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Love's First Sunburst
I feared at" first 'twas a dlresome spell
Of chills and fever upon me creepi. s.
My breast in Its corsage rose and fell
And the blood through my veins went
hotly leaping.
My brain was athrob with a strange de
light. A sweetly delirious sort of feeling;
My step was so rubbery and so light
It seemed that my bead would bump
the celling.
And songs arose In this soul of mine
As rich and ruddy as old port wine. .
Then flashed a picture upon my brain
In clear-cut lines of a handsome fellow
Whose arms seemed strong as a golden
chain.
Whose voice, full ripened, was soft
and mellow;
And came a mem'ry of how last night
lie sat with me as the hours went
fleeting.
Till pa appeared in a gown of white
And said 'twas time to adjourn the
meeting; "
Then a whispering angel put me on
"Twas the glad sunburst of my love's
first dawn.
Denver Post.
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Ttie Moment cf Vision.
EY WILLIAM MXEOD RAINE.
CCopyrlght, 1902. by Daily Story Pub. Co.)
She held out the ring to him, smil
ing in rather uncertain fashion, but
Esterley noticed that she was very
whit. He was savagely glad of it,
for at the tims he was cold as ice and
hard as iron.
"Has the last word been said?" he
asked without a trace of emotion in
his voice. "Are you going to turn me
away on account of a little thing like
this?"
"You may call it a little thing if you
like. I don't. When one finds the
man she is engaged to marry flirting
with "
"I wasn't flirting. I have told you
that before," he answered doggedly.
Eut of one thing you may be sure,
Klise. If you send me away now I
shall not return to you."
"Ycu flatter yourself, sir, in think
ing I shall want you back," she re
torted. "Shall I lay the ring on the
table, or will you take it?"
He dropped the ring into his vest
pocket, bowed coldly, and turned on
his heel. Next moment the street
door had clanged behind him. The girl
sink into a chair and covered her face
with her hands. Presently deep sobs
began to shake her. Meanwhile Ned
Esterley, in a moody, frowning silence,
strode down to the Union Depot' with
his suitcase in his hand. Fifteen min
utes later he was on a train bound for
Cripple Creek. He gazed out of the
window without seeing any of the
glory cf the winter sunshine, which
fell in a sheen of splendor on the
white-blue range of peaks in the dis
tance. He was sick at heart, and bit
ter against the girl who had misjudged
him. What right had she to sen
tence him before she had heard his
vindication? What right to vote him
guilty of disloyalty because she had
found hfm with Kate Sanford's hand
In his, her eyes swimming in tears?
An hour passed, two hours; but
Esterley took no thought of the flight
of time. It might be five minutes
since he had entered the train, or
it might be five hours. He neither
knew nor cared. His personal problem
drove frcm his mind other considera
tions. If Elise were going to believe
There came a sudden Jar, which
threw Esterley forward against the
seat in front of him. He did not need
to be told that the engine had been
reversed, and the airbrakes set. There
came to him the sharp grinding of
wheels on the track, and with it the
gradual lessening of speed. A moment
later there was a horrible crash. The
floor of the car rose to meet the roof.
The last that Esterley remembered
was plunging forward through the air.
When he came to himself, he found
about him a great pile of debris. He
was deep hidden in what remained of
the car a mass of broken timbers, of
torn iron and of wrenched steel rods
"Has the last word been said?"
and some ten feet above him was the
open air. A white dead fs.ce stared at
him through the broken wreckage.
Gingerly Esterley moved first one arm
and then the other. They were free,
and be went over himself coolly to es
timate the damage. Except tor a cut
In the bead he was quite unhurt, but
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his legs were pinned down between two
great timbers beyond the hope of ex
trication. He tied a handkerchief
around his cut bead, and began his
attempt to free himself. Had the
timbers come two inches nearer to
gether, his ankles would nave been
snapped like pipestems; had they been
two inches farther apart, he would
have been free.
