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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-21

owned as its lord had called her, and she
closed round her and she lay rose-red and
all quivering with happy love upon his
breast
"Delilah!" grated Warde.
She started from Dr. Gordon's embrace
as if stung. Warde had wheeled upon ner
with curling lips and the eyes of devil.
She stretched her little hands toward
him imploringly.
"Oh, Frank! Try-try to forgive me.
1 did rot KNOW did not understand.
God knows / meant not to wrong you
So"
And for all answer the degraded hound
lifted his open palm and struck her heay-
lily full in tie face.
"You curt"
The room shook with the shock of
Wardes fall. He went down like light
ming. Indignation nerved Gordon's arm
and strung his thews with steel. He
stood towering over the PROSTATE wretch,
his chest heaving and his usually gentle
eyes on fire.
you struck her!" he painted. You!
And you call yourself mani"
"Guardy, for my sake! Don't-don' t
You must not. For my sake! For mine!"
And tender, clinging hands were pull
ling at his rigid arms, and sweet, sup
plicating eyes were urging him back, and
voice that love had attuned to music
was pouring into his ear prayer that
no man might resist.
His face softened and his lips quivered.
For your sake, dearest" he repeated
and drew her gently to his breast.
And as they stood thus, suddenly, with
starting tears, she took the hand that
had dealt Warde that formidable blow
and pressed it passionately to her breast
and liDs.
At the same moment Warde staggered
to his feet He never glanced toward
them but with a heavy step crossed over
to the door He ierked it open, and it
crashed behind him with jar that shook
the house.
Hark! There goes the whistle
of the incoming train. l have barely
time to catch the mail-none for further
details. l pause only to add this:
Did I kiss the bride? Well, rather
And roses of Eden! how she blushed
And how the Doctor beamed Yet his
eyes were full Of tears, and so were
hers, though her face was all one rosy
dimple, like an April dawn.
And I-positively, I was so happy over il
all that when the Doctor got my hand in
his and nearly broke every bone in it with
that terrible slim white paw Of his,
just sat down and blubbered. And Lord
bless mel here 1 got it again.
thousand kisses, darling. | hope yot
can read this last page blotted with the
tears of your foolish old husband,
JOHN McNAIR.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-21

must leave here for Washington on the
twenty ninth and be at my post in Mon
treal by the middle of January, and /
want to take Leila with me. / spoke to
her about it, and she referred me to
you"
ITO me?' he echoed.
His voice was so strange that l drew
hack from him staring. He looked at
me vacantly. His colorless lips moved.
heard him say:
Leila my little one! Oh, great God!'
And then with low, wild cry he reeled
and fell at my feet
His fall shook the room. Leila, who
so she told me afterwards-was passing,
heard ii and came running in. AT sight
of him lying face downward upon the rug
before me she shrieked and flew to him
like a mad thing.
"Guardy!" and down she went
on her knees, her arms about his
neck dragging his face up to the light
and pillowtng his head on her breast,
"Guardy, what is it? Are you i'll? Tell
me what has happened. Don't you hear
me? Oh, speak to NE, guardy-speak to
your little Lela!"
Her voice shook Her lovely face was
all white and Quivering. She threw up
her head, and out of the yellow glory Of
her hair, that had broken from its con-
fnement and fallen forward in flashing
spray about face and throat and bosom,
her great eyes shot black lightning into
mine.
What have you done to him?" she ex-
claimed. ''Why did he cry out and fall
| like this?"
- s,aY hn a
| with his head in her arms, his face half
hidden in the sweet tangle of her luxu-
RANT curls, and his eyes now opening
upon her with a look of such unspeak-
able
Faugh 1t turns me sick to think of it.
I'm glad she didn't catch that look.
| felt for a moment that l could have
strangled him.
eve done nothing" 1 said. I'VE were
standing here talking when he made a
step toward me and must have caught
| his foot"
There he stopped me. He had raised
himself from her arms, and / saw his
| face change again. 1t was as II he had
| suddenly covered it with mask. He
| stood erect, and as she also arose looked
at her with faint, cold smile.
Yes, he said, caught thlS cluD
| foot of mine in the rug and fell. The
shock stunned me momentarily but you
need not be alarmed, Leila. 1t is moth
| ing, child.
! She gave him a glance so strange that
have been puzzling my wits over 1t ever
since I'd give my head to know what
she was thinking just then.
st thought she said, that you had
tainted, guardy, and it frightened me-
naturally 1 am glad to know that l was
mistaken"
With this and a slight inclination OF
her long lovely body, she turned and
| swept from the room.
But what the Deuce made her DART
upon him that strange, questioning
agonized glance THAT is what l want
| to know. -
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III.

