THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TIIUHSDAY , JULY 20 , 18M ) .
JOE HALLIDAY'S COURT3IIIP.
y IIEKIH'KT K. IIAMBLGN.
( Copyright , 18M , by Iterbert B. ITnmblcn. )
A strapping , square-shoufdorcd , brown-
eyed young fellow , with traces of coal dust
in his lashoa , rollcd-up overalls under his
nrm and a railroad dinner pall In his hand ,
leaning against n gate. On the other side
01 bluo-eycd girl with sunny hair and apple-
reel cheeks.
Joe Halllday , just In with the night freight ,
surrendered to temptation. Ho dropped his
overalls and dinner pall , reached acrosi
nnd drawing the smiling face to his , pressed
his lips to the crumpled twin rose leaves.
With innocent fearlessness the blue eyes
looked Into the brown ones , while their
owner drank In the pleasant greeting of
her lover. Suddenly her gar.o was deflected
over his shoulder , the happy look was dis
placed by ono of terror , and with the cry ,
"Oh , hero comes papal" she fled toward
the house , '
Old Dave Spellman had forgotten his pipe ,
for once a brlerwood , burned to the water's
cdgo arid strong enough to Jack up a de
railed mogul and had como back after It.
Ho caught a ellmpco of a blue gingham
Bklrt as It , whipped around the rose bush
and then bis surly gaze felt upon Joe.
Hero was another one of "em.
Joe -was conscious of a guilty blush , but
he greeted Annie's father with a diplomatic
"Oood morning , Dave ! "
"What are you hangln' round hero for ? "
growled Dave. ' 'Git along about ycr bust-
ness ; I don't want yo hero ! Come clear
out ! " ho nhoiltcd , as Joe drew himself up
with flushed checks and eyes snapping nnd
declined to move.
"Who do you think you'ro talking to ? "
nskcd Joe angrily , his diplomacy scattered
to the four winds by old Dave's onslaught. '
"I'm tnlkin' to you. I won't hev ye
runnln' after my gal. Thcso is my prem
ises ; clt out ! "
"This is the public highway , an' I'll get
out when I get good an' ready. You ought
to bo ashamed to tak ) , about your' daughter
llko that ; I always know you was nn old "
But Dave had kicked the' gate 'open add
was rushlnu toward the house , calling ,
"Bendlfio ! "
A moment later Joe heard an , urgent
"Sick 'lm , boy ! " followed "by " n rushing ,
growling , gravel-scattering within the
"promises , " which told him that Dave had
sot the doc on him. But Joe wasn't one1
of the slow sort who court the daughter , qt
an Irascible old railroader , without flrst get-
oltl fogy notions has no charms for him. Ho
began making changes at onco. Ho keyed
( KT up all round , took up lost motion alt
oxcr'htr , started up ( ho feed on the oil cups ,
cianled Into the front end nnd did things
to the dlphragm nnd nozzle nnd swedged
open the meshes of the spark netting to let
her breathe. Ho got the valves reset by
promising to stand between the roundhouse
foreman and cranky Dave. Ho familiarized
himself with and mastered her pet vices ,
spread the light to the conductors , enthused
the fireman , and went for a new record ,
Joe aald nothing to Annlo of the new
methods ho was Inaugurating , but her father
became well nigh unbearable ; however , she
saw Joe every other day , so the law of com
pensation more than evened matters up.
Dave snorted about in futile rage for n
week. Ho told his troubles to no ono ; would
hardly admit of their existence himself. It
was incomprehensible that "a kid just off
of freight" should presume to maul about
and overhaul his engine. But thcro was no
let-up to the desecration , and at last It
became unbearable ; so down ho came ono
morning before Joe got away. Stepping up
to him with the air of a man who was
bound to do or die , he said :
"Say , young man , If you can't git along
with this cnglno the way she is you better
look for another job ; I'm gtttln1 about sick
o' this monkey business. I run 'cr quite
n spell 'foro you got 'round an' she allus
made out to git thar with 'cm. "
Joe wouM- have liked to conciliate An
nie's father , but ho knew the utter futility
of attempting anything of the kind , so he
just remembered that ho was a cantankerous
old railroader , to bo effectually sat upon
right now. He finished filling the rod cup ,
screwed the .cover on carefully and gave
the end of the rod a shako to try Its fit on
the pin. Then ho turned to the , enraged
old engineer , and , looking him squarely In
the eye. said , with n firmness Impossible
to misunderstand :
"We'll settle this matter right now , Dave.
