WHAT CAME
OF A LARK
By OSCAR COX
"If I were to lose iny fortune." said
Frank Atwood to his friend, Ned Col
by, at tlie Athenaeum club, "do you
know what I'd do?"
"What?"
"I'd hire out for n coachman."
"You'd have to make It a chauffeur.
There are no coachmen any more."
"There are a few. I have no fancy
for a machine, but I love a horse."
"If there were any young women in
the family there'd be one of these se
cret marriages that we see so often
mentioned In the newspnpers, follow
ed by the customary annulment or di
vorce." "Oh. no. there wouldn't!"
"I'll bet you there would."
"IIov could we settle such n bet?"
"By putting the matter to practice
Advertise tor a position and when you
find one with a pretty girl in the fntn
lly take it. I'll bet you a hundred that
within three months you marrv the
girl."
"That would bo Interesting, wouldn't
it?" said Atwood thoughtfully.
The upshot of this bit of dialogue
was that Atwood advertised as sug
gested and. after answering several in
vltations to call and present creden
tlals, at last found a place whore there
was the required pretty girl. Ills cre
dentials were wanting, but fortunately
he was able to Imitate the Irish brogue
and claimed to have Just come over
from the green Isle, where he had been
chief hostler for Sir Charles O'Malley.
Slnco Ids employer was not versed in
literature lie did not appreciate the ab
surdity. The bet stood u00 even that wlthiu
three months Atwood would bo at
least engaged to Miss Bertha Fosdick.
daughter of his employer; 500 more
that lie would marry her, and 500
more that he would run away with
her.
It would seem that Colby should havo
received odds on such a wager, and if
ho had been a real coachman twenty
to one would not have been enough.
But Frank Atwood was a very at
tractive young fellow and had n smile
that no girl could resist Miss Fos
dick was but seventeen, and it was
predicted that when the next year her
introduction to society should take
place she would prove a heart smasher.
Why parents will allow their daugh
ters to pass under tho iniluence of their
drivers is a mystery. From fifteen to
twenty Is an irresponsible ago for a
girl, and in nine cases out of ten where
tho sexes are thrown together without
restraint, especially where they are
young, a match will be the result At
any rate. Miss Fosdick, being permit
ted to go out alone driven by the hand
some coachman, at once fell under her
Influence. Atwood, being full of the
Old Nick, told her that he was a young
er son of an Irish baronet; that the
family had been Impoverished by the
loss of a suit In court and ho had been
obliged to shift for himself. He had
come to America, got stranded and,
having always been used to horses, had
taken up their handling as n vocation.
Quite likely some of the low bom
drivers who steal tho daughters of
their employers tell some such yarn as
this. Atwood's conscience did not trou
ble him because he was au American
gentleman with a future, and In his
own propria persona an excellent match
for tho young lady. But it served to
enlist her sympathies for him, and
sympathy Is akin to love. She wish
ed to inform her father of what the
cabman had told her, but Colby, know
ing that such a story going to his
employer would result In his being im
mediately fired, refused permission.
And so the game went on, the hand
some coachman driving the pretty Miss
Fosdick every pleasant afternoon, and
Blnco It was not as pleasant for her to
havo him perched on the box so far
above her she soon camo to select a
cart to ride in, so that ho might sit
beside her. Occasionally they would
meet some of Atwood's friends, who
would stare at him, wondering how
any two men could so closely resemble
each other as tho handsome clubman
and this liveried coachman. But Frank
would keep his eyes on his horses and
brazen It out. On one occasion they
met Colby driving with a party ot
friends, and although Ned, according
to agreement, did not give tho coach
man away, the ordeal was trying.
Tho outcome of tho wager was a
compromise. One day Frank Atwood
appeared at tho club (not in llveryi
and sat down to lunch with his friend
Colby.
"Ned." ho said, "what was Intended
for a lark has turned out seriously. 1
am going to propose for tho hand of
Miss Bertha Fosdick and I don't wish
tho girl I love to be tho subject of a
bet I propose that wo call the wager
off."
Atwood never went back to the Fos
dicks in livery. Ue wrote a long let
ter to Mr. Fosdick In which he told
as much of tho truth as It would do
to tell, gavo him references and asked
permission to apply to his daughter
for her hand.
It required some time for Mr. Fos
dick to bo convinced that there was
not something wrong about tho appli
cant, but after diligent inquiry ho be
camo satisfied that Frank Atwood's so
cial position was excellent and his In
come amplo to support Miss Bertha In
the stylo to which she had been accus
tomed. Ned Colby was best man at the wedding.
