- i u r 1 J 1 ft Wv pi H6e Scourge ofDaurnscrus Copyrighted 1WI toj Eobert Bonnws Sons CHAPTER XXII Continued Julian stood like one thunderstruck He raised his manacled hands to his brow and tried to realize the force of tho wonderful thing he had heard Horam started to his feet and then sank back and buried his face in his hands His thoughts had suddenly flown from tho story of the present hour to that other story which he had had heard on the night before and the crash almost took away his senses Omar when he saw how matters stood felt called upon to speak for he believed that he had discovered two thngs First that his old friend and brother was struggling to open his breast to his child and second that Julian might be brought to forgive ness when he knew the whole truth My friends he said rising to his feet as he spoke the story is not yet complete It remains for me to fin ish It Ben Hadad and Ezabel gazed eagerly up into his face and Julian leaned toward him with a beam of hope struggling upon his brow I am to blame in this matter or at least I was the innocent cause continued the King of Aleppo address ing Ben Hadad and Ezabel It was I who gave to Horam the evidence upon which he condemned his wife I supposed the guilt of the lady Helena was positive as I had the Information from officers who would not lie and I felt it my duty to acquaint the hus band with the circumstances On my way back to my capital while stopping in Balbec I gained information which assured me that the Queen of Damas cus was Innocent and immediately I sent back two of my officers to con vey intelligence thereof to Horam But those messengers never reached their destination They must have been robbed and murdered on the way I pursued my course homeward and amid the duties of my realm the thing passed from my mind Yesterday I saw Horam for the first time in three-and-twenty years and last evening I revealed to him the fact that his first and best beloved wife Helena was wrongfully accused that she was pure and true When this truth burst upon him his grief overcame him and I feared that the shock would kill him Aye cried Horam starting up again it did almost kill me for Hel ena was my first love and her place was never refilled 0 my brother what can I do Do what is right replied Omar taking Horams outstretched hand Be a man and let the heart assert its sway Remember that you did the first great deed of wrong and that all the other evil has flowed out from that one unfortunate act The king of Damascus stood for a moment with his head bowed upon Omars shoulder and his hand still in Omars grasp Then he started up and his countenance had changed By the blood of my heart he ex claimed the wrong shall not grow deeper against me What ho With out there Slaves attend me The executioners chanced to be nearest and they answered the call Bel Dara strike those irons from that mans limbs Strike off every bond and set him free If you harm him as much as the prick of a rose thorn your life shall answer for it The executioner stopped to ask no questions he did not even stop to wonder at the order but he proceed ed to the work and in a very few minutes the prisoner was free Then the king started down from the throne and advanced to where the freed man stood My son he said extending both his hands the truth has come so naked and so plain that there is no room for doubt and I now see that you bear upon your face the features of your noble mother God pardon me- tor tne wrong i was iea to ao nerl And my son here in the presence of these witnesses I ask you to forget the past I ask you to be my son I ask you to let me be your father and then O then Horam will be no more childless Julian had no power to resist the appeal and as the old king tottered forward the son supported him upon his bosom and sustained him in the embrace of his stout arms And yet Julian was not content His face wore still a cloud and there was trouble in his heart What could it mean Horam feared that his son could not quite love Jiim Omar saw the trouble and divined its cause and stepping quickly for ward he whispered into the ear of his brother Horam caught at the words and the star of hope beamed again He clapped his hands and cried out What ho Without Where -is Benoni The captain came Benoni bring the lady Ulin Pale and trembling the princess en tered the chamber but when she saw Julian alive and free with the shack les broken at his feet the blood leaped again through her veins But she had not much opportunity for thought for the king quickly advanced and took her hand and led her to Julian My son this do I give thee in token of my sincerity Now wilt thou own me for thy father and forget all of the past save that which tells that we re of one flesh Take this fair hand and with it my forgiveness to you both my forgiveness to all who have befriended you Take It my son and ere Omar leaves us for his northern A Story of the ast By SYLVANUS COBB