I own just as much stock In this cnglno
as you do , nnd I'm going to fix things the
way I want 'em ; if they don't suit you , you
can change 'cm back again on your trip ;
but don't you como round trying to boss
mo , 'causo I won't stand It. "
Completely flabbergasted , corked up , his
gun effectually spiked , Old Dave withdrew
In disorder , whlto an Irreverent young
wiper shouted ; "Plash In the pan ! " from
HE CHOPPED HIS OVERALLS AND DINNER PAIL , REACHED ACROSS , AND
DRAWING THE SMILING PACE TO HIS
ting solid with the doff. As popular re
port credited Bendlgo with a collection of
samples from the fair Annie's would-be ad
mirers , Joe had been forewarned. When
BendtKO. came tearing through the gate , his
wrinkled muzzle , gleaming fangs and erect
mane , eloquent of his intentions , ho found
nobody there 'but his very good friend , Joe
Ilalllday. Joa soothed his disappointment
with scraps from his dinner pall , patted
the great head affectionately and resumed
his homeward course vowing to get square
with pid Dave , it ho had to steal Annlo
bodily.
In the meantime , poor Annlo wont about
her work with drooping head , her long
lashes daintily brushing her flushed cheeks ,
accepting In allenco her lather's caustic
vituperations. "So that's what all that ex-
try whlstlln's for , down hero at the yard
block , hey ? Thought 'twas for his mother
to have ihts breakfast ready , " grunted
Dave , who know a thing or two himself.
It now became Impossible for tbo lovers
to meet , except when Joe came in on Dave's
day out ; tout when that combination 6c-
currod , a strain was rut unon the gate
Iilncos. and the blue eyes nnd the brown
ones drank each other's moanlnc , while
eavago Bondl&o lay contentedly nt their
foot.
'Joe ploa'dcd his cause with the eloquence
of desperation ; there were no llttlo brothers
or Bisters to bo cared for ; nobody nt all but
Old Davo. And ho pictured In glowing col-
era the contrast between thU and the llfo
nho would lead as his wife In the handsome
cottage Just being completed near the church.
But her unvarying answer , delivered lu
that monotonous tone which sounded to Joe
llko the wull of utter hopelessness , was ; "I
can't ; O , Joe , I can't ! Not whllo father
t lives. Who ibut mo could get along with
lilmT .Plcaoo don't ask mo , dear. "
And so two fond hearts mourned.
Joe proposed tackling the old man himself ,
boldly demanding his daughter's hand ; but
Annlo begged him not to Imperil what llttlo
comfort she had In life. To his suggestion
that she might bo able to talk her father
over she replied that she had never known
Ultra to recede from a position ho had once
taken. So they wore obliged < o content thctn-
eolves with Bucli clandestine meetings aa
they could get , though they found thorn far
from ( satisfactory.
Old Dave had run one sldo of the steam
boat express for years and ho lyranlzed over
his partner , easy-going Harry Joyce , as ho
did over everybody else. Dave owned the
engine and everything pertaining to her ;
there was no disputing that. In the big bliz
zard of ' 88 poor Harry stayed with her in a
enowdrlft for thirty-six hours and went homo
and died of pneumonia a week later ,
Kverybody said It was a happy release.
Joe Halllday , being the senior freight en
gineer , was promoted to the vacancy , Hero
was a combination with n vengeance ) Joe
would much have referred that It had been
eomebody else's turn for a passenger train.
Annie was thrown Into a state of mind and
nil hands on the road kept their eara meta
phorically Inclined for the explosion. Dave
aid nothing and nobody had the temerity teak
* ak lila opinion.
There was one enormous gain , anyway ;
Joe and Dave were never nt home on the
same day ; consequently the proverbially
rocky road of true love Immediately as-
eumod o smoothness most delightful. With
Dave 150 mile * up the road , the young
couple felt safe In deserting the gate In
favor of the parlor.
The ateamboat train was always late. On
this end the steamers delayed it anywbcro
from , ten to thirty inlnutre , and , of course ,
lota of things can happen to lay out n fast
eoBtbound train between Chicago and tide
water. Dave had always opposed tearing the
onglno to pieces and burning coal to make
up an extra flve minutes. So poor Harry for
( he take of peace bad always run just as
told Win to. But Joe > vaa ambitious ;
under the engine. That marked a new era.
It- was the last time that Dave tried to
run both sides of her. Ill feeling Increased
between the two engineers until Joe's love
for Annlo was hardly sufficient to prevent
him cordially hating her father. Communi
cation between them ceased at once , but
they heard from each other dally. Brother
engineers , hoatlers and wipers saw to it that
they were kept posted.
