Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 27, 1887, Page 2

LAST NIGHT'S SOCIALS. Beveral Briliant Events ia Various L Parts of the City. The assembly at the Millard last night under the auspicesof the Pleasant Hours club was a most. elegant affair, and was at- tended by the elite of the city. Judees, pro- fessional men, officers from Fort Omaha and the leading business men of the city to the number of 150 were in attendance with their Indics, Many handsome costumes were worn ' by the ladies. Noarly the whole first floor was given up to the gay company, and the floral decorations and appointments of the ropms were in keeping with the splen- daer 0f. the fete. Messrs, McCord, Garneau and Drake headed the various committees, and the ladies and their escorts were wi comed “by Mrs. Kountz, assisted by several cquaintances. The dining room rukl into @ dancing hall, and the floor was thickly covered with canvas. Iryin and his orchestra furnished the music, each number being artistically rendered. Lunch was served in the ordinary. The next assemblies will be held at the Millard January 12, 26 and February 13. Mrs. McGrane's Party. ‘Mrs. MeGrane's matince party at Exposi- tion hall yesterday afternoon was a fitting commencement of the social eventsof the Christmas weck. The party began at 2:30 p. m. and lasted until 6. Nearly three hun dred persons were present. The occasion ‘was in-every way a delightful one. One of the most pleasing feautures were the fancy dances by the little people. The local cas- tanetts by Miss May Mount and Master Van Caiup, and the Highland Fling by Eva Ken- nard and Master Goodwin were exccuted ‘with wonderful ease and grace, and were warmly applauded. The ‘‘Moonlight waltz" was the great favorite of all the dances. The The gas was turned low and the orchestra played some of its sweetest and most sub- dued strains. The Concordia Club. The Concordia club celebrated Christmas night with a concert and ball at Germania hpll. First, the following musical programme was presented: Selections, “Lied des T This was tollowed by a s al supper. Next a Christmas tree was despoiled of its trappings, everybody getting a present. Then followed the dance, comprising sixteen num- bers, only two of them quadrilles. Felix Blankenfeld acted as dirigent. A Joyous Occasion. Christmas was appropriately observed at the Hamilton strect Presbyterian church, and theevent will long be remembored by all taking part. The Sunday school scholars generously and acceptably contributed to the entertainment. The efforts of Clara Harvey. Jessio Bunt, Jossio Johus, Laura Johns, Zelma Eppenter, Fay Neeley, Clara Gardne; Tester Hutchinson, Freddic Van Horn, I Whitney and others were agreeably roce Mr. 8. Wilson personated Sunta Claus admir- ably, and Mr. Fleming proved himself a thorough master of corcmonios. Knights of Pythias Dance. Ovor one hundred and twenty-five knights in fall uniform with their ladies attended the grand U. R. of K. of P. ball at Exposi- tion hall Inst evening. A good old time pro- gramme was given, comprising thirty num- Ders, among which were the Monie Musk and Dan Tucker. David Kaufman was mas- ter of coremon The floor committee wore Juliis Moyor, Taaac unes Don elly, jr., 8. J. Fisher, Heury Creighton an C.'W. Kyle. Wty Church Christmas Troe. The congregation and Sunday school chils dren of the Tenth Street M. . church held a Christmas_celebration at the church last night. A highly interesting and entertaining musical and_literary programme was ren- dored, and many -handsome and valuable esents were distributed among the children, ‘Welshmen Celebrate. The Cambrian society, comprising the ‘Welsh residents of the city, held a social and banquet at at No. 1918 Cuming street last night. There was a large turnout of merry souls, and the evening was most agreeably passed. Al TN Cashington, the millionaire, Marricd a lady far from fair; But when smiles lit up her faos You forgot her want of graco. SOZODONT gave brilliant tecth, These won her a bridal wreath. ¢ e Riotous Celebrators Arvested. N. Henry and Fred Ruser,a couple of drunken rowdies, went to the Christmas troe entertainment at the Tenth street M. E. Church st evening, and beheaved in a most disgraceful manner. Thomas Bithell, one of the members, remonstrated with them, but they rep heaplng