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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-15
HindoOs as Fighters.

A native officer Of India writes Of
the native soldiers: '"The Sikhs or re
formed Hindoos have all the qualities
Of the best fighters, and the Indians
as well as their fellow subjects in
Europe have indeed reason to be proud
Of them. There are two other castles
In the Punjab also noted for their fight
ing qualities, the Jats and the Dogras.
Another great fighting race in the Pun
jab fnhabiting the northwestern part
are commonly known as the Pathans.
They are now Mohammedans by faith.
The Gurkhas of Nepal. the only indie
pendent state in India, though general
ly below average height, have proved
themselves the most indomitable,
brave and hardy hill fighters. Euro
pean officers attached to Gurkha regi-
ments love their men and are proud
Of them. Their free and easy man
ners, abstemious habits, cheerful dis
position, bravery in the field Of war
or of sport help to raise them in the
estimation Of all who come in contact
with them. They are Of Hindoo orr
cin -
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-15
WRelicSo of Waterloo.

The last time Victor Hugo went to
Waterloo he saw some Belgian bump
kins discharging old frelocks at the
walls of a freshly whitewashed farm
house-La Ferme du Gallon, if I re-
member rightly. AS he saw no target
he asked why they did this. An elder
ly man of prosperous appearance with
broad grin showing gaps in the teeth,
said, ut is for the tourists"
'How for the tourists?''
"You see, the premises began to look
out of repair and the house untidy. I
had fresh plaster and whitewash put
on. We are now making bullet marks
to show the eXcursionists whom the
old sergeants take round" and then,
grinning more broadly: "You are a
Frenchman and do not believe in relics.
The English cape at them and buy
them as fast as we can have them
manufactured and write about them in
notebooks. London Truth.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-15
What a First Class Fare Means


There are some people who imagine
that wealth entities them to privileges
not accorded to the general public and
exempts them from obligations and
rules that others are disposed to obey.
An incident which occurred on one of
our ocean steamers conveys a whole
some lesson to the purse proud con-
temners Of the rights Of the majority.
A family of unlimited wealth had Sc
cured the best accommodation the
steamer afforded
The gentleman and his wife kept
themselves secluded most of the time,
but the children we're allowed to run
wild over the steamer until they be-
came such intolerable nuisances that
the captain was spoken to, and he gave
the youngsters a severe reprimand.
This reused the indignation Of the
mother, who remarked to the captain
that as she paid first class fare she
thought she was entitled to first class
privileges.
Madam" said the captain, "frst
class fare means first class conduct"
There was no further protest.-London
Tit-Bits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-15
HER LITTLE
SCHEME
BY CYRUS DERICKScN
CopDrtght, 1901, by c. B. Leacis

"See here, James," said the old real
estate dealer after he had listened to
what young James Brighton had to
say, 1--WE can sum this thing up in a
nutshell. You and my daughter Rose
think you love each other, and you
want to get married. Granted that ii
is a match made in heaven, you haven't
a hundred dollars to your name. You
are ambitious and willing. but that
doesn't pay house rent nor buy mutton
chops. l have no fault to find with
you as men, but until you have made
less to hope for my consent. Make a
start-get $4,000 ahead-get prospects,
and then come to me-"
"But, SIR" pleaded the young man as
his face went white, "Rose and 1 are
engaged"
.'Then you are not as honorable a
man as l thought you"
"But we love each other as no two
people,
"Bosh! If you love Rose as you say
you do, get money to keep her. from
starving after you are married. AS
near as l can make out, you are de-
pending upon me even to pay for the
license. Love is all right in it's way,
and | would have my daughter marry
no one who did not regard her as the
only woman on earth, but love has got
to be fed on beefsteak and potatoes to
make it last Married people have also
got to have houses and furniture. Your
income, James-may ask what 1t is ?"
Twenty dollars week. sir-but /
have
Expectations, of course. Well, ex-
pectations won't satisfy the coal man
or the landlord"
James Brighton's face turned from
a dead white to vivid red. That he
was fine young man everybody adj
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-15
Goethe,s Burning Eyes.

