The Shop
Opposite
Uy F. A. MITCHEL
"Tliu shop opposite,'' said Mrs. Smith
to tier Iniwlniul oik; morning while
they wore drawing, "lina been nt Inst
taken The ilyn "J'o Lot' Inn lHup
jicrvil." , r. v-
"Ui.i?'' grunted Mr. Smith, who was
tjlng Ills cravat before the minor.
. "Tho shop oppoiillc has boon opened
n.s a mont and vogotublo inutkut,"
snld Mrs. Smith to lior husband n few
niornlngs Inter wlillo ho was brushing
IiIh lialr.
"Uml" snld Mr. Smith again.
"Do you know, dear," snld Mrs.
Smith on a third occasion, "that tliu
Hliop 'jpposllo Is kept by n very pretty,
Indyllko woinnii? Slio lins such a sad
faro."
"Why do you take so much Interest
In tho shop opposite?" asked Mr.
Smith.
"I admit thnt at first It was through
curiosity, hut now It Is from a different
motive. This sad faced woman Is do
ing n very good business. Sho Is sell
ing much cheaper than tho other
Btores, but delivers no goods, livery
purchaser must carry homo what bo
has bought."
"I don't yet see tho motive you
Bpoke of."
"I haven't got to It yet What puz
eIch mo Is that, though thoro are
many purchases, there aro few buyers.
I linvo been ablo to count only seven
persons going Into tho store today,
but homo of them havo gono In eight
or ten times."
"You don't call that curiosity, do
you?"
"No."
"What is It?"
"Interest."
"Uml" said Mr. Smith, and he went
downstairs to breakfast.
That was the beginning of what be
came, to Mrs. Smith, a mystery, hut
In which Mr. Smith took no Interest
whatever. If his wife told him that
one little palo faced I toy took out
twenty packages during the day ho
simply remarked that the shopwomnn
bad probably hired him to make dellv
cries. Probably she would set up a
wagon nfter awhile.
"I tell you. dear," said Mrs. Smith
ono morning, when tho shop opposite
had been running several weeks,
"there's something peculiar about that
business. I never see any of tho
neighbors trading there. I'vo watched
tho persons who go In thcro and they
nro nearly all under twenty years of
ago. I know every ono of them.
There's n young fellow about eighteen,
a girl about sixteen, a"
"Surely, my dear, you were right
when you said your motlvo was Inter
est, not curiosity," said Mr. Smith Iron
ically. "I shall not say anything more to
you about that shop, but you'll find
out."
"I nm rjuito content to await devel
opments." Two days after this announcement
Mrs. Smith said to her husband:
"I was looking out tho window yes
terday and saw that palo faced boy
coming out with so many bundles he
couldn't carry them. He dropped ono
of them on the sidewalk, tho paper
broke, and what do you suppose came
out on tho flags?"
"What?"
"Oh, I forgot. 1 wasn't to say any
thing more about the shop opposite,
was I?"
"I suppose It was flour."
"No, It wasn't."
"Sugar?"
"No. You needn't ask any moro I
Bliall not gratify your curiosity."
"Interest, you mean." And Mr
Smith left his wife with a slight show
of Impatience
Ono morning Mrs. Smith got out or
bed and, going to tho window, uttered
nn exclamation of surprise.
"What Is It. dear?" asked her bus
band.
"The shop opposite Is closed, and u
policeman is standing before tho door."
"Well?"
"I do hope that poor woman hasn't
got Into trouble."
There was a brief silence, after which
Mr. Smith asked his wife to tell him
what had eomo out of tho bundle that
had dropped on tho sidewalk.
"Wit," sho said
"Dirt?"
"Yes, nothing but dirt."
Mr. Smith aiose, dressed and went,
flown to breakfast. Ills wife begged
Iilm to go ncross tho street and ask
llio policeman what had happened, but
lie declined to go till after he had
breakfasted Then he Millled forth
talked awhile with the olllcer and re
turned.
"Well?" asked ills wife.
"Your Interest In tho shop opposite
had a foundation after all. You Know
tbo Jail Is on the other street, nnd it
backs up against tho shop. Last night
n prisoner escaped through a tunnel
lending from the shop to his cell. Ills
wife kept the shop, his oldest son dug
the tunnel, and his ehlldien carried
uwny the earth In paper bags."
"Perhaps," replied Mrs. Smith, "when
1 tell you hereafter that something is
going on In the neighborhood you'll be
lleve me.
"I don't jiee why they keep these stu
jihl men on the police force when they
enn get women. One woman for Mieii
a service Is worth a hundred men."
"My dear." said Mrs. Smith a year
Inter, "tho man who escaped through
tho tunnel Is innocent. The real crim
inal has confessed."
