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KITTY
She Is the Cause of
a Young Alan's Sud
den Change of Mind
By CLARISSA MACKIG
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"Confound. the woman I" ejaculated
Hob KolBOin oh lie Hlamincd the door.
"I'd like to- get hold of that cnt. If I
did It would novor get out ullvo ngain."
Ho stalked moodily to the window nnd
llstoncd, ns-lf fiiKclnntcd by the low
pitched volco of tho woman cnllliiB
Insistently In tho yard bolow.
"Hero, kitty, Icltty, kitty, Ulttyl" she
called.
"Sho's been doing that every "Isht
for a week," grumbled Hob, lcnviiu,'
Uio window wlion the souikIh bud died
uwny in n murmur of endearments.
"If 1 had only known there win a cnt
loving uplnnler in the Lloubo I would
haro Btnycd on the onlRiflc Jtjo cats
for me not on your llfo!"
Hob looked nrnuudtat thervrcll fur
nished room eonialninjr furniture of
lili own. The low ljookuhelvon were
tilled with hlH book. Everything In
the two hirwiipnrtmrnUi wuh bin own.
IIo resolved to Jemiilij thero until Mint
. remote tiui6 whoh he would fall In lovo
nnd marry. "Thnt may bo never,"
lie alwnyM told blmiolf cynically.
At breakfast he approached bis
boarding jnlatresB concemlutr ontB,
"All, Mr. Tortor, didn't I bear, a cat
in Uio hall Just now?" be inquired ns
t he Hipped his coffee. ,
Mrs. Forter nmllod Impersonally.
"Probably you iinve heard a cat, Mr.
Folsotn. Thero are tlireo in tlilH
house."
"Thrco!" Hob wn,s nglinst. "And
nro they nil lost nt nlglit and do their
mistresses iinve to call them homo nt
precisely 0 p. tri,, and"
"Dear me, no! They are very quiet,
Htny at homo cntH that is, all except
MIsb Lime's Snowball. He's an An
gora nnd qulto valuable, I believe. He
bos been n runaway lately and does
not como homo until poor Miss Lane
has becomo bourse with cnlllng him.
She linn a touch of asthma, you know."
"I hope Snowball gets over his wan
derlust boforo long," remarked Bob as
ho pushed hla chair away from tho ta
ble. Mrs. Porter looked pained. "I am
very sorry Jf it annoya you," she said
rather stiffly, "but Miss Lane is my
b'est boarder, and slio happens to own
tills house, nnd Snowball is tho apple
of. lior eye. Perhaps, ho will stay in
now."
"Oh, It doesn't matter," Hob hasten
ed to say, already feeling somewhat
nshnmed nt his complaint against
Suowbull's asthmatic mistress. "I only
happened to hoar her calling every
, night and I wondered you know," his
volco trailed Into embarrassed silence
as ho escaped into tho hnll and took his
lint from tho rack.
Ah be walked toward the front door,
shrugging into his overcoat as hn went,
ho observed n hnndsomo white Angora
cat sitting oti tho newel post. "Snow
ball, I'll bo bound!" he said to himself,
lifting hW bund to pat the beuutlfnl
creature. Hut Snowball's white paw
shot out and his claws dug deep, leav
ing a long ugly scratch on tho back of
Hob's hand.
"Here, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty!" call
Jed a voice from the floor above.
"Come. Snowball!'
Snowball mewed delightedly in re
turn and darted, a ilylug strenk of
white, up the stairs,
V Hob sent one upward glnnco to whore
u fac loaned over tho banister of tho
second story. A stltlly brushed joni
pudour of gray hair above a high fore
head ami a pair of gold spectacles glis
tened down nt him. Ho turned nwny
impatiently. Snowball's mistress was
all that liia Imuglnntluu hud painted
i her.
As ho went down tho street he inon
tally cursed the eat that had adininls
tered tho ugly Hcrutch, nnd ho was till
ed with unreasonable wrath at Miss
Lnno for harboring the vicious beast.
