THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , JANTJAllY 1 , 1898.
( ? The King's
Rose Diaiitoitd GBOr8 ° Gpimih A
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( i. ij Ig'il.1V'JT , ly the S. S McCluic Co. )
I.
Day by day , stone by stone , the parcel had
Inricatcd and every one of the now splendid
callectLu ot gems represented , not toly HJ
tnmiy pounds sterling In hard cash.Cicn .
once successfully trtrslatcd ( ram the Klin-
bcrly compound and sorting houses to the
cul lip ] world , but also many moments of dcs-
II P.O ycl skilfully hidden anxiety , during
which the nckle needle ot fsto had swayed
to And fro between two pelts of fortune and
Hill' .
Seine men hi Frank Ridley' * position and
hocs cue of the most trusted norterr In
camp would 'have Inkun the stones out ono
b > one oreinplo > cd KafllM to take them from
him after they dad been searched and pass
{ htm direct to one ot the Illicit iltnlcrs out-
llo : , but that was not his way. lie had uo
other confidant than his own cctiaclcnco , not
olna > K an approving one , but at any rate
one that would not give him away.
To have takcu the times out one by ono
would only l.nvo multiplied the risk of dis
covery and ruhi by the number of them , fcr
the poksetfllan of a single Illicit diamond
would have meant disgrace and penal servi
tude Just an certain as would the d'scovery
uu bis pcrs-ti of the whole 20,000 or 30,000
worth of Kcnitf the very pick ot the Klmberly
mint' output for Cf\irly six months rust.
So one afternoon ho nude up his mind
tliat ho had templet the fates far enough ,
and ai G that even'ng ho walked oft to Ills
leggings wl'h hit heart In Ills mcuth ciul a
frrtui ? In the lining of hU 83niowh.it smbby
fell wideawake.
That night albeit with some lltt'e feir
iipj tromLMng , ho permitted himself the
lu\ury of a 'lew ' minutes' examination of his
piiin er In bulk , and rn estimate of Its value
--ot to him , but to the more fortunate man
who Hliould succeed In getting the parcel
through safely to London or Amsterdam. It
be could only do tto't himself bo would never
iif I to donnoUier day's work In the world
Uu he wa.j en employe , a ( sorter ; and there
fore a marked mnn , and the secret rnnilfl-
cptlo s nt tinwo.dcrful sjstcm which Indo -
do cd hlm-'nnd a 1 like him as In 'a net wort
many and w2c. !
No. that r'sk ' was too great , considering
tbat he could now make 4 009 or 5,000 'n
an Inur or so , and at the Hame time tranufci
a.I MB risk and liability to sonic otic eMe ,
ard go back to bis work with n light heart
and. In a certain sense , a clear ccnaclcnco.
Yet there wcs ono magnificent rose diamond
mend , uhlch must have weighed somewhere
b-tween forty and fifty caraU , which ho
\M.uld dearly have loved to kco nicely cut
a d polhhed nnd glittering on the meek ot
In the hair ot n certain well-loved someone
far away In old Carlisle ; but ho know well
i " /ugh that there was not another ot Its
hie and color In the world. The nearest to
It was In the te ) Hours collection , and the
nuro rcme&ilon of It by any ono but a mon-
aii-h or a millionaire would mean just \\rut
hK own pe&'iCbslon of It meant , eo there ws
no use thinking about that.
\Vlth something very like a sigh for the
unattainable possibilities of his so far suc
cessful theft he tied up the- gems In a bit o !
dirty rag , and stuffed them Into the too of a
rather dilapidated Wellington boat. Then ho
h d a wash and a clungc , and went for a
walk down town.
On his way along Stockdalo street ha
chanced to meet u well drecsed. dapper look-
hit ; ll'tlc man , whc nodded to htm as ono
mif , ' . ! ' do to a caitial acquaintance and salt !
