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THE ALLIANCE HERALD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1921.
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Xtriv Aiiii''r muriuuied tihci,tt.r,
fcut fortune iii press her lurpilry; uml
Florence was s'teiii, Iii ;i brooding
WimmhI. Tto Journalist upon the fence
Ae tlxHiMtiroil rrom view, during the
rtvermtlo. wiih her mother; and
fc.resWittj she V'ghetl hful ipdetlj left
rtte nin. She vu-st to her uwu apart
taNil, where, at small and rather
tattered little white desk, after h pe
tio4 of earnest, merit, id.e took up
wet th point In purple Ink, and
rwtttKttit any great effort or imy crlll
rl delaying, produced xem.
ft In a sense, an original poem;
ihoagti, like the grcuier uumlier of all
literary offerings, it una so strongly
Inspirational that I ho source of its
.lateral inn might easily heroine moril
'Test to a coldblooded render. Never
Monless, in the poetess herself, as she
eiplsined later in good fnitli, the word
(fust seemed lo tome to her doubtless
w4th either genius or come form of
jnlraele Invnlvi d ; for sources of In
epilation are seldom recognized by In
pirvd writers themselves, she lind
Jmt loig ago teen party to a musical
ftonduy afternoon a ,.r great uncle
UoM'idi Atwaler's house where Mr.
5alrdyre, that nmliihle and robust
trlUHje, sang some of hi songs over
and over' again, us long as the re
tnesta jor them held out. Florences
lutein miiy have begun to consulate
,nlMiln her ihou.t
TMK OHOAXKST
By Florence Atwuier
thu orsarimt m-aicu at his or gun
Hi a church,
la aomn liruulirul wood, of map'. and
fciroli.
16 vry wrary hile lie i!uyrd upon
tlie key.
Bui h ai a Rrent orynnrst and always
played with taw,
Wliwi Ih ho:i Ik wtmy,
Aad the wind la itreury,
1 wauld III p lo be an ui;n-t g.atcl alt
dT at Ihe oiKun,
Whether uiy nuiim inlnht he Kwlrclnld or
Murcan.
, woold hiy mimic lll e vnt aincit.
The way it noundii In u ihuich of iu n.
- Florence rend her ,, vm (ver n
r e'fht times, the l k ui'. ilt:iMiri
f her exireiiiii belru eviilon e l;;it
mietlliiin fnilcil io i!i I niuiv ihls w.rK,
Itut, on the eonirnry. etilii need nil mi
lrei1ntic MirprWe ;.l It- -i,ui;;i- mer
it. Hmilly
I.nner v. iih ji
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jof her ri'ii.vn l.'i!.iTt's f.itl.ir's
jble. , -r n i.iin , il .'.lit-
'fonwitd iiicl i !.i: pi u li- h; M.e
elimi..'. il, liih l,.ir,i !,,,,,-, t.i.e ut
ter the !;!;, ui, III si.r -;iM.e t n
pniix' :,l Ihe . i .!' tluit u:,.( ,n t!,,.
two Jii;inin:i-is iiml l.'Ci'ly iiii.i!.' il,. in
tielxc v.i n,;iiMi-,l impi'i '"-ive.
rc'n.-i- In-r. If hit- I, a. I but taken
liole ul Iii. vi, uciv ,i U-.vs,iii in lus'orj
Ulid I In- ncill.lrrs ." n priiiiMiinl u:llii
tion in imui.iH eiiii:i,iii. lu-side t'm
old lii.iHc ;;ii.lc was a HuV brick
tmii;i'. olni'inly put to ilic ,;iily us!
Imemled by it desigm-r. Quile a.-: ob
viously rln- sliiSIc uiin nliv,,lelc ; any
.liody would li.nc kimwn from IIm nut
'tide tlul i here was no hur-f within
It, lb-re, vi.-ilile. was 1 1 1 end of tb.'
pastoral ne. it mi-lit be .hIIci!.
from i he llclilelbcrg j.iwb.nie tu Mar-(
'd. The new auu begins Willi mil-,
hint's ih:it dn away with laboring n ui-
Iiml mid will priN'ced presently 10
Biacliines iloing uwny with laboring'
ullhoiiuli it is true that cow
may remain in vogue for some lime.
