ENSLAVED
HIS NURSE
Half starved. yet joyful over her re
ler.io from what she declared to be
: i very on a farui owned by E. T.
i o.i.ier, six miles from Halifax, N. C..
Mis* OIr.i SJostedt recently returned
ti? her home lu Asbury Park, N. J.
With her was Thomas Broderlck.
i ?niM?ilv a detective at Asbury Park.
Miss SJostedt Is a trained nurse antV^
served In that capacity In the Spanish
American war. She fell Into Pender's
power through answerlujt his adver
rent for a housekeeper. Pender.
? he alleges, led her to believe that he
ivd on a lar?e plantation, where she
would have every comfort and where
"I n mo MY ARMS AROUND MX RESCUER'S
KICK."
the balmy cllmaTe would soon cure ?
cough from which she suffered.
After n peasant Journey. If she said
to u New York American reporter,
"I arrived at Halifax. I pictured to
tuysclf 'the prancing pair' of hones of
which- my employer had written, and
;he flrat thing I looked for was a
handsome turnout as I stepped to the
platform. What was my surprise when
:u ?ild. wizened faced man on mo for
ward, lie was dressed In au old tan
slouch bat and a groat overcoat He
told me be was Mr. Pender and that
be had come to fetch me to the planta
tion. ' ?
"My prancing steeds turned out to
be two old. bony and discouraged look
ing horses hitched to an old road wag
on of the commonest make.
"\te rode over the rough, jolting
road for ten dreary miles, getting
doe|>er and deeper into the scrubby
woods. Houses became rarer, and
dually we were passing only old tum-i
ble down negro cabins. The old man;
seemed to enjoy my surprise and grin
ned at me In a most exultant manner.
"We arrived at tho "plantation' to-:
ward evening, and us we reached the
broken dowu front gate I looked about
for the house In which I was to pre-!
side a9 housekeeper.
"'Where Is It?* 1 asked as 1 looked
out upon a lot of negro cabins made
of logs and mud.
" That 'ere Is our cabin,' he told me
as ho pointed with his whip at the
largest of tho miserable huts.
"We eutered the cabin and Pender
struck a match and lighted a smoky
old lamp. I peered about. The celling
was black with hanging cobwebs, and
the floors were covered with tilth.
Great cracks between the boards sent
cold shivers through me, for I was al
most frozen from the cold ten mile
ride In the open wagon.
"I looked about for my roo^j.
There are Just two rooms In this cab
In, and you are to go Id there,' he said
as he pointed to the front room of the
hut "But your things are there,' I pro
tested. 'Never mind, that's where you
go. Don't be too proud. Many as
good looking a woman as you has been
satisfied with that room,' ho sneered.
'I will walk back to Halifax unless I
have this room to myself,' I told him.
"After an argument ho allowed me
to arrange sorno miserable old bedding
In the room adjoining his. He Insult
ed me repeatedly before he left me to
arrange for the night and my terror
seemed to greatly please him. At last,
seeing my nervous and overwrought
condition, he nj?j?ared_ contented to
| leave me to my own devices.
"Before going out of tlio room h
told me that I need not contemplat
leaving the house, as there was bill
ono exit, and that through Ills ou i
room.
"*I reckon 1 can hear you If yon
come through there,' he said. 'I n lit
[)?ptty good on making things fast,' h>?
added as he pointed to the liar rod win
dows and padlocked shutters.
"I looked about after he hud left us i
for something .with which to protect
myself during tho night, but failed t<i
find anything. I took off my hat and
was relieved to And that 1 had three
strong steel hatpins. Two of these 1
stuck Into the pillow on either side of
me, and the thffd I kept In my hand.
"Needless to say, I never closed my
eyes that night In tho morning Pen
Str came In and took mo out to anoth
I sr hut, where the kitchen, dining room
and pantry were located.
