Nebraska Newspapers

    THE ALLIANCE HERALD, TU.SDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1921.
ORIOLE
By
BOOTH TARKINGTON
Illustrations by
Irwin Myers
Ooprrlrht, 101
t Um IU BrwUoata, IB
"Now I tell you what let's play,"
the versatile Fatty proposed, after ex
hftUftinK the pleasures of "Geotr
raphy." "ChoKta," and other tests of
Intellect. "Let's play 'Truth.' Well
each toke a pnper nnd a pencil, and
then etcli of un asks the other one
tome question, otid we tin f to write
down the answer and slpn your mime
and fold It up so nobody can see It ex
cept that on, and we haf to keep It
a aecret and never tell as long an we
live."
"All rlKht," snld Henry Rooter.
Til he the one to ask you u question,
Tatty."
"No," Herbert sntd promptly. "I
Ought to he the one to iisk Putty."
"Why ought you?" Henry demanded.
Why eiiKht vou?"
"JLIflteni'' fatly cried, "I know the
way we'll do. I'll ask each of you a
question we hnf to whisper It nnd
each one of you'll ask me one, and
then we'll write It. That'll he simply
frond 1" she clapped her hands; then
checked herself. "Oh. I puesn we
can't, either. We haven't got any pn.
. t I ....I It IT . 1 . .4
it nuq IL'U( un iimrKt iii'iu rue
seemed to recall her hostess. "Oh,
Florrle, dear I Run In the house and
jji 5ine rpjtt'.r ?n4 1,enci.,s',
Florence pnxb no" slfrn other than
to Increase Jhe JjMt'Jness of her voice
t aiie iaug. Tcrf'ly alcVning. clef
tor me, let me perf'ly slck-kln-nlng!"
"We got plenty," said Herbert, OS
he and Henry produced pencils and
their professional notebooks, and sup
tiled their fnlr friend and themselves
with material for "Truth." "Come on,
Tatty, whisper me whatever you want
to."
"No; I outfit to have her whisper
first," Henry R.ioter objected. "I'll
write the answer to any question; I
don't care what It's about."
"Well. It's Rot to he the truth, yon
know," Patty warned them. "We all
liaf to write down Just exnckly the
truth on our word of honor and sign
Wir nemo. Promise?"
"All rlcht," said Patty. "Vow 111
whisper Henry a question first, and
then you can whisper yours to me
first. Herbert."
This seemed to fill all nerds hnpptly,
and the w lilsjicrlns and writing hcirnn,
and continued with a cor.hiess little
to the tastt nf the piously slnlni;
Florence. She altered nil previous
opinions of her friend Patty, nnd when
the hitter finally closed the session
on the steps nnd announced that she.
must po h.uiie. the hostess dccHm-d
to accompany her Into the limine to
nelp her find where she hud left her
hat nnd wr.ip.
"I haven't the least Idea where t
took 'em off." Patty declared In the
driest manner. "If you won't come
With me, Florrle. n'He yoir Just call
In the front door and tell your mother
to tret 'em for me."
"Oh. they're somewhere In thTro."
aid Florence coldly, not cean'ng to
Bwlne her fool and not turning her
hend. "You can find 'em by yourself,
I presume, or If you can't Ml hare
ur maid throw- 'em out In the yard,
or son'pp'm tomorrow."
"Well, thank on!' Ml Fulrrhlhl
rejoined, as she en'ered the house.
The two hoy stood wnltlnir. having
In mind to go with Patty as far as
tier own pate. "That's a pretty way
to sponk to company!" Herbert ad
dressed his cousin with heavily marked
aeverlty. "Nest time you do anything
like that I'll march straight In the
house und Inform your mother cf the
fact."
t";,"Pnr ;tl swung her foot and
looked dreamily away. She wing, to
the air of "Rock of Apes":
"Henry Rooter Herbert too they
make me sick that's what they do!"
However, they were only too well
prepared with their annihilating re
sponse. ,
"Oh. say not so! Florence, say not
o! Florence, soy not sol"
They even sent this same odious
refrain back to her from the street,
s ihey depai'ted with their lovely
companion ; and. so tenuous Is feminine
loyalty, sometimes, under these
tresses. Miss Fulrchlld mingled her
weet, tantalizing young soprano with
their changing and cackling falsetto.
"Say not so. Florence! Oh, say Uot
ol Say not to!"
