Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 49, Number 35, Jasper, Dubois County, 17 May 1907 — Page 3
BY HENZt
CHAPTER IV.
The Coward. li ft tue I attain caught the w, "tear, a resentful wonder. it that was even harsh ani
not be safe tu attempt the pa alone.
ng to the fare ot th mck. I I 8Äe came from a race of ephller., . 7 n- " "- "They too. ha. MM and died, and wdb.w in the . old , arly ve0. , their honor Lad beat siainieea. VhJ I far MOV tb.y were ! shoiW ike make an allowance lor my hidden by mists, which even a WM stiff r in; and w.akne" When all !s looked MCflMd to gather volume and ald. weakness to her meant cowKtt onward and upward, thn aten- ardice. She forgot, as the world had Mil II The sky ... laden, forgotten, that it is not so difficult to V ' ,n" !,','" a '" ' Wi'H when the dancer m a famil-
most swipt us from our foothold iar one. She looked at tU snow fell more thlekly; it came, it mm MMMi, from every quarter In an In- 'The rerk-" I contlnu.
me qu.-- un-
stunt.
ered with
We had made the ledro In safety, ; Willoughby was
d. wer rovre ice glazed. I now. And
was impossible to linger; no ild dream of hiking for us on I'- Ol -he m i intain. So that !y mU the sun rose higher were partially wann. I stuai-
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ev'n as we looked about us the . t w mist envelope! us I' was impossible one . to s.-,. more than a few yards ah-ad. this Still we struggled on slowly and me pretei ehanieally Kocks, which in ordinary and v
My companion luughed at their fears. I circumstances would hav.- seemed bled painfully and slowly afte
The heavens were quite clear; the l"" fc8. suddenly appalled us; for companion.
we were unable to see where to put 1 For a ÜTM I followed him nieehanhand or foot. leally in perfect silence. Suddenly he 'Even to my inexperienced eyes we cam.- a, pause. He told me ery were in a terrible predicament. Wil qub-h ?. were lost. He ; :t:tlotighhy, however, was cheerful and 'l M 3 prof of that to the ovcrhjng-
around which we had reeiaf before. I am
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OurPattern Department
A CHARMING BLOLbfc WAIST.
stars shone faintly; the moon was waning, there was no hint of wind or stoim He a- red me thai the pro
testa of the guides was a clumsy at 4 myself opposite the woman ! tempt to frighten us into encaging
I , us. lously wronged, rur the j their services Th-y wer waiting for DOswdeot If he h:.d misiM ings he bm )ttUi t me. and I saw us; It was the usual trick. I accepted kept them to himself ; fallowed him , ;. f that neither pain nor an- i his explanation as plausible enough. I blindly. lurked In her clear eyes. There j was uhwilling to disappoint him now Suddenly to our complete dismay . ..u'raged lore nor tenderness that we had started; but for the first the descent was rut off by a precipice. pity for herself or for time I felt mm misgiving. the rot ks on eiiliei id talkng almost . re so. it seemed to me shall not weary jou with th- de- shier to the glacier beneath Further lc that a woman should be so wriptlon of our climb The ascent was attempt was useless th it night. Kven steep and trying in place, over ice Willoughby acknowledged that. There . hear everything. P.eln. u:i :, k n al()Ut fur hours we was nothing for it but to bivouac for
in? ledge climlted t! nearly a: Brett."
Miss
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with your first meeting with Utaby. Tell me all to the ,,!! not spare either yourself or I promised ; know Mr Willoughhy InW'ere you at Oxford with I think I do not remember his of OU" spoke slowly, with a certain A desire to be Just Strug,i manifest dislike a dislike w.lently not lessened best tidied calm. Perhaps
:cht a fervent expression of , . more fitting. Hut Instlnct- : . w that an hysterical repent- ; : increase her contempt for pr ferred her hatred to that, i my story absolutely withhim for the first time the fore bis death." Her voice tnmfe a 1 with was indignant that he ÜM-ussed his love with an agaf. i- r."t until we had both civ en
it h- mentioned you. Miss
. -aio wnn some jiieriiii's rarely his death was the result unexpected accident The gMt one that lnuresslon." j . i r: ed suspiciously. The words !
