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please in the matter" was her angry
reply.
You brazen-face! Tell me at once
the fellows surname and address,
said he.
Fellow. Fellow" she exclaimed
standardization suddenly stopping, sh.
looked tixedly at him for a ms as
though deciding what course to take.
y resciute expression came to her eyes,
and angrlly stamping her foot, she
SAID:
Find out all you want to know for
yourself Fake your hand away, un-
less You are coward enough to strike
me. l might. bad you spoken diffe--
emily, have spared o a part of the
pain you shall feel now. But you can
do your worst, and l will see that YOU
and you only shall suffer- He released
her. and she rose and was about To
leave the room, when he i%nterposeG
fort, spoke again:
You are utterly Shameless: fool that
L have boon. If 1 am not coward
enough, as you call it. to strike you. be
sure OF this-the cad to whom your let
ter is addressed shall AXE the punish
ment for both. and will be in no condi-
ton to receive or respond to Won,
braZen confcsSions."
To this she responded with a curl OF
ny ~ S1AU q sSOA ltQSIl, M1llCll Oily
maddened him. But he said nothing
further-only ook her firmly by the
arm and led her into the dining room
placed her at the end furthest from
the door. pushed the table to the same
end of the room in front of her. She
made no resistance and did not speak
-contenting herself with looking an
grily at him as he sat her down and
putting on a look of sneering defiance
He rang the bell, and as the maid re-
sponded went to the room door tc
screen the view OF her mistress and
said:
"A visitor will call shortly, about /
o'clock, whom you are to show straight
into this room, and to whom on no ac-
count you are to say 1 am at nome
Mind you, do exactly as l have told
you h girl, half frightened at the
stern mood OF her usually good-tem-
pered master, withdrew. He Their
stepped into the hal and returned with
a heavy riding whip Gan old treasure
of his boyhood, which had been given
him by a farmer uncle when staying
in the country. Throwing this on a
chair he looked at his watch and sal
down.
Then she spoke, p~assionately. dis
dalnfully, as though determined tc
goad him to the Very utmost.
You brave a armed. Let me give
you warning. You Think to make me
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do not think shall be very late, but
as l am rather busy and Go not wish
to leave the office early, l think l will
take With me what l want and change
there. Put up my things. dear, and 1
will make UP for leaving you SO much
by being extra good. You know where
[ am most happy, but l cannot break
off all old friendships at cnce."
And l do not want you to-" she an
swered. You devote too much time
TO me new, and l sometimes fear lest
vou should tire of SO much woman's So
ciety. l love TO have ,-ou with me. but
{ want You still to mix With men. 1t
must be Better for you sometimes"
n ran off IL soon came back with
a small bag containing what he re-
QuireG, DaGe him u warm goodbye, and
he went off as happy Il man as entered
the city shat day.
by one of those strange chances
which, u~nimportant as they may seem
at first, are pregnant with vast issues,
make an appointment for late in the
afternoon, which brought him very
near nome. and SO he altered his plan
OF dressing at the office. and resolved
to give his wife a pleasant surprise;
spending an hour at nome. and going
thence To keep his evening engagement.
Fe let himself in with u smile, as he
pictured nersurprise. and going through
the lau found her in the little room OPP
pcsIte the dining room, which they used
as library, smoking. writing ana read
Ing roon,-in fact. n snug little place
where rigid order was not enforced and
where either together or separately
they nave passed many contented hours.
Coming in suddenly Upon her. she
started, and. as he thought, with a look
of some disappointment. said:
You told NE you We're not coming
home Til, late!"
He Went over to her and kissed her,
when he noticed a letter which, after
writing, she had apparently let fall on
to the floor by the writing table.
%Stoopils to pick it up, he said, laugh
ins:
Going to resign. and writing for an
other piace?"
She colored. and hastily made for the
letter, saying:
ooh, 1t is only a spoilt letter which l
rewrote this morning. l meant TO have
torn IL up!' But he had already picked
1t w. and without any intention of
reading il had caught sight OF its first
words and suddenly grew stern.
Give il to me-" she cried, as he held
1t from her With one hand. while With
the other he pushed her Almost rudely
away. Then, giancing at the letter, he
uttered All oatn, thrust her down upon
q chair, and exclaimed:
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The P~lunderers.
BY c. J. cUTLlFFE HYNE.