A Strango Memorial,
From tho v indow of a trolley car on
a line thnt connects several small cities
and large villages In central Now York
the traveler can see a scythe swinging
from the limb of a tall tree. To be
perfectly accurate, It does not swing
any longer, for It has hung there so
many years that tho tree has grown
round it, and now holds It tightly In
Its place.
In the early dnys of our own great
war a young man was mowing In his
father's fields with this scythe. While
he worked his thoughts must have
been on his country, for suddenly ho
hung the scythe on the tree with tho
words, "Hang there until I come back."
He had made up his mind to enlist.
lie never camo back. Like so many
other patriotic young men, he gave his
life to his country and the gift was
accepted. Having heard ids words, his
parents let no one remove tho scythe.
Year after year, on the sacred an
niversary of his death, his friends have
gathered under that tree and kept his
memory green. There Is probably no
other memorial In tho world like the
hanging scythe. Youth's Companion.
Perpetual Motion.
A discovery which seems to be the
equivalent of perpetual motion was
described by Professor Whitehead at a
meeting of the American Institute of
Electrical Engineers. He declared that
by subjecting a closed coll of lead wire
to practically absolute zero tempera
ture, and stalling a tlow of electricity
therein by some external means, Pro
fessor Kainerllngh Onues of Lcyden.
Germany, succeeded In maintaining a
continuous current without the ex
penditure of energy. To obtain tho
extremely low temperature necessary
to make the experiment a success the
coil was Immersed In liquid helium
The current was started In the wire
by magnetic Induction, the flow of elec
tricity persisting. It Is declared, for
four and one-half hours after the mag
netic iniluence was removed. It was
stated that if the experiment had not
been terminated when It was tho cur
rent would probably have continued to
flow indefinitely. Electrical World,
Boots and a Bishop.
Tho bishop of Yukon says that on
one of his longest Journeys ho and his
companions were reduced to eating
their sealskin coats. They set out to
visit the Eskimos along the Arctic coast
and. having accomplished this stage of
the Journey, hoped to cross the great
divide over the Rocky mountains in
order to reach Dawson City. The sick
ness of an Indian guide delayed them,
the winter set in earlier than usual,
and the travelers had to pass through
a region which offered scarcely any
game for food. When they began" to eat
their sealskin boots they had less than
two pounds of flour, a little bacon and
a handful of rice. Tho boots they toast
ed, and the bishop remarked that they
found them palatable enough. When
they came to pat the tops of tho boots
the bishop recorded the fact that they
were "not as good as the soles." New
York Journal.
Dogs of War.
Dogs have gone to tho wars from the
earliest times They barked at the
siege of Troy. In those early days,
however, they were used as sentinels
and for purposes of defense. In the
middle ages they attacked. The track
ing mission of the Scottish bloodhound
has been noted, but tho dogs were also
used to attack cavalry. For this duty
they wore clothed In coats of mail
studded with spikes and scythes to
confuse tho horses. And when lire
brands were nlso attached to the mall
tho opposing camp looked for fire ex
tinguishers. That these dogs played
no mean part in the field is proved by
tho fact that Henry VIII. offered the
Spanish king, Charles V., -10,000 auxil
iaries and 4,000 war dogs to help him
against Francis 1. London Chronicle.
Criminals Used a Textbook.
The late Sir Howard Vincent. M. P.,
when head of the criminal investiga
tion department of Scotland Yard,
wrote a very comprehensive book for
tho benefit of young constables. It
told them how to act on every possible
occasion, from capturing a burglar to
consoling a lost child. But, unfortu
nately, the information it contained as
to police methods was equally valuable
to criminals, who profited by Its tips
to such an extent that the book was
suppressed, and thenceforth consUibles
were Instructed by word of mouth.
London Express.
The Ideal Husband.
"Yes. I may say I have an ideal hus
band." "An Apollo for looks, n Chesterfield
for manners," rhapsodized the girl.
"Those things don't count in hus
bands, my dear Mine stays fairly
sober and brings most of his salary
homo." Pittsburgh Post
What Supports Them.
Bill Switzerland Is noted for Its
scenery, you know Jill Yes, but a
person can't live on scenery. "Well,
the hotel proprietors seem to bo doing
pretty well nt It." Yonkers Statesman.
Fashionable Service.
"My plate. Is damp."
