Lincoln County leader., March 02, 1900, Image 2

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rr$ IIEItK are more things In the
j II service than brass buttons and
dash lug cavalrymen, and dying
at the post of duty, and the rest of the
stock phrases of romance. There are a
few fixed principles and some preju
dices which it Is just as well not to run
up against, because the service can take
revenge upon occasions. Ordinarily a
moderate amount of tact and common
decency will take you through until
you have learned those things which
are set down In neither the drill manual
nor the regulations. But Miss Hadley
had only beauty and pure cheek. She
came from somewhere down the south
ern way Los Angeles, or San Diego,
or something, to visit the Strongs at
Angel Island. And from the moment
she set foot upon the landing she began
to make herself unpopular. She had had
visions of stepping ashore among a
group of kneeling lieutenants, rather
after the fashion, of the accredited
paintings of the "Landing of Colum
bus" or the "Jesuit Fathers." But the
lieutenants were busy, or they were
taking naps, or sitting on their front
porches, with their feel on the railings.
They crossed the bay to the city dally,
ttuu gi'uCCu eVtU'J Cutiiiiuii uiiu ftiiii:Lioii
worth speaking of. and beautiful girls
were not new. They had never even
heard that Miss Hadley was beautiful.
They were In deep darkness concerning
the local belles of wherever It wire,
down south.
nowever, several of thom met her at
dinner that night, and the rest called
afterwards, as Is the custom. Miss
Hadley did not know it was the custom.
She thought It was all on her own ac
count, and that the post was beginning
to come to Its senses, which made her
yet more arrogant. Some dispositions
thrive upon being made much of, re
turning courtesy with good coin; but
the latent meanness of others warms
to life as the snake on the wood-chopper's
hearth. As If there were not
enough unattached men to occupy her,
she turned her attention pointedly to
La Roche, and when she saw his wife
wince she redoubled her energies.
La Hoche was French, and flirtatious,
and clever. And whatever else was to
be said of Miss Hadley, she was clever,
too. In a worldly sort of way. But Mrs.
La Hoche was stupid, and blushlugly
aware of her stupidity.'? Still, she was
a good-hearted tittle -thing, and had
done a kind turn ' to every oue In the
garrison at one time or another, and It
resented seeing her made Jealously
wretched, her pale eyes filling and her
lips quivering, as the beauty drew La
Itoche to a remote corner and leveled
lier batteries upon him. Everybody was
scandalized and the feelings of the
bachelors were hurt. It was Just a little
too Insolent. So they sought a punish
ment to fit the crime, and this Is what
they devised:
There was one man who had not
called that first night. It was l'roctor,
the adjutant. He had been over In the
city at a dinner. When he came back
by the first boat. In the morning, a dep
utation met him at the wharf and car
ried him off to his quarters, aud told
Mm what was expected of him.
"I'm not sure that I like the part,
though, you know." said Proctor, when
they had explained. They Impressed
upon him that the dignity of the service
demanded It also that It would be very
good for the girl. Proctor said it would
fall through at once.
"We only want It to last a day or
two." said the deputation.
On that understanding he consented.
"But I won't lie you kunw," lie told
them. "You'll have to do any of that."
"It won't be necessary," they assured
blm "If she asks which Is unlikely
we will say with one accord that you
are a brevet bachelor." You will not
tlnd the definition of that In the tactics
So Proctor went over to the Strongs'
quarters, and found Miss Hadley. got
ten up In the sort of morning-robe that
It Is not customary to display to the
gaze of several hundred soldiers, more
or less. In a corner of the porch with
Im Itoche. Proctor ousted lilm In about
ten minutes. He fought openly, dwell
ing upon the charms of La Itoche's f.mr
small children, the details of the cun
ning things they said, and of the last
attack of croup of the youngest; how
Its "Da-da" had nursed It, nnd how the
babies loved him. Miss Hadley laughed.
That hurt La Koche's self-esteem, aud
lie went home.
