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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1901)
leiiura ZEBS WIFE KNEW THAT SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN Tlir Piinnnm Hunter TpIIn Himt Hi fnim tii llni u IUolv lli ar Ior n Ilpilfpltmv ntnt tin- Itcmilt It 1 1 ml I mi OrtAln Opinion of It In ICopyrlKht HOO by C II Lewi One ninwnln nt the breakfast ta ble pnld tin- old possum hunter ns I asked li 1 111 for n yarn mo mi the old woman got Into u Jnw bout coons I held to It that all coons otter hev bin Initialled an she contended that the Lawd tniule em as he wanted em an did n good job We wasnt mini at fust but the mo we talked the meaner we felt an bluieby we got downright ugly It was Sunday mil wtiln an we was goln off to iireaehln that day but when I cot my mad up 1 said As long as Im fur bobtalled coons nn the Iawd didnt make em that way It aint no use fur me to hear preachln Ill stay home an ye kin go alone I reckoned that would cool her oft a bit but It didnt She chawed away nt her bacon fur awhile an then said Zeb While thars bound to be a calamity nround this cabin Cant no body llnd fault the way yo do without miuthln happcnln Im goln right along to preachln an if yo want to lly la the face of Providence yo must take the consequences Im contendln fur bobtalled coons said I If all coons was bobtalled theyd look a heap punier an git along n heap better But how kin they be when Its all fixed Dunno but Im contendln Then yo keep on contendln an see how yoll come out Thars bobtalled varmints In the mountings an mebbe yoll git miff of them befo yo git through abusln Providence t If shed coaxed me a bit Id hev gone with her explained Zeb but r BI1E DUMI KD I1IM OUT Bhed said all she meant to When she got ready she started off through the woods an never even looked at me My rillo was out of order an my old dawg had run away an so I couldnt go strollin through the woods I got down on the doahstep an smoked a pipe or two an as It was a warm day I begun to feel sleepy 1 went over nn tumbled on to the bed an it wasnt five miuits befo 1 was sound asleep The doah was left wide open an bout the last thing I heard befo I drapped off was the old mewl brayin In the sta ble Id bin asleep an hour when sun thin crowded me over agin the wall an I woke up I opened my eyes to find a big bar on the bed with me Hed found the doah open an walked In nn seeln me asleep he sot out to Lev some fun He didnt bee me open my eyes an I took keer to shot em ngln artpr one look Befo the Lawd but I was skeered 1 felt the cold chills creepin up an down my bnck an tho sweat busted out on me as If I was choppln nt a big tree 1 had found fnult with the Lawd fur not makin bobtnilcd coons con tinued the old man ns he refilled his pipe nn n bobtalled bnr had bin sent In revenge It wasnt no use to think of Jumpin up or fightln him He had nil the advantage an If I made him mad hed finish me up In a mluit My game wns to play possum on him but 1 hope I shall never hev slch another two hours while I live That bar wanted n good time He was feellu good natured an he Jest tried nil sorts of circus tricks with me Hed roll rae over ngln the wall with n bang an then nrter a chuckle hed roll me back with a flop He didnt bite nt nil but every time he put his cluws on to mo they went through the cloth I be lieve that varmint turned me over 30 times befo he got a little tired of It I was plnyln dead all the time nn didnt know what mlnlt hed git mnd nn set out to finish me He finally got thirsty nn jumped off the bed an went to the water pail on the beech nn Inp ped away fur ten miuits 1 had my eyes open nil the time an was anxious to git away but I wns nfenred of him I couldnt fight him barehanded nn etntul nny show I Jest laid thnr till the vnrmlnt had Quenched his thirst nn looked nround an then he come back agin The cir cus was only half over He was so rough at times that I almost yelled out with tho pain nn between the clnwln nn the sheer I wasnt much better than a dead man The mewl smelt of bar nn kept up a tremendous brayin an the old woman heard the noise when ehe wns ylt a mile away Blmcby when the varmint had had a show