THURSDAY, MAY 11. 1916. PLATTS MOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. PAGE 7. V TIE NEW CLARION WILL N. HARBEN Copyright, 1914, by Harper & Brothers CHAPTER XV. Gathering Clouds. I Howard declared. "I know liotbin?: at all about it" "Thank God! An I believe you Abner rose, his face beaming with joy. and beau to walk excitedly back and forth across the floor. So- that explains it!" Howard ex claimed. "They all believe it and Fluink from me as if I were a loath s'juie cutthroat tramp. Abner returned to his chair. '2Cow, tell me everything. he said gravely. At this juncture Pole Baker came iuto the office, a riding switch in bis hand, a prim look on his face. v "He didn't do it. Pole! Abner cried gladly. "They must look some'r's else fer the man. He ain't here, by Lmifcyr "Thank the Lord!" role cried as he looked at Howard and seemed con vinced at once. "Somebody else did it. Craig's got enough enemies. But it ain't no soft snap we are in. he added. "It is awful serious. Circum stantial evidence has hung many a in iificent man." In a low, calm voice Howard went over all that had happened to him after leaving Mary till the present moment. He even mentioned the dream in which lie seemed to hear angry voices and the report of a gun. "When he finish ed Pole lashed his leg with his switch impatiently. "Is that all the alibi you kin estab lish?"' he growled. "I believe you. an Uncle Ab does, because we know you won't lie to us. You couldn't fool us liiiyway with that clear eye in yore head; but. Tooys. facts is facts, an' dan ger is danger. A jury of plain men ain't goin to swallow a tale about slcei in' on n hilltop an dreamin' that eome other man tired the shot. It is serious, dern serious, an we'd as well admit it as a starter. The feller that did the job ain't goin" to come for ward and stick his neck in the noose; he'll let the accused man take the med- ictne 1fhr'x allowed to; -yon-bet- he win:" An' hour later Pole, who had gone out. returned to the office. "What's wrong?" Abner asLed. as he and Howard looked up. "IZnough. the devil knows," role re turned with a sigh. "The coroner's jary has set on the case. Tom Sugart wa called on to testify, an old nan Iliggins that repaired Howard's guxu l ojr or five fellers swore that Howard threatened to do it, and, worse than all. Jake Brown testified that he pass ed Craig's gate about midnight and saw Howard thar, waitin' fer him to git home." "You didn't say that anybody seed you stop thar," Abner -put in anxiously. "A man passed while I was at the gate," Howard replied. "I didn't know who it was. and I didn't think he rec ognized me. Well, well, out with it, Pole, what was the verdict of the jury? I'm ready for anything now." "It went agin us," Pole answered gloomily. "As they put it thar was strong probability that you done it. We may as well face the music like men. The grand jury will find a .bill an' an crrcst will be made unless evi dence Is found beforehand that some one else is the right party." "Arrest do you think they would ar rest me?" Howard said, his anger ris ing. Neither of his two friends replied. "I see; you think they will." Howard went on. "And, moreover, it may not even be a bailable case, and I may have to lie in that dirty jail till the fall court convenes, and all because a drunken" "Don't: the feller's dead!" Abner said reprovingly, "lou must keep yore temper, Howard." That evening when Abner rode up to the barnyard at Trumbley's he saw Mary and Mrs. Tinsley at the gate in front of the house and knew that they were waiting for him. Leaving the older woman, Mary came along the fence and joined him as be was dis mounting at the bars. "I thought I'd warn you," she whis pered. "Mrs. Tinsley has not heard of the verdict of the coroner's jury "We've kept that from her, but she knows all the rest. She is fairly des perate. She seems to think she has not heard the worst and is almost dis tracted. She has done nothing but walk to and fro between her house and ours. Uncle Abner. I don't believe Howard did it. I don't. I don't!" "I know lie didn't," Abner answered. 