The Tragedy Of "smiling Ford."

Toa w.i'.ii tu know why i bréame a parson ? wvn. that ia nol an easy question ti anawer. We don't makE up our miiuls to tliiiiirs llke That without having a good many reasons: s une o! Uuem we iicvcr rigbtl.v nnderstand al all, aad same ur never even dream oí. Borne say theae lnlluences are oaly cbance, bul tha1 is noi wtual I cali them; ana i i lad, vou wiU sny I ani riülit when yon hear what it was that drove mo to make up my mlnd ;it last. It is a very strange story, and I am not fond of relattatg. People often lliink paraóns ge Odd i:lcas into (licir heads, and nfren bhey heax my tale Isee thcy think I a in lying or else half mad, and tiiry turn away wlth a oonv temptuous shmg or a lnok oí pity. still. mi amimiH of Bneerlng wlll make a true story false. I know it is true, and tfoat is eoougti for me. It was early days in tJhe west, and I was only a lad, barely löyears old. It ivas oíd Uncle siias Miio aent lor me to jffo out to him vlien my fatlicr lied. Jlr wee a stranire old tellow. I osed tu tliink. thougti I have a different opinión dow. Hè had made o. gtootl bit oí money one way and anafcber, and now had settled down t'O a liíe u hieh niad:' s une people Kay he was "cracked." He becam n missionary. thai la all. Perhaps it was not very to try and tura Indiana into Sunilay scíi.kiI ehildren, lmt be thuuíiiit he conld. He belleved in the gopels, and thought he could make every ooe etoe believe them. So he liail aettled down In a pleasant slianty rióse to th' Indian territory. and from there be began to preact the gospel to the redüádns. l'Thans he chewed tobáceo too much, and drank more whlskey than enough, Uut lic ■-;!■; verv earnest, and all the plainsiiK'ii cniuc ti lnivp great respect tor Mm. ■■(lusjj.'i süas" they used to cali hini. aml I ,Un't tliink tbere was ons w'.m thought anything ot Fidlng 20 mi'.es om ol his way to glve oU silas a cali. in fan. Groepel Silas becam the prlesi oi a ui-v 1íí i.-i r-ii'. i . and during th i'v ni.inths i as wlth liim 1 sav many strtuige scènes and heard net few (icath-iied ccniiessions, that were enough t i harden any man's lieart. For he alivaya toob me wlth Jdm whenever there was .■! cali. I (■overal times sugg it 1 iiusht ie. I e mei Mül: for myseli now that 1 was past 15, luit he alwaya put me off and kept.me wlth him. "Better dn Bomething for h ■ Lord, Jolumio," he used to eay, "than for yon - illars, -why. I hiave plenty for b.itli ol as." 80 I Btayed with him and worked Wlbh him in the Lo-rd's viurynrd: and thoimii in' liad little to show among the Indians, iris harvest among the plainsmen was a good rrward ior his sacrifice. i as my .i the Bible li ■- tween his prayers whenever we were at a death-lM'd, or eoulii get ivo or three together. Su i carne to know the plainsmen and minere weü, and vas luit afraid of the roaginesi 61 tiiem. Por they were always kind to me and gave me presenta. T!ia; is wJhiat made my (ear seem so Btrange i it did come. It v. as one afternoon in lall. l.'ncle was down wiiii the ague. He as very liad, worse than usual, and I was reading ia our s.iaaty out of "Kings" to him. He was dropping on' to s]-) a lien tihe sound oí a gallopiii- - dlsturbed u. Straight up to our dOOT the sound ca mr. and there it stopped. That was natural enough, as 1 lac said. for no ooe ever passed us without loofldng in. I expect-ed to hear ia' door oí the outer room open, and was clOBing the book to go out and mr. 't fehe siniiiii'. lmt before it was simt I heard the liorse galkyp away again taster tban ever. Dncle Süas looked up very anxiously, I thought, and certalnly the thiog ■xvas etrange enough to alarm a sick man. 