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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-12-19

compelling force having lis spring III
seltishness and fear. But when one Is
free from all that? Why act against
ones own interests without a motive,
without reward?
1t was n moment when the forces at
war within her arrayed themselves
sharply upon opposite sides. She had
wished to live, really to live. She had
coveted her youth and the natural re-
wards of her beauty. She had wished
for eyes that could see her, for living
admiration, not mere memory.
Her husbands hopeless aifiictlon had
weighed upon her intolerably. She had
felt panic terror of 1t. an almost un-
controllable desire for flight. 1t had
seemed to her in certain hours of re
bellion that her hair was whitening in
a dungeon. Yet all she had craved was
very little life, breath of freedom, a
momentary total contrast
She had met young, handsome, ar
dent man. He possessed certain sharp
ly attractive qualities, and her imagina.
tion had endowed him with many 9TH
ers. To this latter fact she had never
been blind, NJ. d'Epinay was merely
personificatlon of her frenZied protest
against destiny. She had permitted
herself in regard to him a certain men,
tai indulgence. never passing beyond
the sin of wishing to enjoy his homage,
which In some mysterious way seemed
to unite her to her youth.
1t was all a matter of few weeks;
all intangible, without definite value.
And now for this vain dream she must
lose her most precious realities. her
husbands perfect trust, her own part
In his brave and useful work. for he
would never trust her again. She
looked at hir. and suddenly her heart
returned to its allegiance. In that mo-
ment she priced him dearly. He was
all that he had ever been to her.
And there was no real need to lose
his love and his respect. Why keep a
promise ut so great expense! To his
question "Is that all?' she might an
swer Yes" and that would be the
thu. Dul Sut "oulu nave Sofd hNi oth'
NO" she said steadily, sit is not all.
There Is more"
"More?" he queried, surprised.
"What | shall read" she continued,
'is from NJ. d'Epinay under the same
cover, and therefore yours. Listen"
So Helena read, knowing little more
than he of what the words would be,
surprised and angry at the banality
and insolence of it. Thus:
II must see you. You have denied
me the light of your countenance in
these last few days, but | am strong
in hope. This afternoon at Lady Mar
WINS we shall have ten minutes, per-
haps more, if the fates are kind. You
will not fail me. | send this by our
private post. uniquely safe"
Helena looked up, having reached
the end.
"There is no more" she said. "Ab-
surd and common! l have given him
no right
Sir Frederick raised his hand.
81 am quite content" he said simply.
But she would not be restrained. She
told her story with such exactitude as
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-12-19
Encouragement For EIopers.

Much has been said in condemnatio
Of the practice sometimes prevailing
among romantic young people with
matrimonial inclinaions Of eloping to
have the nuptial knot tied, but it re-
mained for South Carolina editor to
give positive encouragement to run
away couples. He puts decided pre-
MUM ON the elopement plan of matri.
mony.
In Greenville, s. c., where the News
is published, go the editor says, people
have enjoyed the favor Of gratuitous
marriage notices for 30 long that they
now claim them as a matter of right.
The editor Is a considerate man and
gives due notice before shutting down
on the old practice. On and after Jan.
/, he announces, the charge for mar
riage notices will be 81, except for
those of eloping couples and people Of
exalted stations. Lest any should
think his sole object is to blight loves
young dream he puts funerals in pre-
cisely the same category with mar
riages. AS to the kind Of notice the
runaway bride and groom may ex-
pect. the editor gives this pertinent ad-
vice:
The more devilment there was attached
to the surroundings the longer notice we
should be inclined to give. IL the irate
father Of the girl, for instance, pursued
the elopers, killed the groom and dragged
the unhappy bride back to her home by
her back hair, We should be willing to
publish all the details not only of the
wedding, but Of the funeral. and follow 1t
up with the hanging Of the old man and
the suicide Of the unhappy bride, but just
a plain everyday thing as a marriage In
the Piedmont is not news Indeed. 1t Is
becoming a nuisance. Everybody seems
10 be getting married all at once. We are
not naturally suspicious, but 1t does look
to us that great many Of these mar
riages are contracted to take advantage
OF our free advertising system.
Now, 1t may fairly be expected that
the enterprising young people of the
Piedmont region of South Carolina will
make their marriages as spicy and en-
tertaining as possible in order to get
an extended write up under ''scare
heads at top Of column on the first
page.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-12-19

