THE ALLIANCE HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1921
roun
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(lulboro
kitchener, and other poemi
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Tt wn dusk vlwn he find" bund out I
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IllS Violence, llll'l, CHUMl-Ilt'lI
Ht, lie lurncd tJio. iiuil.'U'J I" L!'
link gently to tln forgotten city.
Irene, ly some fine telepathy, had fol
lowed vaguely the course of Ms emo
tions; lui'l follow id tin-in In delicious
excitement mill feor and lmpc. She
sensed In some subtle feminine way
the Impulse tlmt h:il scut Mm ronrltilf
Into the distances; flic watched hi
powerful liainl on the win-el ; his dear,
Mendy eye; the minute accuracy with
Uhlrli he eon trolled hi flying motor;
nd Bhe prayed nnd did not know
lvnnt or why she prayed. P.ut n color
rot all of the dying sunlight lit her
cheek oh she guessed she feared
Fh hoed that she had prayed that
lie might forget his line resolves
that Mr heart might nt last out rule
Ids head. . . .
In the deepening darkness her fin
frera found his arm. The motion of tho
car masked the violence of her trem
Ming, hut for a time t..e pounding of
her heart would not allow her speech.
"Dave," she said, ut length, "1 want
to tell you that I think you that we
that I Oh, I've been very selfish and
proud " 1 lT tinners had followed his
tirtn to the shoulder, and tin ear had
Idled to u standstill. "I have fought
ns Ions as 1 ean, Dave. I I always
wanted to to lose, you know; und
now I surrender."
i:id-u lost no time In facing the un
pleasuiit tnsk of an Interview with
Mm. llardjr. It was even lea plcas
Sld Ylian he expected.
'S "Irene Is of nge," said Mrs. Hardy,
fclutitly. "If she will, she will. T?ut I
must tell you plainly thai I will do all
I "can to dissuade her. Ungrateful
fchlld I" she exclaimed, In an outhurst
of temper, "after all these years to
throw herself nway In tin Infatuutlon
for a cow puncher when there are men
like Mr. Con ward " .
"Conwnrd!" Interrupted Pave.
"lie has the manners of a gentle'
man," she said, In a tone Intended to
te crush log.
"And the morals of a coyote," Dave
returned hotly.
"O-o-o-h!" said Mrs. Hardy, In n low.
shocked cry. That Eld. n should spoi.k
of Conward with such disdain seemed
4tO her little less than sacrilege. Then,
fathering herself together with sum?
dignity: "If you cannot speak re
spectfully of Mr. ('onward ' will
please leave the house. I shall not
fori, Id you to see Irene; I know that
would he useless. Hut please do not
trouhle me with your presence."
When Dave had gom Mrs. Hardy
Tong up Cnnwnrd's number.
"(Hi, Mr. Conward!" she said. "You
know who Is speaking? . . . Yes.
You must come up tonight. I do want
to talk with you. I I've been Insult
ed In my own house. Ity that that
Klden. It's all very terrible. I can't
tell you over the telephone."
('onward called early In the evening.
Mrs. Hardy had heard the bell and
tmstled Into the' room. She had not
yet recovered from her agitation, and
made no effort to conceal It.
"Come Into my sitting room, Mr.
Conward. I am so g'ad you have come.
Itenlly, I am so upset. It I such a
tomfort to have some one you ean de
pend on simie one whose advice one
run seek, on occasions like this. I
never thought "
"There, there." he mid. "You must
control yourself. Tell me. It will re
lieve you. and perhaps I can help."
she
In developing that nripinlntancesMp.
lie hud no compunctions as to his
met hod of attack. While Dave was
manfully laying siege to the front
gate Conward proposed to burglarize
the home through the back door of
family Intimacy. And now that Dave
seemed to have won the prize Con
ward realized that his own position
was more secure than ever. Had he
not been called In consultation by the
girl's mother? Were not the Inner nf
falrs of the faml'y now laid open he
fore him? Did not his position as
her mother's adviser penult hint to
assume toward Irene an attitude
which. In a sense, w:i more Intimate
than even Dave's could be? He turned
these matters over quickly In his mind
and congratulated himself upon the
wisdom of his tactics.
