Hope Republican, Volume 1, Number 8, Hope, Bartholomew County, 23 June 1892 — Page 6

CUPID OH THE FRONTIER I _____ Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. ' Frank Smith and Zeke Mason composed the firm of Smith & Mason, dealers in general merchandise, at a small frontier point in Kansas. They were cousins, young men in their twenties, both tolerably well-to-do ■ and quite handsome. Before coming to Kansas Frank and Zeke had met a young lady who was attending school in their home town, and as she was both beautiful and accomplished, the young men fell desperately in love with her, and, though she treated them both kindly, it soon became evident that she had a decided preference for Frank. Then the young men came West with their small capital and started themselves in business, and during the year their store had been in existence they had done well. : One night, after the trade was over and the customers Had gone away, Frank said: i “I received some welcome news today.” j “What is it?” Zeke asked. “I have a letter 'from a certain little girl—you know who—and she says she is coining out to this part of the country to live.” “What!” Zeke exclaimed, “Miss Grayson ooping out here?” ■ “That’s just what she writes in her letter,” Frank replied. “Says her father is located somewhere in this section, now looking up a claim, and as soon as he gets located and puts up a house she and the balance of the family will come to him. So I suppose they will be here against There was a sod, troubled look in Zeke’s face, and for a little while he tfazcd silently at the floor. It was plain the subject was not a pleasant ppo to him, and that a sore spot in his heart had been touched. But he finally spoke in a quiet, steady voice, saying; '•That is welcome news to you, Frank, surely, and I congratulate you.” “I think I have reason to be congratulated, Zeke,” said Frank. “Alice is a woman to be proud of, and I am sure she loves me. ’ “Yes, I think she does,” replied Zeke; “I’m certain of it. Has she—ever--” “Ever what?” said Frank, seeing that Zeke was not going on. “Ever promised to marry you?” “No-o, not exactly,” Prank admitted, “but I’m sure it’s all right. I don’t think she would cpme out here but for that.” “Perhaps not,” said Zeke. “You will heh> her lather to get a claim, of course?’’ “Why, yes. I’ll 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 that one piece, and I want that my- ! self.” j “But you have po right to it, j Frank, and you can’t hold it if some ! settler disputes the matter with I ‘ I know that, but I’ve held it a year by‘bluffing,’ and I’ll continue! to hold it that way.” “Well, you wouldn’t attempt to j ‘bluff Miss Grayson’s father, would you?” “I don’t know. I’d like to accommodate him for her sake, but I’d rather keep that claim for her and myself.” Just at this moment the clatter of a horse’s feet was heard without,and a little later a man rpde up to the store aud dismounted. He was a settler from the river district. “Why, Ike,” said Zeke, “you’re out late to-night!” “Yes,” said the settler; “rather late, but I came after the doctor.” “Who’s sick?” Prank asked. “Don’t know the man. He’s a stranger who squatted on the river claim to-day. I was up the river this afternoon, and, riding back across the claim, I saw a 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 xhe wagon down with malaria. He seemed to be in a bad fix and I thought he ought to have a doctor.” The doctor had gone out in the j country, but within a half hour he returned, aud immediately he and Ike set off to visit the squatter. “Now, that beats the nation,” Prank said as soon as they were gone. “I wonder who the old chan is that’s got the gall to squat on I my claim.” “1 don’t know,” said Zeke. I wonder if he’s needy.” “Ah, I suppose he is,’’said Frank, coldly. “These squatters are nearly always sick and needy.” “I suspect we should have gone down there with Ike and the doctor to see if there wasn’t something we could do for the man,” Zeke said. “Like as not he’s out of provisions.” “Well, let him be out,” said Frank. “It isn’t my business trotting around to feed men who jump my claim. I’m going down there to-morrow, but not to inquire after his health. I’m going to give him orders to move as soon as he is able to drive.” “I wouldn't do that, it isn’t