upon him the vilest of epithets. Bithell' went outside 0 call a policeman, and then followed him. Catching him outsido they proceeded to kick and beat him_ frightfully. Officer Dempsey learned of the affair and urrested Henry. Ruser is still at large. AMUSEMENTS. Edwin Mayo in “Davy Crockett" at the Grand, Edwin F. Muyo, a young man less than thirty years of age, has succeeded his father, Frauk, in the well known character and play of “Davy Crockett,” and played it at the grand last night. With the elder Mayo, this celebrated. character had not ceased to be a drawing one. 1t was abandoned only ‘because the man who had created it desired to appear i o ther roles. As a consequence, it, bus fallen to younger hands with_the hope that it bring to the young man the fame and «fortune which it brought his father, The elder Mayo's Crockett was a gem, a riect picture of frontier vigor and manh- mess, idealized with a tenderness worthy of more culturod surroundings. It was ' tho création of & genius and will long live in con- aeetion with his name. To compare the delineation of the younger Mayo with that of the father would be unjust. And yet, in ‘most things ho imitates that worthy prototype in dross, gait, carriage, in many of his tones, and in all the business'of the piece. But one misses the rich dialect, the nasal sound, the drawling sentences which never failed to re- veal beauty both in sympathy and reading. Besides the young man_ rushes through some of the lines without apparent care and seem- ingly regardless of thew import and rugged beauty. He may have intentionally dis- carded his father's dialect, but, if so, he has set asido one of the chiefest beauties' of the character. Mr. Mafo, too, was too indistinet, dut this may partially be attributed to other causes. Notwithstanding his Davy Crockett is'a commendable piece of work. It is an appreciation of ull the bolder features of the work, with the promise of greater perfection in detail, which did not at first distinguish that of his father. Mr. Mayo was frequently recalled, and in the wolf scene was treated o liberal applause. M. Mayo's company s stronger than many his father carvied with him' All the members took their, charactors well, and sowme of them have played in the piec for years. Miss Leonard’s” Bleanor Vaughn is an uneven charactor, at times being good, at others only fair, THE DALY'S AT DOYDS. The well known_Daly brothers presented thelr new picee, “Upside Down,” at Boyd's terday, both at the matinee and in the Svening, Everyouoe knows that Tom, Dan, and Bob Daly are clown acrobats and that in YV ' thoy fguve a most laughable per- ce. Of a ll‘hu h‘lllln:llh;’eum‘mm;mnug- Tesa plays (if “vlay it could be called) cver feod lulm‘nuy stage Upside Dowu' is tively the worst. The picce is veplete With old-time gags and n member of the excellent company I8 given an oppor- tunity to show his or hor talcuts. There were two large audicnces present at the opera house yesterday but everyone who at- tended was &mm{ with the pevformunce. e Seidenberg’s Figaro, the only 100 cigar for 5e. ~ Ask your dealor for them. Max Meyer & Co., wholesale depot. i se—— Old Time Billiard Playors. New York Sun: A medium-sized mau about forty years old, with rather a pale countenance and a long,droopin mustache ig often seen at Sexton’s an; other promineut billiard rooms. Nearly overybody seems to know him, and he is greeted with friéndly nods as he takes a chair to watch the games, It is Melvin Foster, at one time counted among the great billiard players of the country, Ever since he became promi- nent in billiards he has been regardo: ametropolitan representative, He pla, many games. in his day, and won vie- tories from such famous players as Deery, Joseph Dion and Rudolphe. Foster does not give as much time to "l"{v'"“ as formerly, but devotes him- self to the management of billiard rooms. He was in charge of the “Su- burban” during its brief sojourn on Brondway. Since its collapse he has been resting t‘uiofly. An Evening Sun reporter met the veteran a few days ago in Sexton's rooms. He was watching two amateurs play at three-ball car- roms. As the game proceeded the re- porter asked Mr. Foster if the playing of billiards hadn’t improved consider: bly since he. first played the French game. “Yes, it has in mnn( rospects,” re- plied