In u quick , chirpy sort cf tone :
"Iljw do , Ridley ? Gcfcig strong , eh ? "
"I'retty well , Mr. Murattl , " he replied , with
a quick look up and down the street. "He-
tin us are looking up again. We've bd some
\ery pretty IV.ds the last day or two. "
"Ob , glad to hear It , even from a man who
wastes his opportunities as Idiotically as you
do. Anything particularly choice ? "
'Well , > es. Are you doing anything la
eecoml-hiud boots just now , Mr. 'Murattl ' ? "
I ir > iy here bo convcnln tly explained that
t > ho gentlcir.au with whom young Ridley had
thii. ' fallen Icito conversation was , in these
days , known In camp as Mickey Murattl. The
wlier wcrld knows him now as Michael
iMunrtl , csq. , M. L. A. , and director of many
Important financial undertakings , Hut In
t' ' > rsc iky g ho was just en extremely clever
m-.ii , a Jew of reputed Klorcnlkio ancestry ,
but moro recti t and authentic Rast Knd ex-
tracilo.i , who bad made hU deput In Klm-
herlj ca a dealer In cheap jewelry and nhop-
made outfits after having wandered ubout
pick I\K \ up a living by the dlrplay of hi |
juggl'iig ablll'les and who was now Icrkeii
upon as one of the smartest and mot t"ic
cesatnl "operators" en the diamond fields.
Inspector hlplnskl and some of his more
trustcl wibordlna'ics cherished certain FUJ-
plclsns as to the scope of his opemtlo-na , but
tjo lar his dealings had been blamelevsa , at
least so far n tangible evidence was con
cerned , added to which ho had recently mar
ried a very pretty end exceedingly clever
wife , which meant much on the fields In
thofvs days.
Mi' , Munittl did not seem In 14m least an-
noyoJ by the apparent reference to his former
comraratlvcly humble means of livelihood.
Mraws
ws
" ? * iC'S'.8B\v " "T - . - = * ' . .7\a3v ; ; ,
'WHAT DO YOU WANT ? "
Cci the contrary , ho 1 : hod up with a quick
glance at Htilley and said with a smile of
plea.iti.t anticipation :
"Well , I haven't done anything In the old
do' I'no for omo tlmo now , but you know
I'm i.lways on for a trade. What's tbo
figure ? "
"Ten thousand , "
"I'll ix-o > ou I mean I'd like to > fee the
KCoda first before I ray anything to that , ll'o
a big prlco for a pair of ecccud-iiand boots ,
you know , .Mr. Illdley , HUH , I'm glad to see
That you're beginning to rise to a prtpcr
ECIISO of your opportunltlc3. When can I BCD
the boots ? "
"I was thinking of taking them down to
Toolcy'u tomorrow about tbli tlmo to hive
them roled and heeled , "
"So yott'ro on to thn't ioy , are you ? Well ,
you'ro not tnich a blighted Idiot as 1 thought
) ou were , Illdley ; BO 1 apologize , I shall bo
tending to Tooley'v myself but , look hero ,
If wo mean buslntrn , what's the good of
iwastlng tlmo Ilko that ? Go and get > our
lioo'fl now nnd take them to Tcoloy's. He
Isn't bhut and lio'u got a pair ot mkio lo
mend. I'll be there In half an hour , and It
I take- your purcel away with mo Instead of
my own , well , w at'v that to anybody but
you or mo ? "
U wasn't altogether a now device , but It
worked , and In the result Mr. Murattl'a
va'uatton of the boota was so far MtUfac
tory that about two hours liter Prtnk Kldloy
-went home with a check for 2,500 and an
I O U for a Ilko amount In his pocket , and a
pair of another maa'u boots under bid arm ,
neatly wrapped up In u copy ot the Diamond
Fields Independent , Tuo check was on
bonk , London , tnil w eaj bl , not
to Fratk nitllcy. hut to Ml s Alice Han-
some. The I 0 U wag personal , but both
went to England ty the next mall.
There occur.t hero the unpleasant neces
sity cf adding that the check was stopped by
table long tcfore Miss Hinsomu had nny
chance of presenting It. The fate of the
I O U was lo be determined later OIK Mean
while Mr. Krnnk Illdlcy's thoughts tutnca
homeward and mingled with loving memo
ries and fond anticipations.
That .tamo night , between 11 and 12 , Mr.
Mututtl liad a visit from A man or his own
po iile , c. youth of some 11 ! summers , whose
llfo had ro far been mostly winter. Not
many of the seed of Abraham run to waste , at
toy rate In the financial sense , but Joshua
Moscnstcln , known for ehort In camp as
Jossey Mo , had "somehow managed to do so.
