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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-02-09
/ heard him stumble and fall.

~ tHt ft ttIto w
l confess-I-could only say. He is de-
lightful. and | have had such a dream,
such a dream-it must have been a
dream!'
drew near Victorine and sat down
upon a footstool and put my head upon
her knee.
Oh. had L, l asked myself, by any CO.
quettish glance or one beguiled her ell
derby lover? My conscience should
have been free enough, but l tortured
myself by this thought.
"A dream" she repeated. Il sat
just half asleep, and my eyes were
shut. Then | fancied the door opened.
and some one came softly into the
room, crossed the floor, kneIt beside
me, took my hand anu kissed it. then
crept softly away.
Il did not eve open my eyes. 1t
was like that thrilling scene in Lord
Charles Fitz James; or, a Heart of Oak.
where Lady Arabella falls asleep over
her embroidery frame, and he. finding
her so, presses a kiss upon her taper
fingers. Oh, it was lovelyl Do you
think it was a dream?"
"A dream, darling, a dream" an
swered. and unable longer to restrain
my tears kissed her and babe her good
night.
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CHAPTER ".

l awoke with a feeling that some
thing dreadful had happened. 1t seem
ed to me that | must have been crying
in my sleep. A moment more and my
memory became active, but n can
e be as tragic by dawn IS by moon
light. Indeed there was a ludicrous
aspect to the affair as l looked back
upon it. Why in the name of goodness
did run away from so very respectable
a gentleman? Why did | not thank
him for the honor he intended and de-
cline it courteously? Why did | scamper
off like a wild colt, and why. when
did so, did he run after me through the
corn and potatoes and other vegetables?
That crash in the melon patch went
to my heart. Perhaps Mr.. Summers
had hurt himself. How unwisely |
had acted! Still. there was Victorine
to think Of. However funny the race
between Mr.. Summers and myself may
have been. he had no less been false and
tickle to my beloved half sister, or ever
if he had not Intentionally won her
heart it was won. and this was a fright
full state and condition Of things. Twas
growing quite as angry as ever, when
Aunt Emily stole into the room with
her big, fiat slippers in one hand and
her other hand in her apron pocket.
Shutting the door, she put her back
against 1t and drew forth a letter which
she then stepped forward and laid upon
the Counterpart.
Mars Summers, he send yo' dis yah
letter wild his compliments, an please.
ma'am, Miss Persis, yo' kin'ly anser
it right off, and femme fetch it back
soon as yo' is convenient. she said.
Upon the letter was written: Miss
Persis Carlton. In great haste and
anxiety"
Pears like Mars Summers dom feel
good dis mornin, she added. Got a
kin'er scratch onto his cheek, ike de
cat claw him, and a bruise jess dar.
whar de hair dom grow onto his frow-
head"
Dear me-" I said. We'll, give me
an envelope and apencil."
Emily supplied my wants, and |
wrote across the letter, Returned I'M
opened" and inclosing it in the fresh
envelope and addressing it said, Take
that to Mr.. Summers"
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Before you reach the shores Of Eng
land, you may be affianced to q Guke,
and eve If his mother is a duchess
she cannot object to our family, oh,
dearest. / could die happy could lut
see you welded to a duke" And Vic
torine clasped her hands.
"A duke! How can you say such
dreadful things. What have | eve
done to you, Victorine:' | remonstrat-
ed. She did NOT laugh.
II feel Us though my soul were pro-
phetic,' she went on "Gs though |
were ~clairvoyant or had Scotch second
sight. l a picture the scene. sup
pose you would be married in West
minister abbey"
Sat least | am sure | will not be bur-
led there" / murmured.
Ever SO many bishops-perhaps the
queen would be present. Is that court
etiquette? / forget. And he would be
6 feet B. They always are. And his
mother, the dowager duchess, and his
sisters, plain but aristocratic, and all
eyes fixed on you. An American bride
is she not beautiful l fancy | ! ar
one say. From the south, some one
answers. Northern ladies never have
such eyes,
"Oh, what triumph I should like
to see him when he hears the news-the
false wretch! Why, I car hardy wait
to start. I'm S % sure you'll come back,
Persis, duchess of-what's its manner"
Really, Victorine, F" said, II should
prefer a prince, if all the priu, 8 are
not married off, and you don't mind"
Dem Princes! Ike Prince de las lef'
in town, IN he done got put in de pen
nytenshary yes'day," said Emily, her
turban arising above the floor as she
assembled the well staircase. mo count,
poor white trash hull oh dat Prince
family. Gamblin an goin on, an shoot
in folks an kitin about, seekin who dey
kin devour."
Then we both laughed-one can
laugh with the heaviest sort of heart
sometimes.
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landscape when later returned to my
room. ! looked through the floating
lace that yelled my window panes upon
the house over the way. A light shone
within an upper oom A tall, slender
shadow kept passing and repassing,
finging itself darkly upon the white
shade. That was surely Harry's figure.
His father was larger, ~stouter.
Upon the footpath that ran before
our gate l saw another form. Was it
ghost or burglar?
1t paused beside the gate and looked
at our upper windows. 1t was Mr..
Summers, in a travelling cap and ulster.
AS I watched him, he clasped his hands
to his head, and with a tragic gesture of
despair stalked away. Certainly we
were all bewitched. Emily evidently
held the same opinion.
Reckon my ladies has had spells
carst onto 'em," she said next day.
"Use to have good DON have
none now. Airy dis mawnin l an my
Miss Vict'rine was gwine to de chick
IN house to fetch eggs, an long comes
Mars Summers.
'Mawnin, Miss Cawlton,' he says.
Miss Wet rine jess duck her head, kin'er
cool and keerless.
MAY 1 be permitted to make a
statement, madam he say.
mo, sar,' she say. Quite onpossi-
ble.'
Madam, he say, it are of de ut
mos importance She kin'er draw
herself up stiff, like a guy pos.
ct mus decline havin any more
communication betwix' our all's fami-
lies, she say, mighty naughty. How
she kin speak SO to folks she have had
to supper l can't steddy out! Then he
say:
You air unkind,' and she say,
Good mornin, sah,' and he go one way
an she go fodder, an I plum shamed.
Oar, now.
Den what you reckon, Miss Persis
she jess got out of sight, she done-gone
cry, Miss Vict'rine do"
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-02-09
VI.

