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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1909)
THAT FROZE HIM. "I suppose," ho said. Ingratiatingly, "you often got anokon to by men?" "Yes." nho ropllod, "and by monk eys. Dut to-night thoro don't seem to bo any men about t" TOLD TO USE CUTICURA. After Speclallot Failed to Curo Her In tense Itching Eczema Had Been Tortured and Disfigured But Was Soon Cured of Dread Humor. "I contracted cczoma and Buffered Intensely for about ton months. At times I thought I would scratch my self to pieces. My face and arms wcro covered with largo red patches, so that I was ashamed to go out. I was advised to go to a doctor who was a specialist In skin diseases, ' but I received vory littlo relief. I tried every known remedy, with tho samo results. I thought I would novor got bet ter until a friend of mlno told mo to try tho Cuticura Remedies. So I tried them, and after four or fivo applications of Cuticura Ointment I was relieved of my unbearablo Itching. I used two Beta of tho Cuticura Remedies, and I am completely cured. Miss Barbara Krai, Illghlandtown, Md., Jan. 9, '08." Potter Dmjf & Cnom. Corp.. Solo Props., Boston. Laymen Combat Whlto Plague. According to recent figures pub lished by tl.o National Association for tho Study and Prevention or Tu berculosis, nearly 60 pur cent, of those unlisted lu tho active campaign against consumption aro laymen, and tho percentage of laymen has tripled In tho lust four yours. Encouraging. - "Toll me frankly, sir, what do you think of my daughter's volco?" "Well, mndam, I think she may have a billllant future in water-color painting." l'P.HKV DAVIS- rAINKII.I.KIl , Farimutldeiiehlllorculd (lntlrud ot wlilski-y) um falnkiller.Kiiroilus.dlarrlitauxltuiumnrroiuplalot tblaiucdlclnaiiaTor fulls... o.l4o orWo tiuUles. Life has one great purpose, the growtn of chnructcr. Wesley. It's the judgment of many smokers that ImwW Single Hinder 6o cigar equals in quality most 10c cigars . .Only a putty life Is afraid of being worn out. S5GK HEADACHE Positively cured bj theso Littlo Pills. They also relieve Dls I treati from Dy upepsla, In IdtRCStlonanJTooItcart) Eating. A pcrecl rem edy for Dizziness, Nati Ben, DrowHlncBH, lino Tasto In tho Mouth, Cout Ied Todruo, Pain in tin Sldo, TOKPID LIVEIt Xhcy regulate tho Bowel. Purely Veoctablo SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE. SHALL PRICE. Genuine Must Bear Fac-Simile Signature REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM Cleituei and beautlnei th tub. lroiiKt Imurlent growth, never Palls to Heaters Qray uur io ill ncuimui yvior, ""uiS! Thompson's Eye Water Nebraska Directory TAFT'S DENTAL ROOMS 1517 Douglas St., OMAHA, NEB, Rellabla DentUtrr at Moderate Prlcoai. TYPEWRITERS ALL MaKFS VtoKMrrilirln. (WI, r llmomi. menu. llentoil, rent applies. Wstlifp .wjTwii.ro iur irtm rxamiDauon. Jiuao.. r.n. writ i,ir Die Mriete ll.l en,lur Dain Hay Tools are the Besf InilHtonhavlnirthcm. Aslcyourlocal Jealer.or JOHN DEERE OMAHA M. Splesberger & Son Co. Wholesale Millinery TheBettlnthtWeit OMAHA, NEB Tftt Hoof with the Lap All Nail Htadi Prattcted CAREY'S ROOFING Hall and Fin RfUtlng Ail your dealer or SUNDERLAND ROOFING, & SUPPLY CO. Omaha, I I I I I Nabruka. CARTER'S IT In PILLS. GARTERS iTTLE WlVER PILLS. 1 s- JfoLtRT u I iLLimmom&YMYWALrm coryACHf not r A.CsrfCtoAC eo. SYN0P3I8. Tlia atary .optns with the shipwreck of tho stentnor on which Miss Gencvlovr Icslle, un American heiress. Lord Win Uiropc. an Ewtllshman, and Tom Blako, n brusque American, wero passengers, Ths threo wcro tossed upon an uninhab ited Island and wcro tho only ours not drownod. niako recovered from a drunk en stupor. 