The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 10, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 10, 1900 Page: 8 of 8
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of |Mmioii unrcnu utUml
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- U 's*an Sti'vritf in ledger Monthly
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Pindino the Diamonds
UowaMalds rvant Wan the Means
of U> 8torui« Lost Jewels.
Ii was lu>r system thui mnde Mrs
Robinson what she was. II a lie ii' t
loose anywhere near, sin1 was up and
after It with anything she could lay
her ha litis on.
She showed yon that lying illtlu't pay
when sin- was coiieerncd. A lit' turned
into a serpent as soou as it not out of
your mouth. anil you wore ^;l:;tl to t
boll I in) another.
Not to say that her system hadn't
Its drawbacks. Uvcry system has.
And (lie naked truth Is sometimes ail
awful thins—ten times more awful
than any lie you can think of at the
time.
When Susan Jones came, however,
Mrs. Itobinson had her work cut out.
The girl lied like an eel—there was no
catching hold of her.
At first she just chirped out lies as
light hearted as a bird. "Pleas'tn it
were the eat" or anything that came
uppermost. Hut the eat had a way
of proving an alibi that astonished
Susan.
So Susan got as cautious as charity,
and It would have done your heart
good to see the two at it, for Mrs. IJoli-
luson had no sooner got the ferret of
truth Into one hole than Susan was
out and in at auother.
Any one else would have got sick
ami disgusted, but Mrs. Itobinson
didn't.
"For." said she. "the girl has her
good points, and I'll make a woman of
her."
Ar.d she succeeded, for t&unnn got
worn out by the sheer usolessncss of
the thing and at last shut down In ills-
rt'st. After that the girl did not tie-
part from the truth for six months,
ami then she let off the awful-st He
Mrs. Itobinson bad ever heart! In her
born days. At least Mrs. Poblnson
thought it was.
It happened like this. One morning
when Susan was In the coal cellar she
found a lady's ring that dazzled your
eyes and took your breath away.
"It's one of them S cent things as
you can buy in any tinker's shop," she
said to herself. "Just a lot of rubbishy
gliss. 1 don't believe It's worth both-
ering about."
She took It to her mistress, however.
Mrs. Itobinson gave a cry when she
•aw the ring and started up with her
mouth open. "It looks like one of the
rings mentioned In my grandmother's
Inventory," she suld. "I shouldn't won-
der If it belongs to the lost set of dia-
monds."
Mrs. Itobinson was a widow and liv-
ed with her brother John. Few men
could look wiser than Mr. John when
ho tried It. Ills spectacles made him
look like Solomon. When he came
home, lie put them on and raked out
the inventory and placed his forefinger
on au exact description of the ring. It
was valued at
After they had all wondered awhile
they put on last year's clothes, got
caudles ami went Into the cellar; but.
though they shifted the coals about for
hours, they cot nothing but their faces
blacked. Mr. Johu'u was the blackest.
When she hail got herself washed |
and dusted, Mrs. Itobinson put the ,
ring on and wore It till night, but be- '
fore retiring to rest she put It op her
toilet table In case it got lost In bed.
in the morning the ring was gone.
Susan took a rod face as soon as her
mistress came down stairs. Mrs. Itob-
inson Just stood still and looked at her
for a momon", and then she said:
"Susan, what, have you done with the
ring?"
"I never touched it, ma'am," was Su-
san's reply, and the girl sat right down
on her chest and burst Into tears.
"Then what arc you crying for?" In-
quired her mistress.
Hut Susan sobbei' on and said noth-
ing
"I'll give you an hour to make up
your mind alwiit It," said Mrs. Itobin-
son. "You're not to do any work for
that time."
Susan sat on the chest the whole fin
minutes and cried herself out, Mrs.
ItobinsoD came down at the end of
that time and found her still glued to
the lid.
"Now, Susan, I want the solemn
truth."
"Yes'tn."
"Where's the ring?"
"Mr. John took It, uia'am."
"My brother?"
"Yes'm."
Wise as he was. Mr. John was struck
In a heap when bis sister mentioned
the mattir. "What—wha — what?" ho
g, . tl. "The girl Is stone mad. 1
tiewr heard suHi a thing iu my life. I
never did."
"I guessed as much." replied his sis-
tor "She i sihiiin on her chest, look
lug as uuiI:> as a red horrlug."
"What is In bo done?"
"We shan't • .> 11 iu the police. The
girl ha> boon makiiiK prouress. ami ilie
prison would put au end to all that. 1
tlcltcvo she will i*ive us the rlliu yet.
