Nebraska Newspapers

    i THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , MARCH 3 , 1890. 0 H
II THOUGHTS IN LIGHTER VEIN h
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j-- * "Wnlte Prom the World of Wit nncl
A Humor
1 \
| \l WHY MR PATRICK WASN'T ' KILLED
1 Sir Old Hey * StrntrRr Tlio Hush
Accounted For Method in Ills
Mnrtnrm Snltl ' 'Vcn" ' Front
1 orco of llnbit
Tim Koroe ofllnblt ,
Fllcgoinlo IJlnottor ; Alpornon Dear
cat Kmlly , I ennnot conceal my footings
nny longer I must tell you now how
rtonrly 1 love you Mny 1 liopo for your
love in return ?
Emily Cortulnlv Will tlint bo all
| today '
\ Not 31(1(1 ( Enouitti fur Thar
St Louis Critic : Angry Subscriber
< * Inm tnnd nil the ivny through , nn'I
I * > wnnt my paper stopped
Editor Yes , sir ; do you want to pay
t what you owe
I Angry Subscriber No ; I ain't ' mad
\ enough for that
I n the I > PH < rJ Air
' Boston Curler : Shall I play you
this little Spanish fandango ' she
asucil , sweetly
1
' ' 1 1 bog your pardon , " ho said , turn
1 Ing red , but the fact is , I dent undcr-
, stand Spanish "
I , Ji ( > ! > ClOHR
Jp.i _ r Medical Times and Resistor : Gnlli-
A gun Doctor , hnven't you been iittcnil-
jjjjj | $ ing on old man GilfullawV
Mn& Doctor Yes
IB "IIJW Is ho today " *
tliS "IIo is boyoutl the rench of medical
HRr assistance , I' fear "
IF What ! iB.ho dying "
3 | "Oh , no IIo's broke "
33j , On Guard
* \ Fliogondc Blaotor : "By thundor.old
ft \ f fellow ! what has happoncd to you that
? you smile 60 all the time What was
ft bo good "
S "O , nothing at allt but you see ono
never knows nowadays but somebody
might bo photographing him "
• Aatoutitctl For
' Dry Goods Chronicle : Now that's
what I llko to sco , " observed the visit
ing morchntit to thc-proprietor of the
1 great dry goods emporium ; all the
clerks full of vim and onovgy "
i "Ych , " . nssontod the proprietor , "wo
close early today and they are nil pot
ting ready to go homo , "
No Huppmli 1(111. (
i Drakes Mugnzino : You will no
tice " said the manager of the company ,
as ho stopped in front of the curtain ,
that the programme says that seven
i years are supposed to clnpso between
the second nnd third acts In this case
there will bo no supposition about it ,
jb The sliorilf of this county hns just
Ml--- , ' taken possession of the stage , and I
flHflfc think it will bo about seven years bo-
mMWh ' fore wo can got the uiattor settled The i
mty nudionco is now dismissed "
m A I'reecnt for Ills UltV
| T America : Mr Oldboy My dear , i
'if ' when is your birthduy'/
II Mrs Oldboy Why , James ! The idea
im of your not knowing ! Why do you '
II Well , I've lost my silk umbrella ,
IB • and 1 was thinking it would bo a good I
jM idea to got you ono for a birthday
H present "
fm An Omitted Ilnitfnrk
! M Nashville American : The Rev Dr
MM K. , a college professor , who wrote his
sermons with the utmost euro and logl-
Hm cal coherence , once found it desirable
[ wlnlc preaching to omit a portion To-
IB wind the close of the sermon there was
J n reference to the omitted portion , a
J .fnct which ho forgot for the moment ,
HJ and then , suddenly remembering it , he
J oxtricatou hirasolf from the dilllculty in
II' this wlso : "As I have before remarked J
BI or in a part which I have omitted " ,
llu WmiitlCHlcd
Harvard Lampoon : Captain Spear
And were you never wounded , Pat
i P vt Faith , ser , nnd I was In the
fight nv Sportsylvania a dirty rob lifted
his gun nnd flrnd I was scared , I toll
yoz He struck mo right under mo loft
breast
But if it struck where you say , the
ball must have gouo through yourhonrt
nnd killed you "
Oil , tjcdnd , ser , mo heart was in mo
mouth at the time "
1,1 fo iii I'iZQit Crook
Texas Sittings : Judge Pulltriggor
Is your vordiot guilty , or not guilty
Foremtm-Bill-Capjtrojo- Dead
Hess Kunuh ) Wo want to ask ono ques
tion : The evidence shows that tlio pris
oner shot at the man six times , and then
only hit him once in the foot Ain't '
there no law agin suoh poor shoolln'/
Judge Pultriggcr ( reluctantly ) No
Foromnu Bill Cnparojo ( sailly ) Not
guilty , then
n- . ' Ono Grcut Advantage
Llfo : Maddox I llko your noWhouso
very well , except for ono thing
Slmoral What is that
There is a saloon directly opposite "
That is a drawback In ono respect ,
but think what a convenience it is to
know where you cun nlwaya find a po
liceman near "
Tim Oruo'al Test
Now York Weekly : Maine Lawyer
• What is your opinion of the charac
ter of Deacon Black
Witness ( cautiously ) I never hoard
jiothln'mgln him
Don t you know him to bo un honest
manV"
Well he's boon fair an' square in all
itVhy with mo , and with othora
so far as I know "
"iBii'tthat sullloioutto
provo him a
jan of storllng integrity "
Well , I Uunno I uover traded
bosses with him "
Why They Dent Spealc Now
rO" Boston Courier : Why , Lizzie ,
where have you kept youraolf so long "
"Wo haven't ' soon ouch other for n
long while "
"No , I was inquiring about you the
other day and I wus told that you wore
married , hut of course that's nousonso "
Its tlio trutli my dear "
Gracious mo | "
"Yob , donr , and my husband is very
Very rich ! Then ho must bo very
Onn of Mm Four Hundred
Now York Tribune : General Clinton
JI Fisk a Sunday or two ago was die
cussing one of the international series
of Sunday school lessons at a prominent
uptown Mothodiet Sunday school Tlio