Theu Proctor started In to do as he
was bid. It was a pleasant game
enough. Miss Hadley could be agree
able when she chose. She was the ono
inan at-a time stamp of girl, aud for the
nonce Proctor was the man. He stayed
all the morning, also to luncheon, also
all the afternoon. Part of the time they
played together on the mandolin and
guitar, and for the rest they talked.
Theu he stayed to dinner, and until
nome time after taps. When olllclal
duties called him oft" ho was back ogalu
urprlslngly soon.
Of course there-was the chance lu this
kind of thlug that Miss Hadley might
BACJiElOft.
grow sick of him. But he took It. There
was the better chance that she would
be very much flattered, and Proctor be
lieved that he was the sort of fellow
who could be Interesting for eighteen
hours at a stretch.
"It's not fair," Mrs. Strong protested
to her husband.
"You'd have thought It so. If It had
been me Instead of La Roche," he sug
gested.' "But It's not fair to Ella," she Insist
ed, weakly.
"Ella will think It's a good Joke,
which It Is. He hns written her the
whole thing. He told me so."
"But Is It right of us? Miss Hadley Is
our guest."
"Oh, no, she's not; that's a mistake.
We are here on sufferance. . You are
useful to order the meals and I to guard
her against Intruders on their tete-a-tetes."
.He reminded her of episodes in
proof of this.
"Has she asked you about him?" Mrs.
Strong wanted to know.
He said that she had. "And I told her
that he was a brevet-bachelor. Proctor
himself came In at the moment and she
dropped It. Now you be still for a day
or two aud let things take their course."
And they took It, at hand-gallop.
Miss Hadley might have guessed that
one first lieutenant could never have
afforded all the fancy boxes of flowers
aud caudles that came over for her, In
Proctor's name, by about every boat.
But she did not stop to reflect prob
ably; and she was mightily pleased,
both with herself and him. Where
upon she was still more disagreeable to
every one else.
But a tiny cloud began to float across
her blue sky. The flowers and sweets
were many and arrived regularly, and
when they wanted Proctor at the adju
tant's office they sent for him to the
Strongs'. And yet, though the week
of her visit was drawing to a close, he
was no nearer to love-making than upon
the first day. She grew a trifle uneasy.
It was not that she wanted Proctor, but
that she wanted to know she could have
him. So she condescended, In the di
lemma, to speak to her host. "Mr. Proc
tor Is a desperate flirt, don't you
think?" she asked. It was meant to be
light, but It was a shade anxious.
That would have been Strong's chance
to have put an end to a Joke that was
going too far. It had gotten away from
them, and the man to stop It refused to
arise. Strong funked. He looked mean,
and said that he had never known Proc
tor to flirt. "He Is swathed In red tape,
as a general thing, hns notions of duty
and the rest of It." Then he went off
and swore at Proctor In his own breast.
Which Is human nature.
Proctor for his part swore at every
body else openly. "I'm so far In It now
that I don't know how to get out," he
said; and they grinned aud suggested
that he tell the truth and shame the
devil.
"And feel more of a confounded ass
than I do uow."
"Consider you are avenging us,"
cooed the bnchelors.
He said rude things about them. They
asked what he would like them to do.
"Shall we come lu a body the next
time you are en tete-a-tete and explain,
or shall we do It while you are absent
and can't defend yourself? Any way
you put It you will look a good deal of
a cad, you kuow." They chuckled.
Proctor sulked. "Mrs. Strong has got
to do It," he announced.
"Mrs. Strong won't. She feels about
as small as you do. She goes around
with the look of a stage conspirator.
You might draw off gradually," they
advised.
"I might make a qualified flat of my
self!" said Proctor; "I've done It, as It
Is." He departed to keep an engage
ment to walk around the Island with
Miss Hadley.
When they started he made the sol
emu resolve that before they got to
quarantine station sh, should kuow all.
But she swung into the post as bliss
fully ignorant as she Lad left It. He
had funked ngain.
