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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08

passa &c in a boat called the Dark Secret,
but, after battling with contrary WINGS
high seas and terrific storms, he relhc-
slntIy consented to give up his efforts
alter a struggle of siXJy-two days, ana re-
turned to America Oh a bark which Klhdiy
consented 10 take HIM ana MS sea- edOei
boat back TO New York.
The captain is a very interesting charac-
yer. He is IA man of fixed purposes, very
hard to turn from the object winch he mas
in view He has made the object or small
boat sailing such n study that he Is pre-
pared TO meet every argument against the
risks which spring to the minds OF DIS
critics. yet the New York Herald put me
case in "a nutshell when ii said: The tact
that Captain Andrews can cross the ocean
III a cookie shell merely proves that small
boats are safe when n Captain Andrews
sails them Amateurs should remember
this when the wind begins to sing"
The captain himself says that half the
people who are drowned lose their lives
because they do not realize that boat
cannot sink An iron vessel might or "A
ship loaded with a heavy cargo, hat a row
boat, sail boat or ordinary wooden vessel
may caDsIze. but will nevertheless float.
The Passengers on the great ocean steam
srs run some risk when they 20 to sea, but
all around the deck they see wooden boats
lpon which they are taught to depend for
their lives if the big steamer goes down.
These boats are often crushed against the
great vessel or are capsized III lowering.
/ am alone ia wooden boat entirely I'M
der my own control, and, in my opinion,
far safer than others" An ingenious
theory but hardly fair one.
Captain Andrews is by trade piano
maker. He built the Sapoiio at Atlantic
City i'll the presence OF hundreds OF people,
and exhibited it OH the long pier for several
weeks. 1t is canvas folding boat liued
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08

day his thoughts ran on, though his
| work never faltered. If only the Win
throps hadn't turned their place into a
summer resort last year, everything
might be as it was in those delightful
days, which seemed now like past Ar
cadia. Never had the meadows and
orchards looked SO beautiful-never
had the wild flowers and ferns grown
as they had when he and Hetty, free
and unconstrained. wandered together
to the woods, or, mounted ON their
fleet horses, dashed down the road for
a canter. Every day was full of
Hetty. His work was planned to give
the evenings to her, and he had hoped
that she, child as she was. was learn
ing to care for HIM. The Stanfelds
lived the simplest of lives, and
Hetty had been brought up to
lend hand to all kinds of domestic
duties. But now since summer board
ers invaded their beautiful country side
all was changed. Innocent, Industrious,
simple-hearted Hetty no longer cared
for such q quiet, even round of duties
and pleasures, as had hitherto been her
lot. How soon she had become init
mate with the Carriers and Walls! How
quickly she had learned new ways and
those coquettish turns of her pretty
head, and that little trick she had of
dropping her eyes and raising them,
which seemed nowadays more con-
scious than of old! Then how quickly
she had learned to dance! And what
bnl oh 1od he ,-&s
Winthrops! And here it was June
again, and already the seasons raid
upon Winthrops' had begun. But
Hetty still fingered in the city with her
new friends, the Walls. And handsome
Arthur Vail was, he supposed, her
faithful shadow, and in the same city
was that cool, cynical Philip Carter
who had paid the little country girl so
much attention. He supposed they
would all come back-Hetty among
them-but why did he want her to
come? He surely did not enjoy heart |
ache and maddening doubts and con-
slant pain-oh. why couldn't he give
her up? His work was farmers and
if Hetty longed for more varied and
changeful life, and cared for men more
polished and versed in the worlds ways !
than he, why couldn't he let her go, and |
settle down to his loved domain and |
be content?
Now, mother, your lawn is i'm |
proved, and Jake must run over it with !
the mower, andthe grass sha'n't get SO
tall again." he said.
Nathaniels mother, a sweet-faced, |
white-haired, yet singularly youthful /
woman of her are stood ON the broad |
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08
A Feminine Finnncier.