Victorine and | were up in the great
open garnet, putting a quilt into the
frame. 1t was a silk quilt, composed
entirely of brides wedding dresses.
Sister had been making it ever since I
could remember anything. 1t wa
much talked of in the n~eighborhood and
was a very beautiful design. The dress
es were almost all white or cream,
though there were silver grays and pale
bluffs and lilac and blue tints where the
bride was married in the morning and
in her bonnet. All this was backed up
by a soft neutral tint that seemed to
chime in with anything, and it was lined
with pink and was to be quilted in
flowers with pink silk.
When any one in the county was
married, some n managed to get a bit
of the stuff left in cutting the dress
worn at the altar for Victorine. Moth
ing was more common than for a bride
who had no personal knowledge of us
to forward the scrap herself, with her
compliments. 1t was considered an
honor to be placed in that quilt, where
each brides name was written across
the center of the patch-in her own
hand, if possible. The quilt had a patch
which we solemnly believed to be a
piece of Martha Washington's wedding
gown in the very center, and about it
other relics of the costumes of Revolu-
tionary brides. Then there was a frag-
ment of the robe Of the Empress Eu-
oooio onI +ho4 &c {ho Driraooc ~ UTo1oc
I could make quite a catalogue of cele-
brated brides were l to begin, and, as
to the brides Of Virginia families, they
at least were authentic, without a
doubt. For a good while Victorine had
been very mysterious about two empty
spaces. When those were filled, she
declared, she would call the quilt fin
ished, not before.
AS I helped her pull and pat and
draw the delicate thing into shape, l
saw that the corners had something
written in them, and stopping read in
one, "A hope that died, in the other,
"A dream that vanished"
"You understands asked Victorine.
I shook my head.
Those were to have been filled with
pieces of our wedding gowns, said my
half sister solemnly. Il meant
meant
She put her handkerchief to her eyes
and sobbed. Then she rushed to me
and kissed me.
ST would do more for your sake,
Persis, she said. And I only did my
duty. This is the last time that L shall
refer to myself"
For my sake?" The speech puzzled
me.
"Don't think I regret it" she added.
"He was the salt of the earth and
true as steel. But my duty was clear,
my poor wronged, i'll used sister,"
I began to wonder if Victorine were
quite sane.
We stitched away in silence for some
time. Then 1 said:
"Victorine, would you like to trav-
Ell? Would you like to go to Europe?"
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of uml."
thing she only did when much excited
ashore as I live, eff any norf folks
give my ladies any sass, I don hold my
hans. 1 dess lynches 'em dead and
frows 'em in de bresh, like dey wus
snakes"
mo one has offended us, Emily" I
said. Nothing is the matter.
Him." said Emily again." Il dom
set up to be muffin but a chestnut col
ored niger. I DON take no airs, but
I has got eyes, an I kin see out of 'em
good. Eff nobody amt got no confer
ence in me, after my nussin 'em, an
dere mas before 'em'-
l put my hand on E1nily's shoulder,
and she took it in her black palms and
kissed it. But I could not tell her why
I was sad, OF what troubled Victorine.
All day she remained in the same mood,
and not once did 1 see Harry.
Another letter came to me from Mr..
Summers toward evening. A boy
brought it to me while I was watering
some flowers in the garden. L took a
peucll dlu WTOue upon Lie envelope.
1T will be useless to write again. I
decline either correspondence or con-
versation."
Isaw the boy hand it to Mr.. Sum-
mers, who seemed to be hiding behind
a tree some distance up the road. A
moment more and Harry head appear
ed over the slope of a hill. He carried
a gamebag over his shoulder and in
his hand held a gun. As he advanced
l saw that his face was as long as Vic
torine's. He did not look toward me.
As he came near the gate I saw that he
purposely averted his face. He march
ed past me without a word or look,
though his dog paused, whining and
leaping at the gate to attract my notice.
Ofense was on his brow, sorrow in his
eyes. He bore the air of one who had
been deeply and outrageously insulted.
care we all bewitched?" I asked my
self as I stared after him in a stupor of
amazement.
A scratching and rustling above my
head aroused me from my dazed condi-
ton. l looked up.
Victorius stood at her window, her
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-02-09
door, and more dead than alive sough

