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Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-29

the necessary stablng the Of the house
suitable appointments and add in the four months trip
to Europe which decided yesterday take next
summer. how much of that hfty-four thousand do
think shall have left at. the end of The year,?
But why build the house from ncome?"
Mary Jane, l out with the fixed idea
that will not cut into principal"
Well how much will we have over?'
Not dollar! The outlay for the year will approx
$4,000"
Large isn't t?"
And yet l don't how reduce it if
be expected to live"
We off something"
That is what l think If give the park and the
library building the why let the pay
the of caring for them?'
"Then could the interest that other hun
thousand"
Exactly, and nobody will suffer. The gift of the
property alone magnificent Who is going to complain
of us? We will decide to give the real estate and
stop"
Two days Mr.. Grimes home early from the
bank with a letter in his looked white, and
for moment after entering his wife's he could
hardly command utterance.
q bad you terrible news"
he said. almost falling into a chair
The thought flashed through Mrs. Crimes mind that
the general had later will which had been found
and which revoked the bequest to George She could
hardly Whisper
What is it?'
1.-THE executors write that the s1OOOOOO left to
by the general draws only about cent interest
George"
-Four per cent! Forty thousand dollars instead of
sixty thousand! frighful Twenty thousand
dollars a year gone at one breath"
you sure, Gcorge?"
Sure? Here is the letter. yourself One
third swept away before a chance
touch it!'
! think it unkind of the general to turn the A
cents to while somebody else gets the per
cents How could he do such a thing? And you such an
old friend, too"
Mary Jane that always had a in
him. I've said so to myself many a time But anyhow.
this rightful loss settles thing can't afford to
give that property the the
move over there to live and even then with the huge
expense keeping place order, shall have
watch things narrowly make ends meet"
g And you good at retrenching, George -
" But we've got to retrench Every superiuous
penditure must be off. AS for the park and free
library, wild now doesn't t.? don't regret
abandoning the scheme The people of this town
did appreciate public spirit generosity did they?'
Never"
" I'm sorry you spoke to Mrs. Borrow about helping
their church. Do you think she remembers ito"
She today and said they expecting
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-29

Beautiful. asked Mrs. Grimes.
Lovely That little annex on the side would make
a snug for me; imagine the prospect
south bedroom Window You would enjoy every look at
it,"
"George7"
" What?"
George, dear, tell frankly, do you really feel in
your heart generous you did yesterday"
" Now my dear why press that matter? Call it mean
what you will; maybe little
than but there is nothing to be ashamed Of 1t
is the conservative instinct asserting itself; the
faculty in that holds society together will be lib
eral enough when the time comes, fear. l
going to disregard what one may call the pledges of
lifetime. We will treat everybody right the Presbyterian
church and Mr.. Borrow included. His salary a thou
sand, think you sad?'
oven, I'm willing to make it fifteen hundred right
now, if you are"
1--WE said, you remember it ought to be $1,000"
" Who said SOP"
You did on the porch here the other evening"
al never said There isn't preacher around here
gets that much The Episcopalians with their rich people
only give $500"
/" And a house"
well, the Presbyterans build house If they
want to-"
You consent then to pledge $500 more to the min
isters salary"
said I you would, my advice just
to let the matter until tomorrow next day.
when the whole thing be considered"
Very we'll George, 100000 a great deal of
money, and certainly afford to be liberal with it,
for the generals sake well as for own"
4" Everything depends upon how you look at it, In
way the sum is large. In another way it isn't Gen
Jenkins had just twenty times sixty thousand Ire
mendous isn't 1t? He might just well have left us
other million He is in heaven and wouldn't miss it.
Then could have carried out some Of plans
fully"
"I hate to be thought covetous" answered Mrs.
Grimes, but do wish he had put on that other mil
lion"
The next day Mr. Grimes while sitting with his wife
after supper took memorandum from his pocket and
said
I've been jotting down figures, Mary Jane,
just to how will out with income of
100000"
"Well?"
eff give the place across the street for a park
library a hundred thousand dollars with which
1t shall have just nine hundred thousand left
yes"
We shall want horses carriage pair, and a
horse for the station Then must have saddle
horse, and there must be a pony for the children
thought also you might well have gentle pair for
your driving. That makes six Then there will
have to be say three stable Now notion is that
shall put larger house farther town with all
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-29