A girl who inherited snug little
fortune of twelve thousand dob ars had
been rather cramped financially all her
life, and she had always longed for the
Injuries and frivolities of existence.
Her uncle came to talk the matter over
and advise her as to the investment of
her little fortune. Now. my dear. ~
said he, in the tone of a genial but pru-
dent counselor, ''of course you have
made some plans-have some idea of
how this is to be invested? What year
" income do you expect to realize
from twelve. thousand dollars?" Then
the young woman replied: Il expect,
dear uncle, to invest my money so that
shall have a yearly income of twenty
four thousand dollars for six months :"
IN. Y. World
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08

closely regarding him, not without
casting certain uneasy glances into the
| dark corners of the room.
| For few seconds, it seemed, his
eyes closed. When he opened them the
fire was out, and the figure in front of
| him still sat in the chair, though it's
head had now fallen on its breast
Full of horrible fear he glanced
hurriedly at the clock and saw that it
was just upon the stroke of four; then
he sprang to the side of his guest and
seized the wrist nearest him. AS he
did SO he started back with cry of
horror, for some slippery thing, dart
ing swiftly between his feet, van
ished in the gloom of hboring
corner
Ere he could recover himself the
man in front of him stirred uneasily,
and rising unste adily, gazed stupidity
at him.
What is the ma tter?" he asked at
length in dazed tones.
Natter" shouted the still trembling
surgeon. "Why, it's four hours past
midnight and you are alive and we'll"
AS he rose TO his feet the old church
clock slowly struck the hour of four,
appearing to both the listeners to do
SO with an emphasis as unusual as it
was welcome.
AS the last stroke sounded the
stranger, who could even now hardly
realize his position, threw up the win
dow and extended his head.
How came to sleepY' he inquired.
closing the window and turning to the
surgeon.
81 drugged your drink. 1t was the
only thing could do. You were in such
strange state OF affairs that you
would either have died or gone mad if
had not done So
The stranger extended his hand and
caught the young surgeons in a mighty
grasp.
ut has been strange business" said
he. What could it have been that was
in my garden that night and what could
have taken the agreement"
Rats" said Mostyn, smiling. ''One
of them frightened me terribly just
now, but it would not have done so if
not been in a very excited condition.
The same state of mind, perhaps,
though in milder form, that you were
in on the night that you wrote your
agreement.
You have saved my reason if not my
life" and he again grasped him by the
hand. You shall not find me migrate
full"
Nor did he; for, aided by his in
fuence, the young surgeon rose rapidly
in fame and fortune, which he shared
in the most liberal manner with the
girl whom his poverty had long kept
waiting.-St. Louis Star Sayings.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08

slave you ever heard OF ccmpacts
with the evil one?" demanded the
stranger.
81 have heard Of such things" re-
piled the surgeon, on whose spirits the
occasion and the visitor were begin
ming to tell.
Il made one" said the other, hoarse-
ly. ''Since then everything has pros
pero<l with me. / married the woman
loved. We have large family. /
have kept my secret to myself. To-
night at twelve my time expires"
Mostyn rose, and, taking great care
not to extlnguish the flames, snufed
the candles.
''As supposed my death would be
strictly natural one," continued the
stranger. II thought / would consult a
heart was sound, or whether l was to
die, as have said, in perfectly natur-
al manner, owing to its disease. A
Waterman whom / met directed me to
your door"
Half an hour passed and neighboring
church clock slowly doomed the hour of
eleven. One hour more. The surgeon,
glancing at his companion, to see what
effect the sound had upon him, saw
his eyes were closed and that he
breathed heavily.
Rising cautiously to his feet he felt
the pulse of the strong, sinewy wrist
which hung over the side of the chair,
and then, returning to his seat, sat
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08

