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VOLUME XXIY.-NUMBER 28.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1893.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,224.
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NEBRASKA. NEWS.
. The Boyd county fair was a nattering
-. .".success.
Milkmen of Lincoln are talking of
." raising- the price.
Gov. . Boies of Iowa is down for a
1; speech in Omaha at an early day.
-." The" old soldiers of Dodge county
have organized. a Veteran's league.
. . . Fif ty Tecnmseh people took advan
" --."tnge of the Chieago day rate and saw
the fair,
A chapter of the Eastern Star has
' . -'been instituted by the Masonic lodge at
Tab!c Kock.
Foni- tickets are in the field in Dixon
county, and the campaign is growing
. " decidedly lively.
- '- . At the coming election Omaha will
"Vv. vote UDon a proposition to issue 51,500,
1 - COO canal bonds.
"". "Burglars blew open the safe of Sper-
."ling's drug store in Beividere an se-
. jmred $4. They used dynamite.
:... The White hotel at Tobias has
-".changed hands, passing into the man-
- ,. agethent of a Hastings gentleman.
-" : The financial stringency in Dixon
. county is easing up since the farmers
. .have commenced marketing their crops.
.t Since the Union Pacific went into the
.. : hands of a receiver orders have been
.' . issued for the shop men all along the
.- line to work additional hours.
- The wedding of Nick Hoffman and
.'Maggie Ureenwald took place four
' - .miles southwest of Juniata. It was
"celebrated in true German style, there
being .00 invited guests.
.The Burlington hotel at Wymore was
lne
. ; .-considerably damaged by fire.
K "fire,men did valient work on the
; .-sion, preventing what at one tame
"" promised to be a serious conflagration.
: : .- The Hothwell brothers and others j
.1 "implicated in the cattle stealing cases, j
"'; -on trjal at Niobrara, secured a change i
of venue. The trial will be held in An- '
-. " 4eIope county in December. Ail were
r'.' released on oonds.
. Johnnie Marrison of Hav Springs
.-.."- tried to drive his father's team, but he
'.. eouldn'f manage the team and they rad
away, tnrowmg mm out. iiestrucKoni
" .the back of his head and it is feared his
-. .injuries win prove laiai.
. J. M. Corbin, a Burlington switch- t
'. man, had his foot crushed so badly at I
". Lincoln that it had to be amputated i
below the knee. He slipped and fell
' ." .while in the act of cutting out a car
and it passed over his foot.
While out with a charivari party a
son of Lawson Cook. n. nrominnt (
..farmer in in Otoe county, met with an
"accident that will crippie him for life.
A gun exploded, striking the boy on
. the knee-cap, tearing it completely off. i
During the service at the M. E.
:. , church in Fremont some miscreant
" -took a new S'-O harness off a horse be- '
. longing to Sam Cole, who lives two'
' v miles southwest of that place and left
. an old worn out harness in the buggy. '
, Jiist.two hours after his arrival at
-" Albion to visit his son, Mr. Wm. Vail of
Altamont, 111., died of heart disease.
t-'.He was apparently in as good health
....as usual and .was giving some presents
. to his son's child when he fell over and
-. died.
'' Henry Oerlie of Berlin. Otoe county,
' was placed in jail in Nebraska City,
-charged with burglarizing Iiillman's
;: t store at Berlin. The store had been
"'.robbed several times and a watchman
. -was employed which resulted in Oerlie's
capture.
" Brakeman D. E. Poor was the victim
of a fatal railroad accident at Stratton.
He was'preparing to make a coupling
when he fell under the wheels and was
. fatally injured, dying in about an hour.
"The remains were brought to McCook
for interment.
A large barn, twenty-five tons of
. hay, a span of fine horses and harness,
. -etc, belonging to Rev. N. G. TreL resd-
ing east of Hartington, were destroyed
by fire. It is supposed the children
started the fire, as they were in the
". barn playing with matches.
WiUiam P. Gordon, assistant cashier
of the Thaver county bank, and nephew
.of F. M. Wetherald of Hebron died
after a lingering attack of typhoid
"fever. The community is shocked over
. this- 'untimely and particularly sad
. death. .Mr. Gordon was a young man
of .-sterling worth and marked ability, ,
loveu ana respeeiea oy evary man, wo
man and child in Hebron. He was but
tw.enty-five years of age.
" , S.- E. Snyder, of Hay Springs, had a
horse stolen by a man going under the
Ina-me of Dick Stanley. Stanley had
. -been in the employ of Mr. Snyder as a
farm laborer. In the night the family
was disturbed by cattle running about
"'the yard and Stanley offered to goon
horseback and drive them away. Mr.
V Snyder helped him get the horse and
. start the cattle, but has seen nothing
-. of horse or man since.
. .
. A sensational divorce suit was filed in
.. the district court of Otoe county,
. wherein Mrs. Mary Fricke prays to be
r. separated from her husband, WiUiam
- S Fricke. The petition alleges cruelty
.and non-support and that defendant,
'."through fraud and misrepresentation.
induced the plaintiff to shra deeds to
: valuable property wluch was after
wards transferred to other parties
- without consideration.
..-." A few weeks ago a coaple of men
- drove into Kearney and registered at
"-.the. National hotel as Grant Blaekman
. and J. H. Creasor. They remained at
the hotel until last week without nar-
ing, saying they were expecting money-
. t - v.j. xiic uiuucjr aut coaling,
I' the landlord got tired of waiting, they
:. turned their horses over to him for se-"-curity.
