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Cl Bette Wttill &.
VIDA'S REVENGE.
CIIA1TEK II. CONTINUED
“You need not toll your mother's wretch-
<
to do with it. i usk you why you follow
me'.'”
“If 1 were to tell you, 1 know what would
happen/’ he said.
“What is that?”
“1 should he w hipped off the Gordon fells.”
And then there was a silence. He -land-
ing with his head hanging- urul she looking
at him straight, scanning hi \ery soul.
“What makes such a cur of you?” Vida
asked suddenly.
“1 am not u cur,” he answered.
“Lift up your head then.”
lie raised it. ami tried to look at her de-
fiantly. Hut she was smiling, and he start'd
at her amazed.
“Upon my word,” sin* said lightly, “I
think that you an* in love with me.”
“As there i> a sun in the sky,” ho eriod
passionately, “I am! ’
“Well, don’t shriek it all over the woods,”
said Vida. “Now. being in love with me,
What would yi
It was boldly put, but he did not yet feel
encouraged. He only stared at her with
amazement in his dark wicked <•>■<*>.
“What would 1 do i »r you?” ho said slow-
ly. “Why, anything/’
“Easily said,” Vida replied in a bantering
tone. “Hut suppose 1 try you -put you to
the test?”
“Do it,” he said, “and anything short of
taking my own life I’ll do.”
“You would not part with that?”
“It’s only just begun. I’ve had no fling
yet. No, my lady, I’ll not part with my
life.”
"Perhaps,” still in a bantering tone she
spoke, “you would take the life of another?”
An understanding was growing up be- j
tween them. He drew a step nearer, and
now looked at her steadily.
“1 would take a life,” he said deliberately, 1
“if 1 were paid for it.”
‘ And wlmt would be yo.,r price?”
lb* pan . d, ami a hot ;'.*. di deepened the
brown of his skin. Only by an effort could
ho speak.
“I wouldn’t do it for money,” ho said,“but
I would for- love."
Ho expect d to see the furyspilug into ,
her face and hoar himself denounced for his
audacity, but she stood still and kept her 1
eyes upon his face.
“To-moirow ho said In a tone
that reached his ears dist inctly, but went !
V
come riding through the village towards the
Gordon fells.”
“Do I know him?” ho asked in the same
keen whisper.
“His name is Basil Brandreth.”
“1 know him well.”
“Enough, then, lie is not to come to the
'
ho could ilisap; car and never be heard of
again—all the better.”
“He cat; be-”
“Do not let me know what could bo done,
but tell me thi- -can he be kept from the
Got don fells? ’
“He can.”
each moment lie was grov in bolder. Ho
bad drawn nearly up to I. u h n she check-
ed him with her hand.
“You must do your wor . hist,” Vida said,
“and then seek pnyim lit.”
“I’ll have something on account,” he said.
“You will not tleieive n 1'
“i
not one of them Gordon-
fells to-night.”
“Or be heart! of again?”
“Never again.”
“Haste* you, then, to-day to Carpingdean.
and post tills letter there.” She drew one
from her breast and handed it to him as .-'lie
Ipoke. “Do it seeretlj and well/’
“You must not go yet,” la* said, planting
himself in her way. “tioinethingon account.
Let me touch your click with my up-.”
With a shuddering frame On* stood still
while he stooped down, and trembling with
joy, put his lips, not to her cheek, but to
her lips—he had quite recovered his ordinary
audacity.
“That’s my seal upon the compact,” he
laid.
And Vida, without answ- rin. a word,
drew her cloak over her head and hurried
back to Gordonfells.
CIIAFTER III.
HIS SHAKE OF THE COMPACT.
Vida went back by the way c.unc, and
had got no farther than the border of the
wood when, lo her secret terror and dismay,
She met Abel Moore.
Ho was usually dressed with remarkable
neatness early or late, but now there were
signs of a hurried t i 'vt\ in an Imperfectly
tied scarf, and an o\' i coat buttoned awry.
Ho wore no gloves, and carried a heavy
riding-whip in his hand.
"Why, dearest Villa,” he exclaimed in an
agitated tone, “1 am rejoiced to liud you
lafe.”
“Safe!” she repented with a forced smile;
“1 have never be n in d in :* r.”
“Not that you know of,” he rejoined,“but
fo\i have had some fellow (logging you as
jrou w alki 1. i • ■ ild ;eo him from tin
iow of my dressing-room in the north tow-
er.”
“I—I have seen no one,” she stammered,
appalled at the da er of disc >vi rj that liad
been only just averted.
lie mistook the nature of her agitation,
and taking her hand drew it through his
arm.
“You must not be out so early alone,” ho
said, “and, perhaps, after all, I have need-
lessly alarmed imself.”
“It may have been fancy,” Vida suggest-
ed.
“No, I saw the fellow clearly enough.”
“Did you recoiurni.se him, uncle?”
“No, my dear, but 1 thought lie looked
like a gipsy.”
And as lie spoke her lips burned with the
memory of the vagabond Bardolph’s kiss as
it would have done with the after-pain of
a wasp’s sting.
“Well, I am safe,” she said with a faint
smile, “but I am very sorry to have broiurht
you out iu the chill damp of the early morn-
ing.”
“Why, dear child, 1 am not made of paste-
board, but, as you say, it Is chilly, and we
must iiasten back.”
At the hall-door they met Ruth, attired
for a walk and coming to meet her cousin,
llow pure and fresh her beauty was! Like
a newly blown rose, rich and radiant in the
morning light.
“My dear father,” she exclaimed, “you out
walking too?”
“I have been a little way to meet Vicla,”
he answered, as he touched lu*r check with
his lips.
