Marshall County Independent, Volume 5, Number 6, Plymouth, Marshall County, 20 January 1899 — Page 3

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A FELON'S LOVE. 7 BY HENRY V. XESFIELD. i

CHAPTER XV. The finding of the piece of waistbelt marked with Robert Luke's initials caused much excitement among the men on the station. Nothing more, however, could be discovered, and for several weeks I. like hunted about the place in vain, iioping that he might succeed in finding still another link in the chain cf evidence which might lead to some trace of his lost brother. In the meantime the whole colony had again become interested in the afJair, chiefly from the fact that no traces could be found either of Baynes or his wife; and, as it became certain that the missing couple had not traveled toward the coast, as Baynes had said they intended doing, the matter grew daily more and more mysterious. Days and weeks passed by, and yet nothing fresh concerning the disappearance of Robert Luke came to light. His brother began to despair, and at last one night he announced his intention of returning to England. "It is of no use my remaining here," "he said. "Besides I must go home and look after my business. I have done my best, and I can do no more. But to my dying day I shall believe that that Baynes and his wife were somehow or other mixed up with the disappearance of my brother." Thrt night he went up to the hut for the last time. Having strapped up the few things he possessed in his valise, he made all preparations for starting early the next morning. Then he retired to rest. Once more William Luke dreamed. This time he heard the same voice crying out, "Help help!" He did not awake, but wearily answered in his sleep "I am here, Bob. What do you want? I h-ive done the best I can, and I can lo no more." They were the words which he had used that night when he wished the men good-by. Presently his dream took a more substantial form. He beheld the hut in which he slept lighted by a Eolitary "slush" lamp. Upon the bed where he lay he saw the figure of a woman, sitting with her head resting upon her hands. She seemed to be reading some old newspaper, and remained perfectly motionless, as if deeply intent upon what she read. Then Luke heard a noise, as of some one outside the hut. In his vision his sense of hearing seemed almost painfully acute. The woman also heard the noise, and raised her head zs if in alarm. He could not c; ten a glimpse of her face, for as she sat upon the edge of the bed her features were turned away from him. Suddenly he heard a voice speaking from without. Luke started in his sleep, for it was the voice of his brother! "Mrs. Baynes," it said in a clear, low tone "Mrs Baynes, would you kindly givve me a drop of brandy, if you have such a thing? I am sorry to trouble you at this time of night, but I am not very well. I am Luke Bob Luke." The woman, as she listened, clasped her hands together as if in mortal terror, but she answered not a word. Presently the voice came again, this time louder and with a more determined accent. "Mrs. Baynes d'ye hear, Mrs. Baynes?" The woman rose stealthily from her sitting position and stepped toward the Hreplace. Unhooking the great kettle that hung from an iron bar by a chain, she noiselessly removed the bar from Us place and stood clutching it in her right hand, as if prepared to use it as a weapon of defense. William Luke seemed to strain every nerve In his sleep as he endeavored to cry out; but his voice appeared to have left him and his limbs refused to do his bidding. He was like one paralyzed for the time being, with the powers of hearing and seeing alone left to him. Then he perceived that the door was being pressed in from without. The top part, where there was no bolt, shawed signs of giving away; another heaving of the door, and yet another, a loud crash, and William Luke beheld his brother! For several seconds, as It seemed to the dreamer, the figure of Robert Luke stood silently gazing at the woman, who stood defiantly facing him. William Luke beheld only the face of his brother. The woman's back was turned to him. Robert Luke appeared to be dazzled with the light and unable to see distinctly the objects around him. Suddenly however he seemed about to speak, but a noise from without the hut, like the sound of a horse galloping up to the door, caused him to look round. The woman, quick as thought, raised the cruel bar of iron in her hands and dealt him a heavy blow upon his skull; and with a wail of "Help help!" Robert Luke fell face downward upon the floor. Then came a blank In the dream, and William saw no more. Presently however he beheld the figure of hU brother standing near the bed. Raising himself slowly, he gazed Into his face, and, holding out his arms, he endeavored to embrace him. .11 brother looked sadly into hl3