" That night however they stole
.the' team from the stable and skipped.
'Later they were arrested.
, The trial of ex-Treasurer L W. Wil-'-
kinson of Dakota county for embezzling
"over &3,C00 of the county's funds, is
: .called for the term of district court now
in session. The testimony in the case
promises to be quite interesting, as
some of the most prominent citizens
are said to be implicated. The state's
j, attorneys hare succeeded in having
" Judge Norris call an Omaha judge to
the bench to hear the case
Deputy United States Marshal Hub
, bard. went out to Pleasant Dale this
morning, says the Lincoln Call, and re
tained with a young man named
Charles Moore, who is wanted in Den
. ver for forgery. The crime was com
mitted in August last, and consisted in
forging and passing a postal note for
fifteen dollars. Moore lives in Ohio
?,, .
ana -was visiting acquaintances at
Pleasant Dale when taken in.
A member of the Si Perkins dramatic
company, supposed to be Professor
Douns, was arrested in Beatrice after
Che performance on a charge of bastar
day made by a German girL whoa
members of the company say has been
following them for three weeks, ud
since their appearance in Savannah,
.HL He was given a hearing and re
leased, the girl, coBclading she had
caused the arrest of the wrong- man.
. The Nebraska Tdepkose company
rebuilding its line from Fremont tc
Celambas, and the spar across from
North Bend to Morse MtmM. The poles
are being placed closer together, new
. wire pat np ana wnen the work is
BietedthecomaaBjwiU have a
liccireuir
As Union Pacific, passenger train No.
5 was coming into Fremont from the
cast, a stone or some other hard mis
sile was thrown through one of the
windows of a coach, which it was stated
hit a man on the head. The train ran
by to the depot, and was then backed
to the place where the stone was
thrown, when two boys were captured
and taken on the train to the depot,
where they were delivered to Sheriff
Milliken.
Several attempts have been made to
burn the residence of Julius Theile of
West Point, who is at the world's fair
with his family. Saturday night sev
eral window glasses were broken, and
Wednesday night some one broke the"
large front glass and saturated the
tioor and curtains with kerosene and
upon this threw a bunch of burning
rags and paper. For some reason, the
curtain and carpet were burnt only
part ally.
As Wesley Carleton, brother of Cbas.
Ca rleton, who is on trial in Fremont for
his life, was out hnntino- with his uncle
John Carleton, about five miles from
Fremont, the gun he was carrying in
the cart was accidentally discharged,
lodging the contents in his right side,
lie eancot live. His sister in Chicago
was sent for and a request was made
that Charles be permitted to see him,
but in the absene of the sheriff no one
would take the responsibility.
At Beatrice, after being oat sixteen
hours, the jury in the case of the State
vs. Taylor, who was charged with rape,
brought in a verdict of acquittal. The
case was one of more than local interest
owin-r to the fact that the parties to the
suit were more or less known in var-
)ious.partsot tn estate, layior, wnue
having formerly lived in Beatrice, was
ante mortem statement of his step
daughter which caused his prosecu
tion.
The Auburn Herald says a fake is
mak.ng the rounds of the country and
getting away with the dollars of the
un -uspocting youth in a somewhat
o.-ig nal manner. On arriving at a
tow u he g..t- all the boys ht can to sell
pictures of the world's fair and requires
each of them to put up si as guarantee
0f jT00d :aith.
He
gives tnem a tew
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' pictures worth
about one cent each,
and while they arc trving to sell them
the fakir disappears with the dollars.
Grand Island dispatch: "Billv" Gib- '
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left Grand Island. Paul was an em-1 a, too. demand what I had done with
plove of the sugar factory and t.ibson my sisrer?-my beautiful sister!
onoied the position of night barten-. "ny, Lucia, jou need not be fnght
der for James t'o ey. It is known that ened; it is only I," said lie, turning and
the two chummed together and
that
Ha hten was seen by a friend on board
Saturday nights train for the west.
He shouted he was going to North
l'latte. Two bairirages were checked
,r ortli l'latte on the same train and i
about S300 is missing from Foley's safe. ,
Telegrams have been sent to various j
points instructing policemen to be on ,
the lookout .
Lizzie Preufer, a German girl 10 years
old, committed suicide fifteen miles
northwest of Kushville by taking mor
phine. Under the name of Bessie Cody
she. in company with Camilla Hansen,
a Swede, a'chieved considerable notor
iety about two months ago by tramp
ing from Chicago to Kushvifle. She
said her father lived in Blue Island,
near Cnicago was well off and was a
c .oper by occupat:on. She left a note
bidding her friends and relatives fare
well and saving she had no home and
was tired of life.
Burglars broke into the store of Kirk
patrick of North I.oaisvillc and secured
some shoes and groceries. Kirkpatrick
lives over the store and was awakened
by the noise and rushed to the window
with a shotgun and shot at 1 he burglar j
and succeeded in fetching one of them '
to the ground. He probably wounded J
him, but the man got away. Later
Marshal Sponce caught one of the three
and landed him in jaiL hen searched
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that county.