She turned to Vida to give her the accus-
tomed morning salute, but already it seem-
ed to Vida that a black barrier stood up be-
tween them, and sho barely touched Ruth's
cheek in return.
•*. am noJongerVMt Moore/’she thought ,*
*‘bm the jl/incs* of a gipsy
Sho would tafu at this morjent have un-
done the work of tb* but it wa*
already too i&te. »
Bardot wsfi Hay tv
jlth the letter, and there 'was no recalling
Im. The rest of his work he would do by-
id-by, and there was but one way of sav-
|g Basil Brandreth, and that was by open
dnfessiou.
No, that would never do—the bitter work
iti -t go on to the end.
pf all the days of her young life, Vida
lid never known one like that which fol-
lift'd.
It was not pain, or sickness, or fear, or re-
pittance that assailed her, but a wild
vitchfulnc'S and soul weariness that was
lixprossibly horrible to bear.
'•I slept very little last night,” sho told
Ilth when sho expressed some anxiety
ainit her health, “and my head aches. I
11 nk 1 shall spend the day quietly in my
it>m.”
’Shall 1 read to you?” Ruth asked.
’Yes; read to me,” Vida said.
/iiia lay upon her couch with the curtain? !
dawn to dim the light, and Ruth, choosing
“i/angeline,” began to read that charming
stry of woman’s pure faithful love.
) jarred ui on Vida's ears;she turned her
thiights to Basil Hrandrcili.
aie knew he was at Briarwood, spending
a fw hours with his people, and burning
will impatience to mount his horse and riilo
to is lady-love.
11 the depths of her aching heart her an-
guilt boiled and bubbled like oil in a caul-
'
“,f he were burning to come to me,” shu
Height, “how different my life would be!”
“That did you say, dear?” Ruth asked,
“jiothing,” sho replied. “I did not speak.”
“1 thought you did. Shall 1 go on read-
ing!’
“lo, thank you. I think if you leave mo
no\il shall sleep, and If Ido not wake to
die* for dinner, do not disturb me.”
“Int Basil i> coming,” said Ruth.
“’lo see you,” replied Vida, smothering
somi harsh words that rose toiler lips. “You
willpo good company enough without my
ponisoeicty. 1 will join you at tea.”
Bull left, ud as it was then four in tlm
afternoon Vida know sho would be disturb-
ed no more.
To guard against the possibility of a visi-
tor, s;o went to the door and locked it.
To^er couch she did not return, but sat
downin' tin* tire ami tried to warm her chill-
ed hold--and feet, which seemed to have
been timed to ice.
lu min, the life-blood would not return t«»
them,:and, shivering shu arose and walked
abnutthc room.
Evciy few minutes sho looked at her
watch,and the time lagged wearily.
“Mvlovcr with the tiger’s eyes will keep
his wud,” she said. "Basil will not be here
to-niglt. But where and how will he stop
him.”
She ielt that Bardolph might be trusted,
but as'lie time for the arrival of Ruth’s
lover drew near, she became restless beyond
nil enfluraiKv. One moment sin* would
have stepped the murderer—for Bardolph
could iic nothing less than that to be sue-
(vssfu - and tin* next moment she was ready
to taki a share in the deadly work.
Nowhot, now cold, sho paced the room
until sic could bear it no longer.
“I mist go out,” she thought; “I must
have air.”
She took the fur-lined cloak sho lmd worn
in the Homing, and wrapped it about her.
J list outside in the corridor there was a
staircase seldom used, that led to a small
door in lie north tower.
Mr. Moore used it occasionally for a pri-
vate mode of entrance or exit, but nobody
else ever went that way.
Opening the door o. the room softly sho
listened. All was still without.
“Now,” she said, “l can leave safely. It
is the idle hour of ail at GordonfelL.”
She lock- d her door quietly, and with a
light step descended the staircase.
As sin* passed her uncle’s room, she heard
him \v thin humming a tune.
“All aie merry here but me,” she thought
bitterly.
The door below turned back on its hinges
without noise, and sho passed out, closing
it gently behind her.
It was already night, and the moon was
rising.
“I will walk here,” she said, and paced
up and down the terrace once.
Then she was drawn by a mysterious pow-
er that was irresistible towards the road by
which Basil would conic.
She crossed the park, and avoiding the
lodge, retched the main road by a gap in
the fence sin* knew of. Once on the high-
road she went forward swiftly.
A revulsion of feeling had again come up-
on her.
“I was foolish—mad.” she murmur 'd. “I
must >t >p that gipsy bloodhound, if Ruth
gets the letter 1 can say that it is a jest.
Hark! is that not a horse coining?”
She stopped and listened, and tho patter-
ing of a horse’s hoofs fell upon her ear.
The sound came from a distance.
“He is coming,” she said; “the gipsy has
been false to Ids promise. No. Oh, my God!”
The report of a gun or a pistol echoed in
the night air.
In a moment the sound was repeated, and
then a stillness followed.
With hurried feet, and trembling in every
limb, V.da glided swiftly over the ground.
Hie reached tho bend of the road, turned
it, and came upon a scene that si lit the life-
blood back upon her heart, and for a mo-
ment stopped its beating.
On the ground lay a young fellow with all
the grace of early handsome manhood in
his face and figure, an unmistakable scion
of gentle blood.
lie was quite still, and lay as if lie bad
fallen asleep upon the road.
In the distance a horse was galloping oil
In affright.
Not far from tho trembling Vida stood o
man, roughly dressed, with a musk cover-
ing his face.
Vida drew near to the fallen man, and
with wild eyes and hushed breath scanned
him ovi r.
Suddenly sho fell upon her knees beside
him.
