Colonel
TODHUNTER
of Missouri
By RIPLEY D. SAUNDERS
Copyrltfht. 1911. by the BobbOtcrrl
fampany
Mrs. Todhunter's comprehending eyea
rested softly on the colonel's grizzled
Tlsage. "Thurston," she said. "I know
better than that. I know better than
you do why you'd rather have Colonel
Strickland run for governor than to run
yourself. ' It's because they couldn't
pull you away from Nineveh and this
old home of ours with a yoke of
oren."
Something of incredulous surprise
flashed into Colonel Todhunter's face.
Then bis eyes swept lovingly across the
familiar Missouri landscape spread out
before him. Ha looked at Mrs. Tod
hunter and smiled.
"I reckon you're guessed it, honey,"
he spoke at last, almost wonderlngly.
"Bat I'll be tarred and feathered If I
ever realized it until you told me. The
good Lord above us, Mary, if I was
elected governor and knew I had to live
up yonder in Jeff City for four years
I'd die of homesickness the first dash
out o' the box. Th' ain't no money and
no fame could pay me for doln' it,
suhr
Mrs. Todhunter's eyes gleamed with
laughter. 'That's you all over, Thurs
ton, and I wouldn't have you changed a
speck, not for anything In the world.
No, not even if the dear Lord himself
told me he was willin' to do it!"
Colonel Todbunter contemplated his
wife gravely. "That's a mighty lucky
thing, Mary," ho replied then, his eyes
twinkling Just a trifle. "Lucky for you
and a blamed sight luckier for me.
'cause 1 reckon I got to stay Just like I
am to the end of the chapter, honey."
At that moment the sound of young
voices was heard from the twilight
shadowed avenue leading np to the
house. Then a buggy drawn by a high
stepping bay mare came Into view.
"That's Mary and Stam Tucker
now," said Mrs. Todbunter. "And I'm
glad Mary's home. I don't like that
skittish horse Stam Tucker drives."
"That there mare o' Stam's ain't a
bit more skittish than Mary Todhunter
herself," Colonel Todbunter responded,
chuckling. "And they're both a-goln'
to give Stam the surprise of bis life
one o' these days. Just look at Mary, j
honey! You'd think she was a kitten
set right down by a saucer o' cream,
she's so tickled. She's bavin' as good a
time with Stam Tucker as if . they
wan't no such young man as Tom
Strickland In all the world. And right
this minute she wouldn't give Tom
Strickland's little finger for Stam Tuck
er's whole body and soul and all old
ph TucKers money tnrown m to
boot!"
Mrs. Todhunter laughed lightly.
"Mary's Just beginning to receive com
pany, Colonel Todhunter," she expound
ed. "And. like all girls, she wants to
have a good time with her beaux. If It
don't happen to be Tom Strickland
that's handy It'll be Stam Tucker. And
if it isn't Stam It'll be someSxly else."
"Mrs. Todhunter," returned the colo
nel, "you're wastiu' your breath tellin'
nie things like that. I know Mary Tod
hunter, und I knew you when you was
Mary Todhunter's age. If she ain't the
livin' likeness of what ou was then
I'll eat my hat, so what can you tell
me that I don't know ulrendy? Tom
Strickland will have his hands full
bringlu' her to a standstill, I tell you!"
By this time Mary and her escort had
reached the house and Stam Tucker
was assisting her from the buggy. Mrs.
Todhunter and the colonel advanced to
meet them.
"You've got to stay to supper.
Stam," said Mr Todhunter. "I know
you must be good and hungry, and
Colonel Todhunter will have old Jupi
ter take your horse around to the stable.
You and Mary come right In now."
Stam Tucker gladly accepted the In
vitation, the colonel calling to old
Uncle Jupiter, the faithful family re
tainer, to take charge of the bay mare,
and then the Todhunters and their
guest went in to supper.
But. hungry though he had declared
himself and grateful as was the Mis
souri supper of fried chicken, egg
bread, butter beans and com ou the
ear, with coffee made under Mrs. Tod
hunter's own supervision. Colonel Tod
bunter found time to divert himself
vastly with the two young people.
"You boys and girls these days are a
mighty low spirited lot," he announced
gravely. "I was a-studyln' all of you
at the Daughters' picnic, and I never
in all my boru days saw young folks
miss so many chances for havin' fun."
