6
THE SUN COMES PEEPIN' THRO'.
How I love the dear old haymow
And the perfume of the hay,
And to listen to the sparrows
In the rafters hard at play;
And to watch the dancing dust motes.
Sometimes yellow, sometimes blue.
Hurrying out the little knot hole
Where the sun comes peepin' through;
And to hear the cattle munching
In the comfortable stall,
And to see the calves a' romping.
Now and then to hear them hawl;
Then to see the mother coming
With a willow switch or shoe.
And watch her through the knot hole
Where the sun comes peepin' through!
Then to tread the horseless thrasher.
And turn the fanning mill.
And climb up to the pigeon nests—
And sit there awful still;
Then spy the folks upon the porch,
And wish they only !:new
What fun to watch them through the
knot hole
Where the sun comes peepin' through!
How I wish I could live over
Those scenes which come to me,
Through the long and winding alley
Of my clouded memory;
And hear the voice of dear mother.
With a tenderness so true.
And watch her through the knot hole
Where the sun comes peepin' through!
—W. A. Engard, in Springfield (Mass.)
Republican.
X. KIDNAPPED
MILLIONAIRES
A Tale of Wall Street
and the Tropics <•<
By FREDERICK U. ADAMS
Copj right, 1901, by Lothrop Publishing Compaaj.
All rights rehtTTed.
CHAPTER XXIV.— CONTINUED.
Before Chalmers could say a word,
Capt. Waters opened the door and
went away.
It was as Capt. Waters said. Hes
tor was in a hospital. A bullet had
plowed its way along the left side
of his head, barely missing the tem
ple. The skull was slightly frac
tured, and there had been a hem
orrhage from the brain. When con
scious, the patient was wildly de
lirious. Chalmers left instructions
that everything should be done for
his comfort. The hospital physicians
.gave little hope. Chalmers secured
the best medical talent in New Or
leans and wired the facts to a famous
New York specialist. He then re
joined liis companions at the hotel.
The afternoon papers contained ac
counts of the tragedy, and related
the story of the surrender of Capt.
Waters. Before leaving for New
York, a conference was held in Sid
ney Hammond's room. It was the
consensus of opinion that Capt. Wa
ters had acted in good faith, and
that he was not deserving of pun
i
. I
CAPT. WATERS OPENED THE DOOH
AND WENT AWAY.
ishinent. Sidney agreed to obtain
bail for him, and for the other officers
of the "Shark." On Monday bail
was fixed at SIO,OOO for Capt. Waters,
and at $5,000 each for the arrested
oflicers. Mr. Hammond furnished
the necessary securities and was ac
cepted as bondsman. For a time Capt.
Waters refused to accept bail. He
preferred to stand punishment. Sid
ney argued with him for a long
time. He explained that it might lie
months before a trial would lie held.
Capt. Waters finally consented to ac
cept bail, lie went to a hotel near
the jail, and reported regularly three
times a day at police headquarters.
No argument could convince him that
this was not the thing to do.
Col. John Mclntyre was the sole
passenger on the "Helen Caruiody"
when she steamed past the forts and
out into the tirilf of Mexico. In his
big leather poeketbook was a check
bearing the signature of Andrus
Carmody. The amount was entirely
satisfaelory to Col. Mclntyre.
The homecoming of tin* marooned
millionaires was an event never to
be forgotten by those who part id
pated in or witnessed it. It began
at New Orleans, A xpeeial trail) from
New York. containing hundreds of
relatives mid friend* dashed Into
the I rcM-en! city larly tile follow iiifj
morning Those who have followed
the event , portrayed ill these pugfes
ran imagine the joy of the greeting
between the l«•*-1 oiler, and those they
loved, liri ut crowds surrounded the
liotel, and would Hot lie HUtirdled un
til the principal* appeared on the
the balcony. The major made a
speech and introduced each man In
turn, Sidney llaiiimoiid received an
«ivution as he stepped forward; one
Sl-.v, of l,u ~,.,1 |,,,„g twill at
I.U .ide. Nor was thr greeting to
Ik - . ~1,.,1 li.EIA
were r>*pem. d tails for Mis* Car
niodv. ami when that young lady
iii a nu the at in »i iaih>r,
the demonstration reached Its cli
max.
In a remote part of the city, white
robed nurses hovered over a man
whose staring' eyes showed no gleain
of sanity. His head was in bandages
and he muttered incoherent phrases
as he tossed in a fever of delirium.
