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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1904)
if b l i 1 i h M i ife If 4 v is I JOlW TOiToTTI V Frederick j UOIJ JOUtI UPHAM ADAMS jjg 33 1 88 Author o Tho Kidnapped MKIJornlres Colonel Monrcos Doctrine Etc CopyntciiT J002 iY FitEDErc Umiam Adaais tfi2 umatmmrxzertmnmtiirMTmimwMumi All rlclits reservcil CHAPTER SEVEN Continued Yes he has and bjos a beauty lie replied with the air of one giving an oxpert opinion Well you keep away from her said the old man gruffly Lot her alone Shell never have a dollar Car dens ruined right now hut no doesnt know it I do What about this daughter he demanded pausing in front of Arthur Is she slopping around here She is spending the summer at Bishops a farmhouse about five miles from here replied the son Say governor you must write to Garden and say youve learned that his daughter is here and that you and your family will be delighted to meet her socially and will try to make her stay in the country agreeable Ill do nothing of the kind roared Randolph Morris He stormed and fumed for a while and then wrote the letter as his son knew he would from the beginning There it is he said as he handed the envelope to Arthur For Gods sake dont marry the girl Arthur Morris leaned back in the chair and laughed I have never spoken to her gov ernor ho said putting the letter in his pocket and 1 certainly dont con template matrimony Jessie was greatly excited when a letter came from her father notifying her of the invitation which had been received and accepted The general considered the incident a gratifying recognition of his increasing import ance as a financier Jessie knew little of the business prestige such recogni tion entailed but was delighted with the opportunity to meet the famous Morrises and in despair over the gown she should wear The day after she received the note from her father John Burt called and Nr iCcCv Connucirr 1C03 nr A J DunxBL BiDDn iCri1 WjCicccwicai importance at tho moment but Jessie did not like him why she neither knew nor cared She tactfully eluded his further attentions and spent the remainder of the afternon with his sisters Threo days later Arthur Morris jailed at tho Bishop house and found Jessie at home They chatted for an hour or more and he secured her consent to be one of a coaching party on the next Saturday Had it not been for his presence she wcrtild have en joyed the expedition thoroughly More than a week had passed From Sam Rounds who knew of every thing that happened for miles about John heard of the party and drank deep of the lovers first cup of sus picion bitter with the wormwood of jealousy He decided to call on Jessie and learn his fate His heart leaped when Jessie came forward to meet him There was tenderness in her eyes and welcome in the clasp of the warm little hand which nestled for an instant in his Saddle my horse John leis ride she said Delighted John obeyed and set himself stolidly to enjoy her presence as they galloped along the beach Have you an engagement for Sat urday asked Jessie I have none Can I do anything asled John eagerly I have cousins who live near the beach twelve miles south of here said Jessie I want to spend a day with them Do you think you could endure the company of three foolish girls all day John I could enjoy the company of one wise little girl forever said John with a fervor which astounded him when the words were uttered A blush suffused Jessies cheek but her drooping eyes expressed no rebuke I I shall be deligted to be your they took their first horseback ride of cort stammered John far more n II S ABs jS mZL YOU fCFFjfflJiPOITZEPr the summer They galloped for miles along the hard sand of the seashore and dismounted to rest and talk be neath the shade of pleasant trees Jessie told him of the letter from her father and with some pride talked of the invitation from Randolph Mor ris John looked at the slip of paper in Jessies hand and it appeared like a wedge about to separate them And why should it not What right had he tq aspire to the love of Jessie Carden the daughter of a rich man beautiful tieyond any woman he had ever seen The fear which ofttimes became a certainty that Jessie would pass be yond his reach was the haunting ter ror of his dreams by day or night She had everything youth health beauty wealth and position He had youth and health so had the aver age farm laborer Lets climb Strawberry Hill and watch the sunset suggested Jessie John helped Jessie up the steep winding path and they stood on the crest of the hill The broad Atlantic lay to the east and the island dotted bay glowed in the colors of a glorious sunset At the horizon was a mass of clouds above burned a bar of red the red of blood To the zenith were spread the gorgeous tints with which the setting sun tinseled the closing curtains of night Delicate greens toned through the shades of orange into rich amethyst and against this background of lacework of clouds flaunted the thousand graduations of the spectrum But the bar of red above the dun cloud