Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 122, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1903 — Page 2

A DOCTOR’S MISSION

CHAPTER NlL—(Continued.)

. Thrusting the pistol quickly In bls (pocket, the young man sprang towards Ser so suddenly that she could hot depend herself, and clasping her slight form nightly in his strong arms, he lifted her |*t once so the waiting conveyance, placed per in it, then leaping to her side, seized nhe reins, and drove rapidly off, .while the tpoor girl was in almost a fainting condition. from displeasure and fright. , After a few moments of intense stillEess, broken .only by the clatter of the orse's hoofs, as he bounded on, Robert jraed to her with laughing triumph fefo his eyes and exultingly exclaimed: ; “You see. my charming young friend, rthat when I say I will do a thing, I liitend to do it. Now I decided this afternoon to hate you for a companion on |a little drive, and you see I have carried the day, and here you are, seated Itozily by my side, while we are dashing laway in grand style. Confesi now, is pot this just splendid?'* . “It is not. Sir, I thing your conduct pngentlemanly and cruel iu the extreme.’’ 4 —“?NoL at _aH! I l regard tyou as the cruel one, when you declined to favor me with your company. Why * jxou treat me so strangely is an enigma! (You ought* to feel honored to be allowed to ride with so well-known, wealthy and pind-hearted a man.” I . “It is no honor, sir, but a deep insult, to be thus forced to do what is disagreeable.” ‘ “I suppose it would be very disagreepble also to have me kiss you?” "Sir!” was the indignant exclamation Mia: fell upon his ear. ‘ “Weil, disagreeable or not to you, it would be extremely agreeable to me. I *•11 you candidly, I would like to do ft. you are so sweet and beautiful, but 1 will refrain, and deny myself that pleasure, if you perfectly quiet, and Ju it try to enjoy this while you have •he chance. If you do not —if you'make the' least'fuss. 1 vow 1 wIIMb 4f!” Ethel made no reply. She realized (fully that the eccentric individual beside had -her -in-hispower.* -therefore ltc~ pnowledging to herself that it was best jander the circumstances to make no furtoer resistance, she sank back in her seat pnd remained silent and motionless. ' Away they flew over the long and loneP" road, passing brooks, ponds, trees, Eicks, indeed everything bitt houses and ihabitants. During the whole drive not »»ne word more was spoken by either victor or vanquished. Ethel's face was deadly pale, however, Waving the hour that ensued before the pead of the horse was turned homeward, while Robert's was illuminated bv a glow *f intense satisfaction and triumph. * When at length the shades of evening Ihegan to gather, they once more neared {♦ilendenning Hall. Stopping the horse Before they reached the place, in a sheltered and obscure spot. Robert jumped put. then turned to assist Ethel from the • vehicle.

Springing past him to the ground, (Ethel darted away. Breathing a prayer i*f fervent thanksgiving for her safe re[♦urn, when she had once more reached per room, the poor girl brushed away the nears that had relieved her excited feel(Sigs as soon as she had entered, and then (with a sinking dread at her heart at once pepaired to the sick man’s room. , A volley of spiteful, hard words salutl»d her entrance from the irritable inIvalid. and it was some time before she would utter one word inlier own defense. (When at last he gave her an opportunity «o speak she informed him truthfully of jthe outrageous conduct of his wife’s ■cphew. ■-Robert! Did you say Robert did so (insolent a thing? Was he guilty of so fnnp.aedonnWe an act?” exclaimed the astonished baronet. T, "Do not believe her. uncle," immedinteinterposed Belle, who had made it her (business to be present. "What she says Ife utterly false. Ido not doubt but that She spent the time.riding with some eau; but. 1 assure you, it was not with ■ty brother, for he was with me the entire afternoon. She is a wicked girl to tipose such a falsehood upon so sick a an.” As Belle uttered this cruel fabrication jslie glanced spitefully, yet with ill-con-ieealed triumph, towards the amazed lEHhI. who was not at all prepared for •uch an artful and malicious attack. "Sir Reginald, I assure you I speak (only the truth. It was Robert Glendenlaing who forced me into his carriage, and thus detained me against my will.” "You know better." roared Sir Reginald. "1 will never believe it. Ix*ave fltie room instantly. I do not wish to see •your face again until morning.” With a eold. dignified bow Ethel left •st his bidding—left. too. without another sword. knowing well that contradictions (would only enrage and excite the pasmoDate and unjust person l»efore her. < After she had disappeared Belle al-o let once took, her departure, chagrined |shat her uncle had pot instantly dismjjsher rival from his service and house. She did not know that this his lordship would on no account do. as he had intrusted to her keeping a secret which made'her services far too valuable to l>e easily dispensed with. H«*might he enraged. and so dismiss her for a night; bin no fault she might be guilty of would induce him to part with her while all *eot well in the conceals d room. CHAPTER XIII. • The next afternoon. Ethel felt that she Leonid safely start to the village, to wake L few purchase for herself, as at the hunch table Robert had told Lady ConIntlaxßce he should leave home at two that (afternoon to visit a young friend, and (should remain away until noon the next < As she had not ventured beyond the (grounds of the Hall since her arrival, on this afternoon, before, she did past know in which direction the places psf business lay; therefore, seeing Handy Staples, the lodge keeper’s sou, just be- ■

