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The Delta independent., 1895-09-04

IN palace with the money that should
be mine" Small had dropped his mask
of stoicism, and all this came out in
wild whirl of words, while his ewes
blazed. and the hand-cuffs clanked to.
gether with impassioned movement of
his hands. l could understand, as l
saw the fury and the passion of the
man, that it was no groundless or un-
natural terror which had possessed
Maj. Sholto when he first learned that
the injured convict was upon his track.
You forget that we know nothing Of
all this" said Holmes, quietly. I'VE
have not heard your story, and we can
not tell how far justice may originally
have been on your side"
well, sir, you have been very fair
spoken to me, though can see that
have you to thank that have these
bracelets upon my wrists. Still, bear
no grudge for that. 1t is all fair and
above board. If you want to hear my
story have no wish to hold it back.
What say to you is Gods truth, every
word of it. Thank you; you can put
the glass beside me here, and I'll put
my lips to it if am dry.
Il ANA Worcestershire man myself
y
would find n heap of Smalls living
there now il you were to look. ] have
often thought of taking look round
there. but the truth is that was never
much of n credit to the family, and
doubt if they would be SO very glad to
see me. They were all steady, chapel
going folk, small farmers, well known
and respected over the countryside.
while was always bit of rover.
At last, however, when I was about
eighteen, gave them no more trouble.
for got into mess over girl, and
could only get out of it again by taxi
ing the queens shilling and joining
the Third Bluffs which was just starting
for India.
81 wasn't destined to do much SOL
diering, however. l had just got past
the goose-step and learned to handle
my musliet, when was fool enough to
go swimming in the Ganges. Luckily
for me, my company sergeant, John
Holder, was in the water at the same
time, and he was one of the finest
swimmers in the service. A crocodile
took me, just as l was half way across,
and nippcd off my right leg just as
clean as surgeon could have done it,
just above the knee. What with the
shock and the loss of blood I tainted,
and should have been drowned if
Holder had not caught hold of me and
padded for the bank. 1 was five
months in hospital over it, and when at
last was able to limp out of it with
this timber toe strapped to my stump
found myself invalided out Of the
army and untitled for any active occu-
patton.
81 was, as you can imagine, pretty
down on my luck at this time, for I
was useless cripple, though not yet
in my twentieth year. However, my
misfortune soon proved to be bless
ing in disguise. A man named Abel
white, who had come out there as an
indigo-plantcr, wanted an overseer to
look after his coolies and keep them up
to their work. He happened to be a
friend of our colonel's, who had taken
an interest in me since the accident.
The Delta independent., 1895-09-04

Used Io bTASD OUTbIDE THE GATEWAY.
on your oath on the cross of the Chris
tians, or your body this night shall be
thrown into the ditch md we shall
pass over to our brothers in the rebel
army. There is no middle way.
Which is it to be, death or life? We
can only give you three minutes to
decide, for the time is passing, and all
must be done before the rounds come
again
"'How can I dec;de?' said I. You
have not told me what you want of
me. But l tell you now that II II is
anything against the safety OF the
fort will have no truck with it. so
you can drive home your knife and
welcome
1T is nothing against the fort said
he. we only ask you to do that which
your countrymcn come to this land for
We ask you to be rich. II you will be
one OF MS this night, we will swear to
you upon the naked knife, and by the
thrcefold oath which no Sikh was ever
known to break, that You shall have
your fair share Of the loot. A quarter
Of the treasure shall be yours. We can
say no faircr.'
but Wnht II ING treasure, tncn9
] asked. 4 am as ready TO be rich as
you can be, II you will but show me
how it can be done
"'You swear, then said he, by the
bones of your father. by the honor Of
your mother, by the cross of your faith,
to raise no hand and speak no word
against US, either now or nfterwards?'
"'I will swear it, I answered, pro
vided that the fort is not endangered.
"'Thcn my comrade and will swear
that you shall have quarter OF the
treasure, which shall be equally divided
among the four OF us
There are but three, said I.
"'No; Dost hlsbar must have his
share. We can tell the tale to you
while we await them. Do you stand
Mt the gate, Mnhomct Singh. and give
notice of their coming. The thing
stands thus, Sahib, and l tell it to you
because know that an oath is binding
upon Fcringhce, and that we may
trust you. Had you been lying Hin
doc, though you had sworn by all the
gods in their false temples, your blood
would have been upon the knife, and
your body in the water. But the Sikh
knows the Englishman, and the Eng
lishman knows the Sikh. Hcarlsen,
then. to what have to say. -,
The Delta independent., 1895-09-04