PART TWO
Now a northern breeze chilled the
nlr. as Mie l.n'eftil three bt'inne l
dlsflngub hfibie In the b-izc. of auintnn
dii'k. Herein e stopjvd swlnglm hr
foot, left the railing, ami went morose
y Into the house. And here It was
her fortune to make two discoveries
vital to her present career; the first
arising, out nf a conversation between
her father and mother In the library,
where a gossipy fire of soft coal en
roomed this proper Sunday afternoon
entertainment for man and wife.
".sit down and rest awhile," said her
mother. "I'm afraid you play too
hard when Patty and the hoys are
here. Do sit down quietly and rest
yourself a little while." And as Flor
ence obeyed, Mrs. Atwater turned to
her husbnnd. resuming, "Well that's
what I said. I told Aunt Carrie I
thought the same way about It that
you did. Of course, nobody ever knows
what Julia's going to do next, and
nobody needs to he surprised at any
thing she does do. Ever since she
came home from school about four
fifths of all the young men In town
have been wild about her and so's
every old bachelor, for the mutter of
that!"
"Yes," Mr. Atwater added. "Every
old widower, too."
His wife warmly accepted the
amendment. "And every old widower,
too." she said nodding. "Rather I And
of course Julia's done exactly as she
pleased about everything, and nnturnl
ly she's going to do as she pleases
about this."
"Well, of course, It Is her own af
fair. Mollle." Mr. Atwater said, mildly.
"She couldn't be expected to consult
the whole Atwater family connection
hefo!
"Well. I'd care about It If It's a se
cret." Florence li.s,-ted. "If It's a se
cret Id want to know it whatever It's
about."
"Oh, It Isn't a secret, particularly.
I suppose. At least, It's not to tie
made public for a time; It's only to
he known In the family."
"Well, didn't I Just prove Pro as
much one o' the family as "
"Never mind," her father said sooth
ingly. "I don't suppose there's any
harm In your know ing It If you won't
go telling everybody. Tour aunt Julia
has Just written us that she's engaged."
"Ohj no," she agreed, "I don't say
she louTd. Still, It Is rather upset
ting, coming so suddenly like this,
when not one of the family have ever
seen him never cveu heard his very
name before."
"Well, that part of It Isn't espe
dally strange, Mollle when he was
born and brought up In a town three
hundred miles from here. I don't see
Just how we could hovf heard his
Best Snake Story
of Present Season
Comes From Chadron
The Chadron Journal, with profes
sional pride piqued by stories of the
whale-mermaid from Hay Springs nnd
mountains of rattlesnakes in Box
Butte county, comes to the front with
the boss snake story of the present
season :
"Aside from the snake stories ema
nating from Alliance as to a young;
mountain of rattlers beintr dispatched
by one man in a few shots, this i.;
really rattlesnake season. Dry weath
er is brinjrinjr them out in search of
water, it is said, althoutfht close to
Chadron they have not been noticed
to any great extent.
"From Bulfalo Gap comes the re
port of thirteen being killed in one
field last week and in Hot Sprinps a
7-ycar-old rattler was killed by Doc
tor Molzahn near a home where he
was making a professional visit. I-ast
week on the road west of Chadron,
Percy Proudfiv noticed a lare snake
in front of his car so he steered so ar
to run over it. It t-tiuck at his front
tire, embedding its fangs so deeply
that it could not loosen its hold un
til wrapped around the wheel so tight
ly as to stop the car. Mr. Proudfit
couhl move his car neither forward or
forward, to alighted to find the
trouble. He found the rattler knotted
in a large mass, having to cut the
Institutions Claiming
Tax Exemptions Asked
to Give Definite Figures
A questionnaire has been sent by
Tax Commissioner Osborn to all in
stitutions claiming tax exemption to
learn whether they are operated for
rain. If so, they will be cited before
the board to show cause why they
should not be taxed.
In the questionnaire to hospitals
the receipts of each institution is
desired; whethe rsuff'cient to main
tain its institution; how many char
ity patients are accommodated; if
a patient's ability to pay is inquired
into before granting service; if effort
is made to compel relatives to pay for
charity patients, and amount of com
pensation paid to officers.
The Y. M. C. A., lodges and kindred
organizations are asked to list all
property from which income is deriv
ed, and business colleges and other
schools run for personal profit are
asked .to make a statement of their
business.