JR realm he shall see Horams own son sitting upon the throne of Damascus while Horam himself withdraws from the world that his last days may be spent in quiet repose No longer rested the cloud upon Ju lians brow He caught the small white hand which had been placed within his grasp and sank down upon his knees sank down he and Ulin one in love forevermore and bowed before tho king My father I accept the blessing I am thy son THT END I The Blind Bride By Amy Randolph GXsXX5 Bentley Grange was a pretty place at all times of the year but loveliest of all when the reapers were at work in the harvest fields and the yellow light of the October sun turned the wood land paths to enchanted aisles A long low structure of warmly tinted red brick with mullioned windows velvet smooth sweeps of lawn and box borders which stood up like walls of solid emerald on each side of the path it had a savor of the antique about it which one seldom sees in an American house And old Brande Bentley walking up and down in the mellow sunshine be tween the walls of black green box with his eyes bent on the ground and his hands clasped behind his back corresponded well with the Grange Suddenly a cheerful footstep rang on the stone terrace steps the sound of a clear flute like whistle rose above the click of the distant mowing machine and Harry Wade the old mans neph ew stood like an incarnation of youth and sunshine before him Uncle he cried merrily youve got the prettiest place in the world here Mr Bentley took out his big old fashioned silver watch Two oclock said he and the bank dont close until four Humph J It appears to me young man that you dont stick very close to business hours Like a limpet uncle said Harry and just for today Will Caryl has come to act as a substitute for I real ly wanted to see you uncle Humph again commented Mr Bentley Youre very fond of me just of late Im always fond of you Uncle Brande said Harry gravely but Ive something to tell you Some scrape youve got into said Mr Bentley Nothing of the sort sir Want to borrow money perhaps Upon my word no Youve fallen in love with some girl then You are right this time uncle said Harry laughing and coloring and of course I have come directly to you to tell you of my good fortune It is little Bessie Bird A milliners apprentice snarled the old bachelor If she chooses to help her mother along Dy trimming hats in her aunts millinery rooms I sea nothing derog atory in that said Harry valiantly A mere child of seventeen But I dont want an old lady of forty seven Humph growled Mr Bentley What do either of you know of life Not much to be sure uncle as yet admitted the young lover but we think we can easily learn together And where do you think the nap kins and tablecloths and bread and butter and rent and water taxes are to come from sardonically inquired Brande Bentley I have my salary Uncle Brande said Harry and Bessie has been edu cated to be very economical Ill have nothing to say to such nonsense said Mr Bentley But Uncle Brande all we want is Nothing I say absolutely noth ing thundered the old man Its folly trash sentimental tomfoolery If you want my opinion there it Is Time enough for you to think of mat rimony when you are thirty There ought to be a law to prevent young people making fools of themselves And Brande Bentley turned on his heel and strode back into the house So that Harry had no very inspir iting news for Bessie Bird when he met her as usual on the corner of Broad way to walk home with her through the pleasant autumn twilight Was he very cross said Bessie who was a whitc kitteny sort of a girl with fluffy yellow hair dimples in her cheeks and eyes the exact color of tie flowing blue china on our grand mothers shelves As savage as Bluebeard Did he scold dreadfully asked Bessie Told me I was a fool But if he wont consent Then we must manage to get along without his consent said Harry Be cause you know Bessie I do love you so very dearly and you like me a lit tie dont you But your mother has always count ed upon your being his heir said Bes sie And to lose all that money just Just for love and you archly in terrupted Harry Darling there is nothing in all the world half so sweet to me or that I court half so ardently as my little Bessie so let there be no further argument about it These jolly old coves down at the bank are going to raise ray salary fifty dollars at Christmas and so if you can get- your frock made well be married then And set Uncle Brande and the world at de fiance eh The first November snowstorm was drifting Its white flashes through the air when a visitor was shown into Brande Bentleys snug parlor Eh said he a stranger Jones I never see strangers But you will see me said a soft voice and a slender golden haired girl stood before him neatly yet plain ly dressed her black cloak powdered over with snow and a spectacled old lady by her side I am Bessie Bird and this is my aunt Miss Belton the milliner Miss