Nebraska Newspapers

    10 THE OMAHA DAILY BE12 : SUNDAY , MARCH 13. 1802-S1XTEHN PAfiES.
AND OTHER STORIES.
BY "M. QUAD" .
Special attention Is called to tbo fact that
TIIR Ben has oxcltnlvo uao In Its territory of
"M. Quad's" current writings.
LC ( > purfuM /S93 I f < | / C. It. J.mlf. ]
EXPLANATORY. In n. Into issue of the
The Kicker wo spoke about Tom Jones
of the Bald Knplo snloon diluting Ids
whisky until ono gallon innilo flvo. Such
1 loins often creep In dui'inir the hurry of
( jolng to press. Mr. .lonos has called nt
our office nml a'ltleflcd us that ho fol
lows the rule laid down by nil others ,
nnc ) that ono callon Is made to produce
only Ihroo. Wo cheerfully tnako the
correction.
NW Quit MAN The boys ever In
Clinch Vulloy sent us word the other
duy that they hnd hung our agricul
tural editor ami wanted to know what
Bhould bo done with the body. Wo replied -
plied that our agricultural man was at
that very moment Bitting In the sanctum
of The Ktokor and writing a column ar-
tinlo onlltlod , "Will the Coming Cow
Milled Use of the Cuctun for Fodder ? "
The boys hnd made a mlatako. Wo nt'o
not quito certain who tholr victim was
but we suspect that ho was a naturulist
from Chicago who wrote us nbout lour
weeks ago that ho was heading this
-v wvv.
| | wvv.Tho Clinch Valley boys Imvo boon
down on us ever since our winning mule
cleaned them out of $ "o,000 cash on a
mile dash , nnd they no doubt thought
they bail a rich joke on us when they
riln down the tenderfoot. Our agricul
tural editor doesn't know nny too much ,
but ho never strays outside the town.
TAKI : S'OTICK. "Whereas , nn Individual
linown ns Bill I'oolo has aeon tit to spread
tho.repgrt that , I nm an escaped prisoner
from tbo Kansas penitentiary , this Is to no
tify him ttmt If ho noes not publicly retract
the sanld In the next Issue ot Tbo Kiclier 1
hall shoot htm wherever I miy : find him. I
nm a peacefully imndod maubut | I loci tbat I
must protect my character , wblcb Is all I
Iiavb as wonting capital.
Suiin-SnoT JACKSON.
DOR flpht. Lovers of this fascinating
sport arc hoVoby notiflud that tbero will bo a
match light on Thursday evening , nt the
Inter Ocean saloon , botwcon Colonel Tabor's
dop , "bam. " and Major Wcstflold's dog ,
"Hero. " The stuuoi nro for ? 25 ! , and the
Dost dop wins. Admission 50 cents. Coino
ono come all. Gentlemen nro requested to
leave their cutis with the ticket taker as they
iiass In , ' , His honor tbo mayor will probably
bo present as a spectator , but should there
l > o any promiscuous shooting he will at once
'
interfere olllclally mid step tbo'sport. .
Y 'hlto's string band will discourse sweet
inuslo wbllo the dogs are being got ready for
the ronlllct. Four extra borUecoors engaged
tor tbo night.
THEY MUST Go When the mayor of
this town ( who is oursolf ) returned to
his ofllco after luncheon the ether day.
ho found Grizzly Bill in possession. G.
'
Bill had been boasting to some of the'
boys that ho proposed to run the may
or's olllco thereafter. Wo courteously
Invited him to vacate , but ho promptly
n , refused , and called us a one homo mayor
Id ! of a ono horse town.
Tbo dootors predicted yesterday that
ho' would die as the sun went
down , tut ho is still living
j . as we go to press , nnd may pos-
* 35t3 elbly pull through. If ho dies wo shall
follow our usual course nnd bury him in
our privnlo graveyard and foot all ex
penses. If ho lives wo shall advise him
to got out of this town as boon as ho can
walk.
The boys die hnrd , but they must go.
As-mayor wo have a certain dignity to
maintain , nnd shall maintain it at any
cost. Our ofllciiil ollico is neither apokor
room'nor a "saloon. As editor of the
Kicker Grizzly Bill nnd the rest of the
gang can facetiously poke ugjLn the ribs
and smash our hat over our 4 } > os , but as
mayor wo shall permit no uuduo famil
iarity. _
SIR. AND MRS. BOWSER.
"Do you know , " suddenly observed
Mr. Bowser as ho looked up from his
paper the ether evening , ' 'do you know
that wo .are going to the poor house at
railroad speed ? "
"Why , no ! " replied Mrs. Bowser in
considerable alarm.
"Well , wo are , nnd I think it is high
titno I called a halt. This reckless waste
nnd unheard of oxtravngnnco must cense.
