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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-29
behind the bar. "You amt dead. are

behind the bar. You Amt dead. are
your
Halverson rose with start, awake
Recollection had rushed upon him like
an armed man and thrust home He
knew what he had to do and grimly
set to do it quickly. Without word
he went out. He walked fast to Ran
dolph street and put his face to the
! east. So this was the hour! Well, he
was ready The water might be cold,
but he would not SILVER long. He
went on swiftly.
Presently he was aware one paced
behind him with equal step If he
slackened, the other Jagged. When he
put forth brisker foot. the other held
to his heel This annoyed him, but he
did not look around. Il will shake him
off at the viaduct," he said to himself
"You are in haste tonight" the other
called banteringly over his shoulder
'Why tonight? Why not yesterday?
Why not ten years ago? Why not to-
morrow"
The other drew beside him. Halver-
son looked furtively and knew his COM
they had spoken. A gloomy frown
clouded his flushed brow.
ut must be tonight. 1t is the end"
he said, as if in apology.
"Ah!' said the other rs it so? 1t
is you, then, who will leave it all be-
hind, who will flee, who will be the
coward? What Of them? What Of
her? What of the boy? Must they
bear the brunt alone?''
II cannot help it," he faltered "They
can be no worse off anyway. And it
isn't my fault It's the cursed luckw
he ended savagely.
Eyes, the cursed luck" the other
answered, echoing his own innermost
thought. Whose cursed luck? Theirs,
voted, loving, true, forbearing, a wife,
a mother? And has he called you pa
pa, dear, and looked with his deep
truthful eyes to you as his shield and
his refuge, his solace, his God? And
you, what have you done? Have you
poured your patrimony down your
throat? Have you sunk your manhood
at the gaming cloth? Have you paid
love with neglect and cast the joys of
fatherhood to swine? Have you. who
have talent and education and once
had friends, sold your possessions stick
by stick until your wife pawns her
wedding ring to buy fire and food for
her baby-and for you?"
Halverson hung his head They
+In VII
drew yet closer until he touched him.
A pale light faltered among the stars
which marked the east before them.
They walked on together.
"Pahw cried the other in burst of
high scorn. "You sicken me. You are
less courageous than the mere beast,
you with a brain. Do you think you
are nothing? Do you believe by pull
ing the shelter of the lake over your
own miserable head and body you pre-
serve your honor? Why, man, man,
man! Awaken
They stood far out upon the long pier
beside the deep water.
Given now" the other cried, with
energy, turning Halverson to him, so
that they looked in each others set
face, "a sweet faced woman kneels be-
side your bed and prays. Tears fall
from her eyes upon a little, restless
child, who stirs and snuggles to her,
asking, with shut eyes, is papa home
yet, mamma?"
80 Godw Halverson burst out in
agony, stretching forth his arms.
The other caught his hands and held
them tightly.
"You made a PROMISE" he said very
softly. "You sealed it with a kiss.
Kate begged Of you a New, Years gift
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There is a Class of People

There IS a Class Of People
Who are injured by the nse of coffee.
Recently there has been placed in all
the grocery stores a new preparation
called GRAIN,O, made of pure grains,
that takes the place of coffee. The most
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It does not cost over as much. Chill
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GRAIN-O
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children rs we'll as adults can drink 1t
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Jews OF INTEREST CAUGHT FROM
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Short Paragraphs of Some of the Events "t
the Past Few Days-Crimes, Casualties,
and Matters of G-neral Interest Given in
Condensed Form.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-29
Thursday. Dec. FL.