(MoRE EXTRACTS FROM DIR. COR
DON'S DIARY.)
$50 Have I made a mistake? Have
l ruined her life as well as my own?
/ thought she pitied me. For that pity
had nothing but scorn. But was it pity
alone she felt? Were those dear little
hands really holding to my lips the rich
wine of love, and have l in suicidal
blindness thrust it forever from me?
Great God! The thought is death. 1
oannot-I dare not believe it. l am self
deceived. l am haunted by dream whose
poisonous sweetness has disordered my
brain. must forget it must-ere / go
stark mad. . -
Nay, must conquer this weakness. Let
me tell the story of my folly here. Per-
haps once put into words that dream will
appear less real and so lose some Of it's
terribly sweet power
SO The night is far spent Sleepless
and worn, / lift my eyes from my desk
to glance through the window before me.
1t looks out upon the quiet sound and
the long, low bar shutting it in. From
beyond this bar floats the mighty diapason
of the sea- Off to the left where the wa
tiers come rolling through the inlet, the
waves are breaking in white flashes
against the horizon slowly kindling into
a glow of crimson. 1t is the unfolding
Of the great "Rose of Dawn"
Yes, the Christmas morning is almost
here-her marriage day. And they are
to be welded at nine.
look back over the last fortnight, and
it seems to me like an evil dream. In it
=, 81; hoe ia1 10
smile, the light, swift football, the
breath of happy song-all are gone. The
cold, naughty, silent woman who speaks
to me now with proud eyes averted, who
shuts herself in her room, or who glides
away when I draw near, as If fearing to
be alone with me, I can scarcely recog-
nze. Oh, Heaven! give me back, II only
for one brief hour the angel l have
| lost, $50
Yesterday morning I met her in the
| hall. / noticed that she was very pale
and that her large dark eyes were ringed
with blush circles. Her pallor deepened
as those eyes met mine, and she sought
to hasten by me, but 1 put out my hand
and detained her.
Leila" 1 said, what is the matter
care you angry with me, child?"
She gave me a fleeting glance of sur
prise.
What an absurd question, guardy!
Why do you ask"
you seem to avoid me, dear. YOU
never smile. You scarcely speak to me
of late
II am busy" she said hurriedly-"very
very busy guardy. Don't worry about my
| moods, please. l am wrapped up il
preparations for" she broke into little
low laugh that to me sounded hollow an(
strained-'for my marriage
"And you are quite happy, Lela?"
"Hhppy? Why shouldn't 1 be? Ism
every girl happy at such a time? Oh
guardy, don't be foolish
you love him then"-my shaking voice
sounded hoarse in my own ears-"yo,
love him very dearly. don't you?"
Did her full sweet lips culver, or wa!
it only a trick of my fancy? why" sh'
asked, ''are you always trying to prob
my heart? Have I not answered tina
question once? Is not that enough? Al
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-21
EXTRACTS FROM DR. HUBERT
GORDON'S DIARY)

EXTRACTS FROM DR. HUBERT
GORDON'S D1ARY)
**s Have 1 acted for the best? Will
she indeed be happy in his love?
Why did l plead his cause with such
passion? / whose heart was well-nigh
breaking, though, thank God! / had the
strength to make no sign.
If | were but the ten years younger!
But no; at forty three to her l am old:
l am deformed; I am ugly. 1t is mad
ness to dream of such thing. She is
fond of me of course l am her guar
dian; she loves me as such; she thinks
of the lonely future that must be mine
when she is welded, and her tender heart
yearns over me in heavenly pity. Let
me face the truth: that is all-all!
And yet as she stood before me today
with dropping head. twisting her deli
cate hands together in the folds of her
dress: as twice she lifted her deep, sweet
ewes to mine with that strange, pale
piteous smile upon her lips, it seemed
to me
Oh. fool, thus to torture yourself. Did
she not herself admit that she loved
him? Did you not say-and truly-that
God must have created those two beautiful
Young creatures for each other? And
would you seek at this late hour to raise
some obstacle 10 their union? Now that
she has virtually given you her prom
Use? Now that you have sent him to her
with the assurance that he has but to
speak and his suit is won?
All no. You have planned wisely and
acted VOL Calm reason commendS your
course. When this first sharp agony has
PASSED you will be glad that you rose
above your weakness and for their sakes
put every selfish consideration aside.
For their sakes. yes. Let me repeat
1t. Let me not forget
lIushi A footstep-his. 1t hurries-
springs There is triumph in it-joy. He
is coming to tell me On, my God!
Here the writing, which at this point
is almost illegible. breaks off ABRUPTLY
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-21

