Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 19, 1889, Page 6

THE DAILY BEE. COUNCIL BLUFFS. OFFICE. NO 12 PEARL STREET. l‘fll'".flh;wnlfr in Any Part of heCitys wenty Cents Per Week, i H. W. TILTON, .. L MANAGER. BUeIsEss Orvice No. 43, Nianr Emror, No. 3. MINOR MENTIO. N. Y. P. Co. Gleason coal. C. B. Music Co., 538 B'way. D. W. Otis, city and farm loans. Boston store leading hosiery house. Only three arrests were made by the po- lice yesterday. he next meeting of the city council will not be held till the 26th inst. The water in Lake Manawa has risen two Inches during the past forty-eight hours. The regular monthly bills will be allowed at the meeting of the board of education to- night. E. S. Flagley was run in last evening for using vulgar and profaue language on the street. ‘The old settlers of Pottawattamie and Mills counties have a reunion it Malvern Tucsday. The First Baptist Sunday school will hold its annual picnic next Tharsday afternoon in Fairmount park. Contractors estimate that the building per- mits that will be taken out this week will aggregate §100,000. An entertainment is to be given at the Methodist church_this week for the benefiv of the Christiun Home. Every merchant and manufacturer in Coun- cil Bluffs should be representwed in the blue grass palace at Creston, The work of excavating for the Martin Hughes block on Broadway, next to the ?K«lcn house, will be commeaced this morn- ng. Two more Omaha picnics have been ar- ranged to take pla in Fairmount park this week. The Burns picnic on Saturday was u very pleasaat affair. The police found a deserted horse and buggy yesterday wandering around on the streets. It was taken in charge and left at Dohany’s livery stable. Hattie Mayo, a loud and lewd female, was given temporary quarters at the central police station last evening. She was & product of Pierce street. The Clristian scientists held services yes- terday in the Western Towa business college rooms. They were addressed by Dr. Elliott of Des Moines, and J. P. Filvert, of this city. The new streeu designed to open up Fair- mountaddition has been cut three-fourtus of the distance through the hill, and some yalyable lvruycrty Wwill soon be open to im- Pprovement. & The Bluffers and the Muffers, alias com- mercial travelers and oftice boys, played an- other game at Fairview park yesterday, ‘Che knights of the grip were again defeated by & score of 20 to 6, The Odells went to Neola yesterday to play the Neolas another game for a $100 purse. The Odells were again defeated, the score standing 13 for the Ncola team und 8 for the Bluffs boys. John Heny will explain in police court this morning why it was a police officer wus com- pelled to take hiia to the central station last night and lodge a complaint uguinst him of disturbing the peace. Liess coal oil was used in Council Bluffs during the past thirty duys than during auy similar period for the past four years. The deficiency is attributed to the increased use of electric lighting since the establishment of the new incandescent plant. The Nonpareil 1s sore because its appeals for the Jimmie Davis fund have not been responded Lo more generousl, Yesterday moruing it gave a fling at the church people for contributing more to the far-uway heathen than to home charities. Mortgages to the amount of nearly 85,000 were given by J. Goldberg late Saturday evening, These, in addition to the attuch- ments filed upon the stock by Chicago and Omaha tirms, about cover the vaiue of all the ®oods in the unfortunate merchant’s store. ‘The attendance at the lake yesterday was very large. 'I'he hotel was crowded to its fuliest capacity. The sultry atmosphere and the warm temperature of ‘the water made bathing @ pleasant exercise, and all the beacheés were well patronized. The Germans held a pleasant picnic at their grounds. MTue Bee was the only pasper that an- nouncd in Council Bluffs yesterduy the sweeping reductions in freight rates that are to take effect to-day. *‘1ue BEE has done me 81,000 worth of good in the past 3 ear, besides giving me all the news,” said a local business mau vesterduy. “It pays always to get the best." Mrs. Ira Merriam, wife of a market gar- dener living three and one-half miles east of the city, was thrown from a buggy Saturday evening and sustained severe injuries, in- cluding the fracture of one of her limbs. Drs. Lacy and Cleaver reduced the fracture and gave the uufortunate woman proper medical attention yesterday. The police were watching a couple of sus- picious characters last night who ure sus. pected of being professional houscbreakers, The