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    14 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNE frAY , JUNE 10 , ISSO.-SIXTEEN PAGES.
THE YELLOW DRAWING HOOM.
Mona Onfrrl tn St. Ln\tlt roal-
I nppronch tills cjilBOilo in my Hlo
which presents Hpolf to my memory
thus ontUlotl with dlslllto mingled with
fascination. 1 hnto the whole subject ,
but I can't leave It alone. Those ac
cursed three weeks spent under the
Bnmo roof with Vnnora Ilaydoit scorn to
have deprived mo of myself , unhinged
mo , destroyed the balance of iriy char
acter. I feel as If I might perhaps
throw off this absurd spell by calmly
smoothing out the rufllcd momoricsiuid
studying them scientifically.
Vanora's aunt , Miss Clementina
Thorno , was u nice , appreciative old
maiden Indy , who thought mo the most
citimablo and charming of men. I had
long regarded her with warm affection
tempered only with a mild resentment
of her perpotuahittompts to got mo mar
ried. In her pressing invitation to
como once more to Fall-field , wlioro the
fresh air would bo so good for mo niter
my dusty and dingy ofllco , I read at
sight that another matrimonial schema
was fermenting in trial most hymeneal
brain. I know that this time she hud
destined mo for ono of hur own nieces ,
ns she mentioned that they hud .no
visitors at present , and that Vnnora
would bo at homo. Though I hud hovered -
ored about Claru with vague udmiru'tion
for over a year , her aunt mentioned in
her much underlined onistlo that her
his denr wife's
brothnr-in-luw , since
death , had let the girls have too much
of thcirown way , and Hint Vnnora ( who
had received permission to decorate and
furnish the drawing room at Kali-Hold
exactly us she pleased ) had unworthily
employed her liberty by producing a
room of brilliant , yellow.
I had u prejudice against Vanoraand
this lust freak made inu think none the
better of hor. Evidently she was rather
n headstrong and probably affected
young person. Kvory ono said that she
lined to make herself conspicuous and
that you never know what she was go
ing to do next. I bate that sort of u
girl. The true woman is retiring , un
obtrusive , indistinguishable oven until
you como to know her well , and then
Bho Is very much like what every other
true woman would bo under the sumo
conditions. I had pronounced views in
these mutters.
As for ayollow drawing-room ! I felt
iv sort of scornful amusement in that
drawincr-rooml
I was anxious to BOO just how far
Vanora's mania to bo out of the com
mon had carried her in this instance.
Arrived at Fuirlield I was at once
shown into the notorious drawing-room.
It was yellow. The color had been
washed out of the vury daffodils , which
looked prcon with jealousy ; the bun-
Bhino was confronted in a spirit of re
spectful independence , brotherhood be
ing acknowledged , but the principle of
equality uncompromisingly assorted.
Miss Theme sadly shook her head.
"Wo want my brother-in-law to liuvo
the room done over again , Air. St. Vin
cent , but ho wont hear of it. Wo did
nil wo could with Vanora wo told her
that nobody used such a brilliant color ,
but she only said that she found no
body , when you como to talk to him
seriously , was a person quito open tea
a reason. Dear Vanora is BO quaint. "
"Hor taste seems to be rather quaint , "
I said.
Several visitors were passionately ad
miring the prospect , the pictures , the
chairs and tables , anything to protect
themselves against a threatening sum
mons to say something about the gen
eral coloring. Miss Thorno seems to bo
Tiitcously endeavoring , by her manners ,
her attire , her sentiments to ntono for
that unpardonable drawing room. The
sisters also , Wary and Clara , were doing
tholr.bost in the name direction. But
hopeless was their protest. The room
was in a glow of golden light ; no lady
like antidote , however strong , could
load ono to Sgnoro it. It was radiant ,
bold , unapologetic , unabashed. It was
not the room that any Ideal woman
would have created. My ideal woman
would unfailingly choose a nice tone of
gray-bluo for her drawing-room. My
suspicions that Clara Hayden was my
ideal woman grow stronger as I watched
her quiet English face bent over the
tea-tray. I liked the straightforward
look of the girl , her blue eyes and fair
complexion. If i was to give up my
liberty the reins should bo handed
over to a kind. sensible young
woman like Clara , who would hate to
make herself remarkable. I think the
hot afternoon sun and the unceasing
bound of Aunt Clementina's voice must
have made mo drowsv , for I was think
ing mistily what a wonderfully and con
spicuously clean girl Clam llaydon was ,
who n the door opened and I found my
self llounduring ( I cannot do more than
describe those dreamy impressions ) in
an ocean of laughter.
