The MONITOR
A NiDomI VMktj Hfrwpapf Dorotod to tho lntoroata of Colored
Published every Friday at Omaha, Nebraska, :
by the Monitor Publishing Company.
Entered as 8«cond-Clasa Mall Matter July J, lilS, at th« v>o*toiTlce at
Omaha, Nab., under the Act of March I. UTS.
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THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor.
George H. W. Bullock, Business Manager and Associate Editor.
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help and that it was our bounden duty to hold on and render the
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The Snow |
Madness
By AUTIN FLEET |
Copyright, 11)22, Western Newspaper Union.
A leap, a snarl—Jean Pousset's
hands were round l’ierre Lot's throat,
and Pierre's eyes were bulging as he
strove vainly to free himself from the
grasp of his unsuspected enemy.
At first Jean throttled him us If his
only desire was to kill; but, as Pierre
fell insensible main the bunk, he re
leased him and stood looking at him
uncertainly.
It wus the climax of the season that
they hud spent together. Both were
trappers, and they had amassed a
rich store of furs, including two of the
sliver fox, which meant comparative
affluence for them. But Jean envied
Pierre.
lie envied him his own share of the
furs, und he envied him Marie Batiste,
who had unmistakably indicated her
preference for Pierre. So they were
to be married that spring at Fort
Auguste, when Pierre returned.
There should he no returning for
Pierre. .Jean had resolved to kill his
erstwhile friend, and return with a
trumped-up story of some kind or
other. No one would ever know.
Of lute Pierre hud seemed to sus
pect Jean, and he had always slept
with itis revolver handy. But that
morning Jean had outnmneuvered him.
Jean watched Pierre uncertainly. It
would be an easy thing to shoot him
while he was unconscious. But some
thing in him rebelled against this mur
der of nn unconscious man. And. in
the end, lie secured a lengtli of rope
and tied Pierre securely to his bunk.
“Lie there and starve," he sneered.
“None will pass this way, and I'll
he hack next year and set you free."
If Pierre heard, lie only groaned in
answer. Jean looked at him a little
longer, hurled a curse at him, and
loaded Ills pack with all the furs, in
cluding Pierre's, Then, with a wave
of the hand, lie was off and snow
shoeing across thte wastes in the di
rection of Fort Auguste.
At first he stepped lightly enough,
but gradually the recollection of his
deed began to burn in him. It had
been largely spontaneous, though he
had hud some such idea in mind for
weeks as, in the solitude, tiie memory
of Marie Batiste's face grew stronger.
It was Marie, rather than the furs,
that drove him on again. But he
walked more and more slowly; and
at fast to- stopped.
He stopped under a dwarf willow,
where his line of traps began. He
could not go on. He was glad that
he had not killed I’ierre. And he
would have returned, only he did not
know what to say to I’ierre.
But he must return. .Something
within him would not let him go a
step further. It was odd how that in
visible something seemed to cling to
his legs when he tried to walk. It
was as if some one were physically
Impeding him.
At last, with a groan, he yielded.
He would go back to I'ierre and set
him free, tling him his half of the
furs, and take himself away forever.
He turned toward the cabin. He
pushed his foot forward. Something
under the snow caught the slice. Snap:
He was fast.
At first, just for an instant, lie did
not know what it was that had pulled
him to id* knees. Then, with an aw
ful fear, he realized that lie was fust
in one of his own traps. And he
lugged in vain; he could not budge
the strong steel implement beneath
the frozen* snow.
It was a wolverine trap, one of the
heaviest made, and designed to hold
the captive motionless.
It was Impossible to get at It. be
cause he was in such a posit ion that
It was difficult even to kneel. The
muscles of his hack seemed bursting
aa he vainly endeavored to get himself
into a position from which he might
pry away the frozen snow and tug at
the steel beneath.
And, us he realized his doom, s
hoarse cry of despair broke from Ids
Ups—another, and another.
The sun rose high. Still Jean
fought like a madman, always in vain.
And at last he abandoned the strug
gle and lay face downward in the
snow.
The hours went by. The sun whs
going down. Tlie hitter cold was numb
ing him. He had no longer any sen
Nation In Ids leg. and the teeth of the
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trap no longer "Bit, ISough a little pool
of blood had frozen on the snow.
Suddenly Jean perceived a figure
coming toward him. Incredulously, he
recognized Pierre. It was Pierre him
self, at his side, looking down on him.
He beard his exclamation. In a few
minutes Pierre had dug up the trap
and set hia enemy free.
Jean struggled to his feet and looked
, up at Pierre In amuzeinent.
“Take all the furs and go," he mum
bled.
Pierre clapped him on the shoulder.
“Eh, mon ami. It 1* nothing," he said.
“It Is the snow-madness thut comes to
us In the wilderness, not so? I know,
for I myself had coveted your. furs,
and had been tempted. Only,” he
laughed, “It was fortunate that you
forgot 1 had a knife beside my hunk."
Theater Provides Smoking Room.
New York. — An elaborately-fur
nished smoking room, exclusively for
women, has been opened In a New
York theater. The women had formed'
the habit of smoking In the lobby, so
the manager decided to give them a
room to enjoy their cigarettes in com
fort.
A Poor Eggs Change. »•
Notice in English Grocery—"Pro j
vlded you get one bad egg from us we |
will on your returning It give you two |
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NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT
DEFENDANT
Ed F. Morearty, Attorney-at-Law
700 Peters Trust Building
To William Smith, Non-Resident |
Defendant:
You are hereby notified that on the |
2lst day of November, 1921, your |
wife filed her petition in the District §
Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, |
to obtain an absolute decree of di- |
vorce from you on the grounds of ex- |
treme cruelty. You are further noti- I
Tied that on the 7th day of March, 1
1922, leave was given by Hon. Willis §
G. Sears, judge of the District Court §
of Douglas County, Nebraska, to file |
service by publication. You are re- 1
qulred to answer said petition on or |
i before April 10, 1922.
GEORGIA SMITH. I
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