n
THE
ATALE Or THE PLAINS
rlW Rahdall, Paddish-
"Author Or' My Lady Or The South.
Vhem Wildepess Was King tic'TC
Iuu8tratiom8 By Dearborn Mrxviu.'
(Copyright. A. a McClurf A Co.. 1910.)
was esaf
Ths doctor's ruddy fses whitens.
"Dead? Willis Witt dnir he re
peated. "What do you nwi, sir? Ars
you sure 'hr
"I ought to be sure; I burled him
Just this side ths Ctmmaron Crossing
out on the Santa Fe trail."
"Hut do you know It was General
WalteT" the man's Insistent tone lull
of doubt.
"I have no question about it." re
turned Keith, conclusively. "The man
was Walte's she and general appear
ance, with pray beard, similar to the
one I remember he wore during the
war. He had been scalped, and his
fm-a hpntin hevond recognition, but
SUOSEfl DEATH FROM
HEART FAILURE
Miss Elsa Inhelder, a Most Esti
mable Young Lady, Drops
Dead at Her Homo.
From Wednesday s Dally.
Just as tlif Journal went to
pros last i' t'liinn we received
tin1 sii intelligence of tlii death
of Mis l'.la Inhelder, ; most
estimable ouii2 1 ; i i . who died
vi rv suddenly of heart failure at
ssiTr''1' r
pnpers in his pockets were sufficient tln Ihmpo of her parents at Cedar
CHAPTER XVI.
Introducing Doctor Fairbain.
Headed an thpy w ere, and having no
other special objective point in view. It
waR only natural for the two fugitives
to drift into Sheridan. This was at that
time the hunuin cesspool of the plains
country, a seething, boiling maelstrom
of all that was rough, evil, and brazen
along the entire frontier. Customar
ily quiet enough during the hours of
daylight, the town became a mad
saturnalia with the approach of dark
ness, Its ceaseless orgies being noisily
continued until dawn. But at this
period all track work on the Kansas ,
Paclfjc being temporarily suspended
by Indian outbreaks, the graders made
both night and day alike hideous, and
the single dirty street which com-
Tosed Sheridan, lined with shacks.
crowded with saloons, the dull dead
prairie stretching away on every side
to the horizon, was congested with
humanity during every hour of the
twenty-four.
It was a grim picture of depravity
and desolation, the environment dull,
Clooroy, forlorn; all that was worthy
the eye or thought being the pulsing
human element. All about extended
the barren plains, except where on
one side a ravine cut through an over
hanging ridge. From the seething
street one could look up to the sum
mit, and see there the graves of the
many who had died deaths of Tiolence.
and been borne thither In "their
boots." Amid all this surrounding
desolation was Sheridan the child of
a few brief months of existence, and
destined to perish almost as quickly
the center of the grim picture, a mere
cluster of rude, unpalnted houses,
poorly erected shacks, grimy tents
flapping In the never ceasing wind
Kwlrllng across ths treeless waste, the
ugly red station, the rough cowpens
filled with lowing cattle, the huge, un
gainly stores, their false fronts deco
rated by amateur wlelders of the
paint brush, and the garish dens of
t1o tucked In everywhere. The pen
dulum of life never ceased swinging.
Society was mixed; no man cared who
his neighbor was, or dared to question. :
Of women worthy the name there
were few, yet there were flitting fe
male forms in plenty, the saloon lights
revealing powdered cheeks and palnt
fld eyebrows. It was a strange, rest
less populace, the majority here to
day, disappearing tomorrow cow
boys, half breeds, trackmen, graders,
desperadoes, gamblers, saloon keepers,
merchants, generally Jewish, petty of
ficials, and a riff raff no one coutd ac
count for mere floating debris. The
town was an eddy catching odd bits
of driftwood such as only the frontier
nr Vnew. Queer characters were
everywhere, wrecks of dissipation, d&
relicts of the Kast. seeking nothing
save oblivion.
