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MEREDITH NICHOLSON
Illustrttloni by
RAY WALTERS
Oeivrlaht, Uul. M kkwnu "rum
she is all I have left; 'you canTuncIer
stand that I wish to avoid Involving
her in these family difficulties."
"I would cut off my right hand be
fore I would risk Injuring you or her,
Mr. Holbrook," I replied, earnestly.
"You have a right to know why I wish
her to visit the casino with me to
night. I know what she does not
know, what only two other people
know; I know why you are here."
"I am very sorry; I regret it very
much," he said, without surprise but
with deep feeling. He would have
said more, but I interrupted him.
"As far as I am concerned no one
lse shall ever know. The persons
Ttho. know the truth about you are
your brother and yourself. Strangely
enough, Reginald Gillespie does not
know. Your sister has not the slight
est idea of it. Your daughter, I as
sume, has no notion of it"
"No! no!" he exclaimed, eagerly.
"She has not known; she has believed
what I have told her; and now she
must never know how stupid, how
mad, I have been."
"Tonight." I said, "your daughter
and I will gain possession of tne forged
notes. Gillespie will give them to her;
and I. should like to hold them for a
day or two.'
He was pacing the floor and at this
-wheeled upon me with doubt and sus
picion clearly written on his face.
"But I don't see how you can man
age it!"
. "Mr. Gillespie la infatuated with your
niece."
"With Helen, who is with my sister
at St. Agatha's."
"I have promised Gillespie that he
shall see her to-night at the casino
dance. Your sister is very bitter
against him and he is mortally afraid
cf her."
"His father really acted very de
centlv. when you know the truth. But
I don't see how this Is to be managed
I should like to possess myself of
those papers, but not at too great a
tost. More for Rosalinds sake than
my own now, I should have them."
"Yon may not know that your daugh
ter and her cousin are as like as to
human beings can be. I am rather put
to it myself to tell them apart."
"Their mothers were much alike,
hot they were distinguishable. If you
are proposing a substitution of Rosa
lind for Helen, I should say to have a
care of It. You may deceive a casual
acquaintance, but hardly a lover."
"I have carried through worse ad
ventures. Those documents must not
get Into Into unfriendly hands! I
have pledged myself that Miss Patricia
shall be kept free from further trouble,
and much trouble lies in those forged
notes If your brother gets them. But
I hope to do a little more than protect
your sister; I want to get you all out
of your difficulties. There Is no rea
son for your remaining In exile. You
owe It to your daughter to go back to
civilization. And your sister needs
you. You saved your brother, once;
you will pardon me for saying that
you owe him no further mercy,"
He thrust his hands into his pockets
and paced the floor a moment, before
he said:
"You are quite right. Hut I am sure
you will be very careful of my little
girl; she Is all I have quite all I
have."
He went to the hall and called her
and bowed with a graceful, old-fash
loned courtesy that reminded me of
Miss Pat as Rosalind came Into the
room.
"Will I do. gentlemen, all?" she
asked, gayly. "Do I look the fraud I
feeir
She threw off a long scarlet cloak
that fell to her beefy and stood before
ns In white it was as though she had
stepped out of flame. She turned
slowly round, with head bent, submit
ting herself for our inspection.
Her gown was perfectly simple, high
at the throat and with sleeves that
clasped her wrists. To my masculine
eyes It was of the same piece and pat
tern as the gown In which I had left
Helen at St. Agatha's an hour before.
"I think I rend doubt In your mind,"
she laughed. "You must not tt !1 me
now that you have backed out; 1 shall
try It myself, It you are weakening. I
am anxious for the curtain to rise."
"There la. only one thing: I suggest
that you omit that locket. I dined
with her tonight, so my memory Is
fresh."
She unclasped the tiny locket that
hung from a slight band of velvet at
her throat and threw It aside; and her
father, who was not, I saw, wholly
reconciled to my undertaking, held the
cloak for her and led the way with a
lantern through the garden and down
to the waterside and along the creek
to the launch where IJIma was In
readiness. We quickly embarked, and
the launch stole away through the nar
row shores, Holbrook swinging his lan
tern back and forth In good by. I had
lingered longer at the boat-maker's
than I Intended, and as we neared the
upper lake and the creek broadened
IJIma senj the launch forward at full
speed. When we approached Raul
Orchard I bade him stop, and hiding
our lantern I took an oar and guided
the launch quietly by. Then we went
on Into th upper lake at a lively clip.