eyes, and then, turning from him, moved slowly toward the fireplace, and vanished from his sight. William Luke awoke to find h. lself standing on the bare earth of the hut. The moon shone brightly through the open window, upon the spot where, in his dream, he had last seen his brother. This time he remembered all he had dreamed. "He is there." he cried "foully murdered and buried there! Heaven help me if I am going mad!" Then, rushing down to the huts where the men slept, he awakened the whole station. In less than an hour sturdy men, with lanterns to light them at their work, were busily engaged with pickaxes and shovels in raising the hearth inside the hut. Luke, in a wild state of excitement, was directing and urging them on to their labors. The scene was a curious one, as the whole population of the place was gathered in and around the hut speculating as to what possible discovery there might be made. The men had removed the rough stone3 upon the hearth, and had dug some four feet deep into the earth, when they stopped to take breath. "Go on go on!" shouted Luke. "Deeper down yet deeper down!" "Keep quiet, Luke!" remonstrated Mr. Hall. "Your exciting yourself like this can do no good." Luke sat down upon a bench and buried his face in his hands. He could not endure even the moment's delay which the men required for rest from their toil. Again the hut resounded with the sound of the pick and shovel at work. But Luke looked up no more. Mr. Hall's words had soothed his overwrought mind, and he waited patiently for what might come. "Here's something anyhow," cried one of the men "a man's hand!" Luke spraug to his feet, now unable to control his excitement. "Gently we are on it now!" said one. "There is more beneath. Mercy on us it's Bob!" There, dismembered, lay the remains of what once had been Robert Luke. "At last! I knew it I knew it!" said a voice solemnly; and William Luke sank down upon a bench, shielding his eyes with his hands from the horrid sight, and cried, "Now may Heaven send me my revenge!"

CHAPTER XVI. There was not the slightest difllculty in identifying the body, for the man's clothes, even to the other half of the broken belt, were buried with him. When William Luke narrated his dream, men looked ;t one another aghast. Even the most skeptical could not doubt that he had actually seen a vision of the murder as it really happened. The one thing that grieved him was that he had been unable to see the face of the woman in the hut; and thus his suspicions as to the connection between Edward Bartlett. Anne Dodson, and the late occupants of the hut remained as unconfirmed as before. Mr. Hall at once communicated with the police at Mount Gipps, and early the next morning four troopers and some black trackers appeared on the scene. Nearly two months had elapsed since the departure of Baynes and his wife, and nothing at all had been heard of them. That they had murdered Robert Luke there could be no possible doubt The excitement on the station was intense, and people flocked from all parts of the country to witness the scene of the awful crime and to behold the man who had dreamed that fearful dream. It was suggested that an expedition should be sent out to hunt all the country round about. "If they are anywhere in the colony," said Mr. Hall, after a long consultation with the sergeant of the police, "it is my opinion that they have taken to the back country somewhere in the direction of the Gray Ranges. There they might exist for years, if they happened to drop across a good water-supply, unseen by any mortal eye." "But there is a vast sandy tract of country between this and the Gray, is there not?" inquired the sergeant, "Yes," replied Mr. Hall; "but it is just possible that they succeeded in crossing it. This has been an unusually wet season; and, from what the stock men have told me, all the creek3 and 'clay-pans' out in that direction are full of water. Jack knows the country well better than anybody about this neighborhood. He has often been out for weeks together after stray cattle that have gone that way." "Very well, sir," said the sergeant; "I am willing to do whatever you may think best." "It is decided then," replied Mr. Hall. "We will take two weeks' provisions on pack-horses, and see If we can't come across their tracks." This seemed a most sensible plan to pursue, and accordingly a party was organized, consisting of the sergeant, three troopers, young Jack, Mr. Hall, William Luke, and much to Mr. Hall's disgust Sullivan the innkeeper. Mr. Hall did his utmost to prevent Sullivan's joining the expedition, so