with the price of admission he settled down fur a rest I was then lylii with my face to the wall nn he planted nil four feet agin my back nn kejlt up n sort of punin Ho hail me crowded ngln the cabin logs till 1 could hnrdly breathe nn I hnd mudc up my mind thnt Id never tree another coon when the old woman got back from preachln The old mewl waa klckia an brayin an she seen the trscks of the bnr lendln into the cabin She stood In the doah nn got sight of the varmint on the bed an she did a thing which no man on these yete Oitubeilniul mountings would hev attempted Thar was no gun at hand to shoot with an her only show was lo a e that bar by sur prise Thats what she did She tip ijd ii to the bed an fastened ter fill gers In his fur an though he was a hefty load she carried him to the doah an dumped him out I never knowed she was home till she pulled the bar away As I rlz up he astonished var mint was umkiii fur the woods while the old woman hadnt even turned pale Wns was It a bar I asked as she took off her Minbonnet an began to clatter the stove Of eose she lawlessly replied An whin did yo do with him Mest dumped him outdoahs Pears to me yove bin hevln heaps of fun Most of yor clothes hev bin clawed off the bodqullls chawed to rags an yo ar blood from head to heel Mebbe yo was learnln that bar n lot of tricks 1 tried to git out of bed to hug her in praise her spunk explained Zeb to me but I was so weak that 1 fell down She never let on to mind me an I had to help myself up Blnieby I got over to a cheer an dropped Into It nn asked Hid yo find the preachln nn was It good Powerful good she answered but It wasnt bout coons or bnrs Any thing wantiu of me befo I puts the kit tle on Im wantln yo to help me doctor up bout fo hundred scratches an Im also wantln to lie forgiven fur my re marks bout coons How Is It Zeb she said as she turned on me When the Lawd dun put a long tall on a coon was It fur the likes of pore human critters to kick about it Ueckon not not skassly An how bout bars Mebbe yo find fault bekase the Lawd made em bobtalled 1 havent a word to say agin It Test goln to let the long tails an the bobtails ramble around as the Lawd made em to ramble Thats It An goln to hoar preachln when thnr Is preachln at the skulehouse Fur snah Then Ill warm up some coons fat nn grease yor hurts an yo jest let this be a powerful warnln to yo not to find nny mo fault with the Lawds way of doin things It was fur him to put long tails on coons nn foxes nn bobtails on bars an wildcats an yo jest keep yor gab still bout It an reck on to consider that it was all fur the besu M Quad A SPELLING TEST Here Aro Soino To nunc Tvrlntcra With Which to lirnpple If you can spell every word correctly In the following rhymes all legitimate expressions you may consider yourself qualified to enter n spelling bee Stand up ye spellers now and spell Spell plienakislocope and knell Or take some simple word as chill Or -miner or Hie garden Illy To bpell milIi words as syllogism And latlimnose and sjiuhronism And IVntatcuOi ami saccharftie Apocrypha and eeladine Jcpidne and homeopathy Iaralsis and chloroform Khinoceros and pachjderm llctcnipsydmsis gherkins basque Is certainly no easy task Kaleidoscope and Tennessee Kamtchuikj and erysipelas And etiquette and sa hjfras Infallible and ptyallsm Allopath and rheumatism And iatHtltm and beleajfutr Twelfth eighteenth rendesnous Intriguer And hosts of other words all found On Knejish and on classic ground Thus UeriiiK strait and Michaelmas Thennupj lr jalap Uaiana Cinirurfol and ipecacuanha And Rappahannock Shenandoah And Schuylkill and a thousand more Aie word some prime Rood spellers mlsi In dictionary lands like this Nor need one think himself a scrojlo If some of these his efforts foil Nor derm himself undone forever To miss the name of cither rher The Dnieper Seine or Guadalquivir Lewlstou Me Journal The Stoninoh Large portions of the stomach mny be excised or even the whole mny bo removed with no very great mortality nud in successful cases with wonder fully little effect on the patients di gestion The stomach hardly occu pies in our present opinion so Impor tant a place In digestion ns It formerly held