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C.I I, THE ALLIANCE HERALD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1022. Ever Ever Green J I "3 I Dy FANNIB HURST liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiir: Owricbt, DOS. kr Tk w kMiat faoio.i. !. ' (Continued from Last Week.) " In the gloom of that left wing, taut a gladiator, Mr. Al Delano, clad In fold-colored ' tight, with a tg ttg of liver lightning down his front, bal anced In waiting on the tip of the titillating spring bonrd In readiness for tls flight across the stage. Ills muscles sprang out and his bl eeps swelled to capacity, and beneath the gold-colored tights his diaphragm Suddenly contracted, throwing his great chest upward. "All Hall the Storm KlngT Miss Laladsy drew backward the bar until It lay across her little bosom and, as the silver wire Jerked her ever o slightly higher, flung it from her with one hand, and with her free arm tossed her silver wreath downward to ward the figure beside the wind ma chine, and a little trill of laughter went With It. "Itoth hands there cut that wait t Al wait good (Sod!" ' On ti nt outwurd swing of the tm peee Mr. Al I'elimo leaped from hi aprlng bonrd wllh the grace of a wild thing, turned hi double somersault tnld-stnc, in mld-nlr, and reuched out for the flower-twined horizontal bar. It swung buck, but too slowly to meet tils straining clutch. Too lute to gather Ills strength agnlnxt a fall, he gyrated for a second in a ghastly simulation of an acrobut, and then with the direct ness of a fowl shot on swift wing, hur tled downward, his legs doubled up tinder him und his neck strained buck ward. -Ugh h-1" A moment of Indecision. A woman In the balcony shrieked and hid her face. Another. The West Wind faint- d back against an Iridescent pillar. The director's baton fluttered, theft waved onward, the music clattering tnanfully after It. A gnome fell weak kneed In her tracks. The curtain si I th awed downward. At three o'clock, with the Immense relet of dead o' night thick as a nroud around them, the watchers be- -adde property couch moved simul taneously. A doctor rose from his stiff jfcneea, his tips pursod and perplexed siaasath his mossy beard. Charley Lee lifted a basin and towel from the floor auMl placed them noiselessly on th fold property table. Miss Lolo Lala ay, her sliver skirts crushed1 to her 'figure, rose from her crouching attitude tt the base of the couch, and beneath tba mask of rouge her little face eeued suddenly as fleshless as the feet ef a bird and slashed with teurs, as if Tain had beat ngulust It. Itnrl My God. Doc, don't you ifcnow yet? You want us to die wait ling, tlo youl Don't you know nothing iyetr "We gotta catch that four-ten train toc,'and she feels ltke before we go wa oughta " .1 "Can't you tell a girl. Doct Ain't ha ver coming to again? Ain't he, Doc? Oh, my Ood. ain't her The doctor snapped his spectacles into a case and regarded her above a remaining pair that straddled his nose naif-way down. Ills voice was delib erate and as slow as treacle In the pouring. "We are going to move him now, young lady. Just as soon as the hospital wagon arrives. Then we caa tell more.'' Fear lay on her face Ilka a death - mask. "Is he "I have set three fractures, but ean't look at that back until wa get sum to the hospital, little lady." "Oh. my God I Ills back lM Mr. Charley Lee smoothed a nervous band up and down the back of bis Clottsed hair. "What she's trying to get at Is this, Doc. We gotta get that four-ten train ut and" "Don't listen to him. Doc, we" "We gotta get that train out and If he ain't done for she wsnts to know If he'll come around all right lie will won't be. Doc?" "He will. Doc, wont be? lie will. Doc, for God's sake tell m he surely will." "I won't know bow much, tittle lady, ntll we get him to the hospital, but It looks to me Ilka ba will come around 11 right." "See. Lo ; now go get your duds.' "Oh, my God, Doc. She caught at bis hands In a frensy of suppllance and fell on her knees a huddle at his feet "Just pull him around. Doc. That's all I ask. Pull him around, Doc, and I'll make It up to you. I'll work my fingers to the bone for you. I'll black your shoes and walk on my knees for you. Only don't let hlra die. Doc. For God's aake, don't let him die." The lncoher nee of frenzy muddled her tones. "Aw, cut It. Lo. Don't you see that Docs doing all he can. Go get your duds on, Lo. You see, Doc, It's this way, She. klnda feej like. l$waj Jiejr fiilM-.-t tliMt'n 11..IM11B to Mint. It's Just likw he Rt dl..y nil of n sudden the wv ln-.l.