The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, April 19, 1907, Image 6
If - CHAPTER IV m SPP5S5SfTfiii5ffE The Tribune F M KIMMELL Publisher WCOOK NEBRASKA The Mystery OF CarneyCroft By JOSEPH BROWN COOKE Copyright 1W b Story lress Corporation CHAPTER III Continued The poor fellows distress was so great that a moment later as I stood by his side at the door I could not resist laying my hand on his shouldei and saying gently Why dont you brace up Mr Car ney It isnt too late by any means Just think of all that life has to offer you You are a man of great wealth the head of one of tlie best known families in the country and every thlng that heart could wish for lies be fore you Think It over old man think it over Think of your sister and and Miss Weston and yourself Carney yourself above all else and leave the confounded stuff alone As I uttered the last words he Re coiled from me as if I liad been the plague and muttered lioarsely My God Ware you dont think I am drunk do you Before I could reply lie liad hurried through the door down the stairs and into the street Little Bobbs I followed him as rapidly as possi ble hoping to overtake him and at least persuade Turn to return to imy office until his excitement had cooled somewhat but I reached the street only in time to see him turn the cor ner and mingle with the bustling crowd At the same instant a little man not over five feet in height and dressed in coarse drab Norfolk jacket and tightly fitting trousers turned in hur riedly from the opposite direction and collided Avith me with some violence Beg pardon sir he panted recov ering himself with an effort and pull ing off his cap respectfully Beg nardon sir Im looking for Mr Wares offices sir Mr Frederick Ware sir Is this the place sir and he placed his hand on liis chest and gasped noisily in his endeavor to catch his breath Mr Wares office is upstairs I re plied and I am 3Ir Ware Who are you Thank ye sir lie said gratefully an expression of relief lighting up his 1 face Im Bobbs sir Little Bobbs they calls me sir Still holding liis cap in his hand he pulled his forelock and bowed with the grace of an eat side dancing master Very well Bobbs I said com pletely puzzled Now what do you want Why I want Mr Carney of course Sir he replied Im his man you know sir and he told me to meet him here in half an hour So you are Mi- Carneys servant eh 1 queried He nodded respectfully and touched his forelock again Well I continued Mr Carney has gone and you wont be able to overtake him so there is no use in your trying Moreover I want to see you myself in the office for a few minutes He followed me upstairs and sat down gingerly on the edge of a chair twirling his cap between his hands and twiddling his thumbs nervously I watched him for a moment in slience and then an Idea striking me I un locked the small cupboard in my desk took out a bottle and a glass and plac ing them before him said solicitously You are completely exhausted Bobbs better take a little of this His face was perfectly frank and honest as he said politely Thank ye kindly sir but I never touch it Ill he all right in a minute sir I returned the bottle and glass to their places fully satisfied with the re sult of my little experiment and con vinced that the fellow had spoken the truth and could be relied upon in every way How long have you been in Mr Carneys employ I asked as I turned the key in the lock Three years come next autumn he replied promptly And did you never drink anything in your life Bobbs I continued for I was working out a definite line of questions Weli sir he rejoined rather un comfortably I thought I cant say as Ive always been teetotal sir an I used to take a drop now and then and again sir But since Mr Carney got this way sir I gave it up entirely It do for me to be drinkin now you know sir - v No it wouldnt I said emphatical ly You are quite right Bobbs and you are a faithful fellow to give it up as you have Thank ye sir said Bobbs How long has Mr Carney been in this condition I asked Bobbs looked at me in an unde cided fashion for a moment and then blurted out Why I dont know sir as I ought to he talkin of his affairs so much sir It dont seem to me as its quite right sir I appreciated the fellows devotion and loyalty to his masters Interests and hastened to reassure him Its all right Bobbs I said Ton may talk to me perfectly freely for I understand everything You know Mr Carney himself was here for some time this morning Bobbs looked relieved and proceed ed without further dlflldence Why I should say sir its goin on about two years now Ye know he had some trouble or other on his mind when he went away sir an It seemed to prey on him more an more all the time After a while he began gettln In with those people which I suppose was a relief to him and kept his thoughts off the other thing At first It was only occasionally when he got to feelln specially downhearted but it wasnt long before he was withem all the time sir I begged and begged him to keep