Crawfordsville Daily Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 2 May 1891 — Page 2

VIII. •COLLISIONS AND SIONS.

COLLU

By NELL NELSON. Illustrated by MrsJE8SIE CURTIS SHEPAED

"Oh! how pood the tiro feoli," kiM Miss Drown, ius .-he riil iiy oh the soft Persian rug and presented her left shoulder to tin,' open grate.

Slio lay with her elbows oil the floor, her chin in her hands and her feet crossed, purriim like some regenerated cat as she toasted herself a bright scarlet. "Oil! how s(ir' fW®e,"'she repeated, gazing into the gK.wteg 'als through the iron bars of the grail and rwrussins her neatly slippered teet. "The best fire tliat ever blazed, Lf I ever get a home of my own I'll have a grate in every room and a roaring fire in every grate nine months in the year. If there was nothing else in life'but hot coffee, hot water and a hot tire it would still be worth living. "Cotfee is the best thing that ever wont, down a human throat. I know of no sensation to compare wirli a hot bath, which is a purification, a solace and a benediction, while a grate fire, with a soft rug to lie on. is company, comfort and consolation. There's history in the burning coals, and there mnst be inspiration, only I haven't brains enough to jierceive it. "The present lies in the white heat. There's that Doctor of Devils grinning at me there's poor little Edna there's the crazy painter, and leaning against the brick is Mr. Crawford, scarcely able to support himself. "The embers of remembrance in their dying glow picture the past, and there's one fact that never fades. I see it in the lushes after the last spark goes out, and I shall see it in the

coffin

ljj

fu_

neral. and in my grave when I'm buried. God help her to forgive me:" and rolling o\ er on her 1 Kick she olasjied her hand.? and raised them in supplicating appeal above ij.-r burning face. tint then the door of her room opened noiselessly and I)r. ,*u-- in, in slippers and lonnge coat, entered, and takin cigarette from his lips stood for uient vratehing h-r.

A shudder ran through her bod v. an' exeiwivt! quivering agitated her eyjlids. 1 Her eyeballs moved convulsively, and quickly turning her face as close to the I tire as the brass fender would she .-aid by way of you. is it?" "You have said it. my dear Martha, and if you don mind I'll finish mv cigarette here. Damnation can have little terr.-i:-for you. bv the wav." ,*'"IIow do you know-"

permit

recognition, "It's

1'IH hnre miid (t, /,„ Ma+tha."

Becan.-e you can stand such an infernal lot of heat. I've seen something of lite and people, but I never met a creature without feathers or fur who could stand much roitsiing as you can and not get scorched. Do vou know, I sometimes think l.hat you lived in Hades before you came to earth, for you are certainly the most fireproof young woman in my time."

Mi-is Brown rose to a sitting posture, straightened out her skirts, threw one corner of the tine rug over her feet and knee.,, and lying down again turned her eye., to the fire and covered her face with her arm to shut out the demon that ma«le )n*r soul writhe.

Miss Brown slowly raised herself, rubbed b'-r eyes with both hands, and wuhoitlca'Aig at him asked, "In what way':" "In Qw«ssre old way." "Xo. fjn.dune all I intend to do'in the same old way!' When I leave this house I leave your servico for good, have

(ireat 5omposit^ jfovel.

THE JOINT WORK OF

W. H. Ballou, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Maj. Alfred C. Calhoun, Alan Dale, Howe & Hummel, Pauline Hall, Inspector Byrnes,

John L. Sullivan,

Nell Nelson, Mary Eastlake, P. T. Barnum. Bill Nvaand 1 tell you Ila sick of It, and, in tend to quit." "You're never so good looki 21 irtha, when yon reflect the fire yor. absorb. lf you were my wifo I'd keep you angry all the time. Conscience? liah:. the tiling went out of stylo before vou were out of bibs. It's indigestion that's bothering you. I'll mix you a powder when 1 go to my room.

