Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 22, 1889, Page 3

A BOA l‘OR A BEDF' LLOW Translated from the French for the Cigcinnati Enquirer: My delightful and solitary villa upon the bank of the Marne, with its green inclosure, its weil-kept garden, so shady in summer, 80 sunny in winter, my books of meta- physics, my piano with its pure tone, my 1obe de chambre and slippers so commodious, my student’s lamp, and all this existence of dreamy revery so dear to my soul—yes, I resolved to leave them, to shake off their charm during some few short weeks of exile. And to do this, in order to deliver myself from the abstract meditations to which I had too long consecrated-—it seemed to me—all my youthful energy, 1 had conceived the projectof nccom- plishing some g voyage in which the simple contingencies of the world, their trivolity even, would serve to wean me from anxious thought upon the complex guestions which till now had occu- pied me. I wish to think no more, to repose my- self mentally, to sleep with iny eyes open. One such voyage of recreation would not—that is, T supposed it would not—immediately re-establish my bro- ken health, for truly T had worn myself out with these formidable problems. Still, such a di sion would materially nssist in restoring me to perfoct equilib- rium of mind d body, and certainly T should appreciate on my return the now strength which this intellectual truce procured me. Desiring to eseape on the excursion all occasion for thought, no matter how trivial, and all encounters with think- ers, I could only find upon the surface of theglobe (excepting, of course, those entirely rudimentaryj—I could only find, 1 say, a single country whose fan- tastic, artistic and oriental sun had never furnished a_metaphysician to humanity, By this description you will recognize, without (urther parley, that 1 refer to the peninsular of Iberique. * * * » » This evening, then, when I arrived at this decisive reflection, seated in the arbor of my garden following with my eyes the opalescent spirals from a fine Havana, and testing the aroma of a cup of pure coffee, I said to myself with a thrill of pleasur ““Yes, I go; it is settled. Now, for a joyous march across Spanish dependen- cies; now to be seduced in my turn by master-pieces of Saracen art, by the ardent paintings of dead and gone mas- ters, by the glowing beauty of fair women of Andalusia appeating between the battlements of their waving fans! Now for life among sovereign cities, under the stars and sunshine of an en- chanséing heaven, for life as at night T've seen it under the rays of my lamp and Lhrmu{h the recitals of enrlier tourists! Kor me, too, shall live Cadiz; for me, too, rise up Toledo, Cordova, Grenada, Salamanque, Seville, Madrid and Pampeloue. Come! it is settled--1 go immediately!” Aud at once, loving as T did only sim- ple adventures, incidents, calm sensa- tions, in short, events in sympathy with my tranquil nature, I decided as a pr liminary to purchase; one of thos **Aids to Travelers,” thanks to whi one knows in advance what he is going to see and which preserve nervous tem- peraments from undue emotion. This duty duly accomplished during the morning hours, I added to the “Aid to Travelers” a Uflck(ilbo(lli modest, but still amply garnished, strapped my va- lise, mus( it in hand, left my astounded housekeeper in charge of the premises, and in less than an hour found myself in the capital where, without an in- stant delay I cried to a coachman to drive mo to the Gare du Mdi, and the next morning by way of Bordeaux, rived at Arcachon. Here bre fasted, took a plunge into the sca. and following that a passage on the stecamer Veloce, departing at the moment for the old and beautiful city of Santander. Toward the end of the afternoon the land breeze began to bring us, in sud- den puffs, the odoi of citron trees, and shortly afterward we were 1n signt of the Spanish coast, behind which San- tander nestles, and which girdles the harbor with its verdant heights. Even- ing empurpled the sea, golden still to- ward the Occident, as we traversed the port; against the vocks of the beach en- rolled a fringe of ]r.