And at this polut Pate came to h's
aid. They sat ou the steps of the
Strongs' quarters, resting, when au or
derly brought a telegram for him aud a
box for Miss Hadley. The box contain
ed violets. Proctor was pleased to th.nk
what those little attentions were cost
ing the other bachelors, but he glanced
at his owu card, lying lu the purple
fragrance, with loathing. Then ho
opened the telegram, aud put It hastily
lu his pocket.
Miss Hadley asked what it was. He
said that It was from some oue he had
to meet at the train to-morrow.
"Which train?" said Miss Hadley.
"The train from the East," said Proc
tor. She told him that she, too, was going
to the city on the early boat for a few
hours. "We may strike the same one
coining back."
He thought It would probably be his
uumentlouable luck.
And It eame to pass as Miss Hadley
had predicted. They struck the same
boat. She came aboard hurriedly, Just
as the gang-plank was being drawn In,
and she looked about for Proctor, calm,
ly, possessively, as though he must, of
course, be there. But he was not to be
seen. So she stood and talked to a
group of post people, as the boat swung
out Into the bay and the foggy wind
blew stlfHy about them. She was not
sensitive, yet she was dimly aware that
they were civil beyond their wont; even
there seemed a vague sympathy in
their manner. But she was busy and
abstracted, watching for Proctor. He
might be below deck, or In the cabin.
At length he appeared, from the other
side of the deck, walking with another
girl. The girl glanced at her with a
half-smile. She was so pretty that Miss
Hadley's lips set. and she forgot what
she had been saying.
Proctor and the girl strolled to the
stern and stood there. Then Proctor
caught Miss Hadley's amazed eye. and
he raised his hat. But she beckoned.
It was assurance, to say the very least,
but he went to her. leaving the other
girl. The group would have been glad
to melt away, but some way It couldn't.
"Then Miss Hadley's admirable and
perfect cool chepk reached Its zenith.
"Who Is your pretty friend?" she asked.
Brummel. could not' have been more
superb. ..." " . . "
There was a pause. Some one might
have helped Proctor out. but no one d'd.
A snicker came from the group and
turned Into a cough. Then the man In
Proctor came to his aid. the realization
that It was all everybody e'se's fault,
anyway Miss Hadley's In particular.
He looked at her In stern reproach.
"She Is my wife. Miss Hadley."
The very winds and the screw were
hushed. In the silence Proctor's eyes
began to shift. But Miss Hadley's own
were on his face, and they never waver
ed. Somewhere In their limpid depths
there was a twinkle. About the corners
of her month there was an unmistak
ably amused twitch. She raised a
bunch of violets to hide It. They were
the ones that had come the day before.
He moved uneasily and met the eyes
peering above the flowers again. This
time they held him.
"I wonder" Miss Hadley's voice came
slowly, with a distinctness that must
have penetrated even to the stern "I
wonder whether It Is I or you all, who
feels the most cheap? Take me to meet
your wife, Mr. Proctor."
And he took her. San Francisco Argonaut.
Unpleasant Bedf Hows.
The adventures of naturalists In odd
corners of the globe rival the experi
ences of explorers In variety and Inter
est. Dr. Maximilian Schumann, a Bel
gian naturalist, Journeyed through
Mexico, not many years ago, and here
Is one of the reminiscences which he
brought back with him:
I had gone a day's Journey on horse
back from the city of Zacatecas toward
the southeast to examine some ancient
Toltec ruins.
I arrived at my destination late at
night and lighted a fire within the ruins
to make my supper. After eating I
spread my blanket and lay down. When
I awoke In the morning my first Impulse
was to stretch out my hand. I threw It
out from under the blanket, and as I
did so It almost touched a big, poison
ous rattlesnake, quietly colled by my
side. I escaped by the merest chance.
Looking toward my feet, what was
my astonishment to see six other rat
tlesnakes colled at Intervals over my
body.
The reptiles did not belong to the va
riety commonly known In California,
but were of a peculiarly poisonous spe
cies found In hot regions. When I light
ed my fire In the evening It was too
dark to see the snakes, which, I pre
sume, had crept along the walls.