"That'H Uio inalu troublo with board
ing houses," ho said to hlmsolf. "They
are tilled up with' old maids and cats
and parrots. 1 don't bollovo thero is
any hope of my tlndlug i homo nny
whero unless I get married and whore
is the right girl?"
Where was ulio? Up to this tlnio she
hud never existed for Hob Folsoni. Ho
had his ideal, and he was especially
convinced Unit Hho could not have roil
Imir nnd bo loved by him. Neither
could her eyes bo griou. Her hair must
bo ii soft dusky black nnd her oys
that rnrv hazel Ho reached his olllce
nt this Juncture mid was compelled to
drop day dreuma In tho face of dry re
nllUiw. That evening ns bo Bat boforo tho
cosy hearth flro he hoard tho volco in
Uio yard calling tho recalcitrant Snow
ball. "Here, kitty, kitty, bitty. Thero
wero tho nnmo deep lower notes lifting
npwurd to tho bast piercing, nnd to
Bob Folsom'8 nervously sonsltlvo hear
ing, irrlfJiUug "Kitty."
For nn hour Uio culllntj continued
at frequont intervals nnd thon sudden
ly ceased, much to Hob'B relief. "Cfni
clous," ho muttered to liimRolf us ho
propured for bod, "I'm getting to bo na
old maidish as Miss Lano can possi
bly bo bot u dollar her namo I3 Joinl
mar 4Jt nrosk hftvo boon niter midnight
when Bob was awakened by a hideous
ygwllng under his window. Thon ho
realised that It must have been fol
lowing him through hla dreams, tor
he had been dreaming of tho Irasclblt
SnowbnU.
"Hull guess ho stayed out tonight
and Is Just getting in! I'll soon put 11
stop to you, son."
Hob looked uround tho room for some
missile to toss down upon the indig
nant Snowball, who obstinately voiced
his complaints beneath Bob FuNorn'e
window. Bob knew that nil the other
bedrooms in tho houso faced upon the
front and sides, and it was doubtful
if any one ulso in tho houso could be
disturbed -by the cat cries.
ITe decided that n paper weight was
too heavy, n sofa .pillow too soft, his
boots quite out of theiuestlon. Snow
ball must be broken of this midnight
serenading under his window. He
whooped eoCUy as n happy thought
struck him. On his wnshstond was
an unopened package of nn especial
talcum powder that housed when shav
ing himself. A quantity of this white
Iowder sifting down from nowhere in
particular upon tho upturned face of
Snowball would effectually put that fe
line nulxunco to rout.
As Hob opened tho hnlf pound pack
age) talcum powder ho chuckled Roft
ly to himself, not hearing footfalls on
the carpeted hall nor tho careful open
ing of tho rear basament door. Ill
own window wan wide open, and he
thrust his head out, turned the pack
ngo u)sido down nnd shook tho powder
out. Then be crumpled the pasteboard
container and towd that down after it.
Snowball's cries coased instantly, but
they were followed by a feminine ex
clnmntion of surprise.
"Great Jove, if I hnvon't sprinkled
Mlxa lane! What In thunder is she
doing down there, anyway?"
Thoroughly chagrined nnd.pcnltont
nt tho outcome of his joke upon tho
white cnt, Bob Folsom pausod, uncer
tain what to do. Miss Lnno was an
elderly woman, and tho sudden do
scent of the powder must not only
have stnrtled her, but might have
cnused her Buffering. Bob remember
ed whnt Mrs. Torter had said about
Miss Lane's nsthuin, nnd ho. resolved
to mnke amends as far as lay in his
powrr. Consequently ho dashed into
n bathrobe and slippers and went out
Into tho dnrkonod hall nnd down tho
black pit of tho stalrwny to the base
ment hall. He wns groping his way
toward the rear door, which ho could
see was still open, when a volco close
beside him naked quietly:
"Who are you, nnd what do you
wnut?'