"Why, father!" Indignantly cried
Mary. "I thluk we had the nicest kind
of a time. I know I did, anyway.
Didn't you. Mr. Tuckerr
"Indeed, I did. Miss Mary," promptly
replied Stam Tucker, but with a dis
comforting recollection of Tom Strick
land in his mind. "And it certainly
was a big success for the Daughters,
too. They must have made a lot for
the Soldiers' home. 1 should think."
"They'd ha' made a lot more," said
Colonel Todhunter, "If you young peo
ple hadjbpou more'jJ.hiilfjUvje. ..What
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the Daughters "ougbtloTia' dbnewas
to have a good old fashioned fiddler out
there and got up a big barn dance,
chargin' every' body extra for dancin'.1
"A barn dance oh!" mocked Mary,
her pretty nose until ted. "I'd like to
see myself taking part in a barn dance,
Just like we were living in the back
woods."
"You'd see yourself enjoyln' a mighty
fine frolic if you did. young lady." de
clared the colonel valiantly. "Good
old Virginia reels and cotillions and a
mazurka and scbottiscbe or two sand
wiched in between 'em ain't to be
sneezed at. let me tell you."
The speaker glared at the scornful
young couple. Then be chuckled. "And
you ought to ha' played klssin" games,
too," he resumed-" "Spin the plate' and
'Pleased or displeased" and 'Heavy,
heavy, hangs over your head.' Great
name above, th' ain't nothln' tike them
there old games for makin' young peo
ple real sociable."
Mary tossed her head disdainfully.
"Kissing games, Indeed!" she cried.
"If that ain't old fashioned. I'd like to
know!"
"'Course it's old fashioned," agreed
Colonel Todhunter. the light of rellsh
ful teasing in his eyes. "So Is klssin'
itself, for that matter. But I won t
trust none of you Nineveh girts be
hind the floor when there's any klssin'
goin' on, old fashioned or no old fash
ioned. Miss Mary Todhunter!"
"You ought to be ashamed of your
self, father!" cried Mary, uilghtily in
dignant. "What in the world will Mr.
Tucker think?"
"I don't care what Stam thinks, it's
true all the same," returned Colonel
Todhunter gravely. "And what's in it
to be ashamed of? The trouble with
you young folks nowadays Is that you
are skeered to death o' beln' natural.
You know you've got to play the old
game, but you think you're smart
enough to play It In n new way ami
you ain't. All yon do is to spoil the
"You've got to stay to tuppor, Stam,"
aid Mrs. Todhunter.
game like today. I didn't see try sin
gle one o' you do a real natural thing
from beglnnln' to end, and I had my
eyes peeled every last blessed minute I"
"I can vouch for that!" laughed Mrs.
Todhunter. "You can't kevp yourself
out of young people's affairs to save
your life. Thurston."
"1 want to help 'cm along, that's
why," chuckled Colonel Todhunter.
"But I must say I bad mighty hard
sleddln' ou that there job this day!"
At this every ono laughed.
"Anyway," continued Colonel Tod
hunter as they left the supper table
and returned to the front gallery, 'It's
more the fault o' the young men than
It Is of the girls, I'll be flam-Jiggered
if it ain't 1 never saw such a lot of
I'll-ruu-lf-you touch-me beaux since the
good Lord made me. Ain't that so,
Stam?"
"I hope not, colonel," replied Stan
Tucker, laughing. '"J ccrtalnlydldmy
fceTi to" give TiTss Mary" and 'tboblncr
young ladies a good time." He looked
a hit reproachfully at Mary as be
spoke. j
"Indeed you did. Stam!" said Mary j
quickly, reuienilieiing Tom Strickland s j
better treatment by her. "You're just I
as nice an escort as any girl could
ask."
Colonel Todhunter snorted. "Long
sufferiu' patience:" lie mocked. "That's
Just the trouble. Stain Tucker! All you
Nineveh boys are good enough when
It comes to fctchln' ami canyln' for
the girls, but that don't count for
shucks. The sort o' man they like Is
the man that bosses 'em around, that
throws his handkerchief at 'em ami
makes 'em come when he calls, and
none of you Nineveh sparks seems to
have sand enough for that. You needn't
tell me you've got it, Stain Tucker, and
not even Tom Strickland"
"Speak of the angels, colonel." Tom
Strickland's own voice interposed from
the lowest step of the gallery, "and
you hear the tlutter of their wings!"
