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THE C0U1 - t.
Chester Bailey Fernald.
A new writiT has found bis field or,
perhaps it would be better to eay a
piotuismg Held ban inspired a writer. It
has come lo require no little courage
nowadays for one to attempt to keep
track of tbe story writers for the cur
rent magazines, eo utterly worthless aro
most of the tales that appear. Authors
nor public have jet come to realize
that the ideal nb'ort story is capa
ble of the highest literary art and that
to write it succepefully requires a
much greater genius than that of tbe
ordinary fiction writer. So long as
this is not required our magazines will
doubtless continue to print columns ofi
England and usee the Virginia Yankee
dialect. The solilqquizing of Ephraitn
upon the step of bis neighbor's house,
filled with wedding guests but tight
closed to indicate "not at home" to the
unwelcome visitor, is about as comical
a situation as could well be conceived
and certainly it could cot well be better
executed.
The last and storngest story of Fer
nald's to appear is in the January Cen
tury. It is called "The Lights of Sit
ka." Like the foregoing it 13 in dialect,
toward which the author seems to have
an especial bent, and this time Irish.
"The Lights of Sitka" is a story not to
bo easily analyzed. One cannot de-
tre
cribe it by any adjective 6hort of
u'nrm limn mraliocro fiction and the mendous- a word that oucht to be
short 6tory genius wijl be denied uss Now charily-used-. But if anyone ban-read
and then, however, .ve?-s)umbleacross thisVtoiV through ancf feel thetou'chW
something that surprises us. If not the
genius wo await, at least prophecy of it
meets ub unawares. If I mistake not a
recent contributor to the Century Ma
gazine should rank at least as a prophet
of genius.
Someth'ng more than n year and a
half ago there appeared in the depart
ment end of that magazine a little sketch
written in dialect, a dialect by the way.
one might have hoped to be as impos
sible as it was undreamt of. The title of
the sketch wan "Chan Pow, the High
rob." It was the story of a Chinese
highwayman as told by a Chinaman in
English, and such English as would put of coughing,
to silence for very envy the conven
tional "pigeon" tongne. The name at
the end of the sketch, Chester Bailey
Fernald. was not one to be readily re
membered even if one were sufficiently
amused by the narrative to watch for
the author's reappearance. But when
some monthB later "The Cat and the
Cherub" appeared it was not a name to
be readily forgotten. In this story, ad
vanced to the body of the magazine, the
author wisely abandoned the dialect,
which must have indeed appalled the
ordinary reader. But the Chinese
spirit was breathed into it none the
leas thoroughly and effectively. "The
years of the infant Hoo Chee were
five," it begins, "and five were the
inches of hiB cue. Then he had an
adventure,1' which was certainly a very
fascinating one despite the extreme
youth of the infant.
The popularity of this story is at
tested by the apparent eagerness with
which the Centuty has printed the
author's later stones. Among these.
"Tbe Man In the Barrel," "The Post of
Frightful Doom," "The Cruel Thous
and Years," are all stories, as the first,
from San Francisco's Chinatown. In
these stories the author has expressed
thc.character of the Chinese-American
not merely objectively, but humanely.
The Chinese and Orientals in general,
are quite as inscruitable as the ways of
Providence, to the average Angle-Saxon.
But Fernald not only introduces us; he
compels an acquaintance. Even if we
have never never known a Chinaman
we cannot doubt the typical truth any
more than we can help feeling the in
dividuality and humaneness of our il
lustrious Dr. Wing Shee or the
equally remarkble infant Hoo Chee
with his cat One Two doubtless of the
tailless variety.
But Fernald has shown that his ta
lent is not limited to any one field no
matter how promising or fruitful that
may be. Besides the Chinese stories I
hare noticed three others by the
author, also in the Century, and of an
equally high grade. The first of these
to appear was entitled "Enter the Earl
of Tane." The plot is not unusual, nor
are the characters abnormal or excep
tional. It is strong handling which
gives the story unusual effect "The
Perilous Wholeness of Ephraim" ap
peared last November. The versatility
of the author is here in evidence, for
be treats of country life in New
an experience needing a lesser term,
literaryjpoweris for him a misnomer.
The 'effect in this story comes unex
pectedly but it comes inevitably end
greatly and it is in effect worth experi"
encing.
I shall lenk with more than everyday
interest for furti'er work from the pen
of Chester Bailey Fernald.
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Nib.
(First Publication Feb. 13)
To A. W. Mentzer, first real name un
known. James Porter, Lebanon Sav
ings Bank, a corporation, Samuel
Maxwell. Charles E. Maxwell and
Edward Maxwell, partners do'ng
business as S. A. Maxwell & Company.
John M.Sharon, Northwestern Mutual
Life Insurance company, a corpora
iton, Mary S. Jacobp, Nancy L. Sar
gent, and J. M. Wateon, rirst real
name unknown, and Jane D. Dow
dall, non resident defendants:
You and each of you are hereby noti
fied that on March 3rd, 1897, Ruth S.