go tomorrow to live like wild beasts III
IL palmetto shack on that accursed fooc
n nothing else. / believe that fou
grinnins Niger knew and brought
those sweet spuds here just to insult
Us. I've a great mind to break his
beastly neck"
whats the use of getting hot over
it this weather." said Williams
IF you did break the nigger's neck
1t would not add to your income, and
that's the only occupation / know
worth living for"
And therefore you want to marry
Mrs. Duvernay."
o any one else with a modicum OF
dollars. I'm ~prejudiced. Believe me
dear boy, l could pour out q whole
wealth of affection on sweet Mabel or
sweet KITTY or sweet anybody else who
was able to support me in moderate
comfort. AT present my talents are
thrown away during nineteen-twen-
tie>hs of the year because nature never
intended me to hin as n noble saw
age. Consequently, dear boy, IAN ready
to throw myself away on any one"
oh. l like that" said Robinson.
You might have married a girl here
last winter"
The travelling English person with
out the aitches? Yes, dear boy, l did
think about 1T. But 1 came to the con-
LAooAoa liidl SllS was 100 ora 10 re-
form, and, don't YOU know, one really
couldn't stand living with "a aitehless
person eternally for any amount Of in
come. OF course it was a sacrifice, and
the poor girl was very let. down. but I
hin she'll get over it liz time. They
all do"
probably She has DONE" said Robin
son grinly. From what he said. her
father was quite resigned to your
loss before he left here"
MY prospective father-in-law was
sordid. He couldn't appreciate a gem
tleman. Now, Mabel's papa Is in a
better land. and, by Jove! that's a
great point in her favor. 1 never
could stand paternal advice"
You seem to be making pretty sure
Of getting the lady"
I'm not at all sure, but 1 want to
find out how the land lies. And, by
Jove, clever thought. 1 know how to
do 1T! I'll go to Cambel after dinner
and tell him I'm going to call on Mrs.
Duvernay tomorrow and offer to take
him down there in my dugout. I shall
soon see what his game is. II he's
after her still, he'll. look Jealous and
trust me for seeing, and If he isn't,
Why, It's a walk over"
All the same" remarked his other
friend, II don't think rd-ar-bet very
long odds on you, old chappie. There's
nothing certain In this life, and Wild
ows are apt-ar-to keep a fellow
dangling till a fellow gets tired. Fin.
ished? Then let's go to the bar and
throw for liquors. Mines creme de
menthc."
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you false-hearted Jezebel,'
"NarrS. how dAre NOu2 Mhat do No

ile'tl.
"silence," ne said, pressing his hand
heaNlly on her and holding her fixed.
and She, for the terrified, re-
manned quiet, while he read the letter,
which ram:
My Dearest George cannot tell
you how | ave felt since. after three
years, We so unexpectedly lnet yester-
day. and L feel how great q wrong l
did you in leaving you without knowl-
edge OF my movements, n to Suppose
L was Indifferent. But after yesterdays
meeting, when you put your arm round
mo with the old tenderness and forgave
my folly, all the old feeling has come
back, OF rather revived, for really it
never left my heart, which poured Itself
out to you so freely in the dear old
days, and | love you still more since
You tell me You have never loved me
less tina then.
Blu 1 cannot write all i want to say,
and SIN sending this rather that we
may take advantage of a grand oppor-
tunity which has Unexpectedly pre-
scented itself for us to have an hour or
two quite alone.
My husband this morning told me
of an engagement which keeps him in
town till late (~probably II o'clock) to-
night, so You must contrive to come to
me about { o'clock (what a pity you
are engaged all day).
odi iltcI VIEW StSlelNdS WAS dIl 100
short. I am longing to have you with
me, to lay my head on o in the old.
old way, and tell you all my thoughts,
and show you that you hold the same
place as ever in the heart OF your low
ing Kitty
TO a moment after reading this he
remained silent, then, turning with an
expression of terrible sternness to his
wife, he said:
do You say that this was rewritten
n posted?"
She had recovered herself partially
now. and was angry, too.
Yes, 1 90" she answered, land how
dare you speak to me like this? l can
do as l like, | suppose? | am not your
slave, to answer for every act to you."
Not noticing her last words he de-
manded:
Will this appointment be kepto"
Yes, it will, and l shall do lust as /
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Continued Next week.)
The Worlds Supply Of Nickel.
From the Review Of Reviews