Hui it whwIiI lie wrong to keep her
hen SI.i shall puck up lotlay ami
lea v o loiiioi i ow iiioi uiug."
And Su-an got iiolice accordingly.
"I knew von wouldn't believe me."
s.i id the •.1111 niilplii!/ ilnwii a *nti
"Thou Mh, did you loll lite such a
thing?"
••Because It's true."
"lton't say any uiore. I don't want
to In .ii ii I don't suppose you w ill
ex|icei an> wages."
Sii-.au Minted ghastly white. "1 must
have ilieiii." she gaspi-d. "My mother
needs the money to pay her rent If
she doesn't got It. they will turn her
out Into the street, and site's not
hi rung."
"She doesn't Intend to try to sell the
rln/ at least uot yet," thought Mrs.
Robinson. "If I glvi her her wages,
she won't uot'tl lo tlo it, and she'll scud
It back."
As the old lady lay awake In the
middle of the night the door «as cau-
tiously pushed open, ami Susau came
In silently.
"Mrs lioblnsou. a.e you awake?"
The question came in a terrified
wMsper. Susan's eyes were starting
out of her head, and her teeth wore
chatti ring.
"What Is the matter. Susan?"
"Master has gone up to the garret
with a candle. I think there Is some-
thing wrong."
Mrs. Itobinson came hastily over her
bed and followed Susan noiselessly
along the passage. A glimmer of light
shone through the banisters above.
Mrs. Itobinson saw that her brother
was coming down stairs, staring
straight ahead with his eyes dilated.
He approached as stately as a wax
figure and almost brushed against
them. The light of the ci'iiilie fell full
on their white, upturned faces as lie
passed, but he took no notice of them.
Down the next flight of stairs he
went, his sister anil Susan following,
for they wanted to gee what ho was
going io do. They lost sight of him
at the foot of the stairs, but soon heard
the door of the coal collar croaking on
lis hinges. Stealing toward it, they
peered through. He was Inside working
a stone in the wall, which in a few
moments lie dislodged and set down on
the floor.
He next took an Iron box out of the
hole he had made, applied a key to it.
raised the lid and took some small arti-
cle out.
Tlu'n he replaced everything as It
had been before and. carefully obliter-
ating nil traces of his operations, left
the cellar.
As he passed his sister and Susan,
they saw that he carried the lost ring
between the forefinger and thumb of
his loft hand.
He then made his way toward his
sister's room, Into which he disappear
etl for a few seconds. <'tuning out
again, he mounted the stairs iu the tli
rectlon of the garret.
"Jt'.< no use following him," said
Mrs. Itobinson. "1 know the key he
used and can get it In the morning."
Mr. John was coining down the gar-
ret stairs again, ami they both held
their breath in anxiety.
He came all right till he got about
half way down, and then whether one
of his heels Interviewed a tack or some-
thing no one will ever know, but all
at once his legs shot out In front of
him and lie went sailing down the
Stairs, missing one slop more at every
bump.
With the supernatural dexterity
which characterizes the somnambulist
be managed lu keep the candle in all
the time ami now set it down in the
lobby with n clank right end up.
Mr. John rose with his face quite se-
rious ami, without rubbing himself or
anything, went along the passage and
disappeared Into his own bedroom.
"It is evidently not the first time he
has walked iu his sleep," said the ol<l
lady. "He must have visited the box
before. That Is how the ring came to
be found. It must have dropped on
the floor. To think that 1 never had
the slightest suspicion! Susan, can
you ever forgive me?"
"Yes'm."
"There, you see the ring on the toilet
table, just where I left it the night it
went a missing," remarked Mrs. liob-
lnsou as they entered her bedroom.
"The lost diamonds are In the box
which Is hidden in the wall. 1 saw
them. (let to bed, and we'll see them
In the morning."
And they did see them, and a won-
derful set of diamonds they were a
beautiful, dazzling, shimmering neck-
lace and bracelets and rings, all as set
forth In the Inventory.
"It was really you who found them,"
said Mrs. Itobinson to Susan, "and I'll
have them valued, and you'll get your
legal rewind a nil more. I'll pay your
mother's rent as long as she lives."—
London Weekly Telegraph.
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Thos. Goggan & Bro..
Ilstab'.isin
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THE PIANO HOUSE OF TEXAS.
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1 We buy more Pianos than several facto*
(I, ries Ccin produce, hence we give better
j; value for less nuney than any house in
(Ji the bouth.
