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i k AnAppealtothe Sense of Beauty B. EUNICE DLAKE ' Dr. Wortlihigton wns the physician of the upper ton thousand not a phy sician of the upper ten thousand, but the p'lyslclnu of that class. lie was thlrty-flvo years old and considered the handsomest man of the city in which ho lived and practiced his profession. Ono night n lamp exploded in tho homo of n young widow, setting flro lo tho clothes of an old lady, a mem ber of the family, and burning her bo severely that sho lived but twenty-four hours after tho accident. Every doc tor In tho neighborhood was called in, among them Dr. Worthlngton. Thero was llttlo that could be done for the patient, who was known to every doctor there, but there was a great leal to bo done in calming thoso pres ent. As soon as tho physician of tho upper ten thousand entered practition ers earning n beggarly $5,000 to $10, 00 a year instinctively withdrew into their shells, and when ho spoke in his musical barltono voice a few words enjoining quiet n calm fell upon overy ono in tho room. Mrs. Allandale, tho young widow in whoso house the accident occurred, was. bo Impressed with Dr. Worthing ton's aristocratic bearing, his self con trol and that influence ho possessed over his fellow beings, especially women, that sho resolved to win him for her second husband. Mrs. Allandalo had lacard n story about tho doctor's having to employ a chaperon nt his ofllco and realized that her gatno must bo played with great delicacy in order to bo suc cessful. About a week after tho death and Inirlal of the person who wos burned Dr. "Worthlngton was called to visit Mrs. Allandale. He responded at onco and found tho lady reclining In her li brary, whero logs blazed in a gothic fireplace. Sho had on n palo blue silk negligee Bho was a blond and a lamp shaded in pink was on a llttlo tablo besldo her. Tho bluo was especially hecomlng, and tho pink lamplight on her complexion added to tho pleasing effect. Dr. Worthlngton was perfectly awaro from the moment he entered tho room that tho lady's intentions were thoso of women from whom his duenna was expected to protect him. But, oh, how different this appeal from the oth ers! Tho lady did not extend her finger tips; sho did not smile; sho simply said: "Doctor, in the dreadful experience wo have had in this houso my nerves have been severely strained. I sleep very badly, have no appetlto and am subject to n twitching of tho muscles, especially when passing into a slumber. I would like you to give me n sedative, a tonic or whatever you think I re quire." Tho doctor placed tho tips of his thumb and fingers on the lady's wrist, looked wise, sympathetic and respect ful, all in ono glance; then, taking out a hlank slip, wrote n prescription. "This is merely n light sedative," he said. "I do not attach much im portance to it, for the shock you have received must wear off gradually. 1 would ndvlso diverting your mind so far as possible social affairs that are to your liking nothing that will bore you amusements and, above all, the company of those with whom you are congenial and who Interest you." "Thank you, doctor. I dare say you are right. I noticed how you quieted us nil nt tho time of the accident, and i rely more on your personal influence than your medicines. I should be glad to have you call as often aB your other professional and social engagements will permit, for I feel quieted already. I am quite sure that treatment by in fluence, such as is practiced by Chris tian Scientists nnd other like sects, will do mo n world of good. But, of course, I do not mean that you are to glvo mo more of your valuable time than my share." Thero was some desultory chat, after which, tho doctor withdrew, promising to call again in a few days. Mrs. Al landale told him that sho required soothing moro In the evening thau In the daytime and sho would be glad when he could find it convenient to call between 8 and 11 o'clock p. m. lie promised to do his best in this respect. A few days later tho doctor tele phoned Mrs. Allandalo that ho must visit n patient In her vicinity that even ing and would call if sho thought he could bo of any service. Sho replied through her maid that sho was much depressed and begged that he would luroly come. When tho doctor called ho found his patient sitting on ono end of a sofa, robed this time In a commingling of pink and lace, with n Jack roso in her hair, the latter taking tho place of tho lamp shade that had beforo given a bocomlnc hue to her complexion. lie made bold to sit on tho other end of tho sofa, and when ho felt her pulso ho left his fingers on her wrist longer than before. Tho doctor's visits becarao moro nnd moro frequent, and every tlmo ho call ed he found Mrs. Allandalo in n cos tumo which was n moro becoming cre ation than tho last, nnd at each call thero was n different lamplight or screen set near her