Author of “ Roy Russell’s Rule,” “Glenrov,” ‘.‘.The Fashionable Mother*” Etc.

yShd fheptnee,sheMopped andTnffffirM' of him. __ __ “Oh, yes; I can tell you. certainly. Go straight forward, pas* Dr. Elfenstein’s cottage, when you will come to a grove of willows; pass' that, ami, then the railroad track, and about one quarter of a mile beyond, you will see a row. of houses; that is the commencement of the real village, proper, and there you will find several stores.” Thanking the boy, Ethel opened her parasol, for the afternoon was warm and sultry, nnd followed the path pointed out. When she reached the cottage, her eyes wandered over its small flower-bor-dered garden, its pretty vine-covered porch, and open windows, with their bowed blinds, just revealing the dainty, cool-looking, lace curtains within, that wafted back nnd forth, gently, in the faintest of all breezes. “How differently Dr. Elfenstein impresses me, with his manly bearing, his>open countenance, and kindly eyes, even though hi? manners are reserved and quiet, from that vain, egotistical Robert (ilondonning,” she thought. “I eannot understand exactly why I detent that person so thoroughly, nor why I admire the young physician so much. One thing, perhaps, influences me; I always loved usefulness in a man; Dr. Elfenstein labors for the welfare of others; young (Jlendenning is an idle spendthrift, living merely to gratify the pleasures of his own handsome self. One, constantly doing good, the other—l should judge by his looks and acts, evilly disposed, and reckless in all h'u?* ff ays.” While thus thinking she passed the willow grove, and the railroad track, and soon reached the stores, where the purchases were made to her entire satisfaction. Then she retraced her steps, walking slowly, in order more fully to enjoy a cooler breeze that was springing up; but as she neared the railroad she quickened her steps, for she knew that a train was nearly thtK ------ Soon the place was reached, and in stepping over it, to her horror she found the heel of her shoe-fa-rfened Lightly in one of the frogs. With a desperate haste she strove to loosen it; in vain! Every struggle only made it, as it seemed, more firmly wedged. Hark! What was that rumbling? With pallid lips and trembling form, she heard a distant whistle tell of the swiftly coming train. •' ~ In despair, she stooped to unbutton the shoe; but it was a new one, and therefore hard to manage, while her trembling fingers sough t- to unde the fast ening, but - she found them powerless to accomplish the task. On. on came the engine. She could feel the rails vibrate with their motion, and still her foot was fast and she could not move. Then, one wild shriek of terror rang out upon the air. and even before it died away a man's feet came r turning to the spot. “Be calm! I will save you! Do not struggle—stand perfectly Kill!” said a voice in her ear. On came the cars; even then they could be seen in the distance. One moment more and she would be under the fearful wheels; but n strong hand caught the foot, wrenched open the buttons, then, as the hot breath of the engine was almost upon her, she was drawn from the perilous position and knew no more. When she opened her eyes, she was lying on the green grass, a short distance from the spot, while her head reclined upon some gentleman's shoulder, and the same person was gently fanning her with n folded newspaper. Looking up, she met the earnest eyes of Dr. Elfenstein bent upon hers, and saw that he was thus kindly supporting her. “It is all right now. Miss Nevergail. You are safe, and will be yourself in one moment.” he said. “Oh. but that was terrible, terrible!” she murmured, with a shudder, as her eyes closed again, at the mere remembrance. "It was. truly! While I got to you in time, thank heaven, there was not a second to spare!” “Oh, doctor, I can never thank you, •for 1 know now that it was you who saved me!” "Do not try, Miss Nevergail; I will not be thanked. My fright, 1 assure you, was nearly equal to your own.” "How did you get the shoe off?” she asked, at length, as she raised herself from his nrm. and glanced at her foot. "I never can'tell; it was so stiff and tight it took all my strength. But not. since you are better. 1 ' will ree whfct has become of that obstinate little boot.” In a few moments, he smilingly returned with its dilapidated remains in his hand. “You <vill scarcely know your own property,” he remarked, “it is so crushed and torn. The action of the heavy train loosened it. and thus I came off with thy spoil.” “My poor, poor shoe,” said Ethel, a faint smile hovering around her pale lips. “Well, it may better be cru.'ihed than my foot; but, renlly, though scarcely wearable. I must put it on;” and she reached out her hand for the torn object. "Nay. allow me to restore-it so its place.” said the doctor, kneeling beside her. “My ]w»or child, you have scarcely strength enough yet for such a task.” With the greatest tenderness and care, he drew the boot over one of the smallest little feet he, had ever seen supporting a woman, and as he finished buttoning the very few buttons that remained, he arose, and begged her to keep seated until he brought hither his horse and gig, as he told her he should insist upon carrying her home, as she was, he knew, still weak from fright. Looking around. Ethel sate, for the first time, his horse standing quietly by the roadside, a short distance from the track, where he had left him, to rush to her assistance. Bringing the animal and conveyance to her side, Eaftle turned, and before she fairly understood his intention, gathered

