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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-02-03
CHAPTER x,

"Hildred," said Lord Caraven, Gap
tain Fame will dine with US this evening.
Try to get someone else to meet him."
She was in the library, busily engaged
in writing letters, and her husbands sud
den entrance startled her. 1t was bright
morning, and the sun shone on her grace
full head. She wore a pretty morning
costume, dainty white lace encircling the
white throat and arms. A mans heart
might have warmed to her with exceed
ing great loye--Lord Carayen did not; he
never even stopped to look at her, to make
any inquiries about her, or to speak a few
words of kindly greeting.
II do not like Captain Fame" she said,
quickly. y
Possibly then, you see, that has
nothing to do with the matter"
He spoke quite good-humoredly, but his
wife saw a slight flush in his face.
Captain Fame, you may be surprised
to hear, was rude to me when l saw him
at Lady Redsley's ball.
''Indeed! / have never heard anything
against him of that kind. If he really
was rude, you must have annoyed him."
II did nothing of the kind, Lord Cara
ven," she replied, quietly.
what did he do or say 2" he asked.
81 decline to tell. You evidently disbe-
lieve what / say; but, if Captain Fame
dimes here, / shall not"
"That is as you WISH" he replied
IL mean it, Lord Carayen. If Captain
Fame dimes here, shall not enter the din
ing room"
.'Then 1 must make an apology for
your absence, and say that you have
headache he replied.
Il will give no orders for dinner for
Captain Fame" said Hildred.
II think you will, Lady Carayen; if not,
they will be given for you. Mind, there
is a limit to my patience-you must not
often abuse it. 1t is plain that you dis
like Captain Fame because like him."
mo, it is not so, | assure you, Lord
Caraven. was told not many days since
that Captain Fame was strongly suspect
ed of some unfair dealings at cards, and
would be requested to leave your club"
II do not believe it." he said, abruptly.
st is mere gossipIit is not true"
.sIt is true, for the Duchess of Morley
told me- She said she would tell me
whom to know and whom not to know;
among the latter was Captain Fame
ut is all nonsense" he said. but he be-
gan to fear there might be something in
the story.
The earl then quilted the room really
angry at last. He was naturally Of an
even temper He was perhaps too indo-
lent to be of any other, but he was really
angry this time.
"a school girl like that to defy me in
my own house," he said-''it is quite I'M
endurable."
He rang for the housekeeper and gave
orders for recherche dinner.
Hildred had gone to her room. She
would not permit the servants to know
that there was anything wrong. Her
only resource was to shut herself up in
her room and leave them to imagine that
she had bad headache. Shut up there,
she heard all that passed. She heard
Captain Fane's arrival, and>dinner being
served She heard the sound of laugh
ter-then came silence, and she knew,
just as though she had been present, that
the earl and his guests were playing
cards.
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81 believe it and respect you for it. For
some short time past / have fancied that
in thinking as did | was mistaken. Now
I know it, and am glad to know it. | am
sorry that you were sacrificed to me.
ibid you-do you-pray do not be angry
with me-" she said-'did you love any one
eisep'
81 have been among fair women what
butterfly is among flowers" he replied.
81 have loved not one, but hundred. |
might say have had as many loves as
zhere are days in the year"
''But the one great love Of your life
nhe love that is given only once-have you
given thaty' she asked.
81 understand You ask me, in fact,
ST had ever loved any one sufficiently to
ask her to be my wife. No, had not.
hfy loves were for the day, not for all
time. l have never asked any one to
marry me, for the simple, all-sufficlent
reason that l have never seen any one
whom I should have cared to marry
do not be shocked if [ ask you an
ether question:" she said, with down
dropped eyes and flushing cheeks. Now
ahat our marriage is an accomplished fact,
do you think that we might make the best
of it-might try to forget this wretched
begininng? Could you never care even
ever so little for me?'
He looked at her thoughtfully.
Il might deceive you'll might say
yes and play you false! but | will not.
You are too good for that. No, not IN
abe same sense you mean-not to love you
as man should love his Whenever! You
must forgive me if these seem hard words
you have asked me for them"
The night wind sighed around them,
che sunlight had died away, the moon was
rising in the sky.
81 am grateful to you,' he continued.
al will do all l can to show my gratitude;
you are and shall be mistress of the
whole place. 1t is yours in so far as your
money has saved it; you shall have every
desire of your heart, every wish gratifed.
Your position is one Of the highest in the
land; you shall have everything to grace
ct. You shall have entire liberty; vou
shall invite whom you like, visit whom
you like; you shall go abroad when you
will and remain at home when you will.
You shall be your own mistress in every
respect will always see that every hon
or is paid you"
SIN Short she said, "you will give me
everything but love-"
well, if you choose to put it in that
light, yes"
There are many women who have to
and the happiness of their lives in the
dulfiliment of duty; l must do the same
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windowsthe wind blew through the
doors. / begged to have it repaired;
have sent more letters than could count
to agent and landlord. Neither has at
tended to me. If had had the money
would have done it myself, but had not.
l have had sick wife and sick children,
but never a shilling to spare for the brok-
en- roof, and your heartlessness has re-
duced me to this"
''Stand aside" said the earl, angrily;
''you men are never contented-never sat
is6ed-stand aside!"
"My lordr' cried the man, "the horses
in your stables, the dogs in your kennels,
are better cared for than they are bet
ter housed. If I die"-and his voice
changed to a cry of despair-"my death
be upon your headr'
You are an impertinent fellow cried
the earl. "Out of my way, or will ride
over your
sPray-pray listen to him, Lord Cara
ven"' cried Hildred.
But the earl turned angrily to her.
'You dc not understand these matters;
you must not interfere" he saba set
of idle rogues.''
"Stop, my lord" cried the man, his face
paling-''stop. Be satisfied with taking
my health and my strength-leave my
character alone. | am no rogue; | am an
honest, hard-working man.
Honest, indeed" cried the earl. '"There
is not one honest man among you"
81 will not answer, my lord,' he said,
with quiet dignity. ''I am asking favor;
it is life to me. have no money to leave
the house; if 1 remain in it as it is it will
be certain death to me. Ny lord, it is
but few pounds few-do not re-
fuse me!'
But Lord Caravens face grew crimson
with anger.
Il shall do nothing of the kind And
let me tell you that I consider it a great
piece of impertinenee for you to stop me
in this fashion; have an agent to man
age my affairs-go to him. Out of my
road, and take care you do not stop me
again"
The man went away and the earl rode
on. Was he generous? Only a few
pounds, and for that life must be sacri-
feed She wondered to herself whose
idea of generosity was mistaken-his or
/ hers.
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TeleeraDhic BrevitIcs'