Jncoln dispatch- This afternoon -which neither tears nor prayers would
Judge Tibbetts is hearing the famous ever cleanse awav?
cases of Dan Laucr and Farm Boss And we were so happv together once
Fnink Hubbard, charged with forging mr beautiful sister and I."
the names of farmers who supplied the Sisley was two years older than I
asylum with beef and with making out j -jva and T had" only passed my seven
fa s-e vouchers and certifying to the teenth birthdav
r-ame. The case promises to excite ; SIsley vns and &ir a foz&mz
much interest as the two men in ques- , blonde pp blue 6s aD(1
tion tvere indicted by the grand jury , j perfect 1(J w of j
which investigated the asylum .charges , fresh from mine, She d
last fall, and two dozen indictments and yet gente and and
were found against them. DG Court- sweGt as a newly-blossomed white lily,
nay wil defend Lauerandt. J. loss of s;W wn i;i. .. ,... t .jf
t rete will appear for Hubbard.
Frank E. Hnlliken of David City has
been selling trinkets at South Cmhha.
He won the affections of Miss Nellie
Godhcrd and the two would have been
married had not a Mr. Russell spoil d it
all oy showing that Hullihen already
has a wife. He sent her word to David
City to come to South Omaha.and when
she arrived he caused her to put in an
appearance at iiss Gcdherd's home
while she was having a visit from Hul
liben. To make matters worse she
cirried her crosseyed baby with heJ
Hullihen owned up and went home
with his wife, loaded down with Miss
Godherd's execrations.
Ky his father. Henry MicheTs, an 11-yca--old
lad of South Omaha, brought
an action in the district court by which
"he hopes to recover a judgment of S2o.
000 against the Union Pacific railway
for the loss of a leg The plaintiff al
.eges that one day during the month of
May. Is02. he was crossing the compa
ny s track in the vicinity of the Swift
packing house, when a switch engine
. ame along and amputated the leg. As
a cause of action, the plaintiff alleges
that at the time the atxident occurred
the engine was running at a much
greater rate of speed than provided for
by the ordinances of the city.
Nearly twenty large hogs belonging
to Frank Floves of Cuming county were
poisoned. The wretch who poisoned
them was not satisfied with this, but
tried to poison one of the family also
by placing poisoned plums in a cup and
putting them in the granary. 3Ir.
Floves, who came across them, brought
them into the house and gave them to
his child, thinking his. wife had picked
them. Shortly after the child, was at
tacked, with convulsions and 3Irs.
ir loves was told of the plums, and see
ing the cup was a strange one. was con
vinced that some one had tried to poi
son them. The child was revived.
An O'Neill dispatch says: The pre
liminary hearing of Dell Akin, who
was arrested in El Paso, Tex., and
brought to this city by Slate Agent
Daugherty on the charge of aiding and
abetting Barrett Scott in embezzling
about $04,000 of the county funds, was
held before County Judge Bowen last
week. After several witnesses had
been examined and the attorneys on
both sides had concluded their argu
ments the jadge put Akin under S7,50O
bonds to appear at the next term of dis
trict court. His friends came down
from Atkinson and they promptly
furnished the bond demanded, and.
Akin left for his home in that place.
Cassias Belden, who caused a furor
by shooting into the wheat pit on the I
Chicago board of trade, wounding three
people, was consigned to the Kankakee
insane asylum by Juibre Brown. Bel-
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MY OWN SECRET.
."Where is your sister, Lucia?"
What -were the f eeiing3 of red-banded
Cain when his father asked hiin where
was Abel?
Did his limbs tremble beneath him?
Did icy sweat drops ooze from his
brow and his eyes look through a
scalding, glindlng, blood-red mist?
Did a viewless something seem larking
beside him, mocking 'his guilty terror,
ready to denounce him. bat fiendishly
prolonging his torturing dread and sus
pense? This is bat a jot, a tittle of the tor
ment I experienced at my mother's
harmless inquiry.
"How should I know where she is?
Am I responsible for Sfeley's going and
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coming" I replied rudely.
I had never spoken disrespectfully to
tour sweet ntue mouier ueiure, auu
now she looked at me in surprise, her
dear eyes brimming with tears.
But she did not rebuke me for my
churlishness.
"I am getting anxious about your-sister,"
she said gently. "Sisley has been
gone since dusk nearly three hours
ago. It isn't like her to stay away so
late, especially when we don't know
where she's gone.
t nn- nntipnt little mother's uneasiness
, maddfi ned me. Her gentle presence
1"-i"ut ,
was a reproacn i coiuu uui cuuu.
I whirled away from the window
where I had been standing in the
shadow of the pretty silken hangings,
and started toward' the door.
It was open, admitting the soft night
hrporp nnd the rich summer odors from
orchard and meadow, and thi song of ,
the nightingale which was tunning in
the underwood along the river bank.
T was heedless of the fragrance, deaf
to the melody. I rushed away like one
,.,!-, a i.. vt,ai,nii i ran
j uimu. auu uu uu-- .. -t
inresuoui i
, straight into the arms or a genuem.1,1
who had just ascenileu tne porcn sieys.
I shrieked, aloud ana nea past
him
i creature .ua.-m.-.
Wns he about to sfize me?
j? Would
i Jiaziiij; aner me m .muuBuiuiui. .
called to see your sister. Do you know
v here she U?"
"How should I know? Why do yon
ask me?" I answered harshly as I
sb pr.ed in the path.
My unwonted uncivility distressed
and perplexed him. Before I could
continue my wild flight he was beside
me.
"Are you angry, dear little Lucia?"
he asked anxiously. "Are you dis
pleased because I am to be your broth
er? I suppose Sisley has told you how
we love each other, and that she has
promised to be my wife in a few
weeks?"