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" '* ' ■ made In irresponsible agents who handle con-
signed Instruments which manufacturers cannot
sell in legitimate and reliable dealers. W e are
stale agents for the celebrated . . .
Cliickeriiifi' & Knit'ison Pianos,
and several other tiifkca. • • •
The Goggan Pianos
An* spi'eitilly mailt' I" our unh'r, thi'y jmsm'ss supcri"!'
f lout' quulitiuH, «iit< 1 other essential attributes of High
|1| (ii'ade I'ianos.
Absolute safety against imposition with a guarantee
J, worth having, can be secured by buying PIANOS aiul
jjj < >h'< JANS from ns.
We refer to any Hank in Texas.
We carry a complete stock of Violins, Mandolins,
(initars, find other Musical <k>ods, and the largest stock
V of' Sheet Music in the South West.
u" 1 1 in I a 1 las, Waco,
, We have hoiisi
j!| San Antonio and (ialveston.
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Imislon, Austin,
THOS. GOGGAN & BRO.
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OALVKSTO.V.
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YOU MAY"
Wink and Blink,
But if you want the
Highest Price for your
...BRING IT TO...
T. A. H ASLER <fc CO.
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T. C. OSBORN, Proprietor.
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Having purchased the interest of my late partnur, C. W
Si; Cartwright, in the popular Iiion Fkmst IIoti-.i. \m> Sai.oos, I
l'< shall use every effort to merit a continuance of the liberal
ij patronage extended it in the past.
The interior of the building has been thoroughly renoyatod
't throughout, nwwly painted ami papered, apartments neatly and
l'( comfortably re-furnished, and best of •• •uoininodations assured
patrons.
Tin. Hum. a so Ukstauhant will be open the first of Octo-
!' iter, when tiie table will be supplied with the best the market
'it affords, served iu the most palatable style known to the culinary
art. Servants attentive and courteous.
Thk Har will bo supplied with the finest and purest of
Whiskies, Brandies, Wines and Malt Liquors. Ice Cold Lager
always on tap and in bottles.
CitjAits. tlm finest brands manufactured, in great uariety.
Thankful for past liberal patronage, 1 ask a continuation
of same.
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T. (', OSBORN, Pkoi'IUF.TOK.
heart become choked for want of
Ureal s <rr,nv to many women. It i
creatures to Ik- fruitful. It is not
•tw fryyr>yr<rr''
Kxlialr > from children as iraj;-
ranee from flowers. The little
hps are alwavp puckered to Klve
or take a l.i In homes where
there are children, love reaches
its fairest and sv, ' itest pro] or-
tioiiu. In diddle.-" homes the
kiss of wife and l;u und j rows
formal, ami pre* ullv is neg-
lected; tlit -iprinji' >>i love in the
use and exercise. Childlessness is a
like i • nrve from Nature, wla> ""I -J1
i curse but a mist'oituue. Often the
conditions which cause childlessness are removable. l)i . I it ice's Favor-
ite Prescription has brought joy to many a woman In giving her the
happiut ss of motherhood. It gives to the womanly organs vigor and
vitality, removes local obstructions, and practically does away with the
pains and paugs of maternity.
It gives the nursing mother strength to nourish her child, ami impart
to it iter own health and vig"r.
"Favorite Prescription" is in the strictest sense a teinj>erance medicine.
It cont tins no alcohol ami is entirely lice from opium, cocaine and other
narcotics.
Keiueuilier that any attempt to sell you a substitute medicine in place
of I)r. Pierce's I'.oh ien Medical Discovery, is not done iu your interest but
in the interest of the dealer who makes a large profit <>n substitute or im-
itation articles. You would not allow anyone to sell you au imitation
'ace as "'jn .t as good " as the real thing. Don't then, let anyone put off
on )OU an imitation of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
I lest Medicine In thr World.
•*After my lirM chlM wai 'ix rn,M write*
Mi- Jordan Stout, ol l a\vittt^a]> Freder-
ick Co Virginia, •* tny ln-altli watt very
|M ot lot i loiij* time, .nut last wititt i I will
o t i.l with I'.iiii down la my bur* I could
hardly move without ureal milTcring My
lithdiittid k'"t iu i Imltle of I>r. rirrvr'A
Favoritr i'ic sci iptioii and a via! of his
Pl asaiit I'ellrts,* which I used a* di-
tt , ted Iu foui day* I was greatly re-
lit vi .l, and now, afti iu-iiiK tin inetlicines
thru uioiiths, 1 -« t in t« entirely well.
