Junction City bulletin., June 27, 1901, Image 7

ffALACE
CIIArTKn XU.-tCoutloued.)
Iter Jetioy' remark wer Interrupt
ed ! Il loud rattling of wh-l. and the
halloo of many volcee. Going to tli
door, she a iit Mary aaw coming dowu
Ilia road at furious rat tiia old hay
rnrt, laden with youug people from Chic
opee, who had been (rry lu la Ktur
bridge and were now returning home lu
high glee. Th liuwi wer fanttlcally
trimmed wlltj frrusand evergreen, wbll
several of the girl wer ornamented la
l he saute way, Conspicuous among tha
noisy group waa Klla Campbell. Henry
Lincoln's brnsdbrlmmed hat waa rest
ing on her long curls, while her wLlte
sun bonnet waa tied under Heury'a chla.
The moment Jenny appeared the whola
party set up a about so deafettlng that
the Widow IVrktn cam out la a trie
to ee "If tha Old Harry waa to pay, or
what." No sooner did Henry Lincoln get
alk'ht of Mary than jtprlnglng to hU fit,
ud swinging hla arm around bla head. he
screamed out: "Three rheera for tha
ai hcHiltun'nm and her baudaoma lover,
Hilly! Hurrah!"
"Wasn't that smart?' aald Jenny,
when at last tha bay cart dUapeared
fitm view, and the nols and duat had
umewhnt subsided. Then a ahe aaw
the tears In Mary'a eye aha added, "Oh,
I wouldn't care If they did teas ma about
Hilly Bender. I'd aa lief b teased about
Lint aa not."
"It lu't that," aald Mary, smiling In
pit of herself, at Jenny's frankness, "It
lm't that. I didn't Ilka to hear Klla alng
with your brother, when she muat hav
known he meant to anny me."
"That certainly waa wrong." returned
Jenny, "but Klla tan't much to blatu
aa Henry, who seem to hava acquired t
great Influence over her during tha few
weeka ho haa been at home. You know
aha la easily flattered, and I dar aay
Henry baa fully gratified her ranlty In
that respect, for bo aaya aba la the only
decent looking rlrl In Chleope. Hut ee,
there romea Mra. Maaoo; I gueaa aha
wundera what la keeping you ao long."
The moment Mra. Maaon entered tha
school riHiiu, Jenny commenced talking
about Mount Holyoko. her tongue run-
ning ao fast that It entirely prevented
anyone clue from speaking until abe atop
led for a moment to take breath. Then
Mra. Maaon very quietly remarked that
If Mary wUhod to go to Mount Ilolyoke
she could do ao, Mary looked up Inquir
ingly, wondering what mine had opened
ao suddenly at her feet: but aha received
no explanation until Jenny bad bidden
her good by and gone. Then abe learn
ed that Mra. Maaon bad Juat received one
hundred dollar from man In Boston,
who had yeara before owed it to her hus
baud, and waa unable to pay It aooner.
"And now," aald Mra. Maaon, "there la
no reaaou why you ahould not go to
Mount Holy ok e, If you wInIi to."
a
"Oh, what forlorn looking placer'
exclaimed Uoae Lincoln, aa from the win
dnwa of the crowded vehicle In which
they had come from the car ahe Brat ob
tained a view of the not very bandaomo
village of Houth Hsdley.
Uoae waa in the worat of humor, for
by aomo mlachance Mary waa on the
enme aeat with heraelf, and consequently
ahe waa very much dlatreaaed and crowd
ed. Hbe, however, felt little afraid of
Aunt Martha, who ahe aaw waa inclined
to favor the object of hor wrath, ao ahe
restrained her fault-finding spirit until
ahe arrived at South Hadley, where ev
erj thing came lu for ahare of ber dis
pleasure. "That the aemlnary!" aald ahe con
I -mptuouNly, aa they drew up before the
building. "Why, it ian't half aa large or
bandaomo aa I auppoaed. Oh, borrorl I
know I hrYt atay hero long."