Everything was primitive passion
and pleasure ruled. To spend easily
made money noisily, brazenly, was the
Idoul. From dawn to dawn the search
after loy continued. The basnlos am'
quarrelsome humanity, the gambling
tables alive with excitement. Men
swaggered along the streets looking
tor trouble, and generally finding it;
cowboys rode Into open saloon doors
and drank In the saddle; troops of
congenial spirits, frenzied with liquor,
spurred recklessly through the street
firing Into the air, or the crowd, as
their whim led; bands played popular
airs on balconies, and Innumerable
"barkers" added their honeyed invi
tations to the perpetual din. From end
tn nnA It was saturnalia of vice, a
babel of sound, a glimpse of the In
ferno. Money flowed like water; every
man was his own law, and ths gun
the arhlter of destiny. The town
marshal, and a few cool-headed depu
ties moved here and there amid ths
chaos, patient, tireless, undaunted,
seHklnr merely to exercise some
Blight restraint. This was Sheridan
Into the one long street Just at dusk
rode Keith and No, the third horse
mlHn behind Already Ituhts were
beginning to gleam In the crowded
saloons, and they were obliged to
proceed slowly. Leaving the negro at
the corral to find some purchaser for
the animals, and such accommoda
tions for himself as he could achieve,
Keith shouldered his way on foot
through the heterogeneous mass to
ward the only hotel, a long two-storied i
wooden structure, unpalnted, fronting
the glitter of the Plnoeer Dance Hall
opposite. A noisy band was splitting
the air with discordant notes, a loud
olced "barker" yelling through the
uproar, but Keith, accustomed to simi
lar scenes and sounds elsewhere,
strode through the open door of ths
hotel, and guided by the noisy, contin
uous clatter of dishes, easily found bis
way to the dining room. It was crowd
ed with men, a few women scattered
here and there, most of the former in
shirt sleeves, all estlng silently. A
few smaller tables at ths bark of the
room were distinguished from the Ch
e's by white coverings In phue of o'l
cloth, evidently reserved for the more
distinguished gue-t. Dinl-ilr.!: r re
nipny, the new romer worthed li'a ny
throujh, finally dl.-i nv t ir.s a vsmiit
spat where his Vnrk wquld lie to the
wan, inus enabling him to survey the
entire apartment.
It was not of great Interest, save
for Its constant change and the primi
tive manner in which the majority at
tacked their food supply, which was
piled helter-skelter upon the long
tables, yet he ran his eyes searchlngly
over the numerous faces, seeking Im
partially for either friend or enemy.
No countenance present, as revealed
in the dim light of the few swinging
lamps, appeared familiar, and satis-,
fled that he remained unknown, Kei'h
began devoting his attention to the
dishes before him. mentally express
ing his opinion as to their attractive
ness. Chancing finally to again lift
his eyes, he met the gaze of a man
sitting directly opposite, a man who
somehow did not seem exactly In har
mony with his surroundings. He was
short and stocklly built, with round
rosy face, and a perfect shock of wiry
hatr brushed back from a broad fore
head; his nose wide but stubby, and
chin massive. Apparently he was be
tween forty and fifty years of nge, ex
ceedingly well dressed, his gray eyes
shrewd and full of a grim humor.
Keith observed all this In a glance,
becoming aware at the same time that
his neighbor was apparently studying
to nrove his Identity. Besides, he and
his companion a young fellow named
Sltiiey were known to have pulled out
two days bfore from Carson City."
"When was this?"
"Ten days ago."
Fuiriiain's 11ns smiled, the ruddy
coloring sweeping back Into his
cheeks.
Damn me. Keith, you came near
giving me a shock," he said, Jerkily.
Shouldn't be so car-less not sure
my heart i jusi ngui irnurm.
apoplexy, too got to be guarded
aaalnst. Now, let me tell you some
thingmaybe you burled some poor
devil out at Clmmaron Crossing but
It wasn't Willis Walte. How do I
know? Because I saw him, and talked
with him yesterday damn me. If I
didn't, right here In this town."
(To He Continued.
WMnflY7AV I
it w
Averts Awful Tragedy.
Tiinel advice given Mrs. C.
Willotighby, of Marengo, Wis..
(IL No. 1) prevented a dreadful
tragedy and saved two lives.
Ioetors had said her frightful
cough was a "consumption"
cough and could do little to help
her. After many remedies failed,
her aunt urged her to lake Dr.
