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VOLUME XXIV.-NOIBER 34.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1893.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,230.
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NEBRASKA NEWS.
.- .-ispan of black hordes were stolen at
. Humboldt.
Lincoln mavor h making- war on
"the -oeial cviL
V . .A -very, .successful revival closed in !
Ahlandlast week. I
". 'The " telephone has "been extended ,
j .from Fremont to Wisner. I
. XhirpublieScliools of Scotia have been
."closed- against mlsiders - for want of
. room. I
: -A- "M. (Jrogg. a Welflcet blacksmith, '
""". wai held un in North Piatte and robbed
.".-ofsii ; !
.The safe of .las. I. Hume, at iladi-
;.- .son, was blown open. Only about ?10
was secured. j
. . Yov fear of an outbreak of diphtheria !
":thc -schools of Stotikville have been ;
olo'cd unf.l further notice.
,h. The tafe convention of the Young i
... Men's V hrii-tinn association will be held j
'.' 3n Fremont, Iks ember?. 0 anil 10. j
Judge Harrison was given a banquet
at Qru the other night and presented
with a gold -headed cane by members of
. tiicbar. i
H U Zirfa-pleaded guilty inthedis- I
" t-r"jct court of JJixlf county t) keeping
" st gambling- house in Fremont and was I
iined S100 and cost-v !
"' '. tor stealing garments from the t
. ' clothes line of a widow. John anders
-.yl 1'ooper went to jan for thirty days,
and it served him rhzht.
" . IJ.veivcr J. it. Cam .f the Shubcrt j
bank has been informed thut he will !
.tiot et an order to pay the depositors
in that institution until after Janury I.
'Jack Anderson of (.lay county last
"Tieck commenced Nt-rving a four years '
term in the vtate penitentiary. His !
crime was that of assault upon a young
tfri.
The appointment of ( liver Ames, jr.,
"as trustee of the Inion Pacific railway
company to succeed his father, was .
" n.led i;i the county clerk's onicc at Frc- ,
uiyiiL
..1 A young lady of Trenton nvn a ram-
lric needle tiitougli one o. lier toes, ,
. and was not aware of the fact until in- !
. Hammation followed some time after
'. .ward.
- -A bet of SK) was made last week that
2'etcr edar of Crowell eoultl not husk
- Jl.l bushels of corn in ten hour., and he
-."won by hulking 130 bushels and fifty
.'jioumis.
" The editor of the Chappell Ilegistcr
claims that the butchers ont there deal
' jniy in o,itied sausage and vulcanized
Alcaic, winch dotroys tiie enamel of
the public crinders.
meeting of the executive committee
of the :state Minday School associalwin '
"was held at Hastings, and it was de
cided to liold the next meeting of the
'association at Vork.
In the district court of Otoe county
John Y. Tietken was awanied f-'.lJo
"against the Missouri Pacific railway .
Company for injuries Mi,taine.l at Weep
ing Water about two cars ago.
Adnm Koch bf Fairfield. ho was
'taken to Omaha to answer to the
charge of sending obscene language
through the mails, returned ali right.
The court found him not guilty
G. W-Felt, a prominent citizen of
. .Superior, died recently at the aire of
fifty-four, l'esides h s immediate fam
ily, a brother and sisterfrom the cast
were present when he passed away.
Afte.- nearly twenty years of married
life "Mrs JIattie A Whins of Beatrice
.has begun suit for divorce against iier
husband, Closes H White. Mrs W.
charges her liece lord with adultery.
Miss P .1. ( ypln-r of Mad'son drop
ped dead from heart d seacs last week.
?-he id attended a social during the
evening. lie-turning home, she was
taken Mck at hcrdoorand died in a few
minutes.
- The authoi uies of .M ills county. Iowa,
unloaded the responsibili'y of caring
. for an insane man by shipping him to
Plattsmontli. Ue was ent from there
to 'Omaha.
. Mr. Taylor, the Madison county
genius who invented a machine for
husking corn, is endeavoring to form a
stock company for the manufacture of
liis machine.
The railroads have decided to get
along "till spring withoutauy depot ser
vice at Omaha. The apology used to
indicate where passengers are expected
to get on and olt is still good for a few
years w ear and tear.
A project is being pu-hed forward
looking to the purchase of tne water
works plant by Plattsmontli. The
board of trade at its last meeting ap-
.. .pointed a committee to investigate and
. to report on the advisability of such
action.
The trial of Fred argent. who mur
dered his wife at Battle Creek on the
" morning of June "J. ls'.3. vra-enn duded
Jast week and the jury brought in a
verdict of murder in the second degree.
-Judge Jackson sentenced him to twenty
..years imprisonment.
Tranii Davenport of Burt county, a
iarm laborer, raised a check issued by
" his employer for S" .'ill to S5:?. TO ami
cashed it at the First National bank in
Tckamah. He immediately left town
."ntrt'is reported to have been captured
. near Council Bluffs.
t Nebraska City James Edmonds
and John Orail wcie each sentenced to
one year in the penitentiary. Edmonds
-had only been out of the peniteuriary
-one day when he was nabbed again for
stealing a bicycle Orall goes up for
"burglary committed at Berlin.
, The Koch mumercase on trial at
Uartington is settled so far 3S this
term of the district court is concerned.
"The Jury agreed to disagree. Kocn's
bail to' appear at tne next term was
fixed at -flO.ooO. The jury stood ten
for conviction and two for acquittal.
A young man named Otto rthme.