Belton courtesied Mr Bentley stared I suppose you have come here to speak to me about my nephew Yes sir said Bessie It will be of no use said he curtly My opinions on the subject of his marriage remain unchanged But mine do not said Bessie Please to hear me through Mr Bent ley I have written him a letter to give him up this morning And I came to tell of It now so that you will feel kindly towards him once more I have told him we never could be married Youre a sensible girl said Mr Bentley smiting his hand on the table And I have sent him back the little garnet engagement ring that he gave me added Bessie with a sob in her throat Better and better said Uncle Brande exultantly Not bravely added Bessie be cause I dont love him as dearly and truly as I ever did But because I see now how wrong it would be for me to fetter his whole life For She stopped an instant and a slight shud der ran through her frame I may as well tell you all Mr Bentley I am going blind Blind echoed the old man Blind repeated Bessie gently but firmly I have had such strange blurs and darknesses come across my vision of late and went to a doctor And the doctor told me as kindly as he could that these are but the precursors of total blindness So of course all is at an end between Harry and me Will you please tell him this I have re ferred him to you for all particulars I will said the old man huskily Harry Wade came to his uncle that very morning in great perturbation What does this mean sir said he Have you been endeavoring to per suade her to throw me over No boy no said the old man and he told him all I am bound to say that the girl has behaved very well said he Shall you give her up No Never shouted Harry with pale face and tightly clenched hand Never If she was dear to me before she shall be doubly treasured and sa cred now my little smitten lamb my drooping white lily bud I will never give her up while we both live The old mans eyes glittered a faint color had risen into his withered cheeks as he rose and grasped both his nephews hands as in a vise Youre a trump Harry Wade said he I respect you more at this min ute than ever before Give her up in deed If you gave up that little jewel of a girl you would give up the beacon star of your existence She is a pearl of price Harry a true and noble wom an who wouldnt have hesitated to sacrifice herself for your benefit Marry her tomorrow if you will and bring her right here to Bentley Grange It shall be her home and yours henceforward And in this strange and sudden way old Brande Bentley relented and took his niece-in-law-elect into his heart Bessie in all the flush of her rose bud beauty could never have melted his heart but Bessie stricken down by God became sacred and precious in his sight NEW ENGLAND CONSCIENCE The Scrapie That Prevented a Yovng Widows Remarriage Said a drummer visitor Miss M E Boyd to a young widow a seam stressin a New Hampshire hill town one day last summer You must be lonely here now since your husband died Perhaps you will feel like mar rying again you are not so very old Oh Miss Mary she answered in a voice full of feeling If I only could if I only dared And then came the simple story and a touching example of the New England conscience She had loved in early youth a young man whom her mother disapproved as a suitor He was a joiner by trade and worthy but the mother having higher ambitions separated the cou ple The girl married a quiet man her senior who died a few years later Then after a decent interval the old lover who had thriven in business asked her again to become his wife That seemed a beautiful and natural ending of the story But no Ah cried the poor thing If I had loved my husband I could go to James with a happy heart oh how happy But although things were pleasant enough between my husband and me I always felt the difference and at heart I was unfaithful to him I think this is meant for my punishment for think ing of James while I had a husband living We can never marry Buf falo Commercial In the huge mass of evil as it rolls along and swells there is ever some good working imprisoned working to wards deliverance and triumph Car lyle FLL I mwm Their Attack on Gov Dietrich for HiB Exercise of the Veto GUARDING THE STATES f INANCES Nebraska Now Enjoying a Strictly Bail 11098 Administration Gross Misman agement of State Institutions Under Oemo JPopocratlc Rule The fusionist3 were so reckless in their expenditures of the public funds during their incumbency that even the popocratic editors in a moment of absent mindedness forgot their lines in economics and advocated the outlay of money and additional tax burdens upon the people without any thought of the justice or consequences thereof An illustration of this is found in the attack on Governor Dietrich for his veto of the 90500 ap propriation for sundry purposes in con nection with the university The pop ocratic editors have the boldness to state that the veto of this