Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 25, 1892, Page 10

10 " CLEVER SHORT STORIES, The Squatter's Dangh! Frank Smith and Zeke Mason com- posed the firm of Smith & Mason, deal- ors in genoral merchandise, at & small frontier point in Kansas. They werc cousing, young men in their twenties, both moderately well-to-do and quive handsome, Before coming to Kansas Frank and ZoKo had met a young lady who was at- tending school in their home town, and, as she was both beautiful and accom- plished, the young men fell desperately in love with her, and, though she treated both kindly, it soon became evident that she had a decided preference for Frank. The young men came west with theie small capital and started them- selves in business, and during the year their store had been in existence they had dope well. Ono night, after the trade was over, and the customers had gone away, Frank said: “I received some welcomo news to- day.” “What is it?" Zeke asked. *T have a letter from a certain little girl—you know who—and she says she is coming out to this part of the country to live.” “What?” Zeke exclaimed, ‘*Miss Gray- son coming out here?” “That’s just what shu writes in hor lettor,” I'rank replied. “'Says her father is located somewhero in this section, now looking up a claim, and as soon as he grets located and puts up a house she and the balance of the family will come to him, So I supposo thoy'Il bo here against fal hurn was a sad, troubled look in Zeke's face, and for a little while he gazed manM\ at the floor. It was plain the subject was not a pleasant one to him, and that a sore spot in his heart had been touched. But finally he spoke in a quiet, steady voice, saying: *“That i weicome nows to you, Frank, surely, and I congra I think I have v lated, Zeke,” said lrmlk “*Alice is a woman to be proud of, and 1 know she loves me.” “Yes, I th .k sho does,” replied Zeke, “I'm certain of it. Has she—over—-—" 3 “Ever what?” Frank questioned, see- ing that Zeke was not geing on. ver promiscd to marry you?” No-0, not exactly,” Feank admitted, “but I’'m sure it's all right. I dou’t think she would come out here but for that.” “Perhaps not,” suid Zeke. *You wiil holp her father to get a claim, of yos, I'l1 do what I can for him. But aside from the river claim down there, I can’t figure out anything worth having right near this,. The good land is all taken up except thatone place, and I want that myself.” “But you have no right to it, Frank, and you'can’t lold it if some sottler dis- putes the matter with you.” ‘1 know that, but I've held it a year by ‘blufting,’ and I'll continue to hold it that wa; Woll, you wouldn’t attempt to ‘bluff’ Miss Gl'nymn 's fathor, would you?” “I don’t know. I'd like to accommo- date him for her sake, but U'd rather keop that claim for hor and myself.” Just at that moment the clatter of a horse’s feet was heard without. and a little later a man rode up to the store and dismounted. He was a settler from the river district. “Why, Tke,” snid Zeko, late tonight.” “Yes,” snid the settler; “‘rather late, but I've come after the doctor.’” ““Who's sick?” Frank asked. “1 don’t know the man. He’s u stranger who squatted on the river claim today. I was up the river this afternoon, und riding back across the claim, I saw u covered wagon over by the timber. So I went down that way to see what it meant, and when I got there I found a man in the wagon down with malarin, He seemed to be ina bad fix, and I thought he ought to have a doctor.” The doctor had gone out into the country, but within half an hour he re- turned, and immedintely he and Lke set off to visit the squatter, “Now, thut beats the nation,” Frank said ns soon as they were gone. *I wonder who the old chap is 3 hat's got tho gull to squat on my claim.’ “T don’t know,” said Zeke. der if he’s needy.” “Ah, I suppose he is,” said Frank, coldly; “these squatters are nearly always sick and necdy.” “I'suspect we should have gone down there with Ike and the doctor to see if there \uu\n't smmmmg we could do for ‘the man,” Zeke unul “Like as not ho’s out of provisions,” “‘Well, let him be out,” said Frank “Itisn’t my business trotting aroun. to feed men who jump my cluim, I'm going down there tomorroyr, but I'm not going to inquire about his health. 