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The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-07

unsteady hand, he tilted the flask
Just across the range, on the XIV
ranch, the man who whistled might have
been found, had the husband sought to
satisfy his honor. He whistled no longer,
and hard-eyed surprise and disappoint-
ment were stamped or his handsome
face. The wife with the child had turned
to the East. But the husband never cross
ed the range. He was too near the end.
even for that.
Davis, the musical critic, sat in the
gallery of st. Agnes Church, watching
with cold, cynical eyes the influx of the
fashionable congregation. Millionaires,
their wives and their daughters, the lat
ter gorgeous in Easter raiment, filled the
pews below him. To his right lay the
great white and gold altar. guarded by
clergy and servers in flowing vestments
of lace. On his left rose the organ LOFT
where the finest singers of the metropo-
lis sat waiting to chant the Easter music
at exorbitant salaries.
Davis stole an impatient look at his
watch. He cared for neither fashionable
throngs nor floral decorations. He had
come only to hear the mysterious CON
tralto whom Gale, the choir director had
discovered in some obscure inland town.
Davis was always skepticad when 1t came
to new stars in the musical world. par
ticularly those who rose suddenly, ap-
parently from nowhere, and he was Gu
rious to learn whether this was a meteor
or a planet.
When thou tookest upon thee to deliver
man.
With the first rich note. a strange peace
seemed to settle upon the congregation.
Davis smiled. 1t was better than he had
dared to hope. Then he leaned forward
to catch a better view of the contralto
The color left his face. He gasped and
his pencil dropped to the floor with a
metallic click. The woman on his right
frowned upon him.
Thou didst humble thyself to be born of
virgin.
A sheet of paper followed the pencil
and Davis chung to the brass railing, his
ears strained to catch every exquisitely
shaded tone.
The tenor was singing now
When thou hadst overcome the sharpness
of death.
Aye, the sharpness of death! Like white
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violin should contain. Quietly Jack step
ped out and went to the captain and told
him his suspicion, and his success. The
captain in turn called Mr.. Istham, who
was attending the concert and with a
couple of other men-one of them a musi-
cian-they made a thorough investigation.
The top of the violin was ingeniously
hinged on with tiny hinges, and forcing
it open, they found inside small, oblong
box of thinnest wood glued to the bottom,
and which contained about $4,000 worth of
diamonds.
Well, of course the sumuggler was
properly punished, and Jack was duly re-
warded--lt was five hundred dollars IL 1
remember rightly, but l won't be positive,
for this little incident happened several
years ago, and Jack is now purser of
that same steamship. That queer rafting
noise inside the violin which Jack had no.
ticed, and which had so upset the VIOLIN
list for the moment. had been the break
ing loose of the box of diamonds inside,
the salt air having softened the glue.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-07
BOY BREAD WINNERS.
The Captains Boy and the Snug
pIera.