May, why not?" The words burst
from his heart.
Because / don't love you"
" Is love the only motive for which a
woman marries? 1t is the best motive, /
know. but there are others. have love
enough for both. l love you with my
whole being. Do you doubt it?"
No" she answered sadly.
Think OF your position here. An I'M
married girl living alone in this rough
country, where men think so little of
women-why. the position would be IN
bearabe to you. Let me take care Of you.
May. Let me be both husband and father
TO your
Please don't talk like that-you hurt
me. Don't you see II cannot be?"
can't see. There is no one else,
and"
There is some one else"
Melrose staggered back, as II from a
blow.
Who?" he demanded.
/ cannot tell. Now, please 60"
And Melrose picked up his hat and went
back 20 thooffice to try and drown mem
DRY in work. II was half holiday, and
his partner, Leslie Hanson, and the staff
were gone; but Melrose drew out his pa
pers and sought TO forget himself, with
but small success. The sting of Mays
refusal the bitterness Of his disappoint
ment, entered into everything.
That evening Melrose walked round tu
his partners house TO discuss final details
respecting pending case. He was shown
into a sitting room. and told that Hanson
whose hobby was photography and WIN
was developing some films. would joiI
him I'm a few minutes. Melrose went W
10 examine a new writing table that had
lately been added to the room.
Melrose started. On the blOtting pad
was note, addressed 10 Hanson, in Mays
handwriting. Taking one quick glance
towards the door, he turned IL over. The
envelope was open. Honor suggested that
he should leave Il alone but Melrose
yielded 10 baser motives. Quickly he drew
the Enclosure from the envelope. on the
half sheet of note paper within May had
written:
am troubled about something that
has happened today. Can you come tC
see me tonight? / will look for you at s
o'clock"
With nervous fingers and guilty glarces
az the door Melrose replaced the note.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-29

He stepped back and struck a match to
see the face of his watch. The wind, of
course, blew 1t out almost before it was
alight, and he smiled at his folly. But he
knew the time near enough Leslie Han
son would soon be crossing the bridge
to keep his appointment with May
Greaves. Directly he set foot on those
treacherous planks they would yield under
him, and he would be pitched into the
torrent beneath-On to jagged rocks, with
edges like knives, which 1t barely con-
cealed. Mauled, senseless-if not then
actually dead-the foaming torrent would
bear him over the rapids, to meet with
certain death, and to lie in a nameless
grave.
II was a hundred chances to one that
the body would never be found. Even If il
were, there could be no suspicion OF foul
play. In a short time, his rival gone, Mel
rose would win May Greaves for his bride.
He looked about for hiding place. Piled
on the bank a yard or so away was a
small stack Of timber evidently intended
to be Immediately used In the Teconstruc-
ton Of the bridge Melrose smiled GRIM
ly TO himself as he hid behind IT,
He crouched down and waited.
No sense of repugnance came to him
AIS fair in love and war" Human life
was cheap In these parts. Hanson would
J.
and the entire profits of the business
coming to Melrose. he and May would
be well on
An instants lull in the fierce gale, as If
II were momentarily tired, but the tor
rent roared as persistenuy as ever 1t
must be almost time for Hanson to be
here. Suddenly MelrOse's trained eyes,
accustomed TO the darkness, discerned a
moving form on the opposite bank. Some
one was walking along the path that
ended at the other JeuIng Of the bridge
Watching attentively, he made out a
woman In a white dress. Could II bt
May come TO meet the man she loved?
Immediately all his senses were on tn,
alert. This was an undreamed Of posi-
bility. What had possessed the girl 4
come out on this wild night? What 4
she attempted to cross the bridge?
ON, on, still nearer she came Metros
watched every step with growing anxiety
for a little while he seemed gifted witt
supernatural eyesight. She reached tn
bridge and stopped. All! IL was al
right She would not come any further
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-29