“Notdead, not dead!” she cried. “Basil,
speak t" me! Oh, Heaven, what have I
done? Basil, come back to life!”
‘if you make this noise,” said a stern
voice behind her, “you will bring somebody
who will make it unpleasant for both of us.
You were mad to come here.”
“You villain!” cried Vida, leaping to her
feet and turning upon him like an angered
tigress, “for .his foul work I will have you
hanged l There is no gallows high enough
for Midi a pitiless murderer!”
“Heyday!” said the masked Bardolph
Diinsey, "so that is your game. You set mo
to do your dirty work, and when it is dono
you threaten to pay me with a rope. But,
my lady, mark me! we shall die together.”
She stared at him now like a woman sud-
denly turned to stone. Her very soul was
frozen with horror.
Bardolph glanced down the road, and see-
ing that nobody was coming, took her by
the wrist, and, tearing off his mask, looked
fear full iu trie lace.
“We live or die together,” ho went on.
“Do yon remember that letter I posted t<if
day? I'm notagipM vn ' "jnd—I’ve gentle
blood In toy veins, and I’ve learnt to read
and writs. 1 opened y- a* beUre i
»nil i ♦ ami f “
lie lau.rhcd softly, and put his arm about
her.
“Come,” he sal 1, “let us be friends. I’ve
no notion of harming you it you keep your
will'd. I’ve done my work, lot me have an-
other kiss on account.”
He stooped » wa to kiss her, but sin
struck uiiu tiercely, and wrenched from hii
grasp.
“Do not madrh ti me,” she said; “if you go
too far I mi d 1 »i Isk l run myselt
and briic the do..s of ju^ticeonyou. Look,
man—is a iu*i'pointing to tho still form
of Basil Brandreth, “that you daro talk ol
love?”
“By-and-by, then,” ho said recklessly.
“I’ve not been luvd so daintily ns you, and
am not so particular, llurry home, mj
bride, you may be mi *d, a ad leave me to
givo the finishing touches to this job. I’vo
the gra.o ready.”
Her face blanched, and sho shook so ter
ribly that sho was in danger of falling, but
when ho put out his arm to hold her up, shi
recovered herself with an effort.
“Do hot touch me here,” was all sho said.
“Go then,” lie answered, “but remembei
this: I shall expect you to-morrow at ths
place where we met and talked so pleasant-
ly this morning. You know tho spot, and
do not forgot or I shall bo induced to make
u call at the Gnrdonl'eils.”
It was a peaceful spot in which they stood.
Not far from tin* place was tho old church,
with its massive tower, and the bright sil-
very moon behind it.
In the churchyard lay those who slop!
with thoi. fatin'! >, and the dark windows ol
1)11) Till* PLOTTING.
DEFENDS H19 FATHER.
JIMMIE
KILLED
FRANCIS. WHO WAS
PLEASANTON.
PLANNED THE GLENDALE ROBBERY.
Went to 8t. I.ouU Armed With Six
Stick* «»r Dynamite—lIml*potU Sup-
posed to Have lied the Country
the Direct
Admiral l’orter’a Son D1aou«*<-* Sensa-
tional ('hnric«* Made hy Hen lint lor.
Bai.timohb, Md., Fob. 3.— David Essex
porter, sou of the into Admiral l’ortor,
questioned In reference to tho criticisms
of his father iu General Uoujutuin But-
ler's now book, said: “In his book of tho
war my father did not hesituto to crltl-
ciso liutlor and givo his estimate of
the mini in froo hi-.gunge. In regard
to that portion of hi i book in which But-
ler alludes to tho‘untruthful anil villain- j
ous’ statements of tho late Admiral Por-
ter, concerning tlie .surrender of Forts St. i
Puillip and Jackson below Now Orleans,
. uud also Imputing cowardice to my father,
1 have only to say that dur* j
iii-g tho war my t at her received
j four votes of thanks from con-
gress for conspicuous conduct, each vote
giving him tho privilege of ivumiuing on \
tho active list of the navy ten additional
years after tho retiring uge of tiJ. This I
is ono veto more than was accorded to i
cither Grant or Farragut, niul will hardly i
sustain iu tho minds of the American
St. T.oris, Feb. 3.—It is loarnod for tho i people tho accusations of untruthful-
first lu'itL* that Ji'mmio Fmticl., tlio train uoss ami villainy uppiiv.l to him hy
robbor killed al I’iomuntan, Kan., about a Butlar. Moroovor, aftor tho rapturo of
OFFICIALLY DDE!Al
TliZ UNITED STATES ACCEPTS
CHILI’S APOLOGY.
NOT ASKED TO SALUTE THE FLAG.
— An AtUd ivlt
Til lit 8ljro
Sight ol
Kin Away ii
tho Train.
thiol© Ram Ha* Mudo No Such Demand
on tho Littlo Republic—Tho Oiumtioii
of Indemnity Will Re Settled
Without Arlilf ration—Chilian*
Rejoice— Sou ten ring
Murderer*.
tho
Washington, Feb l.—Secretary Blaine
cabled Minister Kgan this morning tho
government's acceptance of tho apology
week a o, waa the originator of tho Glen- New Orleans oongrow hi » r l my father contained In Chllt’a reply to X ncta Sam’s
-i-.i u i..» whit hold an the ; with tho ran.; of acting rear admiral, and ultimatum, iu accordance with tho presi-
n
dalo robbery. It was lie who bold up tho
engineer and did tho “bossing” on tho I Gideon Welles, then secretary of tho navy,
night of November 83. These facts j ordered him to tho command of tho
arc mudo known in an affidavit in j upper Mississippi squadron. Secretary
possession of Attorney Martin & Welles dal not feel friendly toward
Bass, attorneys for Adalbert Slye, now in my father, and if there had been
r«'i3Birs jil™ ‘•i-u "i* /1 -v,........^ '*"• -..............