lesbon wus in Luke , and the general
gave it bketch of the lifoofLuko Do
thbii quostlonod the school on the les-
ton Among other questions was this :
Luke was ono of the four whatV" It
j < f was supposed there would bo a sharp
P5 volley of replies : One of the four
evangelists " But uo response came
from a single snholur , when a little
bud of proinite" hold up her hand in
dicating that she could unswur Tell ,
ub , then , " said the toneral One of
*
the Four Hundred , " said the little
chick There waB no mnro solemnity
in , : that school during that session
A Doincntla Iiplso to
Pittsburg Bulletin : Amorlcnn Heir
ess ( now a counters ) My dear , have you
put on jour coat with the padded should
ers
The Count { from behind the portlor )
I haf
A. II Has the valet laced your stays
properly I *
Tlio Count IIo hnss mo lofo ,
A. lit And penciled your oyobfows ,
ndjusted your wig nnd applied tlio
rouge nnd powder artistically'i
The Count All Is pcnutllully done
A. M.-Thcn you arc a good boy
You Bbnll hnvo another thousand for
your gambling debts , and shall ride
with 1 Fide and mo
She flinck to Her Gum
Drakes Mngazino : George , darl
ing , " bIio murmured , ns they strolled
in , the garden , lot us at op at t hut rustic
scat yonder for a moment
"Certnlnly , pot , " nnsworcd the young
man That is the plnco where I pro
posed to you last night Do you want
to stop for the fond recollections that
cling ' about the spot "
"No , not exactly.QYou sco I know that
It was coming last night , and that you
would want to kiss mo , so I took my
gum out of mv mouth and stuck It on
the bench If It is there yet I want to
get it That is all , George , dear
Outitido the Limits
Detroit Frco Press : Look at that
coat ! " ho exclaimed , ns ho entered the
Btoro of a dealer on Michigan nvonuo
the ether day
"My frondt , vhas something wrong
mlt dot coat ' *
"I should remark ! You warranted It
fast color , nnd see how it hns faded ! "
Horn I warranted it , did IV" .
You did "
How long ngo vhas dot "
Four woclts ngo tlio day before I
went to Toledo "
"IIo , ho ! You haf been to Toledo ,
eh ! "
Yes just got bnck "
Dot Bottles der case und lots mo oudt
Dot coat was warronted for Dctioit cli-
mutq , und if you go to Toledo you must
take your chances on shrinking und
fading ! "
tlio F.tll or n Mnshcr
St Paul Globe : He was a smart young
follow of the nnglomaniac typo , and ho
had been standing on the corner for
6omo time , sunning himself in the rays
of the genial .Tanunry sun watching the
maidens ns they crossed the street nnd
amusing himself with a surreptitious
study in crinollno Ho was intent upon
observing n young miss , moro than or
dinarily fair , when a yellow dog bound
ed from the alleyway with a tomato can
tied to his tall , just as tlio young man
had struck an attltudo intended to cap
tivate the fair one There was a rattle , '
a crash , and the frightened canine ,
rushed between the pedal extremities i
of the ether puppy , and the would bo i
masher came to the ground witu a b
crash
Thciowas a mixture of dog , tomato ,
can and youth tangled up in a confused [
mass for a few moments , and then the i
crushed Apollo rose to his foot , his face i
frescoed with tlio smut of the street ,
whllo the maiden passed him by with a
morrv giggle and the audience of news
boys looked on with a smile of llondish !
glee ono of them crying in n high i
pitched voice : "Ahgo and takoaTurk-
ish bath ! "
Dow Uo Mnnnend Ir
Now York Lodger : The prairies of f
the west arc great , places for wind , " '
said a wild west telegraph operator "I [
used to have u station out in Nebraska ,
right out in the open prairie , and the
way the wind blow there was a caution
But It was a lucky wind for mo At a
station abouC thirteen miles west my girl
lived , and , ns I had no Sunday trains or
business of nny kind , I used to go up
there und stay over Sunday But a
livery horse from Saturday night to [
Monday morning cost mo too much
money , so 1 rigged up a sail on
an old tlo-cnr. All 1 had to do on
Saturday night was to hoist my sail ,
push the tio-car out on the main track ,
" and in loss than an hour I was at my
journeys oud For more than a year I
went to see my girl every Saturday
night by means of that sail-car. Pretty
slcclc wasn't it' . ' "
Yes , pretty sleek But do you moan
to say that the wind blow In the same
direction every Saturday night during
all this tinio'/ "
"Of course I dent ! . "
Well , how did you manngo on those
nights whou it blow in the other direction
tion'/ "
. Easy enough I had another girl
at a station tlftcon miles east "
Thr Great line Islnnrt Itoutn
' Inchanging time on Sunday Nov
17 , the Chicago , Uoclt island < k l'aclllc
Ry have considered every point of In
terest to ttio Omaha traveling public
If you are going to Dos Moines , Chicago
or any point east , our solid vestibule
limited train is just what you want
Leave Omaha ut 4.25p. m arrive in Dus
Molnos 0:30 : p. m. and Chicago 8:30 : a. m. .
dining car for supper leaving Council
Bluffs und for breaKfast before reaching
Chicago This train is also equipped
with the finest sleepers nnd chair cars
made by the Pullman Co . which leave
from the U. P. depot , Omahaovory day
at 4:2-5 : p. m. , making close connections
at Chicago with all trains for eastern
points In addition to this magnillcont
train wo have two ether daily trains to
Chicago , leaving Omaha ut 0:15 : a. m.