"I I beg your pardon, Miss Lnno,
Is It not?" ho Ktnmmered.
"Yes, I nm Miss Lane." Bob heard
a button click, and lnstnntly the ball
was Hooded with light.
IIo leaucd weakly against tho wnll
nnd nctually stnred at tho vision thnt
confronted him. If tills was Miss
Lano who was the glassy eyed lady
who had peered at him over tho ban
ister that very morning?
She wns bonutlful. She was young,
not moro than twenty-three, with a
peach tinted complexion, green oyes,
dark eyebrows and red hair! She
was tho antithesis of his Ideal In every
respect, nnd lie should havo turned
nwny from her with superb lndlffer
enco only ho fell bend over heels In
love with her at once yes, red hair
and nil. And the lovely waving red
hnlr was powdered thickly with white
talcum, nnd the pencil tint of her com
plexion Avns flecked with talcum, and
the dark bluo silk of her dressing
gown was flecked with It, and even
the tip of her ndorablo noso. Ah for
Snowball, clasped In tho curve of her
soft nrms, ho was tossing powder wlUi
every imgry shako of his bead.
Of course Bob Folsom had to apolo
gize, nnd he did It hnstlly, stumbling
ovor his words as ho watched for
some gleam of forgiveness In the
groen eyes.
"Of course you didn't know," bIiq
Knld when lie bnd concluded, "nnd of
course poor Snowbnll doesn't llko It n
bit, I'm glad thnt I went down nfter
him Instead of Aunt Cleopatra. She
would really have minded the' pow
der." Sho mulled nwputiy nt Hoi ns
she proceeded on iicr way. "I wonder
If yon would salni closing tho door
and putting out the lights. 1 heard
you coming downstairs, and I was so
frightened that I did not stop tp clo'so
tho door. I felt that I must And out
who It was."
"Your volco did not sound frightened,
nnd well, renlly, I'm afraid I'vo been
awfully old mnldlsh about that cnt. I
supposo you, were anxious about
him"- he was saying -when sho Inter
rupted him with a negative gesture of
her head that sent two long red brulds
flying ovor her shoulders.
"Xo, Indeed; I'm not a lilt anxious or
fond of Snowbnll ho Is so cross 'nnd
scratchy Hut Aunt Cleopatra adores
him, and that Is why I'vo had to go
down and call him in every oveulug nt
bedtime, I suppose you heard me,"
IIo blushed and nodded sheepishly.
"I thought It must bo Mlsd Lane
your aunt, you know."
She cast an enigmatic smile over her
shoulder ns sho wont up tho Btairs,
tho snow white cnt hugged closo to her
bosom. "When Bho hud disappeared
Hob Folsom locked Uio door, Bnappod
out tho light and tiptoed up to, hla
room. Boforo ho returned to bed ho
stood looking out into tho moonlit
ynrd, his fnco soft with tho wonder
nnd delight of 0110 who sees beloved
dreams eomlng truo.
"It Ls my dream girl ull right, oven
f her hair nnd eyes aro not Uio color
I wanted, I wonder how I could have
admired any other combination! Ev
erything seems to go by contraries.
It's Aunt Cleopatra Instead of Jemima.
Iicr nnmo .must bo something very
beautiful d golden. I wonder how
soon I can find outr' ' '
Of coarse Bob Folsom found oat tho
girl's name long boforo ho married her,
and what do yon think It was?
Klttyl
Special on Groceries
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A great many people think that it is impossible to buy their
goods of the home merchant and still keep within n reasonable
expense. For this reason the Mail Order Houses are patronized to
a great extent where the merchant nt home should get the
benefit of this portion of the business that is done in Omaha and
Chicago. By selling for cash our price is so that we can compete
with these places and when it comes to making prices on n bill of
groceries that the ordinary family would send away for, we can sell
as.cheap as tho Mail Order House and we have the quality behind
our prices.