these riches, sealed my lips. Now that
they are gone can tell you how lovo
you. That is why I said: Thank Cod"
Then / say Thank God too" she
whispered as drew her to my side.
Whoever had lost a treasure, l knew
that night that had gained one.
The Delta independent., 1895-09-04

because you are within my reach
again" l said, taking her hand.
She did not withdyaw it. Because 1
love you, Mary, !as truly as ever a man
loved woman, Because this treasure,
The Delta independent., 1895-09-04
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The Delta independent., 1895-09-04

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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-05-16

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Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-26

Nine people out Of ten work too much
and pray too little.
The Wisest men have never In any
age been the best men.
Everything we do will be great when
1t is what God wants done.
The Christian who does not walk by
faith will have many falls.
Before Jesus offered rest to men, he
showed that he had rest to give.
Christ went without sleep to pray,
but he never lost any sleep in worry.
Don't work too late at night to get
alone with God early in the morning.
Saul, the son Of Kish, was big mule
driver, but he made very small king.
The man who talks to the biggest
crowd is not always doing the most for
God.
The man who begins by trying to de-
eeive God, will end by deceiving him
self.
Numbers weighed nothing with
Christ. His concern was for the indi-
vidual.
The devil would never get another
soul IL he couldn't make black look
white.
The first man fell when he was
tempted, because he didn't have the
help of Christ.
A man of grumbling spirit may eat
very poor dinner from silver plate,
while one with a grateful heart may
feast upon a crust.
What God will do for us under all
circumstances, is the very same that
a good mother would do if she had the
power and wisdom.
Had the prophets of Baal been as
earnest in seeking God as they were In
pouring water upon his altar, they
would have been saved.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-26
ITO BE CONTINUED
OR AN UNsPoKEN SPEECH.

The Irish Patriot Jailed for Words He
Didn't Say.
A member of the Land league was
sent from Dublin to a certain district to
get up a meeting and make a speech,
says the New York Journal.
On reaching the town where the meet
ing was to be held the speech-maker
met a friend, and, both being genial
fellows, they retired to a public house
and had something. Then they began
talking over old-time "reminiscences,
and the first thing the land-leaguer
knew was that the attendant had come
in to light the lamp.
Great goodness he said, IT was
sent down from Dublin to get up a
meeting here and now 1t is too late"
ooh, we'll, 1t doesn't matter" said the
other.
Yes, but 1t does matter" said the
organizer. II have to report to my SUI
perlor that the meeting was held"
"oh, that's all right" said his friend.
Here, you write out a speech and I
will send it to the local papers, which
will print 1t just as II the meeting was
held. Then the people in Dublin won't
know the difference"
This was quickly done and the speech
that was never delivered appeared next
day in the papers.
The fun of the thing comes in over
the fact that the Lacquer was arrested
and was sentenced to four months In
jall for a speech that he never dellv-
cred, at a meeting that was never held.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-26
or 4. CONAN DOYLE

