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NEBRASKA
ABANDON SPION KOP
WARRENS TROOPS FORCED TO
FALL BACK
Brief Dispatch from Buller Giving
News of the Reverse Dazes Eng
landMuch CriticiBm Adverse to
Warren Is Heard
London The war office posted the fol
lowing dispatch Jan 20 from Gen 3uller
dated Spearmans camp Thursday Jan
25 noon
Gen Warrens garrison I am sorry to
fay I find this morning had in the night
abandoned Spion kop
As a matter of fact Great Britain as
sumed the point gained was more con
clusive than It really was hence the ex
treme revulsion of feeling caused by Bul
lers announcement of the abandonment of
Spion kop Whatever may be the ex
planation of the abandonment of Spion
kop it will doubtless have the same tem
porary moral effect as a reverse It ap
pears to have been so entirely unexpected
at the war office that Bullers dispatch
caused something in the nature of con
sternation The -lobbies were soon
crowded and there was evidence on all
sides that the news was keenly felt The
only official comment was Apparently
Warren found the position too hot to
hold
While Warren is not blamed for retreat
ing under what is supposed to have been
heavy shell sfire he is severely criticised
for occupying a position to which he could
oot bring up his artillery
FOG CAUSES WRECK
Special Train With Indiana Retail
liumber Dealers
Way cross Ga In a dense fog a special
train of the Piatt system having on board
about 100 retail lumber dealers from In
diana who were en route home from an
excursion through southern Georgia and
Florida and a freight train crashed to
gether head on in the yards here Mr
Davis a hardware dealer of Wabash Ind
was caught as two cars telescoped and
both legs were crushed They will prob
ably have to be amputated He may die
Mrs Smith who held a baby in her arms
Buffered severe injuries to one leg The
child was unhurt Thirteen other passen
gers were more or less seriously bruised
A misunderstanding of the orders for run
ning the special train was the cause of the
accident So dense was the fog that the
engineer could see only a few feet
AN INTERNATIONAL CLASH
Canadians and Americans Differ as
to Fumigation of Mails
Spokane Wash International author
ities have clashed over the quarantine de
clared by British Columbia against east
ern Washington mails on account of
smallpox Since Jan 23 all the American
mall over the Spokane Falls and North
ern have been tied up at Northport
Wash at the boundary line Canadian
offioials insist that the Americans
gate the mails The Americans insist that
the Canadians disinfect it The matter
was referred to Washington and the post
master general refuses to give orders to
disinfect mall on this side The Canadi
ans referred the matter to Ottawa and the
dispute Is being waged between the Can
adian and American postal authorities
Meanwhile tons of mail is being stacked
ap at Northport
CHASED BY TEXAS STEERS
Five Persons Injured in the
Chi-
cago Sto 3c Yards
Chicago Five persons were injured
and packing house employes were thrown
Into a panic by three wild Texas steers
ohased by cowboys in the stock yards
The injured
Frank Vaughan hand lacerated bunted
by steer thrown under box car
Charles Fowler wrist sprained
James OBrien leg injured
Mat Burke hand cut and wrist sprained
Geo Mullen arm cut bunted by steer
The steers were stampeeded by a firo
bell
TEN DAYS OVERDUE
Some Anxiety Is Beginning to
Be
Pelt for the Ashanti
Halifax 2f S The mail steamer Ash
anti is nearly ten days overdue from Liver
pool It is believed she met a mishap in
the recent heavy weather and some anxiety
Is beginning to be felt
Elections in Canada
Ottawa Ont Election for the Domin
ion house of commons were held in seven
onstltuencies in Quebec Ontario and
Manitoba last week Fourstraight liberals
two Independent liberals and one conserv
itive were returned
Thousands III with Grip
Rome There are several thousand cases
f influenza here The Lycee Cavour at
Tour is closed There are 10000 influenza
cases in that city and many thousands are
reported all over Italy
Jjawton Fund Amounts to 03364
Washington The Lawton home fund
according to a statement issued by Gen
Corbin amounts to 93364
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Smallpox in the Territory
Independence Kan Several traveling
lalesmen who got caught in the Indian
Territory smallpox quarantine have es
caped to Inedpendenco and made their
way to their homes in different parts of the
state There are several cases of the dis
ease in the territory
To Exchange Prisoners
London According to a special dis
patch from Pretoria it is reported there
that fourteen field coronets will be ex