In the contrad!stlnction to the. mines or
southern British Columbia, which were
started for gold and silver and found COP
per. are the wonderful mines of Sudbury,
Ont. that were started fer copper and
found nickel. Probably mnro mines are
discovered by chance thar by systematic
prospecting. and the romance that ee,-
orally appertains 10 the discovery cer.a.n-
ly clings to tho finding OF pyrcllot.te in
Sudbury. Lost in the forest, a resident
OF Sudbury was found. In the morning,
seated on IN outcrop Of o,e that s>,bse-
quently proved to be the foundation OF the
largest undermining Industry in the
lwerld.
An English firm obtained control Of the
mines, but succeeded In bungling the man
| asenent. in an Incredibly foolish manner
and 1t was not until American engineers
directed operations that profits herSn 10
accrue. in 1889 Canada produced les, than
100000 pounds OF Nickel: the prodact!op
last year, was probably In tho res!cn or
100000 pounds. OF which about 90 Der
cent. finds 1t way across che border. 81
rar as human foresight San TELL. rh4re
seems 10 mineral In the economic world mn
likely to maintain its market value 20
nickel. Outside the projection of New
Caledonia, Cauada supplies practically nil
the worlds requirements. bus these re-
quirenents become more md more each
year, and new discoveries sf tho metal are
not keeping pace with this. increasing do,
n1and. 1t is. however. reported that north
Of Sudbury considerable areas of the. rim
erai have been found, n 1t will be Inter.
estins to note what effect this will hays
.on the market price of this metal, which.
at present. is largely controlled by the In
tcrnational Nickel company.
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The water OF Loeb Katrine is won.
derfully pure. 1t holds only quarters
pound OF alluvial deposits to every
1000 gallons Of water. The -names
averages four pounds to tho 1000 gSl~
Ions
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"%silence,' ne said, pressing his hand
heavily on her and holding her fixed.
and She, for the moment terrified, re-
manned Quiet, while he read the letter..
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-28

to such language and Installed such in
struction. As matter of fact, the
live languages have been neglected for no
other reason than lack of demand. Czech
language, literature and history are sus-
cepitble to development as others. but re-
member that Czech language, literature
and history are on the way from a second
revival. The Czech language was at its
prime before the Battle OF White Noun
tains in 1870. after which Its books OF learn
ing, literature, history and philosophy were
condemned TO be burned by the victor.
THE Labyrinth OF the World" by Come
Mus. Is a type Of that age and IL classed
as one OF the four classics Of the world.
All languages are prone to advancement.
but Czech. as you find by study, has made
more wonderful advancement for the sec
ond epoch and we, as students of the
university, desire to be instructed In It
upon basis with other instruction.
JOHN r. KREYCIK,
Member OF Comenius Club.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-28

times 10 influence Him; second, that the
late lamented Edward Rosewatsr OF The
Omaha Bee, while attending the Interna-
tional Postal conference. held in Rome last
year. received a dispatch from Murphy OF
Seward asking him to use his influence in
Murphy's behalf, but that fair minded gen
tleman refused to do anything for the
schismatic priest. Third, that Veccia is
not a manager, as the so-called dispatch
claims, but monsignor Of the Catholic
church, with whom l am personally ac-
quainted. This shows the suplne ignor-
ance of our trlcksters in Roman AFFAIRS
and while they want their patient readers
to swallow their patent medicine, feel
more than ever obliged to excaim en-
phatically: "All these dispatches are Meth
ing but lies. lies, lies" Yours respectfully,
DIR. GEORGE AGIUS.
(Dr. Agius is secretary to Bishop Bona
cum and chancellor of the diocese OF Lin
coln)
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-28