The Captains Boy and the Snug
gIers.
1t was Easter Sunday and in the middle
of the broad Atlantic the great ocean liner
was ploughing her way swiftly and COM
fortably through a calm sea. The air was
soft and balmy and almost dead ahead a
great round red sun was slowly sinking
below the horizon.
On the stern of the promenade deck,
which is reserved for the second class
passengers (and is divided from the for
ward part by an iron railing), a young
German was playing sweetly on violin.
Quite an audience had gathered to hear
him from both sides of the railing, in
Guiding the captains boy. known to the
crew and many Of the passengers as Jack.
Each time the violin came down from be-
Meath the Germans chin, a warm muir
muir of applause-soft and low as befitted
play yet another tune.
Any one who might have noticed closely
the musicians face would have seen now
and then a CLEAN of sardonic humor in
his eyes, and a sarcastic curl to his thin
and rather cruel lips.
Jacks attitude as he leaned against the
railing was one of dependency, rather
than attention to what was going on.
And no wonder, poor fellow!
This was only his third trip as one of
the steamers crew, and now that dear
old bear Of captain whom he both loved
and feared, was to be retired from actual
service.
As every captain has his own choice of
boy to wait upon him, and the demand
for this berth is so much greater than the
number of openings, Jacks chance of get
ting another post of the sort seemed of
the slimmest. To be sure he might get a
position as scullery boy or under-steward,
but It is horrid, mean work, at best. The
captains boy has a chance of some day
becoming a ships officer himself, and that
had been Jacks ambition from the 6rst.
Then another thing that worried the lad
sadly; his mother depended on him not
a little for her support.
81 'spose I'll end up by being an office
boy cleanln' out ink-wells for some pesky
landlubber" groahed this little Yankee
as he stared with unseeing eyes at the
violinist before him.
A first-class passenger at Jacks elbow
turned on his heel and strobe Off with
a companion, and these words hoated
back 70 the lad with the smoke from his
cigar;
II like that Germans music, but
don't like his FACET
At this Jack took note OF the fellow and
agreed with the speaker though he could
not have govern you any definite reason
for disllking this smooth-shaven fair
haired Teuton who played 30 sweetly
and seemed 80 obligiDg.
Jack heard six bells struck Just then,
and that reminded him that the captain
had ordered tea for two al that hour In
his own cabin, Instead OF going 20 the
dining saloon. AZ was bis custom.
A. Jack turned 20 30 forward q funny
little cracking noise seemed 20 come
from the inside OF the violin. and the
bow paused abruptly Ia the middle Of o
note.
The German grew suddenly white, and
the nNcaf stood ouf % bis brow.
Then in moment De hn0 recovered
hiH felferoasosFiou.
"Aqhl Tis bndEs " my violin has
The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-07

chorus, massed behind the soloist. A lit
tie child, brave in scarlet cap and Jacket
crept colser and closer to the singer ST.
lently, breathlessly he slipped forward,
even as on that other day. his motehr had
crept round the rough ranch-house,
drawn by a clear. compelling melody. But
the hands of the boy were not outstretch-
ed, and in his tightly clasped fingers lay
an Easter lily, crushed and broken.
The child stood at the woman's side
Davis started, and the color rushed into
his face. The blood bounded from his
head with mighty throb. For the face
upifted to meet the glorious sound was
the face of his brother in miniature But
the soul behind the quivering lips and
moist eyes was the soul of the woman.
The last sweet comfoTting note died
away into intense silence, and a great
sigh rose from the listening people. And
the child still gazed into his mother s
face with the enraptured faith of innocent
childhood. This mute alteration of moth
erhood swept through the soul of Davis
like a cleansing fire. His face softened,
and when the peop,e rose for their bless
ing of the aims his eyes rested tenderly
on the face of the boy.
The last singer had departed when Da-
Wis sought the choir loft. The director
turned to look for his hat, and Davis
crossed quickly 10 the brass railing where
mother and child had knelt together. He
picked up A bruised lily and gently laid
il away in his card case. Then facing the
musician he said queitly:
Zine music you gave us this morning,
Mr. Gale. BY the way, your contralto is
a wonder. I must congratulate you upon
your latest discovery"
And down in the street, through the
flood of spring sunshine. mother and
child with hands sympatheticalIy clasped.
walked homeward. The boy was say
ing:
and once, mother DEAR I thought It
wasn't you singing, but an angel"
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noiseless tread she crept round the house,
nearer and nearer to the rough shed.
young fellow with careless, happy
face was polishing his gaudy riding equip
ment. His hat, pulled over his eyes, pre-
vented his seeing the approaching fig
ure. On her face was look, half rapture,
half agony. What if one of the notes
should ring false, and the beautiful ca
dence be married? She recalled having had
the same feeling one night at the opera
when she thought of the possibility of
the tenor's faltering. But no, the clear
notes swept on to the triumphant end
and she breathed a deep sign of relief
The bride fell Gathering from the
mans grasp to the floor Before him
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stood his employers wife. with both
hands outstretched.

