Nebraska Newspapers

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BY CHARLES J. BELLAMY.
Copyrighted by the Author, and published
by arrangement -Witt him.
CHAPTER XXVL
OXE SHOUT HOCK.
It was a -neck later that the Breton ba
rouche came over the brow of the hill toward
J.Ix. Ellingsworth's house. The bay sjan
never stepied so prourilj', and certainly the
gold plated trimmings on their harness never
glittered J-o brightly U-fore. As the carriage
had kiv4 through the lower village the fac
tory girl had a 1 ruhed to the windows to
ht-e the master and his bride, and for the 1110
ment the lalorers on the foundations of the
new mill stopped then-work iu one accord,
and were all eyes till the bridal couple were
out of sight. Philip's face was fairly radiant
with hoio and love, and ho could not teach
his eyes to look anywhere but at Bertlia. She
glanced idl- on either side, at the white
gloved eoHchman on his high seat or at the
prancing horses, anywhere but into the earn
est, lender face, which might liavo been a
constant reproach to her -ilm indifference.
Clearly enough, the clouds that lrnd settled
po gloomily alout his wedding niht had
lifted; his love and the sweet reality of his
pre-eiit life ami h'- new sense of duty toward
the woman who now called him husband, all
helped him to put awa her pa.t, even to its
most teriible incident, and his healthful
mental nature was rapidly buildingupa new
life which should have no taint iu it. Philip
Breton made a noble lover. Perhaps it w&i
because he was not a great man. He was not
po wise but that he le!ieved iu the reiljty of
the suulicani iX't. make their love songs of.
lie hail many holy respirations; he caught
now and then glimpses of ideal beauty-anil
truth. In some vague way ho fancied all
these were realized in Bertha. In her he
loved all the harmonics. In her he worbhieil
purity and chant- and all the graces.
As for Bertha, alie continually found new
surprises in his gentleness and in his devo
tion surprises partly because she forgot
them each time. Shu really wished he were
not so devoted. She wished he did not make
her feel as if sh were forever posing in tab
leaux. She thought him inclined to be fool
ish, lwcause he did not seem keen eyed
enough to see her most obvious faults not
magnanimous enough herself to understand
tliat he looked at her through a halo of glory
his love had put al mt her. In spite of her
self ho could see som img leailtiful suid
pood in everything .sh" -nld do or sa-.
"Wo r.ru jut passing my home," the said, a
little petulantly; ''can't you see anything but
mer
"This is not jour home now, my dear." Ho
corrects her very gently. As he glanced
into the windows of the parlor where they
liad been married, Jane F.llingsworth's dark
face looked out at them, cruel and malevo
lent Philip started forward in Ids seat.
Why, no, he must have lieen wrong, the face
in the window was wreathed in the most
charming smiles. She even kissed her fingers
to the bridal pair, and let a sheet of paper
hhe had l""'i holding flutter to the floor in
her chii'iiitve enthusiasm. Bertha nodded
coldly; Philip lifted his silk hat, and the car
riage iasod out of sight.
Philip was too wise to wear' his wife just
now by showing her all the changes in his
home, which would delight her so much
later. He knew by her drooping step, as she
walked along the hall, that she was tired and
would appreciate rest altove all things. So
he took her lirt to her own little sitting
room, which he called her boudoir. He had
rather exptfted a little lighting up of her
eyes, perhaps some pretty exclamation of
pleasure Pr.sil! he had made an alisurd
artistic blunder. Could it be he had got the
wrong shade of blue after all; She only
threw oil" her bonnet and sat down in th
least inviting of the chairs without seeming
to care to look aloiit her at alL
"You inut 1 tired, Bertha," said Philip
nt last, trying to hide the disappointment
that made his heart swell ho tiahifully.
"Won't oii sit in the easy chair I am stir
; hi will like it, though perhaps you would
rather lie down."
"Oh, no, I am not tired," she said, care
lesslv, without turning her eyes to look at.
him when- he stood, restlessly playing with
the window curtains. He pulled roughly at
them, he loiigisl that moment to ruin the
lieauty that had failed to please her. He
could not see w here the fault was; the carpet
was as thick and soft as a Led of violets, the
light seemed delicate almost a."boiue lerfuiiie,
hut Ik-rtlyi did not seem to care for anything
he had tleiJ for her. She was going to
speak; if she would only criticise, he would
rhange everything again to win a smile of
approval from her. She might at least un
derstand how much he had tried to please
her.
"Where does that door open?"
"I will show you if you are not tired," yet
he dreaded to take her in that room, and see
her as cold and indiilerent as sho was now.
He felt it would break his heart.
She rose to her feet and looked in curiosity
at him as he took a key from his breast
pocket and turned it in the lock. "Is it your
treasure chamlierr"
"Yes," he w hispered, and threw open the
door, and stood back for her to enter. The
room seemed as pure and white as if a thou
sand angels brooded over it with their snowy
wings. Peace und holy rapture teemed
breathing from the very walls, and the
young bride felt a new timidity steal over
her heart. She was awed indescribably in
the temple of love he had made for her. Poor
soul! would there be but one true worshiper i
"Come," she said, and she smiled more sweet
ly tlian he had ever seen her. She held her
hand out toward him, as he lingered on the
threshold.