'l am absolutely sure of it." Through the dusk the old woman ad vr.nced till she stood facing , Abner. She put an unsteady hand on "his sad die. "Whar's Howard?" she Inquired "I left 'im in the office gittin ready to go to his supier," was the prompt jeHnse. "Me 'u him worked hard tmlaj slttin out the narer. I'm here tcTVTate, an' "ef we botn don't sleep sound tonight- it will be because th losnuitoes know the'r business bet- ter'n we do our'n." "lta uo fool, Abner Paniel," the wc. man blurted out, a great stare of de- J spair in her eyes. "I know the danger that's toverin' over my child better'n anybody alive. TJ1 today I gloried in the mercy of the Lord. I was grate ful for what you did to keep Howard here at home whar I could see 'im now nn" then, but this is what even that brief joy has fetched to me.' I can't stand it I can't I cant!" Abner's voice was full of clashing currents when he answered, looking down into the storm . swept face. "Yore boy is innocent of that crime, Mrs. Tinsley, an ef ?od let's im suf fer fer it I'll turn ag'in all that's holy an' gocnl in the universe. The situa tion may be a little shaky now, but right will prevail in the end." "That's all you kin tell me, then?" the woman panted. "You say right will prevail. I don't know. I doubt everything now. Nothin is fair to me, t least If they dare dare to put my boy under lock and key" But she was-unable to speak further. "With a dry sob. a high heaving of her breast, she turned and walked away. The next morning Abner was up with the dawn. Indeed, he had slept little through the night and was feeling the ill effects of it. He saw Pole Baker walking briskly Ttlong the road from the Tillage. ' "Wl.ar yon been so early?" Abner asked. "I stayed in town." Pole answered. "I sat up with noward in his room till after midnight." "I'm glad yon kept im company." Abner said, plaintively. "I had to stay." Pole said. "It looks like everybody in town is actually nlanl of "im. an he's noticed it. Frank Reymond and some other boys "Do you think they would arrest me?" a j I t J dropicd iu. but they had little to say, an' all but Frank looked as if they be lieved Howard was lyin. What's friendship in time o' real trouble? Not j wuth a hill o beans." Abner leaned on the bars, sliding his strong thumb . nail under a splinter, slowly prying it off and putting it be tween his tobacco stained and blunted teeth. "I've been bothered about the grand jury," he said. "I wonder ef it will act Ef an actual arrest 5s made it will go hard with the poor toy." N "It is sure to come an early today," Pole replied. "You think so?" Abner said despon dently. "Not the slightest doubt of it" Pole went on. "In fact. Howard was watched close all last night. The front and back doors of the hotel was guard ed by the sheriff and his deputy." "How do you know that?" Abner asked. "I seed 'em; so did noward. We took a little walk, an' they followed us. Howard looked pale, an I thought the fresh air would do 'im good. As I come away this mornin' I met the sheriff on the back porch. I know 'im well. I legged fer 'im in his election, an he would do me a favor ef it come his way. He knows how I like How ard, too, an I stopped an' told 'im I was sure Howard wasn't the man. an both him an the deputy seemed astonished. " 'What do you take me fer? the sheriff axed. " TJIchTTT" hear Howard threaten to do It? An' wasn't he on the spot half an hour before the shot was fired with a loaded gun in his pocket?'" "That's what they all say." Abner sighed. "His own father come over last night about bedtime to see me. I told im Howard was innocent, but it went in at one ear and out at the other." "Well. I must go home an git my breakfast." 'Pole said, "then I'll meet yon in town. Howard tried to git me to wait an eat at the hotel, but they hadn't made the fire in the kitchen stove when I got up, an' I'm hungry. Besides. I like home cookin an cof fee that's Just right Thar's another thing that is odd about me, too. Uncle Ab, an that is that I never. feelright ef I start a day without seein my chil dren. . I want to see 'em all in a bunch at the table eatin' the'r fill. Another odd thing about me is that I hate to come home late at night an find 'em all asleep. I want em to be awake, ef it is jest fer a minute. It seems like something awful has hapiened ef they don't crawl over my lap an' hug me an say good night I don't know I reckon I'm a womanish feller. Sally, my Orst wile, used to make 'em say the'r prayers up to the day she died. They 'u'd kneel down on the floor an' say em out loud, an' I swear it was as purty a sight as a man would care to see. But Jane comes of hard thiukin' Dutch stock, an never