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The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-11-04
CHAPTER xxVI.-Continued.

There was more of the sounds OF
riot had expected to hear as we drew
up before it, The lantern blinked out
side with its invitation to manifold
cheer within. Lights streamed through
the window and half-Opened door, and
quiet and order reigned.
found the explanation of the
change in the person of a policeman.
who stood at the door.
Has there been trouble here, of.
ficer?" l asked.
ooh, is it you. sor?" said COrsOn's
hearty voice. Il was wondering about
We. Well. there has been bit of a
row here, and there's a power of
broken heads to be mended. There's
wan man cut to pieces. and good rid.
dance. for it's Black Dick. I'm think
ing it's the morgue they'll be taking
him to, though it was for the receiving
hospital they started with him. 1t was
a dandy row. and it was seventeen ar.
rists We made"
Where is Mother Borton?"
The ould she-divil's done for this
time. I'm a-thinking. Whist, l forgot
she was a friend of yours. sor."
Where is she-at the receiving hos.
pital? What is the matter with herr
'Aisy, aisy, sor. 1t may be nothing.
She's upstairs. A bit of a cut. they
say. Here. Shaughnessy, look out for
this door! Ill take We up. sOr.'
We mounted the creaking stairs in
the light of the smoky lamp that stood
on the bracket, and COrson opened a
door for me.
A Pickering candle played fantastic
tricks with the furniture. sent shad-
ows dancing over the dingy walls. and
gave a weird touch to the two figures
that bent over the bed in the corner.
The figures Strengthened up at our en-
trance. and l knew them for the doctor
and his assistant.
"A friend of the lady, sor," whisper
ed Corson.
The doctor looked at me in some
surprise, but merely bowed
Mother Borton turned her head on
the pillow. and her gaunt face lighted
up At the SlSnt OF me.
Eth, dearie. knew you would
come" she cried.
The doctor pushed his way to the
bedside.
Il must insist that the patient be
quiet" he said with authority.
BE Quiet?" cried Mother Borton.
is it for the likes of you that I'd be
quiet? You white-washed tombstone
raiser, you body-snatcher. do you
think you're the man to tell me to hold
my tongue when l want to talk to a
gentleman"
Mother Borton had raised herself
upon one elbow; her face. flushed and
framed in her gray and tangled hair.
was working with anger; and her eyes
were almost lurid as she sent fierce
glances at one after another of the
men about her. She pointed a skinny
finger at the door, and each man as
she cast her look upon him went out
without a word.
Shut the door. honey" she said
quietly, lying down once more with a
satisfied smile. That's it. Now me
and you can talk cozy-like."
You'd better not talk. Perhaps
you will feel more like it tomorrow.
There won't be any tomorrow for
me-" growled Mother Borton. I've
seen enough of 'em carved to know
when I've got the dose myself. Curse
that knife!" and she groaned at a
twinge of pain.
Who did it,"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-11-04
CHAPTER XVII.
A Link in the Chain.

sprang to my feet. But before
had covered the distance to the door,
it was flung open and Corson' stood on
the threshold. At the darkness he
wavered and cried:
What's the matter here?"
"SEe is dead"
l shuddered as l stood beside him,
and brought the lamp from the brack-
ct in the hall.
Mother Borton lay back staring at
frightedly at the mystic being who had
come for her, but settled into peace as
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-11-04
Bio South African Industry.

Next to mining. the greatest indus
try of South Africa is sugar growing.
The amount of money invested in this
is $7.300,000. The production Of the
present year is estimated at 10000
tons. with a valuation of about $63 a
ton.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-11-04
William kneu His Fault.
Straw" said Boss.

Straw" said Boss.
Straw? You told me husks was
the best"
Boss Mellin emitted sigh. I've
always ruined myself by talkin'," said
he.-Harper's Weekly.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-11-04

Defiance Starch-Never sticks to
the iron-no blotches-no blisters,
makes ironing easy and does not in
jure the goods.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-11-04

Lewis Single Binder straight &C. Many
smokers prefer them to l0c cigars. Your
dealer or Lewis Factory, Peoria, Ill.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-11-04

Many . man lies in an effort to
stand up for another.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-11-04

You don't have to 60 to q rink to
see q lot of cheap skates.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-11-04
Cheap Living In Japan.