Joe made up all the time ho could and
Dave wouldn't bo beaten. The train came
to bo known ns "Tho Flyer , " and freight
men quit speculating as to how much ot
her tlmo they could safely steal. AN hands
took sides. The young runners hinted sagely
at "now blood , " while the fossils said they'd
soon "smartlcs" before and predicted a dull
and sickening thud.
Neither had any advantage. Scientific run
ning , the ability to get moro work out of an
cnglnu than she was built to do was the
only 'thing ' that counted In this contest.
Green flags and slow-boards received scant
courtesy and both men were had upon the
carpet and cautioned against reckkless run
ning. But competition was sharp , the train
was making a name for Itself and nothing
hod happened yet ; so the "super" winked
the other eye and the race went merrily on.
On the Fourth of July Joe made up seven
teen minutes on the west bound trip beatIng -
Ing tlio record. Next day Dave left twenty
minutes lalo nnd made up sixteen according
to the train sheet. ( Ho had a row over It In
the office , claiming seventeen , but had to
accept the official figures. Ho said he would
have made up the whole twenty only for old
Flannlgan holding tbo semaphore against
him at Nowtown , causing him to shut off ,
lese his way and crawl all the way up the
tnllo and a half grade to the station.
Joe laughed when ho heard that nnd said
ho guessed the old man was losing his
norvo.
"Losln1 my nerve , bo I ? " Dave roared ,
when this was repeated to him. "Say , If I
don't make that kid lese his nerve 'fore he's
follered mo round the division another
thirty days I'll take a 'hog' on extra
freight. Losln' my nerve ! Well , blast him ! "
and ho dlyod under her with an armful of
wrenchw , swearing to himself and splut
tering tobacco juice In all directions.
When ho left that trip eighteen minutes
late ho told his flreman he could pick him
self out of a 'hog when ho got back if be
failed < o keep a hundred and forty on her
every inlnuto.
"Git 'em there , Davol" the station master
called after him as ho pulled out.
'U'll register 'O T * at Franklin today , or
this mill will go to the shop on a flat car
tomorrow , " Dave shouted back.
When through the tunnel and clear of the
freight yard ho dropped hU bat in the seat
box and tied a rod bandanna around his
head , Ho was out for 'business. Then was
se n a bit of slick running , The old engineer
brought Into play nil the fine points he bad
learned In twenty years at the throttle. He
cut her back , or dropped her down a notch
as eho approached sags and knolls so slight
aa to bo ImpercopUblo except to his finely-
trained sense of feeling. He fed the cold
water to her with the'precision of a physi
cian guiding a patient through a crisis and
babied and coaxed her like a spoiled child.
And nobly she responded ; she seemed to lay
her oars back , take tbo bit In her teeth and
>
The flreman mindful of his chief's ad
monition and that a modicum of the credit
of succctu as well as all the odium ot failure
would be his tolled llko a galley slave. Be
tween them she carried the white feather at
her safety valve mile after mile and the
steamboat train was wheeled aa It never had
been wheeled before.
It was an Ideal day. An early morning
ehower had laid the dust and freshened the
dark , midsummer green of trees and grass
until they sparkled gaily in the brlcht eun-
shlno. Even crabbed old Dave felt the |
soothing influence of the perfect day ns ho
tore along counting mlle posts and noting
time. He congratulated himself on tbo
squareness with which she chopped it off
and the lively manner in which she picked
up her heels , until lie remembered that the
kid had had the valves reset ; then ho re
sumed the mental stunt known to engineers
as "flggerln1 ahead. "
In nlaccg ho could make UD fractions ot
a minute , in others ho would be thankful
to hold his own. He must have enough
water In her so ho could shut off his Injec
tor and lace the llfo out ot her going into
Newtown. It old Flannlcan should hold
the semaphore on him today ho would feel
llko murdering him. And so the old fellow
mused as ho rode along , ficttlnz better na
ture J every mlnuto as ho saw that ho was
"elttln * 'em thero. "
The approach to Nowtown was "pokey. "
There was a mile and a half of stiff grade
right up to the station that was where ho
would need to have them going. Half-way
up this grade the road was spanned by nn
overhead railroad bridge of solid masonry.
Fifty yards this sldo of the bridge there was
a freight yard switch , the track branching
off on Dave's side. The yard was concealed
from approaching1 trains by nn Immense
coal shed , which , nt that tlmo of day , threw
a dense black shadow on the switch. When
the switch was open , Its round , red target
blazed a warning lo approaching engineers.
When closed , the thin cdgo of the sheet-
Iron target was Invisible. To render It ab
solutely safe , It was interlocked with a
semaphore 1,500 feet down the line.