unspoken wish: The Walls came with
as, and also Miss Stanfeld We're to
have little dance tonight You must
you've forgotten my lessons of last
summer. There comes my brother
now. cut across country and reached
this pike before he did The gentle
men saluted; Miss Carter nodded gay
goodbye and was gone.
Should he.go-and see Hetty? No. he
would stay at home and count the cost
of cultivating those new acres. 1t
would be much more sensible than
joining that gay party of city people.
Yet, in spite of his resolution, Nathan
lei was at the Winthrops. He danced
with Miss Vail and Miss johnson and
Eleanor Carter He asked for dance
with Hetty, but she blushed and told
him her card was full. It was only
another excuse, he felt sure, vet Hetty
had always been SO truthful. so frank
He went home early, cursing his folly
in not obeying his reason and staying
at home.
The next few days were full of hard
work, and Nathaniel's labors were
never half done. He felt grateful for
his unusual strength, his large, WELL
proportional body, his perfect health.
What more could man ask for than
to be the owner of so many broad
acres, q pleasant home, and plenty to
do. that he must be signing for willful
woman?
One day lamb was missing and Ma.
thanieI set out to find it. At last low
bleating came to his keen ears. He
ran on, and there, down steep ravine,
he saw the missing creature, lame
from its fall and bleating forth its pain
and trouble. In a moment he was by
its side. He had provided himself, as
usual, with ointment and linen. The
legs were treated and bound. He
picked up the trembling creature in his
strong arms and climbed the steep as
cent. When nearly at the top he felt
sharp wrench. He tried to put the
lamb on shelving rock, then lost his
footing, and, slipping and falling, help
less with that keen pain in his foot, his
head struck something and he knew no
more.
When Nathaniel's consciousness re-
turned he thought at first that he had
entered paradise, for, bending over him,
was Hetty's face, pale and frightened.
She was bathing his head with water.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08

As he looked into her eyes the color
flashed into her face. Il thought
thought you were dead" she faltered
and turned away. Nathaniel was not
yet sure whether he were on earth OF
in heaven, but he was man, and the
sight of Hetty's agitation decided him
to follow up his advantage. He seized
her hand. "Hetty, did you care?" he
demanded.
''Of course 1 cared; haven't we been
friends all our lives?" she asked, re-
proachfully, and trying to withdraw
her hand
But he held it fast. Tell me. are
you to marry Arthur Vail or Carter?"
he questioned, eagerly.
Tell me, are you TO marry Miss
Eleanor" Hetty asked, saucily, for
answer.
ooh, that is nonsense-you know
very well that never cared for anyone
but you, Hetty; but you are so changed.
you seemed SO tired of our country
life" A sharp pain in his,ankle made
him pause. He knew now,that he was
cS1AA CAi CdA SLAs CfCh pam
seemed as nothing to Hettys reply:
II thought you had tired of me; you
know | am not clever or wise, and
there were others who could talk TO
you so much BETTER" faltered Hetty
with downcast eyes.
Nathaniel's eyes opened wide in
genuine astonishment: why, Hettyl
supposed you always knew that
loved you, but l thought you liked
those other fellows he said IF you
can't care for me now, just let Us go
back TO those old days when we were
such good comrades, and perhaps in
time you might care for me; do you
think you could. Hettyp''
Again the lovely eyes were down
cast mo, couldn't" murmured the
girl
'Oh. Hetty."
'Because-oh, Nat, you are SO stupid
for such a great splendid fellow-be-
cause l love you already"
"0h, Hetty." But in what differ
ent way that same exclamation can De
Later, demure young woman sent
two of the men to help Mr.. Morrison
home. as he mad met with an accident
his ankle. She carried q
lame lamb whose hleating first led her
In her fern hunt 10 the spot where
Nathaniel lar helpless.
People wonder why Nathaniel Nor |
rison and his pretty wife never would |
Ell up the ravine when IL interfered SO !
with the Geld west Of Il. bat the ravine |
betrayed It's secret. even 20 me.-Dzisy
Rhodes Campbell, in C0untry Gentle
2ao-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08
Art Note.

Artist-The public makes me sick
Critic--Why, what's the matter with
the public?
Nobody will give even as much as
ten dollars for my last picture I've a
notion to throw my brushes out of the
window"
Don't do that Keep the big ones
at least"
why should ] keep the big ones?-
You may need them some Of these
days IN painting fences Sift-
ines
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08
THE RAVINE'S SECRET.
How Misunderstanding Was
Easily Cleared Away.

