Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 18, 1900, Page 9

SR AL 2R OR O O R O S I S S A A I . A MIDNIGHT RIDE : " . “ ° 3 By FREDERIC VAN RENSSELAER DEY ¢ . U807 000500005011 000:0°6:050065 658 (Copyright 8 MeClure & Co.) about the affair, f t sVt gus It was in Septemt au manner. 1 had known Moc nce By turprise found him § dejection. freshman year at college, and our friend yu-h & young phys ia of three or fou p had sin e that time, now things, for p was among the ock when 1 left Moore, | many thousands. Nevertheless he was 8o that | had four hours in whica to despondent and when | endeavored to laugh my preparations for the midnight ri him out of th n he b only 1 did, first by writing several letters an more morose anner was %o brusque enclosing them fn a big envelope, which I and h il mosylabic that at last placed conspicuously on the mantel in my 1 took offenso and roze t art. It was gleeping room. marked: ““To be opened and then that he deta lirections followed fn case I have not re “Pardon me, old ald, with more turned at 8 o'clock tomorrow eveulng cordlality thaa he anifested, “The Then I dated it, so (here might be no mis- fact i I'm in tro j0dy has got to take. After that I clothed myself in my help me out and 1 don't know which riding suit and boots, buckled my cartridge to turn. It is almost too much to ask of |belt and revolver around my body and I any friend.” was ready 1 dropped lack into my chair reassured It was then only 11 o'clock and 1 passed and after a moment of eflence asked as intervening time in writing more letter gently as 1 could for Mol serlousness had impressed me | ‘"How much is it, Marston strongly and although 1 could not even con- | He looked up quickly and there was a puz- | jecture what might happen, 1 was thoroughly rled expression on his face, then he laughed, imbued with the idea that the experien but it was a mirthless laugh after all of the night were not to be child's piay. In It fsn't that,” he said presently. [ wish | that I was correct | it wer Do you think that I would have | When the clock struck 12 I entered the | hesitated o apply to you if it were a ques- (stable. Moore was awalting me, impatiently [ tion of money. No; that Is the least of my |alashing boots with his riding whip worrles. It is something of far more in You are fifteen minutes late, Ferguson portance than that. It is-but [ cannot put It is exactly 12" 1 responded In ast you to such a severe test of friendship, old |ishment, producing my watch in proof of fellow.' the statement. I am right on the minute." | ““Come, come,” T exclaimed, my curiosity | *“Are you?'—ironically—"I thought 1 said aroused and also resenting the idea that he EVERY RUSE WHICH THE HUMAN INDUEE "ME MI TO should consider any test of my friendship for him too great for me to stand. “If there | 15 anything in the world that I can do for you, Marston, you well know that I will be only too glad to do it. Out with it now; | what is the matter?" [ “I cannot tell you all of the horrible story,” he replied with marked hesitation ! “1f you are willing to go with me you will have to wait until we arrive before you hear all there is to tell.” “Arrive where?" I demanded “That also is out of my power to state, he responded, “for 1 do not yet know my- | selt.” Then he sprang from his chair and with rapid strides crossed and recrossed the room several times, at last pausing directly | in front of with feet wide apart and hands thrust deep into his trousers pockets Yor he regarded me so intense that involuntarily 1 turned my eyes away. It was then that he continued ‘Look here, Ferguson,” he said, “if you roally m that will stand by me through this thing you will have to go into a moment with a gaze it blindly. 1t s not that 1 lack confidence in you that 1 do not tell—-you know that or should—it Is because, now, I cannot be moro explieit.” Al ht; 1'll go it blind, then,” T sald trying to laugh, and muking a miscrable failure of it. “You would do it for me if the positions were reversed.” “I am not so sure of that, knowing what 1 do" he half soliloquized. “It's a great deal to ask of any man, especially one's best friend. No, Ferguson, [ do uot think that T should accept your offer. 