This not only gives the consumer the same value for the
money, but saves the trouble of sending away and waiting a week
or two for the goods,
We ask you to consider this bill, compare the prices with the
Mail Order House and also come in and take a look for yourself.
On May J J5 and we offer.this
$ 2 O-Sperial Assortment- $ 2
25 lbs. Sugar for , $1.00
loO lbs. Flour ...' ;K..t-t7 : 3.20
1 case Tomatoes . : "...'... ?l .V. . v 2.95
1 case Corn ... .:.. ,'. 1.00
I doz. cans Hominy... '., ,f;, ' l-2
1 doz. cans Kraut ". .J I '.'. . . . . !- 1.25
1U lbs. Dried i'eoches .'
tuios lancy evaporated Appics..
2 large packages Oatmeal .
1 doz. cans Pork and Beans No 2 .
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10 lbs Coffee
12 cons of PeaB
10 lb pail Syrup
3 1 lb packages Corn Starch
$20.00
If you are thinking about buying a bill of groceries here is an
oppurtunity to get them at home and save time as well as money
on your purchase.
Special attention given to mail orders.
The- Hub Grocery Ojept
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FOR SALE
OLD UNITARIAN BUILDINGS
To bo Moved From Lot.
Tho hall is 40x50 feet with four extra living
rooms on rear. All sheeted under weather
boarding. Building all in good shape except
shingles', Will probably turn out live or six
hundrdd dollars worth of lumber, salvage, if torn
down.
Bids received tip to noon May 31, 1912.
R. B. FAVORIGHT.
1003 W. Fourth Street
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Your time's your biggest asset.
Time is money, and we're going to ask
you to spend a 'little time 'investigating Peerless
Roofing to save a lot of money. Will you do it?
costs less in the first place than ordinary
shingles. You can lay it yourself. Nails and
cement and directions are included free with
every roll. And once you've (jot that Peerless roof on your
building all expense ceases. No more repair bills. No more
worries. Chat Peerless roof will be sound and good when
you're ready to replace the buildine it covers.
Don't those facts make it worth spending a little time
time on Peerless Prepared Roofing? Como in and see us.
We'll put our time against yours. Drop 'round toJy.
Sold by
"W. W. BIJKGE.
THE OVERLAND
Climbed "THE" hill south of town.
30 Horse Power, Sliding Gear Transmission,
5 Passenger, Fully Equipped.
NORTH PLATTE $1,000.
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Wc want your plumbing business
nnd want it now and we will give extra
low price on that now job of work.
Our price, though, isniwoys low.
Satisfaction Guaranteed on plumbing
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R. F. STUART,
Shop Phone 3C9. Kes. Phone G83
217 East Sixth Street.
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DATHONIZE THE!
I II ' House of Good Show!
Wlien in North Plallo.
Motion Pictures. Runs Every
Night. .Matinee Snturdny After
noon at 2:30 O'clock.
10 CENTS. i
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CRESCENT MAPLINE.
Uso No Other Brand.
Flavors cake, frosting, candies,
creams, etc.
3Sc Bottle
makes 2 gallons of Syrup without
hoiling better than Maple.
For Sale by all Grocers.
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Dift Infield Infield,
Physicians and Surgeons.
WILLIS J. RDDFIELD, Surgeon.
JOE B. REDFIELD. Physician.
OFFICE:
Physicians & Surgeons
. . Hospital . .
PHONE 642.
RICHARD N. MOORE,
Medically Examined Masseur.
Physical Culture, Form Development.
Abdomonnl Reduction, Respiratory
and Swcediah Movement.
Homo Treatment .
Phono C37 2&J E 3rd St.
We make a specialty of
Dairy Products and can
furnish the best in large
or small quantities direct
from our own Dairy Farm
every morning,
Phone your order in
and it will be delivered.
Doolittle Bakery.