In spile of ihe fai l that lliey hi ;
::::!.',. milkeil by 'leeir!cliy. ihe milk'
Hwlf mil yet be consll ucled by the
cow. I
All this wa lost upon Floreiu'e.
She sal ilpoii the feme, her ga.e lin j
favorably, i hough wist rally, fixed upon'
sign of mi special esthetic merit
above the si able door:
TMK MOUTH KNM KMI.Y OIUOl.K
ATWA'll'.lt ft ItOUIKlt OVVNKKS AND
I'lun'ttKimits.
i si Hscimib: now -x cents.
The Incon.-Kiem-y of the. wind
'"dally" did not trouble Florence ; more
over she had found no fault with
"Oriole" until the "Owner and l'ro I
preitors" had explained to her In the;
plainest terms known lo their vocabu
laries ilmt -lie was excluded from the
enterprise. Then, indeed, she had
teeii reciprocally explicit In regard,
Hot only 1,1 ilici.i iiud certain 4-rsoiial i
cl ai in terisiics of theirs which she
iM.iu.cl out as fun liiinciital, but In re-1
Vaiil lo nay newspaper which should,
cSiiil.ii r. :ely call itself an "Oriole."!
The partners remained siiin'rior in
iiiniiiii r, tiioiigh imable to com-cal a I
l,iiitr:il 11 x'lili.iout ; lliey had udop'ted
ii i i'i'," imi out of sentiment tor th1
di-t..i.r city of llalt'niore, imr, Indeed,
- i.c uiii.t of :lii oriilthologlo inter
eM of il.iir own, hut as a relic from
u:i n.'i.ii: I-m -i I t liib, or M-civt society,
which (I,.-y had preiously contem-
pj.e! forming, lis memliers tu be j
-d 'i'li.- ; i.iles" for no reasi-u
. . i r. The two friends had
?. i.; !' tl.eir ;lan at uiaiiy nieeUiij;
KcpvtigKt. 1921- ilie Bell Syndicate, Inc.
throughout the kimimiht, and l.n Her
iM'rt'n tcrent-nnrle, Mr. Joedi At
water, mnile hn nepliew the unex-ie-ted
present of n printing irejf, and
a newspaper roiiseipiently took tin
place of the club, Herbert end Henry
still entertained an nffer.-tinti for their
forier neiieme and deeided to perx"t-
nnlji ttia ntimp. Tluv krA tliA mnn
Keiictilve to attack upon It by an Ik- I
norant riitv.er. Btid jrirl like Florence.!
and her ohnnce of iiiiiratlfl ting her
self with tliein. If tlmt rould tie U0W
her Intention, wiih not promising.
It would le inaccurate to tpeak of
her na hoping to placate them, how
ever ; her mood was Inscrutable. Sin
descended from the fence with pro
nounced Inelegance, and. approaching
the old double doors of the "cariinge
hotise," which were open, paused to
Ithteii, Sounds from above assured
her that t tie edilora were editing of
nt least that they could be found at
their place of buslnesx. Therefore,
she ascended the cobwebby rtalrway
to the loft, and made her appearance
in the printing room of the North Kud
Unlly Oriole.
Herbert, frowning with the burden
of composition, sat nt a table beyond
tin) ollicinl railing, uml Ids partner van
engaged fit the pre, painfully setting
type. This latier person, whom Flor-
rr '.
iUlli11l'ear.i?rwwr3-,7'r..!- ' f
'.j .'-j, .'.v?; 'jr
1 1 ere !
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'"i's all I
is short
tin
eiate ; his i!re-s ivii i sciupl.
in."i!-li : :, nd I'loiigh he w
ii'.iliiiig .,iu.';. id aiioiil bun
cvpliiiuol
the n,.re -inisicr
f Florence's two
ndjedivcs. Yet she bad true occasion
lor it. because on Ihe day ln-fore sli
t.egaii its long oberviluce he had made
'i-r urn asy lest an orange s. cd sh"
rnd swallowed should take root and
grow up within her to a size inevi
tably fatal. Then, with her cousin
Herbert's stern assistance, Florence
had realised that her gullibility wa
not io be expected in anybody over
seven years old. after which age such
legend are supposed to he encoun
tered with the derision of experienced
people.