I my efforts to keep my head above
water , I discovered rather sharply that
I had unset my tea , which Clara's ex
ceedingly clean fingers had just poured
out for mo. This brought mo to my
"I appear to bo graduating for an
idiot asylum. " I exclaimed , furious at
" > ny clumsiness and stupidity. Vanora
laughed in a friendly manner. "Wo
have all boon yearning to got rid of
this cup , " she wild , "and wo really fee-
grateful to you for your opportune as
istance. "
In the few bewildering moments of
apology and assurance , I found myself
presented emphatically to Vonora , and
lightly by indication to a dark and lank
young man who followed her into the
room. Vanora herself was simply radi-
nnt. She had a mass of glistening ,
{ /olden hair , a color full , varying , emotional -
tional , eyes llko the sea ( I IOKO my tem
per whoa people ask mo to describe
their color ) . In llguro she was robust ,
orcot , nliiint , firmly knit. Though her
movements were so swift , there was
nothing restless 'about hor. Aground
tone of repose sounded up through
the burfaco scintillations. She
was vital , not galvanic. That was the
rovoaliug word vital.
In the human color-spectrum she took
the place of the yellow ray. This was
all out of keeping. According to my
doctrines it was oven impossible.
Women ought to take the place of the
blue or violet rays. In my huhomu of
the universe they always aid so , except
in the cabo of distinctly unwomanly
women. But this in splto of offend
ing against every cnnoi I hud over setup
up Vanora certainly was not. She
supremely , ovorpoworlugly womanly.
The womanhood of her sisters paled
before the exuberant feminine quality
which I could not but acknowledge in
Vnnora. Everything was wrong and
contradictory. I scorned to bo taking
part in some comedy of errors , wherein
Vnnora played a sort of fantastic Col-
umblno , ana I the part of fool , I began
grimly to suspect. For already ( I
bhruggod my shoulders nt myself In
contemptuous duspiUr ) I found that I
hated the lunk young man who had
been introduced as Mi * . George Inglis ,
simply and solely because I saw that ho
was head over ears in love with Vnnora ,
mid that she treated him with n sort of
Indobcribablo good fellowship , mingled
with a peculiar tenderness. ( I never
. EUW anything to equal Vnnora's tondor-
tiofu when she was moved that way , )
" Miss " I said "thn
"I hoar , Vuuora , ,
the credit of this room IB cntirol
yours. "
The lank admirer looked round.
Vnnora glanced at mo alertly.
"You have every reason to bo proud , "
I continued , determined not to spare
her ; "you must have surprised moro
people than you could easily count ,
though I have no wish to impugn arith
metic. They will all bo grateful to you
for a now sensation. "
"Forgive mo for disagreeing with
you , " she said. "It is so cnsj to surprise -
priso people ; they are all amiable ; they
keep themselves always prepared for
astonishment ; they are like a sensitized
j.lnto which Is ready at a moment's no
tice to bo surprised in a photograph.
You como with your dogma or your self-
evident fact , or simply with your pot of
yellow paint , and , behold , forth spring
the various amazements. Oh , no !
( thanking you all the same , ) I am not
proud of lm\ing startled n few people
whoso mission in life is to bo startled. "
"I raised my eyebrows withoringly.
My ideal woman would consider it al
most indelicate to play with words in
this fantastic fashion. 1 glanced at my
gray-blUo goddess. How comfortably
certain one felt with her of enjoying
conversational repose ! Dear Clara !
how admirably she carried out one's
cherished ideas ; shu fitted thorn like a
glove. I completely , ardently approved
of Clara. To her I rather ostentatiously
devoted u\vbclf for the rest of the after
noon , but I was furtively watched by her
sister
And now I como to the disagreeable
and inexplicable part of my broken and
absurd episode. I know not to this day
why or wherefore , but Verona began to
exorcise over mo the most extraordi
nary fascination. If thuro were any
other word t would use it , but I cannot
find ono. I fell into the strangest state
of mind. Verona's personality boomed
to unwrap mo as a garment ; she was
like some great radiating center of
light and warmth ; I was penetrated
with the glowing atmosnhoro. I never
approved of the girl. I don't believe
that I then liked hor. I know that I
often hated her , and yet I felt miserable
out of her presence. She became a ne
cessity to mo.
