Rogue River courier., January 28, 1897, Image 4

• »«ear etiquette, t*
"Dor, all, knox you are hereT”
culled the windoo in inc wing and he ever, moi* »uperior than ever in the
f he results of N de VI
“Who?” »»id Brant, curtly.
ta’n ar >•». th-! If
t urned in his saddle to look at it. There majesty of uniform and authority—
-Your wife. Thai ¡»—I reckon she’» •Oh. he will not
BoaeaasAeld and Hpurg«M»n Were Both
i.-'h t*’1
it was- the lurgrat aud most dominant which fitted him, the younger man,
«a d; -there wn too r i
I.U m *rally Endowed.
cUld f* ■rin t i
[COMIIJü* »I> FBUM L.U»T WELI J
window in that part of the building— through his four yearn’ of active serv­ your wife still, eh?*
ExccMive starch
The prompt wit of the late Lord
“J do uot kuow that she knows,” re- | queen» and collarr like ”*tu • u
and within it, a distinct and vivid ob­ ice with the rarelr«« eaxe and bearing
Be*cou»tirld i. well known. <>n one
ject, 'almost filling the opening*was of the veteran!
Here wag the hero [ turned Brant quietly. H« had regained
oocKaion when he wa. • mrml«r for
SHE K’LLE'» THE CEAR
the vase of flowers which he had a few w hone name w an already no famous that ' his sidf'coaipwtiff- v
CHAPTER IV.
Buck», he presided at the annual din­
"Su»y— Mrs. Senator Boompointer,
It fteemed plain to Brant 1hat the hours ago removed, restored to its the mere coincidence of it with that
ner of the county agricultural society
dispatch l»ox had bt**»n conveyed her? original position. He smiled. Thebur- • >f the nodeat • ivilian he had known that ia”—be aeemed to feel a certain
nt Ayleabury. AmtJCiy the company
lu »¡îortsn.
and opraad for wcurity on this desk, ’ ried entrance and consternation of Miss would have »truck him as prepoatrroue. 'Kguity in hi» late v.ife-» new title,
any» the New York P.nt. waa a farmer
Sour
ibi porti.
and in the burry of examining the j Faulkner was now fully explained. He \ : L* re he was »upren e and dazzling I allow »-<1 that she’d g<»n* abroad on a the de
in the neighborhood, a son of the Em-
rentyr -f
paj»era the flower had been jostled, and I had interrupted some impassioned mes­ —surrounded by th? pomp and circum- i M-crct mission from the southern con- t ¡rid ci
erald l.le, and a red-hot radical. The
those reserved ■ federacy to them crowned heads over
the fallen grams of |»oHcn overlooked sage, perhaps even countermanded
isn’a. wrn
Commencement of
Mr.
Dura.-li-
apeechea wa* fr.
.
by the »py- There were one or two some affectionate rendezvous beyoi.<l presence he, Jim Hooker, had been I there. Sh? was good at ropin’ men in, ,
Ug
\«>u know. Anyhow, Susy—afore she
freckles of red on the desk, wbieh made tlM Nto A*.<J riaettl.-d the fact that tttotoifl v'i*L flhfl formality <»f <
by an alm.wt naiuful hesitation, and on
i two bui
Failed Twa laetli for fCewnge.
this accident sjqM»ar the more probable. I it was she who had done the signaling. lenge, saluting and presented bay- 1 •. an Mr». Boompoin ter— was dead set on
thia occasion the faltering was ev.-n
he Xcu Y
Dr. Dougal was a famous fleotoh phy­
! findin’ out where she was—but never
more noticeable thau usual, but th.
But hr was equally struck by another But would not this also make her cog­
%
hi tie
sician, and a/* eccentric us learned.* On?
restless eyes were very bright, and th«
<• ire ujjiw iiiner. The «lenk h U mm ! Imme­ nizant of the taking of the dispatch
Luckily Brant had taken advantage . i ould. She s?« med to drop out of sight
• upi ly of ammui
day a man came to consult him, in an
a vear ago. Some said one thing and
master of fence was ready with |*arry
He reflected, however, that the
diately’ lieforv the window.
A» he box ?
tuî w r.s ull used or
agony of pctlii« and. u/tcr ui extmina
of
hie first gratified ejaculation to i Mjtue said another. But you can l>et
or point. “Speak up." cried the Irish
room was apparently occupied by the
glanced
medianically
from
it
he
ua»
I; dicr. Starting
tion, the doc*tor told tie | a . nt I <■ had
shake him warmly by the hand, and I vour bottom dollar that Mrs. Senator
man; "get on faster.” He had fallen
mulatto
woman;
he
remembered
the
Hiirprined
to
w»*
that
it
commanded
an
i.ctmntercd a bear
an uJccHtted tooth i.nd adv1b< 4 I t 1 t >
into the trap. "Wait, my friend,” sai.l
calico dresses and turlian on the bed; then with t*oth hand» laid familiarly Boompoiuter.w ho !• nows bow to pull all t a< y
fjoultioe t he jaw , An .1:; mm n! < 1 lied, ( xtenaiir view of the k I«)| h * I m *I<»\ v the
uld r.ot shoot they rai
on his shoulder force him dow n into a I the wires in Waxbington, will know if
the member; "it takes same time to
»•minenee
on
which
th?
liouse
s U xm J, and it wan possible that Miss Faulkner
during which the tufferer erkd out;
a c l !Afferent direction.
bring my ideas down to yours." .Many
even iM-yond his furthest line of pick­ had only visited it for the purpuae of chair. Luckily, for by that time Jim I any one «Joes ”
but do you kno1 i|>o«tt teeth?’’