He came and took her hand and then put
his arm alout her as he stood in exquisite
lensiveness. struggling to take in the mean
ing of tho place. She had cast her eyes down
on the ear'!, which seemed like tho driven
snow, sparkling with hail drops. The
solemn leauty of her chamber subdued her
like a child.
"You would not dare to kiss me here,
Philip," she said at last in a voice so gentle
and thrilling, it seemed to his throbbing
heart as if a new soul had been born within
her. "It is so pure and"'
But he drew her unresisting form into hi
arms, and kissed her full cool lips again and
again, and she did not stir on his shoulder,
but her great blue eyes look a startled re
proach at his ardor.
"There is no place too pure for the kisses
I have for you."
There never will be an hour in Philip
Breton's after life, when he shall not look
back to this moment as worth all his agony,
as the acme of his leing, when the cup of his
happiness was full. And who should over
turn it.' Why should he not hold it to his
ever thirty lips forever, the well spring of
his love rubbling and sparkling forever
within! Might not the world stand still
awhile Must it jostle him from his un
wearying rapture, and push him on and on
into the barren desert of failure which awaits
all mankind at last
The dinner bell tinkled invitingly, and the
master and mistress of the house came down
together. At the door of the dining room
stood the man servant, salver in hand, and
the silk skirts of the lady of the house swept
against him as she passed in. Philip frowned
fiercely at him. for the usually most well be
haved and respectful waiter seemed to forget
all his duties in staring with brazen impu
dence in the beautiful face of his master's
wife. Philip grew palo with anger, but
Eertha only gave a glance of lofty contempt
at tho fellows smooth face and white apron.
"Your servants are not well behaved, my
dear Philip."
In a moment more they were alone, and
Philip forgot his wrath in the new picture of
his wife across his table- His old lonely days
were ended. 2o more solitary feastings.
Bertha was always to brighten his house and
his table for him. The satyr of bronze on
the mantel that had scowled on his des
olation, seemed actually smiling now.
The portraits around the green tinted
walls had seemed to his imagina
tion, as he had sat down so manj- times to bis
richly furnished table, like guests at a
funeral, or again, as if morosely curious how
a man could violate all the principles of hos
pitality by dining alone. .Now, he fancied,
they had taken on a more genial, compan
ionable expression. To be sure the sun
poured in through the open blinds in unusual
brightness, but it was tho light in Bertha's
blue eyes that changed everything for him.
It was the beginning of his own home. This
woman, who seemed too lovely to be other
than a caller for an hour, had come to stay,
to bit with him as she did now, whenever he
breakfasted or dined or supped always.
The world might heap wrongs and outrage
on him, his factories might burn and his
wealth dissolve she whose presence in itself
was a perfect existence to him, bad come to
him to stay forever.
Bertha's face was lnt over the table
i studying the odd device on her napkin ring.
j The sunlight flickered in her golden hair as
tenderly as if it were giving her kisses of
welcome. So she would sit before him al
ways. But the sudden creaking of a man's
boot made him look up. The waiter had
come in almost noiselessly and stood at the
sideboard carving a bird for their second
course. Philip was glad he had not said one
of tho hundred caressing words that had
come to his lips. But how slow he was at his
carving; was the canvas back so tough, thenf
Ugh! There was a glass on the sideboard,
and Philip happened to glance into it. The
man held the knife and fork in his hands, yet
he was not carving at all, but was still star
ing at Bertha's bent beautiful face in the
mirror, with his evil, swinelike eyes. Ho
seemed to be studying her features, as if to
recall some association. Oh, ho had suc
ceeded. A hideous grin distorted his mouth
and whole face. Then Philip rose and pushed
back his chair. His servant recognized hia
masters wife. Apparently sho had played
some very inharmonious part in some pre
vious scene he had witnessed. And he was
but one of the world she had disgraced her
self before. What could his evil eyes huvo
seen! "Which miserable page in this lovely
woman's history that her husband was try
ing to blot out of memory.' If he could for
give her, might not the rest.' Must she be
subject to insult in her own home.' Was he
not jiowerful enough to protect her against
the shame of such looks as this fellow gave
her.'
Ho stepped to the sideboard and touchod
his servant on the shoulder and beckoned
him to the door. The malicious grin had
hardly time to vanish from the frightened
face.
"Go!" the words came hissing from his
master's lips, "and if I ever see your faco
again, or if you ever breathe a word against
the woman I have made my wife" Tho
man slunk up stairs like a whipped dog.
"Wiry, I didn't notice you hud lieen out,"
said Bertha in mild surprise as Philip re-entered
tho dining room. "Were you ill.' How
pale you arc."
But she did not rise iu her solicitude and
come to him. Instead he came to her, and
bending very gently over her tried to kiss
away the lines of care on her white forehead
which ho had novcr caused. He did his best
to smile gayry, nud succeeded well enough to
deceive her.
"I will lie your servant to-day," he said,
"with no profane eyes to look on."
Then he shook off his unhappiuess by sheer
force of will, and began to talk lover's non
sense to the col J mistress of his hompriti more
perfect abandon than ever, even in the ex
uberance of his youth. Ho must be happy
while he could, he dared not stop talking, lest
he should think too much. But sho only
looked at him in far off surprise, with now
and then a curious, not quito pleased smile
at bis absurdities. At last, all too soon, sho
arose.