Among those who greeted the re
turned castaways at New Orleans
was Robert Van Home, editor of
the Record, who arrived in New York
in time to take the special train
south. Mr. Van Home did not re
turn to New York with the happy
throng, lie brought with him three
of the most famous specialists in
the country, and soon stood at the
bedside of Walter 15. llestor. Mr.
Van Ilorne alone knew the recent
history of the man who now hovered
between life and death. He gave the
physicians the essential facts in the
case.
A year or more before llestor had
been injured in China. While eon
ducting an expedition into the inte
rior of that country his party had
been ambuscaded, and in the melee
which followed llestor was knocked
senseless by a blow on the forehead,
delivered with great force by some
blunt instrument. The attacking-
Tartars were driven off. The im
mediate effects of the blow were
slight, but several months later lles
tor had a severe attack of acute
traumatic meningitis, from which he
apparently fully recovered after a
long illness. Later he complained to
Mr. Van Ilorne that his head troubled
him. He explained some strange
symptoms and was much worried.
Acting on Mr. Van Home's advice,
llestor consulted a specialist in brain
diseases. He was informed that in
all probability a clot of blood from a
ruptured blood vessel had formed and
was pressing against the brain tissue.
Hestor agreed to submit to an oper
ation, but postponed it and went on
another cruise. He suffered no fur
ther attack, and the incident was
forgotten by Mr. Van Home. It was
vividly recalled when Chalmers wired
his suspicions.
An examination at the hospital dis
eloseif the fact that the Seymour bul
let had plowed its course past the
point where Hestor had sustained
the blow some 14 months before.
Without going into details of sui
gery, it is sufficient to say that the
gun shot wound exposed and par
tially relieved the blood clot; the
existence of which had been sus
pected. It was successfully removed.
For a month Hestor hovered on the
border line, and then slowly moved
away from the danger point. Sidney
Hammond and Mr. Van Home alter
nated in remaining in New Orleans
until he was on the road to recovery.
llestor had no recollection of events
subsequent to the Chinese expedition.
In his delirium he imagined himself
at the head of his men in that far
away Celestial empire. When he
awoke from this fantasy, clothed in
his mind, he recognized Sidney
Hammond and greeted him with a
pleased but mystified smile.
"How came you here, dear old fel
low?" he asked as he reached out
a wasted hand. "What are you doing
in China? What is the matter with
me? Ah, I remember now! That
pig-tailed beggar hit me on the head.
Hut where did you come from, Sid
ney?"
Sidney made a non-committal an
swer and warned Hestor that he
must not talk or disturb himself in
any way until he regained his
Strength. During the period of con
valescence Hestor's curiosity was too
great to be denied, and Sidney evolved
a wonderful fabrication, which gave
a rational explanation of how Hestor
happened to be in New Orlenns,
rather than in some city of the
flowery kingdom. It was apparent
Hestor did not believe or understand
this statement; but like all in.alids,
he was compelled to accept with the
best possible grace what was offered
him.
The physicians in charge of the
case prepared a statement in which
it was set forth that Mr. Hestor had
been suffering from a clearly-de
fined attack of amnesia, preceded by
a period of mild dementia. It pos
sessed many remarkable features,
but was by no means unprecedented.
"Do you believe his recovery a per
manent one, doctor?" asked Sidney,
anxiously.
"Qtiien sabe?" replied I)r. lirown.
"There is no reason why it should
not be .a permanent one. The cause
is removed, and Hestor is now appar
ently in full possession of his fac
ulties. lie is a strong. healthy man.
and there is no taint of insanity in
his family. The truth must be kept
from him until lie has entirely re
gained his physical strength. He
should take a long ocean cruise, in
company with some one in whom he
lias complete confidence. That means
you."
When these facts were explained
to Mr. Morton and his associates,
they were unanimous in a decision
to take no legnl steps against Mr.
llestor, or ugnllist ('apt. Waters.
They were satisfied to await Hestur's
complete recovery, and were confi
dent that lie would make honorable
amends when acquainted with the
facts.
One afternoon Sidney informed
H'«*tor that the physicians had nil
vised an ocean cruise, and that he
would be permitted to JJO on Imard
the "Shark" in about two weeks,
llestor urged that he should '.''l to
New York and attend to certain
ho»iiie aifull* This was not lis
tened in, and it was filially arraiii;ei|
(hut Hestor Kite Mr. llano.
power of attorney to look after such
matters as required attention. Mr.