A man can hire horse in Japan,
keep two servants and live on the fat
Of the land. all for q little over $40
month.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-11-04

There are two sides to every storJ
and some have four and a ceiling.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-11-04

The wind frequently turns an um-
brella, but q borrower seldom returns
n
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-11-04

& buy Furs L Hides. Write for catalog los
N. w. Hide 4 Fur Co., Minneapolis, MINI.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-23
LORD NohnouTA PLACED Ills ARn AROUND 6oNlNoBY WITH A
 Ol0NYTYoF AFFECTION IhkT WOln RAM BEcOnE lOuLS XIV

and when Oswald invited him few months afterward to visit Hellingsley, he accepted with a leaping heart.
 Edith met him, and glance served to show him that he had her love as she had his Overpowering all the cold sug- gestions of worldly consideration, he pro posed and was accepted
 The next morning MT. Millbank asked him into his study, and informed him that Edith had told him what had hap pened, and that it could not be. He spoke in great sorrow, for he was speaking to thes man whom he had always thought of as the savior of his sons life; but he knew too well that marriage with Edith would bring on them both Lord Monmouth's unceasing persecution blast ing all Coningsbys brilliant prospects ? and entailing endless humiliation on her. At last, when Coningsby exclaimed in anguish that Mir. Millbank could not pos sibly realize what pain he was lnficting' the latter said:
 q had my dream, my first and my last. There was one on whose face l thought day and night We were en- gaged but there came another man, who took her love from me, and instead of bearing my name she took that of Con- ingsby.'
 My mother.' exclaimed Coningsby.
 Yes" said Mir. Millbank. You see that I have had my great grief. Your mothers people were simple and innocent, ignorant of the worlds ways. But be- cause they were not noble their daughter was hunted from the family which should have exulted to receive her and from the land of her birth. Is my daughter to be treated like your mother? And by the same hand?"
 Coningsby pressed MT. Millbank's hands and left tho house with bent head. He went with but one thought-to turn his back on England. Supplied liberally with money by his grandfather. he roamed Spain and France. Italy and the Aegean. But the beauty of the world brought him not forgeHulness.
 At last he was called back to London by Lord Monmouth. The majority of the whips in the House of Commons had be- come little more than nominal and for the first time the government of Dng- land depended on single elections Lord Monmouth saw his opportunity, and his political passions burned as never before. He was hot for the fight and wanted his grandson for the combat.
 Coningsby found a great change at Mon mouth house Lord Monmouth had forced separation on Lady Monmouth. helped by some letters, stolen by his agents. which Lucretia had written 10 a gay Prince in Paris and which would not look at all well in court
 Lord Monmouths man of affairs was now a Frenchman named Villebecque. who had been threatrlcal manager and had married | once famous actress after she had been abandoned by a noble Eng fish admirer VillebccQue had been moro than Kird to her until her death and had adopted her daughter Flora These two
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-23

] The fiery Imagination of this Spanish Jew. his immense knowledge, his insight
 and his power of swift expression en- thralled Coningsby. Millbank had added new world of concrete fact to his
 knowledge. Sidonia opened to him new
 world of masterful imagination that,
 grasping known facts with an imperial mind, sees with imperial vision the new facts toward which the way of mankind tends.
 Thus when he repaired to Cambridge for his last few years of study the four
 months that he had spent In the great world had done more to influence and shape his character than as many years
 might have done for one less fortunate or receptive
 He abandoned his design of striving for university honors and instead threw him. self into the study of the history of man.
 with definite and high ambition-that of fitting himself to contribute to the
 welfare of his country
 The political situation of England was becoming more dispirlting daily. Leaders arose, applied their little party remedies and retired in despair Phrases without
 end or meaning filled the loud mouths Of
 the heroes of the day. The Rigbys wrote slashlng articles by the ream till all the
 English world was smothered In a fog of | language. At last the King died and the con servatiye cause that had seemed al most at tho point of victory, fell back in defeat.
 Two bitter pills were administered to Lord Monmouth at this time. The first
 was the loss of the magnificent estate Of Hellingsley, which adjoined his own, and
 or which he had long set his mind. De-
 spite his slzilful manpulations to secure 1t as soon as It's aged proprietor should
 die, despite all the assurances of Rigby. who acted for him in the negotiations, another stepped in and won the prize. and this other was the one man. outside of his own family, whom he truly hated. It was the man who had crossed him or set purposes many times before; who had
 avowed himself everywhere as his foe; who had lavished money to oppose him politically; his personal inveterate and i successful enemy, MT. Millbank
 month later Mir. Millbank entered the lists against his candidate Rigby and won
 the election as member of Parliament,
 routing Lord Monmouth's forces so utter
 ly that 1t poisoned the sting.
 MT. Rigby repaired to Monmouth House in a very low state of mind to break the l news Following the loss of Hellingsley. the loss of the borough would not exactly delight his master, who was quite likely to let him know, by manner if not by l word. that he had bought him to succeed and not to fall. Poor Rigby dreaded that he rnigh: be cut out of not only present | favor but even the will, In which he knew | that he was wei, remembered as 1t stood. besides being named as one of Mon mouths executors
 1 To his unspeakable relief he found the | Marquis engrossed with something that had driven politics temporarily out of his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-23