A feeling of misery which I cannot
describe assailed mo in her absence ; a
sick fooling of senseless despair. I
used to pace the terrace among the pea
cocks ( the boys impertinently insisted
that they wore unable on such occa
sions to distinguish mo from the con
ceited birds ) ; and as I thus worked off
some of my restlessness , I used to try
and understand what had happened to
inc.
Ono morning before breakfast ,
Vanora came out on to the terrace.
Seeing me , she walked straight up tome
mo and said , "Good morning , I think
you want to talk to mo , don't you ? "
I looked at her in despair. If she
lived and improved for a thousand
years she would never uo an ideal
woman.
"You disapprove of mo , " Verona con
tinued calmly. "I wish you would tell
me why. "
"You really wish nip to bo frank , " I
baid , stopping and facing her.
"I really do. " she replied , offering
crumbs of bread to a haughty peacock ,
who eyed them superciliously.
'Well , then , Miss Hay'dcn , your
blood bo upon your own head ( beautiful
was that golden head in the morning
light ) . You seem to have so many
qualities and ideas that are not suited
to you sox. ko doubt I am old-fash
ioned about those things , but I confess
that I cannot rejoice when I BOO our
beautiful ideal of womanhood sot scorn
fully ntjinught. "
"NoV" said Vanora. "Do go on. "
"I scarcely know how to approach a
subject of which you do not seem to un
derstand the rudiments , " I said
severely.
"This Interests mo , " cried Vnnora.
"I particularly desire to bo awakened
on thin drowsy side of mo. I can't boar
to be blind and stupid. I want very
much to be shown at least the gates of
realms that are forbidden to me. "
D 'The bacred realms where woman is
queen will teen be forbidden to you if
you persistently continue to think and
act in disharmony with the feminine
nature anil genius. " ,
"Do you moan that I shall not
marry ? " she asked.
"No , I inenn that if you do marry you
w'll fail to fulfill your true mission ns a
wife. You may have a brilliant and
remarkable career , but the moro bril
liant the moro complete will bo your
failure , the moro I shall mourn the loss
of n real woman from the spheres where
she was intended to create and to main
tain those sacred ties and sentiments ,
without which this world would bo a
howling wildornesss. "
Vanora tossed another crumb to the
supercilious peacock.
"Do go on , " she repeated.
"If women only realized where their
true power lay , and how mighty was
that power , they would never seek to
snatch it in directions where they are
inevitably weak , and if I must oay it
inevitably ridiculous. "
"All these true feminine proclivities
scorn to have slept in mo , " said Vanora.
"I was born to bo ridiculous. My father
never sought to arrange a 'sphoro' for
me , and in my case instinct scorns at
fault. At one tune I used to make any
amount of antimnccassars and sofa
cushions , and to this day my sisters do
all that can possibly bo required of a
fajnlly as to being lady-like and having
nice quiet tastes , and so on , and
what IH especially satisfactory , they
think a baby far moro interest
ing than a grown-up creature with
a soul , or oven than a child who can
think and feel. They are keeping up
the feminine traditions admirably.
Don't you think it would bo a little mo
notonous if I wore to go over exactly the
samu ground ? It scums to mo that that
ground is getting rather trodden in. "
"i am sorry to hoar you sneer at our
good and charming sisters , and at the
true instincts of the sox. "
Vanora burst out laughing. "Oh ! Mr.
St. Vinccntyou really area llitlo stupid
BOinet.imort " she said
She turned , and I saw a change como
into her face as George Inglis appeared
from the wood at the far end of the terrace -
race and walk towards us , That filled
mo with unaccountable fury. My criti
cal mood which I had maintained with
no llttlo dllllculty fell olt mo , and Iwas ,
Hwaylnp as a wind-tossed rood with
btrango , uncontrollable emotion.
