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COPYRIGHT 1899 BY PETER MARTHUR
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In nffnlrs of tho heart n tnnn ospo
clully u young iiuin needs a disinterest
cd woman to guide to encourage or to
chuck ulm ns the case umy require
Now Ilnrry Watson wns so fortumitu
ns to lmvo a charming widow as Ills
confidant and friund She was several
years his senior anil he Wns once very
much In love with her or thought ho
was She had poohpoohod his proposal
ami told lilin that although she thought
him a line clever young lellow she
had no desire to take a hoy to raise
nud that he mustnt talk nonsense Of
course he was very tragic and visit
ed the west to hunt grizzlies hoping to
be masticated by one but he presently
enme to his senses and returned to New
now do rou kxow i am in love
York lie was naturally rather shame
faced when ho met the widow hut she
was so Jolly that he soon forgot his
previous absurdity and they became
fast friends
But about tho middle of tho season n
change came over him The widow
wondered a little at ilrst and then smil
ed lie was abscntmimled had no con
fidences to impart and could no longer
be relied on for an escort
Well Harry she finally Inquired
when her patience was exhausted
with whom are you in love now
How do you know I am In love
Oh I am familiar with the symp
toms and besides 1 have seen you in
love before
No no ho exclaimed ruefully I
never knew until now what love
means
The widow thought of some wild
protestations she had ouco heard and
smiled but her smile was good uaturcd
and forgiving
Really bIio said this looks seri
ous and perhaps I was wrong In not
Interfering sooner But come tell mo
who she Is
Miss Towusend
Esther
He nodded
The widow blushed slightly and
murmured something altogether irrele
vant about taking a boy to raise after
all Then she exclaimed
That is the first sensible thing I
have ever known you to do Have
you proposed to her yet
No indeed She knows nothing of
how I feel toward her
Perhaps not said tho widow
Some girls are queer
And besides she seems altogether
unapproachable Something seems to
make It almost a sin to think of loving
her
Tho widow understood this at once
Esthers mother had died some years
ago nnd being the only daughter
Esther had become the housekeeper
for her father and brothers and in
consequence she naturally assumed a
matronly attitude toward young men
You poor boy said tho widow In
humorous sympathy What would
become of you if It were not for me
But If you obey my orders I will guar
antee that you will win her
What must I do asked Harry
brightening
You must go nnd propose to Esther
tonight
I havent tho courage
You dont need courage A proper
amount of fear nnd trembling helps n
man wonderfully when he Is propos
ing
Harry argued for awhile but the up
shot of tho matter was that he obeyed
tho widow and sought Esther with a
carefully prepared proposal on tho tip
of his tongue Being so occupied with
this It was only natural that Ills con
versational efforts were of the bluu
derlng kind that would be cruel to
repeat And after tho first few minutes
Esther wns no more at ease than he
was for embarrassment Is very con
tagious among lovers whether they
realize that they are In love or not
Finally after much disjointed chat
Harry made the plunge like a man
closing his eyes and leaping over a
precipice
Miss Townsend I know that I am
pro that I or er I love you
Her reply was an Inarticulate mur
mur of surprise
I cannot dare to thluk that you will
consent to be my wife Just now but
perhaps some day will you uot let mo
hope I will do anything to win your
love
Please dont dont Mr Watsou It
is Impossible
no sank back into his chair with a
groan and covered his face with his
hands
I am so sorry this has happened
she said with forced calmness 1 like
you very much and I thought we were
always to be friends but you can see
that It Is Impossible for me to marry
It Is my duty to take care of papa and
my brothers and try to take the place
of my poor mother
1 felt from the Ilrst said Ilnrry
sorrowfully that It was hopeless to
think of you You are too good for me
Dont say that please for 1 like you
very much more than any one I know
If I over dhl lo mnrry It would he Just
such a man as you good clever and
generous But you see Unit It Is Impos