right. You have no title to the claim, and if that man wants to enter it he has a right to do so.” “Oh, so far as the law is concerned ho has a right to it, of course- But I’ve selected that claim aud I propose to have it. ” “Do you think Alice Grayson would endorse such an act os you propose, Prank?” “Why shouldn’t she?” “Suppose her father was similarly situated and some one drove him oft. Do you suppose it would please her?” “No, I suppose not; but that’s a different thing.” “Not a bit of it; it’s the same thing, only it would be a different ox that was gored. I think Miss Grayson is a conscientious woman, and would not approve of anything unfair, no matter who was the loser or who the gainer.” ‘,Oh, I don’t think Alice Grayson has such high-flown notions of honesty us you have. You're too conscientious for an everyday business man, and you ought to be a deacon or a Sunday-school teacher. Every time you hear of anybody being sick or in need you want to fly off to help him.” Zeke made no reply to this accusation, but with a shrug of his shoulders turned and walked out of the room. Frank soon followed, closing and locking the door after him. The next morning the doctor came to the store soon after it was open, and finding Frank and Zeke there, he said: “My squatter patient down the river is in hard straits, and unless he has a little assistance for a few days I am afraid he will hardly get along.” “Is he very sick?” Zeke asked. “Yes, he is, and besides he is destitute. Two or three nights ago he was robbed by a couple of men of all his money, so he hasn’t a dollar or a particle of food. He says he has plenty at .home, but it wifi take two weeks to hear from there. I sent a telegram for him this morning, notifying his wife of his condition, and she will probably come out here.” “What is his name?” asked Prank. “His name is Brown.” Frank breathed easier. He had suspected that the man might be Alice’s tather, “What do you say, Frank?” Zeke a§ked. “Shall we help the man out of his difficulty?” “No, I shan't,” Prank replied. “I am not responsible for his bad luck, and besides he has taken my claim. I’ll go and see him after a while, but only to do what I said last night. I have nothing to give him.” “Well,” said Zeke, “you have a right to do as you please. Doctor, are you going down to see the man this morning?” “Yes.” “Then I’ll go with you and take such things as he needs. Just name over the articles and I’ll do them up and charge them to my personal account.” A few minutes later everything was ready, and Zeke and the doctor rode away across the prarie in the direction of the squatter's wagon. They found Ike with a sick man, and as he had remained all night he was compelled to go home, so Zeke took his place and remained through the day. So, through the next ten days, he and Ike nursed the patient, taking turns, while the doctor made regular visits. Frank grumbled at Zeke continually, saying he was a fool to waste his time and money in such a way, but Zeke paid no attention to him and continued in the discharge of what he considered his duty. “You haven’t seen or heard anything of Alice Grayson’s father, have you, Frank?” Zeke questioned one morning as he was preparing to visit the squatter. “No; not a thing,” Frank replied. “It seems queer, too, that I haven’t, for he must be somewhere in this section.” “It is queer,” Zeke said, as he mounted his horse and rode away. Shortly after Zeke reached the wagon that morning, and while he was preparing some breakfast for the sick man, he happened to glance out across the prairie toward the station, which lay ten miles to the south. Away over on a rise he saw a carriage approaching, and after a lapse of nearly an hour it came close enough to discern its occupants, and instantly he understood what it 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 other was no doubt a daughter or a dear friend. He waited until the carriage halted at a little distance from the wagon, then going forward was about to salute the doctor, but suddenly stopped, transfixed with astonishment. At last he murmured: “Miss Grayson, is it possible?” “Indeed it is, Mr. Mason,” said a soft voice, ‘‘and I am glad to meet you. The doctor has been telling us how kind you have been to papa, and now we have an opportunity to thank you.” “Papa!” Zeke repeated. ‘‘He is not your father. Hia name is Brown.”

“He is my stepfather only,” Alice | replied, “but he is as dear to me as j a father could be, and you have saved | his life.” The doctor had gone to his patient i 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 horseman rode up, and with one glance into the carriage he stopped, full of astonishment. The horseman was Frank, who recognized Alice. In a 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 father. Ho learned that later, however, when, chancing to meet her, he attempted to regain her old-time regard, and reminded her of the words she had once spoken. “I did think 1 loved you,” she said, “but I find I was mistaken. I am sure I never did love you. ” “You thought you did, Alice,” he said, sadly. “What has changed you now?” “I would rather not tell.” “But you must; I insist. Has Zeke been telling you something?" “No.he has not, He has never mentioned your name to me. But I have learned how you acted toward papa, and I cannot love a selfish man.” Two months later Frank sold out his 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 bouse on it, and now has one of the finest farms m the State. Zeke never regretted the kindness he did the squatter, for Alice was his reward, CONDIMENTS. “Are the Misses Dumahoe in?” he asked. “She are,” returned Bridget “but the young ladies is out.” The swallow is a bird of easy flight That is why a man is flighty when he has taken several swallows. It is the man who has to live on corn bread at home who finds the most fault with the pie when he travels. Worked His Way Up.—How on earth did Coke, the anthracite baron, ever get into society? Through the coal hole. There is nothing in the world more aggravating to a man with a secret than to meet people who have no curiosity. Dickey Club —My college days were ripe with experience. Chum —Yes, I know. That is why you were plucked. Jarvis —Do you see that fellow across the street? He has killed his man. Chappie—Deah me! What did his man do wrong? “There are some rich men among the lawyers.” “Well, they won’t remain very long rich if they’ve got among the lawyers.” Rubber heels for marching have been introduced by a French army surgeon. One would expect to see them bounce into popularity at once. Drawimg Room Inanities.—She— No, don’t sit there, Mr. Splosher—that's my ugly side! He (wishing to please)—Well-a—really I don’t see any difference! There are some valuable pet animals in Boston. A gentleman mentioned that he saw a kitty at his club the other evening that was worth $50. An improvement.-Husband —How do you like your new girl?—Wife— Well, she works me a little harder than the last one, but she is more respectful.—New York Weekly. “Does time fly as fast as it did before you were married and were merely engaged?” “Does it? One grocer bill doth tread upon another’s heels, so fast they follow.”—Indianapolis Journal. Scaling Down —Little boy—Mamma, may I go fishing? MammaNo, my son, I’m afraid you’ll get drowned; but you may go around to the grocery and buy me a mackerel. Hicks —See those two ladies over there. They seem to be enjoying themselves hugely. Wicks—Yes; I wonder which of their dear friends they are picking to pieces. Fastleigh—So old Soak has joined the City Improvement Society? Sharpleigh—Why not? Hasn’t he stayed up at nights to decorate this town for the last ten years? Mme. Albino —That ossified man is awfully quarrelsome. Mr. Skeleton—You’re right, my dear. He has been the bone of contention around this museum about long enough. In the Furniture Store —Lady— What has become of those handsome sideboards you had when we called last? Salesman (bashful, yet gratified)—I’ve shaved them off again. □Reynard—He called me a coward,a bully and a liar; would you advise me to fight him? Axletree—I don’t see what else you can do; you would probably lose a suit for slander.