large sum was inspired by hostility to this well known educational Institution A more irrational deduction could not be drawn nor a more silly falsehood uttered In vetoing this appropriation as shown by the public records Gov ernor Dietrich simply saw that if this amount was allowed to stand the total appropriation would exceed the pro ceeds from the one mill levy and re sult in a corresponding increase in the floating indebtedness Whether designedly or not the items were all included in one sum total so that Governor Dietrich was required either to veto or approve the section in its entirety it beng impossible to eliminate any particular or individual item Before passing upon it he sum moned Chancellor Andrews who in turn summoned Secretary Dale of the Board of Regents and requested that the appropriation bill be gone over and such items as would least inter fere with the least successful manage ment of the school be pointed out Both Secretary Dale and Chancellor Andrews admitted that the section ap propriating 90500 was of less utility and could be vetoed and cause less in terference with plans than any other portion of the bill More than this Secretary Dale in the presence of Chancellor Andrews after looking over the section then to be and afterwards vetoed admitted that of the 90500 there really was but 16000 of it for repairs and improvements really need ed In other words that the univer sity could get along all right and be in no way incumbent through lack of funds if the improvements requiring an appropriation of 16000 were pro vided for On this showing Governor Dietrich believing that it was better business methods to use the states credit to the extent of 16000 than to add an additional tax burden upon the people of 90500 which also meant a corresponding increase in the floating indebtedness of the state ve toed that seciion The result is that the university is apaprently getting along just as well as if it had the money and the taxpayers of Nebraska have been saved a large sum of money In regard to the statement that has been made by one of the popocratic editors that this was done in order that the state treasurer might have more funds to invest for his own profit it is sufficient to say that this dense ignorance of the finances of the uni versity is exploded by the fact that there are and for several years have been warrants outstanding against these funds At present there are ap proximately 55000 university war rants outstanding and this coupled with the fact that the prevailing rate of expenses exceeds the one mill levy thoroughly explodes the charge that the state treasurer would or could in any way benefit by such a veto Another thing which prompted Gov ernor Dietrich to veto the 590500 ap propriation was that the fusion admin istration had not alone squandered all the money in the treasury but had run the state in debt and left unpaid bills amounting to more than 150000 The reckless extravagance of the Poynter administration enjoined the strictest economy upon the republicans in or der to avoid an increase in the war rant indebtedness of the state of suf ficient proportions to impair its credit Governor Dietrich vacated the exec utive chair before he had much of an opportunity to install his policy of re trenchment but his successor Gover nor Savage has maintained the strictest economy with the result that for the firstime in many years the state of Nebraska is enjoying a strict ly business administration The peo ple of Nebraska are paying less for their administration - of government and their public interests and insti tutions are beng better cared for than for many years Governor Savage has proven hmself to be a man of keen judgment and splendid business ideas and his administration promises to be popular with the people on account of rugged honesty strict economy and rare circumspection Soldiers and Sailors Home at Grand Island The Soldiers Home at Grand Island has been grossly mismanaged in every department Particularly is the charge of mismanagement true in connection with the medical department It has never required more than 50000 per year for medical and surgical supplies at the home though Dr Swigart until recently physician at the home IVhen TraCIc in Horse Meat Regan Nearly half a century ago the ex periment of putting horse meat on the market was made for the first time in Austria A government decree- of April 20 1854 gave legal permission to cut up and sell horse meat as an article of food During the rest of that year and in 1855 943 horses were slaughtered for food in Vienna the number rose in 1899 the last year for which statistics are obtained to 25640 head You can often help a nervous head ache by combing the hair gently dored a 150000 drug fund In ten months and that too in the face of tho fact that his predecessor Dr Sad ler turned over a large supply of drugs to him upon his retirement In quiry brought to light the fact that the