Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-04-27
A DYNAMITE STORY.

secretary, Mr.. Winchell, as II he were quite
at home," said Daisy Clyburnc, winding one
plump. white arm around her fathers neck,
as she pcrched herself on tho arm Of his
chair.
Those who knew Silas Clyburne only as a
business man, president Of several railroads,
director In n score Of other corporations and
shareholder In every paying concern In the
state, would have been amazed to see how
easily this fragile girl bent TO her will the
stony hearted, iron handed man
| Ills name Is Osborne Palmer" replied the
elder Clyburne, gazing affectionately at his
idol
Il didn't ask you what his name Is; ask.
| Who Is bel And that Is the way you dare to
| answer my questions, srf" and as she spoke
Daisy playfully pinched one of his ears
"Onch! You little inquistive torment,
Well, to he explicit, Mr.. Palmer Is to be one
OF my under secretaries He is toto assist
Mr.. Winchell"
Come, come, sirl that hesitation shows
that you are trying to hide something; want
the truth, the whole truth and nothing but
the truth"
Perhaps you remember that q few weeks
ago you and your mother cxacted from me a
promise that would never again, under any
circumstances, open the packages which
might come to mo 10y mail or express"
"of course we didl II those wretches would
send you dynamite bomb once, they might
do 1t more successfully again; 1t was by
mere chance that tho thing was out Of order
and did not blow US all up" replied Daisy,
with u shudder.
mot ono Of the servants has courage
enough to do it for me; Mr.. Winchell has "a
family, and since our recent experience he
has no tasto for tho task; so have employed
this young Palmer whose special business it
viii be to open my parcels"
oh, papa, why should he take tho risk of
his lifef He is $3.50 young, maybe he has a
motherf'
NO, nor sister, nor any near relative He
Is highly educated and well born, but being
unfortunate in business, and therefore Tilted
by heartless girl, he resolved TO put an end
to an unhappy life. Ho procured quantity
OF laudanum, but decided that that was un.
certain, aud SO shot himself In the head
Either his hand swerved or his aim was nm.
certain, for the wound proved to be only
serious, not fatal He was taken TO q hospi.
tai, and as the letter ho had written for post.
mortem purposes proved that the shooting
was Intentional, he was in danger of arrest
and trial for attempted self murder.
Learning of the affair, was struck with
an idea and SO used my influence In his be
half, and there was no arrest He placed no
value on his life, and so readily accented the
position offered him. lie came the very
day after you and your mother went to your
grandlnothers 10 spend Thanksgiving, and
Nr Wmchell tells me that he Is Of great as
slstance to him. especially in my large for
eign correspondence. He is gentleman
born, SO he will live with o. a member of our
family, and want you to give your cousin
Bertha hint that while she is with us we
hope she will be courteous to him. | am
very fond Of Bertha, my dear, but can see
that she is the least bit snobbish-like her
father Obod .Icnncss is an inbred snobp
The famous Kilkenny cats might well have
been named Silas Clyburne and Obed Jcn.
ness, FOR these two men were continually
lighting tooth and nail. If one could thwart
a scheme of the other il was rare sport 10 him,
but retaliation was suro TO come in some
heart searching way. AS they had married
sisters and there was constant intercourse be-
tween their wives and daughters, they out.
wardly maintained an armed neutrality.
Goodness gracious, Daisy do you know
who Uncle Sias has in his employ nowr
cried Bertha Jenness to her cousin when she,
too, had seen the young package opener
YES; but he told me all about him lust a
few moments ago. Poor fellow! He has a
romantic and sad history" replied Daisy,
and then went on to relate what we already
know about Osborne Palmer
Bertha listened attentively with peculiar
smile lowering around her thin, souliess lips,
and when the story was concluded she said.
with shrug Of her shoulders: every ro-
mantle, admit but what a fool he was"
"Oh, no, Berthal Doubtless his troubles
had temporarily turned his brain, yet surely
he is TO he pitied."
81 am not SO sure that no is not now-but
tell me, Daisy, did you ever hear me speak Of
a young cavalier | had who used TO dcIupe
me with rare roses and choice bonbons until
his fortune vanished, and then showored on
me tender verses Of bis own compositionln
"Oh, yes; and how envied you for having
a real poet at your feetl But where is he
nowi Does no still send you poemsin
."DoGGerel, you mean! No, hope not In |
Osborne Palmer, your fathers clerk, you be- |
hold the manr
mol Not reallyf Isn't that oddl And |
now that he has come TO life again, so to |
speak, the lovely romance will begin all over |
again. said Daisy, with faint shade of re-
grct in her voice
Each Of these cousins had something the
other lacked. Bertha was ono of a largo
family, and how Daisy wished that she, too,
might have one or two brothers, or ono or
TWO dear little midgets Of sisters But Bertha
regarded these younger ones as channels
where large share of her fathers money
must so, while Daisy was the sole and idolized
lcir in her home.
l.. 4.
Daisy so few. To DO sure, tho former, ever
'ager for attention, met them fully half way,
while tho modest little flower waited quietly
or notice or attention.
OF course it was not now at all surprising
hat Osborne Palmer was soon made quite at
lome in the Clyburne mansion. He and
bertha had one day a long and confidential
and after that there was no re
traint in their intercourse
f, however, he wrote any moro verses on
Is ladys eyellds, Bertha neither spoke Of
or exhibited them
About this timo there appeared in the So
ial frmament where the Clyburres sparkled
new star Of great magnitude, neither more
or less than genuine sprig Of British aris-
)cracy' he was poor to be sure, but he was
and more than one managing
lamma was quite ready TO exchange her
luShter's ducats for share of his lordships
tie
And Silas Clyburne, as ambitious as Lu-
Ter mado up his mind that IL should not be
Is fault II the young man were not attracted
J his Daisy. Thereupon enSued series Of
Of all sorts, Clyburue began
onc Of them, but no gave the last of each
fies, for 50 much moro costly was his dinner
: ball or theatre party or luncheon or gay
Y Of any sort that no one ventured TO sue.
ed him
Papa" said Daisy to him one evening as