.aged 20 years, dropped dead of heart
d.isease on the farm of A. 11 Fenske,
two miles south of West Point. He
was feeuing the hoss when he feli
to the ground iead7 The coroners '
jury returned a verdict to the above
. effect.
The Young Mens Christian associa
' 'tionat Kearney is in hard lines and i
about to be chcd out or up. A vigor
ous effort is being made to keep the
"- rooms open, but it ail depends upon the
state of the public purse and the will
..ihgn.es of the public to loose the puek-
cring strings
K C Krotlcrof Palisade bought three
- tiirkeys for Thanksgiving and put them
', -;n -the barn over nhrhu The next
morning he found to his sorrow that
. '.the. birds had lecn stolen and he is
,now offering twite tneir vaine for the
". conviction of the party or parties guilty
. of the crime.
'-. -There is In soutiicrn Nebraska, says
. the Schnyler Herald, a hotel kept by a
: man named Slaughter, who Has named
hh "house after him-clL It paralyzes
" pasM-ngers a they land at the depot on
.. a'dark night to hear thcTunnerfor
that houM; call out: 'This way to tke
.Slaughter house. "
. "An attempt was made to destroy the
. office of the Piatr-jnouth Herald- The
flames, were discovered before they -d
done much damageand -were Quieklv
. ' extinguished. Xo motive for the at
tempt can be iutin-I and th jHrrpctra-.-iors
of the deed, escaped without lcar-
An incendiary set fire to the school
house in district Nt. 2j. ten miles
soath of Pawners City, damaging the
bailding to the extent of S103.
.V. C Austin, a fanner residing near
j South Siou.v City, has receive! word
i that John 1). Kcckefeller of Cleveland,
0., who owns a controlling interest m
tne Standard Oil company, has m ide
him a present of 51,000. Mr. Austin
was at one time a Sunday school scholar
of Mr. Rockefellers.
Lily division No. S. Uniform Hank.
Knights of Pythias. South Omaha, is
niak:u;r great preparations looking to
ward the drill that takes place in Wash-
, mgton. D. C . next fall, i here is a
' grand prize offered of Sl.."i00 for the best
I drilled company and Lily division will
compete for the prize
i Chiciccn thieves have been quite nu
i merous among the farmers' in York:
! county for some time ps: and one
, u.srht last w cek some one, tvni'e raiding
a hen roost belonging to Mr. Williams,
living south of Benedict, droppe I a
pocketboo'i coata-ning SH'.'- The
owner has not shown up and probably
never will.
Philip Pspoon, the 17-ye.ir-old son of
Joseph Pepoon. who lives five miles
north of Table liock. mat with a seri
ous accident w hich ill maim him for
; life. He was engage.! around a horse
! com shellcr on the farm of W. G. Ly
man, not far from home, when his hand
1 was caught in the machinery in some
way. and nc will res; three lingers if
I not the whole hand.
The county commissouera of ICeith
countv have beiruii a 'lit asrainst
the Ogalaha Ditch company to recover
the sum of 31.r:tM.34. wnicn was given
as a bonus to the company The dit h
, has faiied to furnish or convey the
, water as provided in the contract and
the court is asked t render judgment
against the company and its ondsinen
for the amount above stated
I The record or mortgaged indebted
ness of Welster tonnty for October
' shows thirteen f-irm mort:raqvs amount-
ing to rl I.lOi filed an 1 twenty-two
amounting to 511 11". satisfied, two city
mortgages nm-mntinc to -jt tile and
i live amounting to f7J satisheit: one
I hundred and seven chattel mortgages
amounting to ?::o 470 filed and thirty
, five amounting to Sll.7. relea-ed.
Mrs. Ihomas Walton of Lincoln was
so badly burned at her home tha; she
died Mrs. Walton was alone in the
afternoon and it is thought that she
had been eniraired in rubbing up the
nickel plate on one of the stov"s. and
that she may have gotten some of the
gasoline on her apron Sue went into
the kitchen and threw the rags into ttie
eoo'i stove and her apron is supposed
to have-caught lire,
i Mrong post No !!. (J. A. IL. Mmden,
held an open meetinr at tiieir hall last
week in commemoration of the thirtieth
, anniversary of the battte of Lookout
, Mountain. It was also the occasion of
the present ition to the post by .1. I
McPheeley of a gave', th handle of
which was made of wood taken from
Lit.by prison and the head of the ravel
from a piece of walnut cut from a tree
under which Pnii Kearney madeafieiu
hospital curing one of his fignts in Vir
ginia The Nebraska state dairymen's asso
ciation is to meet by invitation at the
state un-ver-uy in Lincoln on Peeem-
Wr IJ, -u and -.'l The chancellor and
other officers of the university and es
pecially those of th industrial lollcge
w.ll do all in their power to make the
welcome a warm one. and t- mat enu
have sri aside the university ch.ipel for
' the meeting and the large military hall
and gymnasium, with .i.no squa-e feet
cf floor spa c for the exhibit of nutter
and cheese and ad dairy appliances.
i The store of Loder .v. on. proprietors
of the principal bus.ness establishment
in Waverly. was entered last week.
The goods stolen were very similar to
tiie ones taken the night before from
the Malcomb store. The thieves loaded
up a wagon with dry goods, clothing,
gloves and mittens, hats, caps and gro
ceries. A number of articles knowu to
belong to the stock were pickcu up on
the road which leads from Waverly to
Greenwood and it is believed that the
officers who arc now on the tracic will
be able to locate the thieves
Station Asrent C II. Hamblin of Tc
kamah was made the victim of a vicious
assault, in which he was quite badly
bruised about the head and face The
assailant was M. V. Owens, a well-to-do
farmer, wiio lives a few m les dis
tant from town. Mr Owens asked if
there was an express package -til the
office for him, and while llamoliu was
looking over the book Owens struck
him a hard blow on the back of the
head, and followed it up by more in the
taee. Hamblin had him arrested for
assault. He was tried and fined S.'o.