"No, I don't, not by a Jugful." retort
ed Colonel Todhunter, unruffled.
"When any of you Strlcklands begin
sproutin' wings, the world's comln' to
an end. How are you. Tom? I didn't
know you were there!"
"Why didn't you come In to supper,
Tom?" asked Mrs. Todhunter!
"I bad supper at home, thank you,
Mrs. Todhunter," answered the young
man, ascending to join the little group
s he spoke. "Howdy, Miss Mary!
Hope you're not feeling tired after the
picnic. How are you, Stam?"
The Jealous antagonism between the
two young men made itself instantly
felt. Stam Tucker plainly resented
Tom's entrance upon the scene. The
latter as plainly showed that be bad
come purposely to be in his rival's way.
The situation was greatly to Colonel
Todhunter's humorous liking.
"Well, well!" he exclaimed innocent
ly. "Great Scott and Maria, you must
have hot footed it away from your vlt
tles, young man! If your duddy'll only
get such a move on for governor we'll
win hands down!"
Tom Strickland laughed. "It all de
pends, colonel," he made pointed an
swer, "on how badly my father wants
to bo governor. If he wants it half
as bad as I wanted to call on Miss
Mary this evening, I'll back him for a
winner against all comers!"
The note of challenge was unmis
takable. Stam Tucker's face darkened
with anger. Mary Todhunter blushed
to the roots of her hair. The colonel's
grim lips twitched with amused ap
proval, his eyes twinkling under their
shaggy gray brows. But Mrs. Tod
bunter came to the rescue with some
placid remark that eased the momen
tary strain.
A little later she and Colonel Tod
bunter withdrew to their own end of
the gallery, leaving Mary to entertain
her callers. Colonel Todhunter was
vastly tickled.
"Lord, Mary," he confided to his
wife: "them two young rascals
wouldn't like nothln' better'n to get at
each other, hammer and tongs, this
very minute! I declare, honey, this
here old world of our'n doa't change a
bit. It's precisely like our own young
days. I'll be eternally whipsawed if
it ain't, and it's been that way for all
time as it was In the bcgtnnln', is
now and ever shall be, world without
end, amen!"
And so profoundly interested was the
colonel that he would gladly havo lin
gered to see which of the two young
men "sat the other out" had not Mrs.
Todhunter fairly compelled him to ac
company her Into the house nt last. It
was with a sigh of genuine disappoint
ment that ho arose to do her bidding.
"Bless my soul, It's as good ns a
show!" he sn id. "Hut I don't wonder
you pull me a way from seeln' it, Mrs.
Todhunter. Your daughter Mary's
pluylu' every one o' your old tricks
over ngain. You've got good reason for
not wantln' me to keep tab "on 'em at
this late day. nnidain."
The moon had Just moved majes
tically out from behind a little silver
edged cloud. Colonel Todhunter's eyes
swept across the softly mellowed Mis
souri night picture. Then he nodded
his head as if communing with him
self. "You're tifht. honey." he spoke final
ly. "Good Lord above us! I'm Just as
much a part of nil this as our old house
here or the trees and the grass and
them there cornfields 'way 'cross the
pike yonder. Go 'wny from Nineveh?
Why, they'd have to pull me up by the
roots to make me do It, suh!"
I To Ho Continued.
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Hems of Interest to Old and New
Residents or City Which Were
New Forty Years Ago.
Mrs. M. W'aj bright, wife of
Morgan Waybright, est., has
gone to Virginia on u visit to her
friends ami for I ho benefit, of her
health, llor health nas been fail
ing for some time and her physi
cian advised her to go to Virginia
if she wis hoil to save her life. We
hope she will return in the fall
entirely cured.
The l'latlsmoulh base ball club
was regularly organized Monday
evening, July 13. The club has
elected good players and propose
making it a "telling" nine. The
following are the oflicers:
President V. II. Mann.
Secretary Chas. Duke.
Treasurer Paul Morton.
Captain James Vivian.