Yates, as plaintiff, began an action
against you and other defendants in the
district court of Lancaster county, Ne
braska, the object of which is to fore
close a certain mortgage on the follow
ing lacd in said county, to wit: Lot 1 in
block St in Kinney's O street addition
to the city of Lincolr, made by Carlos
C. Burr and Mary E. Burr, dat-d Sep
tember. 27th, 1881), to secure the pay
ment of a promissory note of said Carlos
C. Burr to said Ruth S. Yates for 81,000
on which there is now due 81141.46 with
interest from January 1st, 1895, at ten
per cent per annum pursuant to cou
pons: also a mortgage on lot 2 in block
23 in Kinney's O street addition to. the
city of Lincoln, made by Carles C. Burr
and Mary E. Burr, dated September
27tb, 1889, to secure the payment of a
promissory note of said Cailos C. Burr
to said Ruth S. Yates, for S1.000, on
which there is now due 81137.52 with
interest from January, 1st, 1895, at ten
per cent per annum, pursuant to cou
pons. Plaint'ff prays for decree of fore
clocure and sale of said land to satisfy
said liens as aforesaid, for deficiency
judgment and general relief.
tou are required to answer plaintiffs
petition on or before the 19th dav cf
April, 1897.
Ruth S. Yatfs. plaintiff,
By S. L. Geisthardt, Attorney.
(First publication Feb. 27)
SHERIFF'S SALE.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. THAT
by virtue of an order of sale issued by
the clerk of the district court of the
third judicial district of Nebraska,
within and for Lancaster county in an
action wherein Julian C. Gregory is
plaintiff, and , Rachel Hyde, Thomas
Hyde, her husbantl, Ida C. Hyde and
Edward Hyde, her husband, defendants.
I will, at 2 o'clock p. m.. on the 30th day
of March A. D. 1897. at the east door of
the court house, in the city of Lincoln.
Lancaster county. Nebraska, offer for
sale at public auction the following de
scribed real estate towit:
Lot four (4), in block one (1), in Lav
ender's addition to the city of Lincoln,
in Lancaster county, Nebraska.
Given under my hand his 25th day
of February, A. D. 1897.
John J. Trompen,
3 30 Sheriff.
SHERIFF SALE.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that
by virtue of an order of sale Issued by
he clerk of the district court of the
Third Judicial district of Nebraska,
within and for Lancaster county, in an
action wherein Sarah Waters is plaintiff
and Fabien S. Potvin et al. defendants
I will, at 2 o'clock p. m., on the 30th day
of March, A. D. 1897, at the east door
of the court house, in the city of Lin
coln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, offer
for sale at public auction the following
described real estate, to-wit:
The east half of the northeastquarter
of section twenty -eight (28), in town ten
(10), north of range 6ix (6), east of tht
Gth p. m., in Lancaster County, Ne
braska. Given under my hand this 25th
day of February, A. D. 1S97.
John J. Trompen,
Sheriff.
SHERIFF SALE.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
by virtue of an order of sale issued by
the clerk of the district court of the
third judicial district of Nebraska,
within and for Lancaster county, in an
action wherein Eugene II. Pearson is
plaintiff, and Badger Lumber Company,
et al., defendants. I will at 2 o'clock p. mt
on the 30th day of March, A. D. 1897. a
the east door of tbe court house, in the
city of Lincoln, Lancaster county, Ne
braska, offer for sale at public auction
the following described real estate, to
wit: Lots eleven (11), twelve (12), thirteen
(13), fourteen (14), nineteen (19), twenty
(20, twenty one (21), twenty-two (22),
twenty-three (23), and twenty-four (24),
in block forty-five (45), of the original
plat of the city of Lincoln, in said Lan
caster county, Nebraska. Said lots
twenty-two (22), twenty-three (23), and
twenty-four (24 being otherwise de
scribed as lots "A," "B," "C," and "D,"
of Strick!and'e sub-division of lots twen
ty-two (22), twenty-three (23), and twenty-four
(24), in said block forty-five (45).
Aiso beginning at a point four hundred
thirty-eight (438) feet east of the north
east corner of block twenty-two (22) in
Lavender's addition to the city of Lin
coln, Lancaster county, Nebraska,
thenco east twenty-two (22) feet, tbence
south one hundred forty-two (142)
feet, thence west twenty-two (22)
feet, thence north one hun
dred forty-two (142) feet to place
of beginning; also the north half of lot
three (3) in blozk twenty-two (22), in the
citv of Lincoln, all in Lancaster county,
Vebraska.
Given under my band this 25tb day
of February, A. D.. 1890.
John J. Trompen,
Sheriff.
3 30
NOTICE.
In the district court of Lancaster coun-
ty, Nebraska.
Wilmer B. Comstock, administrator of
the estate of Nancy Jennie May de
ceased, plaintiff,
vs.
Hnry C. Show, Rosa M. Brockway.Mary
C. Phelps. Harriett L. Wilson.Mcnirva
Bartlett, Andrew J. Thayer. Martha
A. Lewis and Harriett L. Billiard, de
fendant?. The above named defendants and all
others having an interest in tbe matters
involve.1 in the above entitled action
will take notice that on the lGth day of
February, 1897, the plaintiff filed a peti
tion and began an action in the above
named court tbe object of said action
being to secure an order and decree fron
this court directing the plaintiff to mak
deeds conveying to Henry C. Show lot
twenty-two (22) in block one (1), and to
Rosa M. Brockway lot nineteen (19) in
block two (2) all in Central Park sub
division in the city of Lincoln, in Lan
caster county, Nebraska, to comply with
the terms and conditions cf two written
contracts made by Nancy Jennie May in
her lifetime agreeing to convey said
above lots to the said above named per
sons the consideration named in said
contracts having been fully paid. Tbe
hearing of the above entitled action is
hereby set for the 29th day of
March, 1897, at 10 o'clock a. m.
at which time any and all
personsobjecting to the order and decree
asked in this action shall appear and
show the cause and reason for their ob
jection. Signed this 16th day of Februarj,1897.
Albert J. Cornish,
3-27 Judge.