'You don't know what it has cost mete
to speak to you thus , " I baid , catching
her hand , "You interest mo , you
yes , I must gay it you ftibcinuto mo ,
and it distresses mo , maddens mo to fool
myself led away by qualities which
ought to repel mo the attraction is
morbid and unwholesome. I am angry
with myeolf for oven fooling it. Vanora ,
you must release mo. "
"Koloiiso you , " she repeated , "what
do yoft momiV"
"I " I "that
moan , replied cnutly ,
you must learn to love mo and to bo a
woman in the old swcot sonao , for my
sake. "
"You uro very naif , " she said , smil
ing ; "you seem just now to mo llko a
nice , ogotibticul child. "
I turned abruptly away. I know that
George IngliB joined her , and that they
walked down the terrace together. I
suppose I must have boon in love with
her , yet all the time i seemed to hate
hor. I longed to make her yield to mo ,
to love mo with an up-looking lovo. I
bad u burning desire to subdue hor.
She Boomed to evade mo nnd my
lioorlcsiv * If she were iv creature from
nnotlior sphere. I ciinnot describe the
irritation of mind which nil Uila caused
mo. I sot about my wooing ns If I hnd
boon going to fight n duel. To my intense -
tense disgust 1 found thnlGcorgo Inglis
had discovered my nccurscd secret , t
chanced to overhear him saying to
Miss Thorno , "Tho contest Is n typical
ono ; if ono could imngino the eigh
teenth century ns n lover wooing the
nineteenth century , that this is the
sort of nn angular labyrinth in court
ship wo should l.ivvol" t wondered
what the chattering fool monnt by ill
"Sho shall love mo , nnd she shall
learn , through love , the sweet lesson of
womanly submission , " I snld to myself
all the dominating Instincts of my man
hood roused Into activity by this
stranpo and hatotul experience. I felt
that she was utterly wrong , that she
hnd mistaken her own powers mid her
own noblest impulses. It was for mo ,
through the might of an overwhelming
alToction , to sot alight the true wo
manly llnmo within her heart. I would
make her proud of her subordination1 I
would turn the splendid stream of her
powers of nlTcctlon into the truolchun-
nol.
nol.After
After n day or two of lovo-Uko devo
tion , I bogau to slacken In my pursuit
and to transfer my attentions to Clara.
Clara cocaine u now drcnturo. Tier ex-
nresslon softened , her oycs brightened ,
but t waa too absorbed in my own llttlo
drama to consider what part Clara
might bo liUoly to play In It. T watched
Vanora soerntly. She seemed depressed
and restless ; n. woman after the old
eternal pattern 1 therefore to bo wont
Dear , erratic , foolish , brilliant Vanora ,
you shall bo brought back safe and
sound to .vour true destiny !
I followed her to the garden , whither
I know she had gone to ( rather flowers.
Very lovely she loolted in her white
dress , with a bunck of daffodils In her
bolt.
I plunged headlong. "Vanora , I love
you ; I want to know my fate. "
"Mo , " she said , with a gasp of aston
ishment , "I thought it was Clnrnl"
I clasped her hands , I protested , I
told her how my love for her had over
whelmed and shattered mo.
"And ClaraV"sho repeated in dismay.
Did she not understand. Tt wasout of
pique to make her jealous
"When I become jealous of rny sisters -
tors , " said Vauora , "you can come and
preach mo your doctrines. I shall un
derstand them then. "
"Vanoral"
"At present they seem to mo llko
soapbubbles ; full of emptiness. ' '
"But vou don't understand "
gJ"True , " she returned , "they have
never before assailed mo in this stift-
baeKcd fushio-n. I ollonded ngni nst
them unconsciously. My father never
constrained mo in any particular direc
tion because of my sox. IIo has per
haps spoiled me. I have hitherto nnd
only a jovcus souse of drawing in what
was outside , and radiating what was
within me. When you describe vour
ideas I seem to see tfio doors of a dark
prison openin.fr out of the sunshine , and
strange to say , I feel no divine , uner
ring instinct prompting mo to walk in.
"I ott'cr you onprison but n homo , " I
cried excitedly.
"You would Uirn'aU homes into pris
ons , " she returned.
"Prisons whoso bars are golden bars
of love ami duty. "
"Yes , you take a woman's love and
duty and fashion out of them her prison
bars. It is most ingenious. But I don't
like even golden bars , Mr. St. Vin
cent. "
"You have evidently not a spark of
love for mo , " I cried passionately.