had any sort o' religion, an, while she is pure gold in many ways, she don't seem to be lieve thar is sech a thing as a Cod or a hereafter." When Baker was trudging away and Abner was turning toward the house, Mary came from the kitchen, a pan of meal dough in her hands with which she was feeding the ducks and chickens. "I don't think I slept a wink last night," she said, as she emptied the pan and turned to meet him. "How ard and I have been such close friends for so long that a calamity like this is almost unbearable. You will want to get to town early. I'm sure, and so I'm going to get your breakfast." They went into the quaint old kitch en. Seeing a nice strip of bacon on a table Abner cut several slices, and, holding them over the embers on a fork, ho broiled them. "Let me fry you some fresh eggs," she suggested. "The pan is hot. and; it won't take a minute." "Thank you," he said. "You are a good gal, Mary as good as I ever knowed." "I only wish I were," she faltered. "Then maybe God would hear my pray ers. Uncle Abner" She hesitated. "I know what it was," he said. "You needn't tell me, fer I know. At sech a time, little girl, you an' me could only pray fer one thing." "But I've been wondering" Mary fixed her eyes on his melting face as she moved a small table forward for his plate and cup and saucer "I've been wondering if there is not some great spiritual law at the bottom of what Jesus kept emphasizing that only prayers made in perfect faith are answered. And as I kept praying last! n'w?.f T lwfrn n xAnilni f-f in v liri VOVii i were not actually hindered by my doubt and fears." "I catc-h yore point" Abner had fix ed his ej'es on her grief swept face. "That's one of the biggest thoughts iu the world. I have tuck notice that when I pray fer a thing an' know it is comin that it always does come, an' ef I doubt at all the whole thing falls; flat."' "That's it" Mary suppressed a sigh "and all last night, while I was pray ing, something seemed to keep saying to me that wrong had to be in the world, and that in consequence my prayers were falling on closed ears. If I could have believed they would be answered perhaps they would have been, but my fears were so overpower ing that" "Ah. that's a fact an a big. big one!"' Abner broke in, with kindling eyes. "Who knows but that was yore su preme test? I think sech trials have to come to all of us accordin to divine law. Tbarin lies the meaning of 'Thy will be done-' It seems awful unfair to have to bow the head before injus tice, as we look at it. but ef you or I could rise so high right now as to be able to submit without a murmur even to the worst that might happen in IhV. case we might be nigher to the nature o' God. Another Mary long ago had to stand by an see her beloved son slowly tortured to death, but look what has come of it come of it to the whole wide world? Can we doubt that that mother, livin now amongst the Mess ed, is satisfied with all that happened? Why, every soul. Mary, that wings its way heavenward through "that influ ence would fair faintin wiHi bliss at "er feet God's law is right an' it is more sure to be right at the very time we think it is wrong. I'm shrinkiu back from this here trouble, but even ef it -went plumb agin me I'd still try to thhik God knowed better what was right than me. Did I ever tell you about how my best comrade in war times died?" "I don't think so," Mary answered. "Me an' him was nigh the same age," Daniel went on reminiscently, "an' hardships an trouble in them awful times tied us closer together. We marched side by side, shared our rations o' hardtack an salt pork an" drank water from the same canteen after his was shot off his back in a skirmish. He was the best, purest minded boy I ever knowed. His beard was jest beginning to sprout like yal ler fuzz on a peach; his eyes was sky blue, an' his hair was reddish gold. He smiled like a gaL He was an only son of a poor widow, an' she had doted on 'im so much that she wouldn't con sent to his goin to war. But he got in with a gang of schoolmates that was goin "air "S.rp"peQ" "oT? ai?