Rosalind sat quietly la the bow. the
hood of her cloak gathered about her
head.
I was taking steering directions
from IJima, but as we neared Pott An
nandale I glanced over my shoulder to
mark the casino pier lights when
Rosalind sang out:
"Hard aport hard!"
I obeyed, and we passed within oar's
length of a sailboat, which, showing
no light, but with mainsail set, was
loafing leisurely before the light west
wind. As we veered away I saw a
man's figure at the wheel; another fig
ure showed darkly against the cuddy.
"Hang out your lights!" I shouted,
angrily. But there was no reply.
"The Stiletto," muttered IJima, start
ing the engine again.
"We must look out for her going
back," I said, as we watched the sloop
merge into shadow.
The lights of the casino blazed
cheerily as we drew up to the pier,
and Rosalind stepped out in good
spirits, catching up and humming the
waits that rang down upon us from
the clubhouse.
"Lady," I said, "let us see what
lands we shall discover."
"I ought to feel terribly wicked, but
I really never felt cheerfuller In my
life," she averred. "But I have one
embarrassment!"
"Well?" and we paused, while she
dropped the hood upon her shoulders.
"What shall I call this gentleman?"
"What does she call him? I'm blest
If I know! I call him Buttons usually;
Knight of the Rueful Countenance
might serve; but very likely she calls
him Regglo."
"I will try them all." she said. "I
think we used to call him Reggie on
Strawberry Hill. Very likely he will
detect the fraud at cuce and I shan't
get very far with him."
"You fehn get as far as you ulease
Leave it to me. He shall see you first
on the veranda overlooking the water
where there are shadows in plenty, and
you had better keep your cloak about
you until the first shock of meeting
has passed. Then If he wants you to
dance, I will hold the cloak, like a
faithful chaperon, and you may muffle
yourself In It the instant you come
out; so even if he has his suspicions
he will have no time to Indulge them.
He Is undoubtedly patrolling the
veranda, looking for us even ntfw. He's
a faithful knight!"
As we passed the open door the
dance ceased and a throng of young
people came gayly out to take the air.
We joined the procession, and were
accepted without remark. Several
men whom 1 had seen In the village
or met in the highway nodded amiably.
Gillespie, I knew, was waiting some
where; and I gave Rosalind final ad
monitions.
"Now be cheerful! Be cordial! In
case of doubt grow moody, and look
out upon the water, as though seeking
an answer in the stars. Though I seem
to disappear I shall be hanging about
with an eye for danger signals. Ah!
He approaches! He comes!"
Gillespie advanced eagerly, with
happiness alight in his face.
"Helen!" he cried, taking her hand;
and to me: "You are not so great a
liar after all, Irishman."
"Oh, Mr. Donovan la the kindest per
son Imaginable," she replied, and
turned her head daringly so that the
light from a window fell full upon her,
and he gazed at her with frank, boy
ish admiration. Then she drew her
wrap about her' shoulders, and as I
walked away her laughter followed me
cheerily, ,
I was promptly seized by a young
man, who feigned to have meet me In
some former Incarnation, and Intro
duced to a girl from Detroit whose
name I shall never know In this world.
I remember that she danced well, and
that she asked me whether I knew
people in Duluth, Fond du Lac, Pa
ducah and a number of other towns
which she recited like a geographical
Index. She formed, I think, a high
opinion of my sense of humor, for I
laughed at everything she said In my
general joy of the situation. After
our third dance I got her an Ice and
found another cavalier for her. I did
not feel at all as contrite as I should
have felt as I strolled round the ver
anda toward Rosalind and Gillespie.
They were talking In low tones and
did not heed me until I spoke to them.
"Oh, It's you, is It?" and Gillespie
looked up at me resentfully.
"I have been gone two years! It
seem to me I am doing pretty well,
all things considered! What have
you been talking about?"