sible dont you
lie looked Into her appealing eyes
but could not answer Nothing Is so
sublimely tragic as a beautiful girl sac
rificing herself to a mistaken sense of
duty and she appeared so sublime to
htm that he couldnt help thinking her
In the right
Please leave me now Mr Watson 1
am so sorry this has happened You
must forget me no not that for I
shall always like to think of you as a
friend and when you have forgotten
tills this please go I must be true to
my duty
When Harry had reached the street
the weight of his disappointment
pressed down on him In the darkness
and maddened him He loved her
more than ever and was utterly with
out hope When he had walked about
until his sorrow had somewhat ex
hausted Itself he began to crave sym
pathy nnd naturally sought the widow
It was a delicate matter to handle but
Bhe questioned him tactfully and soon
learned all that she wished to know
and that was that his love was un
doubtedly returned
After talking tho whole matter over
Harry felt comforted and ho felt sure
that the clever widow was going to do
all In her power to help him But ho
did not Imagine that while they were
discussing the subject the peerless self
sacrificing Esther was weeping bitter
ly and almost rebelling against her
fate It was only by magnifying her
duty to an appalling grlmncss that she
finally recovered her composure and
soothed the pain nt her heart to an
aching numbness
As soon as the widow felt that nar
ry had recovered from the flrpt bitter
ness of his disappointment she ordered
lilin to go and call on Esther ne
obeyed and a few such calls restored
to some extent their old relationship
and they could talk more like brother
and sister And one evening she talk
ed to him In most sisterly fashion
warning him wistfully to beware of
the wiles of the widow
You know I look on you ns a broth
er and I should not like to see one of
my brothers as much In her company
as you are Of course she is very nice
but people say she is so designing
The little minx said the widow
when she heard of it I know I am
designing but she will find that It is
for her happiness I am doing it now
and Incidentally for my own or Just
the reverse
She of course diagnosed tho case as
one of Jealousy nud was pleased Har
ry didnt understand tho last part of
her remark but he did not question
Are you going to the Madison mu
slcale tho widow asked
Yes Esther and her father will be
there narry replied
Well I shall bo there too nnd I
may want you to do me a favor Will
you do it
Certainly
On the night of tho muslcale tho wid
ow was triumphantly beautiful There
was the light of battle In her eyes nnd
that with good reason for she had
yOU AISE TOO GOOD 1OIt ME
brought her own affairs and those of
several other people to a crisis But no
one could look at her perfect figure and
animated face without feeling that she
could conquer tho most obdurate by
her charms and have her will Harry
had never seen her looking bo bewitch
ing for lie had never seen her so thor
oughly alert and aroused Had Esther
not been present to allure and yet re
pel him with her lilylike sweetuess and
nobility of soul It Is possible that old
thoughts might have beeu nroused
But his eyes were dwelling constantly
on her pure calm face and she seemed
to htm more than ever unattainable
When the evening was well advanced
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the widow tapped lilin on tho shoulder
with her fan
I have come to ask you for that fa
vor she said
I am willing to do your bidding
Take Esther Into the conservatory
and propose to her
I cant
You must If you do I think I ran
promise you that you will win her If
not tonight very soon afterward But
you must propose tonight
Hope made him courageous and he
did as he was directed
When he had found a sulllclently re
tired alcove In the conservatory he re
newed his proposal and pleaded with
the stately beauty But It was in vain
It cannot be she answered My
duty Is quite clear to me and I must
sacrifice my own feelings to It I feel
that to take care or my father In his
declining years Is a trust Imposed on
me by my dead mother
Then you are not Indifferent to
me
She was too honest to deny her love
She bowed her head In assent and lie
tears welled to her eyes
You do love me Esther
Yes
And yet you will sacrlllco both our