The. furniture of the parlor waa also
very oflYualve to the young lady, and
when Miss Lyon came In to meet them
ahe, too, waa accretly etyled "a prim,
fussy, sllppery-tongued old maid." Jenny,
however, who alwaya aaw the bright aide
of everything, waa completely charmed
with tho sweet amlle and placid face.
After aome conversation between Mis
Lyon uud Aunt Martha it waa decided
that Uoae and Jenny ahould room togeth
er, oa a matter of courao, and that Mary
ahould room with Ida. Uoae had fully
Intended to room with Ida heraelf, and
(hla decision mado her very angry; but
there was no help for It, and ahe wue
obliged to aubmlt.
And now In a few daye llfo at Mount
Ilolyoke commenced In enrneat. Although
perfectly healthy, Mary looked rather
delicate, and It waa for'thls reason, per
haps, that the sweeping and dusting of
scveritl rooms were assigned to her, aa
her portion of the labor. Ida and Hose
fared much worse, and were greatly
shocked when told that they both belong
ed to tho wash circle!
"I declare," an Id Uoae, "Ifa too bad.
I'll walk home before I'll do It;" and ahe
glunced ut her white hands, to make euro
they were not already discolored by tho
drendful aonpsuda!
Jenny was delighted with her allot
ment, which was dlsh-washlng.
"I'm glad I took a lesson at the poor
house years ngo," aald she ono day to
Hose, who snappishly replied:
"I'd shut up about the poorhouse, or
they'll think you the pauper Instead of
Madam Howard."
'Tauper? Who's a pauper?" asked
Lucy Downs, eager to bear bo doslrablo
a piece of nows.
Ida Selden'a large black eyes rested
leprovlngly upon Hose, who Moddud to
ward Mary, and forthwith Miss Downs
departed with the Information, which
waa not long In reaching Mary'a ears,
"Why, Mary, wbat'a the tnatterr ask
ed Ida, when, toward the close of the
day, ahe found her companion weeping
In her room. Without lifting her head
Mary replied, "It's foolish in me to cry,
I know, but why need I alwaya be re
proached with having been a pauper? I
couldn't help It. I promised mother 1
would take car of little Allle as lung aa
ahe lived, and If ahe went to the poor
house I bad to go too,"
"And who waa little Allle?" aaked Ida,
taking Mary'a hot baud between ber
own.
In a few words Mary related her bis
tory, omitting her acquaintance with
George Moreland, and commencing at the
night when ber mother died. Ida wa
warm-hearted and affectionate, and cared
but little whether on were rich or poor
If she liked them. From the first she had
been Interested lu Mary, and now wind
ing her arms about her neck, and kissing
away her tears, ahe promised to love ber,
and to be to ber as true and faithful a
friend aa Jenny. This promise, which
wa never broken, waa of great benefit to
Mary, drawing to her side many of the
beat girls In school, who soon learned
to love her for herself, and not because
the wealthy Miss Bclden seemed ao fond
of her. '
Boon after Mary went to Mount Ilol
yoke he had received a letter from Hilly,
In which he expressed bla pleasure that
ahe waa at school, but added that the
fact of her being there Interfered great
ly with hla plan of educating ber him
self. "Motber'e 111 health." aald he, "pre
vented me from doing anything nntll now,
and Juat aa I am lu a fair way to accom
plish my object someone else baa stepped
In before me. But It Is all right, and aa
yon do not seem to need my. service at.
present I shall next week leave Mr. ei
den'a employment, and go into" Mr. Wor-
thlugton'a law office aa clerk, hoping that'
when the proper time arrives I shall not
be defeated In another plan which waa
formed in boyhood, and which has become
the srest object of my life.
Mary felt perplexed and troubled.
Billy's lettert of late had been more like
those of a lover than a brother, and ahe
could, not help guessing the nature of
"the nlan formed In boyhood." She knew
ahe ahould never love him except with a
sister's love, and though ahe could not
tell him ao ber next letter lacked the tone
of affection with which ah waa accus
tomed to write, and waa on the whole
rather formal affair. Hilly, who readily
perceived the change, attributed It to the
right cause, and from that time bis let
ters became far less cheerful than usual
Mary usually cried over them, wishing
mor than one that Hilly would trans-
fer his affection from herself to Jenny,
and It waa for this reaaon. perhaps, that
without stopping to consider tho proprt
etr of the matter, ahe first asked Jenny
to write to blm, and then encouraged her
in anawerinir hla notea. which became
irradually lonuer and longer, until at last
hla lettera were addressed to Jenny, while
the notee they contained wero directed to
Mary!
