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The Tribune
F M KIMMELL Publisher
MCOOK NEBRASKA
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MARCH
OF THE
WHITE
GUARD
-By
SIR GILBERT PARKER
Copy ight 1902 by It F Fcnno Co
CHAPTER 111 Continued
The cups were passed round The
Sub factor measured out a very small
portion to each They were not
men of uncommon sentiment their
lives were rigid and isolated and
Before Fireside comforts under
fortunate conditions they saw but
seldom and they were not given to
expressing their feelings demonstra
tively But each man then save
Cloud-in-the-Sky had some memory
worth a resurrection and hearts are
hearts even under all uncouthness
Jasper Hume raised his cup the
rest followed his example To
absent friends and the day when we
see them again he said and they
all drank Gaspe Toujours solemnly
and as if no one was near made
the sign of the cross for his mem
ory was with a dark eyed soft
cheeked peasant giil of the parish of
Saint Gabrielle whom he had left
behind five years before and had
never seen since Word had come
from the parish priest that she was
dying and though he wrote back in
his homely patois of his grief and
begged that the good father would
write again no word had ever come
and he thought of her now as one of
whom the candles had been lighted
and masses had been said
But Jeff Hydes eyes were bright
and suffering as he was the heart in
him was brave and hopeful He
was thinking of a glorious Christmas
day upon the Madawaska river
three years agone of Adam Henry
the blind fiddler of bright warm
hearted Pattie Chown the belle of
the ball and the long drive home in
the frosty night
Late Carscallen was thinking of a
brother whom he had heard preach
his- first sermon in Edinburgh ten
years before And Late Carscallen
slow of speech and thought had
been full of pride and love of that
brilliant brother But they in the
natural course of things drifted
apart the slow and uncouth one to
make his home at last not far from
the arctic circle and to be this
night on his way to the Barren
Grounds But as he stood with the
cup to his iips he recalled the words
of a newspaper paragraph of a few
months before It made reference
to the fact that the Rev James
Carscallen D D preached before
her majesty on Whitsunday and
had the honor of lunching with her
majesty afterward And Late Car
scallen rubbed his left hand joyfully
against his blanketed leg and drank
thoughts were
with the present and his Ugh of
approvaltwas one of the senses pure
ly Instead of drinking to absent
friends he looked at the Sub factor
and said
How
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He drank to the
Sub factor
And Jasper Hume the Sub factor
what were his thoughts
His was a memory of childhood
of a house besides a swift flowing
river where a gentle widowed
mother braced her heart against
misfortune and denied herself and
slaved that her son might be edu
cated He had said to her that some
day he would be a great man and
she would be paid back- a hundred
Told And he worked hard at school
very hard But one cold day of
spring a message came to the school
and he sped homeward to the hocse
beside the dark river down which
the ice was floating he would re
member that floating ice to his dying
day and entered a quiet roon where
a white faced woman was breathing
away her life And he fell at her
side and kissed her hand and called
to her and she waked for a moment
only and smiled on him and said
Be good my boy and God will
make you great And then she
said she was cold And some one
felt her feet a kind old soul who
shook her head sadly at the mother
and looked pityingly at him and a
voice rising out of a strange smiling
languor murmured Ill away Ill
away to the Promised Land to the
Promised Land It is cold so cold
God keep my boyi And the
voice ceased and the kind old soul
who had looked at him pityingly
folded her arms about him and drew
his brown head to her breast and
kissed him with flowing eyes and
whispered Come away dear come
away
But he came back in the night and
sat beside her and would not go
away but remained there till the
sun grew bright and then through
another day and night until they
bore her out of the little Jiouse -by 1
the river to the frozen hillside And
the world was empty and the icy river
seemed warmer than his heart
And sitting here in this winter des
olation Jasper Hume beholds these
scenes of 20 vears before and
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follows himself a poor dispensing