1'll see the thing through alone, let the consequences te what they may “I'll be blowed if you will," T ejaculated, | getting upon my feet also and facing him | where he stood. “If you are going into any | danger where 1 can be of service or where | 1 can belp you through, I'm going to do it 1 don't care a rap what it is. You necdn't | tell me another word, now or ever, it you don’t want to, but go with you I will, and it you still refuse, so help me, Il tramp up some charge and have you arrested so that | you cannot go yourself. Now, don’t have any moro words about it, but tell me at| once what 1 am to do You're a trump, too, Ferguson!" he ex claimed, seizing me by the hand and shak ing it heartily, and 1 noticed that his eyes brightened percoptibly as he did so. *It 15 worth while hay ich a friend as you are in an extremity like this one, and I will take you at y rd. Al that I can #ay now is this: I must leave here tonight at midnight, and I have an ntment to keep bevond the city limits, but the exact location of the place where I am to meet the parties who expect me has not yet been fixed upon. In fact, I will not know about it until shortly before the time to start We will have to go on horseback, and God alone knows when we will return, it we ever do. Are you still determined to ac- company me “More than ever.” “Very well. Meet me, then, at Landis stables exactly at 12 o'clock tonfght. 1 will have two good horses in readiness, See that you are well armed, Forguson. A palr of ‘forty-fours' may come in handy befc we see the sun of another day—if we are fortunate enough ever to do so."* 1 clasped his band silently, and in si lonce loft him. 1 was greatly perturbed Horsford's Acid Phosphate For Dyspepsia. Strengthens the stomach, assists di- gestion, relieves distress and the feel~ ing of exhaustion and dizziness. Genuine bears name Hoxsroxn's on wrapper, a quarter of ND COULD CONCEIVE WAS FORCED TO DESERT MOORE. — | “No, you said ‘exactly at 12;' those are your own words, “Well, never mind; you are here now, anyway," and he swung himself into the | saddel, struck his horse a smart clip with the whip and dashed into the darkness. 1 was after him on the instant, but did| not overtake him until at it teenth street, where he held up and waited | for u “We turn here the way along the Blue river we were he said briefly, and led | that tharoughfare towards | valley. 1 endeavored to get near enough to converse with him, but for some reason 1 could not succeed. Either his horse was unusually fractious, or surreptiti- ously Moore kept him excited with the spur All the way to the river bottom he kept a little ahead of me, and quite to one side, 8o | that there was no opportunity for conves sation. Down at the very point where Fif- teenth street crosses the bottom he halted | and for the first time seemed disposed talk “We turn south here, Ferguson,” he said, “and we will have o pick our way. It is| rather dark, but I think I can find the | place.” “Then to you know going?" 1 asked “Yes. There is an old house a mile or | 0 below here. T am going there. Arc your pistols all right? “Yes," 1 replied “There is an old railroad grade some- where here. It has been abandoned for | rs, but If 1 can locate it we can follow | along the top of it. It will be easier than forcing onr way (hrough the brush. Keep | your eyes peeled now and look out that now where you are LL BE BLOWED IF YOU WILL." | you are not brushed off your horse by a| low hanging limb, and above all, Ferguson, don't talk Let us move along as silently as possible Ho led the way and I followed, although as we dived deeper into the woods it soon became difficult to see him, but | knew that | my ho would follow his unerringly. so | abandoned the effort to gulde him. It seemed to me that we traveled in that man er more than an hour, though 1 now know it was not so long by far; then we turned down the bank of the old grade, crossed a swampy stretch where the grass grew high that it caught in my spurs, and pres ently began the ascent of a steep though short hill and at the top emerged from the woods, but found ourselves at the margin of a wilderness of bushes that were not quite &s high as our heads as we sat upon our horses. Coming from the gloom of the forest behind us the starlit sky there