Darlford they heard that Conngsby was far ahead in the poll. and that his cleo ton was so well assured that MT. kigoy had formally retired from the contest. He entered the town merely to De de- cared victor.
 When he stepped from the train he was received by a great dsputation and led to a carriage drawn by six caparisoned horses. With bands blarng and banners waving, he was taken through the town in triumph to the Millbank committee rooms. Here he made his first pubic speech. and in his exaltatlon and deep joy his maiden effort became an oration that moved his hearers to wild entnn= siasm A-thrill with excitement and trl- umph, he was conducted to the sopposls hotel where MT. MillbanlS congratuiated him joyfully and then said:
 'Thore is some one here who will DC very glad to see you
 He led Coningsby into a private foom' and, taking him affeetionately py tiie arm. conducted him to Edith, radiant with loveliness and beaming with love. Their agitated hearts told at glance the tumult of their joy The father Jolh- ed their hands and blessed them Wiea words of tenderness. .
 Shortly after their marriage Flora died and left her whole fortune to conings- by. Thus he entered the service ot ms country armed, after all with every thing that could help his talent; and side by side, with the friends of the Eton days. all triumphant, he took up ms duties with all of his youthful fire anu the added power of conviction that he had been tested and found true.
 s.+e#+f
 Next Sundays One-Page Classic will be "The Bride ofLammermoor,' by Sir Walter Scott.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-23

mind. He had decided to marry the Princess Lucretia, and he ordered Rigby to break the news to Mime. Colonna. That lady, whose husband had been killed some months before in a steeplechase. received the announcement like tigress but ulti- mately permitted herself to be pensioned and retired in good order.
 The happy pair went to Paris and after a year they invited Coningsby to meet them there On his way he stopped at his bankers in London for a letter of credit. One of the partners told him that they had been keeping for him sealed box that had belonged to his father, and Coningsby opened 1t before he left. It contained the correspondence between his parents. At the bottom of the box he
 found a miniature of the mother whom had hardly known. It showed violet eyed woman of rare beauty, with blue ribbon bound as a fillet around her clus- tering chestnut curls.
 Coningsby looked at it in amazement The miniature was an exact copy or large portrait that he once had seen hanging in MT. Millbank's room!
 He found Lord and Lady Monmouth nv ing in a splendid hotel near the English embassy and surrounded by many of the people whom he had met in Coninssoy and Monmouth House, including Sidonia One day he came face to face with young woman whose beauty was such that it compelled him to stare involun- tarily. The next moment he recognized Edith the sister of his old school friend, Oswald Millbank. The two years that had elapsed since their last meeting had transformed her from silent and em- barrassed young girl to a radiant, won derful woman.
 She was with her uncle and aunt, SIT Joseph and Lady Wallinger, and Conings- by lost no time in making their acquainS- ance. He was greatly aided by Sidona, who knew them well and spent much or his time with them. So 1t happened soon that Coningsby saw Edith every day, and fell madly in love with her.
 One day an attache mentioned her name At his grandfather's table. Coningsoy saw a look come into Lord Monmouths face that made him sick with realization Idke a great flame the conviction came to him that his grandfather would cas. him adrift like any l!veried servant should bA even suspect what was in his mind And without Lord Monmouth's aid he was a pauper who had nothing to offer to the brilliant and courted girl
 He tortured himself with speculation as to tha cause of the harrs1 that existed het vveen the lord and tho, peanufacturer. TJe eroped desperately tNso Ns stand why his mothers portrait MT. MIL banks house. He fst s.r ,,uf Ned se-is.s vital part In the'e EsityssrnS ruld
 no clew, for even ttss~. .eHr "aid uio not know why 1t vNs not even know whose pictujos ,.rss
 Bewildered. hope C.n,l, see ms course, he retur' ,' founa if see anu tried to forget; h'~' -'e .>eossipio'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-23
Advertising For Settlers.