The bear c.lia ase<l the guide and he
Hooker had with characteristic gloom i- I • “But is Mrs Room[»ointer really dis­
anecdotes, more‘»or less ap>crypbal.
signaling
to
her
lover.
But
the
circum
­
et»
The
va«r
of
Hoxxers
each
of
which
this, the doctor fc
d a pair of
took the direct c course toward the carni­
ursa found time to taste the pangs of affected and a southern sympathizer.’
have been current as to the wit of tlx
vpmh nearly ns larpc as u ma^noha bios-: stance did not tend to make his mind
wife vas pre-
ceps and shouted,
i’ll draw »
late llev. C. II. Spurg.s.n One. how
envy—an envy the more keen since, in ►aid Brunt, ”or is it only caprice or log hou» te, xv he ere
easier.
It
was.
however,
presently
di
­
som
uiid
striking
in
color,
occupied
a
tooth in your heed
The uJarinrd
paring a meal. With 1» yell h • <1»*bi >1
aver, which is perfectly authentic, is
spite
of
his
sucres«
as
a
praceful
con-
verted
by
an
unlooked-for
incident.
1
fashion?
”
While
speaking
hr
had
risen
central |M»sition I m *fore it. ami no doubt
tient ran out of tl
iioiise, with
uik I up in’® !»ir
characteristic of the man. On one oe-
As he rod? through the camp a group I fractor, he had always secretly longed with a half abstracted face and had into the bouse
could l»r (piitr distinctly kci » ii from a
diM’tor in pursuit, t
buck door.
) finali v overt
caaion he waa much anuoyed by three
for military display and distinction, gone to th? w indow, where he stood in His wife ran out. of the
of
officers
congregated
I
m
*
for?
a
large
diatame. of th.it hr would satisfy him­
him in th? market place, and took t
ami os »he bear liaiVgone in­
young men, who per istc.1 in wearing
lie
looked
at
the
man
w
ho
had
achieved
closed
it,
mess
tent
apptared
to
l>?
highly
amused
a loitering attitude
Presently he
self hereafter But for the present be
two of his teeth, in th? midst of an it. t
hurried around, clon'd the
their beta. He ap;s-are.i for the time
■ • ton reraation half monologue it, as h? firmly believed, by sheer luck ojmned the window’ and stepped out­ side ehe .
could not resist the strong impression
e-ted crowd.
not to notice tln-ui. but proceeded to
front
door
a nil nxtde the bear. u prisoner,
and
accident
and
his
eye»
darkened.
side.
Hooker wouderingly followed
that this futrftd and extraordinary and half harangue—of a singular-look­
The
intrepid
woman then ♦led a (k g
Then,
with
characteristic
weakness
and
him. On? or two officers had already
blossom, carried l> . Mias
Mi» Faulkner and ing individual w bo stood in th? center.
thru«» the
sanity,
he
began
to
resist
his
first
im
­
to
a
|K)le,
taa.
- — how line carlne
totrpfied out of their rooms, and were
the mulatto, and > xtiikinglv “in eri- II? wore a •‘slouch” hat. to tb? band of
through the door anil thus co.:x«<l th«-
dence” ut the aìihìo ««, WHH 111 aoirw* which he ha<! imparted a military air pressions of Clarence's superiority, and standing upon th? veranda, another la ar out. As bruin appeared »hestrucl.
wav a signal
Oln ving un impulac by th? addition of a gold coni, but th? to air his ow n iuqiortance. He leaned had halted in th? path. Then on?quick­ him with an ax and killed him at tin-
xvhich he was c r-.*ix« ioui* heil a lintf- brim was caught up at the side in a h< avily back in his chajr in w hich he ly reentered th? holier, reappeared with
sufierstitious foundation, he carefully |>?<*uliarly theatrical and highly artifi­ hud been thus genially forced, drew off Ins rap and sword »n his hand and ran first blow.
One of the hunters commented on her
A
lifted th? xase from its position l>< f«»rr cial fashion. A heavy cavalry »a lM»r de­ bis gauntlet and attempted to thrust lighlly toward the guard house.
manner of fishing for u $50 bear witli a
I he window- aud placed it on a side table fended from a broad buckled licit un­ it through his belt, as be had seen ► light eruckling m»i»»‘ Mecmed to conic
jkig worth $150, but the woman rm
Then lie cautiously rlip|»rd from the der his black frock coat, with the addi­ I b ant do, but failed on account of hia from beyond the garden wall.
tion of two revolvers, minus their pistols already occupyiug that position,
“What’s up?” said Hooker, wi*h star­ torted:
room.