'Go and sec what it meaos, .Tohnnie," eaid the sick man; "maybe it is a cali." WltJb ;i iiieer feeling of reluctance I put down the Bihle and opened the door ín the front room. Up amd down the trail I looked, but not a sign of a living thing could I see The dust -v-as freah atirred up and hanlly wt-ttled again, but the horseman, whoever he was, had got out oí sight- or vanished. Tliat wa.s the idea that cam into my niind, and in unaccountable fear I hurrled back Into the house. Just as I did o I saw a lirtlr piece of paper fold-d likc a note. It was lying i nst beside tiireshold, as tiiijuKli the vanisiicd horseman had puahed it under the door. I piekea It up with a beating heart. It was addreseed oddly enough - To the Rev. Mister Si Goepel sh.-mty. I íi.isiüy sim; and barred the outer door- to tliis day I cannot tell why -and T.licn ram iiitu tJe Bleaplng-rooin to íive the not to niy únele. As lie uiifoldcd M 1 t'imld see iliat il wai ■written on fche flyleal ■:' a volume of Porti'on's Bermona, and ihat the papT liad a brown staiu apon it, iliat mtgbt be blood or tobaoco juu-c. only I was aure thiat it was the íirst. 1 waited in breathtess suspense to hear wbat was wrltten there. ■My eyee are so dim," sndd iny únelo, ■'tliat I cannot aee. Bead it to me, Jolmnio." I snatched the note eagerly from liis hand by somie Impulse, and read thae words: The Lord wants yon at th' "dngout" in Gomorrah Gulch. Rlde íor ilic love ol (od. Tliat was all. Immediately I liad read the words ii aeemed to me tii.-it Bomewíiere tong ago, I had read thcm before, and that then sumo one or ■ hing liad said to me, "It is to i he Lord s])eaks; not to me. Yon ■sust go, Johnnie. I camnot." I vas trying ín a dazed way to remember uilen, and where, and who it was, Avlirn üiy uticle'a voicc broke the slirmv ik-ii had l.-istrd i eanflot teil liow long. "Johnnle" s;iid He - tand I fenVw wli.-H was coming a:'ri'É quite well - ".loliuiHe, it is y ou Lord calle, nol me. 1 am too ill to so. He took the sighi froin my eyes tliat y nu might read His message. ïou must go, I canaot." "Uncle," said I. "] caiiniit gfO a il hout vou. Vira are too ill to leavc." 'I am not too ill to obey the voice of th Lord," lu' answered. "Bul I dare not go, uncle," Isaid. ■Wliy not '.'" lio askcd, looking surprised. "I don't know," saiil I, feeling very mncli aabamed, for Indeed I could not teil what I was afraid oi. "Tiicn go, ïny lail." answered my unclc decidedly; "it is only the devll trylng to keep you away." ■ ."I'.ut not to-day, únele," I pleaded. "I cannot lx back now bef ore muiit." "Never mlnd," said he, "yon can sloep there and come to-morrow. I can sc tu inys"l( monnw liili'. and if I cannot it is only the Lord's puniahment for my sins. If I in sickness and in bed can bear loneUnees for hls sake. surely you can in your lusty health ii ',i a good horse between pova mees." All the tiin' 1 BJKjke I knew I was struggling vainiy against my deatiny, nul 1 was sure, as though I saw it n a picture, that in a few minutes I sbould be ridlng alono over tin' plain oward Smlllmg Ford, where tlnk trail aed the creèk and wound on toward tlie monntains. So I soon irave ip resiBting my uncle's persuasloes, nul went out ti) Baddle my horse. It T-as a willfal littlc gray, rhat I vas vcvy iond of in splte o: liis tricks. In-day lic was in one of liis wayward noods, and insisted on atartlng in the appoalte dlrection to Smilinir Fora. Thai did mort add nmch to niy composnrc. yon mar be sure. It toak me Samé time t: Bet mv mvn wav with Mm, but after a rather Bevere fight, ne suddenly started away at a sulky sling, wiiii bis eara back, straighi ïor :nnl. The trall to Gomorrah (íulch was one I could mot bear even In the daytimo. To iK'gin Avitli you had to cross Ponl, and that Mas a place that alwnys gave me au onpleasant eensatloia. Iluree years mi au old Jew and cms or iwo others, worse ihaa tümseli, had starbed a saloon and croes-road store tbere. The iilacc I ecame a den oí Iniquity, a:id was frequented by tihe wcxrst ol the minera. anately, i1 musí siy, lts eareér ! . it lang-lived. Eigbteen s al .■)■ I had Indiana swept down on ii on ! nías night when they knrw would find cvcryl) )(ly drunk. Almust without resistance tliey massacred .ery man and woman they ïouml. and thien rode off rejoielhg In fch ■ vcne they had taken for gome wrong w i ic-ii I never understo ui. Now th apaA had reveri -d to ita nal lonlino.