F. 1T. LaBaum, in Southern Farm Maga-
 zine.
 Every state legislature in the south should set apart not less than s5o0oo per year for the prosecution of this work. and then should put it in the hands of a board of representative business men to see that 1t is dispensed effectively and vertising to the outside world her advan- of our large western states, through it's legislature and business mems organiza- tions. spends over s5OO0O yearly for ad- vertising to the outside world her advan- tages and opportunities, And what is tho result? Simply this-she has experienced a greater material development of her re- sources than any of the other western states, and they are all of them going at pretty warm gait. Our southern cities and large towns most of them have boards of trade or other business mems organizations and are striving with moro or less energy to secure new industrial blood and greater development of their manufacturing and industrial resources. l tell you, MT Business Man, that the only way to secure permanent and last ing prosperity Is to fill up the waste places in your country, l believe 1 am perfectly safe in stating that three-fifths of the entire amount of available agrioul- tural lands in the south is entirely idle and that the other two-fifths Is not cul- tivated to the best of its possibilities. l want to reiterate that if we can get the people into this territory who will insure the cultivation of these idle stret- ches, then the prosperity of the towns and cities and their continued growth will follow in natural sequence, We make a mistake some of us. in claiming that the foreigner would be detriment to our civilization Any family. any community or any nation that lives within itself and that is deprived of an occasional infusion of new blood is just as sure to retrograde and become impoverished, physically. mentally and materially, is live stock on your farm when inbred for years with cut any attempt at improved breeding or building mp by the introduction of new, virile blood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-23
Wireless up.To-pate.

When the first wireless message was flashed across the Atlantic on Octoper IT. 1907, the tremendous significance of the event appealed to all the world. Here was an invention that promised to put all the great cable companies out of business, and to turn their oll- lions of dollars worth of elaborate machinery into useless junk. Several months have elapsed and the New York Times and the London Standard Times. Telegraph and Chronicle; the Montreal Star and the Toronto Globe all publish daily a large number o1 wireless messages The Sunday edl- ton of the New York Times comes out every week with a whole page of Euro pean news, telegraphed to Cllfden, Ireland. and thence 'wirelessed0 to New York by Marconi So far, then, wireless telegraphy is an accomplished scientific fact. So writes P. Harvey Middleton in the Technical World Magazine for March
 But those persons who have been fondly anticipating the sending of mes sages to England by wireless at 10 cents a word (the land charges make it 15 centsl, against the 20 cents or the cable companies, are doomed to disappointment. The various Marconi concerns do not intend, at any rate for some considerable time, to throw their service open to the man of the street They are in no way prepared for the deluge of business that would follow such an action If they did so, the cable companies would not be slow to make use of them for the transmission of a large proportion of their mes sages But while there will be no pub lie service yet, the Marconi people are quietly making arrangements with large number of commercial houses with foreign connections for the trans mission of messages which are now | sent by cable at the close of business. On account of the difference in time, none of these messages can be deliv- cred in London until 9 o'clock the next morning. aud they can therefore i easily be handled by the wireless sys- l tenn.
 An account of the various things
 which have been accomplished up to l the present time by wireless follows 1 this introduction and the article Is
 well illustrated with photographs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-23
Tomato Toast.

From Harper's Bazar.
 Cook down till thick half can of to- matoes with a pinch of cloves, half teaspoonful of salt, dash of cayenne, half an onion, minced fine, and a tea spoonful of minced parsley; have ready huttered toast without crust, and pour this over without straining.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-12-24
Railroad
? Pennsylvania
Bulletin.
THE STEEL coAcH-A TRAVEL SAFEGUARD.