Then Leslie Hanson was the other mani
Well, good evening, gentlemen"
Goodnight. Mslrose, Mind you 30
straight hOme!'
A gene raj laugh from the company pres
ent followed the remark. With a keen re-
tort MelTOse passed out into the night.
He knew why they had laughed at him.
He, ordinarily the most temperate OF
men, had exceeded his usual single glass
Of spirits; and they-his lynx eyed friends
had noticed il. Well, he had needed
some thing strong to buoy himself up for
the job in hand. The liquor quickened
his energies without dulling his brain.
He had prophesied to himself, from GER
tain signs. that it would be a wild and
dirty night, and his prophecy was COM
fng true. Rain lashed In his face, he had
to turn up his coat collar to keep 1t out
Every now and then, strong man as he
was. he found it difficult to make head
way against the wind. The night was ia
vOrable in every way for the execution Of
the design in his mind. Melrose went to
his house, but instead of going inside,
walked around to a Toulouse situated in
the rear. Here, by the light of matches,
he discovered an AK. Hiding the ak I'M
der his Overcoat. he passed out along the
road. The wind appeared to be inCr6as-
ing. Half a mile from his house a river,
springing up amid the mountains, began
TO run parallel with the road. The waters
were in flood, and when their voice blend
ed with the voice OF the gale he could not
hear sound above them. 1t seemed as
II all the powers Of darkness were sum
mOued 10 assist him
He looked for and found gap in the
hedge lining the road A narrow, stony
track, along which he passed, led in about
twenty yards to a slight wooden bridge,
spanning surging torrent Two people
could not have walked abreast across tn
bridge. The planks were worn and shool
beneath the feet of any one passing owe
them.
Feeling with practiced hands, Metros
selected the place where the boards wer
most rotten. Slipping the ak from unde
his coat, and holding his own body in
position of security he raised the ak abov
his head and hacked at the frail timbers
In few minutes he had the two board
forming the apex Of the bridge and tn
supports below all but severed.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-29

He breathed again.
Then she started to cross the bridge.
Melrose jumped up, crying out waving
his arms-all to no avail. Her face was
held downwards, breasting the gale; she
neither saw nor heard him. He forgot
everything but that he must save the
girl he loved from imminent death A
step or two brought him TO the bridge.
on he went, needless of the weakened
planks, anxious only to push her back.
Suddenly she felt a plank culver be-
meath her feet. She turned and fed,
Melrose's near presence quite unknown
TO her. She had barely reached firm
ground when the center Of the bridge
gave. If she heard Melrose's scream as
he fell with il, she may have thought It
the mere shrek of the wind.
Next moment she was lying on the bank
I'm a dead faint.
where am II"
" In your own home"
don't remember"
There is no occasion to remember. Lie
still and rest"
Five minutes later May opened her
eyes, with the light of recognition in
them-to fall upon Leslie Hanson sitting
beside her.
q recollect now. saw the bridge
fail. | only just got back in time"
" Tell me, May! What were you doing
there this wild night?"
Il was sitting here, waiting quietly
for you, when a most horrible feeling
came over me that you were In peril.
l could not sit still Something impelled
me to the river. And there / saw the
bridge fail. Thank God, Leslie, you were
not there at the time!'
Il must have arrived there a few min
utes afterwards. There seemed some
thing curious then l saw that the cen
tral part was gone. l went around to
the other bridge and crossed. When
got there / found the servant I'm alarm
at your absence. She and / went down
TO the waters edge and found you"
II was a wonderful escape for both
of us. o, howcan ! thank you sufficiently
for taking such care OF me?"
BY letting me take care of you al
ways May"
She spoke softly, giving him her hand.
" asked you here tonight, Leslie, To
give you that permission"
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-29

Il as that"
Alfred Melrose shifted uneasily from
one foot to the other. He had bent the
whole energies of a strong and resolute
nature to win May Greaves for his wife,
and had failed Nothing he had said
seemed to affect her. But there was one
trump card sim unplayed.
" Are you aware" he asked, " Of your
fathers last wish?"
No" Fear came into her face.
Il thought not, or you wouldn' t-weu,
you would think twice before giving me
that answer
Pm sure father could say nothing
He always wished me TO be perfectly free
in that way"
When he was strong and well-nat-
urally. But when a man is laid aside and
near death he is apt to think differently.
There, May, I'll not beat about the bush
any longer. I've a letter here which he
wrote me a few days before he died. You
can see for yourself what It says"
He took letter from leather wallet
and smoothed II out.
Read" he said, placing It in her
hands.
She followed as through "A haze what
was written. Her father deplored his
approaching death, leaving a motherless
girl TO face the buffets Of "A cruel world.
Il referred TO the comparatively small in
heritance she would have, for Greaves
had not been an oversuccessful man, and
expressed the wish that Melrose, as his
lawyer, should wind up his affairs. Final
IN, il commended May to Melrose's care
concluding;
"If by any chance, my dear Melrose
her heart is turned in your direction,
am sure that somehow the glad news
would come to me. and a great feeling Of
thankfulness that all was well with her
would food my soul"
Melrose watched the girl closely as sh'
read When she came TO the last words
she put her handkerchief 90 her eyes. He
stood silent until her emotion was past
Wen May?" he asked softly.
She handed him back The letter, with
an unexpected show Of decision.
No, Mr.. Melrose, / cannot marry
you"
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-29