Fire at Jackson destroyed neariy one
block. Frank Davey's store building
being the only one saved, bat the lanre
stock of general merchandise was badiy
camaged. The b;ock consisted of Frame
Daveys general merchandise store, a
shed of agricultural implements, the
general clothing store of Clark v s-ulli-van,
almost all of this latter stock being
saved from fire; three one-story tene
ment houses. J. (. O'Neill s blacKsmith
shop, a shed of agricultural implement.
one large barn stocked with about fifty
tons of hay. Dr. Leahy's office anil a
second-hand store. Very little insur
ance. Postoffice Inspector fcteen last week
received from Gordon the two mail
pouches which went stolen from the
mail carrier there by De France and ,
Huntington. When Brewer, who was J
implicated in the robbery, confessed, he '
said that the pouches were hid m a
clump of bushes on the Niobrara river,
twelve miles southeast of Gordon. A
diligent search was made along the
river bank, and a few days ago the
pouches were fouud. The loeks were
not broken, but the straps were cut.
which gave the robters injrress to the
contents. The pouches will be used as
evidence against the men.
Charles D. McCoy left Linco.n last
night, says the Lincoln Journal, to dis-
tinguish himself by walking across the
continent- He exnects to tramn outh
during the winter and by tacking to
, the northewst in the spring hopes to
rearh the Pacific coast on schedule i
time. McCoy is a laoorer who has
j worked in and about Lincoln for six
months, and he starts without money,
I believing he can walk over a large part
. of the United States without a great
I amount of filthy lucre. He states that
he is not averse to physical toil and if
the worst happens he can tarry by the
wayside long enough to work for a
living.
The program for the twenty-eighth ,
annual meeting of the .Nebraska fctate
Teaehcrs' association ha.- been com
pleted and issued. The meeting opens
in Univcrsitv haU. Lincoln, December
2T and continues three days. The uro
gram has been divided into several sec
tions, including -'Hound Table Confer- t
ences," union meetings, public school
section, county superintendent's sec-
tion and college section. Keduced rates j
made hy all hotels are with the under
standing that two persona will occuny
the same room. Arrangements may be
made for rooms and board in private '
families and boarding houses at rates
not to exceed 51 per day. For these ac
commodations write early to J. IL 'til
ler, chairman local committee. LincouL. .
Kailroads offer a rate of one and one- '
third fare for the rouad trip.
FOR ALL. ETERXITT.
Love of my heart.
, Do you e'rr think
5 Of th.it chill nisht
When on the brink
t Of "Love's last hope," I stooped to
' drink
And deeply, too of life's despair.
, In your cruel words, 'To-night we part:"
i Love of my heart,
I often think
Of that dart nizht
When "Love's last link
1 Was loosened, severed, cast aside,
J Upon that fateful crentide.
When caprice bid you break mr heart!
Love of my heart.
I e'er shall think
Of that sad nizht
When I. did driak.
With trembling hand and nuirermf lip,
Jhe dregs b woe-thou bad's nie sip:
That cast o'er flower of youth a bligat:
Turned life's bright day to death's dark
night.
And famished heart to, hopeles. yeara
For its redeemer, "Love's rstum."
Love of ray heart, roy s'nscs waue:
I soon shall pass life's last dark brink
Tt where sad hearts are free from pain
Where God -will hind the broken link
And reunite thy soul with mine,
For all eternity and time.
ADTEXTURE WITH
FEMALE BURGLES.
I had just retired to bed after a hard
, . ., , . . tr.x,
days wotk, fagged and weary, to-
tng that I were almost auythins but
Avhat I was a doctor practicing in a
densely populated working class neigh-
i . , . . r. i .i
borhood, where the calls were plenti-
fill, but the fees meagre, the said fees
having to be collected in small weekly
sums by mv agent-an arrangement
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which seriously lessened the sum total
of my annual income.
T was unmarried uhou"h I mav sa.v
I am now sixty, with sons and daugh
ters in plenty , and therefore had uo
sympatliizing ear Into which I could
pour my troubles.
I was stretching out my weary limbs
when clang went the night belL Such
was the force used on the bell wire
that I wa certain it had broken, and
therefore lay stilL thinking however
much the knob of the door wa manip
ulated. I should not be disturbed
In this I was mistaken. A few mo
ments, and I was again disturbed al
most startled by the savageness of the
ring.
I went down stairs, turned up the
gas in my surgery, and unbarred the
door. It was pushed open impatiently,
so impatiently that I was compelled to
retreat, or otherwise I should have
been bruised. A lady entered, closing
the door behind her.
She was tall, well dressed and thick
ly veiled. I could not discern her feat
ures, but I saw through the veil a pair
of dark, flashing eyes fixed upon The.
Without waiting for me to speak, she
said:
"You have been long in coming, doc
tor. But let that pass; I want yoti to
accompany me at once. Are j-ou ready
to go?"
