The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, October 11, 1901, Image 7
W V r h ft n fa it K m 5he Scourge ofDwITkSCIS SSBg3Jae Copyrighted 18W by Robert Bonners Sons CHAPTER XIX Continued He had taken her hand and was raising it to his lips hut she sud denly drew it from him No no no she murmured Pardon lady I meant no offense The tone was one of grief Oh Julian Julian Leave me not yet She reBted her freed hand upon his arm and gazed up into his face Her oyes were streaming with tears and her bosom heaved convulsively Lady Ulin Julian O in this hour of helpless ness and need I turn to thee with all my trust and faith If the love of this poor heart is worth the cherishing take It and keep it always I have no power I have no choice The light of thy face beaming in love upon me reveals to me that I am bound to thee by chains which I cannot break She rested her head upon his bosom and he winding his stout arms about her pressed her to his heart as a Meas ure the most precious that earth could bestow The sun sank to its evening rest and the shades of twilight deepened over the river and over the grove The stars came out one by one in their celestial stations and anon the silver moon lifting its face above the hills of Hobah cast its soft light Into the vale Still the lovers sat beneath the orange tree and there they might have sat late into the night had not Osmlr come to interrupt them What did the guard want at that hour and In that place He sought his master Julian arose and went to him and they whispered hurriedly togeth er and then Ulin was sure that she heard the Arabs mentioned Ulin said the chieftain coming back and taking her hand you might go with me to the cave I am called in another direction What is it You tremble Ah Julian there is danger No no sweet love harbor not that fear I go to ward off danger O I have something more than life to care for now At this point Selim came running up all out of breath but before he could speak his master stopped him I understand good Selim Osmir has told me But my master In a moment Wait till I come back And thus speaking Julian led the maiden to the cave Excuse me now he said raising her hand to his lips I will be back shortly You will not fear CHAPTER XX A Kings Story 1 The first person whom Ulin met after entering the cave was Ezabel who stood by a table upon which a lamp was burning My dear child I was just coming in search of you We were anxious What have you been in tears Ulin what is it What has happened The maiden in memory of the great event of the evening forgot the cause of fear that had been with her It was a secret she could not keep a se cret she had no wish to keep and resting her head upon Ezabels shoul der she told tne story of her love Dearest Ulin said the aged ma tron kissing the maiden upon the brow he is worthy of the trust you have reposed in him At that moment Albia come in from the grove wnere she had been in search of her mistress and very sooc see too had heard the story She gazed into Ulins face a moment and then with a tear glistening in her eye she murmured I shall be very happy now for henceforth I can serve and love you both As Albia spoke and before any reply could be made Julian came hurrying into the cave He was much excited and Ben Hadad saw a fear upon his face such as had never been seen there before My Son spoke the hermit what means this Your manner betokens danger And there is danger cried the young chieftain moving instinctively to Ulms side I fear that I have been much to blame I should have been warned by the words of Osmir and Selim Those two Arabs have evident ly discovered our abiding place Well and what then asked Ben Hadad I think tuey have brought a large force against us What of Arabs Do they mean to rob us Perhaps suggested Abia they hope to recapture what they have lost Ulin moved to Julians side and leaned upon his stout arm He kissed her upon the brow and bade her be of good courage and then he said to the others in answer to what had been suggested I fear the truth has not yet been hit If the Arabs are coming as I apprehend there may be another solu tion to the problem Those two ras cals who escaped us could easily have followed us to this place We were not looking for such a thing and so did not guard against it They knew that the maiden who had been snatched from them was the daughter of the kings prime minister and may they not have known that she was the kings affianced At all events it is not unreasonable to suppose that they A Story of the Eest By SYLVANUS COBB JR 1 may have anticipated some gain of re ward by carrying intelligence to Aboul Cassem If they have done this then they must also have revealed the whereabout of the Scourge of Damas cus A low cry of pain from Ulin told how directly the fear had touched her and again her lover sought to calm her We must leave this place he said and seek shelter in the wood You and I and Albia will go and the guards will join us outside