changed for fourteen British officers
STATE 01 NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE VEEK IN A CON-
DENSED FORM
Railroads Ask the State Board of
Transportation to Restore the
Hundred Pound Rates Also Want
Suit Dismissed Other Items
The state board of transportation has
been asked by the railroads doing business
in Nebraska to rescind its order of two
years ago restoring carload rates on ship
ments of livestock They contend that
the rtinge from the carload to the 100
pound rates does not materially increase
the cost of transportation especially on
large shipments The board is also asked
to have dismissed the case now pending in
the district court of Douerlas County
against the Union PaciGc Railroad to re
cover fines for the violation of the order
The petition was considered by the
Board of Transportation and its secretaries
in executive session at Lincoln Jan 20 at
the conclusion of which it was decided to
defer the whole matter for a couple of
days The strictest secrecy prevailed at
the close the board being extremely
reticent regarding the proceedings The
strongest pressure is being brougiit to bear
to secure compliance with the request of
the railroads
The secretaries of the state board of
transportation on the 22d inst have fixed
the hearing of the live stock rate case for
Feb G
CARLOAD RATES FOR STOCK
Secretaries Served Railroads With
a Copy of the Order
The state board of transportation on the
23d inst investigated the alleged failure of
its secretaries in 1897 to serve the railroads
with a copy of theiorder restoring carload
rates on live stock The finding of the
board shows that while no return was re
corded a copy of the order was mailed to
each company violating its commands and
that only one company has so far denied
having received it
Seeks Damages for Slander
James Ilamons has filed suit at Colum
bus against John Mirra for 10000 dam
ages Both are farmers and live near
Lindsay Last November a son of Hamons
shot and killed Daniel Ducy jr while
they were hunting ducks At the time it
was generally conceded to have been an
accident Hamons alleges in his petition
that Mirra has frequently declared that the
shooting was willful and deliberate and
that he Hamons the plaintiff knew that
it was to occur The petition also recites
that Mirra lias at divers times tried to or
ganize a crowd to lynch both the plaintiff
and his minor son Hamons asserts that
he has been brought into public scandal
and disgrace because of this
Fighting Paymaster Dead
Brig Gen T H Stanton U S A
former paymaster general died in Omaha
the 23d inst of a complication of liver and
stomach troubles aged 65 Gea Stanton
was a native of Indiana ran away from
school to serve under John Brown and
Gen Lane during the Kansas troubles
served with distinction during the civil
war and in a number of Indian campaigns
Ho was paymaster of the department of
the Platte with headquarters in Omaha in
1889 and again in 1890 and 1891 In 1895 he
was made paymaster general with head
quarters in Washington whereheremained
until he retired last December
Health Board Has no Money
David Cope a farm hand in the employ
of George Vanier two miles east of
Dubois was taken sick last week with
smallnox Application was immediately
made to the state board of health for aid
to which Dr B F Crummer chairman
replied that owing to the failure of the
last legislature to make an appropriation
the board was powerless to act The peo
ple of the vicinity are seriously alarmed
A rigid quarantine has been established
and every measure taken to prevent an
epidemic
Cockroaches in Stew
Sport Harris and Cliff Hendricks were
arrested in Omaha recently in consequence
of having objected to cockroaches in their
oyster stew The two men are alleged to
- have abused a girl waiter in a Chinese res
taurant on accoimt of finding cookroaches
swimming in their soup Dick Bryan is
said to have taken the girls part By
standers say that the two thereupon as
saulted and knocked him down and then
ran away Arrests followed
Seven Runaway Boys Arrested
Seven small boys from Omaha and South
Omaha faced Mayor Piatt at police head
quarters in Grand Island the other day
They had come to the latter city on the
Union Pacific train No 3 late at night and
were taken in charge by the police The
boys had run away from home Mayor
Piatt did not know what to do with them
so they were turned loose to make their
way home as best they could
Returning of a Missing Man
After an absence of seventeen days Ham
ilton Stafford the farmer who disappeared
so mysteriously from Cortland on Jan 3
returned home Jan 23 from Erie Pa He