We know that It Is rather a pre parer for the exercise of the digestive powers of the piuiereas than an active digestive agent Itself and that one of Its functions Is to render Innocuous mnny of tho mlcro orgnnlsms which enter with tho food So we can understand to some extent tho small amount of Interference with digestion produced by even considerable resec tions of the stomach Lancet CiiNNiivn and Flab Cassava aud fish form the chief arti cles of food of the Carlbs of Guatema la and the former Is cultivated only In BUtllcIeut quantities for their dnlly needs ns n vegetnblo to ent with their fish to make their strange bread nud to make the cassareep which forms their ouly sweet Two Uillftcr What exclnlmed tho orntor iwlint two things nrc helping mankind to get up In the world The alnrin clock and the steplnd der answered the dense person In the rear of the hall Baltimore American It always makes a man mad to have his name misspelled in n newspaper became he believes everybody ought to know his name Atchison Globe No man Is absolutely perfect but one who acknowledges his faults Is more than half way up the ladder Chicago New TI1K XOIUOIK N KWK Kill PAY KUllltUAliY 8 Illll 0- 0-9-0-0 o o MATED BY A PAWN I Dy A 13 Manning roster 9 AVhon a man Is about to entertain a very charming girl whom he Ih anxious to Impress aud suddenly finds that with the exception of a few coppers he has no nione In his pocket he may purely be forgiven the use of a few strong ejaculations Such was the plight of Evorurd Hamlyu at 10 min utes to 1 on a certain Saturday after noon He had been so absorbed In I reading the brief of an Important case which was to be hoard In the courts on Monday that he had forgotten the emptiness of his pocket At 1 oclock Alice Valentine an American girl with whom he hail formed a deep friend- j ship was coming to see what a bar risters chambers In the Temple looked like and she was also to be taken out to lunch The worst was that there were only ten minutes to rectify the mistake lie wrote out n cheek hurriedly and then remembered that time would not per mit him to go to the bank to cash it Ills clerk was gone and the Temple was wrapped In Its usual Saturday afternoon peaeefuluoss I Without u hut he rushed over to Ilarcourt buildings lo see If his friend Anderson was in the chambers He could rely upon him for a couple of pounds But the fates were against llamlyn Anderson was out ami the doors were locked Realizing that there was nothing for It but to go to the bank he hurried nlong up the court Into Fleet street meaning to hall a hansom But as he arrived there the clock struck 1 nud he knew that lie could not get to the bank and back under lit I minutes Alice would never for rlte him if he were not nt Ills Moms lo Mi iic her SiuMi ijiv his e a caught by the three bra s hals lunging oer a shop j almost opposite The sight suggested a new Idea to his mind and he prompt ly acted upon it In another moment he rushed across the road and enter 1 lug the shop bunded hih bO guinea hunter over he counter How much said the clerk eying the hatless and breathless Hamlyu somewhat suspiciously Oh 1 only wanted a liver replied Everard hurriedly Have you got a card on you nsketl the clerk thinking that he was on the j track of a swell mobsman Unversed in the ways of J leers Hamlyu pulled out his case and handed him a card I All right sir said the clerk seeing the name and address and noticing the I name corresponded with the initials on the watch I beg your pardon sir and he hastily filled up a ticket and count- ed out 5 Have you a penny for the ticket please Ilnmlyn impatiently threw down a copper and fairly bolted out of the shop The people in Fleet street stared nt him with amazement and a gutter nrnb will whom he had collided shout 1 ed Who are yer shovin of as he crossed the road Now it happened that Alice Valen tine was Just at that moment passing down Fleet street on her way to the Temple She had arrived somewhat earlier than she had intended for she uphold the traditions of womanhood with regard lo unpunctuallty It would never do she said to her self to be quite punctual He would think I was too Impatient So timing herself