Mrs. Augusta Mack. the contesseo H New
derer of William GuldcnSnppe III n;,on in
York, is now in the woman p 1871
Auburn, n. y. ,ocev
The Missouri militia will coIi no'. Al adm.
to aid the sufferers i'll Cuba. ne
tant general has appointed COMM
for the purpose. uo AZ.
! bo,,se boat occupied by George i, -.
kins and his two young u" ,,ncd dur
above Louisville, Ky, was S""ln Its took
ing the night, and the occupar ~ ,rsized
refuge in a large skilf. The Doa' cop
and all were lost.
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Arley Ransomc went up to him.

AElCy ndHSOHlt< went 10 Hftle
You must feel pleased and proud, he
said ssThe most beautiful woman pre-
sented to-day win be your wife. pre-
dict for her signal triumph
(Which will add considerable to my do
nestle happiness" remarked the carl.
Yes, he was pleased. He saw people
whose opinions he valued turn to look at
his wife; he heard her name whispered;
he saw admiring glances follow her; he
felt that among fair pink-and-white Eng
iish girls she looked like some southern
queen. But the knowledge of all this
did not in the least warm his heart to
her. And she? She had ceased to feel
any great interest in his opinion. The
time had been when she would perhaps
have stood before him, and have said, Il
hope you are pleased with me, Lord Car
aven.' She would not now; she was
proudly, superbly Indifferent. Indeed, she
would have given much for the impulse,
the desire to please him. 1t had faded
away-died of neglect.
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,France to Protect Song Birds.