and 5:15 : p. m. For information ai to
routes , rates , time , etc , call ' at ticket
olllco , 13lo ) Far nam street ; telephone
782. S. S. STKVBN3 ,
General Western Agent
YELLOW JIM
N. C. WilliamBinTho Epoch : Sheriff
Smith btood on the piazza of Summer
lands , sorrowfully shukiug his gray
head
"Wo ortor ride llko the devil was bo-
hlnd us , Carroll , " ho said to his pris
oner , for thar comes the Clayton bet ,
shores you'ro a foot high "
Mur3or , with politics on the surface
and a womun nt the bottom , had been
done that day at the county town Car
roll Austin , the murderer , having sur
rendered when overtukon at his own
gate , had been allowed to go to his
hotiso in custody of the posse
. Ho was a dark , " slender , Uandsomo fel
low , with smouldorlng eyes that flamed
upfcuvugoly nt sight of the hundred
armed horsemen streaming up in the
turnpike.tJHia wife stood beside him
without touching him Bohlud thorn
with a pair of packed saddle bags flung
over his arm , a big purse in his hand ,
was Yellow Jim , the octoroon , who had
grown up with Carroll , and was iu
speech , in fuco , in voice , well-nigh his
exact counterpart , Indeed , it was a
common saying that ho was moro mas
ter of Surumdrlnndt than was Its owner
As valet , steward , major dome , all was
in his hands
The Austin blood know nothing of
fear Carroll stood , half smiling , when
the sheriffs voice rang out , as the
lynchers came witbiu haiL
Haiti What do you want ? "
Carroll Austin "
What forTe / "
"To hang hliri higher than 11aI
man "
You cant have him "
"Wo will have him "
The shorllT loft his place on the piazza
stops , nnd wont half way to the lynch1
crs Through the dusk they could see
that , his strong fnco was uhito and
worklnir , His bond was bare ; Ills big
double-barrel hold muzzle down in
token I of parley
Boys , " ho said , ole friends , neigh
bors | , gentlemen , I know yo all , and yo
know i mo know I'd go ton miles on my
hands and knees ruthor'n tor scratch
the , Ultio finger of or ono on yo Yo
know , too , whut 1'vo ' swore , nn' kissed
the , book tor do Now , I toll yo , I'm
gwino tor do it , no matter who's hurt
You'ro 200 to live , but we've got our
backs to the wall , nn' by the llvin'
Jehovah ' yo cain't tech our prls'nor
whllo ono of us can draw his gun Now
disperse ' go back , an' wait for law nn'
justice
Adorislvo bowl nnsworcd Mm The
spokesman of the mob called out :
"Shcrilt Smith , Ill give you ton min
utes to surrender your urisonor At the
end of It wo will come and tuko him If
nny man tries to stop us , his blood bo on
his own head "
"Yo needn't wait time
no . Como on ,
cf yc'ro cumin , an' lots have the thing
ever , " the shorllT said Then ho gave
command ever his shoulder to tlio posse :
Stand bolld , boys ! "
Ono minute of breathless waiting
two three the loader cried : Como
on ! " The shorllT again shouted :
Haiti ' und once moro encouraged his
poise :
Hold yo fire till thoy'ro nt the slops
nnd the Lord have mercy upon their
souls "
On enmo the lynchers , yelling , Bhout-
Ing , firing pistols in tlio air Then the
air grow thick with llatno and smoke ,
witli leaden pollcts hurling through ,
the boom of the shotguns rolling ever
to the far hills Over the tumult Jim's '
\olce rang : This way , master ; this
way for your lifol"
When the harvest moon rose round
and rod that night her rays foil
on live dead faces gleaming up from tlio
trampled sward ShorllT Smith looked
at them with a queer tremor about his
lips , and said :
Boys , who wants to bo the county's
ofllcor'I've ' had erbout enough on it "
Nobody nnswered him
A pair of big brown owls , a-pcrch on
a dean tree near at ban d , shouted out to '
each other : Woo oo who oo who '
ooV"
At midnight the moon made the clear
ings light ns day , yet sent only a vivid
clare-obscure through the dark depths i
of the swamp A faint path wound in i
and out among the bitr trees , and huge i
twisted creepers , writhing from bole to i
bolo Here and there a patch of moon
beams struggled through the leafage i
overhead , to bo absorbed in the thick :
moss that covered the damp earth
Jim ran along the trail , half bent ,
and fooling the ground with a light t
staff , before trusting his weight to it
Carroll Austin followed him walking r
upright nnd fearless , as though ho trod I
a dancing floor As they wont forward ,
Jim said mournfully : "O ! Marso Cir
roll , why didn't you go straight away
You might bo safe now if you only
hadn't come homo after it nil hap
' "
penc'
"I know it , but then my wife would l
not have kissed mo " Carroll , said
flinging up his head proudly Poor i
love , " ho wontun "To think how un-
just I have been to her I made my will
today , Jim in case of accident , you
know and actually I gave all I could to
Poyton Reid , who , if I die childless ,
gets the lnnd by entail You must see
to it , Jim , that that will is destroyed " i
"If if you gave mo to him lot that
part stand , " Jim said slowly " 1 like
Marse Peyton next to you "
' Carroll scarcely heard him Sudden
ly ho burst out : Jim , look at mo _
touch mo tell me 1 nm human have
shot a man dead dead dead "
And the worst days work , that over
you did All ! Mnrso Carroll , there'll ,
bo no , living here for you any moro "
Jim said , prodding whntsoomed acoiled
root , in the path before him
At a touch it leaped to life there was
a lignthtng stroke , a hiss , a horrible
glidlng _ away A minute later Jim was
rollinc iu acronv utiou the damn black |
earth
The cotton mouth it struck mo
here iu the neck Ill bo dead ir ton
minutes , " ' no gasped , clutching con
vulsively tlio big roots , either side
Carroll knelt beside him Jim , Jim , "
ho tried , dent give up I will run
back for help you must have it , if I
hang for it the next minute Dent
talk of dying "
Jim caught his hands und said faintly :
Its no use Murso Carrolli the snake
" fil uukthebig- I'm dying oven
• low Wo have been together ever
since wo were born , mnstor dear Murso
Carroll stay with mo to the last '
" 1 will I would dlo if it would save
you , " Carroll said , drawing the poor
qulvoring fuco to his breast convention
and ptido of racn alike swept away iu a
flooding ngony of Hint supreme minute
All ut once Jim sunk to earth , laid
his car against it , then sprung upright ,
shrieking thickly : The hounds !