for heightening or subduing the huo of her complexion or n different flower in her corsage or her hair. What could not bo accom plished by ordinary means wa8 brought about by ouch appeals to tho doctor's senses. Iler efforts wero successful, and in duo tlmo be proposed and was accepted. A CIPHER DISPATCH By WILLIAM CHANDLER Wo wero Lemmed In botween two differont Confederate forces, and it they should mako a simultaneous at tack upon us they would crush us. But communication between tho two was difficult sinco wo wero In a valley with high mountains on cither sldo, and, realizing that wo must keep our enemies apart, wo throw out a lino of pickets on either sldo of us extending as far up tho mountain as a passago was possible I was In command of about 800 men. My information wns -that tho forco southwest of us consisted of about GOO, and that on tho northeast of us num bered nbout 1,000 men. It was evi dent that if compelled to fight one of theso forces in our front and another in our rear thero would bo nothing left of us. If tho Confc'derato commander south of us, Colonel B., had been as enterprising as ho should havo been and attacked us doubtless tho forco to tho north, hearing his guns, would havo Joined, in tho fight But the colo nol seemed to prefer a ccrtaluty and sent ono courier after another to Major L., ordering him to attack us on n specified day and hour. Every ono of theso couriers wo captured. Ono boro a messago in writing. Tho others ei ther carried no messages or, if they did, managed to get away with them without our knowing it. Finally wo wero reduced to our last ration wo had onl? three days' rations to start with and even if not attacked we must soon surrender. When I was contemplating asking for terms my pickets Bent In to mo a negro who had been caught trying to steal through tho lines far up on tho mountain, no vns as stupid looking a man ns I ever saw, and my surmlso that ho was not shamming proved correct Indeed, It was probable that ho had been select ed to do tho work ho was intrusted with becauso bo was so stupid that ho would not likely bo taken for tho bear er of an important messago from ono officer to another. I directed that ho bo searched and anything found on him bo brought to mo. My orderly, who did tho search ing, brought mo n pocketknife, a small plcco of tobacco and a dirty picco of paper that proved to bo a receipt for 27 cents paid for chicken feed. I threw tho paper down as unworthy of attention, but took it up again and, getting moro light on it, noticed cer tain marks on it in pencil that looked as if a newly hatched chicken bad been walking over it Theso tracks wero on two lines on tho back of tho receipt, tho ono on the upper edge of tho paper, tho other lower down. I confess I was much puzzled by them. I called in several of my officers and asked if they could mako anything oot of them. Lieutenant Budd sug gested that they might bo parts of let ters. This view was soon voted cor rect by tho rest of us. But of what letters they wero parts wo did not know and made no headway In discov ering. Budd said that if I would let him tako the paper to his tent he would try to study tho matter out I gave him permission, and in an hour ho re turned with tho puzzlo solved. Tho paper had been wrapped about a round stick, probably a ruler for lino mak ing, and a messago had been written where tho upper edgo had overlapped, half of each letter being on the edgo and half on the paper over which the edge lapped. When adjusted on n stick llko thd ono on which the mes sago had been written it was perfect ly plain. When tho paper was un rolled the upper parts of tho letters were separated from tho lower parts. Tho messago was addressed to Major L. and read thus: Attack the forco south of you at dawn on Tuesday next. When I hoar your Buna I will taUo the enemy In rear. I wns delighted with tho information I had received, and it occurred to mo that I might turn It to account. Might I not rub out tho messago and write another ono in its place? Tho negro had undoubtedly been given tho mes sago nnd shown how it was to bo de ciphered, but probably ho couldn't read It himself nnd did not know what it was. I directed Budd to test tho man's cnpaclty to read nnd ho reported thnt he didn't know ono letter from anoth er. This decided me. I resolved to send Major L. orders of my own choos ing in Colonel B.'s name. Rolling the messago on the stick, I wroto tho fol lowing: March on recelct of this southeastward through tho pass directly In your rear and Join mo at It., whenco our commanaa pro ceed to Richmond. I signed the colonel's nnmo to the message and sent for tho negro. I ask ed him a number of questions as to whero and why bo was going north nnd why ho didn't como to mo for a pass instead of trying to steal through my lines. Ho told a pitiful story nbout a sick wifo and starving children, and, protending to bo moved by