Bayui.d . mi:.- a wav-lb. lighted house* ««»'*■’• Tho affidavit was taken at *.ih«„v ....1
of the Vili: . • laiitflv ■:!. a, I >••»«*. Mo., a low Uay.after Wyo »
All so Mill. pvfiulovvnto Basil Bran- “i-ivm. oy Attorney b rank 1 ureoll lbo
dreth-|........... .■wryihiu* bm tbetnunniid' 'T “PI'1;"'™,,u
.vulnan oil y hose souls lay tho wcightot tbti the oath. 1 ho iifibluvit utors m • o
iminlorotis (loci took uo active part in tho robbory, that bo
In their hearts dark passions wore con-! "'rnkeuefi and lied from his post ns tho
tending. The tires of hate and unholy levs train moved in sight. . , .
•| ho plan -I tho robbory originated iu
Kansas City. Jimmie Francis was tho
if thero
for tho
villainy and cowardice iu his couduct, tho
secretary would liavu been only too glad to
lesson tho admiral's inlluonco rather than
to have incrousod It by so important a
command.”
THE LOTTERY LOSES.
burnt d fierce! . fl from their eyes.
The hot blood ran l k<* molten lava through
their veins.
“You will come for mo if 1 donot como to
you,” said Vida slowly.
“Indeed I will,” hr* answered.
“Suppose 1 am 111?” she asked. “I feel a
couch to-morrow.
“1 will not wait for fever or anything,”
he said impatiently. “You must come.”
“So be it then,” she said, “in tho after-
noon—an hour before sunset.”
I'hen, co lance al
Basil, sho drew her cloak closely around
her, and hurried from the place.
TO BE CONTINUED.
tuu soya or iue uyattainable.
For tho few-and fnr-botween,
For the vory-soi'loni Been.
For tho un-c.itch-hold-uponnblo 1 <-ighl
Tho um lutchnb’.e I'd clutch.
The untouchable I’d touch,
For the ungrahhcil and ungrAbbablu I diol
Tlu> l'amou* Postal l.uw I'pliolil by tlio
Supremo Court,
chief spirit. Ho was assisted by a man (KWahiiixotun, Feb. 3. - The United Stutos j onrly this nmrni
numed ‘‘Stumpy,” Diuk Wilson, Marion supremo court to-duy upheld tho ooimtl- : ltnicinl cjiblo sent
tutlouality of the unti-lotter.v act
of the last congress, affirming
tho decisions in the eases of
Deyno uud llapior, publishers of the Now
Orleans States uud Mobile Koglstor, who
were indicted for sending through the
niiiils newspapers containing lottery ad-
vortlseinents. By common consent the
cases were made test, suits.
ultimatum, in ueeorduneo with
dent’s messugo of the 3Sth instant. The
matter of a salute to the United States
ilsg was not mentioned.
Specific inquiries as to tho truth of pub-
lished statements that this government
ha* taken tho position that Chill must
pnluto our flag elicit positive and author-
itative denials of u most swooping charac-
ter. No demand is inude upon Chili to
suluto the Hug, and tho stories printed
this morning us to alleged pro-
ceedings in the cabinet mooting of yostur-
terday on tho whole subject of Chilian af-
fairs are pronounced to be absolute con-
jecture* ami inventions.
It is said Mils cable was sent to Chili
tliis mornli • It is likely tho only
• i $ IDEA
Abntlali f\>oi u !*.*«•
choatrn I )•., of !*✓
Lonpo.n, V« > . n hursda
noon Mr Hu ' "•Uia.cr,
known aiti *. • i. , oeturt
Avenue theatre to a audivucre
Many well kuowi , of the
dramatic profess ou iimeot,
including Mr. Btticro.^ hacl'ui
Wyndhaui, manage o| • i' riou
theater; Mr. Reorbohm Tr naw* *’
i the H ay market theater; Mrs l ru, and
. othor equally celebrated artis 'J * ^
| Ject of Mr. Herkimer’s lo* s* v.
“Scenic Anomalies of the Modern
Stage.” Ho referred in a humor* man
nor to “square cornered lirniu. nU,"
“porpendlcuiurly-rlaiug moons” nnd
“wobbling Kansas waves.” lie adv Ogl*
oil tho abolishment of footlights in fuvor
of groups of lii'hts ou a level with vhi
faces of the actors. The .u lights, ho saii.%
should b»< placed on each side of tho audi-
torium about ten foci from tho proscen-
ium. He maintained tiiat a contracting
uud expanding proscenium, worked by ono
man, could easily bo fitted in all thonters
so that hovels of the magnitude
of a palnco would no longer offend tho
eyo. Tho conductor of tho orchestra and
tho orcheitra itself should bo below the
line of sight, as was tho cuso lu Wagner’s
theater iu Bayreuth, which, Mr. Herkimer
declared, was his idea of what a play-
house should bo. Mr. Henry Irving, ho
said, deserved tho thanks of the commu-
nity for his mutcliless stag.ng of all his
productions.
LEFT a GREA’l FORTUNE.
HedspctU aud Adelburt Slye. Tho latter j
was taken iu owing to his knowledge of
railroading. A quarrol broke up tho gang ;
favvr iu in) "vviiis! u lijiiy iuy nie oil a sick | »«■» Wilsou anil Sly., omiu to St. Louis
.. ie„nti..!u ■ii>i>itmi1 onnn UftOrWUl'd. llC
Francis arrived soon
came armed with six sticks of dynamite
purchased in Kansas City from a whole-
sale hardware mini, lie took up quarters 1
with a family near Ninth and Brooklyn
avenuo under tho name of Henderson.