Kind's New Discovery. "I have
heen using it for some time," she
wrote, and Hie awful cougli lias
almost pone. II also saved my
little hov when taken with a
severe bronchial trouble." This
matchless medicine has no equal
for throat and lung troubles
Price 50c and $1.00. Trial bot
tle free. Ouaranteed by F. 0
Fricke & Co. '
I. reek about 11 o clock 1 uesilay.
Miss Inhelder had been complain
ing some for a few days pat. but
nothing serious was thought to be
the trouble. Mrs. II. A. Schneider,
Miss Marie Kaiifmann and Miss
Louise (iauer left for Cedar
Creek on the Scliuvler last even
ing. Nothing could be slated ill
that tune as to the funeral ar
rangements.
Miss Inhelder was the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Inhelder
of Cedar ('reek and was a natixo
of this county, having grown to
young womanhood in the vicinity
where she so suddenly passei
awav. She leaves to mourn her
untimely death, beside her font:
parents, Iwo sisters, both mar
ried, namely, Mrs. Henry Haker
and Mrs. Con Sears, both of
Mooretleld, Neb.
Since the above was put in type
we are informed that the funeral
of Miss Inhelder will occur at 1
i i rtit. ... l k
ociock tomorrow inursuayj ui
the Cedar Creek church, Rev. L.
V. (lade conducting the service.
There are a good many different
places where you can buy your clothing, but
there is only one clothing store that has served
this community continuously and acceptably for
32 years. This is the store and this store stands
in a different relation to you than any other
clothes shop in the country. You know us you
know us thoroughly; you know our grade of goods;
you know our methods of doing business; you
know that here a child can buy as cheap as a
man; you know that if you come here for your
clothing you will get what you want; you know
that here quality is the first consideration; you
know that your money is considered on deposit
here until you feel you have your money's worth.
Experience is the best guide, and you know and
your neighbors know by experience that these
things are all true. Do you know of a safer place
to trade? Our stock is the largest in the county,
and for the Fall season 1911, we have eclipsed
all former showing of fine clothing. You will be
welcome whether you come to look or buy.
-C. E, Wescott's Sons-
THE HOME OF SATISFACTION
ANSWER IT HONESTLY.
Are the Statements of Platts
mouth Citizens Not More Re
liable Than Those of Utter
' Strangers?
THE LOUISVILLE ROB
BERY SUSPECTS ARRAIGNED
Believed to Be the Right Men and
Also the Same Ones Who At
tempted to Rob Wabash Bank
Keith Elbowed His Way Through ths
Heterogenous Crowd.
him also. The latter broke silence
with a quick. Jerky utterance, which
seemed to peculiarly fit his personal
appearance.
"Dumn it all know you, sir sure
I do but for life of ms can t tell
where."
Keith stared across at him more
searchlngly, and replied, rather In
differently:
"Probably a mistake then, as I have
no recollection of your face.
"Never made a mistake, sir never
forget a face," the other snapped wit.h
some show of Indignation, his hands
now ciaspeo on me laois, one scudoj
forefinger pointed, as he leaned for
ward. "Don't toll me I've ien you
somewhere no, not a word don't
even tell me your name I'm going to
think of It."
Keith smiled, not unwilling to humor
the man's eccentricity, and returned to
his meal, with only an occasional In
quiring glance across the table. The
other sat and stared at him, hl
heavy eyebrows wrinkled as he Strug
gled to awaken memory. The younger
man had begun on his pie when ths
face opposite suddenly cleared.
"Damn me, I've got It hell, yes;
hospital tent Shenandoah bullet 1m
bedded under third rib ordinary case
that's why I forgot clear as mud
now get the name In a minute Cap
tain Captaia KsIU Uiafs Ifr-saaks
hands."
Puuled at the unexpected recognl
tlon, yet reallilng the friendliness of
the man, Keith grasped the pudgy fin
gers extended with some cordiality.
"Don't remember ms I s'pose doa't
think you svsr saw me delirious
when I came hate to tell you
what you was talking about gave
you hypodermlo first thing behaved
well enough though when I dug out
the lead Mlnte bullet, badly blunted
hitting the rib thought you might
die with blood poison eouldn't stay
to see to damn much to do evident
ly didn't though remember me now?"
"No. onlv from what you say. Tou
must have been at General Walte'
headquarters."
"That's It chsrge of Btonewall
field hospital Just happened to ride
Into Walte's camp that night damn
lucky for you I did young snip there
wanted to saw the bone I stopped
that liked your face Imagined you
might be worth savlng-aln't so sure
of It now, or you wouldn't be out In
this Cod forsaken country, rating
nrh eruh tnv name's Fntrbsln Jo
seph Wright Falrbnln, M. D. contract
surpeon for the railroad working on
the liner
Keith shook his head, frellr.g awak
ening Interest tn Ms peculiar com
pBr.lon. "No; Just drifted In here from down
on the Arknm-as." he explained brief
lz "Did. you know General Walte
Harvest Crop of Pears.
