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and drew back, watching him with
sidelong glances.
"What's the matter?" lie demanded.
"Think I’m going to bite you?"
She shrank farther away, and did
not answer. He stared at her, his
eyes hard and bright. Suddenly he
burst into a harsh laugh and strode
away towards the cliff, savagely
kicking aside the birds that raffle in
his path.
When, an hour later, the girl crept
back along the cleft to the baobab
she saw him hard at work building
a little hut several yards down to
wards the barricade. The moment
she perceived what he was about her
bearing became less guarded, and she
took up her own work with a spirit
and energy which she had not shown
since the adventure with the puff
adder.
At tier can to ino noon mem imuw
t< ok his time to respond, and when
he at last came to join her lie was
morose and taciturn. Site met him
wiili a smile and exerted all her wom
anly tact to conciliate him.
"You must help me eat the egg.
she said. "I’ve boiled it hard.”
"Rather eat beef," he mumbled.
"But just to please me—when I’ve
cooked it your way?"
He uttered an inarticulate sound
which she chose to interpret as as
sent. The egg was already shelled.
She cut it exactly in half and served
one of the pieces to him with a bit of
warm faf and a pinch of salt. As he
took the dish he raised ids sullen
eyes to her face. She met his gaze
with a look of smiling insistence.
“Come now." she said; "please don’t
re fuse. I'm sorry I was so rude.”
“Well, if you feel that way about
it!—not that i care for fancy dishes,”
he responded, gruffly.
“It would be missing half the en
joyment to eat such a delicacy with
out some one to share it," she said.
Blake looked away without answer.
But site could see that his face was
beginning to clear. Greatly encour
aged, she chatted away as though they
were seated at her father's dinner
table and he was an elderly friend
from the business world whom it was
her duty to entertain.
For a while Blake betrayed little in
terest, confining himself to monosyl
lables except when he commented on
the care with which she had cooked
Ihe various dishes. "When she least
expected, he looked up at her, his lilts
tarted in a broad smile. Site stopped
short, for site had been describing her
first, social triumphs and his untimely
levity embarrassed her.
"Don't get mad. Miss Jenny," he
said, his eyes twinkling. "You don't
know how funny it seems to sit here
and listen to you talking about those
things. It's like serving up ice cream
and onions in the same dish.”
"I'm sure, Mr. Blake—”
"Beats a burlesque all hollow—Mrs,
Hint-Re gis Waldoff's chop-sooey tea
and voting Mrs. Vandam-Jones' auto
cotillon—with us sitting here like
troglodytes, chewing snake-poisoned
antelope, and you in that Kimdry
dress—”
"lio yon—I was not aware mac >ou
knew about music.”
"Don't know a note. But give me
a chance to hear good music and I’m
there If I have to stand in the peanut
gallery.”
"Oh, I'm so glad! I'm very, very
fond of music! Have you been to
Bayreuth?”
"Where's that?”
"In Germany. It is where his
operas are given as staged by Wagner
himself. It is indescribably grand
and Inspiring—above all, the Bar
sifal!”
"I'll most certainly take that in,
even if I have to cut short my en
gagement in this gee-lorious clime —
not hut what, when it comes to leopard
ladies—” He paused and surveyed her
with frank admiration.
The blood leaped into her face.
"Oh!” she gasped, "1 never dreamed
that even such a man as you w’ould
compare me with—with a creature
like that!”
"Such a man as me!” repeated
Blake, staring. "What do you mean?
I know I'm not much of a ladies’ man;
but to be yanked up like this when a
fellow is*trying to pay a compliment
—well, It's not just what you’d call
pleasant.”
"I beg your pardon, Mr Blake. I
misunderstood. I—"
"That's all right. Miss Jenny! I
don't ask any lady to beg my pardon.
The only thing is I don't see why you
should flare out at me that wav.”
For a full minute she sat, with
down-bent head, her face clouded with
doubt and indecision. At last she
bravely raised her eyes to meet his.
"Do you wonder that I am not quite
myself?” she asked. "You should re
member that I have always had the
utmost comforts of life and have been
cared for— Don't you see how ter
lib,!. it is i'ru- me ’ And then the math
of—of—”
"I can’t bo sorry for that'
“But even you filt how toriibk it
was—and then— Oh. surely you must
see how—how embarrassing—
It was Blake's turn to lock down
and hesitate. She studied his face,
her bosom heaving wiih quick drawn
breath; but she could make nothing
of bis square jaw and firm s* t lips.