-unus stones. the steamer forced itself a pussage between crowding vessels, the bridge thrown from the jetty hooked itself to the prow and I—like the rest of the passengers— Innded to stroll upon the quay, redden- ed still by the declining sun. Ah! that landing, I recall it yet, in the midst of this new populatiou, those crates of exotic products, cages of birds from Australia, and heaps of shrubsand spices, those odors, bananas, cocon, vanilla, those monstrous burdens marked with colonial ticketings loaded one upon the other and departing in haste toward the cityl As for me, once upon terra firma, I found that the rolling orthu vessel had decidedly fatigued me, and leaving my valise ahoard for a while, I went in search of a proyisional hostelry in which to pass the night be- fore beginning to look about me. Al at once, among the officers of the Marine who promenaded the quay, smoking and breathing in the air from the sen, it seemed to me I recognized the face of a friend,a comrade of my childhood in Brittany. I approached and accosted him. “Lieutenant Gerard de Villebreuse, 18 it not?” I began, but did not finish, I eould not; he had me by both hands with that effusive cordiality always ex- changed between compatriots encoun- tering each other on strange soii, and was pouring out questions and sur- ri F You!” he cried: ‘“‘you of all men! And here in Spain! The meani it, mon ami, the meaning of it--qui “*A simple amuteur excursion,” 1 re- sponded. and in ten words, as we paced back and forth, talking and gossiping like all good comrades who have met after long absence, I put him au courant v innocent hght. nd [,” he suid to me, ‘‘have been here for the last three days. I come from a tour of the world; latterly from the Guyanes, and I am carrying to the zovlogical museum at Madrid o collee- tion of wonders, humming birds like winged jewols, enormous onions from the orchards of Brazil, and a treasure, sapristil my friend, a treasure that you shall see, a treasure that cost—"" At this confidential point in his dis- closures Gerard was suddenly inter- rupted; a slender little hand, the color of a clour topaz, had ghded between us and Jay like the wing of a bird of para- dise upon his shoulder. He turned quickly, a joyous ory of “‘Catalina-— you, t00, Cataliua,”” escaped him at lighl of the one to whom this handfbe- longcd. TR e G e ) Catalina! The word attracted me. 1 also turned to look u"wn her, & young creole girl, a child but yesterday, coiffed in a scarlet foulard, beneath which and surrounding her pretty face fell a thousand curhng ringlets of a bluish black. Laughing sud. panting from her run toward us, she showea her pretty little teeth radiently; the restle; lM&urkliu“ mobility of her eye- palls, bl @s her hair, the quick Aash- ing of the smile across her rosy lips but heightening the warm amber of her cheeks, Her arms, bare and slender as a child’s of ten, emerged fiom the folds of a spangled muslin covering her breast, o basket of roses, moss buds and violets hung from her shoulders, a pair of castanets from her wrists, while her tiny litt ancing feet were cased in Moorish slippers. In truth an intoxicating vision of this land which [ came to seek. A subtle voluptuousness seemed to emanate from her entire person, and the last rays of the sun flamed with every movement of her lissome body upon the brass-work of a basque drum jingling at her hip, “Yed, Cataling repoated de Ville- breuse, *‘and, luckily, just in time. We'll dine together, the three of us. Does it suit you?” addressing me. “Perfectly; though I've still to find a shelter for thp night, you know—I've only arrived. " S0 much the better. Our inn’s be- low there upon the cliffs in sight of the water--that tall house ding by itself some threo hundred feet from the beach. We like, you see, to keep our eyes upon our vessel. We'll dine in the salle with the other officers, and doubt- less other specimens of the feminihe flora of Santander. As for wine. its ex- cellent: splendid Xeves, strong as fire; goes to the head like brandy. But come, march on, double quick,” slip- ping hisarm about the waist of the pretty flower girl and whirling her away, “the sooner we arrive the bet- tor » The day was receiving thelast a of e yBllowsling. the' wivaw 16vel: &t the horizon, nearer the strand heaved with a heavy motion; the east wind from the water brought with it a strong saline odor, and Catalina ran before us seeking to cateh in her scarf the butter- fles that the falling shadows chased from the orange trees to the ocean. I watched her ulittle, then I spoke. s sho.” I demanded, indicating with a gesture the child ahead ot us, ‘'is she, that pretty little one—,” ani again I hesitated, seeking for a suitable word. But Gerard understood me. “No,” he answered, “she is only a flower’ girl of the quays, able to exist as the others, upon an orange, a ciga- rette and a piece of black bread. This one. however, loves only those who lease her, and there are many others ike her, this giver of roses, upon the jettics of Spain. A chauge from Paris, isit not? A new