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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 18, 1909)
sfcrtito,i8&33&.; 1 ki A. w !!1 I i" I? fife lWi 3&ui ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL, NEW YORK CITY. Finest example of Gothic architecture in America. O'ConneH's "Si Patrick Dy BERNARD QUINN Copyright, 1909, by American Press Asso ciation. HE smallest girl was sick, and the biggest must stay at home to tnke care of her, so the middle sized one alone was dressed for the holiday In the best that the combined re sources of the three could pro vide. "Areyourendy?" said Uncle Pat "Well, then, we'll sally forth to seek our for tunes." He spoke Jest ingly, but the subject Itself was grim. Patrick Hwxacx Doyle was in n mighty bad way, and he knew It. He was the victim of cir cumstances nnd a iulek temper. Here ure the circumstances: About tvo years ago his sister and her husband died in one month, nnd there was nobody to take care of the three orphaned children but Pat. They came to him with nothing but the clothes ou their backs. He rented a little tenement, nnd tho eldest girl, who was eleven, "kept house." Pat was twenty-live, a metal worker earning fair pay, but suffering from labor's bane, unsteady employ ment. Expenses are never laid off. rent works every minute, but wages and savings nre subject to Interrup tion. In the house where Pat nnd his new ly ncqulred family first lived thero was a solitary old man who was re puted to be a miser. One day Pat did u little job of tinkering for this man for nothing. There was a stove in the room, but no lire, though the weather was cold. "I suppose you have that thing to keep your money In," said Pat, touch ing the stove with his foot. Singularly enough, tblsv was true. The money was In the lower part of the stove, and a small fire could bo built without endangering It. On an evening In that week the miser wns knocked senseless In his room, nnd the stove wns almost pulled to pieces by a thief In a hurry, but the hoard had been transferred to an other hiding place ns u result of Pat'n Jest. So In reality Pat saved the mlser'a money for him. The old man survived his Injuries, and aR soon as he learned what had happened to the stove he accused Pat, even clalmlug to have recognized him. The fact Is that he had not seen his assailant, who struck from ambush. Pat was arrested, nnd, though his three little girls and a neighbor were (with him nt tho undoubted time of tho assault, he spent nearly three months In a cell, ftt the end of which period of misery ho was released without trial. ' In every considerable company there will always be one fool who thinks that such an experience ns this Is a proper theme for ondless gibes. Put wa not quarrelsome, but he was per jhaps a bit too ready, and, what was worse, ho always had the better of tho other fellow, whether with his tongue or his fist. So of course the other fel low bud to "get square" In some un derhand fashion, and the result would be .that Pat would lose his Job. He myii! had been out of work a few days, Just long enough to have tho cold fact set tle Into him, when the good old 17th of March came around. It will be un derstood that Pat's gayety was not more than skin deep when he went out with his little nleco to view the cele bration. Reflecting upon his situation, he per ceived that ho ought to move to an other city where his story was not known. Hut how could ho do it with out money? Alone, yes, but not with tho children. Neither could he leave them Ifehlnd, nnd If he stayed how could he take care of them with this blight upon him? "I wonder," said he, not Irreverently, "If St. Patrick himself can see any way out of this." He bought the little girl a five cent bag of candy, and then they walked uptown to snve car fare. "So, you see," said Pat, "we've made a nickel by that transaction, for It costs you nothing to ride on my shoulder when you're tired." Presently they were posted In nn eligible spot on the avenue, the child, perched on Pat's shoulder, clasping the remains of the bag of candy In one baud and Pat's hair or sometimes his car in the other, while she gazed wide eyed at the approaching specta cle. After awhile Pat was aware that he was the object of a peculiar scrutiny. It wns no, new thing for him to be stnred at, but this was different. A' man of thirty-fire or thereabout, rich ly but rather oddly