OKD1NAM T. No. 311
.AN ORDINANCE Cre:itinr nnd Defin
injr the Itoundaric of Sewer res
trict Number Thh ty-N'inc of the
t'itv of Alliance, Nebraska.
JU IT ORDAINED by tin- Mayor and
Council of the City of Allianrp,
Nebraska: .
Section 1. That Sower District
i'Numbrr 3! is hereby created in the
City of Allinncp, Nebraska.
Section 2. That Sower District
Number 39 shall include all of the real
estate in Works H and E. Nebwka
Addition to the City of Alliance, Ne
braska, together with the intervening
.alleys.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take
.rffect and be in full force from and
after its pansajte, approval and pub
lication according to law.
Parsed and approved this 2Hth day
of April, 1921.
R. M. HAMPTON,
(Seal) Mayor.
.Attest: GRACE It. KENNEDY.
-44 City Clerk.
Why do they refer to the "year's
foremost astronomer" instead of call
ing him the star?
The wearing of monocles by its po
lice is enough to queer any republic,
German or otherwise.
Maybe those "longer trousers for
ntnen" are to be lonjrer at the top no
Ave may save on vesta.
IMPERIAL
TONIGHT
Louise
Lovely
-in-
"The Little
Gray Mouse"
SIXTH EPISODE
'SON OF TARZAN"
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"Black
Beauty'
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3:00 P. M. to 11:00 P. M.
Shows 3, 5, 7, 9 P."M.
USUAL COMEDIES
SUNDAY, MAY 1st
Olive Thomas
-in-
"The
Flapper"
USUAL- COMEDY
MONDAY, MAY 2d
Senior
Class Play
, Photoplay
"All
Dolled Up"
Eleventh Episode
"King of the Circus"
One Show Only 7:30 P. M.
THE COWIMJNCHER
nnT!int cnsni:n
I soon stood nt the door. My knock
nttrnded n mile rlinp of two am" a
tin I f or three yenrs; his stout hand
shoved the screen back, and I found
myself ushered Into his company.
There evidently was no one else about,
so I visited, Bnd we talked on thoe
thlnR which Bre of Importance In the
world of thrce-yenr-old.
"Muvver's don to the wlver,M he
rotiflded. "She turn bnck pwettjr
noon."
And father?" I asked. "Where Is
her t
Into the dark even enme a deeper
look ; thejr suddenly shone with the
spirituality of a life only three years
removed from the infinite, ny what
nst ruction, I afterward wondered, by
what almost divine rharm had she been
able to Instil Into bin young mind the
honor and the glory and the pride of
It? For there was pride, and something
more than pride adoration, perhaps
In his word as he straightened up and
Mild In perfect English: "My father
was a soldier. lie was killed at Cour-
celette."
I looked In his little sunburnt ffl'-e,
In bis dark, proud eyes, nnd presently a
strange mist enveloped the room. How
many little faces, how many pairs of
eyes I It was Just fading away when a
step sounded on the walk, nnd I arose
as she reached the door.
"The Man of the House has made
me at home," I tnunaged to say. "I
am shipwrecked on the hill for a little
gasoline."
"There Is plenty out In the field.
where the tractor Is." she replied. ."You
will find It without difficulty. ' Or If
you care to wnlt here, Charlie may be
along presently."
Her voice had sweet, modulated
tones, with Just thnt touch of pnthos
which only the Angel of Suffering
knows how to add. And her face was
fair, and gentle, and a little Bad, and
very sweet.
"He has told me," I said. There
seemed , no reason why I should not
Bay It She bad entered Into the sis-
i
nr
vs.
"My Father Was a Soldier He Waa
Killed at Courcelette,"
terhood thnt universal sisterhood of
suffering which the world has known
In these long, lonely years. . .
And It was between us,' for we were all
In the family. There was no occasion
to scrape acquaintance by slow, con
ventlonal thrust and parry.
"Yes," she Bald, sitting down and
motioning me to a choir. "I was bitter
at first. I was dreadfully bitter at
first. Hut gradually I got a different
view of It Gradually I came to feel
and know thut all we can feel and
know here Is on the surface on the
outside, aa you might say, and we
can't know tho purpose until we are
Inside. It la as though life were a
riddle, and the key Is hidden, and the
door behind which the key Is hidden la
called Death. And I don't believe '
nil tor nothing; I won t believe Its all
for nothing.