A T FL A y I e L
NJ o r r l s o n
s W u n G h i s
scythe with a
w i'll. Z a C h
stroke seemed
timed The fact
was it moved to
h is thoughts.
T ne y o IL n e
farmer was not
given to d ay-
d r e a N S, but
n o W "a d avs
everything was
changed. T o.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08
a Tnn~h 2nr

Judge Dufy-Your son has been ar
frosted for throwing stones at passing
railroad train. As he is not sixteen
years old. l shall send him home TO be
ithrashed
father-We at home are only too
glad if he doesn't thrash US. You dom
know that boy.-Texas Siftinqs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08

A DARING ADVENTURE.

Captain William A. Andrews, already
IA mons for his daring adventures in small
BOATS on the stormy Atlantic, has again
set sail on a novel and interesting voyage
He crossed the ocean twice before. first
in the Nautilus" when he was accom-
nsuied nv mis- brother, who has since died.
and again in the MERMAID, " both of these
trips being made to Lands End, England.
A few years ago he again attempted the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08
The Kind of q Client to Have.

: my client Burker is the kind of a
man | admire" said Brief HE told
me he was willing to spend ten thou
sand dollars to recover one hundred
dollars he had been defrauded Of"
What advice did you give him?"
Il told him to go ahead-that l was
with him in all matters involving a
principle of that sort. Puck.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08
How 1t Sometimes Happens.

WHO is that coarse looking, fat man
crossing the street,"
That's Hobson, the author of SONGS
sof the Heart and Other Verses"
And is the high-browed, pale-faced
man behind him another poet?''
on no; that's Lardoyle, the packing
ihonse prince. s-Chicago News.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08
IN LITTLE FOLKS EYES.

how strange It would be il the pixies came
down,
And set up shop in the midst Of our town;
And sold TO Us spectacles, through which the
guise
OF things would seem as in little folks eyes
In little folks eyes, oh, what dreams VIII como
true.
How long is nfetimei What things one VIII
dol
How wealthy one is with purse Of small size;
For pennies are douars-in little folks eyes.
How easy It is from all danger to fee
To harber of safety, on somebody's kneeI
How quickly soft kisses and low lullsbies
Win clear away trouble-in little folks eyes.
Such wee clouds Of darkness make everywhere
night,
Such wee giints Of sunshine make everything
bright,
And birthdays come slowly, for time seldom
flies
But crawls toward the future-in little folks
eyes
What great world Of singers we'd have before
long
II these magical glasses were sold for songi
Oh, clowns are so funny, and sages SO wise,
And hearts are so honest-in little folks eyesi
S. Walter Norris, in Youths Companion
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08
Quite the Reverse.

Goggin-Do you mean to say ron
got that suit of clothes for only siSs
That's what l should call regular
pick-me-up.
Maygog-It isn't though. It's reg
ular hand-me-down.-Ch Chicago Tribune
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08

Eve had better be married to-mor-
ro~," said he4
$50 soon3'
''M'hm. -FOUR father and / differ In
politics. and there is no telling how
soon we may be deadly enemieA"-In-
dianapolis Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08
nis.la< ChHnKN

Husband-f think there must be a
hole in my trousers pocket. as I never
seem 70 be able. TO keep any loose
change in them
Wife-Ee. my dear, there isn't, for I
have carefully examined them every
morning.-petroit Free Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08

HuSband-How fresh and smiling sns
face of nature Is to-day!
Wife Whose last season costume ram
kles)-Why shouldn't nature kznilea
Every blessed thing she wears Is new
and this years style. could look hap
py under such circumstances nyseIfl--
Brooklyn Life
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08
Woman.