to arrive at the Temple about 1 lr oclock she was Htrolling leisurely along when she caught sight of Hamlyn rushing wild ly out of a pawnbrokers shop For a moment the ltidicious side of the sit uation struck her very forcibly and she laughed softly to herself But gradually ns she realized the full sig nificance of the action her amusement gave place to pity Poor boy she murmured I had not the faintest idea he was hard up And to think thnt I have let him spend such a lot of money In taking me nbout I must get even with him some how There wns a very tender spot In her heart for the tall clever young banis ter who had shown so plainly his pref erence for her above nil other women Alice Vnlentlne and her aunt Miss Safford were ninklng a tour of Europe and had met Ilnmlyn first of all at n hotel In iciiovn He hnd rendered them n number of civilities and as he happened to be doing the same round of Switzerland as they for n month he wns their almost dally companion With the frankness of American wo men they accepted his attentions graciously and finding him a pleasant nttendnnt enrolled him In their serv ices without further ado Miss Safford generally accompanied Alice wherever she went ami showed quite as much engerness to do every place thoroughly as her niece It was only on rare occasions when the elder lady was obliged to admit that she was too tired for anything that llamlyn had a chance of taking Miss Valentine out alone The constnnt companionship how ever had brought about the usual re- j suit Ilnmlyn wns not nn Inflammable man Ho had reached the mature ago of 30 not unsought after without having succumbed to feminine chnrms But there was something nbout the fair Americnu which fnscinated him In spite of himself J Today as she came luto his room a perfect vision or freshness and loveli ness In the gloomy atmosphere of the Temple Ilnmlyn wns conscious of the certnlu shyness mid reserve In her manlier that he had not noticed before I dont believe 1 ought to come here by myself she said as be closed tnt door I wonder what Aunt Cathetlno would mij to it You ale hile said llamlyn I hint been waiting impatiently for you Ant 1 really replied Alice What Is the time hen He pulled at his watch chain me chanically forgetful of his eueapnde and disclosed the bare swivel He col ored slightly as he realled his mis take ami felt her eyes upon him but answered lightly About VO minutes past 1 I fancy She was walking round the room gliin lut at he ponderous looking books and the papers led with plulc tape gelling as she oppressed It the atmosphere of the place It must lie Just lovely to work here she said Everything seems so old and historic I believe 1 should only have lo sit here a few hours a day and I should become a lawjer by bi eathlng he air Which reminds me said llanilyn that I have boon breathing air qullo long enough ami want lunch Where shall we go Alloc Valoiillne hesitated Look here she said at last I want to say something to yotn You have been taking me about such n lot and I have done nothing for ou 1 fool real moan I want you lo let me stand you a lunch today lie shook his head laughingly You forget ho said that you are my guest But 1 waul you to say where you would lll4e to go lie named a well known restaurant In Plccatlillf where she knew the prices were ruinous No she mi hi dont let us go there Will you lake me to one of those little Bohemian places you told me of where you get a able dhote lunch for IS pence 1 should love to go It would be a new experience You look too smart he replied glancing at her admiringly but I tell you what I will do we will split the difference anil go to a kind of semi fashionable place when you shall see all flirts aud conditions of people and hear a baud Once or twice during lunch when conversation lagged llamlyn not Iced again the thoughtful expression on her face At last he look the mailer up Tell mo he said what you are thinking of I was thinking she replied slowly of how 1 could help some one who lias been very good to me Not a tlltllctill matter surely for you It is very difficult she said un der the circumstances The person I want to help Is poor and I think v proud She was