Her fnM'.ilioiisnes aroused, she de
cided thai lb ury Itooier had no busi
ness to be talking about what would
happen to her Inside, anyhow; and so
informed him at their next meeting,
adding an explanation which absolute
ly proved him to be no gentleman.
And her opinion of him was still ier
fctlly plain in her cxprcsMiui as she
made her present Inlru-lon upon bis
working hours. He seemed lo re
ciprocate. "Here! Didn't I and Herbert lell
you to keep tun o' here" be demand
ed, even before FloVeiice had devel
ojied ihe slightest form of greeting.
"Look at her, Herbert! Shea back
again:"
"You get out o' here, Florence."
sal. I Herbert, abandoning his task
with a look of pain. -How often we
haf to tell you we don't want you
around b.ie when we're in .n.r olVav
like this"
"For heaven's sal.c!" Henry Hooter
thought ft io add. "Cuift joii unit
rtihhii g r.p .md down our i.t'ice stairs
once in a whu'e, long cumuli for us to
get our newspaper work done t'an't
you give us a little peace"
The jiii kiai'ss ,,f Flor. ncc's alter
ing complexion was juM ,ti,.. ; ..he bad
not been near il cir old oi'.i. t- for four
days. She slate I the fact with heat,
adding: "And I only cam" then bo
cause I knew f ii'n'ln,iy oiv.Ft to see
that (Id, siahle iMi't rinn.-d. li s my
ow n uri i ;t,' -.i i. nr-d
kin irs much right here nn anybody."
"Yon have not !" Henry Hooter pro
tented hotly. "This Isn't, either, your
ole aunt an. I nude' stable."
"It lu tt"
"No. It Is not I Thl Isn't nnvrmdy's
unhh It' my and Herbert' news
paper building, and I guess yon
haven't cot the fr.ee to stand there
uml claim yon tot a right to go In a
new spnpor building nnd ny you tfot
n right there when everybody ft'.J
you in Htnv mitl o .f it, 1 guess!"
"Oh. haven't I?"
"No. you haven't I !" Mr. Hoofer
n aiiitained bitterly. "You Just walk
downtown nnd go In one of the news-prii-
r buildings down there an I tell
'em you got a right to stay there nil
day long when they tell you to get out
o there! Just try It! That' fill I
nsk !"
Florence uttered a cry of derision.
"And pray, whoever told you I was
hound to do everything you Bk me to.
Mister Henry Hooter?" And she eon
eluded by reverting to that hostile
Impulse, o nm lent, which In despair
of touching an antagonist effectively,
reflects upon his ancestors. "If yon
got anything you wunt to ask, you go
ask your grandmother!"
"Here!" Herbert sprang to his feet,
outrngiil.' "You try and behave like
a lady!"
"Who'll make me?" she Inquired.
"You got to behave like a Indy as
long as you're In our newspaper liulld
hiir, anyway," Herbert said ominously.
"If you expect to come up here after
you been told five dozen times to
keep out "
"For heaven's sakes!" his partner
Interposed. "When we gofn to get
our newspaper work done? She's your
cousin ; I should tldi.k you could get
her out !"
"Well. I'm goln to. ain't I?" Her
bert protested plaint !vi ly. "I expect to
get her nut. don't I"
"Oh, son do" Mi-s Atw titer In
quired, with severe mockery. "Fray,
how do you expect to accomplish It.
pray?"
Herbert looked desperate, but was
unable to form a reply consistent with
some rules of etiquette and gallantry
which he had begun to nle-erve during
the past year or r.o. "Now. see here,
Florence," he said. "You're old
enough to know when people fell you
to keep out of a place, why. It moans
they want you to stay away from
there."
Florence remained cold to this rea
soning. "Oh, pool!" she said.
"Now, look here!" her cousin re
monstrated, and wont on with his ar
gument. "We got our newspaper work
to do. and you ought to have sense
etio'igh to know newspaper work like
this newspaper work we got on our
Lauds hero, isn't well, it ain't any
chip's play."
