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A Grim
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:: The Way a Tourist Was ::
Shut Up In a Church
By HOMER WORTIIINGTON $
1-H-H-l-H-I-H-I- ! 1 1 1 M-M-M-H-
Wo wcro on our wedding Journey In
vEurope, doing plcturo galleries and
churches. I will not assert that this
la all there la In that elderly country
for tourists to sec, but It la tho prin
cipal part of tho matter. Lucia and 1
wero ono morning visiting n Roman
cathedral several hundred years old,
looking nt pictures banging on the
Avails, somo of which must have been
painted for tho purposo of scaring
away tho dovll; at ghostly marblo flg
urea lying on their backs, with their
handa clasped over their breasts;
straining our eyes In dark chapels to
eeo hideous frescoes, tho principal part
of which had been chipped off, when
wo heard tho clock above ua strlko tho
hour of noon.
At tho moment wo were looking at
a statue, wondering whom It might
represent A gentleman rather a sin
gular looking person ho was hearing
our remarks, politely told us nil about
tho marblo and of another much older
and inoro curious In a different part of
tho church, offering to guldo us to it
Lucia said sbo was tired and would
go to our hotel and rest beforo lunch
con. I would rather havo gono with her,
but tho stranger was so urgent
that I should sco tho curious statue
that I consented to remain with him.
I told Lucia I would bo with her with
in half an hour, and Bho left me. Then
I started to another pnrt of tho church
with my guide.
Ho showed mo tho statue, told mo Us
history, beginning back In tho twelfth
century and ending In tho eighteenth,
. when, after having been stolen, burled,
resurrected, lost its nose, ono of its
ears and both hands, It had been mirac
ulously set up in Its present position In
tho mlddlo of tho night, when tho
church was locked, with no one inside.
As ho proceeded I thought I had nov
cr met a person moro voluble. Why
ho took so great an interest in mo 1
could not divine. Instead of llstculng
to what ho said I was taking la his
personal nppearnnco.
Ho was rather small, woro a little
boll crowned hat which, of courso, In
tho cathedral ho carried in his hand;
had conrso dark hair standing straight
upon his head nml a short stubby
beard. Ills coot was n dark bluo
cloth, nttlng tight nt the waist with
a full flowing skirt Ills trousers were
checkerboard ami tight to tho skin.
The most remarknblo feature in his
faco was his eyes, which twinkled like
a pnlr of stars In tho heavens.
When ho had told mo all about tho
stutuo and tho nrchaeologlcal disputes
as to just where It had lost Its noso
and tho other features I thanked him
for his kindness, bid him good morn
ing and was about to leave him when
ho said:
"There's something fur more curious
In this church than this the bones of
St. (I havo forgotten the name),
that havo come down to us through
800 years. It will require but a mo
ment to see them, and I shall bo hap
py to show thorn to you."
"Thank you very much," I said, "hut
my luncheon hour Is at hand, and I
must rejoin my wife."
"I will not detain you tlvo minutes,"
ho replied and looked so anxious that
I should enjoy a sight nt theso old
bones In which ho seemed to take such
Interest that I went with him to sco
them. Taking mo to tho forward part
of tho church on ono side, ho opened
a door that I Judged to bo about Ave
foot high at any rate, ono must bond
to outer It and told, mo to stop In
side. "After you," I snld, but ho stood
holding tho door open so deferentially
that I went In. Tho only light there
wttB in tho placo came In at tho open
ing through which I had ontorcd, and
oven that was shut off Immediately,
for I hoard tho door closo and a click
In tho lock. My companion had re
mained outside.
; It required a few moments for mo
to rcnliiso niy situation, to become
frightened. Then I turned to f lie door
and tried to llnd a knob by which to
open It. There was no Inside knob.
I hammered on tho door, hut It was
of iron and mndo of several plates,
so thut my thumps wore not likely to
bo heart!. I listened eagerly for the
door to bo reoponed. Perhaps It had
closed of Itself ami sprung a bolt In
this case my guldo must And some
one to cnnblo htm to open It nnd
might havo gono nwny for that pur
pose. Then I remembered that starry look
In his eyes, and I beenmo torroi
stricken. Supposo ho wna lnsanol II
so ho hnd douhtlosa shut lno up In a
dark room, soldom opened, and nt
Bomo future time, instend of tho bones
of n saint, my own skoloton would be
found there. I folt nround tho walls
of my Inclosuro and was horror strick
en to find thit It wna but obout 5 by
4 feet I could not Ho down In It. I
looked up and could sea Ught It seem
ed far above me on tho four sides ol
tho celling, as though lot In by n nar
row strip of glass. Reaching up,
ovon standing on my toea or Jumping
I could touch nothing.