[Note.-For the sake of naturalness
have followed in constructing this story
the plan pursued by Wilkie Collins N
THE Woman in White" that is made
my characters TO tel the story instead
of narratiny it nyself-Valter F. jack
son.l
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-21

(EXTRACT FROM A LETTER BY
REVEREND ECTOR NC. NAIR, OF WILL
MINGTON. TO HIS WIFE IN ATLANTA.)
u l never saw more impatient
bridegroom, dear, nor one whose looks
/ liked less. He is distantly related to
Miss Clarendon, I understand, and also
to her guardian, DR.. Gordon; but what
either of them could have seen to admire
in him passes my feeble comprehension.
In his dark animal beauty this morning
he looked to me more like satyr than
ever. He was pacing to and fro in the
hall when l arrived, and his face lighted
up so at sight of me that really l felt
conscience-stricken.
He ushered me at once into the library.
The vast room was decorated with holly
and mistletoe, the heavy draperies drawn
before the Gothic easements and number
less wax tapers sparkling star-like among
the green. The perfume they shed in
burning and the odors of exotics blooming
in iardinieres on little inlaid tables scat
tered abouti the room made the air heavy
and oppressive.
/ found here awaiting me two old SER
wants, a man and a woman, who were to
serve as witnesses of the ceremony By
Miss Clarendon's express wish Mr.. Warde
The colored American., 1902-11-08

To quickly introduce this honest ana uD
we will, until further notice, send 81 com 2iet'
receipt of only soc. Do not delay; write tod
MONEY BY POSTAL MOf!EY- ORDER, O5l =
Never fail to send the coupon.
The colored American., 1902-11-08

is in charge of the work, and is assist
ed by Rev. B. H. Peterson and Rev.
]. H. Gadson. A special course of lee
lures is given each year in the
Bible School by DR.. G. o. Boothe, of
Selma, Ala, Rev. George w. Clinton of
North Carolina, and DR.. H. T. Johnson
of Philadelphia. Other nOtables also
lecture from time to time.
The teaching is free. The cost of
board, including furnished rooms
light, fuel and laundering, is Eight Dol
lars per month. Students are afforded
an opportunity to work out from Two
to Three Dollars of this amount per
month. In some cases, arrangements
can be made to work out the entire
sum. Lack of means need debar none
Further information, if desired, can be
secured by addressing
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON,
Principal Tuskegee Normal and Indus
trial Institute. Tuskegee, Ala.
The colored American., 1902-11-08

Offers exceptional opportunities to
young men wishing to prepare for the
Christian ministry. The chief aim of
the instruction is to afford young men
and women a comprehensive knowl-
edge of the English Bible and to i'm
plant in their hearts an ambition to
dedicate their lives to the elevation
and ChristianiZing of their race.
Students are required to do micsion-
ary work in the various churches and
Sunday Schools near the institution
and to report on same each week.
The teaching in the Bible school is
wholly undepominational, the inten-
ton being not to oppose or antagonize
any theological work now being done,
but rather to assist Ill denominations.
Phelps Hall is three stories high.
1t contains Chapel, Library, Reading
Room, Offices and three recitation
rooms, besides forty rooms for dormi-
tory purposes, Rev. Edgar ]. Penny
The colored American., 1902-11-08

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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-05-15
Hotel Men Make a Wall to the Mayor
over the Restrictions Placed 2 II
{ on the Saloons.
THE CLUBS USE OLD CHARTERS
It is Claimed That Third Ward Club is
Now Operating Under Charter Issued
Years Ago-Changes May Be Made.