"It's very dreadful," Mrs. Hardy was
Haying, between dubbings of her per
fumed handkerchief on eyer that bore
witness to the genuineness of h"r dis
tress. "Irene Is nut an ordinary girl.
She, has In her qualities that Justified
me In hoping that that she would do
v-ry different from this. Need I
conceal from you, Mr. Conward from
you, of all men what h.ive been my
hopes for Irene?"
Conward's heart leaped at the con
fession. He had secretly entertained
some doubt as to Mrs. Hardy' pur
pose In opening her hoiu to him as
she had done; absurd us the hypothe
sis seemed, si ill lhere was the hy
pothesis that Mrs. Hardy yaw. In Con
wnrd a posVlble comfort to her detUn
lug days. lie had no doubt that her
vanity was equal tp that supposition,
but he bud done her loss than justice
In supposing that she had any directly
personal ambitions. Her ambitions
were for Irene. She had hoped that
by bringing Conward Into the house
by bringing Irene under the Influonci
of a close family nc'iuaintanceshlj
with hi. n, that yovng lady might b
b;d to we the folly of the road she wav
choosing. She hid hoped that In
would be the successful suitor foi
Irene. And Cnnwurd's heart leupci
at the confession.
"I suppose I need not rnneenl from
you," he answered, "what my "hopes
huve been. It hi reasonably safe to
J"dge n daughter by her mother, and
by that standard Irene Is one of the
most adorable of young women."
,"1 have been railed attractive In my
nay," confessed Mrs. Hardy, warm
Ing nt once to his flattery.
"Have been?" said Conward. "Say
rather you are. If I had not been ren
dered, perhaps, a. little partial by my
admiration o(V Irene, I well, one can
scarcely give his heart In two places
you know. Anil my deep regard for
you. Mrs. Hardy my desire that you
shall be spared this ah threatened
humiliation, will Justify me In using
heroic measures to bring this un
fortunate affair to a close. You may
trust me, Mr-. Hardy. Irene Is you
will forgive nie, Mm. Hardy, but Irene
is. If 1 may say It, somewhat lteud
atrong. She Is "
"She Is her father over again." Mrs.
Hardy Interrupted. "1 told blm hi
should not attempt that crazy trip o?
his without me along, but be would go
And this M what he has brought upor
nie, and he not here to share It."
Mrs. Hardy's tone conveyed very
plainly her grievance over the doctor'
behavior In evading the consequence)
of the sit melon which hU headstrong
folly had created.
"ihe is set In her own rulnd." Con
ward continued. "We must not openly
oppose her. We must adopt other tac-
CITY MANACJLR
APPOINTED PY
NKW COUNC IL
(Continued froni Tape 1)
chairman. Mr. Irwin called for nom
inations for e-otTieio mayor, und .
M. Hampton was elected by acclama
tion. The council chamber was filled
with spectators, who cheered the nnv
mayor. Mr. Hampton responded
briefly, thanked the council for the
honor they had bestow eil upon him
and thanked the ret, ring mayor for hi
expressions of iooi wm. ine new
council enters upon its duties. Mayor
Hampton said, with its heart in the
work and with the belief that the city
manager plan w ill work outio the best
interest sof the city.
The new mnyor explained that un
der the city maimer system, the coun
cil had little to do unt 1 the arrival of
the manager but organize ami appoint
a city clerk. All other city officers
will he selected by the city manager.
He thought it possible there night be
some new departments created or
some changes made, but this would
await the coming of Mr. Kemmish.
The new city manager will have i;n
office in the city' hall, Mr. Hampton
saiil, and will be available at any time
for transaction of the city s business.
He thought this was a much better
system than the old one,, where citi
zens who wanted something done
would hunt up a councilman who
would be buy with other allairs. 1 he
Hemingford High Court
Comes to Alliance for
a Legal Interpretation
Save your pennies and the dollars! Mrs. Izetta Lot'-piech of Hemingfonl
w ill lake care of the law yer who made a business trip to this city yes
breaks your will. Richmond News-1 terday afternoon. '
Leader. I . .
