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State’s Attorney 0 Answers Davis’ Attack on Bryan Spillman in Letter Rebukes Predecessor and Takes Is sue on Holdrcge Bank Case. l.incoln, Feb. 11. — (Special.)—For mer Attorney General Clarence A. Davis' complaint, that Governor Bryan was directly responsible for the failure of the Citizens State bank of Holdrege, brought a crosstire from Attorney General Spillman in the form of a letter written by the attorney general to his predecessor in that office, who also was vice president of the now defunct Citizens bank. Tn his letter, Spillman relates the position of his office in the con troversy over the 'proceedings which marked the acquisition by the Citizens bank of the assets of tlie Holdrege State bank, takes issue with Davis on the legality of these proceedings anil rebukes the former attorney gen eral for the manner In which the Utter questioned the good fiyth of Uovernor Bryan and his aides. Ready to Go to Court. Spillman also made it plain that his • ffice is ready to have the controversy 1 threshed out in the courts. Spillman's letter is as follows: ilXhe matter of a purported con tract between the Holdrege State bank and the Citizens State bank of Holdrege and proceedings subsequent thereto h«3 been a matter of considera tion in yiis department ever since I as sumed office a* your successor on January 4. Tou state in your letter , that this has been a matter of public record since May 21. 1921. The proceed- 1 ings in the district court of Phelps coun-; ty were public and the order which was obtained fryr.i the court on December IS. 1922, under which the guaranty fund was to be drawn unnn for gi8?, S15.80.- said amount to be delivered t hrough the receiver to the Citizens ' State bank on or before the 28th day cf December, 1922, and during your' 1 erm of office, which for some reason 1 was not complied with, is and has been the subject of discussion publicly from the time it was entered. "A good deal of the difficulty in which, not only you find yourself, but the instituilons in question find themselves is, in my opinion due en-: lively to a program seeking to effect , practical solutions' under conditions I which call for an application of law. I Disagrees With Statement. "I most earnestly disagree with the statement in your letter when you say: 'I occupied public office long enough to know that the private fi nancial institution lies at the mercy of tha state departments.’ If by this you mean that a public official may in hla discretion apply, or not apply, law to private institutions, you are adopting a philosophy which is de structive of the fundamental prin ciples of American Institutions, that ours is a government of law and not of men. I wish you to know that I hold no such conception of my office and that under my administration the attorney general’s office will not be conducted on any such principle. 1 hope to be able, under all conditions io apply fairly and impartially but fearlessly the law as I find it, to any given state of facts or situation. With such administration, 1 believe' you must admit you are mistaken when you say that private institu tions are at the mercy of the state de partments. The statutes of Nebraska at the time the Holdrege State bank and the Citizens State bank entered into a contract, permitted, with the approval of the hanking department, consolidation of banks. Tour theory now seems to be that the Citizens bank was acting in some receivership < apacity to liquidate the Holdrege State bank. 1 know of no statutory procedure for such proceeding nor do r construe this contract as having ihat purpose or legal effect. "The Citizens state bank having taken the assets of the Holdrege State bank, and having paid the de I ositors of the Holdrege State bank, and having taken and k*’pt that part of the guaranty fund in the posses sion of the fToldrege State bank, and having procured the approval of the state banking department for that purpose, it is my opinion (and I have so advised the governor) that the or der of the district court of Phelps county procured on December 3 8, 1922, Is subject to being set aside, par ticularly in view of the fact that you wore representative of the state as well as an interested person, as an liffierr, director and stockholder of (lie Citizens State bank and interested further, on a basis of attorneys' fees payable to you in the transaction. Questions Davis' Arts. ' Referring to your statement that a i eport of matters done by you and by the banks in question were filed by you with the banking department, and that such report and procedure were approved by the department. I as sume that the department has the right to rely on your advice as attor uey general so far as the legality of the procedure was concerned. Tou quote with approval a statement from the report of the parties, who you say Investigated the transaction, as follows: ‘From this brief summary it wilt, be apparent that this amounted to a contract for a voluntary liquida tion of the Holdrege State bank.’ From this I Infer that this 1* your theory of the case, and that you are of the opinion that the laws of the state permit s. voluntary liquidation of a state bank by a procedure whereunder a competitor may pur chase the assets, liquidate them, if the purchasing bank sees fit, without supervision of the court and without a judicial finding previously had of insolvency, and that at any stage of _ • he liquidation the purchasing hank has the privilege of turning back such assets as It does not care to keep, to retain the deposits and the business obtained In the transaction, and draw on tha guaranty fund for whatever i« left of the obligations of the bank, which It has purchased. “Thera Is no statutory authority for any such procedure, nor ran I < onceive of any principle of sound public policy that would tolerate a transaction of that character, or take out of the hands of a court the ad ministration of such matters. Principle Is Considered. “In arriving at conclusions iri tin hlatter. I have not been unmindful of Obregon Will Deport Clara Philips If Found ( Los Angeles. Feb. 11. — If Clara Philips is found in Mexico she will he deported, President Obregon declared in a cablegram to the Los Angeles Examiner which that newspaper printed Sunday. The message was sent in reply to one from the Examiner asking the president whether Mrs. Philips would be turned over lo American authorities if located in the southern republic. It said: "I do not consider it justifiable to arrest and deliver at the northern frontier of this nation, criminals who have crossed the line to evade justice while reciprocity has not been estab lished. “The government is fully resolved not to be converted into an asylum for delinquents and in cases like tftut to which you refer you may consider it a settled case that they must leave the territory.” I the fact that we are dealing with a principle and not with an Isolated case. If what was attempted to be done in the case in hand is legal, we have a right to assume that a like 'practical solution’ would be at tempted in numerous other coses. I ; am not concerned with .whether or not such solutions are practical. As a law officer of the state, I am eon I corned with the fair application of the i law as I find it, and my conclusion ( is that when a purchasing bank takes I over the assets of another bank and agrees to .pay and does pay the de positors of the bank, whose assets are purchased, no tight can be reserved against the guaranty fund by way of subrogation or otherwise. To recog nize such a right is to recognize the i liquidation of a failed bank without court supervision leaving the guar anty fund liable to summary judg ment. the size of which is determined by the voluntary method employed by 1 the officers in handling the assets without supervision. "Although this department has stood ready to move to have the or der of the court set aside and have a hearing on the merits of this matter, I the governor and I decided it proper to hold such action in abeyance, in an effort to avoid aggravating the condi- j tlon of the Citizen* State bank, and | for the further purpose of allowing the parties interested to make a legal | settlement and adjustment of the mat- I ter if such were possible. "If, as a result of the transaction ! between these banks, the purchasing bank becomes impaired, it is in no different position than any other bank, which might become impaired , from other causes, I find no reason ! for dealing with the Citizens rjtate | bank on a basis different from that applied in other cases.” Bride Missing Since Last Tuesday Found in Brooklyn New York, Feb. 11.—Mr*. Janies McGregor of Great FVdls Mont., bride of five months whose disappearance last Tuesday started a city wide police search at the request or her husband, was <ound in Brooklyn where it was said she had been visiting friends. At the Continental hotel, where the bridal couple ^istered srtien they j J came here to Wlebrate a belated i honeymoon, it was said that McGregor had received a telephone call from liisr | wife this afternoon saying she was j "nil right” and not to worry, but that In his excitement the husband had for gotten to get her addrrss or telephone number, lie later checked out of the hotel, after he is believed to have lieen informed where ho could meet Mrs. McGregor. Arrest of Black Hand Gang Solves Murder Mystery Baltimore, Feb. 11.