Van Ilorne took Sidney'* place while
UN loii. ■ »in New \ ..rk.
All of Mr iieslor's property was
iu Intei. i hearing securith», uud
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 11 , 1903
these required llttl# or no nftentlo*.
Mr. Chalmers had not made public
his suspicions concerning Hcstor's
Wall street operations, neither had
any statement been made by Mr.
Morton or others. Sidney found a
record of the various transactions In
a safety deposit vault. He then
called on Street <X'. Rogers and pre
sented his credentials. Their books
showed that Walter B. Hestor had a
credit of $32,000,000. He had orig
inally purchased 700,000 shares of
stock, and had issued instructions
which had l>een strictly carried; out.
The money was due from various
banks, trust companies, commission
and brokerage houses. Street &
Rogers had decided not to force pay
ments, fearing to disturb the money
market. Mr. Hammond indorsed this
course and instructed them to grad
ually convert the credits into inter
est-bearing securities.
Thus it happened, one fine Septem
ber afternoon, that the steam yacht
"Shark" sailed down the river from
New Orleans, destined for the wa
ters of the South Pacific. On board
were Walter 1!. Hestor, Sidney Ham
mond, L. Sylvester Vincent and Ber
nard Seymour. Mr. Vincent and Mr.
Seymour were present at Mr. Ham
mond's invitation, and Hestor was
delighted with his new acquaintances.
Vincent had a wonderful venture on
hand which demanded his presence
in southern waters, and Mr. Seymour
proposed to gather the materials for
a book, which, he asserted, "would
make them all sit up nights." And
on the deck of the "Shark," with
Capt. Waters once more in command,
this narrative will leave them.
The later events in the lives of
these characters must be relegated
to some future chapters. It may
be said in closing that the doors of
the Carmody mansion were not
closed to Mr. William Chalmers, man
aging editor of the New York Rec
ord.
[THE END.I
Wrote Hook While WnltlnK for Wife.
Madame de Genlis, in a work on
"Time," tells us that the famous
Chancellor D'Aguesseau, observing
that his wife always delayed 10 or 13
minutes before she came down to din
ner, and, reluctant to lose so much
time daily, began the composition of
a work which he prosecuted only
while thus kept waiting. At the end
of 15 years, a book in three quarto
volumes was completed, which ran
through three editions, and was held
in high repute. Madame de Genlis
profited by this example. Having to
wait at the dinner hour in the Palais
Royal for Madame de Chartres, who
was always 15 or 20 minutes late, she
utilized the time by copying a selec
tion of poems from eminent authors.
It is told of a German critic that he
could repeat the entire "Iliad" of
Homer with scarcely an error. How
many years, think you, did he spend
in depositing the immortal epic in his
brain? Years he had not to spare,
or months, or weeks, or even entire
days, for he was a physician in the
full tide of practice; Imt he contrived
to store in his memory the 24 books
of the old bard of "Seio's rocky isle"
in the brief, disconnected snatches of
time while hurrying froin one patient
to another. Dr. Mason Good, a cele
brated English physician, performed
a similar feat, having contrived to
translate the whole of Lucretius dur
ing his long walks in London to visit
his patients.—William Mathews, in
Sucefis.
lie Wum nil Irlnhninn.
A flue specimen of the bull is to be
credited to Sir Thomas Myles, an
eminent Irish surgeon and an ex
president of the College of Surgeons
in Ireland. He made it in the course
of a speech delivered at the meeting
of the Solicitors' Apprentices' Debat
ing society in Dublin. The subject
of the address was "Cecil Rhodes."
Sir Thomas paid a high tribute to
the force of character, the spirit of
personal independence, and the in
domitable courage of Englishmen.
He pictured the British empire as
having been in danger at the time of
the late war, and asfced with em
phasis, "Was England to stand with
her arms folded and her hands in her
pockets?" When he realized from
the attitude of his audience what he
had done, he observed that his only
apology was that he was an Irishman.
—London News.
Spoke From Experience.
A man who tried to uphold all his
statements with the prop of per
sonal experience is pretty sure soon
er or later to find himself in difficul
ties.
"What kind of posts should you
say I'd better have for my piazza?"
asked a summer resident of the or
acle of Bushville. "Cedar?"
"No," was the instant reply; "not
'less you want to pay for poor stuff,
'lit pine, Pine will last ye a hundred
year*."
