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THE NOR FOLK NEWS ; FRIDAY , MAY 30 , 1002 , OI ' ABIGAIL JANE'S ® I VALENTINE , | ® By Frank S. Chhwick ® ® $ fr Copyright , 1003 , ® lly the 8. 8. McClure Company & "If ix mnn conic to fob me WodnoB- lny mi' Saturday ovcnln's for sixteen yenrH n * then" Prudence Ilowell's head bobbed vigorously , setting every Individual curl lu motion. "Well , I'd Juut like to HOC one of 'em try 111" "SI ain't inennln' no Imrm , " put In Abigail Jane gently. "He's Just sorter Blow ; tlmt'H all. " "Sorter slow ! " retorted Mrs. Ilowell. "Well , lie's kept oft" every other inun for the best part of your life , an' It's his botinden duty to marry you. Ho loves you , an" you love him. " A faint pink tint crept Into Abigail Jano'H face at her sinter's plain speak ing. When Silas Hopkins had first courted her , a charming girl of eight een , his boyish compliments had brought a warm glow to her faee , but the blood courses more slowly at thir ty-four. SI had always meant to marry her , but somehow he had never told her so. lie was a complacent , prosaic fellow. 1'Mrst he had lost lilsfatherand had been forced to look after the big farm and the family. Thfn there had been his brother , lohn to pond through college , nnd Louise's wedding dowry and llx- Ings to arrange for , and his mother to send to the hospital in the distant city for an operation. After awhile , when nil these duties were fulfilled , he would have time to settle down and marry. lie had never thought of such a trag edy as Abigail .lane's wearying of long Availing. He had always found her alone Wednesday and Saturday nights , sympathetic in his dlfllcultles , rejoic ing In his small successes. Yes , Abi gail Jane was the very woman for him to marry some day when lie had time. And of course Abigail Jane must un derstand all this ; she was such a sen sible little woman. It never dawned upon him that she would like to hear such words from his lips or to walk down the street with her small hand snuggled against his big arm , as Klix.a , the milliner's apprentice , did with the butcher's boy. "How yon do take on , Prudence ! " ehe protested. "I ain't beholden to any man to marry me. I'm comfortably fixed. Me an' , SI Is good friends , an' he likes to come here of cvcnln's. I ain't c.xpectin' " The words choked In her throat. A wave of pity swept over Mrs. How- ell. She was sorry she had laid bare the wound ; but. a happy matron her self , she chafed at her sister's loneli ness. ' 'Well , It's Valentine's day , Abigail Jane , an' perhaps he'll send you some- thin' by mail. Maybe he can't put his feclin's into words as easy as my Hen ry could. AVould you mind lookin' in my box while you're at the postoflicc ? " Ten minutes later Miss Abigail Jane , with her grandmother's china silk shawl folded over her shoulders , walk ed down the quiet street to the post- office. It was her dally custom , rwhcthcr she expected mail or not. On Friday there would be the county pa per in her box and on the 2d and 10th 01 cacn moiun u.neuivocaie aim i < u- male Guardian. This morning she caught sight of n square envelope in the box , and her heart beat wildly as she approached the postmaster's window. "Hero you are , " he exclaimed cheer- lly "two letters for Mrs. Ilowell and one for you. Must be a valentine. " And he grinned broadly at the Joke which had done service with every ap plicant at the window that morning. A valentine ! The word found an echo in her heart. She clasped the precious missive ) to her breast and hur ried homeward. "HonostV" cried her sister as Abigail Jane [ stopped with the Ilowell mall. "He sent you n valentine ? Well , I didn't suppose he had the nerve. You might stop here an1 open it. " But Abigail Jane shook her head nnd fluttered away to her own cottage. No one should share this sacred moment with her. Nervously she tore off the ( Wrappings and with n cry of Joy held n photograph of 81 at arm's length. Then hut never inlnd ; women have done such t 'lings ever since the day of * the first daguerreotype. Once she turned it over nnd was puz- alcd by the printing on the back : Join our photograph club before It Is too late and get a dozen like this for J2.60. L1NTON , the Photographer. When Si came that evening , she looked her daintiest , with soft lace at her throat and a rose from the south window tucked In her brown hair. If SI noticed the little touches of finery , he said nothing. Abigail Jane was nl * iwnys pretty In his eyes. But he did notice the photograph , nnd his eyes twinkled. "Hello ! You got n sample too. " The pretty pink flush died out of her checks. She clasped her hands nerv ously. " don't understand what "I I you mean , " she faltered. "Why , Louise has