-.l l, nt bur. I've seen It tin r n n down time. Slip Hung It nil rlj:lit enough, but h MimIh feel to blmne nlut It. It lind nur Unit he'll come nrntind all riht, ain't It, loct Tell licr." HI di.iif III I rine It. Hoc, hut 1 didn't think It would swerve. I done It. Oli, tny God, Ioc. I done It I" He stoo'x-d find drew her gently from hef crouching nttltudc at Ids feet and, a If antl Ipmlng that she would sway like- a silver reen, pincou a nrm hand between her bare shoulder blades. "There's no Immediate danger of anything right now, little lady. You "There's No Immedists Danger of Any. thing Right Now, Little Lady." Just keep up your courage until we have a look nt that back and see what can be done." "I'll wnlk on my knees for you, Doc. I " "Aw, Lo, cut out the sob stuff. Didn't you hear the Doc tell yos a lay-up Is all he's in for? Flyln' acts Is usedto that." "There, there, Utile lady, you Just wait until we took at that back." "We got to be beat In' it, Doc. We gotta catch the company down at the station for the four-ten. I gotta wire ahead to Chicago for a dummy act, too. He Al he's a great fellow, Doc. Treat him white as you know how. You'll keep us wise about him, won't you? Here's our route list, and you let us know how he's mending up. He's a fellow with a fund, Doc, and If -If It ain't elastic enough to stretch, let us know.- Take good care of him, Doc. The best ain't none too good for him. Bo glad to send you paper to the show when we play a returp In April, Doc. (Had to take care of you if you will call around at Ove box oflje,, Cojna.v Lo, we gotta nustie.4 - "Whatta you think I am craiy? I I ain't going." . , . He shuffled toward her. "None of that. You gotta we can't miss connections for" .' "I ain't going." "Cut It now. Ain't he all arranged for lu the hospital? You can't Jump i show like this without " "You go chase yourself, Charley Lee. 'ou caul bluff me. I'm going to stick tnd whatta you going to do about It?" "Tell her, Doc, she's crazy with the hpat." "That won't thaw no Ice with me. I'm going to stick with htm and and If he he will have me I I Al Al?" The figure on the couch stirred be neath Its gold brocade property cover let. "Where Lo where?" fine sprang to bis side with the doc tor's restraining hand light on her arm. "Al, darling! Oh, my darling!" She leaned to hlro as If she would lay her heart palpitating at his feet "You alu't mad at me, Al you ain't are you, darling; you ain't mad at me?" Tears rained down her face and ha made to touch them, but bis arm could "No, no, pussy rat I ain't mad. Why should I be mad?" He lolled his head ever so slightly on the pink sateen property pillow and smiled. , "Sure I ain't mad. It was the spring board that didn't work." "Oh, my God." She could have swooned of heartache. "It ain't so bad, Al. The Doc going to fix you up fine alnt you, Doc? Ain't you?" "Quit your crying, Lo." "It ain't so bad, Al. If If you alnt mad at me we we're going to stay here, darling, right here In Adalal Uke you wanted like you wanted. "No, no, Lo, I "I seen the house when we walked to the show tonight. Just Uke you said, on the hill, and a little red roof and a little kid twinging his arms for a weathercock' over the porch Just like you said, Al you'll lemme you'll lemme please, Al please l" From his closed eyes came tears that be could not wipe away. e (To Be Continued) Wanted to Buy Your fnt hnfrfl nr Mn thpm nn'ai1 attempt to break into the Horace iai nogs or snip mem on Borue Btore had a ,arg quantity sxtr COmmiSSlOn. O BannOn & Ncuswangcr. 17 if I BlinUfCOT I'fil I rJrrfrA I V W 1 1 I aW IIILtk GO AHEAD WITH RUSHVILLE WELL THINK IMG C'lIIKf SALTED, IH'1 1 ' WILL DRILL LOWKK, ANYWAY. If Stircesftil in Rringing in Oil, th Company Has Agreed to Sink Eight Additional Wells. . , well, near Chadron, was salted, which fcrj.uc uic m-nci mai me ig cniet i explanation explains a whole lot, the'here Saturday evening, en route Midwest Oil company, which took over 1 the well, will proceed to drill deeper ..! 4-.. 'J:' ompany, which took over 1 win luting k x - iiuie inr , w,io.,, i !, : ti. oA bluu Star-Herald is authority for this th fii,..; o. 4 .1. i velopments in the oil game at that point: It is now stated on good authority that the Big Chief oil well northwest of Chadron, waa "salted." The word "salting" in the good old days of '49 and thereafter, meant that gold in plentiful tiuantities h in the sand of a placer clai quartz containing the precious metal in large gobs, was mixed with the other quartz taken from an otherwise non-productive claim. The next move was to find a sucker and the next to land him. Oil wells can be salted, perhaps not as handily, but nevertheless as suc cessful as a mine, and from reportr. received concerning the recent "strike" at the liig Chief, it appears that fol lowing investigation, there was mostly salt nnd no oil. While much of the matter is hear say, yet it is believed that the com pany originally in charge of the Big