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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-08
By Author of "Hetty," Etc.

had grown clearer by now; IL was star
lit | opened the window and knelt
down. my arms on the sill. How quiet
it was. Now and then a footstep
passed. heard it advance and heard
il slowly die away; now and then the
distant murmEr of the streets seemed
for a moment to grow more distinct.
then seemed far away again.
AS Il knelt there. door opened slow
"; a clear voice struck my ear.
she is such a child, John! | knew
she was young-but so young! don't
approve of your marriage tell you
frankly"
You told me that before. in your
letters. They did not surprise me.
knew you would not approve.
Il had hoped no. don't interrupt
me. let me say it. john mad hoped,
now tlat Lucia was free again. that you
and she at last might both be happy"
THAT subject is threadbare. Carrie.
Why discuss it any mOre?'
"No"-with an impatient little sigh
1t is useless to discuss it now. But
what induced you. john"
Il wrote and told you what induced
me-"
But was il q sudden thought"
No. very sudden. The thought first
came to ME, own. a good many years
ago. Half a dozen years ago | began
20 consider whether | might not one
day induce her 10 be my wife. | did
not often think Of it-but now and
then the idea would recur 10 me
But half a dozen years ago. John,
you could not have been IL love with
her"
No"
\ moments pause Then in a clear,
regretful voice
The old story again, John. what a
son you have been, Is there single
debt Of our fathers that YOU have not
left unclearedr Your life has been one
long act of reparation. and this is the
last of all. file made that poor child i
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-08

Some singularly quaint records have
lust been discovered in the parochial
registers at t'oottield, near Marlbor-
ough, the name OF the parish church OF
which place dates from the eleventh
century. One of the earliest entries
decipherable is as follows: 1852 the
I'd of December, buried Robert Water
man. kylled with tree" In 1909, "a
pore man whose name Ia unknown" Is
mentioned AS having died in a "dogge
Kennel" while in 1912 ii Is stated that
"on Tuesday the one and twentieth OF
July, was here eHtombed the body of
the Right Hon. Edward Lord Beau
champe, who deceased at week" This
was son of Lord Beauchamp, who Sc
cretly married the Lady Arabella
Stuart in the reign Of James l., and
was imprisoned in the Tower for thus
wedding lady Of royal descent with
out the kings consent. In 1875 a
'poore travelling man" was buried /;
and in 11OS note is appended to the
registration of the marriage OF John
Perkins and Mary Overs. stating that
they made rude disturbance and
abused We people coming out of the
church!"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-08

pauper-and you could not forget. Yes,
| knew that that was il! | said it to
Lucia. but she knew it too. Oh, it is
hard. John-hard upon you.'
But you mistake" said Johns grave
voice, even. quiet, deeply serious-the
voice that thrilled me where | knelt.
My first thought---long ago, very long
asO-was what you say, a thought OF
reparation. But | did what at that
time / did not think of doing. | fell
in love with Kitty-feu honestly In
love with her"
Because YOU wished
The wish may have had something
10 do with it--may not have had.
cannot say"
DO you think such love is trust
worthy. John? VIII it wear, do you
think, lifctime?"
Il hope SO"
so do from my heart. Shall i
give you my frank opinion"
Do"
Il think you ought to husband that
loYe of yours with all your energy
Seventeen and thirty-five have not
many common interests. II you have
any common interests cherish them,
John-aud shut all other interests out.
Don't be vexed with me. There is one
thing more I want 60 say"
Say it,
II am not very fond as you know, OF
girlish simplicity. but there was some
thing in that little wife Of yours that
touched me. | asked you To come and
see Lucia. but | ask you now not to
come"
! Not come? Why not?''
There are manifold reasons why
not. You know them as we'll as |.
Kitty is an Uniformed pretty girl-no
more. Lucia Is beautiful,
| cultured clever, more than clever
and the woman. John. whom you pas
siOnately loved."
! had knelt as one speilbound, had
listened in a breathless, tremulous way.
with no definite thought that l was lis
tening. with only one eager, Overmas-
tering wish to hear John convince me
once again that he loved me. that he
loved me for loves sake. not for pity !
sake, or Aunt James sake. or anyone's
sake. but just for his own sake. for
pure. reasonless. passionate need OF
loving me. ! had longed to hear this
sweet assurance. and instead l had
heard-what had | heard?
/ rose from my knees hurriedly in q
dazed and dizzy way.
II say. don't come" continued the
full. clear voice in a warning tone :"
say what think Is kindest, John. Pu
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-08