“We generally »hoots ’em, but we
But lie could not nx easily shake off holsters, stuck on either side of the dropped it, got his sword between his ing eyes.
never runs from ’em.”
“Picket firing.”
th? perplexity xvh’ch th? occurrence buckle, after th? style of stage sniug- legs in attempting to pick it up, and
The crack ling suddenly became a long
had mused, alt hough lie Him satisfied gh rs. A pair of long enameled leather Hirn leaned back again, with half-
SPANISH MINES IN TEXAS.
losed eyrs, serenely indifferent of his rattle. Brant reentered the room, and
that it was fraught with no military riding ls>ots, with the tops Uuuod
old
companion
’
s
smiling
face.
There
1« Talk of Reopening Some of the
or strategic danger to hi * command,
picked up his hat. *
• I
patrols a civic home ruard In the
“I reckon,” he began, slowly, with a
Old One«.
this year in valuable
and that the ui:kuu*».li h jy Lad ob-
“You’ll excuse me for a few’ nio-
•outhRAat kept surveillance'or»laves.
■vlightly patronizing air, “that we’d ments?”
The earliest settlers of Bell county,
taiiu*d no informal on v < . ’.er. But
articles to smokers of
have met, sooner or later, at Washing­
Tex., found along the mountains north-
he was forced toadind t<» in- If that deeply over, a» if they had once done
A hollow sound shook the house.
duty for the representative of a cav­ ton, or at Grunt's headquarters, for
iast of Belton aud near Nulnn’s creek
lie xxiim im»iv CiMierrned in i
“What’s that?” gasped Hooker.
alier, completed hi» extraordinary Hooker, Meacham & Co. go everyw here,
w hat appeared to be uld mines that bud
to justify the c<»ndu'’l of M
••Camion.”
equipment.
The group v/ere so ab­ and are about as well known as major
pro! ably been worked by the Sjuiniaids,
with this Intel rcv( hition.
Indians or Ac tees. Since then every
Conulne
|M» sn II»I c that the di patch lx>x had I »ecu sorbed in him that they did nut perceive generals, to suy nothin’,” he went on,
TO HE CONTINI Ei>. »
once in awhile there has been talk of
purloined by sonn* » ne else during her the approach of their chief and his with a sidelong glance at Brant’s shoul­
orderly,
and
Brant,
with
a
sign
to
th?
1
der
straps,
“
of
brigadiers
—
and
it
’
s
tiyiiig to o | m * h the mince and see wnat
absence from the hottse
!ÎW
as (he pres­
RECEIVES IN HER BATH.
was in them, says the (¡alvcston N< *vs.
ence of the miihitt«» servant in hut room Intter. lialti*d only a few paces from the rather strange, only, of course, you’re
I
<
«■ntr.'il
figure.
Ilis
sj>eech
w«w
nNingu-
kind of fresh in th? service—that you
would have i»rrii less suspicious than
Sovereign of Mwdagtuicar Transacts State They presented the appearance of deep
hers. There wins really little evidence lar mingling of high-flown and exalted ain’t heard of me afore.”
holes in the ground, some of v hich hud
Affairs In Iler Tul>.
I
epithets
and
inexact
pronunciation,
“But I’m very, very glad to hear of
to connect .Miss Faulkner with the ac­
Persons who pride themselve« upm lieen j.ariiaily and othiis uimoft < ij -
tual outrage rnilit i might not th? real ‘ with occasional lapses of western slang. you now, Jim.” said Brant, smiling,
what they call their sturdy common tirely filled w ith dirt. In Rome nstaoecs
You will find one coupon in­
“Well, I ain’t purtendin’ to any ’’and from your own lips—which I am
spy have lakeii luhufitage of her visit
nenae affect to despise elaborate civili­ bushes had grow n in these | luces. In
side each 2-ounce bag, and two
here to throw »mq> cum upon her? lie Mtrututegic.il smartness, and I didn’t also delighted to find,” he added, mis­ ties under the expressive term of one or two cases large cedar .ogs had
coupons inside each 4-ounce
remembered iici singular uianner- -the grndooatc at West Point us one of chievously, “ar? atill as frankly com­ “starch.” None the les«, says the Den­ been placed over thes? mine-holes and
ling. Buy a bag, read the coupon
The Best
strang? inconsistency with which she U icrc Apocbryphal engineers; I don’t municative on that topic, as of old. ver Republican, do such sacrifices to dirt thrown on them. Sonu people
how to get your share.