He was distantly related to Mickey Mnraltl
and ugaln and again that rising financier
hid. with the traditional generosity of his
pecrplo to their kindred , metaphorically taken
him out of the gutter ahrt Pet him on his
feet on the pavement. T'.lo subject of their
Interview that particular night was closely
akin to this spcclaa of rescue work. No cno
elco was present a d Mr. Murattl spoke
plainly and to the point.
"H Just comes to this , Jcflsoy , " ho said
toward the end of the dlscil&slto. "you'll
never be any good to yourself or nny credit
I to your relations as long M you go sloshing
around In thin good-for-nothing sort of way
, of yours. Xow , here's a goc < l , solid chuice
for you. Do aa I tell you , man. Own up
and play UK ? greeny. You won't get moro
than five years ns n first offender , and If you
bchivc yourself you'll get out with three.
I know the ropes down yonder ; don't you
fear , nnd I'll pull 'cm hard for you. Then
when you come out there's $3,000 for you In
solid cash , and $1,0)0 n year for flvo years
nftcr that. Now , JoMcy , what do you say
to that ? "
"What do you want me to bo trapped at
all for ? " The tempted .Joshua objected
rather sulkily. "If you've iot ; the gonlvaha ,
why don't you plant 'em somewhere safe and
run Ym down when you get a chance , like
the others do ? "
"Ilecnuso I don't do business like the
others , " replied Mickey with nn nlr of con-
sclous pride , "and because I'm playing n
Ft * / / * 4 ' / , it/if/ - * JX t r\
1 MICKY. OP COURSE , DID THE VIH TUOUSLY INDIGNANT UEL.ATIVE.
deeper game and for a bigger stake. It's
this way , you sec. Illdley and me were
shadowed while we were talking in Stockj j
dale street. Ho didn't see it , but I did , and
that's what made me think of this lav. We
wcro shadowed again nt Tooley's , and I was
followed home hero by one of the smoaches.
"Now , Llplnzkl's no fool , and neither Is
Vex , nor Lowe , nor any of them. What do
I want talkhiB to Klilley for Just after he's
come out of the sorting room ? What do I
want to meet him again the same night at
a boot store and bring a pair of his boots
homo b > mistake for ?
"I'll tell jou , Jcesey , these chaps know
as well as I do that I took a parcel of stones
from Illdley ticilght and bcforo long H-
plnzkl will be hero with a search warrant ti
look for them. Now , If he doesn't find any
ho'll reckon that I've planted 'em , and I'm
going to run 'cm as you say. That means
that wo bball bo watched , and that every ono
who goes out of cair.p , erneclally any cno
belonging to mo , will bo stopped and searched ,
and so the mlssls'll have about as much
acKe of getting those stones down to
Capetown and onto the steamer as I would.
"Now see how my y'an works out. TOey
Irciow I've got ntones from Hldlcy , but they
don't know what stones see ? They como
hero with their warrant , arrest us both and
search us , find this other little lot on you
and Jump to the conclusion that they're the
right ones rnd that I've Just given 'era t3
you. Hut there's no proof of that and they
can't get one , for you'll play t'je funk , own
up and swrar you bought them from n
Kalllr , while I do the Indignant , virtuous lay.
"You needn't be afraid of Illdloy. They
drn't want him yet. They'll wait for him
and nab him when convenient. It's mo they
want. Ie Beers would giver a goad bit Just
oow to plant mo on the breakwater for a few
years while they put this amalgamation busi
ness through. That's whcie my game cornea
In. This parcel tAiould pan out at $30.000 at
thu very least , and that's Just what I want
to fight these amalgamators on their own
ground.
"If I got nabbed , the whole game would
bo up ; but If you go for me , Jossey , I'll make
my fortune , and yours , too , my pippin.
Murattl will go Hying up sky high , and It
won't bo a matter of thousands then , Jcosey ,
It'll bo millions , my boy millions , end you
shall have your shire when you come out
never fear.