Silas I.onp of Lincoln came
down to the farm Saturday after
noon and yesterday and today
harvested his crop of pears and
marketed the same for $1 per
bushel at Mynard. Mr. Lonp had
forty bushels of the lucious fruit,
which he sold to the neighbors
m ar Mynard. Mr. I.onp attended
the lecture at the church Monday
eveuinp and was much, pleased
with it. but remarked that the at
tendance was lipht owing to some
other attractions in the city.
Adam KallenberKer, jr., was
ealb'd to Omaha on business to
day, and also look
an opportunity
carnival.
advantage of
to see the biir
This is a vital question.
It is fraught with interest to
IMattsmouth.
It permits of only one answer.
It cannot be evaded or ignored.
A Plattsmouth citizen speaks
here,
Sneaks for the welfare of
Plattsmouth.
A citizen's statement is re
liable.
An utter stranger's doubtful.
Home proof is the best proof.
Mrs. 0. J. (Silson, Lincoln Ave.,
Plattsmouth, Neb., says: "We
have used Doan's Kidney Pills in
our family for lame back and
other kidney disorders and they
have brought the best of results
We advise anyone sulTerinyr from
kidnev complaint to give thia
remedy a trial."
For sale bv all dealers. Price
50 cents. Fosler-Milburn Co
Buffalo, New York, sole agents for
the United Stales.
Remember the name Doan's
and take no other.
1 ' jr
mm-ADFto. I
, fir fintvir i
yYou-ii b7dTxV
bunted with the re- 3
ff suits of Calumet linking
I Powder. No disannoints .t a
rut ilil Visftf swutpu bkinilu
Cl rakn, or pastry. I f
M Just the lightest, daintiest, most II
uniformly rai ,c and mo'.t ck!i- Jfj
ci'tii food you :vr ate.
p t
7
Here From Sterling.
Henry Moekeuliaiipl of
iuc was in tin
Slerl-
citv a few hours
Tuesday afternoon, coming down
from Omaha, where, in company
witli Mrs. Mockenbaiipl. they
were attending the Ak-Sar-Hen
fall festivities. He spent only a
few hours with Platlsmoulh
friends, returning to Omaha in
the evening. For the past year
or more Mr. Mockenhaupt lias
been dealing in Nebraska lands
and has sure developed into a live
wire in the real estate line. Henry
has many Cass county friends,
who ar always pleased to see
him and pleased lo learn that he
is bolh happy and prosperous.
You are not experimenting on
yourself when you take Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy for a cold,
as that preparation has won its
great reputation and extensive
sale by its remarkable cures of
colds, and can always be depend
ed upon. It is equally valuable
for adults and children and may
be given to young children with
implicit confidence as it contains
no harmful drug. Sold by r. fl
Fricke & Co.
From Wednesday's Datty.
Another chapter wus added to
the Louisville robbery and a
.tsh bank blowing yesterday aft-
rnoon, when two of the suspects
were arraigned in I lie county
court and asked to plead to an
indictment for both offenses.
The sheriff arrived from Omaha
at 1:12 with the second catch by
the Omuha otllcials and went di
rectly to the court house, where
the man was identified by some of
the Louisville men as one of the
strangers seen on their streets
Thursday.
Mr. II. C. Thompson, a clerk in
Frank Nichols' store, sold the man
a 10-cenl can of tomatoes, and
the man asked him to sell him a
loaf of bread. The stranger af
terward bought the bread at the
Amick store. After interviewing
the Louisville parlies, the man
was taken to the jail, where be
was allowed lo remain for a short
lime, when bolh accused men were
taken to the county court room,
where County Alorney Taylor had
tiled a complaint.
The complaint wan couched in
legal verbage and was drawn in
Iwo counts, the lirsl charging
Frank McCann, John liouwd and
John loe, real name unknown,
with basing nil ro-glycerine ami
other explosives, on the "JHIh day
of September, in the Farmers'
Slate bank al Wabash; did forci
bly break and enter, and steal,
take and carry away money of the
value of $',0(0 and silver coin of
the value of $.ri00. The second
count charged the same in
dividuals wilh entering at the
same hour of the night, on the
2iMh day of September, al Louis
ville, the store of Mike Tritsrh
and stealing therefrom gold and
silver and nickel-cased watches
and diamond rings and other
jew elry of I he value of .$1,000.
