Milk River Valley news. [volume], July 27, 1904, Image 3

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, THE SUN CAME OUT AGAIN.
/.
After long day* of rain and gloomy weather
The sun came out again; the roof of gray
Scattered and fled, and vanished quite away;
Sun, sky and earth made merry all together.
In the green groves the birds trilled forth together,
Song-sparrow, thrush, and robin sang amain;
My heart sang, too, “The sun came out again
After long days of rain and gloomy weather.”
—Ltppincott’s
¥7or ttie irnrariiirii
" wfUl
famous Crampton dlnmond
V JP threw back the light from Its
many facets, and 6trange, bril
liant colors shot from Its depths. It
■was the finest stone I had ever seen
in my life.
I was particularly pleased with my
■design for the setting. No other hand
had touched It, and I felt that the
frame, so to speak, was worthy of the
picture.
The ring, now that It was finished,
■was fit even to adorn the hand of
Cwendolen Forrest, the beauty and
heiress of the season. But I did not
■envy young Mr. Crampton his fiancee;
in my own Nell I had a girl as good
And as pretty as any In the land.
I was about to take the ring to "Mr.
TTugent, when Nell herself ran In. She
was my employer's daughter, and his
private house was upstairs over the
large showroom In Clifford street. It
was against all custom for Nell to
■come down to my workshop, for her
father disapproved of our engagement
But to-day she had not been able to
resist the temptation of having a peep
.at the Crampton diamond.
Just ns she had slipped It on her fin
der nnd was dancing about twisting
her hand that the marvelous stone
might catch the light, the door opened
and Mr. Nugent entered. I prepared
to defend Nell from a harsh reprimand,
■but none came. Her father appeared
•oddly preoccupied, merely took the
■ring from her, examined It earnestly,
and, snapping the Hd of the case down
■upon It, placed It In his pocket and
walked away.
Next day I was sitting at work when
X saw a hansom drive up, nnd Mr.
■Crampton Jump out. He came hastily
Into the showroom, which adjoined the
one where I was sitting, and where
Mr. Nugent was.
"Scoundrel!” I heard him say, and
could scarcely believe my ears. “You
thought to fool me easily by a false
■«toae, but I am ns good a Judge of
Jewels as you are. You are a thief,
■sir! What have you done with the
-diamond I Intrusted to you?”
Mr, Nugent nnswered In n lower
voice. What he said could not have
made any great Impression upon Mr.
-Crampton, however, for ho Impatient
ly Interrupted, nnd at last an ominous
thrent concerning the "police” reached
■my ears.
I sat still. I understood well that
Mr. Crampton had deliberately ac
cused my employer of trying to palm
•off upon him an Imitation diamond,
yet I knew that I had set the true
stone anil delivered It to Mr. Nugent
OHy yesterday.
employer himself was a skilled
woiiuajn, though not a good designer,
Jind In the time that had elapsed be
tween my handing him the ring and
'bis transferring It to the owner he
-could have removed the stone and re
i>lftoed It by another. But for such a
bold trick to suecetd the Imitation
must he magnificently made, and the
•original diamond must have been care
fully measured.
I had never known that Mr. Nqgont
kept apy false gems about the place,
and besides, was It likely that a man
in his position would care to run so
•terrible a risk? Still, I could uot help
remembering how haggard and irrita
ble he had been of late, and the keen
Interest that he took In the stock ex
change Intelligence.
As I thus speculated on the astound
lng accusation Mr. Nugent himself
opened the door of the workroom. lie
looked keenly at me, as if wondering
4f It would be safe to trust me.
“Did you hear anything of what
passed In the next room?’’ he ques
tioned.
I admitted that 1 had.
"Of bourse, 1 shall he triumphantly
acquitted,” he announced, clearing his
throat huskily as he spoke. “Still,’
Mr. Crampton can mnke things dis
ngieenhlc. And. look here. Wade, I
haven't nlwnys been us friendly to
you ns 1 might, but I enn trust you.
You’ll be an Important witness. Do
whut you enn for me, for the girl’s
sake.”
The words sounded strange, but I
was given my time to answer, for at
that moment 'Mr. Crampton returned
ritk two Scotland Yard men. My em
ployer was given into custody and
taken to the police station to be
charged, the detectives remaining to
search the premises.