□moving
i ODaccomauo
«"■> see
•*• <• uuwiogayt
SmoklngTobacco
Made i and
hod forced this flower ii|M»n him. She do much talking about ’flank’ move­ But I congratulate you, old feJlow', on exacting graces flourish, and certainly have always contended that it would
•••••••—•••flflflfl+e+c 00*00 Qooaoooooooooee
woiihi hardly hat c dune so liciti she I m *? d ment» or ’recognizances in force’ or your good fortune. When did you leave not less than in countries nearer home pay to reopen and work these o.d mines,
ronscious of it having so serious an ! Liu lion skirmishing,’ but when it the stage?”
among the Hovas of Madagascar, who but until now no one who desired to put
Import. Yet w lint xvas the secret of her <omc down to sijuare Injin fightin’,
Mr. Hooker frowned slightly.
“I were, even lx*fore their annexation, time or money in them.
I
reckon
I
kin
have
my
say.
There
are
iminifcMt agitation? A sudden inspira­
never really was on the stage, you nothing if not Parisian. .Starch is, how­
The recent discovery of gold four or
tion flashed across Ills mind; a »mile men who don’t know the army con» know,” h? said, waving his hand with ever, at the court of Antananarivo no flve miles from Belton has given a new
tractor,
”
he
added,
darkly,
“
whomebbe
«aim* upon his lips. She whs in love!
assumed negligence—“only went on to mere matter of form; rather, if anyone inti ri st in these old mines. In one of
The (•in»iny’ii line contained some sigh­ have heard of ‘Bed Jim.’ I don’t men­ please my wife. Mrs. Hooker wouldn’t may say so, a form of matter, for it is thesi mines some men have begun woik
ing young subaltern with whom she tion mmicM, gentlemen, but only the act with vulgar professionaJs, don’t you the starch so indispensable in our laun­ in ( arne»t, and an* keeping at it from
W0S in <-iiiiiiniiiiii'alion and for whom other day a man that you all know says see! I was really manager—most of dries that, like Shakesjveare’s divinity, day to day. They are not very com­
she had umlertnL ii t Ids<|itext. The flow- 10 me. ’If I (»nly knew what you do the time, and lessee of the theater. doth hedge around the Queen Ranuvalo. municative about their prospects tor
• t xxns t heir language f ciu rcsponence, about scoutin’ I wouldn’t I m * wanting Went east when the war broke out to She, like Marie Antoinette, is accus­ success, hut this much they tell, but
no doubt. It explained also th? young for information as I do.’ I ain’t going offer—my sword and knowledge of In­ tomed to receive >tate visitors in her in 11 short time they ar * going to ship
girl’s animosity against the younger to say who it was, or break any con­ jin’ fightin’— to Uncle Sam!
Drifted morning tub. and quite set ng the dis­ son.»* (f what they think is their l est- ;
officers— his adversaries; against him fidence between gentlemen—by saying into a big, pork contract at St. Louis advantages of having her bath water ; ay.: o to th»* smelter at e.tglc Pass.
self—their commander. H<* had previ- how many stars he had on his shoul­ with Fremont. Been at it ever since. like her state policy, too clear, the After it
si di sin lt<d they w ill krow
Por Sale by M C i . kmmns .
• >usly wondered w by if ■he were In- der strap, but he was a man who knew Offered a commission in the regular starch is thrown into it to dissolve as more. Me: • wh I* there is a good deal
what
hr
was
saying.
And
I
say
ag
’
in,
service lots o’ times. Refused.”
deed a spy— she hud not chosen
a white veil around the queen. Among «if interest about ii around town.
ion ? tv —upon
“Why?” asked Brant, demurely.
some vqmiltj specious oi der from Wnsh- grtitlrinrn, that the curse of th»* north­
the dignitaries thus received bv her
ern
army
is
the
want
of
projM^r
scoutin
’
.
“Too much West Point starch around ww, according to the Paris correspond­
iiigton th«* lif adqunrtei s of the di-
1 eet’s Wonderful Scent.
W
hat
was
it
caused
Bull
’
s
run?
Want
i isioii eon n and«*r, whose Mccnlg were
to auit me,” returned Booker, darkly. ent of the Times, a French ambassador,
The pnv.ir of «cent possessed by a
W hat w as it rolled up “$nd too many spies!”
M. Le Myrv de Vilers, who, after a
more valuable, This was explained by o’ scout in*.
deer is wonderfully acute. The«? ani
“Spiea?” echoed Brant, abstractedly, plentiful use of diplomatic “soft soap,’
the fact tiiut she was nearer th? lines Pope? Want o’ scoutin’. W'hut kill .«
mate have been know n to take fr’ght at
mid her lover in her piesvnt abode. Baker at Ball's Bluff ? Want-'** «scoutin’. with a momentary reminiscence of Miss retired highly confident. An old Ilova,
th? scent of a man 24 hours after he had
however, more ev pcrieneed in Mada-
H(* lind no idea that he xvas making ex­ What caused the ?>«’:#<uter at the Wil­ Faulkner.
passevl the »pot-
*
<
Want o’ scoutin’.
Injin
“Yes, spies,” continued Hooker, with
cuses for lier lie believed himself only derness?
\\ liy, only the other day. dogged mystery. “One-half of Wash­
just. The recollection of what she had scoutin’!
said of the power of love iillMdt it liad gent!: men, I was approached to know ington is watching t'other half, and,
what I’d take to organize a scoutin’ from the president’s wife down, most
hurt him ci uelly it the tin«? was m»w
elenrcr to him, mid even seemed to force. Ami what did Isay? ‘No, gen­ of the women are seccsh!”