—The murder of Bella Lemon, whose body was found | near the Rolling Road Golf club, July j 3 3. has been solved, according to a re- , i port of the police, by the arrest of 17 ! members of a black-hand gang. A ! recruit in the gang, the police said, i committed the crime after it was or dered by leaders because the woman had jilted one of the leaders. ; With 17 persons under arrest here and in Fairmont and Clarksburg, W. V., police are after two more membgie of the gang. Six other murders, ac cording to tile police, are charged against them and the police declare they have evidence of a score of dyna mite and murder plots. — Omaha Bank Debating Team Loses to Detroit The debating team of the Omaha chapter of the American Institute of Banking was defeated at St. Louis by 1 a similar team from Detroit in debate 'on the question, "Resolved, that (he United States, in harmony with the other creditors nations, should cancel its external war loans.” J. Kessler Jones of the Federal Re serve bank, E. A. Wenberg of iho United States National bank and Oliver P. Cordill made up the Omaha j team. | ~ i Sick Automobile Cured i When Car Flits F’ire Hydrant Lodi, Cal., Feb. 1L-—Feeling desper ately 111, George Wilson, residing three ; miles north of Lodi, started into Lodi in his automobile but fainted at the wheel after arriving in town. J The car hit a fire hydrant and was I wrecked, but Wilson was uninjured. ' Me returned home without seeing a i doctor, saying the experience made ■ him feel better then ho had for years. | New Montana Dry Chief. Washington, Feb. 11.—Addison K. Lusk of St. Ignatius, Mont., was ap pointed stale prohibition director of ' Montana. — CHICAGO CLOSING TRICES. By Up4lk« <»rn !ri Co. JA. r A47 : AT ♦*' 1.1 Art. | Open. | High I Low. [ Close l !>• wsri ; i i “i May 1.21% 133 I 121 ’i t. 2 2 *4 1.21% 1.22 I I 1.22X41 1.21% ■July 1.14*4 1.15% 1.14% 1.15%* 1.14% 1.14 V J I 1.14% 1 14% Sept. 1.12 113% 1.11%! 113%: 111% 1.12*4 ! By* 'III May .14% .»»%' .14% .«* .««*, July .17 | .17 Vi I .17 ( .17% .44% Corn I Muy .76 .77 .7« [ .71% *•« .:«% : duly .74% .77%' .74*.! .77 % 1 .74% .74% , .77%! ’ •lopt .77 .77%! .77 i .77% .77% * * .77%’ .77% o*t* : May I .45 **1 ,44 % .45%’ ,4li ,45% I .45%! .44% ■Tilly I .44 .44% .44 .44% .41% 1 Hap!. | .41 I .43%! 4.", ,43% .43% ; t.ard iff May 11 4i) n.45 11 41 11 41 11 to ..illy 11 65 11.45 11 S3 11 7,5 11 53 tllba I I * I * May 10 41 10 12 10.4,’ 10.42 11 «.l"l lulr 110 43 10.12 Id »2 ’ll *2 I o 07 I — * - ’ ' " 1 "—* . .. ■*»-"- 1 " 1 ■» " Trade Review By R. G. DUN * CO. Comparatively few of the current re ports reflect other than an active condl I tlon of business. Diminution of demand has appeared. In certain quarters, but only after buyers' present needs have been lib erally covered, and there aro instances where purchasing is restricted simply by the inability af manufacturers to make early deliveries. Such a phaay is sharply defined in tho steel industy, where re queats for quick shipments are Increas ingly Importunate, but where mills arc , confronted with difficulties In maintain ing perations. Complaints of labor scarc ity grow more common, and the fuel shortage continues an obstacle to full pro duction. While a 90 per cent rate of out put has been reached in some cases, de- I spite the different handicaps, the problem of meeting all requirements haa not dimin ished and a number of commitments are of necessity being held in abeyance. In view of these conditions, which prevail to a greater or lesaer degree in various branches of business, It la not strange that the main price trend is still upward nnd that the question of cost is of sec ondary consideration with Homo interests. The greater public buying power that has followed the larger employment of work ers and advances in prices of farm prod ucts has been evidencedd by the results in retail distribution, which also has been accelerated by storm.* and cold weather in , various parts of the country. As con-! sumpttve demands broaden, both in in- , dustrial centers nnd In agricultural sec- j Hone, the restocking of merchandise be comes more Imperative, and many dealers | have been in tho primary markets for the i purpose of replenishing supplies. Index Number Rises Slightly. Despite tho fact that advances in com- 1 modity prices largely predominated last ' month. Dun’s lnd*x Number ns of Feb- j ruary 1 showed a rise of only 0.3 per cent Declines In price of some articles that are widely' consumed tended to offset Increases in other products, lower levels being reached by breadstuff.