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THE ALLIANCE HERALD. TUESDAY, AUGUST SO, 1021.
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PART ONE
Pt tle etui of October, ultli the '5I.
jrfrsKl i if Hint fnliace uliWIi Im uned
(ill Mimriicr I'Mij; n n iloas-aM mti rn
fur whatever ihhII priviK-) may exist
totoen American n'lplilmr, we bcjMn
1o fi-l our iiiiluinn lilh tides of
Hj- At tills Miisiiii if tlie yet r. In ixir
tovn of moderate and ambition.
bore i ti i-; iii-n t house hmc ii t jot
coihIci.m l inn) lit I In' Miiue tine
fcequestcrcd tie i'iiliitloti. oi.e i. my
wen re Iiih conitmiiol nf l urd
l-ejond luu U jitril. ! ( iii himI down
1fie street; especially If on- t n ! l!.e
trouble to sit for mi hour or -o. ilnlfy.
ijion the top of n i!;li board feiiee lit
Uoiil tl niiitlli of a IpIm k.
if course :m adult lio folio" oil
null a course tumid be tl.onpl.t o
mbltr; tin il-mlit he would be subject
1o uiitii -si rsil comment, mid i-rvM-ntly
Inljrlit lie culled upon to ptirry evcre
Jf. Itnlccil riot hostile liniiilrios : hut)
iy lire considered ki iiujt.!i'iible
tlmt II. cy lm mlliered ,ft r thoin
ultos it t y ii l llcos denied their
mi nt ii Ml elder : unit it hot- run do
PihIi H t Ii I 111! lis tills to lii full content,
vitl.oiil nn, body's thliiUIni: about It at
nil. It wu tlmt Herbert Illini:--vortli
Alwnter, Jr., ngod thirteen ntnl
h few months, Mit for it considerable
tlinp upon hik'Ii a foiuT, nftr soliool
lioiirs. evi-ry iifii-rniion of t lit Iwt wok
In OotolnT; hikI only out jhtmid pnr
llfiiUrly oliservod Mm or whs t-tliuii-Htoil
to nuy tuftitnl nctivlty ty M
Iirm-wluiv. Kv-n Bt Hint, this pThun
KHf Hfftfd only ln'omise .ie whs
llriprt's rclRtlvp. ntlil of hii use yin
Iflietlc to his bikI of a spi iintipa
ttlc. In uplle of tli fmt tlmt Hfrhfit H
linen worth AtwBtr, Jr., thua friuly
dKirtlti! LlniM-lf on his fnthcr's m k
Inn. attractHl only this audience vf
' one (and the hostile at a nitlitr dis
tant window) Ms N-liavlrr iil!y
fdioiihl have Iipoii ronslilorod plUnt
ly Interenting hy anylnxly. After Hltnh
Inn to the top of tlie fenve he would
Irodure from Interior iMwketn a Hnnll
mcinoitindiitii hook and a p n II ; m I.
Oom putting thee tinploniouts to lui
Inedlate U'-e. Ills expre;loii was
gravely alert, Ms innimer more tluin
luiKliicfivliKe ; ,et nohodv omild luive
failed to coniirehend IIihI he h en
JojIiir hliiiHflf, expiM-liilly when hU al
titude llPOIIIIIP tollSO-H Ht tillU'M It
certainly did. Then he would rive, hal-MH-lliK
lilnjfflf at adroit ejiw. Ills feet
lllpiiod one hefore the oilur on the
llil.fr rail, a foot In-low the top of the
tyiard. and I Hi. eyes draniHf Inilly
lihletded lieiioiith a ki-uihUIi pnlin. he
would vae stonily In the dhvrtlou of
iw line oli.loi t or mot ion w liia-ti ' hud at
tlrni ted his nt'ei.tliiii ; and thru. h:ilns
W Would Sit Again and Decisively
Enter a NqU in Hl Memorandum
Book.
FatMled hliusrlf of soiiirililn or oilier,
)ie would hit ajruin and di-rNlvely en
ter a note In Ids lurnioniiiiluiu Imok.