The Pennsylvania Railroad has in operation on its
lines east Of Pittsburg hundred passenger coaches din
ing cars baggage cars and mail Of the astee type
The solid steel framework these cars designed to re-
sist shock and minimize the dangers Of collision further
strengthened by the steel sheang enclosing the body of the
car In fac everything about the coach Steel the
dow frames the cushions of the and the flooring Such
little woodwork enters into the makeup of the COACH the
plush with which the covered and the hair with
which they stuffed is treated reproon process whilst
the floors ceren thus rendering the coach prac
tcally ndesucbe and thoroughly eproo built like
battleshp.
The coach longer than the standard generally
IN the railroads of this country and has comfortable
seating capacity of sixty ninety people according the style
of the COACH
The unusual weight of the give to them sol
dity that greatly increases the comfort Of the passenger
The seats adjusted convenient space and
angle the coaches all lighted with electricity and amply
ventilated in well by and thoroughly
tested methods.
The interior finish of the coach plain though pleasing
to the The absence of ornamenaon enhances the idea
of strength and at the time absolute cleanliness
and thorough sanitation.
Steel cars in the principal trains between
New York Philadelphia Washington, and the Main Line
between Philadelphia and Pittsburg The number
constantly being increased the finished product from
the shops.
The Pennsylvania Railroads equipment recognized
the standard Of America. I2-o8-I7-2t
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-12-24

STOcK-One pair OF bay mules, 16 hands high
age and years sound, kind and gentle in q |
harness. and perfectly quiet in the stable This
is valuble team for anyone wishing q mule
team You will never regtet owning them. 4
HORSES-Bay horse Taylor, nl5-3 hands high,
years old. good sts le and is rn extra roader,
ness, will work anywhere on either side of the
uole; bay mare, tMinnie,n7 years old, 16 hands
high, sound kind and gentle in all harness, and
work either side OF pole, This is an extra
good team, well mated for work or driving.
Bay mare, Daisy l51a hands high, wears
old good driver, sound, kind and gentle fear
an to drive; bay colt years old, sound, kind
and gentle, we'll broke in single harness, sired
by Wilks This is q very promising colt and is
sey with calf by her side: the other Durham.
coming into profit in April
WAGONS-Two heavy wagons, nearly news
inch tread; carts, 8 inch tread; tomato be o.
les for carts good truck shelving, nearly new;
market wagon, nearly new; rubber tire buggy
only used one year; do. with steel tire, road
cart Miliard make. square back sleiR b. nearly
new. and straps of BELLS
IMPLEMENTS - One Mccormick moving
machine, new foot cut; do No. [big Giant
good as new do. No 2 lAdrance Buckeyel
nearly new; horse rake, Mccormick make; 1.-TWO
horse plows, Leroy make, nearly new; one
horse do, South Bend plow, five tooth culti-
vators sweet potato do, with vine turner's and
side plows, sweet potato vine cutter double
one-horse piow, disc harrow nearly new; gang
piow, fourtooth drag marker, potato digger,
Spangler drill, corn sheller, cider press, sets
double swingetrees, lot OF single do, set OF 3
horse do. lot of forks, shoyels and hoes.
HARNESS Four sets of double Dreeehing
harness, 2sets of light carriage do one set near
ly new f a. M Jones nlakel 2 sets double lines,
sets double lines, sets of fynets, lot of brides,
collars. halters aud blankets.
100 good hot bed sash.
CORN AND SEED-lC0 bushels of corn on
the COD 70 lbs to the bushel; 70 baskets OF Up
River potato seed, saved special for my own use;
is OTIS OF Shippers Pride citron seed, good water
eask. OF Of boxes, barrels, chicken coops, hog
tro CHS and other articles not mentioned.
Sale to commence at l O'Clock p M, and will
be positive as the subscriber has quit farming.
CONDITI0NS-A credit of months will be
given on all sums of $40 and upwards by giving
a note with approved security, bearing interest
from date, pay able at the First National Bank Of
PEG ricktown WILBER THOMAS,
e Usinger, Auct.; John Truitt, Clerk.