away from em for you know as well as I do sir that only one thing could come of it but he wouldnt listen to me and things kept goin from bad to worse At the beginning he kept up his in terest in the business pretty well but finally he lost all track of that and then it wasnt many months hefore he couldnt attend to it whether he want ed to or not That was the time I quit drinkin sir for I saw that he needed every minute of my time day and night or at least that he might need It His neglectin the business as he did wasnt any harm you know sir for its so well managed that it could almost run itself but I did wish that he had worked off his had feelins in the office stead of the way he did My heart aches for him all the time sir continued the- faithful fellow brushing away a tear with his knuckle hut he got so obstinate that nohody could do a thing with him an anyway T could have managed him myself if anyone living could You think there is no chance for him now Bobbs I inquired anx iously Not one in a million sir answered Bobbs sadly Hes too far gone now sir He was takin the cure for a time an we began to have some hopes of him but it wasnt any use an the first thing we knew he was as bad as ever 1 wonder he came back at all I remarked I shouldnt have thought he would have felt inclined to I didnt think hed come myself said Bobbs but he insisted upon it and as I told you a minute ago theres no changing him now when he once gets an idea in his head so we packed up and came He said he had some matters to attend to with you that he must see about at once sir Yes I replied he arranged cer tain affairs with me this morning Well said Bobbs Im glad thats done for it will be a great load off his mind Where do you suppose he has gone now 1 asked He left here very hurriedly and I wonder if he will get into trouble My calmness of mind was due to the face that under the circumstances I should not have cared if he had broken his neck Oh hell get back to the hotel sir returned Bobbs confidently He told me to get the tickets for to night and a few other things he needed and then meet him here or at the hotel if he had left here You know he is going home to night sir Yes T said but he tells me he does not expect to stay there long Do you know what his plans are I havent the slightest idea sir said Bobbs He never tells anyone what he is going to do and hes in such a bad way now that I fancy hes as likely to go one way as another sir But Ill stick to him sir you may be sure of that I must be going now for he may need me You know sir hes not always as bad as youv seen him to day Its only at times sir that he gets like this I should hope so I returned And you think he will reach the hotel safely No doubt about that sir said Bobbs If he has any trouble or should get er dizzy or anything hell take a cab sir The way he can keep his head is wonderful sir He had risen to go as I asked my last question Bobbs I said earnestly I want you to tell me something What in heavens name does Mr Carney drink to keep him In this condition What does he drink sir exclaim ed Bobbs in a half frightened tone and viewing me with evident and sudden suspicion Why I thought you knew sir I thought you knew and before T er t rtirwx lit Tis 1 1ls VtSr toi r r s 7 V 7 V X board of irrigation 500 oil depart had rushed out of the office into the - I street CHAPTER V A Question of Guessing Some men are so stupid at times that one wonders how they get on in life at all and after a few mo ments of ridiculously profound thoiight I was quite ready to consign myself to this class Here was a man obviously a slave to a habit which was slowly but surely eating his very life away who virtually admitted his shortcomings in the plainest of Eng lish and yet who rushed from my presence In horror and disgust when I attempted to persuade him to leave in toxicants alone Here was his serv ant an honest trustworthy fellow who not only admitted his masters failings but gave many details of his unfortunate downfall and yet who re garded me with suspicion and dread when I ventured to ask him a most natural question And here was a fool of a lawyer who could not see through a millstone with a hole in it I reached for the telephone and call ed up MacArdel BMP Well What Is It Hello Mac I said Busy to night Nothing special he replied lacon ically Whats up Dine with me at the club at seven will you I asked I want you to tell me something All right said MacArdel Seven sharp and Ill order the dinner Good by and he hung up his receiver with a snap I did not resent McArdels abrupt ness for I knew he had a room full of people waiting to see him and the fact that he was to order the dinner was enough to make a man forgive any thing short of an unpardonable sin MacArdel was late of course He was born half an hour after he was expected and his time table through life has always been that much be hind to a second so I called for the things and made the cocktails myself I cannot order a dinner as MacArdel can but I can construct