"I must go and dress and try and look n
little prettier, for today at least" Sht
touched his shoulder kindly as she passed out
into the hall, leaving him sitting still at
table.
It was only theu that he discovered a letter
that had lieen concealed by a plate. What
did he care for business today I Still it might
serve to pass a little of the time till his wife
should return. How the thought of ber
warmed his heart. In a few moments tho
door behind him would open, and he would
turn to see her graceful form on the thresh
old. She would be dressed in some now color,
or perhaps in the black that gave her the air
of a dethroned queen. By this time she must
have thought of some kind thing io say to
him, but first it would be:
Qn)0.Q
"Go.
"Sitting at table yetr Then he would rise
and draw her jeweled hand through his arm
and show her through her whole home. She
would be so delighted with the library; he
was sure everything there would please her
exquisite taste. He had never enjoyed the
room, though it was so perfect; there had
lieen something dreary to him in its classic
simplicity. But now everything would be
changed. Then be would lead her to the
drawing room, and would make her sit down
ogaiu before the long silent piano, which had
given out not one tone of music since her
white fingers had last caressed its glistening
keys. And sho would play and sing for him
while he dreamed of the new rare life of
lieauty and peace that was to be his hence
forth. He glanced at the face of the envelope; but
it was not for a moment more that the mist
of joy cleared from before his eyes enough to
read the words stamped on its upper corner.
"John T. Giddings, attorney at law," and
beneath in smaller type, "Divorces procured
without trouble or publicity for any cause
desired." What was he or his business to
Philip Breton? He tore open the envelope
patiently; probably a begging letter. He
unfolded the sheet he found within. At the
top in big letters the attorney's name and
address; and below tho advertisement about
divorces again. Philip frowned and began
to read what the man had written to him.
"Dear Sib: I understand you will have
just returned from your wedding journey
when this reaches you. I am sorry to inter
rupt your bliss but it will bo very important
for you to call upon me immediately upon
jour receipt of this communication. You
may wonder how my advertisement about
divorces which your observant eyes will have
detected at the top of this page can concern
you. If you call on me at once I will be able
to explain that and several other points of
interest to you. Very truly yours,
Jon? T. GroDiXGS.
Philip spread the letter open on the table
cloth before him, and read it again and more
carefully. He seemed very slow to take its
meaning. Then he folded it very accurately
and put it In his pocketbook. He rose to his
feet and rang the bell for the maid. How
cool he was. Ho showed no sign of having
received a terrible blow, unless it was by
passing his hand wearily across his forehead
once or twice.
The clearest feeling he was conscious of
was a nervous anxiety lest Bertha should
come in upon him just now; and when the
door opened he started violently. But it was
only the maid, who had answered his sum
mons. "Tell your mistress," his voice was very
low, but it sounded firm enough, "tell your
mistress I am colled away to Lockout. I
sh ' l,o back by tea time at 6, 1 suppose.
Can you find my hat for me Jane I mean
Annie. Thank you," He pulled it well over
his eyes, and walked along the ball and
opened the door. He did not like to glance
up the open staircase for fear he might see
Bertha He dreaded to look in her face just
now. The maid stood waiting.
"Tell your mistress that I am called oh, I
told you, did If"
CHAPTER XXVII.
A LEGAL DlSTDtCTIOX.
"Ah, Mr. Breton, yes, yes, I was sure you
would come."
The lawyer pulled two chairs together near
his office table. John T. Giddings had
changed a great deal since the time when he
undertook to engineer the corporation
scheme. Apparently he was solas down hill
L la si Ti'F-v- I -
A I Jfjj HMmz
very fast, without brakes. His eyes wore a
glassy look, as if he had just waked from a
drunken sleep. The smooth roundness of his
cheeks was gouc, his lower jaw was strongly
marked, and his nose seemed drawn out and
sharpened to give the effect of a bird of prey.
Philip glanced significantly about the room.
Tho lawyer followed his eyes and laughed.
"Changed some, arenx we all lack of
money. Actually, you have no idea how $10
even would furbish this old table and polish
this floor. Times aint as they were, Mr. Bre
ton, in tho old days, when I used to get fat fees
out of men like your father. Nice man, your
father. But," and ho leered meaningly at
his visitor, "when we do get a chance for a
dollar I tell you we jump at it." He tipped
back his chair against his half filled book
shelves and peered familiarly into Philip's
stern face. "Why, look at those dirty fel
lows back by the door. Time was I wouldn't
notice a client unless he wore white collar
and culls. But now for business. I suppose
you were n little astonished to get my let
ter.'" "I should prefer not to have listeners," re
marked Philip, coldly.
"Uh, well, I will finish with these fellows
first, then. I thought you might be im
patient." "Not at all, sir."