**, meats and the 1 dairy and garden group. The net reau,t for all foods together nos a reces*don of about 3 per cent from th* January 1 fig ure, but the clothing, mc'.ala and miscel laneous classes all reached a higher basis. Changes in Dun's comprehensive list of wholesale quotations this week, fflr the sixth week in succession were mainly in an upward direction, and the record fop the year to (late shows a total of 283 ad vances and 137 declines A year ago the margin of Increases also was marked, but . the present position of prices, as shown by the February 1 index number, is 13 per cent above that of the earlier period. I l arger Number of Failures. Paat experience has shown that failure.! ' invariably increase in number during the I opening month of n year, and such a ten dency was sharply defined lost month. , Following a moderate rise in December, commercial defaults in January crossed i the 2,000-mark for the first time since j last April, the exact fgures being 2,126. ■ Large as the aggregate is. it is well be- 1 low the number for January. 1932. which j the 2,723 insolvencies marked'the second j highest total on record. More than thlg, last month's liabilities of about l49.OOM.-j 000 are practically $23,000,000 smaller than those of January. 1922. and also aro' some $9,000,000 leas than the amount re ported last December The \|2 failures for $100,000 or more of independents in each ease in January of the present year were equal to 3 9 per cent of all commercial defaults, while the 1°9 similar insolvencies ot that month of 1922 represented 4.0 per cent of the aggregate number. Fig Iron Production. The recovery in pig iron manufacture ha- continued without interruption since last August. Dally output in that month, owing to the effects of the coal mining and railroad strikes, waa only 68.386 tons, whereas la*t month :t < ss 104.181 tons.! Thia is an increase of nearly 80 per cent, I and It Is n -oessary to go i»a« k to October, 1920. to find r. parallel for the January average. The gain in active furnaces also was extended last month. 13 furnaces Mowing in and only 4 going out. and The . Iron Age reports that the 262 furnaces in Operation on February' 1 had a capacity of 103.126 tons per day. With the re ent ie duction in fuel costs, buyers of pig iron , are disposed to hold off and prices for this material do not show th* >-.im* de cree of itrength as does the market for steel. Several additional advances in th latter department occurred this week, aril the point has been reached vfher* mills, are unable fully to meet the current de mands. Many Active Textile Buyers. Broadly considered, no diminution of activity haa been witnessed In dry goods 1 channels. In some instances, larger nuni- j bers of retailers Pave appeared in leading; markets, and jobbers report n steady bust-j n*s* for both spot and future deliveries. With the reduction of merchandise stockJ i caused by the January clearance sale-, buyer* aie requesting prompt shipments | of good* due, and additional purchases! have become imperative in nor a fv* cases. An extension of the upward price tendency has occurred in cottons and woolen*, 'vjth fall prices on fancy mens, wear up front 12 to 13 p*r cent, from th* levels of a y*ar ago Meanwhile, further wage demand-* have been made upon N* England textile manufacturers, and th final outworn* is in doubt. las>Ncned Flonn**** in Hide*. Following considerable activity in buy ing. it 1-. not altogether atrango that th* current week brought aom* abatement (t demand in th* hide arid leather tradv* Moat sellers of hide* are close’'- booked up. purchas s already having been of six- ^ abio proportion*, and price*. In th* main, he * h*!d steady at th* higher l -els re-j ccntly established Similar conditions pro vat I in the leather marker, v h*r* decided] rtrength is not In *-ome descriptions of bo* tom stock While g*neritl trading has diminished, a few lines continue active, nnd premiums ar* b*ing paid for certain of the more desirable grades In foot wear. nearly all factor?*- ar* well atm-. ptl*d with order# and deliveries of Easter goods ar- being rushed. Omaha Produce (Bv State Df$R'imca( of Agriculture Bureau of Market* and Marketing ) Corrected February 10. % BUTTER Creamery—Local jobbing pries to retail or* Extra*. 48c; extra* In 60-lb. tube. 47 ; standards. 47c. firats, 45c. Dairy — Buyer* are paying 31< for beat table butter (wrapped roll); 28c for1 common and 25c for clean packing stock. BUTT ilRPAT. Local buyer* pa > lng S9c at country sta- I tions. 47c delivered Omaha. EGOB The egg market is lower today. Moat b\i>ers are pa> lng around $* .5 per for fresh egg*. delivered Omaha. Stale held eg*s at market value. Jobbing price to retailer*: 6resh: Spe cials. C5c; anJecte. I2c; No. 1 emill, 30c. POULTRY Live — Heavy hen* and pullets. 21c; light hen*, and pullets. 21c; spring roosters. ■ month leg*. 18c; utag* .all nixes. 16c; Leg horn poultry about 3c l*ss; old cocks. 10c; j duck*. fat. full feathered. 14c, ge*i,c. fat full feathered. 