What would Lucia think when tin
luncheon hour enmo and I did not ro
would she then do? No ono would
likely think of looking for me in tho
cathedral, especially in that dark hole.
They would infer that I had left tho
placo and gono elsewhere. I thought of
tho mnny cases where persona have
started forth on somo ordinary errand
and had never been heard of again. I
remembered tho old story of tho brldo
playing "hide and seek" during her
wedding festivities, getting into a chest
with a spring lock and not being found
for years, when tho chest was opened
and her skeleton taken out. Then I
gave way to uncontrollable terror.
1 heard directly nbovo me tho stroke
of a bell. I listened for more, but no
more came. This enlightened mo upon
my position. 1 must bo in tho clock
tower. The clock hnd struck the hour.
Looking up ugaln nt the rectangle of
light the terrible fnct thrust itself upon
tne that tho dark space within it was
tho bottom of tho weight that moved
tho machinery nnd the hands. The
weight was slowly descending and
would crush me. At tho thought my
legs gnvo way beneath me, nnd I sank
In a heap.
Then 1 arose and renewed my knock
ing on tho door. I hammered with my
lists and kicked with my feet. Dut
since the substance on which I bela
bored was a very poor conductor of
Bound and produced but little effect in
side, what could 1 expect of it without?
During our Inspection we had seen very
few persons, nnd they hnd all been in
tho body df Uio church. Besides, tho
entranco to my dungeon was renched
by a narrow wludlng passage.
I heard tho clock nbovo mo strlko
tho hours ono after another and count
ed them ns ono condemned to death
counts those beforo hla execution. My
thoughts were confused a Jumble.
Now I would think of Lucia, of her
fright at my absence, nnd what sho
would do in hunting for mo. Again I
would dwell upon tho horrible death I
would suffer when tho life was being
crushed out of mo by nn Iron mass
probably weighing several tons. Then
a hopo came to mo nt remembering
that tho clock would not be allowed to
run down and might be wound beforo
tho weight had killed me. I wondered
if when it camo so low that I could
braco myself against it would I be able
to support its great weight till it was
wound up.
It was past noon, na I havo said,
when I went into my prison. When
the hour of 0 was struck tho weight
might havo been from ten to twenty
feet above me, though I had no means
except sight pf Judging tho distance.
It occurred to me that there would be
a special hour for winding, nnd this
would be nt 0 o'clock in tuo evening.
Tho crisis for mo was duo In about an
hour.
That hour was tho longest, tho most
horrible, of my life. I sat down on the
floor, looking up at tho coming mass
descending so slowly that I could uot
see It move. It came so near that
standing on my feet I could touch It
;with my Angers. I held thorn there
and could feel it move. When it came
n little lower I plnced my palms under
It to see if I could hold it up. Tho
tnly way I could tell If it was sinking
in splto of mo was by tho slowly chang
ing position of my hands. I know thnt
they were giving wny under tho weight
and lost hopo of saving myself by this
means.
Slowly enmo tho weight till when 1
stood erect it touched tho top of my
head. Then I was obliged to stoop,
then get down on my knees. Lastly
I sat on the floor. Surely tho clock
weight would not bo permitted to sink
to tho floor before being wound, for
this would necessitate tho stopping of
tho clock. If I could bo spared two
feet by lying on my side with my
knees drawn up I might live.
And to this position I was reduced.
I felt tho bottom of tho weight press
ing against my sldo till Anally I lost
consciousness.
But uot for long. Tho pressure was
removed, and I heard tho winding of
wheels, tho click of cogs, up in tho
tower. Tho clock was being wound.
I was spared for twenty-four hours.
Soon after tho hour of 10 sounded
hoard n click nt tho door, which was
thrown open, nnd tho glaro of a lamp
showed me a number of excited fncea.
"Found!" was shouted joyfully, and
Lucln, pushing forwnrd, fainted In my
arms.
