Richmond Palladium (Daily), 12 February 1906 — Page 3

THE MORNING PALLADIUM . MONDAY FEBRUARY 12, 1906.

t TiiE i.iAtJ ON THE BOX . BY HAROLD MaoGRATH.

. CHATTER TCVlt After some final Instructions Warburton discharges th auties o? butler so well that at Mies Annenlers dinner he attracts the at- , tentlon of his former commanding officer. Col. Raleigh, who makes Inquiries of tb host regarding him and tells Miss ahnctley juorios of Jbl doings as a soldier, CHAPTEn XVlII.-Affer his autles" as j and stands tinder the bow window lis tenlng to the music. Miss Annesley appears on the balcony In the moonlight, and after refusing another proposal from Count Karloff. she throws away a rose which she has been fondling. After she had returned to the house Warburton searches for and finds the flower, when he Is surprised by Col. Raleigh, who demands an explanation of his conductCHAPTER XIX. "OH. MISTER BUTLER." - Warburton had never Jacked that rare and peculiar gift of Immediately adapting himself to circumstances. To He now would be folly, worse than useless. He had addressed this man at his side by his military title. He stood committed. He saw that he must throw himself wholly on the colonel's mercy and his sense of the humorous. He pointed toward the stables and drew the colonel after him; but the colonel held back. "That rose first; I Insist upon having that rose till you have given me a satisfactory account of yourself." Warburton reluctantly surrendered his treasure. Force of habit is a peculiar one. The colonel had no real authority to demand the rose; but Warburton would no more have thought of disobeying than of running away. "You will give It back to me?" "That remains to be seen. Go on; I am ready to follow you. And I do not want any dragging story, either." The colonel spoke impatiently. Warburton led him into his room and turned on the light. The colonel seated himself on the edge of the cot and lighted a fresh cigar.' "Well, sir, out with it. I am waiting." Warburton took several turns about the room. "I don't know how the deuce to begin, Colonel. It began with a Joke that turned out wrong." "Indeed?" sarcastically. "Let me hear about this Joke." M'sleu Zhames dallied no longer, but plunged boldly Into his narrative. Sometimes the colonel stared at him as If he beheld a species of lunatic absolutely new to him, sometimes he laughed silently, sometimes he frowned. - "That's all," said Zhames; and he stood watching the colonel with dread u his eyes. "Well, of all the damn fools!" "Sir?" "Of all the Jackasses!" Warburton bit his lip angrily. The colonel swung the rose to and fro. "Yes, sir, a damn fool!" "I dare sa'y that I am, sir. But I have gone too far to. back out now. Will you give me back that rose, Colonel?" "What do you mean by her?" coldly. "I love her with all my heart," hotly. "I want her for my comrade, my wife, my companion, my partner In all I have to do. I love her, and 1 don't care a hang who knows it" "Not so loud, my friend; not so loud." V "Oh, I don't care who hears," discouragedly. "That beats the very devil! You've got me all balled up. Is Betty Annesley a girl of the kind we read about in the papers as eloping with her groom. What earthly chance had you in this guise, I should like to know?" "I only wanted to be near her; I did not look ahead' "Well, I should say not! How long were you behind that trellis?" "A year, so it seemed to me." "Any lunatics among your ancestors?" Warburton shook his head, smiling wanly. "I can't make it out," declared the colonel. "A graduate of West Point, the fop of Troop A, the hero of a hundred ball-rooms, disguised as a hostler and serving soup!" "Always keep the motive In mind. Colonel; you were young yourself once." The colonel thought of the eirl's mother. Yes he had been young once, but not quite so young as this cub of his. ."What chance do you suppose you have against the handsome Russian?" "She has rejected him," thoughtlessly. "1 la! "frowning. "So you were eavesdropping?" "Wait a moment. Colonel. You know that I am very fond of music. I was listening to the music. It had ceased and I was waiting for it to begin again, when I heard voices." "Why did you not leave then?" "And be observed? I dared not!" The colonel chewed the end of his cigar in silence. "And now may I have that rose, sir?" quietly. The colonel observed him warily. He knew that quiet toue. It said that if he refused to give up the rose'W would have to fight for It. and probably get licked into the bargain. "I've a notion you might attempt to take it by force m case I refused." "I surrendered it peacefully enough, sir." "So you did. Here." The colonel tossed the flower acioss the room and Warburton caught it . "I should like to know, sir. If you

