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"ft ft A I J V THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER XV. XV, 8ANDEK3, rublliher. NEMAHA, NEBRASKA. iisil '''Zr'Z7''Z,5r7,Z?'2'3"e. f f Cbe Doctor's tC Accomplice. tsi BY C. H. BENNETT, K I WAS sitting in my consulting-room nml wondering;. I was young-, well .qualified, ami not wnnting- in n modicum of confidence iinny professional abilities, but for tlio services of nfy humble self, John llnrdtuun, M. D., there seemed to be no demand in all the great city. My melancholy meditations were cut short by the din of my front door bell, .and presently a gentleman was ushered into my presence. "Dr. llardman, 1 believe?" said the aiewooiner. "Allow me to introduce my self. 1 am Mr. Thomas Sharp, of Hose Villa. I live in your neighborhood." After expressing my pleasure at mak ing Ins acquaintance, I inquired if 1 could be of any service to him. "You are a busy man, I expect, doc tor," said he, and then paused, whilst 'I mendaciously hinted that such was the case. "Hut possibly you will be able to find mo a little time in a pro fessional capacity?" I informed him that, of course, I :ould do so. "Well, I may tell you at once," he went on, pleasantl', "I am as sound .as a bell myself, but I wish to engage your good services for my niece. She -is young, and inclined to be delicate, I think, and wants a tittle toning up, tmd as I happen to know some particu lars about you and your career, entire ly to your credit, I am going to place her under your care." I put in a few hurried words, cx jrcssive of my pleasure in undertak ing the charge, and was going on to make some inquiries as to my patient's health and manner of life, but my vol uble friend cut me short. "You are the only son of the late John irardman, of Hlankley Hall," he interrupted. "I used to know your part of the country, and I know that you are the only surviving member of -that good old Hardman stock. Never mind how leame to know it. I also know ihat your father came to grief over the X bank failure, and that it has been an uphill game for you since, in consequence. I am pleased to see how well you are now getting on." Mr. Sharp continued to ramble on in this strain for some time, giving me little information about himself, but to my astonishment revealing no little knowledge of my history. Our meeting terminated very cordially, and lie departed after receiving my accept ance of a pressing invitation to dine with him at Hose Villa an the following -evening. Hose Villa turned out to be n very -charming and well-appointed domicile. I had made a few inquiries indirectly through Polly (Polly was my smart little parlor maid), and it seemed that 2h Sharp was a gentleman of means, -with no ostensible profession, who had been for about two years in his pres ent abode. His niece, a young lady of taking appearance, in Polly's opin ion, was tlio only other member of the household, and they were not favored by many, if anj', callers. So much for amateur detective work. My early im pressions of Rose Villa and of Grace Faiieigh, my lovely patient, were dis tinctly pleasing. Mr. Sharp made a capital host; he -was cheery and entertaining, and Miss Faiieigh, a fair-haired, blue-cj'ed, hand some girl, was as gracious as she was beautiful. She was an accomplished musician, playing well and singing with a voice that for tone and sweetness is rarely equaled in any suburban drawing-room. They gave me that pro nounced luxury, a really good dinner, and I spent a most enjoyable evening afterwards. Miss Fahieigh and I became friends almost at once. I was drawn towards her as much by her half-veiled shyness and maidenly manner as by her rich beauty. That which appealed to my curiosity in connection with my visits tn Hose Villa was my inability to fathom Mr. Sharp's motive in having retained my services for his niece. She enjoyed perfect health. I was requested by Mr. Sharp to call daily, and 1 did so most conscientiously ; but that Miss Faiiieigh derived any ben efit from my medicines (if she took them), I am not prepared to admit, though a cheek, which was forced upon me at an early date, was very accept able, and I could not afford to quarrel with my bread and butter. Three mouths passed away. 1 was ab surdly happy. I suppose 1 must have been a "gone coon" from the first. 1 know that I was now over head and ears in love with Grace, and, although 1 had not divulged my secret to her by an open proposal of marriage, she was not ignorant as to how matters stood with me from a cardiac view, neither, as 1 rightly gathered a little later, was her uncle. I was only waiting for a "looking up wards" in my practice, to plead my love with fervor and all the eloquence 1 could command. Hut the practice did not "look up." Indeed, things financial were becoming worse and worse with mc. Hills rained down upon mo with monotonous regularity, and 1 was be coming desperate. One evening, after I had been dining with the Sharps, my hosty Invited me into his study for n smoke". 