great was his abhorrence of the man; but, as he had provided himself wita a pack-horse well-laden with food and grog, Mr. Hall could not well prevent him from accompanying them. As matters turned out, it would havo been very much better for Mr. Sullivan if he had allowed himself to be dissuaded; but the majority of sensib!o people, when talking the affair over in after years, were decidedly of opinion that it was a very good job for every one else that he had joined the expedition. The commotion on the station on the morning when the expedition started in search of the fugitives was tremendous. Pack-saddles were being adjusted to restive brutes whose sole aim and object was to kick themselves free from their encumbrances. All sorts of things were forgotten and remembered just at the last momer.t . At last the cavalcade got under way, and Mrs. Hall and her daughter watched it across the plain from the verandah of the house until the gumtrees, which lined the creek for some miles, hid it from view. The expedition proceeded some thirty miles or more without any difficulty in fact, the country was familiar to nearly all the riders. Several small out-stations were passed, where boundary riders and shepherds in Mr. Hall'3 employ lived their quiet uneventful lives. At one of these they halted for the night, much to the disgust of the old "hatter" who lived there with his flocks, and who nursed a wholesome antipathy to the entire human race. "Cranky Jim." he was called, and, if a love of absolute solitude entitled him to the name, he was undoubtedly deserving of it. Had he seen two people pass that way about ten weeks ago? No, he had not seen two people pass that way and, what was more, lie did not want to see them. One was a woman, was it? Ah, well, a woman was naught to him; he had seen enough of women in his time, he had! His other remarks were so full of imprecations and blasphemy that Mr. Hall ceased to interrogate him. i On the second day they halted about noon in sight of the sand-hills. This was the great barrier which they knew lay between the grass country on the Barrier side and the Gray Ranges. Mr. Hall had wisely insisted upon all the water-bags being fifilled up at tho last good water-hole; and he felt convinced that, with the supply they carried, the fifty or sixty miles of desert ought to be safely crossed by man and beast. It was within two hours of sundown when the little party entered the unknown region. The horses staggered wearily along, occasionally sinking into the sand up to their knees, and struggling through the scrub and prickly mimosa which grew plentifully in places upon the low hills. Nightfall came on, and the cavalcade encamped; there was no sign of water, and they had to draw upon the supply they carried with them. Jack Hall had more than once entered these inhospitable regions in search of lost cattle, and he was under the belief that a more fertile country lay beyond it how far distant of course he could not say; but, from what he had gathered from the blacks he believed three days would see them through the worst of it. For two long days the travelers toiled on through the heavy drifts of sand, but towards sundown on the third day they beheld trees ahead, at the sight of which their spirits rose amazingly. ; Mr. Hall ordered half-rations of water to be served out to the men and horses, for he was by no means confident, because he beheld trees in the dim distance, that he was going to find a lake or an inexhaustible well. Sullivan was the best-provided person of the company, for, besides two huge water-bags, he had a liberal supply of spirituous liquors, which he was very liberal in dispensing to himself. (To be Continued.)

HIS TRICK SUCCEEDED. Published Hanns of Marriage to Revlre III Crvxllt. i In a certain church a certain mau caused the banns of marriage to b published between himself and a lady. to whom he is not engaged and who has no intention to marry him, says the New York Commercial Advertiser. He is poor and has no credit. She ia wealthy and at the time of the publications of the banns was in Europe. Tho effect of the announcement was instantaneous. The man's credit revived,congratulations poured in, and for a few weeks he had a delightful lifeJ Then came a letter from the lady in the case. She denied her engagement to the audacious and penniless one and threatened to bring proceedings against him for libel. But suppose he pleads that he had hopes of the lady; who can prove that he had not? Then few persons understand the real object of publishing the banns. It is popularlythought that they are made public to bring out such facts as whether either party has been previously married and has a partner still alive or whether they are under age. The true object of banns being published was to give the church wardens an opportunity to object if the parties were poor and likely to be a charge on the parish. Very Likely. Counsel appointed to defend on Irishman challenged several of tha Jury, who, his client said, had a prejudice against him. "Are there any more jurymen who have a prejudico against you?" whispered the barrister. "No, sir; the jury's awl rolght. but Ol want you to challenge the judge. Oi'vi j been convicted under him several timet already, and loikely he's beginning to have a prejudice against me." Tit j Dits. i

INDIANA UpiOIE. A Week's Record In the Senate and House.