-s. and Bothlng remained bo mark the stain it had made uiiwi the earth except a little round graveyard fnil i sinall white tombstonea and wooden crosses. Thi' reet ;i tbe way was litiWe better, for it lay ior miles through a tmnit forest, and there was nothing on wliich the eye could reet lmt black sterns ui trees with twisted sketetons oí branches liere aaid thére. Not a lenf. not a üower, not :: green bhing u.is t be seen. It waa a desolation made of God's Karden by uu-u's wanton reeklessnese and wlckedness. Things did not iniprove as yon proeeeded, either. The burni forest soon narrowed up between two spurs of t!kl gTeat Chain, till on either hand rase the miurhty walls ol the Golden canon. Ir had reeelved Ha grand name a few years ago wtien minn-s' hopea lind lC:'n liig-h and thr .Tt-w had started lis saloon 011 the direct road to it. Xw all was deserted, and the aHandoned claims only male the place more kmely tlia.n it was before. Tlic bare alto of rock grew Bteeper and cloeer every mile you went. till at tast the eanyon split into tlwee wild toirtuous gulehes, one of which was fiomorrali. It had an evil líame with everybody and was known by vatruo report as the haunt of t&e worst characterg in the noigliborhood. Trom timo to time. wtoèn sonie poor feUow was brofee, te disappearefl. Then people began to hispir lic had taken to Oomorrah (hilch, and everyone km-w lic was a lost kouI. Al' tliinas canw into my miad as alter a rifle of ver 2() miles, I turn■d int i ) tlic siony track that led up to t 1 1 ■ juich. Evening was cloeliig i" apio tiic wild rocks and blackened stema. The effect apon me svas terriWy depressing. I began to hope I xhould not find the place, cv:i at the risk of i lin-mile rii'.o back in the dark. Hut I toad not gone far wheo i carne to a place where th fkxw of the gulch tlattened on1 a bit. and there I immediately saw t!he low roof of a dugout rislng out of the earth., I turnee! the horse tubo the corra] h.-ird Hy and toofe sume lime about it, tor it wautcil all my coupage to knock it tiif door, and I put it off a.s long as I could. Wln'n, at last, I (lid, thero was no answer, so I Oipemed tlic door and went In. All was dark excep-t for the end oí a tallofw oandlo ih.it flickered in a bottle. By its unsteedy liglit I eonld soc tliat the hut was empty except tor i human fiirm-c thnt lay atreatched iincasiiy apon one f the bunks. I biiv in a moment that tlio men ivas dylng oi lever. I had Been novigh of siokiicss to kaiow that. 80 [ went to him and laid my hand upon lis slionldcr to let him know I was ■ome He gave a horrid scream of inin as I did j, which froze my blood, and begon cursing me in words tlKit inakc me sliuddcr Ktill. He waB soon exjiansted and tlien I told him who I was. "Ha! lia!" he laugrhed, "s,i tliey were trigditened and sant tor yon t pray for me. Bul they wout cheat devil ih.-it way. lle'll have them at la.si, jusi as he wlll me. See wh.it thi-y did.'' Ilr dri'w a tattered blanket írom him, and I síiw iiis codlar-bone :ml sboulder were smadhed and terrlbly comluaed, .-ís Bhough ho liad lxrii struck iiy 9ome heavy weapon. "Bnt i didn't teil them; after all," he 'iit on. "Blaok Jem íi'lt in my pockots whilo I lay alck and could not move. He fonnd the paygrayel and sald lie w unid know where I lí t it. But I would not tell. Thm lie carne and swurf he would break every bone of ,mo, one by one, as I lay helplcss, till I told him wbere I had round it; but I only cursed hlm, and then I did tiiat. Ha! ha! he siiali nsver kmnv wthiere lies the richest gravel in all the range. Bul you Bhall, by thuniIim ■! Vou staal] kmnv where to Bnd it because you came to me. You'll iind it." tue went on i.i a wlM peal ol laughter, "yon'll tod it in that ild devil Porteons." Witb another volley ol oaths he feil beek exhausted. Then a eonvulsive s'auddei' sho.ik hini. and I knew he as aa di'ad. The iirst thlng T remember dolng after I recovered a llttle trom the horror t'u.