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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1907)
imMiuj'i' 1 !TOrmtmTnrj jwMi-iii.t r vnmirr.v nmmjwiiwwirwriw www rif-JWiwiiittiritmi.ynm.wnwnjtnotr.iiiiiiiMUHiuwuuitiii(wiJiai 3szm i -THE I CALICO SNAP! rfir i it 5 rsfrafl9 M &j& s,ii jj For rhr w k, aly begin .ing' January 12, with '! "vry $5 purin.... e we will sell Calico at 5c per 11 By KATHERINE CECIL THURSTON, Author of "The Circle," Etc. yard; not over 20 yams on each $5 purchase, and. I no Calico to count on the initial purchase. CopyrUht, 1003, 100-i. by llnrper L Brothers IW. mi-.WWnHl'ltm Ma 1 SWtf I jsa Sa i K.te f continued. ' ! Won't you sit down?" lip said again, cutting short his thoughts with sonio confusion. "Th.itik you." Shi? gravely accepted the prohorod chair. Hut ho saw that without any ostentation she drew her skirts aside as she passed him. The action displeased him unaccountably. "Well." he said shortly, "what had Fr.iido to say?" lie walked to the mantelpiece with his customary move ment and utooil watching her. The In tinct toward hiding his face had left him. Her Instant and uninterested ac- coplaneo of him almost nettled him. Ills own half contemptuous Impression of Chilcote came to him unpleasantly mill with It the first desire to assort his own individuality. Stung by the con- Meting emotions, he felt In Chllcote's jKickctH for something to smoke. Eve saw and Interpreted the action, "Are these your cigarettes?" She lean ed toward a small table and took up a box made of lizard skin. "Thanks." lie took the box from her, and as It passed from one to tho other he saw her glance at his rings. Tlio glance was momentary. Her lips parted to express question or surprise, tlu'ii closed again without comment. More than any spoken words the inci dent showed him the gulf that sepa rated husband and wife. "Well," he said again, "what about rt-aide?" At his words she sat stralghlor and looked at him more directly, as if brae- Ing herself to a task. "Mr. Fralde Is Is as interested as oyer in you," .she began. "Or in you?" Loder made tho inter ruption precisely as he fell Chilcote -would have made it. Then Instantly he wished the words back. Eve's warm skin colored more deep y. For a t-oeoud the Inscrutable un derlying expression that puzzled him showed In her eyes, then she sank hack Into a corner of the chair. "Why'' do you make such a point of Mieering at my friends?" she asked quietly. "I overlook It when you are nervous." She halted slightly on the rord. "Hut you are not nervous to night." Loder. to his great humiliation, red dened. Except for an occasional out burst on the part of Mrs. Koblns, his 4'harwomau. he had not merited u wo Man's displeasure for years. "The sneer was unintentional," he Mid. For the first time Eve showed a per sonal Interest. She looked at him in h puzzled way. "If your apology was meant." she said hesitatingly, "I should be glad to accept it." Loder, uncertain of how to take the words, moed back to tho desk. lie onrrlcd an unlighted cigarette between his fingers. There was an Interval In which nei ther spoke. Then at last, conscious of Ms awkwardness. Ee rose. With o.ie Jiand on the back of her chair she laok--v at him. "Mr. Fraiuo thinks It's such a pity Unit" she stopped to choose her words "that you should lose hold on things lose interest hi thing's as you are do ing, lie ha been thinking a good Tcil nbout you in the last three weeks, e er 4nee the day of your your illness hi Hie house, and It seems to him" a-rahi Hie broke off. watching Loder's avert- "i'll think over what iou'ee told," h repeated. d head "it seems to him that if yo tmdo ono real effort aoy&, mm now, t shako ofi' your restlessness llmt your your health might Improve. Ho thinks that the present crisis would o" -she hesitated "would give you a trcmen- ,ltuis opportunity. Your trade Interests, hound up an they arc with Persia, would give any opinion you might hold a double weight." Almost