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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. ELIZABETHS SM FOOftTH Q 4 , L1ZADETH PRICK'S father was the chief instigator of tho movement for u quiet "Fourth" in Dalcsvillo; so Elizabeth, wheii the town council passed an ordinance limiting tho legal celebration of tho day to Bpeeches, parades and fireworks of a quiet and unexciting kind, thought it incumbent on herself to make life as bearablo as possible for as many as posslblo of tho small boys of tho nelr' "rhood. She began vt or Sunday school class ob a nucleu 1 invited them to a picnic; and cacu and every one of them asked permission to bring u small brother or friend. Her own brother, Tom, homo for a visit, prom ised to como for her and help her bring the children homo at sunset. Elizabeth, as soon as tho moraine parade was over, started out undis mayed with Borne twenty irresponsible boys in her wake. "Now, boys," sho said as she gavo each of them a flag, a paper drinking; cup and & small box of provisions when the' were all settled safely in the open car, "we're going to pla soldiers. Tlieso are our rations. I'm tho generul, and I'll appoint tho two boys who behavo best on tho way out captains to help me manage things You know, soldiers obey, and thnt'& what you must do." "If wo'ro soldiers, wo can fight can't we?" demanded Peter Dolau tlx fierce light of a born warrior shining in his red-brown eyes. j "Jimmy's cat ate my slngin' canary. You ought to havo aeen It just two bites" Jimmy's placid round face darkened Into a frown. "Probably the canarj bothered Mm; it shrieked, it didn't olng," he vouchsafed. Surrcptitlouslj ho kicked Peter. "Now, gst out," exclaimed that hot headed yovng man, "or I'll " "See hei-3, boys," interrupted Eliza beth, "we'ru not going to fight, and if you act this way I'll turn around and go homo tlls minute. Remember whal I said abo'it the captains." Then am there, with tho tact that makes a successful general, Elizabeth decided th!U sho would appoint Jimmj and Peter, the two most unmanage able of her soldiers, captains. Tho first real hitch- in Elizabeth's plans canitj .t tho fork in tho road. Elizabeth started on tho path to tho right; tho two captains, voicing the. opinion of tho whole army, advocated tho path to) the left. "Please, Miss Elizabeth," pleaded Jimmy, "there's a rock out thertt whero tho Indians used to build fires for signals. Please let's go." And in the end Elizabeth found her self mildly following her mutinous army to the spot in tho world wherq sho least wished to be. Just a yeai ago today Robert Willis and sho had wandered up tho same path. They had stopped to rest on tho famous In dian stone, and whllo they were thero Robert had surprised Elizabeth by ask ing her to bo his wife. Sho had re fused him, for sho had not trusted herself and had thought that the quick, warm feelings whlcft camo tc. her with his words would leave her. Today sho realized her mistake, Sho had purposely brought the boys to tho- foot of tho valloy. But sho had meant to walk up tho path on tho right side to a pretty spot whero she knew she "There's a Rock Out There Where the Indians Used to Build Fires." could look across tho trwo tops to the old Indian stono. With dismay sho watched her young soldiers scamper ing up tho hillside, and suddenly Bhe hwtrd a whoop of delight from Peter Dolan, tho first to reach the Indian stone. "I'm a silly, sentimental, foolish thing," said Elizabeth, wiping a few drops from her eyes, "and I Just do Bfarvo every bit of this." Putting feeling and sentiment aside, Elizabeth hurried on and overtook the boys. Then, standing on tho very spot whero sho and Robert had Btood to t'other, she began to givo Instructions to her small army. By the timo this work was done tho boys had lost whatever reserve they had at first felt becauso of unaccus tomed linen collars and unnecessarily ifraooth hair and shining boots. Pea liuta, chewing gum, candy, marbles ru and various other boyish treasures had mado their appearance Lunch added to their good spirits. But Eliza beth felt out of koy and although usu ally sho would havo boon happy at tho happiness of tho children and tho suc cess of tho picnic, sho found herself wishing for sunset. Onco in a while sho would steal away from tho boys, playing in tho woods, and wander out to the edgo of the great bowlder. "PerhapB," sho mused to herself, "somo silly Indian maiden onco stood here watching for her Indian bravo, whom Eho had foolishly sent away, and that's Just what tho silly girl do served." Again nor eyo rested on a largo plno treo spread out In tho valloy below her. Sho- remembered watching It sway In ho brcozo a year before, and she Idly wondered how many trago dies and comedies It