was | I no moon—made it seem quite light, Before for I fancied that I recoguized it—"it is|ay 1642, 200 or 4 away, dark forbidding. he and for some reason th whole thing seut an in through me While 1 w Moore halter of it, he We will have Fergusor w mu and follow me I acted as hastily as 1 was already I hastened eral pa him you had better I managed ertake nk Marst a little now per; bu reply 1 rece sharp ' and somewhat offended 1 we on after that, silently and dogge resolve that 1 would not ask another question, matter what happened As we drew nearer to the house I saw tha we were behind it. There was no sign of 1if isible. Indeed, trom appearances, 1 decide that the place had been deserted a long time perbaps years, Moore, however, seemed t know where he was going and he led me b a detour around the house o that we finally approached it from the fre st betore we 1 from the conceal stepy bushes to a frieid's hand bim whisper and do ex safety ment of the my proach the door felt upon Follow say. A g upon heard very as 1 depend losely feal Then ho We stepped upon th lently could, but it A dismally be Then of uctly our may ahead as we de ath pr platc panel had pre stralned knock ite our effort cre Moore wit ham of the eded his a woight the butt loud! to my su hi n one of 100! After the & that seemed made mile my by the noise heard fact no im pre ham| louder than before, and the be repeated the third time anything 1ike a resp: th ing might have 0 Notwithstanding th ently ered wi Moore response, an thm again, thi before ther se. Then from t the door a masculine volce inquired there Marston yon is Moore in a loud tone. Alone “No replied my was the second query accompanied by a friend There followed a momen then the voice beyond “Why told t trangers here of silence, anc the door said alone fsn't you know t n't you ¢ There T th breath a tone shouted ‘Open that door in, and it won't either. Open There was ught 1 heard Moore but I was not which there was door swung slowly back on fts I leaving a space of impenetrable blackne There us in its place. buman had was not a of whe door sign man the being spoken to to The behind seen. from had disappeared—or, rather, he did not ap- pear at all Moore immediately passed through the aperture Into the darkness, and disap peared, but a second later 1 heard his votce. | “Come on, Ferguson,” he said, “it's all EM \J right.” m—— 1 followed without hesitation, but T had | ST o scarcely passed the threshold when strong arms seized and pinfoned me from behind a blanket was thrown over my head and be fore I could do anything to resist the at tack, 1 was dragged to the floor and by many hands held helpless while other bound me. Notwithstanding the struggle in which I was engaged, I that there was another one near me, I believed that Moore had in the same manner. “Fools that we were. I thought, “to enter that dark corridor as we had done without first taking precau tions to avoid exactly the thing that happened I called aloud to Moore, but received no of reply; except for the deep breathing the men near me, the silence was absolute. As soon as 1 1 80 that there was no chance for me to escape, my cap tors raised me from the floor and bore me was bo away. | knew that they carried me tc the second floor of the building, and presently 1 was taken into a large room where there was a fire, and in the din light 1 could see that the men who hac assaulted me were garbed in the now well known livery of ““white caps.” 1 realized that there would be little or ne They placed me upon my back on the floor tkerchiet and the next instant a thick ha of black silk was bandaged around my head effectually blindtolding me DAILY the immons had to “Who companion (4 * * * J * * * * * * * * * & * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * : 2 ) * | Co 4 ' o as you were | (@ any room for | dg at.'’ | wear under hi * sure; and then, in | €@ ) 1o mistaking, he | P Madgley, or I'll kick it |' €@ i1, fan cpanitt auickin: |G another short interval of si-| (@ lence, and then, rather to my surprise, the | g * * * * * * 4 was conscious and been attacked had BEE ATURDAY AUGUST J000 1 number of votes A e eNORONINOT o 1 Name of Number. .. Composet.. . .vvvie as a special request certs. Bring or mail A. HOSPE t NI RIIEYEY RS Y KBS 03 R4 24 R4 ) with unmixed pleasure that I announce the | completion of your trials and suffering. You have been tried in the balance and have not been found wanting in the virtues which wo require of all candidates. Whoever en- | ters here must possess ail the qualities o | which are expressed by the word ‘Friend,' which is the most abused and traduced word in onr language. Faroughout all the tests that have been applied to you, you | have been steadfast, loyal and true. What more can one friend ask of another? You were willing, at the request of Mr. Moore, to go blindly into unknown dangers, con- tent to await an explanation until he chose to grant onme, and you have found here many who stand ready at any moment to perform the same service for you. And now, after some further initiation and in- struction, you will have hecome a member ol of the most order in the world »|and the most magnificent. Even its true 1/ pame is neve ntioned—never uttered 1| aloud. Mr. Moore will remove the bandage ' | from your eyes and cut the cords that bind | 1| you. After he has craved your pardon for the imposition he has practiced upon you you will be instructed in the mysteries > | of this sacred order.” | secret that he suys would certainly have prove fatal before a phyeician could have reached him. He was cured by Chamberlain's Colle, | Chotera and Diarrhoea Remedy before the A moment later Omana MusicaL FestivaL Coupon One Vote for program of the Beilstedt Band Con- , Chairman, 1513 Douglas St., Omaha. eNeNONOINOHONOI NIRRT NONOY will be selected, [ K2 E3 K2 B4 K4 Ld number for the this coupon to CHONOEININOIROINOINOIN ORI OR * CIVILIZING OF J0 WING FONG Became a “‘Melican” Man in Earnest and Proved It by His Works, GOOD STORY TOLD BY A FREMONT MAN Only Chinaman of the Nebraska Town Hecomes a Naturalized American —Votes for James A. Garfield and “Lepublican Ticket Can a Chinaman ever be civilized?” asked the New York man in a gefferal way after the little group in the Broadway hotel had discussed the situation in China on the basis of every rumor that could be remem “He can,” said, the man from Fremont Neb., confidently; ‘‘he was." The others waited in the questioning s lence that follows so bold and unexplained a declaration and finally the Fremout mau | use in asking questions and remained eii S 1L Rl WAk T gkt tal) ihe| TSNS ent; nor not one of my captors uttered a |post. but T cannot “When he came to Fremont in 1577 he B (The End) | called himself Wing Fong and wore blue :‘I‘x:r::m::d N.‘f’;..:,’w::mr4;‘.,,?1""( ‘::u il A Close Ta | burlap clothes and a pigtail. Inside of . i oYer | - Hanry Fhinns bail an attack of colle) YeAT,He BAQ prefixsd .ot to hiNiDAMS Bc cut his hair and his clothes were the latest Fremont style. 1 was county clerk in 1850, The town was more or less torn up over the presidential campaign and Jo got to going {1t strong for ‘Glafiel’ and—well, I wouldn't NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGOMACMACA AL M AL M) “By Special Request” i In order to be sure to include in the Bellstedt concert musical programs the favorite numbers, every one may vote for his choice by cutting out the coupon which will appear in the paper every day until Sep- tember 3d, The most popular selections will be played at The Bellstedt Band Concert One selection will be played at each of the evening concerts as a "special request number", making 28 piecesin all. The 28 pieces receiving the largest 0.0.6,0,80,0.0.,.0,0,0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0,0,0,0,0 | Sep BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW. A Book of 20 tickets will be sold for $5.00 until September 3rd, Buy now and Save $2.00 After Sept, 3rd tickets will be 35c¢, For sale by LATENTEN A. Hospe 1. Sanborn Aloe Penfold « Stephens & Smith, Nicoll The Taflor, West Union Telegraph Co., Commerctal Club, r. Wilhelmy & 0., Bee Publishing Co., World-Herald, Omaha News, H B. Graham, Clement Chase, Hor Grand Hotel, Crissey's Pharmacy, John B. ¢ K. 1. Howell, Myers.Dilion Drig ( Hahn's Pharmacy, Sherman & MeConnell Drug Cc SOUTH OMANA, C. A sir, 24th and N Street; Max Foote, 2404 N Street; Scott, 419 North 2ith Street Qut-of-town purchasers will be supplied by mailing money orders to