clerk in a doctors office work
ing for that dream of achievement
in which his mother believed for
which she hoped And- following
further the boy that was himself he
saw a friendless first year man at
college soon however to make a
friend of Varre Lepage and to see
always the best of that friend being
himself so true And the day come
when they both graduated together
In science a bright and happy day
succeeded by one still brighter when
they both entered a great firm as
junior partners Then came the
meeting with Rose Varcoe and he
thought of how he praised his friend
Varre Lepage to her anU brought
that friend to be introduced to her
He recalled all those visions that
came to him when his professional
triumphs achieved he should have a
happy home and a happy face and
faces by his fireside And the face
was to be that of Rose Varcoe and
the others faces of those who should
be like her and like himself He
saw or rathe felt that face clouded
and anxious when he went away ill
and blind for healths sake He did
not write The doctors forbade him
that He did not ask her to write
for his was so strong and steadfast a
nature that he did not need letters
to keep him true and he thought if
shecared for him she must be the
same He did not understand a
womans heart how it needs remem
brances and needs to give remem
brances
Looking at- Jasper Humes face in
the light of this fire it seems calm
and cold yet behind it is an agony
of memory the memory of the day
when he discovered that Varre Le
page was married to Rose Varcoe
and that the trusted friend had
grown famous and well-to-do on the
cifully look upon the infirmities ot
men and to stetch forth His hand to
keep and defend them in all dangers
and necessities Late Carscallen
after a long pause said Amen and
Jeff Hyde said in a whisper to Gaspo
Toujours Thats to the point In
firmities and dangers and necessities
is what troubles us
Immediately after at a sign from
the Sub factor Cloud-in-the-Sky be
gan to transfer the burning wood
from one fire to the other until only
hot ashes were left where a great
blaze had been Over these ashes
pine twigs and branches were spread
and over them again blankets The
word was then given to turn in and
Jeff Hyde Gaspe Toujours and Late
Carscallen lay down in this comfort
able bed Each wished to give way
to their captain but he would not con
sent and he and
wrapped themselves in their blankets
like mummies covering their heads
completely and under the arctic sky
they slept alone in an austere and ten
antless world They never know how
loftily sardonic Nature can be who
have not seen that land where the
mercury freezes in the tubes and
there is light but no warmth in the
smile of the sun Xot Sturt in the
heart of Australia with the mercury
bursting the fevered tubes with the
finger nails breaking like brittle glass
with the ink drying instantly on the
pen with the hair falling off and fad
ing would if he could have ex
changed his lot for that of the White
Guard They are in a frozen endless
ness that stretches away to a world
where never voice of man or clip of
wing or tread of animal is heard It
is the threshold to the undiscovered
country to that untouched north
whose fields of white are only fur
rowed by the giant forces of the ele
ments on whose frigid hearthstone
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He ReacAhe First Four Vcses of the Thirty First Psalm
offspring of his brain His first
thought had been one of fierce anger
and determination to expose this
man who had falsified all trust But
then came the thought of the girl
and most of all there came the words
of his dying mother Be good my
boy and God will make you great
and for Jiis mothers sake he had com
passion on the girl and sought no re
venge upon her husband Rare type
of man in a sordid unchivalric world
And now ten years later he did not
regret that he had stayed his hand
The world had ceased to call Varre
Lepage a genius He had not fulfilled
the hope that was held of him This
Jaspar Hume knew from occasional
references in scientific journals
And he was making this journey to
save if he could Varre Lepagejs life
And he has no regret Though juet
on the verge of a new eia in his ca
rser to give to the world the fruit of
ten years thought and labor he had
set all behind him that he might be
true to the friendship of his youth
that he might be loyal to his manhood
that he might be clear of the strokes
of conscience to the last hour of his
life