Brant suddenly fixed his keen eyes on
niitigute her offrnse.
She would be eral. it ain’t I m - crusc 1 represent on?
here but a day or two longer; he could of the largest army beef contracts in his guest. But the next moment he re­
tfford to xviiit without interrogating the country.’ says I; ‘it ain't because flected that this was only Jim Hooker’s
I belong, so to »peak, to the “Sinews usual speech and possessed no ulterior
her.
But an to th? rt*Ml intruder spy or of War." but liecause I’d want about significance. He smiled again and said
thief
that- was another affair, and 10,000 trained Injins from the reserva­ more gently:
\nd the regular West Point
“And how is Mrs. Hooker?”
i|Uk*kly settled. Hr gave an order to tions!
Mr. Hooker fixed his eyes on the ceil­
Ihi* olllrrr of the day |M»rrmptorily for­ high toned, scientific inkybus that
weighs
so
heavily
on
our
army
don
’
t
ing, rose, pretended to look out of the
II bidding the entrance of nlirn servant»
»r slavrs within the prrrinrts of tin* see it and won’t have it! Then Sher­ window’; then, taking hte seat again by
the table, as if fronting an imaginary
li«*udquart<*rH. Anyone thus trrspass- man, hs s« z to me—”
I hit In i c a roar of laughter interrupt­ audience, and pulling »lowdy at his
ing wax to is' brought. I»rfon- him. The
ofiircr looked surprised hr rvrn fan­ ed him. and in a cross-fire of sarcastic gauntlets, after the usual theatrical in­
cied <1 ina|i|M>intt'il The graces of the interrogations that began, Brant saw dication of a jverfect sang froid, said:
“There ain’t any.”
mulatto w«>man's figure had evidrntlv with relief a chance ofcscape. For in
“Good heavens!” said Brant, with
Iwrn not thrown away upon his sub­ the voice, manner and, nliove all, the
charm leristic temperament of the genuine emotion. ”1 beg your pardon—
altern«.
stranger, lie had recognized his old really I—”
•
playmate and the husband of Susy—
“Mrs. Hooker and me are divorced,”
the irdoubtnble Jim Hooker! There continued Hooker, slightly changing
was no mistaking that gloomy audacity his attitude and leaniug heavily on his
From the Chronicle, Chicago, III.'
that mysterious significance -that
It was four yssrt ago next month that | “ For eight month« past T had not been
salier, with hte eves still on hi» fanciful
magnificent lying, But even at that audience. “There was, you understand,” Mrs. M. M. Hoyt, who live« at 2429 Went­ able to comb my hair, dress myself or walk,
NEWS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD Every week, full and
an<i had to be fed during all this time like a
mom« nt (’larenee Brant’s heart had
lightly tossing hi» gauntlet aside worth Avenue, came to Chicago. She waa
gone out with all his old loyalty of —“incompatibility of temper!—and — ! at that t me bed-ridden, Buffering from in- I babe. Well, the first pills I remember dis-
complete and in condensed form for busy people
I took on a »Saturday, and the follow­
I flammatorv rheumatism and not able to tinctly,
feeling- tow aid his old companion. He we—parted.
ing Monday I found this improvement:
Ila!” he uttered a low’,
a—PACIFIC COAST NEWS, containing .ill the import.mt happen
knew that a public recognition of hint bitter, scornful laugh, which, however, raiec her feet from th« floor. One of the namely, my nerves seemed to be firmer at-.d
then and there would plunge Hooker produced the distinct impression in beet phyaieian« m Chicago treated her here my pains leas. I wish to state that at thit
<»f the week from Behring Straits to the island of Terra del Fuego.
three weeks bat was unable to effect even time, for the last four months I had not slept
into confusion.
Hr felt keenly th?
Brant's mind that up to that moment relied
He gave up her caae, believing over an hour at a time, had Buffered so great-
ironical plaudits and laughter of hi» he had never had the slightest feeling nothing could be done for her and that she ly from nervous prostration, to the extent that
3— JOSEPHINE COUNTY HOME NEWS culled from reliable s -ur
the least noise would completely upset mt
ofllcers
over
th?
manifest
weakness
and
j had but a few days to live.
in the matter whatever.
cos without fear or favor or intent to deceive distant |K*ople.
and m.ake me shake like one having the ague.
nii i ’. i an
I-
vanity of the ex-teamster, ?x-rnncber,
In speaking of her Buffering* and the re­ This Monday evening I was sitting in my
“You seemed to be on such good terms
him
hi
ex
actor
and
husband
of
his
girl
sweet
­
4— INDEPENDENT EDITORIALS written in the COURIER oilier
with each other,” murmured Brant, lief and permanent cure effected later she chair, and bear in mind, my daughter's house
. «are: “When I wa» five years old I «a9 was full of company making more or less
M'CUlItl look h (
heart. and would have spared him the xaguely.
without asking any man's or party’s opinion or ¡ h i mission.