The rules required that the semaphore
bo pulled down to safety only when In
view of the approaching engineer. It could
only bo pulled down when the switch was
closed , because a hole In the switch rod
would then be In a position that would al
low the semaphore locking bar to pass
through It , locking the switch. When the
switch was open the solid rod waa pre
sented to the point of the locking bar , pre
venting the semaphore being pulled down.
I With the semaphore at "stop" the locking
bar would bo withdrawn from the holb and
the switch could bo thrown either way ,
which was all right , as no train would pass
the semaphore when In that position.
Surly old ( Mike Flannlgan had been on the
day shift at the switch for years. Ho rig
orously enforced the rule , everything must be
clear nnd the switch closed ten minutes be
fore a first-class train was due. Strong In
his Integrity , he showed but eaant courtesy ,
oven to the rpadmaster , and ho was respected
for duty as heartily as ho was detested for
his arrogance.
While disconnecting to put In n new set
of head blocks ths section gang broke the
bolt connecting the semaphore locking bare
o Its crank ; hence , for a night and a part
of two days the vital connection between
semaphore and switch was broken. Mike ,
of course , know this , but during the contro
versy , when , with unnecessary Insolence , ho
Irovo the way freight engine back Into the
yard , It slipped from his memory. Dave
nearly pulled the whistle off the dome when
10 whipped around the curve and Mike , the
nfalllblo , pulled the semaphore down , with
the switch open to the freight yard.
When Dave saw the semaphore como down
promptly In response to his whistle , his faith
n that Incomparable combination , old Flan-
nigan and the interlocking system , assured
lim that hero was the safest spot on the
whole division. She was going llko a fright
ened deer , but he dropped , her down a notch.
The sharp , distinct rhythm of the exhaust
Blended In a continuous roar , and eho fled ,
rolling v.lldly , toward the open archway un
der the bridge.
The longer point of cutoff relieved the
boiler pressure , allowing the safety valve to
seat. Without taking his eye from the track
Dave reached It and shut off the Injector.
Again that plume of feathery white steam ,
ndlcatlng the 140-pound limit appeared at
: h summit of th'o dome. As/Davo .peered
nto the shadow -of the coal otied , the , red
target suddenly glared at him llko the eye
of a basilisk and ho experienced the sen
sation railroad men know when their tlmo
las come.
With her throttle wide open , and roarIng -
Ing llko the Incarnate flend of destruction ,
Ebe entered the switch at a 70-mlle-an-hour
gait.
gait.Sho
She heeled her head , whipped around ,
and , rolling over , she plowed through ties
and rails into the yard. The ripping up
of track was drowned in the clash of rend
ing iron and hissing steam when she bit
the way freight engine. The baggage car ,
deflected from its course before the Janney
coupler broke , leaped over her stripped the
way freight engine to its boiler , killing the
engineer and fireman. Four coaches Jammed -
mod themselves Into a chaotic mass of splin
tered wood and twisted Iron against the
railroad bridge. The rear one upended Itself
on the pile accentuated the horror beneath
and stood at an unstable angle , demon
strating ' 'What happened when an irresist
ible force meets an immovable body. "
Whllo rula and death were rampart nt
the Nowtown switch , Joe and Annie se
cured In Dave's absence were snugly en-
bconsed In a ehady corner of the back pi
azza. A bobolink fluttered from the top
most twigof the great elm Into the tall
grass , filling the sllenco with Its joyful
notes. A locust donned its sleepy chant at
their feet. All the voices of nature sang of
peace , and they were lost in the semi-obliv
ion of love's grand , sweet dream.
A railroad contrast !
Although Davy plowed up considerable
grayel , nnd knocked against the company's
property in a good many places , ho was one
of the flrst to assist the Imprisoned passen
gers and superintend ho loading of his
engine on a flat car. Ho laid off for thir
ty days , complaining of his back ; but In ono
of the rare interlowvs they wore now able
to get , Annlo told Joe that ehe feared her
father's nerve was gone , and that bo would
never run again , Joe would not venture to
call nobody did but he nodded cheerily to
the sour visage whenever ho saw It at the
window ns ho passed.