"Hush." whispered his wife. "That's
your soup. They servo small portions
nt these fashionable affairs." Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
A Lasting Impression,
lie Mrs. Fldjet's dinner was a great
success, don't yon think? She Yes
Were you there? lie Why, I took
you in. life.
The secret of success Is constancy
of purpose. Disraeli.
An Old Hero's
Story
By F. A. MITCHEL
An old Frenchman, a veteran of the
Franco-Prussian war, who had been in
America long enough to speak English
as he would if it were French, told me
this story over a glass of French wine
raided in California:
Eet was In ze beginning ot ze war
when ze Prussian haf not yet conquer
ze French people and we do not think
zey will overrun ze country and die
tate terms of peace In Paris I was
with fJenerul le Fevre. who command
eil a brigade near ze frontier. We have
.e railroad and ze loconiotlf and ze
cars, but when ze Prussians cross ze
border all ze employees of ze road run
a way
In ze evening Just before sunset an
"fncer ride up to ze camp of ze Nine
tyelghth regiment of ze lino and say;
"Any of you men loconiotlf engl
necrV"
I have been loconiotlf engineer be
fore I enlist In ze army, so I shake my
Im nil In ze air Ze olllcer he took no
tice and he call for me to come to
f 1 1 in. I go with him to General le
Pi'vre's headquarters, and ze general
ask me how much 1 know about loco
motif, and after I toll lilm he say
to me:
"I send a thousand men to ze other
terminal of zls railroad at once. Zere
Is one company zere and ze captain
telegraph z.u ze Prussians are coining
to occupy ze high ground zero, but eet
he have a thousand men he can hold
eet till General liazalnc send a large
force. Eet Is sixty miles to go. nud
you must tak ze train zero In leetle
moro than an hour. Ecf you git zere
before ze Prussians you may save
France. Zey are six or seven miles
from zo place and march on foot
I say. "Yes, general, I tak zo men
zero In one hour If zo locomotlf will
pull it so fast ns zat"
It was ver' dark when we start Ze
moon only leetle crescent, nearly gone
down. We run from north to south,
ze same way as ze border line between
Frnnce nnd Prussia. We do not know
if ze Prussians haf advanced so far as
ze railroad. Ecf they haf zey fire into
zo train, zey try to throw it off the
track, zey do all zey can to keep us
from going on.
My engine ver' good engine, one of
zo best of eots kind. I run sixty miles
an hour, sometimes more, sometimes
less. When I come to ze curves I slow
down leetle bit. but make eet up when
I have a straight road before me. A
few Prussian cavalrymen, zo advance
of zo Prussians, have come so far as
ze railroad, and zey put obstructions
on zo track. Suddenly I look nheadi
and see a tree felled on tho rails. I re-'
verse, zen shut my eyes to wait for zo
smash. Eet does not come, only n
leetle bump
When nn engineer runs Into ze dark
night he feels like Columbus when he
sail into ze dark ocean. I nevalro know
when I round a curve, but I run Into a
big rock or some othalro obstruction
zat kill me and wreck ze train behind
me. I see specter all zo time. Sud
denly a great black somct'lng seem to
spring up on ze track right before me,
I reverse, but before I come to a full
stop I sec zat it ees nothing but a
leetle bug which haf fly ou zo glass
before ze headlight
All at ouce I bear a cracking above
ze noise of zc train, nnd bullets whistle
through ze cab. Some Prusslnn horse
men fire zere carbines at us. But zey
do leetle damage, nothing but break
my right nrm So 1 cannot hold zo
throttle with zat arm. But what for
I want two arms when one will do as
well, except for sudden reverse, nnd
by zat time 1 come within about ten
miles of ze end of ze Journey? Nov
alrezeless I call ze flremnn. who come
and look ovalre my shoulder.
Ze Prussians were by znt time ver'
near ze point wo wish to reach, and
we both approach at an acute anyle.
Zey hear ze rattle of our train, and
we hear zero huzzas. By gar, we
have to stop to take away ties zem
scouts put on zo track, nnd while we
make no sound .wo hear zero tramp
at double quick. Zen we hear a gun,
and I think we too Into. Zo Prussians
must bo attacking ze post But I go
on. and pretty soon 1 come to a leetle
earthwork our men haf thrown up be
side the railroad and see that they
havo a gun there and have dropped a
shell into ze Prussian advance.
in a few minutes we reach our point
I whistle down zo brakes, zo train
stop, nnd our men Jump out nnd run
up to ze top of ze hill, where ze French
have work two. t'reo days on zo fortl
Mentions
Zat was ze end of my work. I get
surgeon to fix my arm and nm ready
with my musket to receive tho Prus
sinus when zey come. Zey hnvo twice
as many men ns wo. but wo havo very
strong position nnd no trouble to hold
out till Marshal Hazalne send large
force.