had witnessed in its old life. Tho boyB, in Bplto of their general's preoccupation, enjoyed every mlnuto of thoir "sensible" Fourth. When tho sun dipped suddenly below tho oppo slto hilltops, Elizabeth breathed a j.lgh of relief, but the boys begged for a little moro time. "Yes," said Elizabeth, "wo will wait hero for my brothor who's coming to tako us homo." "Oh," sho exclaimed suddenly, "1 told him tho other path. BoyB, won't two of you go down tho path to tho fork In tho road and watt there for Mr. Tom? Ho thinks we nro on tho other sldo of tho valloy. I wish Captain Jimmy and Captain Peter would pleaso go. You don't know him, do you? He's tall and looks a little like mo. Just tell him Miss Elizabeth is waiting for him at tho Indian stono. We'll havw a game of blind man's buff till you como back." A few minutes later Jimmy and Peter encountered Robert Willis at tho fork in the road. Robert had tiavolcd mnny miles that dny in order to keop a melancholy sort of tryst with him self on tho old Indian stone. Ho veal lzcd the foolishness of his action, but ho had mado tho trip novertheloss. Ho had a vague, unacknowledged idea Once In a While She Would Steal Away From the Boys. that perhaps somo of Elizabeth's sweet presence might have lingered at thelr last meeting place. "Hello!" svua Jimmy in a converse tinnal tone. "Oh " said Robert, suddenly awak encd from visions of soft, shining hair blowing in tho breeze. "Ho'b the feller," whispered Peter "brown eyes Ilko Miss Elizabeth, tall and all that." "Miss Elizabeth's waiting on tho In dian stone," volunteered Jimmy, and he began to lead tho way up tho steep path. Robert staggered and turned white, These rosy, brown-skinned, freckled llttlo faces belonged perhaps to sprites or brownies who wero teasing him. Ho tried to catch ono of tho boys, who bounced on ahead, thinking Robert was making an attempt at somo gamo o tag. "I'll got ahead of them," ha said rushing past tho boys with a hard sot face. At tho top of tho path ho turned to ward the Indian stone, and thero in a clearing ho saw Elizabeth, blind-fold ed, surrounded by many dancing, Jumping, shouting small boyB, or for a moment Robert's heart stood still perhaps after all they wero sprites, and Elizabeth, for somo fault of his, was their captive. "Hero he Is, hero he Is, Miss Eliza- beth," tho boys shouted, and tho next moment Robert threw himself into Elisabeth's outstretched arms. Five minutes later Tom, tired, warm and a little cross, walked upon tho scene. "I say, Elizabeth." he called through the trees, "this is a nice way to treat an obliging brother. You told mo tho other path; and tf theso youngsters hadn't been howling llko wild Indians I'd bo, on tho opposite sldo of tho vol loy yet looking for you." Suddenly Tom stopped. Ho saw Elizabeth, flushed nnd happy, nnd by her sldo Robert Willis, also happy, ;till holding tho voJl ho had pulled from Elizabeth's Vnndaged eyea. Tho boys stood awkwardly about looking at each other. "Well, of all tho strange happen Ings," chuckled Tom, taking in tho sit uation. "I say, boys," ho said, coming to his Bister's rescuo, "I'm Miss Eliza cotirs urotner. como on; let's go homo. I'll lead tho way to tho trol ley." "Geo;" "said Jimmy, putting his hands In his pockets and throwing back his head in a superior way, "Aren't girls queer?" "Well," said Peter, stubbing his toeB against pebbles In tho path, "may bo it's our fault Wo caught tho wrong man.'' (Copyright, by Associated Literary Press.) LAW LIBRARY STRUCTURE AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY mm HtPC JVSSEMtlLtO GvlHCXlCl't of i JWt 1S" fits iJOOCOMtfllNlAUHOOPS uwncn r.QMMAtfo or GENF.IMI PBESCQTT, Arreft payI;b pr PftESf0Nt UMCOOK tHEY MAftCfieO. TO HEROES OF LIBERTY Men of Foreign Birth Who Aided the United States in Their Historic Struggle. Tr7lTH tho attention of America dl V rected toward the European con met u ib interesting to iook oac,n Into tho history of our own strugglee and to note tho debt this country owei to 8overal of the nations now at war particularly to recall tho public testi monials raised to the momorieB of citi zens of Europe who gavo their efforts toward aiding tho United States in hei timo of trouble. The nation has not been negligent and today in Washington thero are fit ting and lasting tributes to foreigners whoso namcB are familiar in overj American home. Asido from Columbus, to whom the world rather than the nation Is debtor thero Is tho Marquis do Lafayette, co worker with Washington in the Revolu tion. A striking statue of him and tc his compatriots, Rochambeau, Dupor tail, de Grasse and D'Estaing, occupies tho southwest corner of Lafayette square, opposito tho White House, ahd in tho Bouthcast corner is another mo mortal to Rochambeau. Theso