Ills parlnr npprnrod to approve of
the expression.' tor ho podded severely
and then u.-od it himself. "No, you
bet it isn't any child's play!" ho ald.
"No, sir." Henry Hooter agnlti
agreed. "Newspaper work like this
isn't im.v child's play t all!"
"Il iM.'t Miy . hihi's play, I'!,,:-, u. e,"
said lieiiieit. ' Ii ain't any eh
play nt i.'l. Floreie o. If it ',;. yfi
chilli's play or si,i"cMiii"; Ii, l!m
why it wo-.ddn't iin:l',,r mtj. h vo.ir
always p.. kin' up here, and--"
"V II," the par: m r ilit'
dicially. "Wo w. ildn't
around, i n if tt , as chii
rn
:; d. ju-
a.'t her
I la;.."
-o," ller-
!.: . any
lone I i
r in. r.-y 's
a i . I 'i
aiiy-
"No.
lert a
"v"e
how.
. a me i
n ! c-,
tis a ii
I. o'a ':'
we won. i
! !.
i.i,id:.'t '
loreln ' "
, : .- plaii
M.'t VmII
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II.
iv e.
Ih it's
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..- his
"So. f.
. I
on
llOllle
v.)-.;
What
"Y
II. I nu
ll's about time you
was a-l.:n' me flat," she said, not un
reus, mildy. "if you'd nsl.o.l me thai
111 the lir-t place. Instead of a'Uiii' liiv
you'd never been lauclil niiyt'li'iig, and
was only lit to associate with hood
liims, perhaps my lime is of some
value, myself:"
The hick of rhetorical cohesion was
largely counteracted by the strong
expressiveness oi tone and manner; at
all events, Florence made perfectly
clear her position as a person of
worth, dealing with the lowest of ail
her inferiors. Mhe went on, not paus
ing: "I thought, being as 1 was related to
you, and all the family ami everybody
else goin' to bal to rmid your ole
newspajier. anyway ltd be a good
thing if what was primed in It wasn't
all a disgrace to ihe family, because
the name of our family's got mixed up
with this newspaper; so here!"
Thus speaking, the took the poem
from her pocket uml with dlguity
held It forth to her cousin.
"W bin s that?" Herbert Inquired, not
moving a hand, lie was but an ama
teur, yet already enough of an edltoc
to have his suspicions.
"li s a poem," Florence said. "I don't
know whether I exackly ought to huve
It In your ole news a per or not, but on
account ,,f the family's sake 1 guess 1
better. Here, take it."
Herbert nt otice withdrew a few
steps, placing bis hands behind him.
"Listen, here," he said, "you think we
got lime to read a lot o' writ in' in
J our ole hamlw riiiu' lhat nobody can
read anyhow, ami then go to work and
toil and moil to prim it .n (lie prlntiit'
pros jiue.s we got work enough
print In" what we wroie for our news
paiicr our own M-Ies! My goodness,
Florvn.e, 1 told you this isn't guy
child n play:"
I- lot cin e appeared to be somew hat
bal led. "Well," she said. "Well, you
bettor pin this poem in your ole news
paper if you want to have anyhow tine
U'ii.g ii, a ihai ... m i maUe everybody
Sick lhat reads It.
"1 w. n t do iir
firmly.
Herbert said, more
" I at y.ai ta':. u
for" his partner
aun.. conVUojIi-ly.
"All rigid, rr.iTi," FloreiKV resjiond
ed. with apparent decisiveness. "I'll
go hnck ntul toll Ftc-lo Joseph and he'll
take this printing press buck."
"He will not take It back. 1 ntready
did tell film bow you keep pokln'
around tryln' to run everything, and
we Just worried our Mfos out tryln' to
keep you away. He said he bet It was
0 hard Job; that's what Fncle Joseph
said. So go on, tell him anything you
wunt to. You don't get yor ole poem
In our iicw spnpcr .'"
"Not if she lived to be two hundred
yenrs old!" Henry Hooter added.