His eyes were concealed by the brim
of his leaf bat. AYlien he spoke seem
ingly it was to change the subject:
‘'Gut s you saw me making my hut.
I'm fixing it so it'll do me even when
it rains.”
Had lie been tin- kind of man that
she had been educated to consider as
alone entitled to the name of gentle
man, she could have felt certain that
lie hud intended the remark for a del
icately worded assurance. But was
Tom ltlake, for all his blunt kir.dli
ness, capable of such tael ' She
chose to consider that lie vx;is
"It's a cunning little bungalow But
will not the rain flood you out'
"It's going to have a raised boor.
You're more like to have the rain
drive in on you again. I ll hav* to rig
up a porch over your door. It won't
do to stuff ui) the hole. You've little
enough air as it is. But that can
wait a while. There’s other work
more pressing. First, there’s Hie bar
ricade. By the time that's done those
hyena skins will be cured enough to
use. I've got to have new trousers
soon, and new shoes, too.”
“I can do the sewing, if you will cut
out the patterns.”
“No; I'll take a stagger ai it my
self first. I'd rather you'd go egg'.ug.
You need to run around more tc keep
in trim.”
"I feel quite well now. and 1 am
growing so strong! The only thing
is this constant heat.”
“We'll have to grin and 1 > a. it.
11,1 7.■r.'wt, »»«■*;
- —
“I’m Fixing It So It'll Do Mr Ettn
When It Rains.”
After all, it's not so bad, if <j wt
can stave off the fever. Ant tier rea
son I want you to go for o that
yon can take your time about it and
keep a look-out for steamers ‘
“Then you think—?”
‘‘Don’t screw up your ht i • - too
high. We've little show <1 being
picked up by a chance boat or, a 1t ,t t
with reefs like this. Hut I tipi t llu-t
if i was in your daddy's shots it d I t
high time for me to he cabling a shij
to run up from Natal, or down from
Zanzibar, to look around for jettison
et cetera.”
‘Tin sure papa will offer ; i .g le
ward.”
"Second the motion! I’ve a sort
of idea 1 wouldn’t mind coming in ioi
a reward myself."
“You? Oh, yes; to be suie Papa
is generous, and lie will bt gralefui
to anyone who—”
“You think i mean hit dirty
money!” broke in Blake, hotly
Her confusion told him that ht had
not been mistaken. His iat* only
a moment since bright and pleasant
took on Its sullenest flown
Miss Leslie rose hurriedly and
started along the cleft.
“Hello!” he called. "Not pi ug lor
eggs now, are you?”
She did not reply.
“Hang It all, Miss Jenny! I»on t gt
off like that.”
“May I ask you to excuse me Mi
Blake? Is that sufficient?’
“Sufficient? It’s enough to give a
fellow a chill! Come, now: don’t go
off mad. You know I’ve a quick Bin
per. Can’t you make allowances7’
“You've—you’ve no right to look so
angry, even if I did misunderstand
you. You misunderstood me: ’ She
caught herself up with a half sob. His
silence gave her time to recover her
composure. She continued with ex
cessive politeness: "Need I repeat
my request to be excused, Mr Blake?”
“No; once is enough! But honest
now, I didn’t mean to be nasty '
“Good-day, Mr. Blake.”
“Oh, da-darn it, good-day! lie
groaned.
When, a few minutes later she it
turned, he was gone. He did not
come back until some time after dark
when she had withdrawn to her lean
to for the night. His hands were
bleeding from thorn scratches, but
after a hasty supper he went back
down the cleft to build up the new
wall of the barricade with the great
stack of fresh thorn-brush that he
had gathered during the afternoon
Continued next week.
Good hay tor horses $5 per ton.
H. I. Hunt.
Buying soda crackers that are
not Uneeda Biscuit is buying by
guess-work and trusting to luck. To
be sure of good luck and good
baking, buy no soda crackers but
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ORATORICAL FLIGHT
Tnis Gem of Eloquence is Fell From
Billy" Sunday
K-y. Wm. A. Srtmlay, the evan
U'- -t. has been pictured ns a iiihii
wh ■ r*js coarse, slangy language
in i e sermons and that his power
li'-- ■> hie physical rtions and
ids b. nit, almost brutal way of
exping himself. He never has
l, • reputation f being an
')• nt man although he is given
ihe -edit of great earnestness.