ring directly to the toast he declared that
Masonry has stood for two great factors In
human life-tolerance and virtue-de-
parture from which has done more to bring
suffering upon earth than any other thing.
and the grand lodge OF Nebraska AS the
proud record of upholding these two great
virtues.
II. c. Bronze was to have responded to
the toast, 1.-THE Trowel" one of the SYM
bols Of the order. He was unable to speak
and the toast was passed for an impromptu
address by George w. Lininger. The
speaker referred to his investigation Of
Masonry on four continents and that he
had proved to his own satisfaction the con-
necton Of tho present society, not
only to the building Of King Solomon's tenn
pie, but to Egypt centuries before the tenn
pie was built. He told CT his visit to other
grand jurisdictions and the warm receptio0
he had receiced, showing that Masonry n
universal In its application. All are work.
ing for the brotherhood Of man. for real
Masonry means the fatherhood OF God and
the brotherhood OF man. Masonry and re-
llglon have gone hand in hand through all
the ages. The speaker then gave a brief
history Of the movement for a Nebras ska
Masonic home, ending with its complete
success.
Rev. A. 8. c. Clarke responded to the
toast, THE Three Great Lights" His adj
dress was a powerful plea for practical
work OF the order-being OF a purely Ma
sonic character.
A solo by Jo F. Barton followed, and
after his hearers let him stop singing the
POSTMASTER read letters of regret from a
large number OF past grand masters and
past masters Of the lodge among them be-
ing messages from William Cleburn and
Louis NJ. Rheem, both members OF the
lodge for over thirty years.
10 F. Barton rendered solo and was ~
called for another.
Henry d. Medley responded 20 the toast,
Capitol Lodge" He paid high tribute 20
! the founders Of the lodge and to all mem
bers who have done 30 much to advances
the cause OF humanity and virtue in
! Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-28
TaxatIon of MORTGAGES.

VDRDON. Neb., January A-To the Edi-
tor Of The Bee: You reply to my communi-
cation regarding the assessing OF incum-
bered real estate by admitting that IL costs
Just as much to protect incumbered as un-
lncumbered realty but you claim that by
assessing the incumberance we get the
same tax from one class as We do from
the other. You seem TO overlook the fact
that the Incumberance creates an additional
burden on the law. II It iCss not. 1t surely
should not be taxed. Again, II real prop
orty should not be taxed because the holder
owes for portion or all OF It. why should
personal property be taxed when the holder
owes for II? Apply this to the railroads
see by statistical abstract for 1904 that
about IS per cent Of their capitalization is
covered by bonds and floating debt. 1t
seems TO me TO be Just as fair to permit
them to deduct their debts from their assets
as for owners OF realty 10 do So
A word regarding the taxing of railroad
terminals: There seems 20 be great diff
nculty between the ideas expressed In the
Falls City Tribune OF December II. 1906,
and those OF The Bee. and Of George Berge
| In last weeks Nebraska Independent. The
plan as proposed by the Tribune, would, I'M
doubtedly. result in less taxes by the rail
roads. The one outlined by The Bee and
Berge would increase their taxes by the
amount they would and should pay for the
| local protection they receive In both cities
and towns from the Are and police depart
ments.
Il DO not think l am advocating the assess
ing OF the full value OF their side-tracks
machine shops. round houses. depots. etc
\ TO illustrate; The 100 miles OF railroad IN
Omaha are probably increased In value
1900 per mile because these terminal values
are added to the value OF the main line
which is already assessed The above
amount when correctly sseertained should
be deducted. My friend may ask why this
plan OF each locality assessing the road &C
eording to its value in that immediate local
ivy is not the correct one. Answering.
| win say there Is not a road In the state
that has any immediate local value. Take
permanently one rail from the c. a n
track between Salem and RuIo and the
100000 bridge at RulO. one-half In Richard.
son county, Nebraska. would not be worth
a dollar except TO tear down.
The above may sound strange 10 thoss
who know me- NY personal interest Is Il
deduct membranes from realty. and Il
used TO be said always was opposed e
doing fairly by the railroads from a seIhsf
Viewpoint. The greatest good can com,
only by perpetuating and improving Oui
present form Of government This car
only be done by dealing fairly by all in
terests and by the strictest enforcement
OF all laws. good citizen viii obey tn,
laws. Why should not a bad one be com.
PEELED to do sOG II Il all folly to taIl
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-28
MRS. WELLS ON PHILIPPINES
Completes Series of six Lectures ON
IsIand World of the
Paefac.

Mrs d. b. Wells delivered the last OF
series OF lectures Saturday afternoon At
the First Presbyterian church on THE
Island World of the Pacific" and was
greeted by an interested audience. For her
final lecture Mrs. Wells took the subject
OF 1.-The Philippines" simplifying the dis
course with many statistics to the popu-
lation, heather and Christian, of this large
group OF islands. In this connection she
said:
This group, composed of over 800
islands and only 1000 OF which are named,
is situated $500 miles west OF Hawaii and
500 miles on the coast OF China. The iarg-
est island is Luzon. with an area equalllng
that of Pennsylvania. The combined area
OF the islands Is 1900 square miles and
they are all mountainous, denssly wooded
volcanic I'm origin, with a wealth of YER
du-e, fruitage and color belonging es-
sentially TO the tropics. The resources OF
this island empire are very great but I'M
developed The climate is of many va
rieties and more OF less trying to the I'M
acclimated American.
THE native population is cOnhned TO
three general classes, the MorOs. NegTitoi
and the Igorrotes, all OF whom are NOR,
or loss uncivilized The Moros lean t1wa''
the Mohammedau faith. but many Of them
and also Of the other native tribes, hav
been converted by the Catholic and othe
missionaries. The priests having been Fl
the islands for years have naturally con
verted many OF the natives and that de
nomination is the strongest in the ISLANDS
THE natives. as a rule, are Of a belliger
ent disposition ana wars Instructions an
petty disturbances Of civil nature hav
beenever present In the Islands"
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-28
chnir Of C.ech LangunEe.