THERE IS ENJOYMENT
In smoking our cigni3, hrst because
they aro made of tho best leaf tobacco,
second becuaso they are hand-made
add last because we put better tobacco
in our nickle cigar than somo manu
facturers do in ten-cental's. Wo know
wo make a pood cigar; hundred of
smokors in North Platto know it, but
hundreds of others ought to know it.
Patronize homo industry.
J. F. SCHMALZRIED,
Estray Notice.
Taken up ns an estray by tho under
signed on tho Sturges ranch nine miles
northwest of North Platte, on or about
Foby. 17, 1912, brown mare, weight
800, about two years old, small star in
forehead; also on or nboutMay 1st, 1912,
three mules, two year old, one horse
and two mares; no brands distinguish
able. Owner of above animals call,
prove property, pay charges and take
same away. H. L. Gaunt.
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WATER
ICE.
Frozen from water pumped from
n good depth, nnd tho lake has
been ro-cemented thus insuring
tho best nnd purest ice possible
to obtain.
Price 50 Cents
Per 100 Lbs.
Wo solicit your orders nnd insure
prompt delivery.
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1 GEO. D. DENT,
Physicion and Surncon,
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over McDonald Bank.
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NOTICE FOR PCltLlOATION.
Sorlal No. 03181.
. Popartment or the Interior,
U. S. Lnd Oltlce at North Plattu. Neb.
Map 1 1UI9
.Notice ls lierebi' irlven that Harry
Soctlou 28, Towiwlili) IB N, P.anuo 31.
ni W. ot tho 6th Principal Meridian, has
Hied notlen of Intention to make llnal Qvo
year proof, to establish claim to tho land
above dosorlbud. before the Rojrlstcrand Re
ceiver at North Platto, Nebraska, on tho 25th
day of June, 1913.
Claimant names as witnesses: Sidney
nollonbeck. John Welliver. Hugh (iaunt.
.Jai'obMeyon,, fell ot North Platte, Neb.
in-0 J. E. Evans. Register.
01lP,15J?,9JK,.I.IJ?AIlING ON PETITION FOR
APPOINTMENT OP AUMlNJhTUATOR
State of Nebraska, Lincoln County, ss.
In tho County Court
,n, V!"v. watt,;t' of the Obtato of Ashbel
Ii Hall, decoased
On roadlnpand flllnir thepotltionot Marion
II Evans prayinsr that tho administration of
&atd estate may bo cranted to herself
as administratrix.
Ordered, That May SStli. 1B13. at "o'clock
when all persons interosted In said matter
may appear at a countv court to bo hell in
n.,1 f.m n tA ..... . .1 .... .
... iui oum L.ULUILJ, imu biiow causo wily
the prayer of petitioner should not bo
erantcd: and thatnotlco of tho pendency of
said petition and the hoarlnc thereof, bo
trtven to all persons interested in said matter
by publlMiint' a copv ot this order in tho
North Platto &eml-'eokly Tribune, a leal
weekly newspaper printed in said county for
three succosslvo weeks, prior to said day of
hoarlni?.
v Dated MayO. 1912.
ip7-S) John OnANT. County .Tudeo
OUnF.lt OF HEAUINGON PETITION FOR
APPOINTMENT OF A OMINlSTItATKIX.
Matoof Nobraska, Lincoln county, ss.
In tuo county court,
rn, il10. lna,t'r of tho cstato of Sophia
Hall. doo0a;-ed.
Un readlncand Ulinu the petition of Mar
ion II. Evans rraylncthat administration ot
naid estate may bo crantod to herself as ad
ministratrix, Ordorcd, That Mav 28th. 19U.', at 0
o clock a. m. is assigned for hearlnc said
petition when all persons iutorested in said
matter may appear at a county court,
to bo held In and for said county
and show causo why tho prayer of potl
onor ehoud not bo grantsd; and that notlco
ot tho pendency of said pe'ition aud tho
hearing thnreof boBivento all persons inter
ested In said matter by piibllshlntr a copy of
thU ordorln tho North Platw Tribune, a
lecal somi-weokly newspaper printtd in said
county, for three successive weeks, prior to
said day of hearlnsr.
pated May flth. 1912,
n-3 John Ghant. County Judgo.