WORK IS PROGRESSING WELL. Several Proposed Measures That Have Kxcitecl DUcussion Arc Laid I.ffore the StutCHinen Hill to Grant a Pension to ."Mr. Morton. Wedneadu.v, J.n. 11. In the house Representative Kerwood offered a bill making an appropriation of $100 a month as a pension to Lueinda M. Morton, widow of Oliver P. Morton. The bill prepared by Gov. Mount, the state superintendent of instruction and the state statistician, providing for the study of agriculture in the common schools, was introduced by Representative Barlow. The bill prescribes instruction in the science of agriculture for at least one hour each week. In the senate Mr. Nusbaum introduced a bill, making it the duty of the attorney-general to visir every county In the state either personally or by deputy once each quarter and make an examination of the county books. It has been decided by the republican majority that the state shall not be redistricted for congressional or legislative purposes at this session. Thursday, Jan. 12. A bill was introduced by Mr. Canada in the house providing that the supreme court and appellate court might summon co-parties non-resident of Indiana in cases appealed, by newspaper notices, instead of by personal service, as is now required. Mr. Artman introduced a bill for 2cent railroad fare; Mr. Downey, on3 aimed at drug store liquor selling, and requiring the druggist to have a county as well as a government licence; Mr. Hedgecock, one to tax lifo-insurance policies on their surrender value; already a bill has been introduced to exempt policies from taxation. In the senate a. bill was introduced by Mr. ttinkley aimed at the state normal, and giving power to the state board to grant licenses. Senator Johnson introduced two bills providing penalties against the waste of gas, and authorizing the state oil inspector to repair leaks in gas wells at the owner's expense. Friday, .lau. 13. Resolutions verj introduced in the house and senate asking for an amendment to the state constitution giving women the right of suffrage. It is understood that the women who have started the movement will back it up with numerous petitions within a few days, and that a committee of their leaders will be here to lobby for the resolutions. Representatives Furness of Porter county introduced a bill which provides that the state shaM pay a bounty of 1 cent per pound on all beet sugar produced in the state. If the bounty is ordered and stands the tests of the courts, which Is regarded as doubtful, beet sugar farms will be cultivated and a refinery established in this state. A concurrent resolution was introduced into the senate instructing the two Indiana senators, Turpie and Fairbanks, to support with all their power the ratification of the Paris peace treaty. Doth houses adjourned until Monday. Satan's Little Joke. Satan smiled grimly. "You say you died before you had a chance to pay your election bet?" he inquired. "Yes," responded the latest arrival, "and I'm all broken up because of that fact. You see it was such a grand opportunity to become notorious. I'm sure the newspapers would have printed columns of harsh words about me." "And what," inquired the comptroller of the cloven hoof, "what wa3 the nature of the wager you expected to pay?" "I had to scorch on a bicycle up and down the aisles," responded the amateur punishment receiver, "and make faces at the preacher during the entire church services." "Oh, well, don't distress yourself," said the connoisseur of hot coals, reassuringly, "after you have scorched in one of the lower depths for a time I'm sure yoil will make a plentitude of faces, and, although we are somewhat shy on newspapers here, I will see to it personally that you are properly roasted." Again Satan smiled grimly. Ualtimore American. A Good Sign. "Dy George! there is an officeholder who must really be an honest man." "Why do you think he is honest?' "There is no talk of running him for a second term in order that he may bo vindicated." Cleveland Leader. HOME-MADE PHILOSOPHY. Kind deeds leeve thar footsteps behind, un neither mlsfortyuue nor sucksess kin wash em away from a grateful mind. The real happy man never has a piece ov pic or a bit of joocy skaudal but wot he wants the hole fanibly to help enjoy it. Rome, in her glory, made a fad ov monuments un palaces; but justice un liberty dide inside ov em, un stunk i'lory outer the country.

I HUSBAND AND WIFE LOST BET ! For the Tramp Wai Looking t Rare j Ingrarlug. j They stood in the doorway, waiting ! for a lull in the rain, when he passed.