The altitude of the ruins Is nearly
8,000 feet, and so the nights are cold.
My fire had attracted the reptiles. When
they approached It ttiey found my bed,
and discerning the warm blankets,
crawled upon them and went to sleep.
I extricated myself from the blanket
with Infinite care. Once on my feet I
was no longer afraid of the reptiles, but
as I already had specimens of them In
my collection. I killed them all and
milled them to the adobe wall with my
card ou each.
Klondike Punishment.
According to the Omaha Bee. the peo
ple of Dawson City have adopted a nov
el and effective cure for crime. It Is a
monster wood pile, of a size to awe the
most hardened offender.
A man convicted of any offense Is
compelled to saw wood. He saws ten
hours hours a day steadily, day after
day, until his sentence expires. He
must saw regardless of the weather.
In the most Intense cold, the hardest
rain, the fiercest snowstorm, he Is com
pelled to continue sawing; and If the
day has not ten hours of light, lanterns
are provided to enable him to put in a
full day.
When the pile of sawed wood begins
to get low, the authorities sentence men
for very slight offenses, and. the nat
ural result Is that everybody Is kept
on hi good behavior.
The proper place to keep money Is In
a sugar bowl, but If you want to bo
absolutely secure, keep your money la
your stocking, and wear the stocking.
FUNNY OLD RAILROAD.
Cars Drawn by .Locomotives .Which
Could Not Tarn Round.
According to Dr. W. W. Smith, of
Willlston, S. C., the first railroad In the
United States was the South Carolina
Railroad, afterward called the Charles
ton and Augusta Railroad, running
from Charleston to Augusta, a distance
of 140 miles. The road was begun In
182(1 and completed in 1833, says the
Augusta Herald.
Some of the queer things which dis
tinguished It from the roads of to-day
were:
The first, motive power used on this
road was wind, utilized In sails made of
cloth on the cars.
The locomotives had two smoke
stacks, one at each end. In going to
Charleston one of the stacks was used,
and in coming back the other.
There were no spark arresters, and
everybody along the route had to watch
his property to prevent its being burned
up.
One hundred miles a day was good
traveling In those days.
When night came on all hands struck
camp and waited for daylight to come
In order to proceed.
The track was composed of ties and
thirty-foot 6trlngers, on which a band of
Iron like a common tire was laid and
nailed down to the wood.
A track walker went ahead of the
engine every day -to knock down the
"snake-heads" or nail heads to prevent
accidents. The dread of the engineer
was the "snake-heads" or nails protrud
ing above the Iron rail, for they were
"TVtt ' A ai rfq r a fr1 Anr f rr r
ductons collected the fares from the
outside, walking on boards about like
the open street cars are now arranged.
There were no conveniences on the
cars as In' this day and time. The cars
stopped at stated Intervals for the con
venience of the passengers.
The mall facilities were meager aud
very primitive. ' A split stick served for !
a mall bag, as letters were put in sticks
and handed up to the conductor, and
were thrown out the same way.
The coupling links were made of
wood, so that when a car ran off It
would break and save the others from
running off.
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How Doctors Advertise.
The keen-eyed stranger, sidled up to
the tall man who was hurriedly looking
through his letters.
"Beg pardon, sir," he said, "but If I
am not mistaken you are one of the
physicians of the great author who Is
lying dangerously 111?"
"I am," remarked the tall man.
"Thank yon," said the stranger.
"Then I assume that yours Is one of
the names that appears on the hourly
bulletin?" ,
"It does," said the tall man.
"Thank you again," said the stranger,
"And now, what I want to suggest to
you Is that you permit me, for a hand
some compensation, of course, to add
these words at the bottom of each bulle
tin: 'Use BulgWa Blood Bitters! They
flght off disease 7' "
"Slrl" roared the tall man, trembling
with Indignation, "those bulletins are
not advertisements!"
"Aren't they?" screeched the peppery
stranger. "Then take your own name
off 'em!"
And ha stalked away, leaving the tall
nan speechless with rage. Publicity.
A Darky's Delusion.