hearts
It may seem cruel hut I know that
1 am doing what lsrlght
Good heavens What can I do
You must 50 away somewhere I
did wrong to ask that our friendship
continue It Increases the pain for
both of us
lie groaned In misery
I am very very sorry she said
They looked at each other silently
for awhile At last a slight sob shook
her and she murmured
I must get papa to take me home
She turned and walked away from
him quickly Before she had gone a
dozen paces she stopped as If transfix
ed nnd looked with dilated eyes Into
an alcove she was passing
Then she ran back to Harry and al
most fainting caught his arm
Take me home Take mo away
from here
He hastened to call a carriage When
they had entered It Esther begun to
TAKE ME AWAY FROM nKHEl
cry nnd ho tried to console her In
stinctively ho put his arm about her
and she did not resist A moment
after it was the natural thing to do
he kissed her nnd leaning her head
on his shoulder she wept until her sor
row had abated He could not Imaglno
what was the matter but when they
arrived at her homo she enlightened
him As she was leaving him In the
conservatory she had seen her father
kneeling before the widow proposing
to her nnd had seen her grant him n
kiss of acceptance All her Illusions
nbout duty vanished In an Instant
Her father was getting another to
take care of him and her occupation
was gone
I shall leave homo she cried angri
ly If he marries her I must leave
home
I have a homo to offer you said
Harry
But It Is not necessary to follow them
through this last scene which could
have but one result happiness for
both
It never occurred to Harry that the
widow had ordered him to propose to
Esther so that she could bring her fa
ther ns If by accident to see the little
scene She had watched his move
ments and Judging tho correct mo
ment to a nicety hnd brought Mr
Townsend to that part of the conserva
tory He liked Harry too much to In
terrupt which the widow had taken
care to learn before she took the step
but he wns naturally surprised Of
course she promptly sympathized with
him on losing his housekeeper nnd so
wrested from him tho proposal which
sho hnd long ago planned She had not
counted on Esther overlooking her part
of the drama but that only hastened
the notion of her plot nnd sho was not
sorry when she heard of It
Harry was naturally profuso In his
thanks for his happiness so blinded
him to everything else In tho world
that ho thought it was for his sake It
had all been done When tills dawned
upon tho widow she laughed loud and
long
Oh go away sho laughed to your
billing and cooing with Esther You
are such a pair of fools you should he
hnppy together And she added some
what mischievously
You see I am In a sense taking n
boy to rulse after all But you will
find me a very Indulgent mother-in-law
An Antlfnt Failure
A New York restaurant recently un
dertook to cater exclusively for obese
people Nothing of a fattening char
acter wnB served The establishment
was hailed with delrght by n largo
crowd of banters Its history was
about ns follows Tho first day 100
nte there the second 00 the third 80
nnd so on down until tho proprietor
found himself without a single patron
until the sheriff enmo and took every
thing lu sight
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OEPENDS UPON LOCALITY AND METH
OD OF CONSTRUCTION
luipriMcil tin eti I it cry linn Dour Much
lit liDNPii I ho in line of lliiml
llullillnu Well lliilll Slmie Itonilx
On ClieniieM
The improvement of noun try roads Is
ehlelly an economical quest ion relating
principally to tho waste of effort in
hauling over bail roads tho Having in
money tinio and energy In hauling
over good one- tho initial cost of i tit
proving roads and the ilillerence in tin
cost of maintaining good and bad ones
It is not necessary to enlarge on this
subject in order to convince tho average
reader that good loads reduce tho re
sistance to tralllc and conMqnontly the
cost of transportation of products and
goods to and from farms and markets
is reduced to a minimum says M O
Kldrodgo of tho olllco of road Inquiry
The initial cost of a road depends
upon the cost of materials labor ma
chinery the width and depth to which
tho material is to bo spread on and the
method of const ruction All those things
vary so much in the different states