BY EMILY THORNTON

her in his arms from the ground, and lifting her into the seat, sprang lightly to her side. ■ J “You must not be startled at my presumption, Miss Netergail Remember physicians have privileges others have not. You are my patient now, and until I see the color re-established; on your lips and cheek, I am in duty bound to care for you. You are not offended?” He bent to gaze into her eyes as he asked the question, and his earnest look brought the tell-tale blood back to her cheeks. “Oh, no, no! That would be ungrateful jndeed!” was_tbe low reply. The ride really revived her, and as the doctor took her quite a roundabout way, in order to- prolong it, assuring her it wbuld be beneficial to do so, she was able to give a natural spring as he held out his hands to assist her to the ground, when at length they drove up to the entrance of Glendenning Hall. There was a happy smile still upon her lips as, after thanking and bidding her kind friend adieu, and, seeing him lift his hat as he drove off, the ran up the piazza steps to pags to her room. But the smile vanished instantly as Belle came forward from behind the heavy screen of vines, and with an angry look in her eyes, exclaimed: “What does this mean? I wish to know if Sir Reginald pays you a salary to ride around the country with young men? I thall inform him of this ride.” “As you please, Miss Glendenning. It certainly is not my intention so keep secret the fact that I have just narrowly escaped death by being crushed by the cars. As Dr. Elfenstein risked his life to drag me from danger, and then employed his skill to bring me from a dreadful swoon, he certainly thought it no harm to restore me wifely to your uncle’s aid as I was too weak from fright to walk.” . Sa saying, Ethel passed on, leaving the nngry, but astonished girl to her own reflections. That these were not of a very pleasant nature, the following whisper gave evidences “It'is always the way. Wish to keep one person away from another, and something is sure to happen to bring them together. One tiring I am determined, however, he shall never marry Ethel Nevergail, if I can possibly prevent it.”

