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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1914)
won 3C 3C 3C 3 TROM TAT PLAY OT GEORGE M.OO1M EDWAlSfrtARSHALL OF PURE BRED run WITH PHOTOGRAPHS fROM XltiU HI THE PlAY o) (jo) ryjo) J0iC5 M mwm Lru CHAPTER I. Back of the massed red brick and tap board buildings forming. In Jones vllle, Conn., the extensive croup de voted to tha manufacture of Joaea' Pepsin Gam, waa tha abaadoned power feouaa, wherein were housed tha water avbaela which onca bad furnished force to drive tba factory'a machinery. Tha Btraam'e diminishing flow, tba In rraaaed aeeda of tba business, and tba aoonomy of ateam all bad militated to tfrard Industrial abandonment of tba Id building. Small boya never fltbed there, for tba alulce-watera were too swift, loaf art Barer Idled there, for the watch men of tba mills were too alrlct in their guardianship; but lovers souie limes wandered there, of moonlight nUghta; and In the afternoons, when the academy sessions had ended, "Broadway," really named Jackson Jones, but nicknamed "Broadway" be cause of bis continual glorification of INw York'a great thoroughfare, which fen bad seen upon occasion, sometimes fwant there "to get away fioiu Jones prill a." This afternoon ha waa to teacb It wo Jonesvllle girl friends new dance taps which he bad learaed in New FTork city. Later, dancing these with Ptlm at tba Odd Fellows ball, they G'ould confound all other girls In oneerllle. ' ' Tba girls came promptly. Clara JBpotswood was the daughter of the lo-a-al judge, Josle Ilicharrfs the daughter f t a recent manager of the gum fac ory. Her father was now laid up with (rheumatism, and Josle waa In training or a bookkeeper's post In the great nterprlse which swallowed most of (Jonesvtlle's youth of either sex, aa jpoon aa they left school. "Now this step, girls." Broadway paid in preface, "was invented on Broadway for use upon Broadway by (Broadway people. . Don't mistake It for in quiet nap. It's not a sleep-dance. It rwae not dreamed out in Jonesvllle." "And waa everybody dancing it?" staked Josle. "Every girl I saw," ba answered. Ha bad been telling of a bait he bad at tended in New York, but not quite all Iba night bava told about it. ulvery- rt I aaw, but one." - L"And waa abe dancing old style?" "No; aba waa being tarried to an mbulance. She bad Just sprained an able." "Oh, Jackson, you're too funny!" "Thanks for those kind words." He fwatched them whirl together for moment "No; not quite that way, Clara. Don't give a Broadway atep a and opposed every young Idea, particu larly to every young idea which chanced to have originated in bit nephew's brain. "Welt, Jackson," said bla uncle aour ly. "Well. Uncle Abner." "Ready to settle down in Jonesvllle, are you?" "Now, uncle," said the youth protest Ingly. "Your father settled down here, I settled down here, and you'll bave to settle down here," said the grim, un lovable old man. "You have obllga ttona here. The Jonea Oum factory has built thla town, and la responsible for It. You will have charge of the factory before long." Jackson writhed. He didn't wish to bave charge of the factory. "It's not good business, uncle," he had once told the man who now sat staring at him moodily. "They'll think It was the gum that made him bald. Poor grandfather wan too bareheaded to be a good advertisement for any thing, except an Indian." "Why an Indian ?" his uncle Inquired without suspicion. "As an after-taking 'ad' of the best scalper In the tribe." This Irreverence had abruptly end ed that day'a Interview. But this evening Abner Jonea was busy with more serious thoughts. "When are you going to work?" be crabbedly demanded. "I don't see" "Jackson, every Jones for two gen erations hna learned the gum business before he waa as old as you; but you, foolishly indulged by your father 1 1 have never seen such madness aa the j w ay be brought you up have come to i manhood knowing nothing of It. . Don't j you ever wish to settle down?" i "Not yet," said Jackson, boldly. "I'm i too young." "You're twenty-one." ! "I'm twenty-one; but I've lived most! of the