THECAPTAIN'S
WIFE
Dy M. QUAD
Copyright. 1011. by Aseocl.iUU Mi
ernry I'rm
"I ain't mil din' other folks' buslm i
nor inner wns," said the tlihd ergiini
as he placed u skillet of b.i on on I'm
winter hut fireplace, "kit I'll k
far as to say that it don't look rl'ii '
"Of course It don't," said the nd
sergeant. " - -
"What you fellows blowln aim .i .'"
asl.ed the oiderly horgcitnt as he mio
In for llio to light his pipe.
"You wouldn't siicimi In four ,e.u "
time, and 1 won't keep you hlilu-r.n
ami Iremblln'. The- captain's wife i
iuiuc!"
"And wo wns snyln'," snld the see
uid sergeant as he lifted his eyes fnn
the colToe eup-"wo was sayln' that It
wasn't discipline and didn't look right
,le-t Ihluk of a woman down here '
"P., guslii" whispered the oideilj as
he .it (low n to his Miiokc.
"Waal, what you goln to do 'bout It?"
asked the third sergeant after a pause.
"IlllIlllO."
A month had passed, and no calami
ties had occuried. Some of tho men
began to breathe easier and to won
der If they hadn't misjudged the Mud
faced and smiling little woman who
was sari Hiring a good deal to be with
her IiinIi. ind foi a few weeks
It u.'w a ciiMiliy command, and ev
ery pleasant w Intel's day the captain
and his wife had a gallop over the
highways. One day an engineer was
dispatched to see about repairs to a
bridge spanning a creek (lowing
through tho neutral ground between
the armies, and tho orderly sergeant
of Company D was detailed with ten
men as an escort. Tho bridge was
reached and Inspected, and the engi
neer and his escort were ready for
their ride back when there camo a
sudden alarm. Half a mile down the
road, where Captain Shattuck and his
wife had debouched from a crossroad
while taking an afternoon gallop, they
had run full tilt against a Confederate
cavalry scout. The enemy had shout
ed to (lie captain to surrender, and as
he wheeled his horse to get away a
bullet blouglit Ii I in out of the saddle
Ills wife would have pulled up her
steed, but he took the bit in his month
and wns beyond control. As she went
Hying up tho road tho scouting party
followed. They knew of tho small de
tachment of I'ederals at the bridge
and were hoping to mnko a surprise.
"It's the captain's wife, nnd tho
.lolmules are close behind her!" shout
ed the sergeant as the woman eanie
Into view with a great clatter. "Open
ranks and let her through and then
close up and give 'em hail Columbia!"
With a tush and a clatter tho horse
of the fugitive passed tho bluo clad
troopers, but eamo to a dead halt a
few rods beyond and turned about. A
volley from tho carbines checked tho
pursuers for the moment, but It wns
seen that they were strong enough to
break through, and tho sergeant gave
the order to fall buck to an abandoned
log house a quarter of a mile lu the
rear.
"Men," exclaimed the woman as she
looked from man to man, "do you
know that your enptnln Is back there,
wounded nnd n prisoner? Aro you go
ing to leave him thoro?"
"It's too bad, ma'am, but they are
three to one," replied tho sergeant.
"We'll bo lucky If wo ain't killed or
gobbled up before help comes."
"Hut I'm going to ride bnck!" she
cried ns her pale faco flushed and her
voice had a thrill to it. "If you won't
go with mo to rescuo your captain I'll
let them take me prisoner nnd go to
Hlchiuond with him."
"Heavens, ma'am!" hoarsely whis
pered tho sergeant, with admiration In
his eyes. "lint wo'll have tho captain
or die! How far down the road was
It?"
"Not over half a mile."
"And how many robs In tho party?"
"Not over fifty."
"Fifty robs and ten of us! We'll
never do it. but wo'll die for the cap
tain! Into your saddles, boys! You
ride on toward camp with the engi
neer, ina'ani!"
"Not a foot I'm going with you.
Some one glo mo a revolver."
"Uy twos-right wheel!" shouted the
seigeant as he handed her his iv.vy
and drew his saber. "Now, then, ride
through or over them and don't stop
this side of the captain or the devil!"
It was a curious spectacle the gray
clail soldiers witnessed a womni rid
ing at the head of thnt el.'irglii'4
squadron, a woman with white faco
nnd glittering eyes, who held hi r telns
In one hand and used the pNt! with
deadly onV't with the other. Through
the thick (if them followed the ten.
nnd, feailng that the alarm might
hao aliendy reached tho IVileral
camps, the Confederates disappeared
Into the woods Instead of pursuing.
Down there beyond the bridge the cip
tain was lying on the ground with n
bullet lu his shoulder and threo men
guarding him Tto cavalcade swept
up to them and surrounded them, and
there were three pi teeners Instead of
three guards
"Lord, sir. excuse me, sir. but It wan
the captain's wife who did It all,"
said the sergeant as he returned to t'
colonel "She not only saved her h.is.
band from l.lbhv prison, but wo :vteht
nil have been wiped out If we'd made
a light for It at the old house. '
That evenlnu' the orderly sak to tho
second and tlilid sergeants, "V'hm yuc
finish j our grub lout out ti.e ly,'ftii
wo're goln' to swing our Uit ani. eive
three cheers and a ticcr fn- the cp
tain's wife."