She'll ride II only for block.
Thinks exercise Is vile:
But she'll 90 into a dryEoods store
And walk Al least a nile
-Jo6-e-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08

When Baby -as SICK. we gave Ter Cas.oris.
Ehe1 she was Child. she cried fer C.tStoria-
When she became Miss, sne CHING to C4storia.
" ben she had Children. she save .he:n Castor IA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08

TIE DIR BuIl Care Away.
Bingo-Sinc your mother came that
whisky hasn't ted half SO long.
Mrs. Bingo-Dear me. You don't
mean to accuse her, do your
Bingo-4rcat Scott No. I'm the
guilty one--Life.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-08
Dlein's Want a Little

Trotter-What do yoa say TO little
WHISKY?
Barlow Il say more - Brooklyn
Life
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-18
JuDICIALLy ENUMERATED.
Judge Robinson Makes an Entry I'm
Justice to AIbertson,

OLYMPIA, March l7.-[Special. The in
formation against r. h. AIbertson. of
Seattle, charging him with completely in
the Fidelity robbery. at Tacoma, was dis
missed by Judge Robinson today. the fol-
lowing statement being entered on the
court records with the order:
The Hon. w. II. Smell. prosecuting attorney
for Pierce county, has filed his motion Z, Az.
miss this cause herein on March Is. lsqp IN, IL
view OF all the circumstances and surroupdi,gs
of the case, was unwilling TO make the ,.,,aI
order until had carefully examined al -
evidence taken before the committing r,s,t.
traie and filed as part OF the records in the &C
Being conscious OF the fact and fur, 49,
ciating the force thereof, that the SsFs,sa-,
while charged with very grave ofeRse hss
been by this motion deprived Of any opnor-
tunity to disproTe any criminal act on his ns-.
and is forever prevented from establishing tr
competent proof his innocence Of this crir,c
have examined very carefully and particularry
the evidence taken, and | am fully convinced
after reading question by question and answcr
or -: of facts not entirely consistent with the
theory Of innocence on the part of K, r Albert
son Having been deprived OF the benefits Of 3
vcrdie' by fault of his own, common Justice
dcniaads that the court before whom such no
ton is heard should make finding responsive
20 the facts in this particular. The motion il.
hereby granted. both for the reasons stated ty
the prosecute. in his motion and the innocence
Of defendant shown by the evidence, and tae
cause Ia hereby dismissed
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-18
An Austrian Baron Marries . Brewery

An Austrian Baron Marries q Brewery.
BosToS, March 17.-Helena Buckhardt,
daughter of Boston brewer. wss mar
ried last night to Baron Won Scholley, q
nephew Of the Austrian field marshal.
1.-The name of Baron Won sehoIley is familiar
TO residents of the eastern part Of Aultnonah
county, Or. Several years ago Baron Won
Scholley, a big, handsome Austrian, about 20
years old, appeared at Sandy pos:otiee il quest
OF farm Like all European noblernen he was
a hard drinker; indeed. be could not, as most OF
them can, remain sober long enough to court
and marry an American heiress- Go his fels-
tives, wanting to be rid Of him, gave him money
to buy a farm in America He wandered 70
Oregon, squaldered his means and then took p
his noode in the foothills OF the Cascades in the
shadow OF great Mount Hood, among the fr trees
and trout streams. There was q saloon at
Sandy, and he liked the place first rate At
regular intervals ne got remittsnees from home,
and then the inhabitants came from miles
around and camped about the saloon. assisting
the baron to drink up the money. This made
business good at the little settlement, and the
baron became justly popular; so much 50 tina.
he was appointed postmaster. He was a model
official: when patron called for a letter and
none was forthcoming, the postmaster eonsolsd
him By asking him TO have drink The baron
is dead now; a year or two sgo. in the fever CT
politics, the settlers asked for the appointment
of q Republican, for the baron would take sides
with neither party. The blow of removal killed
the good postmaster. His brother, just married
in Boston, is more fortunate.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-18

Oregon City. Or, March 1.-THE Peo-
pies party state convention today made
the following nominations: For congress-
man, First district, NJ. Y. Roork Second
district, ]. c. Luce; supreme judge, D.
Wright.
The Peoples party convention con-
cluded its lahors this afternoon, having
placed full ticket in the field for all state
and district offices. Resolutions were
passed today favoring the st. Louis plat
form and opposing all capital and corpora
tons. 4 fund was raised for the Reform
Journal, and plans for careful and COM
plete organization perfected. The conven-
ton was harmonious throughout. Conf
dence was expressed in their ability TO
carry Coos, Josephine and Jackson coun-
ties. with good chances in Lane and Linn.