Esterley called to a passing brake
man. The man stopped, looked around,
and caught sight of him. He called
to another man.
"There's a fellow pinned down in
"You, Elise? What are you doing
here?"
tjis second car, Norton. Send the
gang here."
Presently Esterley could see that
men were at work with axes, saw3, and
crowbars to rescue him. He had been
conscious without thinking of it that
the air was hazy with smoke, but his
mind had taken no account of the fact.
Now he heard a persistent, faint
crackling sound. A horrible fear
hashed through his brain, and he
sleved his head round. The car behind
him had caught fire. His heart con
tracted and stood for a moment with
a ghastly horror. Good heavens, he
would be roasted alive, unless the res
cuing party reached him in time! It
was a race for his life. He could see
that they were working desperately,
but he could not help calling out to
hurry for God's sake. He tried franti
cally to draw his feet from the trap
which pinioned them, but he only suc
ceeded in cutting them against the
timbers till the blood streamed from
his raw ankles.
Then he fell quiet, saying to himself
over and over again, "Keep cool, Ned
Esterley. Keep ccol. There must be
some way out of this thing. Good
God, there MUST." The sweat of
agony poured from his face. How
slow the rescuers were, and how fast
the flames leaped toward him! He
wanted to keep crying out to the men
to hurry, but he bit back the words.
They were doing all that mortal men
could do.
Gradually it dawned upon him that
he was lost. Great volumes of smoke
rolled between him the rescuers, -i-ell-icg
him that they could not reach him
in time. With the assurance after
the first frantic rush of fear there
came to Esterley a singular coolness.
He drew his revolver frcm his hip
pocket, and laid it on the crook of a
bent red near hi3 hand, where it would
be ready for emergencies. Then he
got frcm his ccat pocket a note book,
and from his vest a lead pencil. Org
c- the brakemen above, hewing away
at a cross timber, which barred their
way. muttered to the engineer:
"Good Lord, Norton. He's writing.
Saying that we ain't likely going to
reach him. Ain't he got the bully
nerve?
Esterley first carefully noted down
the address to which he wanted his
letter forwarded, then wrote bis let
ter. Dear Elise: Our train bas just col
lided with another, and I am pinned
down in the wreckage. The train crew
are working to get me out, but they
will not succeed, for the wreck is on
fire, and the flames rapidly spreading
this way. I write this note as my last
word to you, and after writing it, 1
shall throw the note book to the men
outside. The crew have already been
driven back from rescuing me by th j
smoae ana names. io, tney .are DacK
at 'it again almost within reach of me.
but the smoke and heat are fearful.
"Oh, Elise, girl, our quarrel was all
a mistake. It was my fault for 1
should have insisted on explaining
that I was interceding with Kate for
young Dick Hazle. You know they
were engaged, but bad bad a lover's
quarrel. Good-bye, sweetheart. I have
never loved any but you. Forgle my
obstinate anger. I can write no more.
The flames are all about me. Good
bye till "
The smoke strangled blm. Ester
ley handed his notebook to the con
ductor . with the request that it be
forwarded. With singed hair and eye
brows the trainmen pried at the tim
bers which held him. The heat was
unendurable, and Esterley fell back
unconscious just as grimy bands
reached for bim.
Pata,lav low Xiiwim 1 -. 1
ccmatcse condition. He had an im-1
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pression that Elise was hovering about !
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the room, and he was told afterward
. . ' . . it ,, , . "' j
that be called continually for her. The
m,iwi , ..
third morning after the accident he
opened his eyes to an understanding I
. . tt.i!d .!
him, smiling happily. The doctors had
just told her that Ned would get well.
"You, Elise? What are you doing
here?"
"Taking care of you."
"Of me? What's the matter with
Oh, there was an accident, wasn't
'there? How did you know of it?"
"The conductor sent me your note
book."
"And about Kate ?"