Looking around him now the debat
ing look conies again into his eyes
He places his hand in his breast and
lets it rest there for a moment The
look becomes certain and steady the
hand is drawn out and in it is a Book
cf Common Prayer Upon the flyleaf
is written Jane Hume to her dear
son Jaspar on his twelfth birthday
These men of the White Guard are
not used to religious practices wbat
ever their past has been in that re
gard and at any other time they
might have been surprised at this
action of Jaspar Hums Under some
circumstances it might have lessened
their opinion of him but his influence
over them now was complete They
knew they were getting nearer to him
than they had ever done even Cloud-in-the-Sky
appreciated that Ho spoke
no word to them but looKed at them
and stood up They all did the same
Jeff Hyde leaning on the shoulders
of Gaspe Toujours He read first
four verses of the Thirty first Psalm
then followed the of St Chry
sostom and the beautiful collect
which appeals to the Almighty to i
no fire is ever lit a place where the
electric phantoms of a nightless land
pass and repass and are never still
where the magic needle points not
toward the north but darkly down
ward downward where the sun
never stretches warm hands to him
who dares confront the terrors of
eternal snow
The White Guard sleeps
CHAPTFR IV
No Captain leave me here and
push on to the Manitou Mountain
You ought to make it in two days
Im just as safe here as on the sleds
and less trouble a blind mans no
good Ill have a good rest while
youre gone and then perhaps my
eyes will come out right My foot is
nearly well now
Yes Jeff Hyde was snow blind This
the giant of the party had suffered
most
But Jaspar Hume said I wonc
leave you alone my man The dogs
can carry you as theyve done for the
last ten days
But Jeff replied Im as safe here
as marching and safer When the
dogs are not carrying me nor any one
leading me you can get on faster
and that means everything to us
now dont it
Jaspar Hume met the eyes of Gaspe
Toujours He read them Then he
said to Jeff Hyde It shall be as you
wish Late Carscallen Cloud-in-the-Sky
and myself will push on to Man
itou Mountain You and Gaspe Tou
jours will remain here
Jeff Hydes blind eyes turned to
ward Gaspe Toujours and Gaspe Tou
jours said Yes We have plenty of
tabac
TO BE COXTIXUED
The Superior American Workman
Notwithstanding that he has to pay
more for his clothes than the English
workman the American dresses him
self and his famiv fai netr and more
tastefully than his English -cousin
The American also spends more
money on luxuries and legitimate i
pleasure and the food he eats is more I
varied and of better quality Worlds
Work
JACKS
DELINQUENCY
Mary do you think I look as if I had
been crying Well I suppose the wind
jias made my eyes a little red
Jack Mr Harris didnt meet me
t that tearoom downtown as he prom
ised But I dont care at all not in
the least I had rather an unpleasant
ime and couldnt eat anything Its
all Jacks Mr Harris fault too
You need not make coffee for his
dinner No nor tea Well have justj
milk Oh I know he doesnt drink
milk but we cant always be considV
ring what he likes By the way you
aeed not fry the chicken either Well
have creamed codfish Jack detests it
If you can think of anything else that
ae doesnt eat you may as well cook
that too
No Im not in the least angry No
indeed I never get angry with my hus
band I merely cant always be think
ing of his dislikes and likes He didnti
remember his engagement with me to
day and I I dont care if I never
never see him again No I dont I
suppose Id get along equally well
without him So Mary you may as
well get the dinner at once I wont
wait for him he can eat it cold
though perhaps it would be better to
have dinner very late for he always
comes home so hungry
Why its after five oclock now
What do you suppose is the reason he
doesnt come
Oh can anything have happened
to him You say he may have been
struck by an automobile Mary how
can you suggest such a thing You
had a friend who was smashed to
pieces by one Oh oh If they are
bringing Jack home in pieces Ill love
every little tiny piece
Oh some one is coming Its Jack
But I Didnt Stop
Hes whistling How can he when Im
anourning him for dead
Oh Jack Im so glad to see you 1
cant even think It it was such a
surprise to to open the door and find
you here I felt sure you were coming
to me dead so I told Mary to put on
the hot water -
John Vincent Harris why didnt
you meet your little wire in the south