it I band ed him back his knife, his tobacco and his receipt and told Budd to seo him through tho lines. When tho next morning my moun tain pickets reported that tho enemy to the north of us bad moved through tho pass ob I bad directed, I was de lighted with the success of tho scheme. I directed that a feint bo mndo by a small part of my command on tho Confederates south of us, nnd while It was going on mnrched the main fcrco out of the trap, to bo followed by the others. So by turning the en emy's trick on himself I saved my force and myself. His Angel By SADIE OLCOTT "Good morning, Delia." "G-ood morning, Margaret" "I seo you havo a letter in your hand. I Bupposo it's for Iloward?" "It is." "It's breaking your engagement with him mnybo?" "No, it isn't Why do you think that?" "Can it bo that you haven't heard ivhat overy ono else knows?" "What's that?" "I supposed, of course, you knew it )r I wouldn't havo said anything." "Ilcnrd what? For heaven's sake, stop this fooling and tell mo what you'ro talking nbout!" "Why, they say Iloward Is engaged to n girl in Akervlllo, whero ho lives." "Who says it?" "It's common talk." Thero was slleuco for a row mo ments. Then Delia said: "Yes, I know all nbout It I am going to wrlto How ard what I think of him." She passed on, but instead of going directly to tho postofllco sho went to her homo by a roundabout courso and, sitting at her writing desk, wroto How ard Benjamin a letter of a different kind entirely from tho ono sho had in tended to post. In a couple of days Mr. Benjamin was announced. Delia had had time to at least cool down and wished that she might hnve taken moro tlmo in tho writing of tho letter sho had sent him. As she remembered it her feelings hod run nway with her. Sho was sur prised that Howard should hnve come to see her after having received it but supposed he had como to return her letters and demand his own. To her surprlso Howard advanced to meet her ns sho entered tho room with his customary smile, took her in his nrms and kissed her. Sho blushed to think of tho disagreeablo things she had written him, wondering the whllo whether ho had received her letter or whether thero was any truth in the re ports ns to his inconstancy. Sho was much puzzled. "I enmo down for tho week end, sweetheart to bo with you," bo said. "I couldn't stand to bo separated from you any longer without ono kiss." Ho gave her a dozen. "But how cold your hands are! Is thero anything the mat ter with you?" "Oh, no; I'm very well! I'm so glnd you've come." Delia trembled lest this were prelim inary to on announcement of his de fection and his contempt for her on account of her complaint Just to njako It more effective. But as her lover went on in tho usual strain, inter rupted only by an occasional kiss, she became gradually reassured as to tho falsity of the reports that had reach ed her. But her letter Howard must havo como hway Just before its de livery. She dreaded to have him go back and get It What would ho think of her, ho who had assured her time and ngaln that sho was an angel, bet ter fitted for heaven than this wicked world? Howard left his sweetheart thorough ly convinced of his constancy, but in terror at his returning to receive tho imprecations sho hnd written. Every tlmo tho postman left any mall sho went to tho delivery box with dread and jn-nsned tho letters with a trem bling hnnd. It was several days be foro sho received a mlsslvo from her lover, and when sho did sho wns afraid to open it Sho took it to her room, and, after taking it up and putting it down several times, she broke the seal. It begaii by stating that to make up work left undone, to visit her, he had been busy day and night since his to turn. Then he went on to speak of thoso happy hours they had spent to gether nnd how he could count the days till he would seo her again. Not a word about that horriblo letter of hers. What could It mean? Had he received it, and was he too high mind ed, too generous, too ningnanlmous to take advantage of it knowing that it had been written under a false impres sion? In a few weeks he catno again, and this tlmo Delia felt sure that ho would speak of tho subject that troubled her. Sho wished ho would and havo It over with. But he did not He wns Just as offectlonatp and kind and loving ns ever and evidently still considered her an angel. Weeks passed and Delia began to be lieve thnt her letter had miscarried. She Inquired of the postman as to whero undelivered letters wero taken, and ho told her they nil wero sent to the dead letter ofllco in Washington. Letters misdirected or unclaimed or without stamps were to be found In tho dead letter ofllco. Delia wroto thero nnd received a card stating that tho letter sho had written about was thero unstamped, nnd If Bho would send 2 cents It would be sent her. When tho letter camo Delia found thnt she had been so nngcred that sho bad not written