Lincoln County leader., April 17, 1908, Image 2

BY MISADVENTURE
rBY
FRANK BARRETT
CHAPTER V.
When I got back- to my office I set
bout drawing up Fleimore's will from
the draft he bad agreed to, and every
word of It gave me pleasure, for I aaw
that It would bring everything right In
the end,
"While Lynn Yeamee Is doubtful aa to
the disposition of his uncle's property,"
aid I to myself, "he will refrain from
committing himself to an actual promise
of marriage. His affair with Miss Kite
will make him prudent In that respect;
for he'll know very well that he won't
get off second time, if I can help It, and
there'll be no uncle to pay the costs. And
when he does know that his uncle has not
left him a stiver, he'll drop Miss Dalrym
ple; then Awdrey will be freed from the
quixotic obligation he was lured ' Into
making, be will marry Nurse Gertrude,
and all will end like a fairy story."
I was talking to myself In this strain
s I proceeded to engross the will, when
who should come Into my office but the
very person uppermost in my thoughts
Lynn Yeamea.
"I have called to speak to you about
the shooting, Jlr. Kacua," buli he, offer
ing me his band. "I should like to rent
the shooting for another month, If I
can," he said.
"There's no difficulty about that Sir
Bartlemy Vera Is going to Scotland, and
I shall be only too glad to iet the shoot
ing for blm especially as It- may keep
you here longer than we hoped for."
He seemed rather puzzled at my civil
ity ; he had not received much before. He
looked at me keenly, could not make much
by that, and then proceeded to look at bis
gaiters, tapping them carelessly with his
tick.
"I suppose man could live here for
couple of hundred year," he said.
"In a quiet way, he, could lira on that
urn undoubtedly," said I.
"That's all I want. I mads a fortunate
Investment that brings me In about two
hundred. Living with my mother, who
thinks of buying a cottage, I hope to set
tle down to a peaceful Ufa. I feel better
already with the prospect of It."
I shook his hand In cordial felicitation,
though It cost me an effort to swallow the
humbug, without making k wry face. But
I saw suspicion In the corner ot his blue
ye.
"This will be good news Indeed for
your uncle, Mr. Lynn," said I.
"Do you think he takes any Interest
In me?" he asked, trying to look Indif
ferent. "I assure you he does. He was speak
ing about you only yesterday saying how
mucli you had changed for the better In
the last fortnight. It is only natural he
should feel very deeply in this matter,
and watch this change In your character
with keen delight. He Is In falling health,
you know." I twiddled my thumbs, and
looked at him significantly. "You are
his kinsman remotely." I paused. "He
is particularly anxious about the future
of bis little daughter." I coughed. "And
though he may have unbounded faith in
my Integrity, he would naturally prefer
to place her welfare In the keeping of a
relative who could devote himself exclu
sively to her Interest. Up to the present
time I have had the management of your
uncle's estate, but of course it would be
optional on his successor to employ me
as agent."
"I should not wish to take It out of
your hands, Mr. Keene that Is," he said
-quickly, seeing the mistake into which he
had been led by the excitement of the mo
ment, "If the property ever should become
mine."
"Thank you, Mr. Yeames. I'm sure I
shall be most happy to serve you, as I
have served your uncle, faithfully, and
upon the lowest possible terms."
"I shan't question your terms. Faithful
services should be 'liberally rewarded, in
my opinion."
I thanked him effusively, and sighed aa
If I had a load taken off my mind.
"Well, sir," said I, "you cannot, of
course, wish me to divulge professional
confidence ; but I may tell you this : Your
uncle has Instructed me to draw up his
will, and this is It." I laid my band on
, the will. "And I may add for your fur
. ther satisfaction that had your character
been other than he has found It In the
pa&t fortnight, the terms of this will"
I patted the sheet Impressively and drop
ped my voice "would have been very dif
ferent from what they are."
He was completely taken In; and so
overcome with astonishment and delight
to find, as he believed, that he was an
heir, that for some minutes be could not
command his thoughts, but simply an
swered yes or no to my remarks without
really following what It was I talked
bout. He was thinking what ha would
do with that money when he got It. How
aver, he recovered bis self-possession be
fore he left, and when we shook hands In
parting, that cunning look was in his eye.
I knew well enough what was In his
thoughts.
