the next , un
It was weeks , months. years of lIvln
III an east wln < 1. " quoth her spouse _
"Perlite and respcctful wo was al-
wa > 's , but ' couldn't shalto err the difference -
ference , It cat into mo. Lately. It.s
bo'n worse. I got slclc of It. 'Twas aU
through me IIko a dIseaso. and l1S
growln' older nnd Queerer. That'l )
why 1-1 1J0rrowed your clothes I1ne.-
" 'ere these tears trlcltllng tram beneath -
neath the spectacles at Dorcas ? The
old m'an did not see , lIe could not
for the sudden mist clouding his eyes.
" ! ) erhaps It.'s best to let you go. " ho
I11m'mured. "Imt-I-dunno. "
" 'Twns your lolt thumb. " cried Dor-
em. . , Irrelevantly. "Let's see H , "
Cope gave another hitch and their
Imeos touched. The
woman bent 10" "
over the' rOllsh. scarred 1110mber ,
pressed her h s to It and sobbed.
"I tn1to It bacle , husband" she
( 'holed , " 'rhe II1'st Itlss cOl11e ; from '
"
me.
"God be thanl\Cd ! " His husky whisper -
per brolw. " 'rhe wlnd'f : from the south
1I0W , Dorcas. We'lJ keep It blowln'
! Jear. we'll Ieep It hlowln'I' " (
( CoJ'rljht. 190J. 1Jy , ycl3cph n , DorrIe , : ) I
- . ,
Sir Gilbert Purl , cr. the novelist 1\1.
p , . docs 1110st of his wrlUng '
Uowa
aya- {
while .
stmdlng up. ,
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