CHAPTER XIV.

Ethel did not entirely recover from the effects of her fright, until after the night’s sleep had served to calm her nerves, and all the evening that followed she was excited and scarcely able so control herself. When she bade the family good night and locked herself into her room, in order to proceed to her nightly task, it was with a dazed feeling, and an aching head. Nerving herself for her duty, however, as well as she coulil, she proceeded to tight'her camlie, and taking the indispensable knife, she passed through the wardrobe and passageway, into the corridor beyond. Possessing herself of the basket of food, she remembered ttfTilsten the door with the iron hook, a precaution the baronet had charged-her always to observe, that by no possibility could she be surprised while accomplishing her task, then passing onward, she opened the panel as >.i sna 1, anil p 1 a ced, the pl ate of food upon the shelves. As she did so she heard distinctly a movement on the other side, which, being rather unusual, for silence aloue ordinarily reigned, startled her already excited nerves so much that she gave the shelves the required shove, and just as they whirled away, she saw, to her horror, when too late to stop them, that she had dropped the -knife from her hand, and it had gone around with the food. Breathlessly she waited for the returg movement, hoping that the creature within would not observe it, aud that it would come back with the plate. As she waited, a singular loud, shrill noise or cry came from within. The next moment the shelves had..revolved, and the plate alone appeared. Appalled with her own carelessness, and fancying she knew not what as the result, the terrified, half frantic girl, could only draw to the panels, with all the expedition pbssible, nnd then hastily return the basket, fasten the door and seek the safety of her own apartment. What was now her duty? Should she immediately seek the baronet, who was probably asleep by this time, and telling him the mishap, ask what was to be doner? —; ——— - No! nhe could not think this course a wise one. The baronet was an exceedingly passionate man. Such a tale, at this hour, would throw him into a whirl of nervous anger that might cause damage to the broken hip, the bones of which, all hoped, had by this time commenced to unite. (To be continued.)

Ambassador Choate's Joke.

Ambassador Cboate. at the dinner recently given him in London by the Pilgrims' Club, said: “My elation here to-night is It is great as it was on the occasion of my first lawsuit. That was a happy time. I remember that I had sat brooding and idle. The afternoon was gray. The law as a career seemed Suddenly there was a caller and an excellent case offered me by a wealthy man. An hour after I got a second case. It was incredible. Two cases, my first two eases, and both given me the same day. “How I worked that night over my two cases! How I thought about them as I walked officeward with my green bag the next morning! I remember that a shabby person, accosting me as I walked, said: “Old clothes? Any old clothes to sell?” He seemed to be regarding the green baize bag. I held it up for him to see. “ ‘Oh, no.' said I. ‘no old clothes, my friend. New suits.’ ”

All Knew the Answer.

The teacher was telliug her claaa things not found in the text-books. “When anything Is repeated by many persons it gets to be called a ‘saying,” she said., “Now, when a thing Is repeated and accepted as a fact by everybody, what do we call It?” The intelligent pupils answered tn chorus, “A cheetnut!”—New York I Tess. There are more fugitives from Injustice than there are from justice.

THE AMERICAN GIANT IS THE AMERICAN SCHOOL CHILD

A STARTLING AND SIGNIFICANT COMPARISON. ’The American giant is the American school child. Under Instruction In the public schools of the United States are 15,603,451 children. Of these 7,841,570 are boys and 7,761,881 girls. In Chicago, according to the census of 1902, there were 220,421 children in the schools, making an average yearly Increase of 15,871. The increase this year is much greater, the estimates of attendance ranging from 250,000 to 284,000. ~ . The statistics for 1903 show that the entire German army, while on a ?eace footing, is composed of 605,811 men, while the army of the United States in 1902, while on a peace footing, numbered only 63,686 men.—Chicago American.

FURNISHINGS OF A HOME.