I'm going to put my foot downl"
' 'W-what reckless waste ? " she naked.
' This reckless waste every day in the
wookl" ho severely replied. "It is evi
dent to mo that you have no idea of the
value of rnonoy. nnd that you let every
body swindle you. 1 Imvo boon looking
over some of the grocery and meat bills ,
nnd it is positively shocking , the way
you have boon robbed. "
"Wily , Mr. Bowsorl No ono can buy
more carefully than I del I am somo-
tlmos nshnmod of myself for being so
utlngy. I'
"No wpmnn is a careful buyer , Mrs.
Bowser. The Lord didn't create her
that 'way. Give her a ton dollar bill and
eho becomes perfectly reckless. I am
BfiUsfiod that I can cut down our expenses -
ponsos at least $7 per week , and I pro
pose , lo do the buying myself hereafter. "
"It wasn't four weeks ago that vou
were complimenting moon iny financier
ing , " slip protested.
Mr. Bpwisor nrosu , crossed his hands
under his cent lulls , nnd balancing on hia
hoola nnd IUOB ho said :
"Mrs. Bowser , no wife should talk
back to her husband. Ho is tbo bond of
the house , lie knows what is best. Ho
was orentod to know. I shall not only
run this house for the next two weeks to
show you what I can do , but I shall
make u saving to open your eyes in
astonishment. "
t J'Woll ; If things do not go right you
mustn't blame mo , " she rejoined ,
"Blamo youl When did I ever blame
you ? You can't bo blamed bocnuso you
don't know the value of money. No
woman can. As n man I am simply
Berry for jour BOX.
A ft or breakfast next morning Mr.
Bowser entered the kitchen nnd linked
the" cook what was wanted. She gave
him a list of nbout twenty different ar
ticles , and ho put It in hia pocket nnd
walked out. An hour later two quarts
of bonus and n loaf ot broad were deliv
ered from the grocery. When Mr.
Bowser bat down to lunch ho found
nothing but bread and butter und
rrater.
"What does this mean V" ho demanded
Of Mrs. Bowser across the table ,
' 'You are doing the buying now , " she
dUlotly replied.
"Yoa uml And in order to spite mo I
iuppO30 you instructed the girl to throw
everything outdoors ? I undorstnnd.Mrs.
Bowser I understand ! "
"Thoro was nothing to throw out. She
eav you n list of things wnntod , nnd you
Bid not send thorn. "
Mr. Bowser hnd no moro to say. Soon
ftor bis departure the butcher's boy
brought a piece of beef nnd two do/.ou
clothespins. At dinner ho found the
moat and some broad und butter.
"How much hnvo you boon paying for
beefsteak ? " he naked of Mrs. Bowser ,
"Prom fourteen to sixteen cents. "
"And I got this for eleven 1 That
jhows the difference at once ! No wou-
dcr wo were on our way to the poor-
homol" "
Mr. Bovsoibroke his knife In trying
to cut the stonk , nnd the small piece ho
finally cot Into his mouth almost pulled
hla teeth out , but. ho smiled nnd pretended
tended to bo pleased , nnd when ho shovc-d
back from the table ho rubbed his hnnds
nnd stild :
"A week ngo today you paid out six
dollars. My expenses for the day are
only sixty-four cents. Quito n dilTui-
once , oh ? The grocer nnd butcher look
na If they had hoard pomothlngdrop. "
AtbronkfiiHt next morning Mr. Uo\vsor
found some pancakes and water on the
table. Ho was about to break forth
when ho caught himself nnd observed :
"Our froal fault as a nation , Mrs.
Bowser , is that wo out too much. Wo
hnvo become n race of gormntids nnd
dyspeptics. "
"And this will cure us , I suppose ? "
she replied , ns she looked from tlio pun-
cnkos to the water nnd back.
"It will help to. I hnvon't the least
doubt thnt both of us wril feel bettor to
day than for a wock before , und still
further , wo know that wo have not boon
highway robbed. "
That day Mr. Bowser sent soap and
potatoes. The next day ho sent colToo
nnd starch. On the next ho sent ton nnd
bluing.
"Mrs. Bowser , " ho began , ns ho sat
down to his fourth dinner nnd found
ortlv coffee nnd potatoes on the table ,
"I have now been running this house for
four days. "
"Yes. "
"I Imvo saved ever nny four days of
yours nt lonst $7 In cold cash. . I told
you Itcould bo done nnd It has boon
dono. I shall now turn the mutter ever
to you ngaln , oxpocthig you to profit by
my teachings "
"You have done so well thnt you had
bettor continue ! " she quietly obsorvo'd.