stood MS employers wire, WIN poLn
hands outstretched.
Thank you, o, thank your
He was a newcomer and knew nothing
of his employer of the latter's family. A
college man, with fair athletic reputa-
ton and a much wider reputation among
women, he was Just at present stopping
without the pale of civilization until his
father should be in the modo to sacrifice
the fatted calf And looking into the pale,
eager face uplifted to his, he realized that
this woman had come from his own
world. So he clasped the outstretched
hands. and thanked fate for holding the
rest of the men in the distant corral.
Life seemed a trifle easier after he
came For while the other men smok-
ed and snapped yarns in the twilight
hour, he swung in the hammock near the
kitchen door and whistled the music she
loved. and the work moved the faster
for the inspiration. But he did not under
stand her. He did not know that this
woman was idealizing his music, not him
self. And one day she bent over the
baby and whispered, while an unnatural
light shone in her eyes:
"Rabv' dear. there's almost 800 now
in the old shell box. Just a few more
dollars. and we can cross the mountains,
YOU and 1. Baby, do you understand?
There are organs beyond those mountains,
organs that sound like the Great Amen
And we will stay till we hear them all
the organs, the singers, the Vlo-
Inns and the 'cellos: You've never
heard a cello, dearest; but It's such
wonderful music, and seems to go 70 the
very roots of your soul. 1t VIII pc ever
so much better than the boys whistlhs
that you like to hear"
And the child, as IL 1t understood mes
fled closer and closer to her breast.
Her husband had gone to Saguache
again for supplies. The two days neces-
sarv for the trip had rolled into four
and then into six. When at last he drove
with rollicking song and whoop, into the
corral. the man who whistled SAID uh-
printable things under his breath. Then
with arms folded on the rough rail, ne
watched the unsteady figure lurch TO-
wards the house, and smile thst was
not good 10 see passed over MS race.
That night as she washed the huppcs
dishes, her husband sprang up from the
sofa near the great Fireplace, and cried
Tell that fellow 10 stop his iniernai
whistllng, or TIL break his"
But something In his wfe's face mado
him stop. lie settled duly back 70 ms
aOzinE.
Two weeks later he rode IN from the
range. 70 md the cowboys who haa pre-,
coded him. grouped about the door-Aii
but the man who whistied. IN their ~.
lent. awkward pose s0mething sussestsp
death-oT worse. They stood aside VINE
BE- entered che house and closed the apgf
behind him on ihe table 10y note hnl,h
none u them hod dared a. tonen' ltfn,
with unffeinK eyes hey iopke1 pi "s.N
other Haifins for fhe oatoufsi thsi NHF-
49, rarua rrHa arIV a8uHd 81 fnf room Na1
the guffie-gufglt ~ ibs h9Nef 49, W."
The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-07
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I am in my seventy-third year. and for
fifty years have been a great sufferer
from Indigestion, constipation and bilious
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permanent relief. About one year ago, the
disease assuming a more severe and dam
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lost flesh rapidly. l commenced using
Dr. Mozleys Lemon Elixir. gained
twelve pounds In three months. Ny
strength and health my appetite and my
digestion were perfectly restored, and
now / feel as young and vigorous as I
ever did in my life. L. j. Alldred.
Doorkeeper Ga. State Senate. State Cap
itoI Atlanta, Ga.
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ny THE HAND OF A CHILD.
,,,rvriebt. 1901, by Anna S. RichsrdsOn.)

,c,nvright. 1901, by Anna S. Richardson.)
S,a stood in the doorway OF the ranch
60 watching the daily uplifting of
Us from the mountains which, like
- uncomfortable barrier, encircled the val
Law with a gentle, quivering movement
.,,o,, crept upward, then fioated away into
a,oe leaving the jagged peaks. keen
- dark blue against the opalescent
sky.
A. the foot Of the mesa, the rushing
Rio Grande cut its outward way. From
= distant arroyo, where vivid but scent
Ioss flowers reared their heads to tho
-arnetual kisses of the clear Colorado
s.rsbine. came the passionate pecan Of
a meadow lark.
The hand of the woman rested trem-
..,o,,slv on her husbands shoulder, and
ebe drew a long, quivering breath.
..vour letters never did justice to it all.
,sarIev-never, 1t is beautiful-beautiful
We shall be happy here. very happy.
dearest"
s+raight from her heart. How could she
understand then? How could she know.
in this hour or homecoming, tHdl IHetS
you'd be a day when those majestic peaks
r,olld be to her a circle of implacable
isiIors? Or that she would close her
windoWs to the monotoneus rush of the
river cutting it's way through the noun
tains to the life for which she hungered?
Or that the eternal sunshine, cleaning
even through evanescent showers, would
mock her misery and make her long for
the shadows of night? Or that the Tilt of
the meadow dark would drive her half
mad with envy? He could at least fly
across the mountains, while she
The first year was not so hard. Then
her husband bought the stock. and with
the cattle came the cowboys. Her I'M
trained shoulders bent beneath this new
burden. In their rough, chWalric fash
ion the men adored her, but they also,
ate At first she rose shudderingly each
morning to the unvarying task. Then she
became numb to 1t.
Mechanically and at regular intervals
The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-07