dressed, with a heavy Jacket of fine cloth, a rolling collar, a flowing tie and a soft hat. was studying Pat from various points of view. He kept his eyes half shut, yet -they had a strangely searching look, which finally affected Pat with that familiar nightmare sensation of being on n crowded street In painfully insuf ficient attire. This was getting on Pat's temper wheu suddenly the stranger walked up to him and offered a card on which were the name Stephen O'Connell nnd an address, with the word "Artist" written In pencil. "Did you ever pose?" asked O'Con nell. "Xo," answered Pat. "Never were asked? Well, that's strange. Would you be willing to poso for uic? Religious subject. It would be a chnnce to make some extra mon ey In the evenings. I supposo you're employed?" "Not Just now." O'Connell seemed highly pleased. He explained what he wanted and named his price, which was much above tho usunl rate, but Pat did not know that. He knew only that lu his pres ent situation he would have posed on the peak of tho ca thedral splreyon der for half of tho m o u e y. A few weeks at that figure and he could save enough to get away and mako a fair start at his trade some where else. TointiNo tub htovk "And there'll with mm i out. uo nobody to bother me this time," ho said to him self. "1 can keop this job till It's oror," Accordingly ho went to the studio address next day with a high heart Ir was In an eight story business build ing, rising llko n square tower from n small corner lot. A single elevator served the tenants, aud who should be 'TfVt lonhlne out of the door of It In n bhio suit with brass buttons and n uni form cap- but Johnny Hacker, n bull necked toikuoy Englishman w ho ucd to llrc in the same building with Pnt nnd know nil about the miser nnd his stove. Pat stood buck nud stared nt this m a n, oppresscti by of the mystery human destb ny. "Well, there's no getting nwny from It," he said to himself, and then uloud, "How nre you, John ny?" "My heye," re sponded Hncker, "if 'ere hain't the store fixer! No; nothlnk In your line today. Wo 'e a t by steam." "It sticks In my mind," responded Pnt, "that you I'linuir.n on pat's used to heat by -uour.unu. yin mostly. You'll find steam more wholesome for your complexion." "Dear me! And ow's all our friends In the jyle?" "Well, the last 1 heard they were wondering what kept Juhuny Hacker away. I'm blessed If I ever knew." And they continued to exchange com pliments while Pnt mle up to the eighth fioor In the car. A double surprise awaited him first, to find nt the lop of a plain business building the most luxurious and beau tiful habitation that he had ever scenj necond, to learn that the painting in which ho was to figure was of his own patron saint and that it was destined for the walls of the cathedral. "My conception Is of St. Patrick In early manhood," said O'Connell. And he proceeded to speak of tho projected work In n Bplrlt of, reverence that filled Pat with awe. jft'ns It right foe him to pose for such a picture, ho that had been In prison on a hideous accu sation from which his name had never been cleared? "You hare precisely the face and figure that I want," continued O'Con nell. "It's the happy-go-lucky, care free expression that will bother me. For a saint wo need some recognition of thf world's sorrow aud or II, aud that I must supply from my own Inner consciousness." "Well, you don't seem to be baring much hard luck right now," remarked Pat. glancing around the room. "Oh, I'm rich, If you come to that," answered O'Connell lightly, "but thero arc other things than money In the world." "Yes," said Pat. "Pro had 'em, nev er the inonoy." It may have been O'Connell's notion of him ns an easy going fellow who had nercr taken atiy sorrow to heart that diverted him from telling any part of his story. In such circum stances it would sound llko a watlau nppenl for sympathy, and Pat despised a whlner. Therefore he held his pence. "It's like enough that Johnny Hack er will tell him if he gets the chance," thought Pat. "I must not qunrrel with that fellow. It's my Httlo girl's bread that I'd bo quarreling with. I'll not ride In his car. I'll walk up and down." This wns the most momentous deci sion that Pat ever mnde. He walked down that day when O'Connell dis missed him for luucheon. "And, by the way." said the artist, "whenever you're up here at any mealtime It's 'on me.' That's only