five, Frenchmen all, and with tho exception of Duportail, of noble birth, did effective work against the British forces on land and sea. The work of Lafayette his service at Brandywino, Monmouth and Yorktown, and as emissary to France are toe well known to need repetition, but tho labors of tho other four aro not of com mon knowledge. Count Rochambeau did not come tc America until lato in tho war, when, at tho head of a French force of about G.OOO Bent by Louis XVI to aid Wash ington, ho took part in tho sicgo ol Yorktown and contributed materially to tho final downfall of British arms in tho colonies. Ho was mado a marshal of Franco In recognition for his serv Ices against tho English. Duportail Louis Lcbeguo Duportail hud seen much service in tho bat tles in which Lafayetto had participate ed, and at Monmouth played an impor tant part in the operations. On that field his memory Is kept fresh by a memorial statuo. Admiral Count do Grasse and Count D'Estaing both did effective work on tho sea, tho former particularly In connection with tho Yorktown siege. D'Estalng'B field of activities ranged from tho Rhode Island coast to West Indian waters. His squadron co-operated with a land force under General Lincoln In nn attack upon Savannah which was repulsed by the British and In which nnother patriot of foreign blood lost his life. Occupying a third corner of Lafay otto squaro, and a fitting companion pleco to tho statues of Lafayetto and Rochambeau, is a splendid memorial to tho Prussian, General Baron von Steubon "Father of the American Array," ho has been called. Ho, Lafayetto and Washington formed an inseparable trio during the dark days of tho struggle for inde pendence, but Von Steuben's mastery in military detail and organization molded tho American troops Into a powerful and victorious army. Ho has been held up as the guiding spirit of tho military of tho Revolution, tho master at strategy and tactics who camo second only to Washington as commander of tho Continental forces. At Yorktown, when Washington was temporarily absent, Von Steuben re ceived tho offer of surrender from Cornwallls. Unllko most othor foreigners who gavo their services to America In the Revolution, Von Steubon elected to re main in tho nation he helped to found. Ho died hero in 1794, and lies at rest in TJtlca, N. Y. BWBIrrllif'J 9 . f nHHH F. A, Colo of Stamford, Conn., Is nn enthuslnstlo motorcyclist. Ingenious New Englander that ho Is, ho has discovered a now uso to which his cyclo tuny bo put. For Instanco, when ho decided to make an overland trip with his family to tho San Frnnclsco exposition, ho planned a pralrlo schooner to bo drawn by his motorcycle Tho rcpult is shown In tho picture. - LEMBERG FALLS BEFORE AUSTRO-GERMAN ASSAULT Saplccha street, ono of tho main thoroughfares of Lemberg, whero tho Russians mado their last stand in Gallcia. On tho left is tho diet, or hotlso of parliament, nnd in tho background is tho cathedral. Tho kaiser per sonally dlrectod tho German assault which resultod in tho rout of tho Russlnn army. THE NEWEST WHITE HOUSE BABY j Little Miss Ellen Wilson McAdoo, submitted to the camera, and this 1b her first picture, In company with her mothor, who was Miss Eleanor Wilson, her father, Secretary of tho Treasury McAdoo, and her grandfather, tho prctftlent of tho United States. GONE TO FIND DONALD B. M'MILLAN ThlB is Capt. H. C, PickonB, commander of tho auxiliary Bchooner George II. Cluett which Balled recently for Etah, Greenland, with tho purpose of find ing nnd bringing homo Donald McMillan and his party of arctic explorers. FINDS NOVEL USE FOR HIS MOTORCYCLE 'mm y.. aged about two months, has Just uiftJ FROM WORM TO GOWN A new exhibit showing tho silk In dustry literally from tho worm to tho finished gown Is one of tho at tractions at tho Natlonul museum ln Washington. Tho plcturo shows Miss Helen Stuart of tho curator's ofllco holding one of tho frames in which the. BllkwormB havo fastened thomselvos' nnd nro engaged In weaving tho filmy'- threads of silk In preparation for their metamorphoBcs later Into silk moths. INCENDIARY BOMBS Tho picture shows a man holding two of tho Incendiary bombs which aro being used in aerial f&lds on the enemy's country. Let Tots Pick Own Books. Librarians in charge of children's departments wero advised to go Blow in thoir enthusiasm to render servlco by Mra. Edna Lyman Scott of Seattle at a mooting of tho section on library work with chlldron of tho American Library association at Berkeley. Sho said tho librarian was likely ta overdo her work in selecting books for chlldron, says tho Oakland Trib une Lot tho children select thoir own bookB so they may dovolop their brains and find Inspiration In tho dis covery of bookB thoy liko, Mrs Scott advlsod.