lover there every 500 yards. As for Catilina, pay her court if it please you, you are good to look upon, you are—but Voilal the inn; we are hmc ) [ R T SR SR The nubcr,’;i»lu. seated upon the door- step, capkin in hand, rose to greet us, but at _the moment of crossing the sill Gerard de Villebreuse stopped short and struck his hand to his brow; his face darkened, the smile had gone from his lips. T regarded him amazed. My friend,” said he, addressing me after & momont’s thought, *‘my friend, you will, T know, pardon me, but in the surprise of your arrival I forgot that I should not and that 1 shall not be able to further divert myself this evening. It is a day of regret to me-—an anni- versary. the hours of which are sacred. In a word it is day for day the one when I lost my mother three years ago. I have in my cabin relics of that dear and huu(nnd woman. close myself there alone with her mem- ory. \'nur hand till the morrow—I'll wike you eurly—and now,” turning to the inn-keeper, ‘a chamber for mon- I leave you to in- M. Lieutenant. I regret it, but there are none; they are filled, all of them.” **Filled! no chambers!” repeated Ger- ard in a preoccupied tone, his thoughts clearly wandering: “no chambers, ah, well, no matter; here’s my key; take it, and welcome: the bed’s a good one; you'll sleen soundly.” His eyes were clouded, his gaze dis- trait; he shook my hand a second time, nodded to Catalina, und hurriedly 'I’HE OMAHA DAILY BEE:" MONDAY, APRIL moved away \\|lhm|t nnmhm- word or look in our direction. Parbleu! this was funny; the suddenness of the inci- dent stunned me. I followed him with my eyes a moment, eyes at once skep- tical and thoughtful. then—1 entered. The young flower-girl had already preceded me into the dining-hall, and selected by a window opening upon the sea a table for two, upon which the aubergists was in the act of placing the lighted candles. Ma for! Despite the shadow left upon my spiritby the words of my friend, it was not without pleas- ure that I obeyed the engaging eyes of this pretty charmer, and seated myself in front of her. The hour and occasion were as sweet as unexpected. Wegdined tranquilly in sound and sight of those great waves that seemed to enlock us with genuine affection. [ listened and in part comprehending the merry bab- ble of my little vis-a- in which Havanese Spanish and unknown words mingled equally: sometimes my atten- tion drawn to the viands before us, sometimes to the ebb and flow of the tide of officers, passengers and travelers who dined about us with companions no less beautiful than m! All at once, at my W glass of Xeres —I think it was the fifth, though it might have been more reeived that the words of the lieutenant had been well founded; the Xeres was deucedly strong. I saw doubly already, and the pungent strength of * this dans gerous liquor made my head bob with brusque_intensity. Catalina had also very brilliant eyes, and the hand she placed across my glass with laughing significance showed a vacilation of purpose as decided as unforseen. I shook my head und laughed with her. “Too late,” I murmured, ‘‘too late, Catalina; vhe mischief’s done. You are charming, truly charming, but my brain _whirls—I must sleep immedi- ately,” and rising to my feet I called the innkeeper, handed him the key and demanded to be shown to Gerard’s chamber. He bowed, took up a candle- stick, an end of candle and a pinch of matches from a shelf beside us, and a minute {later we were mounting the staircase lighted in this primitive fash- ion. Catalina followed us,and now close behind us pulled herself up by the bannisters with little giggles of sup- pressed and impudent laughter. At the second floor we traversed along corridor at vhe end of which mine host stopped, put the key in the lock,and as some one called him at the instant from the hall below, hastily thrust the candle into my hand and was gone with a cheery *‘Bonne nuit, m’sieur!” Ientered. By the feeble light of my luminary, and eyes more and more veiled by the wine of Spain, I perceived | vaguely an ordinary inn chamber, long- er than wide. At the end of it, between the two windows, a massive armoire of glass, that seemed to have been placed there temporarily, and which dimly re- flected my own and the creole’s figures, for again had she followed me inj a mantel-piece without a clock, a screen, a straw chair beside the bed, whose pil- lows touched the lintel of the door— that was all—I saw nothing more. While Igave a turn to the bolt, Cata- lina, whose step, surprised like mine by this insidious, absurd drunkenness, staggered a little, threw herself