1 felt that something was in tho wind, and my surmisal was not incorrect. "You are looking gloomy to-night, Hardman' lie remarked, after we had selected chairs and relapsed into com fortable attitudes. "You are in trouble in trouble financially, eh? 1 know it, and you will find it to your advantage to be plain with me." I hardly knew how to express my self, and confessed lamely enough that 1 was more or less on my last legs. He continued, without comment: "You are, also, 1 think, in love with Grade. Is it not so?" "It is quite true, Mr. Sharp." "Then why don't you marry her?" My companion gazed into my face, a comical smile playing about his lips. His bluntness positively amazed me. "I fear that what cannot support one would be a poor living for two," J said, after a moment's thought. "If 1 could afford to marry your niece, I would gladly do so to-morrow." "You mean that?" "Most certainly I do. I love her." He arose from his chair and stood be side me, looking into mj' eyes steadily. "Listen, llardman. Graeie is a lady by birth and education, shu is alco as good a girl as ever breathed. She has no relations in the world saving myself, and 1 may have to leave her at any time. I have made inquiries about you, and 1 know your past to be a clean one. Given a helping hand at the start, you would succeed at the finish. I ell me, how much would you require to buy a good practice, or to start in a fair way against ordinary opposition?" 1 was becoming more and more aston ished. Was the man going to adopt me? "It would be possible to do the thing decently for 3,000, would it not?" he said, presently, for I had felt too taken aback to volunteer any suggestion. He waited for a reply. "1 could go into partnership with an old friend of 1113- father for less than that," I answered. "Dr. Jordan offered to give me a share for 1,500, when L passed my 'final but 1 could not iind the capital." "Where does Jordan live?" "liilSinninghain." "Is the practice a good one, and can you trust him?" "There is no doubt about the prac tice, and Jordan is an excellent fellow, an old bachelor, and if he had not lost a lot of money when we did, in the same concern, would have been a rich man to-day." Sharp laid a heavy hand on my shoul der. "Go and ask Graeie to marry you," he said, in a low voice. "I am sure that she will do so. On your wedding day I will give her 11,000, and I will give you 2,000 to-morrow, with which you can settle your affairs here and arrange with Jordan, the condition being that you ask no questions and undertake to marry this month." "Hut, Mr. Sharp," I cried, "such mag nanimity, I " "Go and ask Graeie." lie pointed to the door, waving aside my remonstrance, and I followed the direction of his finger as one in a dream. That evening I left Hose villa tho bridegroom-elect of Grace Faiieigh, and with a cheek for 2,000 in my coat pocket. The wedding passed off very quietly. Only a fortnight had elapsed since my queer interview with Mr. Sharp, but in that short time a marvelous change had taken place in my affairs. I had purchased a share of Dr. Jordan's prac tice in Hirminghain, had cleared my self of debt and was now the happ3' husband of the beautiful girl 1 loved. I could scarcely believe it all. Why had this mysterious Sharp done so much for me? I was soon to be en lightened. The breakfast was over. The company had consisted of Graeie, her uncle and 1113'self; we had enter tained no wedding guests. My wife had gone upstairs to prepare for our departure. We were going to Paris for a fortnight, and then should pro ceed to Hiruiiiigham, our new home. "I want to speak with you, Hard man," said Sharp. "We will go into the study." He took 1113' arm and we strolled into his snuggery. "You think I have been very good to you, then?" He was leaning back in an arm chair and smoking the stump of a half-finished cigar. "Well, why have I been good to you?" He paused, and I said that I could not tell. "I have been good to you for Grade's sake. I have been looking out for a husband for her for some lime, but in our position it was not an easy task. I required a man 1 could trust, a gen tleman by birth and nature, one who would love her and be good to her, one who had no meddlesome relations to in terfere or advise. I think 1 have been uuccessful." I assured him tint I should do all I could to justify his selection. He nodded, and went on speaking: "I had no friencs; although I had some money, it waf not easy to find the man I wanted wlu would marry her, having only my word for her past and knowing nothing of my career; who would marry her without asking ques tions, as you have done. I heard about you, as a struggling practitioner, new ly started; I took stock of you, as I have taken stock of others, who were found wnnting In some of the qualities I re quired. I made Inquiries about your past, and then I took you on trial. You have satisfied mc, nnd I don't think you will regret the step you have taken." I told him that I was more than sat isfied. "I am glad to hear It," he said. "And now you must promise me that Grade shall never know what I am going to tell you." I gave him the promise. "Swear that you will never tell hor, and that you will be the same to her always as you are to-day. She is a dear,' good girl, the one person in the world who believes in me and cares for mc. You are both provided for, and after this day you will never see mo again." L stared at him, and he held out his hand to me. "Swear what I have asked you; by all that you hold sacred, swear." I took his hand and complied with his wish. "Why shall we not sec you again?" 