I was struck by the voice it was
certainly that of n lady, but so intense
ly charged with sorrow or anguish. 1
knew not which, that Its tones sv?uiel
to curdle my blood, and a shiver ran.'
down my back, as though some one
had poured Ice-cold water there
Seeing me pause, startled, she hur- At lirst I realized only that I was in a liked Jim. and Jini doted on the ool
riedly continued: large, magniiioenty furnished bedroom, ' onel's daughter, and It was a foregone ,
"You must come, sir: make your fro dimly lighted; nor was I left to take In I conclusion in the family that Jim
as high as you like, it shall be raid. ! more than a rapid glance. Then the would win the girl, as the father was
It is a cae of life or death! Good ' veiled lady was onc more at mv side, j on his side
heavpns. sir. she may be dying now and whispered: "Look around!" At ' One dnv the colonel took Jim to ride
while you stand there hesitating.
Quick!"
Without a word I returned to my
bedroom and dressed. I did not like
the case. The lady's maimer perplexed
and not a little temhed me. let I felt
compelled to obey. Some one was in
danger; it was my bounden duty as a
UU"U1 lv fe"u yiuiosiuuji eeiTirc.
These thoughts flashed through my
mind as I quickly dressed. On again
reaching the surgery. I noticed the
lady's eyes fixed on the door through
which I entered. She had evidentlv
never taken them off it since I made
mv evir
"-
"I am ready," I said.
"You have got your instruments?"
"Xo: will they be needed?"
"I I do not know; bettor bring them,
tir!"
I Took my case of iustruments from
the cupb ard in which they were kept,
and placed them in my overcoat pocket.
"Allow me." I said, but the door was
opened before I could reach it aud the
lady was standing on the step.
What a terrible night or rather
was! Xeither moou nor
stars were visible.
The lady walked on in front it was
more a trot than a walk; I followed,
wishing I had refused to come out at your life will be th" forfeit! Come!" ;
all. Turning a corner, I suddenly' She led me to the bed. In all my ex- "AiWoir Ghastly" and Airfaliy
observed a vehicle. It was not a car- ' perience up to now. I had never beheld I Cbarminc" Aaonc the Xew Ex
riage; it wa. not a handsom; to this so beautiful a creature as the one be-1 pressieas.
day I don't know what to christen ' fore me. She lay on her back, with There are fashions in speech as well
that strange conveyance. It was some- uer arms thrown over her head, her ' as fashions in clothes, savs the Pall
thing on four wheels, with a dark I wealth of golden hair lying on the pil- ; Mall Budget. Everything" in society
cloth probably tarpaulin thrown over lQTr- cannot describe her features; ; jnst now is either "awfullv ghastly" or
it. I noticed that the horse was black. . lt "would be folly to attempt It. They ' "awfully charming, don't you know."
and the driver was muffled up so that were perfect as human features can if yonrnewbormet'isc'raTrfnlly-ghast-
his lace would not be recognizable
even with better light.
, 'J.ne lady opened the door and bade
me
door,
out
horse, and away we rattled over the
stones
I was familiar with every street in
the district, and nearly every house:
could almost have traversed it blind
fold. But soon the district was left
behind. On, on. we went, through the
heart of the city; on. on. till the wheels
of the conveyance no longer rumbled
over rough stones, but glided almost
noiselessly over the countrv roads.
I became doubly nervous as w- rode
enter. She sprang in. closed tl tnrown irom me lamp, sne unglit nave : fnik charming, then it must kaxe been i,Pr eheeks are like, the cimelian. she
, and sat down onnosite mo with- ueeI1 taken for some divine piece of i awfullv irhastlv. Prettv Is ar longer i.nc iin: lik-e enml teeth mr- nenrls her
a -.vord. The driver biohd tbo statuary chiselled by a matter hand. ! nrerrv hut nootv. Y . th4 famous Umr- w rriir nc T..rin mirht.i. imi
. " " -.wvrnw
know anv more than the man in the
moon, excepting that w were in the i
country, and must be miles away from
my surgery, it was a mercy, at least.
uiui we uau hirivea at tne ena oi our l
Joumev. and I should find oat the
object for which I had been brought so !
that we had arrived at the end of our
lar rrom home.
The mystery was deepened, however.
when, instead of our alighting, the door
of the vehicle
outside, and
lag the door
Journey was
initiation possessed me to know what
all this mystery meant. I wet my
lips with my tongue, for they were
dry and hot; then I said.- speaking as
clearly as I could:
T hare the right to know where I
am being conveyed, madam, and why
the two men have entered the vehlclff
without my permission."
I waited for several seconds, but
afcere was no answer. This made me
atepcrate. I rose to my feet, and wja
abevt to reach -the handle of the door
that I might open It and get out. when
Dm tw turn fnag upta me, forced
along. What did it all portend? Where me D Inc Teueu iaai- an - wrote lull they have ceased to aspirate their hs ' "vnen i saw ner iast sue wore a i
was I being carried? A fear possessed illstructions indeed by this time I had for the. excellent reason that it has be- I bunch of brown chrysantliemnras at J
me that all was not as it should be I t,ecome deeply interested in my lovely come so common for ordinary' folks to i her throat and held a fox-glove in her .
I was cliecked it. mv agitated tnus- Patient howr x cat the wound, what ' u0 so. But, after all, .these examples hand.
Ings bv the sudden stoppage of th was to " her fliet' etc- At the foot of I of affectation, rmiculons thourfi -they "She was born in Posey county, In
vehiele. Tprp . -.- T ; i l I the sheet I put these words: "If any -onnd" are not ouite so bad as tiie diana.
was opened from th r,.V.T Jl i . i. 9ee tmnss as tney:are.'Dut latner as aDoutr
in stenncd two men. clos-1', uuJ"At: ".- x am giau uae ren- they ought to be. .Th&AtlaDtalConsti- I Old Ssalt That's a
behind them- then tho "c.icu -4wir .u uu i-icuvure , don reDorts a bit of conversation be. ii- P. Iear meL Quit
resumed. A sudden deter- r-T rTM tZZ-- tween two men who had formerly been , v- a.iJunno. sir. 1 ve
me back Into my scat, and in less time
than it takes me to write the Trorus,
I felt my hands tied and my eyes blind
folded. "Vlllaicsr I shouted, "yon shall suf
fer for this indignity: Have you
brought me into this lonely place to
murder me or what?