Essence of Elegance Lies in Elm* plicity and Good Taste. There is no idea more erroneous than that it requires a liberal expenditure of money to have a comfortable and artistic home. The very essence of elegance lies in simplicity. It Is not art to make a parlor the duplicate of an exhibition room In a furniture store. That simply calls for an outlay of money without any exercise of taste. There is no tone to such a room—no air of repose, no comfort, no individuality. It speaks for what it is—an exhibition. A room of that sort annoys >just in the same way as does an illbred woman who cannot forget the gown she is wearing. Furniture has a voice just as well as True art in furnishing is found jin allowing a home to slowly develop (under the tastes of those who live in it I the adoption of an idea here, another [there. The development requires time and cultivation. No house worth living in can be complete at one time. A home" of comfort unfolds Itself, eo to speak, and unfolds slowly. True Improvement comes in this way, and in no other way. Everything about a home depends upon the way its possessors start. A .beginning made without due thought given to what we are buying means waste; it means buying things which before long we are certain to find are not what we wanted, and of which we are sure to become tired. Buying in haste means repenting at leisure. Where the income is limited, there particularly must be exercised deliberation of choice. We must let our home speak our own likes and dislikes. The home should speak its owners’ tastes, their ideas, and not the tastes and ideas of their neighbors or friends. What suits one house rarely is in place in anotherf Let the start be made on the basis of one’s own originality, and not a dependence upon the ideas of either furniture people or neighbors. Let time be a factor in the development of a home. Do not get the mad desire to complete every room at once. A home furnished for the mere idea of getting It finished always shows the earmarks •f the effort.—The Household.

Surgery of the Heart. The wonderful progress which surgery has made during the last quarter* of a century was recently demonstrated in the accident ward of the London Hospital by an additional case of surgery of the heart. A tailor who had been stabbed in the chest with a knife was hastily conveyed to the hospital in a state of complete collapse. As his condition was obviously desperate, the house surgeon on duty determined to examine the wound to the very bottom as the only means of warding off septic if he could succeed in saving the wounded man's life from’' the immediate consequences of the injury. Accordingly, as the wound was found to be situated over the region of the heart, the portion of the chest wall lying in front of the heart was reflected, when the pericardium was found to have been laid open. On enlarging the wound in this membrane It was found that the heart muscle Itself had been penetrated. The opening in the latter position was rapidly cleansed with antiseptic fluids, the bleeding vessels were secured and the wound sutured. The cavity of the pericardium was then cleansed of the clotted blood, the opening in its menbranous wall similarly treated and secured, and lastly the opening In the chest wall was closed with corresponding precautions. Artificial respiration was kept up till normal breathing was fairly well established, and latest reports give a fair hope of recovery. Even laymen must recognize that such an occurrence represents a splendid triumph of professional skilL—American Medicine.

Means of Transportation.

The railroad car will carry as much as twenty teams of horses could haul and the great ocean steamers will transport as much as 400 railway cars can carry.

The Sexes in Civil Service.

Seven tyseyen per cent of the wompn and but 62 per cent of the men taking the civil service examination are able to pass it It is a good sign when a community endorses husbands and wives being In love with each other.