the hounds ! "
Carroll bent forward to listen Faint
and far came the low , booming bay of
bloodhounds Ho know that meant
that the lynchers woio behind them
In un hour they would comb up with
lihrr hero beside his dead guide Ho
could go not a foot farther Kvon it ho
could bring himself to leave Jim ho
would not dnre stir ton yards in this
treacherous spot Hanging would ut
least bo qulckor than smothering in the
black eec of the swamp In nny case ,
ho had ono shot left If ho needs must
quit lifo ho will do it llko u gcutloman
What a pity the snake hud not clioson
him
him.Poor
Poor Jim's agony wiib almost ended
He had sunk in u stupor , und there
were porcoptlblo intervals betwooi ) his
gasps He would not know it when the
hounds cumo up What a deep note
they hud and how rapidly they cumo on
now that they had struck the warm
trail In ton minutes in flvo in three
, ho would bo standing between thorn
und tlio swollen features of his dead
A wild thought mudo him faint and
weak It meant safety , with a fonrful
risk behind it Ho thrust it away ,
drew his pistol , aud laid its cold rim to
his forehead Then the thought of LI-
setto , his wife , love , lifo came ovev him
IIo flung the weapon down beside the
dead mau and begun to work with the
6trongth of a giant and the fury of a
hurricane
Five minutes later the head of the
Clayton clan wus Buying :
You boat us to the swamp , Jim , hut
you see wo'cajght you after nil Wale
up your flue mnbtor atid toll him hla
time has como "
"I wish I could wako him , sir ; but I
ain't Gabriel , " an unsteady voice re
plied A torchbearer ran up to the
prostrate flguro The next minute
word wont down the line ;
Carroll Austin has died a death that
might mike even bib victim pity him "
Dnzod by the shock of the uppalllng
tragedy , tlio community hold shuddor-1
ingly aloof from aught * pertaining to
ts primal cause Charley Clayton and
the sheritf'e victims had a funeral train
three milea long Yellow Jim alone
followed i the coffin thnt wasjthought to
hold 1 the last of the Austins ,
Llsetto would not look > nt it , Indeed
she I kept her room , refusing to sco nny-
body I tint 1 the coming of Payton Rold ,
the 1 liolr-at-htw , a week jitter Even
then I , she did not go below stairs until
summoned i to lionr the r.eadmg of her
husbands 1 will As she stopped outside j
h r chnmbor door she cumo fuco to face
with Jim , nnd , nftor ono look , shrunk
back , crying out :
VGo away go awiy Carroll is dead
and you shall not look lit mo with his
oyosl" ,
Suppose ho was not dqnd ? "
Are you crazy / " tingrlliv "I bollovo
you uro They toll mo you have been
luny ever since yon brought him homo
Get out of my way , and never say that
horrible thing again ! "
Then vou are glad Mnrso Carroll
Is dead "
"Attor what ho had done yes It was
the only way out of it Even If he had
got away ho would hnvo boon n wan
derer , a vagabond , all the days of his
llfo "
Would you have gone with him "
"No no a hundred times no I mar
ried a rich gentleman When ho delib
erately made himself a criminnl ho sot
mo free "
Jim drew aside to let her pass As
she swept round the turn of the stair
way , ho said between his tooth :
"I think that last will will bo very
apt to stand "
It did stand Though it loft Mrs
Carroll far toss than she expected , she
showed neither surprise nor chagrin
ever its provisions In a quiet ,
pathetic , soil-controlled fashion , she
gathered up her bolonglngs , and , in tlio
course ofafow weeks , wont away
Poyton Hold found her rcsignntion
wonderfully touching Ho was a gal
lant chivalrous , tenderhearted follow ,
and would gladly hate doubled her
portion , fooling , ns ho did , that sno was
ungenerously dealt with 'At the sug
gestion , though , a faint red flowed into
her nhook , she said , slowly :
You arc kind , but it cannot bo done
Whllo my hubband lived what ho had
was mine ; now that , ho is dead I will
take on ly what ho chose to give mo Ho
may have been unjust , but I cannot take
inorojiiid keep my bolf-rospoot. "
After that she went away , leaving a
lively leaven of pitying tenderness tow
ard her in the newcomers mind Ho
was rich before this windfall , but not in
land IIo wns Austin iu blood , if not in
name , and soon dccldud to make his
hume on the big plantation that his
great grandfathers had bought from the
Cherokees a hundred years before
With uncommon zest ho set about
malting it a model place The house
was refurnished inaido and out ; barns
made bigger ; cubing and stables pulled
down and rebuilt
Still , the memory of that August night
hung ever it llko a pall Few of the
country folk came about ittbough tlujro
was the liveliest curiosity as to the ox-
tout of the betterments These who
ventured came away saying :
The biggest change of nil > wns In
YollorJim Why , ho uaed to ho the
jollicst nigger allvo , and us humble as
ho was jolly now ho wasa , regular say
nothin' , an' as for hitcheu' tour horse
when you lighted , or holdin' the stir
rup when you cot up it lyusn 't once In
three times that he seemed tcr think
about doinit It wasn 't strange though
The now man made more of him even
than Carroll Austin had done ; trusted
him to everything , und even lot him 1
sloop ever the diningrobm , now that his 1
mothers cabin was , torn away No
wonder ho was getting uppish and big
gity though really it.didn't seem like 1
he mount to ho impertinent It wus
probably the trouble that had mudo him I
so lightheaded and absentminded , " '
It wus mainly to aord ! him amuse
mo nt
* * *
Christmas twclvomouth from thnt
night of death Summerlnnds was empty ,
swept aud garnished , ready " for a crowd j
of guests Nobody quite knew what J
was the occasion of this coming togoth-
or , but all agreed that , there mubt bo
something out of the common thus to