"Then there Is the Buffering." she
continued, after a puuse. I don't know
why there should be suffering, but I
know If there were no suffering there
would be no kindness. It la not until
you are hit hard hit that you begin
to think of other people. Until then
all Is selfishness. Hut we women we
women of the war we have nothing
left to be selfish for. Rut we have the
whole world to be unselfish for. It's
all different, and It can never go back
We won't let It go back. We've puld
too much to let It go back."
It was hard to find a reply. "I think
I knew your husband a little," I ven
turcd. "He was a a man."
"He was oil that," she said. She
arose and stiod for a moment In an
attitude of hesitation ; her fingers went
to her lips ns though enjoining cuutlon
Then with quick decision she went into
an Inner room, from which he re-
turned in a motneut with a letter.
"If you knew him you may care to
read this," she said. "It's very per
sonal, and yet, some way, everything
Is Impersonal uow, In a sense. There
has been such a common cause, and
such a wave of common suffering, that
It seems to flood out over the Individ
ual and embrace us all" ... So this
Is really. In u souse, your letter as well
us mine."
I took It and read:
I have ha4 many letters to writ since
my aervlc began a a nurse In the war,
but never have I approached the task
with audi mixed emotions. The pain
must k' you I would gladly b?ar myself
If I rodld; but It is not all pain: under
neuth it. running through It In some way
I cannot explain, U a note so much deepe
than piln thut It must be joy.
You have already been advlaeJ that Da
v'.S KUen was among those who fell at
and stock hogs. O'Bannon and
CntirrelMte. It Is trite to that you tiv
the sympathy f a rrslfiil nation. How
mteful the nation really in we shal;
now by Its treatment of the heroes whf
irvlve the wir and rt the dependents of
(hone who have eroded over, nut noth '
lug ran rob you of the knowledge that he
played a man's part. Nothing ran dnhar
on from that unlversul fellowship of
ympathy whl 'h Is springing up wherever
manhood Is valued at Its worth.
A new Order lina been born Into the
world; the Order of Puffer In. Not that It
Is new, either; It has liven with us since
the first mother went Into the shadow for
her first child; but always suffering has
been Incidental, a matter of the Individ-
al. thine to he escaped If possible. Hut
now ! Is universal, a thine not to be
escaped, but to be accepted, readily.
ravely, even gladly. And all who so ac
cept It enter Into the new Order, and wear
Its Insignia, which la unselfishness and
sympathy and service. And In that Order
you shall not he least, measured by either
your sacrifice or the spirit In which you
accept It.
But you are yearning for bis last word:
for some voice which will seem to you
now .Imost a voice out of the grave, and
I am happy to be able to bring you that
word. It waa something more than chance
that guided me that night aa It Is every
night.
We were wet! behind the tin of actual
fighting, but I had become detached from
my pnrty In moving to another station;
lost. If you like, yet not lost; never have
I gone so directly to so great a destination.
While trying to get my location, t became
ware of a presence; it will sound strange
to you, but I became Intensely aware of
your presence. Of course I knew It could
not be you. In the flesh, but you It seemed
to be, nevertheless. I moved aa though
led by an Invisible hand, and presently I
found a bit of shattered wall. In the
gloom I could Just discern the form of a
man lying In the shelter of the wall If
you could call it shelter It rose scarce a
foot above the ground.
I knelt beside him and turned my torch
on his face. It waa pale even through the
brown skin; the eyes were closed; the hair
waa wet and plastered on the forehead;
there were smears of blood on It and on
his cheek. A my light fell on his lips
they framed a smile.
"Reenle," he said, "It was good f you
to come. I knew you would come."
"I am here. Dave." I answered and I
think you will forgive the Impersonation.
Now let me find out where you are hurt
and we'll fix you up, and get you moved
presently."
He opened hi eyes and looked at me
with the strange look of a man whose
thread of consciousness Is half unraveled.
'Oh. It's you. Edith," he said, when he
had taken m In. "Funny. I thought It
was Irene. I must have been dreaming."
I questioned him again about his wound
and began feeling his hair. "It's not
there," he said. "Guess I got It all over
my hands. They got me this time. Don't
waste time on me. Some other fellow
na bay a chance."
i round, wun a yuie examination, thar
the case tis as bad a he aupposed. For
tunately, the wound had Induced a local
paralysis and he was not suffering to any
great degree. I placed my hand In his
and felt his grip tighten on It.
1 m going to stay tl 11 it's over. Dave.
We'll see It out together."
That a decent," he answered, and then
was still for quite a time.