Mr. Nugent being a widower, with
only one child, the management of tho
business practically devolved on me,
nnd as the detectives ransacked the
place they put many question to me
ns to where the stones were kept.
The safes were all pointed out to them,
but they seemed disappointed with
their operations.
Late In the evening they came to
me in the workroom, and, holding out
the ring that I had made for Mr.
Crampton, one of them said:
“This is your work, we understand.
Is that the stone yo uset?”
I glanced at it. but I only replied:
“I don’t call myself an expert In pre
cious stones, and all I can say is that
this one precisely resembles in size,
shape and appearnnee the one given
me to Bet."
While this statement was superficial
ly true, that one glance hnd been
enough to show me that I wns not
looking at the Crampton diamond.
The detectives left, saying that I
would have to tell all I knew fn tho
witness box, and then, Just as I was
about to lock up the place for the
night, Nell came In. It was first
time she had let me see her since her
father had been taken away.
The face which I had thought the
sweetest on enrth wns marble white,
nnd there were dark shadows under
her lashes.
“There’s something I must say to
you," she panted, “something I've been
wild to say all day lest It should be
too late, but I dared not let any one
suspect. A month ago futher confid
ed to me that he had lost a great deal
of money, nnd he showed me bow to
open a secret drawer In his Chippen
dale bureau. It ever nnythlng hap
pens to me,' he said, ‘don’t lose a mo
ment, but look Into tills drawer;
throw nwny everything thnt you will
find in the left-hand partition, and
keep what may be In the right’ ”
Together we ransacked the old
bureau, and at length Nell touched the
spring which opened the secret drawer.
I drew In my breath sharply, for the
light of the candle which I held
struck out a gleam from a pile of ex
quisitely mnde false stones which lay
In a partition on the left hand, while
on the right was the Crampton dia
mond.
Involuntarily I betrayed the dread
ful nature of the discovery by an ex
clamation, for, left to herself, Nell
would not have understood. Hut she
was quick to comprehend, and, realiz
ing the worst, she swayed, staggering
backward.
“My poor father!” she moaned, ns
I held her. “He is ruined forever—
and I, too! The daughter of n con
victed thief Is no fit wife for an hon
est man!”
“My darling! You are a wife for
a king, and as for your father, I swear
to yon that I will save him yet.”
“You? You cannot!”
“I tell you that I can and will.” For
even ns I spoke an Idea Unshod into
my bend which startled me by Its
audacity. In a moment I had thought
out every detail.
I made up the stones, Crampton dla
inond and all, Into a packet, carefully
closing the secret drawer, and, con
triving to get away without being seen,
went straight to my brother’s house In
Kent, mnnnging to avoid the service
of a subpoeun. Thus I was not present
at the police court proceedings, which
would have meant ruin for my plan.
Mr. Xugent was committed for trial,
and meanwhile I staid in the country,
working each night In my locked room
with the tools 1 lind brought with me
until the gray dawu filtered under my
closed sliutteys.
When I saw my old employer In the
dock at the trinl 1 was shocked at the
ghnstly change which had come over
him.
Tho evidence at first ’went steadily
ngalnst him. It was proved that ho
had lost money heavily on the stock
exchange. Mr. Crampton swore that
the stone In the ring delivered to him
by Mr. Nugent's own hand was not ills
diamond. One expert testified thft not
only was the stone he now saw not.
the Crainptqn diamond. It was not i
genuine Jewfcl at all, but a marvelous
Imitation. Another was not so posi
tive. He looked at the gem through
his glass, turning It this way nnd that,
declaring that In all his experience he
had never seen a false stone so clev
erly executed as this, indeed, bo was
not prepared to swear that it was
false.
This was the first ray of doubt
which had been thrown by the evi
dence upon Mr. Nugent’s guilt; and
then I went Into the box. l was cool
now, for tho game I had determined
on had cost me many a qualm of con
science. . But I hnd no Intention of
cheating Mr. Crampton, swearing
falsely or tarnishing my personal
honor.
The preliminary question of the
prosecuting counsel brought out tho
fact that I hnd designed the ring’s
setting and hnd done all the work upon
it
"What sort of stone was It your
employer gave you to set?” was the
next question.