15c; turkeys. fat nine pound* and up, 2 4c; no culls, sick or crip- . pled poultrv wanted Jobbing price of dreased pou'*ry to re- I taller*. Broiler* 40c; spring*, 24* . hea'y, bene. 27c; light hens, 57c; rooaiers, Uc; I ducks, 26c; geese. 4c; turkeys. 44c. FLED Omaha mills nnd Jobbers sra selling* their products In round lots at ths follow ^ lng prices, f o. b. Omaha: Bran —127.00; brown short*. 1.4,00; gray short*. $30.00; middlings, 85! on; reddog, 134 60. alfalfa meal; choice. $78.75; No. 1, $24.60: Vo . $22 00; linseed meal. $55 400 67.10; cottonseed rota?, 47 per rent, $61 00 ft 03.00; hominy feed, white, $24.00. yellow, $24 00: buttermilk, <ondenaao. 6 to *» bar rels. 3 !• per lb., flako buttermilk. 600 to 1,500 lb*. 7V per lb.: eg* shells, dried and ground. 100-lb bag*. $26.00 per ton. , HAT prices at which Omaha dealers art selling in < arlosd lots follow Upland Prairie—No 1, $14 0801500; Ns. 2. 911.000 17.00; No. 8. 94.00010.00. Midland Prairie—No. 1, $17 »o-ll4,r.f; No. 2 910.00012.00; No. 2. $7.OO09.ns. Lowland Prairie—No. 1. 110.00011.09; No. $7,00 0$ 00. Atfaffa —Uholce, $ '7.000 22 on; No. 1, $5".00031.00; standard. $17.0001$ ot); No. $14 000 1 4 00 No. $17.0*0 18 00. At raw—Oat, $1.0004.60; wheat, $7,000 $.00. flEED. Omaha buyers are pa>tng tbs following prices for feed, thrsabvr run. de livered Omaha. Quotatone ar# uo ths lasts of hundredweight measure: Seed Alfalfa $1 2.00 ft 1 6.00 . red elm er, $9.00015 00; nlsyke. $1.000 15.00; tim othy. $4.0005.90; Sudan grass. 16.100 ’.6*. white blossom sty net clover. $5.oog$ I 7.00; millet, high grade Herman, 92.”00 I 2.60; common millet, $1.5002 09; amber sorghum can, $'7.0002.25. BEEF CUTS The wholesale price* of beef cuts In ef fect today ere as follows Ribs—No. 1, 27c; No. 2. 24c; No. 8. l$e. Loins—No. 1, 33c; No. 7. lie; No. 3 11«. Rounds—No. 1, 15He; No. 3, 16c; No. I, 12c. Plates—No. 1, "V; No. ? 7c; No 3. 9s. Chucks—No. 1, Uc; No. 2. ll’fco: No. 3. 9 He. FLOUR. I irsf patent. »,a. 98 40: fan* y clear He. $6,45. White o- yellow rornineal. per cwt . 91.75. Quotation* are for round lots f. o. b Omi ha. CHEESE T.oca I Jobbers are aelllng American cheese, ferny grade, at about ths follow lng price*. Twins, 24c. single daisies, 4. ; double daisies ; Young Americas, • < longhorn, 29 V square prints. 28c. i hi It W. 24 Hr. i huh!' At ra whe-j l»x Florida, #0c per quart lUtiMnus 8 per pound unug*a—Latin Umy California oavs s per box, according to size, 14.00© 5,50. Lemons—Extra California. 300 to 360 sizes, per box. $7.00. choice, 300 to 360 sizes. $6.60. Limes, $3.00 per 100. Grapefruit—Florida, fancy. all aizca, $$.76 to $6.26 per box. Cranberries—100-pound barrels, $13.60 to $17.00; 60-pound boxes, $8.50, 12-pound boxes, $4.60. Apples—Delicious, according to size and quality, per box,' $2.36 lo $2.75; Washing ton Jonathans, per box, $1.60 to $2.26; Iowa Jonathans, fancy, per bbl., $6.50; bushel basket, $1.85; Grimes Golden, fancy, per bbl., $5.60: ditto, choice, per bbl.. >3.60; Northern 8py, per box. $1.76 to $2.00 Ilood River Winter Banana, fancy, $2.60; ditto, choice, $2.00; Spltzen berger. fancy, per box, $2.75; Gano. fancy,, per bbl.. $4.76; Ben Davis, fancy, per bbl., $4.76; Black Twigs, per bbl., $5.50; Greenings, per bbl., $0.00. Quinces—California, fancy, per box, $1.00. Pears — Winter Kells, fancy, per box, $3.00: Hood River Dutchess, per box, $4.00. Grape:;—Red Emperor, per box, $6.50 to $7.00. Figs—California, 24 8-oz. carton boxes. $2.75; 60 8-oz. carton boxes. $3.75; New Smyrna figs, 5-lb. box, per lb., 35c. Date*—Hollow!, 70-lb. butts. 10c per pound; Dromedary, 36 10-oz. cases, $6.75. Avocados—Alligator peart, per dozen, $0.00. VEGETABLES. Potatoes—Nebraska Early Ohior. No. 1. $1.4(5 per cwt.; No. 2. 75c to $1.00; Min nesota Red River Chios. No. 1, $1.25 to $1.50 per cwt.; Idaho Russets. 11.35 per cwt.: Idaho Netted Gems, $1.75 par cwt. | Sweet Potatoes—Bushel crates, about 45 lbs., >7.00; Porto Rico Reds, crates, j about 60 lbs , $2.25. Old Roots—Beets, carrots, tyrnips, par- j mips, rutabagas, per pound, 2#4c; in sacks. per pound, 2%c. New Roots—Southern turnips, beets, i - earrots, per dozen Punches, 90c. Radishes—New southern, dozen bunches, 90c. Artichokes—Per dozen, 12.50. Peppers—Green, msrket baskst, 26c per pou^d. Mush/oom*—7Gc per pound. Egg Plant — Selected, per pound, 20c. Onions—Southern (new) per dozen bunches, 7f*c; Ohio Whites. $3.00 per cwt ; Red Globes, per lb.. 2\%c; yellow, per lb.. 2 He imported Spanish, per crute, |2 50. Tomatoes—Florida. six-basket crate, 68.00; Mexican, 28-lb. lub. 62.GO. Beans —Southern wax or green, per hamper, 65.00 to 7.0|0. C-tbbage—25-60 pounds. 2%c; 1n crates, per pound, 2He; red cabbage, per pound, 3c; cilery cabbage, per pound, 15c; Brua sell sprouts, per pound. 