time in Jonesvllle. That makes me Just fifteen so far aa actual ag j goes and yet the time seems longei i than it la," said the Irreverent Jack- i son. "I'm almost discouraged. I'm free tc tell VOU. Jlrlinn that If vnnr filharV will bad left me any opportunity fot ' doing so, I should sea to it that, when I I pass to my reward, you would have I no share of the great business which you hold in such contempt" "Pass on to your er yea, Blr," Jack son murmured. "I have bad tales brought to me of some things you have said about Jonea vllle," said the old man bitterly. "Yov Jonesvllle twist; you want to give a . nav compared it moat unravorabl Jonesvllle step a Broadway polish." that modern Babylon, New York Breathless they stopped their f-1 "Well er uncle, you know New torts. "Oh, you and your Broadway! j Vork la well, more metropolitan." "You're always talking about Broad , "Jonesvllle la metropolitan enough. ance. innbQf. Jan. 17 AT THE CHECKERED FRONT LIVERY BARN COMMENCING AT 1:30 P. M. H i wayz . "Clara," aald Jackson vary aerioualy, "bava you ever seen Broadway?" "You know I haven't." "Well, If you bad, you'd never aee another place you thought worth sea-. : i "Ob. you and your Broadway!" Joata Richards was an extremely pretty girl, j (more serious than Clara, who waa fluf fy. "No wonder the boys all call you ' (Broadway!'" j "I suppose a minister is proud when 'people call him "doctor,"' was the an-1 ,iwer. "When people call me 'Broad way. I feel about like that." ' i "I'd rather folks would call me An drew Jackson," remarked Sammy Andrew Jackaon was a statesman r not a street" "Your er little brother," began Tiroadway, but not being eloquent by mature, he left the seutenre incom plete. "He thinks be'll be a Caesar. Ha vants to kill soma boys by strategy ' tfor ba'a too fat to fight." The girls laughed again. Now they lad begun the pleasant homeward walk along the high road to the border rf tba village. . "Can you coma to supper?" Clara )sked. "Aa long as 1 can't eat on Broadway nta miner go to Joflr nousre man to any 'other place I know," aald Jackson. "But I've got to go home first This oollar'a wilted." Ha waa the only boy In Joneavllle1 -who would bave thought of that; he waa tha only boy in Jonesvllle who owned a pair of patent-leather shoes. Aa they passed hi uncle's reatdenca tthe old man, who waa bla guardian, augbt a glimpse of him through an penJng In the neglected shrubbery on tba great lawn, and sent a serving man to bid him enter. Jackaon made a wrr face for tha eneflt of tba gtrla, aa ha aald good by tneni, promising to appear for sup- at tba Bpotawooda. Ha carefullj beyed tba summons, but It Irked him lis ancle always Irked him. He ba lieved, and there were others who be- ieved. that his uncle tried to Irk him. They never had got on vary well to it-ether; the old man was bard, con atrvaiiva u the poiul of stubbo! These Cows are all in Good Condition, Gentle, Broke and from Tested Sires and Dams AH Cows in This Sale are in Calf to a Pure Bred Bull, Whose Ancestors Have Few Equals in Milk Records 19 Head of Pure Bred Holstein Cows and Heifers Ranging in age from 3 to 6 years old, and due to calf from I to 6 weeks. 3 - Pure Bred Jersey Cows - 3 Four years old, due to calf in 3 to 6 weeks. 3 - Cross Bred Swiss and Holstein Cows - 3 Four years old, due to calf in 1 to 4 weeks. This Stock will he at the Checkered Front Livery Ham for Inspection All Day Friday. Look It Over! St Si'-W Auctioneers NUTTER & HYNSHAW, Owners v. Jonesvllle Is a pleasant little town. built by the industry and brains of the members of your family, sir in both ' of which you seem to be most singular ly lacking; and, while it baa fewet " Jkeon people than New York, it haa mora vir ' tues. You will be the only Jonea re maining after I have gone. I am far from well. I " Instantly tha young man was con trite. He bad no wish to hurt bis uucle'a feelings. "I'm sorry, air, If you are feeling 111," he said, respectfully, "but, you see, you've always lived In Jonesvllle a great drain on a mau'a vitality. 