"Are you sure?" asked the sum
mer resident, doubtfully.
"Surel" echoed the oracle. "I never
state a tiling without I fan prove it.
I've tried 'em both. Tried 'em twice
on my south porch, I tell ye!"—
Youth's Companion.
'lhoat- Who Itoont*
Neweonie They tell me liens never
lay eggs at night. Did you kii"W
that.'
hubbub* Oh! yes,
"Struiige, isn't It?"
"Not at all. All tiie liens are
roo-ti i H< you know." Phil
ntlclphitt Pre**.
tine Troulllv.
"Of cour-e," »uid Nuriteh, self
coiupluont ly, "It'a t hint/ to Ih)
II ie|f lllilllt* mull, but then it'* got
its druw liin k*."
"That', im»," replied Peppery, "Vo«»
• an't I'i.ime it on nN)luHljf i l»e, t
4»l«Uv r'aladlij'l.iii I'll**, ,
THE DUKE OF AOSTA.
One of the Most Unpopular Mem
bers of Italy's Royalty.
He Would Become Ihe Un welcome
liuler or the Klnictloiu Should
Victor Km mil mi el l)|e With
out Mule laNue.
Ihe queen of Italy and the czarina
of Russia would be happier than they
are to-day and they would rise im
mensely in popular favor if that
mystical bird, the stork, had been
kinder and more considerate and had
left sons instead of daughters in the
royal palaces in which these ladies
live. The czarina lias disappointed
the hopes of the people four times by
presenting daughters to the c/.ar and
the two children of the young queen
of Italy are both daughters. The
sooner the stork manifests a higher
degree of consideration for the situa
tion in which these royal ladies are
placed und grants tliem sons the
happier they and their husbands and
a great army of their subjects will be.
The throne of Italy can descend
only to the male heirs of the king
and if King Victor Emmanuel should
die without a son his successor would
•be the duke of Aosta, who is not at
all in favor with the people of Italy,
and there would be no end of discon
tent if he should become king. The
duke is 34 years of age. He is the
eldest son of the late Prince Amadeus,
a brother of King Humbert and ex
king of Spain. His wife was Princess
llelene of Orleans, a daughter of the
late count of Paris, and they have
two sons, Amadeus and Aimon, so
that if the duke should succeed to
the throne it would probably remain
permanently in his family.
The duke and his wife are a hand
some pair, says the Detroit Free
Press. But one may also see in the
face of the handsome young duke
THE DUKE OF AOSTA.
(Heir Presumptive to the Throne of the
Italian Kingdom.)
signs of ttie haughty arrogance and
the unyielding spirit that have
helped to make him unpopular
throughout Italy. He would prob
ably be a hard man to deal with, and
the people of Italy are hoping and
even praying that he may never be
their ruler, and it will be a great day
in Italy if the beautiful Queen Helene
should some time present the king
with a son. The duke of Aosta would
be the one man in Italy who would
not rejoice over an event of this
kind. Should he succeed to the throne
he might realize in his own experi
ence the truth of the old saying that
"Uneasy lies the head that wears a
crown," for his life would not be a
very happy one in the face of the
strong and unyielding prejudice of
the Italian people. A kingly career
is not one of continual smooth saif
ing, even when one is in high favor
with one's subjects, and it is a career
of much anxiety and unliappinesa
when one is ruler in opposition to
the wishes of his people. So here's
hoping that the stork is even now
on his way to the royal palace of
Italy with a lusty young son to glad
den the hearts of the king and queen
and the hearts of the people of Italy.
Vlhrntloii Mopa II a tell I iik.
"An egg in the process of hatching,*
says an expert, "is remarkably sensi
tive to vibration. Half the failures
that amateurs encounter in hatcting
out chicks by an incubator method ure
due to lack of precaution in providing
against the effect of vibration on the
eggs. The rumblii of a train or the
passage of a wagon along the street
will spoil a whole incubator full of
eggs, if the faintest vibratory wave
reaches the apparatus. Even such a
little thing as the banging of a door
in some other part of the house will
destroy the chances of hatching out a
brood, where care has not been taken
to place the incubator beyond the
reach of such disturbances. A thun
derstorm always ghes breeders a
scare, as thousands of eggs may be
spoiled by a sudden heavy thunder
clap. To sneeze or cough in the ■vicin
ity of the incubators will sometimes
work a disastrous result."
I'lnuue *prenil liv Itnla.