Three days before the robbery tho gang
came together in tho Swan avenue cottage.
It was while seated around a card tnblo
that tho robbory was planned.
On tho night of tho ffUth of November
five men left tho Swan avenuo cottage
about 5 o’clock and walked leisurely out1
to tho scene of the robbory. It is at this
point in tho story that Slye is said to have {
weakened. This will be a part of tho de-
fense. Francis went straight back to
Kansas City. Slye, Wilson and Hudspoth
took tho Wabash out of St. Louis.
Yesterday morning Attorney It. A.
Brown of St. Joseph, Mo., arrived iu the
city and proceeded to tho oli co of Chief of
Police Ilurrigan. Ho lnticduccd himself
and said that he had been retained to
defend Mrs. Iledspoth and Adelbort
Slye by Marion Hcdspoth. Ho bad
biters iu his pocket to prove his
statement. H • also had a letter from
Marion to his wife, which Mr. Brown read
to her at tho jail. Mrs. Hcdspoth iden-
tified tho writing as that of her husband
Tho letter stated that Mr. Brown had
boon cnga2,od to defend her and that she
might talk to him with safety.
Mr. Brown lias boon in communication
with Iledspcth, but, of courso, refuses lo
say where hois. It is thought that Hcds-
poth is outside of tho boundary lines of
tho United States.
A NEW EXPRESS COMPANY.
Oh, 1 burn ami sigh and gasp
For tho Just-bcyoud-tho-grasp,
For tho far-unovertakkbio I yearn;
And the vulgar here-and-novr
I ignore and disavow,
And tin; good-enough-for-othcre, how 3 ppurn!
Oh, 1 raotiri and cry and screech
For the just-boyond-the-roueh,
Tho too-fur-awuy-to-grab I would cn-uaro;
The ungiviimblQ I’d gain,
The unattainable attain,
And chase the ui -eatch-onto to it*» lair.
—jC'as■‘ell's Saturday JournaL
No 1 nt iinidatton.
It being pretty near election time in
Arkansas, 1 thought 1 would have a lit-
tle political joke wilh an old darkey who
was loaning again-A a cotton halo ;it tho
end of the platform, aud sauntering
down to him I said:
“Well, Uncle, election will soon l>e
here. “
“Reckon ’twill, sail,” ho replied, as ho
doffed his old hut.
“ 1 suppose you are interested? ”
‘‘Not in Hie leckshun, salt.”
“How does that happen?”
“Well, sail, l'/.e sorter made tip ni}-
mind to keep el’ar of iL ”
“For what reason?”
“Well, dar’s Mars Jones. TTe pays I
kin wote if 1 want to, but Ho reckons
leckshun day will be a good day for mo
to hunt possums ober iu de ole co’nfield
Mo tracks ober dero dan you kin count
iu two davs. ”
“ Yes. ”
“An* dar’s Mai’s Williams. Uo says I
kin wote if 1 wants to, blit he reckons
fish will Lite monstrous heavy down at
do bay on dat day. Says he nebber
knowed it to fail on leckshun day. His
man Joe got. f o’teen suckers lust leck-
shun day. ”
“ Y es. ”
“An’ dar’s young Tom Baker. He’s
gwine to stand at do polls all day. He
nays 1 kin wote if 1 wants to, but he will j South through the Southern Express com-
be obliged to ax me sonic*constitushunal j p o.y, and it will reach the New England
queshuns, an’it I can’t answer ’em III states by Austin Corbin's new ra
botookon up for crime anU lay in de ! «*■<» the .teamer Maryland. Thto system
county jail all winter. Says he’ll give
..... f. 1 I .. I > > (.1* I ■ V. 1.1) . I I , ■ I ,u .lot
Ivjun, Stmtiii;'" l’resi«lent Harrison nc-
repts Chili’s apcloay in tho broud und'gou-
onnts spirit in whicit it was offorod.
Blaise.
Tho cable, it is sa'nl, also states that,
tho matter of imi' innil v to tho families of
the two sailors who were killed and the
fourteen who were wounded in tho Val-
, purniso affair can 1m sotted by tho two
* governments without rofcronco to urbt-
j trution.
Ri'Joleltig In Chill.
| Santiago, Chili, Feb l..—A cablo dis-
patch wits received yostorday morning
from Minister Pedro Montt nt Washing-
ton repeatihu tho text, of President Harri-
son's message to congress, nc-.oinpanying
Chill’s reply to the ultimatum of
tho United Stales. Minister Montt
added that tho government of tho
United States was favorably disposed und
was content with Mlnttser Polrora’s re-
ply. Honor Polrora road Honor Monti’s
dispatch in tho sonata in tho afternoon.
Nothing was said in tho dispatch relating
to the question of futuro arbitration und
indemnity, hut Chili will certainly pay
whatever indemnity is agreed upon.
1 Little is heard, cither in Santiago or
Valparaiso, hut expressions of satisfaction
trouble.
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Tho usual Sunday riots took place nt
Chelsea and Eastbourne, England.
Ton miners are supposed to lutvo per-
ished in Alaska from cold and hunger.
An English syndicate has bought for$2,-
(’>00,000 tho seventeen cotton compresses in
New Orleans.
Mnrissa, 111., saloon keepers will incor-
porate n now town in order to get license
to sell liquor.
Tho strike of Montana central railroad
laborers for an advuuco in wages from $3
to £1 a day is growing sorious.
A Russian uni 'rant’s child died ou n
train near St. Louis and was carried to
the morgue in tho father’s arms.