been worryin' the life out of me to send her an' the kids my picture , an' Llnton offered me a dozen free if I'd let him use my name for ndvcrtlsln' his business. I guess he thought if he could innke me good lookin' he could get nil the trade round here. " > . ' "Then everybody in town got one ? " f y The words came slowly. " < * * SI was looking nt the photograph , leaning against n huge seaBhell from the Caribbean sen. "Yes , n eort of comic TalenUne. " And his lirnrty laugh fairly shook the windows. "Wonder If old Miss Thomp- kins got one. Like IIH not the married women got 'em too. This Is n great lukr. Kb , Abigail'/ " Hlio had dropped wearily Into her Riunll rocker. She hardly heard what he mild. "I I thought perhaps It might linvo been Just for" Bllns Hopkins wheeled round Midden * ly and stared at her. Two tears rolled down the cheeky , now pale and drawn looking. llo frowned , not nt the tears , but at his own thoughtlessness. Ills eyes wore suddenly opened. The com placence , the careless habit of years , fell from him lu the twinkling of an eye. Abigail .lane'winking back other tears , almost sprang to her feet , for SI was actually kneeling beside her. "Abigail Jane. " he whispered huski ly , "you'd a right to one nil by your self , l thought you knew all along that I loved you" "Oh. yes , I knew It , SI , but I sorter .wished" And this tlmo the tears gleamed like diamonds on rose colored cheeks. * * * "Henry Howell , " exclaimed that worthy's wife as she laid down her mending. "I've just got to run over nn' see Abigail Jane. Somothlu' tells me this Is the crisis of that girl's life. " "Well , be careful you don't slip. It's freexln' tonight , " answered her hus band , settling back In his chair. Mrs. ! ! well's Imperative knock at her sister's front door was answered by SI IloiiUln-s. "f'ome rteht In , Sister Prudence ! " he exclaimed , shaking her hand warmly. "You're just In time to settle this dis pute. We're goln' to bo married next Wednesday a week , an' Abigail Jane Insists the ceremony's got to hike place at your Ir'iise ' , with Henry to glvo away the bride , beln' as she has no fa ther. Now. I want the weddln' hero , where I've courted her two nights n week for sixteen years. " He was car rying everything before him , and Mrs. Ilowell nodded her head mechanically. "Abigail .lane declares she has n sight of sewln * to do , nn' she's not to be wor ried with oookln' the wcddln * supper. Louise can see to Hint. An' I wish you'd go down to Springfield next week an * pick out new furniture for the slttln' room an' mother's old room over to my house. I ain't bought a new thing since the girls were married off , nn' the place looks too shabby for my Abigail .lane. " Mrs. Ilowell gasped. "Well , SI Hopkins , you're slow about movin' , but when you get started I must ay you're n wonder. " Then her eye fell on the photograph. "I got one of 'em. too , by tonight's mail. " SI covered the unfortunate remark adroitly. "You'll get a better one soon. Abi gail Jane an' I are goln' to sit for Lin- ton in all our weddln' finery. An' now hadn't I better help you over home ? It's slippery. " "Well. well. SI , you have found your tongue at last ! It's the first time I've been unwelcome In my own sister's house. " And with a laugh that belied her sharp words Mrs. Ilowell kissed the glowing face of Abigail Jane and hur ried home. Tlic Action of a Spinet. The spinet instrument was an im provement upon what was known as the clavichord , the tone of which , al though weak , was capable , unlike that of the harpsichord or spinet , of in crease or decrease , reflecting the finest gradations of the touch of the player. In this power of expression It was without a rival until the piano was In vented. The early history of the clavi chord previous to the fifteenth century rests In profound obscurity , but It Is said that there Is one bearing the date 1520 having four octaves without the D sharp and G sharp notes. The spinet was the Invention of the Venetian Spl- nottn. The action la unique. The Instrument is similar to a small harpsichord , with one string to each note. The strings are set In vibration by points of quills ele vated ou wooden uprights known as Jacks , and the depression of the keys causes the points to pass upward , pro ducing a tone similar to that of a harp. Springs are used to draw the quills back into position. The keyboard is ar ranged In manner . nfter the present modern piano. The Value ot Knowledge. To no man is the world so new and the future so fresh as to him who has spent the early years of his manhood In striving to understand the deeper problems of science and life and who has made some headway toward com prehending them. To him the com monest things are rare