upon the bed, her drum and flowers were left below, and with an arm doubled beneath her head, was already half nslce‘». I seated myself beside her, stretched out an arm to draw her to me—then knew no more. D spite of myself my eyes had closed, my head dropped to the pil- low, and T was wrapped in deep, benifi- cent slumber. T AR T SN ST St S How long I slept [ know not. I was awakened by an indefinable shock, and 1 thought T heard in the darkness—my candle had burned out while I slept—a strange noise, like the cracking of old wood. I gave it little attention then, though I opened my eyes wide in the obscurity, and the arrival at the quay, the beach, the meeting with the licu- tenant, la Catalina, the anniversary and flw Xores all returning. to my the clear lines of memory, of regret for my belovedd; villa bank of the Marne toak vossession of me, and evoked in my dreaming a vision of my peaceful chamber, my books, my student’s lamp and the joys of intellec- tual meditation that 1 had so lately and rashly quitted. A minute passed thus. Beside me 1 heard the respiration of the little creole still sound asleep, and ‘then the wind brought to me the sound of the hour striking from some old ¢hurch beyond us, back there in the city—it was mid- mght. And, surprising thing, it ap- w'nr(-d to me(a thoughtef course, hold- ing on to sleep. a strange isolated idea), but it appeared to me, I say, that the balancer of that distant dial was here in my chamber, and_with slow, regular strokes, struck alternately now upon the masonry of the wall, now upon the partition of ‘the ndfmmnu chamber. Butin vain did my eyes essay to pierce the thickness of the shadow whence that noise of the clapper con- tinued to scan the hour to right and left. Why it was I cannot tell, but in the menn time wakening thoughtfully.I became uneasy as I listened to it, and it seemed to me, for I must tell you every- thing, that the sound of the wind from the sea came with itthrough the inter- stices of the closed shutters, and—this, also, I found very strange—produced a a sort.of noise like whistling upbon wet wood. This accompaniment to the swinging of the balancer—this ugly noise of the sea-wind—made this slow, long-striking twelve seem to me abso- lutely interminable. But, hoavens! what was this suddenly passing by the hostelry and all avound me? On the floors above were whisper- ings, in the neighboring chambers mur- murings, short, brief, breathles coming and going as of people r ing themselves in haste; heavy foot- steps on the planks, and the precipitate tread of feet that were running away. I put, out my hand toward the little creole to awaken her, but the child was already awake, for she grasped my hand with a nervous strength that produced magnet- ically an impression of insurmountable terror; I knew instinctively, and how it increased the cold and glacial trance that bound me from head to foot—I knew that she desired to speak but could not do so. I heard the clicking of her teeth in the black silence, and her hand, her whole body shook "with con- vulsive trembling. She knew then, she recognized then, what all this signified! * * * * » * Like a shot I lifted myself, anu while it was yot vibrating in the distance, the last throb of that old midnight, I cried out to the darkness, but with all my strength: ‘tHo. there! tell me, I say, what’s all this that goes on here?” At the question bedlam answered me, voices hoarse, harsh, strident, panic- stricken and mufiled] interrupted and replied to me from every quarter: “The devil u? away'! with you! you know without asking.!” “And what a fool to sleep with the devil in your chambe!” They took me for the lieutenant evi- dently, but the flying away continued, across corridors and down staircases in a perfect tumult, Yes,they took me for Gerard, and the tone of the words told me, though confusedly, that I had dreamed happily in the ‘midst of some great danger, and if thoy fled like this in such haste 1t was not to be doubted that the peril of the unknown thing was imminent. With heart oppressed by a mortal anxiety I thrust the creole from me and feverishly sought the matches, feeling them on the candle- Ah! how few there were, they would be too soon consumed. I rummaged my pocked, seized from it a folded paper purchased at Bordeaux, twisted it into a torch and with one quick scratch of the matches upon the head of the bed fired my improvised beacon. I looked about the chamber. 