1'm going to give him orders tomove us toon as he is able todrive.” “I. wouldn’t do that, Frank; it isn’t right. You have no title to the claim, and if that man wants to enter it he has a right todo so.” “Oh, so fur as the law is concerned he has a right toit, of course. But I've selected that claim and I propose to have it.” “Do you think Alice Grayson would endorsa such nn act #s you propose, Frank?” “Why shouldn’t she?"” “Suppose her father was similarl situated and some one drove him off. Do you suppose she would b3 pleased?” “No-o, I suppose not. But that’s n different thing. “Not a bit ofit. It’s the same thing, only it would be a different ox that was gored, 1 think Miss Grayson isu con- scientious woman, and she would not ap- prove of anything unfair, no matier who was the loser or who the gainer, *Oh, I don’t think Alice Grayson has such high-flown uotions of hovesty as you have. You'rs too conscientious for un evory-dny business man, and you ought to be 4 deicon or & Sunday-school teacher, Lvery time you hear of any- body being siclk or in need you want to try to helphim.” Zeko made no reply to this accusation, but with a shrug of his shoulders turned and walked out of the roow. Frauk #oon followed, closing and locking the door after him The next morning the doctor came to the store soon after it was opened, and finding Frank and Zeke there, he said: “My squatter patient down the river is inhurd straits and unless he has a lit- tle assistance for a foew dn)'u 1 um afraid he will hardly get along,” *Is he vurf' siek?” Zoke asked. *Yes, he 1s, und besides he is desti- tute. Two or three nights ago ho was robbed by a couple of men of all his money, 80 he hasu't a dollar or a parti- cle of food, Ho w3 ho has plenty at howe, but it will tuke two weeks to hear from there. 1 sent a telegram for him this motning, notilying his wife of his coudition, und she will probably come out here.” “What is his name?” lul.wd Frank. **His name is Brown.” Frank breathed oasier. He had sus- ted thot the wan might be Alice'’s ather. “your out “I won- | of the squatter’s wagon. asked. ‘‘Shall we help the man out of his difficulty?” “‘No; I shan’t,” Frank replied. “‘1 am not responsible for his bad luck, and be- sides Lo has taken my claim. I'll go to see him alter awhile, but only to do what I €aid last night. ' I have nothing to give him.” “Well,” sald Zeke, *‘you have a right to do us you please. Doctor, are you wnnu{ down to see the man this morn- lng" » “l"hon I’ll go with you and take such things as he needs. Just name over the articles, and I'll do them up mul charge them to my personal account.’ A fow minutes later everything was ready, and Zeke and the doctor rode away across the prairie in the direction They fouad Ike with the sick man, and as he had re mainea all night he was compelled to go home, 80 Zeke took his place and re- mained through the day. So, through the next ten days Zeke and Ike nursed the patient, i turns, while the doctor made regular visits, Frank grumbled at Zeke con- tinually, saying he was a fool to waste his time and money in such a way, but Zeke paid no attention to him and con- tinued. in the discharge of what he con- sidered his duty. “You haven't seen or heard anything of Alice Grayson’s father, have you, Frank?” Zoke questioned one morning, as ho was preparing to visit the squat- ter. “‘No; not a thing,” replied Frank. ““It seems queer that I haven’t, too. for he must be somewhere in this section.” “It is queer,” Zoke said, as he mounted his horse and rodo awuy. Shortly after Zeke reached the wagon that morning, and while he was prepar- ing some breakfast for the sick man, he happened to gianco out across the pra- rie toward the station, which lay ten miles to the south. Away over on u rise ho suw a carringe approaching, and uftor a lapse of noarly an hour it came close enough for him to discern its occupants, und instantly he under- stood what iv meant. The doctor was driving, while behind him sat two ladies. One of these, he rightly judged, was the sick man’s wife, and the othet was no doubt a daughter or a dear friend. Heo waited until the carringe halted at a little distance from the wagon, then, going forward, was about to salute the doctor, but suddenly stopped, transfixed with astonishment. A t he murmured: iss Grayson, is it possible?” “Tndeed it is, Mr. Muson,” said o soft voice, *and I am glad to mest you. The doctor has been telling us how kind you have been to papu, RBLBY (eI NEVaL 8 opportunity to thank you.” Zeke repeated. *‘He is not His name is Brown.” ¢ stepfather only,” Alice ro- }mem “but he is ns dear to me @s a ather could be, and you have saved his life.’ The doctor had gone to his patient to prepare him for the reception of his wife and daughter, and during the five minutes he was absent Zeke and the ladies conversed, coming to a thorough understanding of matters, Just as the doctor was returning a hovseman rode up. and with one glance into the car- riage, be stopped, fu L of astonishment. The horseman was Frank, who recog- nized Alice. In u few words the doctor informed him how matters were. Frank blushed and hung his head. He knew by the coldness of Alice’s greeting that she had no love for him, but he did not know that the doctor had informed her of his conduct toward her fathe Ho learned that later, however, when, chancing to meet her, he attempted to regain her old-time friendlirzess and re- minded her of the words she had once spoken. I did think T loved you,” she said, “but [ find I was mistaken. “TI'msure I never did love you.” ““You thought you did, Alice,” he said sadly. “What has chunged you now?” “I would rather not tell. ” “But you must. [ insist. been telling you something?’ *No, ho has not. Ho has never men- tioned your name to me. But I have learned how you acted toward papa, and 1 can not love a solfish man.” Two months later Frank sold out hi interest in the store and went further ‘west and a month later still Zeke and Alice were made man and wife. Brown kept the river claim, and built a nice home on it and now has.one of the finest farms in the state. Zeke never rogretied the kindness he did the squatter, for Alice was his re- ward. 3 Has Zeke How Burton Paid the Big Debt, Harper's Weekly. It was a vory simple case. Pelton was Burton’s creditor to the tune of $10,000, and he wanted his money. He said so, 100, to unmistakable terms, to Burton, Burton was nn extremely seusitivo fel- low, and, like most debtors, did not like to be reminded of the little matter. This was not because he wished to forget it, as is the case with many men who owe money to others, but bacause he did not like to have Pelton assume that he had forgotten it. He wus too honorable a person to forget even so small a triflo as that, and Pelton ought to have known that he would pay it off as soon as he possibly could. It mude Burton misera- bly unhappy to be dunned, when his good faith was, or should huve boen, perfectly patent to everybody, and par- ticularly so to Pelton, who had known nim from boyhood. “T'llpay you, Tom, as soon as I can,” he said. *‘I am sorry I ever borrowed it from you. A man always makes a mistake when he borrows from a friend, even if he borrows it to put into a sure vhing, as I did.” “*And the sure thing, like most suve things, turned out to be for tha fellow at the other end of the spec,” Pelton had retorted. *“Phat was my misfortune, though not exactly my fault,” returned Burton, 1 had witchied that stock for five years and its fluctuations were regulir us clock work., Along abouta certain date it had stood for those five s at 80, Within thirty days of that date it had never failed © vise to 85 I bought on da'e number one, and the day after one of the compuny’s lurgest properties was destroyed by firo and u weei later one of the largest financial concerns in the world went to the wall and tho bottom fell out of the murket. On the second date, when I had expected to draw mv profits und pay you buck your money, was not only minus profits, but the sluuk had fallen, and I was sold out. Nothing remained to my credit.”” “And you Lr(ud to lmluun me 10 put up more mirgin for you,” suid Pelton. 1 did; und if you hud, o'} would have uared up, and I zhould have been plus instead of minus today.” “If my father had een prince consort and my mother Queen Victoria, and I their first born son, I should toduy have 0 of Wales,” sneered Pelton, llkuly, ’l‘ulu " veturned Burton, . “But I'm glad you weren't, l)u,.Aunu it you had been I should never have known you,” “Very Idud of you to say that,” ed Pelton, **Ve kuown me I wouls today. e only answer to this was a ve- pronchful glance and a sigh. There wus retort- ¥y But it you hadu's have had my $10,000 THE ()M'\HA DATLY BEF‘.: moments, which was finally broken by | Pelton. “And I want the money,” he said, with much foree. ‘I can’t afford tolose £10,000 even to mm a friend the gratifi- cation of loging it.’ “It shall be paid, Tom,” said Burton. “When? Some time in the latter part of the millennium?” rotorted Pelton. “No,” cried the other, his face flush- ing as with a sudden resolve. you know it, and with interest. “Going to rob a bank? ton, tauntingly. “I would do 'most anything,” Burton, coldly, *“‘rather than remuin under obligation to you.” ‘With this the debtor parted—the one smarting under the taunts and sneers of the other, and the seemed to be the hopelessness of his ever seeing his money again, Three months passed by, and nothing more was said by Burton, and no check for 10,000 seemed forthcoming. Occa- sionally Pelton would write, reminding money would be desirable. tion carried him so wrote on u_ postal car master and letter-ca office boys and others through whose hands the missive pussed, could not fuil to bo ncquainted with the fact that Bur- ton owed Pelton $10,000. Another time a type-written screed labeled ‘*‘Dic- tated,” went forth to the miserable Bur- ton. To these communications Pelton recoived no answer, which angered him still more; and, finally, one morning late in Scptember, after having worked him- self up to a satirical frenzy which could be effectually directed against the recal- citrant debtor, he started out for a per- sonal interview with Burton. “I’ll get $10,000 worth of repartee in on him anyhow,” he ejaculated, angrily, as he teft his apartment In a short time he arrived at Burton’s office, but Burton was not in. “*He's off on his vacation,” boy. “How longdoes ho oxpect to be gone?” asked Pelton, with an ejaculation of im- patience. **Ho said he didn’t know when he’d be back,” aud tho boy. ‘‘He’s went duck- shooting. Pelton turned on his heel and wa! l\ul away. “*Trusta pauper for vacating,” he muttered angrily to himself, ‘“‘He might better be at home earning his debts, hang him,” Two days passed, and Pelton’s wrath was by no means assuaged. He was mad all through., Burton's beastly in- difference, as ho called it, began to’ gall him more than the actual loss of the doilars, and he set about preparing a warm_reception for the debtor when he should return, which, us events shaped themselves shortly, was a waste of time. Burton never returned. He met with an accident and died. The accident was a simple one. Ho was off in with a londed gun, lying in wi some ducks. He dmppnd the gun. The jar discharged one of the barrels, and enough shot to fill two Burtons pierced Burton’s side, and Burton was non est. The newspapers told all about it, but there was one minute detait which they overlooked, and which nobody but Pel- ton and I knew about. The morning the news of Burton’s un happy death was published in the dail papers, Pelton recoived through the mail an oblong blue envelope with a special delivery stamp on it. The ad- dress was written in much the same hand as that which appeared on Bur- ton’s promissory notes, only to an ex- port in chirography it would probably appear to have been penned by one sulfering from some unusual stress of mind. Within the envelope was Burton’s card, on which were written the word: “To cancel the debt. God bless you! John Burton,” And with it were found three accident insurance policies—two for $5,000 cach, and one for $1,000. Certainly $11,000 was adequate satis- faction for a debt of $i0,000 and one year’s unpaid interest; but whether it has been collected by the beneficiary or not, I do not know. The policies are void in case of sui- cide, naturally—suicide not being an accident. No one knows that John Bur- ton committed suicide; in fact every one, including the insurance companies, be- lieves that it was an unforeseen, unpre- meditated disaster all through; that is, every one believes it except Pelton. But he tries to be honest. He wants his money very badly. But that suicide clause! His indgna- far that once he 80 that the post- said the “Well, Maria,” sald Goggins, finish- ing his breakfast, *'I don’t have to go to the office today, so if you’ve got any lit- tle chores you want done just trot’em out,” and he rolled up his sleeves. *You women always make a mountain out of a mole hill, and grunt over noth- ing. Why, a man can do up all the work around a place in less than no time and think nothing of it. What shall [ begin at? Bring on your her- culenn tasks!” and he struck an atti- tude. “*How nice of you, dear!” said his wife. “You might break up those store boxes in the wood shed, and sharpen the hatchet and cut a little kindling. And then, dear, you can mend the coal box, ana carry up a couple of buckets of lumps for the kitchen.” Away he went, whistling like a lark, returning shortly triumphant. “There you ave, Mrs. (.