“An extremely valuable white dia
mond," I replied.
“Do you swenr that you set the gen
uine stone and delivered the ring
when finished to the prisoner?”
“I do.”
“Do you consider It possible that
stone might have been taken out and
an Imitation one substituted?”
“Certainly! But I could tell wheth
er the ring had been tampered with
since It left my hnnds.”
“Take this, then, exnmlne It, and
Inform the court If that Is the stone
you set."
The ring was handed to me, and a
hush fell upon the court. The kind
of lull which denotes that a vital point
In a case has been reached.
I put my hand In my waistcoat pock
et. for my Jeweler’s glass, nnd the
sharpest eye could not have seen that
I also drew forth a new ring, made
in the secret hours of tho night—nn
exact counterpart of the other, save
that It contained the real Crampton
diamond.
I pretended to exnmlne the Imitation
with great care, while all eyes were
fixed upon me. At length I returned
the glass to my pocket, and with It
the ring with the false stone. I could
hear my own heart beating; but, hand
ing to the court usher the new ring, I
said firmly, In reply to the snappish
“Well?” of the prosecuting counsel:
“I swear unhesitatingly that the set
ting of tills ring has not been tam
pered with, and thnt this is the gen
uine diamond which wns given me to
set.”
A rustle went round the court; the
doubting expert pricked up his ears;
the prosecuting counsel, with Mr.
Crampton nnd the treasury solicitor,
were whispering,over the ring.
"Your honor,” said the counsel, "I
ask permission to recall the expert.”
I stepped out of the box nnd the
expert stepped In. The new ring wus
put Into his hnnd, n friendly ray of
sunshine lighting up the Jewel.
“This is- remarkable,” he said at
last. “It Is the first time I have ever
mnde a mistake. This stone Is gen
uine. I cannot doubt It”
And so the prisoner waa free. But
when the verdict of “Not guilty” was
pronounced a faint groan echoed It,
nnd a dead mnn wns taken from the
dock. A spnsm of the heart bad
proved fatal.
• •••••*
Six months later Nell nnd I were
married. On our honeymoon we were
walking In a lane near Ilfracombe,
when we came face to face with Mr.
Crampton, who wus stopping with his
bride In a neighboring country house.
“Ah, Mr. Wade!” he exclaimed, “I
haven’t seen you since thnt mysterious
euse of mine. Do you know, I have
always since thought of you—as—a
very—clever man?”
“Thank you,” I said quietly. “Will
you allow mo to present you to my
wife —the only daughter of the late
Mr. Nugent?”
Mr. Crampton raised his hat, looked
keenly at pretty Nell, shook hnnds
with us both and murmured:
”.Vh, I understand!” —Chicago Trib
une.
How Frost Cut Coupons.
A certain Philadelphia art club has
a custom of creating a great deal of
fun at the expense of new members
to test their mettle* and good-fellow
ship. This, us may’ be Imagined, Is
excellent fun for the assemblage at
large, hut Is often very trying to the
lone target of It all. Shortly before
the election of A. B. Frost, the Illus
trator of fnrm scenes, it was reported
that he possessed considerable wealth.
At the first club dinner after Mr.
Frost's name had been added to the
roll, tlje members were primed to de
rive amusement from bis debut
"Hello, Frost,” called one when the
new member appeared In the dining
room, "I hear you nrp doing nothing
hut cutting coupons now.”
"Yes,” answered the artist, quickly,
“nnd I am using the same scissors I
used to trim my cuffs with.”—Success.
Making Hare of It.
The colored Janitor of the tint next
door approached the grocer and bund
ed him a paper containing pome white
powder.
"Say, boss,” he asked, "what J' o ’ 1
t’tnk dat Is? Jest’ tnste It an’ tell
me yu! ’pinion.”
"Well, Jake, I should say that was
soda.”
«* “Hat's Jest what I say,” replied the
Jnnltor, triumphantly. "I say data
soda, but my ol' woman, sho 'low It's
rat-plzen; she say she knows 'tls. Jos’
tiisto It again, t>oss, fo’ to mek sure.”
Don't expect your friends to he stuck
ou your Jukes If they’ are pointless.
Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects.
the Methodists and Amusements.
question as to what amusements may be
permitted to the members of the Methodist Epls
copal Church is one that has caused more dls
mission In church circles than possibly any oth-
KTJjffT®) er ' “Times change, and men’s maimers ami
uCjukjjE! customs change with them." Is an old and a
true proverb. It Is also true that this change
in manners and customs—ami the Inevitable change as to
how they are viewed—ls as netlTe in the churches us uny
where else. It Is to tills steady shifting of Ideals and
opinions that the question remains perennial with the
Methodists.
In the early Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal
Church In America, the whole matter was dismissed In a
prohibition to members against "taking such diversions
as cannot he until in the name of tile Lord Jesus.” But
along In the decades about the middle of the lust century
tho inevitable broadening of ideas due to the rapltl Increase
In poimlntlon, the change from solitary rural life to the
hurry and bustle of the city—all were liberalizing ten
dencies. Especially In the cities, Methodists 111 good stand
ing indulged in amusements, etc., which were looked upon
with horror by the more conservative', nnd lienee more
strict members in the country, especially the elder generu
tiosa But the liberals argued that they were well within
the prohibition of the Discipline, and tliut there was no loss
of true religion to themselves.
It became evident that the clause In the Discipline
needed amendment; that the church must authoritatively
specify what tiling's could not be permitted to the Meth
odist laity. The change was made by the General Con
ference of 1872. The paragraph which Ims stood since then
deals with conduct, and expressly forbids among other
things, “the buying, gelling or using Intoxicating liquors
ns a boveruge,” and "dancing, playing at games of chance,
attending theaters, horse races, circuses, dancing parties
or patronizing schools, or taking such other amuse
ments ns nre obviously of misleading or questionable moral
tendency,” etc.
But this did not end the controversy. In very many
churches, this regulation has become a dead letter. Meth
odist members attend theaters, visit circuses, send their
children to dancing schools and play card games In their
homes; and they.do not feel that they thereby commit any
sin. That Is to say, they do not admit that the church
has a right to prohibit any line of conduct that Is not sin
ful; and feeling that those things are not. they Ignore the
precept. The matter was all threshed over again at the
recent General Conference In Los Angeles.—Toledo Blade.
The Question of the Battleship.
when the public spoke of bnt-
LJ tleshlps, the breath was bated and there was
a gleam In the eye that boded the kindling of
|pmm destructive pride. Some spirited souls even
KyAIfJT went so far as to lift tile hat when one of our
navy’s ornaments was named, but something
has happened. It has ltodome dangerous to
refer to America as Bailing the sens like n battleship. We
bate to think qf the ship of state as armored and carrying
12-inch guns. We cannot even remember that famous line,
“She seems to feel the thrill of life along her keel,”
without sympathetic shudders.
The reason Is as follows. Cesnrevltch, 13,110 tons, dis
abled by torpedo and beached, Feb. 8, at Port Arthur;
Itetvlzan, 12,700 tons, disabled by torpedo and beached at
Port Arthur, Feb. 8; Poltava, 10,000 tons, disabled at Port
Arthur; Sevastopol, 10,900 tons, disabled Feb. 0; Pobleda,
12,074 tons, damnger by pfine at Port Arthur, April 13;
Petropavlovsk, 10,000 tons, blown up by mine at Port
Arthur, April 13. Six first-class battleships, four of them
undoubtedly destroyed by submarine engines of warfare,
not to speak of the dangers within the ship itself, as we
have learned In the cases of the Missouri and the lowa.
It Is told that the unfortunate Admiral Makarofif dis
approved of battleships on the ancient ground of “all your
eggs In one bnsket." The ndmlrnl is dead and a battleship
holds his body, a battleship which sank within two min
utes after a submarine wns exploded under It There are
others along the shore of the bay at Port Arthur, all for
mer prides of the Russian navy, pointed at by the experts
of other nations as perils to peace and warnings for war.