AS light as e'er you saw the down
Float from the thistle's silvered crown,
The feather waited on the breeze
That stirs from summers dangerous trees
Or trailing cobweb gently blown,
The tiniest burden earth has known,
Or Zephyr captured for her own,
Fancy may measure things like these
AS light as air:
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-29

~ o that is your final answer.
May?"
The girl bit her underlip, and
- answered, with effort:
I'm afraid you must take
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-29
TRIFLE.

Sweetheart, while yet you ne'er dlsown
Three words you spoke. your pout, your
frOwn,
Even the wayward coauetries
That wreck mstrustful lovers ease
Would be to me a trlfe, grown
As light as air:
A. RAPHoE
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-29

T always had been one Of the Injuries Of
the Grimeses to consider what they would
do n they we're rich. Many a time George
and his wife, sitting together of summer
evening upon the porch Of their own pretty
house in Susanvlle had looked at the long
unoccupied country seat Of Gen. Jenkins,
just across the way. and wished they had
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-29
The Baby Beetles Cradle.

If at almost any time Of the year we
walk through the woods where the led,
scarlet, black or pin oaks are growing
that is, where we find those that
ripen their acorns in two seasons md
therefore belong to the pin oak group
we shall probably find on the ground
fallen branches that vary in size from
that of lead pencil to that Of ones
thumb or even larger. These at he
broken end appear as If cut away with
in the wood, so that only thin por-
ton Is left under the bark. Within
the rather uneven cut, generally near
the center of the growth, IS a small
hole tightly plugged by the powder
post" of beetle larva. Split open
the branch or twig, when a burrow
will be seen, and the little, white, soft
hard jawed larva that made it will be
found or perhaps the inactive pupa.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-29
FIRE At SPOKANE

Fire in the heart of the wholesale
district of Spokane early Tuesday
morning destroyed or damaged plop-
erty valued at nearly $3.50, 900 and for
a time threatened all of the block on
the south side of Railroad avenue, be-
tween Post and Mill streets. The
heaviest losers are:
The Cudahy Packing company.
which occupied the two story building,
and DR.. C. P. Thomas and r. D. BeckOn,
owners of the building.
G.. Fl. Weeks, owner of the three
story brick; The Spokesman-Review
Publishing company; Robbins, Pratt
& Robbins, Swarzschild & Sulzberger,
H. NJ. Lockwood, and the Pacific
Transfer company.
Booth Met lintock, wholesale grocer
supplies, Post street and Railroad
avenue, two story brick about $50 900;
insurance unknown. When the fire.
men reached the blaze huge clouds of
smoke were rolling from the Cudahy
building where the fire was discovered.
The blaze evidently originated in the
rear of the Cudahy building, for the
officers had passed there half an hour
before and all was well.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-29
CHILD SUICIDES IN BERLIN.
Several Distressing Incidents Since
School Opened.