I taken down with inflammatory rheumatism, noise, all tending to keep me nervous. \\ ith
mid parted
knowledge that he had overheard it.
“Seemed! ” said Hooker bitterly,gianc l but after a coin par a ti vely short time it pass­ all that I commenced to feel easier, a strange
I'uruiug hastily to the orderly he bode ing sardonically at an ideal second row; ed off, and 1 was free from all its symptoms and quieting feeling I had not experienced
lim bring t lie st ranger to his beadquar-
in the pit before him—“yes, seemed! until I was fourteen rears old. Then I had since that Christmas afternoon I was stricken
I another attack, of which I was cured, and
I called to mv daughter and said,
i*rs. and rode away unpcrceived.
There were—other differences—social did not have a sick dav until four years ago down.
‘Ada, I don't know what has come over me.
lie had heard enough, however, to ac- and political. Y’ou understand that—| Christmas afternoon Lsy2.
I feel so restful and actually feel sleepy, f
•ount for his presence there, and the you have suffered too.” He reached out.
“I had lived twenty-six years in Luding­ i think I will try to go to sleep/ T could see
singular chance that had brought them his hand and pressed Brant’s in heavy ! ton. Michigan, and fourteen rears in Man* that she was surprised and pleased. Jmme.
l«tee, Michigan, both towns being situated diately she undressed me ana put me to bed.
again tog»*thcr. Hr was evidently one effusiveness.
“But,” he continued, on the lake. The weather in both places is
“I slept soundly from
o’clock till I
of those large civil routrnctors of HUf>- haughtily, lightly tossing his glove I even mor* Limp, more raw and in winter
OR <L> WHEN NOT IN ADVANCE
o clock ia the morning, and that mind yon
k*s whom the government wus I again, “we are all men of the world—| eolder than it is here. In Manistee for many with a house full of people. I remained
years I conducted a dressmaking establish­ awake but a short time, feeling better than I
iligrd to employ, who visited the
we let that pass!” And it was possible
nip, half officially, and whom the that he found the strain of hte present, ment which I carried on until I was taken had for months, and went into a sound sleep, |
sick I knew all the prominent people in never waking till 7 o’clock in the morning.
army alternately d?)>eiided upon and attitude too great, for be changed to an Manistee an I it was hard for me to <• »se my It was very hot down there in August, but
business and leave all the people I had known from that time I slept and rested well Thea
1ms»*d. Brant had dealt, with hii js un- easier position.
there for yean. My four children, all of
felt and saw an improvement gradually g®.
k rlingx in the commissariat, and even
“But,” said Brant, curiously, “I al­ whom are married, lived in other States. I • ng
->n The first th » g I noticed was, that
re me in I m * red that hr had beard he ways thought that Mrs. Hooker waa in-1 One daughter lived in Chicago and being
the swelling in my hands was going down
coming, but had overlooked the tensely union and northern.”
at!vised tn change climate I came here. The and after several » ?*ks assumed their nature
T
attack on that Christmas afternoon came al shape, and the tightly drawn skin. whi< h
liflcuncr. of his name. But how hr
“Tut on!” said Hooker, in his natural without warning
I was suddenly taken l x»k«d like gla.M d »ap|>eared altogether as
to leave his theatrical profession, voice.
with chills and rheumatic fever, which grew «♦■¡I m the pain. Before this time when-
BUY BIRSOT Oe MANUPACTUPSRa
hr had attaint'd a |>osition which
worse
day
bv
day.
Manistee phy<u< ians did ever I tried to close my hands my finget
“
But
you
remember
the
incident
of*
IIC<MARKS IIOAlt
ucuini rc
all they could for me. hut I was helpless m joints would crack ami the same crarkina
a command of considerable the fiag?” persisted Brant.
WAUUMB, Ml KJtBIM “LnllLl J
bed
until
the
end
of
May 1898, The physi­
for many of the con tractors
"Mr«. Hooker was alw ays an actress.” cian« advised me to leave the shores of the sounds 1 h.‘«rd when I bent my elbows <
**•»»•* •wyMMrs ts auf««« st WHOLESALE PRICE 1
»dy amassed large fortunes— said Hooker significantly. “But.” he add­ laae and especially Manistee. I took their tried to raise my arms as high as my simul-
dm. All this left me and also all the fierce
I had Ivrcomc of Susy ami her ed cheerfully, "Mi's. Hooker is now the advice and came to Chicago.
O»« O» OUR RI’RiOR
O A Rd A > «
rheumatic p.ain* all through my te-dy. |
showed bun that «hr had not <
“Xhrumatism was in my hands, my fee» came back to Chicago entirely cured, feel,
n tliis radical hange of wife of Senator Boompointer, one of the
tired
him
In
the
con
icvntration
of
her
and
ray
head,
in
fact
it
was
all
over
me
be
­
mg hale «nd hearty, and that after having
were thit
r>*»11 or«■<'«» 11« i II
to lx* wealthiest and most powerful republic­
tide* having heart failure.