7The noise had ceased. ‘mind 10 ] A sentiment | on the | 99 1889, \nlhhm I:m\ nothing but m\enlr reflected in the glass of that old armoire, and then behind me the figure of Hn- child now uoright on the bed, her back glued to the wall, her hands with stiff, outstretched fingers, flattened to the masonry. her eyes wide, dilated, fixed, regarding sometning that haste and ement had prevented me from see- Bat suddenly I saw, and threw my head suffocated by a horror so freezing that I believed 1 would swoon. What had I distinguished also reflected n that glass? Idared not give credence to the testimony of my own eyesight! I looked again, and, yes, I saw again— 1 felt myself sink at the sight—the only object that seemed to me as I looked to exist in the whole of the universe! So! this was the treasure of the filial Gerard, the good son. who doubtless at this very iuslnl\'- on his knees in his cabin prayed with tears of sorrow dim- ming his eyes! A treasure, truly, this that was rolled about the legsof that armoire, and bound by many cris- crossings of slender naval gaskets! A mamuoth boa-constrictor of the giant species, a mon- strous python, ten or twelve meters long, such as it found as times in the hideous Nopals of the Guanyes. Awakened from his torpid sleep by the pain of the lashings this frightful ophi- dian had forced himself by means of a slow gliding fully some two or three yards beyoud the cords that still con- fined him. The long trunk of the creature had been the balancer that knocked awhile ago upon the walls to the right and left seeking to withdraw from its enlacings precisely as the clock struck 12, Now it stretehed toward us from the end of the chamber its swollen length of a greenish brown, flecked with darker spots upon its glit- ng scales; the free part of its body ereet, formidable; its cavernous mouth wide open, its juws distended, and launching back and forth, while its beady eyes regarded us steadily, its long and forked tongue enraged hi ings of fury, that in tho peaceful nu in of my dreams I had taken for the sea wind thirough the cracks of the shutter, played sharply from the fiery hole in its throat less thin a meter from my face. At this sudden vision I was seized with an agony, in which it seemed that very life was sing from me. 1 was sinking into syncope, when a sob- bing cry of despair uttered by the creole who had recognized and been awakened by that hissing in the night, recalled my scattered senses. I leaped from the bed over the footboard, still grasping my flaming paper, slipped the bolt, feeling like a drunken man among the panels; Catalina, her eyes riveted upon the monster, that, seeing us flying, re doubled its efforts to be free, glided be neath my arm and flung herself int the corridor. I flung myself after her, drew the door behind me, add just at the moment the armoire crumbled away. ‘We descended witlf the rapidity of a flash. _Below nobody—the door nto the grounds wide open and_still nobody— ipitated ourselves after the Upon the cliffs the creole, forgetting me, fled like a hare in a rapid race toward the city, and secing her out of danger, 1 followed her ex- shaping my flight, however, in irection of the harbor, every in- stant feeling the coils of that frightful reptile rolling in chase at my heels. It took me but the briefest minute to snateh my valise from the care of the Veloce and to re-embark with equal speed upon the steamer Virginnie, ringing her bell as I boarded her for a start for Frane Three days later T was home again in my dear and peaceful retreat upon the banks of the Marne. With feet in slip- pers, enveloped in my dressing gown, and a book ot metaphysics in my hand, 1 felt myself sufliciently reposed to put off to an indefinite epoch all recreative c\LurslmN ‘among the contingencies of the world,” no matter how frivolous or phenomenal. IT IS AN UNDISPUTED FACT HAT when youbuy any article, be it what it may, that the best, even ata greater cost, is cheanerin thelong run, and saves manv a dollar in the course of a year. Now, the prices on our goods are very low, in tact, it would be an utter impossibility to sell honestly made goods for less: but what we claim most emphatically for our goods is, that the styles. fits. and more particularly, the make up, is equal to the major- ity~of custom made garments, and superior to the mass of goods that are generally offered and sold. We are extremely particular to our- chase for our trade only from such m&nufacturers whose reputation for good and legitimate work is well and widely known. You cannot buy a good dollar ior fifty cents, and many garments of similar quality of goods that are sold at lower prices are ot necessity made up cheanly; they look well while new, but the difference is appreciated when it comes to the