Chief prospect well had about gone the length of its financial cable. The drillers had been unpaid for n consid erable time; the iinancial strincencv had made the raising of more money by the side of stock practically impos sible, and there was nothing left to do but shut down the well. Think Workmen Responsible. There is a verv strong KnvrtiViii that workmen, discouraged because of non-receipt of wages and faced with the prosiect of the company giving up efforts altogether, came to the conclu sion that nothing would save the day save to strike oil and strike oil they did. And immediately a different song was sun in inai immediate neighbor hood. The company, overjoyed at the excellent showing at a comparatively shallow depth as western oil wells go, immediately perked up and when ap proached by the Midwest people, who own noiaings in mat immediate vicin ity, asked three million dollars and fifty per cent royalty on the well's production. . . The Midwest folks took a Ions' deen breath and took to the tall and uncut jungles for a time, allowing the local company to think over the matter, and before negotiations were over the or iginal company had agreed to turn the well over to the Midwest for a 10 rwi cent royalty in case the hole proves to. oeMi pronucer. it is also agreed on the part or Uie Midwest that IX the well proves a real one. that the comcanv will sink eight additional wells on the tract, which includes the lanit in which Lben D. Warner, of this city, is in terested in. Following the resumption of work under the Midwest management the well soon "petered out" so far as show ing of oil was concerned and resumed its former characteristics of a drv hole. It was then the suspicion arose that one or two things had occurred either one of the most peculiar oil "pockets" ever known to geology had been encountered or the well has simply been "salted." The former course is possible, but not probable. The latter is possible and from what some of the officials state is very prob able. But whichever is the correct solu Hon, the Midwest people are going ahead with the well and the Big Chief will be made a real test hole for oil in that region. CARD OF THANKS. The famiy of Mr. Frank E. Reddish wish to express their sincere thanks and appreciation to his many friends as rha aTMatktf m 1 lfiliAo9 r.rXZ ,u ir.ent. ; RESOLUTION OF CONDOLENCE WHEREAS; Ms hath pleased Al mighty God, in his wise providence to take out of this world the body of our deceased brother, Fred J.. Myers, and WHEREAS: He was a brother member of At Last Lodge No. 814, B. R. C. of A., loved and respected by all who knew him, therefore BE IT RESOLVED: That At Last Lodge No. 814 in meeting assembled, Monday, February G, 1922, at Labor Temple, do hereby express our deepest sorrow over the loss of our brother and extend our deepest and sincerest sym pathy and condolence- to Mrs. Myers and family and commend them to the Great Author of Life, looking to that great day when "Well done, thou good and faithful servant" shall be heard from Him whose dealings shall be ju-st Records of Lodge No. 814. . H. D. HACKER, C. M. ALLISON, J. W. FOY, Committee. Night Officer E. L. Stilwill left Fri day evening for Springfield, III., where he has been called as a witness in federal court in the case of the United States vs. Conrad. Conrad was ar rested in Alliance last May, following I " Po-'-'tago stamps m his possession. He was suspected of several mail rob- I bene, and was positively uientined by an Illinois. train crew as the man who held ud a mail train. ELLSWORTH. According to the new state law, the shipment of furs after February 2." i-t prohibited, a'l trapping mat ceae on the loth, nnd in view of the end of the reason, local trappers and buy on re pushing their efforts to the : u'mo.-t for a final cleanup. Some pre dict a hi;:h closing market, wh;le the general opinion is th::t the bottom will tall out nnd the majority of the trap pers ami buyers mow a tieriaeu ten dency to market their products at once, taking no chance on a change of market, ns the muskrats are yet sell ing at good prices, ranging from $1.25 lo $1.70. Patrick Reid and John Scho nard, working together, have 'bought r. t f et tVta rnl to ( Kin caocstn I 1 T Vi l ir Vl thev have had keen competition. Many from Lakeside passed through to the W"Rnn ance, uene nenne. y goin, "V Wlth 1Kr.vey VVha,ey- AU rePort" ed a good time. !n?,(, a"C' .enT y. , .m r i i Jack liallenger of Bingham stopped in i r a niivjiv nine iviiicj' f u I'lii nic l'uick bix which he recently pur- chared fi om P. L. Law, Father Nally of Kyannis, who had charge of the Ellsworth diocese also, has been transferred to Hay Springs, Neb., and his charge will be taken by Father O'Keefe, who a few years ago had the Hyannis