nnd wonderful both in themselves and as parts of n beautiful and Intelligent whole. Such n thing as staleness in life nnd its du ties he cannot understand. Knowledge is always opening out be fore him In wider expanses and more commanding heights. The pleasure cf growing k towlodge nnd increasing power makes every year of his life happier and more hopeful than the last. Veneration For n Single Hnlr. Look nt the veneration paid in Asln to even n single hair of the beard of Mohnmmed. This precious relic is en shrined In n monument erected espe cially for it in 1130 , 500 yenra nfter the prophet's death. Where It had re posed during the long Interval is as great n mystery ns that connected with the holy cent of Treves. But nt any rntc there It Is now1 , n precious "heir" , loom kept In n box of gold nnd crystal , In which small holes imve been bored for the purpose of admitting water to 'float the blessed hair , which is done ut an annual festival when the faith ful from nil pnrtH are gathered togeth er. English Alagnxfi e. BUV HE DID IT INNOCENTLY AND DID IT ARTISTICALLY AS WELL. IMntiallilr Scliritie ! > > ' Which n Bnfe lixprrt AVnn Foolnl null t' ril br * Trio of Motorlotm Cr cUnnirii to C3rt at Thrlr I'lniulrr. To the mnn whoso shingle bfarn ( ho Inscription "Safe Expert" and whoso little shop , not far from the great dry goods district , contains n fill ) assort ment of Implements for the forcible opening of ei'fcH , the writer on Id , "Would you bo well qualified to play the burglar ? " "Yes , " paid the little keen eyed man , running his fingers through his scant hair reflectively. "I once did itlay burglar. In fact , I played the star role In n safe cracking enterprise. I was the innocent means by which n whole- unit house was robbed of several thou sand dollars which had been taken In too late in the day to be banked. "I was in business then in mother city. I was sitting smoking at my shop door about 8 o'clock one evening when a messenger boy came with n note on the letter paper of n well known house asking me to come at once with my tools to the olllco of the tlrm. "The ofllce was lighted up , and a portly , prosperous looking man sat at a roll top desk , while two clerks , perched on stools , were working at some books. " ' 1 am Mr. - , ' said the portly one , giving the name of the head of the firm. 'Something has gone wrong with the safe , and I want you to open It. The combination Is ( MI7-15 , but some thing must have broken Inside , for it won't open , and we have got to get some books out of the safe tonight. ' "As I tried the combination which the man had given me he explained that he had locked the safe when lie went out to dinner and was unable to open it when he came back. "It was one of those 'alum' filled cafes , nnd I suspected rust had done Its work Inside. "Nothing to do but drill It open. ' said I. " ' ' said the 'and 'Go ahead , portly one. don't keep me here any longer than you can help. ' "With that he turned to his desk , and I worked away unsuspectingly. There was dead silence except when the man nt the desk spoke to one or the other of the clerks about pome account , and the tread of the policeman on that beat could be heart' ' as he passed the ofllce. " 1 did not realize until afterward that I was working out of view of the pass ing policeman , for the safe was behind the bookkeeper's desk , but the shades were up and the man at the roll top desk and the bookkeepers could be plainly seen from the street. "I got out my bits , adjusted the bnco , and soon steel was biting steel , but the sound of the ratchet was drowned - od by the click of the typewriter , for the portly party began dictating to one of the clerks as soon as I began drilling the safe. When I thought It all over afterward , It occurred to me that this war to cover the sound of my opera tions. "In half an hour I had a hole In the front of the safe , and a little manipu lation got the tumblers Into place , and the door swung open. " 'Here you nre. sir , ' snld I , nnd the portly man cnme around to the safe. " 'Very neatly done , ' he said. 'You'd make n good burglar. ' " 'But the sound of the ratchet would bring the "cops , " ' said I. " 'True , ' remarked the man , nnd , drawing out n roll of bills , he handed me $20. " 'Is that right ? ' he nsked. " 'Quite right , ' I replied. 