I could not
the miraenlons Pink Pills of Dr. Wif
purpose. She swept by him into th<
B nr 4 bow ’ 1 a - H I R
.« own changed condi- ans in Washington -carries the patron­ think of leaving my chair. I was unable to u«ed
fastener« hea«l lining
name’ for about f ur months. I suppose J
hull;
hr
heard
the
»
•sxu»h
of
her
skirt
• •a>na «4;11 < li*»e«l
u»
Idoin thought of her; it age of the whole west in his vest romh ray hair, 1 was practically helpless at had taken during tb.se tour month» about
and rapid fret <
lta* a oloih
i; she was
the time I came to Chicago. Do you see all one and a halfd<*sen boxes.
ungr feeling of irri la­ [XM'Vst ’ ”
wing cushion«
.1» ei
tho*e white «cars on my hands' Well, let
gone. What had
or was t hi”
’’1» >» now over three yean ,<o th»t ,B
■ « IK To» Bt’OOl
If responaibilit ttai he
H In tr«a<l
it 1« in
m»* tell you how I got them
My hand« be­ this oappened, ,n<i I have never f.)t twtte,
•
another
of
h
“
Yet
if
she
is
not
a
republican
—
why
• «•<!<«.! M><1 ffita'I I ril
i last interview with
came
fearful^ swollen with the rheuma­ in mv life. Yon ran see for vmirvlf that •
af boat oaiilv b
t« »«
» u ’ » .
c
*
did she”—began Brant.
But he wn
elf In
tism an i w^F smooth and shiny just like a am prrttr spry on my fret. I i>»>e no pain«
to which h»| had
Mà frass« sat »«»lar panel«. lhoioa«hly glu»«l
“For a purpose,” responded Hooker, piece of gMb The skin by the swelling no ». hr» nor «nvthinr that Would snk-Ce.t .<
ipimrition <
»lip« boita
*»■■ «• «.c
a.’ ' e '
'
• x
rail iMtfXh
ill forgiai« «lip«
«U. ma
Asst «iaa« moubMi
Ho<!IM
*
paiata*! a rich I la< l g«*ar« I tr
fore him w if
darkly. “But,” he added again with wa« stretched to such a point that it burst m« now, the terrible time I had then. Thor«
K m 4« m «1 v «irtpad
Bi sob Uttggv <M>mpl«t« with «be 1 1«
■
had greater cheerfulness, "she belongs to wherever you «ee the ears and from th« 1» »"other thinr I wish to my in reward t,
t capt urv
4 written warraatv with ea ■ i u ..,
ar|»L aaW-ratti are «te
quarters nt his the very elite of Washington society. Wounds exme water for quite a long time the Pink Pills, who-h to me sirnilte, a jrr.nl
14 • <
.
«
, well f
--------------------------------- 4
Never before avh! for lee* but
Iw'forr hr heard the <»oes to all the foreigu ambassadors* Mv suffering* were almost unbearable, and deal. That i» when the weather ehaneea
wing th«
I trie»! the treatment of one of Chicago's
local It T we have 4«>«ld«<i t mat
O»w W«.
vr rnnda tvalls. and is a power at th? white house, oldest and best physicians. I took his medi* from extreme heat to eztreme cold, or front
every raa,!er of this papvr a:. . 1
all fratui
dry weather to raw. damp, chilly weather
•eoo rot
dlMtU« bnggv at t’.v
weet jr
looker
’
s
etna
for three weeks, bat only grew worse. *» W, had th, pa.1 two week,, and hare ever»
hi-
¡netur?
is
in
led. but
ail the firat-claes
I«« •<» and eoupoa wr will ship t
I
tMe
aras
ao
nervous
that
I
could
not
sleep
rer.
that
little wiile tn t h: ear call th« rear amunZ
•
i Illustrated papers.”
pacted and crat«d and dehve*« I «. n
and ray etoratch became «o weak, whether I f-el twinges and little pain, in my ehooi
ogniiung nis name.
opportunity to get a lhor<-u«hly
from the strong drugs or my general debili­ ders or tn my arm, or nerhap» it may he ia
■ »«al «>»» OrAw
Th?
singular
but
sin,
unmintakabl?
pride
the luweet prion ever offered
> •1 the ni'-sxjgr a* »» |«rr*onal
tvr
x ii : n | k > ' w not, but it w i« di*i m, «ide, all I ktTe to do is t > take a few
* t'henp bunv
but an a »■.
. of th? man in th? importance of th? tated
a «beeper Lu«» ,
had left hi* snrrsstic com-
cult for rae to retain any solid fond. He
««. in ito a«««i
wife from whom he waa divorced, and gave up my esse and advised me to send far the pill, for a day or wt and they take every
ratalogne abowmg 4»' dif*
inphnoih. with th? air of
indication of thoae pain» away.
W« oan aell you a top bugg
for whom hr did not care, would have my hatband.