' 'Having demonstrated to you thnt
there is no need of being robbed nnd
swindled , and being pressed for time , I
shell hereafter expect you to do the
marketing. I ihny hnvo to stop in nt
intorvals.but of course nny husband will
cheerfully do that. As 1 told you before -
fore , no wife can bo blamed for what she
doesn't know. Having had the benefit
of my experience , if you allow yourself
to bo swindled again it will bo your own
fault"
Next day at dinner Mrs. Bowser had
turkey , sweet potatoes , cranberry snuco
nnd ether good things , and Mr. Bowser
looked nbout htm nnd observed :
"Well , you deserve credit , Mrs. Bow
ser , and I am glad to accord it. "
She looked at him inquiringly.
"I showed you how this house could
bo ruri on the same system of a bunk ,
and your were sensible enough to adopt
my suggestions , nnd this is the result !
I am considerably oifcouraged , Mrs.
Bowsor considerably encouraged. In
A , Vcar or two moro , if you will follow
out this line.yoa will almost be compe
tent to go down to the store with iv
twenty-dollar bill and invest It as well
us I could. "
UP TllE F
The halfbrocd and I had boon away
from camp for savai'al hours , leavinp
only Sam , the colored mun , there and
wcro raturuing by the mountain trail.
The last bond fn th B trail was seventy
or eighty rods to the west of our camp
and two hundred foot above it , and wo
instinctively paused for a look.
There were the two tents , the horses
and mules picketed beyond , a smolder
ing camp lire , the negro lying on the
broad of his back with his head toward
us. It.wus 3 o'clocic in , the afternoon of
n summer's day. Sam was apparently
dozing , for it Bccmud an effort for him to
raise a hand to brush away the ilios
which persisted in fcottling on his face.
Wo were about to go on , when Joe sud
denly caught his breath and grasped
by arm and pointed to a spot about hulf
way between the b.tso of the blull and
tho'camp. There was a sort of natural
drain or furrow running along the earth ,
deepening in our directionund hero and
there was a bunch of weeds to prove a
little durnpnesa The grass was greener ,
too. but not high enough to shelter a
rabbit.
It was half a minute before I could
make out thocausd of Joo's alarm. Then
my eyes rested , ou full grown mountain
lion working hia way up that furrow.
Ho had already accomplished half the
distance , and just ut thut moment lifted
himself almost'erect to take u poop ut
the negro.
"Lot us cry out and warn him , " I
whispered.
"It js too late ! " replied Joo.'Should
he oven gat up the beast would bo upon
him in.a IlashT"
"Then shoot ! "
"It is too far ! "
You have soon a hunter stalking
game , but here was a fierce and hungry
wild boast stalking a defenceless man.
The scene wus as plain und clear before
us a if the distance was only a stono's
throw. .After the first few words wo
were silent. After the first move to
use our rillos wo simply waited. Wo
certainly intended to do something , but
wait ! Seel
It > yas a sight ever to bo remembered
to watch that lion making his way up
the furrow. , Ho advanced foot by foot
Ho flattened out until you would huvo
thought him a skin spread out to bo
cured , and ho dragged himself along the
earth. You Know ho moved , but you
saw no motion except that of hia tail.
Moving ahead or lying quiet , the tail
switched back und forth with scarcely a
second's interval. About every rainuto
one of the negro's hands was la/.ily
raised and waved ucross hia ( ace. When
this happened , the lion , who could
plainly see the black paw sweep the air ,
settled down UH if to spring. In the in
tervals ho crept forward.
Wo stood there like men of stone and
BUW the distance decrease foot by foot.
The lion hud yet 100 foot to creep when
my mustang , feeding ut lenst 300 feet
from ttio other edge of the camp , raised
his head am ) snuffed the air. The scent
of the lion had como down to him. Ho
must have Been us , as wo stood out in
plain view , but ho did not whinny , as
both of us feared ho would. Half a
minute later Joe's pony also got the
scent and started olT nt a fust walk.
The lion remained unquiet ua if dead for
u full minute , wailing to BOO if the
movement ot the horses would
urbuso the man , It did not. gum had
grown moro drowsy , and his hand was
raised at longer intervals. Now the
tufted tail WUVOH to and fro again , and
now the distance is again decreased. Foot
by foot , foot by foot , and I have forgot
ten everything else on earth in watching
the progress , Now it is sixty foot now
fifty now forty now the lion has set
tled down for a leap wlich ( will land l tm
on the body of tlio sleeping man , when I
hear the crack of a rllle , eaa the boast
roar up und fall backward and struggle ,
nnd I sit down with shaking kneea und
palpitating heart. It was Joe who fired
the shot from his old-fashioned , long *
barreled rilla Ho hud only the fuinteut
hope , but it waa u dead shot , tlio bullet
entering the back of the houd.
The boust died hard. Ilia limbs were
yet twitching as wo reached the spot.