"'Bout Olunta, an Grtffuns, an' Elves,
An' the Bquldglcum-Squees 'at awallera
thericlvea!
Rosalind quoted. "I hope you have
been enjoying yourself."
"After a dull fashion, yes."
"I should like to tell her that! We
saw you through the window. She
struck us as very pretty, didn't she,
Reggie?"
"I didn't notice her," Gillespie re
plied with so little Interest that we
botb laughed.
"It's too bad," remarked Rosalind,
"that Aunt Pat couldn't have como
with us. It would have been a relief
for her to get away from that dreary
schoolhouse."
"I might go and fetch her," I sug
gested. "If you do," said Gillespie, grinning,
"you will not find us here when you
get bnck."
Rosalind sighed, as though at the
remembrance of her aunt's forlorn ex
ile; tnen the music oroite out In a two-step.
"Come! We must have this dance!"
the exclaimed, and Gillespie rose
obediently. I followed, exchanging
chaff with Rosslind until we came to
the door, where she threw off her
c.o r lor the first time.
"Lurd aud protector, will you do ins
the honor?"
It all happened In a motueuU I
tot-sed the cloak across my arm care
lessly and she turned to Gillespie with
out looking at me. He hesitated
some word faltered on his lips. 1 think
it must have been the quick transition
of her appearance effected by the
charge from the rich color of the
cloak to the white of her dress that
startUd him. She realized the danger
of the moment, and put her arm on
his arm.
"We mustn't miss a note of It! Good-
by" and with a nod to me I next saw
her far away amid the throng of
dancers.
As 1 caught up the cloak under my
arm something crackled under my fin
gers, and hurrying to a dark corner
of the veranda I found the Docket and
BIH
"I Want You to Exchange Cloaks
with Me."
drew forth an envelrpc .Vy co
science, I confess, was agreeably qul-.
cent. You may, If you wish, prouounn
my conduct at several points of thb
narrative wholly Indefensible; but I
was engaged in a sincere effort to
straighten out the Holbrook tangle,
and Helen had openly challenged me.
If I could carry this deception through
successfully I believed that within a
few hours I might bring Henry Ho'
brook to terms. As for Gillespie, he
was far safer with Rosalind than with
Helen. I thrust the envelope Into my
breast pocket and settled myself by
the veranda rail, where I could look
out upon the lake, and at the same
time keep an eye on the ballroom.
And, to be frank about It, I felt rather
pleased with myself! It would do
Helen no great harm to wait for Gil
lespie on St. Agatha's pier; the dis
cipline of disappointment would be
good for her. Vigorous hand-clapping
demanded a repetition of the popular
two-step of the hour, and I saw Rosa
lind and Gillespie swing Into the dance
as the music struck up again.
. Somewhere beneath I heard the
rumble and bang of a bowling alley
above the music. Then my eyes, roam
ing the lake, fell upon the casino pier
below. Some one was coming toward
me a girl wrapped In a long cloak
who had spparently Just landed from
a boat. She moved swiftly toward the
casino. I saw her and lost her again
as she passed in and out of the light
of the pier lamps. A dozen times the
shadows caught her away; a dozen
limes the pier lights flashed upon her;
and at last I was aware that It was
Helen Holbrook, walking swiftly, as
though upon an urgent errand. I ran
down the steps and met her luckily on
a deserted stretch of board walk. I
was prepared for an angry outburst,
but hardly for the sword-like glitter of
ber first words.
"This is Infamous! It Is outrage
ous! I did not believe that even you
would be guilty of this!"
The two-step was swinging on to Its
conclusion, and I knew that the casino
entrance was not the place for a scene
with an angry girl.
"I am anything you like; but please
come to a place where we can talk
quietly."
"I will not! I will not be tricked by
you again."
"You will come along with me, at
once and nuletly," I said; and to my
surprise she walked up the steps be
side me. As we passed the ballroom
door the music climbed to its climax
and ended.
"Come, let us go to the farther end
of the veranda."
When we had reached a quiet cor
ner she broke out upon me again.
"If you have done what I think yon
have done, what I might have known
you would do, I shall punish you ter
ribly you and her!"