see in me? Oh, do pray that you may
not repent itw The gentle heart was
ruffied amid its joy by the thought of
| its own unworthiness.
Repent 1t! feel that am a saved
man. You do not know how degrading
this city life is, how debasing, and yet
how absorbing. Money forever clinks
In your ear. You can think Of nothing
else. From the bottom of my heart
hate 1t, and yet how can I draw back
without bringing grief to my dear old
rather? There was but one way in which
could defy the faint, and that was by
having a home influence so pure and so
nigh that 1t may brace me up against
all that draws me down. I have felt
that influence already. I know that
when am talking to you am better
man. 1t Is you who must go with me
through life, or I must walk forever
alone"
"oh, Harold, I am so happyW Still
they wandered amid the darkenlng
shadows, while one by one the stars
peeped out in the blue-black sky above
them. At last a chill night wind blew up
$50 Neiotg anu IN "
the realities of life.
You must go in. You will be cold"
MY father will wonder where I am.
Shall say anything to him?"
IF you like, my darling Or I will In
the morning. must tell my mother to-
night. l know how delighted she will
be-"
Il do hope So"
Let me take you up the garden path.
1t is so dark. Your lamp is not lit yet.
then, dearest"
Till tomorrow, Harold"
My own darlingI' He stopped, and
their lips met for the first time. Then,
as she pushed open the folding windows
she heard his quick, firm step as 1t
passed down the graveled path. A.
lamp was lit as she entered the room,
and there was Ida, dancing about like
a mischievous little fairy in front of
her.
And have you anything to tell me?"
she asked, with a solemn face Then,
suddenly throwing her arms round her
sisters neck, "Oh, you dear, dear old
Clara! am so pleased. am so pleased"
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-26

When the papas and mammas get
back home from spending their gold
and enjoying(O the discomforts Of
European travel some of their boys and
girls who have been studying geogra-
ply should open quiz classes and see
whether papa and mamma know half
as much about the beautiful and grand
scenery in their own country as they
do Of Europe. The lakes of Killarney
do not surpass in beauty the lakes Of
Wisconsin and Minnesota. The Swiss
mountains are nowhere grander than
those seen in Colorado, California,
Idaho, or Washington. There are no
wonders in all Europe to compare with
the Yellowstone Park. Yet not one in
fifty Of European tourists from Amer
lea ever saw the great west.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-26

ceived a letter which caused her some
surprise and considerable amusement.
1t was dated from next door, and was
handed in by the red-headed page after
breakfast.
Dear Miss Ida," began this curious
document, and then relapsed suddenly
into the third person. Mr.. Charles
Westmacott hopes that he may have
the pleasure Of a ride with Miss Ida
Walker upon his tandem tricycle.. Mr..
Charles Westmacott will bring it round
in half an hour. You in front. Yours
very truly, Charles Westmacott." The
whole was written in a large, loose
jolnted and schoolboyish hand, very
thin on the up strokes and thick on the
down, as though care and pains had
gone to the fashioning of 1t.
Strange as was the form, the mean
ing was clear enough; so Ida fastened
to her room, and had hardly slipped on
her light grey cycling dress when she
saw the tandem with its large occupant
at the door. He handed her up to her
saddle with a more solemn and thought
full face than was usual with him, and
a few moments later they were flying
along the beautiful, smooth suburban
roads in the direction of Forest Hill.
The great limbs Of the athlete made the
heavy machine spring and culver with
every stroke; while the mignon grey
figure with the laughing face, and the
golden curls blowing from under the
little pink-banded straw hat, simply
held firmly to her perch, and let the
treadles whirl round beneath
her feet. Mile after mile
they flew, the wind beat
ing in her face, the trees dancing past
in two long ranks on either side, until
they had passed round Croydon and
were approaching Norwood once more
from the further side.
Aren't you tired?" she asked, glanc-
ing over her shoulder and turning to-
wards him a little pink ear, a fluffy
golden curl, and one blue eye twinkllng
from the very corner Of its lid.
mot a bit. 1 am just getting my
swing"
isn't It wonderful to be strong? You
always remind me Of steam engine"
why a steam engineer"
"Well, because 1t is so powerful, and
reliable, and unreasoning. Well, didn't
mean that last, you know, but-but-
you know what 1 mean. What is the
matter with you?"
"Why?"
Because you have something on your
mind. You have not laughed once"
He broke into a gruesome laugh. II
am quite jolly" said he.
"Oh, no, you are not. And why did you
write me such a dreadfully stlff letter?''
There, now" he cried, II was sure
It was stiff."
"Then why write it?"
1T wasn't my own composition"
Whose then? Your aunts?"
"oh, no. 1t was a person Of the name
Of slattery."
"Goodnessl Who is he?"
81 knew it would come out, I felt
that It would. You've heard Of slattery
the author?"
Never"
He is wonderful at expressing him
self. He wrote book called The Secret
Solved; or, Letter-writing Made Easy.
It gives you models Of all sorts of let.
ters."
Ida burst out laughing. $50 you actu.
ally copied one"
1T was to invite a young lady to 9
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-26