she cleaned the front room, but she never
Ventured to sit there. From Grandmotn-
er Stevens brass candlesticks to the last
photograph of her graduating class, every
thlng reminded her of that other life
and she was afraid to think.
Wore and more she withdrew into her
sef. There was nothing else. Vague
~ ana not rebeiliously, she realized that
the volatile temperament of her husband
was yielding to the more debasing infiu-
ences OF the wild free life. She seemed
powerless to hold him in check. What
couid she do when the ranch work
pressed upon her until it seemed to touch
iler very soul? To be sure, he praised
ler cooking and vowed that no woman
IN all Saguache county could beat her
Al making baking powder biscuits. He
a.~dys kissed her, too, when. stalwart
anu noisy and with clanking spurs, he
S9ine IN from the range. But there were
oeary nights when he never came farth-
er IMAM Sagueche, the county seat, and
vi these nights she lay breathlessly lis
ISiiHs Tor the hoof beats, and heard only
me eerle lamentation of the coyote.
Out ABOVE 1t all, the mean surround
ss' the interminiable drudgery, the sell
tish neglect of the man who wooed her
VI case ana re-
t'Ieihent, rose that passionate longing
LOT music. This woman Who knew the
sooN OF every opera, who had heard
Very noted singer Of her day, would
I've cried with joy at the sight of a
eet piano, or a negro banjoist.
OHce when he had made a fortunate
sPeculation in stock she suggested a
piaho' but he quoted freight rates across
sa range And that night he rode into
wTgt ue' and was gone three days
a. Hen ne returned, the cowboys winked
each other and turned his faded horse
n'to the corral-all but one man. He
sighed. Perhaps he thought OF the wo-
, nan VINO for three long nights had been
come. '''"' uiu Ho'
o.. nc next mail brought from an Eastern
enu musical journal, but the woman
as cut the leaves. Again she was
,l and she laid the paper, with a
Cure OF despair. on the glowing Goals
gl5y shatches Of light opera and piquant
par songs no longer fell from her lips.
60, sultar leaned In an out-of- the-way
us strings broken.
fefhaDs this was the reason that when
ull' came, his eyes were filled with
. orange wistfulness. AT the age when
s st children placldly suck their fingers,
eS.hs ana cooling. he lay with tiny
-, ushuy elenehed. staring yearmngiy
go. loving face bent over him when
o,,t. we mother could steal from her
az, was bending over him thus one
''n when from "A she'd near the
. Hhe sound that - the woman.
M. NsfHf' from Paradise. 10 nute-
.r.., rome one was shiFflinR the
song from IN Trogat0re" The
..', rifaiF.aenca 90. her eyes vide
49,. "Hfpf wonder She covered fhe
iA'H stole from fhe door. VIA
The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-07

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The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-07
VIRTUES OF A MILK DIET.

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The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-07
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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-03-09
MORE LIGHT.
Two Dynamos to be Bought by
The Council.

AS may be seen by reading the proceed
ings of the City Council published in this
paper, two dynamos will be added to the
town s electric light plant, which will in
crease its capacity to thirteen or fourteen
hundred 16-candle incandescents. This will
enable the town to give far brighter light
and to accommodate a much greater number
of patrons.
President Stephens, of the Industrial In
stitute, is negotiating with the Council for
200 or more lights, which demand alone
would necessitate the purchase of the dyna.
mos. The intelligent efforts of the Council
the public good service will no doubt be
appreciated by the community.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-03-09
Three Fine nts.