CIIAHTUH XIII.
Rapidly the day passed on at Mount
Ilolyoke. Autumn faded into winter,
whose Icy breath floated for a time over
the mountain top, and then melted away
at the approach of spring, which, with
Its swelling buds and early flowers, gave
way in Ita turn to tho long bright daya of
Bummer. And now only a few weeks re
mained ere the annual examination at
which Ida waa to be graduated.
Nelthor Rob nor Jenny were to return
the next year, and nothing but Mr. Lin
coin's firmness and good sense nad pre
vented their being acht for when their
mother first heard that they had failed
to enter the middle class. Mrs. Lincoln'
mortification was undoubtedly greatly ln
croased from the fact that the despised
Msrv had entered in advance of her
daughters. "Things are coming to a pret
ty pass," Bald she. "Yea, a pretty pass;
hut I mleht have known better than to
aend my children to auch n school."
She Insisted upon sending for Rose
and Jenny, but Mr. Lincoln promptly re
d1 led that they should not come home.
Still, as Rose eeemod discontented, com
plaining that ao much exercise made I -r
tide and shoulder ache, and aa Jenny
did not wish to remain auothcr year un
less Mary did, he consented that they
should leave school at the close of the
term, on condition that they wont some
where else.
"I shall never make anything of Hen
rr." said he, "but my daughters shall
receive every advantage, and perhaps one
or the other of them will comfort my old
age."
iTn hsd anoken trulv with tesard to
Henry, who waa studying, or pretending
to study, law In the same office with Billy
Bender. But hla father heard no favor
able accounts of him, and from time to
time large bills were presented. So It
is no wonder the disappointed father
slghod, and turned to his daughters for
the comfort his only son refused to give,
i For the examination at Mount Ilolyoke
great preparations were being made.
Uoso, knowing she was not to return,
seemed to think nil further effort on her
part unnecessary; and numerous were the
reprimands, to say nothing of the black
marks which she received. Jenny, on tho
contrary, said she wished to retrieve her
reputation for laislncss, and leave behind
I a aood impression, so, never oetore in
ber whole lif had she beuJved so well,
or studied as hard as she did during tb
last few weeks of her stay at Mount Hot
yoke. Ida, who wa expecting ber fath
er, aunt and cousin1 to be present at the
anniversary, was ao engrossed with her
studies that she did not observe bow
sad and low-spirited Mary acemed, Kb
had tasted of knowledge and now thirst
ed for more: but It could not be; tb
fund were exhausted, and she must b av
the school, never perhaps to return again.
How much I shall miss my music, and
bow much I shall miss you," she said one
day to Ida, who was giving her a lesson.'
"It s too bad you haven t piano," re
turned Ida, "you are so fond of It, and
Improv so fast!" TWo after a moment,
she added, "I have plan to propose, and
may as well do it now as at any time.
Next winter you must spend with me in
Boston. Aunt Martha and I arranged it
the last time I wa at home, and we even
selected your room, which is next to
mine, and opposite to Aunt Martba'a.
Now, what does your ladyship say to it?"
"Hh say she can't go, answered
Msry.
"Can't go!" repeated Ida. Wby not?
Jenny will be In tb city, and you are
alwaya happy where ahe la; besldea, you
will have a rare chance for taking music
essons of our best teachers; and then,
too, you will be In the same bouse wttn
George, and that atone Is worth going to
Boston for, I think."
Ida little suspected that ber last argu
ment . was the strongest objection to
Mary'a going, for. much as she wished
to meet George again, abe felt that sne
would not on any account go to hla boine.
leat be should think she came on pur
pose to see
him. There were other rca-
sons, too, why she did not wish to go.