Thackeray in one of his letters gives
this description of Goethe, whom he
saw at Weimar: "He was habited in a
long gray or drab redingote, with a
white neck cloth and a red ribbon in
his buttonhole. He kept his hands be-
hind his back, just as in Rauch's stat
uette. His complexion was very bright,
clear and rosy, his eyes extraordinarily
dark, piercing and brilliant felt quite
afraid before them and recollect COM
pairing them to the eyes Of the hero Of
certain romance called 'Melnoth the
Wanderer,' which used to alarm us
boys thirty years ago-eyes Of an indi-
vidual who had made a bargain with a
certain person, and at extreme old age
retained these eyes in all their awful
splendor."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-15
Heard a Great Deal.


He-Well, did you enjoy the even
ing?
She Indeed 1 did. We went to the
opera.
He-Of course you enjoyed it?
She--Immensely.
He-What did you hear?
She-What did I hear? Well, what
didn't I hear? l heard that Nell Van
derdyke is engaged to Tom Browning
and that Jack Rentsarelow and Edith
Singleton have quarreied and are not
going to be married after all. Then I
heard that Mrs. Tenbroke is going to
get divorce from her husband. Mrs.
Thorndyke has been sued by her dress
maker. The Livingstons have a baby.
Count Cantukount is not count at all.
The Thompson boys
He-But-
She-Well, don't interrupt me.
thought you wanted to know what I
heard?
He-So did, but
She-Well, keep still, then. l.
He-What I meant was what opera
did you hear?
She-Oh, well, I'm sure l can't re-
member, but saw the name on the
programme.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-15

me sigh OF the fA1Cns
Mrs. Murray had advertised for 9
skilled gardener to work by the day
in her yard, and somewhat to her EN-.
barrassment she was obliged to choose
between two applicants who appeared
at the same moment As she stood on
her doorstep, questioning first one and
then the other, she became aware that
her mOther-in-law, seated on the porch
short distance from the men and d.
rectly behind them, was frantically
gesticulating. a o M
The old lady, satisfied at last that
she had attracted her daughter-in-
laws attention. pointed Enthusiastically
toward the less progressing OF the
two men, and the younger woman,
supposing that her relative had some
personal knowledge OF the applicant,
promptly engaged him.
"Has that man ever worked for you,
mother?' asked Mrs. Murray when
the two women were alone.
NO." replied the old lady. It never
saw or heard Of either Of 'em I'm.
til now"
'Then why in the world did you
choose the shorter man? The other
had much better face"
"Face!' returned the old lady brisk
". when you pick out a man to
work in the garden you want to go by
his overal's. II they're patched on
the knees, you want him. If the patch
is on the seat, you don't" youths
Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-15
Two Points
OF View
By GRANT OWEN
Copyright, 1904, by r. B. Shelton

He was big, broad shouldered and
good to look upon. His clothes were
faultless in cut and texture. His col
lars and shoes were always indispu-
tably correct. He seemed broad, gen.
ial, prosperity incarnate. The smile
on his large, rather homely features
was particularly winning. He was
always smiling. He smiled now as he
stood before the girl, even though he
was vaguely aware Of some impending
calamity.
"How could you?" Miss Train was
saying in injured protest 'sOh, how
could you?"
"How could what, Amy?" Jarvis
asked.
"How could you sleep as you did
last evening when I was trembling
simply trembling-under the spell of
that voice?
did II" he said doubtfully. "Oh,
come now, Amy, that was impossible. !"
Nevertheless you did," she answer
ed. s'It was sacrilege.'''
"Look here" he said, "I'm sure you
must be mistaken. I'll admit 1 might
doze internationally at Aida or Ira
viata' or Faust but at 'Tannhauser'
never. I'm wide awake when Wagner
Is on the boards"
She glanced up hopefully. Had he
really some canons Of art, after all?
There was undoubted sincerity in his
tones. Perhaps this harsh judgment
Of him which she was aware had been
formulating itself in her mind the past
year was unjust to him. Perhaps, hid
den behind that noncommittal smile,
was a reverence for things artistic
which his outward appearance sue
cessfully masked. But these thoughts
were rudely quashed by his next re-
mark.
"Sleep during Tannhauser? he
laughed. absurd, Amy! Who on
earth could sleep in such tin shop
racket as that?''
The girl WINGED. Arthur she said
In shocked remonstrance.
He moved in his chair uneasily.
'There I go again. he said. For
give me. Really, didn't mean to
shock you. but I'm so brutally prac-
teal, you know"
That's just it." said the girl, $50
br1tally practical. wanted to see you
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-15

