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ON full sweep It cliniitti cease
Iohs dirges It niontis nnd
shrieks nntl whistles Huh
down to a whisper rises once more mill
walls
Across the pralrlos of southern nntl
eastern Kansas vast Holds of wheat
wave In the wind varied by acres of
yellow rustling corn meadows of al
falfa and clover fresh from a soil so
loamy that one might thrust ones arm
down elbow deep Into Its blackness and
touch no clay but beyond nearer the
Colorado line vegetation Is stunted the
black soil assumes an ashy look gnunt
cattle browse upon the parched prairie
grasses and the smart cottages of the
east give place to huts
In one of these huts about which the
wind howled incessantly rocking It to
Its Inclllclent foundation an old woman
stood slowly pressing her gaunt hands
together and looking her heart In her
eyes at a creature who huddled close
to the open lire shivering
He was a pitiful object Ills clothing
was in rags his shoes were worn until
the toes protruded and his head was
clean shaven while his hands trans
parent and emaciated trembled weak
ly as bo spread them out to the blaze
fanned by the wind which crept whls
tlingly up through the wide cracks of
the crumbling hearth
The old woman suddenly opened her
arms She made ns If she would have
clasped him in them Instead she
pressed her hands nervously together
once more nnd spoke
You aint had nothln to eat she
said Youre hungry aint you
Yes he answered
She hastened to the fireplace and
fumbled with the pots nnd pans
lies walked such a long way she
muttered and hes hungry of course
Why didnt I think of that before T
As she prepared his mcil she glanced
at him again and again Her old eyes
peering through the network of wrin
kles surrounding them gloated over
him
I aint blamin you Jamie she said
by and by Dont think I am blnmin
you It want your fault How could
you help what was bred In the bone
You did what your father did before
you it was bred In the bone
He was silent His hollow eyes fol
lowed her hungrily as she set the plate
knife and fork on the table He crouch
ed nearer the lire his shaven head
turned watching hqr
The good Lord himself couldnt
blame you for what was bred In the
bone she went on falterlngly How
could he Like father like child He
was a thief and you oh Jamie She
broke off with a sob though her eyes
were dry They were too old for tears
Youve walked so far dearie havent
you You are tired aint you I know
you are tired
She hovered over him
I aint blamin you for whats bred
In the bone she reiterated I aint
blamin you
lly this time she had prepared his
food and set it on the table Rising he
made his way to It with lagging and
weary footsteps and took the chair she
had placed there She pushed It nearer
to the table nnd passed her wrinkled
hands over his stooped shoulders
There now she said cat and
sty watched him while he ate
JIo was famished Ho devoured his
foyd snatching nt it like an animal
She refilled his plate again nnd ngaln
Se poured out his coffee and sweeten
ed It for him ns If he were a child She
hovered over him ns a hen would hover
ocr her one chick tenderly brooding
ly caressing him with her eyes
It nlnt been so very long seems like
since you were a little child Jamie
she cooed all huddled up In my nrms
That was when wo were among the
best before he before It all happened
and wo took to hldln out here ou the
prairies with the wolves and the coy
otesbefore he left me If he had only
taken me with him but he wouldnt
He left me
Suddenly he dropped his fork and lis
tened The rays from the candle on the
table lit up his frightened eyes
She also raised her head listening
Dont be scared she said soothing
ly Its only the wind a howlln and
a whlstlln
A shutter blew to
You cee she added Its only the
wind
She again filled his cup
Even after ho went I had you
Jamie aud the good Lord knows Im
glad to have you ngIn She stroked
Ids sleeve Im glad to havo you
agln she repeated
And you wouldnt leave me Jamie
never no more If they come Ill hide
you sos they cant llnd you You wont
leave mo agln will you will you she
Implored
He shook his head nnd coutlnued to
eat voraciously
She pressed her hand upon the shav
en head aud her lips moved silently
I aint complalnln Jamie she said
presently but Its the lonesomeness of
It and the wind If it want for the
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CorirltfM moo by 7ii AmXtrmn iVon to
wind I could get nlotig Listen how It
blows It never quits blowln Some
times Im afraid her voice sank to a
whisper Im afraid it will get Into my
brain nnd nddle It Some diiyn 1 cant
think It blows so Listen now
From far away across the prairie the
wind came soughing It moaned and
moaned It rushed nearer Its moau
grew louder It developed Into a shriek
It shook the unsheltered hut It
wrenched the shutters apart and Hung
them to again Then It died away In
an unceasing moau
The man turned livid He dropped
his knife nnd fork nnd sprang to his
feet
Listen he cried
Along with the sigh of the wind there
came the sound of horses hoofs beat
ing upon the bard turf of the prairie
They are after me lie panted
honrsely They found the cell empty