France has law forbidding the
slaughter of birds smaller than larks.
Nevertheless, piles Of such birds are of
fered for sale in the markets of many
French cities. A movement is now IN
der way for enforcing the law and saw
ing the song birds and the fields which
they keep free of Injurious insects.
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-23

Decatur, Ala, December 21.-Wil-
liam Simms, former private in Com
pany E, of the First Alabama regiment,
who shot and killed Bud Norton, of
Town Creek, on the 18th instant at a
county Dance. is safely lodged in Jail
at Moulton, the county seat and has
not been lynched as reported.
Last night while Simms was in Jail
at Town Creek, Bill Norton, brother Of
the deceased, together with several
relatives and friends were in the vicin-
ity of the jail. presumably for the pur-
pose of lynching Simms, but the crowd
was dispersed by the sheriff and at 1: 80
o'clock this morning Simms was taken
to Moulton.
Bud Norton was former liquor deal
er and owned considerable property
around Town Creek. The sympathies
of the surrounding country, which is
much wrought up, are all on the side
Of the Nortons.
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THE CABINET In SESSION
II decides Upon the Instructions to be
Sent General ~Otfs-MOre Volunteers
to be Mustered Out

1t decides Upon the Instructions to be
Sent General eOtfs-More Volunteers
to be Mustered Out
Washington, December 21.-The cab
met today discussed the instructions to
be sent to General Otis, at Manila,
which will be promulgated there as a
proclamation by the president These
instructions are similar in import to
those sent to our officers at Santiago
upon the occupation of that city by
United States troops. They assure the
Philippines that the United States as
sumes military control of the Philip
pine islands in a spirit of peace and
friendship and that all civil rights and
privileges that they have hitherto en-
joyed will be continued and that it is
the purpose of this government to re-
lieve in all possible ways the unjust
burdens they have borne, and asks for
the cooperation of all good citizens in
maintaining, order to the end that peace
and prosperity may be restored. So
far as is practicable, all efficient officers
will be retained in the official positions
they now occupy~and fair and impartial
justice will be administered to all. 1t
has been decided not to give out the
text of the instructions to General Otis
till about the time of their arrival at
Manila, which will be month hence.
The instructions also make temporary
arrangements for coasting trade, such
as in the case of Cuba.
The cabinet also decided that exist
ing conditions justified further re-
duction of the military forces of the
United States ,and the secretary of war
was instructed to arrange for the i'm
mediate muster out of sc, 900 volunteers.
teers.
Nothing definite has been decided by
the war department as to the regiments
which will be included in the $4,000
volunteers to be mustered out. 1t is
said, however, that they will be dis
tributed as equitably as possible among
the several states and in general way
the first regiments mustered in will
be the first to go out.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-23