K i used n.e (. falsehood.
accident came onry after we i'terl exhausted by the
of a night spent on the lis paths." the newspapers correct sg that you were not an ext,e- j
. .ntain climber And did
V' a ighiq know that"' i - . am simply a tourist. This is the Brrt t.me I hare been la Europe. I came to Switserlaad as thousands of sue to see the morntains - 1 piazza or a railway trainto most tourists, the Alps i i.ly a gigantic panorama to ' v s-ed complaisantly. as one looks M N.j ,a: a Falls. To climb them urred to me until 1 met Mr. WUkraghby,
' I Wie m u L i n w (ha nana! circular
tour. Interlaken. Scheidegg. Lauter-
hrunnen. Orindelwald. Mr. Willoughby ! il ti -it next to me at the table d'hote at the Bear hotel. He was an l
let; Switzerland to him was simi an immense playground; he spoke in pines he had wtn at Queen s Belda in the same breath as his ex.ilinc a mountain top. At teaed to him with indlfferenthusiasm amused me D ng ntore, I had supixtsed that ! pie climied mountains simply for a because on the summit on I little farther than If one r ly on th' mountain side. U he talked 1 began to under- ' II was a came a conflict a battle II roa wish in which one pitted iiKth and wit in a hand-to-fighl with nattire I .ally his enthuslam amused I was wearied of siht seeing : the I rde of tourists disgusted me. we had finished our cigar I o pluck my first edelweMli to II new game myself I hinted it dangers, hut my companion laughed at them. I was presumptuous to think that where he led I fottov."
reached the Zasenb. - Chalets and the Central Icefall. A stiff scramble of an hour brought us to the froen snow of a plateau Here our path seemed to me less clear, but my com
the night, and trust for better iUrk on the morrow. "It is Impossible for me to describe for you the suffering of that terrible night. We gathered such stones as
panion advanced w ith confidence. I ' we could find on the narrow mountain felt the altitude now distressingly; I ledge, and plac.d them as a protection had qualms of mountain sickness auainst the biting wind. We consumed
Still 1 struggled after him, until we came to the base of a precipitous wall of lee. We had passed over the last of the ulaciers; we had reached the summit.
i supposed now that the worst
the last morsel of food. We had al
ready drunk our tea
close to each other for warmth. We
shivered, not for moments, but for 15 minutes at a time. Every now and then we chafed each other's hands to
I iu posed now that the worst wa
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Attain she shuddered, and we both looked at the little beacon light flickering very faintly now. About us the people ; i ; .: .. and talked; the orchestra w - ng Strauss waltz. "TV not spare me, please," whlsM -ed Helena i'o retrace our sreps was" Impossible. Just around the mountain side we knew that we shotiU find ourselves ' in comparative safety. Hut to climb down the overhanging precipice had j been appallingly difficult the day be- ; fore. Now, exhausted in mind and : body, the rocks slippery with snow . !n.t iee ir seemfl im nrittttiSl fur me
U 1''i,tii''.'! ii .- An! e- it is I who am alive
to tell you how desperate that chance "Oeaeroai to the last, he insisted that I g irst The rope waa fastened about tny waist, I climled down the overhanging cliff, supported by the rope held by my companion above. "I readied the ledge. I was safe. But I had put forth the last of my Btreafth. I could only stand there, fighting for my breath. Almost immeli:.' Willoughby flung down the
rope and warned
c..-.i..ng. an 1 ady to give Bt I could. I implore him
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il"S"V f : a few momen's m voice seeroel a mere whisper. Probably he did no hear me. Or he dared not delay lest he should lose his own nerve; for he must tofave known tha' the chances were wholly against him. "Not even for you can I linger over the derails T these last awful moments. He had almost accomplished the lapOMtfctl He was Just above ni- I i-ould have reached up and clasped his body. And then what I hal feared, what 1 had known would happen. did happen. His feet slipped. He was hanging by his arms. He called to me in a strong and steady voice to come to his aid. I did not. At least, until it was too late. He hung there one frightful instant, and then " Helena c'.aspei her hands convulsively. "And so the end came." she murmured. "And be died without one w .rd?" i hesitated "It is my rieht to know" She looked at me with burning eyes. Yes. he spoke- one word one And that was?" "'Coward'"' I whi-pered.