GEO. W. HOOBLER, Chairman, Bee Building, Omaha, g Omaha Musical Festival ,0.0.0.0.0.0.0 on a table till everybody stopped business and waited * ‘Hullah Jo Wing F ng | vote lepublican ticket stlaight all a tim he cried. ‘My tleat. Ev'lyb “They all cheered him and drank with him and he sang ‘Lankee Doodle, and was & great night for Fremont and China. it Fire Department. “Some days after this Jo took it into his head that to still further carry out his plan of becoming a ‘Melican man’ he ought join the fire department, he went around to the engine house (hand engine), and found the man that polished the brass and ook ¢ of the hook and ladder, and made his application. The man told him all right and in a week or so Jo astonished the pativés by marching down street in the | which red shirt and white cotton gloves constituted the main portion of a Fremont fireman’s uniform, In those days the town had one fire bell hat had been discarded It was an anclent ringer by a church because it was cracked mounted at the like the pedestal of Liberty in the harbor here and the rope hung down almost to the ground where even a child could reach it T of course, that who discovered a fire should rush to the bell and give the alarm “One night about 10 o'clock that bell be. gan ringing as though it had just heard of the Chicago fire. There was no tolling to it, but just ‘cling-clang-cling-clang,’ like the bells on a city ambulance. tof the town tumbled out of bed and came rushing to the place. There they saw Jo Wing Fong plan was pulling the rope frantically and yelling like | a demon *‘Where's the fire, Jo?' less chorus. “‘Afn’ no flia," said the Chinaman, drop- ping the bell rope. ‘Stlange man beatee me out two bit laundry bill; lun away like devil I lingee bell, callee p'lice allee samce Mel- “Well, 10 o'clock was pretty late at night : | doctor arrived. Mr. Phipps is a well known [Laera ibm Jeate $he- oo wud 1-Knsw ST AT ; | attempt to tell you how he pronounced tha was alone, cit o eckly o . . ’ v I . : = - Arthur,’ with all its r's. At any rate, he Nearly an hour passed before 1 agaln OUT OF THE ORDINARY, strolled into my office one day and sald heard a sound, and then it was the stealthy | "WiMe want votee Glafiel, savee? Makee trend of many feet passing near me until | hn J. Tanner of Brighton .\111‘1\‘ 132 3 | ine Melican man allee same. 1 gotec tlee ceme 2 s of hearing | heard elght feet long. He I8 ‘only five feet 3 . 5;ap0mmed. to MY AN | sense of hearing | liard SR TS ST Guiles of Ortonville, | dolla; you makee me Melican man. as if 1 was in the center of a group that ||y wame state, has whiskers seven feet [+ 'On,’ I sald, ‘you want to be natural- had formed around me. Then I was startled | lon, T ducline to enter the museums. | 1 ooor y deep voice nea e, ald dchoes of he mes before the war & ' " " by \‘h_l st sl Whish sald | aehii e afnally mane themaelves henrd Allee same, allight,’ he sald; ‘bully fo | {can man. > he erguton, you may thank | [, G fheue comnaratively remote days. |lou. You glmme lecelpt can vote, I give you yourself alone for the incouvenience to|Tiicinda Tavlor, who was once one of the | yeq dolla.’ which we have been compelled to put you We had reasons for desiring the presence of your companion but we have nothing to | sinves of Heary Clay, has been sent to the | eity infirmary of Cincinnati floating trip down th 4 hospital which harbor with a has o “Jo was the only Chinaman in town and everybody humored him. 1 got him a na- turalization application blank and he signed | the hoseman did spray the to be rung out of bed in Fremont by a fool Chinaman, but som in the crowd Jaughed and that's how it ended, except that Melican man’ a ody 3d to 30th. $,.9.90.0.0.0.0.0.0.0 top of a scaffolding shaped | the fellow | came in a breath- | o VAV VNVVNVVVVL VNV DOOOOOOOOOCR DOOY L ) tember Neb. L/ AANINANR) SEARLES & SEARLES OMAHA. 