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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02
In HlSE
~ RQBlN GREY

Thank you. dear. You are quite
sure you don't mind?"
Downright certainl To begin with,
here's that letter of mothers to an
swer. Shall | say we leave London
this week. Madge?"
Eyes. please, dear"
Marguerite escaped. Hurrying to
her room, she surveyed herself critical
ly from head to foot in full-length
mirror-added touch here and there,
donned particularly becoming hat
and carefully selected gloves, then, run
ming down stairs, let herself out, and
hailed hanson.
Stop at the first florists you come
to-" she said
Having loaded herself with lilies OF
the valley and marguerites. she gave
the cabman the name OF the hospital,
and was driven speedily tA.ller.
1t was not until she had paid and
dismissed the cabman, and stood wait
ing for admittance. that she began to
realize what she was doing; and she
was frightened at her own boldness.
How is Mr.. Martineau?" she in
quired, with an air of confusion. u
wanted to hear how he is?''
(Which ward?" asked the porter.
Marguerite could not tell
IAN accident" she tried to explain.
"The gentleman was thrown out OF a
cab, and brought in yesterday"
A ray Of intelligence illuminated the
porters face. He departed to make in
quiries.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02

you should have heard them chaff and
cheer when the Goo-Goos turned on
them, at 500 ydri Is range, a Maxim
gun firing 1000 shots minute. And
you should have seen that Maxim go
out of business when our fellows
turned loose on it. If the chap who
worked that murderous machine had
kept his nerve better, there would not
have been a dozen of us got cut of the
thing alive. On general principles,
am not IN expansionist, but | believe
that, since we were by an unfortunate
train of circumstances thrown into
this thing. we should stay with it to
the bitter end, and rawhide these bull
let-headed Asiatic ruffians until they
yell for mercy And after the war |
want Job of professor of American
history in Luzon university, when they
build it. And I'll warrant that the new
generation Of Filipinos will know bet
ter than to get in the way OF the band
wagon of Anglo-Saxon progress and
daconox -
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02
NATIONAL MONUMENTS IN EUROPE.


Two notable monuments one just
unveiled. the other just begun-are
commanding public attention at pres
ent in Europe. Both are rare speci-
mems Of art; both commemorate nota-
BILE historic incidents in the lives Of
two nations. The monument unveiled
is that erected by the Germans on the
battlefield of st. Privat. better known
generally as the battlefield of Grave
lotte, where the most desperate strug-
gle in the Franco-German war of 1870
occurred. 1t was fought on the 2Sth
of August in that year, and it virtually
settled the fate of the French empire
The French are said to have lost 10000
men on the field and $4,000 of the vic
torious German army bit the dust. The
monument was erected TO the First
regiment of the guards. and it was un-
yelled by the kaiser on the anniversary
of the eventful day. In the course OF
his speech at the ceremony the EN-
peror said:
"The design chosen for the monu-
ment differs from that which is usual
to battlefields. The mail-clad archan-
gel is leaning, in calm repose, on his
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02

not believe it. But it is you-really
you
The flowers fell from her hands. She
made step forward, and tried to
speak, but could not, for the tears
which overran ner eyes and fell down
her face. He had held out his hand
and she took it, held it for a moment
between her own. and then impulgive-
ly carried it to her lips
Take care" said Valdane. gently.
DO nothing you will regret afterward.
You think | am dying, and | hoped |
was; but they tell me now that am
to live and be sound again. so let us
have nothing that you wish recalled"
you will live-you will? All, how
thankful l ami
Thankful" he echoed.
Yes, thankful-so thankful for ev-
erything! First, that you married
me, then that Bernard threw me over.
then that / happened to come to Lon
don yesterday, and last that l came
here, with you-with you'll"
Anu YOU odAu Jou we're my Will
you told the nurse you were my wife. .
he said slowly, his eyes fixed long
ingly upon her face Marguerite, my
life. my love. did you mean that?
There was long silence At last
she said:
Eyes, / meant It,"
The bed was strewn with fragran.
flowers. A shaft of spring sunlight
streaming through the tall window
rested on the two heads.
"val," she whispered, "Val." we
must never be parted any more"
(The Enid
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02
Curious Letter.