nnd now they are after me Hide me
Hide me
j And lie was like a little child again
clinging to her skirts
IGu to the cellar she commanded
I
i grasping ills shaking shoulders anil
pushing him forward and stny there
She unlocked the back door and shov
ed him out
Youll find the openln close to the
side of the house she told him Go
there and stay They wont think
theres a cellar to tills little old hut I
wont let thorn llnd you Jamie They
shant except over my dead body
She caught his sleeve as he started
forward
Whatever you do Jamie she bog
god dont go and leave me Promise
mo you wont go and leave inc I cant
stand the lonesomeness of It and the
wind
I promise ho said nnd Impatiently
wrenching himself loose from her hold
he disappeared into the darkness
She went back Inside the hut
Impatient fists pounded upon the
door Sharp voices demanded thai she
open It
She turned the key and stood looking
vacantly nt the men ns they clanked In
Is James Ilankin here they de
manded to know
James Itankln she repeated
One of the men laughed
Yes James Itankln said he Did
you ever hear of him before He Is
your son and an escaped convict
A long shudder shook her
An escaped convict she repeat
ed
Yes an escaped convict and we
have come to arrest him Where Is
he
She did not answer With difllculty
she kept her eyes away from the back
door of the hut through which the con
vict had ngnln escaped
If It want for the wind she mut
tered and the lonesomeness of It I
could get along
The leader threw out his hands In an
Impatient gesture
She is foolish said he Now that
I think of it somebody said she was
foolish Come we will ransack the
hut
The old woman muttered Incoherent
ly as one after the other the men pass
ed the door which led to the way of the
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cellar She suppressed a cry when one
opened It and looked out shrinking
back against the wall In a convulsed
and grateful heap as he shut It again
I guess theres nothing out there but
the wind said he
Thats all she assented eagerly
Nothln but the wind
She beat her old hands together ns
Bho listened to the wiiid shrieking nnd
howling now with demoniac fury Its
shrieks and howls were music in her
ears
For once It had befriended her
The men paid no attention to her It
wns quite evident that she was foolish
ns some one had snld Unsuccessful In
their search they grouped themselves
together lu the center of the room won
dering at the escape of the convict
tracked as be had been to the very
door
Maybe he only stopped here for a
moment and followed the creek ou to-
ward the mountains said the leader
THK NORFOLK NKW THURSDAY AtVlST 2 1000
lie Is not here That Is one thing cer
tain We arc wasting our time here
hmking for hint
They opened the door and filed out
The wind rushing lu funned the can
dle to a dicker The old woman shut
nnd locked it after them stood In the
middle of the room u moment waiting
then made her way stealthily out the
back door toward the cellar
She listened until the horses hoofs
had died away then she Hung wide the
cellar door
Jamie she cried coino out
Theyre gone Theyre gone
There was no response She peered
lu It wns too dink to discern anything
there without the aid of a light
She returned to the hut nnd finding a
match went bad Into the cellar She
scratched the match on the stone wall
The light Illumined her eager face and
her dim narrow hungry eyes II also
Illumined the rude Interior
It was empty
The mn teli dropped from her nerve
less lingers to the lloor It dickered
there for a moment then went out
She crept feebly up the steps nnd
stood outside at the mercy of the wind
Sweeping acrocs the wide belt of tho
purple prairie It tundi merry with her
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It caught at her skirts nnd tore them
It tangled itself In her gray hair un
loosed it from the comb and Hung It
about her upturned face and across her
eyes lifted questionlngly to the pilot
of the stars glimmering so tranquilly
above nil earthly tempests whether
they be of winds or storms or sorrows
Then tired of toying It sighed and
moaned and sighed and moaned died
nway sighed nnd moaned aud died
away ngaln
niokiim London
As we jog along or walk by turns wo
come to ltuckiughnm street and look
ing up at Alfred Jingles lodgings say
a grateful word of Mr Pickwick says
Kate Douglas Wlggln In The Atlantic
Wo tell each other that much of what
we know of London and England when
we come to It seems to have been
learned from Dickens
Deny him tho right to sit among the
elect If you will talk of his tendency to
farce nnd caricature call his humor
low comedy nnd his pathos bathos
though you shall say none of these
things In my presence unchallenged
but the fact remains thnt every child
In America nt least knows more of
England Its almshouses debtors pris
ons and law courts Its villages and vil
lagers Its beadles and cheap Jacks and
hostlers and coachmen and boots Its
streets and lanes its lodgings nnd Inns
nnd landladies nnd ronst beef and plum
pudding Its ways manners and cus
tomsknows more of these things nnd
a thousand others frrun Dickens nov
els than from oil the histories geogra
phies biographies and essays In the