"You know. If you were left to yourself ,
JoNgcy , you'd never make a thousand In a
centuiy of blue moons , let alone ton thousand
In three years or so. Come now , what do
you way ? You'll have to look sharp , for they
may bo hero any minute ah , yets , I thought
so ; there's the official knock. Now , don't
act the goat , and fly In the face of good for
tune. Hero's the gonlvaha. Tint's It , In
your waistcoat pocket. Now button your
coat. That'll do ! "
"Well , gentlemen , good evening. What
can I do for you this evening , if it Isn't ,
morning already1
"You can hand oyer that parcel of diamonds
mends you got from Frank Hldlcy tonight ,
Mr. .Murattl , and then you can como with
UB , " replied Inspector Uplnzkl politely , but
still a trifle sillily. "I'vo a search warrant
here , but you'll save us a lot of trouble and
yourself and household a lot of Inconvenience
by passing over the stones at once. Wo
know they're in the house. "
"Then you know a mighty lot more about
my house than J do myself , Mr. Llulnzlcl , "
snapped ( ho little man somewhat viciously ,
"There are no diamonds here but what arc
my own lawful property , and they're all
cut stones , DO I'm afraid I can't give you
what you've come for. Dut of courte If
you've got a warrant you can aci oa It
though It's a piece of moat unwarrantable
tyranny. And this a llrltlsh colontoo. , .
Why don't they call U penal settlement and ;
hnvo done with It , Shall I nek my wife to
get up and como down ? "
"I hope there'll bo f.o nceesflty for ! lut. ' , "
replied the Inspector , wltn a plcassnt smile ,
"IJut now gentlemen , wo must get to work ,
please. It isn't plccsant for any ots. \ . I
konw. but l''s our duty and It rmiat be done. "
The formality rorultod exactly as the astute
Mickey had predle'cd It would. The diamonds
mends a pirccl of stones worth about
200 at first coot Were promptly found
In Jersey's pocktv , and ho played the tyro la
I. I ) . B , with a perfcctlca that was by no
means all art. '
Mickey , of count , did the virtuously In-
dlgnint relative ted disappointed benefactor
without a flaw , not only at the monuo , of
discovery , but at the police court the next
morning. Si well , lodced. did both play their
partu mt , ro Inspector lUplnzkl'e Intense
disgust , the irisglstiate rcftswd to stod the
chief criminal to the special court fcr trial ,
and to , nftcr providing' generously for 1he
deMi e of his crilng rolatlv * . ho left the court
house a triumphantly whitewashed man.
At the next fitting of t.io special court
Josvoy go : five ycara , and the same traM
which took him to Cape Town happened also
to take Mrs. Mlchucl Murattl , who , for reasons
of health , not unc6nnecled with ad Increase
of the seed oflAtinham , had been odvleed to
t-iko a trip to Europe to avol.l Clio worst of
tjw hot ecason In Klmberley. Inspector
Uplnzkl ftlll 'hud ' his suspicions , but even
they did not go so far as to put a value of
about thirty < housand pounds on the high and
hollow hods of the lady's d > .1nty French-
mailo boots ,
II.
Nearly five years later Michael Murattl ,
e.q. , was sitting at the writing table In the
library of his town residence In Lancaster
Gate. He was reading a letter and swwrliiK
softly under his breath at every line of It.
When he had read It through for * ho second
time he criib'.ieil It fi > 'In hl.i hand , stuffed
It Into hn ! trouser yocket , went a d stood on
the hearth rug with his short , sturdy legs
wldo apart and said to a llfc-slzcd portrait ut
hlni'clf , which hung In the middle of the
oivoslto wall :
"No. bust me If I del I've been generous
to both of them nlid I an't stick It any
longer. I'll give 'em Just another thousand
apiece , for old times' sake , nnd tl.at's the ID * .
Half n million apiece , Wjow ! Why don't
they aek for the whole caboodle at once ?
I'll bee them selling frlcn fish Hint. "
The explanation of this resolution may be
briefly given as follows : Thanks to ex
emplary behavior and a certain amount of
judiciously applle.l Influence , Mr. M-rattl's
scapegoat had got off with a little over three
years. The day he c-imo out he received the
welcome but not unexpected Intclllncnco that ,
through the dcat'.i of a re'atlve In London , he
had como kilo about 5.000 ready cash and
ivcperty and securities yielding about another
thousand a vear.
The same evening he renewed the ao
qualntcnre of Frank Illdlty , who had been
discharged without any assigned reason a few
weeks ater ! the great coup which had proved
so worthless to him. T'JO bank had been
advised by cable that a leaf had been stolen
out of Mr. Murattl's London check biak anil
cautioned not to ca.sh any checks without
further notice. Hence the first 2,500 had
not been > ; ald. The I O U Mr. Muiattl had
laughed nt. The stones had cost him quite
enough already , or would do so before he had
dene wlt'.i Jossey , and ho didn't propose to
pay any more.