"You may punish me all you like,
but you shall not punish her!" I said
with her own emphasis
"Reginald promised me some papers
to night my father had asked me to
get them for hi in. She does nt
know, this cousin of mine, what tluy
are, what her father Is! It Is loft for
you to bring the shame upon her,
"It had better be I than you. In your
present frame of mind!" and the pity
welled In my heart. I must save her
from the heartache that lay In the
truth. If I failed In this I should fall
Indeed.
"Do you want her to know that her
father Is a forger a felon? That Is
what you are telling her, If you trick
Reginald Into giving her those papers
he was to give me for my father!"
bhe hasn t those papers. I have
CQBnr.iiro'Q
INQUEST
Find That Walker Came to His Death
Through Own Negligence
The story cf the killing i f Carl
Walker which was told In yester
day's Journal, at the station of Ce
dar Creek, was substantially corro
borated yesterday afternoon at the
Inquest holden on his body by Coro
ner Clements and a jury at the Bur
lington station in Cedar Creek where
the body was laid out. The Jury
which heard the testimony was com
posed of J F. Wolff, Geo. Horn.
Henry Likewise, C. E. Metzger. Con
Sears and Henry Frey, all well
known and loading citizens of that
section.
There were several witnesses ex
amined before the Jury including
Will Wilson, the companion of the
unfortunate Walker, Fritz Boedek
er and the other one of the 111 fated
four men who had -made . the trip
from the works of the Calhoun Con
struction Company to Cedar Creek
and who were together on the occa
sion of the of the tragic ending of
Walker.
The testimony went to show that
the two men had come down to Cedar
Creek day before yesterday owing
to the wet weather and the inability
to work at their labors In the quar
ries. After getting to that place the
men drank more or less, the testi
mony showing however that both j
Wilson and Walker were the two
soberer of the four men. During the
day Wilson and Walker had had
several quarrels over trifling mat
ters but this had seemingly been
patched up.
In the evening the four men had
concluded to go home, an extra
freight having pulled Into the sta
tion headed for the west. They de
cided they would board the train and
go to Louisville. With this end In
view they went down to the depot
where the train was standing one
of the men being intoxicated and the
other three including Walker and
Wilson looked after him and as
sisting In taking care of him. Boe
deker got Into the car with him.
Walker and Wilson then loft and
went around to the south side of the
depot to the front end of the train.
This is the last they ever Baw of Wal
ker alive. In his testimony before
the Jury yesterday Wilson asserts
that he never remembered a thing
other than than that he saw Walker
standing In the middle of the track
before the engine. He had no rec
collection of getting on the pilot of
the locomotive or even trying to do
so. He could not account for the
presence of his hat and Walker's on
the pilot of the engine.
As told yesterday the first intl
matlon anyone had of the tragedy
was the discovery of the hats and the
blood stains on the pilot when the lo
locomotive reached Louisville. The
discovery of the body of Walker by
the section men followed as told In
the paper. The body was frightfully
mutilated. Pieces of flesh, bones
and clothing were mixed In an In
discriminate mass for the space of
two hundred and fifty feet or eight
car lengths along the track. The
members were severed from the body
and the latter had been hurled from
side to side of the track as the train
rushed on.
There was no evidence to show that
the two men had ever been on the
pilot of the engine save the testimony
of Wilson which In substance was
as given above.
After listening to the testimony
viewing the premises and the body
of the Jury returned a verdict to the
effect that the deceased come to his
death through his own carelessness
and negligence In trying to board the
engine and It exonerated the com
pany and its employes from any
blame In the premises.
The body was taken last evening to
Council Bluffs, la., where the parents
of the unfortunate man reside .they
living at 1529 Avenue F In that city
The dead man's father was John Wal
ker. Wilson Is also a Council Bluffs
man his father being William E. Wll
son, living at 3620 Second avenue
Wilson's brother was present at the
Inquest and accompanied the body of
Walker to Council Bluffs.
GOOD CLOTHES
WflTIIIMf!
I1U I IIII1U
L.UVI.I
Hoy I'ptnn Happy.