"Now, Miss Crawford is expected in San Francisco Monday evening. Sho will stay at a private house, the name and number of which I will give you, and I want you to go to her with a letter her father has written and look after her. I am determined to marry her and you can help me." "And what if I refuse?"

I'm determined that you will not re-

"Does it occur to you that I douce sufficient to convict dei*:'" ""Who ever heard of an accomplice hanging arid an adept scoundrel who has won success as tliief, bigamist, forgerer and blackmailer escaping judgment? There was profit in .Mrs. Crawford's deatu, and you know who got her fortune and what became of her projjertv." "Hold vour tongue, you jade. Your wages \vill depend upon the success of I your dream to-morrow morning. Wo giy up th**se (juarters this week without fail, and 011 second thought it will be I better to have you travel with us as nurse or companion, or secretary to Mr

Crawford. "To

have you,

gaze

Without heeding lier silence Watson hlew out some delicate rings of smoke. "I wish you were not so prudish," he fitid. "I like the lace ruillesof your skirt better than that rug. They remind me .of the girl I married in Chicago." "That vras your third wife, wasn't it? she said venomously. "Well, really, Mattio, to tell you the truth, I don remember her number, but now that you betray .some evidence of rationalism, I h.-ive a little matter to talk about that will interest you. our truant mistress hitri gone west, and to-morrow, it possible, we will tako the same route. I have given old Mortality a powder to make him sleep for tho next fifteen hours, ami if you haveany packing to do you needn't "bo afraid of disturbing him. \ou have been very useful assistant'! Martha, and can make yourself indispensable to now if you want to."

fuse. and the sooner you understand that derstand the whims of woman and her the better. Do you hear what I am say- aversion to quiet weddings. ing? Look at me:" "And then the nonsense of paving "Let me go!" tribute to her intuition! I'll swear "that "Answer me first." iI haven't made love to her, and I know

Unable to move a muscle under his

was conscious of it, for she raised her 'lnrt 'ler

left hand to brush it away, and as she

the morning that you had a dream, that

you saw Edna on a sick bed, neglected

and alone. Tell him you saw her,

she buried her face in her hands as if to shut, out a vision too horrible to contemplate. "I am willing and all that, Dr. Watbut I know I can't help vou and it's no use sending me. Miss Edna does not trust me. She dreads me and I fear her 1 can't look into her face, and have not been able to meet her eves since the night I made her mother use vour vinaigrette. "Asleep or awake it's all the same, and the oliler tile daughter grows the stronger becomes the resemblance to her mother. It is wasted time: I can't stay with her or near her. and I won't try. I will go to California with the letter, if that will do you any good, but there enough in America service." ."'And that is final

a!son.

mo-

Not a sound was made nor a svllable uttered, lmt Miss Brown felt the pres-i enee of the hyimoti.-t iii an instant.

have evi-

you of mur-

a\e ou the trouble of planning

an escape I might as well tell you that I Iaid a private detective to watch and that I am determined to have your assistance. So good night, dear. (jet as much rest as you can, for it's a long, weary run from here to 'Frisco

Banker Hartman's house in Stuyvesant

square was as gay as a palace for a coro-

nation. Incandescent lanterns hung in the branches of the trees, flooded the: scene below with soft light, and wo\e ,i delicate tapestry of skeleton leaves and graceful branches over pavement, street and wall. From curbstone to doorstep stretched carpet anil canopy, one hung with little chamber lanterns, from the jewels of which the light streamed in soft splendor, and the other hedged with date and fan palms.

White liveried grooms stood at the I carriage step to assist the wedding guests, and in the vestibule and alon" the stitirca.se were servants of mscrut-i-bio face and faultless dress, each with a single phnise to deliver by way of direction to the bewildered company.

The air was redolent with the breath of roses, and up from an arbor of palm and oleander floated the light strains of mandolins, flutes and harp, rapturous as love itself.