-u siezed me at tliat terrible death-bed, was to piek up a volume lay on tho tloor. Ilardly knowuíí würat I did I looked ín see ita ñamo. The title page waa gone, bul turnlng on 1 saw lt was Porteus's Sermona, and i must have put it In m.v pocket, tor Chat waa where I found il aitrrward. Then I knew little enovigh whaf I was about. I waa appalled by the seene I had just wltnessed, al the ba e ol iniiiuity it told me, and, above ail, that I liad let a soul sa foul slip iuiii eternlty without a Bieg-le attempt bocteanselt. Thai was what oppressed most. I seemed to havo betrayed the iirst trust that Qod had given me. to have been fatee to the iirst eommission I liad rccoived from heaven. Overwhclmcd wlth disgrace i leu on iny Enees and prayed to God tu be kind to the wxetch, because it was iny weakness that liad let Mm go unprepared. Then i:i e dazed waj read a peaim close t-o the dead man'a car. in hopvs s iinciiow he would hear it. That done I waa more myself, and I realized my politlón. It was hard enoush. Two alternates were before me, aach worse than the otlier; one was bo Btay wh'ere I was till hku-iilujg wit'.i the corpse; the other, to rlde back i my únele throngh the biirn: raveyard. 1 went mu to ook at tfrenight. iivooii was ahlning brightly. The way would be easy bo see, but the grraveyard haunted me, and I felt that nothLng oould me take that ride tlll moming. The bare black sterns standing i' rows frightened metoo. te me think of th;' resurrecti ,n ■ ii the dry bones, amd 1 was afraid o! geeing tliem come to lift'. So I went inro the dug-out again. nuoment I was inside I knew tliat tli.-it was the ■worst of all. The me íaintly on the distorted features of the dead man, and lic kcciiied to grin ai me. The toul hu: aeemed io stink of all the direst depravity to whlch human beings can Kink. It waa unendurable. Ií I stayed I f -i t the the dead man would make me likr hiiiise'.i and Black .Tem. Sin clung nliout the dusty timbers 'md dirty bed-clothes llke a peetilence. My soul could nol endure a uiüiit's contagión. It must be poisioned before the dayÜslit came. I hurried out desperate and faced the naked trees, determtned to jijo on. I had auuch ndo to get my norse ou1 at the eorral. He seemed aa unwill[ng I o return as he had beemt o come. "Ooane, stupid!" I sald to him as cheerlly as I oould. "What ails you ? Wiiat is there In the grareyard that trlghtens rou ?" I don't know how those wordscame to my lips, but they did, and I iras moro nfraid than ever. Still nothins wouM induce rao to stay -vitli the dead man, and I rode down the gulch. W.hat I Buffered that nlglit I wlll not try to say. I doubt whetlier I could even if I wantod to. May you never know what 11 Is to really afraid, lad! For I was afrald that niüiit. Not with a coward'a fear. nor vt!i mere tlmtdlty or Qess. 1 liad never kraown what fear was till then. I5ut that ni-ili t I quaked witii a brave man's terror; fche terror he feela when things liare got past liis strannlh aml km; whm 1 1 e - eannoi grapple wii!i the danger because lic caiiinit se i . or teel i . n■ven think alwint it. It w-as ni)t tiiat I feared death; you s;.ia gel ns-'il i, the idea oí liiat out there nu the pkaJns. H waa th rou-s and pows of bilack tjrees which seemed r, adv to march down upon mr. Some appeared bo ]■' climblng :1" canon walls to ovrlooli me r.-mks ; i ri tl ramks of ealcined devils glimniering and pointing in 1h' moonihr. Vet it was ttOl that whfii I thoughi ol ii. It was the graveyard white on i i ;' the bank by Smlllng Ford, and we were gettlmg nearer to it cwi-y Btride. Crash! rvcrv nou and then a branoh tel) trom the rulned stema wiiii an awful olatter in tlue wilent night. I could have ecreamed with fear, and I listcncd for a volee giving the word for tlie ra.ivks (if the skeleton foivst to niarch, and all the Mme 1 knew i tie R-ravcyard was walting for me. stiii I kejrt on mile alter mlle, ridinn as i.