her. address on It and had neglected to put a stamp on It Sho began to rend it; but coming to that which now In her cooler mo ments she was ashamed of, sho toro It into bits and throw tho bits Into tho Are. When Howard camo again bo noticed a change In his fiancee. Tho cloud that had been resting upon her bad been lifted. "My angel!" ho sold. "Ob, plenRe don't," sho protested, burying her burning cheek on hla bosom. The Chautauqua Puts Your Town on the Map HPHE live boosters of this town JL qua. The fact that wc proves that wc have boosters. Chautauqua time centers the thought of the whole sur rounding country upon the town. The Rcdpath-Horncr advertising campaign puts the name of the town before the eyes of thousands. The presence of the Chautauqua makes the town the cen ter of an influx of people for a week. The work of successfully boosting together for Chautauqua reveals to the business men of the town how easy it is to achieve big results by working in harmony Once the habit of pulling together is formed there is noth ing a town can't do. The Chautauqua increases human knowledge, human experi ence and human happiness. It puts people, as well as towns, on the map. Something About Government Ownership No. Considerable has been said about government ownership of telephones about its efficiency and low cost of service. Every government own ed telephone system con siders the Bell System as a stand ard, uses the Bell operating methods and either uses Bell apparatus or copies it. Yet there is not anoth er system in the world that gives an approxima tion to the facilities that n HI n 2r Bell Telephone Service Hqs Set he Standard for the Rest of the World. NEBRASKA TELEPHONE COMPANY 1 M-U-Jrl. gih&ise Makes Hard The Mica's Eureka Harness Oil will Keep Your Harness Black, Soft and Strong STANDARD OIL COMPANY (NEBRASKA) OMAHA Cattle and Hogs WANTED. Sell your Cattle and Hogs to Julius Mogensen, No. Platte. Hrihest cash prices paid. Office open day and flight in North Si(e auto Barn. First class horse and livery in connection. Phone No. 20. VM!oir.r -V t?tf v arc backing the Chautau- arc to have a Chautauqua 6 tho Bell System gives, or gives aB good -or as oheap service on the same basis of accounting, franchise conditions and wages paid. The reason is that there is no such o no such a tfymg as economical gov eminent adminis tration; that low cost of govern ment operated utilities is, as a rule, due to lack qf qual ity, or to the fact that de ficits of operation are being supplied out of tho public treasury. Roads the Reason The North Side Feed Barn HAS FOR SALE GRAIN OF ALL KINDS, Bran, Shorts, Baled Alfalfa, Hay, Good Seed Potatoes. Goods promptly delivered. Our terms are cash. TELEPHONE No. 29 'W LEGAL NOTICE Oliver P. Braugh, otherwise Oliver P. Stokqs, and Sarah Brnugh, non-resident defendants, will take notice that notion has been begun in the district court of Lincoln county, Nebraska, by Herman Koestor, tho object and prayer of which finid action are o quiet nnd confirm in the plaintiff against the de fendants title in the following describ ed lands situate in Lincoln county, Ne braska, to-wit: The Northwest quarter of Section 29, Township 10, Range 30, west of thoCth P. M. To huve estab lished In plaintiff title by adverso pos session by reason of the open, continu ous, notorious and adverse possession of soiti described lands by tho plaintiff for more than ten years last past. You and each of you wfll make ans wer to said potition on or before the 29th day of Juno, 1014, or decree will bo taken against you as in said petition prayed, HERMAN KOESTER. Plaintiff. By E. H. Evana, hla Attorney. ml9-4 NOTICE Alex Gltiantiy. will take notice, that on the 29th day of April 1914, P. H. Sulivan, a justice of the Peace, of North Platte Preclnt No 1, Lincoln County, Nubraiko, issued an Order of Attach ment for the sum of $24.78 in an action pending beforo him, wherein Peter Gnlnnos is plaintiff nnd Alex Oitsantry, defendant, thnt proporty consisting of money, in tho hands of tho 'Union Pacific Railroad Company, a Corporat ion, has been attached under said order. Said cause wan continued to the 29th day of'Juno 1914, at ton.o'clock n. m. Peter Gnlanoi , Plaintiff. North Platte. Ncbr. MaV 18th. 1914. NOTICE. Phillip Konton, will take notice, that on tho 29th day of April, 1914. P. H. Sullivan, a Justice of Pence, of North Platte Precint No 1, Lincoln County, Nebraska, issued an Order of Attach ment for the sum of $18.54 in an action pending beforo him, whorein Peter Galancs is plaintiff and Phillip Konton, defendant, that property consisting of meney, in the hands of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, a Corporation, has been attached undor said order. Said causo was continued to the 29th day ot June, 1914, at ten o'clock a. m. Peter Galanos, Plnlntiff. North Platte, Nebr. May 18th 1914. In the District Court of the United Stntes within