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The Springfield herald., 1899-09-22
CHAPTER u.-(continued.)

II played in the sunny garden,
amongst the thyme and rosemary, the
climbing roses, the lilies. the sweet
basil. and the scarlet anemones. l said
my prayers in the dim chapel, and
went to rest in my tiny cell
This lasted till l was ten years old.
One day 1t rained heavily. AS l have
said, 1t was the only wet day that l
remember Soon after our midday din
ner the great bell changed at the gate,
a very unusual occurrence Sister Ursu-
line went to the gate, and remember
that one or two curious nuns and
we're peeping through the grille when
she came back, in evident agitation,
and sought the mother superior. l was
carried off by one of the nuns, my con-
slant playfellow, sweet woman of
fifty, with the heart of a child. She
kissed me lovingly as she held me in
her arms. l remember 1t all SO well!
Sister Desiree,' 1 whispered, thou
art crying
6 No, no, Bebe,' she said; 1T is moth
Ing! / am rightly punished. My af-
fection for thee has grown too deep,
beioved-it is earthly. l know thou
wilt be taken from me; it is but just.
Il did not understand her then.
was wonderfully childish for my ten
years. But you cannot think how Wv
idly l recall it-how / should remem-
Der every stone Of the dear old con-
vent. every path in the sunny gar
den!"
You make me feel as If / could
see 1t all myself-you interest me ex-
tremely," said Mr.. Martineau. pray
go on"
We'll. that was my last day with
the nuns. 1t was the very last happy
day of my life. They told me present
ly that my uncle had come for me. Ny
uncle! The words conveyed no impress
sion 10 my mind. Who was he? l did
not want him. declined, with thanks,
the honor of relationship. When Icy
made me understand that It was not
matter for my choice at all, that !
must 60 with him. it was terrible. l
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-22
GILMORE AND HIS MEN SUF-
FERINC.
Naval Lieutenant and His Boats Crew En-
dmre HnrdshIps at Hands of FiIiplnos.

Naval Lieutenant and His Boats Crew En-
dure Hardships at Hands of FiIipinos.
New York. Sept. 1S.-A special to
the Journal and Advertiser says:
News concerning Lieutenant Gill
more and fourteen of the enlisted men
of the Yorktown who We're captured by
the Filipinos at Baler, more than six
months ago. has reached Washington
in letters to military officials from their
fellow officers in the islands.
The latest Information comes through
Spanish planter by the name of Gar
IN. who was imprisoned by the insur-
rectionists and subsequently made his
escape.
GarZa described Lieutenant Gilmore
and his companions TO officers in Ma
Mia. He said that the officer and four
teen men Were at Bigua where they
We're subsisting off meagre quantity
of rice valued at not more than one pc
seta per man per day. The allowance
was more liberal than that for the
Spanish prisoners. every one OF whom
was allotted onc-half peseta per day
There We're fully 1000 of the latter at
Siguh. Cara says. and all the prison
ers. Spanish and American. showed
the effect of the confinement and the
poor and insufficient food. He is quot
ed as saying that the captives could not
stand such hardship and such fare
much longer
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-22

1t seems, after all, that In spite of
the confusion OF architectural styles
and the self-confessed ugliness OF sky
scrapers, the prospects for American
architecture are by no means so dark
as certain native critics have insisted
Leopold Gmelin. formerly instructor
al the Art Industrial schools at Karls-
ruhe and Munich. editor of Kunst und
Handwerk, and recognized authority,
contributes to recent issue of the Fo-
rum an article in which he declares
that the change in the conditions Of
American architecture since the close
of the last decade has created COM
plete revolution in German profession
al circles regarding the status in Amer
lea of this branch of the art"
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-22
Gable Car Runs Awnx

Kansas City. Sept. 1S.-Five women
were the victims of an accident on the
elevated plane of the Twelfth Street
cable road this evening. a gripman lost
control of his train and il dashed down
the incline and into another train that
had been stopped half way down to
rescue drunken passenger who had
fallen from the car and lay upon the
trestlp.
Nearly all of the women who We're
hurt received their injuries in jumping
when they saw that a collision was in
eyitable. Mrs. Walter G.. Cheney sus-
tained a fracture of the skull and is be-
lieved to be fatally hurt. Eight other
women We're painfully injured.
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-22
LITTLE HOPE FOR PEACE.
Dispatches From South Africa Anticipate
War.