design ‘was to let them commt an overt act that would make a trip across the state certain. They are still at large and the de-- sired act will be performed without the po- lice for an audience, Everyone interested in the Chautauqua en- terprise should attend the stockholders’ meeting at the board of trade rooms this evening, ‘This is a critical time in the his- tory of this enterprise, Its success or failure depends much upon the wisdom of the action taken to-nigh Hence the managers should be given the benefit of the best judgment of the majority of the stockholders. It makes Andy Graham scratching mad to bave some of the Omaha papers refer to Fairmount park as ‘‘Wood park.” But you can’t concesl the beauties of beautiful Fair- mount by calling it any strunge or undesir ble names, & fuct that Park Commissioner Graham realizes, and he will not let his unger lead him to commit an assault upon the newspaper man whose unfortunate ig- norauce is responsible for the sad biunder. R. B. Thompson has found to his sorrow that there is some danger attending an at- tempt to scatter poison where another man's stock will get it, and that unpleasunt conse- uences are \lrl to follow for the man who 0es it as well as the unfortunate cattle who eatit. Jusuce Schurz has bound bim over to the grand jury, with the assurauce that he will have @ hard struggle to keep out of the penitentisry for his malicious ekoru to puison some unoffending mileh cows belong- ing to W. E. Mercer, of Streetsville, It is @ little remarkable,” said City Mar- shal Guanetla yesterday, *‘that a large per- ntage of the Sunday night drunks that ap- Reurduthe police court for settlement on onday mornings are gathered from the vi- cinity of Eighth street and Broadway, and that they are mostly from Omaha. The ex- planation pernavs lies in tho fact that the dummy trains snd mwotor lines disgorge the largest number of this kind of passengers at this point. Without intending any reflection upon the locality, the fuct remains that the po}icc Ret thewr Sunday harvest at this poin “I wish Tue Bee would clearly state to the public :mwrullg.' said a mewber of the Council Bluffs Fish Protective association yesterduy, “that it is the intention of the as- soclution to prosecute to tho full extent of the law all the people who violate the Iowa fishing laws, regardiess of who they are or what their excuse may be. The arrest of Raft for seining in Munawa is simply the start of the prosecution. We don't iutend to let any guilty wan escape, and no one can sink a seine in the water und not be cagght.” The regular meeting of the school board ‘will be held in the buurx of education rooms iu the Washington avenue school this even- ing. The most imruru\ut part of the work 1o be done is the election of the janitors for the ensuing year. There is one to elect for each school, and the board will have wore than one hundred abplicants to select from, Several teachers will also be elected. Origy ally the board failed to elect u sufticient numover of teuchers and several vacancies bave occurred by the resiguation of those previously elected. Dexter, employment. i Kerr & Gray, real estate, 505 First avenue. LI Swanson Music Co., 535 Broadway. - — - For sule--One Gar-Scott ten -horse portable f‘élt& in good repair, Apvly w Weir-Shu- rt Co. IN AND ABOUT THE BLUFES. The COity Welghmaster Purposes Bueing the Oity for Fees. PREPARING FOR THE PALACE. Un'qne Exhibits—Poluts From Yes- terday’s Sermonsa—Anxions to Be Postmaster—Conl to Drop— General and rersonal, Welghed and Found Wanting, “If Tur Bee will kindly look over my last report,” said City Weighmaster Amy yes- terday, “it will be able to give the public some information that will be iateresting if not vaiuable. It will show that I havo weighed 6,438 loads during the year. These were the only legally, if not accurately, weighed lohds during the year. The un- authorized and illegally weighed loads number #1,08), The ofco I fill was createa by the legisiature, by permitting the council to enact by ordinance for the protection of the people who desire full weights, and us source of revenue tc the city. Thera were Just 31,080 violations of this ordinance and state law which the authorities have winked at, and which have deftauded the city of a sum equal to $1,000. If the oy frauded of a_ sum equal to $1,000, has been defrauded of this revenue 1sn't it fair to presume that the people for whom this weighing was done are likewise losers] My time is out next spring and then [ am done with this partof the business. Itis quite probable that I'will employ my time