mind ard heart washed with carbol!c
acid!
l tell you at this point in my dis
course that a man who does not like
this book and who is critical as to its
contents, and who is shocked and out
ragged with its descriptions, has never
been soundly converted. The laying
On of the hands of Presbytery or Epis-
copacy does not always change a mar s
heart. and men sometimes get into the
pulpit rs we'll as into the pew, never
having been changed radically by tho
sovereign grace of God. Get your heart
right and the Bible will be right. The
trouble is mems natures are not
brought into harmony with the Word
of God. All, my friends. eXpurga-
ton of the heart is what is wanted.
You cannot make me believe that the
Scriptures. which this moment lie on
the table of the purest and best men
and women of the age. and which were
the dying solace of your kindred passed
llto the skies. have in them faint
which the strongest microscope OF hon
est criticism could make visible. IL
mel are uncomfortable in their indig-
nation when the integrity of wife or
child is assailed. and judges and jurors
as far as possible excuse violence IN
der such provocation, what ought 10 be
the overwhelming and long resOunding
! thunders of condemnation for any man
| who will stand in a Christian pulpit
and ass5il the more than virgin purity
of inspiration, the well beloved daugh-
| ter of God?
EXpurgate the Bible, You might as
we'll go to the old picture galleries in
Dresden and in Venice and in Rome
and exDurgate the old paintings. Per
haps you could find a foot Of Michael
Angeles Last Judgment that might
be improved. Perhaps you could throw
more expression into Raphaels Ma
donna" Perhaps you could put more
pathOs in Rubens' Descent from the
Cross" Perhaps YOU could change the
crests Of the waves IN Turner's Slave
Ship" Perhaps you might go into tho
old galleries OF sculpture and change
the forms and the posture OF the stat
ues Of Phidias and PraXiteles. Such an
iconoclast would very soon find himse:
in the pcnitentiary. But it is worse
vandalism when man proposes to re-
fashion these masterpieces of inspira-
ton, al TO remodel the moral giants
Of this gallery OF God
OF all the works of Dore, the great
as his illustrated Bible. What scene
of Abrahamic faith, or Edenic beauty.
Of dominion Davidic. or SOlomorie. Of
miracle, or parable. of nativity or .;
crucifiXion, or of last judgment 1ut ne
thought leaped from the great Drain
to the skillful pencil. and from the
skillful pencil 10 immortal canvas. Tne
Louvre, the Luxembourg. the National
| Gallery OF London compressed within
two volumes of Dore's illustrated Bible.
But the Bible will come 10 better il
lustration than that my friends. when
all the deserts have become gardens,
and all the armories have become acad-
emies and all the lakes have become
GennCsafc:s with Christ walking
! them, and ali the cities have become
Jerusalems with lowering Shekinah;
and the two hemispheres viii be clap
ping symbols of divine praise. and tho
round earth a footlght to Emanuel's
throne-that, TO all lands, and all ages,
and all centuries. and all cycles viii be
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-08
LASHED COOKING STOVE
To the Engines Pilot and Bafiied the
Custom OnciaIs.


New Orleans Times-Democrat:
Speaking of smuggling" said an old
time federal deputy, IN tell you a
curious little story. shortly after the
opening OF one OF the Mexican roads,
never mind which. a locomotive enSi-
neer got married 20 "A native belle in the
town At the lower end of his run and
set up housekeeping. Among other
things they NEEDED was cooking
stove. tie could get exactly what they
wanted on the American side. but the
duty on hardware of that kind was e.
tremely high and be raCRed his brains
to think of some way TO slip ii down
10 his home without paying the eN-
orbitant tariff \ cooking stove IS
abou; as easy TO smuggie as a baby ele-
phant. but at last he struck a brilliant
scheme, and on his next trip he simply
dashed the thing 10 the pilot Of his en-
CINE IT looked rs much out of place
as piano on top of a hearse, but the
yardmen were conveniently blind, and
he pulled out in triumph. When he
stopped at the customs office the MeXl-
can officials stared at the stove III
amazement, but they concluded at once
that il was some new Yankee device in
connection with the locomotive. and
asked no questions for fear Of betray-
ing their ignorance OF up-to-date ma
chinery. The consequence was that the
engineer got his stove without paying a
cent of duty. He always claimed that
he was not guilty of smuggling because
there was no concealment. and the
Mexican guards themselves passed il
without word OF protest"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-08
CHAPTER IN