The supreme court of Hem'ngford,
compo-ed of Messrs. Hutton and Clerk,
partners in the real estate business,
came to Alliance Thurnlay in a
search for a legal opinion. Air. Hut
ton is justice of the jieace for Dorsey
precinct, and Mr. Clark is the con-
table, and together they constitute
about all the law and order there is
in the community. The two laid their
case before Judge Tash, who is com
petent to give advice on aill matters '
from mnking out a will to digging up ;
a'liteiative names for triplets, nnd
after a conference they went away
satisfied. ' '
H appears that there was a suit in
justice court at Hemingfonl last week,
in which the plaintiff sued for SfS,
and the costs in the case amounted to
$'lf or thereabout, i being a jury t
case. The jury was .pretty well sat-'
isfied in its own mind as to the kind ,
of a verdict it should render, the idea
being that they wanted to split affairs
so that the burden would fall on pla'n-
. rtr I t- I . l , , .
mi ami ueienoajH noout aiiKe. mil
something was wrong with the jury's
calculations, and when they ot
through and had turned in a verdict,:
it developed thnt they had found for'
the plaintill' in the sum of $1 and held
Mr. Frank Heron of Deadwood, is
the gue.et of her sister, Mrs. K. A.
Hall.
FOR SALK I have 200 bushels of
Macaroni Feed wheat for sale, 13
miles north of Alliance. Phone Ilirch
i 8101. SS)-41p.
New Victor Records
ON SALE TODAY
Clever new numbers characterize
April Selections in Victor Records. .
, ' C.ET YOUR EARLY. ;
WIKER MUSIC HOUSE
"Everything n Music"
council will meet regularly w.th the h'm to nav the costs of the i uit. This
city manager, he said, and will have Was later discovered to be all wrong
time to properly consider the problems
that come before it for action. He
suggested that if citizens had any
thing thev wished to present to the
council, they either take it up with the
citv manager or reduce it to writing.
The council thereupon proceeded
with its work of organization. S. W.
Thomp.-'on was elected vice chairman
of the council, JV A. Kemmish va?
and not at all the way they wanted
to settle it.
The ouestion that was put up to
Judge Tash was what to do ntout it
to change the verdict. The law, wise
ly or unwisely, provides that cases in
volving less than ?20 may not be cp
peuled from" juslxe court -to county
court. If the case were" to be tried a
second time, before u jury, as before,
appointed city manager, and Mr-. ! the total costs would be $72 , end the
Grace Kennedy was re-elected city j jurv would have a harder time than
clerk. There was consideriib'e op-, PVeV strahtenine the matter out.
plause at this latte rapp ointment, and
Mrs. Kennedy responded.
lieiiiingtoid once more prevail.
Wanted to buy both your fil
and stck hogs. O'Bannon and
Neuswanger. Phone 71. 18tf
l
"Ob. I'm sure you can," she re
turned. "It's all over Irene and thnt
l.,i 1 u'lll I il...l ...... t.mii-lip :
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To think It should have come to this! .'f,,,, nn vrry ciever," said Mrs.
Mr. Onward, you are not a mother, so j Hardy. "You have been a 6tudent of
you can't understand. Ungrateful girl I inim.,n nature."
I'.ut I blame blm. And the doctor. I j Conward smiled pleasurably. Little
liever WUIIteU IIHII to COIlie West. ll B 1, vnlneil Mr. Ilnrilv'a nnlnlnn li
-- - .... -. J r
was that fool trii, In that fool mo
tor"
words of praise fell very gratefully
upon blm. Flatterer are seldom proof
Von wnrd smiled to himself over her J agulnst their own poison
unaccustomed violence. Mrs. Hardy "Yes, I have studied human nature,"
must be deeply moved wheii she for- tie admitted. "The must Interesting
gut to be correct He had readily sur- ..m tju, n,st proiltuhle of all stU'Ues,
li Used the occasion of her distress,
Milled no words from Mrs. Hardy to
tell him that Irene and Iuve were en
gaged. He had expected It fr some
time, nud the Inforina-ion was not al
together distasteful to blm. He bud
tome somewhat uodej tbj st,el J
'Ireiie's aimutiyeiiess. but he bad art
lcep uttiichnient for her. He was not
'liware that lie bad ever bud uu ubld
Ing attachment for any woman. At
tachments were things which he put
on nnd off us readily as a change of
clothes. He planned to bit Ihive
through Irene, but be planned that
when bt struck It should be u deuth
blow. Their eiiirajrement would Und
a sharper edge to Ida shaft.