The lawyer's clothes were threadbare and
soiled, ami the black felt bat that he wore,
indoors and out, well slouched over his eyes,
was torn in the crown. Philip compared
him with his shabby looking callers, and
could not see but tho clients looked as well as
tlieir iwtrou. But at every sign of poverty
and degradation his heart sank lower and
lower, for the man must be reckless and
hungry as a man eating shark, if it lay in
his j lower to rack the life out of a victim
the man could have no restraint of character
ordeceuc to hold back his hand. Could
there lie anything he knew about Bertha's
past, that terrible gap Philip had not tried
to look into.' He dared not think. Impatient
he draul-xl the moment when the lawyei
should send away bis soiled clients. Philip
started each time ho half turned as if to come
lo"i. Hut when Giddings closed the dooi
after the poor wretches, which was not tint't.
a little roll of bills had passed from their
bands to his, and camo back to bis seat, the
young mill owner did not seem to observe
him until the lawyer said:
"I have filled out a complaint, but have
not signed it yet."
Philip looked at him blankly. "What is a
complaint!"
"Well, my dear sir, a man of your position
might pass a lifetime and never know.
Ahem! It is a form of procedure that is
generally understood to be applicable only to
tho oor. When a wretch has committed a
burglary, for instance, some friend of justice,
as I for example, goes before a magistrate
and makes certain charges. Then the poor
devil is arrested, dragged before the court
and tried."
"Well, sir, what are your complaints to
mel"
The lawyer smiled. "Strictly, nothing,
unless you identify yourself with a woman
calling herself Bertlia Breton." He paused
to iioiice theeflVt " 1 la words.
"My wife," gas . I'hilip. "Oh, for God's
sake, speak quick:
"You have been lately married?"
"A week ago."
"The woman 3011 save married has a hus
band already. By remarrying as she has
done she has committed a felony by our
laws. Some rather inaccurately call her
crime bigamy. A state prison offense, I
suppose you know I mean for her. The law
of our state does not touch you."
"But she told me sho was free to marry."
How far off his voice sounded. Was it he,
indeed, in a low attorney's office, discussing
bis wife, whether she were a felon or no. It
was like a horrible dream; too horrible to be
anything but a dream; but he could not
awake from it
"No doubt she thought so," said the law
yer, charitably; "but let me show you." Ho
opened a drawer in front of him, and took
out a long paper. Isnt it odd, women Lave
no notion of folding a legal document cor
rectly. Did you ever notice itr
"No, I never noticed it," answered Philip,
mechanically. He felt as if he were standing
still, while the world was flying from under
his feet
"This is the marriage certificate. It is
proper in form, you will see."
Yes; it seemed correct Bertha's name was
there, and Currant. They seemed to leap
out of the parchment as he read. And there
were two witnesses. He rubbed his ejes.
"Thomas Bailes" that was the name of the
servant he had turned away. Yes; it was
not an hour ago he turned him away.
"Who is this Thomas Bailesr
"He was a waiter at the 'Lockout house'
where the happy couple were made one."
The paper fluttered to the floor, the walls
of the room seemed rushing in upon him,
wnue tne grinning face of the lawyer danced
in hideous measure before his eyes. Was
God, in his mercy, seudiug him death? When
his brain cleared again the lawyer was talk
ing still.
"You will wonder how I happen to possess
this paper, but you will recollect my adver
tisement at the top of my letter head? Well
it seemed Mrs. Curran, excuse me, grew tired
of ber uncongenial husband, quito outside
her sphere of course. A fine fellow that Cur
ran was too. But the j'oung lady naturally
sighed for her old, more refined associations.
Her husband does nothing but shock her.
She becomes wretched, her craze is over, the
reality is not to her delicate taste at all.
What next? She leaves him. Fortune throws
my advertisement in her way and I receive a
letter from her address, then at Vineboro.
Here was a short way out of it all, a divorce
without trouble or publicity, for any cause
desired. She would be free as air again, free
to end her life, as she no doubt intended, in
conventual retirement"
Giddings threw his feet upon the table and
smiled very slyly. "I undertook her suit.
What better cause could there be than in
compatibility. Oh, no; she need not come to
Lockout, so there was no trouble; and as to
publicity, why, will you believe it" and
the lawyer winked horribly at his visitor;
"Curran himself was within twenty miles of
Lockout during the pendency of the suit, and
he never guessed his wife was being divorced
from him; and I don't believe he knows it to
this day. Ha, ha!" And he laid his head
back on his chair and laughed till tbe tears
ran down his face.
"But you procured her a divorcer" It is
almost worth pain to have the exquisite de
light that comes with relief.
Philip felt ashamed that he had distrusted
God so much. How much mora joyfully he
could cherish his wife than before. There
was no blot of shame on her sweet name.
There was no page in her life tho whole world
might not look at then. And this man wanted
a reward for what he had done, aye, and he
should have it There was no gift too great
for him who had turned this young husband's
bitterest memories sweet, who had made his
life and his love like that of other men. Ho
reached forward and grasped the lawyer's
oily hand in hearty good will.
Gidding's stared at him in silence a mo
ment Then he moved uneasily in his chair
and released his hand.
"I guess you don't understand," ho had
enough of bis manhood left to hesitate. It
was actually a more disagreeable business
than he bad counted on. "Such secret con
venient divorces as I get don't stand in our
courts. The whole thing is bogus, my dear
sir." Philip's face bad become like a dead
man's. "Issued by the supreme judicial court
of Utah, it says on them; but there is no such
court, and as for the seal, I keep it in this little
drawer. Besides, if there were such a court,
and its genuine seal were stamped on a decree
of divorce, it would amount to nothing when
both parties live in this state. Our state
makes its own decrees. Utah decrees or the
decrees of any foreign state or territory are
void here. Your wife is Curran's wife yet
She is as much married to him today as she
ever was."