dominated It was reflected in the water of the bay shimmering in the rubescent glow They stood silent for minutes under the spell of natures grandest spectacle The sun dipped lower until Its arc touched the line of the cloud black bank slowly Sharp as a knife the ly obscured the face of the sun until a red hemisphere weird and unreal glowered and quivered in the western Jessie Cardens reception in the Morris mansion opened to her a new and an attractive world Accustomed from childhood to the comforts and luxuries of comparative wealth she was awed by the magnificent sensu ousness of the millionaires palace and by the pomp and splendor of its decorations and fittings Neverthe less without attempting to analyze or justify her feenngs Jessie was not favorably impressed with Arthur Mor ris There is a psychological barrier between vice arid virtue an instinct which places innocence on guard The young mans personality was of slight confused than the subject of his ardent compliment When will you be ready Jessie You may call at 8 oclock if you will said Jessie without raising her eyes It was ten oclock in the morning when the Morris trap stopped in front of the Bishop farmhouse Morris was looking his best His eye was clear and his smooth plump face was ruddy Present my compliments to Miss Carden he said offering his card Miss Carden is not at home re plied the maid Will you ccme in sir No thank you Very sorry I am sure His face grew dark but his voice was quiet as he said Tell Miss Carden of my disappointment and say Ill call some day scon Gen Marshall Carden paid a visit to tho farm a week later After din ner he invited Jessie to a -walk and his manner told her that something was impending They paused to rest under an arbor For some moments both were silent I have something to say to you Jessie which I wish could be left unsaid began Gen Carden clearing his throat uneasily Jessie looked into his face with questioning eyes You are nearly seventeen Jessie and are now a woman he continued after a pause You belong to a good fam ily and God willing you will inherit a modest fortune You are very beau tiful my pet and it is natural you should have admirers I will explain tcyou frankly what has happened I received a call yes terday from Mr Randolph Morris In a casual way Mr Morris spoke of you and sent his compliments He ex pressed regret that his family had tailed in an attempt to make your visit to the country more enjoyable Of course this greatly surprised me and when I pressed him for particu lars he said he knew nothing except that Arthur had called and that you had refused to see him Gen Car den paused I dont wish to see him papa said Jessie with much spirit He annoys me He said he would call Saturday and take me out riding and never so much as asked me if I cared to go or not So I went to visit Cou sin Edith and -when he called the maid told him I was out Gen Carden looked greatly reliev ed I am glad tnat Arthun has given you no more serious cause for dis pleasure he said You know little of business affairs but you must know t iCJr r i - 5 f that Randolph Morris is powerful a good business friend aild a foe to be feared At tho present moment I dread to incur his displeasure Your slight of his son might bo of vast con sequence in determining Randolph Morris decision in a matter most vital to our weflare Jessie my dar ling It might even- Gen Carden checked himself His face was drawn with a distress which Jessie was quick to perceive though not to com prehend I do understand papa dean said Jessie I will write audi ask Mr Morris to call and will treat him just as if nothing had happened ButI now I can never like him and I dont have to try do I papa Certainly not my pet said Gen Carden He kissed his daughter affec tionately and seemed greatly pleased On Sunday Jessie wrote a note to Ar thur Morris Two days later he called and Jessie received him in the old fashioned parlor Both ignored the incident of the preceding week and chatted gaily for an hour or more Jessie accepted his invitation to a re ception in the Morris mansion for Sat urday evening and went under her fathers escort Two weks passed during which the rich New Yorker was a frequent visit or at the Bishop farmhouse One even ing John called when Arthur Morris was present and Jessie introduced them Arthur treated him with that airy tolerance which success grants to its vanquished By the way Mr Burt said Ar thur Morris as he carelessly rolled a cigarette Miss Carden has accepted my invitation to attend to morrows clambake near Cohasset I must ac company a party c f New York friends who will spend the night on my yacht and attend the bake We must start early so I cant offer to escort Miss Carden If I may presume on your acquaintance with her I shall ask you to drive her to the grove where I will meet you with my friends I shall be more than pleased if Miss Carden will accept my escort said John Certainly I will laughed Jessie Arthur Morris remained a few min utes longer then he gaily bade Jessie adieu shook hands with John Burt and rodo