When asked to plead the men
both said "not guilty." They were
not ready for trial, however, and
McCann stated that he desired lo
have a lawyer and that a con
tinuance of a few days would suit
him much belter than facing the
court at once. Their bonds were
accordingly llxed al $5,000 each,
and the hearing continued to
Monday, October l, at 0 o'clock.
McCann was taken to the. jail
and Douwd was escorted to the
county attorney's office, where he
was put through a sweat. Whea
asked by the officer when ho was
last in Plattsmouth, Douwd said,
"About a month ago." But whea
asked when lie was last in Louis
ville the young man was silent.
After taking the men to jail, Mr,
Olson, the photographer, was in
vited to the jail and a photo ot
McCann was taken for the benefit
of officers on the lookout for
crooks.
13 THE WORLD GROWINQ
BETTER?
Many Ihings go to prove that it
is. The way thousands are trying
to help others is proof. Amonf
them is Mrs. W. W. Could, Of
Pitlslleld, N. H. Finding good
health by taking Electric Hitters,
she now advises sufferers, every
where, to lake them. "For years
I suffered wilh stomach and kid
ney troubles," she writes. "Every
medicine I used failed till I took
Electric Hitlers. Hut Ibis great
remedy helped me wonderfully."
They'll help any woman. They're
the best tonic and finest liver and
kidney remedy that's made. Try
them, ion u see. doc iu r, ur,
Fricke iV Co.
Buys Bunch of Feedors.
Zack Shrader. one of the pros
perous farmers of Mount Pleasant
precinct, yi-stcrday purchased A
carload of line young steers to put
in bis feed lots. Mr. Shradet
came down on No. 2 last evening
and spent a few hours in the
county seat.
Qlves Aid to Strikers.
S climes liver, kidneys and
bowels seem to go on a strike and
refuse to work right. Then you,
need those pleasant Utile strike
breakers Dr. King's New Life
ljl,s to give them natural aid
and gently compel proper action.
Excellent health soon follows. Tr?
them. 25c at F. C. Fricke St Co,
October Special Rates!
Postoffice Basement Finished
11. C. McMaken & Son, who had
the contract for placing the con
crete floor in the basement of the
new postotlice building, completed
the job yesterday. This was one
of the biggest jobs of the sort yet
done in Ihe city and the way the
work has been done, having the
finished appearance it does, re
flects credit on the linn which did
I be w ork.
rC' nix'xM 'rwarl World ,
rurs riQl LFHOI.'UOr
Don't trifle with a cold is good
advice for prudent men and wom
en. It may be vital in case of a
child. Then; is nothing belter
(ban Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy for coughs and colds in chil
dren. It. is safe and sure. For
sale by F. (!. Fricke & Co.
ONE-WAY COLONIST RATES TO THE PACIFIC COAST, until October ll
THE DRY FARMING CONGRESS st Colorado Springs, October 16-20, will be
one of the most instructive conventions ever held in the west; special rates
THE, OMAHA LAND SHOW, October 16th to 28th. Here you will see unde?
one roof the remarkable products os irrigafion and dry farming; it will be a
great educational Bhow of farm and orchard products from every state m
the West.
THE BIG HORN BASIN AND YELLOWSTONE VALLEY are closing a most
successful season of henuy crops. Filings for Government irrigated home
steads this Autumn will be very numerous. Sono of the finnst lands that
the Government has ever bestowed are for you in these regions. A party ot
twenty-one newspaper correspondents have just made a tour through the
Iiig Horn Hasin and the Sheridan country and they were amazed at th
wonderful fields of grain and alfalfa, the ample water supply, the permiti
ent cnnals, the progressive new towns, the productive soil, the c.imato, the
surroundings and scenic mountains, the mineral wealth, the industrial pos
sibilities hikI the hospitality of the people.
Join our personally conducted excursions the tirst ami
third Tuesdays of each month mul keep ulieii l of the coming
movement.
R. W. CLEMENT, Ticket Atfent.
L. W V AKELY, General Passeujjor Atient, Omaha, Neb
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