Dave came out ot his shell and tried it
again , but it was no use. Ho made three
trips , but ho would shut off at Newtown
switch In spite of himself , and was no gooc
for the rest of the trip. Finding himself
unable to make the time , he submitted to
the inevitable and applied for a switch en
gine. The old man could have given him
a nice job in the passenger yard , but there
are always old ecores to be paid oft on a
railroad. Dave had been "sassy" when he
was boss ot the twenty-seven and had the
superintendent at his back , so now he got
an old worn-out hog , In the freight yard
and he made no kick. His nerve was , in
deed , pretty well gonel
He took a preliminary sweat under her
from habit and was halt tired and wholly
heartsick and discouraged when ho atartei
in on the twelve-hour day. We felt a ter
rible eense ot disgrace. I ( was a come
down he had never expected , and he was
aware that there was a general sense o
satisfaction at his downfall. Not a man hac
spoken a word of sympathy and he was the
oldest engineer on the road , Not that he
cared , tout
The unfamiliar work , the continual hand
ling of'the reverse lever and stretching
out ot the window watching for signals
I wrenched him and made every bone In him
ache. He was conscious of the sneering
flippancy of the yardmen , but ho toughed I
out.
out.Along
Along toward evening he took advantage
of a momentary lull In the work to sit down
and. lean his aching back against the alda
of the cab. His old train had come in a
few minutes before , and be was indulging
in bitter thoughts. Somebody climbed u ;
in the tender and Joe Halllday stood before
him. Joe laid a band lightly on hla
shoulder , and as their eyes met , be aald :
"Dave , ol' man , I'm awfully sorry ;
am , by gum ) It's too bad ! "
Dave gave him an , ugly look at first , bu
the honest sympathy in tbo brown eye
was too much , even for him. They shook
hands , slowly , the hard look melted out
of the old man's face , and he said :
"Danged If I don't believe you'ro the best
feller on the whole road , after all , " which
was the biggest concession ho had ever
been known to mako.
Ho got a signal to go and ( is Joe Jumped
off ho called after him , "Como 'round to
the house this ovcnlnV
When the minister congratulated Dave
on his sturdy son-in-law , the old man re
plied with such a smlto ns no ono remem
bered ever to have seen on his face before :
"Yes , pa'son , he's n fine young feller. I
was a pigheaded ol' fool , 'but ' I got a llttlo
penso knocked Into mo at last ; pooty near
killed me , though. "
And Joe tells Anna that her father Is all
right "If you only understood him. "
oinnsT OK lavirsa TONGUES.
Sonic of tlio Dllllctittlcn of I.enriiltiK < <
Six-ilk Good Cliliiono.
The oldest spoken language now existent
upon the earth , reports Youth's Companion.
is ( ho Chinese. It has an enormous list of
words the estimate of the number ot
liaractcra ranges from 5,000 to 60,000.
'ho language has no alphabet. Each char-
cter represents a complete idea , and cor-
esponds , practically , to the English word.
t Is written In columns from top to bot-
om ot the page and from right to left. A
hlneso book ends where an English book
icglns. Writing Is done with a fine camel's
lair brush nnd India Ink.
The lack of an alphabet nnd the number
t characters make learning to read Chinese
mrdensomo. Each character must bo
earned by Itself , When the student has
lastorcd 5,000 characters the succeeding
liousands must bo learned In the same way.
'hoso which ho has mastered furnish no
solstanco to learning the others , save as
ractlco may have given him a certain
utckncss In perceiving the peculiar form
which distinguishes each character from Its
cllowa.
The grammar of the language is so simple
s to bo almost non-existent. The same
ord serves Indifferently ns a noun.verb ,
dverb or adjective. "Moods , tenses , per-
ons , gender and number < uo lacking ; there
re neither , conjugations , nor declensions
nor auxiliary verbs. The few Chinese who
mve attempted to master the English tongue
egard Its grammatical construction as
lunisy and full of plttfalls.
The Chinese characters glvo no clew to
ha pronunciation , and no amount of book
tudy will enable a foreigner to epcak The
anguage. That ability must bo acquired by
months of drill , a qujck ear and great
exiblllty of the vocal organs. Even the
most faithful effort falls to enable many
orelgners to speak Chinese correctly.
Chester Holcombe , for many years Inter-
) roter to the United States legation at
'ekln , from whose Interesting book , "Tho
Real Chinaman , " wo have copied , relates
everal anecdotes Illustrative of a foreigner's
Imost Inevitable blunders in speaking Chi
nese.
nese.Mr.
Mr. Holcombe once heard a venerable mls-
lonary address the Deity in prayer , before
a crowded Chinese audience , as "O Thou
Omnivorous God. " Ho meant to say "om
niscient , " ibut used an aspirated Instead of
n unasplrated ch. Another missionary saw
with astonishment the aUdlence hurriedly
eave his chapel. In response to what ho
bought iwaa an invitation from his lips to
bo seated. lAn aspirated "t" had turned the
upposed speech of welcome Into the In-
ormatlon that they had made a mistake In
entering the chapel.