went to Lincoln on business expecting to
return home the same evening but was
not heard of for ten days when he was
located in the east He has made no state
ment of the reasons for his queer actions
Jerome Denied a New Trial
Judge Grimison at Fremont overruled
the motion for a new trial in the case of
Edward Jerome chargel with shoot
ing TJ S Pope with intent to kill Sen
tence was deferred in order to give the
defendant an opportunity to file a bill of
exceptions at the expense of the county
The defendant says he is without means
Bad Temper Results in Divorce
Judge Grimison at Fremont granted
Lars P Jensen a divorce from Annie
Jensen on the ground of cruelly The
evidence showed that Annie had a bad
temper and occasionally pounded her
husband and threatened to kill him
Disappears Leaving Many Debts
Walter S Cox a brakeman who has
lived at Table Rock the last four years
disappeared after drawing his pay last
week He left debts to the amount of 300
His wire says she knows nothing of his
whereabouts
Fnrnituro Factory to Be Started
Grand Island is to have a furniture fac
tory Joseph Soudermann will leave for
the east in a fewdas to purchase the ma
chinery A large building has been rented
for a term of- years with option of purchase-
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CHILD KIDNAPED
Excitement in Omaha School Over
Aged Mans Actions
There was excitement in the Mason
Street school at Omaha last week because
of a supposed case of kidnaping the victim
being Maude Tompkins the 12-year-old
daughter of W E Tompkins The little
girl had been called out of the class room
by an aged man who introduced himself
to the principal as the childs grandfather
The principal left them alone for a mo
ment and an instant later saw them hur
rying down the street She sent Mauds
little brother who attends the same school
to notify his father of the supposed abduc
tion
A police investigation developed the fact
that the old man is John Hanley who
with his aged wife lives on a farm near
Reynolds this state The child used to
live with them Two mouths ago she
came to Omaha on a visit and her father
put her in the Child Saving Institute and
had her sent to school Her parents are
separated For six years the matter of her
custody has been in the courts The old
people on the farm have been lonesome
since Maude left so the old man cut all
red tape and took the girl into his care
She was willing to go with him
Prairie Fire Hits Ranchers
A fifty-eight-mile wind swept the vicin
ity adjoining Ainsworth Jan 21 A flying
spark from the chimney of a ranchmans
house five miles west of Wood Lake re
sulted in a very bad prairie fire burning
out the ranches of P E Wautz Mat Day
and J J Davis besides many hundred
tons of hay on other ranches
Another prairie fire started a little west
of Johnstown and south of the railroad
track on the same date and fanned by a
fierce gale it swept on licking up stacks of
hay barns and stock
Know Vinegar from Firewater
A bootlegger from Decatur attempted
to take advantage of the condition of some
Omaha reservation Indians who had filled
up on bad whisky ne sold them a gallon
of vinegar lor whisky The trick was
soon discoverd and the Indians went after
the bootleggers scalp He clinibe a
tree The affair was compromised by he
bootlegger returning their money
However he did not leave his high point
of retreat until the enraged party of
drunken warnoib had departed
Dewey to Visit the State
A special from Washington says that
Representatives Burkett and Stark called
on Admiral Dewey and invited him to visit
Beatrice next Fourth of July on the oc
casion of the Chautauqua meeting The
Nebraska members were most courteously
received by the admiral who assured them
that it would afford him great pleasure to
accept their invitation All additional de
tails will be settled by correspondence and
personal conferences between the members
and the admiral
Suit for Services to Priest
The attention of Judge Fawcett and a
ury was taken up a whole day at Ne
braska City last week by the suit of Mary
Seymour against the estate of the late
Catholic priest Rev Eugene Cusson to
recover for services preformed for the de
fendant during his lifetime The jury re
turned a verdict for 27331
Boy Killed in an Accident
A 7-year-old son of John Lane living
near Prairie Creek while leading a cow to
water met with an accident resulting in
death The halter rope became tangled
about the childs wrist when the cow be
gan to run dragging him adistanceof forty
yards He was found unconscious and
died the following day
Big Freight Train
One of the largqst freight trains that has
ever been hauled over the Union Pacific