the - veteran billfardiss, “*but you must recollect that in my time such games were played on a 5ixll table, and such runs as are made nowndays were utterly impossible. ‘We played all around the table, and for “safoty, while it is next to an impossibility to |!illy for safety on the small tables now in use. I recollect a three-ball game I played with Joe Dion in the Academy of Music in 1868, We played 800 points up, and 1 believe I beat Joe 4 points. My best vun was 21 and my average less than. 2. Either of these two gentlomen here could beat that record without an effort now, simply because it is easior to play on a small table. There was no rail playing then.” ““When was the thre. played in_this country “Well, the first public game that T can recollect, and I believe it was the first ever played here, was that betweon Ralph Benjamin and Michael Phelan, in 1857, Benjamin, by the way, is still in the land of the living, and r in Yonkers. The match was played in Philadelphia, though both the players lived in New York. Idon’t know why that was. They played the best in sev- enteen games, cach game to consist of sixteen points each., Not much of a game, you will say. Well, T tell you it took & heap of. work and strength to make that many points on one of the old-fashioned 6x12 six-pocket tables, stich as thut was played on. They played for $2,000. Phelan allowed Ben- jamin 0ddsof three points in each game. Dhislan:woniile match, taking nine out of the first eléven gamos. The biggest run made was six. Not much of a run nowadays, [ suppose, but it was a record then. “‘Speaking of those old timers,” con- tinued the veteran after a slight’ pause, reminds me of the great game played between John Seeéreitér and Michs Phelan in Detroit in the spring of 1 Detroit wasSeereiter’shome. I belicve that was the greatest game of billiavds ever played in point of money citement. The stake was 15,000 aside. But that was a small amount compured with the immense sums wagered in all parts of the the rvesult. The game ball caroms on a six-poc table. Push shots and crotching were then allowed. A groat crowd of New Yorkers and Philadelphians went over. There was Dudley Kavanugh, who bent Foloy, of Chicago, in a game the night Chris O'Conner, then Phelan’s partner; Neil Bryant, W. Collender, Johnny Cleveland, familiarly known as “Ten-pin Johnny;” Andy Shebhan, Jack Colton, the stakeholder, and a host aof others. I guess everybody who took ang intorest _in billiards had money on th” game. The price of admission was $5. The hall where the game was played didn’t hold over 12,000 or 1,500 people, and guess three times that number wanted to get in. The New Yorkers were well heeled for money and took all the bets the Detroiters could put up. There was a gambler in Detroit called *Big- headed Riley'” who was said to have msrtgaged hishouse tobet on the game. He arfd his partner, Flowers, und a banker named Compo, were reported to havoe lost over $30,000. I've heard it told that just before the game began Riley’s and Compo’s money gave out. Compo’s father owned & bank there. In company with Riley he went to the bank, unlocked ths safe, and returned in a little while with a newspaper full of five-dollar bills; which was gobbled up by the boys. from Gotham. Phelan won the game and his friends brought back a big pile of money. - Chris O'Con- nor was reported to have won $25,000 for himself and Pm-mer, and Johnny Cleve- land won $10,000 for Charlie Ransom, the well known sport, who died about a year ago. . It was a well-fought gawe, and the New Yorker wen by 96 in a game of 2,000 points. - Phelan’s best run 29, and Seereiter’s 167. The win- s average was a little over 12, and the loser’s a trifle less. e GEORGE DUVAL. A Notorious Three-Uard-Monte Man With Some Good Instincts. San Francisco Alta: In the early days of the Union and-Central Pacific there was no more noted characteron the than George Duval. Unlike the maj ity of his companious, he was invariab ‘dressed in- the latest fashion, and pos- sessed a bizarre manner that enabled him to pass muster as & jolly good fel- low if not a gentleman. Atall events hegot in his work on the thoroughbreds whenever -he met them. He died last weck in St. Louis, and one of his friends who stood over his cotfin outlined his character in the simple sentence: “He amonte man from way back!” He was this, indeed,and perhaps some- thing move. Sharper und gambler as he was, he had generous instincts, and did many a deed of goodness. It is told of him that one day when the Union Pacific overland ran into Cheyenne, & poor emigrant woman got off the cars with a dead child in her arms. She had no money. The pathetic story of her misfortune reached the ears of George Duyal, and hastening to her rvelief, he furnished the means for the little one’s burial, and then emptiod his pockets of greenbacks into the woman’s ball game first an getu raise in a dayor two,” he said, “and you are in hard luck.” And not waiting for thanks he turned away. This was the bright side of his char- acty He had another that was not so attractive. On one of his trips from Cheyenne to Reno he fell in with some gontlemen from Boston, ore of whom was a tenderfoot of pronounced type. For some reason George sclected the tenderfoot for a vietim, It may have been the inherent wickedness of his heart, or it may have been his love of fun. Anyway, he attached himself to the tenderfoot, who was as demure as in- nocence itself, and filled his astonished ears with wonderful storiesof the rough west and its lawless ways. ‘Do you know," ho said, *‘I had a cu- rious experience on this rvoad a few months ngo.” s “Indeed!” interjected his friend. s; 1 fell in with a gang of sharpers who Hlecced e out of several hundred dollavs,” Thoy were alone in the smoking room at the time and George determined to utilize the opportunity, *“¥You see” he THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: continued, ‘“they had a game called threc-card ‘monte, played, is the mme with three cards. T hawe been ever since to learn how it was . and with these words he pro- duced three pieces of pasteboard. *The trick ¢onsists in guessing a certain cord.” And the trickster manipulated the Frutebonr(ls. “That ought not to be difieult," sug- gested the tenderfoot. “I think I could pick out the card every time,” [The fish was hooked. An hour after- ward the red-headed rascal emerged from the smoking room with $1.000 of the innocent’s money in his pocket. It was on the Central Pacific that Duval and the famous Canada Bill met for the first time. They were each a prince in his anhu{; and by a strange coincidence each had set the other down for a “sucker.” Finally the gen- tleman from Canada opened ?fl ame, and Duval took in the situation. e at once sat down opposite the card manip- ulator and commenced betting heavily. He picked out the right card every time, In a very few minutes 36,000 of the Can- adian’s money had passed into his hands, By this time the dealer felt convinced that he had encountered a master in the business. But he was too game to squeal. ‘‘Well, shall the game-go % in- replied the rattled quired Duval. “I think not,” gambler. ‘‘But I'll tell you what I'll do! 'l put ul\tho champagne at Reno if you'll tell me your name,* - . ... “With pleasure. I'mGeorge Duval.” “I thought so, by heavens, and I'm Canada Bill.” The two sharpers thus strangely met shook hands, and’from that moment commenced a partnership that many a fleeced vietim on the overlind had “rea- son to remember. For years they fol- lowed the Centeal and “Union Paoctfic, making their headquarters'by turhs at Omaha, Salt Lake; Reuno and San Fran- cisco. Finally their depredations became so numerous, and the complaints against them so general that the very strictest measures had to be taken by the ra road lines to rid_the cars of their pr ence. In time they fourd their unl ful business unprofitable and finally abandoned it altogether, e THE IDAHO HORSE QUEEN. Romantic Story of the Rapid Rise of Kittie Wilkins. s San _Francisco FExaminer: Miss Kittie C. Wilkins, the horse queen of 1doho, 15 at the palace . hotel, She ar- rived on Monday, saccompanied by h brother, J. B. Wilkins, direet from her residence on the Brunean river, in Owyhee county. Miss Wilkins is one 0s the most noted women in the west, A Californ and educated at San Jose, she early engaged in the stock business and has amassed a large for- tune. An Bxaminer reprosentative sent up his card to her lnst evening and was promptly asked to come up. Miss Wilkins is somewhat tall. with a high forchead, regular features and rather light hair, being something