language
Whero Is there another novelist who
has so peopled a great city with his
hnngluary characters that there Is
hardly room for the living population
as one walks along the streets
The Iuiid of Iorna Donne
Blackmoro knew thoroughly the re
gion of which ho wrote and when he
speaks of a locality ho gives It Its true
name nnd nearly always describes It
exactly as It Is There Is Ulundolls
school at Tiverton for Instance which
the boy John Itldd is attending In tho
first chapter You find its gray stone
walls and near the Lowinnn stream
there todny giving perfectly the Im
pression of the story
The school building sits far back In
an open grassy yard which Is entered
by n heavy barred iron gate the very
gate where John and his mates stooil
watching for the passing of tho troop
ers when one of the lads accidentally
or otherwise struck John very sadly
In the stomach part and thus led to
the fight on the Ironing box This
Ironing box Is a triangle of turf
where two paths meet at the far end
of the green near the school building
It has continued through the passing
years unchanged aud were It not that
the building Is now a private residence
I have no doubt tho youngsters would
havo their fisticuffs there Just as of
old Harpers Bazar
Knevr What lie Wanted
An autograph hunter who was very
anxious to obtain the signature of tho
poet Campbell adopted the familiar
stratagem Having come across a line
lu one of his poems the meaning of
which appeared to le obscure he
wrote a short note to tho author ask
ing him to Interpret the words In ques
tion
He received tho following laconic re
ply Sir In return to your uote I send
you my autograph Thomas Camp
bell San Francisco Argonaut
Outsit nnd Income
Brown Its very difficult to get ones
Income up to ones expenses Isnt It
Smith Yes but It Isnt half so dllll
cult as to got ones expenses down to
ones Income J udge
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A Contestant for the Honors Ac
corded Mr White
MR POWELL VOTED TOR VAN I3UREN
A Diiiiint i nt nt lint Dlil lilliiritiiii liitlintiii
hilionl Who VnlHtl tin MtKliiltiy mul Will
lt ho Again Vuttiil for ftloro Dmiinniitlt
ll tinlilmilH TIiiiii Aiijonti hi tin County
Mr Whito whoso political convic
tions woro recently published in Tiir
Niws has a rival for tho honor of being
the oldest democrat in iMadison county
Tho following lutter explains tho situa
tion as it now stands
Vaumiiviii July - Kditor Noit
roiu News Dear Sir 1 set by an
article in your valuable pnpor that you
chum ilt Whito to bo tho oldest demo
crat in Mudisnu county but I claim that
distinction and think 1 voted for nioro
democratic presidents than any mini in
tho county I havo only missed two
since isii beginning with Martin Van
Huron at that date In ISIII I voted for
Abraham Lincoln and in lVlii I voted
for Win Molvinluy nnd still wear a
MclCinley badge and shall vote for him
this fall Kospoctfully
Jambs Powhii
Mr lowoll writes n vory good hand
for his ago ho must bo at least So years
old which indicates thnt ho is still in
possession of romarknblo vitality and
vigor
Horo aro two of tho oldest democrats
of tho county roprehonting tho
school of democracy who
fail to soo in Mr Hryans party what
thoy havo boon taught to believe was
true democracy Thnir devotion to true
democratic principles has boon earnest
and steadfast Thoy woro tho war
horses of tho party when Mr Bryan the
present standard of that which is
termed democracy was in his swaddling
clothes Thoy have boon consistent
followers of democratic teachings
The only times they havo departed
from the party was whou thoy havo
considered tho perpetuity or tho honor
of their beloved country assailed
They voted for Abraham Lincoln
bocaube they recognized in him tho
guardian of their country its peace and
welfare
Iul800ouo of thorn on account of
the anarchistic teachings of democracy
or its assault upon tho countrys mone
tary system Jrofusod to tread in cho
political paths to which ho had been ac
customed since his youug manhood
Tho other still clung to tho party hop
ing that it might prove in the right
But in this year 1900 both of these
representatives of a strong democracy
which thoy consider as forsaken will
register their votes for McKinloy nnd
against Bryanism and all that it implies
This in spite of the fact that tho Kan
sas City convention paid particular
pains to laud Jefferson Jackson and
Lincoln and made the welkin ring with
encomiums ou the constitution patriot
ism and tho Hag which thoy recognize
ns the empty vnporings of a hypocritical
and demagogic assembly
Their action should and will cause tho
democrats of the younger geuoratious
to stop and consider whither they and
their party aro drifting
If it holds nothing to retain the sup
port of those about to retiro from a
hold fraught with victories and aohiovo
ments for their country what has it to
oiler to the uew aud rising generation
upon whose shoulders the countrys
welfare is to rest
Mr Powells vote for president
judging from his letter was Van
Bureu twice Polk Cass Pierce Bu
chauuu Douglas Lincoln Seymour
Greeley Tildeu Hancock Cleveland
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