- "einistetl. Knowin' that boy convinced me that thar are some persons that are sensi tive enough by nature to know when a thing has happened off at a distance and even be aware beforehand that something important is about to take 1lace. That boy predicted so many things accurately that the soldiers would come to 'im at night an' ax Mm ef all was well at the'r homes an ef they was goin' to git letters, an' the like. Sometimes he'd make a try at it an then agin he'd say he wasn't in trim for it He used to tell me things thai he kept back from the others. For instance. I"ve seed Mm suddenly point out a comrade as we was marchin to battle an heard Mm sigh au' say that he felt sure that particular one would fall before night, an it come true. Just lefore the battle at Chickamauga J a great change come over Mm. He wasn't as lively as he had always been, encouragiu' us with jokes an pranks an jolly sougs. He looked downcast an had a far off stare in his eyes. I got uneasy.' fer I Mowed maybe the poor food an' lack o substantial shoes an clean clothes had made Mm sick. I tried to cheer im up, but he wouldn't J yllllSj ' 1 Absolutely Pure !ade f rem Cream of Tartar KQALUE-KQ PHOSPHATE smile. TPurty soon, when the bugle was callin' us to the front to meet the long blue line that we seed across the hills in the'r splendid clean uniforms en glitterin' guns an bayonets, he reached out an' k etched my hand. 'Shake. Ab, old boy,' said be, an' he clung to my hand tight an' I felt it quiverin'. j " 'What's wrong?' said I. "Then, lookin' me straight in the face, he said, with a husky quiver in his voice: 'I'm goin' to git shot in this battle, .Ab. I know it' "I tried to treat it light. I slapped 'im on the back an' told Mm to pluck up. but he stared at me like a person in a dream. He refused to load his gun said he didn't intend to take hu man life on the eve of losin his own. Why. said he as ef he'd never thought of it before, 'I hain't a thing ag'in any o' them men out thar. They are drove jest as we are drove by politics an" head men that are well fed an' safely housed in Washington.' "Two or three others was listenin. an' they had the saddest faces 1 ever seed on human frames, fer they loved Mm. They 'u'd 'a' cried ef they hadn't been ashamed, especially the fellers that had left wives an' little children at home an had a fear o' death, flight then durin' all that hurry an turmoil he wanted, to talk about a future life, an', above all. he was troubled about Ieavin' his mother. " 'It is yore duty to load an' shoot" said a man who was sorter bitter ag'in the Yanks an' hadn't as much heart as the rest of us. " I won't do it. the boy answered. 'The spirits of the mothers of some o" them men are hoverin over 'em tryin" to protect 'em from harm, an' I'm goin" to join em soon. You kin 'shoot, but 1 wou't My commandin' officer ain't out thar on a boss in a cocked hat an' spurred boots. He is on high, an' he ain't well pleased with this sight, fer his children wear both blue an' gray, an in this beautiful valley of his crea tion they are goin to tear one another like ravenin wolves.' "When the battle begun, somehow I'd lost my old rightin spirit I didn't take careful aim, an' I sort o" hoped the Lord would guide the balls that whizzed from my gun an not hold me accountable, fer I was wrought up more'n I ever had been. He fell as be said he would. I run to his side. "'Goodby, he said, with a gurgle. 'That ball went clean through me." Fer a minute 1 bent over Mm, too full o' grief to say a word; then he plucked up his strength, an' as he clung feebly to my hand he said: 'Tell my mother that I died ali right Ab. an' that I ask her forgiveness. I know 1 shall meet her again.' "I left Mm dead on the" ground, sprawled out like many other boys." "And yoa came in time to think even that was right?" Mary sighed. "For I've heard you say all things are right." "Yes. even that poor boy's death was right." Abner answered. "Divine or der is made to appear twisted to us that we may rise in the effort to straighten it out. I'm goin to fight fer Howard. Mary, with all my might and main. God may show me a way to help Mm, an' ef he does I'll be ready to tale advantage of the chance." To Continued. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. State of Nebraska j 1 ss. ' Cass County j In County Court. In the matter cf the estate of Fred crick Engelkemier, 'deceased. Notice is hereby given to the cred itors of said deceased that hearings will be had upon claims filed against raid estate, before me, County Judge of Cass County, Nebraska, at the County Court room in Plattsmouth, in said county, on the 10th day of June, 1C1G, and on the 11th day of Decem ber, 1916. at 10 o'clock a. m. each day for examination, adjustment and al lowance. All claims mur.t be filsd , in said court on or before said last hour of hearing. Witness my hand and neal of said County Court, at Plattsmouth, Ne braska, this 10th day of May, VJ16. ALLEN J. BEESON, (Seal) 1 County Judge. Jchn M. Leyde, Attorney for Administratrix. WANTED Stock to pasture. John A. Koukal. Phone 2922. 