"You old rascal," h was saying to him
elf. "I can see now why you were so
precious dvlL You want me to let you
go on fingering the fortune when It is
mine." That was Just what I wanted him
to believe.
In the evening ther came couple of
brace of partridge with bis card attach
ed. At the first moment I felt disposed
to pitch them Into the yard, but as the
results of second thoughts I at tLem,
o4 found them Just as good as If I had
given an honest, poulterer half crown
a brace for them.
CHAPTER VI. ,
I do not know whether I am particu
larly sharp In penetrating character
though I have a decent opinion of my
ability In that respect or whether other
people are particularly obtuse ; but this Is
a fact Lynn Yeames succeeded In de
ceiving everybody but me.
He was of that class of charitable peo
ple who will give a guinea at any time
to have their names in a subscription list,
no matter what the object be and five
to head It Lynn Yeames, Esq., of "The
Hut" (as with affected humility he called
his mother's cottage when she had bought
it), was down for everything. He Inter
ested himself in local matters, siding al
ways with the majority; he became a
member of the County Club, bought a
horse and got admitted to the hunt ; and
with his good looks, manly bearing, ad
mirable horsemanship and skillful free
handedness, made himself generally pop
ular. One way and another I reckoned
he was living up to nearer eight hundred
than two hunlri a ywtr.
"A pretty rod you're laying in pickle
for yourself, my boy," said I to myself,
and chuckled to think how he would have
to draw In his horns when he found that
he was down in his uncle's will for a
trifling legacy Instead of the fifty thou
sand pounds he was calculating upon.
All this time he was paying assiduous
attentions to Miss Dalrymple. He saw,
though he said nothing about It to me,
that bis uncle was thinking of Laura's
future, and wished to provide for her per
petual association with Gertrude, and he
knew the hold he had on old Flexmore
through this pretended attachment to her,
cunning rascal I
I let him go on, conscious that he
would not go too far. It was not likely
that, feeling now assured of that large
Inheritance, he would pledge himself to
marry a penniless girl. With his uncle's
fortune and the effect he was now pro
ducing, he would b able to take the pick
of the county when he wished to marry ;
and there were, within twenty miles,
many girls more showy than, quiet, un
pretentious, little MIbs Dalrymple, girls
with money, and much more to the taste
of such a man as he. But though he
would not be rash enough- to actually en
gage himself, It was pretty certain that
he would Insidiously lead my unsuspecting
little friend to believe that he Intended
to marry her, and I feared that he might
obtain such a hold upon her affection that
when he threw up the game, as he Inevit
ably would when he discovered that there
was nothing to win by It, the effect upon
her would be serious. She was not a
flirt ; she had never cut up her heart Into
morsels and scattered it about amongst a
crowd of admirers; her heart was whole
to be given to one man, and one only. She
was serious and earnest in all things, and
it seemed to be possible that she might
never care to give to a second man the
affection that had been despised by the
first. For this reason I resolved, If J got
the opportunity, to shake her faith In Mr.
Lynn Yeames.
One day I met her alone In the road
that cuts through the Hazledown woods.
"Hero is a beautiful morning, Miss Dal
rymple," said I, holding her hand.
"Oh, It -is beautlfull" she exclaimed,
looking around her. "See how the rime
still stands on the brake, and look how
the drops glisten on the gossamer. And
what lovely tints there are on the beeches,
and the brambles down there."
"Yet you would prefer at this moment
to be In your London hospital. You feel
that you are wasting your -time here
that's the fact, isn't it?"
"I should be sorry to think that," she
replied, with quiet gravity.
"But you are. Here you are saving the
life of one child ; there you might be sav
ing a dozen."
"They will be saved without me."
"And little Laure would be lost that
Is true."
"Let us talk about the country," she
said, as we walked on. v
"There is a man worth talking about,"
said I, pointing down to the crossroads,
whsre I spied Dr, Awdrey Jogging along
in his gig on his beggarly round.
"Oh, I don't think there is a better
man than he In all the world 1" she cried,
with enthusiasm.
"If he were only little more practi
cal," said I.
She nodded sadly, and presently said,
"I sometimes think he would have died
a martyr had he lived a long while ago."
"I don't see what there Is in store for
him now. There he goes, to look after a
lot ot thankless vagabonds, who'll never
pay him for saving their lives."