fling wide these shadowed doors The
day had boon fair with a hint of frost in J
tne _ air As night foil it grew keenly '
cold so cold that even the big log jlros
on every hearth hardly made the wide
rooms comfortable There was a glare
aud glitter of light Blooming plants
Btood on the window ledges Christmas
greens wreathed door and wall There
I would bo duncing games , a magniticont
supper People began coming at dark ,
and wnndored aimlessly about , com
menting on the absence of the host '
Could ho moan thus to mock and slight
a county In' rpturn for the cold shoulder
It had shown him It was not likely 7
she was a gontlo-natured fellow , not at
all after the Austin pattern ,
Presently a carriage with four black
horses drew up ut the door ; two people
got out The . next minute Payton Moid
stood in the inidst of the throng , say -
Ing :
Friends and neighbors , I thank you
all for coming hero to do honor to my
wife " * • •
People foil back a pace in dumb sur
priso It'was Llsotto Austin who
looked at them from the depth of silk
and fur She raised her eyelids in a
quick , half frightouod way , but dropood
them instantly , nnd clung with timid
uppoul to her now husbands nrm Be
fore the nearest man could frame a con
gratulatory speech , a heavy fall
startled them Yellow Jim lay sturk
und bouboIoss just at the foot of the
br.do !
Lute at night as ho lay feigning sleep
und wishing Tor death , the door ot his
low chainbor open cautiously and two
women enmo through It Hannah , the
house girl , und Alice the now mistress
own maid They bent ever the prone
llgurc and snake In awed whispers :
"Ho is sholy struck with death , "
said Iluunah , shivering a little as she
spoke " ,
"An' lucky far him , ,11 , ho is , " Alice
returned a trlflo mysteriously
"Whut make you 8aydiit'/ "
"Becnso I knows jyliut I'm talkin'
bout Miss Zotto do ypiso dat niggor ,
an' she nin't gwlno ros' till Mrs , Poyton
sell him - ' 'i
You reckon so'Wh'dt she got'gin
Ho uster try motty hnrd tor suit nor
when she wus mistrisiyoro bofo' . "
Alice laughed disdainfully
"Ui' .t'a all you ohucklonhouds knows
Hltdidn' suit her 'talltor , have Jim 1
always hungln'round when Mist * Clay
ton an' horyothor beau wus here Shell
pay " 'im for it uow , Bho'ils ' , you'u or nig' i
gor
now long is Murfta ' Poyton been
courtiu' ' Iror'Wo / uoyer heard nothin' ' i
• bout it tell tor night ' / *
"Purty nigh ever BpucQ wo lot do ole ,
place You see ho ken comlu * urter
her , tryln' to git 'or to tuko mo' money ,
an' she wouldn't hub it , 'cnube I reckon I
she think she git it all blmo-by. She
says she marrlod Marbo Ca'H for do i
prop'ty , Dls time I think she got it for
tor lceop "
"Ycb , " assented nnnnah , "nn1 wo can i
tell Mammy Lou she u ou' tor hothor
bout walkln' up yore ; Jim's jos or
hrcathln' , an' nobody cant do nothin'
for Ira , "
With that she walksd away At the >
door Alice run back and pressed her
lips to the mouth of the prostruto man ,
"I know you nin't sleep Jim , " she
whispnrod , neither dyin' , Ef you I
hadn't ' hold yourself so high , you
might " have a , friend to help you
now
Lot mo alone "
The old unconscious tone of com
mand Alice gnvo a low shriek , then
run , away , muttering : That was Marso
Carroll < or else his ghost "
When Mr nnd Mrs Poyton Reid
went down to a very Into breakfast they
found ) nil their household in cxcltoil
confusion ,
"Whut is It'/ " the gentleman asked of
his ] gray old butler
"Jt's Jim Jim " the
, ser yeller , man
said < , looking down
Surely ho Is not dead ? " Mr Hold
said i , rising A vivid gleam came into
his wifo's eyes ns she bent forward to
hear
"No , sir ; not dead , sir , " sf.ld the butler -
lor , but but ho wont to the stables
with his bundles this morning and told
the boys to toll vou ho had run away for
good '
Dent fret donr ho
, ; wns always very
lmpnrtlnent , nnd I fall It a good rld-
dance , " Mrs Hold snid , soltllug down
to her breakfast with a dainty appo-
tlto * * *
Summorlands lay in the Cumberland
valley debatable ground during the
civil war.which begun two years after
Yellow Jim ran away Of coursa Poyton
Hold was among the first of these who
went out to light for tlio confedornoy
His wife did not oppose his golt'g , but
when the pinch of parting came she
klssod and clung to him , nnd bemoaned
her dosolntonobs At the front she scut
him weekly hctirt-brokcn llttlo letters ,
whoso burden was all love nnd lonely
longing for his return After the for
tunes of war had put the blue nbovo the
gray they came but rarely but wore
even fuller of dependence on his love '
Nnturally , when ho had been away two
years , the wish to see her , to hold her
iu his arms , and kiss and comfort horse
possessed him that ho was ready to risk
death to accomplish it Aside from the
perils of crossing the rivers Tennessee
und Cumberland where the gunboat
p ilrol was strict , there was tlio furtlior
danger of caivturo and trial as a spy
Summorlands lay just upon the edge of
n considerable fcdoral outpost It was
knowledge of its establishment there
that mudo him doubly anxious about
Lisotto Dear soul ! No soldier would
have the heart to harm her , but they
might nay , must seriously terrify her _
by their bare presence Once ho had
her in ills arms nil the rest might go ;
Ro would take her back where ho could
shield nnd comfort her nis lipart grew
warm in the thought of how her shy
eyes would brighten , her whole face
beam ut sight of him , ntknowlodgo that
henceforth there were to bo no warring
hosts between thorn
When the Inst river was passed ho
began to pick his way cautiously along
bridlo-paths and through woodlands
until he reached the great swamp
Summorlands was but throe miles away
from It Ho could hide there during
the day and steal into his house nt .