1 didn't mean to say a word to bother you." But the old mau was not to be paci fied; hi face continued stern. "It ia less your words than what seems to ba your disposition which annoys me," ha burst forth. "Is there nothing serious iu you?" "I guess I'm pretty young to settle down. Perhaps that's what's the mat ter." "I bad aettled down and bad com plete charge of the bookkeeping depart , nient of thla great enterprise before I waa eighteen. You might begin to take life seriously." "You can't take It any other way In Jonesvllle." "I feel that I should tell you vari ous details of the business, for my t days here may ba numbered." Tba youth looked denrecatlnzlv 3: He, too, was frivolous; ba, too, longed for the fleah-pots of New York." "I never did. sir." he said, gravely. "I wish I might reel sure of that." aald Abner Jones. "I should feel surer of the safety of the gum." "I shall never harm the gum, air." "You must not only never harm It; you must help It. Let me tell you, Jackson there la a trust In the gum business " "Yes, sir. I've heard of it." It would have been remarkable if he bad not. For two years the air of Jonesvllle had been full of timid ru mors of the gum trust. The whole town was fearful that the great Jones factory might be sold to it and closed. "After I am gone they will endeavor to secure our factory and business," Abner Jones went on. "I shall never ' let them have it. You must never let them bave It. Of your pride in the Jones gum" "It's surely been a handsome little money maker," Iiroadway granted. "I do not like your language," said his uncle, -but the meaning of your words la accurate enough. It has made money. It still continues to make money as an independent gum. It " Broadway was getting fidgetty. The l Bpotswoods were waiting supper for him. Mrs. Spotswood waa a plump around the dull old library, feeling. In ' tn1 cheerful housewife, w ho doted on tha earnestness of bis revolt, that If i ina recPa he nrougnt Pack irom isew bis own days In Jonesvllle were but ' YrK upon the rare occasions w hen bis numbered It would give him great re 1 uncl ,et him go there, lief. Evan death, he thought- ! "ll would make more, uncle, wouldn't "I'm sorry you're not welL air" i lf 11 loBl 'ts independence?" be in- "Wi are but shadows cast uoon tha ! Quired. stream of life. Mere shadows. Jack son." Jackaon gazed at htm with careful eyea; that bis mouth waa also careful waa entirely proven by the fact that it aald nothing. A careless mouth might bave remarked that his old I uncle waa a pretty solid shadow, for be weighed close upon two hundred pounds. "The plan of the trust la to take it from the market. They have not thought of continuing It as an indi vidual product. They merely wish to eliminate it utterly. This would free ihelr other products of ita competi tion." "Did some one of them chew it?" his nephew iuquired earnestly. "Jackson, you should be ashamed! "Your father" aald thla varv rohn.t ! rhef merely wish to take it from the Invalid, "bad some tendencies which I : raarket B tnat K n longer wlli affect now see In j ou Jkgeraied ia you, BtiT " . "Yes. I've heard." He bad a thou sand times. "That ia the reason I am anxious that you should begin to show some vital Interest in our splendid enter prise. It must he protected at all haz ards. It should be the pride, as it has 'wen the fortune, of the Jones family." "Honest, uncle, I don't believe I know enough to go Into the business. Aren't you afraid that it would spoil :be sale of the gum if anybody should find out I helped to n.ake it? That worries me. The gum must be pro tected. I leave it to you, uncle. I " "Jackson, you are frivolous. You are a tremendous disappointment to me. You" "I don't want to be a disappointment, but I'd almost rather be a disappoint ment thun a gum-maker. I'd " "Go!" said his uncle angrily. "I " But Jackson did not hear the re mainder ,of the sentence, lie had heeded Its first word. CHAPTER II. "I should enjoy the supper better," nroadway said later at the Spotswood family . table, "if everything I chew, after I've seen uncle, didn't make roe think of gum. I wish there was a way of eating without chewing." They all