west corner of the lunchroom as you
promised Yes it was the southwest
corner I remember distinctly be
cause I kept saying s for soup and
w for fish fish you
know
Are you sure Maybe it was north
west n and w soup and fish
noodle soup of course Yes that was
it I was there promptly at two
oclock
Well if -you think I could do all
that shopping and get there at 12
oclock you never were more mistak
en in your life Now John Vincent
Harris do you mean to say that you
think more of your business than of
your own wife so that you could not
wait two hours for her
Oh about the lunch I ordered for
you too because I knew you would
be so hungry Jack the waiter had
such handsome eyes I think he rath
er liked to look at me so I ordered
more than I wanted and all the things
you liked When you disappointed me
I couldnt eat a thing I gave the
waiter 50 cents he had been so kind
But I nearly fainted when I looked at
the bill and discovered that I hadnt
money enough I didnt know things
cost so much
I wanted to be brave and dash out
without paying and then send the
cashier postage stamps but I was
afraid the patrol wagon would come
after me and if the police got me you
never never would know where I was
would your Jack dear
So I counted my pennies pretended
that I was in an awful hurry and fair
ly threw the money at the cashier
Yes some of the money rolled on the
floor but I didnt stop
Now Jack dear please pay me for
3 our lunch and send the cashier a
check for seven cents and youd
better make it anonymous so so that
waiter wont know Chicago Daily
News
Lewis Single Binder straight 5c cigar
Made of extra quality tobacco our
dealer or Lewis Factory Peoria 111
Unearthing the Briber
During a recent campaign in Eng
land a certain woman called on a la
borers wife and asked if her husband
would vote for Lord Blank No he
wont was the reply But remem
ber the blankets and coals you got
from the clergyman Never mind
them Hes been promised a new air
of trousers if he votes for Mr Dash
Suspecting that this was a case of
bribery that must be outdor the
woman canvasser gffered a sovereign
if the woman would tell her who had
promised the trousers The money
paid over the woman smiled I
promised them she said and Ill
buy them out of your sovereign
A New Sleeping Car Story
Among the railroad visitors in town
yesterday was F A Miller general
passenger agent of the Chicago Mil
waukee St Paul Railway He vl
ited all of the general offices in to
and at the Hollenden Hotel yesterday
told a story of one of the sleeping car
porters who was recently found
asleep while on duty This is con
trary to the rules of The St Paul
Road and the negro man was in
trouble when found by the inspector
on -The Pioneer Limited He had his
wits about him however and In re
sponse to the inspectors inquiry as
to what he was doing asleep he said
Ill tell you how it was boss I
have only been with the company a
short time and before coming here
I was working on such and such a
railroad The line was so rough that
I could not get any sleep Since I
have been working for the The St
Paul the road has been so smooth
that I just could not keep awake
Mr Miller says that while the ne
gro had violated the rules he was
permitted to keep his job on account
of his wit Cleveland Leader
BIRD TRAVELS WITH GIRAFFE
Red Billed Weaver Constant Compan
ion of Animal Skyscraper
The red billed weaver bird Is a con
stant companion of the giraffe perch
ing itself upon the withers and flying
along when its host takes to flight
and immediately alighting again on
its back at the first opportunity The
only means of defense or offense by
the giraffe is by means of its hoofs
and the blows it can deliver by kick
ing are of tremendous power The
old males during the breeding season
fight in this manner a good deal and
the female employs the same means
in defending her young against car
nivorous animals
Giraffes are very swift of foot and
it requires a very fleet horse to run
them down Experienced hunters
however charge them at full speed
and by this means are often able to
run into them and if the giraffes are
fat they will soon become blown
When running the tail is twisted in
a corkscrew fashion over the back and
the hind legs at each step are thrown
on the outside of the forelegs giving
a very grotesque straddling appear
ance The giraffe is mute but he has
a very keen sense of hearing and of
jmell
Museum Gets Fine Pulpit
King Friederich August of Saxony
has given to the Germanic museum at
Harvard a full size reproduction of the