Kansas City crooks blew open a safe
will, dyuilill.t,: »uttl<-i,-»t to destroy tho #t ^ „lllutlon of thu
sloro in wlnoh thu sl.fo wus loontofi. ( T|llln, ,, „„ d„ubt lhnt th„ utm03t nnxioty
l h.l. r tin, now p n in low ! Missi ■ [iroviiilud but now it bus boon rolievefi.
s'l'l'i <•' ' . f tbouavy \ ......
son our squodron noiiin in Chiliun wntors
and renew acquuintanoo. Tho presence of
ill,its !• .s eriouslv wounded iu a riot be- ()Ur war ships hero would have an cxcol-
t wc« ii negro uud Italian miners at Smith- lent offect
ton, Pa.
Interest in tho girl murderess at Mcm-
sorvico will ho entitled to it.s benefits.
Two men wero fatally shot and several
To It™ organised l»y John Houy m»>l .
llnclcoil hy the lVnnsjrlvaiiin.
Long Buancii, L I., Feb. 2.—The year-;
ly contract between tho Pennsylvania
railroad company and tho Adams express
company expires on tho first day of May
next. It is reported that then a rival con-
cern will enter tho field so long covered
by tho Adams people. Tho head of
tho new company will be John
Ilooy, for many years tho president of tho
t, \, ... ful Adams company. Ho will have
associated with him President Frank B.
Roberts sind Vice Presidents Frank Thom-
son and A. J. t'aisatt of tho Pennsylvania
railroad company, while Now York and
Philadelphia capitalists will also he inter-
ested.
The iiuino of the new concern will bo the
Pennsylvania railroad express company,
and, as its name indicates, it will operate
over the i:j,i)0) miles of road owned
and controlled by that company.
Hooy’s new company will control
the profitable territory East and West
of Pittsburg. It will cover the
nte fo’ bits to grub on stumps dat day,
und fo’ bits is bettor dan three mouths
in jail. ”
“ I roc. ”
“An’ dar’s Mars Davis, who runs do
cotton t-cules. He says 1 kin wote if I
wants to, an’ dat nuffin’ would please
embrace sill tho big cities of tho
country which are now covered by thu
Adams company.
A KANSAN'S RARE LUCK.
Thirty-Five Thou-mml Dollar* Ituriiol
for tin irs Found *it l.ast.
Wic tin \. Kan., Fob. 2.- A fortune lost
for u dozen vears to tho heirs of old John
him better dan to nee me walk up to do Wl (> ,at0 0, s-nnner county, was discov
winder an* call out in a loud voice, but j Saturday by John W. Wise, u grand-
ii 1 doan watch de scales on leckshun no! the iecoa i, u:..,- d • th
day who’s gwine fur to do it? If dey is [ toumiation of a now structure ou the farm
carried otf how we gwiuo to weigh cot- . \l
ton?”
“That’s true. ”
“An' dar’s my old woman. She says
de law gives me de right to wote, an’
dat my wota Is u good aa a white man'., . v, widgets all tho tr
but s’posen a constitushunnl quesliun
jumps up an’ all de crowd begins
phis continues unabated. Tho state is
said to have secured sumo damaging facts
a/ainst Miss Mitchell.
Near Tahlcqunh, I. T.. Waco Hampton,
the most noted Indian desperado of his
uge, was killed by Deputy United States
Marshal C. H. Bruner.
Bank-Swindler Loowy of Berlin has
married his paramour in jail in the hope
that this will prevent her from testifying
in court as to his frauds.
The Je\ relief association of Now
Orleans 1ms . ived its first consignment
of Russian refugees and will distribute
them throughout thu state.
Mrs. Dorn Miller of Brooklyn. N. Y.,
drank in a lot of lizards from a spring in
Germany ami they have been with her. a
source of suffering over since.
Benjamin Snyder of tho government
statistical bureau vouches for a story that
there was a shower of worrits near it is
home in Union county, Indiana.
Two men have been arrested near Devil’s
11' ol, Coin., on the charge of murdering
und cremating a hermit-liko ranchman who
was suspected of cattle stealing and arsou.
Two thousand railroad employes repre-
senting every branch of the operating de-
partment aro in session in New York with
a view to consolidating the various orders.
El Munda, published in Laredo, Tex.,
hy Bn; widow of Colonel Martinez, de-
clares that Garza has an army in Mexico
und that tho revolutionary movement is
growing.
The discovery was made at the Colum-
bus, Ohio, penitentiary that a gang of a
,1,,/,-n or more prisoners had been tun-
nelling out. am! in:
would bate been abb
j Minister Egan yostorday received num-
erous cullers, who congratulated Iti in on
for tho discovery
to escape in a low
da
of the fo
Thirty-five thousand dollars in gold is
said to l»e tho amount recovered. Oi l
Wise wus a miser during all bis long hfe.
in tim keg in which thu gold was found
o.d Wise’s will and by its terms the
uro.
Sup:
posted it aud copied it
1 ' You villain!” biased Vid
v.
bhootin’. My ’speerienco wid constitu-
sltunal quo liuns lmin't very great, but
somehow de white folks alius lias de
most revolvers an’ shoots de fastest an’
alius shoots at de black folks. 1’zo got
nuffin to shoot wid, an' dis rheumaticks
is so Lad I can’t run very fast. ’Sides dat,
my olo woman doan want to rundc re.sk
ol loosin’ her fo’ jobs of washin’, an’ she
says leek-hun day is a good day to lix
Jem hinges on de doahs. ”
“So you won’t participate ?“
“Only jist a lectio. I’ll keep away
from de polls all day, an’ den cum out at
night and help holler fur do winnin*
ticket. ”____
A widower with a number of xmall
children, married a widow who was
similarly blessed. In time, the newly-
married couple added to tho number.