| SOLDIERS 0E THE CZAR. I
The uniform of the Russian soldier
Is the simplest uniform In Europe. In
winter a sheepskin coat goes on be
neath the gray one. In summer, or
during campaigns In hot climates, the
Russians, like the Japanese, light In
white dress. To critics who say that
this renders them needlessly conspicu
ous, they reply that It Is better than
khaki; for a man dressed In earth col
or Imagines himself Invisible, and be
haves accordingly. He gets shot;
whereas the man who knows lie can
he seen keeps under cover and comes
off with n whole skin. A writer In the
Boston Transcript describes the sol
diers of the Czur as follows:
The Russian campaigner marches
somewhat heavily laden. He has his
kit-bag with clothing slung over one
shoulder, his haversack with two days'
mtlonß of bread nnd salt slung over
tho other, his grentcont strapped under
one arm. Including his water bottle,
arms and ammunition, a section of tent
and the uniform he stands in, he car
ries something over sixty-six pounds.
The advantage which offsets tho bur
den Is that nt a pinch the Russian
foot-soldier Is practically Independent
of a baggage train. He can transport
his modest necessities upon his own
buck.
The Russian cnvnlryman rides so
laden with cornsneks and blankets
and greatcoats anil wallets and saddle
bags and things that he puts one In
mind of the much incumbered White
Knight In "Alice in Wonderland.” Al
together his Impedimenta weigh 111)
pounds. Fortunately what would op
press nnother soldier Is iki burden to
the Russian. lie Is sturdiness Itself.
Russian soldiers have been known to
march thirty miles without rest, and
then go directly Into nn engagement.
Severity Is accounted the prime Tac
tor of Russian military discipline. But
now squatting drunkenly In the mud, thelr / huge gun*
raking the affrighted stars. They have felt a shudder
ulung their keels, and their glory has dwindled like a leak
ing balloon.
The American people are prone to ask questions when
things happen. Something lias happened. The colored
pictures of our navy are singularly uninspiring Just at
present, and we desire to know why. If we cannot find out
why, we, at least, wish to be sure thnt something was
really wrong. So there is the question In the air. How
much Is a $11,000,000 battleshlp/wortli? if a Japanese cor
poral's guard tor tho iiuvaLtqulvalent of the body) can
take a rowboat, a cap pistol, and a torpedo and sink bat
tleships. we desire to be allowed to look on, and possibly
make a small bet on our owu prospects. Further, some
would like to know Just how we are going to keep the upper
band If our battleships won’t battle against the puemy's
torpedoes. We are In u state of doubt —Sail Francises
Argonaut.
Chinese Exclusion.
T Is expected that the new treaty regulating
jftrl T the admission of Chinese Into the United States,
■Jrl B now In preparation, will permit certain Chlna
men, not of the coolie class, who are now ex
eluded, ter the eountry. Tiidor tho nxlut
lng exclusion law, Chinese laborers are pro
hibited from coming to or remaining In tbs
United States, ltoglstored Chinese luborers may leave the
country and return to It, under certain conditions, and
Chinese officials, teachers, students, merchants and travel
ers may come Into the country when properly certified.
Tho law bus been strictly construed by the Attorney-Gen
eral, who ruled that not all Chinese persons might enter
the eountry who were not specifically forbidden, but that
only those who are entitled to enter who are expressly
permitted to do so. The ruling excluded traders, salesmen,
buyers, bookkeepers, accountants, mnnngers, storekeepers.
Interpreters, physicians and agents. Persons fulling within
these designations are not manual laborers, against whom
the exclusion law was particularly directed.
The classes excluded by the rulings arc numerous, and
the new treaty may provide for the admission of some of
them. Our expanding trade with the East would doubtless
be stimulated by a more hospitable treatment of what may
be termed the Chinese mercantile and professional element.
A discreet extension of the privilege of entry could be per
mitted, it is believed, without Injuriously affecting the wages
of labor. It is understood that the contemplated regula
tions apply to the admission of Chinese of the higlipr class
es and that there la no Intention to admit coolies.
Whether provisions shall be made for use of Chinese
laborers In the construction of the Panama Canal Is under
consideration, and the more extended use of Chinese labor
In the Philippines Is urged by certain Interests concerned in
the development of the possessions.—Philadelphia Ledger.