fair." So Tat fed well that day and' felt quite equal to climbing seven flights of stairs wheu he came back. But what surprised hlni wns that n very pretty girl chose to climb six of those flights along with him, nnd In the balance of that week the same thing happened twice. "Now, why docs she do that?" said Pat to himself. And ho vainly cudg eled his brains about this mystery. She was a girl of his own race, with the Incomparable Irish blue eyes, fine spun dark hair, white skin with a faint rose In each cheek nnd brlgnt red lips n henlthy girl, but not over robust. It couldn't be that she regard ed climbing six flights of stairs ns an agreeable exercise. The fourth time ho saw her start to walk those stairs Pat's curi os 1 1 y broke bounds, nud he asked the girl point blank. "Is It anything to- do with that nulmal that runs tho car?" said he. And after much hesitation the girl admitted that such wns the fact. "I was in an accident o u c e," suld she. "A car "DIDVOUKVEIirOSK?" fell, nnd I wns Hurt, but not very much. It has made ine very nervous. nnd that man knows It. He makes the car Jump to frighten me." "Come right back here," said Pat. And she obeyed him, wondering nt herself for doing so, and they1, waited for the car. "Now, Johnny Hacker," said he, kreamer& Kennedy! ? DENTISTS. i M? j-Office in Alliance National Bank Blk.X 'X, Over Postoffice. A 'Phone 39i. $ ...:-.x-:::M:-:--:-.:x..:...HT...i "I've found out what you've been do ing, and If you ecr niuioy this young Indj n-aln there'll be not n whole lioiio in ,our skin. ou hnve my word for that." This was the beginning of an ac quaintance Hint .cost Pat many a pang. It wns hard to put love nut of lils heart, to drive the thought of it from his mind, to remeni ber his situation nnd tho responsi bilities that were upon him nnd the monger, u n e e r tain promise of the future. In tho course of a few weeks It had come to tho point that he c o u 1 d wish not to see her again. She looked upon him kindly, how kind-.. ly he couldn't "my wonu rem that." know, but the light In her eyes wnn torment to htm for the hopelessness of It all. One day when Pal came to the stu dio thero was a innti with O'Connell, n very quiet. Inconspicuous person, sit ting In a corner. "Pat." said O'Connell, "a week or two ago I received this." And ho gave n half sheet of soiled paper on which was scrawled: "Your saint Is n Jailbird." "Well." said Pat, "It's true." "I was rather afraid It might bo," responded O'Connell. "You'd said so little about yourself that I had already scented a mystery. And It happened nt that time that I had a few dia monds belonging to my mother in n drawer of that desk. I was going to hare the settings repaired. So when I got this pleasant communication from some friend who didn't slgu his nnmo I opened that drawer. Tho diamonds wee gone." "You thought I took them." O'Connell hesitated. "The fact Is," said ho at last, "I didn't know what to think, being rery fond of you by that time, my boy, so I employed this gentleman hero to think for me. It's his business." "And what do you think?" said Pat, turning to the stranger. "I don't think; I know," responded that indlrldual. "Pre got tho man nnd the goods. And In the course of that Investigation I discovered who broko the store." The blood sang In Pat's ears. "The man that wrote that paper." wild the detective. "Is the man that got the diamonds, nnd he Is the man that broke the store and tho man that fright ened the girl lu tho elevator car, and his nnme la Johnny Hncker. He's on about his last trip right now. I'm going to get him lu a couple of min utes." He glanced at O'Connell, w h o made a gesture, and the in a n went out. "And now, Pnt," said the artist, "I did you a "i'm joi.no to get wrong In my him." mind, nnd I owe you a debt for that. I like you right well besides. I have the power and the. will to help you. You have the character and the nblllty to rise. There's n future beforo you, Pat, my boy," About St. Patrick. Bom In .190. His father was named Calpurnlus. Captured by Plcts lu 411. Ordnlned priest In 425, Made bishop In 441. Died In 4lK). Alliance Law and Order League (Continued from.pnguT) atlon, that will nevor stop short of success. Saloon-keeper, your occupa tion Is doomed. VICTORY FOR DRY FORCES.4 Advocates of Prohibition Score In tho Iowa House. Dos Moines, la., March 9. Ad vocates of constitutional prohibition