night ( Only ho must lind some
trusty messenger to uppriso Lisotto of
his coming Peering along the dim i
aisles , ho saw something move A min
later it became a tall man wearing a
gray coat , and fully armed But that
hardly impressed the beholder nis i
eyes wororivotod on the fuco a familiar
face Simultaneously the two mon
spoke
"Murso Poyton Rold ! "
Yellow Jim ' '
Yes at vour service but como fur
ther in Tlio blue coats have a habit of f
nabbing strangers that might bo un-
pleasant to both of us "
Tell mo where you have been what t
you are doing bore Above all , why
you loft me as you did "
Dent talk of that now I wascrazy ,
I think Anywuya , week of the swamp
soborcd my senses I worked my way to
the seaboard , got a berth on a ship , und
got back just In tiino to take a hand for [
the ' confederacy "
%
You tight on our side "
"Of course it is my Bide , too Do
you think I could raise my hand against
my own people oxnlnlnod my position -
tion to a man Marao Carroll befriended j
once , and as ho is high in authority , I
had no trouble In getting assigned to
detached duty In fnctI've boon scout
ing ever dnco it begun That is what
brings mo bore "
Have you found out anything "
"A little 1 itnow how many men of .
all arms are within supporting distance
of the front , where there are arms und
stores deposited , the number of mon at
each post , the alignment of pickets ; in i J
fnct , it is easier to say what I have not
found out than what 1 have "
"Ah , Jim , you nro a uoblo fellow , " i
Peyton Reid s.iid , wringing Jim's hand
hard Now toll me do you know nny- Ii
thing of Summerlunds of my wife Is
she still there , or have they frightened
her away / "
Jim's mouth dropped , tlis mouth
twitched nervously under hismustucho )
Ho said , slow and rollectivoly : "Of
Course I huvo boon there nubolf un-
soon They have not troubled the
not-even-th&-houfeo.Mi' . .
• place - - & - s Rold
is still there ur.d I think they have
glvon her a guard of honor
Dear llttlo toul her sweet eyes
would tame a hungry tiger 1 must see
her tonight Can you not help me to
manngo it'/ "
Perhaps but it will be dangerous
You had butter stuy here and let her
como to you , ' ' Jim said , still looking
down
Peyton Rold exclaimed impatiently :
"I cannot wait Only pilot me past the
picket guard and 1 will u k nothing
more of you "
"I nm only afraid for > ou as to mo ,
nothing mnttors , " Jim wild , with u llt
tlo rcckloss laugh Thou ho added
more soberly : Ill ' go , und ntuiid by
you , como v.hut mny , "
At 10 o'clock the two stole under tro
windows of Summerlunds Nearly nil
were lighted up Mrs Reid had opened
her doors to the olllcers , for protec
tion , " she said , though she had uspcclal
guard She snt ut the piano , the cen
ter of n guy group of blue-coated and
shoudor-strnpped Individuals , nnd sung
unwenriodly of war , of love , of homo , as
suited the tastes of her auditors , For
oacti she had u merry word , u smile , u
gr.iciou8 courtesy , iibho 6uid good night
Ono by ono they wont away until only a
small , fulr man , in a colenol's ' uniform ,
was left with the songstress , At once
ho wont un to her , took her hnnd , und
led her ever to tlio Bofu by the fire
Evidently ho wns saying wmit it pleased
her to hear , though his words wore inaudible -
audible to the two men outside Fern
n minute ho stood looking down nt ) ior ,
then ho bent aud kissed her twice , full
in the mouth
Poyton Reid triad to shout , to spring
forward Jim hold his hand on his
lips , und drew him heavily to earth
"No no not here you will bo shot
llko o dog , " ho whisporcd hoarsely in'
the struggling mans our
Lot mo up ! Lot mo up , I say ! Do
you romoinber she is my wlfor" the
ether gasped
"No she is mine ! "
Yours God in honvonl What can
you monnr" •
Only this I am Carroll Austin
When Jim died iu the swamp I had
choice of death or slavery I took his
coat , put my watch in his pocket , my
rings upon his fingorB darkness unci
poison did the rest When I found , qb
you have done , that Lisotto's love wns
for the last comer , I guvo up all thought
of Ighting myself If I had known 1