John was looking before him. away
from his sister. into the fire. with
somewhat distracted glance.
How did she bear leaving her old
nome?" he asked presently in mus
ing tone.
Bear It? There was nothing TO
bear. 1t was never home 10 her. Brit
tany was always a foreign home to
Ir~ia-she never got over her feeling
of loneliness. There was not day.
believe, but that she longed for Lon
don: she used to tell me that she
dreamed at night of the lights and the
roar of the London streets-she awOke
% the silence OF our country life, and
he stillnes oppressed her. weighed
upon her spirits. She was homesick
for ten years-if that is possible
John was looking before him with q
sorrowful. contemplative glance.
She regretted her marriage" be
said after a moment.
She could not regret IL II was in
evitable"
''She thought so"
1T was so
There. said John. quietly. we
shall always differ
There was minutes silence; when
conversation began again 1t drifted to
other topics Joha joined but little in
IL; his sister turned her attention once
more TO me and began to sound the
shadows of my knowledge. the depths
Of my ignorance. In ten minutes she
had discovered all that had not read
all the fundamental subjects on which
I had not thought; she had found out
that my knowledge Of art was nil o.
music superficial. of literature superb
ciaI and schoOi-girlish. l had never in
my life felt myself So entirely unin
formed
But, il my questioner gradually IN
yelled my ignorance. il struck me nos
and then tn IN she looked at me more
humorously than scOrnfully the while
and with more kindness.
She stayed for an hour; then sh'
rose to CO. John went slowly with hel
from the room.
breathed more freely as the doc
closed. Left alone. ! strolled slowly
across the room TO the window. parte'
he curtains and stood looking out.
The sky. which had been overcast
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-08
THE DOG IN THE MANCER.
Man Who Carries This Policy Into Mar.
rage Deserves Worst Punishment.

MAN VINO carries lhis GOticy Into Mar
riage Deserves Worst Punishment.
Between a falling off in the mar
riage rate. an increase of divorces and
other lamentable circumstances, any
thing affecting the welded state be-
comes not only matter OF curious in
terest, but also of deep solicitude. Thus
new danger that has come to the
surface in recent Washington suit
calls for due consideration In this in
stance a young woman whose hand was
sought for by quite a number OF candi-
dates. chose whom she thought the
most acceptable. and in due time the
twain We're made one. Alighting at the
station, the husband told his aston
ished bride that he did not want
wife. and had only married her be-
cause he could not endure the idea of
anybody else possessing her. He then
disappeared. Five weeks have since
passed and she has neither heard or
nor seen him. Consequently she wants
4 divorce on the ground of desertion.
IL is hard, OF course, to always grade
the punishment to fit the crime, but it
would seem that an affair Of this char
acier calls for exceptional treatment.
\ groom who could thus carry the dog
in-the- manger principle into the instl
tuition OF marriage is o together so in
conceivable a reprobate that no seized
uic of sinners in the criminal codes is
likely to include him. Besides, as to
affecting an adequate penalty. it is
not probable that he can be got at. In
such a state of affairs the only thing
that seems advisable is TO grant the
/ lady's application for divorce with a
generous readiness that MAY tend to
I give her a better opinion OF men in
general in ease she should think OF
venturing on giving any of them an
other chance. Philadelphia Times.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-08
CHATTER VII. (Continued)

CHAP Elk III. ttOutlnueu-)
Well. John-home asain? May l
come in" asked a quick. clear. de-
cisiye voice: and across the room came
with a self-assured air a lady who
knew a. once must be Johns sister.
Lhe took no notice OF me: but she put
out her large. ungloyed hand cordially
To John. and looked at him with
straight. frank. friendly glance that
somehow made me like her. and made
me forgive her for her sighting
thoughts of girls.
This is my wife. Carrie" said John.
as rose with scOrched face from my
iowly seat. Kitty. this is my sister"
She did not kiss me- But she took
nv hand with a firm clasp that was
not Infriendiy, and she looked strai ght
and keenly at me. with an interested.
wondering. slightly humorous look.
Her eyes were like Johns, with the
same capacity for sternness and gen
tieness. but they were more humorous
eyes than johnson people said SO
She was fine woman. tall. massively
made. but well p~opOrtioned. and not
without a certain stately dignity. Her
hair. just turning gra was brushed
back from her face. iea ing her wide
brow bare.
She made a few remarks to me in
haif-kindly. half-ps tunctory tone.
shen took pity on my shyness. or felt
tbat she had done her duty. and ad-
dressed heIself TO John But every
now and then. while she talked 10 him.
her eyes fell upon me aud | read her
thoughts in them What cou!i John
have seen in herr" they said. What
could have Induced HIM u marry
her,
''You have never asked me for Lucia.
John. she said presently IN a tone of
accusation.
a.! have been going to ask you How
"a She"
Il don't know how she Isl don't
know what is the matter with her.
Saas in a pensive mood She won't
rouse herself She is worried She
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-08
800 MILES TO SEE A PATIENT
Difficulties Encountered 10y Physician.
,u Making Calls I'm India.