rnitted; that he was industrious and
trustworthy his employers asserted
that he would some day have a reason
able share Of wealth was almost to be
calculated upon, but as a matter OF
fact he hadn't stopped to balance his
love for Rose Henderson against sc
much for weekly expenses from week
pending on the "old man." and as soon
as he realized it his natural independ-
ence of spirit forced him to say:
'You are right, Mr.. Henderson.
While Rose and l are engaged to be
married, | promise you that we will
take no further steps in that direction
until | have accumulated at least So
600. Thank you for your kind words,
sir, and good day to you"
He either means it or he has a trick
up his sleeve" unused the old man
after his would be son-in-law had de-
parted. "At any rate, I'll keep an eye
on him."
James Brighton had been doubtful
Of the result, but Rose not at ALL She
believed her sweetheart had only to
ask for her hand to receive it with the
fathers blessing. For a few minutes
after hearing the answer she was stun
ned. Then she quietly asked:
do you mean that we shall wait un-
til you have somehow managed to save
$4,000?
II told your father so.'
"And how long will that take?"
''Well,g I'm saving at the rate Of 81
per week at present. Next year hope
to make it $40"
"And it will take you perhaps ten
years."
''Call it seven or eight"
They looked into each others eyes
for a long minute, and the girl hoped
to hear him speak of an elopement or
a secret marriage. Seven or eight
years was an eternity. The young
man was an ardent wooer, but he was
also man of strong principles. and he
did not utter the words she waited for.
"And we will waltz" she finally whis-
pered.
II SHALL" he replied.
'And p
She didn't finish. He saw her eyes
fash and her jaw set, and he wondered
if she had a temper Of her own after
all. He had scarcely made his de-
parture when she was walking her
room with cltnched hands. 1t was two
hours before she sat down to reason
things out She was still reasoning at
midnight, and it was two hours later
before her plans were all completed.
At breakfast table there were no signs
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-15

That evening she went to the opera
with young Carlton Morley, who ap.
preciated things artistic and was an
enthusiast in Wagnerian scores. Nor
ley was particularly brilliant that
evening, but Amy Train beside him
was thinking how Insignificant and
conceited he was. She was unutter-
ably bored by his witty criticism of
the box holders, and his enthusiasm
over the tenor's work seemed almost
effeminate in its effusion.
On the way home in the carriage Nor
ley talked necessarily of orchestration
and harmony, but his monologue fell on
unheeding ears Amy was looking pen
sively through the carriage window.
She was thinking that Jarvis sailed to-
morrow at 10 and that even if she ca
bled him it would be over a week after
his receipt of it before she would see
him. She devoutly wished Morley at
the ends Of the earth. She wanted to
put her head down on the cushion and
cry.
Thursday afternoon at she sat in
the library vainly trying to interest her.
self in the pages Of a current magazine.
The dOorbell rang, and she heard we'll
known step across the hall. She sprang
up as Jarvis entered.
With an effort she refrained from
rushing to him. She leaned against a
chair and said weakly:
"You? Didn't you sail today?"
"Of all the idiots" he announced,
"I'm chief and foremost. Just before
we sailed realized it all-that instead
Of relieving my loneliness those 1900
miles Of sea would intensity it. fed
down the gangplank like man pos
sessed just as they were hauling it up.
I simply had to see you again."
''I've been horribly lonely" she con-
fessed, ''but didn't realize it all until
last night. went to the opera, and
wanted you with me even there"
He smiled happily.
1T wasn't the same without you,"
she said
He had taken her in his arms. Now
he was looking down at her and laugh
ing softly.
Perhaps you missed my accompany
ing snore," he chuckled.
Il did-oh, didr' she said, pressing
one of his big hands to her bot cheek.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-15

