Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-05-14

THE MAGNETIC MAN,
715 Church Street.
Is still having success in helping
people who are suffering with old
chronic troubles.
Come ard see him and be convinced.
alive and we'll at the present moment
and Is nj doubt gloating over my dis.
comfituree'
HE is not even wounded?p asked
the boy.
Not even wounded
"But why did you not kill MIN when
you e', had the opportunity? It surely
would not have been difficult to hit
that great hulk Of flesh. is 1t then
safe to strike an American gentleman
in the face?'
Not always. My reasons for not
killing him are too complicated for a
boy to understand. They involve q
lady's. sanction Of duel, and then her
subsequent multiplying Of that sanction.
They involve, in general, lady's re.
quest, which can hardly be overlooked
when she is, in reality, the cause Of the
hatred which made the meeting neces-
sary. Do you follow me, Wang 2"
Il think do replied the boy
YEARLY. You spared him because the
Princess asked you to. You have been
magnanimous, whatever the cost to
yourself, and given the Princess her
admirer, for whom, in his moment OF
extreme peril, she found that she cared
more than she had supposed. And now
you are done with the whole Romanoff
family"
Hardy forgot his pain for the mo.
ment and stared at the boy in open.
mouthed wonderment.
III you were not a boy" he said at
last, sinking back on the pillow,
should think you were woman. Your
intuition in such matters is positively
marvellous. And now mustn't talk
too mucn, for it makes this shoulder
ache like bad tooth. ! must get we'll
and we must go back to Stryetensk
and the store. But there is one little
Go to the place where the duel was
AOuSuC5 tllS i SudlA uSloSAAbS
the location exactly to YOU Romanof1
Stood near a large oak-tree whose
trunk divides about six feet from the
ground into two trunks equal in size
Look about there and see II you can
find in the snow gold cuff button
It is there, and, shining against the
white, should be easily found Bring 1t
to me as quickly as possible"
But, my dear master, / want to
stay and nurse you, care for you. Who
should do this but me? you don:
know what a good nurse ] am. You
have no ideal"
II don't doubt it in the least Wang.
But if you desire to please me you will
bring me that cuff button. Go, now,
am in too much pain tc bear opposi.
ton meekly. Listen now. This is Where
the meeting took place"
Hardy described the locality in q
few clear sentences.
'Take a sledge and drive there YOU
should net be gone over ar hour /"
Wang left without another word.
Not long, after the boys departure
the nurse brought in a bouquet OF
priceless orchids, which she arranged
in a vase and set OH q table near his
bed.
can ;svoschik brouht them she ex.
planned to Hardy. Here is the note
that came w'th them
she handed him tiny billet-doux
and aised one of the shades. Holding
the note on his teeth, ne opened the
envelope with his good hand, and read /:
My Friend: do not know what your
feelings are toward my unhappy self
had no idea that this deplorable az.
fair would end as it has. Will you al.
low me to come in person and express
my regrets land do whatever lies in my
power to alleviate your sufferings
Thank God you are not killed!
ElizabetIla Ranmovna. Z
"Tell; the: man that there is no an
swer at present" said Hardy to the
nurse.
Wang was gone two hours. When
he arrived he came straight to Hardy
couch aud handed. him a small gold
object, with a bit of linen hanging to
1t.
Here 1t Is" he said; "it is stamped
with the cFeast of the RomanOff family
u thought you had lost one Of your
cuff buttons"
Bring paper and envelopes" Hardy
requested Of the nurse, "and then leave
us alone for few minutes"
The woman complied.
Nov take my indelible pen from
my waistcoat pocket and write
Wang sat down at the table and
looked inqufringly at his master.
your Highness," dictated Hardy, Il
hope thatyou will not give yourself the
slightest uneasiness on my account,
My wound is a very trifling matter,
from which shall soon recover.
am greatly honored by your kind offer
to call and see me, but must deny my
self the pleasure of receiving you. ]
can not allow you to compromise your
exalted position by thus yielding to
the dictates Of your good heart VIII
you allow me to add that feel l nave
already trespassed too far on your
good nature and am quite unwilling to
continue the infliction? AS you have
frequently admired my skill with the
pistol, am inclosing little trophy OF
the same, his Highness's cuff button,