Shutting mo up In tho clock tower
had had a peculiar effect on tho luna
tic who had done tho deed. Ho kept
his secret till night, when ho nccosted
a man passing tho church nnd told
him thnt the devil In human form hnd
been following him to drag him down
to holl. But ho hnd tricked Satan,
having put him under tho weight In
the clock tower, nnd ho had doubtless
by this tlmo been crushed. Tho listen
er broke away from him, but, think
ing there might bo reality In his story,
returned and, meeting a searching
pnrty, had led them to tho tower.
I brought my brldo straight back to
America, where wo havo contented
ourselves slnco our mcmornblo expe
rience. Sho Is full of reverenco for
holy things nnd considers my bclna
shut up In a clo'ck tower a punlshmont
upon us both for our henthenlsh bo
hnvlor in nosing about In a building,
dedicated for worship. I consider II
u lesson for hosts of foreigners who
do that very thing. Whllo pious poo
plo arc kneeling nt an altar tourists
are staring over tholr shoulders to got
a view of a famous painting. While
praises nro bolng sung to tho great
Creator theso samo tourists nro strain
ing their voices to tell ono anothei
about tho antiquities.
At uny rnto, wo will nover do II
ngnin. I havo had trouble enough get
ting rid of tho results of my last trip
Lying nwako at night tho deep toned
strokes at n town clock take mo back
to that frightful boll tower, and 1
fool " ooilliif nver inv bed la rnmlnti
His TrlbuU to Hit Wlf
Tho following obituary notice was
published in a German paper?
"Today red, tomorrow dead. Bo lb
was with my wife, who only seven
days ago 'was springing over bench
and table,' and was burled yesterday.
During her Ufo aho was a live wo
man, who did nor easily mistake an
X for a U. For that reason every
body can tell the extent of my sorrow;
so young and so merry, and now
burled. What is human life? I have
said to myself repeatedly within the
past few days, and also yesterday in
the church yard when I paid tho sex
ton, who will also keep tho, gravo
mound in ordor. So cheerful a wife I
shall certainly never, nover And again,
and therefore my sorrow is a righteous
ono. I wish that heaven presorves any
man from a similar sad fate, and
thanks for tho flowers, as well as tho
Ilerr Cantor, the music master of tho
choir, for the grave hymn, which wont
through and through me, but was very
well sung. Ackerman, Master Lock
smith." Not the Silent Partner.
"I want to telegraph $25 to Chica
go," said a man to tho cleric In a Boa
ton tolegraph ofllco recently.
"Tho name, pleaso," asked tho re
ceiving teller, a good looking young
woman behind tho counter, whoso ago
might havo been twenty-flvo.
"It'B for Mrs. Mary K. Brown, 175
avenue," answered tho man.
"Your name, too, please," again ques
tioned the young woman.
"My nnmo ia Henry Brown; I'm tho
other half of tho Arm," answered tho
man.
"Tho monoy goes to the silent part
ner, eh?" good naturedly remarked tho
young woman.
"Not on your llfo sho lsn'tl" answer
ed tho man. "Nothing silent about hor.
Sho's mado more noise for tho Inst two
weeks for this $25 than you can Imag
ine. Sho's tho noisy partner of tho
Arm, and sho mnkes good with tho title
too." Boston Traveler.
Tho Giraffe as It Feeds.
Tho singular shapo of tho giraffe is
adapted to its habits of life. It feeds
on tho young branches nnd top shoots
of the trees, and Its long fore leg3 nnd
neck ennblo it to browso ntn far great
er height than any other animal, says
tho Philadelphia Inquirer. In feeding
It stretches up its neck nnd with lta
long prehensile tongue, which it can
protrude to n surprising distance,
hooks down the tender shoots and
leaves into Its mouth. But the crea
ture's peculiar form, though enabling
It to feed on what It likes best ia
sometimes the causo of its destruction.
Tho fore legs nro so long that to reach
tlio ground it has to stretch them wldo
apart and bend down Its neck in n
semicircle, nnd whllo drinking in this
defenseless attltudo tho Hon or leopard
springs upon It nnd overpowers it be
foro it enn recover Itself.
Gplinters In the Fingers.