Hearing a voice in the yard one day, the
father went out to see what waa tho
matter. “ Well, w hat was it ? ’ asked his
■> ■ U* returned, out of breath.
**Youi IJren and my children were
EC AN’S RECALL DEMANDED.
A Resolution Rei|'n*>>tliil» th* PresUlout
t«> A«t Inti*'* ! need In rongren*.
L/Wa-iii m. ion. Feb 2.—In the house to-
day Kepresentativo Arnold of Mis-
, souri presented for reference a
resolution requesting the president
to recall the minister of the Uniter]
Stales to Uhili, Patrick Egan, to tho end
that reciprocity on amicable relations b« -
1 tween the two countries may bo had and
. maintained.
Itiirn und l.i%<* Stock Itiirm-d.
0>awat'imik, Kan., Feb. 2.—A lurgebarn
• to Hugh Barr, a fat D
i two miles north of this city, burned to tljc
ground early yesterday
n who took John
j in Nacogdoches
d him have be u
it Shields stood iu
•o was tlio cause of
R bort Atwell,
as dressed in her
ly to go to church
io fire beforo goiug
re, and sho was so
ith ensued,
ho (irant Indian
ius just arrived at
(*i Indian boys und
, ho picked up iu
Apaches, Yumas,
apuhocs in tho lot.
loden wheel shops
.. . Lai'orte,
Ao.O u and throw-
morning. Ten
'
cows wero consum-d, together with all the
hay and gri i Mr. Burr possessed. Tl:c
firo was not%/icovorod until too late t<
save anything.* Tho exact loss is not
known, but it is very heavy. No insur-
ance. ____
)r. J , aph MeCTure of Memphis, aged
' »p a »ua>VkU wdfc, 21, for divorce.
ent 150
men. The or-
ry. Work will
a now factory.
iii ted to
«3fi,000.
mg of
counterfeiters
VU S»l
. Joseph, Mo.,
s. They bavo
iou ■» dill
being r
ies principally,
responsible for
irculated. Tbo
ably lot*
ated tho gang,
cy will bo captured.
lo., Johnny Lchor shot
son of
Mrs. Brown, a
Louis.
Four boys, be-
tho successful tormination of tho negotia-
tions.
Judge of Criinos Foster of Valparaiso
will to-morrow pass souteneo on Gomez,
Ahumadu und others for killing Kiggiu
und Turnbull and ussaulting tbo other
members of the Baltimore's crow,
win Cost * ia,ooo.
Phila!>i:m’iha, Pa., Fob. 1.—Tho In-
ternational navigation company has or-
dered ('uptain Sargent, commander
of tho steamship Ohio, recently im-
pressed by tho United States govern-
ment, to hold himself in readiness to
ro nine command of ids ship. Tho import
Df the order is that tho government lias no
immediate uso for the ship, since tho
Chilian trouble has subsided, and sho may
bo ordered buck to Philadelphia
at any moment. An official of
the coinpauy said: “By tho
contract with us tho government must
keep tho boat for ninety days and pay us
fc.MX) per day for thu uso of iior. Thus will
the government pay us $15,000.
( rglng Deep WiitcnviqH.
Washington, Fob. 1 .—A largo dolcpa-
I, ui of representatives of the deep water-
ways convention, held in Detroit in
December last, was given a hearing
to-day beforo tho houso committee on
rivers aud harbors und tho senate
•ommittee on commerce in joint session.
Tlieso committees have in charge tlio reg-
ular river and harbor appropriation
bill. Tho purposo of tho delegation
was to urge tho construction and
maintenance of a twenty-ono foot
•hannel from tho head of Lake Superior
through tho various connecting links bo-
tween the great lakes and through the
Erie canal to the sea. The estimated cost
. /uKM) It would take four to six
rears to do the work.
T\v«* .Vliirdcrern Scntci <
I.ka vi:n worth, Kan., Feb. 1. — Isaac
Fox, who murdered Henry Letcher last
may at the Riverside mine, was sentenced
to u life imprisonment in tho penitentiary
h s morning by judge Crosier. As Fox.
took his scut after receiving sentence, ho
laid: “You couldn’t givo me any more,
r-ould you, judge!” Green Nichois, who
assassinated John Hunt in this city last
! tetober with a shot gun, was .sentenced to
two years.
< a tin du's I'ixporl Trade.
Ottawa, Feb. 1.—The trade returns for
(He past six months show that tho value of
the exports for the six months ended De-
cember 31 last, was $71,788,040 against >' 2,-
M 1,210 for the corn ponding six months
of the preceding year.
\lorld*n l ull* ISond*.
Feb. 1.—Three millions
Sale o
Chicago,
Chicago’s fivo millions of world’s fair
bonds have been sold und the force of men
now employed at tho exposition gro.unds
will be increased at once.
tween 10 and 14 years old, had been fooling
with throe shotguns. Only ono gun was
loaded, and Johnnie Leber got it and,
Died From an Accident nt HO.
At< iiison, Kan., Fob. 1.—Dominick
Goffnoy, aged 9J, died this morning from
Injuries received by falling ou a hot stove
Thursday. Ho had been a resident of
Atchison for fifty years.
Governor VlcKInloy itlnrli Improved.
Coi.UMtius, O., Feb. 1.—Governor Mo*
p ini tg ' a Brown, pulled the trigger Ktnley was reported muob Improved this
wit i the result above stated. Accldoutai morning and was aulo to bo up ami around
shooting wus the verdict. , hl.v roost.