It was a case of dog eating dog , but
Hidloy could do noth'ng without disclosing
tin ? whole transaction , and tl.at would mean
not Icrd than ten years on the breakwater
fcr him , so he grinned and bore It , aim
waltci till Joasey came out.
Meanwhile Mr. Murattl grew end flour
ished exceedingly. Everj thing he touched
turned either to go' < l or diamonds thouga
tie never touched anything illicit after the
last big deal.
Ho was quite a great man now , but , as
every one knows him , there Is no need to
repeat that , ctid there wra not a cloud 01
his financial or eoclal horizon save- his con
ncctlon with Jor.iey nnd the present Im
psslblllty of getting Introduced to the
prince of Wales.
Ho had given Ridley a couple of thou-
nd In oish rn Jot ey's strong representa
tion , nnd fondly thought that would settle
h's unrrovaUe claim for good , but that wofc
Just where he had made the blggrnt mis
take of his life. Joraey came out of penal
servitude a very different person to thu
shlfUess ne'er-do-weel that ho was when
ho entered It. It had done him a lot of
good. H had put teckbrnp Into him and ,
besides , he had learned many things that
ho wetted not of before.
A''ter ' more than three years of penal toll
and discipline , embittered by-deprivation of
all creature comforts , it waij only In the
course of nature when he recalled his free-
ilom , and found himself In command ol
plenty of money , ho should bo etronglj
Incll.ed to compensate himself for hlu
vlcailous sufferings en a somewhit liberal
sale
H was In this humor that Illdley hod found
Mm. Ho tiid : mi ado a little 'jnoncy ' more or
Irss honestly since his 'discharge- and EO
there was no suggestion of sponging. Hut |
Lo was vnry sore still nfrtitt'tho .check and
the I. 0 , U. , and In Jossey } { Jio.uslit ho
" ' '
saw the moans of "pelting 'sii'uaro with the
millionaire 'who ' ftali done him su h an un-1
sciupultus "Khot In the eye. "
To this end ho-worked both skillfully and !
successfully on the ex-convict's feelings until
he came to look upon hlmfcblf aa "tC iiurtyr
and Mlcliatl iMura'ttl ' aa jingpster. . of ' in
gratitude. What were a few : -paltry t'hou-
snnds to the millions that were literally'
rolling In the 'millions whlcJi would never
have < bcno hla If ho , Joshua , had not borne
the prnalty tf his crime ? He had the
plainest right to a good , substantial tUiaro of
them , and BO , too , for the matter of that , had
the man from whom Mickey had so dishon
estly obtained the stones on which hU new
fortune * had 'been ' founded.
As time 'went on these arguments -wore
very strongly cnfcrea ! ' by the fact that the
aforesaid "paltry thousands" did not go very
far when Mr. Joshua Qlosensteln had once
learned the Joys of spending money with
the cheerful frct-Jom that is 'born of a sure
and certain hope that , "when It is done , there
will bo plenty more forthcoming. Tihe logi
cal result Svau that the two worfhles , now
fast friends and allies In a common object ,
had made demand after demand on the ap
parently bottomUea purse * of the multi-mil
lionaire , until at last a certain fact had
come to their knowledge , which , after duo
deliberation together , iiad Inspired them to
write the Joint letter that had BO disturbed
Mr. Muttnttl'8 cquftiilialty.
They traveled homnliy the same mall boat
which carried their letter , and on the morn
ing following Its delivery they pild a visit
to the millionaire at hla West End mansion ,
The Interview was not exactly a friendly one.
Mr. Murattl blustered , and hist visitors
quietly but firmly doubled their already ex
orbitant demands ,
The man ot millions threatened to have
them put Into the street , and broadly hinted
at the advisability of giving them Into cus
tody as blackinallets. That brought matters
to A head In a somawhat dramatic fashion.
The exsortcr took out his pocketbook and
produced from It a half sheet of note paper ,
on which was pasted ft short newspaper cut
ting. Ho handed 't to the millionaire nnd
saM :
"That's from the Cape Times , Mr. Murattl.