When I get back to my command my
general he throw his arms about me
and hug me like a bear. IIo say to me;
"ou have done great service. You
shall be a captain: you shall have a
medal. I will report what you havo
done to the empereur."
Pouf! What wa it all worth? Ze
Prussians mured right on to Paris, and
nfter the capitulation our people pay
big ransom to get zem out. besides giv
ing our beautiful provinces Alsace and
Lorraine. Some day when we get
strong we talc zem back. But what
good zat do me? I'm too old now to
fight, nnd by zat time I sleep under
ze sod
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Dy virtue of nn order of salo Issued
from the District court of Lincoln
County, Nebraska, upon n decree of
foreclosure rendered In said Court
wherein Mutual Building & Loan As
sociation, a corporation, Is plaintiff,
and Corda V. O'Brien et nl aro de
fendants, nnd to mo directed, I will on
the 7th day of November, 101-1, at 2
o'clock P. M., nt tho cast front door of
tho Court house In North Platto, Lin
coln County, Nebraska, sell nt public
auction to tho highest bidder for cash,
to satisfy said docrco, interest nnd
costs, tho following described proper
ty, to-wit:
Lot Six G, Block Ono Hundred fifty-one
(151) Original town of North
Platte, Nebraska.
Dntcd North Platto, Nob., October
oth, 1914.
A. J. SALISDUUY,
Sheriff.
Probate Notice.
In tho County Court of Lincoln Coun
ty, Nebraska, Sept. 22 1914.
In the Matter of tho Estato of Bcatrico
E. Gllfoyl, Deceased.
Notlco Is horoby given, that tho cred
itors of said deceased will nwot tho
Executor of said Estato, before tho
County Judge of Lincoln, County, Ne
braska, at tho County Court Room,
In said County, on tho 27th day of
October, 1914, and on tho 27th day of
April 1915, at 9 A. M. each day, for
tho purposo of presenting their claims
for examination adjustment and al
lowance. Six months aro allowed for
creditors to present tholr clalms,(nnd
ono year for tho Executor to sottlo
said estate, from tho 22nd day of
Soptembor, 1914. A copy of this order
to bo published In tho North Platto
Tribune, n legal seml-weokly news
paper published In said county for
four succcsstvo wekB prior to said
date.
JOHN GRANT,
s29-4 w County Judge.
Legal Notice.
To Sarah Calhoun, Harrison Gay
lord, Julia Gaylord and Georgo Gay
lord, her husband; Carrie Drlstol and
Gwgo Drlstol, her husband; Jonnlo
Lewis and Elmer Lewis, her husband;
Knte Clinker and Luo Clinker, hor hus
band; Gertrude Clinker and John
Clinker, her husband; Charles Gaylord
and Jennie Gaylord, his wife; Augus
tus Gaylord and Myrtle Gaylord, his
wife; Edward Gaylord and Mary Gay
lord, his wife, non-resident defend
ants: :
You nre hereby notified that James
A. Shaw as plaintiff has tiled his cer
tain petition in th,i District Court of
Lincoln County, Nebraska, against you,
Impleaded with Anna Shaw and Thom
as B. Shaw, an incompetent, McDon
ald Stato Bank, of North Platto, Ne
braska, a corporation, nnd School Dis
trict No. 5 of Lincoln County, Nobrns
ka, a corporation, tho object nnd pray
er of which said petition aro to con
firm tlw shnres and interests of tho
plaintiff and defendants in tho follow
ing described land sltuato In Lincoln
County, Nebraska, to-wlt: Southwest
Quarter of Section Eight (8), Town
ship Fourteen (14), North of Rango
Thirty (30), West of tho 0 th P. M. as
set forth in said petition and for a
partition of enld described promises
or for tho salo thereof If said partition
connot bo Justly and equitably made
among tho different owners thereof.
You and each of you will make ans
wer to said petition on or Iwforo tho
21st day of Novembor, 1914, or default
will bo takon and Judgment entered
as In said petition prayed.
JAMES A SHAW, Plaintiff.
By E. H. EVANS, His Attornoy.
Dated at North Platte, Sept. 21, 1914.