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If you are willing to e i nitaren. “8oms | S I €O et some weal- | littlo as he trotted Aruvely down the sireet return as you came and to pledge yourselt | {f the patlents are taken b the GAX O3 | ing wax on it and stamped it. ‘Never mind | and called out to him to iron himself as soon | to absolute secrecy regarding all that has | mitted to remain on the vessel constantly | the money, Jo,' I sald, ‘this Is a free coun- | as he got to his laundry BUFFET I.IBH“RY GARS happened tonfght, there is no reason why [until eured, e e e Rl we should detain you dyard Kipling sald at the inquiry in| =, 4 A “Where Is Moore? I demanded. *Cer. ndon that the' hospital conditions in | Bush Ml waid 39, 'you diop 1o launly The next step in the civilization was his % ? taint T g willlbE la a0 Atl T agutll| Mot trlis male LFHUARSANIA LR UMM e iR0c R Ao il [ romanice. His laundry was next door to the Best Dining Car Setvice you must remember that I came here with | them. That ts ifke the nominating oratot| #Me Lepubliean Allee New York hotel, and among the help there | Marston Moore. If I return as I came I re- | [0 SAYE: “You ull Know ARle M Col-| “Atter this Jo Wing Fong became the | was Bridget 0'Dooliban, or words to that | ———————"— - — turn with him." aRout Him £ | chief object of interest in Fremont. Of | effect, with pink cheeks, blue eyes, towsley | 14 b “In this case you will have to return with- | It is the Jaw in Maine that the bounty for | course everybody heard that he had been |hair and a plarncy. She hegan by using the THE CARE OF THE HAIR out him,” was the stern reply [ hears shail be paid when the animl s 098¢ | ‘naturalized.’ The democrats tried to con- [ blarncy on Jo, and then she went further | {houid be ol interentto every woman 1 ray oo “Then 1'll give you no pledge of secrecy | mumko LY oihibited T ernriuing | vert him to Hancock, but he sald ‘me lepub- | and used here eyes, and finally she }(‘mmwvl] o'y e fetdd and you know that would ot keep it sportsmen living near the borders ¢ the | ljcan allee time,’ and he was Germa to mar him. 1 don't suppose there wa : I made one hat I would not keep it it | YRETTL gut's double bounty by collect friend of his named Schrager v..\n.:m“;, 1‘: ever a lover, native or foreign-born, who The |mpfl"al"fl.l negflflflmmr ¥ ing on the noses in one state and on the 1 18 tho acknopledged STANDARD HATTY This 1s a serious matter, Mr. Ferguson: | cats in the other | ‘Yankee Doodle' and the ‘Star Spangled | took himself more seriously than Jo did at CortRINTor the ueo ” 1t 1s caniy” ap you had better think tw before you de Prof. Stuart of the University of Sydney, | Banner,' and he used to sing them in a | this decidedly American turn in his affairs plied, mi "“m}','f"., 1 cide. Our business with Moore is our own | AUStra has mit ": ‘*‘:’{l“l‘l | volce like a Chinese fiddle at republican | When he sprinkled water on his washing H Corresponduiice confidential aficic and his. He knew what he had to | LF i ony poo o8 o R4 fiax | ratification meetings to the great joy of him- | through his teeth he looked as solemn as lmperial Chem, Mig.Co.,22 .24 51 Ne expect before came here and he knew cessfully inserted tb proper | gelt and all the rest | one of the fountain lions that sends a bi | Sold by drugglsts and halr Ircssers. 5, Just what dangers threatened you if he | 2144¢: The Inrymx caf b 'j*-;“;““‘“'\ It was something to make you laugh or | stream from its iron lips, and the minute | | brought you with him. He acted the part | tralto or bass at the will of the owner | ery, you don't exactly know which, to see | anybody tried to joke with him he'd Jook | of & coward iu doing so and if you will The massive gold 1 presented to the [him on a front seat at one of these meet- | pained and turn awa heed good advice you will have nothing more | ¢I1¥ 0f Dublin by Quecs (Victorla In com. | ings, his face as keen as that of a pointer | “He got some remarkable ideas ubout the | to do with him o o 1) olincen and stands | 408 ‘standing' a prairie chicken, waiting |duty which be and Bridget owed to Fremo at | What have you done with him?" was all | two otk s’ IR Relaht.” "The | for a chance to applaud. At the faintest |society. One day my wife heard a knock | the reply 1 mad. |3 is of black marble inlald with|sign of a cheer or a hand clap Jo would | While at work in'the kitchen, and when she | vice, etc., of Dr. I} J. Kay, Suratogs, N, ¥ “We have done with him fust exactly as | 5on inio SEi lectmterences. of ‘the | turn in and stamp his feet and beat his |opened the door there stood Jo and his| we now