Xewel jjosts and balustrades were twined with roses and rosemary window seats and mantelshelves were cushioned with violets

?l?o,US, '''en ""1

you me

eii'mgh on mv conscience now to 11 keep me as wide awake as the Maobeths

ed puest chambers sat the painter in the attitudo of penitent, desolate as a lighthouse, for he had locked tho door and given orders not to be disturbed. The marriage was sot for 7 o'clock, and' the neighborhood abounded in belfry clocks. He had his gloves on and the ring in his pocket and ho was listening I for the knell, "Confound it, any way. Why should

care?" ho muttered, rising abruptly and beginning to pace the floor. "It's tho woman in me. Men marry nurses and housekeepers and influence every day in tho week, and I can nmno at feast five fellows in the club who have married for mere social position. This thing of lovo is an involuntary sort of a sensation, any way, and as for swearing to keep it up, it's all balderdash for a fellow can no more hate all his life than ho can fove. I'm in love with that small, brown eyed musician, yet I wouldn't marry her if 1 could: but 1 mean to find her and know her and use her as an ideal, if I have to sell my immortal soul. "Lena is a good, wholesome girl, ample everything but imagination, amiable and lenient, and she loves me, poor child, with her whole soul. Ah, well, the least I can do is to treat her decently! And I wish to gracious this ordeal is over with. "My idea in hurrying the thing was to escape the gaping mob, and the sen-ant at the door told me he had counted one hundred and twenty. I never could un-

for

gnp Miss Brown felt her senses reeling three times. She thinks she loves, and beneath his hideous gaze and for an in-

stant was overpowered. thinks slio thinks, which is equivalent The doctor gave her arm a sudden

certainty that I haven't kissed her

8'10

thinks she has a heart, and she

t'le

twist that brought the girl to her feet, Lena Hartman, buxom, blonde and 1 hen fixing his black, beady eyes on her,' ^vann blooded, belonged to that vast army of women that thrives best on neglect. She loved Henry Henshall because she feared him. you had called her silly when she attempted to be playful, made fun of her

and looking steadily at her trembling lids till she raised her eyes to his face, he said clearly and decidedly: "You will do as 1 tell vou? Say •will?"

A shade 'passed across the pale face of Oleories,

tlie governess. It was there an instant

and gone in an instant, but Miss Brown

demonstration of an absurdity."

aU(l

art*-st'c n«d

dida't-

will find the

and daffodils gor-

cllr'san-

Tho alcove off the music room had been turned into a nuptial bower. An umbrella of white buds roofed the inclosure, the walls were tapestried with pink roses, and just within tho floral gates stood a prie-dieu of carved ivory and golden satin, where Ilenrv Henshall would kneel with his bride" to roceivo he nuptial benediction.

Ud in one of the sumptuously appoint-

referred to her as dull, iu-

shallow pitted.

He tease1

her unmercifully, but what

was tlle

w'ien 6'10

did so gasped, es," and tore awav the lace from her throat. Coaxing was not in the painter's tac"Now you are reasonable. Sit down "cs', He could have soothed her with a and listen to me. Tell Mr. Crawford in

como-to-}'°""

mother— Wliat the devil ails vou?" Inadvertently Henry was training his "Don't say any more, for heaven's ^or future success. Women are as sake! I know what to tell him," and

isn money

to keep me in her

is it?

indifference he showed

pouted, expecting to be

hnm* clnsP

he cared to do so, but he

antl

deified

ignoring her moods he

himself to a "whistle-and-ril-

stitte of importance,

ea-"i''-v

spoiled as children, and once indulged they twine a man about their fingers or play doormat with him, as tho

humor suits. the stinting of grain and grass that gives the thoroughbred beauty and go and just in proportion to the checking and stinting of his affection will a man hold and enslave the woman who is in lovo with him. The velvet glove is very soothing to the touch, but a woman wants to know that there's an iron grin under it.

Henry Henshall counted the belfry strokes and waited for the resounding tones to die away before unlocking the door.

In the hall, on his way to the bridal

chamber, lie met Banker Hartman going to signal the leader of the orchestra for the march. "Ah, old man glad to see vou! IIow are your knees? Shall I get you a drink of something?" "Xo, thank vou I'm all right. Where's Lena?" "Dear Henry, how do I look? veil on straight? I'm awfully Are .vou?"