-unz;,lns ?’ said he, ‘*done up to the queen’s taste.” And he sunk bick into an eusy chair and picked up the morning paper. *‘How good of you, dear,” cooed Mrs, G. “Now if you will just hang those pictures in the parlor nmj move the up- stairs bureau and take down the spare- room bed, and roll the lounge out into the hall, and empty the slop water, und beat the dining room carpet.” Goggins laid aown the paper slowly and no whistlo was heard us ho trudged up the stairs, Half an hour later upon the sofa with the air of a mar wr. *There, Mrs. Goggins;” said be, beustly carpot is boaten and I've just been working like a dog.” “Thanks, dear,” said she. with n vleased smile. *Now. won’t you nuil up the treilis and trim the grapes, snd tie up the vines, and transplant that seed- ling peach tree, and saw the dead limbs off “the Seckel pear, and cut off the suckers coming under the fence from Thompson’s plum troes, and sprinkle poison on the goosebercy bushes?’ Goggins eyed his wife with & stern, harsh glunce, stalked out into the ydrtl. muttering, and in a few moments the loud voice of an angry man using fanity flosted upon the spring breezes, mingled with the rasping sound of a snaggle-toothed saw and the mad thump of u furiously wielded spude. “Whore's my slippers and wrapper?”’ he demanded, stuggering into the house, somewhat later, and splattering per- spiration from his grimy brow. “I don't remomber just Whoro they are, dear,” tenderly said his wife, “*but | will gov them for you whils you finish the choves.” “l'luhh the chores!” howled Goggins, ? heaven's sake, madam, is there un)lhlng else to do?" “Oh, yes; lots, dear! he threw himsell There’s the dan- “What do you say, Frank?” Zeke | silenco botween the two men fora fow Ldununu and blue-johunnies and burdocks BRI o b e bringing his fist down upon the desk | “Ih*[oru | suggestod Pol- | sald ! and creditor | his unhappy creditor of the fact that the | ors, tho janitors, | W l'l I to cut out of the h'nun, and the sods tn | be set out in front of the house, and the backyard grass t§ cat, and hot water to be poured down the ant hills, and moss to pull out of the oracks in the walk, and | the old chicken, coop to tenr down, and, | x\nd e And?’ yelled Goggins, You don't mean to tell there is anything more to be around this 1 place?” W e've only got n good s the brick pavement to be pulled up from the old summor kitchen, and the walk to bé Iaid from the stable o the ashyard, and the dahlia bulbs to sot out and the pansy beds to spade, and | the chrysanthemum garden to weed and rake, and the ! “Go_on, goon terrible tone, ‘¢ in a/ me | done in a tor= oried Goggins, inumerate your “Gr flhv nlm\r there’s no need of ex- s just the ordinary spring ) h house needs puinting and the old lawn chairs and the sink neads n coat or twoy, and those sparrow nests under the eaves must be pulled down, and the looso lightning-rod nailed to the north chimney, and the potatoes to be picked over, and lime thrown in the cellur corner where the filter stands, and the coke bin to e straightened out for the hot weather, and, and—well, that’s all I can think of just now; but you go ahead and do these, and T will lhh\k of something more w hen you get done.’ “Oh, you will, will yoa?” fairly screamed Gogging, throwing a hassock out of the window. *“Mrs, Goggins, I've stood all I'm going to stand. 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This is not a “Pauper Law,” and the pecuniary circumstances of the soldier have no bearing upon his rights. If sufficiently disabled for manaal la®or, rich and poor ara entitled alike. By “manual” labor is meant hard or unskilled labor. Ability to perform skilled or pro- fessional labor has no effect upon a soldier’s rights. Send for question blanks to CLAIMS, 3 = | i BEE BUREAU OF 220 Bee Building, OMAHA, NEB. HE RIPANS TABULES regulate the stomach, liver and bowels, purify the blood, are pleasant to take, safe and always effectual. 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