was brought from Cheyenne to Sidney last
week There were eighty eight cars in
the train representing 3033 tons or 7266
000 pounds This beats the record of any
road the world
Ask Governor to Pardon Bolln
A petition signed by seventy four citi
zens of Omaha asking for the pardon of
Henry Bolln was presented to Gov Poyn
ter recently Another petition of a simi
lar nature signed by several hundred cit
izens is already on file in the executive
office
Nebraska Short Notes
Beaver City is to have a large new hotel
this coming season
Hamilton County has 1100 in the bond
fund after paying all its bonded indebted
ness
The various churches at Tecumseh have
united in holding a series of revival
meetings
The Tecumseh Military Band has been
appointed the official band of the order of
Royal Highlanders of the state of Ne
braska
The little daughter of Mr and Mrs
Eugene McClellen of Hastings fell into a
tub of hot soapsuds and when taken out
was dead
Hastings is now experiencing its first
mad dog scare for several years From in
dications about half the dogs on the south
side of the city will have to be killed
The residence of Charles E Joyce was
set on fine at Weeping Water by Mrs
Joice who it is supposed is insane She
was severely burned The retdence was
destroyed
At the last meeting of the town board of
St Edward an ordinance was passed es
tablishing fire limits and prohibiting the
erection of frame buildings within the
limits without special permission
James Myers a hardware dealer of
Humphrej fell down stairs recently and
as a result died
On the 26th of this month a party of
Holt County citizens began their jour
ney for the faraway Klondike The party
consists of Jack Meals Cheever Haze
let A T Potter Will Keeley Ralph
Evans and Lloyd Gillespie
Alfalfa seed is proving to be quite a bo
nanza to the Lincoln County farmers who
were fortunate enough to be able to save
it from the ravages of the grasshoppers
last summer It brings 6 in the local
markets and there is a very strong demand
for it
The new town of in Custer
County is enjoyingaboom
The chances are that Albion will in the
near future have a fine civic order hall
in which to hold meetings as the Work
men Woodmen Maccabees and perhaps
one or two of the other organizations are
now considering the feasibity of erecting
such a building j
The youngest male child of J E Brown
a Ponca insurance agent drank a let of
carbolic acid and is in a critical condition
Mrs Brown has been in the habit of using
carbolic acid in her house cleaning While
scrubbing the floor she used some of the
acid and set the bottle de srn in reach of
her baby
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BY CHARLOTTE M BRAEME
CHAPTER XIV
Sir Basil walked slowly up the avenue
he looked tired and pale not at all like
Shadows in
a gay or eager bridegroom
his eyes told of sleepless nights of weary
anys of sad thoughts Yet he had in his
mtsner something of the man who has
fought a good fight and has overcome
He reflected as lie walked between the
long lines of leafless trees that after all
he was more fortunate than most men
He had known the rapture of true love
even though it had lasted so short a
time
How well he remembered the first
morning he came to Brentwood and the
beautiful face shining in the midst of the
passion flowers What a fatal morning
it had been for him He could recall the
peculiar expression of Leahs face the
first moment her eyes met his and she
had told him since that in that first mo
ment she had loved him How loving
and faithful she had been to him ever
since How many men would give their
lives for the love she lavished on him
and he was so cold
I will make it all up to her he
thought and then through the leafless
trees he saw the terraces and the pretty
balustrate where the great clusters of
passion flowers grew in summer the
very spot in Which he had first seen her
and unless he was mistaken she was
there now Yes he could see the folds
of a long blass dress on the white stones
of the terrace he could see one white
hand lying idly on the ledge where the
brown tendrils looked withered and dead
She was looking toward the house He
would go to her noiselessly and take her
in his arms he would kiss her and say
loving words to her
One arm was half round her and his
dark handsome head bent over heir be
fore he perceived that the beautiful
masses of hair were of gold The next
moment the fair face seemed to flash into
his own a cry came from the pale lips a
great shock overwhelmed them t
There was a terrible moment of fear
and pain of bewilderment and surprise
followed by a deep silence that was full
of agony Then faintly from him came