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LEADERSHIP WON ;
On lite Basis of Quality l
Quite logicrlly leadership
can only be won on merit. "I
M
LOW P
ELVIN'S
RICE MARKET
50S Box Butte
Next to Lowry & Henry Garage
nnme unless he visited here, or got pnakc jn tfntPf" pieces in order to
Into the papers In some way." .proceed. In substantiation of this,
... , Mr. Proudfit has shown several Chad-
Mrs. Atwater seemed unwilling , ton citizens just whether the accident
yield a mysterious point. She rocked occurred."
decorously In Lcr chair, fchook her " .
hend1 anJ tftcr setting her llns rljrld- Ask any grocer for the free cake
ly, opened them to Insist that she Could- of Jap Rose Soap.
never change her mind: Julia bad
acted very abruptly. "Why couldn't
she have let her poor father know, at
least a few days before she did?"
Mr. Atwater lched. "Why. she ex
plains In her letter tiiat she only
knew It, herself, an hour before she
wrote."
"Iter poor father I" his wife repeat- ,
ed cominlseratlnuly
87p
City Manager's Corner
(By N. A. KEMMISH)
Our water main extension on Yel
lowstone avenue, Missduri, Mississippi
avenues and into Belmont Addition is
itnmnlalail W A lot1 1 43A- fnAf it civ
inch and 2540 feet of four inch or a
-vwiy. Mouio. i 'ion i see mat lam- fft.n, nf o - w Wll Blsn inKtiwi
ers especially to he pitied." six fire hydrant and the material
"Don't you" said Mrs. Atwnter. cost $4,1 lO.Hfi, and the labor, superin-
"That old man. to have to live In that tending and engineering $1,589.90 or
big house nil alone, except a few ne- a total of $5,700.H2 which is an aver-
gro servants?" ae-e of $1.44 per foot for all pipe laid.
"Whv. no! About half the houses This was to have been paid out cf the
In the neishhorhood. no and down the f 10-000 bon'l,J t1 in April. These
street, are fnltv occupied hv close rela- bom'H know w.ere not Fold ao wo
lives of his; I doh, If he'll he really raul for th . ?f
, , . money we. had accumulated in the
as ion, ly as be d l,Ue to he. Ami he s Wnte;. !e.)artment to rctire b.Jn(ls
Leadership is something
that cannot be forced or
hocuspocussed into life. It
must be earned, and earned
every inch of the way. It is
perfectly natural that the
Model Cleaners and Tailors
should be rewarded with
the place of leadership we
hold in the cleaning and
tailoring business of Alli
ance and vicinity. It was
won by a faithful adherence
to the principle that work
manship and service is the
biggest single factor in
doing a big successful
cleaning and tailoring business.
MODEL CLEANERS jS
i & Tailors ii
303 Box Butte Phone 18
ift " ..-.
.hi. ii miiii ii fciw- it fert-ju nfiil ii 'jlh
Julia had been a plain, unpopular girl, i v'e received a letter from the Spra
I'tu strongly of t he opinion, myself, I gue and Nisely Construction company
tiiat l e II lie pii-ns,.. aiumi tills, (if contractors for paving districts I, 6, 4
course it may upset him a lltlio. Just
at fust.
5, 6 and 7 notifying us that the year's
guarantee on the paving is nearly up
"Yes; I think It will!" Mrs At- i ,,r" tnat they have 5JS.!0 still tine
w ater Kho-.k her head forebodingly. them 011 ihoi contacts for these dis
"And he Isn't the only one Its going 'M'01' have made some inspec-
to unset" itions of the curbing and paving in
' ' ' . these districts nnd if any one know?
No, he Isnt. her husband admit- of a pa(.e wr,ere the paving or curb
ted, ..seriously. "That's always been ; js not up to the contract now is
the trouble with .lul'a ; she never could (the time to let us know about it, so
bear to seem l!sappo!ntiug ; and so, of ,tbnt we can have the contractors re
course. I suppose every one of 'em had pair it.
They went satirically down the
treet, tbelr chumminesa with one an
other bountifully Increased by their
cuuiibou derlslou of the outsider oo tb
lrch; and even at a distance they
till contrived to make themselves in
tolerable; looking back over their
ehnulders, at Intervals, with say-not-so
expressions on their faces. Even when
these faces were far enough away to
be but yellowish oval planes, their
ay-not-so expressions were still Htlng-Ijrejwjuent.
a special Idea that he was really about
the top of II e list with her."
"Kvery hist one of 'em was positive
of It," said Mrs. Atwater. "That was
Julia's w ay wlh 'cm I"
"Yes, Julia's always been nrteh too
kind -hearted for other people's good!'
Thus Mr. Atwater summed up and
he was this Julia's brother. Addition
ally, since he was the older, he had
known ht since her birth.