It may us well be set down that for
Mrs. Hurdy ('onward hud no rejMrd
whatever. Kv.-n while be shaped soft
vords for her ear be held her iu con
tempt. To him the was merely u fcllly
til woman.
From the day he bad first neen Mrs.
Hardy his u'titude toward her bud
I een one of subtle flattery, partly be
cause' It pleased his whim und partly
m that same duy be had seen Irene,
and be was shrewd enough to kuow
that bis approach to the girl's affec
tions must be made by wuy of the ac
quaintanceship which be would estab
lish under the guise of friendship for
ber mother. Since his trouble with
li YX-t'ou wurd hjd inl'illl'Lf. purpose
It j And 1 know that young couples in love
ure not governed by the ordinary laws
of -eason. That Is why It Is useless
to urgue with Irene sensible girl
thojgh she Is on u subject lilte this.
We must ret'.ch ber some other way.
"The way that occurs to me Is to
create distrust. I.ove Is either ety
sunlly trustful m; iibscrdly PUKpiclous.
Tin re is no middle course, no bnl
a need Judgment. In the trustfu'nes
of love little virtues ure magnified to
ang.'lic qualities, and vices ure qulti
unseen. I'.ut chilli;.' e that trust to sus
picion, a I'd a hidden, sinister ue-miim:
Is lound behind the simplest word oi
act. We must plan two campaigns:
Oik which I have already suggested,
and one, If that should fail, to cause
KlOen to distrust Irene No, no," he
suM. raising his band toward Mrs.
Hardy, who had started from ber seut,
"there must be no vestige of reason,
except that the end Justilles the means.
It Is a case of saving livue, even if we
must pain her and you lu the sav
ing." ''It's vcrr dreadful," Mrs. Ilardy're
pett'.ed. "I'.ut ou ure very thorough;
you leave nothing to chance. I sup
pose that U the WHy with nil big busi
ness men."
"You can trust me." Conwnrd assured
her. "There Is no time to be lost, and
I must plan my rnnionlgns at once."
( Continued in Next Isiue)
It developed that the jury had not
been formally discharged, and the
iudirp suTP-ested that it b? auain '
Fancy and ornamental com b called togcthed and directed to bring1
at Thicle's. 39 in dip'-ent verdict. All of which ,
win pronaniy ne tn ne ami justice in.
ORDINANCE No. 309
An Ordinance Itopealing Ord-'nunce
No. fi and No. iJOli of the City ot
Alliance, Nebraska, and fixing the
time for hoMinir retrular meetings
of the City Council of such City ; Vro-uling fa"S of Alliance and vic-tu-cscrihinn'
the manner of callintr in'tv are treat lv intcie; ted in the
spec;al meetings of said Council; Yivif'i scheduled for Thursday -eveninr
prescribing the duties of the of this v :k, when IV'.? f!.:uer w'11
Council in regard to such meet- meet Chri temon of Chicago. The Chi-
ings; providing what shall cons.T- cago man has tangled on the mat with
tute a quorum of said Council; some of the biir ones, including Joe
and piescr'h:njr the order of bn.-i- Steelier, Karl Cadd'-ck and Charie;-
- ncss of said Couhcik Cutler. H coins' been pronii"d a b
He It Ordained by the Mayor ; nd match if he bis Pete, and the battle
Council of the' City of Alliance, will br one well worth seeing,. Pios-
' Nebraska: pets are favorable for securing a
Section 1. That the regular meet- match between S?ur md Earl Cad loci:
ing of the Council of the City of Alii- for Alliance during the rate meet.
unce, shall be held on Thursdav. the i 77 , . , , i
ii.i, .1 t ....:i n.)i -.i ti I Mrs. Hurrv Patrick had her ton:l--
day of each and every a'ternate week removed at Dr. Bask-.n office Sunda.r
thereafter in the Council Chan bor at
the City Hall in said city, nt 7;30
o'clock p. in.