I know where there is- safety so have no fear Should the rascals come they will not harm these old people they will not dare to do it Ulin had drawn a mantle about her shoulders and Julian had turned to speak apart with Ben Hadad when Osmir came rushing into the cave with terror depicted most painfully upon his ebon features They are coming he cried They have sprung upon us from a hidden cover Who are coming They are the kings soldiers led by the captain Benoni On the next instant the clash of arms was heard at the entrance Back back sweet love said Ju lian gently pushing the maiden towards- her chamber There may yet be hope He grasped a sword as he spoke and leaped toward the entrance but he was too late Already a score of arm ed men were rushing in a number of them bearing flaming torches in their hands Come good Osmir the chieftain cried bracing himself for the work Capture for us is certain death We can do no better than to sell our lives here One two three four of the royal soldiers fell beneath the lightning like strokes of Julians trenchant blade and in the same time Osmir had -slain two but it was not in the roll of fate that two were to overcome the force that came pouring into the cave A flaming torch was hurled upon the chieftain and while he staggered be neath the blinding stroke he was drawn over backwards and his arms quickly pinioned The next move ment was to secure Ulin and Albia after which Ben Hadad and Ezabel were taken Will you lay violent hands upon me demanded the hermit I am ordered to bring you all be fore the king replied Benoni all whom I might find in this cave I mean to offer you no harm so if you have complaint to make save it for those who command me While the captain was searching other apartments to see if more pris oners were to be found Julian felt a hand laid upon his shoulder and on looking up he beheld Judah So my noble chieftain you are fast once more The guard played us false it seems and I came near losing my head in consequence but my royal master will pardon me when he sees you again CHAPTER XXI Innocence of Helen The king of Damascus had grown very old and very sour within those last few days Rage and chagrin had so shaken his- frame that he seemed stricken with palsy and his voice from its bowlings and moanings had become hoarse and cracked But hs had promise of sweet revenge His soldiers were upon the track of the fugitives- and he believed they would bring them back O how he would gloat over the sufferings of his vic tims when they came within his power I tell thee Aboul Cassem he said addressing his minister the fair frail Ulin must suffer for this She is no longer your child I shall not regard her as such Aboul bowed his head and answered that he was content Omar could not help noticing that his friend was in trouble and he took the liberty to ask what had gone wrong Alas cried Horam everything goes wrong And he told how he had put away all his wives for the daugh ter of Aboul Cassem and how she had betrayed him andfled from him And then he told how he had once captur ed his dreaded enemy the Scourge of Damascus and how the prize had slipped through his fingers by means of the treachery of his slaves By my life exclaimed Omar you have been most sorely afflicted But the worst is- yet to be told pursued Horam clenching his hands and gnashing his teeth The robber and the lady Ulin went off on the same night and I have every reason to believe that she corrupted my slaves to set him free In fact I am sure she did I think they will be all within my power by tomorrow 0 Omar you have known much of my sorrow I have grown old since we last met very old In years I am but the passing of two harvests ahead of you but in trial and trouble I have left you far behind The last time you were in Damascus the first great trial of my life came upon me You remem ber it Of what do you speak Why of my wife of the first wife I ever had of her whom I made my queen Do you mean the Lady Helena To be sure I do Mercy have you forgotten No said Omar shaking his head I remember Helena very well She wa3 the most bautiful woman I ever saw And as false as she was beauti ful added Horam Is it possible I did not think she would come to that How exclaimed the king of Da mascus Does your memory fail you What mean you Horam My mem ory is good Then why do you wonder when I speak of the faithlessness of my first queen Was it not yourself that gave to me the proofs of her infidelity Did you not show to me that she had fallen You speak in riddles said the king of Aleppo I remember that we once suspected the young queen of be stowing her love upon a captain of your guard I think hfs name was Ja bal Yes responded Horam Jabal was the man and I slew him It was your evidence that convicted both him and Helena And was the queen guilty after that Guilty after that repeated Ho ram slowly and irresolutely What mean you Do you imagine that I allowed her to live to commit more crime In mercys name cried