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AN ATTRACTIVE LITTLE DRESS
e usual mistake of the tourist. I " commented Miss Itrett. cold And you begged that you might
l. him on his next climb"
Wish to Hear Everything."
over But the descent was by far the prevent their being frost-bitten. But most difficult and dangerous part Of the greatest suffering was caused by our da s work. Kvery step had t. h our efforts to fight off the deadly numb taken with extreme care. We were ness and drowsiness." roped, of course; and I annoyed Mr. "i-id you Kive up all hope then" WUkMghbv bv being compelled to halt asked Helena, shuddering.
repeated!) TV. fact is I was frigid I am sure mat vwuougnnj -un nofully xhausted though I struggled His courage and heroism were unfail after him as .'...Kg. dly as I ctuld ing. CatB the cold had exhausted us At last the descent oecanie less we attempted to wile away the hours hazardous I believe that we should by relating to each other incidents of have arrived at C.i itnsel safelx ba ' we ,-ur past life. It was natural that our con-inued our w.o in a dir.ct line talk should become increasingly intiand with the care that had character mate. Death stared us in the face. At te.t mir first movements But WU such an hour as that one forgets that
companion attempted mote and more one Is speaking to a stranger It was others had pointed the flneer a a I . Jaafc. a, a Hf ,,Mt n mA I a ,1 I H - a, a.
CHAPTER V. A Life for a Life. A long silence fell between as. I looked where the little beacon light ha I flickered feebly a few moments before. It had gone on With an effort. I sought the face of the girl who sat opposite me. She had Judged. I knew that. She If I were a being
j I S 'AX U aaw wmm-m. ; apart, of another world. By my own
confession I had shut myseit out or her world. The man who had loved
; her loyally had died as the strong people of her race had died. That proud fact suppor'ed her. For her I existed I no longer She gathered her skirts j about her. She inclined her head ! slightly. She was going out of my
life. She had uttered no sponen reproach. But her look, her every iftmeat echoed the verdict of the man w bo w as dead I pushed back my chair Thank Heaven, the ordeal was over; that w ts nr. first thought. Then I hesl--., e Suddenly I longed to make this
aroma understand.
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difficult feats of climbing. Al a rule I did not follow him. I ut pr-sertly a mountain ledge obstructed our path.
- I was willing enough to do rwocouise- were open 10 r, he sueeested that He wa - make a long but safe .letouf around It,
ZZit M.b St.M i ! or we could seaU it h companion
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the Sfralegg t'ass. i " " -- I word pass did not l decidetl iion the latter c urse formidable, for he de-! again fastened the rope about
then that Mr. Willoughby toM me of
you." I understand." said Heluaa In a voice that was strangely gentle. For the first time there were tears in her eyea. "At half past two the snow ceased falling. The sky cleared. The .itars shone out one by one in a blackened
p was n.iw. I think, for the tirst
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1 nelln' - no stiunes: nie sense ot 1 utter isolation all overtrMbaed me.
fa climbing, more than any rT required arduous training. t morning at 11 oclock we .rum (Irindelwahl. We wr
th the en-itOOUUrj parapher
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of scorn I had reiueea "mur, bOOWN I believed their censure un1 im I had grown alir.ost Indifferent as to whether people despised me or nor. But this was the first woman to whom I had spoken since the tragedy. Had she Willoughby. It would haveeen hOftUM W exjiect any sytn ;,arh from her. She w-mld hate felt toward me a lifelong hatred. But she did not love Willoughby. It sru nierely a sense of duty that had Wgffl her to seek from me my story. nJüa,M Am wished to tell it to his
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Sc. 5749 SIZB. NAMK adds:'
nh to the Sehwarceff Clu'i Hut a'
I ; r Ice fall, where we were to am t:rnu to give ..u the fact
P.ut you place the blame, at ast Th. ghsti wnneness oi me niouuiH.u ,)0n.JVP(J j,arents. It was to De a sort
' of reparation owed to tne memory oi the man who bad loved her.