" 'Go out and chop up some wood
and make the lire,' he ordered. I didn't
tcAow what else to do, and I obeyed
Qlm like a child. 'Make some corn
meal mush, and mind you don't make
too much,' he ordered. 'I want some
corn bread too.'
"After I had cooked the breakfast I
mw told to milk a cow? a thing I had
never done In all my life. When 1 had
finished that I ate my breakfast, such
la It was. I could not bear the miser
able stuff? pork and the cornmcal
mush. Pender brought In some milk
which was half water, aud I was al
lowed to pour some Of tho blue stuff
on my porridge. But I could scarcely
tat a mouthful.
"All day long I worked about trying
to remove some of the filth from the
cabin, but it was a hopeless task.
When I began digging the dirt out of
the floor the old man ordered' me to
desist, telling mu that it helped to
keep the houso warm. I did not dis
turb the cobwebs, and I was afraid of
the spiders that crawled about On the
ceiling.
"Several rats ran across my bed
clothes when I went to make my cot.
and mice were everywhere. I went
oat of doors, but I saw many negroes
about and did not dare to venture far.
as 1 was afraid of them.
"We only had two meals a day. At
night I was told to cook turnips aiul
pork, and out of that, with the eoM
corn bread left over from breakfast, 1
made my supper. After the evening
meal was over I washed the dishes,
stacked up the wood for ?timmlng.
milked liic cow. fed (ho pigs and
chickens nnd wont to (lie cabin to go
to lied.
"Again I had to listen to Pender's
insults before he would leave me to
myself. I had another night of cold
and sleeplessness, my hand ready to
stab my assailant with a hatpin."
For nine more days and nights Miss
SJostedt had to endnre this kind of
treatment. On the fourth day sho
escaped Ion;,' enough to write a letter
to her friends in Asbury Park and to
get it into the hands of the rural mall
carrier. Later Pender found out in
some way that she had communicated
with her friends nnd threatened to kill
her if she wrote,Jo them again. He
forced her to write a letter to the chief
of police of Halifax saying that she
was being well treated and had no
cause for complaint. Continuing her
story Miss Sjosted* says:
"1 had glveu i'p all hope of ever
hearing again from my friends, when
Policeman Broderlck came. I flung
my arms around my rescuer's neck
and wept with joy.
"It did not take me long to pack, and'
within an hour I was on my way to
my home and friends. It had been
two weeks of torture which I hope no
other woman will ever have to en
dure."
ARTIFICIAL LIGHT.
The Most Brilliant Illumination Is Not
Always tho Best.
A writer In an engineering maga
zinc offers some disconcerting Informa
tion 011 the subject of Illumination, dls
concerting because the reader will
probably find that he has been, inno
cently enough, following a course of
procedure there described us Injurious.
For Instance, In the case of eye strain
lie may lia/e felt that even the dim
light by which he worked was too
strong, and so turned down the light
thus increasing the dllllculty. or.
what Is more likely to be tho case,
when the strain lias been caused by
too brilliant Illumination he fancies
that what Is needed Is stronger light
nnd so It creases It.
Overstrain (from too bright a light is
said to manifest Itself by an itchlup
sensation in the eyeballs, with the
tendency t j rub the eyes for relief
The proj:;v course, then. Is to see that
tiie llg'it is more perfectly diffused or
softened and that it falls In the right
direction. After these precautions
have Ih_'j:i taUeu it 1;; worth._whllo. to
try a smaller quantity of light, this
trial to continue long enough In time
fol* the eyes to become fully adjusted
to ..the change. The value of Illumina
tion Is not to be Judged by the appar
ent brightness of the lights when look
ed at directly? the brighter the light
the betfyr? but by the effect on the ob
ject to be looked at, aud the most de
sirable, effect, so far as the eyes are
concerned, is not always produced by
the most brilliant lights.? Indianapolis
Star.
' Set the Pace.
Young Mabel had a habit when soup
was served at the table of mushing
her crackers or bread In It until It
was a great mess. Her mother ipade
many efforts to have her correct this
strictly primeval habit.