Omar what do you mean by this speech Do you remember Sanballad and Ben Huram Yes replied Horam They were two of my chamberlains who accom panied you to Aleppo at the time of which we have spoken No said Omar they did not quite go to Aleppo I sent them back be fore I reached my capital They brought to you my message I never saw them again after they went away with you returned Ho ram Never saw them Good spirits of mercy Are you in earnest Horam Aye If they started on their return they must have been robbed and kill ed for I never saw them after they left in your retinue The king of Aleppo clasped his hands in agony 0 Horam Horam he exclaimed what a fearful mistake was that Bear with me forgive me What is it Omar Your beautiful queen was inno cent Innocent gasped Horam starting to his feet and then sinking back again Yes my brother replied Omar in trembling tones she was as innocent as in that natal hour when first she rested upon her mothers bosom At Balbec we found a woman whom some of my officers brought before me supposing her to be the queen of Da mascus She was very beautiful and so nearly did she resemble the queen Helena that even I was at first de ceived Her name was Jasmin and she told me that she had just fled from Damascus and was waiting for her lover to join her She said that Jabal was her lover and that he was a captain of Horams guard The truth flashed upon me in a moment I conversed with her until I had gained her whole story and then I knew that your queen was innocent It was all proved to me as clear as the sun at noonday At first I had a thought of returning myself and bearing to you the joyful tidings but business urged me on and I sent Sanballad and Ben Huram And they did not come uttered Horam with his hands working ner vously in his bosom They did not come and my queen died God forgive me ejaculated Omar I would have given my own life Horam To be continued What He Might Do The custom of preserving the busi ness name of a firm years after the founders have passed away or disap peared finds its reproof in a story re lated by the New York Evening Post A young man who was sent out to canvass leading lawyers in a certain interest entered the office of a firm of great prominence and said I should like to see Mr M mentioning the first name of the firm Very sorry sir but Mr M has been dead three years was the answer Well in that case I shbuld like to see Mr N the second name of the firm Mr N retired from the firm over a year ago said the clerk with a smile In deed then may I see Mr O the last name of the three Mr O replied the clerk sailed last week for Eu rope and wont be back for a month yet is there anything I can do for you There is answered the can vasser with the utmost suavity some day when you have time you might bring the firm name up to date Are not all true men that live or that ever lived soldiers of the same army enlisted under heavens cap taincy to do battle against the same enemy the empire of Darkness and Wrong Why should we misknow one another fight not against the ene my but against outselves from mere difference of uniform Carlyle Read not much at a time but medi tate on what you read as much as your time capacity and disposition will give you leave ever remembering that little reading and much thinking Xittle speaking and much hearing fre quent and short prayers and great de motion is the best way to be wise to be holy to be devout Bishop Jeremy TfcyJor 11 CAMPAIGN NOW ON Party Issues and Merits of Candidates How Under Discussion REPUBLICAN NOMINEE TOR JUDGE Resolutions tj the Union Veterans of Lincoln Yellow Journalism Iloandlr Denounced Oct Savage on the Assas sination of President McKIuloy With the nomination of the two state tickets it is only reasonable to pre sume that the fall campaign is on and that until the polls close the public mind will be more or less engrossed in the discussion of party issues and personal merits of the candidates Realizing that the supreme court Is a court of las resort and is a tribunal often called upon to determine titles to property damages and is not in frequently required to determine con troversies involving human life anl other very important questions the republicans very wisely selected as their candidate Samuel H Sedgwick of York Judge Sedgwick is well schooled in the law has a fine judicial mind and ranks among the ablest of his profession As district judge he won the admiration of his constituents by his keen legal discernments his firm sense of justice and his strict de votion to duty Litigants received prompt and considerate attention and jhe was careful not to adjudicate or render opinions until he had exam ined standard authorities and weighed fully all the evidence in the action pending So circumspect was he in his decisions that he enjoyed not alone the confidence of his profession but that of the supreme court itself Judge Sedgwick is now a member of the su preme court commission and his views on actions