Henry and Hose Lincoln would both b
In the city, and she knew that neither
of them would scruple to do or say any
thing which they thought would annoy
her. Mrs. Mason, too, missed ber, and
I.. . I ... 1. - 1. - . I. A A (kit .. i 41,.
ed all Ida'a eutreatlea, ana me next lei-,
ter which went to i.unt Martha carried
ber refusal. , J.
.u n ill, u i i n ii .i . ia i i 1 1 1 1 1 i ii . v a. .
tern, one from Bill? and one from .Mrs.
Mason. the Jatter of which contained
money for the payment of her bille; but,
on offering it; to the principal, how waa
ahe surprised to lesrn thst her bills had
not only been regularly paid and receipt
ed, but that ample funda were provided
for the defraying of her expenses during
the coming year. A faint sickness stole
over. Mary, for she Instantly thought of
tlilf Tl 1 J ftW nI.II--a.IntM athA
ii.j uruwr, on in. u. .
would now be under to blm forever. ,
fw. Ar.,....,.trw.i, not at tlbertv to
oit .mi uith -ivmi mmniclon of Aunt!
Msrtha, Mary returned to her room to
read the other letter, which waa atill nn-1
opened. . Her head grew dltsy, and ber r
spirits faint, as she read the passionate,
outpouring of a heart which bad perish-
ed her image for yeara, aud which,
thouiih fearful of rejection, would
still
tell ber how much abe was beloved. "It
is , no sudden fancy," said he. "Once,
Mary, I believed my, affection for you
returned, but now you are changed. Your
letters are brief and cold, and when I
look around for the cans I am led to
fear that I was deceived la thinking you
ever loved me. If I am mistaken, tell
ine so; but If I am not, If yoo can never
be my wife, I will school myself to think
of you as a brother would think of an
only and darling sister."
For several days Mary bad not been
well, and the. excitement produced by
Billy' letter tended to Increase her ill
ness. During the hours in which she was
alone that day she had ample time for
reflection, aud before night ahe wrote a
letter to Billy, in which she told him bow
Impossible it was for her to be the wife
of one whom she had alwaya loved aa au
own and dear brotbuc This letter caused
Mary so much effort, and so many hitter
tears, that for several days she continued
worse, and at last gave up all hope of be
ing present at the examination.
"Oh, it's too bad!" said Ida, "for I do
want you to see Cousin George, and I
know he'll be disappointed, too, for I
never saw anything like the interest he
takes In you." '
A few day afterward, Mary was
lying thinking of Billy, and wondering if
she had done right in writing to htm a
she did, Jenny came rushing in, wild
with delight.
Her father was downstairs, together,
with Ida's father, George and Aunt Mar
tha. "Most the ferst thing I did," said
ahe,' "waa to Inquire after Billy Bender!
I guess Aunt Martha was shocked, for
she looked ao queer. " George ' laughed,
and Mr. Selden aald he wa doing well,
and wa one of the finest young men in
Boston." '
During the whole of George' stay at
Mount Ilolyoke Hose managed to keep
him at her side, enterttiiniug him occa
sionally with unkind remark concerning
Mary, who, she said, was undoubtedly
feigning her sickness so as not to appear
In her classes where she knew she could
do herself no credit; "but," said she, "as
soon as the examination Is over she'll get
well fast enough and bother us with her
company at Chlcopee." 1
In this Hose was mistaken, for when
the exercises closed Mary was still, too 111
to ride, and it was decided that she
should remain a few days until Mrs. Ma
son could come for her. With many tears
Ida and Jenny bade their young friend
good-by, but Uose, when asked to go up
and sea her, turned '.away disdainfully,
omuslnir herself during their absence by
Halklng and laughing with George More-
land.
The room in which Mary lay command
ed a view of the yard and gateway; and
after Aunt Martha, Ida and Jenny bad
left, she arose, and stealing to the win
dow, looked out upon the company as
they departed. She could readily divine
which was George Moreland, for Uose
Lincoln snawi ami saicuvi wi-,e mru'i
over hlB arm, while Uose herself walked
?lose to hla elbow, apparently engrossln,
his whole attention. Once he turned
around, but fearful of being observed,
Mary drew bock behind the window cur -
tain, and thus lost a view of bis face.