"How am I to know but that you are lying
to mer
fThe attorney banded him over a file of
letters with a shrug of his shoulders. "You
need not wade through them all, the last is
conclusive, I think you will agree with ma"
Mr. Giomxas Dear Sir I received this morn
ins the divorce from tbe supreme Judicial court
of Utah, and you will find inclosed a draft for
the second half of the $300 agreed upon. Of
course I have to rely wholly on your assurance
that tny divorce is complete, and that I have a
right to resume my maiden name. I thank you
for the quiet way in which you have have man
aged it I did not suppose it could be done so
easily. I only wonder Mr. Curran has taken it
so calmly, he seemed almost wild when I first
left him. Yours gratefully,
BrsrHA EixixaswoBTn.
Yes, there was no doubt about it It was
Bertha's handwriting; no forgery could have
deceived her lover's eyes. How little she
fancied he would ever be reading it over, and
cursing the first hour be everlooked on ber
dear face, Hewatclifd the attoratvsut it
back on file again. It seemed a desecration
to lay one of her notes in the stained, tin
box, with the ignoble company of lying and
suppliant letters,
"She seems to havo relied completely on
some assurance of yours that her divorce
would be good. Philip tried to speak calmly
to this man, who held his darling's fate in
the hollow of his hand, but bis voice trem
bled, and almost broke,
"You are not well," exclaimed the lawyer,
mil ho opened another drawer in his desk
and drew out a square shaped, yellow coioreu
tiottk. "Take u swallow of this."
Philip clutched it eagerly. He thought
now he could understand how a man might
want to drown all pride and sense in drunk
enness. He poured the crude stuff down his
parched throat as if it were water. One
s allow was not enough, nor were two, but
wiieu he set the bottle upon the table at last,
the lawyer resumed:
"And so it would have been good, nine
times out of ten, good enough to malo all
parties concerned comfortable. A document
is a document to most jieople, 11 seal is a seal.
As a nAu thinketh, so in he. Parties divorced
by my fiat alone, remarry and raise children,
and are as happy und clear of conscience as
if they were not committing a sin every
hour of their lives, uuless it happens to come
out."
"This has come out, 1 suppose, and Lockout
is all agog with it." Philip's heart stopped
beating while he waited for his answer.
"No, my dear sir, another mistake; no one
under heaven knows of it but me, and you
now." Breton must have taken him for a
fooL
Philip started from bis choir like light
ning. "Thank God, then Bertlia is safe yet.'
But Giddings attempted to look very stern.
"Did you suppose I made out that complaint
for nothing.' She is rich and beautiful und
proud, no doubt, but tho same law hangs
over her as the rest of us. No one knows of
her crime yet, but before tho sun sets," the
attorney rose, and cautiously put the table
between himself and his guest, whose eyes
seemed to him to gleam dangerously, "but
lefore the sun sets," be continue !, watching
tho other closely, "an officer with a warrant
will call at your front door."
Philip lifted his chair high in air, und
brought it down like a trip hammer where
Giddings had stood. But the agile attorney
had dodged aside and left the chair to break
into splinters over the table.
Philip lifted his chair high in air.
"Scoundrel! Will you come with handcuffs
and billets to take away ni" wifo from my
arms for following your lying counsels. Is
that your law.' Does it choose such ministers
as you to break up (leaceful homes and sshut
behind bars a woman as innocent as an
angch"
Philip was advancing toward him, w hen
Giddings suddenly throw up the window and
leaned out to shout to a policeman. Theu hv
looked back to Philip.
"Another step and j'our wife goes to jailf'
"I won't touch you." And Philip folded
his arms across his breast, while thered blood
forsook his faco at the threat. Ho was iu
this contemptible creature's power. Ho might
grind his teeth at him; he must obey him.
"You seem very obtuse, Mr. Breton," ex
plained the lawyer, from 11 respectful dis
tance. "I havo no ill will towanl Mrs.
Breton, a very modest, and I may add"
"As sure as there is a God, if you speak of
her so, I will throw you from the window.
Your secret will die with you then."
The lawyer femMed unhealthily. "I want
money, that is all there is to it. You are
rich Mrs. Breton well, well, dont be an
gry. In n word, I waut to bo paid to koe,i
my secret."
Philip cast a glance of ineffable contempt
at him. Then he put his hands behind him
and walked slowly across tho room. The
price of life, of honor, of liberty! No money
could measure it But what trust could he
rest iu tho fidelity of so base a creature as
I this? 1 he vampire would suck his blood for
ever, aim iorever cry lor more; ue would
learn that his victim would make himself a
beggar to save this woman, and would beg
gar him without shame. The creature might
not stop with money favors; he might re
quire to be made a companion; to be invited
to his table, and presented to his friends; to
be godfather to his children, and at last, in
auger at some unintended slight, or in some
drunken debauch, might bring or call down
the ruin dreaded so long. His lifelong slav
ery would havo been in vain. Better a
dungeon no, Bertha must not be sacrificed.
Philip turned on his heel and stopjied before
bis tormentor.
"How much do you want?"
His glassy eye brightened. "Oh, I will not
be too hard just because I have got the whip
hand of vou. Say $'.200, and your secret is
safe."