door, and more dead than alive souShf
my own room.
l could not face poor Victorine al
first, remembering her confession OF
affection for Mr.. Summers. her belief
in his love for her. Oh. she must never
know OF this, neveri
Poor Victorine! AS she had said. | was
younger than she was, and ! was pref
tier, and then | had a fortune of my
own. Doubtless this had caused MI
Summers INCONSISTENCY Greed Is the
vice of middle age. Never at her ~fiercest
had Victorine so utterly disapproved OF
this man from the north as | did in that
hour, and at first | wept for VIctorIne.
and at last for myself, for now how
q. could Harry and | hope for happiness!
After awhile | washed my face and
went down to the sitting room The
lamp was put out. but the faint light
of the dying embers on the hearth re-
vealed Victorine sitting in "a large arm
chair, wrapped in my white shawl which
she had thrown up over her comb as n
Spanish lady wears her mantilla. Slow
ly she swayed to and fro.
You don't mind the darkness. do
you, love?' she asked.
mo. indeed. | cried. Little could
she comprehend how grateful | was for
yelling shadows Just then.
Il put the lamp out that | might
think the better. she went on.
have been indulging in the most beau
tiful dreams. | am sure. my dear. that
married life must be far happier than
a single existence. Once or twice |
have had much attention paid to me.
but as | contemplated the possibility Of
changing my peaceful condition have
sat down in silence and darkness. as !
have tonight, with something over my
head and asked myself. Will it be well?'
and the answer has never been favor
able until now. In the case of MAJOR
Stibbs, | remembered that | had smelled
whisky on his breath. Professor Bud
worth. | concluded. would bore me at
times, but In thinking of Mr.. Summers
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Emily stared at me in amazement.