I t an t s4v whv it i^ that tht re are so many
H'llhriiiK wtnueti when tlui i- such an
t a-\ way to Im- ( iiml I know youi medi-
t int s arc the l* *4 in the world."
tir. IHcrce'n Wcasnnt I*cIU1x tun W «
loustteuu and sitk Iw.tdache.
My Heart-felt (Iratiludc.
* I hare never written you how grateful
I am to voii It 'i \ • ur lit l] ill a: in j'i o«l
he iith an l one «i the sweetest dearest,
thiiteeii pound krirts that t-vt canie into a
hotiu " u rit« ^ Mt s M \ istiue t f M-xnith
l.ilHity street. ti.il<-dai't:. UK "I i«h L
siv I >ttk> of In Picn Favorite I'te
soription, four of tin Golden Mt dual I>ih-
cov'r y.' and f"iir \ itN - t 'Pleasant Pel
let--' lie lore I had ttkeil foul bottles til
the 'Favorite I'r -t ripti •! ' 1 i new
wotiwiti 1 cannot make jk n dcfx ribc my
licait-lcIt gratituile "
Sttwf 21 one-ccnt stamps to pay cont of
mai'injc OSL V nnit gvt Dr. Picnv'n Med-
ical Adviser in paper covers, IVI.L. Ad•
Jrctv Dr. H. V. I>lvix9, liullalo, V. V.
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T. A. HflSLiER & CO.
For the Choicest and Cheapest
GROCERIES IN BASTROP,
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T. A. HASLER & CO.
J. THIELEMANN.
THE GUNSMITH,
Ls just in receipt of a large :m<l complete line of
RIFLE, SHOT and TARGET GUNS, PISTOLS.
We have all sizes and makes of siniuiiition. All kinds
of fishing tackle. In fact, everything carried in the
sporting line. Call and inspect stock.
J. THIELEMANN.
Witlrr In the Klondlkf.
The I In wnon City Water Works coin
pnny Iiiih Introtlucetl ii novel method of
HiipplyIiik Im pntronn tlurlni: tliu cohl-
est niontlis of the Klondike winter.
Over the hydrant of each person who
njfrees to |my #1 n week for the servlee
It ereftH ii wooden house measuring six
feet iu nil three tlimennlona. KatIt f
these houses eoiitulns it Hmall stove In
which the couipiiny keeps a lire nljjlit
•ud day.
Wanted Ihr i «ll lt*p#«l*<t.
Employer (to collector;—See Mr.
Owen?
Collector—Oh, yes.
Employer—Was he annoyed at your
calling upon blin?
Collector—Not a bit. lie asked me to
call ugaJu.— Ohio Stale Journal.
S THE PALACE MARKET,
J. H. FITZfflLLIAM, Prop!
The deservedly popular ,-r
Palace Market
J. II. Fitzwilliam, Proprietor, is now prepared to
serve the public with the liest and fattest of
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i Hot Sausauk and Bakhkci ki> Mkats, a Specialty.
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August Miller will remain with us and we will
ul give you the best to l>e had in the market. I respect-
fully solicit your patronage
J. H. FITZWILLIAM
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HASLER & CO.
Unclertakers . . .
and. Embalmers.
All kinds of Coffins and Caskets.
Open at all Times, Day and Ni^ht.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
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Ciik.stkk Kk11 a it i >, Cashier.
T. a. IIasi.kk, Vlce-I'res.
First National Bank,
Or BASTROP TEXAS
CAPITAL STOCK PAID UP, $50,000.
AUTHORIZED, $250,000.
(>ruftH drawn on Mi>' Principal Hanks in the Cuited States In iimoutits of FUe
Hollars ami upward. Money received on deposit iu larife or amall amount*
subject to check. I'hid Hank is fully etjulppud mid prepared hihI will ta
laltlilul correspondent il you iotriot any pari of your busiuuae with it.
FREE USE OF Ot'R FIRE-PROOF VAt'LT TO CUSTOMERS TO STOR*
TI1EIR VALUABLE PAPERS.
DIRECTORSs
W. H BIVRRH, P 0. KI.ZNKR, W, J. HILL. B. I). OROAIN. T. A. HAULS*
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WAGONS, HACKS,
SURRIES, BUGGIES,
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In fact. Anything on Wheels. IIASLKR t<L CO. ft.r all kintla
|^of Faruiiug ImpllineatH, and extras tor repairs. ^
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