"Don't be a fool Dr. S ; no harm
13 intended yon. If you do come to
harm, it will be your own fault not
ours."
It was he lady who spok& Bhe
ppoke calmly; I thought vthere was
"It is some villainous plot"! cs
claimed, excitedly; ':intd tahicb riii hori
orable gentleman of my profession has
no right to be dragged."
':Yoti will asked td do nothing. be
yond exercising your professional skQi.
rwhich vou" wi il be MnGmelv
i,rllICYt ? Jt , , "tnosoeiJ
Pad- replied the lady
v
L- "WTiv should von dm? mo so fnr-
I why shntdd you pick me out as your
instrument? Could jou not engage one
t of my profession nearer to your own
1 homo?"
"That is our affair: we chose you."
"But how did you know me how
get my came?
"We read the letters in the public
priut3 to which your name was at
tacynl. and we have formed a high
opinion of your skilL'
I called m--elf an Idiot for having
written to the newspapers. If this
was the sort of notoriety I was to get
by making my name widely known,
i ll-ter lve continued obscure forever.
Just then the conveyance stopped a
; secontl tIme 1 hoard' g door open,
, an,i tue tTVO men descended. I was
startled by a heavy breathing close to
' ? car; then the lady whfcpered-this
' time. I thought, with less acrldness:
Dr g j bpp cf you not to u,a,0
anv disturbance. So lone as you are '
j quiet and do as requested you have
' nothing to fear-not a hair of your
head shall be injured Uefuse, and I
( (lare not ansTVcr for the consequences.
You are In desperate hands, who will
brook no delay or nnnosit'on. 1 again
b"g of you to ask no questions: do as
you are requited, and you Avill never J
repent Itemi'iuber!"
-?. u.lu l?-tuX"
mount was Close io mv ear, comu
. . . ... .. . m,
..! t..r i,nt i..t, o cV, enn'-rt T!i
concluding eautlca came sharp nud "ry romantic bit of news for the m.l
clear. and it seemed to me almost ten- ? Yuo rd nn 'dnl at the tml
derlv. Then she left the conveyance, pes " Sh and her two compan- ,
an.ll heard the command: i 0QS .erc Mntenowl to long terms of
"Get un, doctor: give me vour impraoument, and so ended the great
h., ' female burglar case. ,
Tr'oso and stretched cut my hound I ?ft0" wondered what became
hands, which were grasped bv thP of the fair iaturo, whose euwk my I
hand of some peron. I was led along Pf1 foh" lirst ? lJ1- '
a gravellv path: mv mw informed me. D"l s,ne die of W wounu' If living ,
by the peeidiar mustv smeU pervading I " Reread what I hare written? If
the atnkphere. that there were bush- j sb reads my narrative I hope she wul
es and trees ue-tr pardon my giving to the public what .
, ' '. , , , .. ' has been locked up in my own breast
Presentlv I was told (and though the St, manv voars the temng of which
voice of the speaker was not .the voice j cnnnot Vms harm to the gang of
or. the lady I had seen, yet I felt con- , tmPTOS wllo pracUced their unwomanlv
mv.vu i v.;a iui- u; ui ..juj.iii-
I was told to be careful, as there were
steps to mount up. i p we went, until ;
I counted twenty, then I noticed nj
glimmer of light through the handker- j
.. .i L.:....i t;.j ' Z t i
i uuui vauuuiui) iivsau juu x nui;
I was a prisoner in some house, or
building, and at the mercy of my
gaolers. I -was now led over a stone
.4 riuii-
tloor. and ushereil into a carpeted
room: again 1 heard a door close be-
hind me, and a click of a kev turned In
the lock. Then the hand that had
guided m left my own. and I was
standiug alone.
I was not long left to mv:elf. The
bandage was senllv loosed from mv
' eyes, my hands were set at Hbertv
that moment lights were turned up.
l looked round ily heart almost
ceased beating at what I saw. Fully
twenty masked figures in men's habili-
ments sieou not ten paces irom me.
, in a half circle, with their right arms
' stretched ont. and grasr.ine in their
hands pistols, ready cocked, pointed at
i my neaai u.wenry pistois reauy to nre
at me should I prove refractory.
The lights were suddenly lowered. !
and only one lamp burned brightly on
a round, inlaid table that stood beside
, a bed. '
I .ou w Tvhat vou mv .,. ;
' . . Tvnai ou ma expect, i
. Trmsnprrwi Tn vouoi irusv "r trrvti n-
...-, .. -v. ...,. .u... . ..1 " i
iuse io uo v. u;il you ure orougni; nere
for.
On that bed lies a girl. She has i
had the misfortune to receive a bullet '
in her breast. It will be your duty to (
pftract the bullet with as much skill
( and care as possible. Afterward you i
will write out full instructions how to
proceed with the wound, answer any ,
1 questions you may be asked, and. your
work being done and your fee paid. '
you will be conducted back to your l
i -home. I need not caution you to keep I
1 silent forever as to this night's work.