Then be had an afterthought. "Not
Unless she pays for It."
"How do you nieuti" Herbert asked,
puzr.led.
Henry's brow hail become enrnjgnt
ed with no little professional impres
fdvenesa. "You know what we were
talkln' about this morning." he said.
"How the right way to run our news
paper, we ought to have some adver
tisements in It and everything. Well,
we want money, don't we? We could
put this poem in our tiewspaer like
an advertisement; that Is, If Florence.
Das got any money, we could."
Herbert frowned. "If her ole poem
Isn't too long. guess we could. Here,
let's see It, Florence." And. taking
the sheet of paper In his hand, he
tudled the dimensions of the poem,
though without paining himself to rend
If. "Well, I guess, maybe we enn do
It." he said. "How much might we to
charge her?"
This question plunged Henry Hooter
Into a state of calculation, while Flor
ence observed him with veiled anxi
ety; but aft.-r a time he looked up.
his brow showing continued strain.
"Do you keep a bank. Florence for
rd.'kels and dimes and maybe quar
ters, you know?" be Inquired.
It was her cousin who impulsively
replied for her. "No, she don't," he
said.
"Not since I was about seven years
old!" Florence added sharply, though
with dignity. "Do you still make mud
pics in your buck yard, pray?"
"Now, see here!" Henry objected.
"Try ami be a lady anyway for a few
minutes, can't you? I got to figure
out how in u eh we got to charge you
for your ole poem, don't 1?"
"Well. thciiv" Florence returned,
"you better ask me somep'm about
that, hadn't you?"
"Well," sabl Henry Hooter, "have
you got any money at home?"
"No. 1 haven't."
"Have you got uny money with
you?"
"Yes. I have."
"How much Is if?"
"1 won't tell you."
Henry frowned. "T euess we niuht
to make her pay about two dollars and
a half," hosaid, turning to his part
ner. Herbert fe't "Wic'iMal ; If seemed
to him that 1 1'"1 I u ! formed a business
association with a g 'iihw, md for a
moment he w as .V: -led ; then ho re
membered Floi.-ii. .: l.nai c'al capac
ities, always coil huovvn to h'm. and
he lo-.ki i! ih ; Tossed. Florence, her
self, looked liidi'.'iViiit.
"Two .' ! :! an I a half:" she cried.
"Why. I c..uh! buy this whole place
for lv o h,'':i:M ;, 1 : half, printing
press. ra:"i v. ai: I ;.'! -y. s a'i. you
thrown in. .!, !! I ;.
"Sao !..!'.. Floret:
ca t'tie.-' ly. "ii'i . , li'i
lars and a l.rlt V'
"Cf e. Mf .. s,o ' r
as-sii'ed l.iui. "l-'ho
dollars ct.d -i hail' in
"Well, ti . I,." said
"what ve -i'i,' to
Henry
..t t , ,
said
do.
u
n't I" Ips partner
ec'.ii' had two
her life:"
I!' :.' y .:hiomily.
d" a'.oiil it
1 1; ii i' oiulit to
How 1 1 : i :
charge hi i V
Hel l ert's
committal
lite." he sal
Vii
ox'. re-si,. l.i.i-amo ii.i'i-'.'u.-t
h'l n o t! ink a tnin
I ; and w ith his ban I lo
his brow sii'i j i d beh.nd the unsus
plclmis Fioiaiic.'.
"I got to thin!.." he murmured; then
with the straightforwardness of bis
age. he suddenly vcl.ed his damsel
cousin from the rear and held her in
tight but far from affectionate em
brace, pinioning her arms. She
shrieked. "Murder!" and "Let me go!"j
and "Help! Hay-yulp!"
"LMk In her pocket," Herbert j
shouted. "She keeps her money in '
her skirt pocket when she's got any.!
It'a on the left side of her. Don't let
her kick you ! Look out !"
"I got It!" said the dexterous Henry,
retreating am exhibiting coins. "It's
one dime and two nickels twenty
cents, lias she got any more pock,
ets?"
"No. I haven't!" Florence, fiercely
Informed him. as Herbert released
her. "And I guess you .'.w-'ter hand
that money I;;:: i -r you don't want to
be arrested for stealing!"