Is my

nervous.

The pale faced bridegroom was spared the effort of response bv a burst of melody that came from the fifty strings hidden away in some place overhead, and offering his arm to the goddess iii satin and pearled tulle he led her down the broad staircase, along the rose trellised hall, through the orchid scented drawing room and into the floral bower.

In the gateway stood the venerable clergyman, book in hand, straight as a sentinel and bright as a January rose.

The sweet strains of "Oberon" came from tho pleading, sobbing violins. In six minutes by the watch of Broker Henshall his son was a husband, and at 0 o'clock the following evening Mr. and Mrs. Henry Henshall, Mrs. Smith. Mr. Crawford, Dr. Watson and Miss Brown the

I ""ere in the Union depot of Chicago,

waiting

for the San Francisco limited,

TO IIP. CONTINUED. 1

Worth lis Wnlght In Cola. a price can be placed on pain, "Mother's Friend is worth its weight in

Carmi. 111.

W rite the Bradfield Regulator Co., Atlanta. la., for further particulars, Sold by Xvo .V Co., Crawfordsville, Jnd.

'lit J'l rsl Sir/),

.IVrhaps vou are run down, can't can't sleep, can't think

eat,

to your sat isfaction, anil" voiV'^vonde? to"!

jyoiir nervous system to it's normal, health

themum filled tho fireplaces, and invisi- condition. Surprising results follow the us(! of this great XerveTonic and Alter Your appetite returns,

bly hung against screens of sruilax was a wainscoting of orchids extending tive through the drawing room and library.

Children Cry

A SPUNKY SERPENT.

Large iiml FolMonoun ItoptUe* Dlnpntohnd •'Vr| Hy th« Utile King Hnnke. i^The king snake is the wonder of all ophidians, writes a correspondent from Fort Davis, Texan. A diminutive spedmen, scarcely more than three feet In length, yet the little fellow is so active, bo wary and is endowed with such rare pluck that, as his name implies, he is I truly and unquestionably the king of the family.

I was out after peccaries or musk hogs, and sat down under a bunch of I chaparral, near a stream of water, to rest arid eat a bit of lunch. While thus employed 1 was somewhat startled to I see a moccasin come rushing through I the grass within a couple of yards of me and go dashing head over heels, so to speak, splash into the water. After him, like a shot, was an of bright green. In he then 1 knew there was fun in store, 1 he water was a sort of pool, withoutj much of an inlet or outlet, and, unless! by going across sand and rocks or by coming back on .shore again neither. combatant could escape.

attack or defend himself with save his

coils, but these are so marvelously pow-1 t?rful and so terrible in compressing that nothing in the animal or reptile world, according to its size, can begfn to compare with him for the especial quality.

Xo sooner had the moccasin stopped I and turned to defend himself than like lightning his enemy jumped upon him and proceeded to squeeze the life out of his ugly carcass. Tighter and tighter drew the coils, always arranged so that! the big one could not strike, and pretty soon the king's body was nearly lost to view, so slender had it grown from the constriction and so deep was he in the lat flesh of the moccasin. It looked like a green cord wound tightly around the latter's body.

At last the moccasin ceased resistance and allowed his body to hang loose and inert. For ten minutes longer did the king snake hold his grip, then gradu- I ally loosened it, but always ready to resume his squeezing should hiseneni}exhibit any signs of life. Finally he uncoiled himself entirely, saw that the moccasin was no more, turned his back on the scene and went gliding through the brush.

In sonu

The dude said not,a word, but reached irrto his coat pocket and drew forth Unrequired article, which he handed to his unwelcome companion.

The latter was evidently primed for a bit of fun, a row, or anything else that came along. He reached over and took the dude's lighted weed from the latter's mouth, lit his own, and, casting a Kiok of scorn ut his small victim, threw the borrowed tobacco stick away.