Miss Elizabeth G. Jordan, formerly
of Milwaukee, aud for the last eight
years connected editorially with the
New York World. has accepted the edi-
torship of Harper's BaZar.
DR.. w. w. Bryant, the oldest medical
practitioner in Sycamore, Ills, died
Tuesday of heart disease, aged 81
years.
Norman S. Peverill has been arrested
at Rochester, n. Y, for enlisting men
for che British service in South AT
RIGA.
1t is rumored at Paris that the Bank
of Russia has advanced the Bank Of
England fS,000,000.
Judge Brentano, of Chicago, severe
ly scored jury which returned q ver-
dict Of not guilty in the case of a man
who assaulted little girl.
William Griesenbeck has sued Chi
cago for 100000 damages because the
police arrested him and dragged him
through the streets Nov. 26.
Germany is said to be anxious to
buy st. Thomas, Danish West Indies,
for naval coaling station.
Friday, Dee. 22.
Swift & Co.. of Chicago, have been
awarded 100000 for cargo of beef
that was spoiled during the Spanish
war by the q. s. steamship that car
ried it being run on a reef.
John Arquette, charged with having
burned the training stables of Dixon
Dillon, in GAINESVILLE, Wis, April
s, was declared sane.
A bull dog chased burglar from
a Chicago house and caught him, hold
ing him until policemen arrived.
The annual meeting of the Wiscon-
sin Press association will be held
some time in February, probably at
Green Bay.
George Bowles, business manager of
the Alice Nielsen Opera company,
married Miss Jessica Duncan, one of
the chorus girls, the daughter of the
mayor of Burlington, Ia.
The czar of Russia has issued a re-
script generating Finance Minister
De White from recent charges.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-29
Foreclosure sale.

CTATE OF WISCONSIN.
- Circuit Court for Rock County.
Sarah I. Spalding, plaintiff,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-29
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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-29

Miss Elizabeth G. Jordan. formerly
of Milwaukee, aud for the last eight
years connected editorially with the
New York World, has accepted the edi-
torship of Harper's Bazaar
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-29
NOT INSULTED, AFTER ALL.