Should you ever reveal what you have
ftnnp nr nut ftm nntifo nn mi- t ,!.- '
, done, or put the police on our track
we have the means of venceanre. and '
,,c- acT StCin "was sort as velvet, iier
face was pale; indeed, but for the
nori- qnicix ureatmng. m uie soir ngnt
. bne Uor.e tne Pratlon quietly, pa- j
tientiy, witn scarcely a moan, i verily I
neueve i was tne greater suuerer or
the two. I had to probe deeply before
I discovered the bullet: I felt her love-'
ly form quiver; a slight moan left her
lips, nothing more. When I had per
formed the task, examined the wound,
and done what I could, she rewarded
me with the sweetest smile that ever
illumined the face of fair woman
Pens, ink and paper were brought
- , . , ..
dt.nRtfrous, symptoms appear, do not
v a-u'J -11"- "u "c e lul i
uie nun nun. uier.-.i. o ai- u .
aou nave done your wort well, dec-,
tor. "for which. I thank von TsnT- T
u -r tt,. ' i
cou!d ''no?t fim on your15Tk and kl8s
l1' She is my own child, and ypu t
may perhaps guess how I love her.'
"Madam," I said, "this has been a '
strange experience for me. I do not
1 IrflnU 'nmnf on vc mv w9 rx I . . - t. a
v i Trnnm T-n in -ri-rT ueTintri mk t - --- s. - - . -
t "ZZ," o-wm---. i-. , neichbors. " caiiea a natoatrrs.
oiui is it; i
'Xet me touch her cheek with my t i.c
!?... ! they:
The lady paused a moment. I saw
her breast heave and swelL as he?
j dark eyes flashed upon me through her
eil.
"Granted." she aald; "but I beg you
will do it quickly and unseen by- the
others present'
I turned to the beL apparently to see
that all was comfortable. I put my
ear to her face as though listening to
her breathing Then, for just one mo-
jruieni, saf ug raatse on &sr cbmk.
Tarniuz around. I saw the .tffed
lady with the bandage ready for fey I
eyes.
Ts it necessary T I asked. j
"It must be; I dare do no other," sh6 t
answered.
Then I submitted to be blindfolded
once more, but my hands were left
free.
Here fa "your fee a hundred guin
eas." said the reiled lady.
"A hundred guineasr' I exclaimed:
"it is too mnch teil trcnld hare been
Sufficient"
!: :: . , .t..
4au .are welcome, liememucr ;
have bound you by aii oath, bilt hot a
word to a living soul of what ydri havd
seen and done! I should be sorry to
HjSf eneT0rr ;. ! r.,,-
VMdam. I am silent as the graTer;
I need not nrolohe m fitorr by re-
Iaiicx he return jgnrnev. 1 wsis taken
back alone & the strange" conveyahc.
used to convey me thither .
t
Everybody old enough win remem
ber the startling discovery made by
the poire, some twenty years ago, of a
band of female housebreakers. The
whole country was roused to intense
excitement by the revelations then
made. The newspapers for weeks pro-
rlded the most thrilling accounts of the
depredations the cans had committed,
i dressed in men's clothing robbing gen-
tlemen's mansions and the better-class
houses. Onlr three of the gang were
captured, an elderly Woman and two
vounger ones: the rest escaped and
nothing could persuade those captured
to betray their companions ill Crime,
The elderly woman was said io belong
to a Continental family of title, and
S. ..t . V. .. !,. ln.1
lb nua 3UllUSCU Uiai 11C vtos LiiV.- ll.m-
Vi Mi. IUC I.UUJ..
On the day of the trial I went to the
court, for n stronc susnicion had taken
possession of me that my strange epi
sode some years back had a connection
with this ping of female burglars.
When the prisoners were brought into
the dock I at once recognized the form
of the veiled lady! Casting her eyes
round the court they fell upon me. I
saw he recognised me. She gave a
faint smile, put her lingers to her lips
and wafted me a kiss. So artfully was
this done that even the lynx-eyed re-
. norter- failed to notice the action, and
' . ; , , , r .,..
i en micciui ivlinf- imrtir hnx-0 hepn a
so misseu wuai uiisul uae oeeii u i
j cauin;r more tlian a quarter of a
I turv ao. Tit-Bits.
cen-
A n4M,rt-n cVr
A aAB1AUeU tTt
i Jim Blalxilell as Too CnnfoaRilea
sympathetic to Salt the Coittnei.
Thcre are some people who have no
imagination, but cling to the literal
. .- . , ... -.. ., - . ,,
wim Painim asiuuity. .nm niaisueu
was one wi umc, auu ui ua i;n.-uii
I ot taking things seriously lost him an
; elegant wife, says the Detroit Free
1 rft?5
It was this way: Col. Lafitte is a
bouthroer, anu very senstttve. es- i
' nechilly about his personal appearance.
which is quite distinguished. He rather
behind his cantankerous Kentucky I
! mare, and she kicked the dashboard of
, the buggv into smithereens and landed
j uotii gentlemen by the roadside.
. This wouldn't have been so bad, as
neither of them was hurt, and the col
onel was doing the driving, hut Jim
I ua(i to'diScover a fracture in the col-
nnoi-o nht eve md he at once be"an
LJ " VfJ fabort it
wrP iriouslv hnrt. sir" ho said
itl J, ?mikthette manner
ltfZlh ml
, ot"ng wrong with me. snapped
colonel, who was lookmg for the
mare in a dazed sort of way.