Mr. Dude calmly lit another cigarette without deigning to resent the insult. The burly one smoked in silence {or two or three minutes, then threw tho remnant of the cigarette away, saying: "•sa.y, give us a cigarette." "I gave you one," replied the dud '•(ive us a cigarette! Ve hei roared the bully, advancing tli in g-ly.

goia as an alleviator. My wife suil'orod more in ten minutes with' either of her two children that she did all together1 with her last, having previously used four bottles of ".Mother's Friend." rt is a blessing to tiny one expecting to become a mother, says a customer of niiije. kndeiwon 1 Ui.i:. Druggist,

•.i ... the latter could recover he it

r^ht

what ails yon. You should heed the! Hc^o\\n sV '/11'?

warning, vou are taking the first step1 without a onl Tl'''

into Xervous Prost ratu,,, You need !,' Mother eUc ^rMnV Xer,. ,,mw Klectrio Mitten, you I. s? aTaSdful bore!" iXiH.t remedy for restoring: —ISoston Times.

gestnn is restored, and the liver and kidneys resume healtliv action. hot tie. Price 50c. at Xye Store.

A: Co's. Drug

Pitcher's Ca^oria.

for

Catai itn (Viikd, health and sweet breath secured, by Shiloh's catarrh rem-

r"'' ''"ntS'

XflHi"

ffco, MotToll -Morgan it Co.

"'jw'tor

citv, to-wit:

ireaieu-

Hut the little fellow didn't fri little bit. "Hern yer! (iive us a cigarette!"® yelled the now infuriated bully clutch- I ing at the coat collar of the dude and doubling his fifit. Just then there was a sullen movement on the part of the dapper little fellow. His small gloved hand shot out straight and caught liis big friend between the eyes, and beforo

ifhten

"nd ^ft »ntil, as the c.w came

He Know tho Old Muni

VtteUS

B.v.Uon—Miss Filkina—I'auline, will you be my wife? Miss Filkins—Oh, really, Mr. Jirob- I DON'T son, ask papa!

q"!UU

Sure enough, after racing and tearing around in the pool like mad. both pur* suer and pursued emerged t.*om the o|posite side,and proved to be,as I thought, a cotton-month moccasin and a rather small king snake. The latter was after ttte other, however, and before the big fellow gave up the race or could throw himself into an attitude of defense the king snake was upon him. The sole and entire power of the latter reptile lies in t' 1 i. his wonderful constricting abilities, DCmOd'atlC 1 lCKCt. -MP Rei)U 0 lCail Tlpl'M He has no fangs, no poison, nothing to 1

Eem

parts of Texas king snakes

are quite numerous. In the lowlands. and especially in meadows and river bottoms, they are found in great minibers. Nobody harms them, neither whites nor negroes, and even Mexicans seem to understand their good qualities, for they seldom if ever harm one. When soldiers are in camp and find a great many king snakes in the vicinity, tUey.know it is a good sign, r'or poismoils snakes will steer clear of that locality and never visit it while there is one of the royal breed about.—Philadelphia Times.

HE WAS A REGULAR DUDE.

Hilt hen .\tilioy«Ml. MiowimI Tlmt He Had J'W'iily of rhvtticiil StrmigtIt.

The cars which run after midnight usually contain one or two who may at that unseemly hour enjoy the privi-! lege of a smoke, says "The'Wanderer." Kecently such a car from the suburbs was boarded by a dapper little dude. who was smoking a cigarette. He was dressed in immaculate linen, evening dress and overcoat, and weighed pro1ably from one hundred and fifteen to one hundred and twenty pounds. His face was pale, and altogether he looked as though a puff of wind would blow him away. At the next crossing a big, burly fellow, apparently a bosom friend of liacchus, got on board. He eyed .Mr. Dude for a minute or two, ami' finally blurted nut: "Say, sonny! (live us a cigarette?"

PE0

Election Notice.