The following curious letter was re-
Gently received by house renting
agency in London: Have you a re-
puted haunted house on your books?
/ am not afraid of ghosts. / do not,
as a matter of course, believe in their
existence, and | am willing to live in
house for long or short term by ar
rangement, of course, rent free. Should
there be no ghost; then if you wish it.
shall be willing to testify on oath to
the fact; but should | see an appari-
ton l will keep the matter secret and
only acquaint you with the circum-
stances. will pledge myself not to
pander to local gossip. I have a small
income on which / can subsist. My
sole object in thus applying to you Is
to be allowed to live in a place in
which I do not need to pay any rent"
The inquirer was informed that the
firm had no haunted houses on its list,
but would inform him when it had
Philadelphia Item.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02
CHAPTER xv1rr

Marguerite Lilbourne and Mary Stell-
ing sat lazily over their breakfast in
a private hotel
1t was April-a fair, sweet spring
morning. All London was looking its
very best, and the flower sellers adorn-
ed the streets with masses OF pale
primroses and dainty Lent-lilies. Mary
was reading letter. Marguerite lis
tening.
And mother likes the house so
much" said Mary, "and is longing for
us to come down. She hopes we shall
not stay in town more than a week.
Can we get through everything in a
week, Madge?"
"Oh, think so. am longing to
see our new home"
We are so delighted that darling
Marguerite has decided to come to us. !"
read Mary. "The society Is so nice
here, we have had all the best people
calling already. | am sure you will
both be pleased with the garden and
tennis lawns. AS to Marguerite's
rooms, she must choose and furnish
them herself. The father went over
yesterday 20 look at Bernars's estate
such a noble place, he says-magnifi-
cent timber and plenty Of game. The
marriage is to be on the tenth OF May.
Mildred is everything that we could
wish-most kind; but / can't helm
thinking now and then how nice Il
would have been if our Madge couId
have been mistress of all that snlen-
do"
Poor mother!" said Mary break
Ing off. she will never forgive Bruno
for lifting you. Madge."
1T is a great pity" returned Mar
guerte quietly, Il forgave him long
ago"
Il know you did" said Mary. "at
least you said so; but, IL 1t is true whv
did you refuse that nice Mr. Lennox at
Nice?"
However, It doesn't matter for II
seems you will have plenty of chances.
AS | wrote to mother, / found it no
sinecure to chaperone a pretty heiress
all over Europe. Oh. dear, how differ
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02
"The Muse of brotherhood"

Edwin Markham's most recent poem,
The Muse Of Brotherhood, is one OF
the few really great poems that the
closing years of the century have pro-
duced. In it Mr.. Markham voices a
lofty optimism that is at once more
impressive and more convincing than
the notes of hopelessness and despair
that characterize The Man with the
Hoe. At the same time he nobly sets
forth the principles of that universal
brotherhood which says:
my love is higher than heavens where
Taurus wheels,
My love is deeper than the pillared
skies.
High as that peak In Heaven where
Milton kneels,
Deep as that grave in Hell where
Caesar lies.
The Muse Of Brotherhood will APP
pear exclusively in The Saturday Even
ing Post of Philadelphia, in its issue Of
October 81.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02
Rolling In LIQUID Air.

Liquid air Is so cold that mercury
immersed in it turns solid and can
be employed to hammer a nail. Yet
when a glass tube containing liquid
hydrogen is immersed in liquid air
the hydrogen gently boils, and gradu-
ally turns into yapor, like water sim
mering over a slow fire. The tempera-
ture of liquid air is 312 degrees Fab
renheit below zero, but that is "hot"
compared with the temperature Of liz
uid hydrogen, which is about APO de-
grees below zero. Prof. Dewar finds
it impossible to prevent an open yes
sci containing liquid hydrogen from
having a whitish deposit of solid air
at the bottom, because the moment the
air comes in contact with the liquefied
hydrogen 1t is frozen hard and sinks
through the hydrogen.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02
A ysndication Of water.