She looked thoughtfully before her for
a minute, then she said: '
"Do you think he could ever be happy
In the ordinary sense of the word?"
"Yes, If he married."
"I do not think he will ever marry,"
she said, shaking her head gravely, after
pause.
"Why not?" I asked ; "he Is man
and a fine man, too. The only difficulty
la In getting any one to have him. A
man without superficial attractions and
without money, what chance has he?
"Do you think all girls are either silly
or mercenary?" she asked.
"There's a third section ; but they dont
car for good men."
I have mentioned the girl's trick ot
blushing; and looking sidelong In the ex
pectation of seeing this home-thrust bring
the color up to her temples, I was sur
prised to se that It produced rather a
contrary effect.
- "I don't mean an absolutely bad man,
but one who thinks he is reformed," said
I, "and attributes, or leads It to be im-
aglned, that he owes his reformation to
the girl's influence."
I was morally certain that Lynn
Yeames had not ascribed his change to
the effects of a country life In his con
versation with Gertrude, however ho had
chosen to represent It to me.
"It flatters the girl's vanity to think
she has redeemed the man," I added.
"Is It vanity and nothing else that
makes one delight ir doing good?"
"I can't say, my dear not having had
much experience in that way myself ; but
this I know, that every good girl must
be doing good, ought to be doing good,
or think she Is doing good. I speak of
good girls, and no good girl would be
content to be an idle plaything for a
man's leisure moments. And the wish to
sav some man from evil courses too often
leads the girl herself Into the evil course
of putting faith in appearances, and lend
ing a credulous ear to empty protesta
tions. That course may lead to lrreme
dial misfortune and lifelong unhappiness."
This was plain enough In all conscience,
yet she dld'not allow herself to show that
she saw the personal allusion to her own
case. She was a wonderfully self-possessed
young woman, and moreover had
too much principle to suffer the opinion
of others to bias her own estimate of a
trusted friend ; indeed, I believe that her
loyal heart became only the more staunch
by the defense of those she loved against
an accusation In which she herself found
no reason to participate. Of this she
gave cuuklucliig proof liter on, as I ahs'l
show.
Soon after this a concert was given, In
aid of some philanthropic cause. Lynn
Yeames was a steward and figured promi
nently In the advertisements. Well,
whether it was to please : herself, or to
please Lynn Yeames, or Just to show
that she did not value my warning at two
straws, I don't know ; but this is certain.
Miss Dalrymple went to that concert un
der the protection of Mrs. Yeames, who,
ever since the discovery at the flower
show, had shown herself mighty civil to
the young lady. I went also. It charm
ed me to watch Miss Dalrymple. The
music and gaiety appealed to her feel
ings aa It never could to an old lawyer's.
Her eyes black as sloes with excitement,
her face glowing with healthy animation,
she looked prettier than ever I had seen
her yet No, there was not one In the
room to compare with her. I wondered
how ever I could have thought her plain,
"If they were all like you, my dear,"
aid I to myself, "It would be a real pleas
ure to come to these affairs."
She enjoyed It thoroughly, for she was
young and healthy in mind and body. The
music, the light and brightness of the sur
roundings exhilarated her; and then she
must have known that she looked well
and was admired, and I believe such a be
lief as that would set the Lord Chancel
lor In a good humor. I think It mattered
little to her whom she was with, for she
was free from any Idea of flirtation, and
just as Innocent and pure and sweet and
good as she looked.
I enjoyed watching her until the time
came for Lynn Yeames to take her home
and it stirred np all the bile In my na
ture when he took her hand and passed it
through his arm. He trod on one old
gentleman's toe, and I wished It had been
mine ; for In that mood I only wanted aa
excuse to knock his head off.
The fact Is I was as jealous as though
I had been In love with Miss Dalrymple
myself which, of course, I was not; an
old fellow In his sixtieth year sixty-second,
In fact.
(To be continued.)
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Papa Bathing- the Babr.
Many fathers stand aloof from the
common domestic duties, not because
they are so busy or because they are
not willing, but because of Ignorance.
How ninny men are there who would
not gladly drop their business at any
time and stay home and give the baby
his bath, if they only knew how;
Yet in reality It Is much simpler thai
it seems. Fill the bathtub full of any
good water, first, carefully removing all
germs. Put your elbow In occasionally
to see If It Is the right temperature. If
lee forms on your elbow you may know
the water Is too cold. If there are blis
ters then It Is too warm. Be moderate
In all things.