unconscious- ly a touch of warmth crept Into her words. "Mr. Fratde talked very seriously about the beginning of your career. He said that If only the spirit of your llrst days could come back" Her tone grew quicker, as though she fear- od ridicule In Loder's silence. "Ho nsked me to use my lnlluence. I know that I have little none, perhaps but I couldn't tell him that, and so so promised." "And have kept the promise?" Loder spoke at random. Her manner and her words had both affected him. There was a sensation of unreality in his drain. "Yes." she answered. "I always ft-nnt to do what I can." "As she spoke a sudden realization of tho effort she was making struck upon him, and with It his scorn of Chilcote rose in renewed force. "My Intention" he begau, turning to her. Then the futility of any dec laration silenced him. "I shall think over what you say," he added after a minute's wait. "I suppose 1 can't say more than that." Their eyes met and she smiled a lit tle. "1 don't believe I expected as much," she said. "I think I'll go now. You have been wonderfully patient." Again Klie smiled slightly, at the same time extending her hand. The gesture was quite friendly, but In Loder's eyes It held relief as well as friendliness, and when their hands met he noticed that her lingers barely brushed his. He picked up her cloak and carried It across the room. As he held the door open he laid it quietly across her arm. "I'll think over what you've said," he repeated. Again she glanced at him as If sus pecting sarcasm. Then, partly reas sured, she paused. "You will always despise your opportunities, nnd I sup pose I shall always envy them," she said. "That's the way with men and women, Good night." With another faint smile she passed out Into the cor ridor. Loder waited until ho heard the outer door close, then he crossed the room thoughtfully and dropped Into the chair she had vacated. He sat for a time looking at the hand her fingers Ird touched. Then he lifted his head with a characteristic movement. "P.y Jove," lie said aloud, "how cor dially she detests him!" CHAPTER IX. ODEU slept soundly and dream- icssly In Chllcote's canopied lied. To him the big room, with Its severe magnlllcenco. suggested nothing of the gloom aud sol.tude that It held In its owner's eyes. The ponderous furniture, the high celling, the heavy curtains, un changed since the days of Chllcote's grandfather, all hinted at a far reach Ing ownership that stirred him. The ownership was mythical In his regard and the possessions a mirage, but they filled the day and surely sulliclent for the day. That was his frame fot mind as he opened his eyes on the following morn ing and lay appreciative of Ids com fort, of the surrounding space, even o the light that filtered through the our tain chinks, suggestive of a world re created. With day all things seemed possible to a healthy man. He stretch ed his arms luxuriously, delighting in the glossy smoothness of the sheets. What was it Chilcote had said? Hot tor live for a day than exist for a life time. That was true, and life had be gun. At thirty-six ho was to know It for tho llrst time. Ho smiled, but without Irony. Man Is. at his best at thirty-six, lie mused. He has retained his euthudasnH i.nd shed his exuberances; he has learned what to pick up and what to paJ by: he no longer imagines lh.it tj drain a cup one must taste the d:o s. lie closed his eyes aud stretched again not his arms only, but his whole in.ly The pleasure of his mental slate In sisted on ii physlcul expression. Then, sitting up In bed, he pressed the elec tric bell. Chllote's new valet re p m.'