11 Ink o. shunned on thn bout, bocuusa ot hi.1 roughness, becatnu a hero an presorver of tho holplcss pair. The Englishman wits suing; for tho hand ot MIns Leslie. Blako started to swim back to tlio ship to rocovor what was lft Ulako returned nafoly. Wlnthrope wasted his last match on n cigarette, for which ho waa scored by Illuko. Tholr flrst incal whs a doud flsh. Tho trio started a ten tnlla htka fur higher land. Thirst at tacked them. Ulako was compelled to carry Miss Iesllo on account of weari ness. Ho taunted Wlnthrope. They en tered the Junclo. CHAPTER V. Continued. "You'd And those thorns a whole lot worse," muttered Blake. "To bo Bure; and MIbs Leslie fully appreciates your kindness," tutorposod Wlnthrope. "I do Indeed, Mr. Blako! I'm Bure I never could bo through hero without your coat." "That's all right. Got tho handker chief?" "I put It In ono of the pockets." "It'll do to tie up your hair." MIbs Leslie took the suggestion, knotting the big aquuro of linen ovor her fluffy brown h.alr. Blako waited only for her (o draw out the kerchief before ho began to force a way through tho Junglo. Now and then ho beat at tho tangled vogo tatlon with his club. Though he held to tho lino by which ho had left tho thicket," yet all his efforts failed to opon an easy passago for tho outers. Many ot tho thorny branchos sprang back Into place behind him, and as Miss LeBlIo, who was the first to fol low, sought to thrust thorn aside tho thorns pierced her delicate skin until her hands wero covered with blood. Nor did Wlnthrope, stumbling and hdb bllng'bohlnd her, faro any better. Twice ho trlppod hoadlong Into the brush, scratching tils arms and face. Blako took his own punishment as a mattor of course, though his tougher and thicker skin made his Injuries I033 painful. He advanced stendlly along tho lino of bent and broken twigs that marked his outward passago, until tho thicket opened on a Btrlp of grassy ground beneath a wild fig-tree. "By Jove!" oxclalmod Wlnthrope, a banyan!" "Banyan? Well, If that's British for a daisy, you've hit It," responded Blako. "Just tako a squint up here. How's that for a roost?" . WInthropo and Miss Leslie stared up dubiously at tho odgo of a bod of reeds gathered In tho hollow of one of the hugo flattened branchos at Its Junction wltli tho main trunk of tho banyan. 20 feet abovo them. "Will not tho mosquitoes pestor us hero among the trees?" objocted Wln thrope. "Storm must havo blown em away. I haven't Been any yet." "There will be millions nfter sun set." "Maybe: but I bet they keep below our roost." 'But how aro wo to get up so high?" inquired Miss' Leslie. I can swarm thl3 drop root, and I've a creeper ready for you two," ox- plained Blako. Suiting action to word3, he climbed up the small trunk of tho nlr root and swung over luto tho hollow whero he had piled tho reeds. Across tho broad limb dangled a rope-llko creeper, ono end of which ho had fastened to a branch higher up. He Hung down tho free end to WInthropo. "Look lively, Pat," ho called. "Tho sun's most gone, and twilight don't last all night In these parts. Get the lino around MI33 Leslie, and do what you can on a boost." "I see; but, you know, the vino Is too stiff to tie." Ulako stilled an oath and Jerked the end of tho creeper up into his hand. Whon bo throw It down again It was loopod around and fastened lu u bow lino knot. "Now, Miss Leslie, get aboard and we'll havo you up In a Jiffy," ho said. "Aro you sure you can lift mo asked tho girl, as Wlnthrope slipped the loop ovor her shoulders. Blako laughed down at them. "Well, I guess yo3l Onco hoisted a follow out of a CO-foot prospect holu big fat Dutchman at that. You don't weigh over 120." Ho had stretched out