j DEATH AND RUIN I 1 Resulted From the Awful Tor- : nado in Minnesota. | Forty or Fifty People Killed, Houiei Carried Away and the Crops Rained— A Great Casualty. A special from Mankato, Minn., on the 10th, says; One of the worst disasters that ever visited Southern Minnesota, occurred between 5 and 6 o’clock last evening. The terrible funnel shaped tornado again stal ked over the land and laid waste scores of happy homes and sent forty or fifty souls Into eternity. Every report that comes in is worse than the preceding one. The extent of country swept by this awful visitation was greater than ever before known in the history of the State, and fortunate Indeed it is that no town or village lay in Its destructive course. Starting near Jackson, on the Southern Min, nesota road, a funnel shaped cloud swept from the west and passed four miles sooth ofMinnesota Lake, then took a broad circle to the south, and passed away south of Wells. Considerable rain had fallen during the afternoon, and about 5 o’clock the atmosphere became almost suffocating. Ourlous-shaped clouds came over the southwest, and many people gazed In wonder at the sight. About 5:30 o’clock the wind sprung up, and off to the west rapidly circling black clouds were seen swiftly approaching and tearing asunder everything in their course. It passed two miles northwest of Sherberne, and It is reported that it then struck the district school house, in which was the teacher and eighteen scholars. The building was demolished and the teacher and fifteen scholars killed. At Easton three buildings were destroyed and several people were hurt. Lindon was visited and many bouses were torn from their foundations. One family, composed of a mau, his wife and chHd, were killed and others injured. A large group of trees were completely uprooted. The storm passed on eastward, destroying farm houses, barns, and in fact everything in its path. At Wells sidewalks were overturned, store fronts blown in and other damage done. Several men were blown down by the force of the wind. Four miles south of Minnesota lake five farm houses and their buildings were caught in the storm and utterly demolished. Four people were killed. The body of one of these —John Brown—was taken to Minnesota lake. Ho wife,a hired man and a school teacher, were also badly injured. Much damage was done south of Wells, audit is reported forty to fifty were killed south and west of that village. As most of the damage was done in the country reports are slow in coming in, but what has already been heard is enough to insure belief that it was the mosl disastrous storm ever reported in southern Minnesota. It is expected that later reports will increase rather than diminish the extent of damage done, as well as the loss of life and personal injuries. POLITICAL. Boone county Democrats want, Senator Turpie re-elected. Horace Porter is talked of as chairman of the Republican national committee. The Democratic and People’s parties in North Dakota have failed to effect an alliance. Fusion, for the present, has been dropped. The Republicans of the Tenth District at Logansport on the 16tb, nominated Judge William Johnston, of Valparaiso, for Congress. Congressman Holeman and wife celebrated their golden wedding at Washington on the 16th. Many costly testimonials were sent by friends. It is said Senator Stewart, of Nevada, and Thoms E. Watson, of Georgia, may be the nominees for President and Vice President on the People’s ticket. The Kansas People’s party convention adopted a resolution favoring woman suffrage and elected a woman as delegate at large to the national convention. The Seventh Kansas district Republican congressional convention, resulted in the nominationlof Senator Chester I. Long, of Medicine Lodge, Jerry Simpson’s home. Long is a young lawyer, thirty-two years old, and is well equipped to meet his competitors in debate. The Democrats of Ohio met at Cleveland on the 15th. A State ticket was nominated headed by W. A. Taylor, of Franklin county, for Secretary of State. The platform opposes sumptuary legislation, favors tariff reform, and submits to the wisdom of the national convention to declare on the silver question, but favors the use of both gold and silver. The Chicago delegation went nninstructed. The Michigan State convention of tho People’s party to nominate delegates to the Omaha convention assembled on Thursday, the 16th. Resolutions were adopted squarely .Indorsing the.principles of the St, Louis platform, declaring against fusion, and requiring all nominees for office to renounce their allegiance to other parties before they are eligible as representatives of tho People’s party. The convention of the People’s party of the Eleventh district met Wednesday afternoon and nominated Thomas DeWitt, a local labor agitator, as a candidate for Congress. A resolution was adopted demanding the repeal of laws “which make unjust discrimination apd rob wealth-pro-ducing districts of their wealth by class legislation.”

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