.. ..! r i ,i j
uut your eye, Mr, us uauiy uam-
n-j,i
..x- ,;,i , - xrtr. ,Q t
f:,. th pri.tl
..-" 2. ,"";,
aJi r? ' i
er."
insist on bandaging your eye
first, cjrionel. Why. it Is a blurred
mass, and I greatly fear you have lost
the sight of It," persisted Jim.
"Look here, you young fool." roared
the colonel, "can't you attend to your
own affairs. That eye, sir, is glass do
you hear glass! glass!"
" And that Is why Jim didn't marry the
colonel's daughter.
LATEST IN ENGLISH SLANG.
l I3UL ilTilUJJ -u.- j
j
it must be awfully charmlug. and
if Miss Pourstars' singing at the local
concert the other evening trasn t aw-
man nnPjner, has caught flie trick
frora jj, duche-s customers. You hear 1
him talk siiDiv of poorr gowns and
nri- .h rr.rfc.ic r iiehdiv n
pooty
the correct adjective to use when
speaking of the weather. Nowadays
it is quite customary for educated peo
ple to talk of the dook. In quite aris
tocratic circles the final g is dropped in
, 4MUMJ tTViiu -it- fc.mw U4 mm
many words. Thev talk or nam,
I shootin', talkin. singin. I suppose the
f next thimr we shall hear will be that i
,.. . .
mincing style of affectation fashiona-
ble in days gone by. Aimcing is now
pbipflv eonfined to old mairts or vomur
is tmder twentv. Other folks don't i
..... .: V,.- i t ii,j.ra .
seem iu set uujc iuu au. ui u.iujj
of push "side" seems to go further than '
minCing manners.
Proal Father.
Parental affection does not always
chbors,
All your boys turned out well, did I
"Yes. I reckon they did."
"What's John doing?"
"He's a-enrin of fever in Tezas."
"And Iick?"
"He's enlargin of a country new.
paper an' a-coliectin of subscriptions.' I
"And William what's he doing?"
"He's a-preachin' of the gospel an'
splitthV rails fer a liTin'."
"And wkat areyoa doing?"
"Wen, l!in, anpportmT of Jofc u
Dick V WStem."- A
SOMETHING TO LAUGH AT.
4dic iiBAtotse that wnx kxcitb
las Kaew Bow ta Help Hit et
Am Exa-tpcrattMa; Man Wt ntl
Sweethearts Are TVamted u. Bomaet
t Bate.
A certain youth had apparently been
making himself offensive to a certain
- renin woman, and another youth had
i - -
taken the youns woman s part to the
extent of punching the first youth hi
ey knocking -hint down, Jumplnjr
on him and then kicliia? him. After It
1 " , ,
"as all over an old gentlemoa too-
'the victor aside and raid:
"I admire gallantry."
"Wdt's thaiT asked the victor.
"I sav 1 iklmire gallantry. I saw you
go 6 the" defence. 3f that young lady."
"She"" my galv" explained the youth.
'Your pirn"
J "yen. We've been training f.6gcil
j for six months."
"Training':"
"I'm her steady company. See?
"Oh. yes, yes, of course. That made
J you all the angrier when you saw this
fellow annoying her."
' "Annoyin her! Mister, yon don t
seem to catch on. I've been layln' for
t this tow-headed dude for most a month,
. 'cause I don't like him. See? He sor-
ter riles nic. An Jiag. she don't like
j him, neither. Bnt I couldn't get near
j to him to smash him; he wouldn't give
hue no reason tn do It, nnr Mag. she
I c . -. T11 . ,:, I'll tat j HtfTl 1
o-l.o. ju Ui umi. i ii ju-i - .... .. ,
"HUU .114 iui.:i ."-' -. -.-.- 4. ...- ..
t smash him for nlrtiu' wiLi your gnl.'
Awful smart gaL Mas is. So she togs
, nerseir out an goes out an eatcues uie
' gilly's eye and gives a sort of raszie-
i
dazzle, an that gives me the chanfte I
want an I- comes up an asks htm
what he's tlirtin' with my girl fer an
tiiff liirn one in thi eve an then
jumps on him an souares up fer all
the time I've been walliu. Great girl,
Mag is. She knows how to help a
felloer out when he's dvin fer a chance
' to swipe
one ot these
yeller-shoed
skatea."-Chica
o Tost.
Cffcct Jtntl Csute.
Having purchased a suburban resi-
' dence, and employed the services of a
surveyor. Mr. Wealthie wonders why
.... v. 4:n. t . .. . Mn. ., t).,
i w wuui ume u ul uin.u : .u
Itn.
Ml TA'enltJiie hnrinir lunehed. retires
to her boudoir to prepare for her after
noon drive.
Aa Exasperating; Mna.
Exasperating Man (taking his seat
In a wnitinir room filled with listening
ladies)-How do you do. Mrs. Gaddout?
Charmed to meet you!
The Lady Beside Him Why, doctor,
whnf n Tilen!.qnt Kurorise! And T wns I
that moment thinking of one of your
patients, dear little Mrs. Van Iiearem.
, Exasperating Man And I am de
' lighted to be able to inform you. mum
t and mum and mum, mum, mum, mum,
, mum.
i The Lady Oh, doctor! You don't
; mean it?
i The Exasperating Man I assure you,
moat remarkable case. Xight before
last her husband, mum. mum. mum.
I Of course I fiaw instantly, and. judge
of my surprise mum. mum and mum.
j mum. mum but, strange to say. mum.
I mum and mum and mum, and mum.
, mum. I .never heard of a similar oc
i currence. Puck.
Who Tbclr Seetlieart Arc.
"My sweetheart." said a diamond
,.-,. : -lln!,! lnT,0 ;-- n o.ul nf
. , '
S1"-
"Hec eyes are as blue as sapphires.
her hair is the color of old-gold.