state has paid for drugs never de livered It is a significant fact that while more than 40 per cent of the drugs used at the homo were by rea son of friction between the physician In charge and the Inmates purchased by the inmates out of their private funds the expense of maintaining the drug department to the 3tate increased more than three hundred per cent Other physicians were for some rea son or other summoned to the home to perform services for which Dr Swi gart was paid by the state and in stead of their fees being deducted from Dr Swigarts salary the bills were presented to Dr Swlgart he pre sented them to the drug firm which had the contract the latter paid the money to Dr Swlgart and sent in vouchers to tne state for drugs Posi tive proof is In existence that Dr Swl gart sold liquor that was bought and paid for by the state funds to Inmates and appropriated tho proceeds to his own use The records will show that this institution consumed more liquor than nearly all of the other institu tions of the state It Is openly charged that the attending physician Indulged to excess in the use of Intoxicating beverages and that on more than one occasion he was incapacitated for duty by reason of inebriety Tho commandant physician adju tant and other officials at the home maintained their relatives there at the states expense The public records show that Com mandant Beltzer drew upon numerous funds for his own benefit and had all the printing for the Institution done in the newspaper owned and managed by his son and charged the state for nursery stock and ornamental trees from his own nursery Excessive prices were charged and paid for both the printing and the trees There is a gross irregularity appar ent at this institution in connection with the construction of a public building thereat The contract was awarded to an irresponsible bidder who failed to comply with its pro visions and the building was com pleted at the expense of the bonds men An architect was employed at tne rate of 500 per day and paid out of the regular appropriation fund to superintend the construction when as a matter of fact he had practically no experience in this class of work Very inferior material was- used in the con struction in this building and in few respects were the plans and specifica tions complied with Hospital for Insane at Norfolk The very large quantity of coal con sumed at the hospital for the Insane at Norfolk has led to many sensational reports though I know of nothing more than that the vouchers in the auditors office show that a great deal of coal is required at this institu tion There are other indications that there has been more or less juggling of contracts for supplies in the in terests of friends at the institution and in the state house Particularly is this true in the award of the contract for drugs Favoritism has been ex ercised in the award of the drug con tracts and in the purchase of extras from the drug fund Investigation re veals the fact that it is the custom at this as well as at nearly all other institutions to misappropriate speci fically appropriated funds During the recent administration the mother and sister of the superin tendent and the four children of the steward were kept at i e institution at the states expense - State Normal at Peru Until recently if it is not true today three rooms in one of the public build ings owned by the state in connection with the Normal school were occupied by a private fusion newspaper print ing office This concern paid no rent and in addition paid nothing for its light water and heat It occupied these quarters for upward of two years having a monopoly of the job printing of the institution for which it charged excessive prices There is evidence that at this institution radi cal and unwarranted changes have been made in the text books evidently for no other purpose than profit and to the great detriment and inconven ience of the student It is due the present incumbent of the presidency to say that the reports of jugglery of text books originated during the adminis tration of his predecessor Fish Hatchery at South Bend The Fish Hatchery at South Bend is in a deplorable condition About eighteen months ago an Omaha sa loon keeper named Sloup was appoint ed superintendent of the hatchery He was utterly without experience knew nothing as to the manner in which fish should be propagated and the re sult is that for the many thousands of dollars expended by the statee in the development of this industry there is nothing left but evidences of ruin and desolation It will require much money time and care to restore this enterprise to its former condition Institute for the Blind at Nebraska City The taxpayers of the state have been grossly imposed upon at the Instute for the Blind Ine superintendent contrary to all precedent refused to teach any of the branches upon the ground that he was incapacitated by reason of old age At tne