| The hotel men of the city are start
ing small revolt against the existing
saloon regulations and Thursday after
noon a number Of the hotel keepers
and the brewery agents called on
Mayor Pfennig to make an effort to
have the blue laws called off. The ho-
tel men claimed that the existing regu-
lations were playing havoc with the
hotel business and that every Sunday
morning large numbers of the guests
at the hotels we're being forced to go
without their 'eye openers" on ac-
closed from the hours of nine to noon.
The brewery agents and Aldermen
| from the North side announced that
there had been a decided kick among
| the North side people on the restric-
tons on account of the fact that the
farmers who came to the city on Sbn-
day morning were forced to return to
their homes without the customary
Sunday morning drink. II was al
legged that these people had but one
drink a week, and they were accus-
toned to come to KenoSha to church
on Sunday morning and to secure this
drink just before the divine service
began. With the present regulations
it was impossible for these people to
drink before the church hour and after
the service was over the ladies in the
parties were unwilling to wait for the
saloons to open up at noon. Of course
this is very serious drawback to the
liquor business and for this reason a
decided roar is being entered. The
hotel men claimed that they did
large amount of their Sunday business
before the saloons were supposed to
open and for this reason the law was
working against their trade.
Added to this wall from the hotel
men it has been reported to the Mayor
that the organization of clubs has
been started and that in the Third
ward one of the old charters secured
from the State years ago when z. G.
Simmons was Mayor had been pulled
out and hung up and keys are now be-
| AAS ASSuOd W lAAO 1OIIuH6tC 1AC0AOC1S VI
the club. In this manner the law is
being violated at will and the city po-
lice are power1ess to stop the violation.
There is some doubt Jas to the right Of
clubs to use the old charters, but this
matter will have to be decided in the
courts.
Mayor Pfennig has taken the matter
under consideration and will probably
confer with his advisers as to some
other means of forcing the better OBJ
servance of the laws of the State and
city. AS yet no change in the police
regulations have been ordered, bat it is
possible that some change may be
made.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-05-15

Some of King Edwards loving SUBJ
jects have presented to him a unique and
interesting gift 1t is a folding table,
to be used by the king when he attends
the theater. 1t may while being carried
be put into the form of little satchel,
but when opened up it supports two
decanters, three artistic cut glass tum-
blers, several bottles of settlers, and, be-
sides recesses for three coffee cups and
saucers, silver spoons, cigars, cigarettes
and an ash tray, there are three liquor
bottles, with suitable glasses. How
very nice! This will enable his majesty
to mix his own high ball without leav-
ing his box or even missing a single
maneuver Of the amazon marchers or
the supple high kickers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-05-15

REFERRING to the Sentinels expose
of the proposed Payne-LaFollette
combination in 1900, the OMilwaukee
Free Press 0comes near working the
deadly PARALLEL on itself. The Press
in an attempt to roast Charles Quar1es
for stating that the Sentinel had made
out its case says that "maybe the fact
that there was never any such agree
ment proposed will have the effect of
reversing Mr.. Quarles' opinion" and
in the very next column prints an
article from the Oshkosh Northwest
ern in which the Northwestern states
that cit is matter of credit to him
{LaFollette) that by his initiative
such overtures were made" Looks
as if it might become necessary for
the Governor to send somebody around
6o "mutualize" his supporters.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-05-15

WITHIN the last few days how many
of the men most distinguished in their
several fields of labor have passed
away. The list is long one and con-
tains the names of many men whose
lives and 1abors were we'll known to
the greater part of the American peo-
pie. ]. Sterling Morton, the origina-
tor of Arbor day; Congressman Amos
j. Cummings; Thomas Wilson, head
of the department of Archaeology in
the Smithsonian Institution; Frank r.
Stockton, the novelist; Wulf Fries, the
musician; Sol Smith Russell, the &C
tor; Archbishop Corrigan, the Roma n
Catholic pre1ate; Admiral Sampson,
the naval strategist, and Bret Harte,
who occupied place in literature all
his own, have passed away, but their
good works speak for them and they
will not soon be forgotten.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-05-15
TABLEAUX AT GUILD HALL.
Well Known People Pose In Fableaux-
Large Audience Present.