Wyoming is in the front as the para
disc of the fin de steele girl. The
daughter Of the governor of the state
is his private secretary, and when he
is away she is to all practical purposes
his representative and fulfills the du-
ties Of his Office. And she Is only 10
years old. 1t takes rather bright girl
to run a state, even one where woman
suffrage has been in force for twenty
five years. Now, when she marries-
but that opens up too wide a field for
speculation, and, besides, It is his look
out.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-26

From the nature of the case the En-
glish market for wheat, or corn, as
they call 1t on that side of the Atlantic,
is a bear market. At the very most
the tight little island raises only a
small part of the breadstuffs required
to feed the people who swarm about its
hives Of industry. A few days ago a
London dispatch set forth that there
was a glut of grain coming from diff
ferent parts Of the world. One would
suppose from the representation made
that our farmers ought to be thankful
II they got half price for their wheat.
Since then there has fallen under OBJ
servatlon the estimate made by the
Russian minister Of finance Of this
years wheat crop. His figures are
these:
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-26

Totals ....231, 100000 259,2OO,OOO
It will be noted that these figures
show a deficit as compared with last
year Of %, 100000 quarters. Russia is
naturally a bull in the wheat market,
and some allowance must be made for
that fact. That country wants dear
breadstuffs as much as England does
cheap. Curlously, John Bull is a bear
and the Russian bear is a bull. But
making all due allowance for this diff
ference in point Of view 1t is evident
that wheat growers the world over have
a clear right to expect fair prices for
this years crop.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-26

Miss Stella Dunlap, member Of a
wealthy Peoria family, and Prof. Henry
Albion Molohon, of the deaf and dumb
institute at Jacksonville, both deaf
mutes, were married the other day. 1t
was a case of mutual affection.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-26

People who drive horses should be
taught by law, If in no other way, that
bicycle riders have rights even If the
drivers of horses do not like the Wheel
The Brooklyn papers tell Of case Of
two men who deliberately turned out
Of their course, whipped up their horse,
and ran down woman on her bicycle.
Such things are perhaps not common,
but when found should be punished.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-26
Are They All TENDER

BY command Of the emperor Of Rus
STA three enormous volumes, bound in
black seal, with purple silk Innings, and
another In red seal with white Innings,
all with massive clasps in gold and sill
yer, have been filled with cuttings from
the entire American press referring to
the illness and death Of the late car.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-26

A paper declares that 'Mr. Johnson,
a farmer Of our village, on returning to
his house the other day, found in his
ground-hoor bedroom, the door of
which had been left open, a COW, prob
ably astray." The conjecture expressed
in the last two words may be set down
as, on the whole, fair one.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-26

Already the woman's board Of the
Atlanta Exposition has got a row
started. This shows that the Atlanta
Exposition is real exposition, and no
make believe. The row on the woman's
board is good test Of genulneness.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-26
CHAPTER VII.
VENT TADNEM FEL1c1rAs.