Henry was unmoved. "Twenty
cents," be snid calculatingly. "Well,
all right ; ii i-n'l much, hut you can
have your poem In our newspaper for
twenty cents. Fbuvi.ce. If you don't
want to puy that much, why take your
ole twenty cents and go on away!"
"Yes." sa'd Herbert. "That's ns
cheap as we'll do it. Florence. Take
It or leave It."
"Take il or leave it," Henry Hooter
agreed. "That's the way io talk to
her; take it. or leave It. Florence. If
you don't take it yoil got to leave if."
Florence was Indigiirnf. but she de
cided to take it. "All right." she sjiid i
coldly. "1 wooldii'. pay another c -nl
If I died for It."
"Well, you haven't got another cent,
so fbnt's t.ll rii.ht." Mr. Ho.n.r re
marked; and he honorably extended
an open palm, supporting Ihe coins,
toward his partner. "Here, ll.rl.ert;
you can hive the dime, or the two
nickels, whichever you rather have.
It makes no ili.Verence to me; I'd us
soon have one as the other."
Herbert took the two nickels, nnd
& 1 . l.-l......i.. "s.,.. l,,,r in,.,.
I u ri ii . i . i .-. .-'i- i
erne." bo :.al. in a tone of strong i
Complaint,, "Tlds hus-'neso s nji 'iL-ne '
and paid for nmv. What you want to
bnns around here any more for?"
"Yes, Florence," his partner fa'th
fully seconded him. at once. "Wo
haven't pot any more time to waste
around here today, nnd so what you
want to stand around In the way ard
everything for? Ymi ought to kim.v
yourself we don't want yon."
"I'm hot in the way." said Florence
hotly. "Whoso way am I in?"
"Well, anyhow, If you don't go."
Herbert informed her. "we'll carry
you downstairs and lock you out."
"I'd iit like to see you!" s;o re
turned, her eye flashing. ".lust ymi
dure to fay a linger on me again !"
And be added. "Anyway. If yon did.
those ole doors haven't got any lock
ci 'em. I'll come right straight In and
wnlk right straight up the stairs
again !"
Herbert advanced toward her. "Now
you pay attention to mo." b" said.
"You've paid for your olo poem, ami
we got to have some pence around
here. I'm goln' straight over to your
mother and ask her to come and get
jmi." n '
Florence cave up, "Whnt differ
ence would that makej Mlsier Taddlc
tale?" she Inquired mockingly. "1
wouldn't he bore when she enme.
would I? I'll thank yon to notice
there's nme value to my time, myself;
and I'll Just politely ask you to ex
cuse me. pray !"
With a proud r,!r. slie cru"hlmrly
departed: nnd returned to her own
home far from dlss-atlsned with what
she had accomplished. Moreover. "In
began to expand with the realization
of a new importance; r.nd she was
gratified with the effect upon her
pnronts, af dinner thnt evening, when
she Informed them thnt she had writ
ten n poem which was to be pub
lished in the prospective first number
of the North Knd Daily Oriole.
"Wriiten a poem?" said her father.
"Well. 1 declare! Why. Mint's remark
able. Florence!"
"I'm 'glad the boys were nice nbout
It," said her mutter. "I should have
feared they couldn't appreciate It.
after being so cross to you about let
ting you have anything to do with the
print in;r press. They must have i
thought it was n very good poem."
"Where Is I bo poem. Florence?" Mr.
Atwater nsked. "Let's road It and
see whnt our little girl enn do."
Fnfortunn'ely Florence had not a
copy, and when Bbe Informed her fa
ther of this fact, he professed hlinolf
greatly disappointed as well as
anxious for the first appearance of the
Oriole, that he might felicitate hiri-
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"Look in Her Pocket," Herbert Shout
ed. "Don't Let Her Kick You!"
self nnnn the evidence of his daugh
ter's heretofore unsn-pocted talent.