the name Hettie so tremulously spok
en that it was like a sigh
Hettie he repeated is it you
She shrank back with a little wailing
cry that seemed to go straight to his
heart
Could it be Hettie Was that the gold
en head which had lain for a few happy
minutes on his breast Was that the
fair pale face which he had covered
with kisses and tears Could it be the
girl whom he had left by the sea Uever
to meet again
Is it really Hettie he said and he
laid his hand upon hers as though he
half fancied she would melt into thin
air I cannot trust my own eyes Speak
one word to me Are you really Hettie
Ray
Do you not know me she said re
proachfully Surely I am Hettie Ray
just as surely as I am the most miserable
girl m the wide world
Hettie Hettie what brought you
here He made no attempt to caress
her He drew back from her and looked
at her with wild troubled eyes What
has brought you here he repeated I
have tried my best I have fought a
fiercer fight with my heart than any man
ever fought and now when I had begun
to hope for peace you rise from the very
ground as it were before me Hettie in
heavens name tell me whatltrings you
here
The face before him was miserable
enough there was the very anguish of
woe in the blue eyes
Do you no4 know she said slowly
who I am
You are Hettie Ray he replied
Alas dIslA she cried wringing her
hands I begin to see now I begin to
understand What have I done that
heaven should punish me so What have
I done
Hettie he said gently I do not un
derstand What is the matter
Who are you she cried She stood
before him with her hands clasped her
pale face raised hanging as it were on
the words that were to fall from his lips
Who are you she repeated Do not
keep me in suspense Tell me quickly
Still no glimmer of the truth came to
him He wondered at the intense anx
iety of her manner
I forgot he said you never knew
my name I am Sir Basil Carlton of
Glon
She repeated the words after him her
white lips trembling They brought no
memory to her
Sir Basil Carlton she repeated I
do not mean that Who are you Tell
me for heavens sake are you Leahs
fiance They said that Leahs lover was
coming to day Heaven cannot be so
cruel you cannot be Leahs fiancee
I am Leahs lover my poor darling
fce said sadly
And she loves you so Oh how has it
happened We were talking about you
the other day no this morning It seems
to me long since she told me about her
lover and how she loved him Oh heav
en how it all comes back to me I told
her such a great love could never be a
happy one but how little I thought
She paused and then after a minutes
silence she looked at him again You
she said axe Leahs lover She loves
you so dearly she said she should die if
she were parted from you And you I
remember you told me that you did not
love her that it was circumstances that
led to the engagement And she loves
you so Oh hapless Leah oh miserable
thrice wretched me
She shrank back against the withered
sprays of the passion flowers All her
strength and youth seemed to leave her
her white face and wild eyes were terri
ble td see
Half frightened because of her despair
he drew nearer to her
Hettie he said what is Leah to
you Tell me who you are
Do you not k iow she said Have
they not told you
Told me what he cried What is
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A sickening sense of insecurity camo to
her If neither Leah nor Sir Arthur had
said anything to him what could she -say
Was he to know all about her If she
told him that she was Leahs sister and
that they were both daughters of Martin
Ray what would happen
Her heart grew faint with dread and
pain She held out her hands to meet
him with an imploring gesture
Do you not know she said Can
you not guess who I am
How can I Why Hettie what need
is there for mystery You can have
nothing to fear in telling me What
brings you Martin Rays daughter here
to Brentwood and what are you to
Leah
You cannot guess she said You
have no idea
None I cannot guess What are you
keeping from me Hettie
My story and Leahs she replied
and I cannot tell it to you You must
ask them to tell it
The quick footstep of one of the men
servants was heard on the terrace With
out a word Sir Basil went to meet him
Sir Arthur would be glad to see you
in the library at once Sir Basil said
the man If he felt any curiosity about
the figure crouching against the balus
trade he gave no sign
Say that I will be there in a few
minutes was the reply and the man
went away
Sir Basil turned to Hettie
Let me take you to the house Het
tie he said You must not remain
here
I cannot go You must leave me here
I cannot walk she said I cannot
stand Do you not see how I tremble