Section 2. Tint the Mayor, r.ny two
rouucilmen, or the City Manager may
call special meetings of the Council
upon at least six hours' writ'.cn notice
to every member thereof.
Section X That it is the duty of
f-'-h id everv member of th City
Council to attend every mooting of the
t oir'-'l unless prpvented by sickness
or uhsence from the city. Tor each
i-osence trom regular meetings of the
Council, --unless otherwise authorized
by a two-thirds vote of all the mem
bers thereof, there shall be deducted
u sum equal to two per cent of the
annual salary of such Councilman Ab
sence from live consecutive meetings
shall operate to vacate the seat of the
member unless the absence is excused
by the Council by a resolut'on setting
foilh such excuse and entering it upon
the journal. !
Section 4. That at the hour ap
pointed for the meeting of the Council
the City Clerk shall, on order of the
Mayor, call the roll of members. A
majority of the members shall con-'
stitute a quorum for the transaction
of business, but a less number may
adjourn from time to time. A majorty
of all the members elected of the
Council shall be required to pass any
measure or elect to any ofice. 1
Section 5. That the following phall
by the order of business unless such (
order shall be suspended by a two- j
thirds vote of the Council: 1. Poll,
Call. 2. Heading Minutes. :.. Peti-
tions and Communications. 4. Report
of City Officer. 5. Report of Stand
ing Committees, fi. Report of Special
Committees. 7. Unfinished Rusiness.
8. Claims, H Ils, Petitions. Remon
strances and Requests. Ord nances
and Resolutions. 10. New Business.
" Section fi. That the rules of parlia
mentary practice known as Roberts
Rules of Order, shall trovern the Coun
cil in all cases to which they are ap
plicable, and in which they are not
inconsistent w ith the provisions hereof.
Section 7. That Ordinance No. 5 of
the City of Alliance, entitled "Provid
ing rules and regulat:ons for the gov
ernment of the Council and to repeal J
! n I-: 11. 411?
uriunance-jNo. . oi me village oi mn
ance, entitled 'An Ordinance prescrib
ing Ily-I.aws, time and place of hold
ing regular meetings of the Hoard of
Trustees of the Village of Alliance,
and prescribing order of business,
manner and method of voting," and
Ordinance No. 205 of the City of Alli
ance, Nebraska, entitled 'An Ordinance
amending Sections 1 and 2 of Article I
of Ordinance No. 5 of the City of
Alliance, Nebraska, and changing the
time for meetings of the City Council
of said city and the manner 'of culling
special meetings of the City Council
of said citv," and all other ordinances
or parts of ordinances in conflict here
with le, and the same hereby are, re
pealed. Section 8. This.ordinance shall be
in effect from ami after its passage,
approval and publication according to
law.
Passed and approved this 11th day
of April, 1J21.
R. M. HAMPTON,
(Seal) Mayor.
Attest: GRACE H. KENNEDY.
City Clerk.
Special Call!
to All Members
All members of Alliance Lodge No. 136,
F. O. E., are urgently requested to be
present at the new lodge room, 218 1-2
Box Butte avenue (over Morgan Grocery
Company), on
Thursday, April 14
At 8 p. m. Sharp
for the transaction of new business con
cerning the new Eagles' lodge rooms.
There will be a number of important
matters to come up before the meeting,
and a full attendance is greatly desired.
Members are urged to mark this meeting
of special importance on this week's cal
endar.
F. W. HICKS, Secretary,
GEO. A. HILL, President
LUMBER has now actually descended to PRE-WAR
PRICES. Shingles, Laths, Siding, Posts and all the rest
of the items on the Lumber list have taken a '..
Decided Drop In Price
SO THIS IS THE TIME TO BUY
We fully realize the importance of Lumber in the present
building boom and have slashed our. prices to the rock
bottom in order to help the good cause along. If you
are building a home, specify that your contractor makes
his Lumber purchases here. If you are planning to re
pair your present residence, take advantage of the pres
ent situation and order today. Our salesmen will be
glad to provide estimates.
Forest Lumber Company
' WM. BEVINGTON, Manager
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