question of wear. In Spring Overcoats we are selling a vretty dark grey Cassimere at $5.25, an all wool olive mixed cassimere for $8.75, a snuff brown Melton, solid colors, hand. somely lined, at $11; a light grey all wool serge, good value at $11; a very nobby slate color all wool Cassimere for 8$11.25; blue and lead color wide wale Worsted, cnstom made at $13.560; a beautiful all silk lined brown and olive mixed Melton, very nobby, at $15. We have a large line of spring and fall Overcoats in extra sizes up to 52 inches. You have only to bear in mind that we back up what we say with the guarantee that if goods are not as represented and entirely satisfac- . tory. we cheertully refund money. 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L \ ] i Len iaha, €0, ) 1 W il k. Offe )y ah e, b KIRKENDAL L, JONES & 00.. Buccossors to Reed, Jones & Ce, Wholesale Manfactarers of Boots & m‘! Agents for Bosion Ruuber Shoe Co, 1108, 1104 and arney Street, Omaha, Neb STORZ & ILER, Lager Beer Brewers, 11 North Eighteenth street, Omaha, Nob, Cornioce. BAGLE CORNICE WORKS, Mannfacturers of Galvanized Iron Cornice Window-caps and metalio skylights, .‘oh'l Kpenel Topriotor. 18 and 1 enath 1008 streer oY Office Fixture SIMMONDS MANU. FACTURING OGy Manufacturers of Bank, Office and Saloun Fixtares antios, Sidobonr. ook ¢ ‘\xtures, Wal Cares. Partitions, fal ters Roerand olors, Mirrors, kito' Fag nd offloe, 170 an Bouth 13h 8t., Umatin. " Telephone 13 Paper Boxes. - JOHN L. WILKIE, Proprictor Omalia Paper Box Factory, Now, 2d 1810 Douglas stroet, Omaha, _Sash, Doors, Eto. M. A. DISBROW Wholesale manufacturers of Sash, Doors, Blinds aud Munltlmn. Iunmn ice, 120h and Txant stroet_Omab, BOHN MANUFAC hI\G Manuficturers of Sash, Doors, Blmfls, Mouldings, stalr wark and into CHor han Twood Aniaks ‘corner Sth ane Tth streets, RANG & CLAR M HEATING €O Punps, Pipes and Engines Bteam, wator, railvay and mining supplies, ete . WIND ENGIN TMF Steam and Wate? Supplis. Taliday wind mills, 918 aug (2) Jones St., Omanes BROWNELL & CO, Engiues, Boilors and General Machinery. Bhoation work, staam phmpe, BAW mills. 12131218 venworth street, Om Irqn Worke. = STEAM BOILER WORKS, Carter & Son, Prop's. Manufacturers of all kinds Steaia Boilers, Tanks and Shect Iron Work ‘Works Bouth 20th and B. & M. crossiug. PAXTON & VIERLING IRON VORKS, Vrought and Cast Iron Buf'ding WUI‘Y. Bogines braes work, gone foundry, m blacksmit var d works, U. OMAHA WIRE & IRON WORKS, Manufacturers of Wire and Iron Railings Desk ralls, window guards, flower stands, wire signs, . 128 North 16(h street, Ow "TOMAHA SAFE & IRON Wi OI'ZKS Maur'rs of Fire and Burglar Proof “a'os Vault Jall work, iron ahiutters and fire u..yu. . Andrecn, prop.Cor. 14t and Jackson Bta. CHICAGO SHORT LINE OF THR Chicago, Milwaukee & t. Paul R', . The Best Route from Omaha and Counell Bluffs to THE EAST TWO TRAINS DAILY BETWEEN OMAHA ANB COUNCIL BLUFF8 —AND— Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Cedar Rapids, Rockford, Davenport, th‘nga, St. Pauly Rock Island, Freeport, Clinton, Dubuque, Elgin, Madisor, Jancsville, Beloit, * Winona, La Crosse, And wll othor Impor{ant poiuts East, Northeast aad cngh tickots,call 60, tho Hcket 5 tro Davker Bioct, or at L Pullinan Sleepers and the finest Dinin world arerun on the min line of the Ch waukee & S Kaliway, und_every u cotrteous employes al Manager. nerul Passenger ana e nAmunuu Assistant Genoral Passengor LA Genora supertntena SHROEDER & DEAN, GRAIN, rrovisions = Stocks Basement First National Bank. 305 south 13th Street, - Omaha WANTED Cities, Counties, School Districis, Water Come panics, &c, We are in the market for the purchase of round amounts of such honds, Currespordence solicited. N. W. HARRIS & COMPANY, Bankers, 115-117 Monroe Btreet, CHICAGO. 66 Devonshire Btreet. BOSTON. ISBSUED BY STATES, COUNTIES, CITIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, EVG., BOUGHT anp SOLD, We deal In Land Warrants and Serlp, Appiicabig to Govermalt Tan aid Trausict & orreapanionss Balloltod, S.A.KEAN & CO., Banwens, 100 WASHINGTON STREET, CHICAGO, ILL. 115 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. NEBRASKA NATIONAL BANK U. 8, DEPCBITORY, OMAHA, NEB, Capital.. 00 52,00 Surplus | lun ‘gt 1660 *A n lill(E('I‘IHH THE 130N BANK Corper 12th and Farnam Sts, A General Banking Business T Merchants” National Bank OF OMAHA. Northeast Corner Farnam and 18th Sty 500,000 100,000 Paid Up Capital urplus Fuod. .. FRANK MURPHY, fAMUEL E, ROGERS, Vice Prosident, BEN 5B, WOOD, Cashier, LUTHER DRAKE, Assistant Cachier, Accounts wolicited snd prowyt uita uuun giver 2 Dikinecs ansvnstanto ite e