"For how longf sneered Philip.
"Forever," answered Giddings, with virtu
ous decision. "I swear before God I will
never ask another penuyof you; and your
secret shall die with me."
Philip had taken out his pocketbook. He
found a $ZQ bill; then he drew a check for
$150. The poor lawyer eyed tho money with
a great tenderness; his heart softened at
j sight of it, and the love of approbation, that
never dies out of even the most degraded
soul, stirred in his.
1 "I aint so bad a fellow, after ull," he said,
as he took up the money; "I know lots ot
men who in my place wouldn't have let you
off for less than a cool thousand."
"Your circle of friends must lie very
select" Philip was moving toward the door.
"To lie sure, to be sure," but somehow the
lawyer kept close to him, "I couldn't help
feeling sorrj- for you; and then your wife is
such a nice woman; it never seemed to me
jails were made for such as she"
"Stop -our driveling," cried Philip, turn
ing on him so suddenly that the man fancied
at first he had lieen struck, "keep your blood
money, but don't flare to breathe her name,
even in your prayers."
Tbe lawyer chuckled to himself when the
door closed behind his wealthy client "I
suppose I have considerable grit."
Then ho pocketed the bill and scrutinized
the check. "But I was almost too easy with
him. Some fellows, now, would have just
bled him."
(rofreCoa'mierf.)
IngersoM's View of Art.
Col. Ingersoll has had something to say
about art recently, on art and morality.
As might be expected, his view of the sub
ject is by 110 means lopsided. Ho has no
patience with the "medicinal view" of art,
which, being interpreted, is that view
which presupposes that all art exists
solely for tho purpose of teaching a moral
lesson. lie boldly says that "art has
nothing to do directly with morality or
immorality. It is its own excuse for be
ing: it exists for itself. The bird in its
song has no moral purpose, and yet the
influence is humanizing. The beautiful
in nature nets through appreciation and
sympathy. It does not browbeat, neither
does it humiliate. Roses would be un
bearable if in their red and perfumed
hearts were Mottoes to the effect that
bears eat bad boys and that honesty is the
be&t policy.' New York Press "Every
Day Talk.'
LabeM and Outdoor Woodwork.
If wood labels are soaked in a solution
of sulphate of iron, dried and then soaked
in a strong solution of lime water until
the wood is thoroughly saturated, they
will last for a long time without rotting.
To preserve outdoor woodwork from the
effects of the weather, treat it in the fol
lowing manner: Boil one gallon of coal
tar and two and one-half pounds of sul
phate of zinc and paint it on while hot.
George W. Cable is bound on a lecture
tour through the" west. When you meet
the gentleman please pronounce the name
Caw-ble; he doesn't like to hear It called
otherwise.
.T'tflTfA-'f
A New Pepper from China.
The new pepper from China, which has
been christened "Celestial pepper," is one
of the most ornamental varieties grown.
In our cuts are represented two peppers of
natural size, but no idea of the color is, of
course, given. Up to the time these are
fully ripe they arc of a tlclicato creamy
yellow hue, and when fully grown change
to a vivid scarlet. This stiiklng contrast
in colors renders the plaut a beautiful ob
ject as well us a useful one.
s i-fc t'il
( 1- 'It W
ls
TUT. CKI.E5TIAL PEPPER.
Seedmen who have grown this pepper
on their own grounds have catalogued it
this year with their novelties nud spectal
tie. Burpee says of it: "The pl.uit sets
its peppers very early and continues until
frost, lis-.nicliiiii; freely and bearing pro
fusely, it i- voiittef tully productive; the
peppers are nil carried upright, are of 1
superior quality und of fine sharp flavor."
j-ronuctivencMt of Fruit Trees.
"It is curious to note," says James
Fitz, of Virginia, "the difference in the
productiveness of fruit trees, caused by
soil and climate. For instance, the North
ern Spy apple, the Ksopus Spltzenburg
and the Baldwin, three of the most popu
lar varieties of the northern and some of
the middle states, are perfectly worthless
in most parts of Virginia and states
further south. On the other hand our
best sorts, such as the Nicks Jack, Wine
sop, Limbertwig, Grimes' golden, Buck
ingham. Itnwle's Genet and many others
are worthless at the north. It is true
that some European varieties, and a few
that originated in the northern and mid
dle states, are at home in southern and
southwestern soil. It is for tho amateur
to grow and test such and introdude new
varieties. The farmer has not time to
attempt discoveries in this line, except in
a small wav."'
The Treatment or Colts.
The treatment which colts receive has a
telling effect upon them when they are
grown up. Injuries and blemishes are
like tho leaves on trees they increase in
size as the body increases. It is an un
disputed fact that the condition of the
feet of a horse is more or less affected by
the condition of the ground on which the
feet are treated in any kind of soil. If
they are kept confined to stables and com
pelled 10 stand continually upon hard,
plunk tloor, the feet will bo more or less
injured by it; or if they are constantly
kept on so!t, loamy ground the feet will be
soft and spongy, and in about as bad con
dition as if bruised up by being stabled
continually. Southern Cultivator.
Utilizing Coal Ashen.