a cocktail that would make the nectar of the gods taste like Bloomsbury coffee The dinner Was as good as the cock tail and we went to the roof for our coffee and cigars MacArdel tipped back in his chair and rested his heels on the broad cop ing for we were sitting in a secluded corner back of a pillar and the only light we had came from the restless city far below us sparkling and glit tering like the reflection of a Sep tember sky at midnight An occasion al glimmer of moonlight broke through the fleecy scudding clouds so that from time to time we caught glimpses of each other as we lazily puffed our cigars It was a dreary night and a dreamy place and 1 dreaded to bring up the disagreeable topic that we had met to discuss So we sipped our coffee and smoked out our cigars almost oblivious of each others presence But when the fresh cigars were lighted lacArdel yawned impolitely as was his habit wnen we were aione and said briefly Well what is it CTO BE CONTINUED - i Lincoln Letter Current Gossip from the STATE CAPITAL Legislative and Otherwise Sheldon estimated the receipts of fees by the various afflces as follows Governor 170 auditor 210000 sec retary of state 05000 lariU commis sioner 10000 banking department 30000 food commissioner 5000 ment 19000 national aid for the soldiers homes 72000 interest on deposits 16700 convict labor 68 000 back taxes 100000 a total re ceipt including the general fund levy of 3476370 Prospects for a good state fair this year are looking up and the indica tions are the exhibits of live stock and other features which will go to make a good fair will be far in excess in number and quality of previous years Just at this time Secretary Mellor has been notified that space has been asked for 825 pens of hogs when the accom modations will take care of only 442 A feature which will be added this year is the contest for a prize for the best Shorthorn milker State Superintendent McBrien went to Grand Island where he takes part in an entertainment given in honor of Superitendent R J Barr of the Grand Island schools who has served In this capacity for twenty five years No other school teacher in Nebraska has ever held onto a job that long Judge A M Post the referee ap pointed by the Nebraska supreme court to take testimony on the alleged lumber trust made his report He finds that the Nebraska Lumber Dealers as sociation as now maintained is not contrary to the state trust laws The investigation made by the referee cov ered a period of several months in which practically all the lumber deal ers of the state were made defendants If the supreme court sustains the ref eree it means the dismissal of the suits Grain dealrs of the state doing busi ness along the line of the Missouri Pa cific railway for some months past have experienced considerable trouble in getting cars in which to ship their grain Some elevators have been able to secure but one or two cars in an entire month The grain men doing business on the line of that road in this state met to organize and do what they could towards getting after the railroad The corps of janitors at the state capitol have been busily occupied in moving the property of the various state officials who have been assigned new quarters by the state board of public lands and buildings Oil In spector Church was the first man to change his office quarters The bureau of labor has so far refused to comply with the edict that it move from the first to the third floor Its officers de clare that they mean to secure legal advice before they give up the room occupied for twenty years Governor Sheldon has finished his work on the bills passed by the legis lature and out of the various appropri ation bills he cut a total of 249411 This leaves the total appropriations of the legislature 32417S090 The cuts made by the governor were as follows Wolf bounty 35000 deficiency wolf bounty 22411 and a deficiency on the deficiency 2000 for a wing to be built at the Kearney Normal school 85000 for a new building at the Beatrice Institute for Feeble Mind ed 30000 for Yukon Alaskan exposi tion 15000 for a gymnasium for the Institute for Deaf and Dumb at Oma ha 30000 for an engine an J boiler at the Peru Normal school 5000 for a building at the Grand Island Sol diers Home 25000 All the other appropriation bills that passed were signed Nebraska has a pure food law at last After all sorts of amendments had been made they were all over turned and the bill made even more drastic and sweeping than the national law Nearly twenty years ago United States Senator Paddock championed a pure food law in the U S senate but as he then thought without avail It was the seed that was sown then that has slowly grown and is just now bearing fruit not only nationally but in his own state and in many others Attorney General Thompson has recommended to County Attorney Roach of North Platte Lincoln county that he begin prosecution of the Union Pacific Railroad company for violation of the 2 cent passenger fare law County