OF course, she was indignant when It
dawned upon her that some one was
trying to fiirt with her. Yet there was
no denying the fact that the man be-
hind her had kept steadily after her
ever since she had left the street car.
and he's old enough to be in bet
ter business" she said to herself indig-
nantly. III cross the street, just to
make sure whether he is really follow
ing"
She crossed the street and so did he.
Then she turned on him.
Sir" she said, why do you persist
in following me?'
He started as IL disturbed in tho
midst of some abstruse mental calcu-
lation. and for minute seemed TO be
bewildered Then he bowed courteous
ly, and said:
Madam, why do you persist In pre-
ceding me?"
Two doors further on he turned In,
producing a latch key as he did so, and
showing in other ways that he had
reached his destination. She turned
back and went round the block rather
than pass that house. and her face was
still red when she reached home-Chi-
cago Post.
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that the storm wasn't just a degree
more severe in crossing. 1t was a
touch-and-go with us one day, at all
events, | believe; but fraction worse,
and we shouldn't hae been here to-day
to stand between Miss Cunningham
and that william. A week or ten days
more perhaps, and even if we'd reached
her we might have been too late
There was a certain tumultuous JOY
in my heart, far removed from happi-
ness yet intoxicating as new wine.
Karine might never be mine, but she
was saved, and it would be l who had
saved her. l could never be regarded by
her quite with Indifference after this
day.
AS we drove we made various hurried
plans as to what we should do if we
were refused admittance. We deter
mined at least to sec Karine, even il
we were obliged to force our way into
her presence.
AS we got out of the carriage and
ran up the four or five broad stone
steps that led to the front door, some
thing cracked under our feet like ex-
aggerated grains of sand We were
idl C1OuSu, IoMONSI, lIOu1 guessing Tie
nature of the foreign substance that
was thus crushed beneath our disre-
garding boot-soleS.
The door was opened by a smiling
footman. He was not the man | had
previously seen, and evidently, judging
from the genial flush on his face and
the twinkle in his eye, something
agreeable or amusing had recently ia
ken place. He tried to draw his coun-
tenance into the conventional lines OF
footmanlike solemnity, but his eyes
lighting upon Cunningham, the ex-
preston changed to one of surprise
Very possibly he noted the similarity
of coloring between the brother and
sister, and a certain vague haunting
likeness that would show itself at
times
"If Miss Cunningham is at home, tell
her that her brother has come and
wishes to see her Immediately on a
matter ON Importance" said my com
panion, valiantly taking the bull by the
horns.
Miss Cunningham is not at homie
sir" replied the servant. "She-tHat
is-in fact. sir. she has Just left Jus
for GOOD and all. She-she was mar
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deeper and more cruel than mere dis
appointment l had not counted upon
the chance that Mildred would be per-
mitted to hurry on the wedding during
my absence, and now l felt as though
chasm had suddenly yawned under
my feet. Karine was Carson Wildred's
wife!
What are we to o?'tquestioned her
brother, duly. I'VE can't leave her
with him, you know"
Leave her with him. The very fact
that l was obliged to answer him gave
me back the power of concentrating
thought. A moment before my mind
had been blank, a chaos; but now
returned, unhesitatingly:
Well find out where they've gone.
and have him arrested and your sister
taken from him before nightfall."
But suppOsing they've gone abroad
which is what they very likely mean
before we can catch them?"
I'VE must catch them. There won't
be a train till later in the afternoon by
which they can get away now. They d
have to go by the night boat, if it was
France. Somehow or other-though
everything seems against us, and there
are only two of us, where there ought
to be dozen, going in as many ways
at once-we'll circumvent that devil
yet"
You have plenty of confidence in
yourself said Cunningham. Perhaps
you don't know Carson Wildred as well
as l do"
l did not answer, though the words
rang ominously in my ears. l was
very busy with my own thoughts.
AS soon as we could find out where
Wildred had taken Karine (even within
my own mind l would not call her his
wife) we must lodge such information
with the police that he could be arrest
ed at once, either on English or for
eign soil, as the case may be. A man
accused of murder, as he would be,
could. fortunately, be apprehended.
At Haslemere station they could only
inform us that the party of which we
were in search had had tickets for Lon
don, and had left about three-Quarters
of an hour before our arrival.
Even il we could have told our story
with sufficient succinctness 10 have
Wildred met at Waterloo by the police,
there would have bAan no firnA to d
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and as we stepped out of our carriage
on the platform of the Haslemere Sta
ton it seemed but yesterday that had
arrived at the same place, intent on
bidding Karine that farewell which had
never been spoken.
The time of day gave me the only
sense of difference, We had left the
ship early in the morning, had made
our first journey in two hours, and now
it was only very little past noon
l had wished considering the re-
.ception l had met at Sir Walter Tres
sidy's on my first and last visit at his
country house, to remain at an hotel
in Haslemere, there to await such news
as Cunningham might have to bring.
Tor karlne's sake, | thought, it would
be better for me not to appear openly
in the matter, unless it proved that the
influence of her brother and his nara
tive were not as potent in their effect
as l anticipated. Should he require any
attestations from me, 1 was only too
glad to be on the spot and to be called
upon to give them.
Cunningham, however, had overruled
this programme of mine. No one could
tell, he said, how he might be received
He might be sorely in need of me to
back him up-perhaps even to prove
his identity and the truth of his other
wise unsupported assertions.
The Tressidy's, he alleged, were pc
culiar. Though it was long since he
had seen his sister, he knew that she
was unhappy with them. They had
very little money of their own on
which to keep up the appearance they
wished to make in the eyes of the
world and Cunningham did not be-
lieve that Lady Tressidy would be
above accepting heavy bride from
Mildred for furthering his suit by al
most any means, with poor Karine.
Half against my will, therefore, yet
not wholly with unwillingness, l must
confess, | entered the carriage which
was to drive us both to the house
where few weeks ago I had been so
ruthlessly repulsed.
Thank Heaven!" I said, as we rat
tied up to the hill (perhaps in the same
vehicle which had driven me before),
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-29