"Ton? Phillip Dcrne?" I cried fran
tically. "You? I thought. Oh, heav
en, what have I done?"
Before he could utter a syllable I
darted away from him and fled down
the path through the shrubby old gar
den. In the darkest shadows, amid a tan
gle of neglected jnponica and tamarisk
bushes, I flung myself face down upon
the Ions, dew-wet crasss, and won
dered if one so wicked as I had any
right longer to live-
It was no use to repent no repent
ance would undo what I had done. It
was no use to pray heaven would not
listen to the prayers of such a3 L There
was no use In anything anj more.
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At that moment I, Lccia Romer, was
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unaouDieoiy mau. .out was i any less
maa man a was a mue wnue ueiore.
when I had yielded to a crazy tempta
tion, and stained mv sold with a sin
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like the father, whom we could barely
recollect. '
I had his olive complexion, his tarry
black hair, his coal-black eyes, and rud-
I dy cheeks.
I had, too, his passionate and jealous
nature.
Bur I was fond of SIey. and I had
never envied her for her surpassins at
tractions. I was never jealous of her
for the greater love she gained and re
taineduntil Keith Saxon came to our
village.
We lived on the outskirts of this
charming river-village, which was quite
a popular summer resort for people
, who liked a quiet retreat not yet in
vaded by the usual butterfly crowd,
i And it was here Keith Saxon came.
early in the season, with his friend,
Philip Deane.
T was not surprised that both young
men seemed attracted by the alluring
graces of my beautiful sister; It was al
ways so; she was loved by alL and
she could have wedded whom she
would.
She was not a coquette. It was no
fault of hers that she could count her
lovers by the score. She could no more i
help being captivating than the lily can I
help being tall and white.
It was I whom Keith Saxon first
met. My sister chanced to- be away
that week that happy week!
No other man had ever possessed
the smallest attraction for me, and from
the beginning I loved him. And he
seemed devoted to me as weH His
fair, boyish face, would always look so
bright and eager when we met; and
his laughing blue eyes would always
grow sober, and look after me so wist
fully when we parted.
But all this changed when mj: beauti
ful sister came back.
There were no more happy strous
in the moonshine, no more rowing over
the shadowy Inlet where the water
lilies grew, no more rambles through
the dim, balmy wood on the hillside.
The man I had believed my lover
was always beside beautiful Sisley, and
because the sight of their gayety mad
dened me. It soon happened that I held
myself aloof from them, and from
everybody, and declined any share in
the amusements of our small social
coterie.
I felt very bitter against aiy beauti
ful sister. She had many lovers. I
had but the one, and could she not
have left him to me in peace?
X was unjust to her: I knew that
even when I biased her the most.
I knew it bat I would, not admit
ft.
And ao I afaat myself away from
ilfeMn all llama wlfc (C kbV
and fierce jealowv which were fast
coiwumtn all thegood within me into
a creatHre ov- whom the angel mxxt
save wept i
I was brooding In my savage and ra
reasonable fashion on that fatal dusk
when I was coming along the river
path on my way home from the Til
lage. I was passing a clump of laurel, when
t heard a rattle of stones and dry clay
somewhere just below the path.
Gazing through the thick foliage, I
saw my sister.
She was standing on a narrow ledge
"which comrranded a magnificent view
of the winding river, a. range of low
gieen hiEs on the opposite bank, and
th- long picturesque road traversing the
pretty village and vanishing among the
wooded ondulntlcns in the distance.
How fciaiitiful she locked as she
stood there in her soft white gown
with her exquisite- face outlined in
ifc lily-fa ircess against the dusky grn:n
foliage.
But there was caught in my heart
of tenderness.
Only for her and her reslstliss witch
eries my life would, not be desolate,
and. my love would le my own againl
As I gazed at her unoliserved. I sud
denly began to wender how she had
dared to venture upon such a perilous
ledge, with such a giddy depth be
neath her.
The narrow shelf was merely a thin
layer of slate, entirely detached from
the rock behind it, and held in place
solely by the thick turf which Lipped
it here and there.
A fall down the steep and rock-studded
river bank below would be a cer
tain and Instant death.
I was still wordering at SIsIey's reck
less (hiring, or Indifference, when I
turned to leave the spot.
But even as I turned, my steps were
stayed by that evil spirit which I had
nourished in my bosom for so many
bitter days.
"It needs but a torch, and all will
be over, and my love will be my own
again!" the tempter whispered.
I went back. It was less than twenty
pncs, and the laurels covered me on
every side In a tent of greon.
I bent, and pulled fearfully at the
ragged edges of the overhanging turf.
It needed but a touch, indeed. For
with that apprehensive and almost ten
tative effort, there was a soft, girlish
cry. a crash, and then
With my hands pressed over my
ears I fled down the path like the guilty
wretch I was. nor paused until I had
gained the shelter of my own room.
And now, long years after I had
yielded to a mad, momentary tempta
tion, I knew that it was Philip Deane
whom my beautiful sister loved and
who loved her.
I could understand that Keith Saxon
had never ceassd to love me, unles3 I
had turned his heart from me by my
j obstinacy in holding myself apart and
allowing him to believe that my own
fseelings were changed.
Was it any wonder that I threw my
self down on the tangled grass, wet
with the night dews, and writhed in
torment?
Was it any wonder I felt too wicked
for prayer, and that my misery was be
yond the relief of tears?