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It's Do more than I deserve" tnan 1 Qes"c- , The colonel studied the lithographs fh wftli Yotir selection" with on tne wans, xour selection. wun a wave of the hand. .No gir j Bhou$ to know what uu are guiug iu uu. 11 nuum icucvc my mind. As a matter of fact, I confess that I am growiqg weary of the mask." Warburton waited. "You make a very respectable butler, though," musingly. "Shall you expose me, sir?" per sistently. "No lad. I should not want it to get about that a former officer of mine could possibly make such an ass of himself. You have slept all night in jail, you have groomed horses, you "SHALL, TOU EXPOSE ME?" have worn a livery which no gentleman with any self-respect would wear, and all to no purpose whatever. Why, in the name of the infernal regions, didn't you meet her in a formal way? There would have been plenty of opportunities." Warburton shrugged; so did the colonel, who stood up and shook the wrinkles from his trousers. "Shall you be long in Washington, sir?" asked Warburton, politely. "In a hurry to get rid of me, eh?" with a grim smile. "Well, perhaps in a few days." "Good night." The colonel stopped at the threshold, and his face melted suddenly into a warm, humorous smile. He stretched out a hand which Warburton grasped most gratefully. His colonel had been playing with him. "Come back to the army, lad; the east Is no place for a man of your kidney. Scrape up a commission and I'll see to it that you get back into the regiment. Life is real out in the great west. People smile too much here; they don't laugh often enough. Smiles have a hundred meanings, laughter but one. Smiles are the hidden places for lies, and sneers, and mockeries, and scandals. Come back to the west; we all want you, the service and I. When I saw you this afternoon 1 knew you instantly, only I was worried as to what devilment you were up to. Win this girl, if you can; she's worth any kind of a struggle. God bless her! Win her and bring her out west, too." 'Warburton wrung, tue hand in hi till the old fel!o-.v sicniLed that his fingers were beginning to ache. "Do you suppose she suspects any thing?" ventured Warburton. "No. She may be a trifle puzzled, though. J saw her watching jour hands at the table. She has eyes and an readily see that such hands as - ni'i'5 were never made to carry soupplM??. Per the life of me. I had a time of it. ?w allowing my laughter. I longed for a vacant let to ye! in. It would have been a pcs;ive relief. The fop of Troop A pcdiliir-? so'.;p! Oh. I shall bave to tell the to; s. You used more pine-day than any ot! ;cr mm !n the regiment. Don't scowl. Never mind. vou've had vour joke: : must nave mint-. Don't let that Russian fellc act the ir.;U,le track. Keep her o: American soil. I like him and I don't ni. v. ; . . j. a 1 1IKe r-im ana ior an your lomiouiery ana miscnier, mere is gooa siun in you stuff that any woman might be proud of. If you hadn't adopted this disguise. I could have helped you out a bit by cracking up some of your exploits. Well, they will be Inquiring for me. Good , night and good luck. If you should need me, a note will find me at the Army and Navy club." And the genial old warrior, shaking with silent laughter, went back to the house. Warburton remained standing. He was lost In a dream. All at once he pressed the rose to his lips and kissed it shamelessly, kissed it uncountable times. Two or three leaves, not wfthstanding this violent treatment, fluttered to the floor. He picked them up; any one of those velvet leaves might have been the recipient of her kisses, the rosary of love. He was In love, such a love that comes but once to any man, not passing, uncertain, but lasting. He knew that it was useless. He bad digged with nis own hands the abyss between himself and this girl. But there was a secret gladness; to love wasj3omethlng. (For my part, I believe that the glory lies, not in being loved, but ia loving.) I do not know how long he stood there, but It. must have been at least ten minutes. Then the door opened and Monsieur Pierre lurched or rolled