.ed. "Pull those curtains. . .e.r.v.ck," he buUI. "What's the tluie':" lie had passed the ordeal of P.en wick's eyen tho night before. The nia.i was slo . , u llttlo Ftu pid. lie " ' e.i'v fully, ' It lj ress IMaids stiitall IW Children's Dresses 2S in .... isAc ;s i 110I1 half wool Dress Goods at 20c 36 inch half wool 1 lenriettas at .30c 36 inch all wool Flannels at 35c 36 inch all woi il Series at 500 35 inch all wool Venetians at 50c 36 inch all wool Novelties at 60c 48 inch all wool heavy Black Serye at 60c 52 inch all wool Brilliantine at 70c 46 inch all wool French Sere at 70c 54 inch all wool Novelties at 75c 57 inch black and gray Broadcloth, extra heavy, $1.00 5, (t)r 7, W l-.'l, 10, '2Ui anil l.V. SHAK. t-r FLANNEL fx-, s 1 :ic . PJjc. MUSLINS 7,8 1-Ki,S' . niul I'A. ''own All linen I'nwiln g, 8'ni! to loo ii? inch nil Linen at r. 7D melt .ill Linen at 7 7j nidi . PACIFIC TWILLS lor Comfort i.'Jd inch, at 80 yd. cvrroN BATS lit l()c. Lmuo imiigli lor lull Com toner, tide. Tli s i ml clean (." t-ton. lr uWMTKlil Rftrt A JL . JL V XJ If XJ- l the'dressing ta'.Io. "Klglit o'clock, sir. I didn't expect the bell so early, sir." Loder felt reproved, and a pause fol lowed. "May I bring your cup of tea, slrV" "No, not just yet. I'll have a bath first." Kcnwlck showed ponderous uncer tainty. "Warm, slrV" he hazarded. "No, cold." Still perplexed, the man left tho room. Loder smiled to himself. The chances of discovery In that quarter were not larg?. He was inclined to think that Chilcote had even overstepped necessi ty n the matter of his valet's dullness. He breakfasted alone, following Chll cote's habit, aud after breakfast found his way to the study. As he entered Greening rose with the same conciliatory haste that ho had shown tho night before. Loder nodded to him. "Early at work'i" he said pleasantly. The little man showed Instant, al most ridiculous, relief. "Good morn ing, str," ho said. "You, too, are early. I rather feared your nerves troubled you after I left last night, for I found your letters still unopened this morn ing. ' Hut I am glad to see you look bo well." Loder promptly turned his back to tho light. "Oh. last night's letters!" ho said. "To tell you the truth. Green ing, my wife" !ils hesitation wns very Blight "my wife looked me up after you left, and wo gossiped. I clean for got the post." lie smiled In an ex planatory way as he moved to tho desk and picked up the letters. With Greening's eyes upon him there was no time for scruples. Wlt' very creditable coolness he began opening the envelopes one by one. Tho liters ' re unimportant, and he passed ILcu i after another to the secret nry. es- nHii" 11 alight thrill of "tthorlty "Hi b'ft h's h'ind. n-vver Is vtslblo Again the fact In little thlnss 1'tS 1111(1. i"e my engagement look. : " !e stUI when the letters I l'nM-,-nl of. 'iok '" Greening haii''ed him ' 'n "' aud bound Pko Chll- ' ei'ie. In lizard skin. .'er tio'i It the gold iv mo?ram - rltt ' nt him In the bright J""" 'ijfooas UNDERWEAR Children's Size 1: 11' !';', 1 King 'J'.jc. per sro. Heavy S10 IS at 18c, lising -ljc. per size. Ladies Ladies' Vests at 'Jfic. mid fiOe. All worn, filJi") Ladies' Pants at t!." mid HOe. All wool, 61. -T). Union Suits Misses' sizes. Liulies' sizes. J.". .'lo, oOe flOl!, 7.H!, 1.00 These Garments are In Broken Sizes U U U XJ JLUUUL wmmmzBdD mm morning light The Incident moved his sense of hiuiiu. He and the book were co-operators Wi the fraud, it seemed. He felt an Inclination to wink back. Nevertheless ho opened It with proper gravity and skimmed the pages. The page devoted to the day was al most lull. On every other line were 1 jottings iu Chllcote's Irregular hand, . and twice among the entries appeared I a prominent cross In blue pencilliu. I Loder's Interest quickened an his eye caught the mark. It had been agreed between them that only engagements ' essential to Chllcote's public life need j be carried through during ids absence. . and these to save his confusion were J to be crossed in blue pencil. The rest. for the most part social claims, were to be left to circumstance aud Loder's Inclination, Chllcote's erratic memory ' always accounting for the breaking of , trivial promises. Uut Loder In his new energy was , anxious lor obligations. Tho desire for fresh and greater tests grew with in dulgence. He .scanned the two Hues with