It is the general understanding that
coal ashes are not of enough value as
fertilizer to pay for hauling them out for
that purpose, but when sifted the fine
ashes will be useful on stiff clay soils,
lightening them up and making them
more friable, but the cinders should be
kept off from any land you intend to cul
tivate. Many persons consider a few
shovelfuls of fine ashes useful around
their fruit trees and use them for that
purpose, and tho sifted ashes have given
excellent satisfaction when used in the
garden to prevent the attacks of the
melon and cucumber bugs.
KarlUt or All Sweet Com.
Repeated tests of the new extra ea iy
varieties of sweet corn make It appear
that the Cory corn is as early as the
earliest, if not the earliest, of all sweet
corn. It originated in Rhode Islaud with
Joseph Cory.
Gradually a few
of his neighbors
obtained foiuo of
the seed, and from
this it became
gradually known
to the seedmen.
In 1885 it was in
troduced to the
public by Mr.
Gregory, of Mar
blehead, the well
known Massachu
setts seedman. To
this gentleman we
are indebted for
the representation
of this corn here
given. Mr. Greg
ory claims that it
has proved on his
grounds to be
earlier and larger
kernelcd than thes
Marblehead. The
agricultural edit
or of The New
York World, who
THE COUV CORK.
has tested it along with other early sorts
In sandy New Jersey soil, has reported it
as not only the earliest, but the sweetest
and tenderest of all.
Facts Farmers Ought to Know.
Lettuce gives best results when grown
in a moist soil and in comparatively cool
weather.
Tho radish will thrive in any good soil,
but to be crisp mid tender must be grown
quickly.
The black walnut tree will cut a figure
on our farms in the future. It can be
made as profitable as the apple tree in lo
calities where it will thrive at all.
Two new lettuces are the Ohio and the
Golden Apple.
In view of the fact that the potato crop
was short in many sections last year, and
that much of the crop was not well rip
ened, greater care than usual should be
taken with this season's seed potatoes.
Try and get seed from healthy well ma
tured tubers.
According to a recent announcement
the next convention of the American Hor
ticultural society will be held iu Texas
two years hence.
In procuring trees remember the older
the tree the more liable to loss in trans
planting. liacklen's Arnica Salve.
The Best Salve in tho world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Handp,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by
Dowty it Bechor. july27
A great ship asks deep waters.
Where vottr will is roadv, vour feet is
Hpht. 'J
Au Absolute Core.
The ORIGINAL ABIETINE OINT
MENT is only put up in large two-ounce
tin boxes, and is an absolute cure for
old sores, burns, wounds, chapped hands
and all kinds of skin eruptions. Will
positively cure all kinds of piles. Aak for
the ORIGINAL ABIITNE OINTMENT
Sold by Dowty & Becher at 25 cents per
box by mail 30 cents. mar7y
Health and money go far.
Don't Wait
Until, your hair becomes dry, thin, and
gray before giving the attention needed
to preserve its beauty and vitality.
Keep on yonr toilet-table a bottle of
Ayer's Hair Vigor the only dressing
you require for the hair and use a little,
daily, to preserve the natural color and
preveut baldness.
Thomas Munday, Sharon Grove, Ky.,
writes : " Several months ago my hair
commenced falling out, and in a few
weeks my head was almost bald. I
tried many remedies, but they did no
good. I finally bought a liottle of Ayer's
Hair Vigor, and, after using only a part
of the contents, my head was covered
with a heavy growth of hair. I recom
mend yonr preparation as the best hair
restorer in the world."
My hair was faded and dry," writes
Mabel C. Hardy, of Delavan. III.; "but
after using a bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor
it became black and glossy."
Ayer's Hair Vigor,
Sold by Druggists and Perfumers.
Pimples and Blotches,
So disfiguring to the face, forehead, and
neck, may be entirely removed by the
use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla, the best mid
safest Alterative and Blood-Purifier ever
discovered.
Or. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by frruggUu: St; six bottle for Si.
A Woman's Discovery.
"Another wonderful discovery has
been made and that too by a woman in
this county. Disease fastened its clutch
es upon her and for seven years she
withstood its severest tests, but her
vital organs were undermined and death
seemed imminent. For three months
she coughed incessantly and could not
sleep. .Sho bought of ua a liottle of Dr.
King's New Discovery for Consumption
and was so much relieved on taking first
dose that she slept all night and with
one bottle has been miraculously cured.
Her name is Mrs. Luther Lutz." Thus
write W. C. Hamriok & Co., of Shelby,
N. C get u free trial bottle at Dowty t
Becher's drug store.
The resolved mind hath no cares.
Sooths and Ileal.
SANTA ABIE sooths and heals tho
membranes of the throat and lungs,
when poisoned and inflamed by disease.
It prevents night sweats und tightness
across the chest, cures colds, croup,
asthma, coughs, bronchitis, pneumonia,
whooping-cough and all other throat
and lung troubles. No other medicine
is so successful in curing nasal catarrh
as CALIFORNIA CAT-R-CURE. Tiie
enormous and increasing demand for
these standard California remedies con
firm their merits. Sold and absolutely
guaranteed by Dowty & Becher at 31 a
package. Three for $2.50.
Money refused, loseth its brightness.
Worth Yonr Attention.