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method of hLs ntr.ia:e) ir.u the ror.n. j his face red with anger, and a million thousand thunders on the tip of his Gallic tongue. "So! You haf leaf me to clear ze table, eh? Not by a damn! I, clear zee table? I? I t'ink not. I cook, nozzing else. To zee dining-room, or I baf you discharge'!" "All right. Peter, old boy!" cried Warburton, the gloom lifting from his face. This Pierre was a very funny fellow. "Petalre! You haf the insolence to call me Petalre? Why, I haf you keeked out in zee morning, lackey!" "Cook! " mockingly. Pierre was literally . dumfounded. Such disrespect he had never before witnessed. It was frightful. He opened his mouth to issue a volley of French oaths, when Zhamrs's hand stopped him. "Look here, Peter, you broil your par tridges and flavor your soups, but keep out of the stables, or, In your own words. I keel you or keek yon out. You tell the scullery maid to clear off the table. I'm off duty for the rest of the night. Now, then, allons! Marche!" And M'sieu Zhames gently but firmly and steadily pushed the scandalized Pierre out of the room and closed the door In his face. I shan't repeat what Pierre said, much less what he thought. Let me read a thought from the mind of each of my principals, the final thought before retiring that night. Karloff (on leaving Mrs. Chadwick): dishonor against dishonor; so it must be. I can not live without that girl. Mrs. Chadwick: (when Karloff had gone:) Ke has lost, but I have won. Annesley: So one step leads to another, and the labyrinth of dishonor has no end. The Colonel: What the deuce will love put next into the young mind? Pierre (to Celeste): I haf heem discharge! Celeste (to Pierre). He ees handsome! Warburton (sighing in the dolorosa): How I love her! The Girl (standing before her mirror and smiling happily): Oh Mister Butler! Why? (To be Continued.) HOUSEHOLD WORRIES There is Not the Slightest Need for Some of them Existing in Richmond. The average mother finds sufficient annoyance and worry performing the ordinary duties in the rearing of a family, but the cares and anxiety are doubled when there is added to ordi nary conditions that of weakened kidneys in a juvenile member of the family. How to cure it should be of untold value to Richmond parents Read this: Charles Fry, of 17 South Fifth street, hoseman of fire company No. 2, says: "A child of mine was troubled for the greater part of his life with a weakness of his kidneys and nothing we used help in the least. We saw Doan's Kidney Pills advertised for such weakness and procured a box at A. G. Luken 's drug store. Giving them to him according to directions it was only a short time before he began to improve. "We continued their use until cured. "We certainly recommend them as a splendid remedy in all such cases." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's and take no other. LETTER LIST. Ladies' List. Miss Ruth Adams, Delucia Curtis, Artie Freeman, Mollie Hensley, Edith Holland, Bertha Kolerman, Jessie Pence, Jennie Towner, Miss Sarah Youngglove. Gentlemen's List. Gernard "Blueroek, "William Brown, Orville Brown, Rev. Elijah P. Brown, Joseph David, Elmer E. Davis, Rev. James Daily, Geo. D. Drecks, A. J. Darland, C. M. Fraser, S. R. Gouse, Harry Hand, Orville Hiatt, H. O. Lee C. L. McKee, J. A. Norris, Isaac Olinger, W. Raper, Richmond Maleable Iron Co., Dr. James K. Ross, D. S. Shotton, C. A. Stewart, J. E. Smith, O. Elton Thomas, Henry U. Thomas. Drops. Miss Ida M. Cochrane, H. G. Mewoehner, Miss Minnie Scheck, Louise White. Foreign. James Boulton. D. SURFACE, P. M. A Mystery Solved. "How to keep off periodic attacks of biliousness and habitual constipation was a mystery that Dr. King's New Life Pills solved for me," writes John N. Pleasant, of Magno lia, Ind. The only pills that are guaranteed to give perfect satisfac tion to everybody or money refunded. Only 25c at A. G. Luken & Co.'s drug store. -

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PHYSICIANS PUZLED BY NER VOUS MALADY THAT HAS ATTACKED FAMILY. BEGAN Hi A BOY'S FRIGHT Locked in a Stall with a Kicking Mule, Lad Has Since Had Convulsions. Newburg, N. Y., Feb. 11. Sympathetic fits is a nervous malady that has attacked six members of a family of twelve children who live near here. One of the boys in the family, which is that of Terrence Clark, of East Goldenham, is the cause of this strange condition. He is now in St. Luke's Hospital here. Realizing that the boy Avas afraid of a kicking mule that was stabled near the farmhouse, a driver named Lynch placed him, last Christmas night, in the stall with the mule and then locked the door, leaving him in the dark. The lad's cries attracted attention and he was rescued in a state of collapse, his mind being affected. He was brought to the hospital in this city and treated for nervous disorder. Lynch was arrested and the boy was put under a severe cross-examination for two hours. At the close he went into convulsions, which have daily continued. Five other members of the family all younger than the boy, are now experiencing the same affliction. They have what the physicians term smypathetic nervous attacks, and when one goes into convulsions another follows, and at times there as six in fits. It requires a strong man to hold one of the girls in these paroxysms, and of late it has required day and night watching by the neighbors to prevent the children doing injury to themselves and others. The authorities were appealed to for help today, the neighbors having become exhausted in their care, and by advice of a physician those afflicted will be separated and placed where they cannot see one another for a week or two, in the hope that after their nerves have become quiet ed they may yield to medical treat ment. Physicians say they have never heard of a similar case and they fear that if the malady is not check ed the entire family will be in a sim ilar state. Now is the time for fertilizer for j-our lawns. Use Mertz's Common Sense Bone Meal. Good for pota toes, oats, corn and all garden truck. Delivered to any part of the city. Both phones 103. 1-17-th t.w BOARD OF WORKS ROUTINE. Number of Cement Walks Are Order ed In Matter of Getting Crushed Stone From New Paris. At its last meeting the board of public works confirmed the resolu tion for the construction of a sanita ry sewer in the alley between North Eleventh and Twelfth streets, from II street to th river. The resolution calling for the improvement of the two alleys south of Main street, between Eighteenth and Ninetenth strets and Main and A streets, by the construction of cement roadways, was confirmed. The resolution calling for the con struction of cement sidewalks on the east side of South Eleventh street from E to F streets, was adopted. The construction of cement Bide walks on both sidps of North Six teenth street from F street to the river was ordered. The water works company will be notified to remove the dirt .accumu lated by its employes at the corner of Kinsey and West First streets. Contractor Schneider will be noti fied to remove the dirt left by his em ployes about the hydrant on Linden avenue. . Representatives of the New Paris stone quaries met with the board to discuss the use of eimshed stoi e on the streets of the citiy.