He was not ulu alone; he was
freiut'Utly Joined hy a friend, male,
and. though hhorler - than HrVhert,
quite as old; and this onpaiitnii a
liiMiired, It M'enu'd, by uiotixoH re
cNely biinlliir. In tho from whlili
i-priuiK llerliert'ii nvvn iidiutis. Lite
Ilerhert. he would sit upon the top of
the hih friK'o, usually at a little dis
tance from hint; like lliihort lie
would rise at Intervals, for the hotter
Ktudy of something this bidf ,if U.e
tiorlmn ; then, alsii com hiding like
Herhert. hH would sit aain and write
firmly in a little notebook. And sel
dom In the history of the world have
any ws.-ions been lnvestd by the par
tirlbur.m with an intentional an ap
jenrunee of Importance.
That ui what most Injured their
).ne observer at the somewliat dtant
tuck whiJow, unktalrg at tier own
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kcpvkr. 1521- by tk Bdl Svjndicote,Inc
pl.-o-e of rrsiili iicc ; v li foui.d Mm ir Im
rf iin f hli'.i.ft lmpo..ihle to bear
without "cunriiiin.. Her jTfw ntlon
was jrrrnt ; the linportiint ImporiHiice
of llirlirt !itnl his friend. Impressive
ly mniiriivi rinc upon tholr fence, was
fo esrrenie i to be all too plainly vis
ible in ross four inloi vi iilrif broad
bark yards; In fiut. there was riluiost
ri'iisoii to supoit that the two per
formers weir aware of their audience:
ft ri'l even of ln-r tondi'il eotid tion; mid
that they sometimes deliberii!e!y In
creased the oiltriij.'cotlMis of Hie'r
iniportanee bci auso tin y h:'vr she
was wi:ti lilr.- lliem. Ami i)on the
Satl.nliiV of that week, when the li'i!t
book writer'- were upon the fence at
Ititeivals tliroiifliout the tifteriinon,
Florence Atv ater's fasciiiitt d iiKUvtia-
tioli Ihm mne vocal.
"'i!e !liirij.-J-!'' she said.
Her mother, sew In.; I.esidr. iiin ther
window of the room, looked up in.
ulrlm.dy.
"What fire, riorence?"
Cousin Herbert and that i.nsty llt
tk' Henry Hooter."
"Are voii wnl. bins thetn l.fainT'
h-r tmither asked.
"Ye. I am." s;iid riorei:ee, tarrly.
"Not beei, usp I etire to. but merely
to iiiuusi- myse'f nt their expense."
Mrs. Atwater liiilitnured ileprei at
Inyly, "Conldu't you find Mine other
way to amuse yourself, Florence?"
"I don't call this amusement,'' the
Inconsistent jrirl responded, not with
out chnirrin. "Think Til spend all my
days staHn at Herbert Il!!r,f sworth
Atwater, Junior, and that naty little
Henry Hooter, arid call It amusement?"
"Then why do you do It?"
"Why do I do what, mama?'' Flor
ence Inquired as f In despair of Mrs.
Atwater's ever learning to put things
clearly.
"Why do you 'spend 'l J our days'
wntehlnc them? You don't seem able
to keep away from the window, and
It apM'ars to make you Irritable. 1
should think !f they wouldn't let you
play with tliem you'd he too proud "
")h, good heavens, uiiinin I"
"jMm't use expression like that,
Florence, please."
"Well," said Florence, "I fcot to use
some expression when you nccu-e me
of wimtlu' to 'play' with those two vile
thing"! My goodness tneny, mama, i
don't want to 'play' with 'em I l'iu
more than four years old, 1 pies;
(hoiivh you don't ever eeem willing to
Klve me credit for It. 1 don't bat to
'play' all the time, tniiina; Mid. any
way. Herbert and that nasty little
Henry Hooter aren't playlnit. either."
' "Aren't theyV" Mrs. Atwater In
qulrcd. "I Ihoucht lie oilier day you
said ou wanted them to let you piay
at beinu a new spa jut report-r, or eli
lor, or something like that, with them,
and they were rude and told ou to h'o
away. Wn.-n't that It?"
Florence sighed. "No, u.i.n.a. It
cert "nly wasn't."
"They weren't rude to you?"
"Yes, lhe ociTiily weiel"
"Well, then"
"Mama, or. n't you understand?"
Florence turned from the window to
beseech Mrs. Atwater's concentration
upon the matter. "It Isn't 'plavini;!'
I didn't want to 'play' belt j; a r port
er; they ain't 'playing' "
"Aren't plH.vliig. Florence ,"
"Yon'iii. They're not. Herbert's
got a real printing press; Fm le Jo
seph gave It to him. Ir's a real one,
mama. chii'I you umlerstand?"
"I'll try," said Mrs. Atwater. "You
mustn't gel u excited about it, Flor-
elliV."