Take the baby firmly by both feet
and shake him loose from his flannel
moorings until you begin to see safety
pins ahead. Then remove the safety
pins with gas nippers and unroll until
the baby looms into sight
Now, having put on your rubber ooat
put one hand firmly under the baby's
chest and the other on his back and
launch him on the still waters. When
he has kicked all the water out of the
bathtub renew as before.
Be careful while you are manlpula
ting the baby to keep him face down.
Otherwise you would not be able to put
water anywhere else but In his mouth.
Don't be afraid of soap. At first you
will fill his eyes with soapsuds, but
with practice you will get so that some
of the suds will be distributed else
where. Now rinse and dry with a coarse tow
el, cover with face powder and rolling
him up In blankets set In oven to dry
for half an hour. Delineator.
According to the Seattle Trade Reg
ister the total salmon pack of the Pa
cific coast for 1006 was 3,805,311 cases,
of which 2,209,555 cases were put up
In Alaska, an Increase for that ten
tory of 818,788 cases over 1906.
HALF A BILLION FOB CANALS,
Stupendous Scheme of Senator New
lands, of Nevada.
Congress at Its present session wll.
face the greatest scheme for the ag
grandizement of the commerce of the
.". T-fi miinfrv fhnf nraa
ever presented! It
wUl have before It
the bill of Senator
Newlands of Ne
vada,' creating a
first fund of $50,
000,000 for an In
land waterway par
alleling the shores
of the Atlantic and
F. 0. NKWLAiiUS. l"e UUU. Ui. iMea."--v
and contemplating the expenditure of
$500,000,000 within the next ten years.
It may not pass at this session. But
that It must pass, or that some meas
ure of commensurate magnitude must
speedily be adopted, every man In Amer
ican public life, from minor politician
to far-seeing statesman, has already
conceded. There Is no choice, no alter
native, unless It be the choice of pur
blind folly.
Senator Newlands, who Introduced
the bill, Is one of the experts selected
by -the President as specially qualified
for membership In the Inland Water
ways Commission the Nevada author
ity whose broad knowledge of the sub
ject ranks him with Frederick H. New
ell, the director of the reclamation ser
vice ; Dr. W. J. McGee, the distinguish
ed expert of the geological bureau;
Glfford, PInchot, the government for
ester; Senator Warner of Missouri,
who has been one of the most thorough
ly versed students of the plan, and
Representative Burton, long acknowl
edged as the Congressman qualified to
speak the last word of wisdom upoi
the needs of the country's rivers am?
harbors.
"In the next ten years," declare.
Senator Newlands, "the United States
should spend at least $500,000,000 li
the Improvement of Inland waters. Thi
government should enter Into this work
In every section of the country, on tht
Pacific coast, the Atlantic coast, thi
Gulf coast, and along the Mississippi
river and Its tributaries."
The proposal Is to cut 4 channel af
the northern end of the Intercoastai
canal,, from Barnstable bay, north ol
Cape Cod, to Buzzard's Bay, giving ao
cess to the comparatively smooth wat
era of Buzzard's bay and an Inner pas
sage down Long Island sound to thi
Delaware and Raritan canal, at Pertl
Amboy.
The Delaware and Raritan, deepen
ed, Is to give access to the Delaware
river at Trenton, N. J., whence then
will be the route of natural watei
courses to the Chesapeake and Dela
ware canal, wblctTextends across th
narrow neck of Delaware and the east
ern shore of Maryland. This will pro
vide a ship route from the Delawari
river to the Chesapeake bay.
Down the Chesapeake bay the rout
proceeds to Norfolk and down thi
south branch of, the Elizabeth river
It Is likely to cut across Currituck
sound, through Coanjock bay, acrosi
North Carolina, into Albemarle sound
and on through Croatan sound Inti
Pamlico sound.
Cutting through the Beaufort, it hai
access, by means of various cuttings, tc
an Inland route paralleling the wbolt
Atlantic coast line down to Florida,
and then on, skirting the Gulf of Mex
ico and admitting the enormous traffic
of the Mississippi, to Texas and to thi
mouth of the Rio Graude.