across the broadest part of tho branch. As Miss Leslie , seated herself Jn tho loop he reached down and bognn to haul up 011 the croopor, hand ovor hand, Though frightened by tho novel manner of as cent tho girl clung tightly to the lino abovo her head, and Lake had no dlf flculty In raising her until Bho swung directly boneath him. Here, how ovor, ho found himself In a quandary Tho girl seemed as helploss as a child nnd ho wns lying flat. How could he left her abovo the level of the branch? "Tako hold the other line," ho said Tho glr! hosltatod. "Do you hear Grab It quick, nnd pull up hard if you don', want a tumble!" Tho girl selzod tho part of tho crecpor which was fasisnod abovo and drew herself up wltb convulalvo on orgy. InBtantly Diana roso to his knees, and grasping the taut croopor M T rVB I-ltl f-m zaC-j yVjsUt U1M MWjp "It'o Only a Beaot That's. Killed Something Down Below." with ono hand reached down with tho other to Bwlng the girl up beside him on tho branch. "All right, Miss Jenny," ho rons- surcd hor as ho felt hor tremble. "Sor ry to scare you, b.ut I couldn't havo mado It without. Now, If you'll Just, hold down my logs we'll Boon hoist his ludshlp." Ho had seated her In the broadest part of tho shallow hollow, where tho branch Joined tho main trunk of tho, fig. Heaped with tho reeds which he had gathered during the nftemoou It mndo such u cozy shelter that hIio at once forgot hor dizziness nnd fright. Nestling among the reeds, sho leaned over and pressed down on his ankles with all hor strength. Tho looso end of tho creeper had fallen to tho ground whon Blako lifted hor upon tho branch and Wlnthrope wns already slipping Into tho loop. Blako ordered him to take It off and send up tho club. As the croopor was again flung down 11 black shadow Bwopt over tho Junglo. "Hello! Sunset!" called Blako "Look sharp, there!" "All ready." responded Wlnthrope. Blake drew lu a full breath, and be gan to noisi. mo position was an awkward ono, and WInthropo weighed 30 or 40 pounds more than Miss Les lie. But as tho Hngllshmnu came within, roach of tho descending loop ho grasped it and did what he could to ease Blako's offortB. A few mo montB found him us high above tho ground as Blako could raise him. Without waiting for orders, ho Bwung hlmsolf upon the upper part of the creeper and climbed tho last few feet unaided, Blako grunted with satlstac tlon ns hu pulled him In upon tho branch. "You may do, after all," ho nald. "At any rate, wo'ro all aboard for Jho night; and none too soon. Hear that?" "What?" "Lion, I guosB Not that yelping. Listen!" The brief twilight vu3 already fading Into tho darkness, of u moonless night, and as the threo crouched together In tholr shallow nest thoy were Boon made audibly aware of tho suvago na ture of their surroundings. With tho gntherlng night tho Jungle wakened Into full llfo. . From all Bides came the harsh Bquawklng of birds, tho weird cries of monkeys and.other small crea tures, tho crash of heavy animals moving through the Jungle, nnd abovo all tho yelp and howl nnd roar of beasts of proy, After Borne contention with Win thropa Blako conceded Unit tho roars of hla Hon might bo nothing worse than tho snorting of the hippopotami as thoy came out to browse for tho night. In this, howovor, thoro was small comfort, Blnco WInthropo pros onUy rcit3nortod his belief lu tho climbing ability of leopards, nnd ox prcsBod lila opinion Uint, whether or not thoro wero Hon3 In the neighbor hood, certain of tho barking roars thoy could hear camo from the throats of tho spotted climbers. Even Blako's hair bristled as IiIh imagination pic tured one of tho grout cats crcoplng upon them In tho darkness from tho far end of their