(To be contiuued.)
DEATH IN THE FIRE
SEVENTEEN BURNED IN A NEW
YORK TENEMENT.
t.'ploilon of Fireworks Wrecked the Building
and Started the Fire Many Were Stunned
and Then Suffocated Before They Recov.
, ; ered Conclouati Several Firemen In
jured by Fallioj Debris.
yw York, June 2i. Seventeen
ttersona are Lclieved to have been
;illcd and a, number injured today.
an the result of a fire following an
explosion - among a quantity of fire
work in the store of Abraham M.
Kittenbcrg, at Patcrson, N. J. .The
store waa on the ground floor of a
tenement buliding,. The cause of
the explosion is not known, and the
property loss will not exceed $35,000.
The building in w hich the fire oc
curred waa a frame tenement four
stories high, with atores on the
ground floor. The middle store waa
occupied by Rittenberg. Ten fami
lies occupied flat in the building. So
great was the force of the explosion
that a bov nlavinz in the street half
a block away was liftl from hi feet j
una iiuntHj against an nvu jenue, vuc -.
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car was uirectiy in troni oi me duiio
ing when the - explosion occurred.
I Tho burst of flame out into the street
! scorched the sides' of the car and
singed the hair of the passengers.
A number of those who were on the
floors of the building when
r Ar1na;. ,. nat, u.rf! -itW
tQ deflthf or
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catcd. After the first explosion there
was a succession of smaller ones, and
then came a second big explosion,
which was muffled and deadened, and
probably occurred In the cellar.
Every window seemed to be emit
ting flames within a minute after the;
ciotning on nre icapea out ui one vi
the windows and fell to the yard be
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of reach of the flames, but the flesn
was roasted and dropped" from the
bones. Some of the occupants of the
rooms dropped from the windows and
were bruised. Others hung from the ;
windows until the firemen came, and
2Q persona were taken down in this
v,rniitrh th fir und n.f.k hvi
.the firenien, while others dropped
into life nets. . '. " '
While the rescues weregoingon the
firemen were fighting the flames.
:
Captain Allen led with a hose line in
an effort to keep the fire from the
upper floors, where, it was said many
were penned in. The men-had hardly
taken their positions and began on
the sidewalk to throw water into the
upper floors when, without any warn
ing, the whole tipper , part of the
building alove them sagged outward
and lei 1. The captain and two of his
men' were buried tinder the blazing
debris. One of .the men is badly
hurt. The building in which the
explosion occurred was destroyed.
IRRIGATION DISCUSSED.
Engineers, Senators and Representatives at
Cheyenne.
Cheyenne, Wyo., June 22. State
engineers and representatives and sen
ators from Western states met in
Cheyenne yesterday to discuss irriga
tion, government aid and the best
methods of reclaiming arid lands.
State Engineer i Pred Bond, of
Wyoming,! presided over the engi
neers' meeting, and Hon. H. ?E.
Burkett, of Lincoln, Neb., was elected
chairman of the congressional meet
ing, - George E. Tobey; of Lincoln,
acted as secretary. Both meetings
were more or less informal, " but some
energetic discussions were held, prin
cipally on irrigation and the position
of the ' federal government towards
the same. Resolutions were present
ed and a plan outlined for action at
the next session of congress. It is
understood that Western congressmen
and senators will work together on
this important question as they never
have before, with the result that the
arid West may come in for its share
of government appropriations.
At a joint meeting of engineers and
congressmen last night, an exhaust
ive bill was drafted covering all points
involved in the irrigation question in
Its relation to congress. Owing,
however, to the small number of con
gressmen present, no taction was
taken on the engineers' bill, but a
committee was appointed to call a
meeting in Washington just prior te
the meeting of congress.
, Windstorm in Kansas, ,
Independence, Kan., June 24. A
strong wind storm that came up this
morning from the south and veered
later to the southeast, created consid-
earble havoc at Idenpcndence. Trees
were uprooted, outbuildings over
turned and small' houses and barns
ii: a t. ,-.: , -r.