A large crowd gathered at St. Mat
thew's Guild hall Thursday evening to
witness the interesting entertainment
given under the direction of the ladies
of the Guild. The musical program
was well rendered, and the tableaux,
which were posed by leading ladies
and gentlemen of the city, were ex-
ceeding1y good.
The following is, the program as
carried out:
Trio-Mandolins and ,Gaaitar. ........
........... .......... $3.50. .MeSSrS. Kimball
Tableaux-The Man with the Weak Heart
Wireless .Telegraphy ............
Song. 80. Mrs. III. E. Tanner
Tableaux-L oking into the Future. .......
st. Augustine and his Mother.
Song. ......... ..... Master Edwin Stringham
Portraits-Martha Washington. .........
Madame LIE Brun. .............
Piano. Observation-Disclosures. Miss Agnes Slosson
Tableaux-The Rehearsal. ..................
The Flower Girl. ............ =.
Song -. ........ 49,. Mr.. Keck Wheeler
Tableaux-Guess Who?.. ..............
Painting her Picture. .........
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-05-15

AS a result of the high prices OF
beef it is proposed to restock New
England farms with cattle. Thirty
years ago live stock raising was a
fourishing business in many parts of
New England, but the influx of west
ern beef brought down the prices. and
the New England farmers were grad
ually driven out of the business. Hen
ry e. Marsh, president of the Spring
field (Mass.) board of trade, asserts
that the recent large land purchases
in Maine by an English syndicate
were for cattle raising purposes. There
are considerable areas of land in New
England which have for years been
practically abandoned that could be
proftably utilized for cattle and sheep
grazing. and the present high prices
of meat may prove a blessing to the
New England farmers, whose arid and
rocky lands have been counted as
nearly worthless for agricultural pur-
poses.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-05-15

SENATOR TILLMAN, of South Caro-
lima, took the starch out of the Demo
cratic Senators who have been urging
an official investigation of the "mili-
tary seventies" alleged to have been
committed against the natives by our
soldiers in the Philippines, by sarising
an the Senate and not only admitting
fbut glorying in the fact that more
brutal methods had been resorted to in
the South to suppress the negro vote
and prevent NEGRO domination" than
had been charged against the troops.
To an audience composed of Republi-
eau Senators exclusive1y-his Demo
cratic colleagues had retired to the
cloak rooms-he admitted that to in
sure white domination in the South
negros have been murdered. AS he
pit it "when we get ready to put a
nigger's face in the sand we put his
body there, too" This will put an
end to the attempt of the Democratic
leaders to make political capital out of
the conduct of the war in the Philip
pines. After the South Carolina SEN
ator's frank expose of Southern
methods of dealing with the negro, it
will not be expedient for Sthemlsto ex-
patiate on the wrongs of the Fi1ipinos.
Some one might suggest thatl reform
should begin at home.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-05-15
Lost a Customer

Mrs. Blank, who keeps summer board.
ers, mad bought her butter for some
months Of neighbor named Jones,
living not far distant. The butter was
made into pretty little half pound pats
and SO peculiarly marked and orna-
mented that one day, when little Sally
Jones had brought the butter as usual,
Mrs. Blank said to her in the presence
of several Of her boarders:
''How does your mother make ali
these strange marks on the butter,
Sally"
"Oh, she does that with her false
teeth, ma'am," was the frank and par
alyzing reply.-Lippincott's.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-05-15
DEATH OF DIR. swEARENGEN
Former Resident of Kenosha Died Last
Friday at Decatur, Ill.

A letter has been received in this
city announcing the death of DIR.
Frank Swearengen, former resident
of Kenosha, which occurred Wednes-
day at Decatur, Ill. DR.. Swearengen
had been i'll only few days and death
resulted from an impaction of the
bowels. He was brother of Mrs. F.
Fl. Hall and was formerly a veterinary
surgeon in Kenosha. After he re-
moved from Kenosha he opened a
drug store in Decatur. The remains
were inferred at the cemetery at De-
catur.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-05-15

1t is noted that the bringing out of
Marion Crawford's play, francesca
da Rimini," in Paris by Sarah Bern
hardt is not only great artistic sue
cess, but that it is also the first occa-
sion on record Of a play by an Ameri-
can, or, for that matter, by an Anglo
Saxon. author being originally produc-
ed in a theater in France. Thus the
American invasion of Europe contin-
ues all along the line.