Her face suddenly changed. "Ah ,
that's the horrible absurdity of it ! " she
exclaimed , coloring painfully. "You
enthrall ono part of me and leave the
other scornful and indifferent. Wo
have not one thought in common , but I
am miserable when you are absent
stop , don't misunderstand mo. Your
gods and godcssses are to mo creatures
of no moment ; your world of belief
seems to mo like a realm fashioned
out of tissue paper. To live with
you would bo like living in n tomb ; I
lack the sense of fresh air. And there
is no sunshine within miles of you. Yet
when I am not with you there is a sort
of ache ; your personalty seems to fas
cinate mo I wish to heaven you had
never conic hero. You have disturbed
my happiness , destroyed my delight in
lifo , loft mo miserably dependent on
you ; yet to the end of time I should
continue to shock and distress and Irri
tate you , and you would stifle , depress
and perhaps utterly unhinge mo. I
wihhyou would go to-day , now.1
She looked white and distraught. I
pleaded like a lunatic , argued , urged ;
for ono supreme moment my arms were
round her , and I thought that bho
would viold. But whether or not bho
would have yielded I shall never know ,
for suddenly wo both started witli dis
may. Before us , pausing abruptly ns
she came round tlio band of the laurel
shrubberies , stood Olara. I shall never
forgot the look on her face at that mo
ment. It was like that of seine gentle
animal mortally and wantonly wounded.
Without a word Clara turned awayand
Vanora , and I stood in dismayed and
miserable silence.
At last , slowly moving away , Vanora
spoke. "I can forgive you the Injury
you have done to mo , but I can never
'
'forglvo what you have done to Clara. "
Slio passed out of sight.
I loft Fairflold immediately , nnd I
hoard that Vnnora and her sister hail
gene abroad. I could not lind out where
they were , nor hud I the temerity to
think of following them. I know that
Fate had no reprieve for mo.
The episode remains in my mind as a
haunting , incomprehensible dream.
Ponder as I may , I cannot understand
what impulses of our nut uro Vnnora
and I had power mutually to sot at vari
ance ; what irresistible attraction wo
had for ono another , combined with
what inevitable antipathy. Wo could
never have lived together ; I see that
now. Vet I think sometimes , when the
memory of those ton days returns to
torment mo , that neither can wo live
apart. 1 have never boon the same
man slnco I mot Vanora. I am neither
my former self , complete and comfort
able , nor am I thoroughly n now being ,
I am a sort of abortive creature , strid
ing between two centuries. The spirit
of a coining ago has brushed mo with
its wing , but I resent and resist the
spirit , anil I pluck on" the tiny feather
which ho dropped from those great
plowing pinions of his that shadow the
firmament of the future.
ROMANCE OP A SAILOR.
Chicago Times : Whetoor afloat or
nshoro , drunk or sober , the sailor man
can always bo depended on to distin
guish hinibolf In a mutter which , for
pure and unadulterated idiooyor wildly
hilarious deviltry , can not bo equaled
outside the violent ward of a detention
hospital , This is hard on the mnrinor ,
in whoso life joy and borrow have much
the biuno effect. It mutters not if ho
had the rnnldng of an nngol In him be-
ore taking to the sen , or whether ho
follows Balling ono year or thirty , some
mysterious und demoralizing influence
gets in its work , und the ubovo char
acteristic nt all times iiolus good ,
It is with n cuuious commingling of
pleasure and pain that I recall an inci-
dent in the cnrcorpf"\iiy \ boyhood chum
and shipmate , Bob Shivers. Wo were
boysin the same totyiiMonmouth , III.
where wo early acquired a reputation
which would have'landed ' us in the pen
itentiary had not \yo not loft town
when wo did. Bob- was ono of the
roughest and toughbfit , but nt the same
time best-hearted follows that over trod
the deck of a manjqf-wnr till the ono
great sorrow of his llfp forged across his
bow and hovohlm tu.i
Wo lived in ihommo block , tortured
the same school-marni , hunted , fished
and fought logothor.stolo chickens and
fruit from the same farmers , attended
the same Sunday-school , harrassed the
same cats and dogs , read the snmo books ,
and when the proper time cnmo wo setout
out together to circumnavigate the
glebe in quest of pirates 'without the
knowledge or consent of our parents
or guardians. Wo didn't got any pir
ates worth mentioning , but wo got lots
of other things oqurlly useful.
Among my private collection of cur
ios io ono from which noonrthly induce
ment could tempt mo to part , and which
I will hold and cherish while life lasts.