With the eicepn. B of the
■a 144 A m 4
inter* lew to
and upward*
Monry rerni
“
I
knew
be
that
advice,
that
he
did
not
the
offended
Brant's
delicacy,
or
at
least
weather la frightfully m:»ei
A and «1 anti u at I ou. (’t-upou
military ct
Instrai I not taken any pills rince I sii
Io obtain Line «iwelaJ price.
have excited his ridicule, but for the give me much longer to live.
went
to
one
of
my
daughters
who
lives
in
th*
1
It
w
as
the
"»re taken «-nee have not
•ft
, re«! •n that he was more deeply stung •mithem pa« of Indiana, ia F.lnvra, Davis far pill» __ I ___
__
>04^ WàOOWt--Ws hsv» all ■lyle» Lui
■y old tmnble,
hut simple for
»ortance,
by Hooker’s allusion to his own w ife Leuntv where her husband. Asa Haig, was xrhich hav? tried to «ettl
mi» sa« la ih« t«o«l pouulfai
Auy dssltr T^e íl«f«M Roed Wap>n
le tn —«tn« parts <4
c sulirn sidelong
• tU asà r««
(JO ter II Our wbolstale
Her »tors
o^e
of
the
prominent
merchants
I
believed
my
bady,
and
whieb
the
|
aud hi« degrading similitude of their
pilli f» in rr a«ud m >«s oo « ,<i < h » ui n
ir entered the apartment.
the el1, e there, being away from the in- driven ont,. I alw» wish te pills have ie.'antly
, - - v ----- ••' «tat« that the ptlj,
il 1« yvsr« Guiu»nte»1 lo bc :uad- f
pures*
ItH'k up until Brant had two conditions. But hr dismiaard the fluen »re of lake Michigan might help me.
MgssSeé ■«•WrlaJ thoroughlp »«a» ned
■ I
I had been in Elnora about «ne week
prrfrct
ret hralth
bet]th in every r*sp«-rf •’
«ad •r •!<!• «pria«« Rarven palata
orderlv to withdraw and former as part of Hooker’s invincible feeling
any
better,
when
one
day
I
*We4a. aloth or B tsii ■ l*atb«r trtmn .«><■
‘
ird
.)
M
wl
M
if
—
if
M
H
oyt
.
and
still
boyish
rxtrai.iganee.
and
the
M. oyt
'iini. And then
from ray daughter in Chfaten three
<•«hi«’rasali lren*<1 full l«D<lh 1» le i .
to and
ynbed befvr* me thia
^ ii I m patem l«aih«r a »
pan i »
*oy ish com pan- latter »m part of his equally character­ Iff Withams7 Fink Fills far Pal*
of April
• Usai B«a/ Ir«»«t«r «»•*
istic
as
um
pt
ion
V?rha|Mi
he
was
con
­
tel!?ng
me
in
her
letter
that
*h«
had
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prs! with a Mon» scious. U«o. uotw ithstanding tb? te|we had effected That she had grae te
èst
< wdtiaa •arraoiv with sa. h »«<■••
t the wo-
mm ! ■aaav refa»d«d !f not »• rai'r*«*ut»«t
prca
__ k publie
oil? as an
■»• nnfef
'til gloomy in- of years and the condor at ion of sepa­ men the newspaper sp**ke about snd
I
f>uo<1
toflw M sarr ffrta«« wlll b« hlahrr aeri
'btor and n*r.. f «t.<rr. runse all
light, pride, ad- ration and forget fui new», that be de- iberr and they told het every 1 •«rd said
•MM.
to AdL)
mt,.. ,, .<n(rr ---------
,.m
about
them
was
true
Mte
pleaded
(
that I try
i. »trugglmi for served little d« iva» i from the hands of
’m»! or »haitertoU nerv»«. Tht
•ill« awl w
perhaps
----- <— I • •»(! »•! i find the
Susy’s huslwnd.
•
v »II drsUrx *»r vid be «rat
braeflt*. f I did
•»-» ao<
-
IM W Vaa Bar»« SI, B». 20 2», chieafa, fa
hesitate h aa tor­
Xrverthrh-M h? dreaded to hear him —.
a
SO rent, a
numth.
For here
r, _
relief let ahm
boiri
œ
12 .%> »they art net«»?
! tl
Hrant, hajuuscHuer than «¡>vak ngwjn of her And the fear was raa enly t»*o g a i o try f ecmmraceJ uh-
r by '•
•
h?
»ddr?Mitq[
|»r. Wib
teu pu«s three times a day
t araJir?d tn a question.
«__ • M
i
WIT OF GREAT MEN.
tell fit uudicnce ut u vteit he nau »>uui
••When 1 cn-
to a Jew ish synag«
f my hat, but
tered,” he ¡»aid, “I !•
rrviit mark of
was informed tha
an. I did so,
respect was tx» 1.
11 1 felt very
though I can a -
t ha plu» of
strange wearing
rk
I said this
worship. And nov..
..................
-
„uo. u»yl
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to t iie
tho«e thru* Jew, ill .........'.-all ry l«i
form
with .r rule*, and kuid-
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