away CHAPTER EIGHT The Tragedy Churchills Grove was famous for its clambakes and when John and Jessie drove into it the scene was one to delight the heart of a loyal New Eng lander The cool salt breeze from the ocean the aroma from fir and pine and the odor from simmering clam and sea weed formed a trinity ambrosial enough to make an Apicius of an an chorite For an hour or more thejr walked along the hard smooth sand crunch ing the shells under their feet the song of the sea in their ears and its cool breath on their cheeks Then the great gong sounded the signal for dinner and they turned to the grove Mr Morris must have been delay ed observed Jessie as she glanced once more toward the harbor Come on we wont wait for him They had a merry time over dinner As they came out from the grove they saw the Voltairs at anchor her upper works glistening in the sunshine Her launch crowded with passengers was just leaving To be continued FISH SHAPED LIKE HAM BAGS Jersey Visitor Spies an Old Acquaint ance in the Aquarium Ah I see you have some hambag fish here said a Jerseyman who was looking along the tanks in the aqua rium as he paused in front of one containing two fine adult specimens of the creature known hereabouts as the orange filefish There are few common fish that have not a variety of names and the Jerseymans name for the orange file fish is rather appropriate - The fish has somewhat the outline as well as the color of the yellow bags in which smoked hams were once put up Ihe two specimens in the aquarium are the survivors out of four taken in Gravesend bay in June last One of them is yellow all over the other is brown in color over three quarters of the surface of its body and of a bright light yellow over the remain der The orange filefish is homely in shape and as thin bodied as an ordi nary flatfish but unlike the flatfish in this respect which swims flatwise the filefish swims with its body edge wise in the water and commonly car rying its head more or less down Sometimes when not swimming it drops its head so far that the fish seems to be standing on its head in the water Odd in shape as it is and odd in action andwithal bright colored it is a very striking creature and the two specimens of it here are among the most attractive of the aquariums exhibits These two orange filefishes are the first that have ever been carried here through the winter making a record for the species in captivity New York Sun Defines Cancer The peculiarity of cancer among diseases is that it consists in the re bellion and malignant behavior of certain parts of the body itself not In the attacks of foreign enemies Cancer in fact is a state of civil war in the body a reign of terror pro duced by outbreaks of murderous fury on the part of revolutionists at one or more localities HAS ISSUE AT LAST DEMOCRACY LIFTED FROM THE SLOUGH OF DESPOND Gen Miles the Discoverer and Patri otism the Issue Surely an Essen tially Democratic Doctrine Under It They Car Claim Everything At last an issue for the Democrats After vainly casting about for months after fine combing the recent history of the Republican party and exploring the ruins of all past na tional works the Democrats have finally get an issue Gen Nelson A Miles discovered it Where when md how are details not given Let it suffice that tho party has an issue Nov indeed can it have something to talk about an excuse for holding a convention The issue is Patriotism Gen Nelson A Miles located it cap tured it and sent it under a special delivery stamp to Grand Rapids Mich How he ever came to select that town no one can surmise What with floods darkness wrecked homes md deserted factories Grand Rapids iad troubles of its own but a round at burgher named Dorangave shel ter to tho new born issue and an nounced it to the world and democ racy Patriotism is the issue It is essentially peculiarly indivisibly and eternally a Democratic doctrine Sound the bugles for the past De mocracy has an issue Gen Miles read two Fourth of July speeches five schoolboy orations and William Alden Smiths speech at the flag raising at Sparta Center before he undertook to introduce the issue through the medium of Grand Rapids and Burgher Dcran The Miles cre dentials to Doran and G Raps have the right ring They ought to get the hand at every period Here for instance are magic lines The change from oppression to lib erty is wrought by violence but the cnange from democracy to despotism is quiet insidious subtle and fatal Whither are wo drifting The spark which fired that line was of the same fire which stirred Will iam Jennings Bryans recent prophecy cf the terrible impending conflict be tween capital and labor Indeed we need patriots in this crisis Patriotism logically is the paramount issue Old Rome France and Kokomo were searched by Gen Miles for pow der to shoot the patriotism rocket The Democratic party it is evident will claim the flag the declaration of independence the constitution and the little red schoolhouse Chicago Jour nal Railroads in the Philippines Secretary Tatt recently gave the