The bubonic plague has become no
alarming in Sydney, N. S. \v„ that the
eltv authorities re(fiilnrl,\ employ five
men to yisit the residences ami catch
rati The ateriik'e number of rats
trap|H*d by each man Is 2H awtek. It
1, believed that the rodents spread the
disease lis roaming from house to
house.
I'reaerlpl lona !•> Telephone.
It is llh-ual iii Germany for phvsi*
ei iii> lo dictate prescription to drug
gists through the telephone. Fatal
mi»uuiler«tanillnK* are likely to result
from the prsctiu*. therefi rs th» Inter"
diet ory law hu enacted
REGISTER OF THE U. S. TREASURY
USES PE-RU-NA FOR SUMMER CATARRH.
I
—————.
Summer Catarrh
Afflicts Men and
Women.
I I
HON. JUDSON W. LYONS,
Register of the United
| States treasury, in a letter
from Washington, D. C.,says:
I " / find Peruna to he an
excellent remedy for the ca- I
tarrhal affections of spring!
and summer, and those who
suffer from depression from
the heat of the summer will
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No man is better known in !
the financial world than Jud
son W. Lyons, formerly of'
Augusta, Ga. His name on
every piece of money of recent
date makes his signature one
of the most familiar ones in
the United States.
Two Interesting Letters From
Thankful Women.
Miss Camilla Chartier, 5
West Lexington St., Baltimore,
Md., writes :
"Late suppers gradually
affected my digestion and
I made me a miserable dyspeptic,
i suffering intensely at times,
i I took several kinds of medi
! cine which were prescribed by
| different physicians but stiil i
j continued to suffer. But the'
trial of one bottle of Peruna
convinced me that it would rid me of j
this trouble, so I continued taking it
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health, having gained ten pounds."—
Miss Camilla Cliarticr.
Summer Catarrh.
Mrs. Kate Bohn, 1119 Willoughby
Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y., writes:
" When I wrote you I was troubled
with frequent headaches, dizzy, strange
feeling in the head, sleeplessness,sink
ing feelings, faintness and numbness.
Sometimes I had heartburn. My food
would rise to my throat after every
meal, and my bowels were very
irregular.
"I wrote you for advice, and I now
take pleasure in informing you that my
improvement is very great indeed. I
did not expect to improve so quickly
l.lvely Occupation.
To one unfamiliar with country nomencla
ture the question asked by the young man
might not seem wholly unnatural.
"And were you never in the country dur
ing the season of husking-bees, Mr. Si —?"
a»ked the young lady.
"No. The idea! How do you husk •
bee, anyway?"— Philadelphia. Press.
Many a high Wall conceals a garden filled
with weeds.—Town Topics.
It's a lucky baby that looks like a rich
relative.—Chicago Daily News.
Tt is never worth while arguing about the
religion you haven't got.—Rani's Horn.
He is well entertained who is the guest
of happy thoughts.—United Presbyterian.
"He proposed to her for fun." "Well?"
"His ideas of humor have been materially
changed."—Town Topics.
♦
thrccle Reuben Says: If yo' will take no
t. , yo' will find dat de lazier a man am de
mo' rabbits he expects his dawg to cotch.—
Detroit Free Press.
The Doctor—"Didn't 1 say he was to
avoid all excitement?" The Patient's Wife
—"Yes; that's what got him excited."—
Town and Country.
There is a maxim of unfailing truth, that
nobody ever pries into another man's con
cerns, but with a design to do, or to be
able to do him a mischief.—South.
Miss Woodby—"Really, you don't think
that I'd consider for a minute a proposal
from him, do you?" Miss Newitt —"Oh, no.
Of course you wouldn't take that long."—
Philadelphia Press.
"Now, Hiram Simpson, did you meet any
boneo man while you was in th'city?" "i
did, Samantha; an worse." "Worse! Why,
Hiram Simpson?" "Thet's what 1 did. I
called a policeman an' lie took what th'
other gentleman fergot."—Baltimore News.
Housewife (to tramp)—"lf you saw that
wood 1 will give you ten cents." Tramp—
"My dear woman, I assure you I would be
happy to favor you. but see it' 1 did that job
for ten cents I'd be prosecuted under the
new anti-trust law for charging you less
than I charge your neighbors."—Boston
Commercial Bulletin.
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If you do not derive prompt and satis
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She—"l do so love the springtime." Ha
—"So do I. I adore it. Our medicine sales
are always the bigges*. in the spring."—Bos
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