A story Is told about an old Southern
colored man who came to a watch
maker with the two hands of a clock.
"I want yer to fix up dose hands. Dey
ain't kept no correct time for mo den
six munfs."
"Well, where Is the clock?" responded
the watchmaker.
"Out at my house."
"But I must have the clock."
"Dldn I tell yer dars nuffln' de mat
ter wld de clock 'ceptlng de ban's? An
here dey be. You Jest want de clock
so yon kin tinker wld it and charge me
a big price. Gimme back dem hands."
And so saying he started off to find an
honest watchmaker.
Tb Military Salute.
The war has brought the half mili
tary salutation Into still more popular
ity. Even ladles consider that It Is
much more reverent and popular than
the old custom of the gentlemen lifting
their bats to the women, and many of
the "sex divine" are now returning and
giving the half military salutation In
stead of the old-time formal bows. It
Is a little awkward at the start, but
the half military salutation Is the most
graceful manner of greeting friends,
and besides It Is much more dignified
than old-time "bowing and scraping."
Quaint Ol.l Custom.
At Christmas parties In the last cen
tury Twelfth Night cards representing
ministers, maids of honor and other at
tendants of a court were dealt out, and
the characters had to be sustained until
midnight
"What a beautiful lounge!"
"Yes. That's a birthday present,
from my huBband. He always givesj
me a present that costs him as many
dollars as I am years old."
"That's nice of him. It reconciles
one to growing old. By the way, I
have a lounge at home like that but
not nearly as fine, and we paid $38 for
it."
"Is that all? This this didn't cost
nearly as much as that." Chicago
Tribnne.
The Mystery of Dust at Sea.
Itl8a puzzling fact that the decks of
nailing vessels show dust at night, even if
washed in the morning, and no work is
done during the day. Tiiis is like indiges
tion and dyspepsia, which creeps on one
unawares. The only way to cure them is
by the use of Hostetter'g'Stoinach Bitters,
which also prevents malaria, fever and
ague.
The consumption of cotton per head
of Germany's population has been mora
than doubled since 1875.
He Caught On.
He Do you believe in hypnotism?
She I heard the other day of a mas
who was hypnotized by being made to
look for some time at a diamond ring.
He I wonder if any bright piece of
glass would have done it as well.
. She Perhaps bo, with a man, bat
not with a woman.
He (at a Jewelers the next day) I
want a diamond ring, lady's size,,
brightest yon have. N. Y. World.
The German military experts who
are superintending the construction of
the Southwest African railway from
Swalronm nni ton WinrthnoV hont 40O
kilometers estimate that it will cost
only $3,000,000. More than a quarter
of the line is already completed.
State of Ohio, City or tolbdo, ,
Lucas Coonty. (
Frank J. Chunst makes oath that he is the
senior parter of the Arm of F. J. Chknxt & Co.,
doing business in the City of Toledo, County
and State aforesaid, and that said firm will par
the sum ol ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by the use ot Hall's Catarrh Curb.
FRANK J. CHENEY
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1884.
A.W.GLEASON,
( I Notary Pubkc
Ball's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. Bend for testimonials, free.
F, J.sCHENEY CO., Toledo, O.
Bold by druggists, 76c.
Hall's Family fills arc the best.
Mot Fond of Company.
Quericns Is Nearleigh hospitable?
Cynicus I should say not. Why be
wouldn't even entertain a doubt.
Town Topics.
India has perhaps a greater variety ot
plants than any other country in the
world, having 15,000 jiatjivespecies,
while the flora of the 'entire continent
of Europe only embraces about 10,000.
One of the richest copper deposits
known in the South lies in Pearson
county, N. C. The mine is taking out
about 100 tons of ore a day. This ore,
when cobbed that is, picked for ship
ment will average 80 per .cent of
copper.
Of all the curious kinds of lace,
especially old lace, the most curions is
that which is called point tresse. It
is very rare, and was made of human
hair. French collectors say it exists
in the present day only in their cab-
iiieva. At was oununea to me early
part of the 16th century.
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