that it is impossible to name tho exact
amount for which u milo of a certain
kind of road can be built
Tho introduction in recent years oi
improved road building machinery ha
enabled the authorities in hoiiio of the
states to build imptoved stono and
gravl roads quite cheaply First cIiinh
single track stono roads 1 fuel wide
have been built near Caniindnigun N
Y for 1110 to sjl000 per mile Many
excelii nt gravel roads have been built
in New lersey for 1000 to li0 per
mile The material of which they were
constructed was placed on in two lay
ers each being raked and thoroughly
rolled and the whole mass consolidated
to u thickness of 8 inches In the hiiiiio
state macadam roads have been built
for 1 000 to 5000 per mile varying
in width from I to 20 feet and in thick
ness of material froji -1 to ID inches
Telford roads 11 feet wide and 10 to 1 ii
inches thick have been built in New
Jersey for 1000 to 0000 per mile
Macadam roads have been built at
Bridgeport and Fairfield Conn 18 to
20 feet wide for 11000 to r000 per
mile A tulford road 11 feet wido and
12 inches thick was built at Fan wood
N J for 0500 per mile Macadam
roads lmvo been built in Rhode Inland
10 to 20 feet wide for 1000 to 5000
per mile
Massachusetts roads are costing all
the way from 0000 to 25000 per
milo A milo of broken stone road 15
feet wide costs in tho state of Massa
chusetts about 5700 per mile while a
milo of tho Numo width and kind of road
costs in tho stato of New Jersey only
1700 This is duo partly to tho fact
that tho topography of Massachusetts is
somewhat rougher than that of Now
Jersey necessitating tho roduction of
many steep grades and tho building of
expensive retaining walls and bridges
nnd partly to tho difference in methods
of construction and tho difforoneo in
prices of materials labor etc
Doubtless tho stato of New Jersey is
building moro roads and hotter roads
for less money per milo than any other
stato in tho Union The roads nro now
costing from 20 to 70 cents per square
yard Where tho tolford construction
is used they sometimes cost as much as
73 cents per square yard Tho average
cost of all classes of tho roads of that
state dnring tho hist season was nbout
50 cents per square yard Tho stono
was as a rtlo spread on to a dopth of
0 inches which after rolling gavo a
depth of about 8 inches At this rate a
singlo track road 8 feet wido costs about
2040 per milo while a doublo truck
rood 1 1 foot wido costs about 4100
per milo and ono 18 foot wido costs
nbout 5280 per milo Whero tho ma
terial is spread on so ns to consolidate
to a 4 inch layer tho 8 foot road will
cost about 1170 per milo tho 14 foot
road abont 20551 per milo whilo tho
ono 18 foot wido will cost nbout 2
040 per milo
Tho total cost of maintaining roads
in good order ranges on nccount of
varying conditions lwtwoon as wido
limits almost as tho initial cost of con
struction Suffice it to say that all
inonoy spent on repairing oarth roads
becomes each year a total loss without
materially improving their condition
Thoy nro as a rulo tho most exponsivo
roads that enn bo nsed while on tho
other hand stono roads if properly
constructed of good material nnd kept
in perfect condition nro tho most satis
factory tho cheapest nnd most econom
ical roads that can bo constructed
Tho road that will best suit tho needs
of tho farmer in tho first plnco mnst
not bo too costly and in tho second
placo must bo of tho very best kind for
farmers should lo nblo to do their heavy
hauling over them when their fields aro
too wet to work and their teams would
otherwise bo idlo
Tho best road for tho fanner all
things being considered is a fcolid well
built stono road so narrow as to bo ony
a singlo track but having a firm earth
road on ono or both sides Whero tho
traffic is not very extensivo tho purposes
of good roads aro better served by nar
row tracks than by wide ones whilo
many of tho object ionabla features of
wido tracks aro removed tho Initial
cost of construction is cut down ono
half or moro and tho charges for repair
reduced in proportion
Go i it Itoutl Notes
Ilorses liko to bo well stalled but not
in a mnddy highwny
Oh but those motor carriago folks
will bo hollorin for good roads pretty
fiocn I
Now is abont tho timo of year when
mudholes aro converted into job lots of