How long I lay there I never knew;
it might have been only a few minutes,
and it might have been as many hours.
And then I saw the light of a lan
tprn tinkering through the shrubbery
of the fragrant old garden.
A second later I heard approaching
footsteps, and then a voice, a soft,
sweet voice, which pierced my senses
with an electric thrill-
It was that of my beautiful sister,
whom I believed Tying somewhere
. I among the deadly rocks at the bottom
of the steep river bank.
"I am so sony that dear little Lucia
was alanned about me," she was say
ing. "It's all Flirt's fault that I was
not at home before dark. Doggie had
a gieat fright up on High view Point
and run away as if he had seen a
ghost. I never overtook him until he
had taken refuge in Cousin Sarah's
kitchen. And one can never get away
from Cousin Sarah, she always has
such a lot of amusing nonsense to say
to one."
"What frightened Flirt?" our little
mother inquired.
"I haven't the slightest Idea," Sisley
answered carelessly. "He was down
on a ledge where I had been standing
a few minutes before, and nil at once
he came scudding back like a small
O clone. I dare say it was all his poor
little nerves; but he quite startled me,
he had managed to set a big rock crash
ing down the bank, and I actually
screamed, for I couldn't imagine what
had happened."
It is but "one step from the sublime
to the ridiculous," has been aptly re
marked by somebody. And It requires
very little sometimes to turn tragedy
into comedy.
But if there were any comedy In the
denoument of that night's events, it
was for othere to appreciate and not
for me.
It had been too reaL too terrible In
Its seeming reality. My sister was
alive; and such a heavenly mercy was
beyond the expression of human grat
itude. But would anything atone for
my wicked purpose, even if my guar
dian angel had frustrated the deed?
The lantern light was flickering
through the bashes which concealed
me. The footsteps were very near. As
I crouched back I saw somebody com
ing eagerly down the garden walk, and
then I heard Keith Saxon's dear, fa
miliar voice:
"Is Lucia with you?" he asked.
Oh. the love, the anxious, tender,
abiding love, in that dear voice.
A cry, the sharp, tense cry of a tor
tured soul was wrung from my lips in
spite of my will to keep silent.
I stagsrered backward, crashlne into
i the tamarisk shrubs and stumbling over
the edge of a little rockery.
At the noise there was a rush in my
direction. The lantern light flashed
over me; and the next instant my
lover's arms were around me, and I
was weeping on his breast.
Tender little dove! Where have you
been? You need not have been so
alarmed; your sister Is safe. I am
afraid yon have fretted about her until
yon will be ill my loved one," he said,
oh, so tenderly, so touchlngly.
But for a. long time I wept like one
who would never be comforted.
They thought I was hysterical after
my fright at Sisley's prolonged ab
sence. "I do not wonder such a trifle should
overcome you" Keith said, with loving
sympathy. "Yon are such a tender
hearted little thing, and you are so
fond of Sisley. And, besides, you have
been nearly ill for weeks; I saw it,
even it you did try so bravely to hide
it. How I longed to kiss away your
pain, my beloved; you were cruel to
shut yourself away from me as you
did."
I did not undeceive him.
I have been Keith Saxon's wife fo
several years. But I have never con
fessed the truth of that awful might,
nor of the miserable weeks preceding
It would only grieve the dear hus
band who idolizes me. nil u wnni
benefit nnhrvtr
it is stfll my own secret -a secret
which sometimes tunrs mV hear?
wfcem T oaH lS'lSS
A DEBATE.
;
aoaM arMwerTace Vmt Ulsftsetf
Aaotner "Wife.
A. farty of women were having ft lit
tle confidential chat the other-day, giv
ing their views in turn upon the sub
ject of their husbands marrying again
if they were ever In a position to do so
without being arrested for bigamy.
Said one, a wife of a year, with great
trusting blue eyes, "I think it would
kill me if I knew for certain that Tom
would ever love another woman. I
think marriages are made for tinio
and eternity and I am perfectly certain
that it was never intended for a
man to have more than one wife. It
looks positively .indecent to see three
graves, marked by headstones, each oua
of which bears a different name, but
all representing that 'Here lies the wife
of John. Jones,' while in all probability
Mrs. John Jones the fourth is at that
very moment prancing around in full
and vigorous health. It is decidedly
confusing at any rate."
"A man needn't necessarily have four
wives," objected a mild-voiced matron,
who had been mairied twenty years,
"and for my part I think It is compli
mentary to the dead wife to have her
husband plunge again into the sea of
matrimony instead of acting as though
he had experienced such agony with
the first wife that one experience was
enough for him. All I ask is for my
husband to wait a decent length of time
before bringing home wife number two.
"Men are so helpless, you know, that
they really need a woman to look f ter
them. I don't see any use of a widow
marrying again, but with a man it Is
very different," Now, I've been mar
ried twenty years, and yet I do not
believe that John could find a pocket
handkerchief, even though it was placed
right before his nose. He always
rumples everything in the bureau draw
ers, and then declares that the object
that he. is looking for is not there, and
in the summer when I go away he loses
half his wardrobe either at the laundry
or in trains or restaurants.
"I believe that man was never meant
to live alone, for the simple reason
that he Is the most dependent creature
alive and needs more fussing over and
coddling than a six-months-old baby.
Therefore, I say again, I don't blame
widowers one bit for getting married
again as soon as possible."