LINCOLN, Jan. A.-To the Editor Of The
Bee: In view OF the last article in The
Omaha Sunday Bee of January g. regard
ing the Czech instruction at the state uni
versity. let me make certain things clearer.
TO one exalting a certain idea everything
seems possible, while the one not In har-
mony with that same project sees no good
points in II. The first question IL: Can
we do IT, or Is Il within reach of university
regents TO do it9'' And then II those ques-
tlons are answered In the Affirmative, we
ask: "Is It for our states welfare and
good o: her people to do so7"
Czech students. realiEing the financial
objection, renew their application for the
Czech instruction from an instructor resu-
larry employed In certain other DEPART
ments as professor OF assistant, but they
ask that such Czech instructor be chosen
and given power to instruct an hour a
day through the week the language and
history OF Czech people. II people are
thirsting for knowledge and education and
desire IL. why net give II to them7 Questions
would be-nau ~ asked by the regents
and othersi Lave We some one to take
charge OF certain departments who would
be able TO instruct IN cSech lansuageF p
OF course we have. graduates from the
eastern universities. fully equipped and
capable OF carrying a line OF work IN the
university besides capable 20 instruct In
czech. The names OF the prospective in
structors viii be presented at the next
regular meeting OF the board OF regents.
Besides the organization OF Czech instruc-
ton, the university viii sain very con;
slderably from the enlarged attendance OF
Czech and other students. Czech people,
like the American. German and French.
like to study their own language, know
more about their country's literature and
history and the place where such instruc-
ton is given IL the place where they will
go and stimulate others 20 80. There are
thirty-nve Czech students In the university
proper and twenty-five at the school OF
agriculture The small ngure OF sixty
students counts a trine when Il comes 10
this: That they viii so where such In
struction L. given. rhs State University Of
Iowa has Czech Instruction, but not ON
cially recognized
controversy although Murphy tried many
Let me nre my last word and quit. There
are but few live languages taught and
the rest are dead language. Some dead
languages have educational benefits for tbs
American language. but what does Hebrew
old French. Welsh. old Gothic, sanacrit
Finlandish and others. only studied for thu
reason liza some professor took ltkinG
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-28
Iriah wit.

An Irishman having been told that mar
riages we're made in heaven felt some
doubts on the subject. and taking pencil
and paper he wrote the following:
Though matches are all made in heaven,
they say,
Yet Hymen, who mischief Oft matches,
Sometimes deals with the house t'other
side OF the way
And then they are Lucifer matches"
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-28
A Correction.

OMAHA, Jan. Alto the Editor of The
Bee: In my communication relating to
the taxation OF mortgages, published in
The Bee Of January rs, the next to the
last sentence was: To allow a debtor TO
deduct his debt from the value OF his per-
sonal property and also from the value
of his real estate would be double exemp-
ton. but Instead OF the word exemption
the word taxation was printed. conveying
a meaning the opposite OF the correct one.
BERIAH F. COCHRAN.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-28
LETTERS FROM BEE READERS
Value Of Czech as q Litsrar- Tongue 10
strOnely Set Forth.
INSTRUCTION ASKED At THE UNIVERSITY
Plan for Taxing IncumbraASes q
Property IL Debated Along with
Some Thoughts on Rail-
road Assessment.

Contributions on timely topics are
invited from readers OF The Bee.
Communications should be written
and sccomnanieS nv the name and
address of the writer. The name
will not be used II the writer asks
that 1t be withheld. Unused com
munications will not be returned.
Correspondents are advised to limit
their letters to 800 words or they
will be subject to being cut down
to that limit at the discretion OF the
editor. Publications of Views OF cor
respondents must not be taken to
commit The Bee to their endorse
ment