,u Making tails In India.
The long-distance record for a med
ical call seems To have been estab-
lished BY young man in India, says
Golden Penny. He says: i have just
returned from d 3O0-mile walk into the
very heart of the Himalayas. / had
TO set off At q days notice to look after
a Mr. Blank of the India civil service,
who was said TO be lying dangerously
i'll at place called Skardu. lie had
gone there this year to settle the reye-
nue., and in the winter was the on Y
white man in the country. | had six
teen days march to get there, most Of
the way through snow and all the way
over the most impossible road | have
yet seen. The road, or rather pass,
lies along the Indus, and so bad is it
that il is quite impossible to ride any
Of the way, which is saying much in
this country, where We ride almost
anywhere a goat could go. But On
every march TO Skardu there are OBJ
stacles. The path winds up and down
the rocky mountains on either side OF
the Indus; in places along narrow
lodges of rock. galleries of very rickety
stone and wood built out from the face
of cliffs. and even up and down ladders
and notched poles. One march is over
snow mountain, climb of $1,000
feet, up one side and down the other.
Several OF my coolies got frost-bit-
ten, as the cold was extreme. My
water bottle, which l carried with me,
froze solid as | walked along. | had
to sleep on the ground with lots OF
blankets. all my clothes on, two thick
overcoats, fur-lined stockings and
gloves"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-08
Electricity on tho Tarm.

! Electricity has recently been en-
ployed on the royal farms in Prussia
for operating the plows. and the ex-
pense has been found to be consider
ably less than when steam was used.
There is an electric motor TO drive the
winding drums which is mounted on
a motor wagon. also driven by cleo
tricity. In some tests made on heavy
soil which was plowed 10 a depth Of
from eight TO ten inches. it wac found
that a speed of three feet per second
for the pillow could be secured. and that
the cost ranged over $40 where steam
blowing was done.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-08
Prosalc Moderately.

From the Detroit Journal: Romance
and chivalry are not what they were.
alas, Once, the hero. having rescued
the maiden from the tower. paused in
his flight to exclaim: "Hark! The hoof-
beats of pursuers!" But now
smell! The odor OF thy fathers au-
tomobile! 1t is terrible. this sordid
utilitarianismi
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-08

says she must see you. You must come
and see her. John"
Yes. | want 10 see her" said John
in thoughtful tone.
she sent half a dozen messages TO
you. But you had better come-she
can deliver them in person.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-08

The Boston Matron-"This Is my
thirtieth wedding anniversary" The
Chicago Matron-"And yet they revile
Chicago. Why, have only had eleven
weddings. "-Philadelphia North Amer
lean.
II love weren't so catching disease
II would probably be a lot less durable
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-08

The utilization of waste products Is
sure to increase every year. Almond
oil is to be made from peach and april
cot pits. Whether this is to be used
for flavoring purposes or In cosmetics
IS not yet stated
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-08
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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-05-25
EyerythinrLeoks.

Ordinary tumblers will hold water
because the globules of water are too
big to squeeze through the glass. But
glass is as full of holes as SPONGE and
air blows right through it, because the
specks of air are smaller than the holes.
Put a bell into big globe of glass,
seal up the vessel, pump out all the air,
then ring the bell inside, and you hear
nothing. There is not air enough in the
globe to carry sound But lay the
globe aside for month or so, and no
matter how carefully you have sealed
up the neck you will find that you then
can hear the bell when you ring it, Air
has got into that globe-enough any
way to carry sound has leaked in
through the substance of the glass.
The ordinary incandescent lamp is a
glass globe with the air pumped out,
and after few months sufficient air
leaks through to dim the light which
comes from the thread Of electrified
charcoal inside.
We can make plenty of vessels to
hold water, but nothing has been made
which will hold air without any leak
age. The air sneaks in through holes
which are too small for the human mind
to imagine
In fact, everything leaks. Answers.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-05-25
ReDutatiOn.

In the "Memoir' of Lord Bramwell
Is telling illustration of the fact that
reputation clings to us, even after many
years. The great jurist as little lad
became pupil at Dr. Reddy's school,
where the late Baron CHANNEL, three
years his senior, was head boy.
Channel read for the law, and the
Two school friends scarcely met again
until, years afterward, Mr.. Channel
held brief in certain case at Maid
stone assizes.
Consultation with the solicitors
showed flaw in the pleadings drawn
by them. 1t was Of sort which in
those days would prove fatal to the
case. The solicitors could only hope
that it would not be discovered.
"Who is against us?" asked Chan
nell.
"Oh, was the reply, "a Mr.. Bran
we'll. Nobody ever heard Of him be-
fore !"
"Then, gentlemen, said the advo-
cate, ''we're done. 1 was atschool with
that gentleman.
He was right Bramwell was too
clever for them, and they We're "done"
indeed