... , u j
of 8e,val business houses and
indow of dwellings were smashed
in. The roof of the mill building
, was partly blown off, a large ice house
; unroofed and the Santa Fe depot was
damaged.'
APPOINTMENT Of TAFT.
Will Be the First - Civil Governor of th
Philippines. w
Washington, June 24. Secretary
today issued the order of the president
establishing civil government in tha
Philippine. The order follow:
"On and after the 4th day of July,
1901, unless it ahall be 4 otherwise
ordered, the president of the Philip
pine commission will exercise the
executive authority in all civil affairs
in the government of the Philippine
islands heretofore exercised. in such
affairs by the military , governor of
the Philippines, and to that end,
William II. Taft, president of the
said commission, is hereby appointed
civil governor of, the Philippine
island. Such executive authority
will be exercised under and in con
formity to the instructions of the
Philippine' commission, dated April
7, 1900, and subject to the approval
and control of the secretary of war
of the United States.
"The municipal and provincial
civil governments which have been or
shall hereafter be established in.said
islands, and all persons performing
duties appertaining to the offices of
civil government in said islands, will,
in respect to such duties, report to
the said civil governor. The power
ftppoiDt civil officers heretofore
vested in the Philipine commission
and the military governor will be ex
ercised by the civil governor, with the
advice and consent of the commis
sion. "The military governor of the Phil
ippines is nereby relieved lrom ine
performftnce, on and after the said
4th day of July, 1901, of the civil
duties hereinbefore described, but his
authority will continue to be exer
cised as heretofore in those districts
in which insurrection against the
authority of the . United States con
tinues to exist, or in which public
order is not sufficiently restored to
enable provincial civil governments
to be established under the lnatruc-
tiong t0 the commission, dated April
"By the president.
"ELIHU BOOT,
, "Secretary of War."
NAVIGATED HELL GATE.
Bit; BattlcShip Massachusetts Successfully
Passed the Narrows.
New York, June 22. Without the
assistance of a pilot and jto demon
strate that a "first class battle ship
could be navigated through Hell Gate
successfully, Captain Henry M. Man
ney took the big battle Bhip Massa
chusetts through the narrows today.
It was the first time in the history of
the navy that any : commander of a
war vessel of this class ever dared
attempt the feat, and river craft and
the shores were filled today to witness
the trip of the Massachusetts. The
passing of the mammoth fighting
machine through the dangerous
waters of ; Hell Gate successfully
proves that in case of hostilities with
a foreign power, a battle ship of the
same draft as the Massachusetts, if
she passed the fortifications of Wil
let' Point and Fort Schuyler, could
repeat the performance of the Massa
chusetts. ' Secretary Long has taken
official not. ceo f Captain Manney's
feat, and issued orders that no naval
vessel the sue of the Massachusetts
shall use the Hell Gate narrows ex
cept in cases of great emergency.
STRIKERS FIRED UPON.
Three
Men Shot While Trying to Enter
West Virginia Mlm.
Matewan, W, Va., June 22.
Strained relations between the union
and non-union miners here has re
sulted in bloodshed. Yesterday seve
ral" hundred Union miners who are
on ' strike marched in a body against
the Maritime mines of this palec,
where non-union men were at work. '
They tried to effect an entrance, but
the operators, with 20 guards armed
with Winchesters, blocked the en
trance. The non-union miners were
headed by Superiptendent Lambert,
and when the union men persisted in
ther attempt he gave the order to fire.
Fully 50 shots were fired. Two union
miners were fatallly shot and another
dangerously wounded. The union
men did not return the fire, but dis
persed. -
' All the union miners throughout
Mingo are collecting, and serious
trouble is pected tomorrow, when
they will again try to effect an
entrance to the Maratime mines.
Sheriff Hatfieldis on the scene with.
50 deputies.
Will Move Headquarter.
Denver, June 24. George Estes,
president of the Broterhood of Bail
way employes, announces that the
headquarters of the brotherhood will
be moved from San Francisco to Den-.
ver in the near future. This organiz
ation admits all railway employes
without reference to their particular
line of work. It is a comparatively
new order, but is said to have a large
memberhsip among the railway em
ployes of the West.,