of a blonde Her eyes are dark and her manner ve charming. Altogether she impresses one as a very intelligent young lady of about twenty-t *‘I have been referred to as the cattle queen,’” said she, **but this is incorrect. The Wilkins company of Idaho own both horses and cattle; and this is how the mistake orviginated, but my own specialty is horses. I now have bétween 700 and 800 of my own. They are Per- cherons, Morgans, Novrmans, Hamble- tonians and s0 on. havc no native Oregon or Spanish horses at all, Be- sides these I now have, if you will ox- cuse my speaking in the first person si gular, I have sold a great many hun- dreds; I could not begin to tell how man, Dol like living in Idaho? O, so. much! Iam perfectly fascinated with it. I go out to round up in the spring and fall and enjoy myself ever so much. Itis a fascinating business and grows upon you. It was really romantic the way I got my start. The way of it was this: Over twenty years ago my parents had removed to Oregon and were returning to San Francisco, when our friends gath- ered round to give us momentos of var- ious sorts, When they got to me they said: ‘Well, now, she’s only a little thing’—I was but two years old then. ‘We'll just give her some money to be invested for her-’ Two of them gave me a twenty-dollar ~ gold picce ench. Shortly after roturn- ing here my father concluded to go to Idaho and engage ‘in the stoed business. He went to Oregon and bought o lot of horses. When he went to piy over the money he bethought him of my $40, and seeing a_fine little filly left offered $40 for her. The owner valued her at $80, but seeing that my father was taking the others, he finally concluded to let this- one go, even if it was for less than she was worth. From the increase all my bonds have come, Of course Leould' téll you of many ups and downs, for it wasnot not always smooth sailing bick there in those early days, as I grew up from childhood, but I need not enlarge upon this. Atlength I came, to San Jose hool, put in three or four years, and in uddition trayeled considérably in America, seeing all the large. cities and many of the great natural cyri- osities. But when I got back to Idaho 1 was so lonesome 1 didn’t know what to do. I used tosay to my mother then the only man I caved anything about was the man in the moon, I got over being so lonesome, though, in a_little time, and now I am already homesick to get back. As I said, the stock business is very fascinating, and horses arve very profitable, much more so than cattle, A three or four year old steer, for instance, is worth but %20, while a horse of the same age is worth $55 or $100 anyhow. Another thing} horses are much more easily ruised and do not require half the care. They paw away the snow and get at the grass better than cattle. Last year the average loss of cattle in Tdaho was 60 percent, Some owners lost 100 per cent,or all they had. Although our home and many of our corralsand buildings are on the Bruneau river, fifty miles southeast of Boise City and twenty-two south of Moutain House, the station on the Orvegon Shart. line, our range is seventy-fiue miles away. It is what is known as the ‘71 range,’ and it is there that many cat- tle and harse owners gather twice a year to sort out and brand. I go out there every year and look on and see how the stock is coming in. I ride a great deal, but I don’t take part in the round up. As many as forty men arve oftentimes out rounding up ind eutting out stock there during the season and things ave very lively. I shoot a good deal—that is, I ama good shot; but I dou't often go hunting, although there is lots of fine game. Miss Wilkins discussed in an enter- taining way Miss Morgan, the eminent lady writér on blooded cattle and horses, whose letters in tern jour- nals have attracted attention. Miss Wilkins said she knew no reason why the judgment of women should not be s good ns that of men if they gave the subject attention. Miss Wilkins leuves to-morrow for § pm\ly with her brotiir, uncle, Judge B. P. Rankin, and family. She will remain there a week, when she will again return to her protty home on the Bruneau, ——— Geow L. Fisher, ar t, Room 47, Chawher of Commerce building, ONE PRICE CLOTHIERS COR FARNAMa3 OVERCOAT SENSATION Only a few left at these prices. ESTABLISHED 1856, The Oldest