Through the efforts of a number
of citizens the people of Lafayette
will be afforded an opportunity to
enjoy three frst-class entertain
ments. On Friday, March 22, the
Boston Concert Company, one of
the greatest musical troupes on the
stage, will play here. About two
weeks later, Joaquin Miller, the
famous poet of the Sierras, Will
deliver lecture on the klondike
and will read some of his masterfui
literary productions. After an in
terval of two more weeks, Harr
Wagner, one of the most popular
American lecturers, will deliver a
lecture. The admission to each en-
tertainment will be so cents. These
will unquestionably be tile finest
attractions of the whole season.
In order to secure these enter
tainments a number of citizens were
compelled to guarantee the amount
required.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-03-09
Fire. Co. No. I.

Fire. 90. NO. L.
Fire Company No. held a meet
ing last Monday night and electe d
the following officers: President,
VIM. Campbell; vice-president,
Judge Debaillon; secretary, Felix
Mouton; treasurer, D. V. Garde
bled; foreman, Paul Castel; 1st as
sistant foreman, John eraser; ed
assistant foreman, Abe Hirsch; key
man. Hyman Plonsky; nozzleman,
VIM. eraser; plugman, A. J. LIE.
Blanc; house-keeper, Louis Hebert.
The company decided to give q
supper on March IA.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-03-09
LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, MARCH g. 1901.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

The following real estate trans
fers were recorded in the clerks
office during the past week:
Jules Jeanmard to Jules Dutel,
one lot in Carencro, $3.50.
Alcide Delhomme to Marguerite
M. York, 50 acres in near Caren-
Gro, SI4oo.
Clemence Breaux to Jules Cor
mier, arpents woodland in sixth
ward. s45.
Clemence Breaux to Esdras
Breaux, acres in sixth ward, $50.
Jules Cormier to Adam Cormier,
acres woodland in sixth ward, $45.
Hermance Landry to DR.. Geo. R.
DeLaureal, one lot with improve
ments in Broussard, $500.
Emile rrahan to Ellen Landry,
26 arpents in fourth ward, $500.
Emile Trahan to Valerien Co.
meau, arpents in fourth ward,
SI4o.
Southern Development Co. to
John Nickerson, one lot in La
fayette.
Southern Development Co. to
Mrs. John Nickerson, one lot in
Lafayette.
Andrus Amuny to Mike Abud,
lot in Lafayette, $500
Julien Comeau to Frank Gilbert,
IS arpents in sixth ward, $500.
Lodoiska Breaux to Louis G..
Bernard, IL arpents in sixth ward,
$500.
Martial Trahan and others to
Genevieve Arena Bourque, S ar
penis in fourth ward. $IIo.
Joseph Reaux to Dr.. R. O.
Young, FL arperts IN fourth ward,
$487.
DR.. r. o. Young to Alex Gull
laume, half interest in 100 arpent:
in fourth ward, SI2Io.
DR.. A. o. Clark to Martin Sarvel
IS acres in ed ward, $3.50.
Martin Sarver to J. N. Hoffpauir
IS acres in I'd ward; $500.
Elizabeth H. Mills to Chas. D
| Caffery, lot in Lafayette, SIS.
! Lodoiska Breaux to Esdra
| Breaux, one lot in Carencro, $50
Esdras Breaux to Numa Breaux
IS arpents IN sixth ward, $3.50.
| Numa Breaux to Esdras Breaux
IS arpents IN sixth ward, $3.50.
Lodoiska Breaux to G. Addison
8 arpents in sixth ward, $3.50.
Southern Development Co. t
Anne Queenland, 4 lots in La
fayette, $3.50.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-03-09
Notice.

Notice.
Sealed bids will be received by Mr..
c. H. Lusted for the construction
of plank walk along Vermilion
street from the corner of Clinton
Avenue, near Demanade's corner, to the
corporation limits, three blocks in all. The
walk to be a four-foot one, built on three
strineers, contractor to furnish all material,
walk subject to approval of City Council.
Bids will be opened at 10 o'clock a. M,
Wednesday, March Is, at The Gazette Of
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-03-09

Friends of Mr.. Carver, the we'll
known Natchitoches lawyer, have
circulated a petition among the
members of the local bar, recon-
mending that gentleman for the aP'
pointment on the supreme bench to
succeed the lamented Judge Wat
kins. Mr.. Carver is gentleman
of the highest integrity and lawyer
of eminent attainments and he
would no doubt prove a worthy
member of the States highest tri
bunal.