propose to do with you, for I gee | rim three fect bands together and yell ‘hullah’ till he | fancee. Jo explained what every gossip in | *= — that you are incorrigible. Pick him uy A broker in New York I"\"llql @ brother | was black in the face. Of course he never 1!1)\\(‘ knew (with no offense to my wife, you | ded wife' until the justice had repeated tho boys. It is a waste of breath to argue wing | U oKCT & T Which was o slolation of 4% | understood a word of the speech, but no- | understand), that he and Bridget were (0 be | words in the place indicated him |k mnosed. by _the qu De- | body who watched him would doubt for a | married. He sald he thought that, being| *“The happy couple went to live in the rear It 1 should attempt to describe the ex-|f°T 3 ‘n\,“rf A 17| minuto that he'd be glad to die for the | engaged to him she ought to have a qulet | of the laundry, and that ended « N perlences through which I passed during | e, e bith membors, | speaker. Nights when the republicans had | place in some nice, respectable fumily. For | tion of Jo Wing Fong « he finishing the ens hour and a half credulity would | A for ¢ r and 1B for provoking | torchlight processions Jo pranced along in | this reason he was going to take her around | touch he taxed to the utmost, but it artats | F Lo usath R b | the front ranks and his face shone out as |to his ‘Melican lady flin's’ and see what The Fremont man ha W pretty tact at every ruse which the ingenuity of the hu e test Sthdien of Pl | happy as that of an angel when the un-|could be done | ina ‘aitastive it endica Dalisedlines man mind could conceive was forced upon the rth year, 'ic are | steady gleams of the kerosene torches gave What's your opinion of the matter? my [ After a moment's silence son K me to induce me In some way to deser 1 dreqmg before the age of | you a good slght of it wife inquired of Bridget “And what was the finishi uch Moore or to deny him. As th emony onclden I Tt 4t which | “On election day Jo got up at & in the | I think the mon's right,' she replied. | “well, 1 moved awa 4 A progressed—and before the proceedin Aked people dream less frequently | morning and went over to wake Schrager | ‘The hotel's no place fer the likes o' me | ghortly after the wedding and didn't sce Jo | bad ocupled ove an hour, I had 1de and lesa vividly thian r“»u‘ Young \\]\\‘”n' “3.\1» to go and vote. Schrager wouldn't get | wid every one knowin' I'm about to marry | Wing Foug again for two ye Then one that It was a ceremony of some k s A e (han those of men. |up then and Jo sat on the porch three|wid this young haythen' and she slyly | day as | was returuiug to town I R dawned upon me, dimly at first, and then| That somewhat prevalent slang term, [hours and walted for him. After they had | pinched his arm | on & train. Silhths foids of chriainte tat 1 i \ « “alleged 1o be at least re’|yoted Jo locked up his laundry, went to the | it was arranged that Bridget should | How are you, Jo,' 1 I sottled dergoing some sort of initiation, what it | SPeotable dn age. dohn Adame in his 4T&L- | livery stable, hired a horse and buggy and | come to work for us, and there she stayed | in the seat with bim. 11 | was ! could uot determine. The real truth | trial for murder because of complicity in |drove about all day. He had on a pair of | till they were married by a justice of the |how's Mrs. Jo Aid pot once oceur to me the “'Boston massacre,” mentlons the word | pright low dogskin gloves and held his | peace In our sitting room. There was no Jo lgnored eve I the refe P AU Inst, with the bandage stlll over my | |1 5L, A8 006 OF the epithets applied bY | roins up right under his chin, It was the | kink in the ceremony, except that when the | to his wife. ‘Bl light,! he diat eyes, 1 heard these word | word “lobster as applied to a soldier has [only time anybody in Fremont ever saw |justice sal Do you Jo Wing Fong” Jo|proudly. ‘Me getee de pay e " My friend."—and the volce startled me, | lieen shown Ly u Hostoplan interested 4. | him drive a horse. In the evening he went | interrupted with ‘Melican man' and pos- | dolla’ month alimony, allee samco Melican O-REYS YARR WA - into the biggest saloon in town and pounuuu[ itively refused to ‘take Bridget for bis wed- | mun. "