nest limb, or leaping down out of tho upper branches. The nerves of nil three wero at tholr highest tension when a dark form swept paat through the air within a yard of their faces. Miss Leslie tit torcd a stilled scream and Blako brandished hla club. But Wlnthrope, who had caught a glimpse of tho crca' .turcB shape, broke luto a nervous lnugh. "It's only a fruit bnt," ho oxplalncd. "Thoy feed on the banyan figs, you knw" In tho renctlon from this falso alarm, both men relaxed and began to ytold to the effects of tho tramp across tho mud-flats. Arranging tho reeds as host they could thoy Btrotchod out on either side of Miss Leslie and fell asleep lu the middle of nn argument on how tho prospective loopnrd was mostly likely to attack. Miss Lcsllo remained awoko for two or threo hours longer. Naturally Bho was moro norvotis than her com panions, and sho had boen rcfroshod by her afternoon's nnp. Hor nervous ncss was not entirely duo to tho wild beasts. Though Blake had taken pains to secure hlmsolf and his companions In loops ot tho croopor, fastened to tho branch above, WInthropo moved about so rcAtlcsaly In IiIb sleep that tho girl feaVed ho would roll from tho hollow. At last her limbs beenmo bo crnmped that she was compelled to chango hor position. She leaned back upon her elbow, determined to rise again and maintain hor watch tho monent sho was rested, But sleep wan closo upon her. Thoro was u lull in tho louder noises of tho Jun gle. Hor eyes closed, nnd hor head sank lower. In a little time It was ly ing upon Wlnthropo'B Bhouldor and sho waB fast asleop. Au Blako had assorted, tho mos quitoes had either been blown away by tho cyclone or did not fly to such a height. Nono enmo to trouble tho exhausted sleepers. CHAPTER VI. Man and Gentleman. 1GHT hnd almost passod, and all threo, soothed by tho ro freshing coolness which pro ceded tho dawn, woro sleoplng tholr Boundcst, when a sudden fierce roni followed Instantly by a piercing Bqueal caused oven Blake to start up In panic Miss Leslie, too terrified to scream clung to WInthropo, who crouched on his haunches, littlo lous overcome, Blako was tho first to rocovor and puzzle out tho meaning of tho crasliliu In tho Junglo and tho ferocious growU directly beneath thorn. "Lie still," ho whlBpored. "Wo'n all right. It's only n beast that klllei something down bolow us." All sat listening, nnd as tho noise o tho animals In tho thlckot 'lied awn (hey could hoar tho boast bononl' them car at thn body of Us victim, "Tho air feels llko dawn," Vhlsperod Wlnthrope. "We'll soon bo able to Beo tho bruto." "And ho us," rejoined Blake. In this both woro mistaken. During tho brief false dawn thoy woro puz zled by tho odd appearance of tho ground. Tho sudden Hood ot full day light found thorn stnrlng down Into a deiiBO whlto fog. "So thoy hnvo that horol" mut torcd Blako "fovdr-fog!" "Beastly shnmol" echoed WInthropo. "I'm Btiro tho creature has gono off." This , na.sortlon wns mot by nn out burst of snarls and yells that mado all start back and crouch down again In their sheltering hollow. As boforo Blako was tho flrst to recover. "Hot you'ro right," ho said. "Tho big ono has gono off, nnd a pack ot thoso African coyotos aro having a scrap over tho bones." "You mean Jackals. It Bounds llko tho nasty boasts." "If It wasn't for that fog I'd go down and get our share of tho game." "Would It not bo very dangorous, Mr. Blako?" askod Miss Loslio. "What a fearful nolso!" "1'vo chnsod coyotes oft a calf with a ropo; but that's not tho proposition. You don't find mo fooling nrqund In thnt sower gaB of n fog. We'll roost right whore wo nro till tho sun dooa for It. Wo'vo got enough malaria In us already." "Will It bo