Do you think you could throw nny light on
the subject ? I have an Idea that you could ,
especially with our assistance. De Ueors
would give a good deal to know how that
stone got away. I believe they would oven
accept mo as quecn'e evidence to get the
mystery cleared up. What do you think ? "
With slowly widening eyes and sinking
heart , the man of many minions , nnd more
ambitions , read the cutting. It ran thus :
"The king of the Uelglans has just Indulged
In his well known taste for gems by the addi
tion to his already priceless collection ot a
magnificent rose-colored diamond , weighing
nearly thirty carats In Its cut state. His
majesty Is rumored to have paid the enor
mous prlco of a thousand pounds n carat to
the Amsterdam merchant of whom ho bought
It. In color and water It Is the exact coun
terpart of the famous rrac diamond In the
Do llccrs collection , but It Is much larger.
"Its origin Is Involved In some little mys
tery. The merchants from whom his majesty
purchased It afl\rm \ that t'.ic dealer from
w'ncm they bought It declared that It was an
ancient gem re-cut In Amsterdam , but ex
perts who have seen It state with equal poM-
tlNoncss that it Is a Klmberley stone.
"A rumor reaohcn us fiom Dtanumlapolta
that a certain Kaffir , who has since disap
peared , bcasted one night In his cups , Just
attor he had been discharged from the Klm
berley compound , ttat he had found the
ROst roolkllppo ( red stone ) that ever v
found c i the fields. IT this Is true , the stone
never reached ths diamond rom at Do Ucers1.
It Is Just gosslblo that Home of the I. D. H.
fraternity could throw sonic light on the
subsequent wanderings of the 'mool rooi-
kllruo" ot which the vanished Kaffir boasted. "
Kiank Ridley and Joshua Mosenateln
watched the millionaire's changing face n-ir-
rowly as ' .10 read. Whra ho saw that ho had
finished Hldlcy said quietly :
"I can find that Kalllr , If necessary , Mr.
Muiattl. Of course the diamond law does not
hold good In this country , but the laws as to
conspiracy and dealing in stolen gooJs do
If De Ueers prosecuted they would find my
evidence worth buying. Josfley here has done
his time atid could tnako a clean breast of It
without fesr , and so the only one who could
be touched would be "
" 0 , that'll do ! " exclaimed the millionaire ,
In a burst of despairing anger. "What d-
you want ? "
"I want half a million down and another
half In , approved securities preferably De
Beers , " replied Ridley ; "and aa a iratter of
nrlnc'ole. I must have that check Infavor
of Miss Itansomo duly honored. A mlllton-
alre's wife should be above susphlon. "
"And I want a million , too , " chimed In
Mr. Jcscri5tein ! , "same way as Frank wants
his. And what's more. Mickey Murattl , " he
went on , shaking Ills finder In his face , "ns
vou rt'i'graccd mo by scwirtlng to t'lo Break
water for your crimp , yoj must restcre my
credit In the eyes of the socloty that I slnll
co Into now , by making your wife let me
marry that pretty little sister Rebecca of
hers that I have loved all my Ufa. She was
always fond of mo nod will have me when
I am a millionaire. I flare say you can spare
her a decent marriage portion. "
They were big terms , but Mr. Murattl did
not yet descalr of being introduced to the
prince of Wales , and so In the cad he yielded.
A few wesks later two new made South
African millionaires , one English end one
Hebrew , blossomed forth , each In his con
genial sphere of London society. A little
later on there were two splendid weddings ,
and , until thcso lines appear In nrlnt , the
mjstcry of the King's Hose Diamond will
remain unsolved.
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Hunts SlioolliiKhe Chute * .
Almost every river contains catfish , hut
the genuine Missouri river catfish Is usualb
big enough , to swallow one of the others
and 6t.il ! bc hungry. Every day , during the
favorite season with catflshermen , some one
brings to the market a fish weighing from
seventy-five to100 / pounds , but Silos Hutch-
Ins holds the palm for catching the biggest
fish ever seen In this vicinity.
"Old Cy , " rotates the Peru ( Neb. ) corre
spondent of the Kansas City Star , as ho Is
familiarly called , went down to the river with
a line that looked n rope. Ho had a couple -
plo ot pounila of llverl'for ' haltHe set out
In a rickety old canoe that has long been
regarded as a condemned craft.