"Ynnr rpmnrlrs nrf all verv trno."
pouted the bride, "but just the samo
I don't want any other woman to do tha
petting and looking after. I'd rather I
think of Tom roaming about th world
minus collar buttons and umbrellas for i
t the rest of his days than dwell upon
the thought of another woman actm
as understudy to bis memory for him.
Philadelphia Times.
HAVERLY'S BAD LUCK.
X Tomgh Ru of Card Once Cost
mat a2T,ooo la a iosr siese.
Anderson M. Waddill, probably the
m Mhin ,mMon in tii
Soutt.diodln Luuvn.0 rocenuy .andjf e W,!!
since his demise.a flood of stories have j PU(i t h:tst ne most mie,,,!
been set loose regarding high play in j cat in the world. New York Observer.
recent and long-past tunes. It is said I
that the largest amount of money lost I W1,y tu L'a Trembled.
In Louisville at a single faro sitting , Wha'1 Mr- Hudson was in Tatagonta
was dropped by "Jack" Haverly In , bL" became much interested in a sc-.u;
one of Waddill's games there about j b thc of Sosa who 3 famous
. n it nna Sntnrrfnv . f"r tlw almost prctei natural kHcnness
night, after the minstrel show was I
over, that Heverly and a party of
friends entered the gambling houe,
and after watching the games for some
time decided to play. Jack Haverly
walked over to where Waddill was sit
ting watching the games, with appar
ently sleepy eyes, and he said:
Mr. Waddill, I'd like to play with
you a while to-night. Are my checks
good?"
"Yes, sir. Have a seat here. Your
chpeks are eood for anv amount," re-1
oiled the gambler.
The game was started, Haverly giv-
lu " ulc,-,k . '"
Until past midnight Haverly won, hav-
.:. i JLa AnZ u
J: ..- -i., t t . i i.i
Waddill's chips stacked around him at
one time. Then his luck changed. He
began to lose and to bet heavily in the
hope that he would win back what he
had lost By daylight Waddill held
$0,000 worth of Mr. Haverly's checks.
But the game did not stop there. Hav
erly played high stakes, sometimes bet
ting $1,000 on the turn of a single card.
Luck1 changed again, .and toward the
close of the day the minstrel had won
back nearly all the lost money. Earij
in the action the crowds had deserted
the other games, and all with bated
breath, watched the cards as they slid
from the smooth tin box. This play
was continued, with brief interruptions
for eating and sleeping, for three days
and nights, and when Jack Haverly
threw up his hands and said he bad fin
ished, at the close of the third day,
Waddill had ?27,000 worth of checks
"to the good," and he cashed them, too.
Obeyed Order.
"Bridget," said Mrs. Morse, instruct
ing her new waitress, "when a lady
comes to call upon me. you must hand
her this tray, and bring her card up
stairs to me." "Yis'ra," replied Bridget,
promptly. The next afternoon Mrs.
Morse was surprised by the appearance
of Bridget, bearing a card in her hand
"Why, Bridget," she remonstrated,
"didn't I tell you yesterday to hand the
little silver tray to the callers ?
"Yis'm," replied the smiling maid,
an r did hand it to her, an' it's herself
was nnwuhn to tak it; but whin I
tould her it was my -nisfhress's ixpriss
ortbers, she give In, quite mild an
pleasant like. You'll find It safe wid
her down in the parlor, ma'am."
And sure enough. Mrs. ilorse, when
she had made a ht-sty descent, found
her visitor holding the card receiver,
while her mouth wts twitching with
amusement.
"I didn't dare refdse It," she said,
meekly, "as long as Bridget was so ur
gentr "What causes the greatest number
of fires in dwelling-houses, according to
your experience.2"" asked a person of
an inquiring turn of mind of an insur
ance adjuster.
"Frictfam cames about as many as
anything else," replied the insurance ad
juster. "Friction? repeated the other.
Yes, friction, retnrnea the Insuranc
ajer. "Bat aerhaps not what you're
acenstoaed to- call friction. What I
Man la the result of rubbing a thou
sand-dollar policy en a six-kupdrekk
lax
I REiMXG FOB THE TOTOG.
CITEKKSTIKO MISdXLAXT
iTOtNG rKOPLC-
FOR
rollv'a Gbad aa4 Wkt tt Tamed
Oat tu Be War tkt Trem-
MeO Do Ds I'adcntu W
3fattcr-r-Faet.
"O, Mamma, jrammar cried Polly,
running into a neighbor's house with
a white, frightened face, "there a
ghost over at home, a ghost, mammal
and Nrnjy and I are afraid"
-A ghost, Polly, and In the day timer
said Mrs. Small, stalling but petting
her arms nround her little girl and
trying to quiet her.
"But mamma. It must be a ghost
and Nancy says sa. The parlor bell I
r.mg and when she opened the door
there wesn't any one there. She9"all
frightened to pieces, mamma."
"Then we must go back to her at
once," said Mrs. Small.
Nancy was the hired girL She was
a good girL but Ignorant, and was so
ttrrifled by what bad just happened
that she wanted to leave the house for
ever, as soon as Mrs. Small returned.
A little persuasion and kindly talk,
lu-wever, Induced her to stay a while
longer, for Mrs. Small assured her the
trouble could come from nothing that
could not be explained in some way.
She hprself thought rats had probablv
touched the wire In the cellar, and
told ht-r she must try to forget it.
She hid almost forgotten it aud was
singing at her work the next afternoon
...1...- .l. ,. .!.:.. 1....nul ntn
Hutu uic a.iiutr iuui ifcnn'cui.-u uyiiu.