Florence was herself anxious for the
new simper's debut, and she made her
anxiety so clear to At water it Hoot
er. Owners & I'ropreito -s,' every
afternoon after school, during the fol
lowing week, that by Thursday fur
ther argument and repartee on their
part were felt to be indeed futile, and
In order to have a little peace around
there lliey carried her downstairs. At
least they defined tl.eir action as
"carrying," and. having deposited her
In the yard, they were obliged to
stand guard af Ihe doors, which lh-y
closed and contrived to bold ntrnliist
her im'il her strength was worn out
for that day.
Florence consoled herself. During
the week she dropped in en nil the
members of "the family" l.cr grand
father, uncles and aunts and cousins,
her crc.-it-miclos and in each instance,
after in. protracted formal prelim
inaries, li'.'hily remarked that she
wrote poetry now; her first to npic:)r
In the forthcoming Oriole. And when
firont-Auiif Carrie said. "Why. Flor
ence, you're wonderful! I couldn't
write a poem to save my life. I never
could see bow I hoy do it." Florence
laughed, made a deprecatory little side
motion wttb her bead, nnd responded:
"Why. A imi Carrie, that's nothing! It
Just kind of comes to you."
This also served as her expla'-at'on
when some of her school friends ex
pressed their admiration, after helm;
fold the news In confidence ; llion-.h to
the teachers she sal I. smiling ruefully,
as in remembrance of midr.lbt oil,
"II docs tahe w ork, of ei,i-s,. ;'
W hen oppm tunity offered, upon (he
street, she jo'ied people she Knew
ami even ratt er ir-fiint ;i. ; i:i 1 1. 1
nnces and walked wiih ila-m a li'tl.'
way. and wlih una Heeled directness
led the Coiiversall .n I,, M.e sublii-t of
w.etry, iucludnig her own .m.i rii.u; io.i
-tjj UtUl ML Aiv'her. l .lorenee
waViiot In" a falr'Vay to" In come -Pietlc
celebrity It was not her owei
fault hut entirely Hat of the NortJ.
Knd Daily Oriole, which was to mnk
Its appearance on Saturday, but failed
to do so, on account of ton much en
thusiasm on the part of Atwnier &
Hooter In mat lpu'i'.tiri'j the printing
press. It broke, bad to be repaired::
and Florence, her nerves upset by tin"
accident, ihinnm'ed her money back.
Tli's was impossible, and the postpone
ment pi oved to be an episode; more
over it gave time to lei more people
know of the treat that was cmn'liz.
Among these was Noh'e Dill. Flor
ence's Ideal. 'Fntil the Friday follow
ing her disnppo'idiiieiif she lii'd foum'.
no opportunity to ncqua'nt tins bolnc
with the news; a"d but for an encoun
ter, partly duo to chance, ho might
not have benrd of It. Mr. Dill va
twenty-two.' but that was his only per ceptible
distinction. Ho was kind
usua'Iy. am! not unpleasant In appear
ance or attire: yet tie had neither
beauty nor that look of power w-hlch.
Is said to Jogirlc women from their
natural poise. He was the uiosi every
day young mnn In all Ihe town; and'
Florence's selection of htm to he her
Ideal still awaits a precise explana
tion. Nevertheless. It had happened v
and a sentimental enrichment of colo
In her cheeks was the result of her
catching sight of him, as she was on
the point of opening and entering bet
own front door that Friday afternoon
on her return from school. He was
passing the house, walking somewhat
drewmlly .
(To He Continued)
COMM ENT & 1JLSCOMM ENT
Two or three weeks ng;o it was that
the sob-sister who handle the affair.
of the lovelorn for the Lincoln Star
announced, tjuite firmly, that the la.-c
word had been said in the bobbed hair
discussion. The subject had been treat
ed by the hijrhest paid editorial writer
in the world, Mr. Arthur Brisbane..
Arthur approved of bobbed hair, ami
said so in an editorial that treated the
matter exhaustively and exhuustingly ,.
and Minerva, for one, was content to
accept the referee's verdict and end the,
kttle.
However, Minci-va, despite all her
wisdom, was talking through her hat
In a subject that so deeply concerns,
women, it is imios.sible for anybody to
say the last word. At any rate, no
.self-respecting; woman would let a mau
have the last word in this port of dis
cussion. We're surprised at Minerva?.