She hud Ju ice i me wnuoui riuw
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tacltlv. on one who is .b ad ami carrot peaks .-m : out acainst me u.mk
Tue t.i's n sneti an u.iei-.niiij rao.au ovt r aU .shadowy and unreal. .. plian toss h.ist. mountain after mount 'tin
I ii i lie ii-t ouian iaraiuei i u he Alpine climber, but our defend hiiusclf." she Insisted angrily the Schwanen Club Hut. at I 1 am so, i you should think so. I
night, might have been
walking sticks instead of
simply -the absolute tritt
i do not wish to wrong hi
It was f .r the most soli ; said in a low veice. "I wish to In
le path over glassy slopes on I to you. Mr. Haddon."
rn ai.l.. r. t, 1 ..a. r i:r,rfal. '.lust win ti I leameu
luite she just
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stretcnei us iar as one comu see. -m our bet '.essness was made the more pitiable because at our fent we could see the lights of the village.
tu.n without passion. She h&d spd:er.
t, words of rep--' ich or anger. She MM b-nviMg me in silence. But 1 knew that the ll-nce of this woman
would haunt me as no sj-oken word of
The sun rose at las! But I was ,,j,tenies9 ever could, it was
-a bypath winding along in dange
. i k-Mlhi wnow Or nerhsBi terribly exhausted with the eld. the ,nal wouid Irritate and llllll
in uanne. . .i .,..., Three times . . It mtm h.T.
. . t h ,.ia he more honest Jf I ail tsrit niKom .-.-v v ,,n In.. rm,n
. . i . , ...ii ilwf h.n I beuan t I eel we aueiupieu u ,,, i ,,, nuiKe :iei Une
-.ere ..I ousei, me nexi morning , i " . hmm n,v exhaustion t am
i. lltl tut w im' " "
was Ik-ht. and I was rather afraid We had c.smn..., caimo, .1.lv around the ledge. Ml W Ii
"U' U lail K'O'l. B. IK.1 IUI a."'.- . , il the h.o f.,r a ,.,nv ev .H in.hbv was in the lea.l. Suddenly as excuses, and J t
-.....i - .a.'.4. .v.. ,...',n,i..,t this shoulder, a flake tl ' i' mted
allinrr IIM'II I nw HI III ' ,w,t,.,, -nd w irntd us t'jat It would snow fCaWl my cheek.
.rt one word of sympathy. But st
lygad every ff. rt. I wish to make no ;,.at .ne ,hou' I sjH-.ik. though It were
anger. I leaned toward her; tf.rv
I looked at her wistfully. wtJ certain pride la my humility.
1 saw no i it wr smpatby In ber eiea. txo H- .wMiMiUj
Hen Lavs Empty Shells. William Medojrs. of iaüfrfft, Mtl . has a white yandotte hen that lays empty egg shells. The shells are larfe. well shaped and resemble an ordinary eggs, but they contain nei ther yol nor white matter. One shell is laid each day by the hen
To Tel: Pe-nt of Cor. piss. TT." roints of the compas can be toi 1 from trees, by the following stm- ; la ( hat nations: Tbe side of a tree n which most of the moss Is found la the north. If the tree be excised to tbe sun. its heaviest and longest limbs will be on the south ide.
Produ. ucn pf Chinese Coal. Coal mining in tbe province of Shantung. China, is steadily Increasing l.ast year one district produced ISMM tons, or lw.ouu tons sure than the eo- before.