From the Washington Star: 'If
there is anything / dislike. remarked
Col. Stilwell. wiping his mustache with
Impressive deliberation, at is a bigoted
person. Some of the people at my
home in Kentucky came very near
taking permanent offense at me, but
held out and finally convinced them"
what was the discussion about?"
1T was the old controversy. Some
body mentioned water, and Judge
Morgan stated his opinion that it was
something that ought to be abolished.
The major argued for its use in mod
Grafton, but the judge wouldn't have it.
was sorry to disagree with the judge,
but stated my arguments and clinched
them so that he had to give in.
called his attention to the great
achievements which all the world is
now engaged in applauding. Irecalled
to his mind the glorie Of our naval
heroes, the men who s,i5 so proud Of
their country, the mel Of whom their
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02
THE BEST OF 1T.
And Stin Lovely Woman Is Clamoring
for Her Rights.

for Her Rights.
to his gallantry woman has every day.
If reasonably indulgent. she is mis-
tress of her destiny. She has her fin
ger in all sorts of pie, writes Jean Po-
sins are forgiven her If she murders
a man who has failed to treat her like
the perfect lady she was not, the jury
is pretty apt 70 acquit her, taking into
consideration the naughtiness Of the
man. On the other hand if she treats
a man hastily, and he does her quietus
make with large bodkin, twelve good
men and true disbelieve his story and
order him to the scaffold. If she sues
her lover for breach of promise, she
gets at least part of what she sues
for. If he sues her he gets the ha-ha
from all the newspapers. In case of a
quarrel in which she is to blame, she
has court of last resort which is
closed to mankind-she can always
shed tears when she finds things are
not going her way. If she loses a
part Of woman's glory-her golden
locks-she may piece out the remain
der with some adroitly commingled
curls, to the eternal deception of the
public, and so never hear the remarks
of derision turned toward her bald
headed husband. If she's an actress
she can play Juliet and Hamlet both.
while the male Thespian, though he
may make better Hamlet. is preclud-
ed by public prejudice and an insipient
black beard from ever looking at the
moonlight and asking Romeo where
fore he is Romeo. And still she asks
for her rights" and seeks for power"
The first person who asked for the
earth, and then scolded because it was
not fried on both sides and turned
over, must have been OF the sex that
brought Adam to grief with an apple
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02
GLOBE OF FIRE.
Was Rare Electric Phenomenon Seen
in MARYLAND.

W0s mare Etectrlc phenomenon Seen
in MARYLAND.
Easton tMd) Special Baltimore Sun:
Some people in Royal Oak and its
neighborhood witnessed rare cleo
trical phenomenon recently-a large
globe of fire rolling about in the at
mosphere. Mr. Philip NJ. Pastorfield,
a careful observer and accurate in his
statements. thus describes the phenom-
enon: Il was standing, looking from
my back porch toward the stable, be-
fore 1t had rained much, when sud-
denly saw on the ground about TWEEN
ty-five feet from the stable balloon
shaped mass of fire about as large as an
ordinary hogshead. 1t was like bal
loon upside down, with the stem point
ing upward. Almost instantly it ex-
ploded with a tremendous report like
a cannon, and sprays of fire flowed
from it in every direction. / am posi-
tive it did not come from the clouds,
as | could not have helped seeing it il
it had. Strange to say, no damage
was done by 1t to anything around. |
was sure that the amount of fire that
flew from it in all directions would set
something on fire, but on examination
l could not find anything injured. A
COW was standing within fifteen feet
of it, but was unhurt My children,
three OF them, with the hired man,
were in the stable, and were badly
frightened, but not hurt. Two stacks
of fodder close to it were not even
scorched. The ground was not dis
turbed in the least, AID the whole mat
ter Is very mysterious to me. would
like some scientific man to give me an
explanation" A gentleman of scien-
tific attachments says: Il have known
only two or three instances of sim
liar appearance. yet it is a phenome-
non that does happen at rare intervals,
and one that no one has been able
to explain satisfactorily by any of the
known laws of electrical phenomena"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02
DIAMOND BILLS SPARKS.
Thrifty Florida Darkey Puts His Savings
Into Stones

Il spent my vacation this year fish
ing on the east Florida coast" said a
New Orleans lawyer to a New Orleans
democrat man, "and among
other places / visited was a primitive
little settlement north of Cedar Keys
One of the characters OF the place is
a big mulatto known as Diamond Bill
and / engaged him several times to
take me out on his lugger. l saw at
once that he had derived his sobriquet
from the gaudy jewelry he wore, but
when we were out together on the
boat I was surprised to note that the
gewgaws were all genuine and worth a
good deal of money. When | questioned
him on the subject he ss. down by me
on the thwarts and told me an inter-
esting story. 1t seemed that some
years ago he had saved the life OF a
child that fell overheard from pleas
ure yacht and the mother gave him a
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02
"PooR MoTHERr SAID MARY. BREAKING OFF.