pending are received with high regard by all of his associates His election would mean elevation to the supreme bench of one of the ablest purest and most learned jurists in Nebraska THE ANCESTRY OF ANARCHY Perhaps nothing said or done in the history of this government has so moved the American people as the as sassination of President McKinley The fact that the tragedy seems to have been born of anarchy has awak ened not alone a sentiment against anarchy but a sentiment against what is known as yellow journalism and against the practice of indulging in rancor vituperation and abuse in political campaigns Already various organizations and various individuals have registered a protest against this sort of campaign ing assigning as their reason for so doing the belief that the assassination of President McKinley is the direct fruition of lessons learned by anarchy in the recent national campaign At a meeting of the Union Veterans in Lincoln representing a membership of nearly 600 the following resolution was unanimously passed Whereas We cx soldiers of the civil war and of the late Spanish war here assembled recognize in anarchy the de struction of all government and the sub stitution in lieu thereof of murder ra pine and the torch and in the professed anarchist an enemy to all government and a menace to organized society there fore be it Resolved That we call upon our law makers state and national to so legis late as to make anarchy treason to the state and nation and provide the death penalty for a person convicted of being an anarchist or of killing- or attempting to kill the president of the United States Res olved That we condemn in the se verest terms those persons who far po litical or other purposes habitually and persistently attack the government by appeals to the prejudices and baser pas sions of the people and bv teaching dis content and class hatred by falsely rep resenting our government as an empire and our president as an emperor there by fostering disloyalty and the growth of anarchy and giving encouragement to anarcnisis 10 assays male our cnosen rulers Resolved That we condemn any and all persons who express cither directly or impliedly any sympathy for anarchy or anarchists whether in connection with the assassination of our president or with the Haymarket anarchists who were so justly convicted by the Illinois courts and a part of whom were in defiance of decency and good government so un justly pardoned by Governor Altgeld Resolved That the so called yellow journals as typified by the New York Journal and Chicago American by the use of indecent and slanderous cartoons of our public officials by their persistent lying and misrepresentation of facts their open and active sympathy with Aguinaldo and his followers in the late Philippine insurrection and their advo cacy of treason to the American govern ment are in our opinion largely respon sible for the existence of anarchy In this country and are not wholly guiltless of the blood of our beloved president Mc Kinley the brave commanders Stotsen berg and Lawton and the soldiers who lost their lives in the service of their country in the Philippine islands While the foregoing resolutions strike a square and forceful blow at the primary cause a still harder and more direct assault comes from Rev Dr Jacob Cooper vice president of Rutgers college Rev Cooper charges the presidents assassination directly to Yellow journalism at the head of which he places the New York Journal Following is a copy of the letter sent by Dr Cooper to the editor of that paper Sir While the world stands aghast at the horror recently enacted at Buffalo it looks beyond the weak miscreant who fired the shot at our noble president It sees In you and those like you the lead ers of a reckless press the forces which make such an act possible Behind the much abused license of printing you have for years been uttering both by word and by pictures that which you knew to be lies of the most damnable blackness from the vantage ground of your cowards fort This constant hell broth of vituperation and lies spewed out all over the land has done Its legiti mate work It has incited weak men like this ignorant and fanatical Polish anarchist to do a deed in which you the real assassin gloat in your Inmost soul but from which in your craven terror you crouch like a frightened hare Why dont you if what you have been saving for years be true repeat it now j If false why do you not have the man llnesB to admit that all your utterances about tho president and vice president were conscious premeditated lies All goou men and women In this nation de nounce you and your llko as the real as sassin who fired the shot I denounced you from the pulpit yesterday and shall do so supplementing your own con science with the testimony that you to the full extent of your ability aro tho real assassin of President McKinley Carry with yourself day and night everywhere while you curse the earth with