'Shall I come in the morning to fix the safe ? ' " 'No. ' said he , 'I will have the mak ers of the safe attend to It. ' "As I gathered up my tools the port ly man directed one of the clerks to get out the books that were needed , and he went back to the desk. "I trundled back to my shop , meet ing the policeman nt the corner , nnd while I wns stnndlng chntting with him the trio came out of the office. " 'You can come down nn hour Inter than usual in the morning , ' said the portly man na he climbed Into n hnn- Bom that bnd rolled up to the oOlce , # nd. shouting the nnme of n well known club to the driver , he pulled the doors to nnd was driven away. "Before noon the next day the po liceman whom 1 had talked with and n' detective came into my shop. " 'Thnt wna a neat Job you did last night. ' said the policeman. " 'What ? ' 1 nsked , the nature of the work I had done not yet dawning on rn9. " 'The looting of 'B safe , ' said the policeman. 'Come nlong. ' "The portlv person w'io employed me to open the safe vns a well known burclar who had 'made up * to Impersonate senate 'he bead of the firm , nnd the two clerk ? were confederates , one of whom had got n place with the firm to get the lay of the land. "They had taken possession of the cilice nfter It wns closed for the day , nnd , not daring to blow open the safe , because that would have made the po lice swoop down on them , they hud boldly sent for me to 'do the Job , ' neat ly possessed themselves of nearly $4- 000 thnt wns in the Bnfe nnd were across tire Canadian border before the robbery was discovered when the of fice wns opened the next day , "I told my story to the magistrate and was released on bonds to appear ns a witness when the trio were caught. "Tho papers called me 'the Innocent burglar , ' the nnme stuck to me nnd hurt my business , nnd the police were rather' ' attentive to me , BO I cnme here erne years HBO. " New York Times. rirltllitir nmi t Toiri June * , " ' Notwithstanding the good prices ho iccclvoil for bin books , Melding WIIH nlwnyH laoro or less In dllllcultlcH from bin rocklcHn inodu of living , "Tom Jones , " however , WIIH nearly being Mac * rlllced In one of bin ImpecunlouH nttt for the mini of ( lfi. ! The publisher for tunately asked for n day to consider If ho could risk such n mini , nnd Kidding In the meantime met Thomson , the poet , to whom ho told the transaction , Thomson scorned the Idea of Fielding parting with his bralim for such a sum and offered to get him bettor terms , but 1'leldlng fell himself partly pledg ed. Never did author wait more anx iously on a publisher hoping to bo ac cepted than did Holding hoping to bo refused. Ho was refused ! Joyfully ho carried his manuscript to Thomson to fulfill his promise. The poet Introduced Kidding to Andrew Miller , who handed the book over to his wife to read. Sim discerned HH merits and advised her husband to keep It. Over a pleasant dinner given by Miller to Fielding nnd Thomson tlio bargain WIIH made which scoured Fielding , to his great delight , fliOO for the story. Miller Is said to hnv clear ed 18,000 by "Tom Jones , " out of which ho paid Kidding from tlmo to tlmo various sums to the amount of 'JKIO ( , bequeathing him also a hand- Home legacy. The Slrm-diro of Frrnw , When ( lowering plants usually make heed , that Is generally the last effort for plant life. The seed Is the beginning of the life of the now plant. Kerns , however , only produce spoies for re productive purposes. Those spores ger minate and go through the same proc ess subsequently Hint flowers go through In ( lie production of seeds. The upoivs expand when the germinating time CM mes and form a flat , green mem brane. AVIiat an ; then really the flowers appear on this membrane. As a general rule after these fern Unworn have ma tured the membrane dries up and dis appears. In one family of ferns , however - over , natives of New Holland , named platycorlum , this green blade Is perma nent nnd continues to enlarge , becom ing really a portion of the plant. ICvery year a new blade Is formed which spreads over the old ones. The largo plant Is of n totally different character , having the fronds of ordinary ferns. HnlillN of tlir AVIl.lcnt. To say that a dog can "whip his weight In wildcats" is to pay about the highest tribute to his strength , courage and activity , and there are very few dogs that would care to earn siidi a tribute If they understood all It implied. Not thnt a wildcat Is of a specially ag gresslvo disposition. On the contrary , lie would sooner mind his own business any time than light. So anxious Is he as a rule to keep out of trouble that he has often been accused of cowardice , but he has on so many occasions given evidence of the most desperate cour age that It Is doubtful If the accusation Is a fair one. When wounded or at bay , he Is perhaps as dangerous as imy crea ture of his sl/.e. A Fillet of Ilcof. For a fillet of beef , cut two pounds into round slices half an inch thkk nnd sprinkle with popper nnd salt. Fry In two ounces of butter seven minutes at the most nnd brush over each piece with glaze. Place a border of mashed potatoes on n