ent life was this time last year-eh,
Madge?"
"Oh, Mary, how different"
Would you like to go back to those
tlmes?"
NO" said Marguerite, emphatlcally,
81 should not"
What are You going to do this
morning." asked Mary, after a pause.
There are the bridesmaids dresses to
try on"
Yes; and to call on Mrs. Browning,
and ask her If she will chaperone us
for a few thesters."
we must take a hanson to go and
see her. We will leave that till this
afternoon"
Very we'll"
Il will go and hunt out the address
Of this dressmaker of Mildred's." said
Mary. Our gowns will cost us
pretty penny. Madge"
Il suppose so" said Marguerite,
rather absently, as Mary left the room
humming a lively air.
Marguerite remained seated, far
away. thoughtful look in her eyes. as
II her mind were dwelling upon some
absent one.
Il cannot go to him" she said aloud
land he will never come to me. Is he
in England, wonder? Oh where?
Never once did we meet him. all
through our travels, and now now
there can be no such thing as a chance
meeting, here In London"
With a restless sigh she took up the
newspaper and glanced idly through
the news. Very charming she looked
as she sat there. Her dress was taste
ful-simple but costly. II set off her
slender figure admirably Her face
had gained in beauty since the autumn
before. though 1t had some what lost It's
childlike roundness. and for the pres
ent at least the fun and mirthful
mockery we're hidden away Her win
ter in Florence-where she had mixed
In the best society-had given her an
air OF grace and distinction. Bernard
ScSwyn had shown a lamentable igno-
rance of her latent capabilities when he
judged her to be unfit for an elevated
position.
Suddenly. as she read, the hand
which held the paper began to trem-
Bile, her lips frightened. her color rose.
Her eyes were fixed upon a short para
graph.
"A gentleman was thrown from a
hanson in the Strand last nisht and
seriously injured. He was taken to
Charing Cross hospital, whence it is
not considered prudent to remove him
Letters found on him prove him to be
Mr.. Martineau. Of the firm OF Leroy
and Martineau. solicitors. London
'Madge" said Mary, pushing open
the door at that minute. do you know
where Mr.. Martineau is2
Marguerite started violently
Mr.. Martineau. what-what made
YOU think OF him?'
well. | was just wondering now
YOU were going to be Mildred's brides
maid unless you got your marriage
annulled?"
THAT is worth consideration. re-
turned Marguerite. gravely Mary
would YOU think me selfish il went
off on nv own account this morning
IL have some business--do you mind
being deserted"
mot at ALL said Mary, cheerfuily-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02
DOG DIES OF GRIEF.
Starved Himself to Death After His
Nj lster Was Killed.

Starved Himself to Death After His
Mister Was Killed.
New York Times: Ted was only a
dog. But he was a faithful and affec-
tionate animal, and he is believed to
have died of grief for the death of his
owner, John German, of West Hobo
ken. German worked at the Wee
hawken coal docks. When German
went home at night there was always
a race between Germans four children
and Ted to see which should be the
first to greet him. One day about two
weeks ago German met with an acct
dent. He was crushed between two
coal cars, and was taken to st. Mary's
hospital, Hoboken, where he died.
When the body was taken home Ted
fused to be driven away. When the
body was taken to the church. Ted fol-
lowed the funeral procession, waiting
patiently outside the church. Then he
followed his master to the cemetery.
He remained there when the family
went nome, Dut RETURNED 10 the mousse
shortly after shutdown. Then he took
the place he had occupied while he sat
beside the coffin. The children, whose
grief was no keener than his, tried to
induce him to play, but he would not
leave the place he had selected He
also refused to eat. Various kinds OF
meat were set before him, and he was
also tempted with saucers of milk, but
he would neither eat nor drink. On
Thursday night he died, and Mrs. Cor
man says he deliberately starved him
self to death through grief for the
death of his master. The four little
German children placed Ted's body in
box and buried it in the garden under
q tree
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02
CHAPTER XIX.

Marguerite sat down upon a bench
in the large lobby in which she found
herself. She was trembling from head
to foot. Never till this minute had
she realized the force of her own feel
ings. Long since she had come to
the conclusion that her feeling for Ber-
nard had been merely that preference
which so many young girls mistake for
love. But this other feeling, which for
months had been steadily growing in
her heart-it had needed but the fact
of valdanes being in danger to reveal
to her the strength which it had at
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02
HOW FUNSTON WRITES.
His Breezy Western Way OF Dealing
with Filipino Problems.