One-Price Clothing Housein, Omaha. The Largest Stock and Lowest Prices. But the quality, kind, cut, material and price, all combined, have never been seen or offered in Omaha. These overcoats are all fine'material; nothing old, nothing trashy, but positively as good material and as well made as any garment at twice the price. These garments are laid on counters, numbers 10, 11, 12 and 13. Each counter has four piles or stacks, in each stack being from forty to forty-two coats. We have placed the most startling and sensationally low price on each coat, and we can at present fit anyone regardless of size or build. This is done tp avoid carrying ov Cold-defying, perfect fitting, good, smooth ot rough, plainly, silk or satin lined, well made, durable coat, he will see, believe and buy one. DRIVEN INTO THE BLIZZARD. e Big Ben's Cruelty to a Boy andthe Il That Followed. TRAGEDY OF CHARLEY'S GULCH. Incident of a Western Mining Camp. Cold and Poisen Followed by Misery and Death—Two Graves. New York Sun: Were we afraid of Big Ben? Well, yes, to a certain limit. There were five of usina bitof cabin out in the silver country,and Big Ben was boss of the ranch for several reasons. First and foremost, he was too much for any one of us single handed, and, sec- ondly, he had many good points about him. While he was overbearing and brutal at times, he was fhe best miner in the party, and no bad luck could dis- courage him. With any one else as boss we should have scattered at once, for the winter was coming on and we had been down on our luck all the fall. “Break up! Hunt for luck!” sncered Big Ben whenever anything was said about abandoning our claim. “Well, you are a lot of coyotes—a cussed bad lot. You haven’t the pluck of asick wolf. I'd like to see some of you try to walk off and leave me in the lurch—yes I would, D—n your eyes! but I'll turn to and lick the hull crowd out of your boots if T hear rnother Srowl.” Big Ben insulted us a dozen times a day, and on three or four occasions he 1aid hands on us in a violent way, but somehow we stuck there. As I told you, he was a practical miner, the hardest rof the lot,and we leaned on him in spite of the fact that we hated him. We could have shot him down in some of the quu and the verdict would have been, “*Served him right,” but we knew that he had a good down in his bosom, and the hand which clutched knife or pistol was always re- strained. One afternoon, while I was minding abin aud thesother men were at n the tunnelor shaft, a stranger red. He had'eome up from the three miles away. He was of sixteen' or thereabouts, a .girl’s veice and shyness, and he was hungr[)' and in rags. Tt was bitter cold, and yet his clothing was of the thinnest kind, and he had hungered so long that he was hardly more tham -a shadow. I wel- comed* and fed and warmed him, and then he told me that his name was Charley Bland, and that he wandered out there to look fot" his brother James, fym whom he haditticeived no word for two or three years, They were orphans and both had been'bound to farmers in i Both hadibeen ill- d, and had finally followe ox- ample in running “away. This boy had been knocking around the silver camps for six months, sometimes meeting friends and sometimes treated like a dog, and he had found no trace of his brother. Some one down at the guleh t was a cruel thing to do—had told him that James was at our camp, and he had periled his life to come up and see. On that day,as I shall forget, there was a foot of snow on the ground, & blizzard raging, and the thermometer marked 10 degrees be- low zero. The boy was asleep when the men pe- turned from the shaft. Big Ben was out of sorts at the way things had been going, and no sooner. did he see and hear the lad than he called out: “He can't stay here another hour. We don’t run a poorhouse, .and. we let no with swindler eat our hard-earned provisions.” “Ill work. T'll work as hard as ever I can,” protested the boy with a sob in his throat. “There’s no work for you. Yo'uve got to move on tothe camp above.” The four of us protested in chorus, and_we took such a firm stand that deadly weapops were drawn, and would have been used but for the action of the boy. He was terribly frightened over the row he had been the innocent cause of, and as the four of us had our pistols leveled at Big Ben and meant to shoot if he moved a foot, the boy opened the cacin door and glided out into the dark and bitter night with the silence and viftnessf o shadow “*You are a murderer,” we said to Big Ben fl:l‘w lowered our weapons, and he n him! Jf we teok in_ every straggler we should be crowded out of house and home before New Year's. What is it to us whether he lives or dies?”