Cy Is ajiman of many predellctlors ; he Is
an inventor and for years his busy brain
has contemplated perpetual motors , aerial
transportation and similar ( scientific subjects
On this memorable day old Cy had Just
got out to the channel when he seemed to be
laboring under great excitement. There was
n change In his demeanor alco in the courst
of his boat. A small crowd that had fol
lowed him to the river saw his little skiff
start up stream at a pace faster than any
river steamboat ever made. They began to
cheer , thinking old Cy had a sucrcnaful In
vention at last. Numerous theories were ad
vanced concerning o. submarine motor. Ths
crowd tried to ask qucstlcns of the old
man , but ho was dlsanpcarlne ; too rapidly
pud was too much engrossed xvlth present
affatrff to anawer any questions. The news
spread rapidly , as such things will In small
villages. Merchonts closed their stores and
the local capitalist shut up the bank to/o /
down to the river and get the drat option
qn old Cy's pucccssful Idea.
Tim river at this point Is straight for two
miles , but old Cy had disappeared around
the bend. The banker stepped into the tele
graph n III ce. near at hand , and sent a mes
6 ! > . 'io to Nebraska City , addressed tn Sll.ii
Ilutchlns , en route , offering the old Inventor
all the capital needed to exploit hla Inven
tion , whatever It might be , and appealing to
hlu local pride not to desert homo Indntrlc
When the banker came out of the office
there was a Fhout from the crowd and away
up th river was old Cy coming down faster
than ho had gone up , Cy's motor was the
fabtrst thing ovfr seen In these parts , not
excepting Hub Spoil's pacer , which cve-n
Star Pointer has never boiten. It seemed ,
however , old Cy was having a totmh tlmo of
It. Ho sat In the center of the sklrr Holding
a line that everybody now thought watt n
wire. Ho was looking straight ahead anC
seemed to bo prepiTcil to lean to one side o >
the other very quickly should his motor
tike a notion to turn suddenly. Hla b ' .t
cut through the little waves like a knife
The foam bchln'l looked like a sea of wild
lager as nearly cu the citizens of a prohlbl
tlon town could Judge.
"Where you goln' to , Cy ? " some one yelled.
"Don't know sartln. Mebbo K. C. mobbo
Yallcretono park. S'long ! " and tho'old man
Hhot out of sight.
"Cv'H done It for frartlfl thin time , " ex-
c'almed Ike Syderappel , and the yecplo In
' Ike "korrect. "
general 'lowed W B
The capitalist told the Insurance agent that
Cy would prcbably never come back nnd the
doctor hugged 4ils surgical case like a man
expecting an accident. An evangelist to-U
occasion to attempt an Impromptu exhor'a-
tlon of the uncertainty of hutrcn affair. ] , but
the ooople refused to listen to anything
except that whlt'J nertalncd to old Cy , hln
Invention. hLi probabln fate and his ultimate
dcetlnatlcn.
Meanwhile the object of their Interest was
dlEviipearlnK doun the river toward ICansta
City. A committee was already be-l'ig or
ganized to telegraph Mayor Jccies and de
mand a suitable reception for Ihclr fellow
, towntitr.an , the dl&tlugutahcd Inventor of a
submarine motor. Old Cy D skiff took a sud
den shoot sideways and seemed to carom
against the state of .Missouri ; then It rlco-
chetted off until It came In collision with
Nebraska , after which the skiff remained
stationary ,
"IIo'n broke hi * darned machine ! " said
Simon Likewise , Nemaha county's candlJato
for president of the United States and pres
ent Justice of the peace.
But suddenly old Cy and his skiff started
1:0 the river again. The old man wag getting
Retired and howled tor help as ho went by.
"It's got the best ot him , " the crowd said ,
and various Individuals fell to prcr.ihenylng
evil , while the evangelist muttered something
nbout noble lives being sacrificed to Aclcncc.
All this while Cy was going X'o the river In
the teeth of a thlrty-mlle-nn-hour gale. How
long this state ot affairs would have lasted
cannot be said had not a fortunate accident
put an end to It all , A flouting log afforded
Cv a change to anchor his beat ,
"Fetch me a Winchester , " he yelled. Pete
Cornplantcr and Jim Itusklnpeg took the
weapon out to lilni.