and for tho District of Nebraska, Hastings Division. In tho Matter of Albert ) A. Bushes, Bankrupt, in Case CI' bankruptcy. ) ORDER OF SALE. In pursuance to nn order of salo in the United States Court, in tho matter of A. A, BuBhee, bankrupt, entered at Hnstings, iSebrusko, April 18th, 1914, Hon. Gu Norborg, Referee in Bank ruptcy, acting, IT IS ORDERED that tho following lands, tenements nnd appurtenances thereunto belonging, and specifically described as follows: All of Soctlon Twenty-five (25), all of Section Thirty five (35), nnd Southeast Quarter (SE) of Section Twenty-six (20), all in Township Fifteen (15) North, Range Thirty (30) West of tho Gth P. M., In Lincoln county, Nebraska, be offered for sale and sold to tho highest bidder or bidders nt public auction; said sale to take place at the front door of tho court houso In North Plntte, in Lincoln county, Nebraska, on tho 13th day of June, 1914, nt the hour of ton o'clock A. M. of said day. Terms cash. . Dated May 5, 1914. FRANK NANCE, Tmstee in Bankruptcy. M. A. Hartigan, Hastings, Nob., Attorney for tho Estate. CHATTEL MORTGAGE SALE Notice is hereby givon, that by vir tuo of a chattol mortgage dated on the 2nd day of May, 1913, and duly filed and recorded in the office of the county clerk of Lincoln county, Nebraska, on the 5th day of May, 1913, and executed by G. S. Hall nnd II. E. Utterback to International Harvester Company of America (a corporation) to secure pay ment of tho sum of $463.00, and there is now due the sum of $103.00 and in terest, and default having been mndo in payment of said sum, therefore. We will sell tho property therein described, to-wit: One hay press with G h, p. gasoline engino attached, Inter national Harvester Company make, ono 2-wheel hay sweep, one 5-foot Deer ing mower, one 10-fool Deering rake, ono 14-inch stirring plow, ono set of work harnoss, nt public auction, for cash at tho livery barn of Ben E. Lay ton, in the town of Maxwoll, Lincoln county. Nebraska, on, tho Oth day of June, 1914, at 1 o'clock, p. m. of said day. Dated this Oth day of May, 1914. . INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY OF AMERICA, By O. R. Chaso, Agent. ml2 Sheriff's Sale. lly vlrtuopfnn order of salo Issued from the dlstrlctcourt of Lincoln county, Nebraska, upon a decree of foreclosure rendered In sulci court wherein Robert I'. IHirnett la plaintiff nnd Samu el A. ThomitB la defendant, and to mo directed, I will on the 13th day of Juno, 101), nt 2 o'clock p.m. at tho euBt front door of tho court house In North 1'latto, Lincoln county, Nehrusku, tell at public auction to tho highest bidder for cash, to satisfy said decree. Interests and costs, tho following de scribed, property, to-wit: Southwest quarter of Section Four In Township Twclvo, Mango TMIrty-four west of tho Sixth P. M Lincoln county, Nebraska, Dated North Platto, Nebr., May nth, 1014. A. J. SALISBURY. Sheriff. LEGAL NOTICE Harry L. Weaver. Mr. Harry L. Weaver, hi. wifo, llrat and real namo unknown, and F. II Kilmer, defendants, will take notice that on the ?4th day of April, 1914, Juno M. Grant, plaintiff nareln, lllwl ner petition In the District Court of Lincoln county, Nibratka, against said defend ants; the object and prayer of which are to forccloso a certain mortgage, executed by onoC. I). Glover, and Mary F. Glover. hla wife, to Win. Wallace, upon tho East One-half (EK) of tho Southwest Quarter (SWM) and tho Wast One-half IWK of tho Southeast Quarter ISEWf of Section Thlrty-Two T2j, In Township Sixteen J10, North of Range Twenty-Sovcn 127), west of the Sixth P. M. In Lincoln county, Nebraska; which mortgago was given to secure the payment af one prom issory note, dated October 21, 1910. for the sum of $700.00, due and payable In live years from the date thereof, together with Intarest at alx per cent per annum. That the Interest upon said note and mortgago which became duo on the 21st day of October, 1913, la unpaid, and the taxes assesned against said real estate foi the yeara 1911 to 1913, ore duo and unpaid, and plaintiff elects, as he may under the conditions of hla moregago to declare the whole amount due, and that there Is now due $763.00 together with Interest. That the above named plaintiff Is now the owner and holder of said note and mortgage, and that the defendant, Harry L. Weaver Is the owner of salt real estate, and Mrs. Harry L. Weaver la hla wife, and the defendant F. II. Kllvcr claims some in terest In said mortgaged premises by reason of a mortgage upon the same for the aum of $1,000.00. rialntiir prays for a decree that defendants bo required to pay the note and mortgage, or that said premises may be sold to satisfy the amount found due, and to bar the defendants of all right, title and Interest In the mortgaged premises. You are required to answer said petition on or before the 22nd day of June, 1914, Dated this 8th day of May, 1914 12-. Janb E. Grant, Plaintiff