New York, December 2I-Twc of the
fastest express trains of the Pennsyl-
yania road came into collision early
this morning at Colonio. a small station
in New Jersey, just beyond Railway.
The early Washington express, going
at the rate of forty miles an hour,
crashed into the rear end OF the Pitts
burg flyer, Chicago and New York
through train, tearing the rear car into
kindling wood. killing two persons and
badly injuring ten others.
A heavy fog prevailed at the time
and the Pittsburg flyer was going SLOW
", while the engineer vas sndeayoring
to read the signals. The engine driver
of the Washington express supposed
he had clear track.
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ever brought TO the attention OF tho
secretary OF WARP
General Miles-I requested that no
more OF II be sent. IL supply Of it
were sent to the men in this country
/ would prohibit their use Of IL. / am
having an investigation made now OF
the matter. I thought that you gen.
tlemen would get on 10 It."
He said he had never complained to
the secretary Of war as TO the condi-
tion Of the beef but had asked that
the supply be stopped.
General Miles stated the first plans
for sending troops 20 Cuba. were net
his. as he was opposed to sending
troops to Cuba until Cerveras fleet
was located. The question at the out
set was a naval problem; and the dis
patch OF troops. on his judgment. there
hinged on which feet should destroy
the other. II the Spanish. he thought,
had destroyed the United States fleet
the United States would have been
blocked for number OF years. IF We
had had force in Cuba then We would
have lost II as II would have been inn
possible to get IL back here" He was
also opposed to sending a large force
to places like Havana or Matanzas be-
case of the large percentage OF yellow
fever deaths there. ..
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Washington, December 21.-The SEN
ate committee on foreign relations to-
day concluded its revision of the bill
providing territorial government for
Hawaii, and Senator Cullom reported
the changes to the senate There were
numerous changes, the most important
being as follows:
The section defining citizenship was
amended by striking out the word
white" and also the explicit reference
to Portuguese and left to read as fol-
lows: THAT all persons who were cit
liens Of the republic of Hawaii on Au-
gust IL. 1893, are hereby declared to be
citizens of the United States
The following restriction on the is
snance OF bonds is inserted: "Nor
shall any bond OF other instrument of
any Indebtedness be issued unless made
redeemable in not more than five years
and payable in not more than lfifseen
years from the date Of issue. thereof" ;"
Section 16S in regard to the crown
lan0s was changed SO as to eliminate
the clause confirming all valid leases
now in existence
There are many technical changes.
and in all cases where Hawaii is re-
ferred to as .sthe government of Ha-
waii' it is changed 80 as to make it the
territory OF Hawaii.
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Meridian, Miss, December 21.-Lucy
Thomas and her 4-year-old boy were
shot at Eutaw, Ala. today. by soldiers
Of the First Missouri volunteers who
were mustered out at Columbia, Tenn,
yesterday. The child was shot above
the left eye and is not expected to re-
cover. The mother received a painful
wound in the arm. The soldiers were
drunk and disorderly, recklessly shoot
Ing into every house as they passed.
The woman and child were standing I'm
the door OF their home and proved an
easy mark for the ruffians. The firing
was done from the train on which the
soldiers were enroute home and was
kept up at other places along the line,
but, fortunately, without further fatal
tiles. Governor Johnston. of Alabama.
has offered reward of 500 for the ar
rest and conviction OF every man i'm
plicated in the shooting.
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The President Appoints Hon. Ethan
A. Hitchcock 90 Succeed Secretary

Washington, December 21-The pres
ident today nominated Ethan A. Hitch
cock, of Missouri, to be secretary Of
the interior. The nomination was inn
mediately confirmed by the senate.
Mr.. Hitchcock is at present ambas-
sador to Russia. He was appointed
minister more than n year ago and
when the rank was raised to an EN-
bassy he was appointed ambassador.
Mr.. Hitchcock 1t @ business man OF
ST. Louis and was for some time an
extensive plate glass manufacturer. He
is a great-grandson OF Ethan Allen, OF
revolutionary fame. His ancestors
were from Vermont, but his father
moved south and MI. Hitchcock was
born a Mobile, Ala. He is brother
of Henry Hitchcock, a lawyer of note.
Senator Proctor, who was in st. Pc
he is very poular in the diplomatic
corps and among the acquainances he
had made abroad. Mr.. Hitchcock is
expected here In February.
Secretary Bliss in an interview
with the Associated Press said
today: 1t has been understood
for some time that IL would
De my WisH u TtbTe iTtiu puDuC nic
on the conclusion OF the war. Now
that the treaty OF peace has been sign
ed, my request to be relieved viii be
granted, but / shall await the arrival
OF my successor before severing my
connection with the interior DEPART
ment. / have been in most hearty ac-
cord with the president I'm his policy
through the trying days In which he
sought to avoid war, and while an
commander-in-chief. he was conducting
the war that came. notwithstanding
his effort to prevent IL. believe most
thoroughly in the course he In now
pursuing for maintaining the honor OF
the country by securing the just results
of a successful war and I shall leave
my associates Of the cabinet OF the de-
partment and my many friends I'm
Washington with great regret, bur pri-
vate and personal reasons make my
I, retirement a necessity"
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Especial to The Messenger.)