house committee on insular affairs his views as to railroad construction in the Philippines They have been mod ified slightly as the result of tho sec retarys recent conference at New York with men who probably will put money into roads in the Philippines if they can get a sufficient guarantee The bill drafted by Chairman Coop er of the insular committee after con sultation with Secretary Taft and for mer Secretary Root authorizes the Philippine government to issue rail road aid bonds to a certain amount or to give a guarantee that capital in vested shall yield a minimum cf 4 per cent per annum The secretary now suggests that the Philippine gov ernment be authorized to guarantee 5 per cent interest on bonds or stocks the total liability not to exceed 1 500000 but that if that offer be not accepted the local government shal be authorized to issue 5 per cent bonds to an amount not exceeding 30000000 and build the roads itself and operate or lease them Apparently Secretary Taft has learned that a 4 per cent guarantee will not tempt American capital It would if the roads were to be con structed in this country but the more remote the place where the capitalist invests his money and the greater his unfaniiliarity with local conditions the larger the interest rate he insists on It may be that when the Philippine bill becomes a law that the money market will be in such shape that a 5 per cent guarantee will not be attract ive Hence the manifest wisdom of the alternative proposition which is not in the Cooper bill that the Phil ippine government itself may build the roads Railroads are imperatively needed They are tho best of missionaries in the archipelago They will serve to civilize pacify and enrich the people They will have great strategic value They will lessen the number of sol diers needed More than that they will cheapen greatly the cost of trans portation from the interior to the sea board Extensive districts where noth ing intended for exportation caa be raised profitably will become popu lous and productive If authority to build railroads can not safely be intrusted to the present Philippine government new men should be appointed to whom it can jo intrusted But as a matter oJ fact cue men now in omce can De azpena 2d on to do the right thing if only they are given a chance to do it Con gress should accept Secretary Tafts revised conclusions Chicago Trib une Porto Ricos Needs Samuel Gompers head cf the Amer ican Federation of Labor has 5 re turned from an organizing expedition to Porto Rico and points a gleomy picture of industrial and economic conditions in the island which he as serts are worse than under Spanish rule Those who remember what Porto Rico was prior to 1S9S and what her representation in tho Span ish parliament amounted to wyi dis count Mr Gompors conclusion Chat the United States government has treated tho island unfairly and that what her people chiefly need are rep resentation at Washington and a more complete system of home rule These things will como in duo time but what Porto Rico requires more than anything else and it is here that we are at fault if at all is aid from this country to tide over tho distress which inevitably followed the change in her political and commercial rela tions Mr Gompers lias probably not overstated the poverty and depression now existing in the island but the American people or the government they have provided for the Porto Ricaus cannot justly be blamed for tho situation The remedy must be found chiefly in the enterprise and en ergy of the insular population and it may be confidently assumed that whatever aid the United States can give will bo extended whenever the way is pointed with sufficient clear ness Mr Bacon and Trusts Trusts most Southern statesmen seem to believe are to be inveighed against in the abstract but allowed to shelter themselves when brought to court under the accommodating mantle of state sovereignty Mr Ba con therefore would not be too rash in prosecuting combinations in re straint of trade He announces that on the trust issue also the Democrats should be conservative and endeav or in no way to injure legitimate business interests while trying to reach unlawful enterprises Mr Bacon is for a conservative platform because ho believes in con servatism Other Democrats many of them in Georgia are for a con servative platform because it may win not because it is conservative Whether as a stalking horse behind which to steal into power or as a se rious recasting of Democratic theor ies the Bacon program lacks neither courage nor candor But in attempt ing to read a genuine conservatism into Democratic beliefs and Demo cratic practices its author merely demonstrates his own capacity for paradox his inability to measure the forces behind Democracy or to recog nize the historical groundwork on which its achievements as an Ameri can party rest New York Tribune Roosevelt Will Be the Issue Colonel Watterson and other Demo crats are saying that the Roosevelt administration will be the issue in the campaign of 1904 They are