Cut this out and mail it to Allen A. Co., Au
gauta, Maine, who will send you free, something
new, that just coins mozey for all workers. As
wonderful as the electric light, tut genuine as
pure gold, it will prove of lifelong value and
importance to you. Both sexea, all agea. Allen
& Co. bear expense of starting yoa in business.
It will bring yoa in more cash, right away, than
anything else in this world. Anyone anywhere
can do the wrk, and live at home also. Better
write at once; then, knowing all, should you
conclude that yoa don't rare to vngage, why no
harm is done. 4-ly
The greatest step is that out of doors
Try Moore's headache cure, it beats
the world. For sale by Dr. A. Heintz.
The crow bewails the sheep and then
eats it.
The Best Method.
The most agreeable as well as the
most effective method of dispelling
Headaches, Colds and Fevers, or cleans
ing the system is by taking a few doses
of the pleasant California liquid fruit
remedy, Syrup of Figs. It acts gently,
yet effectively, strengthening the organs
upon which it acts, so that regular hab
its may be formed. Manufactured only
by the California Fig Syrup Company,
San Francisco, Cal. For sale only by
Dowty & Becher.
The dog gnaws the bone because he
cannot swallow it.
The Verdict Unanimous.
W. D. Suit, druggist, Bippus, Ind.,
testifies: "I can recommend Electric
Bitters as the very best remedy. Every
bottle sold has given relief in every
case. One man took six bottles, and
was cured of Rheumatism of 10 years'
standing." Abraham Hare, druggist,
Belleville, Ohio, affirms: "The best sell
ing medicine I have ever handled in my
20 years' experience, is Electric Bitters."
Thousands of others have added their
testimony, so that the verdict is unani
mous that Electric Bitters do cure all
diseases of the Liver, Kidneys or Blood.
Only a half dollar a lwttle at Dowty &
Becher's drag store.
Good finds good.
Whooping Cough may be kept under
complete control and all danger avoided
by frequent doses of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. No better treatment
can be prescribed for it. Sold by Dowty
& Becher.
To gain teacheth how to spend.
Good Wages Ahead.
George Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine, can
give yoa work that yoa can do and live at homo,
making great pay. You are tarted free. Capi
tal not needed. Both aezea. All ages. Cat this
oat and write at once; no hasm will be done if
yoa conclude not to go to work, after yoa learn
all. All particulars free. Beat paying work in
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Good is good, but better carries it.
Mr. C. W. Battell a traveling man rep
resenting Messrs. S. Colins, Son & Co.,
printing inks. New York, after suffering
intensly for two or three days with lame
ness of the shoulders and back, com
pletely cured it with two applications of
Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It cures
lameness and rheumatism when all
other treatment fails. Guaranteed and
sold by Dowty 8c Becher.
Trust not one night's ice.
A positive cure for liver and kidney
troubles, constipation, sick and nervous
headache and all blood diseases is
"Moore's Tree of Life." Try it. Sold
by Dr. A. Heintz.
Take heed of the vinegar of the sweet
wine.
I am selling "Moore's Tree of Life"
and it is said to give the very best satis
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anteed. Also sell the world-famous Walter A.
Wood Mowers, Reapers, Combin
ed Machines, Harvesters,
and Self-binders the
best made.
ty.Sbop oppoxitc the "Tattersall," on
Olivo St.. COLUMBUS. 'M-w
Health is Wealth !
Dit. E. ('. Wkst'h Nebtk and Hkain Trkt
me"t, a KUitnintdfl specific for Hst'ria, Diizi
nPMH, I'onvnl lions. Kits. Nervous Neuralgia.
Headache. Neooos Prowtrntion caused by tho uh
of alr-ohol or tobacco, "Vaknfulnpsn, Mental IV
jrtwion, Softnintc of tho Drain resulting in in
sanity and Icaiiinc to misery, decay and Uth,
Premature Old Ae. Barrenness. Loss of power
in either sex. Involuntary Losses and Speriroat
orrhca cautd by over-exertion of the brain,"If
abust or over indulgence. Each box contains
one montliV treatment. $1.00 a box, or six boxes
for i5.G0.bont by mail prejwiid on receipt of price.
rr, WE GUARANTEE SLX BOXES
To cure any case. V ith each order received by us
for six boxes, accompanied with JTi.OO, we will
send tho purchaser our written Kuaninteo to re
fund tho inoney if the treatment does not effect
a cure. Guarantees issued only by l)owty A
Becher. druggists, sole agents, Columbus, Neb.
dec7'S7y
LAI lor RENT!
We will rent for on year, to the highest bid
, der. all of section thirteen (13) excepting th
t W's of NW'4 of town eixhteen (18 north, of
range ono U I west. Any one desiring to rent
the same will please write to its at
.tt.ewa.uuet;, vv isuuiibin.
HANEY BROS.
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RICHLY
WARDED are tboaj
who read ttns and tnen act:
th-y will fend honorable em
ployment that will not take
them from their homes and families. The
profits are larue and sure for every industrious
I-ion, mnny Lae made and are now making
i-evnral hundred dollars a mouth. It is easr for
auv one to make $ and np wards per day, who is
illtmr to work, iutner sex. lounit or oiu: csdi-
tal not needed: we start you. Everything, new.
Vn ar.inl ahiltrir rpnnirfwl? vnri. rAftfor? ram itt.
! it aa well & any one. Write to n at ono for
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