Last Saturday morning there was
much rejoicing at the home of I It
I'pton and among his friends
Union over the advent of a fine girl
baby. Roy was one of the happiest
men we ever saw, and was combln
Ing business at the store with fre
quent visits at the house to see how
the little lady and her mother was
getting along. Everybody In Union
was smoking cigars at Roy's expense
and he was Just as happy as a "big
sunflower among the bends and
Cumuli! 1904
Tk Hone of KuppenhaiMf
Chictia
Because of the excellence of the
garments we sell and the reputa
tion we have established in tMs
community for strictly first-class
merchandise, the idea has some
way originated that this is a high
priced store. This impression is
sntirely erroneous. .Suits may be
had here at prices from $10 to $35
and prices considered they are all
excellent values. No shoddy, no
riff raff stuff. Just good clothes
nothing else. You can find
the price to suit your purse here
and feel sure it money's worth.
C, E. IVescott's Sons
"Where Quality Counts."
Hold Conference.
The railway commission yesterday
held a conference with representa
tives of telephone companies In re
gard to a uniform system of account
In? and plans for valuing the physi
cal property of telephone companies.
Ti legislature provided f r the valu;i
ion of coloration property, but in
he case of telephones the companies
'1! do Die work themr.el es and re
port to the railway commission Tin;
commlsRlcn hns given ti? companies
nipt.. m r.t of what prop'Ty shall
be valued tnd how It shall be listed.
Tlie commission has mad) a liJl C
what '''?' ty will bo lncl ik I ..il l i
tiio variocis heads, such n real es
tate, building exchange equipment,
toll equipment, aerial equipment, un
derground equipment, subscriber's
stations, utility equipment and new
construction equipment.
The system of accounts proposed by
the commission divides telephone
companies into four classes. A tenta
tive set of accounts formulated by
Rate Clerk Powell was submitted to
the men In attendance who found
very little fault with them.
The main idea In preparing these
different tables and accounts has
been to clearly define the different
natural divisions that exist at present
in the operation of the telephone
business. In order to make the classl
flcation as simple as possible the four
hundred or more different operating
ompnnles have been divided Into four
classes, viz:
Class A. Companies whose total
assets exceed $500,000.00.
Class B. Companies whose total
assets exceed $20,000.00 and are less
than $500,000.
Class C. Companies whose total
assets do not exceed $20,000.00 and
are other than exclusively mutual
companies.
Class D. Companies who do an ex
cluslvely mutual business. Compan
ies who come under this class must
have no rented exchange or toll ser
vices
The telephone men In attendance
were L. E. Hurtx. manager of the
Lincoln Telephone company, Mr Rub
sell, auditor of the same company.W.
E. Hell of York, Lee Huff manager
of the Nebraska telephone company
at Lincoln, W. A. Plxley, auditor of
the Nebraska company, A. 8. Kelley,
superintendent of the Nebraska com
pany, Mr. Deerlng of the New Inde
pendent company of Omaha and F
E. Eversolo, C. P. Avery of Edgar,
W. II. Cayman of Beatrice, and T. H
Pollock of Plattsmouth. Ftate Jour-
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ATTACH MKNT KOTK'K
L. K. ousley, will take notice, that
on the Uth day of April, 1909, M.
Archer, a Justice of the Peace of CahS
County, Nebraska. Issued an order ot
attachment for the sum of $15.85 li
an action pending before tilm, wherein
Joseph Fetzer Ih plulnllff, and L. K.
Ousley In defendant, that property o(
ine tieienuam, consisting or money has
been attached under mild order, said
cause was continued to the 28th day of
May, 1909, at o'clock a. ni.
JoHepli Fetier,
Plaintiff.
NOTU K OF AI'l'I.H tTI poll .1Q.
I on i.icr,Nsi
Notice is hereby given to all per
sons Interested and to the publlo. that
the undersigned C. H. Trumhle has filed
his petition and application In the of
fice of the vlllnKe clerk of the villas
or I'-iiglo, Lass County, Nebraska, aa
required by law. sinned by a majority
of the resident freeholders of Kagla.
setting forth that the applicant la a
man of respectable character and stand
ing and a resident of the state of Ne.
hraska. and praying that a license ba
Issued to the said 8. Trumhle for tha
sale of malt, splrltous and vinous liq
uors for the period of one vear frorn
ti e date of the hearing of said appllca.
tton In a hulldlnir on lote rive f and
six (6). block nineteen (II) In the vlU
luge or l-.agle, cass county, Nctirssna,
C . Trumhle.