Then , for a half hou- those three pulled
on thi > line and ehot Into the water. The
luky shot came at last and the body of old
Cy's 117-pound tatfl h floated with the placid
muddy tide ot the Missouri. U was the big-
Host event that has happened "In our midst"
since ttio Nemaha county "Nemesis" forsook
the gold standard and came out for tree
silver.
Prosperity comes qulckwt lo the man
whoso liver Is In good condition. DoWItt' *
Little Harly Risers are famous little pills
for constipation , biliousness , Indigestion and
all stomach and liver troubles.
ItUCHNT LNVHA
An Improved inuikcywronch just placqd
on the market has the adjusting screw
mounted on ball bearings to make It turn
easily.
Firemen will appreciate a hcse and tool
carrier recently patented , which has a belt
to go around the waist , with a shoulder
strap to support the weight of the tools and
hcsc line.
To protect bank carriers from robbers n
steel plate Is set In the counter1 close to the
window and held toy a spring so it can ho
released by the1 foot and fly upward to clexso
the window nnd stop bulloa.
Guns can ibc easily cleaned by a new de-
vlcci constating of a central E'.om and a pair
of elongated spring-plates , with wide , flaring
ends centrally pivoted to the stem to rock
loosely and fit against the Interior of uho
barrel.
A new footrcst for bicycles is attached ti
the under bar of the frame and sunorts the
hcelii In such a position that the toca Me on
oppoal'o sides of the front wheel and can be
priuscd against the tire to act as a brak.
To ass.st In movlns railroad , cars by han i
an operating lever In fitted with a loop tJ
engage the nxlo an1 has a pivoted hook EM
a short distance from the end to grip IIP
rim of the wheel and turn It as the level
U lifted.
To dampen the clothca bcforo Ironing a
Texas woman has invented a device which
consists of a water rccaptnclc with a sponge
at the bottom to be attached to the nose of
the Iron and wet the cloth as It slides
In a new lilcyclo saddle the scat portion Is
htrgcd to tto frame In front , and Is pressed
upward by a spring-actuated pin , sdt In the
rear part of the frame , which ivlleveB the
Jar of the rider In KOlntr over rough surfaces.
Check reins cann.ot ibccome unfastened ac
cidentally from a now holder which Is hinged
to the pad and springs upwatd to receive the
loop In the rein , aftec" whlo'h ' H Is pressed
back against the pad a J held In 'place by a
spring.
In n recently patented safety device for
elevators two row of pins are set In the
guldoways of the shaft with ilioo'.ts mounted
on the elevator to catch In them as soon as
the cable which supports the elevator'breaks '
and allows the springs to operate.
A western iman has 'patented ' a grain ele
vator l-i which compressed air Is used to
carry the grain a receiving vessel being
mounted at the end of a suctlcn pipe , which
draws the grain Into a blast pipe and forces
It with the air to the top of the elevator.
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ALL HAIL THE
We're off for the skating ! We're
down the toboggan slide ! Gse ! But
isn't it fun !
The Ice Carnival is on at the Ex
position grounds. They charge 10 cents
to get into the grounds , 10 cents admis
sion to the ice and S cents for each ride
down the toboggan slide.
you will bring in two new sub
scribers for the Daily and Sunday Bee
for two weeks each , you can get a ticket
to the grounds , an admission to the ice
and four trip tickets for the toboggan
slide , or eight tobggan tickets or four ice
admissions.
IF you bring in one new subscriber
Jj ? to the Daily and Sunday Bee for three
weeks , you can get a ticket to the
grounds , an admission to the ice and two
? tickets for the
trip toboggan slide ; or
/ & three ice admissions , or six toboe an
V ; ft * i3
$ tickets ,
"jv
\ IF you bring in more subscribers , or
for a longer time , you can get tickets at
the same rate for each bona fide new
j < subscriber that is , an admission to the
x& grounds , or an admission to the ice , or
< jp two trip tickets for the toboggan slide ,
for each week paid in advance by the
new subscribers you bring in. The
more subscribers , the more tickets. A
whole lot of fun for just a little work ,
None but bona fide new subscribers
count , No subscription taken for less
than two weeks.
Bring your subscriptions to the
Circulation Department ,
Bee Publishing Co ,
Bee Building.