laughed, but not very heart ily. Oum was a sacred w ord to them ! also. It waa to every one in Jones vllle. "Let's talk things over after sup per," aald the judge. Then, after they bad gone into his stuffy little study "Broadway, I've been talking with your uncle." "That's one reason I would never study law. You have to do sucb dis agreeable things. I've been talking with him, too." The Judge laughed very briefly, very dryly. "It's not politic for you to speak that way, my boy. The old er your Uncle Abuer will be sure to bear of It." "Must 1 pretend to love him?" "Er It might be better to." "Judge." said Broad ay solemnly, Tra a pretty good little amateur actor, bnt there are some parts I'd never try to play. One of them is that of loving nephew to my Uncle Abner Jones." Judge Spotswood sighed. "I know, my boy, and I don't know that I blame you. I only wished to say that as a j matter of expediency " ' "I don't know Just what expediency m ans, but If it has anything to do with Uncle Abner I don't want to." "Well, he said today that be hadn't any hopes of you. He said be didn't think you'd ever settle down. He dmian't seam to kAOW wbara ran rat nil your wild ways iruu. m is shocked. beyond expression to tmj that your young friends all call you Broadway. It's worrying your uncle." "What will he propose?" "if you won't go into the business, he will try to buy you out." Jackaon looked at blm in dumb de light. "For money? Ready money?" "Yes: it's what I'm afraid of. Jack aon. Be careful how you sell to hlu." "Ill be careful that be paya me. That's all I care about." "Don't be In a hurry. What I'm afraid of but I ought not to talk In this way. Abner Jonea baB never done me an HI turn. Of course your father was my client " "And dear uncle put bis hooks Into my dad whenever be could get them caught so'a he could pull, didn't her' "He is a shrewd business man. But don't sell, Jackson." The judge waa clearly 111 at ease. "If I don't sell, will I have to turn to and make gum?" "You ought to. A goose that lays golden egr should be wll cared for nuet uncle raise the poultry, rtf rather sell the eggs." "But, Jackson" "Judge, will you come to see me ia New York?" Tha conversation had brought Jack son Jones to sudden realization of the fact that in eleven months or less he would be twenty-two, and that, aa soon as be was twenty two, he would be free, according to the tenna of his dead father's will, to spend bis own exactly as he pleased. "I suppose you'll go there Just aa soon as you are master of your for tune." The boy leaned forward . eagerly. "When will it happen. Judge? Will ft be on the midnight that begins my birthday, or the midnight that It ends with? Quick! I've got to know." "Better wait till the next day. Jack, son. That's the safest. Oh, I know you'll go! But don't sell to your uncle Promise me." "When will he make me the offer?" "Before your birthday. Jackson." "Ia It as close as that? Ia liberty aa close aa that? I hadn't realized! Couldn't we get blm to talk to me to night about it? If I agreed to sell t him for half, would he agree to let my birthday come at once Instead of when It's scheduled? Would" The Judge waa laughing, somewhat ruefully. Jackson Jones amused bin, always; to some extent be could syns pathlse with his revolt against Jonea vllle. He himself bad revolted against Jonesvllle In bis youth, but there bad been no fortune coming to blm with the arrival of bis manhood to release him from the bated village. And. ba sldea. he was uncomfortable tonight He wondered if he ought to tell Broad way what he had learned. "Will you consider me your law yer?" the tudae asked. (To be Continued) VISIT "DOC" COPELAND W. A. Mitchell, chief edeat-rkJaa., amd L. T. Ciu-eon, assistant chief (wtuetr, of the Gnettt Western Su &vr ixunpany, whkb owns and: oper ates iuot4 of the beet wugur faator Iob In thbi section of the country, were in the ctty today visiting "Doc" Coianliuul, The IltsraJd' Bportlng ed itor. The two men re on a trip of nviiici of the differta plant. They go fixira AlH&tK-e to IHlLinwa, MonUoa. when the large fcuitory ia, the weat ia locate