with scant cordiality, eying the book in
her hand. At that moment Henry
Hallam, secretary to Sir Frederick
was entering the small room interven-
ing between the corridor and the study
He passed in before Helena, not see
Ing her until she had come into the
antechamber. Then he made his Gus
tomary salutations of the morning and
offered an envelope which he had just
taken from his desk.
"How did this Gomez" asked Helena
at was delivered by NJ. dEpinay,'
replied Halam "Waldron'- the door
keeper of the east wing-"seems to me
to have been at fault in laying it upon
my desk instead of giving it into my
hands or Sir Frederick's."
Louis Sylvestre dEpinay, attache Of
the French embassy-for some mystic
rious reason the mans full name aud
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importance except the veiled reyela-
ton Of the diplomats dishonest inten-
tons.
"As 10 this message" she concluded.
''he told me that he should address me
thus. and did not forbid IL with sin
cerity. That is the truth. and I merit
your contempt. He said there would
be a mark upon the envelope. and II IL
should come l thought 10 salve my con-
science by removing the message before
you should bid me read: evasion, the
easy refuge OF dishonesty"
Upon this book" said Sir Frederick,
raising IL toward his lips. you made
an earlier vow 10 me. God knows that
no man ever felt more safe. Yet never
In my most exalted rapture OF conf
dence have been so blessed by utter
and perfect security as at this moment.
l have seen your soul"
Il seemed to be growing old" said
Helena, trembling. I'VE were so much
shut I'm. ! was afraid"
'The little girl looks out upon the
crowd In the street and fancies that she
Is running away" said he. Then she
returns with contrition for sin Of dis
obedience which she has not commit.
ted"
Il love you," answered Helena. "No
one else Is anything to me-"
He laid his hand upon his forehead
with a peculiar gesture.
"Do you know what they have told
me this morning.? he said. They
have promised ME that shall see
again. hardly dared to speak OF IT,
yet have strong hope, and IL it comes
true
1--WE shall rejoice together" said she
"and IL it does not We shall still re-
Joice."
She bent forward to kiss his hand.
which lay upon the desk. and he felt
her tears.
Eunice met him at the angle OF the
east corridor. She was very pale, and
her thin face was drawn hard
Il must speak to you" she whis-
pered. why does she let you walk
like this. aloneT'
"At my wish" said he. I'VE under
stand each other"
You do not" she cried. Il can be
silent no longer. NJ d'Epinay'-
"Ah, yes" said he, M. d'Epinay. He
is handsome youth; Of good family.
too but a rascal"
HE sent her q message this morn
ing
True She read It to me-"
"She read IT,
II fear you read il first" said he
gravely. ~ heard the seal fall on the
floor, and they are not loosely affixed.
1t must have been the seal | heard.
for | noticed afterward that there was
none upon the envelope. Hallam
would not have disturbed II. and
have learned that 1t lay upon his desk
some minutes when he was not there
am sorry" he added. after a brief
pause. sorry for NJ. d'Epinay."
For him." she cried.
HE is rascal, as | remarked be-
fore" said Sir Frederick, "and rascal
ity makes one wretched. | am sorry
this morning for every human being
who is not happy"
He repeated the last word, not to
her. but In tone Of ecstasy. His
hand rested upon her shoulder for a
moment, and then he strobe away
along the hall, his head erect, his step
as sure as II Gods light were in his
ewes once more. as 1t was In his heart
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-12-19

Cut this out and take it to John w.
Thurston's drug store and get free
sample of Chamberlain Stomach and
Liver Tablets, the best physic. They
cleanse and invigorate the stomach, i'm
prove the appetite and regulate the
bowels. Regular size 25c per box.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-12-19
VOL. Xxx
;,..ex District Probate Court.

s..sl4uS ut said Court will be held at
,..r...H the >ccuud Tuesday ut October aud
p .srulau the second Tuesday of No
....-r rrt Nuy. West Concord the second
.4. tf .icsrnnc- and June. Lunenburg
i......5.I T4l~.Iay 81 January and Iuiy.
90. .....l sessions viii be held at any place in
,t..r ..ri.-.r.-t Dos agreement.
t'' ROBERT CHASE. Judge
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-31