"I'm not !" Florence turned vehe
mently. " guess ii'd take more than
llinse two vile things and their old
pliiillu' press to get lue rxclted! I
don't cure what they do; it's far less
than nothing to me! All I wish Is
they'd fall off the fence and break
i heir vile ole necks " j
With this numifc station of Imper
sonal calmness, she turned iig.iln to
Hie window ; hut her mother protest
ed. "I'. find something else to Amuse
you, Florence; and ijr.lt watching
those foolish bo.vs; you mustn't let
ll'.eui Upset jou io by their playing.".
Florence moaned, "They don't 'up
set', lue, mania! They have no effect
oil me by the lightest degree! And I
told you. mama, they're not 'playing;.'"
"Then wh.it ale they ilo ii-;"
"Well, thev're haviig a newspaper.
They 'got tlie piiniin pros and an
otlice l:i llerhert's ole siab'e, tmd ev
er thing. They goi soiiii'liody to give
'em .nine ole luniUi,. .,,d railing
from n houe l hut was toCu down
-mew he res, end then lhe gm Jt stink
H in tlie -tul.le ioj't. o it ions across
with n kind of ,i -ii'e in the middle of
thee banisters, and on one side Is
he iriiiiiii2 t'less, iind the other side
icy gm a disk from that misty little
lenry Hoo'er's moiher's attic; and a
.ilile and some chairs, and a map on
hi wall; and that's their newspapcr
.llce. They go out ami look for what's
i in .vs. ami write It down In ink;
ud tl.cn they go through the gate to
ie o.'hor side of the railing where the
!m:Im? press Is, and print It for tl.clr
wspm.r.1
Tut what do they Co ts the Uvrt
o lllllfl.?''
"That's where they m to wi,th
what the iws Is," Florerce explain !
morosely. "They thifik they're so
grain), siltit:' up there, pokln' arouti'!.
They go other places, too; aid they
ask I'd pie. 1 hat's all H, y said I
eoi.lil he!" IIre the lady's hltteit.es
lieeati.e s'roniy I'llensitied. "i'h'y
said, maybe I oiili l' one o" the oi.es
lliey asl ed 'f I kl.ew i.nvtliiig. e
til!is. If H,y , in to think of it! I
Just rcsjiertfiy told 'em I'd deelii.e to
wi- n,y oldest shoes en 'cm to sue
the'r lis;"
Mrs. Ai'Hilir sighed. "Yon mustn't
use siii , exprrsnii, liorenie."
'I don't si why not," the daugh'er
objected. 'Tl.cvie a lof Inore ret.ned
thiiii the txprt-ssious they used on
ine !"
"Then lin very glad jou didn't p!ay
wlth them."
I 'lit at t!il, Florence one more
gave way to Mini despair. "Mama,
you Jij't can t see through anything :
I've sjild Miyhow tifty times they ain't
aren't pluy-iny! They're getting up a
r-al tiew spapT. and people buy it.
and everyiliit.g. They have been all
over this part of town and got every
aunt and U.cle they have, liesides their
ov.n falheis i.i. d mot hers, und some
people in the ne ghboil. 1. tiinl Kitty
Silver aiid two or throe other eoinr.d
people l's-jdes. ;l, uo.k for fiimilie
they kj.ovv. They're g'il;4 to ! . n -tvvi-fity
i'e (el's ,i e!.r. collect il-i.d
vain-c I ' n -l - e- :hey W.ilt llie tuon.-y
lirst ; iitnl i v en j ;.
ter last i.t ; he
"How of ,i n do
pal er. I Im , i,. ''
(;i.neil si hi 1 jit
I'M g;;vo em a ;uai-
tohl .,l' SO."
!l..y pi.l.lisi, their
Mt-. Atwater .n
i.b -i iit! . l.avii g re-
suiiied l. r s w ii (.-,
"liv el y 1 1 1; ; uiid they're, g'
lave the f.i,t ore u v. s k fr
i 1 1
iu
to
to
ila.v."
"Wl.l.t do tl.ey call i!?"
'"1'he Nerth lii.d iL.iiy Ori. to.
the silliest i.cii... ,-vi r I oil rd f
ll S
r a
new sp;,,, r ; imd I toj j ym ,.. t,,,,i
'em win,; I ;Vni,iit of it. 1 g-.n-s:-'
'Was: that the re:. son?" Mis. At
water ns'ked.