One day there was to be company at
the table, and the mother said:
"Now, Mabel, Mrs. Brown Is to dine
with us tonight, and I want yoh to act
at the table just as nicely as she does.
Please don't 'mush' your soup."
Mabel promised faithfully to follow
the example set by Mrs. Brown, and
the dinner opened with every promise
of a Hue time. However. Mabel was
using a pair of very sharp eyes on
Mrs. Brown and in an Instant blurted
forth at the top of her voice:
"Oh, mamma, Mrs. Brown is 'mush
ing!' May I?"
Seven room furnished house to rent
on Third Avenu6. Enquire of G. E
Howard. ? 264-tf
LIMERICK COMPETITION
There was ayoune man from Kluckwan
Had a drink and then he bought Tuck
one,
He looked for the door,
That the Board of Trade wore,
Saw the Alley 'and knew that he'd
struck one.
Now a fijjhterof great renown,
Knocked the poor old Board of Trade
down,
Says Tuck that's no go,
You struck a foul blow,
So up the Alley I'll 6wim or drown.
The Boaid of Trade is offering a
prize, consisting of a box of cigars or a
bottle of wine for the best Limerick
advertising their new alley entranco
The conditions of this contest are that
each Limerick shall contain the name
"Board of Trade" and use the term
"Alley'."
Two Limericks, selected from those
received will be published daily, and
the judges will select one of these as
the prize winner each week.
All Limericks received will be posted
on tbe blackboard in the Board of
Trade each day as received.
Headquarters for Mininff and Commercial Men
STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS
Pack train Saloon
SHEA & PATTEN. PROPS.
Broadway and bt/i Avenue, SJcagway, Alaska
? i
MOORE'S WHKRF CO.
Terminus W. P. & Y. Route
All South 3ound Steamers Arrive and Depart FromThla Dock
REGULATION? 1906
Warehouse >peo for delivery of merchandise from 8 a. m. to 6 p.m.
Perishable* ONLY delivered on Sunday or at night.
All fraight a- ilpments destined southbound must be accompanied by a
Shipper's Manifest (papers can be obtained at the U. S. customs
office) aai must be delivered before 6 p.m. No freight will be re
ceived on wharf after this oour.
BAGGAGE? rolls wm oe collected on Checked Baqgage Only. No
charge for bags and grips when uncheoked.
The wharf gate will be cloeid to the public when steamer is nearlng
dock and will' be opeojdonly whan passengers have disembarked,
Wharfage Tariff can be had on application at office on dock,
P. O. Box 175. C. E. WYNN-J0HN80N, Genl Mgr
iHimiiiiniiiii li
TUCK FLAHARTY
GEORGE WOODBURN
Sally in Our Alley.
and get to the Real Goods at that
Pear Old
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Enelish_Jiil]Lard?jknd^^
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BBATED AND LIGH i ED
BY ITS OWN PLANT
FINE SAMPLE ROOM
FOR DRUMMERS
P. D McMillan, Manager
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Foot of Sixth Avenue
Most, elegantly furnished house
In Alaska
Every modern convenience
Eleotric lights ? Hot and cold
wafer ? Telephones
Porcelain baths on every floor
Board and room by the d y, w;ek
or month
Table supplied with cream and
butter from our own Jersey
Dairy
mrs. fi. S. Pullen
Proprietress
Established 1897
Phil Abrahams
Real Estate
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Itomney's Gandy
Peter's Ghoeolates
Also every kind of
Fresh Nuts
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flavin? completed relluble arrange
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best
British Columbia Coal
for the coming winter we ofTur for
Skagway Coal Consumers, Coal* at
following pHcws;?
Wellington (Departure Bayl
Run of Mine simper ton
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Selected Lumps J13 p*>r ton
Anthracite (Banff B. C.)
Chestnut Size $20 per ton
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or sacked and for cash. Delivery $1.00
per ton extra.
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