won, a decided victory in tho lower house of the legislature today, when the motion to recommit tho resolution waa defeated by a majority of twenty votes. MURDER MOST FOUL. Beautiful Clara Rosen the Victim or A Drunken Brute. Such was tho terrifying report that that sent a shudder of horror, through tho people of tho city of Ottuniwa a few weeks ago Womeni turned pale with fear, while men's cheeks blanch ed in helpless rage. Tho history of tho revolting crime as gleaned from the Courier the leading papor of the city briefly are this. "Miss Clara Rosen who resides with her parents on wost Third street was brutally mur darod, and probably aBUlted, while going from her parent homo to that of her married sltsor a few blocks away. The crime was committed be tween G:C0 and 7:30 last evening. Later The negro Juuken suspected of s - - - "' murdering Miss Rosen, has been ai restcd nt Dos Moines, nnd has con fessed to the murder, but doilies the nssult. Sns his mot've was robboiy, and ho was crazy drunk nt tho time. Tho officers will keop him at Dos Moines, hosotntlng to bring him back hero for fear of lynching, which Is almost auro to occur, in tho present state of tho public mind." Why do wo mention this case 7 Bo caugo It has a bearing on Alllnnco Af fairs nt this time. Ottuniwa llko Al liance Is a Division point on tho Bur lington road. In 1007 It was without saloous and tholr satelltes. Tho panic of 1907, cont'iwilng Into 1908 cntuo on. Rallrond forces wero reduced. De pression existed. And the Baloon olomont, howled Just as they arc how ling lu Alllnnco today "Seo what your dry policy has done. It hns drove money away from town. Trade Is (lend. Tho town Is dead . grass will grow in the streets. You cant stop selling liquor, thereforo you bettor get tho license money. Pcoplo nro go ing to othor places to trade, because thoy nan got a drink there. Bettor llcousc the ealoons and mako things lively. "TIioho saino old boiler pinto stereotyped lies, are being usjjd by tho whiskey element In Alliance now. Enough shortsighted, narrow minded convinced of this, to mako a majority, and tho pcoplo declared thomsollves last April for a wide open policy, in order to "make things liven up." It did nil right. Tho vultures that proy upon human society camo In drovos to Ottuniwa. Tho lmlutod courtezan, tho gambler, tho thief, tho burglnr, tin tramp, hobo, tho Baloon-kccper, tho swampor the pickpocket, tho holdup, tho black brute, and ovory typo of crlnilnnl known to tho calandor. Result: Six foul murders, seven crimes against wonion In eight months, Inuinerablo burglaries. Po lice corruptod, Holdups a nightly oc currence. A reign of terror existed Women feared to leavo tholr homeB after nightfall. Meni go armed nftor night and keop in tho middle of tho Btreet. Ottuniwa Is ntonlng for hor Bin in snckcQch and ashes. The peo ple see their mlBtnko, and promise to right tho wrong at the coming olectlot but It Is to lnte. It wont bring tho beautiful and talented, pure minded loveablo Clara Rosen, back from tho grave, it wont restore tho murdered ones to tholr families and friends. It will take a long time to restore Ot tumwa's blnsted and ruined reputation nnd mako it a decent place lu which to live. Tho men of Ottuniwa aro threatening dlro vengeanco ou Junken who committed the crime. Thoy have oven gone to tho neighboring town wlire he is confined in jail, and tried to shoot him through tho window of his prison. Is the poor Ignorant negro who committed tho fol deed wholly to blamo? won it not tho wide opon policy that attracted him? Was It not rotten whiskey that aroused his pas sion and maddenod his duU brain? Are not tho men who voted for this policy primarily to blame? These mei nro now trying to avenge with ropo and bullets tho mistake of tholr bal lots. Men of Alllnnqc, husbands brot hers, fathers, profit, by tho mistakes of your sister city of Otttnmva. Think of your wives, sisters, sweethearts, nnd daughters. Think of them, for a momentt llko poor Clara Rosen, in tho clasp of a vile bruto, llko Jun- okn with reason dethroned by vile nnd deadly liquor and then vote for a sa looni policy if you can. Pause for a moment on our main street, at noon or evening, when our schools close for the day, and watch tho hundreds of young girls as they pour out from the high school, the central school tho Academy and the EmerBon school, wit silvery shout, laughing