In Chinese the tone in which a word is
spoken determines Its meaning as much as
ho sound does. For Instance : In Chinese
a man ceases to bo a Inani If you change
he tone of the voice In uttering the word
and may become a disease , a nightingale era
a carrot. Ono" torie , and -only one , expresses
man. There are foufr6f'vtheso ' tones in
standard or'.Jnandarltt' jBfittoct a hlgh-cUrv-
ns inflection and a falling inflection.
The sound "mafl , " If uttered in the flrst
tone , mean's brazen-faced ; In'the second , to
hide ; In the third'fullvond In the fourth ,
slow. These four tones are the occasions of
absurd blunders.
A missionary once informed his audience
iat the Savior , when on earth , "went about
eating cake. " Ho Intended to say "healing
the sick , " .but an aspirate wrongly placed
changed the healing Into eating , whllo an
error dn tone made cake out of sick.
On ono occasion , when Mr. Holcombe was
; he host of a large dinner party , ho ordered
ils Chinese butler to supply some small
article that was not on the table. The man
seemed puzzled , then went out and returned
with the kitchen upon 'a tray. The host
aad placed an aspirate where it did not
Belong.
At another tlmo the cook was told to buy
a hundred "ladles' fingers" for an evening
party. Two hours later he entered the
courtyard of the American legation riding
upon the shaft of a Chinese cart and ro-
lorted that ha had been able to buy in
Pekln only sixteen "ladles' Oncers. " "Why
did you hire a cart ? " he was asked. "To
bring them home they weigh five or six
pounds each. "
Instead of tiny strips of sponge cake to bo
served with ice cream ho had bought , sixteen
[ resh ox tongues. A wrong tone ot hla
master's voice had done tbo mischief.
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WRATH OF A PRAIRIE BELLE
Pretty AHoa McDonald Slays Hei Indian
Husband at Tahleqnah ,
MINGLING OF ROMANCE AND TRAGEDY
TiirlllltiR Story of n. AVlillc Woninn'n
I.lfc AinoiiK Hie ClieroUocn
VeiiKomicc n ( n Uc-
trnjctl llrlilo.
Alllo 'McDonald , the white wife of Jim Mc
Donald , n quarter-blood Cherokee , shot her
husband dead in the street nt Tahlequah ,
I. T. , Juno 19 , 'but she has not been arrested
nnd It Is not likely she will bo brought to
trial. Although the net would bo murder In
the view of the courts , relates a correspond
ent of the Philadelphia Times , the circum
stances that led to It are so peculiar that It
Is looked upon In the community where It
occurred by people who know the woman's
provocation OR not only justifiable but com
mendable homlcldo. The officers of the law-
share In the feelings of the community , and
so Instead of being regarded as a criminal
Alllo ( McDonald. Is today the heroins rf
Talilcquah.
The killing was the swift vengeance of the
Cherokee's bride , and Instead of being con
demned It Is applauded.
Alllo McDonald was the only child of a
wcalth'y stock raiser at Chccotah , In the In
dian Territory. She was n daughter of the
pralrlo and when she budded Into womanhood
It was to bloom with the rich , luxuriant
beauty of a wild flowor. Lltho na a panther ,
she was as fascinating In form as In feature ,
nnd she -was as amiable as eho was beautiful.
She was accomplished , too , and among her
attractions not the least Important In the
eyes of some of the young men who met her
at her father's ranch was the fact that she
was an heiress. SMany came to woo , but fern
n long time none to wed , for while Alllo
Madarls' black eyes sent a shaft if love Into
many a heart , no returning arrow found a
lodgement In her own. Tenderfoot and
cowboy wooed In vain , but -when "Cherokee
, Jim" came T > ack to Checotah the maiden sur
rendered anH became the 'bride ' of the hand
some Indian.
Jim McDonald , quarter Indian as ho was ,
had Inherited with his Cherokee blood only
the graceful movement and picturesque
speech of the children of the woods. In face
and feature ho was a white man , with only
faint traces of the tawny strength and Im
mobility that bespoke his kinship to the
primeval race.
An Indian Gciiilcmnn.
He had been educated In the cast and
came back to the territory with all the ap
parent roflnement of a ccntlcman and the
outward graces of a man of the world. As
soon as his eyes fell upon the ranchman's
daughter he resolved to woo and win her.