4AA2Ak td4 "a GU LII III 1AldLCiICllbs
Miss Persis know jess what she do
in? Amt made no mistaken" she
queTied.
NO." I replied. "It's al! right,
Emily"
"Guess Miss Persis don know she
wrop up her letter fore she read it,
Emily demonstrated.
Yes, l know" I said. "Now, take
it to the gentleman at once, and don't
tell Miss Victorine anything about it,.
"Dess what Mars Summers say"
said Emily. mot menshun bout dat
var letter to Miss Vict'rlne. Glib it to
yo' when yo' wus all alone, he say
Then she shook her head and looked at
the letter. Pears like letters wus
iyin round dis mornin," she said.
What do you mean?" I asked.
"No matter. L knows my place. I've
got no right to jaw" said Emily.
"Only when dar is one sekert in a
family, dar is APP to be two," then she
departed.
When l went down to breakfast, l
found sister V~ictorine in a very curious
mood. She persisted in looking away
from me.
Nothing could induce her to meet my
eye. Moreover, it was one of her fan
cies to dress to match her feelings.
Lately she had worn a variety of gay
morning gowns of pretty lace %ruf1ies,
bright ribbons had set off her black hair
or snowy pins and combs of gold and
coral. This morning she was attired
in somber iron gray, and her hair was
crimpless, fiat upon her forehead and
twisted low in the back of her neck.
She looked sad beyond expression.
My first thought was that she had
learned of my last nights adventure,
but it so she was not angry with me.
She spoke to me in the gentlest manner,
in low tones as though I were i'll. She
had ordered a dish Of which I was es-
pecially fond to be prepared. If she
had been guilty of some terrible crime
against me for which she wished to
atone, though she could not hope to be
%pardoned, her n could scarcely
have been different. After breakfast as
1 passed through the kitchen, Aunt EN-
lily sat on a low chair, with her elbows
on her knees and her chin in her hand,
staring at nothing.
And what is the matter with you,
Emily" I asked.
IFS dess steddyin what de matter
wld my ladies, Emily replied. miss
Vict'rine don pay no 'tention to her
tw1lite ar pull down her mouff till she
make a fiddle face an look like dey
goin to be a fewnel in de family, an
Miss Persis, plain to see she beer a-weep-
in an a-wailin tell her eyes is red, an
breahtiss come out mos de same as it
go in, an letters goes f1yin roun. Reck-
IN de world mus be comm to an end.
and Mars Gabriel gwine to blow his las
trumpet"
Not quite so bad as that, Emily"
I said.
Him." grunted the old woman;
"even de gyarden opset. All de veger-
b]es trorap down, an tracks like mules
been drove through 'em, an de four
fines cantelopes an de ripes' watermil-
lion smash fiat, an a tall hat squash
fiat, too, long side of UNI. Kiner Gurus
whose dat hat, Miss Persist
shook my head.
"Shore as I live," Emily muttered,
pushing back her Observation-Disclosures
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1T would be good for you, darling"
she answered. Yes" Her eyes be-
gan to shine.
Il think Miss Null can make a very
pretty travelling dress" she said. "Get
something snowy, make yourself as
handsome as possible. AS likely as
not there'll be a nobleman or SO OF
board the steamer, and they always
.all in love with southern young ladies.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-02-09

brow bent, her mouth grim. And from
the long, black pole with its furnished
golden knob her weather stained flag
once more noated.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-06-02
THE PROTEST. MEETING

Against tho Income Tux-Scnator uIIi
Writes n Characteristic Letter.
NEw YoRK. Juno 1.-Tho busincsa
mems meeting IN Carnegie Music hall
this evening to protest against tho In.
come tax feature Of the proposed new
tariff, was notable for the character OF
tho audience, number and enthusiasm
Of those who attended.
The platform was crowded with gen.
tlemen influential in tho business walks
OF life. At that time tho auditorium
contained about 1000 people.
Col. VIM. L. Strong, president Of tho
Central National Bank, called the meet
ing to order and nominated for chair
man OF tho evening President Evan
Thomas, Of tho Produce Exchange, and
for secretary Edward ODwycr, OF tho
Democratic Club. These were chosen.
Senator Hill wrote from Washington:
~ regret that official engagements
hero will prevent my acceptance OF your
courteous invitation to be at the meet
Ing Of the business mon OF Now York on
Friday evening to protest against tho
incorporation Of an income tax In tho
pending tariff bill.
II necd hardly assure you that am
heartily in sympathy with tho purpose
OF your meeting. an income tax fea.
ture has no proper. legitimate pla:e in
n tariff reform bill"
ut encendors and embarrasses IN
honest, equitable revision OF our tariff
laws. which was expected, if not dc.
sired, by citizens OF all parties.
1T Is clear that it would not bc
adopted by Congress II senators would
vote according to their conscientious
convictions rather than In pursuance OF
q dicker, and contemptibo COM
promise, founded upon no principle
and tolerated ouly as miserable make
shift or excused only as temporary ex-
pedient. As representative, n citizen
and partisan, | have opposed this in
come tax fully from tho start. am
opposing 1t now. and shall continue
my opposition to the end"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-06-02
CRIPPLE CREEK SITUATION.

United States Troops Can't Interfere.
Strikers Strongly Intrcnched.
DENVER, Col, June Army officials
here bolieve it will be necessary to call
out United Statos troops to quell the
insurrection at Cripple Creek. They
believe the strikers cannot be dislodged
from Bull Hill by charging upon the
mountain, but that 1t will be necessary
to shell their stronghold.
Mining attorneys in this city have
advised the mine owners to call upon
President Cleveland for regular troops
under tho statute giving the President
power to protect tho people IN their
rights when tho state authorities refusc,
or fail to do 80.
WAslllxGros, D. G., Juno l.-lt tho
Colorado people rely upon tho national
government to use it's military forces
against the Cripple Creek strikers with
out application in due form from
the Governor or legislature. they
will be sorely disappointed. Al
though no applications for fed
esal intervention haro yct, come to
the war department they viii! DO abso-
lutely without result ii thoy do come.
The reason, as explained at the war do
partment is that there Is no authority
10 bo found In law for federal action.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-06-02