looking down nt the table cloth and studiously avoiding his eyes Can I be of any nssistance he said You Why She laughed Yes perhaps you can I will think about It and let you know There was a new sympathy in her voice and manner and llamlyn fell a mad desire to take her here and then In his arms and cover her face with kisses But there was no opportunity then to tell her of his love Immediately after lunch they were obliged to hurry off lo meet Miss SalVord at a matinee and llamlyn had no further chance of a with Alice but he arranged satisfactorily a meeting for Monday afternoon when he determined to put his fate lo the test You will not forgot he said at parting to let me help you In the mat ter you mentioned No she replied with a singular look on her face I will not forget As Everard walked home he recalled her tones her face the fair lushed hooks sweet mouth earnest brows nnd eyes of softest lire There was thnt la her look which satisfied him He was nwnkened from his reverie by an urchin Inquiring what oclock It was For the second time that day he mechanically tugged nt his wntch chain Confound It he exclaimed as he realized his loss I never knew that it was such a nuisance to be without a watch I must get It out first thing on Monday morning The urchin grasping the situation ran away grinning On Sunday llamlyn again bethought himself of the watch I had better study the ticket he said and see whnt I shall have to pay He fumbled In his wnlstcont pocket It wns not there He tried the others with the same result With growing uneasiness he searched In every pocket of the clothes he had worn on the Sat urday but the pawn ticket was not to be found I must have left It at my chambers he decided at last It Is very careless of me I hope my clerk wont find It On Monday morning he got up enrll er than usual nnd drove down to the Temple In a hansom Ills clerk had already arrived Ilnmlyn searched all over the table carefully then In nil tho drawers but could not find the ticket Finally he summoned tho clerk Have you moved nny papers ho asked rather Irritably No sir I havent touched a thing You havent by any chnnco found n ticket 1 suppose pursued llamlyn No sir What kind of n ticket have you lost It doesnt mutter ho replied Impa tiently Its of no Importance Putting on his hat llamlyn hurried Into Fleet street to the pawnshop I want to redeem the watch I left here on Saturday he announced Where Is your ticket sir said tho man I have mislaid It replied nainlyn But Its nil right You remember me 1 expect The wntch belongs to me nnd I want It now I nm yery sorry sir but you cant hare It without the ticket 4iMpvl0Piv Ilnriilyu mulleied an exclamation of tllljltlCIMO Bui suppose I have lost It What tin u I Will give yon a form of dttiaia thin lo be made before a uiaglstnilo Is Ihe o no other way said Ham lyn realizing he trouble ami annoy nine lids would cause No sir said he pawnbroker I am n Onld there Is not I hcio was no time to waste lie had to ic In coin 1 oai ly as his ease was itnntiir the first on tho lists It won no usi si pping lo argue the mutter He iuut go hcroro a magistrate and sign the decimation as soon as possible Kcturnlug to hN iinmbors lie put oil his robes and was soon lost In contem plation of the business In haml About an hour niter his visit to lie pawnbrokers shop Alice Valentine drove up In a cab to the same door She had found tho pawn ticket lying on llaiulyus table on tho Saturday afloruoou and had appropriated II moaning to lodeom tho watch ami send It bark to him as soon as possible She was rather ucrwius at going Into the shop but she was not the 11ml of ghl to allow her own feelings to stand In the way of any piojeot she wished to carry through so putting on an air of unusual haughtiness she entered the lit tic compartment and handed In the ticket I want the wntch please she said Tho pawnbrokers assistant looked her up ami down carefully When he had as It woie sized her completely be Inquired dryly Where did you get this Alloc hired up Indignantly Thai Is no business of yours Toll nn what I have to pay and give me the watch Not so fast hi hi the young man You must answer one or two ques tions first Hi went