There were several honorary
members elected, among whom
were Editors MacMurphy, Mc-
Donagh and his Hon. Mayor Liv
ingston. Grounds for practice
have been selected on Third
street, smith of the city.
On Wednesday afternoon the
boys launched the "Astonisher,"
(lie new ferry boat between here
and La Platte. A whole lot of us
boys went up to launch the new
retry boat. Alter some prying
we got her over and she slid in
the Platte just like a huge musk
rat in the water. By some mis
hap (as always happens) nobody
had thought of a rope to hold her
and when she floated on the water
off she went. Miles Morgan
jumped in, clothes all on, and
fastened a line to her bow when
we towed the great Astonisher in
Afler the launch a number of the
boys went in sw imming; Jo Sharp,
f.ewis ilaehr, Whisky Dan and
others distinguished themselves;
Fred Krochler couldn't swim and
the boys went for him siniultane
ously. John Shannon, John Rus
sell. Charley Luzcnby and the
editor did not strip, reason, we
had in rudder to steer by, and
being unacquainted with Ihe
Plalle river, didn't care about a
funeral just now. The rest had
lols of fun. This ferry will be
of great advantage to Platts
moulh; we hope to get. some
Sarpy county trade now, as we
are assurred rales will be reason
able and our merchants have
promised thai prices shall be very
low lo thai trade; try us, gentle
men.
If Mr. Morgan swims alter any
more ferry boats, we suggest that.
the Cass County Agricultural am
Mechanical association offer i
premium lor the nest swimmer
for this region. Miles can swim
Inil he prefers his boots lo his
watch. Hurrah for the new ferry!
(ico
gincer
IIH'I ivi
heller
, Balance, our young en
, who tried lo slop a loro
wilh his fool, is gelling
fast. Thai's good news.
Iiti I Burlington rainr h
Friday from Chicago ami around.
Fred looks as if he could stand a
pretty cnlil winter now.
Miss Cynthia Mitchell, daugh
ter of Tims. Mitchell, our well
known carpenter, left here mi last
Thursday for Sail Lake, where
she will hereafter reside.
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mar Pollard, esq., one of
best known citizens, called on
Ihe Herald last Monday. We held
quite an interesting talk about
country affairs and have buried
the halchet on that bond ques
tion. Win. B. Porter, our slate
grange master, is making ener
getic and successful endeavors to
relieve the suffering in the west
ern counties. Circulars to all the
granges in the U. S. have been
sent out, and we may hope soon
that no more newspaper horrors
about starving and freezing peo
ple in the state of Nebraska can
be circulated. Success to the
grangers and Wm. B.. and all
true philanthropists.
Platlsinoiil h indulged in a
small conflagration on Saturday
last. About 7 o'clock in the even
ing the iron tongued bell that
hangs in a vice on lop of Henry
Beck's pile of brick, soinelimes
misnamed Ihe engine house,
sounded clack el, te clack click,
click, click. Soon the M. E.
church hell rang out clear and
lively, loo lively for u sermon,
and nextly six small bos veined
lire, tire! out of the northwest
ne-r .f (heir faces. After that
nine dogs and thirteen men
hooted lire and then the whole
town that wasn't sick abed slart-
I for the lire, which was at the
City hotel. A gal let a lamp drop
or something and three old news
papers and two patent hoopskirts
aught lire. Two little babcocks
were drought to bear on the tire
and before Frank White could
chop a hole through the roof the
whole thing fizzled out, the tire
we mean, not (lie other things we
have written about. The editor
of the Herald not being in town
that day the above is written from
memory, imagination and other
olks' stories. If its wrong it only
proves that editors are not ttie
only liars.
DEATH OF All EARLY
Julius Ragoss, a Highly Esteemed
Citizen, Passes Away Mon
day, June 16.
From Saturday' Daily.
ror tne second tune within a
week has the death messenger
entered our little city, this time
taking one of our esteemed citi
zens, Julius Hagoss, who passed
away on Monday afternoon
June 10, 1013, at a little after 1
o'clock, from an illness covering
a period of seven months.
Julius reruinand Hagoss was
born in Zaplan, Schwetz county,
East Prussia, September 2i, 18 43.
lie emigrated to America at the
age of 21 and located in Henry
county, Illinois. Two years later
he came to Nebraska, locating in
Cass county on a farm southeast
of Louisville, where he lived until
moving to Louisville a few years
ago.