for a while thercafter in u suit wgainst the city for the recovery of what is legally my portion of the fees for all this unauthorized weighing, which wili be the largest part of the £3,000 it stould bave brought into this of- fice. The city, after creating this office, has persistently sought to belittle it and make me appear ridiculous. [ have abided my time patiently, und have put in ten hours a day here for the accommodation of the public, but when my term expires the end will come.” Always on Time. If you wish to purchase a good and reliable watch 25 per cent less than club rates, and on easy terms, then call at ouce and make your own selection at C. B. Jacquemint & Co., 27 Muin street. s Steam and hot water heating, first-class plumbing. Work done in both cities. Joho Gilbert, 518 Pearl street, Council Bluffs, —— For the Blue Grass Palace. Local iuterest in the Creston blue grass palace has been greatly increased within the past few days, and it is probable now that the Pottawattomie exhibit will be the finest in the lot. The recommendations of the board of trade concerning the preparation of exhibits bave been generally followed, and many unique and attractive designs in glass, corn and other natural products of Pot wattamie soil have been prepared. Among the most remarkable are three designs got- ten up by Caspar & Wilcox, fiorists and market gardeners. One is a giunt figure of u woman. The body and limbs are com- posed of spples and the drapery of grasses and flowers, all potted in concealed pots so that the verdure and flowers will keep fresh for an indefinite time. The hair is composed of cornsilks wrought into the latest styic of fash- ionable coiffeure. Close by her will stana the gigantic figure of u man whose corporal por- tions are composed wholly of potatoes. He is dressed in a revolutionary costume made of corn and small grain, trimmed with bright flowers. He is laden with rich and beautiful jewels wrought of grain, flowers and vegetables, ~Near these will stand an- other emblem of western lowa wealth, a horse whoso wonderful unatomy u few days ago was a shapeless pile of corn. He is har- nessed with a hurness made of grain and vegetables and will be hitched to a plow that is » wonderful product oft a thrifty squash vine. ~The ladies who constitute an active portion of the corps of artists who have con- suructed these wonderful designs, have made a patch work quilt of corn and blue grass. ‘The pieces will be taken to Creston to-day and will form one of the most interesting feutures of the exposi- ticn, The board of trade has prepared a large bulletin board, upon which tne following Pottawaitamie county crop statistics havo been painted, which will be placed in the ter of the Pottawattamie county exhibit: Corn, 7,442,000 bushels from 34 acres. Wheat, 899,524 bushels from 69,073 acres. Oats, 500,758 bushels from 18,203 acres. Barley, 143,825 bushels from Rye, 18,981 bushels from 950 ac: Potatoes raised, 673,371 bushels, POPULATION UNITED STATES CENSUS, paiace will be ‘opened on ‘Thurs- day morning, next. The board of trade will run a special train which will leave here each day at 7:10 a. m,. and returning will leave Creston atGp. m. The fare for the round trip is 5o small that everybody can afford to Ko. dga e Dwelling for sale on easy payments. Also vuilding lots at lowest market prices. Cull and examine our list. E. H. Sheafe & Co. fradidodihontidlin Kelley & Youakerman sell grocerie Chuse and Sanborn coffees a specialy. AL Coal to Be Cheap. . “It is highly probable that the cheapes! coal Council Bluffs people have ever burned will be delivered here within the next few weexs,” said a coal dealer yesterday. *The terrific reduction of 75 per cent declared by the St. Paul on all kinds of freight will cut off at least §2 per ton from the cost of coal in Council Bluffs, and this reducuon, of course, will net to the consumer. I would not be surprised to see coal carried from Chicago for 20 cents a ton within a K, a‘ud this will make $6 coal 2in Council —_— KFrom the Pulpit. It was not expected that thers would be services at the First Presbyterian church yesterday, The pastor, Rev. Dr, Phelps, 18 enjoying a vacation, aud it was not known until late Saturday that a supply could be procured for yesterday morning. Favorable circumstances made it possible to secure Rev. A. M. Barrett, pastor of the Presby- terian church at Shenandoah, and his pres- en ce in the city was gladly taken udvantage of. He is & young man, of fine pulpit pres- ence and a very pleasing speaker, He chose as his text the words found in John 