Never had hunter in the west soon a
larger lion. Ho had the strength to pull
down u buffalo bull. The nogroV Wo
found him sound asleep , of courso.
M. QUAD.
Champagne bu a Urge amount of carbonic
aold la It ; it Is beallby and nuurUUluK.
Cook's Extra Dry Imperial U tno boit.
A PECULIAR GIRL .
Mrrmtam \ Wtnltr In JV'ir I'm * Lttljtr.
Kuoliol Lfuidor begun llfo by bolifsr po- '
culinr. Instead of the customary and
orthodox yell with which the youthful
inhabitants of this plnnot greet tholr
first sight of it , Uachol remained per
fectly quiet , only looking up Into the
nurse's fnco with a calm and q'uo tlon-
ing g.i/.o , which greatly disconcerted
that experienced matron or , to quolo
her own words , causing her to bo "so all
struck of a ho.ip , It was a blessed inlra-
clo she hadn't dropped the uncanny little -
tlo thing then an' there , an' so stopped
her from nny chance of making nny
noise In the world , olthor then or there-
utter. "
But the baby thrived , although she
bcgnn wit.hu perverse preference for the
bottle , rntiior than her natural suste
nance , giving the second proof of what
her nurse called her "pocullarncss ; " und
ns her yountr life ndvnncod from weeks
to months , and from months to ydnrs ,
she munagod to keep up her reputation ,
so early begun , of being unllko
ether children. Of course eho heard n
gront deal of this "peculiar" way of
hors , nnd she liked being made tho'sub-
jcct of wondering remarks and admlru-
tlon though , porhnps , thnt Wns not no-
culinr. Anywny , she soon bccumo Im
bued with the idea thai everything Unit
happened to her was special und unus
ual ; nnd though naturally wnrm-honrtod ,
nnd not moro selfish than the general
run of Her ago nnd sox , she certainly
developed a romttrkubto amount of
egotism.
At 18 she foil In love , quito convinced
that , though ether girls might hnvo ,
imagined themselves in love before her
time , there hnd never really been nny
one who thoroughly understood the
heights und depths of that passion till
it was exompliflod in hor. "George Mur
ray encouraged her in that belief , and
doulnrcd that ho responded to it with
furvor und intensity which could only
bo experienced in the unknown recesses
of tho' male heart
There was soon nn almost bitter fool
ing of rivalry between thoJovors ns to
which of them loved the moro.nnd while
this feeling was ut the height , Amy Riv
ers cnmo homo , frombo.\rd ing school.
Amy was the kind of girl that raon go
mud about. She was small and slender ,
with dainty bunds , nnd foot ot diminu
tive size , and a heart 6f similar 'dimen
sions. She hnd a. mass of , llully' blon'do
hair , n complexion of lilies.and roses ,
nnd great china-blue eyes , very soft and
dewy , and shaded by long , silky lashes ,
that gave them an expression tf deep
fooling , such as their o.wner.hnd never
experienced in all heKshallowJlte. For
the rest , she hnd gronttasto in the
adornment of her charmiug person , ut.d
her mivid faithfully carried out her host
ideas.
Miss Amy Rivers very speedily settled
the curious rivalry that had existed bo
twcon the lovers. She had not been
homo a week when George Murray
ceased protesting the superior udplh of
his attachment to Rachel. By the end
of the second week ho never spoke of his
love nt nil , and looked bored when his
finncob spoke of hors. By the end of the
third week ho hnd almost censed visiting
Rachel , nnd then only on compulsion ;
nnd by the end of the fourth weolc the
whole town was talking of his elopement
with Amy Rivers , anQ wondering if
Rachel Lander who hud fallen like one
dead when she learned of.it wpuld over
rise from the bed on which they laid
her. But Rachel 'didn't die. .As.
she said , bitterly' , that woiild have * ;
boon too simple ; nnd , being peculiar/
she hud to live for something much
harder to.boar. Poor-girl ! It was really
a great grief , nnd her' Buffering was
acute ; but , after her custom , she made
it worse. , . *
There had never been so gront a
wrong committed against frny woman ,
and none other hud ever felt such so
deeply. " " '
Having said that , sbo closed her lips
on the subject.
Your n/tor / yonr .went b.v , and many
people had forgotten Rachel Lnndor ;
nnd those who know her sometimes
fniled to recognize the worn , haggard
woman of 25 , who certainly looked ten
years older ; and when -people spoke of
her It was olthor with flityor * contempt.
"Such n wasted life ! jin only child ,
woi shipcd by her parents , who wore
dying of gnof for her selfish grief a
rich woman , too _ , who inight bo "doing
so much good with her hoarded , wealth
and all about a man who bad lilted
her ! It was wicked aud shameful"said
lier critics , and likely enough they were
right.