You must leave me
My darling he began
Hush Basil she said Remember
you are Leahs lover
Her eyes were dim with tears as she
watched him Leahs lover and then
as he went slowly down the terrace a
mist seemed to rise before her she sway
ed to and fro staggered and helpless
lifeless fell suddenly to the ground
CHAPTER XV
Sir Arthur was alone and so preoccu
pied with his own thoughts that he did
not notice the pallor and agitation of
Leahs lover He shook hands with him
and welcomed him home most heartily
I am glad to see you Basil he said
I assure you that some of us have found
the past ten days very long ones We
have had a very unpleasant anxious time
of it since we parted I am thankful it
is over There remains a duty perhaps
even more disagreeable and that is to
tell you a story which I would fain have
buried in oblivion
A story repeated Sir Basil This
then was what Hettie meant when she
said they had something to tell him
You will always remember Basil that
it is I who have kept this secret from
you It was by my desire my wish that
I nothing was said Leah would have had
it otherwise if I had let her have her
own way The fault if there be any
fault lies with me You can judge w hen
I have told you Let me add this if
anything which I tell you should be ad
verse to your tastes and opinions you
are free as air Leah would not bind
you You have but to say the word
Nothing can free me from Leah he
said and Sir Arthur in his satisfaction
at the words did not notice the tone of
the speakers voice
At first Sir Basil seemed hardly to real
ize the words he heard they passed over
him as it were then they began to
strike on his brain Some faint glimmer
of the truth came to him when he heard
the name of Martin Ray enough to turn
him faint and dizzy to make his heart
beat wildly
He never forgot that hour From the
window he saw the sunshine on the dis
tant hills and woods on the bare
branches of the trees on the white stone
terraces and the evergreen a little robin
redbreast flew up and down the wind
blew the brown branches of a dead
against the Window panes He
never forgot one detail
The general wondered at his silence
and when he had finished his story wait
ed for his young companion to speak Still
Sir Basil sat with his face to the win
dow silent and still
You are not angry Basil said Sir
Arthur gently You are not vexed at
this concealment
Not in the least he replied I think
it was most natural for you to act as you
did in the circumstances I do not blame
you nor as I told you before does the
disclosure affect me in the smallest de
gree I am only sorry that I did not
know the truth from the first
If he had known it all this trouble
would have been avoided
If you are not vexed or annoyed tell
me what makes you look so st ratif
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Do I look strange Then it must be
because I do not feel quite myself this
morning Perhaps my journey has tired
me and I wiis in a hurry to come over
here
Have you seen Leah asked Sir Ar
thur
No not yet One of the footmen met
me on the terrace and told me that you
desired to see me
ftir Basil was epen and honest as the
day He hated deceit and he paused
now to think whether he should tell the
general anything of his adventures at
Southwood It could answer no purpose
do no good It would only lead to in
tolerable complications No harm had
been intended in keeping a secret from
him he in his turn might surely keep a
secret from Sir Arthur and Leah above
all when the revelation of it would cause
only misery His conscience was quite
clear He decided to keep his secret no
one there need ever suspect that he had
known Martin Ray
I am sure yon will be pleased and we
shall all be the happier for her coming
continued the general Hettie has not
been with us many days and not many
hours here at Brentwood yet I have
found her a very pleasant addition tt our
home circle I like to hear the slaters
laugh and talk together King Fianci
was right when he said that a court with
out ladies was like a garden without
flowers A house without women is a
desert And now Basil that I hav toid
you all let it die Let us enjoy our
selves let us be happy and bury tfte past
that has nothing pleasant in it When
you see Leah tell her that you know all
and that it makes no difference she will
be perfectly happy then
As he spoke the general heard some
slight confusion a sound of footsteps
subdued murmur I
I am afraid there is somctliitis
wrong he said to Basil What is tV
matter he asked turning to the scr
rant who had entered
Miss Hettie is ill sir replied the
man Miss Hatton found her fajaiS Sim