dust Any in front of your house t
Tho horso wanted good roads tho bi
cycle hastried to got good roads the
automobilo roust uavo good roads
THE LIQUOR MEN
They Until mi ltilrKlliiK MimIIiir nt
Hiilninnlril mill Vlmt lltn Clly HI14I1I
Irnm MivliuwUyV Dully
The Nebraska Liquor Dealers iuwooIii
tion began n very interesting two days
session in this city yesterday nnd meet
ings are being held today Tho conven
tion is largely attended and it is believed
is a forerunner of yet more successful
conventions
The Hint session was called to order in
Marquardts hull yesterday afternoon at
2 oclock by John 1 Tiernev president
of Omaha Other olllcers inattoiul
unco are Pat Hluutoii vice president
Tilihii Oharlos Krug soorolury anil
treasurer Omaha
Mayor 1 Simpson extended a welcome
to members of tho association in a well
worded speech and was followed by
E Mnyor Hear who emphasized the
welcome and iiiiide some other pleasing
remarks
The report of tho secretary was read
ami referred to a committee
Coininltteos were appointed on applica
tions finance by laws and constitu
tions claims etc
The president and Oharlos F Tutllo
of Oinnha tho official attorney of the
association gave short talks and ho
convention adjourned until 7 t
The evening session was called to
gether by the rendition or several pieces
of mnsle by the hand after which the
musicians serenaded the various saloons
The convention was again called lo
order by President Tiernoy after which
Hie reports of the committees were
heard
After tlio conclusion of business the
members of the association woriiivitod
to the Turf Exchange whom Win Blull
the proprietor ami tho King Brewing
company had prepared for I hem n choice
feast of good things to which ample
juslieo was done by he members of the
invited guest the business of tho day
having had ajsploudid effect on appetites
Tho various saloons of tho city are
tastefully decorated with national colors
and other ornamentations
This aftornoon the members of tho
association were provided with carri
ages and headed by the baud started
out for a drive about the cily and to see
Mm principle sights tho gentlemen be
ing very well pleased with tho excur
sion and the appoarance of the city
Touchers Imi miii
Tho Norfolk section of the Teachers
Heading Oirclo of Madison county will
meet in tho high school building at I
p m Saturday Novombor IS 18
Following is the program
Music Instrumental MissUutli Ma
trau
Paper Facts of History History
in Fiction Miss Poarl Widaiuan
Paper History Taught by Biogra
phy History in Poetry Miss Lena
Mills
Music Vocal Miss Allio Johnson
Paper History i as Expressed in
Architecture HiHtory as Expressed
by Painting Miss PoarlKooso
Paper History in Language His
tory in Religion Mrs Bulllngton
Music Instrumental Misses Morrow
Paper History in Fable History
in Tradition MissKato McNeil
Discussion of relativo vuluo of sub
jects D O OOonnor
Music Instrumental Miss LotojBlnko
ley
A BRIGHT IDEA
11 ut WmryN Inril Found a Katnl
Fluw In lue Selieme
Pete exclaimed Meandering Mlko
Im glttln resless
Dont do It Take tlngs easy whilo
ye kin
Ever since I dropped Into dat lec
ture hall last winter to git wnrm Ive
hnd Homctlu on me mind an I cant
git It loose It rankles lu mo con
science au ovorhelms mo wit a rellz
In sense of do reslstlessness of fate
DIs life aint nottiii but one hard luck
utory any way you take It But a man
of brnlus kin sometimes git do best of
do situation
Dat lecture mus of sunk into yer
system deep
It did But Pvo got a scheme datll
help out Do nex timo wo takes a
freight train well take one goln
enst
What fur
Did you ever hear of velocity
Sure Deys got free wheels nn do
klnchens tries to run over you wit
em
Dats close to but not next Veloc
ity Is what do world moves wit Its
so many miles a second Were goln It
all do time sliovln from west to east
an when you tInks yere restln ltB on
ly another delusion an a snare Ye
cant stop movln
Well asked Plodding Pete discon
tentedly whatro you going to do
about It
Jes what I told ye Do worlds
movln from west to east Do only
chance to neutralize de swiftness Is to
take a train goln from east to west I
dunuo as wo kin hope fur any actual
repose but Its de only chnnco I seo
fur comln anywheres near It
Its a bright Idea but It wont do
Why not
It only works ono way We cant