He was united in marriage with
Mary Elizabeth Ahl, daughter of
the late John Ahl, on February
22, 1872. Seven children came lo
bless Ibis union, four boys and
three girls, one of whom died at
the age of 3 years. Besides the
wife, those surviving are: Henry,
Miss Mulda and Mrs. E. H. Hies,
residing in Louisville; Hugo in
Omaha; Julius and Mrs. C. V.
Maylleld. in Oklahoma.
Deceased was a pioneer farmer
of Cass county. Of an upright,
sterling character, he possessed
a quiet, retiring disposition and
had a host of friends, over whom
the announcement of his death
has cast a gloom. The funeral
occurred from the family home on
upper Main street at 2 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon and was
largely attended by sympathizing
friends and relatives, who came
lo pay I heir respects and look up
on his face for Ihe last, lime. Rev.
T. Hart man, pastor of the Mer
man Lutheran church, conducted
the services, the remains being
laid lo rest in the family lot in
( 'Herniate cemelery.
The Courier unites with Ihe
many friends of the family in an
expression of sympalhy in Iheir
sorrow. Louisville Courier.
Mrs. DelesDernier Not So Well.
Knm Saturdny'R Dully.
Last evening .Miss Bessie
I ii'lesDi'iniei', who was hen- at
tending the leaches' examination
at the ollice of County Superin
lendenl Mis Mary E. Foster, was
called home by a message an
nouncing Ihat her mother, who is
at St. Elizabeth's hospital in Lin
coln, was not as well as she had
been, and Miss DelesDernier at
once left for Lincoln lo be at her
mother's bedside. Mrs. Deles
Dernier has just underwent a very
severe operation and her condi
tion is quite critical ami the fam
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message from the hospital. The
friends of Ihe family in this city
will learn with regret of the
backset of this worthy lady, as it
was thought -she was getting
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From Saturday's Dally.
Last Saturday evening there
appeared 'in this village a gentle
man dressed in the real cowboy
togs, including the broad som
brero and spurs, and, of course,
he unintentionally attracted a
great deal of attention. The
Ledger reporter had the pleasure
of forming his acquaintance and
learned that he was Mr. Miller
Hawk and that his home is in
Spur, Texas, and that he is now
out ou a trip of genuine pleasure
with a $1,000 prize awaiting him
at the end of his journey In case
he beats the other two fellows
to it.
Mr. Hawk informed us that he
and two others, Will Benton of
Sierra Blanco, Texas, and Tom
Henderson of Coayaiua, Mexico,
were making the race from Kan-
sasa City to Winnipeg, Canada,
where there is to be a National
"round-up" of cowboys and a'
prolonged tournament of cowboy
sports. The management put up
a purse of $1,000 for these three"
men to make the race, and upon
their arrival at Winnipeg they are
to participate in the various con
tests. They started from Kansas
City on June C, each having his
route laid out, Benton and Hen
derson traveling through Iowa,
while Hawk's route was on this
side of the river. Mr. Hawk stated
that he had been making only 25
miles a day, making it easy on
his two horses for the first part
of the trip so that he can push
them faster for the last part of
the journey. He rides one horse,
while the other carries all the
necessary camping and cooking
equipments. He says he has en
joyed the race thus far, and pre
fers to bunk on the ground rather
than on a downy couch, having
been on the range many years and
become accustomed to it. Mr.
Hawk is a gentleman of educa
tion and refinement, very socia
ble, and not the rough type usual
ly pictured. Union Ledger.
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Said to Be Smallpox.
From Satunluy'a Dallv.
This village and vicinity
came somewhat alarmed
be-
last
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week on account of what
thought lo be a case of smallpox,
the patient being Charles flood, a
young man who has resided here
several years. Thursday of last
week he "became quite ill and it
was hen that, the case was more
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smallpox, he advised that Mr.
(lood be given quarters where
there would be no danger to the
rest of the community. I'nion
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Cases Continued; Jury Excused.
From Saturday'i Daily.
District Judge Travis today
gave notice that all the cases on
I lie docket for trial had been con
tinued and Ihe jury, which was to
have met here next Monday, has
been excused for the term.
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