"Her name is ituby.
"She has a dreamy look like the
moonstone.
i
"Her wit sparkles like a diamond.
Her father is a connoisseur in gems.
I adore her!"
"A rare flower," said the Fifth ave-
nue florist, "is inj sweetheart.
"ae aas eyes itKe diusociis,
... .
like pinks, a brow like the lily and hair ,
the hue of the yellow roses.
"Her name is Itose.
..jr , ,c """ "L u "--i- -'"
-.i. unu-
Wlint He ra.
Sceoe on the deck of a man steamer
at sa. Esthetic passenger (to old
salt) Can you teU me, my good man.
the name of that fine bird hovering
ha Iba trass, sir.
& a rara' avis.
always been!
E. P. Yes. yes,jny good feflow, but
j I caU that a rara avis just as I caU
, you a genus homo.
O. S. (indignant) Oh. do you? Then
I calls that a halbatrcss. just the same
as I calls you a blooming humbug.
Tid Bits.
A.Giwla Ifaiee Jklwaya.
The Saunterer has a washerwoman
who is an interesting- creature .in- her
.The other, morning the Saunterer hap-
L5
ruisexim !
,- -Jr'Bjyr?ay'fri3&Sty
- cJ'5aWvrjrI..-'
rWH!
pened to meet ICary on the street.
God morritas; Katy, aaid. the Satin
terer. Kary made a courtesy.
"The top o. the mornin to ye, aho
answered.
""Where hare you been this mormlng.
LKatyr
"To the clmitery yor honor, and oh!
it WotlM umuse you to sro how the
place has growed." I'-oston ISudec
UU AnibiUoa
.Dentist WelL my little man, what
can I do for von?
Small Fox--Please, sir. I want you
to pull a front tooth so's I san spit
like Jimmy Peters.
Legislative Intelligence.
f Thc imein.nrc of a member of th3
t - . , , . , , . ,; i.n
. Kentucky legislature has at tunc been
called into r."stiou. but tt i uanuy
' ftljr to that di-nitigil.'sbed bodv of states
i h d . . t ;tl,j,t.
-- " "." -
In testimonv whereof Is thL. Lwo
newspaper men reporting the proceed
ings at Frankfort wen disputing over
the spelling of a member's name
"By George." ccntendeil one, "I tell
you "it is spelled with an a."
"I'll bet you a dollar it is an e," In
sisted the other.
T know better and we'll lettve It to
him."
The other gave a Inur whistle.
"Leave it to him. nothing." he ex
claimed, "he doesn't know how to spell
his name, and I've seen him run his
tongue out four inches trying to write
it." Exchange.
Ku Entirely HivTrrent Cane.
"I am not expecting any package,"
said the lady of the hoine.
"This the number." persisted the
driver of the delivery wagon. looking
at hU book again. 'vXamj's Higguii,
ain't it?"
"Ves."
"No. .TT4?"
"That's our number."
"Then it's for you."
"I thiuk not. It must be a case ot
mistaken identity."
"Xo. mum. It's a case of beer."
Chicago Tribune.
Wiio Ncrlrd tiie Kctt.
A congregation had presented their
minister with a sum of money, and
bud sent him off to the continent for
a holiday. A gentleman just returned.
, from the continent, meeting a promi-
neut member of tne congregation, saiu:
"Oh. by-the-bye, I met yonr minister
In Germany. He was looking very
wellr lie didn't seem as if he needed a
rest."
"Xo," said the member, calmly, "it
wana hum. it was the congregation
that was needin' a rest." London Tid
j Bits.
A Pnrnitor.
Xo man can attend properly to hi:.
business," observed Jinks sententmusJy,
' ;
if he doesn't keep straight."
"Excuse me: yon saw a man quits
recentlv who can." returned ISIiuks.
"I did? Where, pray?"
"At the variety sLow."
"Oh. did I? Who wa he?"
Whv. that contortionist fellow:
I Drake's MagaTane.
.p?re-intive.
Wool What's the matter with your
eye?
Van Pelt Tried to convince an Irish
man that a four-leaf clover was a
shamrock.
WoolI thought the four-leaf clover
brought good lurk?
Van Pelt It does; didn't I get away
alive?
A "WorM's Fnlr Itflaflve.
First Chicrgo Woman Well, the last
of my world's fair relatives has gone
home.
Second Chicago Woman Was he a
near relative?
Tirst Chicago Woman Yes; he is my
husband's brother's tirst wife's mother'a
son-in-law. Judge.
j One un lllcfcx.
i "Some people are much more fortu
i nate in their marriages than others."
sneered Hick?. "Tliat's the only rca
, s-on why I don't consider matrimony a
1 failure."
i "You are very right there." said Mrs.
Hick--. "Ker- is our own family you
I got me. but TT oidy got you."
Xntnrr' VI nnilrri.
Swipes 5-ty. Chlmmie! I wuz out in
I
, de corn try yteniay.
Chimmie W'd yeh see dere?
' Swipes Lot o' ra-'s what
you
1 tiidn't have u ketp oITn. Puck
cheeks An Argument -for Free Silver.
Judga.
The War tlesr.
Fweddie What would you say if I
should ask you for $10?
Cholly I'd 'say you must be broke,
old fellow. '
. -Fweddie Then I'll ask. yon for a ten.
I was afraid you'd say ycu didn't hav
it Truth."'
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Total
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Tapital Stock paid In ,
Surplus fund
Unc.vTiitd proSt3....
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