duel was unavoidable. An Investigation
developed the fact that Lieutenant
Blaskowftz awoke the day after his
bachelor dinner without any recollec-
ton of the alteration and went to visit
his dancee, whence he was recalled to
fight the duel.
Lieutenant Hildebrand served only
seven months of his sentence. Military
men explain the pardon by saying that
Lieutenant HildebFand acted simply as
the laws of honor required; that he had
to fight and kill his opponent IL he
could There was considerable criticism
of the sentence of Imprisonment i'm
posed on Lieutenant Hildebrand on the
ground that it was inadequate. Com
ment was caused also by the fact that
the trial was held behind closed doors
and that newspaper correspondents
were forbidden to say anything con-
corning the matter which brought about
the duel
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And the stranger drew his revolver
from its holster and looked around him
for human target. The committee ad-
mired his action. He was a doctor with
sand. He was proud of his profession
and would fight for it. The next day
he entered upon his Job" and word
went about the camp that we had a
fighting doctor and that there was to
shanty by himself, and he said he had
with him in his satchel all necessary
drugs and surgical instruments. It was
a week before he had a case. Then
Abe johnson had an attack of bilious
colic-that is, a dozen of us pronounced
it bilious collie, when the doctor arrived
and felt OF his pulse and looked at his
tongue and said it was the beginning
of a serious case of dropsy. As he said
it his hand went back to his gun, and
he looked around and listened for pro-
testations- There was none, and he
ordered that Abe should be stood on
his head for five minutes to let the
blood leave his feet and then stripped
OF all his clothes and then wrapped in
water soaked blanket. The water
four of us to get the blanket around
the yelling and struggling Abe and
keep it there for an hour. The cure
was complete There are things which
even bilious collie has to give in to, and
the way we treated Abe would have
scared the yellow fever out of camp in
a hurry.
This remarkable cure of "dropsy"
was one for the new doctor, but he
didn't come out quite SO well with his
next case, which was that of Joe
Singleton. Joe complained of pains in
his head, a terrible backache and a
dry throat, and the doctor said it was
q case of catarrh of the stomach He
had his hand on the butt of his pistol
as he looked around to see who differ
ed with him. but nobody opposed his
diagnosis. He left a powder to be
given every thirty minutes, and the
half dozen of US who tasted it was
sure it was nothing but ginger. At the
end of two days the patient was worse,
and the doctor bled him and also rails
ed blister on the stomach and order
/ ed the patient to drink two quarts of
hot water. Nothing awaited. however.
and at the end of ten days Joe expired.
There was no question but what the
Lord had removed him in spite of all
| that medical science could do. There
might have been, but the doctor said
| it was so. and he said it while toying
with his gun. and it seemed best to let
him have his way.
| A few days later old Tom Hastings
| fell over the rocks and broke his collar
bone. The doctor was sent for, and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-31
THE ELEVATOR BOY.
Some Personal Experiences as Re-
lated by Himself.

Copyright, 1902, by C. B. Lewis.)
When I came to work in this sky
scraper, Mr.. Rasher, the agent, sat
down and patted me on the head and
said:
''Sammis. l am told that you are the
son of a widow and q good boy"
Eyes, sir, I am,' replied
You have set out to pay OF a gigan-
tic mortgage on the family estates and
become president Of the United
Statesf"
Il have, SIR"
you will put in twelve hours per
day for 81 per week and keep your
eyes peeled in the interest of this syn
dicate?'
Il will, sir" bravely answered.
'Then l have but one thing more to
say. There are good looking girls in
this building, Sammis. There are no
less than ten typewriters who are as
handsome as Mary Anderson and as
lovable as Lillian Russell. Don't fall
In lave with any of them. Don't let
your young heart get up any pitpat
business To fall in love at your age
would ruin your future prospects and
bring the blight of despair to your fond
mothers heart. 1t might also snap the
cables of the elevator. Take no chances,
Sammis. Treat them with courtesy
cold and reserved"
realized that Mr.. Rashen was advis-
ing me for my own good, and deter
mined that he should have no occasion
to find fault with me- Many sly at
tempts were made to capture my young
heart, but 1 nobly resisted them In
time came to be known as "Cold Stor-
age Sammis," and many man patted
me on the shoulder and said:
Boy, would that had your strength
of will to resist the soft smiles of a
black eyed typewriter with peachy
cheeks."
But fate was lying in wait for me.
and 1 knew it not One day young
woman named Sarah appeared in the
office of the Tar and Rosin syndicate
as typewriter, and when she had made
her first trip in my elevator I knew
that l was lost boy. She had wavy
hair and teeth of gold, and her smile
was as gentle as powdered sugar. As
the elevator wabbled upward turned
pdie anu Eeu anu 1eil sAdAy III tue
knees Sarah noticed my confusion,
and, laying her hand on my arm, she
softly whispered:
"Sammis, 1 dote ON fresh roasted
peanuts. I believe I could eat a peck
of them"
That was sufficient for me. All
thoughts of that gigantic mortgage
fed away, and within an hour a large
and generous bag Of peanuts rested at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-31
PROF. MINCKWITZ MARRIES
Former Topeka Teacher WEEDS Miss
Mary Wilder.