T WAS just three
days'after the Doc
tor and the Admiral
had congratulated
each other upon the
closer tie which
was to unite their
two families, and
to turn their friend
ship into something
even dearer and
more intimate, that
Miss Ida Walker re-
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-26

Woman's temper has always been
spectacular, but there are possibilities
never dreamed of when the new woman
discovers that the hired girl has worn
her boomers out.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-26

What is called the bicycle face" is
really the result Of a gradual approx
nation of the human countenancO DC
the long, solemn hOrse-visage.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-26

Will J. Mcconnell, the temperance
lecturer, who invariably fell from grace
Immediately after each lecture, has at
last been declared insane by a Cleve-
land Judge. He was his own horrible
example.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-26

The window glass trust formed in In
diana last week is not thing to be
made light Of
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-26

A Sioux chief is learning to ride the
bicycle, and the final determination Of
the aboriginal race is now only ques-
tion of time.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-26

Some of the people who are most
anxious about whether we shall know
one another in heaven, pass each other
on the street without speaking.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-26

The business that is not advertised
can run along for time, SO can dog
with three legs.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-26

"Go to the ant, thou sluggard," may
be good advice, but many a man
goes 10 his ''uncle" instead.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-26

Good Grain Crops.-Mike Morhain, Of
Wall Lake, last week threshed his barr
ley crop, the yield being 621s bushels
per acre, machine measure, and the
quality equal to any ever grown in
Wright county. We hear of several
farmers in this vicinity having oats
yielding from 65 to 80 bushels per acre.
while wheat pans out from 20 to 50
bushels. Never before was there such
a crop of small grain in Wright county
as is now being secured, while the OUT
look for corn is equally promising, the
late heavy rains having fully restored
that nipped by the frost couple Of
weeks since. Wright county farmers
are "in the swim" this year so far as
big crops are concerned and the indica1
tions are that they will receive more
than average prices for what they have
to SOLICITATION Qowa) Monitor.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-26

If the devil couldn't find any good
people for stool pigeons, his traps
would stay empty.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-26

Don't expect the mill1man to trust
you just because he chalks up his
milk.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-26

Mrs. John Jacob Aston is an accom-.
plished angler.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-26

The manufacture Of carpets in Syria
is carried on exclusively by women
and children. The trade, although i'm
portant in its way, is not large, and
power looms do not exist in the coun-.
try
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-26

Patti has been on the operatic stage
for forty-hve years.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-26

The neighborhood gossips and the b.
cycle are much alike. They're always
running somebody down.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-26

The house is cold when love goes
out.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-26

Early Maturing Cattle Win.-In
reference to the class of cattle now
winning in the fat stock shows, Bells
Messenger of England, says: The type
Of animal now winning in our fat stock
shows is a very different one from the
one seen twenty or thirty years ago.
Then the big, bulky animal, with lots
Of size, and patchy with fat, carried the
day. The winner now has to be short
legged, broad and deep, full in the
flank, well sprung ribs, and good twist.
His bottom lines should be as straight
as his top lines, and az wide, and he
should have no thick, pNtchy fat any
where. Experience haO shown that
k-bodied, short-legged steers, with
full tanks, pay the feeder best, and
give best profit to the butcher. Big
ones are no longer needed. Small
sizes are best, with plenty of quality.
and with youth on their side the meat
is juicy and tender. Age is counted
in months now, instead Of years, and
the change is for the better.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-26

Demand for Butter.-The people OF
the United States eat on the average
about four pounds of butter for each
bushel of wheat consumed as food.
From this it is easy to see that so far
as the home market is concerned butter
brings the farmer more money than
wheat, and yet there are some folks who
think the dairy industry, which in
cludes the sale Of milk for food, and
the manufacture of cheese as well as
Of butter, is not Of very much import
ance as compared with wheat raising.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-26

Chicago's postmaster gave party on
the trolley cars. The songs they sang
were of the trolley-la-la variety.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-26

Art is an acquired habit.