district. Father Nally, haviri only a short time ago ad leen siffp come over from Ireland, was not par fioi v;tf it'culaily in love with the "sandhill A.fr Lii J mountains," although he was just get- t.ng "acquainted" when the transier was made. William J. DeBord and neighboring ranchers filled out a car of hogs which they sent to the Denver market. Mr. Jjeiiord will ship another car this Sat urday. Edward Kennedy vihited at the Fields home, southwest of town, over Sun. lay. James- McCulloch, who has been carrying the south mail for John Schonard the past three months, was forced to lay off the past week, going to Alliance to consult a physician, al.o having some dental work done. A brother, John, carried the south mail during his absence, Jim taking the route again Monday morning. Miss Ethel Fields and little sister, Udith, were Alliance visitors Saturday returning Sunday, Edith havingsome dental work done. Woodruff Ball of Valentine spent Saturday in the south country making ind appraisements. John Schonard made the drive, showing Mr. Ball the country. B. T. Hedges of Alliance assisted r. E. Iaw in making repairs on the Burlington water service Saturday. During the recent cold spell the stock yards pipes were fiozen and the east water tank being low on water and not pumping, we have had no water in the depot lor nearly a week. Tues day Mr. Hedges will return and the necessary repaiis will be made to get the water service back to normal. P. E. Law visited in Alliance a short time Saturday evening. W. F. Seebohm will attend Masonic lodge at Hyannis Wednesday, where the third or final degree of the Blue lodge will be conferred. Miss My He Arms has discontinued her duties at the Ellsworth Supply company store as assistant' post-, master. Slack business being the cause , of the temporary reduction. W, F. See boh m will now. resume -the duties of postmaster. s -.-.The weather man predicts fair and moderate weather Saturday and Mother Nature promises a bright full moon, thus a large crowd is anticipated at the next Ellsworth dance Saturday, I February 11. The same good music has been engaged and as the roads are now in good shape many outsiders plan to attend. Word from Casper finds the new baby girl at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Schaf enberg doing nicely. FOWLING The farmers' union held an all-day meeting at the Moravek school house Saturday. The ladies all took lunches and enjoyed a very pleasant time. Practically all of the members were present Mr. and Mrs. William Roes are the proud parents of a baby girl, who ar rived Friday night Mr. Hookham motored to Heming- ford Saturday after Mrs. Murray of Wyoming, who came to spend a week th her daughter, who is teaching school there. . Mrs. Langford is on the sick list at this writing. , Mrs. Anna Hall and children spent ; Sunday afternoon at the Charles Hall home. Miss Ruth McCormick visited over Saturday night and Sunday with Miss Clara Brus. The Brus boys and Miss McCormick and Miss Clara attended the dance at Grosse's Saturday night Messrs. Kilpatrick and Wilkins were callers at the Hurlburt home one day last week. Mr. McCart, who is helping Jake Henderson feed this winter, spent Sun day at home with his family. A couple of hog buyers from Hem ingford were callers at the Joe Ken nedy home Sunday afternoon. Ejnar Christensen motored to Alli ance one day last week with the mail carrier. He went down to look at a place which he was thinking of rent ing there. Joe Caha and Jake Winten were Hemingford callers Monday. The Mann children are much im proved at this writing. James Eaton and wife spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Hurlburt - ' The dance at the Grosae home Sat urday night waa attended by aa extra large crowd and all report a very en- joyable time. ill and Henry Roes are enjoying a visit wiui an uncie irom imusn Colombia. Mr. PeteYson and son were callers at the Laursen home Sunday after noon. Jake Henderson and family, Dick Henderson and wife and the Hender son young folks all attended the dance ' Saturday night. . Mr. and Mrs. Waddle of ScottsblufT visited over Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ivor Meeker. They all attended the dance Saturday epening. ' Joe Kennedy anil family motored to the dance Saturday evening. Mrs. Llsea, James l.aton and fam ily motore I to Herningford Monday. Ariey and Kenney lioes were at llemingford Monday. IIKMINtiFOllD The Congregational people are ex cavating for a basement for their church and w.ll move the church west from the street thirty feet and have the advantage of a frontage and the convenience of a basement ' The revival closed at the Methodist church Sunday evening, with a good crowd and a fine feeling. The interest in the services were splendid