T , PROnATE NOTICE.
In the County Court of Lincoln county, Ne
braska. April 10. 1912.
In tho mattei of tho ostato of Katie
Hendy, deceased.
Notice is horeby clven. that the creditors
of said deceased will meet tho Admlnls
tratorof said estato.boforo tho County Judgo
of Lincoln county, Nebraska, at tho county
court room In said county, on tho 20th day.of
??,y' 1U,!2, .a?d , on th0 2tl1 day of Nov.
IH1.2, at 9 o'clock a. m. each day, for tho pur
pose of presenting thelrclaims for examina
tion, adjustment and allowance. Six months
aro allowed for creditors to present their
claims and ono year for tho Administrator to
settle said estate from the 10th day of
ftp.r,li .: 4. col'y ot this order to bo pub
lished in tho North Platte Tribune a seml
weokly newspaper of said county for four
succosslvo weeks prior to said day of
hearing.
a'il-4 JOHN GRANT. County Judge
PROBATE NOTICE.
In the county court of Lincoln County, Ne
braska, April lfi, 1912,
In the matter of tho estate of Chrintian Mar
quette, deceased.
Notico la hereby given, tlint tho creditors of
sa (1 deceased will meet tho administrator of
said estate, before the County Judge of Lincoln
county, Nebraska, at tho county court room, in
the 20th day of November, 1912, at 9 o'clock a. m.
kmcii uuy, mr mo purpose or presenting their
claims, for examination, adjustment and allow
ance. Six months aro allowed for the creditors
trt nrMml the!. nlntm. n4 ... ..nM t .1 - jt
. , vimmp, uuu wn juii iur 111U nu-
ministrator to scttlo Bald estate, from the 16th
Jmi nP Ati.ll iniO -.-it 0 jt i
" .. ,."(." ," .: "c ln's oruer to Do
published in the North Platte Tribune, a Beml-
WiipL'lv nmircnflnn. nf nnl.l nnt.n.. t
.. w... ..w.t ",'., -. . nu.i, vwuui lur luur suc
cessive weeks prior to said day of bearing.
u.w-4 juiin viiuiph, bounty J uugp
Sheriff Sale.
Notice is hereby give,n that by virtue
of an order of snle 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, nnd against Walter Gcyer and to
me dirocted, I will on the 25th day of
May, 1912, at tho county jail in North
Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska,
offer for cash at public auction the
following described property:
7 boxes of cigars, 5 pair of pants, 1
can. 3 flannel shirts. 9. nnii-a f nnni
trousers, 1 pair of over shoes, 1 white
inn, i sweater, i coat ana vest, 1 razor,
1 razor hone, 1 gun cleaner rod, 2 cook
conts. 2 shirts. 1 trunk na thn nm.t,,
of the said defendant, Walter Geyer.
unieu m itorin naue. jNeb.. Anril
30th, 1912. I
A. J. Salisbury, Sheriff.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
Notico is hereby given that on Tues
day, May 14th, 1912, nt 2 o'clock p. m.t
I will sell to the highest bidder for cash
at pubile auction at tho county jail in
tho city of North Piatte, Lincoln coun
ty, Neb., tho following goods nnd chat
tels, to-wit:
One bay mare about five years old,
weight about 1150 pounds,
Ono black mare about seven vears old.
weight about 1200;
which said goods and chattels were lev
ied upon by mo, A. J. Salisbury, sheriff
of Lincoln county, Nebraska, upon an
execution issued out of and under the
seal of tho county court of Lincoln
county, Nebraska, upon a judgment
rendored nnd docketed in said court
in favor of John S. Twinem and against
Albert Beach.
Dated at North Platte, Neb., this 2d
day of May, 1912.
, , A. J. Salisbury.
Sheriff of Lincoln county, Neb.
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