But Rachel did. not hoar thorn ; and if
she had she would not have cared"for in
her own way her lifo was ordered care
fully nnd methodically , and her tripney
was not hoarded nor wusted ; but , being
peculiar , as usual she choao ; to live in
her own wny , and to dpjtbaVwhich she
felt she could do , in the manner that
best suited hor.
The poor , the sick and the suffering
know her well. Thoydid not think her
lifo u wasted ono. What this poor , om-
bittorcd , disappointed womtni felt in the
silent depths of her own roticontintense
nature , she hardly know herself ; for she
shrunk from formulating her own
thoughts even to her own mind , but oc
casionally something in the outside
world seemed to shape thorn for horAs ,
for instance , ono morning when slio sud
denly found herself gazing nt nn old
woman whom slio mot in her morning
walk a wretched woman , her unicempt
frpwzo of gray , straggling locks , her
clothes tattered nnd torn , though well
hidden by un old black shawl that draped
her head and fell In folds about her a
most painful nnd unlovely sight in the
morning of nn early , cold March day.
"Shull I ever look like that ? " thought
Rachel. "Old , withered , broken-hearted
poor old woman ! Porhnps if J could
know her story I should lourn that some
man jilted her in the sweet springtime
of long ago. Being a poor , gentle feml-
nlno creature , she didn't die , though her
heart bruko ; and as the burden of lifo
grow too heavy to boar , she begun to
drink at llrst , to forgot , nnd then to
keep warm. "
The totird thnt seldom rnso to Ruuhel'ti
eyes for her own woes , overflowed for
the imagined sorrow of this forlorn old
wreck of humanity. Tlio womun was
quickJlo sou , und instantly stretched
forth "an imploring band , in which
Rachel placed a liberal donation.
It was this incident that paved the
wny for an unexpected but far moro jin-
portant oncountor. AB Rachel , walking
quickly , and with eyes still wet with
tears , and u heart wildly throbbing with
newly quickened feeling turnnd tho'cor-
nor of the street , she rushed dij-ectly in
to the arms of u young inuu who was
coming toward hor. Ho was palo und
wun ; tie stooped under the weitrht'of
thnt experience that is moro uging , thun
years ; but R-ichel know him in an in
stant , und Ills arms involuntarily closed
nbout her nnd htUd her for one moment
to his breast , she cried out , us if ho had
thrust a dagger in her :
"Gooigo George Murrayl"
"Rachel , " ho said softly , "forglvo
mo. I did not mean to touch you. It
was BO sudden "
"Yes , yes ; I know. It is my faultI
didn't see you. "
And Bho wrenched horsalf from his
hold ; it was , Indeed , from nis ombruco ;
for he clung to bur us if uo could not
ngntn lol hot ffto. But seeing her fnco ,
which growrttlm marble nt sight of him ,
his unns droiipod uwuy from hor.
"Oh. can jfu | forgive mo , " ho cried.
"It was nil i\ wild delirium n madness !
I never loved but you ! Can you no * forgive -
give mo can you not even try to forglvo
mo1 > rf
"I cannot oynn try , , ' she said , and her
voice WIIH like "tho knoll of hope ; nnd ,
with u gesture of unsuonkablo contempt ,
she waved , hlm utldo und pnssod on.
How she roHChcd homo Rnchol Lnndor
never know ; but some hours later she
was 'uwuro that she \vns In her own
room , the TVobV locked , nnd till the
world shut bnU0
How long"1 she hnd boon there she
didn't know , but she remembered that
when she cnmo in nho hud sunk upon
the sofa hnlf-fnlnting : but now her
honrt was hunting wildly nnd every
puho thrilled us If with some now llfo
u fovori&h , delirious ocstacy such ns she
hnd never known boforo. She glanced
up nnd saw the rollcctlon of hersdlf in
the long mirror opposite , nnd wonder
ing , doubting her own eyes , she roso.
wont nvor to tlio looking-glass nnd
stared.
Wns that Rachel Lundor , thnt radiant
vision of brilliant , grnclous womnnhood ?
The yours boomed to huvo rolled back ;
Rho looked ton years younger than she
had looked when she wont out thnt
morning. A glorious excitement glowed
In her great , duop , dark eyes , her
o.hooks nnd lips were ( lushed with the
hue of the rose ; the nrnss of dnrk brown
hair , usually worn In ntight knot ut the
back of her bend , hnd slipped from its
fnstoning nnd fell in n _ dishovolcd , wav
ing , glossy mass ubo'ut her nock und
shoulders , reaching to her waist , and
her tall , slender Ilguro , In its uncon
scious poise of triumph , had nil the lissome -
some grnco of buoyant glrlhoodi
"Can it bo I ? " she murmured wondor-
iiigl.V"Yqs. . it is , Indeed I , und I am
beautiful. Ah ! my duy has come the
idny I never even dured'to hope for ! Ho
'loves ' mo and I elm "a , thousand times moro
beautiful than thnt palo doll thnt took
him from mo ! And ho ho loves
mo ! My hour bus comol It is just und
I will use my power. I will bo revenged
rQvengedl"
And , like poor old Lear , Rnchol deter
mined that her vengeance should be the
terrors of the earth a revenge unique ,
unusual , peculiar , like herself.