keep on rldlu west furover An tlnk
of do double exertion when wo have
to turn nroun an come do other way
Washington Star
Tho Ink Plant
The Juice of tho ink plant which can
e ued as luk without any prepare
don comes out on the paper at first n
fed color but after a few hours It
ibnnges to black
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PHILIPPINE STOmCSASTOLD OY THE
UOYS
Iri fliiiittl Anionic Hip Unfile
mill Pile 11 inllnu O Ulcer Wlu
Trim 1 In MmleM Si In to Avoid
Pill Hell
San FiiANcisro Nov I - This city in
roll of soldiers Some are iclurulug lo
their homes while others aie prcpnr
lug for Hie long oyage lo Manila
Men lu laded ttnlfoims and Willi ban
daged wounds are plentiful They are
buck from Hie Philippines where they
have fought a good light They all
look healthy and well fed and Ills
Ilitiillllon Is partly due to the ocean
trip befoie they reached San Francis-
ROIIllKllS IIOMi KltOM Till Illl IUIINKH
co The recriillH about to go to the
front appear In be made of good ma
terlal anil hne been well chosen We
also see dozens of olllcers Those In
the volunteer regiments strut along
the street with an important air nud
distinguished bearing Arrayed In
bright regalia they conimaiiil our ad
miration Tin regular olllcers attract
our attention none the less
I have talked with dozens of these
men olllcers and privates and those
back from the war all seem anxious to
get home Privates are more communi
callve than their superiors One cap
tain talked entertainingly of his im
pressions of the Philippines but tho
only thing he would say regarding the
situation there was that It was pretty
tough
I learned a most Interesting fact
about the way some of Hie leading
generals travel They will not Btep
Into a Pullman or a Wagner car but
prefer the ordinary tourist sleepers
The porter In one of the tourist cars
observed a most distinguished stran
ger in his car He reported the fact
to the conductor who went in to inves
tigate They did not know who he
was at Ilrst so they compared his face
with a number of photographs in the
current magazines He proved to be
iciicml Wheeler When spoken to ho
nckiiowleiigeil his identity and said
his object lu traveling In that manner
was to escape observation and espe
cially reporters Oeneral A W Gree
ley also came out hero lu the Kami
manner dressed In an ordinary gray
coat When discovered and spoken
with he too enjoined secrecy nud thou
related his experiences in Cuba
Here Is one story of bravery Lieu
tenant Davis of the Fourth cavalry
was leading his men lu a charge with
Hword high in tho air when he was
pierced by a bullet through his lungs
Captain Hardy ordered him to the hos
pital but the daring otllcer refused to
leave the Held The case was reported
to headquarters and General Otis sent
him to the hospital for treatment
A sergeant and a corporal of this
Mime regiment went out fishing on one
of he rivers of Luzon Island They
were having a gay time and wero
thoroughly enjoying the sport Pres
ently tho two Americans observed a
big boat with a fishing party of na
tives 15 in number all of whom had
become Ushers of men The Yankee
boys opened llro at once nnd while
the Filipinos only had clubs still they
pushed on The guns were kept
busy and one by one the natives wero
killed and before long the whole crew
of 15 were dead
One of the California volunteer com
panies was suddenly confronted by
over li000 native soldiers Tho captain
happened to be In front of his men nnd
was so frightened that ho dashed back
But the men did not retreat No tho
American private never does Sudden
ly a inhale broke through the ranks
and gave the order Forward It was
rank disobedience but the net of In
subordination saved tho day Tho na
tives started to retreat and the singlo
company was soon ably supported by
re enforceinents
William R Biutton
For cut of SlruiiKu Tree
The most extraordinary forest In tho
world was discovered by Dr Wei
wltsch and occupies n tableland some
six miles in width between 300 and
400 feet nbove the sea near tho west
coast of Africa The peculiarity of tho
trees of this forest Is that though their
trunks nro four feet In diameter they
attain tho height of only ono foot Na
tree bears more than two lenves and
theso attain a length of six and a
hrendtii of two feet The flowers make
gorgeous crimson clusters