20c. Celery—California, per dozen, according to size, 61.35 to fl .85: California (not trimmed), per crate, $7.00. Shallots, Parsley—Dozen bunches, 76c. ftpinaeh—Per bushel. $1.60. < ’a ullf lower—-California, per crate, 91.76 to $2.00. Garlic—Per pound. 25c. Cucumbers—Hot house, per dozen, $3 50. "HIDES. FURS, WOOL. Prices printed below are on the baeit of buyers' weights and selections, deliver ed Omaha Hides—Current hides. No. 1. 11c No. 2. 10c; preen hides, 0 and 8c: bulls. 8 and 7c; branded hides, 8c; glue hldea. Gc; kip. 11 and 10c; decons, 80c each; glue calf and kip, be; horse hide*, $4 50 and S3.50;j pomes and glues. $1.76 each; colta, 26c each; hog skins, loc each; dry hides. No. 1. J5c per lb.; dry salted, 12c; dry glue, 6c. Wool—Wool pelts. $1.25 to $2.00 for full wooled skins; wpring lambs. 76c to $1.50, for late fake off; clips, no value; wool, 20 to 35c. Beeswax—$20 per ton. i The Magnificent Adventure By EMERSON HOUGH. (C'ontinaed From Saturday.) CHAPTER VIII.—(Continued 1 But you are dead! While you lived, I hope your conscience waa clean. I hope that never once have you de scended to any conduct not belonging to Meriwether Lewis of Virginia. I know that no matter what tempta tion was yours, you would remember that I was Mrs. Alston—and tliat you were Meriwether Lewis of Virginia. Nay, I cannot stop! How can you mind my garrulous pen—my vain pen —my wicked, wicked, wicked pen— since you cannot see what it says? Ah. I had so hoped once more to , see you before it was too late! Should this pot reach you. and should it teach others, why, let it go to all the world* that Theodosia Burr that was. Mrs, Alston of I'arollna that Is, once ardently importuned a man to join her in certain plans for the better- ; ment (It his fortunes as well ns her own; and that yoh did not care do share in those plans! So I failed. And furthe.r—let that also go out to the world—I glory in the truth that I have failed! Yes. that at last is the truth at the | bottom of my heart! I have searched | it to the bottom, and have found the ! truth. I glory in the truth that you have not come hack to me. There— have I not said all that a woman could say to any man, living or dead? Just as strong as I have urged you !o return, just as strongly I have hoped that you would not return! In my soul I wanted to see you go on in your own fashion; following your own dreams and caring not for mine. That was the Meriwether I-ewis I had pictured to myself. I shall glory in my own undoing, if it has meant jour success. Holding to your own ambition, keeping your own loyalty. holding your own counsel and your own speech to the end—pushing on through everything to what yon have set out to do—that is the man I could have loved! Deeds, deeds, high ac complishments—these in truth are the things which are to prevail. The selfish love of success as suecesa— the love of ease, of money, of pow er— these are the things women covet ! from a man—yes, but they are not the things a woman loves in a man. ] No: it is the stiff necked man. bound in his own ambition, whom women love, even as thej- swear thej- do not. Therefore, do not come back to me. Meriwether Lewis' Do not come— forget all that T Ijavc said to jou be fore—do not return until you have done your work! Do not come l*»rk to me until you can come content. Do not come to me with your splendid will broken. lau it triumph even over the will of a Bun-, not used to yield ing. not easily giving up anything desired. This is almost the last.letter T shall ever write to any man in all my life ! wonder who will read it—you. or all the world, perhaps' I wish It might rest with you nt the last. Oh. let this thought 11^ with you as you sleep— you did not come bark to me, anil I rejoiro that you did not! Tell rue, why is it that 1 think of >ou lying where the wind is sweet in the trees? U'liV is it that I think of myself, too. lying at last, with all my doubts composed, all my restless am■ bltions ended, all my foolish dreams answered- In s«tme place where the sound of the unceasing waters shall wash out from the memory of the world all rny secrets and all my sins? Always I hear myself crying: "I hope I shall not be unhappy, for I do not fisd that I have l>een bad.” Adieu. Meriwether Lewi*. adieu! t am glad you can never read this. I am glad that you ltnve not come back. I am glad that I have failed! CHAPTER IX. Wliut Voice ( ailed? At length they reached the Manikin villages and were joyously welcomed. Hut they decided to push unward without delay. Hncajawru. what of | her? Her husband lived among the Mandana, This was the end of the trail for her. and not the rudest man but was sad nt the thought of going on without her. They knew well enough that In alj likelihood, hut for her. their expedition could never have attained success. '' Saca Js wea, sanl Meriwether Lewis when I lie hour for departure came. I