-isi as 1 could, luil nothiiiíí could stop tihe cmdefined horror growiug more and more. By tli-c time I was out of the canon 1 feit tlial I could endure. It no lomger. Instead ol diininishinu' niy agoüy Increased, till, as I reached ihe last slope before mr nnd knew I sliould seo the graveyard from the top, to my horror I found myself drawing rein. I was root cd i 'i the spot, and my gray treniblec and sn.üti'ii mnder me. My brain ree] ed, jny ni úseles n las id, and end w ii.' tovcr ít inlg] I be, iv;is on me. All at once I Lmi'U I was OOJ m kneea prayiag ferv Qtly jtis: where ! liad halted, and my gray stood pa tlently ni my Bldei I was praying for faith and hope, 1 was praylng for forgivenesa thai l liad so losi my trnsí a Heaven and forgotten to i-ali upon it in my need. And even as I prayed my fear seemed gone, and the trees vrere only trees and the graveyard a h 1. thing. I Dxounted ;n. gray agaln and rod up tahe slope. TUe creek was sporkling prettily in t!i' brlght moonlight beii me, and m the crest o! t opposhc hank was a Hitlf kme graveyai-d radient and white. A Blighi Bense ol imeaeliies possessed me agaln as my eyes f ell ui lt, but L iode down in the ford, crossed it In sairty. and then with a round oí cheery words urged my ucai'.v gray int o n, 'aincr up the slopo. Sd continually talklng id hun tor company I paaaed uncanny spot. and hall an huur ward was sale in my uncle'a ahanty. Thero is notliini; very strange In all t'his. you w 11 say. Xo more there ■voulrt b and I s'icmld have lorgotten all about it. probably, il' ii liad not been tor the sequel. That. was what made me alwavs n mcinlicr that ïc:niul ride, and you won't !- surprlsed thai it (iid u in-u you hear. Mr niii-ic never recovered hls fever, and di"d Mini,' weeika afterward, leavIng all he liad to me. My rough [rienda were very good xo me, sn good that I tiioiuhi 1 woilld teil thciii about ) pay-gravel 'm Gomorrah Gulch. The minera uit,' very excited, but -ve could find nothtng in Porteus's Sermona tili one day. whea I was Ing 11 over, ajwaya harping om the goM, 1 aoticed a K;tl' mark onder sninr ol bbe letters. Like a flash the kry ol Bhe myetery .uu,' to me. Numbera of letters were marked; I picked hhem out, wrote tteem in order, and In hall an hour had ctear directiona fjr t ho spot. Anexpeditton wasorganized al once. The gold was found. 60 waa Black Jem, and they lynched hlm i.i front of the dug-out. Tbey Btaiked a claim out lor me, and a very good on it i.-is proviMi. i stoppcil tüere working ii. HU the whole thiniï grew big, .■iiid the u-.-ül up tlio Golden Canon was alive again. We began io talk oí a Joint fiume. and as water Bcarce i offered tw go into tibe city i.i arrange tor it and find an engineer. Aïter ihai 1 ii', er n -:i: back, for there was plenty ol business to be tn bowin, as waa ageni for all my old triends. 1 had l)':-n there about a year, and lemory ol my ride was growlng dim, wihen one day 1 mei the Blieriü if ;i Ht i le n , i. 'i'o my gar]iri.-' he Baid he ivaa looking tor me. He bold me he had arrested :i b thiel a íi'w back. Tlhe man bad be n ba i:., shol before. he was en, and everyaae thought he would die beíotre lie c iuM be i pied. He t'houglit 90 himseif, aud he w a.s always craving tu 8ee toe, the sheriff said. i .-is;i long way off, 1 was vci-.v buey, but bhe sheriff arged me bo that al last I consented bo go back with him. Ak soon as J entered eell where tiic man was 1 knew iaat I had aever eel eyes om him befcwe, and f éM annoyed mal i liad been dragged all thia way to a stranger. H waa a forbidding looking raseal eiuoug-h, but I i speaing to him as comfortably as I could. Ho-wever, he soon interriipted me. ■ "l'.iin'i iiint talk I wanted," ho eald, i-oumily but nm rudely. "It is somethdog i wanted fco teil you. Since I havo been lying here I have been worrying a good deal ubout Milngs, and I have got to thtak that uauiing to cumniii a murtler isi us bad as doiog lt. Bo at last I would never die easy till I confessed how nearly I did it for you." "For me ?" said I, in great surprise. "For 110 other," saiil lic. -'Ir was tliat iiilit y nu ode u üomorrali Uuicli. I daresay you remember it." 