would have warned you of her I wont
awayhoplngsho might not ruin your I
lifo us she had done mine because too , j
I ovod loved her still moro almost
thnn lhato her "
Poyton got up heavily , and hold out
his hand ,
"Forglvo me , Cnrroll , " ho snid husk
ily , " 1 took your fortune , your wife
ovorythmg ' I would dlo ton times ever
if that would right the wrong " ,
"Ha ! What's that ! " said Carroll , ns
a faint booming nniso came to them
A picket gun nnsworcd him Right
down upon thorn , out of the world of
dusk , came a thousand ot the merriest
rough riders the world has over scon
It wns trot , gallop , chnrgo , lo.td , fire ,
strike home ; a melee of hoofs nnd bul
lets nnd saber flashing , with the rebel
yell quavering through and nbovo it ,
nnd shouts of "Morgnnl Morgan ! John
Morgan's como to town ! " making up a
rumbling hnsi Though surprised the
blue coats fought llko men It wus nu
hour ere they gave up and there were
empty saddles enough to tirovo that
their bullets had gene homo Nuturally
they rallied about the mansion , the col
onel commanding wns there Cnrroll
felt thnt it would bo the con tor of tlio
fight Into the crest of the charging
host ho flung himself , and was borne to
the very dooi-stono. Rushing through
the.Boldiors ho caught up Lisotto and
rnn with her toward the side gnto ; just
as the furthest picket squad ciuiu hur
rying forward , firing as they ran Bui-
lots hurled around , nbovo them , still
they were untouched They had almost
won the shelter of shrubbery where
Poyton Rold still crouched Then came
a final volley , hotter aimed than the
i-ost. T o tlguros fell before it At last
Cat roll Austin had mudo sure of his
wife , iillko for time and eternity
An Atmnliito Cure
IhoORIGINALAHIKTINB OINTMENT
is only put up in inrao two-ounco tin boxes ,
and Is an absolute euro for nil sores , burns ,
wounds , chapped lmnib and nil skin erup
tions Will positively cure all lands of pllos
Ask for the OUlUiNAI , AUIETINB OINT
MENT Said by Goodman Drug company
at 23 cents per box by mall 80 cents
SCHROEDER & DEAN
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ProvisionsMStocks
Basement Fiwt National Bailr ,
: { 05 South 13th Street , . Omuliit
COMiEROIAL
NATIONAL BANK
Capital , - $400,000
Surplus , - 40,000
OlUcers nn < l DlractoM K M. Morsomnn fl
M. Hitchcock , Jos Dnrnenu , Jr . A. Ilenrr K.
M Anderson Win 0. Maul v. prea.j ! , . u Will
lama , A , V. HopKlns , pros ; A. Mtllaid , cashier ;
1" , II , Uryaut , assistant cashier
NEBRASKA
NATIONAL BANK
U. 3. DEPOSITORY , OMAHA , NE3.
Cnpltnl $100,000
Surplus Jan 1st , 185)0 ) 5 , . )00
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Lewis S. Hkku Vice lresluoat
JA = . W.8AV.IOU ,
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103-ICS Dearborn Street , CHICAGO *
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Itoom 1113 Brown BiiiUlinir ,
Omalia , Neb
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Mention Omaha I 93.
OMnHiUOBBERS1 DIRECTORY ,
Agricultural Implomonta i i
LININOER METOALF CO ,
1
AEriCult'l ' Implements , Wagons , Carriages
BuMles to Wholuxilo , Oioslm , Ncbraika
w , n. .1 iliU iiauiAC .V 1 UKI'K. . ,
Steam and Water Supplies .
Ilalllilar wnl mills HID and BJO Jones 3t.OmiUa
U. V , Itosi , Acting Manner
IMOWNELL A CO ,
Engines , Boilers and General Machinery
fusel-Iron work , • totm puBpi nw mtlU UMI' 'U
l.eaTarmorth itrtat , Omaha ,
Iron Works
PAXTOff Sc VIEIILIKU VfJO.V WQttKS ,
Wrongot and Cast Iron Building Wort
Uatftiiri * , brai * wnrlc , general foundry , machine , and
ulackitulih work , nmru 1 nil norki U. I' . Ilr
and lull itrfst , oinalio
omaua winn & ntoiFvronKS ,
Hannfaclnrers of Wire and Iron Railings
Di k ralla , window guards , flower standi , wire lgn .
• te 123 Worm IMh treat Omaha
OMAHA SAFE & IttON WOnKS ,
ManPrs of Tire and Burglar Proof Safes ,
Vaulu , ] all worn Iron ibutturi and lira ercap a
OAndraenpropr Cor lull ud Ja uoubii
. , , I
flash Doors , Eto
n. a. Disnnow J : co , ,
Wlioleaale rotuuftclurert ; f
Sa Doors , Blinds and Mouldings ,
Uranch oMcc 12th and Uard HreeU Oaiaha , Nb. .