"It's all right, Ned. She came and
told me all about it after you left. Will
you forgive me, dear?"
He nodded, eyes shining with joy.
A PROFESSIONAL. PRAYER.
The Odd Business of an old Negress
in New Orleans. I
"In one of the more unique quar-!
ters nf "Mw nHpnnv T hftrii fnund nn t '
of the most unique characters I ever
say in an old negro washerwoman,"
said a man who has lately taken up
his residence in one of the more pop
ular avenues of the city, "and she
seems to be proceeding alone original
lines in the main purpose of her life.
wD,ir nikM D 1
incident to the general plan she car-1
ries out. She is an interesting old
character and can quote copiously
from the bible. This seems to be a
hobby with her. She has some kind
of construction to put on every line
she quotes, too. She can tell you
just exactly what it means from her
way of looking at it. But this is not
the point I had in mind.
"Several days ago I got into con
versation with the old woman, and
she asked me if I didn't have some
family washing to give her. I told
her I did not. but encouraged the con
versation, as I have a fondness for the
negro of the ante-bellum type, finding
them always very interesting. She
finally threw a auotation from the
bible at me, and it was followed byshe said: "I can recommend them to
another, and still another, and so on. ' your royal highness, for I know your
'Say, boss,' she said after a while, ; excellency has never tasted better
'does yo' ever have anybody to do
any pravin fo' yo'?' I told her I did
not, and, becoming more interested
in the old woman, I got her to unfold
her scheme to me. She did it with-
out any sort of hesitation.
"She is a professional prayer, and
makes no small sum out of it from
what she told ma. She told me she
was nravine once a week for the lady
next door, who had employed her to
pray for her husband to quit drinking, Yankee's fondness for whittling with
althougn he is a very light drinker, to his jackknife, and on one trip buc
my own knowledge. 1 he old woman ' ceeded in getting away with a large
seemed to be very proud of her call-
ine. and whatever other Deople mar
sav about it she is an enthusiastic be-1
liever in the efficacy of her own
nravers " New Orleans Times - Demo -
craL
Litigious JOHn Bull.
As a race the English people must
be very litigious, for judicial figures
given out in a recent parliamentary
return show that on the average, in
1900, one person, in every twenty-five
in England and Wales . went to law
during the course of the year. These
are, of course, average figures, based
on the fact that there were 1.310,680
civil cases begun during that year.
i ne LflBoon wp P'""s
these figures declares that 'the i can -
tankerously litigious person and the
tradesman who is unfortunate in the
number of customers who will not
.pay their debts bring up Lie average."
Made Senator Kittredge Talk.
Senator Kittredge of South Dakota
takes pride in never saying more than
'Yes" or "No" to newspaper men.
One day recently a correspondent in
terviewed him, but was unable to get
more than the monosyllables named
in reply. Finally he asked: "What is
the largest city in South Dakota?"
Tie senator looked his surprise as he
answered: "Sioux Falls.
The cor -
respondent bowed and left. Meeting an important eyewitness of the acci
a friend a few moments later he said: j dent took the stand in the person of
I have all you fellows beaten now.
I have just added the words 'Sioux
Falls' to Senator Kittxedge's vocabu
lary." Modern Necessities.
"What would you rather have," said
the young woman who asks abrupt
questions, "money or brains?"
"Well," answered Senator Sorghum,
"there used to be a time when wa
were a simple and unpretentious peo
ple, when mere money would suffice to
win success. But now politicians have
become so wicked and alert that
you've got to keep your eyes open all
the time to spend your money so that
It will do yon some good- Take my
word for It, you've got to have money
and brains, too "
iiuncs uirLunni ik amdi i iun.
A Short Term l.i the Zanzibar Con
sulship Generally Sufficient.