Here is a gem, however, taken
f a ’o1 >f Mr.Sunday's sermons,
h for beauty of expr> ssion and
gen; ne eloquence has seldom
been equaled:
Twenty.two years ag< . with the
Holy Spirit ns my guide, 1 enter
ed this wonderful temple tailed
C ristianity. T entered nt J lie
portico of Genesis, walked down
t .'' igh the old t' stament gallery
where the pictures of Noah, Abra
ham, Mosas, Joseph, Isaac, Jacob
anti Daniel hang on the wall. 1
passed- into the music rooms of
Psalms, where the spirit swept the
keyboard of nnture and brought
forth the dirge-like wail of the
weeping prophet, Jeremiah, to the
grand impassioned strain of Isaiah,
until it seemed that -very reed
and pipe in God's great org m of
nature responded to the tuneful
harp of David, the sweM singt-r of
Israel. I entered the temple of
Ecclesiastes where the clear voice
of the preacher was heard and into
the conservatory of Sharon, and
tb« Lilly of the »alley’s sweet
s ented spices tilled and perfumed
my life. I entered the business
i office of Proverbs, then into the
I observatory room of the prophets,
where I saw telescopes of various
sizes, some pointing to far-off
events, but all concentrated upon
the bright and morning star, which
was to rise above the moonlit hills
of Judea for our salvation. I en
tered the audience room of King
i of Kings, and caught a vision of
His glory from the standpoint of
I Matthew, Mark Luke and John;
passed itit the Acts of Apostles,
where the Holy Spirit was doing
his office w rk in the formation of
the infant church. Then into the
correspondence room, where sat
Matthew, Mark, Luke,Panl, John,
Peter, Jam^s and Jude, penning
their epistles. ! stepped into tin*
throne room of Revelations, which
all towered into glittering peaks,
and 1 got a v si m fit' the King sit
ting upon tiis throne in all His
glory and T . ied :
‘Ail hall to the fiower of Jesus,1 name.
Let ange s prostrate fall:
Hring forth the royal diadem,
And crown Him Lord of all!' "
— F.x.
Notice of Sheriff's Safe
Notice i« hereby tfiven, that l»y virtue of an
order of Mile, issued out of the histrlct t'oiiit,
in arid f«*r ltichardson county and state • f
Nebraska, under ihe seal of said court, dated < n
the lath day of February, iWW*. and 1«» me di
rected as Hherifl of said count>, to executed,
I will on tli*• 17th day of \pril. 100**. at 10 o’clock
a. in., of said day. at the west door of the court
house in the city *.f Falls < ity. in said county
and state, otter for sale at public vendue, and
sell to the highest and ls*st bidder, the property
described in said order of sale, towit
I.ut* one 1 . two Ji, three .: and four II, in
block five !*»), Crnfik A Towle’s second addition
to Falls < ity, N* to., in said county, to satisfy a
decree of raid court, with interest and costs re
covered by IVter Frederick Hr., against John I
Itmnsey and Jennie Harnsey.
j Terras of -rile, rush.
< ii veo under my liand at Falls! ity. Nebraska,
■ this 0th day of March, loud.
W. T. FI NTON, Sheriff
j Hy J(e\wk A IIkwis. Attorneys. 10 f»t
Legal Notice
IN Tin: IMHTItn T I 01.1 UT I'Olt It 11 IIAUD
SON ( Ol NTY NKHIt VHK \
Ihomns McLunc f
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( Hie- M Me I iii no 1
Notiro is her«l»y riven to tin* defendant that on
.March loth, r.Hf.i, plaint ill tiled liis petition in
said court m/ainst said defendant, the object and
prayer of which a e to obtain an al>*oluto divorce
from said defendant upon the grounds that said
defendant has lieen guilty of gross and extreme
cruelty towards plaintifl w ithout just cause or
provocut ion.
Defendant ih re-piired to plead to said petition
on <*r before \pril 2tftb, 19*19, or the allegations
thereof will he taken as trim and decree entered
n a ordain*. with tie prayer of said petition.
THOM \8 Me LANK
HKAVIH ,V 111. win.
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
(First publication March 19,09. -It.)
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