your presence the consciousness that every honorable and virtuous man and woman in our land that has had thn opportunity to know the facts hold you and your like responsible for this awful horror and loathe you not to tho extent your conduct deserves but to tho reach of their ability GOVERNOR SAVAGE ON ANARCHY Sneaking of the assassination of President McKinley Governor Savage said The mailed and iniquitous nana of anarchy has fallen with terrible force and effect upon the American people William McKinley the most patriotic of their citizens the ablest of their statesmen the idol of their hearts and one of the greatest and most chiv alrous of all their presidents has been laid low Surely this is a distressing affliction to be visited upon a nation of law abiding peope and to think that that this sad bereavement Is the fruition of treasonable conspiracy and devilish ingenuity is to face a condi tion well calculated to stir vengeance to its center To shoot down without provocation not alone the chief exec utive of the nation but a man through whose veins coursed the blood of sym pathy and love for ail of his fellow men is to commit an act that mon strous as to challenge adequate retri bution Even though the assassin snould pay the penalty with his life that would poorly compensate the nation for its loss or to any appreci able extent meet the exactions of out raged public opinion In this instance there can be no adequate retribution no matter what method may be pur sued in avenging the majesty of the law To put to death the despicable wretch who committed the assault would go no further in equalizing con ditions man the wing of a sparrow in arrestine the force of a tornado Dhe spectacle at Buffalo is both pathetic and impressive In one part of the city the president lies dead and in another all the means at the com mand of organized society are em ployed to protect the life of the one who committed the atrocious deed Surely this is an impressive lesson for those who are preaching the doctrine i of rapine and murder If in the pres ence or this awful crime organized so ciety is so sensitive of its duty as to exhaust Its power in both defending the person of the criminal against vio lence and in maintaining the majesty of the jaw then what excuse is there for the existence of such an iniquitous evil as anarchy If society is so jeal ous of the right as to shield a crim inal until he has been duly tried and convicted even though his guilt is be yond question why should any one fear that a public wrong by an in dividual or collection of individuals will be tolerated or permitted to go unsatisfied In other words on what ground does anarchy pretend to jus tify its existence when even to an archists it is made plain that organ ized society is quick to and determined upon the maintenance of law order and good government The assassin of President McKinley is in jail ano a cordon of police and two companies of militia are there to see that he is not harmed or the law transgressed Is net this an im pressive lesson even to anarchy But anarchy yields no place to reason It is a shaft that has risen out of iniquity and to exist it must feed on human woe It panders to the baser passions and finds comfort alone in shocking outlawry Its sordid in difference and utter lack of respect for law and order makes it a public evi no longer to be tolerated Organized society must assume an aggressive position and prosecute anarchy to final determination Let it be written into our statutes that the advocation of anarchistic doctrines shall be deem ed treasonable and that a mere mem bership in such a body shall be suffi cient to extend the law against trea son to sucn a case Let this be done without temporization or partiality and the days of anarchy in this coun try will come to an end We have given them the best government in th world and we have invariably chosen our best men to administer the affairs of said government We have done more we have maintained an asylum for the persecuted and agrieved of all nations and througn the most liberal immigration laws we have faced the whole world with open arms Our charity has been abused We must amend our immigration laws to the extent of prohibiting the admission of people whose sentiments on questions of government are incompatible with and irreconcilable to the organic law of our land At the same time we must move with relentless vigor and Arm determination against those who have already sought our shore and make no pause until every sign of anarchy is blotted out TTorklnsr Girls Hotel Miss Ina Law Robertson of Chicago has opened a home for working girls where boan and room can be had for from 2 to 3 a week Luncheon la three cents extra The hotel is prettily furnished the sleeping rooms contain two beds and everything for the com fort of boarders is done No religious requirements are exacted the board ers being free aside from regulations prevailing in all first class hotels The