Undesirable consulships have long
given rise to humorous Incidents. Bir
Zanzibar, to which the President haf
appointed Mason Mitchell, a rough
rider, seems to .be in the lead in un
attractiveness, if the length of con
sular terms proves any test, says th
Washington correspondent of the Ne
York Evening Post. Indiana bas usu
ally claimed the honor of furnishing
candidates for this place, but aftei
the resignation of a man named Rog
ers of Shoales, the Indiana senators
notified the President that they were
through with it. They had constitu
ents who were willing to tak
chances, but the senators were nol
prepared to promise that these ven
turesome individuals would stay more
than a month. Before Rogers toofe
the place it was held for nearly a yeai
. ' . . .
vate secretary to Senator Beveridge
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and now consul at Valparaiso. Man
. T ,,
field came back, according to Indians
, . . . . ' ... . -i.ti,
descriptions, 'as thin as a toothpich
- yellow as June butter " H
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said he had stuck it out as long as
the insurance company would let him
and that he returned to save his pre
miums. Before Mansfield, there was
an Indianian named Billheimer, de
scribed as a husky Hoosier, with a
large nose and frame pickeled iu
materia. He was cured of diplomatic
ambition in about two months, and
has never asked for a place since.
Before Billheimer, Judge Riley of Vir
ginia served; he remained as long as
his aversion to the negroes would
permit. Finally, he is said to have
taken a gun and emptied a load of fine
birdshot Into the dusky natives who
persisted in taking a daily bath in
front of the American consulate,
which, the Judge "allowed," was in
indignity to be resented by this gov
ernment's representative.
HE LIKES FRIED POTATOES.
Grand
Duke Alexis Has a
Favorite
Dish, So They Say.
Grand Duke Alexis of Russia is
very fond of fried potatoes, and dur
ing his recent visit to Paris he was
wont lo ouy a lew every ua "uul
woman in the street ana to eat them
bee her sta11-
The woman did not know him, but
as he paid her in princely fashion
she was very anxious to find out who
he was.
I can tell you who he is, said a
neighbor one day. "He is Grand
Duke Alexis, uncle of the czar and
one of the greatest men in Russia."
Utterly amazed, the woman asked:
"In heaven's name, how should I ad
dress him?"
"Oh, call him 'Your Excellency, or
'Your Royal Highness, " was the an
swer.
The woman resolved to do so, and
the next day, as she was sprinkling
some salt over the smoking potatoes
wnicn tne grana aue naa Dougnt,
potatoes.
i The grand duke burst out laughing,
and Paid more for the potatoes than
ne had ever Patd before, but he was
annoyed at finding himself recognized
and never returned to buy another
potato,
!
Girard Was Considerate.
1 ne of 8ea captains in the em-
Plev of Stephen Girard had a rural
Part oI the although, feeling that
n was no1 witnout tno artistic sense,
h really regarded the rail as greatly
improved in appearance. When the
1 vessel came to Philadelphia Girard
went aooara, maae a general inspec
tion in the captain's absence, and, as
be was about to return to shore, aslced
I of th seamen who bad hopn eht.
the rail The Beaman told nlm
the captain, and then, afraid his tell
ing mighi have unpleasant conse
quences were the captain to learn of
it in a roundabout way, informed that
official of the interview with Girard.
The captain was in terror of a repri
mand, but, hearing nothing from his
employer, supposed the incident
eiosed. 3 n was about weiehlnsr
anchor ready to leave port, a dray
, ioaaed with 8hingles drove down to
the wharf, and the driver hailed the
vessel.
"There must be some mistake
shouted the captain. "Our bill of
lading doesn't mention shingles!"
This is where they belong! sung
back the driver. "Mr. Girard, him
self, told me to deliver them! He
said they're for the captain to whit
tle! "
Standing on the Bias.
During the trial of a street railway
damage suit in one of the circuit
branches of the sunreme court of the
1 District of Columbia a few days ago
an elderly colored man. The plaintiff
had been injured while the car was
at a street crossing, and one of the at
torneys was endeavoring to elicit-from
the witness just where the latter was
standing at the moment the plaintiff
was struck by the car.