IF anger or disappointment or bro
ken heart, and the father winked at his
plate and whispered to himself:
Roses either the best of daughters
and ought to have diamond ring for
this, or she has some little scheme to
spring on me. Very innocent girl. Rose
is, but she'll bear watching"
He should have watched her that
very day instead of making a journey
Of twenty miles and back to see a
certain piece of real estate. While he
was tramping over the broad acres Of
farm and inspecting buildings she
was talking with a lawyer whose repu-
tation was generally referred to as
shady" and hunting up quiet board
ing house in the suburbs. When the
father reached home it was to find the
house in charge of an old servant and
to learn that the young mistress had
been absent all day. This was some
thing SO unusual that he was at once
alarmed, and as night came he could
hardly sit still. The night passed with
out word from her, and he was max
ing ready to call for the assistance Of
the police when note from Rose was
showed under the front door by a boy
who rang the bell and ran away. The
note read that she had been kidnapped
and was being held for $1,000 ransom.
If the money was sent to a certain
place she would be set at liberty at
once. If not-well-
"Tll see 'em hanged firstv' reared the
father as he rose to the occasion. ''She's
been kidnapped by James Brighton, Of
course, but I'll have him behind the
bars within an hour!"
The police found James Brighton
easily enough, but he soon satisfied
them that he had no hand in the affair.
Naturally he was even more concerned
than the father. He advised mo COM
promise" and for four days the police
had charge of the case and worked ev-
cry string they could grasp. Second
and third notes were received from
Rose. She was being well treated, but
the money must be paid or the kidnap-
ers would become desperate. Day and
night the father and the lover hunted
in company, but the bold fellows had
covered their tracks too well. When
the police acknowledged themselves
beaten the ransom money was forward
ed, and three hours later Rose was
home. Never mind the tale she told.
Suffice it to say that it was we'll told
and hung together like chain It was
two evenings later that she smilingly
queried Of James:
Didn't you have an aunt die about a
month ago."
"Yes; dear old SOUL"
Didn't she leave you $5.0O0w
'Bless me, but she hadn't $1,000 to-
"Oh, but she had. If she didn't leave
you this $1,000 don't know how else
you could have got it. believe there
was some understanding with father,
ehy"
Eyes, but-but'-
swell, you've got $1,000, and-and'-
And they had been married three
months when the astute old Mr.. Hen
derson stopped on the street one day to
give his leg mighty slap and exclaim:
what an old fool am! 1t was Rose
who had little scheme to work, and
by the jumping Joe she worked itr'
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-15
YOU! DIDN'T YOU SAIL TODAY ?"

this afternoon to talk about that very
thing. IL don't know just how to
make you understand it, but I'm afraid
we won't be at all happy together.
We're SO very different-so very far
apart"
The smile left his face momentarily.
"You don't mean he began.
eyes," she said very low. 81 don't
think we are suited to each other. Ar
thur
It took him some time to grasp the
full import Of her words. Then the
smile came back, but it was a very ar
tifcial smile.
Perhaps you are right" he said,
with huskiness in his big voice.
Perhaps you wouldn't be happy with
commonplace sort Of chap like me.
And your happiness, Amy, is the first
and only thing that is worthy of my
thoughts. You might see how a month
without me might work anyway. And
if it isn't all you expect, why, call me
back, dear. shall always be ready to
come"
She watched him down the street
until he turned a corner. But before
that corner was reached she had al
ready felt a queer Tightening at her
throat, and the houses across the street
were blurred to her vision.
Three weeks passed, and she looked
at the matter much more calmly. It
was best thus. She had been quite
right in her judgment, she decided.
Then came the disturbing note from
him:
My Dear AMY have decided to take a
little run abroad. Any communication adj
dressed care Of the Colonial club, London,
will reach me. I sail Thursday morning
at 10. AS ever, yours,
ARTHUR E. JARVIS.
She was angry with herself for feel
ing disturbed at the contents of the
note. She tried to believe a tear that
FLASHED on to the paper did not alter
her attitude toward Jarvis, but she
was distinctly dismal all the afternoon.
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