Applicant.
KOTK'K OK APPLICATION FOR LIQ.
VOIl I.ICHNMK.
Matter of the anollcatlon of flue P.
Mohr for Liquor License.
Notice Is hereby riven that on tha
111th day of April. 1909. Otis F. Mohr
filed hia application with the Vlllaaa
Clerk and the Hoard of Trustees of the
village of Avoc.a.-Cass County, Nehraa
ka. for license to sell malt, snlrltoua
and vinous liquors at his place of bus
ness on west two-thirds of Iot 6.
Itlock 13, fronting on House Street In
said village, for the municipal year
ending on the 3rd day of May, 1110, and
that . he will apnly for such license at
meetlnar of the aa In board or trus.
tees to be held on or after May 4. 1)09.
or as aoon thereafter aa lie can D.
heard.
Dated this IRth day of April, 1809.
at Avoca, Nebraska.
Ous F. Monr.
Applicant.
Entire of Petition to Quit Title.
Charles llnffke, Atty.
212 R 14th Ht., Omaha.
In the District Court of Casa County.
Nebraska
Carl Wll helm ItafTke, Plaintiff, vs.
Jeremiah Keellker, Administrator o(
the estate of John P. Kinney, deceas.
ed. and the unknown legatees heirs
and devisees of the said John I. Kln
ney, deceased, Defendants.
The above named defendants and
each of them will take notice that on
the 24th day of February. 1909, the
above named plaintiff filed tils petition
in the District court or casa t;ouniy.
Nebraska against them and each of
them, the object and prayer of which
Is to quiet title In said plaintiff as
against said defendants, to the fol
luwlnf described real estate, to-wlt:
lot twenty-three (2.1 In the Norm
Ksst quarter (N. K. qr.) of the North
West quarter (N. W. qr. Of Snellen
Nineteen (19) Township Twelve ll.
Itsnne Fourteen (141, Kast of the Rlxth
Principal Meridian in the City of Platts
mouth. in the County of Cass and
Htate of Nebraska, and to further en.
Join said defendants and each of them
from having or claiming any right, title
or Interest therein and for cost of ault.
You and each of you are- required
to answer said petition on or hefora
May 24th, 1909. or the prayer of said
petition will be taken aa true and
judgment rendered accordingly against
you and each of you.
Carl Wllhelm Haffke.
Dated April 6, 1909.
Cliurlei Haffke,
Atty. for Plaintiff
L a a
mem. i ney are m my pocket, quite ssfe breexes." The mother and daughter
. "V!, n yU" ? aJ,0Mh'r ' are doing as well as could be expected
"gi lexpllslve..- ' ,UCh,l"r will H" to comfort ber father
"Reginald shall tske them away tnothor comp"
from you. He Is not a child to be ln -
C. L Stull, the prominent fnrmer
from northwest . of the city,, tills
morning received some seed onts
from a Madison, Wis. firm which Is
about as fine as any ever brought to
the city. It Is of the variety known
as the Cienersted Swedish Select and
In guaranteed to run from sixty to
one hundred bushels to the acre with
an average weight per measured
bushel of fifty pounds. It Is the
finest looking lot of oats seen here In
many a day and Mr. Stull has great
hopes of large crops from It.
Miss Elizabeth Gapen of Danville,
la., who has been visiting ln this vi
cinity with Oscar Capon and family,
departed this morning on the early
train far her home. Miss Capen made
many friends among the young people
during her brief visit In this section
and goes away followed by their sln
cere regrets.
Geo. E. Dovey was a passenger this
noon on the fast mall for Omaha
ahere he will spend the afternoon.
Accompanying him were Misses Ella
Margaret and Catherine Dovey who
go to Lincoln to visit with their sis.
ter Miss Ethel Dovey of the "Stub
born Cinderella" company. They
will he gone several days. Mr. Dovey
experts to return from Omaha thl
evening.