"As I understand you," remarked the
attorney, after a number of questions
had been asked, "you were standing
at the street corner diagonally oppo
site the point where the accident oc
curred." "No, sir, I wasnt, declared the wit
ness. "I guess I was standing kinder
sort er on the bias from the spot.-
Wild Animals Kill Many. .
Tigers killed 357 persons and pan-
j thers 295 last year In the Indian cen
AUDITORIUM STOCK . CONTEST.
Number of Tickets Sold and Interest
in It Increasing Every Day.
Interest in tne Auditorium Stock
Contest, which was opened in Omaha
July 1, has increased steadily every
day since that time ' and the project
promises to be a great success in ev-
;ry way. The pan adopted for dispos
ing of a sufficient amount of the com
mon stock of the Omaha Auditorium
Company to comp--te and furnish
what will be the largest and handsom
est building of its kind in the north
west, is very simple. The common
stock has been divided into shares of
twenty-five cents each, and with each
inare the purchaser is given two
guesses, one on a special prize and one
on a list of 1,001 prizes.'
The capital prize of $5,000 in gold.
contributed by the Defiance Starch
Co. of Omaha, Neb., and 1,000 other
prizes, ranging in value from $2.50 up
to $3,500. contributed by the business
men of Omaha, will be awarded im
mediately after the election next No
vember, but the contest for them has
already opened, and will close Octo
ber 28, or as much sooner as the
shares of stock are sold. The capital
prize will be awarded to ' the person
guessing closest to the total vote
which will be cast for governor of
New York, November 4, 1902, and the
other prizes to the 1,000 persons mak
ing the next closest guesses. The total
vote at the last five elections was:
1891. 1,165,085; 1894, 1,275.671; 1896,
1,434,046; 1S98, 1,359,190; 1900. 1,556,
520. There will be seven more special
cash prizes, to be awarded the first and
fifteenth of each month until .Novem
ber, and persons buying tickets now
have one guess with each share of
stock on them as well as on the other
prizes. Each special prize will be in
cash, and not less than $50 nor more
than $500. The prize, divided into
small bills and "change" will be di
vided and put into two sacks without
being counted, and the person gues
sing nearest the amount in the larger
sack will be given the contents of both
sacks. The contest is not confined to
residents of Omaha or limited to any
number of tickets. Anyone desiring
further information or tickets should
address Omaha Auditorium Co..
Omaha. N"K
Salt Lake Still Falling.
Salt Lake people, and especially
the summer colony, are commenting
anew this summer on the fact that
the lake has been receding continu
ously since 186S.
I MUM
'S THE
BUT SOME HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WILL BE
GLAD
When the Prizes are Awarded
In trie V r v v , .
Aiaditori-iroL
Stock Contest
TWENTY THOUSAND TO ONE
the rafio of the Capital Prize
to the Cost of an X X X
You Don't Know About it. Write to
The Omaha Auditorium Co Omaha,
Capita! Prize $5,000.00 v
1,000 Other PrtzM
Omaba. Hundrstls
fi-izoa ? 9
MENTION
$5,000 in
Contributed by the
DEFIANCE STARCH CO.,
- of Omaha Nebraska, to
The Omaha Auditorium Co.
to be given with 1.000 other PRIZES for the best estimate made on the
vote to be cast for ALL candidates for Governor of New York aX the
lection to be held Nov. 4th, 1902.
EIGHT SEMI-MONTHLY CASH PRIZES
from S50.00 to S5C0.OO. Free guess as to the amount, also ONE SHARES
OF COMMON STOCK of the Omaha Auditorium Company.
TICKETS. 25c EACH.
A Chance to Win $5,000 for 25c by purchasing an Auditorium Stock
Ticket.