4:15— **Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the son of God, God dwelleth in hun and he in God.” Mr. Barrett did not use even a note, but after reading the text closed the pook and proceeded to deliver a clearly planned, closely logical sermon. He sus- tained his various theologicul positions by numerous citations from the scriptures, aund gave book, chapter und verse one after un- other entirely from memory. His sentences were wonderfully well formed, smoothly fin- ished, and they were rolled out without & change in wora or reconstruction, Yet he apparently spoke extemporaneously, and there was no indication that be bad written and committed the discourse, The speaker attempted to show first the simplicity of the gospel plan of salvation, The requirements necessary for a christian Lfe were very few and plainly stated, It cousisted 1o faith in Christ. ‘The latter por- tion of the sermon was oted to u showing of the blessedness of such a fuith, e Fine jowelry, watches and diswouds; cleaning und repairiog at E. Burhorn. B It you want clean, fresh groceries and fruits, call on Johnson & Olson, 712 Broad way. o City steam laundry, 84 Main, tel. 141 e — 1iguring For M. There is much whispering about the pro- speclive change of postmasters. It is re- ported that the present dewocratic \ncumbent will resign before the first of October. The aunouncement of & republican successor is also expected within thattime, Al kuow who woh't be postmaster, but there is much wild guossing as to who will be, It seems pretty well settled that none of those who have been vrominently named, and who have worked up lengthy petitions, will capture the prize, A dark horse is looked for. ‘Tho difficulty seems to be that in the eager strife to gain the place there have arises objections to each of the prominent candidates, ~ The selection of an unknown, or at least of some one who has not been in the contest, is being urged in the interests of party harmony. The busi- ness men will evidently be moro easily suited than the politic The man who can best conduct the office will best suit the former. The Council Bluffs ofice has been conducted well for several years, both under republican and democratic rule. The busi- men do not want to see any lessening of mailing facilities or accommodations for the sake of rewarding some political worker. The problem just now scems o be to make aselec- tion of some one whoso business training and ability qualify him for proverly conducting the office, ar.d at the same time a republican, whose zeal and lo; v to the party are such as will lead all to unite in_his favo; There are numerous secret conferences, and many striugs being quietly pulled, while the groat crowd of outsiders impatiently await tho re- sult. il cos Winter & Monroe, sign paintors, 416 B’ way. —— E. H, Sheafe & Co. give spacial attention to the collection of rents and care of prop- erty in the city and vicinity, Charges mod- erate. Ofice Broadway and Main stroots, up stairs. PR LN Go to M. Keating for drugs, 505 Broadway. i Odell Bros, & Co. loan money. The most iberal terms offer-d. 103 Pearl street. e 2 The Day in the Park. Thousands visited Fairmount park yester- day for the privilege of riding there on the motor. This multitude added to the other thousands who drove and walked into the popular pleasure ground filled it with an un usually large crowd. The capacity of the motor Jine was taxed to the utmost from the first teip in the morning. An extra train was put on at 2 o'clock n the afternoon and there were few, if any, denied the pleasure of the ride. The speed at which the motors raun was not us great as many desired owing to the unfinished condition of the lne, but otherwise the motor conveyance gave the ut- most satisfaction. A large percentage of the visitors were from Omaha. Transfer checks were given by the conductors on the main line to all who desired to go up to the park, and they made the extra mile without incon- venience or extra cost. ‘The presence of the motors did not percaptibly lessen the throng of carriages that usually pours up Madison street on Sundays, and there were 0 ngcidents from nervous horses. 