"Was it what reason, inn inn?'
"W'a it the reason they wouldn't
let you be a reporter with theiu'r"
'Tooh ;' Florence exclaimed airily.
"I didn't want atiythlig to do with
their ole paper. Itut anyway I didn't
make fun o' their eallin' it the North
Knd Imily tiriTle till after jbey aid
I conldn t be in it. Then I did, you
bet 1"
"liorence, don't say "
"Mama, I got to say somep'm! Well,
I told 'em I wouldn't be in their ole
paper if they btgged me on their Dent
ed knees; m.d I said If they bffgeil
me a liioiisand years I wouldn't be
in flny papr with uoh a crazy name;
ami I wouldn't tii im any news if
I knew the Frct-ident of the liiitcd
States lad Hie s.arlet fever! I Jiifct
isolliely intormed em they could huy
what they liked If they was dying; I
declined so much as wipe the oldest
shi.es I j-ot on 'em!"
"Itut why woildrt they let you be
on the paper?" be?1 mother inisted.
Fpon this Florcio e became ar.alytl
cal. "Just so' they could act ho iii
.oi tanti" And i-l.e add.led, aa a cod'
seiience: "They ouht to be arrets
"tl-
(To Be Continued)
Is Last Chance for
Disabled "Vets"
to Get Claims Settled
Disabled .service men who will have
an oppoitun-'ty to place their claims
directly with officials of the Veterans'
bureau when the "clean-up" squad
visits Alliance are advised to bring
abundant proof either of disability, the
need for additional compensation or
for re-educiition to headquarters in
the basement of the library building
on September 5 and (5.
A joint meeting: of the executive
committees of the American I,eg;ion
and the Red Cross was held nt '.ho
office of Dr. Minor Morris, commander
of Alliance post of the I.ec'on, lat
Friday evening, at which time ar
rangements were made to" care for the
"clean-up" so,uad of federal war vi.sk
officers, who will be in Alliance Seji
tember 5 and ". The work of' the
snuad was explained by Thoma Tem-
; pie, representative of central division
headquarters of the lCel v.rass, at .in
cago. It was decided that ihe Red
Cross would furnish the funds and (he
l egion organize for the meeting. At
Grand Island and other points in the
state, hundreds of claims were hied,
and a large corps of stenographers
was necessary. At Alliance 'he ru h
is not expected to be so .'artre, but
there will be fifteen stenograplrirs in
duty and if the number of cUirnnnts
warrants, the Red Cross canteen com
mittee will be called into ;.ction to
feed the ex-soldler visitors.
ITYF. M F.N FIN F.I) IN
VlTY'S ROl.K F. ( OI RT
Folice Judj:e Retry Friday after
noon found Os-car' lieed, Ray Trabett,
John l'.ayer, Tom Gray and F-lver liil
lock ku Uv of a charge of disorderly
conduit, and asses.-ed fines of $.V)
ap'cce. The nu n have filed ?H0 ap
peal bond tach and will cany the case
to the d--trict court. I hey wre
charged with making noise on the
street early in the morning. A sec
ond charge of intoxication igainst
Ray Trabert was dismissed by the po
lice judge for lack of evidence.
Klenor Wheeler of A -hby was in the
c ty on business Monday.
GIRLS' SCHOOL DKKSSKS,
98 CKNTS.
Highhnd-Holloway Co.
KOAI) 3IKKTIXG LAST
FRIDAY Si:T NEW MARK
(Continued from pace 1)
Then followed the one incident that
rhowed there was some feeling on the
part of the delegates that all was not
well. The trouble started with the
Sidney delegation, which contained,
among others, V. H. ("Faddy") Miles.
Mr. Miles ro.se to his feet and ad
dressed the chairman, lie tn.'.de Korne
facetious reference to the story of
J.nah and the whale, and intimated
that Mr. Rhe n had sw.iHnwcd the
whale, iind hinted that the chairman.
m bcrcpting offices in both the G-P-C
.-nd North Star as. ociat'ons, had
tackled a pretty b'g job. Mr. Rhein,
while not explaining that the presi
dency of the North Sar association
had been forced upon him tit Sidney,
a';r he had thricp rejected the crown,
i.me back at the Sidney speaker with
,-omc remarks as to the fact that isid
rcy had rot shown uny too much in
tfrest at the first meeting of the re
rie?. Mr. Mile ma.'i a peaceful re
sponse, but within a few minutes i.n
othcr Sidney man took the floor, Mr.