I ve often wondered what was on the
other side," he said, at length. "I shall
know presently."
"Yeu are not afraid?" T whispered.
"No. Only sort of curious. And rev
erent. I guess It's reverent. . . . You
know I haven't been much on religion.
Never seemed to get the formula. What
Is the formula? I mean the key the
thing that gives It all In one word?''
"In one word sacrifice. 'He thnt loseth
his life shall And it. " I quoted.
He did not answer, hut I could see his
Hps smiling again. His breath was more
labored. A few drops of rain fell, and
some of hem spattered on hi face.
Presently he chuckled. It was an eery
sensation, out on that broad plain o'
death, alone by the ulrte of this man who
was already far Into the shadow to hear
him chuckle.
"That splash of water von remember
it made ine think of the time we pulled
the old car Into the stream, and the har
ness broke or something, and I had to
carry you. You remember that, Reenle?"
I could only say. "Yes." ami press his
hand. Ills mind was back on the old, old
trail.
He became suddenly sober. "And when
Brownie was killed." he went on. "I said
It was the Innocent thing that got raught
Perhaps I was right. But perhaps It' best
to get caught. Not for the gettlv.g caught,
but for the the compensations. It' the
Innocent men that are getting killed. And
perhaps If best. Perhaps there are com
pensation worth while."
His voice was weaker, and I had to lean
close to catch his word.
"I'm going out." ha aald. "Klaa me.
Reenle."
And then I kissed him for you.
Suddenly he sat ud. "The mountains!"
he exclaimed, and hla voice was attarill
with the pride of his old hills. "See the
moonlight on the mountains!"
Then his strength, which seemed to
have gathered Itself for this one laat
vision or the place of hla boyhood, gave
way, and he fell back, and he did not
peak any more.
And what can I add? Dear. It Is not
aereat. it I promise. It la hope.
some day we ehall know, nut until
then we ehall go on. It Is woman's bit
to carry on. But not in despondency, not
In bitterness, not In. anger or despair. He
qion i go out tnat way. He was reverent
and a little curious, and he went out
with a smile. And we shall go on. and
carry hla amlle and hi confidence through
the valley of our sacrifice. What am I
doing, speaking of our sacrifice?
I salute you. sister In the Order nf Rut.
ferlng-and of hope.
EDITH DUNCAN.
I handed the letter back to her. and
for a time I had no words. "Won't you
let me tell the story?" I snld. nt
length. "The world Is full of sorrow,
and It needs volcea to give thnt sorrow
words, nnd perhaps turn It Into hope
bs this letter does."
She hesitated, nnd I realized then how
much I had asked. "It Is the story
of my life my soul," she said. "Yet,
If It would help "
"Without names," I hastened to ex
plain. "Without real names of places
or people."
V e
And so. In that little whitewashed
home, where the brown hills rise
around and the plncid mountains look
down from the distance, and a tongue
of spruce trees beyond the Btreuni
Ktands sentinel against the open prairie,
she Is carrying on," not in despondency
and bitterness, but in service und in
hope. And so her sisters, all this world
over, must carry on, until their sweet
ness and their sacrifice shall fill up and.
flood over all the valleys of hate.
And ff you should chance that
way, and If you should win the con
fideiKV of young Three-year-old, he
may stand fur you und say, with his
voice Ued with the honor and the
glory and the pride of It:
"My father was a soldier. lie was
A girl has just submitted to having
both legs broken to cure them of
"bowinv"' and probably alout the t'fne
she gets over the operation she will
find that the styles have changed and'
long skirts are in again. .
A wife always questions her hus
band's veracity when he talks about
"hard times."
. ... . .
ran is talkmjr of a proposed mu
nicipal ordinance that all men in street
cars and omnibuses must rise and of
fer their seats to elderjy women and
mothers with children. Just talking
about it, notice.
An experienced hobo is a lucky man
right now; he knows how to live on
nothing- a year.
The crusaders against baby talk are
a great distance from their own child
hood. "
A musical manager declares that
! nctors will have to take less because
I lb lUPia Wv iiiu-ii v inv.i- r r-
fit cannot be belived that the bag-
causes the terrible expense.
the new style of ear tips will re
solve the doubt as to whether women
still have ears.
TVa Bnnota Via. AoniAaA tliaf cersn. MnnPV ITiaV le the TOOt Of all eV1l,
ping the navy won t end the world s but few are unhappy when the spa Je
scrapping. i turns it up.
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TUE END.
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