4-29-3tdlyltw "THE LABYRINTH" m mi THEARE TUESDAY NIGHT CAST: Florence Burgess (Flo Burke) Gail Kane Fiances Burgess Polly Champlain Ray Fox Dolly Larkin Oscar Morse Edward Roscrnan Rev. Robert Fenton .. Richard Ncal There is an absorbing story of New York life, which ranges form a great stage triumph to life in the slums with a mission worker, packed away in the Equitable'3 big five-prat fea ture "The Labyrinth," which is com ing to the Gpm Theater on Tuesday. May 16. Gail Kane, (the Equitable Girl), has the lading part, and is sup ported in fine fashion ' by Edward Rcseman and Richard Neal. The photoplay deals with the tangle a well meaning woman can get into who trios to hide a large part of her life, which is nothing to her discredit, from the man she loves and whom she thinks will be alienated from her if he Icams of it. A train smash up, the interior of the Phtza theater, New York, with a crowrded house in attendance, a mis sion church in the slums, ar.d a num ber of other prominent features are among the pictures presented, and the thrilling story is worked out to its cli max in a manner which, while start ling in its revelation, will prove en tirely satisfactory to those who sym pathize with the efforts of a good woman to get out of the labyrinth into which her own efforts for the well be ing of others has entangled her. Miss Kane's part calls for ccrisvmmate dra matic ability, ar.d the way in which the has iisen to the occasion fully warrants the title which has been be stowed upon her, that of "The Equit able Girl." She is under a long term contract with the Equitable, and will appear in other features very soon. SHE TOLD HER NEIGHBOR "I told a neighbor whose child had croup about Foley's Honey and Tar," writes "Mrs. Rehkamp, 2401 Herman St., Covington, Ky. "When sho gave it a couple doses she was so pleased A-ith the change she didn't know what to say." This reliable remedy helps coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough. Sold everywhere. L. M. Ingwersen bores wells. Ne hawka, Neb. Phone 61. sotk i: ti ciu-:i)rroKS. Iu Outniy CtMirC. STATE OF NEBRASKA, Cass County, ss. Jn tle Jtiii'ter of the Estate of A dan. Kurtz, I eceased : Notice Is hereby Kfvcn to the credit ors of said deceased that hearings will he had upon claims liletl against saul estate, before me. County .InOtre of Cass County, Nebraska, at the County Court room ia 1'lattsniouth. in sn kl County, on the first day of May, 1U16, and on the 31st day of October, I!)1G. at 10 o'clock ti. m., each day for examination, adjustment and allowance. All claims must be .filed in said court on or before said last hour of hearins-. Witness my hand and 5eal of paid County Court, at riattsmouth. Nebras ka, this 1st day of April, 1Jlfi. (Seal) ALLEN J. BEESON. County Judge. I Tim IMSTHH'T COl'KT ! THE ((II TV K ASS, M.lUt ASK.V. Joanna Baxter, l'laintln", vs. Clara E. Young1, also known as Clara Ellen Younrr. et. al. Defendants NOTICE OF tCIT TO QUIET TITLE To the defendants Clara E. Youns. also known as Clara Ellen Younc: John hoe Yc-uns, first real name unknown, husband or widower of Clara E. Younjr, also known as Clara EUen Youar; Clara K.. Youns Doe, real name other than Clara E. Youn? unknown: John Doe, lir.st and reeul name unknown, husband or widower of Clara TE. Younj; Doe;the unknown heirs, devisees, lega tees, personal representatives and all other persons interested in the estate of Clara E. Younjr, also known as Clara Ellen Younf?, otherwise described as Clara E. YounR Doe, real name other than Ciara E. You us unknown, deceas ed; the unknown heirs, devisees, leg atees, personal representatives and all other persons interested in the estate of John Doe Youns, first real name un known, deceased; the unknown heirs, devisees, legatees, personal represen tatives and all other persons interested in the estate of John Doe, first real name unknown, deceased; Samuel H. Jones, also known as S. 11. Joim, Mrs. Samuel II. Jones, first real name un