dish , lay the fillets on It with alternate slices of baked tomato nnd the fried beef fat. Also hnve n piece of mnltre d'hotel butter on each fillet. Fill the center with nicely cook ed vegetables and pour around n little good beef gravy. For Horace In his .satires recommended swimming the Tiber throe times ! Sir Thomas Browne wns accustomed to repeat some verses of a certain hymn. Franklin took an air bath , Sir John Sin clair counted , while Sir John Hennle when engaged upon any public works never went to sleep until his head had been combed nnd gently rubbed by a soft hand. A Hard Domeitlo Knot. "I'm in a deuce of n fix. My wife's got the telephone craze. " "Well ? " "If I put one in , she'll swear I'm sweet on the telephone girl. " "Certainly. " "And If I don't , she'll sny it's because I'm nfrnid the thlng'Il expose my du plicity. " Baltimore NCWB. Ilublilnir It In. Borcm (11:57 p. m. } When I was a child , my nurse made me afraid of the dark. Miss Cutting Oh , thnt nccounts for it. Borcm Accounts for what ? Miss Cutting You nre waiting till daylight so you can go home. Chicago News. No Sympathy There. "I nm going to marry your daughter , sir , " said the positive young man to the father. "Well , jou don't need to come to me for sympathy , " replied the father. "I have troubles of my own. " Ohio State Journal. Unfinished. "If you kind of keep nn eye on these self mnde men , " remnrked Uncle Jerry Peebles , "you'll find thnt lots of 'em think the Job's so well done it don't need nny polish. " Chlcngo Tribune. Too I.ute ! Hewitt My wife loved me nt first sight. Jcwctt I'll wager that she is now a believer in second night. New York Uerald. Single It is better to have loved nnd lost than to have tn'arried on $50 a month. Chicago Record-Herald. YOU MUST NOT FORGET hai wo nro coiKsinnily rowiiiR in the art of aking Kino I'hol.os , and our products will al ways ho found to ombraeo the and Nowosl Styles in Cards and Finish. Wo also cany a line line of Molding miitahle for all kinds of framing. THROUGH SLEEPING CAR SERVICE KANSAS CITY TO JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA ALL CASES OF DEAFNESS OR HARD HEARING ARE NOW CURABLE by our new invention. Only those born deaf are incurable. HEAD NOISES CEASE IMMEDIATELY. F. A. WERMAN , OF BALTIMORE , SAYS : BALTIMORE , Mil , March 30 , 190- . Gtntlontn Being entirely rurnl of JenfnMS. thanks to your treatment , 1 will now give you a full history of nty cae , to be u e l nt your discretion. Atraul five years ago my right cur began to sing , nnd this krnt on getting worse , until I ! o t ray hearing in this enr entirely. I underwent a treatment for catnrrli , for three months , without onyr-ucceFS , consulted a num ber of pliyklcinns , among others , thrmo-l eminent ear hjK-cinlist of tlii.s city , who told me that only an o | > cration 'could help tinanil even thul only temporarily , tliattlielieailnoisi.suoii.il then CC.IKC , tint the hearing in the affrctexl ear would be lost lorcvcr. I then saw your advertisement nccideli'al'y ' in a New York paper , nnd ordered rourtrc-t- mcnt Alter I nnd used it only n few days uccordncvtolyoiir ! direction * , the noifCsceaMd. niul "v lav. nfi-T fivt erk * . my hearini ! in the dikro < d cor has been entirely rcftorcd. I tlianV M icurti'y und Lcrj tori n.uiil Vciytttily yours. I' . A. YVKHMAN , 7308. Broadway , Baltimore MO. frrtt' nrnt tfoe.s nut interfere iciUi nx > uil < ir itpition. - nnd vou CAN CURE Yowncap AT at a ? . * : iioia AURAL CMKIO.r A r- - , r "nnj'l ' .LAND CO. WILL 1IAU HOMESEEKEB'S ' EXCURSION to Ohnrlos Mix , Douglas nnd llrulo counties , South Dakota , on Tuesday , May 20 , Juno ! l and 17. Furo for round trip from Norfolk , Neb. , to Armour , good for a I days , | 9.00. Look ut n map of South Dakota and yon will see thnt those counties are in the corn belt of South Dakota , where corn , cattle , sheep , hogs and hay arc principal products. Land in Ohas Mix and Douglas counties from $12.CO to { 30.00 per acre. Wild land in Brule county , $8,00 to $10.00 per aore ; im proved farms from $13.50 to f20.00 per acre. The O. M. & St. P. II. II. runs due west from Iowa and Minnesota line' and we are in the corn belt and these are the lands to boy. "Corn is King" and brings the farmer money. Now is the time to bny. For fnll and complete prices , write to Johnson Bros Land Co. , Armour , South Dakota , Or GARDNER & SEILER , Local A Rente. Norfolk , Nebr. HEADACHE 'At U ttnig tort n 25 DIMM 25 * . HORSES braft , driving and saddle horses , broken or unbroken , for sale singly , In pairs or carload lots. Prices reason able. Jay L. Torrey , Long Pine , Neb. ThU Ignt.to.ro ia on every box ot the genuine Laxative promo-Quinine Tku ta ( U > rtwetly tliat ttf4v cola ia oae