Wo, tho undersigned Election Commissioners of the Citv of hereby certify that, the following nominations for Councilm'en' ,u

and 3rd Wards of said City to bo voted for on May 5th, ]8!)1 h-iuT Ist' -t it to a of an an

elongated sfreak DcRlOCmtiC Tjckct. -R?P RCpilljliCail Tlll'v ie went, too, and 1

r««i Councilman—I'lrst Wtwd,

DemK

EDWARD V0U1S.

1'or Councilman—Second Ward,

Demi DK.WAS GILBERT.

Democratic Ticket.!

Tor rViuneilman—Third Ward.

Dem

MICHAEL II. O'NEILL.

For 11 iiMt'O—l*jrsl Ward.

Peo

MATI 11 AS F. (ii)BKL.

For TruMi-e—Second Ward.

Peo

W I I A II

I'or Trtrasusur,

Peo

WILLIAM W. CHAMP, 3IIS.

for Clerk.

Peo

•S.VMUKL S. MARTIN.

Peo

EEP

For Marshal, -.v-

SYLYAXUS .M. MILLER.,

April 22. 1HD1.

DON pay fop

tr"Uer'

ilwaJ'

onnnot

Brobson (firmly)—Pauline, I do it I know ho would to be mine!—Jury.

never consent

—The author had just gotten hisMSS back from the publishers when heremarked: "This business isn't remarknble for large profits, but it certainly

^W'ashintfton

DON! pay on for a Jirailloy stalk cutter when you can buy of ('oliouti Fisher for $L'0.00

better one of Cohooti & Fi.slierfor

on*.* of C0I10011 & Fisher for $11.00.

f"r'lsviKr

l«irti,.s

vuli

1 iLKL

I'or

Hep

.IKFFF.USOX AV

SCOTT

uvuu 1

JUw/.

I* or Coll iit'iIlii ili—Si'iN ijkJ \V ,j

WILLIAM A. VAXAliSDALL

Republican Ticket

1 F"!' Councilman—Third

j. Sep_[ ROBERT C. SMITH.

B. R. HCSSELIj. W. W. MOKGAX.

Attest: C. M. SroTT. City Clerk. April 22, ISitl.

Election Notice

I. the undersigned clerk of the town of Darlington. Indiana, herebycer*fv! the following nominations for a Trustee for the First Ward and a Trustee for heeond Ward of said town, and Treasurer. Clerk and Marshal for said twh. be voted lor on May 4, 1 Sill, have been duly certified to me by the clii.irmiii:

Independent and People's tickets of said town, to-wit:

People's Ticket.

i'-1°'',1011P|"""1!?sim.-

IND Independent Ticket,

ForTrusliM Kiri Wari.

Ind,

HUGH H. Mi'MAHTKIu

For Truste,—St-comi

I nd.

ISKAKL ii. rru:K.

Inci.

For Tre.'iseror.- v:

KTK

TII-:.\ if. KKKSKV."

For Clork.

Ind,^

SAM F.I. S. MAliTJN.

For M:ir-lnil:

Ind.:

AXT110NY I). 11IXI II

Attest: SAMUEL S. M.AKTIX, Town C'lerk.

For Gracious Sake Don't

spiu^ tooth cultivator when yott can bin

DON'T pay sumo it 3 0 1 1 is

DON pay ten dollars fur a cheap all steel plow when yon can as ^ood 11 one of Cohoon & Fi.sher for $7.00.

DON pay two dollars and 7u cents for one hundrel lbs. of slei't 5 when yon can get them of Cohoon & Fisher for two d"* lars and 5 cents.

DON pay two dollars and 50 cents for J'10 lbs. of steel twenty iw: when you can get them of Colioou & Fisher for oti'Mloliand 85 cents.

buy a spring tooth cultivator without. large shovel altac:stor ii rainy season may come and your spring would be worthless. Remember oar cultivators all have Ik)"kind of attachments.

DON'T buy vour hardware, stoves, implements, wagons or bti!?}?1'" nntilyousie Cohooti & Fisher's large stock.

COHOON & FISHER