Attorney Roach camplained to the attorney general that the Union Pacific continues to charge at the rate of 3 cents per mile for tickets between North Platte and Sidney notwith standing both cities are in Nebraska An incident of the waiting and worrying over the governors action on the appropriation of the Kearney Normal school was the meeting of the State Normal board at the office of the state superintendent The board convened to discuss cutting down their plans for a 100000 build ing to an 85000 building as that was the way the bill read when it passed the legislature Suddenly the board remembered that the governor had taken no action so proceedings were stopped for the time being The legislature passed a total of 221 bills of which nlenty six wero senate files and 125 were house rolls Gov ernor Sheldon slgnod 204 bills and vetoed fifteen Two bills became laws without his action Of the bills vetoed eleven were house rolls and four sen ate files Following are the reasons assigned for the retoes of the governor H R 112 Appropriating 85000 to erect two wings to the Kearnoy Nor mal school In vetoing this bill the governor says The appropriations for the coming blennlum must be kept safely within the states Income In my judgment the necessities of this in stitution and the present condition of our finances do not warrant this ex penditure For the same reason the governor has vetoed H R 190 381 478 and 491 In vetoing H R 355 amending the banking law the governor says The section of the statutes which section 3 of this act would amend has already been similarly amended by H R 105 Many of the country banks do not ful fill the requirements of section 8 of this act It does not exempt banks now doing business under their pres ent charters In my judgment an act like this which would probably disturb these banks greatly should not be passed by the emergency clause H R 531 the deficiency claims bill was approved with the exception of the following items Bounty on wild animals unpaid claims Nos 35638 to 36360 inclusive and Nos 556 to 3644 inclusive as recorded in the auditors record 2241150 and estimated de ficiencies for the payment of animal bounties 2000 In vetoing S F 266 by Burns of Lancaster a bill for the appointment of a board of examiners of plumbers for the city of Lincoln the governor says This bill is amendatory The original act as passed in 1891 session laws 1901 chapter xxi page 321 32CJ under the title thereof the enactment was restricted to cities having a popu lation of more than 50000 In 1903 the legislature attempted to amend section 1 so as to make this act apply to cities having a population of more than 40000 but the title of the amen datory act referred alone to section 1 of the original title so as to apply to cities having less than 50000 inhsbi tants The amendment of 1903 mak ing the act applicable to cities hairing more than 40000 inhabitants was not within the title of the original act which referred alone to cities having more than 50000 inhabitants The amendment of 1903 therefore was not within the title of the original act and is unconstitutional This void provis ion is a part of the act as it appears in chapter xiv article 3 compiled statutes of 1903 This S F 266 con flicts with the constitution and can not be approved Besides the repeal ing clause in S F 266 is a general one purporting to repeal all conflicting pro visions in existing statutes This form of repealing clause in an amendatory act does not meet the requirements of that part of the constitution which de clares that the section or sections so amended must in express term be re pealed Within a few days the offices in the state house with the exception of those occupied by state officers will all be changed and it will tak ea direc tory for any one to find any one The State Board of Public Lands and Buildings met Wednesday and allot ted new rooms it being necessary in the opinion of the board to chinge practically every office to make room for the State Railway commission which is the only addition to the pres ent number of offices in the state house It fell to the lot of Chairman Eaton and Secretaiy Junkin to carry around the move out notices and some of the language used by those to be ejected from pleasant quarters was unique and entirely original Offices were allotted as follows The oil office moves from the first floor to the lieutenant governors room on the second floor The state veterinarian will office with the State Board of Charities on the third floor This office has been on the second floor The labor bureau which for years has been on the first floor moves to the house engrossing room on the third floor The Argicultural society moves from the first floor in the north center of the building to the labor bureau room The game warden moves irom the second floor to the senate judiciary committee room on the third floor The irrigation board moves from the north center of the building to the senate 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