From that day Ruohuol Lander re
turned to Society. She soon learned
what , hn.d she boon accustomed to the
gossip of the town , slio would have
known montns ngo" that Murray hnd
returned n broken hearted , ruined man ,
bitterly- disappointed in the wife who
had squandered his 'fortune in their
brief married llfo , leaving him not even
the memory of her love when ho laid
her in the gntvo , her shallow , frivolous
heart forever stilled-and his llfoambit-
torod with the mingled noison of self-
contempt und rgtaorgo.
It was voivisfiftP us plain to nil who
snw him uslit-mvus to Rachel , thnt his
love hnd rotur'Jric'jl ' tohls _ first object with
n passionate juiiynalty such as ho hud
never before known himself capable of ;
und , indeed , -Jib nly seemed to live in
Rachel's pros'onjcp , seeking her when
ever she could bo found , following her
every movoiflenl with adoring eyes ,
breathing ahnoalto the sound of her
voice. But ho-cnever put his love into
words ; ho scnt'coTy dnred to speak to her
nt nil , contonj , If'jie miglit only gnzo on
her when she moved.
How Ruchcl/ffilt nbout this silent wor
ship none coul'd toll In some ways slio
was moro peculiar than ever but it
looked ut times a,1 } if she chafed under it.
Ono night Rachel Lander missed the
figure of Gaojegp Jjucray from u largo
party , at which.sliOjCiwas'us usual , the
i brilliant and beautiful attraction. As
hour nftor hour went by and still ho
oiimo not , she was uneasy , the people
soon bored her. Presently she could
endure the crowd no' ' longer , and with n
strange , uneasy tremor , she withdrew
quietly , ordorea her carriage nnd was
dtiven homo. The same thing hap
pened the next night , and the next On
the fourth night she hud grown almost
haggard with disappointment anil rngo ,
she biiid to herself. But presently she
overheard n remarlc dropped in n
whisper :
"George Murray is ill dying. The
doctor gives no hope. "
And at these words'tho , very boating
of her heart seemed to slop.
" ' 1111 Dying ! ' neho repeated in n
sharp , agoni/.ed whisnor. "Impossible !
Ho must not bo 11L. Ho'-dnrouot , , dio. "
Her vengeance w s not yet complete ;
that revongp for which she lived on
which she lived ; ' her very lifo itself !
She Hid from the place , and hiding
herself within her carriage , bade the
coachman to drive to the homo of George
Murray.
Slio soon found that his condition had
nqt boon exaggerated. A violent and
deadly form of typhoid had stricken him ,
and ho was abroady-raving in delirium.
The physician made no pretonsoof hope.
Ho told Ruehel plainly that in all human
probability her friend was doomed.
"Thoro is but the shadow of a chance
In a hundred that ho may livo. "
"But , doctoj , wo , will take that one
shadowy chance , nnd lot the other
nlnoty-nlno go , " said Rachol.
Doctor Frank looked at her , but said
nothing ; ho didn't understand her.
Like everyone ol.so in the placeho know
Rachel's story , nnd ho asked hlmsolf : ,
Could It bo possible , utter all , thut she
loved this man who hud jilted her and
broken her heart ? Her face told him
nothing. She was very pule , and her
eyes glowed liks live coals but tholr
moaning WHS n mys'tory to him.
On the following morning Rachel
toolc her place In Murray's room ; u
capable nurse was already there ; and
being a woman , porhnps she undorfetood
Rachel bettor than the doctor ; anyway ,
she made no objection to her presence ,
and If she had , , it would not have made
any difference. Miss Lander was ac-
customod'to having her own wny.
The days 'wwv'hC by and grow into
weeks , nnd they were slow und tedious
to nurse und 'rtm-siclan , us such days
were wont to b4r \ they oogan now to
count the bouiWJitill George Murray's
breathing Bhoulljl'Atwso that breathing
that was often fao Jfalnt thut moro thun
once it Boomed ttuMmvo ceased entirely.
But Rnchol hoMitb reckoning of timo.
Ono day in tire ourlv summer the windows
dews were oponj tor It was very warm ,
nnd the odordtls , " breath of roses and
honeysuckle and'inirulo clematis filled
the room with perfume. The sick man
lav asleep , whiW'fjS the tall lilies in the
wfndow.