? Ithink he felt conscience stricken within the hour, however, as he went to the door and acted as if he hoped to see the lad standing outside. The boy had been gone half an hour before we fully realized what his going meant, and then two of us went out with the lantern and searched and called for him. The snow was being whirled about in a furious manner, and the wind was rising to a gale, and ‘the bitter cold drove us back after a quarter of an hour. It was true that we had little enough to eat, and that we were cramped in our cabin, but the idea of driving that pale-faced or- phan boy out to freeze was sometliing we could not get over. It was just the thing needed to set us up in rebellion against our boss, and that night we threw off the ‘yoke and gave it to Big Ben right and left. We had two or three rows before bedtime. and all turned in sulyy and indignant. Whew! But what a night that was! The cold increased until the rocks were split, and the wind roared until our cabin threatened to toyple over at every blast. At midnight Big Ben crept cave- fully out of his bed and opened the door, and then I almost forgave him for his brutali Conscience had been at work, and his heart was touched. He hoped to find the boy crouched on the thresk hold, and I'heard him sigh and mu to himself as he shut the door and turned to his blankets. The strongest man in our party, clad as we were for the winter. could not have stood against that blizzard half an hour, and I fell asleep to dream of finding poor Chrley’s frozen corps on the trail leading down to the Forks, and of his big blue eyes being wide open and staring at me in a reproachful way, For breakfast next morning we had some canned meat—opened a new can from our slim store. We thawed it out and all ate our full shares, and were on the point of starting out to search for the boy when one of the men was taken ill. Inside of half an hour all of us were down with pains and cramps, and it was evident that we had been pois- oned by the meat. We no antidote of any sort, and one after another went to bed to suffer the most agonizing pains and to lose consciousness. Big Ben was the hardest hit of all, while I, perhaps, suffered the least. That is, while all the others raved and shouted and lost their senses, I was all the time dimly conscious of everything going on. The blizzavd was sti ing, and the thermometer was marking a still lower degree when the door opened and Charley walked in. [ saw him, but L was flighty, and it scemed to me that d 1 remember him looking down upon each of us in & strange, scared way, and starting to retreat when one of the men shouted a louder curse. 1 was the first to come back to life, a3 r y-four hours after being taken. The pains were gono as [ opened my eyes, but I was weuk and wretched, like one just uver a terri- ble fever. The boy Charley was stand- er a single overcoat, and if price is any object to * one in need of a ONE PRICE CLOTHIERS CORFARNAMA3? ing before me as T opened my oyes, and he bent down and whispered: ‘*You have all been terribly sick, and I think one man is dead. Can you eat something.” 1 did fecl a little hungry and had no sooner signified it than he came to me with a bowl of broth. As I afterwards learned, the storm had drviven a couplo of hares to seek shelter at the door, and he had secured both of them. He sus- pected somo calamity, and was prepared to feed us as soon as we could eat. It seemed that when Big Ben drove him out hd stumbled into the ravine a quar- ler of a mile away, and found shelter under a ledge. How he kept from frecz- ing to death that night heaven onl, knows. Indeed, heaven B served him. It froze our water pail solid when standing within six feet of the fire, and there he was, out in the cold in a threadbare suit. When morn- ing came he returned to the cabin to make one more appeal. He found us suffering and out of our minds, and the fire was about gone out. Had 1t not been for him