long. Blako?" askod WIn thropo. "Huh? Getting hungry this quick? Walt till you'vo trampod around a week, with nothing to eat but your shoos." "Suroly, Mr. Blako, It will not be ho bad!" protested Miss Leslie. "Sorry, Miss Jonny; but coconnut palms don't blow ovor ovory day, and when thoso nuts nro gono what aro wo going to do for tho noxt moal?" "Could wo not mako bows?" sug gested WInthropo, "Thoro scorns to bo no ond of gmno about." "Bows nnd arrows without points! Nelthor of us could hit a barn door, anyway." "Wo could pructlco." "Sure six weeks' tralnlug on nlr pudding. I can do bettor with a hand ful ot stonos." "Thou wo should go at onco to tho cliffs," said Miss Leslie. "Now you'ro talking nnd It's Plko Peak or bust for ours. Hero's ono night to tho good; but wo won't laBt many moro If wo don't got flro. It's flints wo'ro after now." "Could wo not mako flro by rubbing sticks?" snld Wlnthrope, recnlllng his suggestion of tho provlous morning. "I'vo hoard that natives havo no trouble " "So'vo I, and what's moro, I'vo soon 'cm do It. Never could mako a go of It myBolf, though." "But If you rcmombor how it 1j dono wo havo at lonst somo chnnco " "Glvo you ton to ono oddB! No; wo'll scratch around for a flint good and plonty boforo wo wnsto tlmo that way." "Tho mist Is going," observed MIbs Leslie. "That'B no Ho. Now for our coyotes. Whoro'B my club?" "Thoy'vo all loft," said WInthropo, peering down. "I can boo tho ground elenrly, and there Is not a sign of tbo benstB." "Thoro aro tho bones what's left of them," added Blako. "It's a small door, I suppose. Well, horo goes." Ho throw down his club and dropped tho looso ond ot the croopor after it. Ah tho lino straightened ho twisted tho upper part around his log and was about to slldo to tho ground when ho romombored Miss Italic. 'Think you can mako It, alone?" ho n&kod, The girl hold up hor hands, soro and swollen from the lacerations of tho thorns, Blako looked at thorn frowned, nnd turned to Wlnthrone, "Um! you got It, too, and In tho fnco," ho gruntod. "How'b your nnklo?" WInthropo wriggled his foot about and felt tho Injured nnklo. "I fancy It Is much hotter," ho an sworod. "Thoro BeoniB to bo no swell Ing, nnd thoro Is no pain now." "That's lucky; though It will tuno up later. Take a slldo, now. Wo'vo got to hustle our breakfast anr. find a way to got ovor tho river." (TO IlK CONTINUED.) Sounds Which Carry at Sea. Examinations by naval oxperts In wlroless telephony ns to tho Bound which will carry tho greatest dlstanco at Hoa dovclops that a siren undor 7 pounds of Htcam presBiiro will omit a blast which may bo heard 40 mllos Noxt comos tbo stunm whlstlo, tho sound of which Is carried 20 miles, mong tho softest sounds which enrry -1 constdernblo dlstanco Is thn wills ling buoy Installed by tho lighthouse 'loard, which has frequently been hoard a dlstanco of 15 miles. Old Heads on Young Shoulders. Our children aro growing moro In lopondent. It is not tho fault of Ih 'arontB nor of tho children; wo nro ot careless, nnd thoy aro not tin ratoful. Tho conditions or nro nro sponsible for tho modom "youth." 'amlllen Zoltung, Vienna. WHY PEOPLE SUFFER. Too ofton the kidneys are the causa and the suffcror 1b not awnro of It, Sick kidneys bring backacho and side pains, lameness and Btlffness, dizzi ness, hcndachoB, tired feeling, urinary troubles. Doan'a Kid noy Pills cirto the cause Mrs, N. B. OravoB, Vllllsca, (owa, says: "I But forod from kldnoy troublo for years. Tho accretions wcro disordered, thoro woro pains In my back nnd swellings of the ankles. Often I had smother ing spells. I hnd to bo helped about Doan'a Kldnoy Pllla cured mo flvo years ago and I havo beon well since. They saved my life." Ilomomber tho name Doan'a. For al,e by nil doalers. CO cents a box. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. KNEW SOMETHING OF IT. J Williams (shaking his fountain pen) You havo no Idea how easily. Ulcso pens runl His Neighbor (applying a blotter to his trousers) Oh, I have an inkling. No Need of Interference. Tho two neighbors who woro pass ing tho littlo cottage heard sounds as of n terrific conflict inatdo and stopped to llston. Prosontly thoy hoard n loud thump, as it somebody had fallen to the floor. "Grogan Is boating his wife again 1" they snld. Bursting tho door opon, they rushed into tho houso. "Whnt'B tho troublo hero?" thoy do- mnnded. "Thor' ain't no troublo, gentlomon," calmly answered Mrs Qrogan, who had hor husband down and was sit ting on hla head. "Gwanl" Spoken from Experience. It was the grammar class and thu . teacher hnd asked for words ending . ivlth "oub." "Cuu tiny one," she snld. "glvo me a word llko 'dangerous. moaning full of danger, 'hazardous, full, of hazard?" There wns sllenco for n moment. rhon a boy In the back row put up his hand. "Well, Bobby, what Is your word?" "Pleaso, Miss," came the reply, 'pious, full of ploi" Fully Realized. Ho frowned in perplexity on hearing tho was out ngaln. "I wonder, Jimmy, If your Bister re alizes," ho said bitterly, "that I havo fronted her to threo tnxl rides and four opon-ntr concorts this month?" "You bet she realizes it," said tho Bmnll boy, grinning, "That's why sho'B koopln' her engagement to Joe Johnson a Boc-ot." 8avlng Her Blushes, "I havo horo," mh tho young in- vontor, "n davlco that will bo n boon to tho typists." "What is It?" asked tho manufac turer of typewriters. "It's nn extra key. Whonover the operutor enn't spoil a word she presses this koy and It makes a blur!" Proved. 1 ' Mr.Snnpp Llfo Ib full of contradic tions. Mrs. Snrpp And I any It Isn't. Boston Trnnscrlpt. HOME TESTING A Sure and Easy Test on Coffee. To decide -tho all important ques tion ot coffoe, whether or not It la roally tho hlddon cuuso of physical alia nnd approaching fixed diseases, ono should make a test of ton dayB by leaving oft coffoo ontlrely and using woll-mndo Postum. It relief follows you may know 16 a certainty that coffoo has been your vlcloua enomy. Of course you can tako it back to your heart again, it you llko to koop sick. A lady BayB: "I had suffered with stomach troublo, nervousness and ter rible sick hoadacbos ovor slnco I waa a littlo child, for my people wero al ways great coffoo drinkers nnd let ub children havo all wo wanted. I got so I thought I could not llvo without coffoo, but I would not acknowledge that It caused my suffering. "Then I rend bo many artlolos about Postum that I docldod to glvo It a fair trial. I had not used It two wcoka in place of coffoo until I began to feel llko a difforent person. Tho headache and nervousnoBs disappeared and whorena I used to bo elck two or throe dayB out of a wook while drinking cof foo I an now woll and strong and sturdy seven days a wook, thunka to Postum. "I had been using Poatum threo months and had novor been alck a day whon I thought I would experi ment nnd boo if it roally waa coffoo that caused tho troublo, so I began to drink coffoo again and Inside of a week I had a sick spoil. I was bo ill I was soon convinced thnt coffoo Was tho cuuso of all my mlsory ai.j I wont back to Postum with tho result thnt I waa Boon woll and strong again and determined to stick to Postum and leavo coffoo nlono In tho future" Itoad tho littlo book, "Tho Road to Wollvfllo," In pkgs. "Thoro'a altoason." , Kver read iUc nbove Icttrrt A nrvt , one uppeurn from time to time. They are irrnuluv, true, nod full ol bunutM later rat.