"Ho'will novor' como out of this
aleop , " said tho. nUrse In a hushed voice.
Ituoliol drow.)40iu ) : breath , and took
the wasted hand.jn both her own aud
hold it closewlitl 'iior ' very soul Boomed
to pass Into that touc ) > . Shu bent ever
him , almost ns psila as himself , only that
her cheeks burned und her eyes wcro
flxod on his face witlia look thut seamed
to butho him in the glow nnd fervor of
their light. Slio did not speak , nnd her
gaze never loft him. Hours passed.
The hund she hold lost its douthly
chill , und grow warm and
moist ; n faint , dewy moisture
was on the brow and temples ,
nnd the breathing grow strongor.longer ,
und Btoadiur. Itvua evening when the
sleeper stirred slightly , slowly unclosed
his eyes und smiled , aa ho looked up nnd
recognized Rachol. It was n weak later
and she was ugnin beside' him ; while
Dr. Frank and tno nurto spoke of him in
the next room , comparing noUis uS to
his strange and unexpected recovery.
' TN. > y suy you have saved me , Rn-
eliol , " ho said , In a volco still faint and
low" .
"Yes. I could notlotyou go.Georgo. "
"And what are vou going to do with
mo ? "
"I-um going to bo revenged- you. "
"Ah ! But how , dour ? "
"I nm going to marry you "
"Rachol ! Do you muan you have for
given mo1 '
"Yes. dour ; I'm nfrnld so , " murmured
Rachol. "You know , George , that I
was always very peculiar. "
She bent down and presMid u long ,
lingering k ! * > s upon his trembling Ifps.
Tim U u rl nutty Iliuili-r Srurrlim tltn Ilrrorit *
of Siitonil Article * .
Now York Sun : The llrst boll rung In
America was erected on the Hrst church
ever built in this country , early In Mill.
Columbus lauded at Isabella , in the is-
Innd of San Domingo , in December ,
1403 , nnd soon built : & church. Shortly
uftcrwurds a now city was begun In the
royal plum of La Vega nnd was called
La Yogn , or the City of the Plains. The
church with its boll , and nil the ether
houses of Isabella , was then moved to
La Voga. In lfJ2 the now City of the
Plains was destroyed bv nn earthquake.
About n qunrtor of n celilurv uco , In the
brunches of u fig tree which hnd grown
un umong the ruins of the belfry tower
of the church , a boll wus scon , which
proved to bo the original bell in ques
tion , and this historic boll Is now in the
city of Washington. It Is of bronze ,
eight Inches by six uud u half , bonrs the
jotter P in old Gothic ohurnr.tors , nnd
has the linage of San Miguel on its sur
face.
face.Tho
The first drops of blood shod in the
war of the "rebellion , it has boon do-
clnrod , nro ut the present tl'no iu the
possession of Colonel B. F. Hawkos of
tha pension olllco in Washington. They
woro-shed by Colonel B. F. Kelley , who
commanded the fodorul forces nt the
uutylo of Philippi , the ilrst butllo of the
War. Ono of the bullets ilrod pierced
Colonbl Kolloy's lung and stained his
vest , which was preserved. Colonel
Kelley did not die , although the sur
geon pronounced his wound mortal.
The first printing press in the United
States began its civilizing work nt Cam
bridge , MUSH. , in Harvard university in
1039. The first Amorican-mudo illus
tration , It is believed , is in Tully's Al-
mnnne. . of , BoaJ.on , In 1008. The first
American coppor-plato portrait pub
lished in this country was in Increase
Mather's "Ichabod , " published In 17015.
The first three engravers were Paul
Rovprg1 Bonjiimin Franklin and Isaiah
Tlj piari. who distinguished himself at
the batilo of Lexington.
"
* Tho" Oral porterhouse steak was so
named in Now York City , in the famous
old'Uivoni of Martin Morriboti , at 327
Pohrf street.This was a favorite
Vcsprl-l"pf ( , seafaring men A steak
being .called for by an old pilot ono
night , Morrison said ho hnd no steaks ,
but would cut und broil for him a thick
slice fromitho sirloin , which had just
been prepared for roasting the next
day. Morrison's pluco was known as
the PoHor House in the neighborhood ,
and its frequenters soon got to talking
about the Porter House steaks. Mor
risen finally told Gibbons , his butcher in
the Fly Market , to cut up sirloins for
him thereafter.
The first mirrors of which there is any
record wro in use among the Israelite's
in the time of Moses , and were made of
brass. When the Spaniards first landed
in South , America they found mirrors of
polished black stone in use among the na
tives. Tlio first mirror of solid silver was
made by Pasitoles in the time of Julius
CajBor. ' In the .Fifteenth century the
' ?
first glas's ; mirrors were made in Gor-
muny by a blow-pipe und were convex.
