Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-03-17
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fore going in. Creeping stealtnliy to
the window he saw-oh. horror OF hor-
rors! Belindy Iarrup seated on sofa
with her hand In ths hand of q long
visaged Individual, who wore light
mustache and yawning smile.
Great heavensl The twenty-fourth
Teddy had proven faithlcss The cap'n
fingered until he saw the man with the
long face embrace Belipdy and then he
rushed off into the darkness. After
bordering over his sorrows brief space
in one of old Simon's straw stacks he
rose, brushed his clothes and drove
home. One thing was certain. The
future of Cap'n Nathan Bounce was des.
tined to be miserable apology for an
existence. That night the cap'n wrote
q letter:
"BrIIHDY; have discovered you to be false
to nc, but do not reproach nor condemn you.
when you receive this shall be far away, my
intention being TO spend my remaining days In
tho Hottcntot country or on the Mosquito coast
anywhere, but not here | could bear up under
twonty.three like aniictions, but this, tho
twenty fourth, has heaped my cup OF unhappi.
ness, and now leave your forever. Farewell
"CAPN BOUNCE"
But Cap'n Bounce got no nearer
Hottentot country than bismarck.
There he tarried, and one day Jim Lit
tel, Of Paradise, ran across him moping
along the Missouri river. II was then
that the cnp'n learned how old Simon
Yarrup's son, whom they supposed TO be
dead, had come back to them. AS the
description of this son given by Jim
Littel conceded with that OF the old
sailors supposed rival the capn dis
covered his sad error and hurried bnck
to Paradise, but no explanation would
avail with the fair Belindy Old 81.
mons son had come back rich and he
was going to be the making OF his
folks. They were going east to live.
and Belindy would henceforth be Be-
linda and set her cap for something
higher than reformed pirate who was
lefthanded and had only his half-pay to
live on.
This was rough on the cap'n, but he
had had his fingers burnt before, and
why did ne persist In playing with
fire?
The capn has again painted out
the name on the side of his shack. He
now calls II the Polly O. rs formerly,
anu INC cannon IL nTeu regularly morn
ing and evening, Just as though Belindy
Yarrup had never altered the custom.
William Wallace Cook, In Yankee
Blade.
What is called the English gooseberry
in this country is not such, but by bird.
The English gooseberry will not thrive
in this part OF America, for no sooner
does the berry begin TO form than u
mildew appears upon II, and only by
the constant application Of lime and
sulphur can the crop be brought to per-
lection. The climate is too hot for the
English gooseberry, and even In the
shade the berries often scale" and fall
of That which Is called the English
gooseberry is a graft upon the native
stock, having all the hardness Of the
native wild berry and the delicious
taste Of the English
In the Iowa senate yesterday the
Austria ian ballot bill passed without a
dissenting vote. II is different from
the ballot bill passed in the house and
will now go TO that body again.
Judge J. w, Gregory, OF Garden City,
Kan, made an argument the other
day Def re the house committee on ir-
rigation 4 public lands in support of
DIS btai " Suyv aEtsSvt " s2istg lSiA