3y the middle of the week d reguiar sched- ule will be made connecting with eacu alter- nate train on the main line. Except on oe- cusions when large crowds are anticipated only motor cars will be run, although the grade is nov too 1(00 » for a motor to pull one 6r more heavily lnden cars. A dozen private picnic parties were lo- cated in various parts of the park during the afternoon. The only thing that remains now to insure the complete enjoyment of all visitors to the park is a more extended sup- ply of drinking water. L Desirable dwellings for rent at mouerate prices. B. H. Sheafe & Co., rental agents, Broadway and Main streets, up stairs e J. G. Tipton, real es 7 B'dway. Rl At To-Morrow's Wolf Huat, The Council Bluffs hunting club has de- cided to have its next grand wolf hunt to- morrow morning instead of Wednesday, as previously determined. The members will meet at the Manhattan at 4 o'clock in the morning and reach the hunting ground, about three and one-half miles out, by 5 o'clock, when the hounds will be turned loose. There are ku~wn to be a number of wolves near the point selected, and it is hoped they can got one of the animals headed towards town, mn which event the entire city will be treated to the spectacie of a grand wolf chase with eighteen of the finest hounds in America. Members of the club are requested to be at the Manhattan at the hour specified, but only persons invited by the members will be permittedto accom- puny the party. — Seidenberg's 5¢ Figaro at the Fourtain, —— S. B. Wadsworth & Co. loan money. s e The Knights at St. Paul’s. The St. Albans, Concordia and Bluffs divisions of the uniform zank Knights of Pythias, and the local Pythian sisterhood, received about one hundred visiting breth- ren (rom Omaha last evening, and they all marched to St. Paui’s church and attended divine service. They listened to a sermon by Dean Whitemarsh, of Norfolk, Neb. The large body of men in their brilliant uniforms presented & handsome appearance as they marched through the streets going to and frow the church, Notice to Fox CinY. Notice is hereby given to Fox club not to tresspass on premises of L. P. Judson. 1,300 ucres of best upland” pasture: pure water and salt; no wolves running at lurge; 10om for 100 head more stock, but not fox hunters, —a Money loaned at L. B. Craft’s & Co.’s loan office on furniture, panos, horses, wagons, personal property of ail kinds, and all other artiolés. of alue, without removal, All business strictly confi- dential. EHlE MO T Personal Paragraphs. Miss Lizie Crocker returned last evening from Alton, T1I. Dr. F. W. McMenamy 18 home from a two weeks' absence. Mrs. Ed S, Past, of Lincolu, Neb,, is visit- ing her daugliter, Mrs. E. C. Huat, in this city. Drs. E. 1 and H. A, Woodbury leavo to- morrow for several weeks’ visit in Salt Lake City. E. L. Wesley, of Chambersburg, Pa., s in the city, the gunst of 8, S, Keller, for s fow weelts, Mrs. J, O, Rockwell returned yesterday from a Visit to her husband, who is located at Larimore, Dak. E. D. Simpson, of Council Bluffs, ia re- ported 1o be lying at a hotel in Missouri Val- ey seriously ill with inflammation of the bowels. — BURLINGLON ROUTE, G. A. R, Excursion—One Fare For the Round Trip. From August 21 to 2, 1889, inclusive, the C., B. & Q. R, R. will sell at half rates, or one fare for the round trip, tickets to Mil- waukee and return from all points on its lines, on account of tho National G. A. R. encampment at Milwaukee, These C., B. & Q. excursion tickets will_be good to return August 27 to September 5, inclusive; but by speciul arrangement an extensiou to Septem- ber 80 may be obtained by applyiug, prior to September 8, to the agent ut Milwsukee hav- ing the matter in churge. Between Chicago and Milwaukee the tickets will be good for passage io either direction via the Goodrich linc of steamers, the M. & St. P. Ry., the C. & N. W, Ry. ickets and furtber in- formation can be obtained of C, B, & Q. ticket agents, or by addressing P, Eustis, Gev'l Puss. and Ticket Ageat, Chicago. ~~— TOM GERMAIN'S WRECKED LIFE Denver Commonwealth: Almost ev- ery old frontiersman, from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, from Muni- toba to Mexico, is familia with the name of Tom Germain; and the remem- brance of his giant form, twinkling eyes and seriously good humored face is treasured in many & ploneer’s memory as among the most pleasant of the pic- tures of roughing it. Never drinking a drop of liquor, never 1wdulging in braggadocio, never tiking part in a brawl unless to quell it, Tom Gérmumn | is of vastly different make-up than many of the lawless rufilans who bave been the forerunners of civilization in the new empire of the west. Wherever he weut, whoever he was with, he s carrigd'§h his pocket a pociot- bible and thestsnature of a strikingly beautiful girl When questioned about them the onif feply he would make was that they, served to remind him that he should'de nothing unbecoming a man, a chrispiin and an American. The first timei§ went west [ met Tom