on the terrace and ordered her to bur
carried to her room
Sir Basils face turned ghastly white
If she were ill it was his fault He
ought not to have left her he shojfld
have remained with her and risked all
Sir Basils thoughts were gloomy ones
as he walked home to Glen What was
he to do This state of things couldnfbt
last Even if ho could control himjfr
Leah was so quick that she would sjjpn
perceive what it was that was ambs
with Hettie and then WeUhc
thought it would be far easier to iftjt
death in any shape than to meet Lxpih
after she knew his secret He could Tjot
witness Hetties suffering nor could W
bear to think of Leahs despair He c3ld
not understand the difficulties by wrfc
he was encompassed he was like itfiie
groping in the dark He determine fejcwtt
he would rest his brain and his thoughts
and then decide -
It was easier to plan than to do No
rest no sleep came to him that nigbt Th
sisters seemed to stand on either side of
his pillow Hettie whom he worshiped
Leah who loved him He told himself
that if this lasted much longer he should
go mad
The morning brought him sad intelli
gence a note from Leah saying tbufc
Hettie was ill and that the doctor foe
whom they had sent in all haste pro
nounced it a dangerous case of brain
fever
Come over as soon as you can and
comfort me iBasal I cannot endure to
hink that I have found my sister oitfy
to lose her
If she dies I have murdered her her
said to himself bitterly v
He went over at once and fauna the
whole household in despair The geirara
met him with outstretched hand and
grave face
Brain fever he said Batol what
can have caused brain fevef JL cannot
understand it And she is in danger
really in danger Poor pretty Hettiet
What is to be done
There was no need for Sir Basil to ex
press his sympathy If anything could
have comforted Sir Arthur in this hour
of his distress it would have been the-
hearty honest evident grief of his young
companion
It was a melancholy time For many
days the shadow of death lay over the
household There were hushed voices
silent footsteps and fervent prayers for
the beautiful young girl who lay quite
unconscious of all that passed Every
thing that skill and lore could suggest
was done but for many days the issue
was doubtful It was Leahs first ex
perience of illness or physical suffering
and it impressed her greatly None of
the sufferers words were intelligible
her utterance was oniy an inarticulate
murmur vague and terrible Onco or
twice -when Leah was with her she
thought she overheard the word Glen
but she concluded it must havebeen
fancy It brought no meaning to her-al-though
it was the name of her
home -
During those long weeks of weary suf
fering no man could have been more mis
erable than Sir Basil He wandered
round the house like a shadow He could
not bear to leave it nor could he bear
to be left alone He seemed to spend the
greater part of the day in asking but one
question from different people How is
she now Ho grew thin pale and hag
gard years seemed to have f alien on
him
Leah was troubled aboutN him aud
warned him to be careful for he looked
as though he were about to have a sever
illness himself
To be continued
Mr Josh Simkins on Etiquette f
Ive studied up on etiquette
Read every book that I could get
And yet
There isnt one in all the lot
That tells a feller it is not
De rigger to eat pie
For breakfast hence why shouldnt I fc
And furthermore I cannot find
In all the books I call to mind
A single line
That gives a reason worth a whoop-
Agamsc a secona piate or soup
When fellers dine
And as for eating marrowfats
Without a spoon I think that that
A fool
ish sort of rule j
When I eat peas
Ill do as I darn please
And what is more till Im a snob C
Ill eat my corn straight off the cob
And sparrergrass Ill eat as I
Have always done in days gone by
A sort of dangling from the sky
A sort of gift from heaven come
Held twixt my finger and my thumW
And as for those peculiar things
Called finger bowls I vow by jing3l
I wilLnot use em at they say
The bon tons uses a to day
If my hands aint both good and cleans
The pump is where its alwaysbeea
And far as ever I could see
Its plenty good enough for meV
I dont stand much on etiquette
And yet
Im too polite to wash my paws
At table spite of social laws
-Harpers Bazar -
leather Hadnt TmcT
Johnny I wanted to go fLsMn to dajr
but me father made me come to Sun
day school instead
Teacher Ah thats a father to be
proud of Did he explain why yot
shouldnt fish to day
Yesm he said he haduM time to dlgr
bait for two Philadelphia Record
The word abandon originally signified
to run away from your colors
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