London, Sept. 1S.-All dispatches
from South Africa this morning talk of
the imminence of hotlities and the pre-
parationS for them. In Johannesburg
it seems to be taken for granted that
the Orange Free State has approved
President Kruger's note and promised
active assistance in the event of war.
An official telegram posted mt Nolks-
rust says that the Transvaal. with tile
assent of the Orange Free State repu-
diate British suzerainty and adheres
to the seven years franchise.
At Capetown it is reported that Mr..
Hofmeyer. the Afrikander leader. sent
II communication to President Steyn of
the Orange Free State entreating him
to do his utmost to preserve peace. but
that he received in answer the words
Too late"
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-22

Wireless telegraphy across the At
lantic is to be tried by Sig. Marconi.
At present the inventor is in Rome
negotiating with the italian admiralty
regarding the adoption of the system
by that branch of the Italian service.
The experiments which have been
made indicate that wireless telegraphy
is easily practicable, but that in its
present condition of development it
cannot be relied on for the severely
practical work that the wire insures
train dispatcher could not under
take to time trains by it. Two CO.
operating military columns could not
depend upon it for communication,
War vessels at sea might find 1t help
ful, but could not make 1t their sole
reliance. The objection that messages
transmitted by a wireless system could
be received by others than those to
whom they are sent amounts to little,
The same Is true of the ordinary tele-
graph wire. AS a rule secret messages
even in the mails. are written in
cipher.
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-22

The jams of India agree with the
Buddhists in disallowing those Biah-
manical ceremonies which involve the
destruction of life. Being rigid vege-
tarians, they take extreme pains not
to injure any living creature. They
may drive snake out of the house,
but they spare its life. A rajah or
prince of this persuasion says: I'VE
endeavor to avoid even green vege-
tables, under the idea that cutting the
plant may hurt it. We would not
needlessly pluck leaf from tree, lest
the tree should possibly feel pain"
Similar was the superstition of a kin
dergartner, who taught The children
that when it was necessary to pull up
garden weeds, they should be carefully
replanted in some other place!
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-22
CHAPTER III.

Mr. Martineau was compelled to con-
Tess to himself that her sincerity was
self-evident.
please go on" he said.
1T is difficult thing to tell, know
so little about it myself" sne resumed.
"The woman whom | have mentioned
was my uncles housekeeper She was
kind to me. but | was afraid of her
She was a very reserved, silent wom-
an think she spoke less than any
woman | ever knew. Our house stood
quite by itself. good way from the
high road, and three miles from the
village. l was never allowed beyond
the grounds without the housekeeper
Every day the old schoolmaster
from the village came to give me les
sons. 1t was, as you may imagine. a
very old-fashioned education which /
received; but l liked it. My uncle had
a library-neither large nor valuable
but l read all the books on those
shelves. Robinson Crusoe, Rasselas
Gulliver, the Pilgrims Progress-that
was my only idea of fiction. So the
days and months crept slowly by. NY
uncle was Olten away, and | used to
notice, at those times. a greater anxi-
ETY. on the part of the housekeeper to
have an eye on me, and that | should
not go out of bounds. l was no doubt
closely watched; but by degrees they
grew to trust me more, for | was very
tractable. Constant isolation made
me dull. quiet, unlike other girls. |
had absolutely no link with the outer
world; l had been distinctly forbidden
to write to the nuns-I knew no one
in England. My uncle used to have
visitors always mep-but these l
never saw. l lived quite apart from
him; his rooms were at the other end
of tho house always had my meals
with the housekeeper."
Pardon my interruption, said Mr..
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-22
CLIMBING STAIRS
Just the Thing to Strengthen the LuAxs
and Cure Dyspepsia.
ITO be continued.)