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. Women Reveal Murder Because Con-. eicnces Hurt— Old Feud Ends in Crime— Burglars Shoot Operator and Rob Railway Station. Three women told the Terre Haute police of the murder of Linn Woodall, who was supposed to have accidentally been killed by the cars at Linton several weeks ago. As a result of their confession, forced by stricken conscience, Joseph Fiske is in jail, accused of the crime. The young women are Blanche dark, Lillie Tipton and Minnie Meyers. They say that they were with Fiske, Woodall and a third man at Linton on the day Woodall was killed. A quarrel started between Fiske and Woodall, and Fiske struck Woodall pt> the head with a club, knocking him down. Fieke warned those who saw the deed that if they told he would kill thenj. He then dragged the body to a track and laid it across the rails, where afterwards it was mangled by a passing train. When the women told the story the officers for the first time heard of the murder theory. The women said the tragedy had weighed on tiheir consciences and they agreed to tell the story. Shoots Three and Himself. In the presence of a great number of persons at the Trfetate fair grounds in Evansville City Detective Tiioinas Hutchens shot Police Chief Fred Heuke and Police Captain Ffed H. Brennecke. accidentallywoundedJacob .Lutz, a member of the City Council, and then committed suicide. Hutchens and Patrolman Crowe were sitting in the German village tent, when Heuke and Brennecke entered. Hutchens drew his revolver and began shooting at Brennecke. Brennecke was shot iu the breast, Heuke received a bullet near the abdomen, and Lutz was shot near the. heart. Hutchens then placed the revolver to his own temple and fired. He fell to the ground a corpse. It is feared' the Jthree men are fatally wounded. Exposes Alleged Murder Plot. Mrs. Edward Oasker, ’ wife of a paroled convict at LaPorte, warned Harry A. McCormick that her husband had sworn to kill him and his father, and the plot had reached a stage where their lives were in imminent peril. The elder McCormick was formerly sheriff of the county and was instrumental in running down and sending Casker to the penitentiary. Young McCormick is a clerk in a bank. They notified, the officials .of the... disclosures made ,by Mrs. Casker, and a search is now in progress for the-con-vict. Robbers Shoot Operator. Herbert Aughenbaugh, night operator Of the Erie Railroad at Laketon, was shot and perhaps fatally wounded by two robbers, who fired a bullet into his head after he had resisted their demand for the.road’s money iu his possession. The robbers escaped. They secured several hundred dollars. “Blind Tiger” Is Blown lip. Brown County’s “blind tiger,” a saloon operated at Nashville in defiance of law for a year past, was blown to atoms at 2 o’clock ou a recent morning by a charge of dynamite. All Over the State. Field rats have destroyed many acres of eastern Indiana corn.

A $50,000 appropriation for repairing the Goshen court house was defeated through a technicality. A Vandalia passenger train struck a carriage containing Frank Milner and Mita Kate Bilby near Terre Haute, killing both. Dr. Hugh Morrison Lash, one of the best known phfysicians in Indiana, died nt Indianapolis. He was born at Athens, Ohio, in 1844. Fully 5,000 people attended the fourth annual musical festival at Brazil. Blinds took part from Greencastle. Danville, 111., Decatur, Etta Morgan, G-year-old daughter of Mrs. William Morgan of Brazil, was run over by an interurban car on the Terre Haute electric line and almost instantly killed. Mrs. Ruth Bryan of Fort Wayne has discovered that her mother, whom she had believed dead thirty year.-, resides at Cookesville, -111. She is now Mrs. Rachel Parr. Mother and daughter were reunited Sunday. The people of Porter were thrown into intense excitement by an attempt to blow up the saloon of Fred Sievers.*’ A dymtaiite cartridge was thrown into the building. The cartridge was seen in time to prevent an explosion. Death stopped the confession of Grace Demmen at Griffith. She had begun a statement that she was’ implicated in thb robbery of Michael Johnson, her ejn--ployer, who was beaten by thieves two years ago. The housekeeper ran for help and saved his life, so that Johnson, who was a wealthy farmer, hailed her as his preserver. Mrs. Belle Fountaine pleaded guilty to assault with intent to kill after she had confessed to chloroforming the Harnish family near Dora, and was sentenced to from three to fourteen years in the Indianapolis reformatory. Miss Lola Harnish, of whom the prisoner was jealous on account of Hie attentions of All»ert Turner, is recovering. Several well-known Indianapolis business men offered to make affidavits that they had seen an airship with two men-in it sail over the city the other day. At noon in a field several wiles from Irvington some boys found a large torpedoshaped, paper-covered craft, thirty, feet long, with a canopy and two dummy figures in it. It is believed to be a model of an airship. Rose Polytechnic freshmen, in a class fight in Terre Haute, captured a halfdozen sophomores and, tying them with rope*, took them in a wagon to Fort Harrison, on the banks of the Wabash above the city, and left them there to get home the best they could. “How knig do you think I will live?” af-ked Benjamin Buchwalter of Mary Williamson, a fortune teller. Before sh»could reply he dropped dead of heart disease. Buchwalter was a fanner of Gardner, HL, and while visiting relatives in Elkhart went with a nephew to have his fortune told. He wm 70 years old. <•