The Price of Tame.
one considers how much the people love
Wto be humbugged, it Is surprising that there
are not more people engaged professionally In
—^ __ the business. A man with a very brilliant mind
ggji KfQ may make a brilliant address before a brilliant
audience, and there the brilliancy stops; but
a man with a mind about the size of
a shriveled walnut, may talk a lot of nonsense to an au
dience of no—or of average or unusual—lntelligence, and
immediately he becomes famous. An educator in a recent
religious meeting told a fairly Intelligent audience that
dancing was the closest approach to Puradlse, and to-day
Ids name and theory is known from Malno to California. A
University of Chicago professor tells wherein Rockefeller
Is superior to Sbakspeurc, and while the oil magnate mod
estly protests, the professor’s mall Is overwhelmed with re
quests for photographs nnd locks of his hair. A Harvard
professor, who teaches Slavic literature, and who Is a
native of Russia, expresses the hope that his fatherland
will be defeated In the Eustern war, and he gets half a
column of attention, where bis sensible utterances bad
never won him more than very moderate attention. And
so. If a man must simply be foolish to become famous, is
It any wonder that almost everybody to-day Is famouß'i—
Baltimore Herald. ’
something better than severity goes to
mukc soldiers Of Russian peasants,
and that something Is a powerful spir
it of camaraderie. A high Russian
officer does not hesitate to Joke with
Ills men.
When the commanding officer meets
his troops for the first times In the
morning, he calls out cordially, “Good
morning!” The men reply, with a pe
culiar, long, rattling shout “Your
good, health, your excellency!”
When a maneuver Is executed to
the commander's satisfaction, he
shouts congratulations to tho tffen, and
they respond all together, "We are
glad you like it”
IS THE SUN HOT OR COLD?
Hun uml a Hot Htove Have the Same
Kind of Energy.
, So far as I know, no reasons at all
for doubting the high temperature of
the central body of the solar system
have ever \>een found. There are In
general three distinct ways in which
heat can be transferred from one body
to another—conduction, convection and
radiation. The first two ure depend
ent upon the presence of matter, the
latter will take place across a perfect
vacuum. We may receive heut from
a stove by all three methods. If we
placu our hands upon It we receive
heat by conduction; If wt hold them
above It they are warmed by convec
tion. the heat being brought to them
by tlie rising current of hot air. If
now we stand In front of the stove we
will feel Its warmth, the sensation In
this case being produced by the heat
waves which It emits. These waves
are similar to the electric waves used
In wireless telegraphy, differing from
them only in their length. They bear
the sgine relation to them which l lie
ripples on a mill pond bear to the
Atlantic roller*. With the ln«tru
meats at our illspoaul at the present
time we can measure the length of
these waves ns accurately as we can
measure the length of a table with a
foot rule, and we can prove that they
will puss through n vacuum, a plate
of glass or n tank full of liquid air,
without losing their ability to warm
our bands. Wo find, however, that If
we pass this radiant heat through cer
tain substances, water vapor, for ex
ample, Its Intensity Is diminished, ow
ing to the fact tliat some of the waves
have been absorbed. It Ls possible to
determine the exact length of the
waves of heat which have been re
moved by absorption in the vapor, and
If we test the rudlutlon which comes to
us from the sun we find that waves
of this same length are nbsent the
water vapor In the earth’s ntmosphere
having refused to transmit them. This
fact taken alone, Is pretty good evi
dence that the sun and the hot stove
arc pouring out the same kind of en
ergy.—Harper's Weekly.
Wanted a Demonstration.
"John,” said Mrs. Maaepeaoe, com
ing out on the back porch, whero her
husband sat tilted back In his chair.
Ills feet on the railing, "didn’t I hear
you tell the minister when he was here
tliat you were deeply Interested in tem
perance movements?”
“Yes,” Mr. Makepeace replied, rath
er stiffly. “I said so, and you know
that I am.”
"Well,” snhl Mrs. Makepeace, “sup
pose you go and make a few of them
on the pump-handle. I want a pnll
of water."
What .Malle Him Ask.
Paying Teller —What ls your name,
anyway?
Indignant Presenter of Cheek—Don’t
you see my signature?
raying Teller—Yes. That’s what
aroused my curiosity.—Baltimore
American.
Daily Outdo to Table Manner*.
Never kick on the food except on the
cook’s ilny out. Otherwise you might
lose her. It doesn’t matter about your
wife. She'll stay.—Baltimore Ameri
can.