ing me from the head-porters of vari-
Gus Observation-Disclosures Euston, Fad
dingtOn, and so on-but no Cunning
ham had yet appeared.
l opened the message from Padding
ton last; the others had no news for
me, but it seemed that at Paddington a
lady and gentleman, apparently an
swering the description given, had
taken tickets for Maidenhead All the
blood in my body seemed to mount tC
my head. Unless there had been a
mistake in the identity, Wildred must
have carried Karine off TO the House
by the Lock.
1t was horrible to me that shf
should be there. The thought of the
house, and what | believed had hap
pened TO Harvey Farnham under its
roof was abhorrent. Why had he
chosen to take his young bride, on the
day Of their marriage, to that gloomy
and accursed spot? a strange thrill oil
apprehension, vague, yet none the less
dreadful, shook my nerves.
l consulted the latest A. B. c. time
table, which lay in the reading room
of the hotel. In exactly an hour an
other train would leave Paddington fol-
Maidenhead and NARROW (the nearest
stations to Purley Lock-, and after
that there would not be another till
ten o'clock.
/ should not have much more time
to catch the former, if intended to &C
by it-and l did intend to go. Exactly
what l was TO do, how l was to get
Karine away from her husband, did
not dare stop TO think, but somehow
would do it. So great was my dread
of Mildred as a criminal, and my re-
spect of him as a schemer, that | even
feared dimly for Karlne's safety with
him. II was madness TO entertain
such doubt, l assured myself, for
great heiress as she was, Karine was
lovely enough and sweet enough to in
spire genuine love even in so cold-heat-
ed villain as Wildred.
He might tire Of her in the end, but
for the present her life, at least, would
be safe with him. So repeated ment-
ally, over and over again; but still ]
was pricked with a boding fear for
more than her peace of mind. Why
hsAAA 0<Sn bar - fhAs grim hateful
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so. We must simply pillow as we
could. Luckily there wis slow train
due in few moments, otherwise
think we q at least) fust have gone
mad with the strain of waiting.
At Waterloo we heard of them. A
porter had taken their luggage and put
it on cab. The gentleman and lady
had driven away in a private carriage.
What direction had been given to the
coachman or the cabman he had not
happened to hear.
l now proposed that Cunningham
should proceed Immediately to Scotia d
Yard, while | busted myself elsewhere.
He was the one who could tell of the
plot by which he had personated Farm
ham in Amrica, by Wildred's desire,
and in the hope of obtaining a substan-
tial bride. The authorities were al
ready in possession of such separate in
ormation as | could give, and now that
they would learn from. Cunningham
how Farnham had never gone to
America at all. very different and
more lurid light would be shed upon
the past.
Meanwhile l would drive to Charing
Cross, and might yet be in time TO in
tercept the couple if they were intend
ing to depart for France.
At Charing Cross they had not ap-
peared, and fastening to a telegraph Of
fee. | sent messages containing Will
dreds description and Karines to
every one of the principal railway sta
lions in London. Replies were paid,
and were to be received for me at the
Charing Cross hotel. Having done so
much, | drove to the piers from which
the Holland boats sailed; then, having
discovered nothing, back to Charing
Cross again. The train which would
catch the night boat at Dover was just
about going out, but Wildred and Kar-
inc were not visible.
When the last moment had come and
gone l betook myself to the hotel,
where my kilograms were to await me.
| also looked for Cunningham, who YVES
to have met me there, after Scotland
Yard, and decided upon forthcoming
arrangements. Dispatches were await
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-29
CHAPTER XVIII.
A WILD-GOOsE CHASE.

do you know where the-the bride
and groom have gomez" questioned
Cunningham grudgingly.
No, sir. l heard Lady Tressidy say
only this morning that even she hadn't
been told. Mr.. Wildred had some idea
of surprise, believe, SIR
The fact that not only my compan-
ion claimed to be the brother of the
bride, but that his facial expression and
coloring answered for his truth, caused
thH fellow to feel, apparently, that we
had right to explanations
There was no use in endeavoring to
make further inquiries. Even if Lady
Tressidy or Sir Walter did know the
destination of the newly welded pair
it was more than improbable that they
would be ready to share their knowl-
edge with us. And it was ike Carson
Mildred to be prepared even for the
very emergency which had now arisen,
by taking just such precautions as he
had.
Had we not been impatient and
chosen the steep road, less often trav-
eled than the other, We should no doubt
have met the carriage which drove the
bridal couple to the Haslemere Station.
Another eXemplification of the old
proverb that "the more haste, the less
speed" We could now only repair our
mistake, if it still admitted of repara-
ton, by giving chase with such speed
as was practicable.
1 gave the order to. the coachman:
Drive to the station as quick as you
can" and in another moment we were
off,
= Fate seemed to have ordained that I
should meet nothing save disappoint-
ment at this door; but to-day's expert
ence had brought me something far
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ried, sir. at half-past ten o'clock this
morning, and the wedding breakfasts
| only been over an hour ago."
The gritty substance under our feet
had been the rice thrown, as though
in mockery, after Karine as she passed
to her carriage on her husbands arm.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-06-29

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