It IB a ixmutiful , hand-painted India-ink
portrait of a light-red Wallet girl , with
imvy-bluo logs , standing on ouo foot
while engaged in a prolonged endeavor
to kick a hole in othoral space with the
other. This picture was committed on
my person by a man whom 1 hired for
that purpose , and was the cause of some
premeditated agony and bloodshed on
my part , followed by robust installments
of intermittent remorse. Bui this feel
ing faded away In time , and my reward
came when l" returned and mingled
ag.iln with my former associates , who
followed mo around town and got oil' the
sidewalk to let mo pass.
When wo went to sea Bob loft a sweet
heart behind Lulu Idoll McUasto a
tiny , delicate little maid , with a great
wealth of wavy brown hair , largo , moist
eyes , and a plaintive , piping little
voice , which , when it Haul , "Oh , Bob ,
now please don't , " metaphorically lnl.1
that exceedingly tough and tormenting
individual prostrate at her feet. Lulu
loved Bob , doubtless , for the undevel
oped good that was in him , but he
wouldn't admit it. Ho said girls were
no good , anyhow , and the night wo
made our exodus ho sneaked away with
out bidding her good-by ; for Bob was a
long-headed youth and feared , so he
said , that Lulu's confidence would bo
disastrous to our plans. But wo getaway
away all right , to our subsequent sorrow
and in strict accordance with the rules
laid down for our guidance in the last
book wo reada , haudbomoly bound and il
lustrated work entitled "Tho Mariner. "
And in duo time wo became
a couple of handsomely bound and illus
trated mariners ourselves bound by
the oath of allegiance for three years
on board a United States fight-ship
and illustrated witlijfndia ink pictures
of mermaids , anchors and other works
of the same school-wliifh captivate the
artistic eye of the sailor.
At the beginning ) ! the cruise wo oc
casionally heard from homo , but after
a while our ship was ordered to the far-
otT South Pacific , where for eighteen
months wo cruised among the islands ,
entirely cut off from nil communica
tions with the rest of'tbo ' world. For at
that time there was several bad wash
outs in the regular mail routes to and
from that region. Bob and I were in
tnc same watch , and often when stand
ing on pur lonely trick deck , with the
ship sailing along under easy canvas in
the effulgent love-inspiring" of a
tropical moon. Bob Would slop over and
toll me how much he' loved Lulu Idoll ,
and that when his.cruiso was ended ho
intended to settle down and marry hor.
Ho meant it , too. When wo finally
struck the coast of South America , at
Callao , Peru , the mail bag was sent
aboard , und in it was a letter for Bob ,
which nearly broke his heart. I have
forgotten the exact words of the letter ,
but its substance is still fresh In mem
ory.
ory.It appeared that over a year previous
to the unto of ho letter Lulu's father ,
who was a widower , had eloped with
the wife of our resident horse doctor.
The poor woman , it seems , had boon
driven to desperation ; for , in addition
to having enjoyed very poor health for
some time back , her husband , who was
on the road to wealth , insisted on treat
ing her himself. By his philanthropic
net the great hearted Mr. McUasto loft
his daughter Lulu , his only child ,
without homo or protection , anil though
numerous kind friends und neighbors
offered her a homo she gently refused
all assistance , and , liito the high
spirited girl she was , determined to
shift for herself. She wont away to a
largo city , and after many trials and
tribulations obtained a position as
cashier in a moat shop. But ono day ,
and before sno had drawn her first
week's pay , the butcher got into a dis
pute with an ice man who was full of
words. The debate grow somewhat
heated and was running along with no
apparent advantage gained on either
side when the butcher sought to lend
emphasis to his remarks by enlisting
the services of a largo 15 cent soup
bono , with an osseous lung on the end
of it. The butcher's delivery was
powerful but faulty , and the unhappy
result of it was that Lulu Idell caught
the cold and clammy butt end of the
argument on her nock. Her deam of
lifo was o'er.
Poor Lulu Idoll McIIasto. She had
gouo out into the wide , wide world In
all the glad , winsome beauty of her
young womanhood to make or lose a
reputation for herself ; but alas ! Cruel
fate and the uncertainties of metropoli
tan lifo had decreed otherwise , and she
returned to the scones of her childhood
as perishable goods on the front , plat
form of a baggage car. The letter
closed with thobomowhatdishuartoiiing
statement that Lulu's remains were
lying in a lonely , unmarked grave in
an obscure corner of the village burial
plot , forgotten alike by friend and foe ,
and that the butcher was still at large.