The task proved an easy one. The ccntle
Desdemona listened not more greedily to the
thrilling words of the dusky Moor than Alllo
iMadarls to the eloquent pleadings of the
handsome Cherokee. There were no ob
structions to the smooth current of their
lovo. Allie's father .made no objection to
the match and after a brief courtship they
were married at his house. The wedding
was the great eoclnl event of that section
and the festivities were marked by many
auguries of a brilliant future for the happy
pair. The father was proud of his Indian
son-in-law. The Cherokee seemed devoted
to his fair 'bride. ' The young wife put un
questioned trust In her Cherokee husband.
Even Jealous rivals acknowledged that hand
some Jim McDonald was a fit mate for beau
tiful Allle Madarls.
Thus the wedding feast was eaten and the
wedding guests departed. Scarcely were the
nuptial rejoicings over when Allle McDonald
discovered that the husband she had mar
ried was a fiend. ( Her cup of rejoicing after
a few short weeks was filled with blood.
Her Father A * nimlnateil.
Ono day the young bride's father was
found dead In the woods , killed by an un
known assassin. That he had been shot
down by an enemy was unlikely , for it
was not known that ho had an enemy In the
territory. That he had been murdered for
the money In his purse was even more un
likely , for his pockcte wore unrlfled. This
was o , deed for which It was necessary to
seek a. subtler motive than either of theee.
Suspicion pointed to handsome Jim Mc
Donald , but as'there was no proof , no man
dared say openly that he suspected the Cher
okee. As to the unhappy wife and bereaved
daughter , she never thought of looking for
her father's murderer in the man whom she
had trusted above all others , and with whom
she had shared her couch with her father's
blessing. But Handsome Jim was the as
sassin. Ho had shot down Madnrls as the
first step toward securing Madarls' estate.
Even had ho left no iwlll , her father's prop
erty would have gone to Mrs. McDonald ,
but Mr. Madarls left a , will , by which his
property was bequeathed to his daughter and
her children only in case of her death with
out IFSUO was it to go to McDonald , If he
survived her.
The murderer had failed to achieve his end
by his first crime , and it soon became appar
ent that his wife had a will of her own and
that lie would fall to nchlovo It whllo she
lived , especially while there was a possibility
of offspring.
To become a father with handsome Jim
McDonald was to disinherit himself. To
commit a second murder whllo the blood of
the first was still fresh was toehazardous. .
To live with the woman \\hom he now
baled , to cnre. s nnd fondle her whoso very '
endcvxrmcnts had become n reproach to him ,
to have children by her who would deprive
him of the fruits of his crlrao had besonio
Impossible to him ,
Something , he thought , must be done and
dona quickly. To wait was , intolerable.
There must bo an entanglement at oneo
and of a kind that would render his wife
friendless In her grief and unsought In her
apparent unworthlness.
Jim .McDonald had the craft to conceive a
plot that would servo his ends nnd the
"nervo" to carry It Into execution.
There was n temlerfoot at Checotoh , aNew
Now York artist , who had come to the tcrrl- ,
tory to make sketches of the Cherokees nt |
home. This nrtlst had made the acquaintance -
anco of Mr. Madarls nnd was n welcome '
visitor nt the ranch. He was one of the i
guests nt the Madarls-McDonald wedding.
As Miss Madarls , Mrs. McDonald had admired - |
mired his sketches. At her request ho made I
a picture of the scene of the murder nnd her ]
father lying dead In the woods. In Itself I
this simple net was calculated to drive the
guilty husband Into n frenzy , but Jim Mc
Donald was not n man to slvo way to his
real emotions. Ho deliberately chose to mis
interpret an act of simple devotion to her
father's memory ns n sign of his wife's
guilty love for the artist. ITn Upbraided the
womau. He menaced the man. Ho tuado no
secret of what ho pretended to bellovo was
an intrigue between his wlfo nnd the
stranger. The murderer was guilty of a second
end crlmo even moro heinous than murder
ho robbed an Innocent woman of her reputa
tion for chastity In the eyes of her neigh
bors , and that woman hU wife.
| Fearing for his life the artist ran nwoy.
Then Mrs. McDonald disappeared.
When tbo artist was gone and McDonald's
homo was empty tiandsomo Jim gave It out
there had been nn elopement. The New York
man , ho said , had stolen his wife from him.
Ho offered a reward of $10,000 for her re
turn. Ho pretended to bo the worst nbuscvl
nnd the meet forgiving of husbands. If
ho could only have Ills wife back , every-
thlug should bo forgiven. The community
was mystified. Some of the men suspected ;
but nearly all the women pitied him. As
tlio wronged husband , no cuckold ever
turned his wrongs to such good account.
In n. few days , handsome Jim McDonald was
a Cherokee angel In thu eyes of nearly
everybody.