Especial to The Messenger.)
Raleigh. n. c.. December 21.-Your
correspondent this afternoon had spe-
cially interesting interview win Gen
eral Robert F. Hoke. The latter said:
II will apply to the legislature for
charter for a railway from the Gran
berry iron mines to Lincolnton or to
some other point on the Carolina Cen
trail railway near Lincolnton. 1t will
be an extension of the East Tennessee
and Western North Carolina railway,
which now connects Cranberry with
Johnston City, Tenn. 1t will be an
important link and particularly so to
Charlotte and Wilmington. 1t will
give Charlotte direct line to the near
est great coal deposit, that at Big
Stone Gap. 1t will make Wilmington
a coaling station, much nearer our new
possessions and at which ships can
coal without passing Hatteras. The
Stone coal is the most southern deposit
Of the best steaming coal.
There is now road from Cranberry
to the Big Stone Gap mines. Active
work is in progress at the Cranberry
mines now. The ore is being shipped
to Johnston City and there smelted.
We are now filling a 10000 ton order
for the smelters at Carnegie, a new
place near Johnston City.
'I want say that / consider the
Cranberry ore the best in the country
for the manufacture of the cast steel
cannon which DR.. Gatling has invent
ed. The war department tests show the
average tenacity of Cranberry iron to
be 1000 pounds to the square inch,
while the government requirement as
to steel is only $4,000 pounds"
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Seattle, Wash, December 20.-News
has just been received OF a slide on
the Chilkoot pass. In which six people
We're killed. Five bodies have been
recovered as follows: Mrs. Darling ami
two sons. OF Lake Linderman: Bert
Johns. Juneau: Harry Shaw. OF 0ka-
quay. The slide occurred Decembex
Sth.
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Overcome evil with good. Overcome
your coughs and colds with One MIN
ute Cough Cure. It is SO GOOD children
cry for it.> 1t cures Group, bronchitis,
pneumonia, grippe and all threat and
lung diseases. II. r. Bellamy, !.
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london, December 21.-Yesterday
(Tue sday) a balloon which ascended at
the Crystal palace. Syndenham. Lon
don, crossed the English channel tn
Fechan.c. France. about twenty-seven
miles nors. beast of Havre. The Daily
Chronicle, which had a man on board,
claims to haze successfully used Pro-
fessor Andree's idea OF steering ba-
loon. ]. -
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Constipation prevents the body from
Kidding itself Of waste matter. Dc
Wits Little Early Risers will remova
the trouble and cure Sick Headache.
Billiousness, Inactive Liver and cleo.
the complexion. Small. sugar coSA-d.
don't grippe or cause aAusea. r. r. Bel.
1amy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-23

A cough is not like fever. It does
not have to run a certain course. Cure
it quickly and effectually with One
Minute Cough Cure, the best remedy
for all ages and for the most severe
cases We recommend it because it's
good. r. r. Be1lamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-23

When you ask for Dewitt's Witch
Hazel Sslye don't accept a counter
felt or Imitation. There are more cases
of Piles being cured by this, than all
others combined. r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-23

Late to bed and early to rise, pre-
pares a man for his home in the skies.
But early to bed and a Little Early
Riser, the pill that makes life longer
and better and wiser. r. r. Bellamy.
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rmpoRrAnr RAILWAY L,xK

A Road 60 be Built from the CfAnbeFTy
Mines 20 Point on the Carolina Cen.
tral Railroad-The Advantages %
Wilmington Of this New H0ad