"They" were a wealthy baker and his wife and ' he' was a man so shabbily dressed and so disreputable in appearonce that promenaders turned to look back at him. "Where do yci suppose he's going?" asked the wife. "Straight to some saloon where whisky is :o cents a drink," replied the husband. "He has touched the public for the amount and won't be happy until he invests it." "Perhaps the poor fellow is looking for a 10-cent restaurant," said tho wife, following the shabby figure down the street. "We musn't be uncharitable." The man did not go into a saloon, neither did he dive into the cellar of a cheap restaurant. He shuffled along till he was nearly lost to view, and then he stopped in front of a window, where he stood motionless. "I wonder what interests him?" mused the woman aloud. "Who?" "The man who just passed. I havebeen following him with my eye. See him there, looking into that window?" "Oh, that's a saloon, no doubt. Ho probably only has eight cents and he's feasting his eyes on ths booze." "I'll wager you a month's pin money against a sealskin sack it's a restaurant and he's smelling the food. You are too hard on the poor, Robert. If I am right I shall give him a dollar. Come." Opening the umbrella, she took her husband by the arm and they went. The shabbily dressed man was standing before the window of an art store, absorbed in the contemplation of a rare collection of steel engravings. His face, though thin from hunger, was refined and his eyes beamed with eager satisfaction. The woman pulled her husband away. "Aren't you going to give him tho' dollar?" asked the latter. The woman mads no reply, but she glanced at the husband with a look through which, flashed a faint suspicion of disgust. There were times when she almost wished that she had not married for monej'. HERO OF THE HOUR. ?nts to the Tost the Patience of a Luve r. "I thank you for your offer, said the girl, simply, "but I can never become your wife." There was a distressing pause, says the Criterion. Finally the man gathered himself together. "Is this your final answer?" be inquired. "Yes," she answered firmly; "it is absolutely final and irrevocable. I can never become your wife!" "But why?" he persisted. "What is your reason? What objection have you to me? Surely I may ask that?" "Then you must take the consequences. If you press me for details you shall have them. One great objection is that you have too much money." "Too much money!" he echoed, in astonishment. "That is a curious reason for rejecting me. Why, it was only a month ago that you told me you did not think it possible for a man to have too much money and that you would not marry a man unless he was wealthy." "Please don't humiliate me by referring to my foolishness at that time. Since then my views of life have changed." "Oh, may I ask what kind of a man is your ideal at present?" She appeared to ignore the sarcasm In his tone. Her eye3 lighted up and her color heightened. "In the first place," she said, "he must be poor dreadfully poor." "Your views certainly have changed." "I told you so," she calmly retorted. "In the second place he should have the soul of a poet, the mind of a philosopher, the heart of a soldier. Then he must bo brave brave to recklessness, yet tender as a woman and withal capable of heroic self-sacrifice." "Must he possess any other qualifications?" "Yes, there Is one more." "What is that, may I ask?" She blushed. "It is." she said, shyly "a long nose!" Then tho lover took his departure. He knew that his suit would be hopeless for at least six weeks till "Cyrano" was forgotten. Distance of the IM net Mra. When the planet Mars is nearest the earth it Is 3G.000.000 miles away. VHAT THE LAW DECIDES. The appropriation for domestic and irrigation purposes of more water than Is necessary is held, in Hague vs. Nephi Irrigation Co. (Utah), 41 L. R. A. 311, to leave the owner of a mill the right to take the excess for manufacturing purposes so far as necessary. A statute prohibiting the deposit of sawdust In the waters of a lake, or in tributaries thereto, is held, in State vs. Griffin (N. II.). 41 L. It. A. 177. to be a proper exercise of the police power. With this case is a note on the statutory protection of water used for supplying a municipality. An action against a city for a defective and dangerous street, made so by a street railway track. Is held, In Schaefer vs. Fond du Lac (Wis.), 41 L. R. A. 287, to be not maintainable until all legal remedies have been exhausted against the railway company in possession of tne track, as well as the owner of the track. The right to build dams to aid the floating of logs is held, in Carlsou vs. St. Louia River Dam and Improvement Company (Minn.), 41 L. R. A. 371, to be subordinate to that of the riparian owner to have his land free fron overflow beyond that caused by the natural condition of the stream. With this case is a note on the right to use a stream for floating logs.