1 asked, when he had resumed his seat. He laughed; then, selecting a pen from a small collection on a writing table, he wrote on the back of an en velope and tossed the paper over to me. "What is that?" ho asked; and I looked upon it with amazement. "It is my signature," I faltered. "An imitation of my signature." "It is a forgery, is it not?" "Yes, but I don't quite see the drift of the business." "The business speaks for itself, my dear fellow," and he tossed his cigar end into the grate. "It is my business I am a forger!" There was a pause. Sharp was smiling, while I felt as if some one was pouring ice water down the small of my back. I could only murmur: "You are a forger!" "Listen. You know, of course, that Grade's mother was my sister. The Sharps were poor as church mice, and my father, a strict old parson, got mi! into a London oflice when 1 was a mere boy. I shall not drivel about tempta tion and so on; be it enough to say that my talent for drawing and penman ship made me friendless for life before T was 17 years of age. To be quite plain with you, I spent the halcyon days of dawning manhood in Portland prison. Graeie knows nothing of this, nnd no member of my family heard of me for years, until I came to the rescue of my sister when old Faiieigh died, for I was well off then. Farleigh was not in sured, and left my sister badly oil', and so I helped her out and paid for Grade's education. "Tho story goes that I made my money in America, but I am able to correct that statement for your benefit. On my release from prison I threw in my lot with two of the most daring criminals of the 'high grade and, al though we had some nnrrow shaves in our time, we were never captured. "Since Grade came to live with mo (her mother, as 3'ou know, died a year ago) I have often feared that by some odd chance I might be run to earth, and I set to work to get her settled in time in a position that she has always en joyed. I would rather die than that she should know me for the villain I have been. "Thanks to you, this will never hap pen now. In a few days you will hear that I have gone abroad. I shall die there (oflleially), and you will hear of me no more. It will be your part to assist 1110 in deceiving Grace in this onn matter. You have married a lady, and one who will do you credit." A tap came at the door and my lovely young wife walked into the room. I was looking and feeling confused. "I have been giving Jack some whole some advice, my dear," said Sharp, com ing to my rescue. Then, in a sterner oice and looking very hard at mc: "He will love and cherish you, dear, as I have done. He has sworn to do so." Grace threw her arms about his neck. This man had taught her to love him very dearly. The carriage was at the door, and Sharp would give me no chance of speaking to him again. Tears were glistening in his eyes as ho watched his niece getting into the cab, but he did not offer his hand to me; he only laid it on my shoulder and whispered: "Icemember." Many years have passed away, and I am living in London again. My name is a household word in the world of medicine. Grade iind my daughters and sons are received with pleasure and respect in many a fashionable drawing-room. There are times, however, when, seated alone in 1113' study, my thoughts wander back through a viuta of years, and my conscience fells me that my success wtis founded on tho compounding of a felony; that I am still, in spite of title, wealth and re spectability, the accomplice of that strange man, who passed out of my Ufa forever on the night 1 bade him fare well at Hose Villa so long, longago. Tit-Hits. HAWAIIAN TKlf.ATY. Representatives of Both Republics Sign tho Agreement. The InlmulA of Hawaii to llct'oinint l'urt of tho United Shite Territory Japan File 11 l'ro- tCHt. Washington, Juno 17. Hawaii has again formally asked to be annexed to tho United States, and the fate of tho little republic now rests with tho sen ate. The treaty outlining the annexa tion project was signed by Secretary of State Sherman and Hawaiian rep resentatives yesterday, and before sup per time President McKlnley had trans mitted tho document with his message to the senate. The scnatu at 01100 went into executive session, and as soon as the doors were closed tho nies sage of President McKinley accom panying the treaty and tho treaty It self were read to tho senate. They were attentively listened to. As soon as the. reading of the documents was completed Senator Davis, chair man of the committee on foreign rela tions, moved that the message and tho treaty be niado public. Senator Gray objected to a vote on the motion, and under the rules a single objection car ried the motion over until to-duv. The message of the president was not a very long document. It dealt with historical facts concerning tho island and showed that the United States and Hawaii yearly grow moro closely bound to each other. This was not really annexation, he said, but a continuance of existing relations with closer bonds between people closely re lated by blood ami kindred ties. Since 