Her sex should frame up a fitting
punishment Idr her.
The bobbed hair problem is now
down to the last stages. The scientific
men are taking- it up. Whenever a dis
cussion goes on about so lont;, somV-long-haired
archeologist hears of it,
and when he urets sufficiently worked,
up to write about it, the chances an
that the excitement's about over. Dr.
J. Alden Mason, assistant curator of
the Mexican and .South American an
thology at the Chicago Museum ha
discovered that a lot of new style.-.
aren't new at all, and with becoming
modesty- has ret foi Ih his finding-..
T!i.jy make Into re.- ting reading, al
though they piobi Idy won't have any
iiutike.! influence in the oieal debate."
H-ibned hair, concealed cars, short
: kirl :.r. 1 all th : oti.er tads an-i
, ''O.ldos- a --ia itiic.i with modern wom
en s ,-t; !..- old as the pyramid.,,
am o; i!,r,'; to ihe ..iu'e r.ory'told l;
t!;- ii,ui.;i-i,es o!' hot'. Iv-ypt and 1'evu
"' the F ,...t i.iu.-'ouni at Chicago.
) :.ir. .- l i'.'n. . 'i-iipre.l in pitch..-.!.
:Ji.( a ' - it oa-a:-"d in :.rcoph:igi cov
i v 1 v,.:tii . u:ou - pi'ir.i ri 's ami Irioi.i
,!, ' f ' :y. -t !i nrigi.l aft-r
'l"l'i c t. o;- .r .i ;: l( 'iiof", til,' - r
'"'' ' (; ''! '' t v.-.i mortal of :i
l a tan i '! - oi : tri.t-.e l.i, .-
t'
tu a v. v'iii:: .t.on long since-
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AN L iOi A
A baby h iy vv;u born Friday, Aug
ust LM to Mr. nnd Mrs. Gammon.
Roy Lofi'land was an Alliance vis
itor Monday.
Dr. McClelland has moved his drug
store .tock into the building formerly
occunied by the Antiorh fltate bank.
M. srs Foy Holtland, Jame.; Thom
as, Sam O'livien and Mies A!ta Kob
erts, Maiy Kosenfelt, Margaret Klin
kaman and 'elma Smith were enter
tained Wednesday evening at the home
of Mrs. Hobii.-.
J. O. Shirley has finished stacking
hay on the Tom I'Wgg ranch.
Mr. aii.l Mi.;. Messe. smith accoin
panie.! by Miss liobert-s ;.pent Wednes
day afternoon ard ev. ..ing in Alli
ance. Miss Mary lloenfelt left Sunday
for Seneca, where she will teach dur
ing the coining year.
Mis. fn.ia Graham arrived Sundaj
to begin her school duties for the year.
Lloyd Krikhaum and sisters, Rachel
and Vashti, arrived Satuday.
Miss Anna Hotriand arrived Sunday
night. LUG Ah NOTK'K.
To George Dryden and Percy Dry
dt n:
Vou wiil tahe rotice that on the-2.r-th
day of August, t!21, Cha-les Fo
selius causd an order of attachment
to be issued out of the Justice Court
of L. A. Horry, Ju. tice of the Peace
of Alliance. Box Butte Courty, Ne
braska, au-ainst vou for the sum of
Forty Dollars ($10.00). That under
said order of attachment, garnishment
has boon served on the Chicago Bur
lington & Quincv Uai'road oomoany,
which Company h is answere 1 th t it
is indebted to de' -nda:it, George Dry
den, in the sum of Fulv-fiv-. and
!) ($4.i.ri0) Dollrs ar.d'to Percy Dry
den, in the sum of '-'ixty am! 07-100
0(1(1.07) Dollars. That the s:.;.l ...fa.
1ms lon continued to October 18, 1021
10 o'clock A. M., at which time you
; are required to appear and .show cause,
; if any you have, why .c;,id funds
-colon hoi oe apmani in in.; pavment.
of plaintiir's claim.
Dated Seiitomher Oth,
CHAP.LL'S IiOSKI.Il'S.
81 M 1'laintiiT.