The receipt of'this , doleful onistlo
dated a remarkable change in Bob's
usual happy-go-lueky disposition. IIo
allowed his oath Vbdabulary to fall Into
a state of innocuous desuetude a euro
indication that the sailor is affected in
wardly Fomowhore ; s.woro off on poker ,
paid some of his' debts , held himself
aloof from our llttlo1 social gatherings
in the forecastle , and lost his appetite ,
which , when staked against govern
ment food , uas an i/nconsluorcd / trifle.
IIo was frequently seen in tears , or , as
a grizzled old maliltopmnn fooHngly
expressed it , "ho itu-iied ) to on his for-
nrd pumps an1 flooded his llggor head. "
But wo respected'his ' grief. When
ho wont ashore , instead of carousing
with the boys as had boon his wont , ho
haunted gravo-yards wherever ho could
find ono und studied the designs on
tombstones. In time , however , ho re
covered his spirits in a measure , and ,
though ho made a confident of no ono ,
the light of a noble resolve shining in
his oycs was apparent to all. For sev
eral hours a day for a week or two Bob
was closeted in the hold with a sailor
who was nn adopt with India ink and
needles. But whatever was being done
was kept to thonisolveH ,
Well , the three years' cruiEO came to
nn end at last. Wo were pu'.d off , and
turning our prows homeward wo sot sail
for Monmouth. On the way Bob was
fidgety and absent-minded by turns ;
evidently had something on his mind
wli'ch ' I thought ho was several times
on the point of unloading , but ho hold
in and reached homo with his secret in
tact. During the ovation which waa
tendered us by the boys Bob brlglitoneil
un wonderfully and was apparently his
old self ngaln ; butono morning ho waa
missing , and my mind was filled with
Btrango forebodings of something , I
know not what.
Along in the afternoon I noticed a
steady stream of pnoplo straggling off
in the direction of the grave-yard , and
ns they ecomod in no hurry to comeback
back 1 took a trip out that way myself.
As I suspected , Bob Shivers
was the attraction , and there ho was ,
the center of an amused but orderly
crowd , standing placidly drunk at the
head of Lulu's grave , wearing on his
face a pathetically blended expression ,
in which love , devotion , determination
and defiance struggle for first place , but
the contest ended in a draw. IIo was
stripped to the waist , exposing a monument
ment of the broken-shaft style of archi
tecture tntoocd on his breast and
stomach , and extending from the gunwale -
wale of his trousers to his chin.
The monument bore this pathetic in
scription in largo red and blue letters :
Sncrod to the Memrvof
Lui.u Inni.i , M'HcusTB ' ,
Whom Fnto Overhauled on or About
October 4 , 1SS3 ,
In the 17th Ycnr of Her Ace.
This Simple Shaft Was Erected
By Her Faithful 1 over
and
1'romlscd Husband ,
H. SII1VU1I9 ,
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OMAHA
N. W. Cor. 13th and Dodge Sts. , Omaha , Neb.
THE LARGEST MEDICAL INSTITUTE IN THE WEST
JTOU THE TUKA.TMRNT OF. .
Chronic and Surgical Diseases and Disaasos of the Eya and Ear.
PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO DEFORMITIES , DISEASES OF WOMEN , DISEASES
OF THE URINARY AND SEXUAL ORGANS , PRIVATE DISEASES , DISEASES
OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. LUNG AND THROAT DISEASES ,
SURGICAL OPERATIONS , EPILEPoY OR FITS ,
PILES , CANCERS , TUMORS , Etc.
J.W. MoMENAMY M. 15. President
. . , . . , ,
And Consulting Physicluu and Surgeon. tti
Organized with a full staff of Skilled Physicians , Simeons and Trained Nurses , I i ,
This establishment isv : permanent medical institution , conducted by thoroughly
educated physicians and surgeons of acknowledged Bkill and cxporfenco. The
Institute bindings , situated on the northwest corner of Thirteenth and Dodge
streets , Is composed of two larpe three-story brick buidlnps of over ninety rooms ,
containing ourHedical , Surgical and Consultation Rooms , Drug Store , Laboratory ,
Offices. Manufactory of Surgical Appliances and braces , and the Boarding Depart
ment for Patients , in charge of competent persons , constituting the largest and
the most thoroughly equipped Medical and Surgical Establishment in the West , ono
of the three largest in the United States , and second to none.