Ho did not remain In the Cherokee na
tion after that , but went to New York , giv
ing it out that iio was going in search of
hla wife. The impression ho left behind
I was that tlioro would bo a bloody studio
I somewhere on ( Manhattan If the heartbroken
j Cherokee succeeded In finding the wicked
artist among his sketches of "Tho Cherokee
at Home. "
In the MctrfipollN.
In New York handsome Jim McDonald had
a very good tlmo Indeed. Ho had plenty of
money with him and ho used it with the
I profusion of a good Indian. Ho traced the
I ballet girls to their lalre and corraled them
j on the roof gardens. Ho made the ncqualnt-
! anco of tlio sports about town and some-
i times treated with profuse hospitality. Ho
| showed an Interest in Indian traditions by
j making friends at the wigwams of St. Tam
many. Doing a lover of horse flesh , he
sometimes "played the races. " But ho did
. not altogether forget the pretended purpose
'
of his visit to New York. He caused long
articles to bo printed In the "yellow" Jour-
i.als about Jala unending search for his lost
bride.
The Red Men and the "yellow" journals
made a good thing of it.
The story of the faithful Cherokee and his
fickle bride made good reading for the ad
mirers of Steve Brodlo and "Buffalo Bill ; "
but it is a noteworthy fact that handsome
Jim McDonald never called upon the pollco
to aid Ihlm In his search for the wicked
artist.
In time the ballet clrls. the sports , the
Tammany braves and the races began to
pall upon the Cherokee , nnd ho besan to
think of returning to the Indian Territory.
Ono man. Dotectlvo Dunkln , who had heard
McDonald's stories about ibis stolen bride ,
had promptly act them down as lies , and
was waiting for his return. Last month
McDonald came back. Dunkln got on his
trail and succeeded In tracing him to Tahle-
quah.
Fifteen miles southeast of Tahlequah in
the deep woods is the hut of a noted Indian
outlaw , who is called by the expressive
name of "Six Killer. " The big Indian Is
always open to any Job that will pay , oven
If ho has to justify Ihls name over and over
again in earning tilt ] money , but Detective
Dunkln did not know that "Six Killer"
maintained business relations with Jim
McDonald.
Duuktn had not long been watching his
quarry when McDonald started on a trip Into
the woods In the direction or "Six Killer's"
hut. The detective followed , and saw the
Cherokee enter the ( hut. After McDonald
had spent a couple of hours with "Six
'
Killer" ho went awny. Then Dunkln went
to the house nnd placed "Six Killer" under
arrest.
The arrest was only a bluff , but It served
Its purposo. When "Six Killer" had been
sufficiently scared to consent to talk to
secure immunity from arrest ho said that
McDonald had como to see his wife , who
was locked in a cave under the bouse.
A I'ul'N CoiifeHHlon ,
According to "Six Killer's" story , ho had
been paid $500 a year by McDonald to keep
the woman a prisoner tiatll she died. The
dotectlve at once bought Mrs. McDonald In
Amateur Golfer Yes , I'd enjoy the game better if I could be perfectly sure that blamed caddie isn'r
.at me all the tkn 4 "
the itlaco Indicated and found her asleep In
one corner of the .nve. Her surprise nnd Joy
nt her rescue were very great. Sometimes ,
she said , she < \as allowed to v\alk over the
hill * , Rtmrdol by "Fix Killer , " but most
of the UL-IC sue n s kept a close prisoner in
the cave. She was often brutally treated
nnd wouM not have ll\c l many yenrn If her
Imprisonment In her close and unwholesome
cell bad crntlmtetl.
She had lost all reckoning o. tlmo and had
abandoned hope nt ever being rescued. To
her the months of her Imprisonment had
scorned years. Her health had suffcrc 1 ns
much through her hopclessm-a and despair
as through conllnemont , unwholesome foo.d ,
bad treatment and her damp prison. It was
with the utmost dimcufty that she was able
to make her way bark to Tahloquah with
the detective , but freedom Rave her renewed
courngo and nerved her for the effort.
After she reached Tahlequah , Mrs. Mc
Donald was kept In her room for several
days , so that she might be able to rccuporato
nnd recover her stiength of body ami mind
Ono day she escaped. She had not gone
fai' when Hho met her husband on the street ,
nnd , without a moment's hesitation , shot
him dead. It was the vengeance of the brldo
of the Cherokee.
It is scarcely surprising under nil these
circumstances that the people of Tnhleqtwh
and Chccotah are her friends , and will not
consent th.it this much-Injured woman sh.iil
jj tried for her life. Auion.Ivr foremost
champions Is the brother of handsome Jim
McDonald.
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