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SOME DEFINITIONS. ThereWMf So Many of Them It Startled the Editor. The ordinary person had been invitrxl to call ou the editor, and the Invitation Lad been accepted, and not only accepted, but the O. P. had put in a visible and tangible appearance. The editor never thought be would have to make good or he wouldn't have extended any Invitation, but now that he was In the balance Le was not going to be weighed and found wanting, so he received his visitor pleasantly. They talk ed very glibly for quite some time, then the visitor began to look around the room of the editor. "And what do you call your den?" he asked. "Well," smiled the editor, "other peo ple call it the sanctum sanctorum." "Um-um!" mused the visitor, still gaz ing about him. "I suppose if thej called the editorial room the sanctum sanctorum they would call a nursery the spanktura spanktorum, and the drinker's den the tanktum tanktorum. and the pedestrian's den the shanktum shanktorum. and a lunatic asylum the cranktum cranktorum, and officers quarters the ranktum ranktorum, and a lumber yard the planktum planktorum, and a banker's office the banktum banktorum, and" "nold on, there!" Interrupted the startled editor. "Wait till I call the editor of our humorous column. I think he might get a joke out of this." "Very well." assented the visitor submlssively. "And if he does I suppose he will convert my environment into a thanktum thanktorum." Whereupon the editor hurried away to find the funny man. Judge. Explaining IIIm Condition. "And you tell your wife everything?" "Well, yes." "Die! you tell her that I brought you home the other night when you couldn't remember your street or number?" "I didn't have to tell her that. She looked out of the window and saw you." "And what did you tell her?" "I told her that you had one of the worst cases of contagious Intoxication I had ever been exposed to." Cleve land Plain Dealer. Unmoved. "Isn't this hazing something dread ful?" said the solicitous parent. "Well," answered Farmer Corntossel, "you must consider that the boy that's at school standin' on his head or doin' exercises to expand bis chest ain't plowin' eleven miles a day in the hot sun nor gettin' blisters on his hands with a scythe." Washington Star. How He Knew. Biggs Can you recommend a first class skin doctor? Diggs Yes. Go to Dr. Sokem. Biggs Is he a skin specialist? Diggs You bet he is. I just got a bill from him this morning. Detroit Tribune. Paternal Interest. Miss Prettyun Papa seems to be very much interested in your health. Mr. Stay late Indeed! Miss Prettyun Yes; he asked me the other morning If you were troubled with Insomnia. Chicago News. Keeping Them Alive. Wise Yes, I heard his lecture, and it was pretty moldy. Dumley Well, he perpetrated some pretty good jokes. Wise "Perpetrated," no; "perpetuat ed," yes. Philadelphia Press. Accounted For. Bacon How glum he always looks. Doesn't he ever try to look on the bright side of things? Egbert Oh, yes; he tries to; but, you see, he's fearfully cross eyed! Yonkers Statesman. 5o Danger, Mrs. Hoyle Aren't you afraid that your husband will make love to hia typewriter? Mrs. Doyle Not In the least. I do his typewriting. New York Tress. Droke In Ills Digestion. "How did that circus freak get to the point where he could swallow pins and nails?" "He began on mince pie." Detroit Free Press. A Fatal Symptom. The Kid Wot impulse prevented me from soakln' her wit' dis ole tomater? Kin it be I'a fallin in love? New York World. The Same Old Exeaie. Judge Don't you know better than to hit a drunken man, officer? New Cop If It please your honor, I didn't know be was loaded. Princeton

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