just the Thing to Strengthen the LuAxs
and Cure Dyspepsia.
New York Times: The average
landlady of the average lodging-house
is nothing If not resourceful and orig
inal. When it comes to the question
of the merits of her particular house,
the unoccupied rooms of which are
open to inspection at all reasonable
hours, her vocabulary is practically un-
limited, and while her English may not
always be without reproach, it is suffi-
ciently lucid and forcible to give a
good idea of the many excellencies of
her domain. 1t has remained, how
ever, for landlady living not 1000
miles from West Eighteenth street to
make, with the assistance of a num-
ber of unknown medical men, the as
founding discovery that climbing up
numerous flights of stairs is not only
not injurious, but is actually benef-
cial to the health. why, bless you,"
she said to a young man. an unfortu-
nate seeker after rooms, who protested
that the fourth floor was too high up
for him because of the weary and hurt
ful StalF climbing, WHY, DleSS you,
it's the best thing in the world for
you The doctors all around here are
recommending stair climbing for dys-
pepsia and lung trouble! They say it's
the best thing in the world for eithsr
of these complaints, if you'll only walk
I'D stairs often enough and always be
sure to throw your shoulders well
back" The seeker protested that he
was troubled with none of these COM
plants. "Oh, WE'LL said the obliging
landlady. that doesn't matter It's
good for the general health. You don't
care to try it? Very well. Good-day,"
and the door closed firmly behind the
outcast young man. who was wonder
ing what tale would confront him In
the next house
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-22
Anti-Imperinlists to Hold Congress.

Chicago, Sept. 1S.-Arrangements are
being made by the Chicago Anti-Im-
perialistic League for a mass meeting
of anti-imperialists from all over the
country to be held in Chicago Octo-
Der 18th.
1t is the purpose TO take decisive
action in regard to the course to be
pursued by the anti-imperialists in
next years presidential campaign, and
leaders of the faction opposed to Pres
ident McKinley's Philippine policy de
clare that the probable result of the
conference will be to declare in fav-
or of the Democratic party if that par
ty will make anti-impcrialism the is
sue.
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-22

Great Improvement in public roads is
sure to attend and follow the multipli-
cation of automobiles. One writer pre-
diets that before the end of 1900 the
total mileage of macadam and asphalt
will be increase by fully 100 per cent"
More than $500, 100000 is said to be
pledged already to the manufacture OF
this class of vehicles. Till the storage
battery is perfected and cheapened, the
means of propulsion are practically
limited to gas engines and petroleum
products.
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-22

While the bison is practically OK
tinct within the limits of the United
States, with the exception of the few
herded in Yellowstone park, 1t is re-
ported that in the vast region between
Alaska and Manitoba the buffaloes are
numerous and even increasing. The
killing of them is forbidden by Cana
dian law for two more years, and after
that only the killing of males will be
permitted. 1t is said also that the
American bison is to be found on the
northern plains of Australia. where a
number were liberated as an expert
nent in the early years of the century.
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-22
s,,il More Conterfeiting.

The Secret Service has just un-
earthed another band of counterfeit
ers and secured quantity of bogus
bills, which are very cleverly execut-
ed Things of great value are always
selected for imitation, notably Hostel
ters Stomach Bitters, which has many
mitators but no equals for disorders
like indigestion, dyspepsia and consti-
patton.
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-22

l copper smelter plant.
rs ii. =. steam plant, consisting Of
boilers and an automatic engine.
i large coal hoist. double drums. all
10 ii. p. center crank engine. new.
100 II. p; slide valve engine.
l SX1O modern horizontal engine, new.
/ 10 IL. z. portable engine.
AZ II. p. horizontal steam engines. suit
able for running fan in mine.
% actual IL. p. Weber gasoline engine.
/ 20 II. 7. horizontal tubular boiler. COM
pistei 60 FL 1son5 horizontal tubular poiler,
i 10 II. p horizontal tubular boiler.
half-arch front, complete.
co II. p. locomotive type boiler. nearly
feed water heaters
hot water heaters for baths.
l 6N3i4N6 Worthington outside packed
duplex mine station pump.
! 16x7x15 Smith Vale mine station pump.
! 1S8Xl0Nl2 Worthington pump.
Pinch steam and S-inch water end by
1o-inch stroke duplex mine pump.
deep well pump engine.
l Knowles vacuum pump. nearly new.
7N11 Blake crusher.
4Xl0 Blake crusher.
large capacity ore buckets, good as
i '2o-inch Leffell water wheel, in case,
9 latest improved patent smoke con-
j 5-foot Howlnnd pulverizer. new.
air drills. different makes.
l Frue Nanner
2 Whitley concentra tors.
! automatic sample splitter.
l 20-light dynamo and engine.
/ triple-geared winch for derrick.
winches. suitable for raising sinking
pumps.
4 wood turning lathes.
l 3-drum holster, suitable for derrick.
l lotion Fairbanks wagon scales.
] 32-foot railroad Fairbanks track scale,
new
several wood saws and frames.
1000 feet finch well casing.
Crate bars all sizes
5000 feet black pipe.
10 furnace doors.
/ lot of brick machinery and tools: will
sell or trade for brick; good chance to
start in business.
! complete laundry plant. cheap as dirt.
assay outiit, complete, with balances
and small crusher.
Shnfting, pulleys, boxes, collar coup
llngs; also globe valves and black pipe,
all sizes.
large drive belts and numerous small
ones.
DON'T FAIL TO CALL AND SEE OUR
LINE. WE PAY CASH FOR ALL KINDS
OF GOOD SECONDHAND MA
CHINERY AND SUPPLIES
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-22