we should have frozen stiff as pokers, for on that day it was 31 degrees below zero all day long, and it went down almost ww&cxrcus when night came on. The boy kept up' a rousing fire, dressed hiy rabbite for soup, and ull day and all night long he kept forcing hot coffee down our throats. That doubtless helped us to pull through, or at least four of us. The other man, whose name was Hale had his teeth firmly clenched, and from the way his features were dis- torted and his limbs drawn up it was ident that he died in great agony. In a couple ot hours I was able to be upand assist Charley in caring for the others, but it was f: nto night before the 1 man could use his tonguein a sen- sible manner. It as Big Ben, and when consciousness returned and he saw the white- boy bending over him, the great tyrant whispered: “Ayel The corpse of the lad has risen up to confront.and accuse mel It was a cruel thing I did todrive him out, and the Lord will never forg for it.” While out of danger, we were weak and almost helpless, and nor us could attend the fire or do a bit of of cooking for mearly a week. The whole work devolved upon the boy, and no one could have done better. He wus cook, nurse, doctor and protector, all in one. He got three more hares and a couple of birds, and I don't believe a spoonful of the broth over went down his own throat. Well, I, for one, had been watehing Big Ben to see weat he would lo. The first moment he was able to sit up he called Charley and ptiled the frail little fellow down on his breast, su 3 “1f you'll only for, Ly the Lord to dothe same. I'm rough and wscked, but to turn a lad like you out o doors on such anight as that wasn’t me at all, Old Satan must have m of me.” Dt Dig follow cried like n child, and Charley cried with him, and 1 might as well owa up that we all cr ied. What made it the move solemn was the fact that we had a corpse ut the door. When it was known that Hale was dead, 6 o other four of us could lifta hand. v boy got the body out of doors T nev uld understand, but get it out he did, and it was three long months before we could give it chris- ian burial. “\“l‘n the mouing when we wot out of bed feeling pretty strong again, Charle) went to bed with o fover, and befor v [tell you it oy : y out every few utes in bis delivium? 4 o don't drive mc out. T'll ovk as hard as [ can!” dvery ery went through the big fellow like & bullet. He nursed and soothed the poor boy with all the tenderness he dinner Big Ben braved the blizzard apd made the trip down to and back. The doctor could not be induced to return with him, owing to the cold, but he sent some medicine. Poor Charley was bo- yond human aid, however, He raved through the afternoon and night, and next morning was struck with death, His mind came I to him at last and as we stood over him he calmly said: “I know I'm going to dic, but I'm not afraid. T'll see father and mother in heaven. and perhaps Brother James is there, too.” ‘While we all felt bad enough, Big Ben was completely broken down. He got down on his knces and begged Charley to forgive him, and [ never saw a man feel the bitterness of an act as he did. “Yes, I'll forgive you,” replied tho boy, “and if you pray to God, He'll for- iv it come night so soon 0, my child,” answered one of tho men. “But T can't see any of you any move. Goed-by. Let me take your hand, for— And with that he breathed his last, and there were two to rest in the snow until spring. Did you ever hear of “Charley #7 Yes, of course you have, and if you have passed that ¥ you hove seen the boy's grave. Tho ins only the name—cut deep by Big Ben's knife—but the story of the boy's heroism has been told in ¢ mining camp in Nevada, and it s never been told without bringing ture to the i o mo Notice. i 08 O'Connor & O'Calluban t 0'Connor & O'Callahan A D, 187, fle thole 1 lquors. Qmann, i the test o ¥ wa 1y Ol dununry, 1598, L ) bbjection, remonstrAnce or protost ko from Docember 2, A, D. 1367, kranted G i & O'CALLAIAN, Applicunts, Clerk. (et Notice, Jication of John 8. Stilling for ot John 8. Stilling did upont D"yl hfa binors b Vicst whrdy lconsa to sell oy uinry, 168, O the firs g ith the firat day of J remonstrance or protust i i, A et d Fous R, sisiasa, App) J. R SOUTHARD, City Clerk. Notice. 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