A dispatch from Emporia says:
Professor Richard Won Minckwitz of
New York City and Miss Mary E. Will
der of Emporia were married here at
the home of the brides sister, Mrs.
Charles Cross. Professor Won Minck-
witt is professor of Latin in the New
York high school for boys professor
Joseph Hill of the State Normal school
performed the ceremony"
Professor Minckwitz was teacher o.
Latin in the Topeka high school and
moved from here to Kansas City II
years ago to accept similar position.
in the high school there He was diz
vorced while in Kansas City.
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He WAS A TOUGH LOOKING PILL.

HE WAS A TOUGH LOOKING PILL.
he felt of Toms pulse and looked at
his tongue and dallied with the collar
bone, and by and by he said:
''You had a fall, but your collar bone
is only bruised What ais you is or
ganic weakness of the heart, and if
you don't do exactly as I tell you
you'll be a dead man in q week"
But he can't raise his arm, and that
shows a broken collar BONE" protested
Toms chum.
Does it?'' demanded the doctor as
he felt for his gun. II don't think it
does. If there is any one here who
wants to pick me up on my diagnosis,
why
That was enough. He was not picked
up. He dosed Tom with some of that
ginger, ordered starvation diet and
blistered the soles of his feet to draw
the blood from his heart. After four
days of this treatment Toms chum
took him over the mountain to Silver
City, and there q doctor fixed him up.
1t was all in the collar bone. The Sill
yer City doctor didn't go back on the
profession, however. He explained that
all the symptoms pointed SO strongly
to heart disease that it was only by
luck and chance that he caught on to
the collar bone
Our doctor suffered somewhat in his
reputation now and then, but he had
been with US six weeks and was carry
ing things with a stiff hand when Pete
Harper was struck by a flying stone
and had his skull fractured. He was
lying unconscious when the doctor ar
rived, and as nobody spoke of the frac
ture the medico felt him over and final
~ observed:
This is a case Of epileptic fits, and
some of you hold his arms while
bleed him."
'Cuss yer fits, but he's bin hit on the
headr' shouted Pete's chum.
This is q case Of epileptic dts" con-
gun, land am prepared to-
So were dozen Of the miners They
raised q yell and rushed him. The first
move Of the doctor was to throw his
gun away and the second to take to his
heels, and, though he was pursued a
mile, he could not be overtaken- We
found about fifty blue mass pills in his
satchel and distributed them around IS
far as they would 60, and the half
pound of ginger was made into tea, ia
vored with whisky and was drunk in
honor Of the glorious Fourth.
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my left lung. I did not want to be
saved wanted to go to bed that night
and dream OF Sarah's gold teeth and
wavy smiles The next morning there
were gumdrops on her typewriter.
They were from me. She came and
waited for me ar the seventh floor,
and as we were alone for a moment
she playfully pinched my ear and
said:
'Sammis, / don't see how any girl
can help falling in love with you
Some day you may bring me box OF
chocolate creams"
She had them ere the sun went
down, and next morning she had q
bouquet Of roses which cost me a
plunk and half. In return for them
she gave me a smile that displayed all
her golden teeth clear back to the last
one. I wanted to die for her that day
to prove my love, but I was kept SO
busy in the elevator that had no OPP
portunity to throw myself from a win
dow or send out after poison. 1 did
make myself a hero, however. I caught
a district messenger boy loafng around
on the ninth floor and walloped him till
he beloved for mercy. For the next
two weeks all my salary went for
candy and peanuts and bouquets, and
lied to my trusting mother and told
her that had to give it up for police
protection. On two occasions Sarah
permitted me to take her out to lunch
and pay the shot, and had to borrow
my street car fare home. It was after
the second lunch that Mr.. Rasher sent
for me and said:
''Sammis, there's complaint that your
elevator wabbles as you take people up
and down. Are you losing your nerveT
mo, SIR
"Then be little more careful. A
wabbly elevator scares tenants out of
a building"
1t was my love for Sarah that wab-
bled the elevator, and I made up my
mind that matters had reached crisis.
One noon. when she had pulled my ear
and asked me to bang my hair for her
sake, l followed her into her room and
laid my young and bursting heart at
her feet She laughed at me. With
her mouth full OF chocolate creams,
bought with my cash, she laughed me
to scorn. She lay back and laughed,
and she stood up and laughed, and
when I had been crushed to earth she
said
Now, hubby, run along and get me a
bunch of violets to wear to the theater
tonight l am going with Mr.. Dris-
coll"
went out of that room q frozen boy.
All my confidence in humanity was de-
stroyed in a moment. Never, never
again, could I believe in the integrity
of woman. 1 sought my home and fell
upon the bed, and 1 was doctored for
fits, loss of memory. blood poisoning
and malaria 1t was touch and 60,
but l rallied, and inside of a week l
was able to return to my elevator. It
is said that l look old and careworn
and that it is easy to guess that have
a burden on my heart, but you watch
my smoke. No girl can wreck my life
and escape the penalty. I am laying
for the faithless Sarah, and Fate is on
her trail. She smiles as before when
we meet, and her golden teeth CLEAN
in the semidarkness of the cage, but
there is no longer q responsive throt
In the heart Of SAMMIS,
The Elevator Boy.
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The Doctor at Pleasant Hill
By n. QUAD.