The Duke isnij Duolte** of Tcck Raised
From Yiriuat Feu ary to AIUubuco.
Lonimin, Fob. It is said that Lord
Tollenincho, who died recently, bo-
quonthed to tho l)Uko uml D(j.Mtq|S -
of Took, tho parents oi\ RdOflOss vic-
toria Mary of Took, thd fiuncoo of
tho late Duke of Claroiico and Avondale,
tho groator part of his fortune, amounting
to noarly i !5>,i)00 a year. Lord Tollo-
inaoho was a neighbor of tlio dulto aud
duchess. Tho dultc uml duchess of Took
aro not blessed with a superabundance
of this world's goods. In fact, some
years ago they wero sold up
by their creditors. At this timo thoy
occupied upartai mts i-t St. James’s pal-
aeo, but tho queen was so unnoyed by tho
fact licit, tlm creditors of tho duko aud
duchess lmd invaded tho palace that they
had to seek n rosidenco olsewhere. Since
that tirno they have lived quietly at tho
White lodge in I’i ii mil park, oa tho
Surrey sido of tlio Th antes, close to tho
historic town of Richmond.
A .11) nicrloim anil Fatal Fxplonlon.
(!avb Uity, Ky., Fub. 1.—Seth Williams
nud Moses McUlelluu wore digging a cis-
tern yesterday und rcuchml a fiat rock
eight feet down. Williams struck tho rock
with a sledge n .utmo“ causing a terrible
ex pi* sion, rhicli burled "icllan
bouwuiiU tlymg bo. •'»**. kl IB eg hiui, anu
tl. v WUl'iuii into . •■'o fifty yards
... .... Mi( m .. ’ ’* *d t ■ -k'■■jji
to toll what had happened. -v coral
piT'ons rluic irt*|." I tho .-mono of tho -t* i
explosion, but discovi i t d nothing beyond » ^
a bln -dt v.ipo: * Mia i i - > 111 r s smell. lu
A (.b'lidnb SIhikIIIV V/Ife < .nf«>«»c*.
St. Louis, Mo Fol). 1 Mrs. Hedge-
peth, wife of Marion Hedgepeth, th®
leader of the notorious gan .vhioh robbed
tin* ’l-Visco train at Glenda. N . ' >:bor30
and coinmittod other robborius, lias cott-
lossed eircuuistaneos that load lo Luo be-
lief that the men who robbed tho train at
ii!<ii i ale wore hor husband, Adelbort
:->:>(*, now in Jail at St Louis; Dink Wil-
son and James Frauds. Francis was tho
train robbor killed at Rluasunton, lvau»
last Saturday.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
The English parliament will probably
bo dissolved in May.
General Benjamin F. Butler’s autouio*
graphy lias boon published.
Two sluggors fought fifty-four rounds
at Los Angelos, Cal., for a ffiJO purse. >
(Tiprivl spoko in favor of tlio kaiser's
p**t home, tin.* durian educational bill
Mrs. Emma Scheffer, a young mother in
San Antonio, Tex., was frightened to
death by a tramp.
in
E t a, Ky. This timo tho Bartons aud
Turners aro tho opposing clans. >*';>Jaj
( aarles Morgan has been arrested in
( w.ambus, 1 nd., for tho Marsh murder in
Seymour. Hi* wlto betrayed him. .
\ “law and order” society in Pittsburg'*"0
lias entered information against tiitecn ^
|. * siMi.H for selling newspapers on Sunday. Q
(i \ ernor Francis lust evening appointed °
c;.■< rgu W. Boone prosecuting attorney of
Ozark county, vieu James L. Nicholas, ft
deceased. n
Ki lish caplfdHsvj hnvo ootainod judg- ai
in nt for fl'V'i'O against ex-Scnator Tabor ^
«.f ( dorado. They alleged fraud iu u
mine deal.
The coroner at Craw fords villc, Ind.,
r* n lered u verdict tint Melvin McKee,
v. . was injured in the last Monou wreck,
died of heart disease.
Omaha will sue tlio Union Pacific rail-
road for valuable lands und city lots
de- ib'd to it in 1803. claiming that tho com-
pany lias not kept its agreement.
Pour immigrants, who had been debarred
m New York under tho alien contract” ***
l..ii.n- law, escaped and woro found work- 3F
ii. : iu a coal mine in Elkins, W. Va.
Prank Zano, a young artist, fatally Uo
shot himself near Coltna, O. Ho hud
married a 17-year-old girl and had been
arrested for perjury in swearing she was
of age.
Tie ro has been E j inches of rainfall iu
Southern Arizona during tho last two
lavs, causing great rejoicing among stock-
ii, i:. Many thousand cattle which wero
on the verge of starvation will bo saved.
At Lexington, Mo., tho plans for t.hc
i w Prosbyterian church, to cost $12,000,
, .IV been accepted by tho committee, and
wm will begin as soon as tlio weather
will permit. Tho building will bo 93x73
;.*. t, of pressed brick aud Warronsburg
stone.
L. D. Drake, of tho Missouri state re-
form school at Boonvillo was iu Parsons,
Kan., yesterday, on tho lookout for three
In,vs who escaped from tho school Wednes-
day. While hero he received word that
l a* trio had been captured near St. Louis,
und t.o immediately left for that place.
Tho brotherhood of express messengors
has a much firmer hold than tho officials of
tho companies ate probably aware of and
t i. * * organization is spreading rapidly over
tho Western states. Tho fivo leading ex-
press companies employ over t*.0 0 tnes-
outers. Every man who euters their
employ must bring good recommendations
us to his character, and give a surety bond.
It is stated that the object of tho organ-
ization i* to oppose tho reduction of
wage*
r
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