The first manufactory of glass mirrors
for sale was establibhod in Venice early
in the Sixteenth century.
The firat match wus the product of the
ingenuity of John Frederick Komercr ,
who oar y In this century was impris
oned in the penitentiary at Hohenasperp ,
in Germany. Ho invented the lucifer
match while in his gloomy dungeon.
The -Gorman government forbade the
nianulacture of mutches on the ground
of , public- policy , because some children
playing jvilh them had caused a fire.
Komeror was'ruinod by Viennese com
petition when ho was released from
prison "and died a pauper. Up to ISO'J
the V.ibntiH'maiuficturorscontrollcd ( tlio
match business of the entire world.
, -
? * ' -
Tlio Clcreymim's < im > il .Advlcu.
Chicago Tribune : "Sir , " ho said as ho
stalked Into the clergyman's study , "you
are the man who tied the knot , I bc-
hovo. "
"I bog your pardon , " said the clergy
man , looking up from bin sermon.
"You performed the marriage cere-
mpny for me , did you not ? "
"Yes , certainly , Mr. Willings. What ,
mny I ask - "
"Then you know what the rights of a
husband are ? "
> 'Why , yes , in & general way. "
"And the rights of a wife ? "
"Of course. "
"Well , now , slr"sald the cillor. : drawIng -
Ing a chair up to the clergyman's desk
and taking a seat , "lias u.wife a license
to torture her husband ? "
"Certainly not. "
"If she makes his lifo miserable ho
has recourse , of course ? "
"Yos , but I should advise - "
"Novor mind your advice now. We'll
como to that later. My wife complains
thut I don't shave often enough. "
"O , thut'H n smull mattor. "
"Is it , sir ? Is It ? Just wnit ! I told her
that that was my nlTuir , and then she
taught the children to cry when I kissed
them BO thnt she could say that my rough
chin hurt thorn. "
"That hardly showed a Christian - "
"Wnit a minute ! Yesterday morning
I found thorn playing with the cylinder
of u broken music box. You know how
that ) oems to the touch ? "
"Certainly. "
"Well , she'd taught thorn to call it
'Pupa's chin. ' "
"Really , sir , I must admit - "
"Walt till I'm through. Today one of
thorn got on my knee , jwsscd his llttlo
hand ever my chin , and called it 'Papa's
music box. ' Now , sir , I usk of you ns u
Christian mun und us tlio. man who tied
the knot , whnt Hlmll I do ? " N
"Got shaved " the
, replied clergyman
boftly as ho.roturnod to his work.
WOODBURY'S FACIAL SOAP
CnrtlM Bkln.Kcalp mid Camplaxtun.
, Tit * result t > f ao jrrara' eitvrteucti.
M lllUKl t "r ' " ' < luiill.
i COf. A HHiui'le t'ako and ltd tKO
i llwtk r > n Dirrnidtolui/ | Ikiautr ,
1 lUu.lrnoJ ; nu hkhi , Hc Ii | , Scriout
'nn < l IiloiHl DUvawi mi'l their treat.
incut , Mlt eealod. tOf.l JUlKnre. ) )
PhU. Illrth lUtki , lli.lui. W lli. JuJU
Ink and l' * tlor Mnrkx , Iran * , rilttngf ,
, rvin'n Ad. CuotaUatluu frt. * , t ufllct ur by luujl.
'JOHN H. WOOOEURY , DcrmMological Inttilule ,
1SS W r t 4 iia Nlrcrl , New Vorli C'Hy.
GONORRHEA , DUET AND LUBOERRHEA CURED
In-dnya b\- the French Huinedy. entitled , The
King. H illsjiilves ujjutust an.l li abaorbi'd Into
the inllumod partx. Will refmrl monoit U
dotis notcurti. or cjiusoa Btrlctiiru. ( jontleinoat
hero U u rellablu nrtlclu , J.I | U"Jcnso ar - fur i\
by mall iirojiald. Enow , I.unnJ ( o , , Omaha.
I CURE FITS !
AVbftn IM7 rur01 tlo not mean iaon2to top tbvra
for a time and then Into thru return iiln. I luotn a
rtihcoJ cure. I line made tka U AW of 1'ITH , I'I'I.
l.Kl'.SY or FALI.I.SQ hIGKNIMd a hu long tluij , I
warrant tntcmudj to care the woret CMK. liecauso
olliera liaro ( ailed ii no reason for not now recelrlnx
euro. Bend at oeca lot a tro ti&e aud a fna Hott'.o ot
utj iafallibl nmodGi Ksiiruu and Putt Offic * .
U. O. HOOT , JU. C. , 183 I'citrl Kto N. Y.
-you know v/lry / witli pleasure
Our faces so beam ?
OurSer/ai\ts Our life
T e'er is
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SAWTA '
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