sandstone pulpit of the Church of
Wechselburg near Leipsic This gift
is regarded as the most important
made to the museum since the fine
collection of casts was sent by the
German emperor The pulpit be
longs to the beginning of the thir
teenth century and Is a massive struc
ture 15 feet high resting on Roman
esque columnj
NO MEDICINE
But Change of Food Gave Final Relief
Most diseases start in the aliment
ary canal stomach and bowels
A great deal of our stomach and
bowel troubles come from eating too
much starchy and greasy food
The stomach does not digest any of
the starchy food we eat white bread
pastry potatoes oats etc these
things are digested in the small intes
tines and if we eat too much as most
of us do the organs that should di
gest this kind of food are overcome
by excess of work so that fermenta
tion indigestion and a long train
of ails result
Too much fat also is hard to digest
and this is changed into acids sour
stomach belching gas and a bloaty
heavy feeling
In these conditions a change from
indigestible foods to Grape Nuts will
work wonders in not only relieving
the distress but in building up a
strong digestion clear brain and
steady nerves A Wash woman
writes
About five years ago I suffered with
bad stomach dyspepsia indigestion
constipation caused I know now
from eating starchy and greasy food
I doctored for two years without
any benefit The doctor told me there
was no cure for me I could not eat
anything without suffering severe
pain in my back and sides and I be
came discouraged
A friend recommended Grape Nuts
and I began to use it In less than
two weeks I began to feel better and
inside of two months I was a well
woman and have been ever since
I can eat anything I wish with
pleasure We eat GrapeNuts and
cream for breakfast and are very
fond of it Name given by Postum
Co Battle Creek Mich Read the
little book The Road to Wellville
In pkgs Theres a reason
BACK ACHE
DOES YOUR
trams0
James B Keeler rotlreO 1 f
21 jiV
ago I sufferea wiu
my back and kid
neys I doctored and
used many remedies
without getting re
lief Beginning with
Doans Kidney PiUs
I found relief from
the first box and
j vrvoc restored1
imr tuv -wife
me to good souna cuuujuuu --
mlnyof have used
friends
nd my j
Doans Kidney Pills with good results
recommend them
and I can earnestly
Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box
Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y
Sympathy Not Needed
famous
Norways
Dr Frldtjof Nansen
mous arctic explorer now minister
to Gerat Britain makes light of the
sympathy expressed by many persons
anent the hardships of travelers He
misplaced
says There never was such
placed sympathy as commiserating a
man who has lived in the wilds Most
men who travel in out-of-the-way parts
of the world do so because they like
it People who live in the center of
what is called civilization do not un
derstand cannot realize the spell that
getting close to nature battling with
nature has on the heart He does
not believe in the use of alcoholic bev
erages holding that while liquor will
raise the temperature for a few min
utes after that It falls lower than
before
LIMB RAW AS PIECE OF BEEF
Suffered for Three Years with Itching
Humor Cruiser Newark U S N
Man Cured by Cuticura
I suffered with humor for about
three years off and on I finally saw a
doctor and he gave me remedies that
did me no good so I tried Cuticura
when my limb below the knee to the
ankle was as raw as a piece of beef
All I used was the Cuticura Ssap and
the Ointment I bathed with Cuticura
Soap every day and used about six
or seven boxes of Cuticura Ointment
I was thoroughly cured of the humor
in three weeks and havent been af
fected with it since I use no other
Soap than Cuticura now H J Myers
U S N U S S Newark New York
Julys 1905
Rich Prize for Scientists
The person who discovers a method
of communication between planets will
receive 20000 from the French Acad
emy of Science
Worth Knowing
That Allcocks Plasters are the
highest result of medical science and
skill and in ingredients and method
have never been equaled
That they are the original and gen
uine porous plasters upon whose rep
utation imitators trade
That Allcocks Plasters never fail to
perform their remedial work quickly
and effectually
That for Weak Back Rheumatism
Colds Lung Trouble Strains and all
Local Pains they are invaluable
That when you buy Allcocks Plas
ters you obtain the best plasters made
A kiss in time is fine
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