LoSDoH, June "a dispatch to tho
Telegraph from Belgrade, ScrviN, says:
Tho following telegram haa been re-
cetvod from Sofia: Ex-Prcmicr S,anbu.
loG and tho ministers which formed his
cabinet arc under arrest. CIvil war has
broken, ,out.
Two battnllons Of troops have re-
beIlOd and demanded tho reinstatement
Of NJ. Stambuoit They have been
Joined by the GendArmes Ia an attack
OH tho troopa who have declared for
prIuce Ferdinand. ....
SOFIA, June 1.-The now cabinet is
determined to put an end 10 the dis
, turbnnces which have occurred since
tho downfall OF the StambuloG minis.
try, Tho cabinet met to-day and dis
| cussed tho necessary steps 10 stop tho
rloting, and afterwards notified tho for
oign representatives, that stringent
measures would be takon 20 preserve
order III sotia and the provinces. The
disturbances assumed serious proper
tious attor nightiNll. A number OF
oficials wore attacked and maltroated.
N. MilleH, tho vice president of tho
chamber Of deputies was seized by tho
rioters in front OF the palace and was
severely injured before his roacuc was
effected. NJ. Dramotf, tho public pros.
ecutor, was hooted and beaten. NJ.
PctkoI, the president OF tho chamber
OF deputies was assaulted rs no was
driving through the streets. A squad
OF eendarmos attempted TO drive the
crowd back and fred on them. They
were about to repeat the volley but
were checked by detachment of'Cav-
airy.
The citizens arc furious against the
police aud vow vengeance upon them
for shooting. The restaurants and cafes
were thronGcd during the night, and in
number OF places et!igleg ofStambulott
and Petl;of woro burned. The govern
ment to-day decided that the police
were unable to cope with tho rloters,
and they have been replaced by troops.
Every quarter OF the city il now ocCu.
pied by tho military.
4 numb,r Of police failed to answer
Mt roll call this morning, and it is cup
posed that they were dsab! Cd in ycster.
days fighting. The government has
warned the varlous projects that they
will be held responsible for any disor-
der occurring in their provinces, and
tho military commanders hnve been in
structed to support tho civil authorities
in checking any outbreak It is stated
that Ex- Premier Stambulof intends to
leave Bulgaria.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-06-02
FLOODS IN COLORADO.
Doh'or In tho Swim-Two Mining Town,
Aru Wiped Out of Existence,

Aru Wiped Out of Existence.
DENVER, COL, Juno l.-Plat,o rivor
continued TO rlsO until 8 o'clock thia
morning and raging torrent Is now
pouring through this city. In Jerome
Park and vlcluity l75 families warc
driven from tholr houses and are cam p.
cd on higher ground. As many moro
families living In the river bottoms ilod
to higher grounds.
Edward Whitman, boy, fell into the
iioTtont and was drowned. No othor
iatalitica have boon reported. II will
be several days before trains can DO run
on schoduio tIme on any OF tho roads
entering this city.
Forty families who sought shelter In
tho school house at Joromo Pork, whore
tho delugo had not descended upon tina.
suburb last night, aro isolated to-day,
tho school house being surrouEdod with
water. Thoy arc not thought 10 DO in
Immediate danger.
MANlrou, COL, Juno l.-Dusinoss ID
practically suspended and hundreds oil
men are working to savo their property.
1ho damage to streets, parks and pri'
vate property cannot bo estimated. Tho
water is still rising.
BOULDER Col, juno 1.-The pipe fac.
tory. five houses. the railroad tracks
and all tho city and railroad bridges
hNvc boon washed away by tho flood in
Boulder creok. No lives wore lost.
The towns OF Crisman and Saina, min.
Ing camps in Boulder Canon, tho former
six and tholatter nino miles from Boul.
dor, have been wiped cut OF existence.
They had population OF 200, who arc
now homeless. Many placer mines are
ruined. The total loss in and about
Boulder Is estimated at S50O,0O0.
PUEBLO, COL, June l.-The flood IN
Pueblo Is receding rapidly to-day, and
no further damage has boon done. Tho
total property loss, asdo from tho
damage to tho railroads, is thought not
to exceed 100000.
IDAHO SPRINGS. COL, Juno 1.-The
damage by the flood in this county Is
estimated at 100000. The storm was
tho longest and moat disastrous In the
memory Of the oldest inhabtant. On
the mountain tops, instead Of rain, IS
inches OF snow fell. Almost all the
bridges over Fair creek andits branches
have gone. Some houses wcrs washed
away and mines flooded. There have
been no trains in or out for two days,
and there will probably DO none fol
several days vet.