1.1 . 'N T 'XT ! SST ' verwea. IS 14. t i .1.1 KX TK XT -
t lbs lrd in in- If tfOttMe, anil h them out of their iliatr-aa."-Ml t: 1 1MT. -Ar.f.rdtng lo eschar's ol'-4 Jacob w m down intu Kieyn IW B V. and UM a.j..um In Bgl for :ii ir ! irs from that tin tr l.-ngtti of i.pttvitr mm- Oen. 1
Es. I! M Kin 1 Oai 3 17. Rt l KM It M uuHo gonrally asr-a by ael.elar that th- Pharaoh of th .preaaion was Itameaes II. and the Pnaraoh of the Ksedsa his See Msusa tSvh 1 Coin-ent and Suggestive Thought. The Chosen Family. Vs 1-5 "Tno first seven w-rsee are Introductory to the whole book In accordance with the almost invariable custom of the writer, there is first a brief recapitulation of preceding events, and then a statement of the actual condition ot affairs. " Joseph Parker. V. 1. These are the names " Tha 12 sons of Jacob only are given. The heads of the families or clans. " Kvery man and his household." " The hous-?-hold.' according to the Hebrew idea, inciu'led not merely wife and childrea. but m n servants and maid -servants, dependents and retainers, even hirelings who might quit the service and go elsewhere when it pleased them " Rawlinson. How numerous these households were can be surmised from the fact that Abraham could muster 31 $ armed men to resc ue Lot Gen. 14:14); Isaac was niiuhtier than some of the neighboring kings iilen 2" 15; Beau and .lac. h had to separate because their followers wer so numerous Hier. 3"' '.. 7 . V. Z. And all . . . were TO souls " The list is given in Genesis 4. where two wi.tt.fr. are included. I'inah. Jacob's daughter, and Serah. a granddaughter Perhaps, as Caion Cook subtests, these were named because i the) remained unmarried. Dean j Payne Smith i Hampton L ctures estimates that altogether, with their , households and retainers, they numI be red 3.000 souls. "That so large a body should he favoraby received ueed The Reasons for Re-noval. "There wai need for Jacob's family being removed from Canaan, as some of them j Were ber;mlng much tainted with tbe j i ! uatry and pollution prevalent there. i In Ki.: ;t. on the whole. life was purer. 1 Then there was a risk of their amal- ; v it ing by marriage with the doomed Canaanites; but the Egyptians were I bo different a race that there was no such risk with them. To be among the ; K-'yj tians would also be a benefit to i them in other ways, for they would learn much from a people so skilled in
all the arts of life and so sujerior in civilization." Blaikie. Even the mi Dictions they were to suffer there were not the least of their gains from the stay in Egypt, as we shall see. A Period of Prosperity. Vs 6. 7. It was a wise providence of God that introduced the pericd of bondage in Egypt with a period of liberty and prosperity, otherwise, the Hebrews would not have remained in Kgypt after the end of the famine. A Period of Adversity. Vs. 8 14. The period of prosperity through which tbe Israelites passed was from Jehovah; but so. no less certainly, was the period of adversity wbicb followed as soon as they were strong enough to endure it. Both were arti of God s great process of development and training. Rameses II. as a Builder. This king was the most enterprising builder of all the Pharaohs, and that means the sacrifice of tens of thousands of lives. He bull: temples snd reared monoliths and colossal statues Hit
temples were approached through long ' avenues of sphinxes. Out of the solid i- a In.umKiil h t. Vi.,im...l tarn Uli.
I i i a i i i . , i ' . i ... . - - , cious subterranean temples, and set up at their dor four human figures M feet high. Among his public works was a chain of fortifications along the :. ire northet.rn frontier of Egypt, for 160 miles. By his command lnmene dikes were built on the lower Nile and in the Delta Car.als were ing and cities were buik." Prof. E P. Humphrey. Tha Climax o Cruelty E 1 122. When Pharaoh found the Israelites flourishing even um'er this terrible oppression, he resorted to measures still more severe, ordering the destruction of their male Infants as soon as they w I y rn. The females would be harmb . and would prove valuable slaves. "A similar poUtf was pursued by the Lacedemonians toward the helot, by Mithrldates toward his Ronan s. injects, and by the Caliph. Hakaaa, toward the Egyptians F. Johnson When the official midwivea ?vaded the king's command, "by a refinenieiu of cruelty to which the Herod af the future was not equa:. he repured parents to eaecatC the MtteMf f death on their own children " Kumphrtv. This was indeed the climax of affliction. Pract.cii Points. -prosr rity is a great teacher." said Haziitt; "adversity is a greai -r." Affliction was called by Maliet "tha whclesome soil of virtue." in which paticj.ee. for ir ude. and all the graces take root and flourish. Affliction gives us sympath? for others in distress. "In the wounds our sufferings plow immortal Love sows sovereign Uni " Masaey. Affliction strengthens our raoral fiber. Affliction disfi is-s the best that la la us-
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