am now going to finish my trail." PIm Twr Iumu Trip Wtw Europe Tr«v«| by ike Witimiw It liwrwn Read only 4 dayi open eee on Canadian Pacific Linora 11 Latga Paaaangat Shipa maintain dlract aar.' •can from MONTREAL and QUEBEC to SOUTHAMPTON. IIVERPOOL. C1.AS COW, CHF.RDOURC, HAVRE. ANT WERP and HAMRURC. Ta Laadnn an* Part* In ■ Wash Barlln In Nina Oar* BoatmliiUr illuattatad hncklata and lull Inina mation Irnm Slaamthip Agantac-ary where, of apply to R. S ELWORTHY Canatal Agent S S Pale. Pape 40 N. Oeaileon St., Chicago Her face lighted up with a strange w istfulriess. "Yes, captain,'' said she, ‘ I go with you." I?e smiled as he shook his head. "I cannot tai^p your husband with me. All my goods are gone—I cannot pay him. Front here we can go alone." "Aw right!" said Sacajawea, in pale face idiom. “Him stay—me go!" | "Bird woman." said he. "yoi^j|re • a good girl. It would pain my heaf% to see you unhappy. But if you came with me to my tillages, women would say, 'Who is that woman there? She has no lodge; she does not belong to any man.' They must i not say that of Saagjnwea—she is a good woman. Now 1 shall tell the i Great Father that but for Sacajawea we should all have been lost: that we should never have come !>ack again. His heart will be open to those w ords. He will send gifts to you. What we can do for you we will do. Are my words good in your ears?" "Your words are good." said Paca jawea. "Rut I go, too! No want to stay here now. No can stay!" "Rut here Is your village, Sacaja wc-a—this is your home, where you must live. You will lie happier here.” "Hut,” she still expostulated, "how tan you cook? How can you make the lodge? One woman—she must help all time.” A spasm of pain passed across Lewis' face. 'XacAjawea,” said he. “I told you that I had made medicine i —that I promised my dream never , to have a lodge of my own. Always1 I shall live utxin the trail—no lodge fire in any village shall be the place for me. And I told you I had made a vow to my dream that no woman should light the lodge fire for me. You are a princess—the daughter of a chief, the sister of a chief, a great person; you know about a warriors medicine. Surely, then, you know that no one Is allowed to ask about the vows of a chief! " The unwonted tears of an Indian woman were in the eyes which looked up at him. “Ah!" said she, in ic. proAcli. "I went with you. I cooked In the lodges. 1 showed the way. I was as one of your people. Now 1 say I go to your people and you say ro. You need me once—you no need me now ! You say To me. your peo ple are not my people—you not need Sava jawea any more! ’ The Indian has no word for good by. The faithful—nay. loving—girl aim ply turned away and passed from him; ' nor did he ever see her more. Alone : apart from her people, she seated her- ! self on the brink of the bluff, below which lay the boats, ready to depart. Hhe drew her blanket over her bead. When at length the voyage had be gun, she did not look out once to watch them pass. They saw her mo tionless figure high on the hank above them. The Bird Woman wajj mourning. The little Indian dog, Meriwether Lewis' constant com panion, now, like Sacajuwea, merci fully banished, sat at her side, as mo tionless as she. Botli of them, mute and resigned, accepted their fate. But as for those others, those hardy men, now homeward bound, they were rejoicing. Speed was the cr^ of all the lusty paddlers. In a few- days they lay in camp far down the river. The men were happy about their fires, which glowed dully in the dusk. William Clark weary with the day's labor, hal excused him self and gone to his blankets. Lewis, the responsible head of the expedi tion, alone, aloof, silent, sat moodly looking into his fire, the victim of one of his recurring morals of melan choly. Picking up a bit of stick, he traced here and there, in the ashes at his feet, points and lines, as if it were some problem In geometry. '"Hoh!” he exclaimed at length, al most like an Indian, as if in some definite conclusion. He had run his problem In the ashes. And now he threw nn tracing stick away. Me cat, his head on one ride, as if looking at some distant star. It seemed that lie heard a voice tailing to him In the night, so faintly that he could not lie sure. His face, thin, gaunt, looked set and hard in the light of his little fire. Something stern, something wistful, too, showed in his eyes, frowning under the deep brows, fie rose, limping a little, for he still was weak and stiff from his wound. The camp was slumbering. Me passed now. stealing as an Indian, along tlie rows of sleeping forms. Me knew where lay the man he wished to find. He stood beside him silently at last, looking down at the sleeping figure. This man suddenly awoke, and lay staring up "Shannon!" He heard a hoarse voice command him. "Get up!" George Shannon, the youngest of (he party, sprang out of his bed half clad, "Captain!" He saluted. "What Is it. sir?" "Put on your jacket, Shannon. Come with me!” Shannon obeyed hurriedly. "What “POWDER RIVER” Admission—Adults, 50c; Children, 25c. Includes Tax. Continuous 11 A. M. to 11 P NL Auspices Veterans of Foreign Wars. Added Feature: j LARRY SEMON in ■The Agent” 4i>nthe«»t Corner lilh and larnnro. Fifty'YoareAg® When Twenty-fourth and Karnam was out in the country, Clark and Warden’s livery stable stood on the Nebraska Power company corner. 