When you get a splinter in your An
gor it is sometimes possible to get at
It by pressing tho point of a needle un
der it, but unless you have deft An
gers or n pnlr of tweezers you may
not bo nblo to pull it out even then. A
now pen nib is a very good substituto
for a pair of tweezers. Lay tho nib
over tho splinter so as to hide It Then
press down hard enough to sepnrato
tho nibs. If you now lot tho pen down
level with tho splinter nnd allow tho
nibs to closo again they will tako hold,
and you enn drnw tho splinter out.
Kemember thnt any metal thing thnt
Is to bo applied to n wound, such as n
needle, penknife or pen, should bo'
pussed lightly through a Anmo Arst, so
ns to disinfect It. A gns Jet or n match
will do. New York Sun.
Love and the Drama.
A periodical devoted to the drama
pleads for plays based on somo emo
tion other than love. Tho dlfllculty In
producing such plays is that overy
play must have a hero, nnd In making
a hero tho playwright as woll as his
audtenco almost Inevitably adopts tho
view expressed 2,000 years ago by a
scribbler on ono of tho dead walla of
Pompeii, "lie who has nover loved n
woman Is not a gcutlcmnn." Ex
change. Lucky Bessie.
nnvlng need of somo small change,
tho mUtvess of tho houso stepped to
tho top of tho back stairs.
"Bessie," she called to tho maid be
low, "havo you any coppers down
there V"
"Yes'm two," faltered Bessie, "but
they're both my cousins, please,
ma'nm." London Punch, j
Before.
"You used to say," sho complained,
"thnt I was your sunlight; that tho
world was gloomy when you were not
in my presence."
"I know," ho sadly replied; "thnt
was before you hnd acquired tho habit
of telling mo candidly every few min
utes whnt you thought of me." Chi
cago Itecord-ITcrnld.
Of No Utility.
Ilegardloss of tho fact that an ed
itor almost always has on his trousers,
somo people can't get ovor tho Idea
that u penwiper Is n nice, present for
him. Ohio Stnto Journal.
In Luck.
Caller now much for a mnrrlago
llcenso? Town Clerk Ono dollar.
Caller I'vo only got 50 cents. Town
Clork You're lucky. Philadelphia
Bulletin.
A Helping Hand.
Visitor Aro your children doing any
thing for you In this your last Illness?
fWA Mon Vfta tjwn'no urtniT if xrV
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Auditor of Public Accounts.
Lincoln, Feb. 1, 1912.
It is hereby certified, That the Minnesota Mutual Llfo Insurance Company
of St. Paul, in the State of Minnesota, has complied with tho Insurance law of
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Summary of Report Filed for the Year Ending December 31, 1011.
INCOME
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All other sources 162,881.07
All other sources $ 831,665.53
DISBURSEMENTS.
Paid policy holders $ 407,038.94
All other payments 163,514.78
Total $ 570,553.72
Admitted assets 3,427,701.79
LIABILITIES.
Net reserve... $3,104,145.00
Net policy claims 25 015 00
All other liabilities.... 134,106.62 $3,263,606.62
Surplus beyond capital stock and other liabilities. . . . 164,435.17 164,435.17
Tota ' ; 3,427,701.79
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the day and year first ntfove written.
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Anditor Public Accounts.
C. E. Pierce, Deputy.
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Sheriff s Sale.
By virtue of an order of sale issued
from the district court of Lincoln
county, Nebraska, upon a decrco of
foreclosure rendered in said court
wherein Union Realty nnd Trust Com
pany is plaintiff nnd Feter E. Burnett
is defendant, and to me directed, I will
on the 8th day of June, 1912, at 2 o'clock
P. M., at the east front door of the court
house In North Platte, Lincoln county,
Nebraska, sell at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash, to satisfy said
decree, interests and costs, the follow
ing described property, to wit:
All of the northwest quarter of sec
tion fourteen (14), town thirteen (13)
north of range thirty-three (33) west
of tho 6th p m in Lincoln county, Nebr.
Dated North Platte, Neb., May 2,
1912.
A. J. Salisbury, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Ssle.
By virtue of a decree rendered in tho
district court in and for Lincoln county,
Nebraska, on the 24th day of April,
1912, in an action in which James T.