Write for prize list, or remit direct to V. E. Nettleton. Supt. The
Omaha Auditorium Company. Omaha, Neb., giving estimate on the
election and amount estimated for the Special Prize, and tickets will
be made out and sent you.
Here are the votes that have bn cast: 1891. 1.163.0S5; 1831, 1,273.671;
UM, 1.424,046; 1S98. 1.359.1SU; lduO, 1,556,520. 1902, WHAT?
V Chance for- Everybody.
Mention this paper when you write.
Address THE AUDITORIUM CO.. Omahn, Neb.
$5,000 BIN GOLD-FREE
For IS Trade Marks Cut from lOo
Packages of DEFIANCE Starch
To everyone who will
end to the Auditor
ium Co. or the De
fiance Starch Co.,
Omaha, Neb., 15 trade
marks cut from 10 ct.
er II os packages of
$6,000 IN GHDIjD
or nm one of the 1.000 other prixes, If yen cannot s-et Defiance Starch,
of your grocer we will send It to yarn express prepaM Including- one
ticket upon receipt of the price t the starch.
The Defiance Starch Co.. Omaha, Nebraska
Since the awarding on July 16, of
the first special semi-monthly prize
in the Auditorium stock contest at
Omaha, interest in it has been In
creasing rapidly. The .prize, wnicn
was contributed by the employing
printers of Omaha, was $160.50 cash
and was won by Ed. J. Hamilton of
Wilsonville, Neb. The money form
ing the special semi-monthly prizes i3:
made up of gold, silver, nickel, copper "
and paper money, and then divided
and put into two sacks without be
ing counted. Mr. Hamilton's guess
was $133.33, which was the closest
to the amount $132.54 in the larger
of the two sacks.
August 1 the Commercial prize,
contributed by members of the Omaha
Commercial club, will we awarded to
the person guessing the closest to the
amount in the larger of the two sacks
into which it bas been divided. Each
special prize is not less than $50, nor
more than $500, and under the plan
adopted there is absolutely no one
who can tell what amount is in the
larger sack until after it is unsealed.
Aside from the special semi-monthly
prizes, however, there is a great
deal of interest being taken in
the Auditorium stock contest
This could hardly fail to be the
case when there are 1,001 prizes
hung up, headed with the $5,000
cash, prize given by the Defiance
Starch Co. of Omaha, and the
stock tickets are only twenty-five
cents. Of course only one person will
win the $5,000, and only one person
will win a $3,500 house and lot in
Omaha, but 939 other persons will
also win prizes," every one of whicb
will be worth many times the price
of a guess. Persons securing tickets
cow also have, free; an extra guess
on the next special semi-monthly
prize.
The regular "prizes will be awarded
Immediately after the election next
November, in the order of their value,
to the 1,001 persons guessing closest
to the total votes cast for all candi
dates for governor in New York state
November 4, 1902. The votes for all
candidates at the last five elections
for governor, from which estimates
of the 1902 vote can be made, were:'
In 1891, 1,165,085; 1894, 1.275,671:'
1896, 1,434,046; 1898, 1.359,190; 1900.
1,556,520. Stock tickets, entitling the
holder to one share of common stock
In the Omaha Auditorium company,
with two guessing blanks, may be ob
tained at twenty-five cent3 each by ad
dressing the Omaha Auditorium com
pany, Omaha, Neb. In towns in Ne
braska and adjoining states arrange
ments may be made by responsible
persons to represent the Auditorium
company.
WORD
Auditorium Stock TJcJcet
Twenty-five
Cents -
I
Offered by THE DRPIAMCB
STARCH COMPANY . . .
by fctoe Bunlnesw .VI en of
of Dollar- in Spcial
5 5 5 5
THIS PAPER
Gold -
On Sale from July m
to UctatHT 8tb
Agents wanted In every town.
DEFIANCE STARCH
will be sent an Adul
torium Steele and
Guessing ticket which
sells tor 23 cts plvlna
you a puess In this
Teat contest to
I
tral provinces.