home is self supporting and accom modates twenty live Plans are being made to increase its capacity to four times as many and in time it is hoped by the management that branches will be established in all parts of the city No Book Larnln How many times did you vote in the recently election asked the Georgia judge of whom Frank Stanton tells The prisoner was silent Answer the question How many times did you vote Marse Tom said the prisoner addressing the judge aint you know me long enough ter know dat I dont know nothin tall bout rlthmetics K NEBRASKA AT BUFFALO Governor Sat age and Party Eojally Wel comed to the Fan American STATE EXECUTIVE MAKES SPEECH Telia tho Throne 8omethloj of tho Re sources and Accomplishments of the Missouri Valley Exercises In Tempi of Music BUFFALO Oct 4 In observance of Nebraska day at the Pan American exposition public exercises took place yesterday in the Temple of Music where song3 nnd Instrumental nitiu bers were given by residents of Ne braska and others Officials of tho ex position and the mayor of Buffalo made speeches of welcome and Gov ernor Savage responded for tho state With his full staff and a number ot other distinguished citizens of Nebras ka Governor Savage spent the day at tho exposition The day was beauti ful the attendance large and the re ception accorded the western visitors hearty and demonstrative In hia speech Governor Savage paid tribute to his state saying One thousand miles to the west ward there ia a commonwealth young in years but rich in natural resources It lies in what is known as the great Missouri valley It is a state popu lated by the industrial classes Fa vored by a vast area of productive soil and a climate well calculated to conserve vegetable and animal life in no other place in this broad domaiu is industry more certain of reward or -Is life or health afforded a better safeguard It has 2000000 of pros perous and contented people well pro vided with the necessaries of life not the leaBt of which in our estima tion Is a thorough moral and intellec tual training Though less than two score yeara a state it has large and well diversi fied commercial centers the third larg est live stock market in the world a complete system of railroads affording direct communication between the pro ducer and consumer and it annually produces for export more than 150 000000 worth of agricultural products It has a most complete system of public schools and in addition it has a number of public and private col leges in vrhich are taught all the higher branches and that too by the most cultured talent in the land No hamlet is without its house of worship nor is there a community without facilities for the mental and moral culture of Its people Our code ot laws by which we are governed and which regulates our domestic affairs represents the high est ideals in jurisprudence Justice pure and undefiled is the spirit of every enactment incorporated therein This state has no bonded debt but has in its treasury nearly 1500000 in prime mercantile paper which it holds as a permanent school fund Its bank assets are far in excess of tho standard per capita and its wealth in more equally and equitably apportion ed among its citizens than can be truthfully said of any other state in the union Its high order of citizea ship is attested by its religious char itable and educational institutions by its numerous cities and towns well provided with all modern improve ments and by its hundreds thou sands of well fenced well tiHed and well improved farms Its standard of intelligence is higher and its per cent of illiteracy is lower than that of any other state This scene of iap piness contentment intelligence and wealth is the commonwealth of Ne braska As chief executive of Nebraska permit me to bear unto you tho best wishes and happy congratulations cf the people of that state That com munity cf interest which intertwines and unites the people of all the states is as strongly entrenched in the senti ment of the people of Nebraska a3 it is anywhere else While jealous of our sovereign autonomy we are not unmindful of the fact that we are but a fraction of what constitutes the federation We love our country and its institutions Fonnd Near McKinley Vault AKRON O Oct 4 A man badly hurt from a gunshot wound was found in the tall grass near the woods at Mogadore north of Canton Friends removed him toward Cuya hoga Falls before he could be identi fied It is supposed he was shot dur ing the supposed attack upon the Mc Kinley Troubles at Klectiou BUDA PESTH Oct 4 Although the newspapers here publish congratulatory- articles on the orderliness and fairness of the parliamentary general elections yesterday which resulted in the return of a large liberal majority for the government the fact remain that there were serious encounters in many districts necessitating military intervention during which the troops fired and killed or wounded number of people v1 VM 4 fl i 4 m 4 A I i y r 1 1 W