Copyright. 1902, by c. B. Lewis-)
We had .21O miners on the list at
Pleasant Hill. and though one dropped
OF occasionally a stranger always ar
rived to fill the vacancy and keep the
list to its full figure. One day it was
proposed that every miner chip in so
cents per week and make up a fixed
salary to support doctor, an idea ia
vorably received by all. A week later
a disciple of Esculapius came into
camp with his satchel. He was a man
about forty years of age and had been
tramping the country in search OF a
job. He was a tough looking pill, but in
those far back days no one was judged
by his rags and tatters or the condition
of his boots. After getting bite to eat
he announced his profession and his. er-
rand, and q committee was appointed
to talk with him with view of secur-
ing his services Jim Davis was the
spokesman of the committee, and he
led OF with:
stranger, thar amt but leetle to be
said-not at this time Do ye know yer
bizness as doctor 9'
Els thar any critter yere as says l
don'tY demanded the doctor as his
right hand went back for his gun
That action was counted ia his favor.
We had had three or four doctors with
in the year, but they had been meek
and lowly in spirit, and none Of them
had even carried gun
I'VE want somebody who kin tell a
broken leg from case OF typhoid fe-
YER" continued Jim, -and il ye are the
man the job is Open The last critter
took q skip bekase he treated Tom Bar
lum fur dyspepsia instead of broken
rib. Should ye make any SIGH mistake
as that
81 never make medical or surgical
blunders." stifay interrupted the new
doctor as his hand went back again
Are ye sensitive cuss?"
"As to my purfeshun. yes. Ye kin
joke and play with me from mornin'
till night, and I won't git mad, but be-
ware of jokin about my purfeshun- As
the doctor Of the camp must be re-
spected and my orders obeyed- Any
critter rs goes around sayin' that l
don't know my bixness viii hey to
apologize ox''-
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PARDONED BY KAISER.
Lieut. Hildebrand Who Killed Lieut.
Blaskowitz in a Duel.

Berlin, July 31--Emperor William has
pardoned Lieutenant Hildebrand, under
sentence of two years imprisonment in
a fortress for killing Lieutenant Blasko-
WITT IN a duel. last November. The af-
fair attracted international attention,
because Blaskowitz was shot and killed
on the morning Of the day set for his
wedding.
The duel. which took place at Inters-
burg. East Prussia, followed an episode
in which Lieutenant Blaskowitz, while
intoxicated at his bachelor dinner,
struck Lieutenant HiIdebrand- A regi-
mental court martial declared that the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-31
''SAMMIS. I DOTE ON FRESE
ROASTED PEANUTS"

her right hand as she worked the keys
and ehawed. Love came to me with
the suddenness of snow sliding Oh the
roof Of house. Ny mind was in such
a whiri that night as went home that
I forgot to beat the conductor out Of
my fare. and I actually got up and Of
fered an old woman my seat
"Sammis," said my mother when she
saw that my appetite was gone and /
no longer cared to be great man, IF
you have fallen in love do not hesitate
to confide in your mother. She will
save you If anybody-can- Even II you
are engaged she win find . way Of e.
cape"