Feoney is plaintiff, and James W. Hunt
and Henry Lindbeck are defendants,
which decree ordered mo as sheriff of
Lincoln county, Nebraska, to take pos
session of the property hereinafter des
cribed and further ordered that upon
the failure of the said James W. Hunt
to pay to the plaintiff the sum of one
thousand six; hundred eighty dollars and
sixty-three cents ($1680.63), with seven
per cent interest from date and costs
of this suit taxed nt two-hundred
twelve dollars nnd forty-five cents
($212.45) within 5 days from the date
of said decree, I should sell the said
property as upon execution and bring
the proceeds into court.
And whereas I have complied with
the order of said court and have taken
possession of tho property below des
cribed, and whereas, said James W.
Hunt has not paid said sum.
Now, therefore, I will, on tho 18th
day of May, 1912, at the hour of 1
o'clock P. M., of said day, at the stock
yards in the east part of tho city of
North Platte, Lincoln county, Nebras
ka, sell at public auction to the highest
bidder for cash to satisfy said decree,
and the amount due thereon in the ag
gregate, being the sum of one-thousand
six hundred eighty dollars and
sixty-three cents (1680.63), and two
hundred twelve dollars and forty-five
cents ($212.45), and accruing costs, the
following described personal property,
to-wit:
1 dark bay mare, G yrs. old, wt. 1200
lbs.,
2 bay mare colts, 2 yrs. old. wt. 600
lbs., each;
1 black mare colt, 2 yrs. old, wt. 600
lbs.:
1 bay gelding, 6 yrs. old, wt. 1200 lbs.;
1 bay mare, 6 yrs. old, wt. 1200 lbs.;
1 gray gelding, 6 yrs. old, wt. 1200
lbs.;
1 gray gelding, 4 yrs. old, wt. 1300
lbs.;
1 bay mare, 10 yrs. old", wt. 1100 lbs.:
1 black mare, 4 yrs. old, w.1200 lbs.;
1 bay mare, 4 yrs. old, wt. 1400 lbs. ;
1 bay gelding, 6 yrs. old, wt. 1400 lbs!;
1 b ack mare, 7 yrs. old, wt. 1200 lbs.;
1 black mare, 9 yrs. old, wt. 1300 lbs.
A. J. Salisbury, Sheriff.
Sheriff Sale.
Nptice is hereby,given that by virtue
of an order of sale, issued by P. H
Sullivan, justice of the peace in and
for North Platte, Nebraska, in favor of
the McDonald State bank, a corpora
tion, and against Walter Geyer and to
me directed, I will on the 25th day of
MaV. 1912. nt. rhn ennnftr iotl : m;.il
Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska,
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following described property:
7 boxes of cigars, 5 pair of pants, l'
cap, 3 flannel shirts, 2 pairs of cook
trousers, 1 pair of ovor shoes, 1 white
hat, 1 sweater, 1 coat and vest, 1 razor,
1 razor hone, 1 gun cleaner rod, 2 cook
coats, 2 shirts, 1 trunk, ns tho property
of the Baid defendant, Walter Geyer.
onlimo1 North Platt0' Neb- APr'l
outn, ivl,
A. J. Salisbury, Sheriff.
Water Meters.
NOTICE TO BIDDERS.
Sealed bids will be received at the
office of the city clerk of tho city of
North Platte, Nebraska, up until 5 p.
m. of the 7th day of May, 1912, for
furnishing 500 water meters to the citv
of North Platte.
Bidders will be given an opportunity
to demonstrate their various meters to
the mayor and city council and to Bub
mit their own propositions as to terms
of payment, the city reserving the
right to reject any or all bids or to ac
cept any one which may be deemed
most advantageous to tho city.
By order of mayor and city council
Dated North Platte, Neb., April 26tli
1912- Chas. F. Temple,
City Clerk.
SHERIFF'S SALE. '
Notice is hereby given that on Tues
day, May 14th, 1912, nt 2 o'clock p. m
I will sell to the highest bidder for cash
at public auction nt tho county jail in
the city of North Platte, LincoV coun"
ty, Neb., the following goods and chat
tels, to-wit:
Ono bay mare about five years old,
weight about 1150 pounds,
One black mare about seven yenrs old
weight about 1200; '
which said goods and chattels were lev
ied upon by me, A. J. Salisbury, sheriff
of Lincoln county, Nebraska, upon an
execution issued: out of and under the
seal of the county court of Lincoln
county, Nebraska, upon a judgment
rendered and docketed in said court
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d'Slftf'affiP,Btte' Neb" this 2d