"An" at the same hour by the dock;"
she said excitedly to Mrs. Small aftor said:
which she threw her apron over her -"7 friend, can you tell rae why it
head and groaned as If in pain, saying . is that Artemus never has had a monu
r.o money would tfinpt her to be In meat erected to his memory?"
the house again at that hoar. "Weil stranger. I guess I kin." wai
Tt wn Pniiv hnwovpf. wim :ivf hpr the reply. "You see. arter Artemus
mother more uneasiness, for though she died three or four hundred printer
did not say much, she would start and fellers down la New York city got to
shiver at the least sound and would f gether and passed some beautiful reso-
look round as if she expected to see a
ghost every few moments. I
The next day she was sent to spend
the afternoon at a neighbor's, and Mrs.
Small stationed herself on the front
piazza, where through the slits of a
blind she could see Into the parlor with
out being seen from Inside.
Later in the day she sent for Polly
and told her she had seen the ghost,
and hid opened the door for it her
self. Such a funny ghost, she told bor;
the wanted her to see for herself; so f
I the next afternoon there
P" of eyes looking through
were tivo
the slats
In tho blind Mrs. Small hud tried to ,
pt-rsuade Nancy to make a third, but f
mthln& would induce her to go near
the room. Before long, however, I 'oily ,
rushed at her excitedly, crying with
kiic7 whjax trjt-a.
"It's pussy! It's pussy!
S3"'
It's pus-
Sure enough! Pussy hid wakened
from a nan bpforw the- tiro. h:il tumivwl
' into a chair and pulled the long bell
nype, and then stationed herself close
J t0' qq rea(iy to a3 n a-j
, U was opened.
l sue naa learned a number of tricks
of his senses. In most other lespecs
he wad. as 3Ir. Hudson says, a ilgawr
ate being. In particulir, he was an
Inveterate horse-thief- a fact which was
largely overlooked by the irJloritis
on account of the exceeding xalue of
liis services In times of Indian war
fare. In 1S01 Sosa hid found It prudent
to disappear for a. season, and in the
onnpaLy of five or six other gauchos !
also offenders against the law, who
Laa flVd to the refuge of the desert
ho amused himself by huntiug :trichs
along the Rio Colorado.
On the 12th of JIarch the hnutere
VCOrii mmtuwl Ivdilu trrrrt .-f Ttllvti
i - ' ,zy7 . , , , . ":". , ...
fn 'he i alley, and about 9 o clock ttm
I evening, while they were seated about
the fin. roasting their ostrich n:at.
Sosa suddenly sprang up and Ii.Id
his hand high above hit Uead for souv?
moments.
"There Is not a brvth of wind."
he said, "and yet thi- leaves of 'h
trees are trembling. What can this
portend?" The other tuen stared at
the trees, but could see no motion, aiul
began to laugh and jea; at Sosa.
Presently he sat dovs, again, remark
ing that the trembling oad ceased: but
for the rest of the evening he seeme-l
greatly disturbed In his mind. He
it-marked repeatedly that such a ung
lid never happened to him before
He could feel a breath of wind beforo
the leaves felt it, and there had bepn
no wind. He feared it was a sign of
some disaster that was about to over
take the party.
The disaster was not for them. On
that evening an earthquake destroyl
the distant city of Mendoza, crushing
32,000 people to death In Its fall That
the subterranean wave extended east
to the Plata and southward into Para
gonla was afterward known; for in
the cities of Bosario and Buenos Ayrs
clocks stopped, and a slight shock was
experienced in Carmen on the i'io
Negro.
Tito Good Shot.
During the war a chaplain in a "Vir
ginia regiment stood upon a slight
knoll watching the operations of the
enemy's batteries beyond Several me:i
were about him, lying on the grass
and under the trees, als3 watching
the firing. The great balls cr.uld be
seen in the air as they ms'j and fell,
and the soldiers about estimated very
closely where they would lijmt. and '
Cave that spot a wide berth. Suddenly,
as a gun boomed and a tiny black
spot appeared in mid-air, the n2n
moved hurriedly.
"Parson, shouted one, "that's mant
for yon better loolc ont! And acting
on the suggestion, the chaplain stood r
aside. Just. In time, too. it was.
ffir i
as h moved away, the Knoll upon luei1 "" "u uuiures.
which he had. been standing was r " yt find it diilicnlt to sell ycu
pfcusched by the immnse mass. pictures?" said the lady ft the house
That was very good shootinr on one j to aD artL5t wbc bd bfen Perfectly si
df and cimtt prt ran tint? nn th nth- ! lent
er. and another ptorv or nnc marfct-
maaahlp is equally Interesting. Two
rinsfe-gun batteries were hiving an ex-
duel, until finally one of the gm
got annoyed- They were soaic
apart, and only the ugfy buck
of the guns could be seen whan
rhey cam to shoot.
"Lientsasmy cried the- aggrieved
aimnsr at Lmrth "TO. Mrttlr thut M-
low If ycull stand on this slat form j
I with yaur glass and Inform
nform ma ta.Hr L
So tea lieutenant took hte glass and
noted. "They're ramming her!? he
crieiL after a moment. -Now they re
running her oat; the gunner has takers.
his stand; he has hold of the lanyard;
he is about to "
Bang! went ihe cannon at his side,
and the lieutenant almost fell from his
perch, but recovered his balance in
time to see the other gun knocked over
and ver by the well directed, ball.