'if you ask me," said his wife. "I'll
really be surprised If It all fc'oes
throned w it bout a suicide."
"Oh. not quite suicide, perhaps," Mr.
Atwater protested. "I'm glad It's H
dry state, though!"
She failed to fathom his simple
meaning. "Why?"
"Well, some of 'em might feel that
desperate at least." he explained.
"Prohibition's a safeguard for the dis
appointed In love."
This phrase nnd a previous one
stirred Florence, who had been sitting
quietly, according to request, and
"restlus"; but not resting her curi
osity. "Who's disappointed In love,
papa?" she Inquired with an explosive
eagerness which slightly startled her
preoccupied parents. "What Is all this
about Aunt Julia, and Grandpa goln'
to live alone, and people committing
suicide ajid prohibition and every
thing? What Is all this, niunia?"
"Nothing, Florence."
"Nothing! That's what yon always
fay about the very most Interesting
things that happen In the whole fam
ily! What U nil this, papa?"
"It's tiothir.g that would be Inter
estlng to little girls, Florence. Mere
ly some family matters."
"My goodnewi!" Florence exclaimed.
"I'm nut a 'little girl" any more, pupa!
You're always forgetting my agel And
fit It'a a family matter I belong to tfca
family, I guess, about as much as any
body else, don't It f:
Uu't any more one of the family thau !
I am. I don't care how old he Is!" i
This was undenluble, and her father '
laughed. "It'a really nothing you'd '
care about one way or the other," he
said.
PATHOS UP-TO-DATK.
There is nothing more pathetic in
life than the spectacle of n sturdy Boy
Scout beggina: his mother not to
smoke. The Periscope.
Reformers are men who need every
body's help to behave themselves.
A Heaping Tea
spoonful of
Penslar
Liver
Saline
in a glass of water
before breakfast will
relieve all liver and
kidney trouble.
Also a full line of
all Penslar home
remedies.
F. J. Brennan
MEAT IS WAY DOWN THESE ARE EVERY
DAY PRICES.
OPEN ON SUNDAY MORNINGS.
VEAL CUTS.
Veal Steak, lb. 2."c
Veal Chops, lb. ""2."c
Veal Hoast, lb. I"III""l8c
Veal Stew, lb. "IIl.'c
PORK CUTS.
Pork Chops, sliced, lb. , 22c
Fresh Ham, sliced, lb. 22c
Whole Fresh Hams, lb. 20c
Prookfiold Snusnjre, lb. 28c
Home Pure Pork Sausage, lb 18c
Pure Lard, lb. i gc
Dry Salt Pork, fancy, lb. II 20c
Fresh Meaty Spare Ribs, lb. 13c
SAUSAGES.
Polled Ham, II). 1 ,--)C
Mirced Ham, lb. 2.c
Wieners, lb. .V 20c
Frankfurters, lb. IIIII2OC
P.olona. lb. "20c
Dried P.eef, lb. 60c
BEEF CUTS
Round Steak, lb. 20c
v Sirloin Ste?k, lb. 20c
Porter House Steak, lb. 20c
Good Tender Steak, lb. 18c
Your Choice of Roasts, lb. . 15c
Plate Rib Boil. lb. 10c
P.risket Roil, lb. 8c
Hamburger, fresh, lb. 12 '2c
Fresh Liver, lb. 10c
Fresh Drains, lb. 122c
CURLi) MEATS.
Fancy Racon, by Slab, lb. 23c
Fancy Hams, whole, lb. 28c
Morris Supreme Smoked Hams, whole, lb. 33c
Morris Supreme Dacon, by slab, lb. 33c
Small Cured Hams, 6 to 8 lb., per lb 15c
Cheese, lb 28c
I BUY YOUR LIVE STOCK AND CHICKENS.
F. E. MELVIN
lC WD
I ' sir Mf im jm Wi
I lfetevr- : &
USES ONLY THE HANDS
To Restore YOUR Health
To those acquainted with the word 'Chiropractic' let the above
explain itself. We, as Chiropractors, use only our hands to
REMOVE THE CAUSE
of all ailments of the human body for the last twenty-five years
have found this method the most practical.
That means that drugs, laxatives, baths, diets, exercises, etc.
are unnecessary.
Practically 95 of human ills are caused by nerve impingement (pressure on the nerve)
at the spinal foramina (openings). By our method we discover this trouble instantly
and can give you relief at once.
THE Sf!E WAY
DRS. JEFFREY & SMITH
CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH SERVICE
ALLIANCE IIEMINGFORD