Mclnto:-h.
riedged Alliance's Support
Mr. Mclnto.-h, through a motion that
he put, disclosed the fact that some of
trie visitors doubted the sincerity of
All'ance and rather questioned wheth
er this city was a.-, neutral as she had
insisted she was. At the Rrldgeport
meeting, a week previous-, some of ihe
men from that cty h: d pointed out
that ;t was a North SHr meeting, ar
w-5.nted to know why it was tlmt s:ry
oth -i- ionic's- civ.:-:..- . hottlc! be censid
eie'. At that tine, the chfit rn in li..d
b. .l i lU'.-tionc :l by the (I' leg es m '
mil a way as to l-rirg ctit the f;;it
nouoi exisici.
Accoiiiing to some of the dcl-vntes,
1". ii'rfji ilt. K' Iney ;.nd otliC!- towns
nong the N'oith Star route came to
Ailar.co pteparcil to git infinite
;.ci rt.nce from Alliance that this
c:; in "act wanted the Rridg"
jort route, and vv;is prepared to
hi ip put it through. Some of
them declared that they believed
a few of the Alliance men were ac
tually working for the Broadwater
route. Unless they got this assur ince,
some of the visitors declared, thev in
tended to ask for the resignation of
the chairman. However, the fact w as I
made so plain bv IVesident Rhin crd i
others that Alliance was sincere :n its
neutrality, and was not intending to
doublecross any of the towns, that this .
step was forgotten.
Nevertheless, Mr. Mcintosh in a
resolution outlined the North Star,
loute as proposed through Nebraska,'
naming the towns through which it is
to pass, and this resolution was passed
with a whoop. The war was over,
with the exception of a parting shot
at Chairman Rhein by Paddy Miles.
The meeting aeljourned, and the
delegates were taken to the Country ;
club for the rest of the afternoon. In
Girls' fine ribbed black Hose,
29 cents a pair.
Highland-Holloway Co.
the evening they were given tickets for
the movies, and the FJks club was
thrown open for their entertainment
until the various trains left.
Misses Margaret and Cniroll Wapar
r turned to the'r ho:ne at Edgar, Neb.,
Sunday even'r.g.
IJaby Drcssos and Kompers,
pink or blue, 78 CKNTS.
Highhnd-IIoUoway Co.
New Victor
Daece Records
"Na-Jo"-Fox Trot
"San"-Orienlal Fox Trot
The Benson Oichestra of Chicago
Two rich, barbaric dances, steady but emotional to
the last beat.
Victor Double-faced Record, S77;i
"Ycu're the Sweetest GirF' Medley Fox Trot
Paul Wbitentan and I lis Oichestra
"Vamping Rose" Fox Trot
All Star Trio and Their Orchestra
These trots are the last word in rhythm and clean
cut modern danceability.
Victor Double-faced Record, ISTST
"In My Tippy Canoe"-WaI(z
"Where the Lazy Mississippi Flows" Waltz
Hackel-lJerpve Orchestra
The first Victor Record by an organization whose
chief members were originall with McKee's orches
tra and Castle House.
Victor Double-faced Record, 1S7S3
"My Treasure (Tesoro mio)"-Waltz
"Marsovia Waltz"
Pietro (Accordion)
Brisk, Italian numbers, in a modern style of the
waltz. u
Victor Double-faced Record, 1S770
Come right in today. Hear these
New Victor Records for September
Mann Music & Art Co.
Alliance National Bank Building
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DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS?
Y'ou know what trouble you have starting jour motor
with ordinary gasoline when the mornings begin to get
cold.
MUTUAL GASOLINE SERVICE
Avoids this difficulty. Winter gasoline has a h'gher
gravity, ami a quicker flash. It saves storage batteries,
inconvenience and ruffled nerves. We have a car on
track now. You'll iiet MUTUAL Winter Gasoline if you
buy MUTUAL products.
MUTUAL OIL CO.
Phone
R. J.
Mrs. J. E. Henncberry and sister-tn-
law, Miss H. Henneberry, and aunt
Miss K. . Young, both of Chicago-
beith of Chiraco. ' returned Sundav
nitfht from Deadwood. S. D., Misses
Young and Henneberry going on tc
Yellowstone park. .1. K. Henneberry
is still in the Black Hills.
Huy your Winter Fur (his
nionlh and save money.
HiRhland-lIollouay Co.
WITSCIIY, Mgr.