Germain. It %as in southwestern Kan- sus, when theeountry was “‘new and woolly.” T was nineteen years old, and was traveling ealesman for an eastern firm, One night I was sitting quietly in a saloon, wiiting for one of my cus- tomers, whom [, had agrecd to meet there, when a' gang of cowboys and toughs from the famous bloody neutral strip came in. One burly ruffian point- ed a revolver at me and ordered me to ‘“'set 'em up or get daylight let through ¥ 1 meekly “set ‘em up,” and per- haps it was my rendiness in complying that got me into difficulty, for no sooner had they drained their glasses of *‘forty rod” than a revolver was again pointed at me, and I was ordered to dance. I refused. [ well knew that my refusal would get me into serfous trouble, but T preferred to getinto trouble rather than make aspoctacle of mysell for the edifi- i of a few drunken, ignorant My refusal brought down a per- alanche of curses, and one cow- ruck at me, buta hand caught his a determined voice suid: the boy alone oY a hand in this,” and giant in a sombrero hat stepped besi me. It was Tom Germain, but he w stranger to the *gang” who v ning the town,” and they were amazed at his temerity, The idea of one man daring to defy “tho Neutral strip toughs!” The on- lookers sidled away to be out of danger the bar-keeper dodged under the coun- ter, I wishied that the firm that had sent me into such u country had failed. in business before I w: born, and Tom Germain, who know he would be shot if he nained idle, squared his massive shoulders, shot out his ponderous fist quicker than lightning, and down went the cowboy leader with a eracked head. Germain, with a whoop that would have made a Comanche Indian green with envy, then sprang right into the midst of the surging, swearing crowd of ruf- finus, and whack! thump! crack! went his sledge-hammer fist, and in two min- utes’ time there was not n cowboy left standing, ev one of them having goue to dust with a black eye, a frac- tured skull, or broken jaw. Germain then drew two revolvers, and pointing them at the discomfited ‘gang,” ordered them to give up their arms, and revolvers and knives were meekly handed over. It is wonderful how a masterly th meanness out of &v whoy. “Now, I will give you five minutes to get out of this town, and I will shoot overy one of you who remain after that,” said Germain. No second commhand was needed, and the bleeding, sick-looking, cowardly ruffians had *“‘hit trail for the strip” long before the fiye minutes had passed. Itried to thauk Geroain for getting me out of an ugly predicament, but he said: “Don’t thank me, young men; don’t thank me. To “stop ruflianism is one of my missions in the west, and I am glad that I have a good store of museular Christianity to draw on when 1 need it.” I found that he had just come to town, and I persubded him to go to my hotel with me. ,We remained wgether for four duys,and became the best of friends: but it was not till I met him afterward in Dakota that the old man told me the story of his life—a strange, marvelous story of adventur of hard- ship, of suffering. of border warfare and Indian fighting and of love. Yes, this hardy old fronticrsman, with his griz- zled ha and the scars of many hard- fought frontier battles, had had his ro- mance of love, and but for that romauce Tom Germain would not have been one of the brave advance guard thut has paved the way for the glorious develop- ment of the boundless part of his story alone will I tell, In the early and golden ys of lum- bering in Michigan Henry Germain was one of the richest, the haughtiest, and proudest of all the ‘‘lumber barons.” He was proud of his broad acres of forest, of his immense mills, of his Catholic religion, and of his son ‘Tom, his only child, who was tosucceed to his vast estate. Tom was sent east to be educated, and at the age of twenty returnred to his home to begin his busi- ness life. His father owned all the mills in the town where they lived with the exception of two large ones, which were owned by a Protestant Frenchman. This Frenchmen was the only eloud in old Henry Germain’s life. He hated him because he wasabusiness competitor, and doubly hsted him b cause he wus a Protestant, Germain be- ing an ultra bigot, and his hatred was returned with interest. **When Tom comes home fromschool,” the old man would say to his wife, ‘““his education will help us to ruin that dog Olbo,” and as soon as Tom came home his father began to lay plans to bring this end about. Olbo, the hated Frenchman, besides having two mills and a dissenting creed, had a very beautiful daughter, and