eyes, dimpling cheeks, waving tresses and merry jest, full of life and Joy, gazo upon these our treasures and our prldo, then thiu of their endangered lives and honor If tho saloon policy bo luaugrated as it was In Ottuniwa, if yon dare. Think of the smiling, wlnsom young ladles In our stores and offices, of tho music teachers and others who aro compell If' Palace Meat market l. W. HERMAN, Prop. Having- taken charge of the Palace Meat Market I am prepared to serve all customers to their satisfaction. Special attention to telephone orders. Satisfaction guaranteed. Prompt delivery. TEL- j I PHONE "v 1$ r Grand HestanranT 1, Plenty of tables c ivieais served promptly We?Serve m Try our noon dinner, 25c wieais mat aausTy ed by their occupations td go about "ur BtreetB after tho shades nf night have fallen ns poor Clara Rosen did, think of tho thrill of horror that woul run through your vory soul, would ohlll your blood, and check tho beat ing of your heart, wore you told that ono of theso young lives had been, crushed out by n fiend In human form had suffered as Clara Rosen did, then your wild cry for vongcatico upon hor destroyer as tho pcoplo of Ottuniwa aro rylng for vengeance, now, will bo too lato. Men of Alliance, dont mako tho mistake Unit your brothers lu Ot tuniwa did. Don't voto for tho Baloon or for mciii who favor a policy thnt affords, produces and fosters tho con ditions that led to Clara Rosen's death and dishonor. Our nolghbors on tho north, Craw ford and Chadroni aro making hor culean efforts to mako their towns dry at the coming election and we hope that they will Bticced. However they aTo not so wholly disinterested In tho tight ns Alliance Peoplo wero a year ago becauso tho reallzo that thoy are Uablo to become rival candi dates with Allince for tho location of tho Stato Normal School tho bill, for which hnB passed tho lower house. They know that in determining this question the Stato Board of Education would bo lnrgely Influenced by tho fact that Alllnnco lp without saloons, Thoy know that undor present con ditions, thoy would bo vory heavily handicapped with tholr load of saloons to carry. Two of tho principal stock-ltvtrade argument's, or rather statements ot saloon advocates In Alliance, aro: First, "Thoro is Just as much Hqpor shipped Into town and drank now as thero was when wo had Baloons. Second, Tho no-saloon policy has driven trado away, and decreaseed tho morchnnitB business." Thoy mako no effort to defend the- saloon- on moral grounds knowing tha It Is useless, but seok to nppoal to one of manB' strongest passions Uiat of avarlco. Tho Law and Ordor Lea gue is ready to meet Uiom on their choson ground ,and show tho fallacy of tholr financial arguments. Below Is a Btatomeut of tho Burlington agent at Syracuse, Nebr., making n com parison ot amount of liquor received at his station In corresponding ''wte," auda "dry" periods. This shows a decrease of 31G.C9G pounds or about 3.1 GG gallons in fovor of a dry town, while morchandlso receipts increased more than a quarter million pounds. More of these statements will appear In those columns. "In response to many requests ns to tho amount of liquor and merchan dise received at .Syracuso since the closing of tho saloons as compared with Uio year previous. I beg leave to submit the following figures taken from the monthly report Isstued to lntorstnte commerce commission whlct aro absolutely correct: May 1 1907 to March 1, 190S, Iqpur rcclved, 3G5,43G lbs Decrease , . . .310,696 lb May 1, 1903, Morcllandlso received.. 1,979,559 lbs. May 1, 1903, to March 1, 1009. 8 merchandise received.. 2,21S,40G libs. Increaso ' 238,847 It This does not include any carload freight of any kind. ' D, W. Vnuhorn, agt. C. B, & Q. "You seo from this statement that -38,847 poundB more of merchandise has been ohlpped into our town dur ing the pant ton months without sa loons than during tho same period last yearwlth Baloons. TJUb merchanc dise has been hardware, dry goodB clot Ing, groceries, shoes, furniture and all articles of consumption. All this with panic, flood and shortago of crops besides. DOES THIS LOIC LIKE RUIN? The license peoplo claim that as much llpuor was drank in a dry town wth saloons whllo the facts aro that 31G.G9G pounds less of liquor was ohlpped Into our town under no Hcons than during a llko period with license. mm m m mm G-ood, clean linen tom tuck, ProP,l WVs"V A , -