Berlin, Sept. 26.-Several distressing
instances of the suicide of children
have occurred since the opening of the
autumn school term. This has brought
on a discussion of the conditions Of
schools and home life, and efforts are
being made to trace the cause of that
increasing feebleness of the desire to
live which it is affirmed the 1900
suicides of 1903 indicate.
The statistics of Lhildren's self MUIR
der in SaXony show that although only
seven persons under IA committed sui
eide in 1901-1902, the number rose to
81 in 1908. The suicides of adults in
SaXony increased in the same time
from 1888 to 1927.
The causes of suicide in Germany
are regarded as being exceedingly SUBJ
tie. Socialists blame distressing econ
omic conditions. The clerical view is
the increase of irreligion and growth
of sensual materialism, while critics Of
the school systems assert that chill
dren are forced too much.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-29
gen. DRAIN FOR CONSULAR JOB

Seattle. - National guard officers
have the story that Adjutant General
James A. Drain appointed by Governor
Rogers six and half years ago from
Spokane, is to be given a consular
berth in South America; that Lieuten.
ant Colonel Ortis Hamilton of Colfax
will be made Drains successor, and
that Captain Matt Gormley of Seattle,
now adjutant, will be made colonel of
the second regiment. Colonel. Lamp
ing's commission expires October H.,
which would make the vacancy for
Gormley's appointment. General
Drain is personal friend of Secretary
Root, and the appointment is expected
through his influence.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-29

JAMES b. DILL. cier. Within twen-
ty days Mr.. Dill placed on file in Al
oany his resignation as director In
ninety-one companies Of the State Of
New York. In New Jersey he has
withdrawn from many more corpora
lions. He has notified clients that he
can no longer serve them. Hence
forth his duty is to the State On this
account the Standard Oil Company.
the steel trust and the Public Service
Corporation filed written protests with
the Governor and opposed the appoint
ment. Mr.. Dill's fees have been enor-
nous. The career of this famous cor
poration lawyer in the judges chair
VIII be subjected to the closest scru-
tiny.
William A. Day, who has been ap-
pointed acting comptroller Of the
Equitable Life, succeeding Thomas D.
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commissioned first lieutenant in the
Fourth Illinois Regiment, which he ac-
companied to Mexico. He was pres
ent at the siege of Cerro Gordo and
that Of the City Of Mexico, disting-
gushing himself upon both of these
occasions.
In 1860 Oglesby was elected to the
State Senate, but resigned to enter &C
tive service in the Union army. He
commanded brigade at the capture Of
Fort Henry and of Fort Donelson, and
was promoted to brigadier general for
valiant action on these occasions. At
Corinth he was severely wounded in
battle.
In 1864 he was elected governor of
Illinois. 1t was during his term of Of
fee that the close of the war threw
the State into the most dlsorganized
condition. Thousands Of duties de-
volved upon the governor that were
outside the regular routine, but Ogles-
by met all Of them ably. He served as
governor until 1872 and was United
States Senator from 1873 till 1879, de-
clining a denomination.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-29
Sensation at Mardi Gras.

New York, Sept 25-The Coney ISL
and Mardi Gras parade was broken up
Saturday night by an explosion in two
manholes of the electric subway, re-
$sulting in the injury of about dozen
persons, five of whom were so seri-
ously hurt as to necessitate their re-
mOval to the hospital.
The explosions occurred where the
crowd was densest, hurting columns of
flame 80 feet into the air. Horses in
the parade took fright and ran through
the crowds, creating great panic.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-29
Thu Way He Lived.

Replied Bill Nye to an inquirer as
to his mode Of living:
II belong to an athletic club and a
pair Of Indian clubs with red handles.
1 owe much of my robust health to
this.
II do most of my writing in sit
ting position or in an autograph album.
When I am not engaged in thought l
am employed in recovering from its
effects. l am very genial and pleas
ant to be thrown amongst.
II dress extensively, but not so as
to attract attention. In the morning
l wear morning dress, in the evening
I wear evening dress, and at night I
wear night dress"
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studied law and practiced a number of
years at Lafayette. He Joined the
Knights Of Pythias in 1874 at Lafay-
cite and was elected grand chancellor
Of Indiana In 1880. He was regarded
as the founder Of the uniform rank.
and was elected It's first major general
in 1884, which position he held at the
time Of his death. He was past de-
partment commander Of the G.. 4. R.
General Carnahan was appointed a
member of the visiting committee to
West Point military academy last year
by President Roosevelt and delivered
an address there.
-
James Van Allen, the expatriated
American, is said to have exhibited his
love for lavish expenditure Of money by
buying forty hats for some of his women
friends at the recent opening Of Countess
\ abricottrs millinery shop in London.
-
William Woodville Rockhill, minis.
ter to China, who has notified the
Pekin government that it must OBJ