unknown; the unknown heirs, devisees, legatees, personal representatives and all oil er persons interested in the es tate of Samuel H. Jones, also known as S. H. Jones, deceased; the unknown heirs, devisees, legatees, personal rep resentatives and all other persons in terested in the estate of ilrs. Samuel H. Jones, first real name unknown, doc-eased; I'ackard - Miller, a partner ship composed of Spencer I'ackard and Jason j. Miller; Spencer I'ackard, Kl ecta I'ackard; the unknown heirs, de visees, legatees, personal representa tions and all other persons interested in the estate of Spencer Packard, de ceased: the unknown heirs, devisees, legatees, personal representatives and ali other persons Interested in the es tate of Electa Packard, deceased; Jason G. Miller, Mary V. Miller, the unknown heirs, devisees, legatees, personal rep resentatives and all other persons in terested in the estate of Jason G. Mil ler, deceased; the unknown heirs, de visees, legatees, personal representa tives and all other persons Interested fn the estate of Mary P. Miller, de ceased: Johnyli- Clark: Amelia B. Clark; the unknown heirs, devisees, legatees, personal representatives and all other persons interested in the estate of John R. Clark, deceased; the unknown heirs, devisees, legatees, personal represen tatives and all other persons interested in the estate of Amelia B. Clark, deceas ed; the unknown heirs, devisees, lega tees, personal representatives and all other persons interested in the estate of Susanoh Drake, deceased: Enuis K. Cole, also Lewis E. Cole; Clara E. Cole; the unknown heirs, devisees, legatees, personal representatives and all other uerons interested in the estate of Louis F. Cole, also known as Lewis F. Cole, deceased; the unknown helrf. de visees, legatees, personal representa tives and all other persons interested in the estate of Clara E. Cole, deceased: William Ju. Gray, M.ary E. Moore, Isa- KB ANOTHER TUESDAY FEATURE! o f k IN The Labyrinth!" A Five Part Photo Drama Which Gives a Startlingly Real istic Presentation of New York State and Mission Life. GEM TUESDAY Matinee 5 and 10c belle Moore and the unknown owners and the unknown claimants of frac tional lots six 6 and seven (7), in the northeast quarter N. E. i-4) of the northwest ijuarter (r.. 1-1). of section twenty-four (LD. township eleven (111, north rans thirteen (IS), east of the tith P. M., in the County of Cass, Ne braska. You are heiebv notified that on April liUh. A.. D.. HUfi. plaintiff filed her suit in the District Court of the County of Cass, Nebraska, to tiiet plaintiff's title to the above described lands, to-wit: fractional lots six ('), and seven 7), in the northeast quarter ' N. E. 1-1) of the northwest quarter (N. AY. 1-4) of section twenty-four i!4), township ee ven (11). north ranpre thirteen (13 , east of the f,th P. M.. in the County of Cass, Nebraska, because of her adverse p-s- G00 D AUTO ROADS TO OMAHA The cost of Bridge Tolls for Round Trip using our Commutation Books Auto and Driver, round Trip 50c Extra Passengers, each, 5c $10.00 Book, $5.00 $5.00 Book, $2.50 Commutation Books Good any time and Transferable. PLATTSMOUTH uto & Wagon Bridge Co. n r n 25 Leading Makes, such as Singer, White, Wheeler & Wilson, New Royal, Velox, y Domestic',. and a number of other different makes, all drop heads and in good order, -will be sold in Plattsmouth, on aturday, They can be seen at my Wurl's store, just east of Singer Sewing Machine Co. M. F. STEVENSON, Agent Zs Now is your time to secure a Machine at almost your own price, 1 S3 c 9. & Evening 10 and ISc session by herself and her prantorj for more than tn years prior to the commencement of said suit and to tn-: join each and all of you from having or claiming any ripht, title, leln or interest, either lejtul or equitable, iu cr to said lands or any part thereof; to require you to set forth your lie; lit, title, claim, lein or interest therein, if any, either legal or iui table, and to l.ave the same adjudged inferior to tlui title of plaint Iff and for general equit able relief. This notice is made pur suant to the order -of the Court. You are required to arswer said pe tition on or before- Monday, May 'it, A. ' D., iai6. or your default will be duly entered therein. JOANNA BAXTER. Plaintiff. " W. A. ROBERTSON. Attorney. n U Vs ON am May 13th residence, one block south of James Sage's residence. SI