Wo have superior advantages and facilities for treating diseases , performing
surgical operations , bom cling and nursing patients , which , combined with our
acknowledged ability , experience , responsibility and reputation , should make the
Omaha Medical and Surgical Institute the first choice.
You can come direct to the Institute , day or night , as we have hotel accommo
dations as good and as cheap as any in , the city. .
We make this explanation for the benefit of persons who may feel inclined to
go further cast for medical or surgical treatment and do not appreciate ) the fact
that Omaha possesses the largest and most complete Medical and Surgical Insti
tute west of Now York , with a capital of over $100,000.
DEFORMITIES OF THE HUMAN BODY.
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APPLIANCES POll DEFORMI
Q TIES AND TRUSSES.
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Best Facilities , Apparatus and Remedies for Success-fill Treatment ol
every form of Disease rcciutrintf MKDICAL or SURGICAL
T1U3A.TMENT.
in tins department wo are especially Buccussrui. Our claims or superiority over
all others are based upon the fact that this is the only medical establishment man
ufacturing surgical braces and appliances for each Individual case. We have
throe skilled instrument makers in our employ , with improved machinery , and
have all the latest inventions , as well as our own patents and improvements ,
the result of twenty years' experience.
The treatment of disoa.sos by electricity has undergone great changes within the
past few years , and electricity in now acknowledged by all schools of medicine as the
great remedy in all chronic , special and nerve diseases , for nervous debility , par
alysis , rheumatism , diseases of women , etc. , and in many eye and ear diseafacs it
is the most valuable of all remedies.
In order to obtain its full virtues , It is absolutely necessary to have the piopcr
apparatus. Wo have lately purchased three of the largest and most complete
batteries manufactured , so constructed as to give the most gentlo.as well as the
most powerful current. Person's treated at this Institute by elcclA'icity reeogni/.o
lit once the difference between our expensive ) and complete electrical apparatus
nnd the common , cheap batteries , in use by many physicians. Over 15,000 dollars
invested in electrical apparatus.
PRBVATE , SPECIAL , ERVOOS AND
BLOOD OSSEASES.
Wo claim to bp the only reliable , responsible establishment in the west making
a specialty of this class of diseases. Dr. MeMenamy was ono jf the first thorough
ly educated physicians to make a special study of this class of diseases , and his
methods and inventions have been adopted by specialists in Europe and Amuiiea.
IIo Is the inventor of the Clamp Compiess Suspensory , acknowledged the best in
use. All others are copied after his invention. By moans of a simple operation , '
painless and safe , recently brought into use , wo euro many cases that have been
fjivon up as incurable by medical treatment. ( Itcud our book to men , sent free to awj
address. )
DISEASES OF THE EYE AND EAR.
Wo have had wonderful success in this department in the
js , " past year , and have made many improvements in our faclli-
' ties for treatment , operations , artificial eyes , etc.
Wo have greatly improved our facilities and methods of
V * ' 83S2 < 25 ! ' ' treating cases by conospomlonco , and are having bettor
success In this department llian over before. < ll
AVe are fully up to the times in all the latest Inventions In medical and snrgjcal 4
operations , appliances and instruments. Our iiihtituUon is open for investiga
tion to any persons , patients or physicians. Wo invlto all to correspond with or
visit us before taking treatment olsowlicio. believing Unit a visit or consultation
will convince- any intelligent person that it ia to their advantage to place them
selves under our caro. .
Hlnce Hits adrertiMmfnt first appeared , many lioastiny pretenders and frauds nave
come and ' /one / and mun'j ' more will corns and yet remembered only lnj their U\fortunat ) \
andfooliuli victims.
"A wise man'im'estiijutea first and decides afterwards ,
A fool dtcldtHjlrst , then investigates. " H
The Omaha Medical and fiunilcul Institute in indorsed by the people and the press.
More canilal invented , more skilled physician emplaned , more nndcrn appliances , instrii-
mcntt and apparatus in use , more casts treated and cured , wore mtcccssfttl surgical
operations performed , than in all other medical establishments in the West combined.
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