1820, said the president, the prc domiuancu of the United States had been known. Tho sending of the first envoy there brought tho Island in closer relation with the United States and their relations had grown moro linn by succeeding events. At tho time tho tri-partite agreement was made for tlio government of Samoa, he said, Great Htitaln and Germany wanted to in clude Hawaii in the group, over which a protectorate was established, but tho suggestion was rejected by tho United States because this government held there already existed relations between Hawaii and the United States which placed the islands under the es pecial enre of this country and this government could not allow any other country to interfere in tho affairs of Hawaii. The annexation of tho is lands, said the president, and making them a part of the United States was in accordance with the established pol icy of this country. Tho treaty proved to bo a simple document of six articles based in its essential details upon tho treaty nego tiated by Hon. John Foster during tho administration of President Harrison. The islands arc ceded practically with out conditions, leaving the United States to pursue its own course with reference to their management. Tho first article reads as follows: Tlio government of tlio Hawaiian Islands hereby cedes, from tho iluto of tho exchange of tho rattllcatlous of this treaty, uhsoluto and without reserve to tho United States forovor nil rights of sovereignty of whatsoever kind In nnd over tho Hawaiian Islands nnd their de pendencies, renouncing In favor of the United States every sovereign right of which, as nn Independent nation, It Is now possessed; und, henceforth, said Hawaiian Islands shall be come nnd bo nu integral part of tho territory of tho United States. The Hawaiian government cedes to tlio United States the absolute owner ship of all the public lands, public buildings, ports, harbors, fortifica tions, military and naval equipments and all other government property. It is .specifically provided, however, that the existing land laws of tho United States shall not apply to the public lands of Hawaii, but that spe cial laws shall be made from time to time for their disposition, tho proceeds of any sales of these lands to bo ap plied to educational purposes in tho islands. The islands are for the present to constitute a territory of the United States, their local laws remaining in force until new ones are enacted. A local legislature is provided for, but the veto power is vested entirely in tho president of tho United States. A com mission of five icr.sous, consisting of three Americans and two Hawaiians, to be nominated by tlio president and confirmed by tho senate, is provided for tho purpose of formulating tho mode of government for the islands. The five commissioners provided for in the treaty are expected tomnkorooom mendatH.is to congress as to nowlawu, and also as regards the form of govern ment. Tho present form of local gov ernment is to continue in the islands for the present, except that the presi dent of the United States is to have immediate veto power over tho acts of tho Hawaiian legislative assembly. Tho treaties of tho United States with other countries are substituted for the treaties of Hawaii with tho bame countries in the controlling in ternational relations of tho islands. Further immigration of Chinese labor ers to tlio islands is prohibited and the laws restricting Chinese immigra tion to tho United States are made to apply to the prevention of Chinese re moving from Hawaii to this country. This country agrees to assume the debt of the island republic to the extent of S 1,000,000. Tho Japanese government has filed u protest at Washington against the Ha waiian treaty on tho ground that it promises to lead to a breach of treaty (stipulations botween Japan und Uti wail. SPECIAL MESSAGE, What lreMdiiit McKinley Has to Hay About tlio Hawaiian Annexation Treaty. Washington, June 18. The messago bent to the senate by President MeKln ley about Hawaii is as follows: To tho Sonnto of tho United State: I transmit hcrowlth to tho senate, In ordor that after duo consideration tho constitutional function of ndvlco and consent may ho exor olscd by that body, a trcnty for tho annexation of tho republic of Hawaii to tho United States, signed in this capital by tho plenipotentiaries of tho Interested parties on tho 10th of Juno Inst. For tho better understanding of tho sub ject, I transmit, la addition, a report of tho sccrotary of state, briefly rovlowlng tho nego tiations which havo led to this Important re sult. Tho Incorporation of tho IlnwnUnu Islands into tho body politic of tho United Statos Is tho necessary and lilting sequel to tho chain of events whloh from a very early porlod of our history has controlled tho Intercourse and pro scribed tho association of tho United States and tho Hawaiian Islands. Tho prcdomlnnnco of American Interests In that neighboring terri tory was llrst assorted hi 18L'0 by .sending to tho Islands a representative agent of tho United States. It found furthor expression by tho signature of a treaty of friendship, commerce nnd navigation with tho Icing In 183 tho tlrst International compact negotiated by Hnwnll. It