away and after a whispered confabulation returned with a gray bearded old man who was polite but Inn I am sorry madam but I cannot al low you to redeem this pledge until you Inform me how this ticket came In to your possession I found It said Alice Allow me to Inform you then said the pawnbroker sternly that you are i committing a very grave offense By attempting to obtain the watch you lay yourself open to criminal proceeding But said Alice I am a Mend of the gentleman to whom the watch bo longs I Yomo come replied the man that wont do nt all A gentleman who called himself Mr llamlyn was here about an hour ago endeavoring to get the wntch himself Mr Ilnmlyn been here his morn ing cried Alice She had never sus pocted hat lie would be able to redeem his wntch so soon Better send for a policeman sug gested the assistant Hold your tongue said his master Then turning to Alice Valentino he said I do not wish to be hard upon you but I Insist on an explanation I will send over to the address on the ticket and If your slory Is true Mr Hamlyu will corroborate It Harvey send the boy over to Queens Bench walk and ask Mr llamlyn to come here immediately Mr Hamlyu coming here cried Alice ungual dedly Oh I must go at once I cannot allow It said the pawn broker You must wait If you re fuse 1 have no option but to call a po liceman If looks could kill the pawnbroker would have died on the spot as Alice wllh the air of a tragedy queen sub mitted to the indignity of being es corted to the back parlor while Har vey kept watch and ward over her A quarter of an hour later Everard Hainlyu Jumped out of a hansom and hurried Into the shop lie was an Im petuous person aud he had not waited to change his robes hut had come straight away In wig and gown from he law court lie was met In he passage by Harvey who had been awaiting his arrival with keen Inlerest Theres a woman In here he said pointing o the parlor who says shes n friend of yours nnd has found your pawn ticket but I suspect Out of the way cried Hamlyn thrusting the ollleious young man on one side ami rushing into the room Alice by all thats wonderful ho exclaimed and then seeing that her bosom wns heaving convulsively he put his inn around her nud Inquired tenderly whnt had happened They have been so rude and Insult ing she Bobbed Hamlyn waited for no further ex planation but seizing Harvey by the throat shook him until the unfortunate youth had not n breath In his body Then turning lo the older man he cried sternly What do you menu by Insulting this Indy The pnwnbroker discovering his mis take was all apologies but llnuilyns temper wns still up Nothing could Justify mdeness to n lady he said nud he Insisted on nn ab ject apology from the crestfallen assist nnt Then he took Alice back to his rooms In the Temple When they were alone he put his arm nround her nnd said Im pulsively Oh my darling how sweet of you to try to get my wntch bnck for me Hid you do It because you care Tell me daillng 1 love you It wnB very silly of me I know fho said softly and shyly but 1 thought you were poor anil oh I wanted to help you I am not poor he said smilingly at least not very poor I have a thou sand a year nnd we might manage on that lie took out the watch and held It before her eyes 1 shall uever look nt It he enld without thinking that I won you tUrough It Iloyal UagaxbM 43gVlgfrig It a J IX rX WZ rjffyi v is K - J i i I - i A i i A i y u This Slovo Snvos Ono- Thinl Your Coal Bill KIUH IS NKVKUntlT CLKANIINKSS and iKN 1 1 NAT WITH SFT UAL SLACK ott IMiiN Ill nut hnii at Doners Hardware Store Dr Humphreys Kpoclllcs enr by acting directly upon Hie iliHcmti without oxeitlug disorder iit any other part of ho system mi whim ruirm I Irtrrii tJcinirnitluimIiillniiiiiiiilloiiH JI i Wnriim Worm 1iivnr Worm CViIlc lift l TiilliliiuCillarliirfWnkiiriilniimi UJ 1 llliirrlii ii nf Children ir Adults 21 7 NiiiuIik Collin IlroniliKlH jj H NiMiriilitln Toiilliiiiliu Kiiiimclio U5 Ilruilnrlir Hick llriulauliii Vcrtlrfu JI I 0 IIvhiiiiiIii InillKiHlliinWitnkntoiiiiiuliViS I 1 Hiiirrmnil or Inllllnl 1i rloiln i1 Ii Wlilli n Too rrofildii IVrloilK i5 I troiip 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