vlrt The national administration of ue day is usually the issue in every presi dential canvass This has been true from the time of the first Adams down to to day except during the disinte gation in the parties during Monroes eight years in office National plat forms did not begin to make their ap pearance until a third of the nine teenth century had expired There was no need of any platform by a convention in the first Adams case even if national conventions had been invented in that day The alien and sedition laws and tho other acts of his term were the issues in the can vass of 1800 The things which the second Adams did and those that his enemies said he intended to do were the issues that were talked about in the campaign of IS28 in which Jack son was elected the first time Jack son himself furnished many issues So did every other strong president down to this hour St Louis Globe Democrat Canadian Reciprocity The movement in favor cf reciproci ty with Canada will not down At a late meeting of the Boston Mer chants association it vas resolved that we reaffirm our belief in the wise policy of entering into reciprocal relations with other commercial mar kets nf the world especially with Can ada and Newfoundland as increased trade with them will add largely to the prosperity of New England as well as to that of other sections of our country President Mellen of the New Ycrk New Haven Hartford road lately ad mitted that reciprocal trade relations with Canada would increase the busi ness of the New England states and whatever increases the business pros perity of those states would improve tho general business situation We need the lumber iron steel and raw material of Canada and the mari time provinces and they need the New England markets for their manu factures Boston Globe A Suggestion The Detroit Tribune claims to have burned much midnight oil in the proc ess of evolving the following brief platform for the Democratic party in the campaign of 1004 Whereas We have hunted from Kalamazoo to Jericho for issues dis tinctive from those of the Republican party and failed to find any on which all the Democrats can unite except the tariff which is a chestnut therefore 1 Resolved That we are agnst the Republican party on general prin ciples 2 Damn the Republican party Whether or not the party will be satisfied with the preamble and first plank there is no doubt that the sec ond plank expresses the sentiment of all Democrats Viewed from Above To a man up a tree it looks as though the Democratic party would split open so wide on naticnal politics this year that the former fissures in that ancient structure will look like mere hair lines Los Angeles Times fii f ar vS iiimcr miwm ai i njLrrrp Something Needed We are about to put n new piano on the market that wo are sure will fill a long felt want said tho manu facturer What will you call it Wo shall call it tho Cozy Flat Piano Why Because it3 about twice as high as an ordinary piano but only about half its thickness just right for a cozy flat Graphic Description Little Margie had been to tho den tists to have a tooth extracted and this Is how she explained tho pro ceedings The man grabbed hold with a pair of big tongs and pulled his best and just before it killed me tho tooth came out Exchange Hard Thoughts si B rrra Teacher I whipped you for your own good I really did Now tell me what you think about it Bobby If I told you what I think youd give me another licking Peer Mrs Wcoflby So youre little Willie Woodby said tho new minister after Sunday school I cailed to see your mother yesterday but unfortunately she was not at home Oh yes she was replied the boy But I guess she took you for the in stalment man Ycu look somothin like him A Foolish Move You seem nervous and restless this morning said Merchant Yes replied his partner- I asked Borroughs to drop in to day and pay me what he owes me Ah And youre afraid ho wont como Im afraid ho will ccme and borrow more Hopeless Lenders See here How about that 10 you owe me You promised to mail it to mo last Friday Spenders Well Ill tell you I started to raise it but then I remem bered that even if I did scrape it to gether I didnt have a stamp So I couldnt send it Jumped the Bill At what hotel did you put up when you were in that town asked a cas ual acquaintance None replied the deadbeat Didnt stop at a hotel eh Oh yes I stopped at one but I didnt put up Didnt Need Help ijnJUa Jl02 j Dusty I want work Proprietor What can you do Dusty Nothin Proprietor Oh I do that myself Then He Kicked Glass Eater The midget said ha wanted everything small The small est bed the smallest cups and the smallest chair Wild Man What is he kicking about now Glass Eater The manager gave him the smallest salary Wealth Is there much poverty here ask ed the stranger I should say not replied the Arkansas farmer Why we took stock census last month an there wa3 as much as half a shoat for every man in the county On the Bathing Beach Judging by Eves costume he said thoughtfully the Garden of Eden must have been the original seaside