was signally announced In 1813 when the Intervention of tho United States caused tho llrltlsh government to disavow tho seizure of tho Sandwich Islands by a llrltlsh naval commnuder, and to rccognlzo them by treaty as an Independent state, renouncing for ever nny purpose of annexing tho islands or exerting a protectorate over them. In lP'il tho cession of tho Hawaiian kingdom to tho United States was formally offered and, although not then nccoptcd. this government proclaimed Its duties to preserve allien tho honor nnd dignity of tho United states und tho safety of tho govornmentof tho Hawaiian Is lands. From this time until tho outbreak of tho, war In IfeOl. tho policy of tho United States toward Hawaii nnd of tho Ha waiian sovereign toward tho United States was exemplified by continued negotiations for annexation or for a reserved commercial union. Tho latter alternative was til length accomplished by tho reciprocity treaty of 18", tho provisions of which were ro nowed nnd expanded by tho convention of 1881, embracing tho porpotunl cession to tho United States of tho harbor of l'cnrl river In tho Island of Oahu. In 188S a proposal for tho joint guar anty of tho neutrality of tho Hawaiian Islands by tho United States, Oermnny und Great Britain was declined upon tho announced ground that tho relations of tho United States to tho Islands wns HUlllolent for tho end in view. In brief, from lB.'O to 18J.I tho cour.so of tho United States toward tho Ha waiian Islands has consistently favored their autonomous welfare with tho exclusion of all foreign lnllucnces save our own to tho extent of upholding eventual annexation as the neces sary outcome of that policy. Not only Is tho union of tho Hawaiian territory to tho United States no now schome, but It Is tho lnovltablo consequence of tho relation steadfastly main tained with that mld-l'acllle domain for three quarters of a century. Its accomplishment, de spite successive denials and postponement, has been merely a question of time. Whllo Its failure In 180:1 may not bo a otuiso for congratulation, It Is certainly u proof of tho disinterestedness of tho United States, tho do lay of four years having abundantly sufllccd to establish tho right nnd ability of tho republto of Hawaii to enter as a sovereign contrnctnnt upon a conventional union wth tho United Slates, thus realizing a purposo held by tho Hawaiian people and proclaimed by succefcslvo Hawaiian governments through Homo 70 years of their virtual dependence upon tho benevo lent protection of tho United States. Undor such circumstances annexation Is not n change, It Is n consummation. Tho report of tho secretary of state exhibits tho character and course of tho recent negotia tions and tho features of tho treaty Itself. Tho organization and administrative details of In corporation aro necessarily left to tho wisdom of tho congress, and I cannot doubt, when tho functions of tho constitutional treaty-making power shall havo boon accomplished, tho duty of tho national legislature In tho case will bo performed with tho largest regard for tho In terests of this rich Insular domain and for tho welfare of tlio Inhabitants thereof. William MuICinlny, Kxecutlvo Mansion, Washington, Juno It), 1607. A FAST MAIL WEST. An Kurly niciriiliifr Train to Itn Hun on the Santa I''o Kiilliond. Kansas City, Mo., June 18. Hogin nlng July 1 the Atchison, Topcka & Santa Fo railroad Co. will operate a fast mail train west from Kansas City. Since the establishment of tho fast mail service from St. Louis and Chicago the business men of Kansas and Kansas City havo felt that they nave been dis criminated against, and tho victory which has been won for this section before congress and the post olllce de partment emphasizes the fact that the commercial importance of Kansas City has at last been recognized. The in auguration of tho new schedule places Kansas City in the same class with other leading commercial centers of the United States. The contract between the Santa Fo Railroad Co. and the post olllco depart ment was signed yesterday. The train will leave Knnsau City at three a. in. and reach Newton at eight a. m., and, returning, will leave Newton at four p. in. and arrive at Kansas City atnino p. in. With the train service west con nections will bo made at Newton for all points west and southwest, carry ing the Kansas City mail into Colorado on tho day of Its departure and also into Oklahoma, Indian territory and Texas. BUNKER HILL. Anniversary of tlio Famous HattlnOhsnrvod at IIohIoii. HosTOX, Juno 18. The Iliad unnivcr Htiry of the battle of Hunker Hill was observed yesterday on a scale sur passing by many degrees that of former years. Tho day was ushered in with the ringing of church bells and a salute from the water battery at the navy yard. The feature of tho day was tho presentation by Gov. Woleotfc fo Secretary of the Navy Long on board the battleship Massachusetts of a life-size bronze figure of victory, u gift of the people of Massachusetts. Father Knelpp Dead. Hkhmx, Juno 10. Father Knelpp, well-known as the originator of tho cure for bodily ills which bears his name, died at Woerrishou'en, llavariu, this morning. Father Knelpp had been oeriously 111 for a long time.