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F ii&H ' - " rili III I" .1 r.i -O Bf-'Ml !Ur" In H I J Er2' i
The End of a Great Offer:
Tomorrow Your Last Chance to Have
the New Hoosier Put in Your Home for $ 1
I CA The new Bill File is a complete
' bookkeeping system for most
households. Most women dislike book
keeping, but this simple hook file for
meat nnd grocery bills on the upper
middle door shows exactly which bills
have been paid and which have not.
With it you can keep a complete, simple
record of all your money transactions.
(fk Every woman has favorite recipes.
' ' If you're like most women, you
have difficulty remembering where you
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A special holder is provided so you can
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These and 35 other conveniences
are worth examining tomorrow
even at some personal effort
on your part. Tomorrow is your
last chance to decide whether
you want them now on the easy
Hoosier Plan.
Turns Down
Union Pacific
The Union Pacific's application for
writ of mandamus to compel the county
eommissioneis of Keith, Cheyenne,
Deuel and Lincoln counties to recon
vene and try onct more to fix values
of land for taxation purposes so
thnt farm hinds would bo valued
higher, to measure up to the valuation
placed on railroad lands, wns denied
by the surren e court Tuesday morn
ing. This, it is bulioved. means com
plete defeat for the Union Pacific
which has put up a long fight to get
the valuation on farm lands raised, to
do away with what it claimed to be
unjust valuation of railroad lands.
The railway company has failed
during the past few yenrs to convince
the state bouul of assessment of the
undervaluation of farm lands, so it
turned to the supreme court for relief.
Tho railroad was represented by Ed
son Kich and he was opposed by Sen
ator Walter V. Honglnnd of North
Platte, George N. Gibbs, county at
torney of Lincoln county; J. G. Heeler
of Keith county nnd County Attorney
Pfeifer of Deuel county.
The court held that in three of tl a
cjuntief, Denel, Keith and Cheyenne,'
it appears that the county boards have
t ikon final action und closed their ns
s ment books, und that the right f
appeal from the action of these boards
lias expired. Thereforo the writ is
denied. The railroad in effect is re
ferred to these boards as the proper
means of getting into court with its
claims. In the case of Lincoln county,
thu court says it appears that the
county board has set a day on which
the Union Pacific may p'CFent i's
The Hoosier Plan is
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Home.
$1 weekly quickly pays for it.
The Low Cash Price fixed by the Fac
tory prevails strictly.
The Sale is under direct supervision of
the Hoosier Company.
No interest. No extra fees.
Your money back if you are not delighted
with your Hoosier.
What Possible Reason can "main to deprive
you of the use of this
Hoosier? Only the small number of Hoosiers left and
the certainty that more women will come than we can
supply. Every day we have enrolled more women on
the Hoosier plan than we expected. There are fewer
cabinets left for tomorrow than we have sold in one
day. These few undoubtedly would be taken without
this ad, but we make this final announcement to keep
our promise to advise you of the last day.
We Now Have Kept Our
Promise to You
Please remember, If you come too late, that we
have told you every day of the progress of this sale,
nnd that we now warn you of the final date in time
for you to still enroll if you act early tomorrow.
Howe & Maloney
The Only Place in Town Where Hoosier Cabinets are Sold
claims and the writ is denied. In th's
case Lincoln county at first denied the
railroad a hearing but after tho road's
attorneys readied Lincoln to take up
the case with the supreme court, they
received notice that the Lincoln county
board had set a date for the hearing.
The county board set the date as the lust
of the twenty on which fie board s
permitted by law to hear complaints re
garding the assessments. Such a dato,
according to Edson Rich, representating
the Union Pacifc, is absurd. The road
could hardly begin to present its case
in the one day ullotted to it.
It is understood at the statehouse
that the Union Pacific, defeated in its
efforts to secure a mandamus against
the four cc unties in the western part of
the Nebraska to compel an equalization
of taxable property, will do a it did in
Colorado.
In that state the railroad company
figured out what will be n fair propor
tion of its share of the taxes and then
made a proder to the counties in which
it operated. At the same time it
enjoined the counties from attempting
to collect any additional sum. The
courts there ordered the counties to
accept the tender, nnd when the case
was henrd on its meritb they were per
manently enjoined from collecting nnj
thing additional.
Word has been received from Mus
Grace Rurke, who is quite ill wrh
typhoid malnna at Eureka Springs,
A'k., announcing thrt she is improving
and the doctors think her out of danger.
She is very wenk and will not be well
enough to move home for some time.
Mrs. Glenn Nje is reported convalet
cing nicely under the care of Dr. Kerr
from her injures shereceived last Sun
day from a pistol shot. She is confined
to tl e P & S. hopital
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