1 MASONIC. PLYMOUTH K I L W IXING LODGE, No, 149, F. and A.M.; meets first and third Fridav evenings of each month. Daniel McDonald,YV.M. Tohn Coi berly. Sec. PLYMOUTH CHAPTER, No 9, R. A. M.; meets second Fridav evening of each month. L. Southworth H. P. J. C.Jilsoi:, Sec. PLYMOUTH COMM AXD'RY, No 26 K. T.; meets second szid fourth Thursday of each month D McDonald E. C.; L.TannerRec PLYMOUTH CHAPTER, No 26, O. E.S.; meets first and third Tuesdays of each month. Mrs. Mary L. Thayer W. M.Mrs. G. Aspinall. Sec ODD FELLOWS. AMERICUS LODGE, No. 91; meets every Thursday evening: at their lodge rooms on Michigan st. Ed Campbell N. G. Chas Shearer Sec KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. HYPERION LODGE, No. 117 meets every Monday night in Castle Hall. Lou Allman C. C. Chas, S, Price K. of R. and S. FORESTERS. PLYMOUTH COURT, No. 499; meets the second and fourth Fridiv evenings f each month, in K." of I, hall. Elmer Wernti C. R. Daniel Cramer Sec. HYPERION TEMPLE RATHBONE SISTERS, meets first and third Friday of each month Mrs J. G. Davis, Mrs. Re:u Armstrong K. O. T. M. PLYMOUTH TENT, No. 37; meets every Tuesdav evening at K. O. T. M. hall. "Dan. Jacoby, Com. James Hoffman, Record Keeper. L. O. T. M. WIDE AWAKE HIVE, No. 67; meets every Monday night at K. O. T. M. hall on Michigan street. Mrs. Flora J. Ellis, Commander. Bessie Wilkinson, Record Keeper. HIVE NO. 2S; meets every Wednesday evening in K. O. T. M. hall. Mrs. Maggie Fogle, Com., Alma E. Lawrence, Record Keeper. ROYAL ARCANUM. Meets first and third Wednesday evenings of each month in Simon' hall. Moses M. Lauer, Regent. Francis McCrory, Sec. WOODMEN OP THE WORLD Meets first and third Wednesday evenings of each month in K. of P. hall. C. M. Kasper, C. C. Joe Etch, Clerk Q. A. R. MILES H. TIBBETS POST, G. A. R; meets ever' first and third Monday evenings in Simons hall Dwight LI Dickerson Com,. Charlie Wilcox, Adjt. SONS OF VETERANS. Meets every second and fourth Fri day evenings in G. A. R. hall J. A. Shunk, Captain. Cora B. North, ist Lieut. CHURCHES. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHPreaching at 10:30 a. m. and 7 p. m. Sabbath school at noon. Junior Endeavor at 4 p. m. Senior Endeavor at 6 p. m. Prayer meeting every Thursday evening. Teacher's meeting im mediately following. Rev. Thornberry, Pastor. METIIODIST.-Class meeting every Sunday rooming at U:30 o'clock Preaching at 10:30 a. m and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school at 12 m. Epworth leagui at ß:30 p. m. Prayer meeting ever Thursday evening at 7:00 p, m. K S. Smith, pastor. J. W. Wiltfong, class leader. D. Frank Redd, Sabbath school superintendent. PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL. St Thomas' church. Rev. Vm. Wirt Raymond, rector. Sunday services, 10:30 a. m., 7:30 p. m. Sunday service, at noon. Services Wednesday evenings at 7:30. Communion on holy days at 10 a. tri. CHURCH OF (JO I) Garro and Water St 8. Regular services 10:30 a. m., each Sunday. Third Sunday in each month preaching ty J. L. Wince; fourth Sunday by II. V. Reed. 10:30 Sunday morning and 7:30 Sunday evening. Sunday 6chooi at 12 o'clock; Eva Railsback Supt. Prayer meeting wat 7:30 each Thursday exening. UNITED HKfiTHEKX.-Sundaj 9:30 a. m., class meeting. 10:30 a. m, and 7:30 p, ra., preaching by the pastor. 11:30 a. in., Sunday School. 5.00 p. m. Junior Y . P. C. IT. meeting. C.-00 p. m., Senior V. P. C. U. meeting. A cordial Invitation is extended to tho public. CATHOLIC CHURCH-Church Is held nn Sundays as follows: First mass at 7:30 a. in., 6econd mass at 10 a. in. Vespers at 3 p. m. Week day mass at 7:13. Father Moench pastor. ARE YOU ALIVE Totliefact that all successful business men credit thet success to ttu liberal ub of printink? Why not proUt bjr their expericuo?