The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-01-17
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battery, now, to his entire satisfaction, and
Ind got enauph Of il. and added.


battery, now, to his entire satisfaction, and
had got enough OF il, and added:
Nothing would do Graham Bell but l
must try IL; said the mere fact OF my trying
it would secure public confidence and get
told him that In theory a dry bnttory was
inst a curled darling, and no mistake but
when it came to practice. sho!-and hare's
the result. Was I right2 What should you
say, Washington Hawkins? You've seen
me try that button twice. Was ! rieht?--
that's the idea. Did / know what Twas talk.
ing about, or didn't IT'
well, you know how I feel about you,
Col. Sellers, and always have felt. II seems
TO mo that ,ynu always know everything
about everything. II that man had known
You as ! know you. he would have taken
your Judgment at the start and dropped his
dry battery where it was" &
did you ring, Marse s %ellers2"
mo, Marse Sellers didn't"
den It was you. Marse Washington. Use
heah, snh.'
enc. it wasn't Marse Washington,
either"
''De good Ian, who did ring her den2"
Lord Rossmore rang it"
The old negro flung up his hands and OK
claimed;
.'Blame my skin if I haint gone and for
git dat name agin!" Come hean, jimmy
run theah. honey"
Jimmy arrived. W
You take dish yer order do lord gwins
study dat name tell i git It,"
II take dc order. who's yo' Niger las
year! De bell rung for yon."
Dat don't make no difference. When q
bell ring Ter aanybody, en- old marster tell
CLEAR ont, ana settle ii in the kitchenr'
The noise Of the quarreling presently
sank to a murmur in the distance, and tho
earl added: ''rhat's a trouble with old
house servants that we're your slaves once
and have been your personal friends al
ways"
Yes, and members of the family"
Members of the family 10 Just what they
become--the membersof the family, in fact.
And sometimes master and mistress Of the
household. These two are mighty good and
loving and faithful and honest, but, hang
IT, they do Just about as they please; they
chip into Il conversation whenever thev
want to. and the plain fact is. they ought to
be killed.
1t was a random remark, but it gave him
an idea--howeyer. nothing could happen
without that result.
What l wanted, Hawkins, was to send
for the family and break the news to them"
"Oh, never mind bothering with the scr
wants then. I will 90 and bring them
down.
While he was gone the earl worked his
idea.
eyes, he said to himself. .'when I've got
the materializlng down TO a certainty. +
will get Hawkins to kill them, and after
that they vii! be under better control.
Without a doubt Il materialized negro
could easily be hypnotized into a state re-
sembling silence. And this could be made
permanent-yes. and also modit1able, at
will-sometimss very silent, sometimes turn
on more talk, more action, more emotion,
according to what you want. It's q prime
good idea. Make It adiustable-with q
&c 1ew or something
The two ladies entered now with Haw.
kins and the two negroes followed, unin-
vited, and fell to brushing and dustinp
around, for they perceived that there was
matter of interest to the fore, and were
iswilling to find out what it was.
Sellers broke the new with stateliness
and ceremony, first warning the ladies.
with gentle art, that g ,pang Of peculiar
sharpness was about to be inflicted upon
their hearts-hearts still sore from a like
hurt, still lamentinR a like loss-then he
took the paper, and with trembling lips
and with tears in his voice he gave them
that heroic death-picture.
The result was a very genuine outbreak
of sorrow and sympathy from all the hear
ers. The elder lady cried, thinking how
proud that great-hearted young hero's
mother would be if she were living, and
how indispensable her grief; and the two
old servants cried with her. and spoke out
their applause and their plying lamenta-
tions with the eloquent sincerity and SYM
pathy native to their race. Gwendolen was
touched, and the romantic sid of her ma
ture was strongly wrought upon. She said
that such a nature RS that young mans
was rarely and truly noble, and nearly per-
feet: and that with nobility of birth added
it was entirely perfect. For such a man
she could endure all things, suffer all
things. even to the sacrificing of her life.
She wished she could have seen him: this
slightest. the most momentary contact
with such a spirit would have ennobled her
own character and made ipnoble thoughts
and ignoble acts thereafter impossible to
Have they found the body. Rossmore2"
asked the wife.
''Yes, that is. they've found several. II
must be one of them, but none of them are
recognizable
What are you going to do?n
II am going down there and identify one
of them and send it home to the stricken
father"
But papa. did you ever see the young
man?"
No. Gwendolen-why?i
"How will you identify it,"
"I-well. you know, it says none Of them
are recognizable. I'll send his father one
of them--thsre's probably no choice.''
Gwendolsn knew it was not worth while
to argue the matter further, since her
fathers mind was made up, and there was
q chance for him to appear upon the sad
scene down yonder in an authentic and
official way. So she said no more-until he
asked for a basket.
"a basket, papa? What for" 4-.
at might be ashes" @@"
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