The next Uay the lieutenant and his
soldiers were to possession of the en
emy's camp, and looked up the disabled
cannon. It had been knocked end
ways, for just as the gunner had pulled
the lanyard the ball from- the lieuten
ant's gun had struck the cannon square
ly in the muzzle and wedged, itself
there, causing the gun to burst by its
own explosion. It was really a most
wonderful shot. iA
What Titer Cot. -
When Artemns Ward died the press
' 0f England and America was filled, with
tributes to his tnemorj. Jn 3cv
i York a meeting of nawspaper people
was held, at which it was resolved,
that bis memory should be perpetuated.
The matner In which it was done was
anusingiy illustrated by a stcry told
in Harper's Magazic-c some years ago.
Whether or not the anecdote would lie
true to-day. we do not know.
A few summer's ago I passotl a
wk's vacation at Waterfcrd. Me..
and dtring my visit went t6 the village
graveyard to view the final resting
place of Artemu3 Ward.
With some trouble I frund the grave,
there being nothing about the plain
white slab to distinguish it from many
similar ones around. Whde thinking
and wondering that no monument had
ever been "erected to the humorist, a
-. --
. countryman approached, to whom
X
I
lntions. savins that Artemus should
have a monument, and they would pay
for it then and there; and then they
took up a collection, which amount
ed to ?20.C0, so I'm told; and since
then this town haint seen either the
monument or the money; but, stranger,
we did get a copy of the resolutions!"
Do Doe Umlerfttanil Wordaf H
To a boy on familiar talking term3
with a dog this question may not sound
absurd, but there are many learned
men who maintain that while dogs oft
en understand our meaning, it is not
our words but our tones, looks and
gestures that they comprehend.
But almost every child who loves a
doc could brim: some story to con-
tradict this theory.
Here is a true story on the subject
wil1 Please all tony masters of
1 bright dogs.
! A traveler in Portugal purchased a na-
tive &B klch soon became much
attached to him. When spoken to in
1 English, even accompanied by the most
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ter could command, the dog appeared i States and Europe, and buy and sell avail
puzzled, and he seldom found out what able securities. We shall ba pleased to re
was required of him. But when his "LTJour bustnes- w soDcIt jour pat-
master aauresseu mm m rorruguese
- "...
badly as his master spoke it, the dog
i joyfully executed his wishes.
After a time, by repeating the words
alternately hi Portuguese anil in Eng
lish, the dog learned the latter as well
as the former, and would obey as readi
ly. But the same command given in
French reduced him to a state of de
spair again.
. Afterward the dog was carried to
France. After lesidrng thf re come time
he became as familiar with the lan
guage that he understood duectlons
given to him, though perhaps because
he had grown older and a new language
was harder to acquire he nver re
sponded quite so readily as to com
raands in Portuguese and Erglish.
President Arthur's Amiability
i rTesiaenc Artuur is rememDereu oy
those who knew him as a most kind
and courteous gentleman, always ready
to do a friendly act or speak a word
of encouragement. Julian Ralph, hi t
"The Newspaper Correspondent." pub-
lished in Scribncr's Magazine, says that
he reported President Arthur's nshing '
trip to the Thousand Islands, and for
all that newspaper men are supposed
to be troubh-some. Mr. Ralph recalls
but cnt occasion whtn he disturbed
tho president He gives the occurrence
a- a ptcof of Frtsident Arthur's amia
bility. Oii that occasion I had sent off my
dispatch and returned to the hotel at
2 o'clock in the nrcrtlng. to find all
tu doors Iorketl and all the lights, ex
cept these in the president's suite of
rooms. gont out like the Israelites from
E3pr. Cspr. It. F. Coffin, now part
of a treasured memory, and Mr. Me
Dona were with me, and we battered at
a side door to wake the servants.
In time the door wa c jened by the
President of the United States. Know
ing him only as a jonrnallst must know
all men. without too much awe of place
cr power, we j t were chagrined at
having disturbed and brought to the
door a. president r.nd particularly one
of so charming a personality as hi.,
and we beggod 1- s pardon.
"Why, that's al! right." he said. "You
wouldn't liave g.t in till morning If
I Lad not come. No one is up in the
house but me. f could liave sent my
colored loy. but he has fallen asleep,
and I hated to wake him."
3Ia t riJ-Faet.
Some years :i there lived In Perth.
Scotland, a man of weak IntI!eet well
known by Ins Carlstlan name, Jamie.
One dark night an acquaintance found
Jamie lying at the foot of an outsTde
stair. "Is thrt you. Jamie 2" asked
the acnuaintan e, in a voice of the-
greatest astonishment. "Ay. it'c me,"'
reP11 Jamie, in a tone ot complete
risfgratioa.
"Have yoti f.ten doon the stairr" was
the i-cxt question.
"Ay! I fell doon; but I was comln'
dcon. whether or no.
To Illustrate further the raatter-of-factness
of the Scottish people. David
Prjde mentkns that a cempany at
ai. artists nouse were tailing
about
No." said he. ir a slow voice; "it's
no difficult it's Impossible."
A ctuDtry dector mfct one day the
ten of a patient of bis who had' been
very HL
"WeD. my lad," said thc doctor, "how
is your father tbh rrorning?
"He's deid," replied the boy.
"Dead" cried the doctor. "Was there
a medical nran b.de him when he
died?"
-". answerei
the lad; "he jist
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