Wit, bright, rapid and blasting a. the
lightning, strikes and vanishes in an
instant; humor. warm and ell-embra-
cling as the sunshine, bathes its object
in genial and abiding light.
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-22

Mules in the Transvaal are bringing
500 each. 1t is hoped that this will
not lead any diplomat to make an ass
OF himself
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-22

When woman doesn't want to ex-
press her opinion in words she merely
shrugs her shoulders, and that set
ties it.
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-22

but l don't know why l should expect
you to believe it. have often thought
that no lawyer would believe nv
story. But what can | do?"
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-22

brains count" says a college presi-
dent. OF course they do, but some
times they get pretty badly mixed up
in their figuring.
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-22
Suburban Tales.

"Out our way the heat has baked
the apples on the trees" well, our
cow has been giving boiled custard
right along"
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-22

No one knows the weight OF another's
burden.
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-22

A miss may be as good as a mile, but
with designing widow in the race a
man is safer at two miles.
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-22

exhausted he begins to lose interest in
the subject.
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-22

When a man neglects his duty he
always says it resulted from his ab-
sent-mindedness.
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-22

A book may be as great a thing as
a battle.-Disrael.
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-22
Mutual Admiration.

"IIow young you look, madam"
"Oh, professor, how remarkably you
have retained your eyesight"
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-22

Revenge may be sweet, but overin-
dulgence in sweet things makes
trouble
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-22

Put Yourself in His Place" is the
ofiice-seeker's favorite novel.
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-22

Fortune gives to many too much,
but to NO one enough.-German Prov
erb.
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-22

No one ever heard of appendicitis re-
sulting from a diet of sour grapes.
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-22
Reaectcti Heat,

WAS 1t hot in your town this sum-
mer, Miss Piker?" Hot? got
treckles from the moon shining on
me-"
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-22
The J.H. Montgomery
Machinery Company.

l220-i230 Curtis street.
5000 bargains In ma
chinery, thoroughly re-
fitted and ready for i'm
mediate delivery. Some
of this machinery has
never been used. We
Jean save you from so to
100 per cent.
The Springfield herald., 1899-09-22

Mr.. Martineau was compelled to con-
fess to himself that her sincerity was
self-evident.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-12-09
COMMANDANT CR0NJE.
TO BE CONTINUED.