it was not long, despite the enmity of their fathers, till she and Tom Germain were sworn and plighted lovers. While the two old men were overseeing their mills and plotting each other’s ruin Tom Germain and Marie Olbo were rowing a boat on some quiet iniet of the lake, or reclining in some grassy dell in the forest, telling to each other the ever-wondrous, never-ending tale of love. They were one time discovered thus by Tom’s father,and the paroxysm of rage nto which the old man was thrown was terrible. He raved, he cursed his God and his rehigion, he dis- owned his son and forbade him ever to enter his house again,and he would have done the girl bodily harm in his mad- ness bad not his son clasped him and held him fast as'he would an angry child. g Mari father, who had leurned of the occurrence, wus as unreasonabl insanely angry as old Germain hac been, and the two old men, meeting in the street, engaged in a disgraceful hand-to-hand fight ov the matter, after which Germain challenged Olbo to a duel, Tom Germalyi 'determined to st Marie out of Rgr father’'s house that night aud fovever leave the scene of their unhappiness. But Mg had been locked ufi" and a guard had been set, and when he ‘approached the house he heard the merciless voice of old Olbo say “Five!” suw the flush of a rifle, felt a stinging sensution in his side and fell senseless. Marie, who had seen the entire oceurren rom the room where she was held a close prisoner, lost all sense of feur in her distfaction, and, seizing a chair, broke out the window and leaped madly out. The fail was enough to maim, if not to kill, but for a wonder she was unhurt, and she ran to where Tom lay bleeding and seuseless on the grass, killed, asshe thought, on account of his love for her. “Oh, Tom! Tom! Oh, my loverl my darling! Oh, holy God, give him back to me or let me die with him!” cried the agonized girl, caressing and fond- ling the still fuce of her lover, But they would not even let her be with him, now that they had shot ham, for her father and his men were coming to take her away,and [rom the big | = Aty L0 110 110\ O 8 Z house across the street grim old Henry Germain was coming, with his white, set faco, to remove the body of his son. The crazed girl looked wildly about her, imprinted a last kiss on the cold lips of her lover, and, holding her hands to heavem, said: ‘‘Holy, merci- ful God, forgive me for what [ am about to do; I give my life for Tom,” and with the speed of a deer, she bounded away toward the dark waters of the lake. Towm was not dead, and, restoratives ng been given him, he opened his eyes and staggered to his feet in time to see a sight that was burned into his very brain, and has haunted him all the daysof his life, and made him a wanderer in the wild and desert places of the ea th. Marie ran to the side of the lake, | sprang from the bank to a raft of logs, ran across them, and threw the water. Ske sunk, rose to the sur face twice, with her long, loose hair flonting about her head, and then her spirit took its flight, and down, down her body sank to the bottomn of Lake Michigan. Tom tried to follow her, him away to his home, where for weeks he lay tied down to his bed a raving manide, with the uapturned, sinking face of his drowning love ever before his eyes. Death is a laggard when it would be welcome, and it did not come to free the soul of Tom Germain. Slowly sanity returned to him, slowly he got well, slowly his dazed mind comprechended all the changis that had been wrought for him; and he took his father’s hand, and said "1 forgive you;prayGodjthat he also does.” and took up the weary bur- den of life agnin. He went to the west; he roamed for years where the voice of the white man was seldom heard: was ever the friend of the poo enemy of lawlessness, and a man whose worth tothe new civilization which he helped to form will never be set down in books. is an old man now; the hoar frost passing years is left upon his hair; sturdy old frame bears many scars which are testimonials of his bravery. and he is longing and waiting for the time when the welcome coming of the dark angel will free him from his burden of life and let him join his Marie in a better world than this. SPECIAL NOTICES. CouNCIL BLUY brasga land, erett block, A 8 F YOU have anything to exciiange see John- ston & Van Patte erett Block. vfifi' 3D—To trade for & horse and buggy. Johnston & Van Patten. hange for N & Van Patten, Ev cottage, cistern and Stewart liros. MPABLE boarders wanted at 122 Good board at reasonatle rates. LWL Cooper. 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