close of the first semester last year which is the last official report available there were upwards of seventy five inmates and fifty one people on the pay roll The Newest in Xife Saving Rafts The patest patentln life saving rafts one just adopted by the United States navy sees the old idea of the raft Your feet are always in the water but you never sink and goes it one bet ter Wile you are being saved on this raft you are to stand in the water up to your middle It is thus in effect a big basket with an exaggerated life preserver for its rim the slat platform of the raft hanging to the inside of a big circular hollow frame by slack ropes Men or horses can evidently be packed safely upon such a raft as thickly as folks can stand in a crowd ed street car in the rush hours im TREES THE PUNTING OF Permanent Timber Growing Eeaorvo in Western Nebraska Planned HEARTY SUPPORT OF THE WORK Gov Savage Commutes the Life Sentence of August Kustner Some Figures ou Rebuilding the Asylum Other Kui ters Id Nebraska LINCOLN Oct 16 William L Hall of Washington superintendent of tree planting for the United States bureau of forestry of the department of agri culture was in tho city conferring witt Governor Savage and Dean Bessey ol the University of Nebraska relative tc plans for creating a permanent tree planting reserve In western Nebraska Governor Savage and Dean Bessey as sured him they would heartily support the venture and would use their in fluence toward bringing about the de sired end The bureau of forestry has had a fine party in western Nebraska during the summer months investigating the conditions and possibilities of the soil said Mr Hall The party was organ ized at Kearney and from there went westward along the Platte river to the western boundary line of the state thence In a northeasterly direction and back again to Kearney completing the circle which included all impor tant points of Interest The object was to determine the possibility of timber growth and the adaptability of tml sand hill soil to timber Our investi gations proved very satisfactory and we are fully convinced that certain kinds of trees can bo grown in any part of the state All Teachers Expected LINCOLN Oct 16 The fact that no program has been arranged for the superintendents and principals at the forthcoming convention of the Nebras ka State Teachers association is said not to indicate that those educators are not expected to attend the con vention The superintendents and principals are expected to attend tKd convention just the same as before said Superintendent Fowler They form an auxiliary organization to the teachers association and it is im portant that they attend and partici pate in the deliberations of the general body Kastners Sentence Commuted LINCOLN Oct 16 Governor Sav age commuted to three years six months and six days the life sentence of August Kastner who was convicted in Douglas county in 1898 for killing Police Officer Dan Tiedeman The pe tition for executive clemency was sign ed by Chief of Police Donahue ol Omaha the trial judge before whom Kastner was convicted the prosecuting attorney who had charge of the case and by former Chief Detective Hem ming Goes to Get a ntisband OMAHA Oct 16 Miss Annie M Harney a stenographer has left for San Francisco on her way to Manila She sails on October 16 on the trans port Thomas and goes to the Philip pines to become the bride of Dr John M Thornton contract surgeon to the United States army Miss Anna M Harney was born in Otoe county her father a farmer residing near Julian She graduated from the state normal school at Peru at 16 years of age with highest honors New Towns Located DES MOINES Oct 16 The build ing of the Des Moines Iowa Falls Northern railroad is being done from the northern end commencing at Iowa Falls although the right-of-way was secured through to Des Moines and grading work has been done all along the line It is expected that the iron will all be laid before freezing weath er Thus far two new towns have been located both in the western part of Hardin county Nebraska School of Agriculture LINCOLN Oct 16 The Nebraska school of agriculture of the state uni versity is especially planed to suit the needs of the farm boy It opens for a six months course on November 11 1901 at a time when the boy can be spared from the farm This course gives boys and girls some knowledge of English and mathematics and at the same time gives them instruction in the practical subjects which are es sential to successful life on the farm Runaway Youths Caught KEARNEY Neb Oct 16 George and Elmer Stevens sons of J W Stev ens of Miller who ran away once be fore the early part of this year de camped again this time taking with them a horse and three guns Con- stable Williby of Miller was put upon the case and succeeded in catching them at Ansley Custer county from which place Mr Stevens was notified and arrangement were made for thel return home i i I H v s I M