ongoivess. The first was an In terview with Creshain, one of Chll cote's supporters In Wark; the other an e.j,,nt,cmciit to lunch with Fraide. At the idea ot the former his lutcrcjt quickened, but at thought of the latter It quailed momentarily. Had the entry been a royal' command It would have affected him Infinitely less. For a hpace his assurance faltered. Then by coincidence the recollection of Hvo irid Eve's words of last night came back to him, and his mind was tilled with a new sensation. Hecause of Chilcote he was deqilsed by Chllcote's wife! There was no do-1 nylng that In till the pleasant exc.te-1 ment of the adventure that knowledge had rankled. It came to him now link-1 ed with remembrance of the sli- lit. re luctant touch of he" iugers, the lal.itly evasive dislike underlying her glance. It was a trivial thing, but It touched his pride a a man. That was how he put It to himself. It wasn't that he valued this woman's opinion any wo man s opinion. It was merely that it touched his pride. He turned again to tho window and ga7.ed out, the engage ment book still between his hands. What if he compelled her respect' What If by his own personality cloak ed under Chllcote's Identity he forced her to admit his capability? Jftwua a Y). TJ -'"-- 1 -- 1 W fwt I I iYtv I in ibi n im3W HOSIERY Ciii'dron's all unol linso at Ifio, C i di n's hi-iny ll i-.-i d hime, all size 1 w it r Jfn . Clnlt'reii'H heavy b -f. 1" and '.Tic. Li'iu-' ext.ia heavy M'ltmless hoso at I .").. Ladies' wool ho.(, -jric iinl -K'c. Ladies' Ib-eei'd bos , I'.'je, 'JOu and J EM 2&o;aEfES I inch wiileal . .'lc I I x inch wi. t- at . no It inches wide at. . . 7c A lai'L-e line of KtnbioitlciieH in Cambric, iishiI mii-I Swiss. White Flannel, 25 and 40c filnnil Mr VyJLULLll. Jl.1V. TJJL 9 ms&gi&m (zgm- matter of pride, after all scarcely even of pride; self respect was a better word. Satisfied by his own reasoning, he turned back into the room. "See to those letters, Greening," he said. "Aud for the rest of the morn ing's work you might go on with your Khorasaii notes. I believe we'll all want every inch of knowledge we can get In that quarter before we're much older. I'll see you again later." With u reassuring nod lie crossed the rojut and passed through the door. He lunched with Tralde at his club and afterward walked with him to Westminster. The walk and lunch were both memorable. In that hour he learned many things that had been sealed lo him before. He tasted bin first draft of real elation, his first drp of real discomfiture. lie saw for tho llrst time luw a great man may cm dcHcond how unostentatiously, Ii v fully, how delightfully. He felt w...it tact and kindness perfectly combined may accomplish, and he burned In wardly with a sense of duplicity that crushed and elated him alternately, lie was .lohn Loder, friendless, penni less, with no present and no future, jet he walked down Whitehall iu the I :11 light of day with one of the greatest staic-miou England has known. Si:re strangers were being shatVii over tho terrace when lie and Frui.lo reached tho house, and, noticing the open door, the old man paused. "I never refuse fresh air," ho said. "Shall wo take another breath of It before settling downV" He look Lo der'a arm and drew him forward. Ah they passed through the doorway the pressure of his fln.;ers tightened. "1 shall reckon today among my pleas.iut est memories, Ch.lcote," he said grave ly. "I can't explain the feeling, but I seem to have touched Eve's husband, the real you, more closely this morning than I ever did before. It has been 11 genuine happiness." He looked up with the eyes that through all his years of nctlou and responsibility had remained bo bright. But Loder paled suddenly, and IiIb glauce turned to tho river wide, mys terious, secret. Uncouscloualy Frald had stripped the Illusion. It was not John lAMlcr who walked hero; It wan Chilcote Chllcoto with his position, hl 1 ( It ll'lt I'Hke t-ilx.) GBBz$ tui 1' J) JtntrtWHt1J'