'Indeed I du." said I, as the horror oí tliat oigbi seemed all at once 'to take liold of me ogain. Well," the 'hoisc-tliict' went on, "I eonsider tiiat I did ny tïrst aud cml.v morder tiiat night, and it was you I murdered, though I dldn't exactly kill you. 'l'ilcr- Jiiim you.saw diebad gol the n;iy to the pay-grave) vrrote down eomewhere- me and Black Jem kn-, t;,,n. Biack Jem'a w.i.i bo get it was tjo i-oug-li lor me, and ii made me Blek. 'Send icw the paraon,' 9ay t. parsoa'll svorm it ou1 lm. Trust a para lor that. I . a we can knock liiin on the iuad and get It.' Bul li.ack Jem said he wasn't had enough for that. 80 I uays ii's better tlian breaking a man in Mts, and 1 volunteered for the Job. 1 liat'a whn: we agreed, and I went iiï and lay u the graveyard at SmilIng Ford after I had shoved the note ander the door. 1 fcnew you must I ,-iss there, and there 1 meani bo ehoot you, and would have done it, too. Tliat'.s what I wanted to say, and I teel better tliat I have." "J5ut -vvliy," exclaimed i. as he Beemed to ii.-ivc ïinisiicd hls story, "why (lid you uot 1" ""Tain't Ukaly I u as going to," saiil he. "But ih,v nut 1" said I, wit li a Btoange feeling comtng over me, uiiirii I could Qot explaln. "Well, 'taln'1 Ukely," be repeated, "■ hen it was three to one." ■ riiree to one!" I crted, feeltag my knccs tremWlng ander me. ■] was ilone, a weak lad alono." "Well," lic answered, looking at me II liaiik aiiiazcmcnt, "I dld alw.iys y as yon parson chapa was Hars. Why, I teil you as yon carne down tlic lop 1 s:iv bhere was a man rldQg on cacH side of you." Well, I was a good doal overeóme w-hen I bëard that, I can teil you. It is an .■! tul thlng to have b en i [ding liet ween angels unawares. Bul I stayeü and prayed wlth the man a long time, and when 1 came out I luicw quite wel! whai God had saved me lor. 'l'iiai la wiiy became a parson, lad, and I am sure you ean'1 u onder . -Julián Corbott. in Time. Btqry is iounded on fiu-t- thnt is to - a iain Incidente are believed tobs trne in the place where tlicynrt. sai.l to luive oci-urri-d. 80 inuch at least is certain. Tno oxtraordinary appwntlon wlth whici, they deal everyoné maat explaln for himeelf.- J i Jack Jenks was a victlm of llver oomplaint, liis strength Was exhausted, bis pulse had grown faint. Be had ulcera and tumors and all aorta ol luimors. And the Ula that he auffered would weary a saint. Folka aald thai Jack Jenks would ncviT be eured. Hut Jack aaid lic vróuld- thai they might bc assured. Plerce's (;. M. Dlscovery wrought hls recovery, Ailcr all the poor fcllow ao long had endured. Sueii a multltmde of aerlous, dlstn s aing and often fata) maladies spring trom a dlaordered Uver. Dr. Plerce's Colden Medical Dlscorery creates a' healthy action of thla lmportam organ, and the lila iii.it have thelr origln there ca o be cured by its prompt and falthfnl use. All druggists. Patrick Egan, tho United States I mieter to chili, whose name is a1 ireseni being so prominently mentlon1 in cottneetlon wiiii the reTOlutlon n that South American repubHc, was )orn in Ballymahön, Langford, Ireind. He is 50 yeare of age and in 868, together with James Roixrka lished a large bakery. When the coerción ad was passed ín ! ■ . svhich rendered everybody Hable to arresi upon reasonable suspicion, the funds of the Ii-isli National League, ol wliich Egan was a founder, were transferred to Paris. Mr. Egan, who was the treasuret of that organizaron, remained in tha1 city for nearly (wo years. In 1882, after the release oí the li-ish suapects, he returned .o Dublin. A year later he resigned hls position and came to this He establlshed a grain business In Lincoln, Nebraska. Mr. Egan was for e ome years President of the Irish Land League of America and has laken a prominent part i:i the politics of this country.