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sopthIpmaha
UNION SfOOK YARD CO ,
Of Sonth Omata Limited
l # t Mr fe sviSM Jrggk
r. < k'.r lI . \l TUIVKK CAB Mllif" l/0Ji / * " * _ a *
> ! • > • , C u > trilUuaaaUtaUluid Cowry ? .v/S
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wntr kll ttir rtntHlri fll , e L o i.t ttgjB aglV
flifw wu mun > 9 a w /aoeu , rata , lis ituii
OMAHA MAMCTOIffi I
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Doota nnd Shoaa , , |
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KlltKESDALL , JO SES < t CO , M
Bucee < or to Heed , Jones A Co H
Wholesale Mannfacturers of Biot , & Shoes M
Aent > for notion ltubt > er Shoo To ,1101 , llU ( and llOd MUU9
llarner r > U t , Umaha Nabnukn . . 1 H H
_ _ > _ _ Ilrowors ' ; H
sumz tfrhEn , M
Lager Beer Brewers , 1
1MI Notn Elijlileiatli Street , Omana , KebTMla H
EAOl.E aoitNWB WOliKS , M
Mannfacturers ofGalvanizeilrjn Cornice H
Window-caps and mialle ! klubta Jonn Kprniter , I H
proprietor , luaand IU Mouth lctn street I B
Artlats' Mnlorlnlfl H
A. iwspeTjk , ' H
Artists ' Materials , Pianos and Organs H
IMS Uounlas streetUmalia Nebraska J
" * H
_ Conl , Ooko , Eto H
UMAHA OOA 'L"ClJftE . LIME CO , H
JoDDors of Hard and Soft Coal
308 South 13th slreet Omaha Nebraska H
NEUHASKA FUEL CO , * H
Shippers of Coal and Cole
111 Boath 13th street , Omaha , Nebraska , H
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Commission ami atorngo m M
RIDDELL , v IHDDELL , H
Storage and Commission Merchants
peolaltles Nutter , neat , cheese ponHrr , ( tarn * . |
1113 Howard street , Onmha , Not ) . H
' H
VEAN , ARMSTRONG it CO , H
Wholesale Cigars , H
tOlNorth CtbStreetOmaha , Neb Hello 1139. U M
1 Dry Cooda ontl Motlqnp m M
, AT E. SMITU " &C0. , H
Dry Goods , Fnrnishing Goods and Notions
1I1B and 1101 Douglas , cor , lltli street , Omah u. Neb |
KlLPA'intGK KOCH DRY GOODS CO , H
• Importers Uolilicrsiii Dry Good ; , Notions H
eats'Furnlshlni tlools rormr llth and Uunor H
atreets Omaha , Nubrnska 1
mWm
Furnlturo m M
DEWEY & STONE , H
Wholesale Dealers m Fornitura H
rarnam strait , Omaha , Nebraska |
" CHARLES SHIVERWK , H
Furniture
Omaha , Nebraska H
Qrocorloa . . . l
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MeCORD , brad ya CO , M
Wholesale Grocers ,
13th nnd LeaTenwcrth streets , Omaha , Nebraska , H
r , 3 MMf
_ Hardware H
WJ RROATOH , i M
Heavy Hardware , Iron and Steel
Bprlnas , iragnr , stock , hirnwnro lumbar , ote I30 H
ISlLUarnoy street , Omaha ff H
I • ' HIMEDAUOH & TAYLOR , M
Builders ' Hardware and Scale Repair Shop
Mechanics Tools and UulTalo Scales l < a > Uoujls * U m
street Omaha , Nib H
I . WW ]
Lumbar , Eto H
JOHN A. WAKEFIELD , M
Wholesale Lnmher , Etc
Imported and American Portland Cement Stat * . Mt
aaent toralllwaukee Urdmulio Comvnt |
andQulrc ? White Lima H
OH AS R. LEE , H
• Dealer in Hardwood Lnmher -
Vroudcarpets and paniuet Hoirlnd 8th and Ujuglaa H
streets , Omaha , Nebraska . WW
MISSOURI MINING CO . H
Miners and Snippers ( f Hard aad Soft Coal
CUIllrstNall ' • ! ' Mnn't llnl I"innlitt , Neb H
LOUTS BRADFORD , H
Dealer in Lnmher , Lath , Lime , Sash
Doarf , eto Yards-Comor 7th and Oonzias Offlow H
Corner 10th and Douglas H
" FRED W.QRAY , " H
Lnmher Lime Cement Etc Etc
, , , . , .
Comei llth and Douglas rtrecH , Omaha H
C. N. DIETZ H
Dealer in mi Kms of Lnmher .
Uth and California streets , Omnhn , Nebraska H
• Wl | | | , n ° r > 1ijjtvft ? ° 1L ° rj ° ' . I
I. OBERFELDER A CO , H
Importer & Joohers in Millinery & Notions
a . 210 and 1U South llth street M
* Notlona
J : T. ROBtNSON NOTION CO ;
Wholesale Notions and Fnrnishing Goods
1124 Uarnoy a'rcet , Omaha
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CONSOLIDATED TANK LINE CO ,
Wholesale Refined and Luhrlcating Oils
Axle Graaso , otc Omaha A. II lltshop , Mananor
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Pa per
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carpenJer paper CO ,
Wholesale Paper Dealers
Carrr a nlco stock of or n'lng , wrapplnn and wrltlnat
paper , Bpeclal attention Riven to oard paper
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Safes to
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A. L. DEANE & CO .
General Aifonts tor
Halls ' Safes ,
881 and 32t South 10th Bt Omaha ,
Toy a , Eto
H.HARDY A CO ,
Jobbers ot
Toys , Bolls , Alliums , Fancy Goods ,
HO'ise lurnl.hlne ( Irod . Children's Carriages lMa-
larnum slreet , OmahaNeb
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CHICAGO SHORT LINE ,
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Chicago , Milwaukee & St Paul Ry
'llio Host lloiilo From Oinaliu mill Counelli
lllairs to
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TWO 'JUAINH I1AII1V JIKTWKKN OMAHA
and councii niiiirrs
Clileago , AND Mlltvnukco ,
St Paul , Mlniitn.iolls , Cellar Hiiiilds , .
Hock Isiiiml , Freeport , lloekronl ,
( Jllilon , Dull iqiio , Jliiii'iiporl ,
KIkIii Miiilisun , Jiriottllle ,
llololt , Wiiionn , fiii Crosse ,
And all other Important milnls Ka.t , Norlhca.t ana
Uuullu-aat.
rnrthroiiuh llrki > tarallon Ihe Ikkct n cnt nt IHIl
larnaui Strict , In lister Ulock , or ut Union 1'ailtlu
IHiiot
I uilimin8leciur | uiil the llnc.t DlnliuCars' In Iho
world am run on Ihu inaln line ut tnu ChliagiMll -
waukHObt 1'aul ltulli nr and " very atlomlou U
paid to passcngora Uj courteous eiuiiloret uf the
MlHHinr
It UIIJ.KH.Uciioral tlanaxer
J.K.TIIU .Mt.itsal.tantuunernl Manager
. A V. it , OAlll-KNIEIl , Oeiieral l'u enter ana
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'llokft Agent
IIKII I ) II KAKI'Oltll , Assistant General l > aaseuger
amiIl kol Acent
T. JCliAUK UcncralSuperintendent
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