His Breezy Western Way of Dealing
with Filipino Problems.
Charles f. Scott, editor of the lola
Daily Register, has just received let
ter, dated from Manila, from Gen. Fred
Funston. The following are extracts:
Il am here in town against my will,
but in accordance with the very strong
advice of medical sage, nursing my
left hand, which had disagreement
with Mauser bullet, and thanking
my lucky stars that it is no worse. |
suppose you would like to know all
about the Rio Grande affair of April
q, which seems to have brought
brigadier's star, but it is very long
story. You probably got it pretty full
in the dispatches, but as yet we do not
know how correctly. Gen. Macarthur
has been good enough to say that he
does not believe the feat our Kansas
men performed has parallel in the
history of wars as a desperate UNDER
taking carried through successfully,
absolutely without loss. 1t beat any
thing in Kip.ing ten times over and
gave the Arabian Nights a severe
shock. An attempt to portray it On
the stage would be called badly over
worked melodrama and utterly impos-
sible. And this is not Dragging only
giving facts. 1t was worth ten years
of ordinary humdrum existence to see
those forty-fiye Jayhawkers, after they
had crossed the river on RATS, drive a
thousand or more well-armed men out
of their elaborate intrenchments by
firing into them from the rear. And
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02

tanned. Thoughts of delirium. ampu-
tation, fever, death, came crowding
upon her imagination. She was obliged
to summon all her self-control to keep
from breaking down.
Presently the porter came back with
the nurse, pretty dark-eyed young
woman, with a sympathetic face. She
looked at Marguerite kindly, but spoke
in rather a coldly authoritative man
ner.
Il am very sorry. ! darent let Mr..
Martineau see any one without doc
tors orders, and the doctors not here
now"
ooh. but l must see himl" Marguer-
ite said, frantic sense OF helplessness
stealing over her.
I'm very sorry. It's not visiting
time, you know and got into trouble
last week for admitting a visitor like
this. l really am sorry. Try tomor-
row."
Tomorrow! He might be dead by
then. Now. now was the time. Hav-
ing come so far. she must attain her
end; perhaps tomorrow she would not
be able to screw up her courage.
rs no one admitted mot their near
est relations-w when they are so III?
1t is very cruel" she said
We'll, perhaps his mother might be,
or his wife"
Marguerite was past sticking at tri-
fes now.
II am his wife" she said
Are you?" returned the nurse 81
thought his wife was dead.
why should You think that?" asked
Marguerite.
Because he's got wedding ring
suspended from his neck by a piece of
ribbon"
"oh. yesl' Marguerite stammered Il
I know-that is all right But indeed
am his wife! OH let me in"
The nurse was conquered, and re-
quested Marguerite to follow her
Now that her point was gained Mar
guerite was filled with all sorts of fears
and was shivering and trembling as
she followed her guide-now wishing
\ from the bottom of her heart that she
had not come. now utterly carried
I away by the thought of seeing him
4 again. She dared not ask the nurse
any questions as to his condition-she
1 could not trust her voice.
They reached the door Of the private
room he occupied.
Now wait here a moment" said
the nurse. as she passed inside.
Again the suspense was almost sick
ening. 1t seemed to Marguerite hours
before the nurse returned.
I Its all right You can go in" she
said:
For the first time Marguerite won
dered what she should do
rs he delirious?" she asked OF the
nurse
"Oh. no: he's perfectly sensible"
Marguerite had expected delirium-
she had not realized the fact that Val
dane would know her. and now fell
herself tremble until she called forth
all her strength. physical and moral
and walked steadily and noiselessl
into the room.
There was a slight movement a
valdane sank back upon his pillows.
"My wife," he said. in rather low
but distinct voice-"my wife. ] coul'
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02

A fitting opportunity to solve the
question soon occurred. The two ladies
went for an afternoon drive in pony
cart. Presently they reached a closed
gate, which was civilly opened for
them by a laboring lad. Il am sure,
said Lady Howard de Walden, as she
gave the boy a sixpence, you are
a Herefordshire boy Thou beest a
loiar." replied the boy" "Oim a
Worcestershire lad" This settled the
question.