The Free State Commander Is Very Un-
like General Joubert.
General White has reported that an
investigation exonerates General Jou-
bert of responsibility for the firing on
an ambulance party, and to all who
know the Boer com mmander-in-chiefs
character the statement was scarcely
necessary. He has won the respect
of Englishmen, and few of them would
have believed be could have lent any
counteuance to dishonorable tactics.
1t will probably be otherwise in re-
gard to General Cronje, the Boer COM
mander, whose troops have been spe-
ci6caIly accused of disregarding the
usages of war in the course of their
resistance to Lord Methuen's advance.
In the war of independence Cronje led
the Boer forces to the attack of Pot.
chefslroom, a town just beyond the
Vaal river, about 60 miles southwest
of Johannesburg. The fort was splen-
didly defended by Colonel Winslow
and small British garrison.
The methods of Cropje's attack
earned for him most unsavory repu-
tation. There were several incidents
in that war that did not bring in much
credit to the Beers; but no officer Of
Tended against the rules of civilized
warfare so often and grossly as Cronje.
Not only did he order several nom
combatant Britishers to be arrested,
and afterward bad them shot as spies
on wholly insufficient grounds; but he
repeatedly caused prisoners of war to
be placed in the forefront of the besieg-
ing force and compelled them to work
in the trenches in exposed positions,
so that they might be, as many of them
were, shot by their own comrades from
the walls.
Commandant Cropje's conduct to-
ward the end of the siege of Potchef-
stroom, however, will ever be remem-
bered against him. When the news
reached him that an armistice had
been arranged between the British and
Boer forces be deliberately withheld
the information from the beleaguered
garrison and continued the siege with
fresh energy. Ultimately Colonel
Winslow was obliged to surrender to
save the lives of the wounded and the
women and children refugees. Cropje's
behavior, when it became known, was
too much even for Mr.. Gladstone, and
the Transvasl government was requir-
ed by Sir Evelyn Wood to allow a
British regiment to march up from Ma
tai on the conclusion of peace and re-
occupy Rotchefstroom as a formal &C
acknowledgement of Cronjes teachery.
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and Tom 80 out by the back way to
their early work.
Presently the old woman disappear
ed. And he was left alone until 1t was
nearly I o'clock.
Then Gwyn came in. She looked pale
and fragile, and she walked rather un-
steadily, but it was plain that she was
much farther advanced on the road to
complete health than she had pretend
ed.
They stood silent, both deeply NOV.
ed, for some seconds until Gwyn, re-
covering herself and reddening slight
ly, said in whisper:
IL want to tell you now-what you
said you'd hear-the reason-the reason
of-of what was done to you. 1t was
very wrong, wicked, unjustifable, Of
course, but they would not have done
you any real harm. 1t was only q
trick, trick to frighten you. because
of-of jealousy"
AS she uttered the last word she
turned away and spoke slyly and
quickly. Whatever he thought he con-
sidered it best to accept the suggestion
without open skepticism. so he merely
inclined his head.
"Of course it was absurd, most abb
surd. But they do not understand. So
I said-what did. You heard me, did
you not?" Mason bowed his head In
assent. ~ said it to keep them quiet
toto get rid of them, In fact. ! won't
apologize, doctor, for you know why !
did it. You are going to marry me.
That Is to be taken for granted as long
as you are here. but when you go away
and will find means of getting you
away-then | will tell them the truth,
and there will be an end Of it all, Of
everything"
He came q little nearer to her and
tried to look into her face. And as he
did so the door into the washhouse
was burst open by q gust Of wind
from the outer door, which was opened
at that moment by the men coming In
to breakfast.
Both Gwyn and the doctor started.
and as the farmer and Tom and Coch
Tai filed in and after the mornings
greetings took their places at the Ia
bles 1t was plain enough by the ex-
preston Of the three faces that the
little scene they had witnessed had
conveyed a very distinct impression to
their several minds.
Coch Tai looked ferocious, gloomy
and savage. He kept his eyes away
from the doctor. and when Gwyn wish
ed him good morning he answered her
only by a curt word without looking at
her or Offering any congratulation on
her temperance down stairs.
Tom, who Locked more sheepish than
ever and wh) betrayed, to Masson's
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She stopped, drew long breath and
went on In a tone which she tried In
vain to make composed and indifer-
ent. "Of course you will be quite
safe
But when she got as far as these
words she broke down, sank again into
the chair and. burying her face In her
hands. broke into a passion OF hys-
terical sobbing. He put his hand firm.
ly on her shoulder.
Come" said he In tone which he
made determined and almost stern.
"Now | must speak to you as the doc
tor. You must 60 back to bed. you
must try to sleep, and you may rest
quite sure that I shall look after my
self very carefully till morning" She
was shaking her head, clinging with
one hand to his sleeve. Come he
went on in a gentler, more persuasive
tone. "Guardian angels, you know.
must take care of themselves. If only
for the sake Of the persons whom they
guard"
"Yes, yes" said she, II understand.
And-and will. l will rest. will be
careful Only, only tell me this: What
will you do? Where will you go till
rnorning?"
81 shall 60 down stairs into the
kitchen. 1t is 3 o'clock. l shall not
have long to wait before some one Is
about. And will be as prudent and
as cautious as if my life were as val
liable as my best friends seem TO sup
pose."
She listened eagerly. solemnly. When
he had finished speaking, he took her
hand in his. She was still sitting in
the armchair and trembling violently.
but the firm grasp Of his fingers seem
ed to exercise upon her a calming in.
fluence, and after couple OF seconds
the clasp Of her own hand was as firm
and as steady as that Of his.
"Good night" said she in a low voice
at last. 81 won't say goodby. Take
care. And-and tomorrow | will ex'
plain. Oh, yes, can explain"
She suddenly snatched her hand
away from him, and he retreated and
stumbled down stairs.
But when he reached the bottom he
saw against the dim light which came
through the open doorway Of the room
he had left the figure of the girl as she
stood outside. watching him as far as
she could. guardian angel to the last.