and Mr. Mills gave very satisfactory service in the singing and Rev. Newland held the rrou'ilQ with his snlendid sermons in an unusual way. We were pleased i with the general good that was ac complished. Some of the mains in the water sys tem are frozen up and several families are without water this week. Mrs. Earl Rockey was a passenger to Alliance Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Clark and Kev. and Mrs. A. J. May were in Alliance Tuesday. G-P-C BOOSTER NOT SATISFIED WITH PKOUKt&s (Continued from Page 1.) doners up there don't give a continen tal whether any part of their county has a road excent richt around Bridge port. With that spirit to buck against it seems a tremendous proposition to try to push the highway through as originally planned. I lie saving m dis tance would be around ten miles. Too Much Neighborliness. Wre really feel sorry for Broadwater for she has been trying hard to get ju.st a small portion of her valley roads graded up without so much as a shovelful having been moed. It must be discouraging. But why should the great G-P-C highway, .with eventually will be known as the great north and south roadway, suffer the fate of the North Star route just to be ne:gh borly? Or perhaps it would be a better way to go to Lisco and then northwest to Alliance. Parties who have made the Ult" a place on the new road maps which wk. it i. wP tKtL "ortf to sou nart ofthJ SIa in "5 . th,e WetS" partof the state. In order to get tins trip say this would be a good wav to u tK;s ??"I,M'? " Vr1 ' , a ' ' f w plan the route and it is estimated that. "X 1 a saving of about eight miles could be , vv'th y back. I got lame aciosa the made over the original route. sma11 ?f,m hack anl uld hardly get We want the G-P-C highway to beTr"'1 to ! mv ,ork-, 1 V1 j .., i ,u i 1 became dizzy and could hardly see. CIlelllS Ltle Doan's Kidney Pills which I got at ATTENTION! Start a savings account with the money we can save you on your auto top repairing;. We will re-cover your Ford top for $10.50, up. Other style top with Gypsy rear curtain and plate glass windows, prices arranged accordingly. We use the best of material obtainable for this work . Let us. tell you our prices on top work on any car. . v LAURENCE BROS 210 West Third Street DONT WORRY About Hard Times and Misfortune That May Come to You Get Ready for Them. Start a savings account TODAY. There are dozens of things that could happen to you, that will stop your earn ings. The sensible thing to do is: t GET READY FOR THEM WHILE YOU ARE WORKING. Why not come in TODAY and talk it over? We can show how your earnings will mount up. WE PAY 5 INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS FIRST STATE BANK Deposits Protected by Nebraska Guaranty Fund. we feel that the enterprise must re ceive our undivided attention d'ning the next few weeks. It seems a ihai.ie to ellow a few miles of road through tl is part of the Ftate to hold up tho entire commendable pioposition. And if the t-Uite department cannot be weaned awy from their pet lout north of Bridgeport on the plan of connecting county seats only, the suir gtstion we have made will comply with their favoiite requirement ami it might be that we could secure their approval. We Rre in for trying it at least. Organization Not Functioning. While we are on the road subject we are wondering what the big .dea was to appoint a vice-president and a member of the advisory board from each county through which the high way was to pass. To our knowledge there has never been a meeting of e;ther membership. Whats wrongs anyway, and why aren't the advisory board and the vice president function ing in the interest of the work. Some one in authority in this organization needs a new alarm clock. They've sura slept long enough to have their nap out and there are some chores t ba done. Meanwhile we wonder if this prop osition will meet with the approval of our .Colorado brethren. It would l.e our ruggestion that President. Gods man be notified of the change and im mediate steps be taken to effect thi new route, provided something more? hopeful cannot be recorded in favor of the original route within a very short time. STRONG EVIDENCE Is the Statement of This Alliance; Woman. Backache is often kidney ache; A common warning of serieus kid ney ill". . "A Stitch in Time Save3 Nine" Dont delay u?e Doan's Kidney Pills. Profit bv the experience of Mcs. E E. Bates, 114 Platte Ave., Alliance. She says: "I have great confidence ins Doan's Kidney Pills as they have saved' rre many doctor bills in the past twenty years. I had occasional at- 1 . . 1 1 I 1 It T nttk" Thiele's Drug Store cured me of the- '- Kidney Pilla-the same that Mrs. Bates had. Foster-Milburn Co., Wfrs Buffalo, N. Y. 1-A. M-M , I - --VVi w i - I '