Habitual
Constipation
May be permanency overcomely prope
personal efforts with trie assistance
of the one truly beneficial laxative
remedy, byrup of figs and" OUirofSenna,
wh ich enables one to orm regular
habits dally so that assistance to na
ture may be gradually dispensed, with
when no longer needed as the best of
remedies, when reauired, are to assist
nature and not to supplant the natur
al functions, which must depend alti-
ma!KfUP2n Pr?Pe.r nourishment,
proper efforts, and right living generally.
To get its beneficial effects, always
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Plea Mention This Paper.
There is every possibility that the wait)
era of the Paris cafes will shortly go oi
strike again In support of their cherished
right to wear mustaches.
Ho hen will find Mrs. Winslows Soothlni
Syrup the beetremedv to use (or their childrei
luring the teething period.
The Grlnnell track team, last year thi
champions of Iowa, will make a stron,
bid for the same honors this spring.
The management at Nebraska has of
fered the Thanksgiving football date t
Ames, the game to be played- In Lincoln
In a roller skating contest at Chlcagc
Miss Plnkerton and Miss Bouchard cov
ered fifty-one miles and eight laps In foul
hours.
In connection with the Cuban wintei
festival It has been decided to inaugurate
horse racing on a new track at Buena
Vista, near Havana.
Brugger, the big tackle on the cham
pionship Ames football team, has bees
elected captain of the Ames track team
for the spring of 1008. ,
Louis Drill, one of St. Paul's veteran
catchers, who played with Pueblo, Colo.,
last season, will manage the Terra Haute,
Ind., team this season. -
The New lork Jockey Club has Issued
a pamphlet entitled "The Truth About
Racing," which Is Intended as an answer
to the various criticisms against the sport
George Hackenschmldt of Russia easily
defeated JoseDh Rover. American in h.
wrestling match at Oxford muslo halL
London, for the championship of thi
world. I
The girls' basketball team of the State!
agricultural school defeated the girls of
Drummond hall, Minneapolis, In the ar
mory at the agricultural school, by f
core of 84 to A I
The mineral water produce of thi
United States during 1000 was 48,518,
605 gallons, valued at $1,574,690 verj
eonsiderable Increase over the prevloui
year. These figures contemplate only tht
natural mineral waters taken from
prlngs having some medicinal qualities
rTA St. Vitus' Dance ana an tierrons Dtseaeai
I I w permanentlr cured bv Dr. Kline's Great
lierve Restorer. Bend for FREE S2 trial bottle and
trestle. Sr. B. H.Kllae, Ld, Ml Arch UU, Phlle.,Pa,
As to Ylaeler.
1rm PftimrafAM Tn..: . U lUI- .....
--""a uii uupmu, , turn inye
ays a man named Birkman has sned thi
city as Jared Ylpsley's next friend. What
does that mean?
Mr. Chugwater Huh I It doesn't mean
anything in this case. No' man alive ever
-- "" Aiymc.
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
br local anDlIcatloni. aa thev cannot reanh tha
dl&eaxed portion of the ear. There is only om
way luBura ueajnees, ana mat is Dy consutn
tional remedies. DAnfnesa ia cmteari hv an In.
flamed condition of the mucous lining of thi
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed
you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear
ing, and when it is entirely closed. Deafness ii
the result, and unli-ss the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its norma)
condition, hear! n will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused Dy Catarrh,
which is nothing but an Inflamed condition ol
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
ease of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send foi
circulars, free.
o w P- J- CHENEY dt CO., Toledo, O.
Bold by Drueirlsts. 75c.
Take Hall's Family Fills for constipation.
Rome, under Augustus, had a fire brig
ade and force ot night police, numbering
in all 7,000 men.
-Does Your
Heart Beat
Yes. 100,000 times each day.
Does it send out good blood
or bad blood? You know, for
good blood is good health;
bad blood, bad health. And
you know precisely what to
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Sarsaparilla. Doctors have
endorsed it for 60 years.
ttS" 'SH""" S"' ot M w sininriih
liver. This produces eonitlpatlou. Poisonous
substanoes are then absorbed Into the blood,
Instead of being removed from the bodv dallr
as nature Intended. Keen the bowels onen
with Ajert Villa, llrer puis. iuVeieibT
Xade br J. O. Ayer Oo., Lowell,
Alee BunuaMtajrere of
7 HAIR viaot.
Aaue cure.
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