'those pioneer days when two and three-story brick buildings looked like skyscrapers and the . village livery stable or the general mercantile store represented tlie heaviest capital invest ment have vanished. But those inch who dedi cated their lives to the making of a sueeesstvf a small business laid the eornerstpne of the lug industries of today. That’s why the CORN EXCHANGE BANK fosters small business. That’s the reason for our human banking policy. That’s why the CORN EXCHANGE BANK “has an interest in you.” Com Exchange Natioum! Bank Has An "Intereat” in You 1603 Famam Street Ik it, captain?” lie Inquired once move. They were apart from the others now, in the shadows beyond Lewis' fire. Shannon had caught sight of his leader’s countenance, noting the wild ness of its look. His commander’s hand thrust in his face a clutch of papers, folded—let ters. they seemed to lie. Shannon could see the trembling of the hand that held them. "You know what I want. Shannon! I want the rest of these—I want the last one of them! Give It to me now!” The youth felt on his shoulder the grip of a hand hard as steel. He did not make anv answer, but stood dumb. “Five of them!" he heard the same hoarse voice go on. “There must be another—there must lie one more, at least. You have done this—you brought these letters. Give rne the last one of them! Why don't you an swer?” With a sudden and violent strength Lewis shook the boy as A dog might a rat. "Answer me!” “Captain, I cannot!” broke out Shannon. “What? Then there is another?" "I'll not answer! I'll stand my trial before court-martial. If you please." Again the heavy hand on his shoul der. “Tljere will be no trial!” he heard the hoarse voice of his com mander saying “I cannot sleep. I must have the last one. There is another!” Shannon laid a hand on the iron wrist. How do you know?" he falt ered. "Why do you think”— “I know you are the messenger who has been bringing these letters to me from her. I need not name her, and you shall not! For what reason you did this—by what plan—I do not know, but I know you did it. Give me that letter! I am your officer." "Captajfi. I will not!" “I tell you I cannot sleep! Give it to me, boy, or. by heaven, you yourself sjjall sleep the long si- < p here and now! What? You still re fuse!'” ‘Fes. I'll not be driven to It. I'll not give up a woman's Recret—it's a question of honor, captain.- There is a woman concerned, as you kn6w.” “VeR!” ‘ And I promised her. too. I swear I never planned any wrong to either of you. I would die at your order now, as you know; but you have no rOh \ The High kSEAsk momaiLToiQ JACK HOLT MITCHELL LEWIS Q 'JvniMtsmt (/klvr 1 \li ' Irwin Wlllit Prodnrtiou Two lag stars in a thrill-swept- romance of raging seas and society ballrooms. kb w.iirr ids bring bbbi i rs right to order this, and I 11 not am awer.” The hand cloned at. bis throat. 1 ne hoy could not speak, but still Meri wether Lewis growled on at him. "Shannon! Speak! Why have J'ou kept secrets from your t^mnnanding officer? You have begun to tell me— , tell me all!” The boy's hands clutched at n s leader's wrists. At length Lew:* loosed him. “Captain.” began the victim, what do you mean? What < an 1 do? ' I will tell you what 1 mean, Shan non. I promised to care for you and bring you hack safe to your parents. You'll never see your parents again, save on one condition. I trusted you, thought you had special loyalty for me. Was I wrong?” "On my honor, captain.” the boy broke out, *T'dlhave died for you any time, and I'd do it now! You're rny officer, my thief!” With one moment. Meriwether Lewis flung off the uniform coat that he wore. They stood now, man to man. stripped, and neither gave back from the oth'*r. "Shannon.” said Lewie. "]'m not your officer now I'm going to choke the truth out of you. Will you fight me, or are you afnld?" (C ontinued in The Morning Bee.I CASTOR IA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Alw*os bean Signature of_ BIG FREE DANCE given by Beddeo Clothing Company —at— Empress Gardens Monday Evening, Feb. 12 Everything Free Call at Beddeo Clothing Co., 141? Douglas St., for tickets to the dance. 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